Emma Pegues

b. 1 March 1879, d. 16 February 1968
  • Emma Pegues was born on 1 March 1879 in Texas.
  • Massilon Pittman Pegues and Eliza Moore Hutchings appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Gregg County, Texas. Other members of the household included Emma Pegues, Alex Pittman Pegues, Oliver Thomas Pegues and Ben Henry Pegues. Also in the household was Eliza's sister Alice (age 8.)
  • Massilon Pittman Pegues and Eliza Moore Hutchings appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Dallas, Texas, at 177 Simpson. Other members of the household included Emma Pegues, Alex Pittman Pegues, Allie B. Keener, Oliver Thomas Pegues, Ben Henry Pegues, Phillip Alston Pegues, Allie Dee Pegues, Mack Pegues, Perry Purcell Pegues and John A. Pegues. Also in the household was Eliza's unmarried sister Alice Hutchings (age 28.)
  • She married Joseph Lee Stedham, son of James Benjamin Stedham and Ellen Louise Brady, on 3 February 1903.
  • Joseph Lee Stedham and Emma Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 411 West Evergreen Street. Other members of the household included Joseph Lee Stedham Jr., Emma Jean Stedham and Ellen Louise Brady. Also in the household were Joseph's widowed sister Fannie Hamberlin (age 35), one female lodger, and a coachman employed by the family.
  • Joseph Lee Stedham and Emma Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 814 Woodlawn. Other members of the household included Joseph Lee Stedham Jr., Emma Jean Stedham and Mary Nelle Stedham. Also in the household was Joseph's widowed sister Frances Hamberlin (age 45).
  • Joseph Lee Stedham and Emma Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 814 Woodlawn. Other members of the household included Joseph Lee Stedham Jr., Emma Jean Stedham and Mary Nelle Stedham. Also in the household was Joseph's widowed sister Frances Hamberlin (age 55).
  • Joseph Lee Stedham and Emma Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 814 West Woodlawn Avenue. Other members of the household included Emma Jean Stedham. Also in the household were Emma Jean's daughter Shirley Waterman (age 8), and Joseph's sister Frances Hamberlin (65).
  • Emma Pegues became a widow at the 5 June 1940 death of her husband Joseph Lee Stedham.
  • The following appeared on 6 June 1940 in the San Antonio Express: Joseph Lee Stedham Sr., 76, 814 West Woodlawn Avenue, died at a hospital here Wednesday. He was a native of Alabama and had lived here 22 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. [:CR;]      He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma Stedham; son, J. L. Stedham Jr; two daughters, Mrs. Jean Waterman and Mrs. L. A. Harp; brother, H. B. Stdham, all of san Antonio, and two sisters, mrs. Frances Hamberlin of san Antonio and Mrs. E. W. Saunders of Dallas. [:CR;]      Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon with Dr. Perry F. Webb officiating. Pallbearers will be L. D. Middleton; Frank Cunningham, Norman Scholl, J. A. Taylor, Gover Wells and Bob Haddon.
  • At the time of her death, her usual residence was in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 814 Woodlawn Avenue.
  • Emma Pegues died on 16 February 1968 at age 88 in New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas, at Eden Home for the Aged.
  • She was interred at Roselawn Memorial Park (now San Fernando Cemetery #3), San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 15 Dec 2016

Family: Joseph Lee Stedham b. 12 February 1864, d. 5 June 1940