Cornelius Kollock Pegues
b. 18 November 1908, d. 16 June 1921
- Father: Wesley Leatherwood Pegues b. 1 December 1878, d. 12 November 1947
- Mother: Mary Lide b. 24 September 1882, d. 25 November 1918
- Cornelius Kollock Pegues was born on 18 November 1908 in South Carolina.
- Wesley Leatherwood Pegues and Mary Lide appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, at Kershaw Street. Other members of the household included Cornelius Kollock Pegues. Also in the household were children Erma (age 4) and William (3), as well as Mary's brother Boardman Lide (18.)
- Cornelius Kollock Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Newport News, Virginia, at 226 25th Street boarding in the household of Calvin and Mary Wyatt.
- Cornelius Kollock Pegues died on 16 June 1921 at age 12 in New Kent County, Virginia.
- The following appeared on 18 June 1921 in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: The body of the 12-year-old boy killed near Providence Forge station, in New Kent County, Thursday morning by a Chesapeake and Ohio train, was yesterday identified as that of Cornelius Pegues, the son of a Middendorf, S. C., man, at one time said to be prominent.
Young Pegues, with a brother, William, and Clarence Davis, are said to have escaped from the Covington School for Boys recently. William Pegues and Davis were taken into custody by Chesapeake and Ohio yardmen following the accident. The body was found alongside the tracks with the right arm severed, the skull fractured and bruises and cuts about the face.
The boy's father has been notified by J. W. King, special agent for the railroad. - He was interred at New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Wallace, Marlboro County, South carolina.
- Last Edited: 21 Feb 2015