Amanda Eliza Pegues
b. 28 May 1843, d. 14 March 1880
- Father: Charles Christopher Pegues b. 2 May 1814, d. 24 August 1862
- Mother: Naomi C. Melton b. 19 June 1819, d. 19 January 1879
- Amanda Eliza Pegues was born on 28 May 1843 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
- 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 Amanda Eliza Pegues, Samuel Butler Pegues, Miles T. Pegues, Martha Elizabeth 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 Amanda Eliza Pegues, Miles T. Pegues, Martha Elizabeth 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 John L. Collins on 14 November 1865 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
- John L. Collins and Amanda Eliza Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Edward J. Collins.
- Amanda Eliza Pegues died on 14 March 1880 at age 36 in Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, Mississippi.
- Her husband John L. Collins became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at Coffeeville City Cemetery, Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, Mississippi.
- Last Edited: 7 Mar 2015
Family: John L. Collins b. 29 November 1838, d. 28 November 1937
- Edward J. Collins b. April 1870
- Albert Brannon Collins b. 8 January 1872, d. 28 September 1901
- L. T. Collins b. circa 1874
- Robert Isom Collins b. 3 April 1876, d. 16 May 1924
- Annie H. Collins b. April 1878