Claude Wynne Pegues

Claude Wynne Pegues

• Father: Oliver Hazard Pegues b. 27 November 1847, d. 30 March 1937
• Mother: Henrie S. Dyer b. 2 December 1851, d. 28 October 1888

• Claude Wynne Pegues was born on 5 July 1874 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas.
• Oliver Hazard Pegues and Henrie S. Dyer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Gregg County, Texas. Other members of the household included Claude Wynne Pegues, Cora Henrie Pegues and Eugene Stacy Pegues. Also in the household was nephew Jodie Dixon (age 12.)
• Claude Wynne Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Manila, Philippines, 14Th Infantry.
• He was a clerk in the commisary department, according to the 1900 census.
• He married Frances I. Humphries, daughter of Homer Hudson Humphries and Eula B. Vaughn, circa 1919.
• Claude Wynne Pegues and Frances I. Humphries appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Pierce County, Washington, at Fort Lewis Military Reservation.
• He was a soldier in the US Army, according to the 1930 census.
• He was a master sergeant in the US Army, according to the 1940 census.
• Claude Wynne Pegues and Frances I. Humphries appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Laramie County, Wyoming, at Fort Francis E. Warren Military Reservation. Other members of the household included Frances Ouida Pegues and Peggy Jean Pegues. In 1935 the family was in Quarry Heights, Panama.
• The following appeared on 22 June 1941 in the Macon Telegraph & News: Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pegues of Fort Warren, Wyoming, announce the engagement of their daughter, Frances, to Lt. Herbert I. Shingler of Ashburn, Ga., now stationed at McDill Field, Tampa, Fla.
• Claude Wynne Pegues died on 11 September 1947 at age 73 in Hillsborough County, Florida.
• His wife Frances I. Humphries became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at American Legion Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida.

• Last Edited: 7 Apr 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders