Martha Elizabeth Pegues
b. 10 March 1841, d. 9 March 1900
- Father: Charles Christopher Pegues b. 2 May 1814, d. 24 August 1862
- Mother: Naomi C. Melton b. 19 June 1819, d. 19 January 1879
- Martha Elizabeth Pegues was born on 10 March 1841 in Mississippi.
- She was known as Mattie.
- Charles Christopher Pegues and Naomi C. Melton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Martha Elizabeth Pegues, Samuel Butler Pegues, Miles T. Pegues, Amanda Eliza Pegues, Sarah A. Pegues and Margaret Melvina Pegues.
- Charles Christopher Pegues and Naomi C. Melton appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Pontotoc PO, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Martha Elizabeth Pegues, Miles T. Pegues, Amanda Eliza Pegues, Sarah A. Pegues, Margaret Melvina Pegues, Winfield Scott Pegues, John King Pegues, Caroline Frances Pegues, William Rengold Pegues and Edward Charles Pegues.
- She married Robert Boliver Pitts, son of Joshua A. Pitts and Nancy Stephens, on 5 September 1863 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, and Mattie's sister Margaret married Robert's first cousin Richard Pitts.
- Martha Elizabeth Pegues became a widow at the 24 August 1885 death of her husband Robert Boliver Pitts.
- Martha Elizabeth Pegues died on 9 March 1900 at age 58.
- She was interred at Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 10 Mar 2015