Martha Elizabeth Pegues

b. 25 October 1884, d. 13 June 1972
  • Martha Elizabeth Pegues was born on 25 October 1884 in Arkansas.
  • Robert Bruce Pegues and Mary Catherine Brock appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Hico Township, Benton County, Arkansas. Other members of the household included Martha Elizabeth Pegues, Lulu M. Pegues and Marvin Rice Pegues.
  • She married Morris Frazee Knight, son of Thomas Rogers Knight and Rachel Jane Sixkiller, on 30 December 1908 in Benton County, Arkansas, by license issued the 29th.
  • Morris Frazee Knight and Martha Elizabeth Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma, at 303 North Smith Street. Other members of the household included Robert P. Knight, Mary Catherine Brock and Marvin Rice Pegues.
  • Morris Frazee Knight and Martha Elizabeth Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 1112 South Boston Avenue. Other members of the household included Robert P. Knight.
  • She was self-employed as a teacher of expression, according to the 1930 census.
  • Morris Frazee Knight and Martha Elizabeth Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 1116 South Norfolk Avenue. Other members of the household included Mary Catherine Brock. Also in the household were widowed sister-in-law Ada B. Septon (age 58) and two male lodgers.
  • Martha Elizabeth Pegues became a widow at the 1946 death of her husband Morris Frazee Knight.
  • Martha Elizabeth Pegues died on 13 June 1972 at age 87 in Craig County, Oklahoma.
  • She was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma.
  • Last Edited: 12 Apr 2015

Family: Morris Frazee Knight b. 7 November 1874, d. 1946