Nicholas T. Pegues Jr.

b. July 1894, d. 1918
  • Nicholas T. Pegues Jr. was born in July 1894 in Mississippi.
  • Nicholas T. Pegues and Sophia Rebecca (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi, enumerated next to Nick's brother Paul. Other members of the household included Nicholas T. Pegues Jr., Ezilda Pegues and Mary Pegues.
  • Nicholas T. Pegues and Sophia Rebecca (?) appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi, at Powell Street near the household of Nick's brother Paul. Other members of the household included Nicholas T. Pegues Jr., Ezilda Pegues, Mary Pegues and James McClellan Pegues. Also in the household was Tennessee-born Joella C. Shugog (age 65), identified as a cousin.
  • Nicholas T. Pegues Jr. died in 1918 in France.
  • He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi, likely a cenotaph marker.
  • The following appeared on 25 January 1919 in The Daily Herald: Two army casualty lists issued today contain the names of 343 American soldiers . . . Killed in Action-- . . . Nick T. Pegues, Jr., Winona, Miss.
  • His wife Sophia Rebecca (?) became a widow at his death.
  • The following appeared on 8 September 1944 in The Winona Times: Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia Rebecca Pegues, 70, were conducted by Rev. Hamilton Jones at the Immanuel Episcopal Church, Winona, at 3:00 p. m. Tuesday. She passed away at a Jackson hospital Monday.
         The Pegues family were pioneers of Montgomery County, Mrs. Pegues husband, the late Nick T. Pegues, Sr., was connected with the Pegues Hardware Company for a number of years, then with the Winona Hardware Company. He died in 1934.
         Mrs. Pegues was a Gold Star mother, having lost two sons during World War I. Nicholas T. Pegues, Jr., was killed in France a few minutes before the Armistice was declared. The local American Legion post was named in his honor. James Pegues was working in a defense plant at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he was burned and died. Mrs. Pegues was born near Rocky Springs, Claiborne County, Miss.
         The deceased is survived by: Two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Harvey, Winona, and Mrs. Frank Albers, Fairhope, Ala; a sister Mrs. W. A. Wilson, Durham, N. C; five grandsons, Clarence C. Harvey, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., Capt. Nicholas P. Harvey, U. S. Army Air Corps, overseas, Lt. Robert H. Harvey, U. S. Army Air Corps, Eglin Field, Fla., Pvt. Joseph M. Harvey, U. S. Army Air Corps, Keesler Field, Miss., and E. Malcolm Harvey, Winona.
         Active pallbearers were: C. M. Jaco, W. H. Peterson, Geo. H. Flowers, S. B. Bridges, J. E. Mortimer and Mark Bennett.
         Funeral arrangements were in charge of Oliver Funeral Home.
  • Last Edited: 3 Mar 2015