Margaret Melvina Pegues
b. circa May 1848, d. 13 August 1918
- Father: Charles Christopher Pegues b. 2 May 1814, d. 24 August 1862
- Mother: Naomi C. Melton b. 19 June 1819, d. 19 January 1879
- Margaret Melvina Pegues was born circa May 1848 in 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 Margaret Melvina Pegues, Samuel Butler Pegues, Miles T. Pegues, Martha Elizabeth Pegues, Amanda Eliza Pegues and Sarah A. 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 Margaret Melvina Pegues, Miles T. Pegues, Martha Elizabeth Pegues, Amanda Eliza Pegues, Sarah A. Pegues, Winfield Scott Pegues, John King Pegues, Caroline Frances Pegues, William Rengold Pegues and Edward Charles Pegues.
- She married Richard Laurens Pitts, son of Henry Teague Pitts and Selina Atkins, on 8 February 1870 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, and Margaret's sister Mattie married Richard's first cousin Robert Pitts.
- Margaret Melvina Pegues died on 13 August 1918 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
- Her husband Richard Laurens Pitts became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at Cherry Creek Cemetery, Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
- Last Edited: 7 Mar 2015