Descendants of George Pegram
Seventh Generation
(Continued)

1628. Mary Caroline Pegram (John Coleman , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ^{1, 2} in 1825 in Virginia. She died in 1890 in Hamilton, Hancock Co., Illinois.

Mary married ¹ Dr. William A. J. Russell son of John Russell and Laura Ann Spencer on 8 Apr 1845 in Calhoun Co., Illinois. William was born ² on 7 Nov 1819 in Bonhomme, St. Louis Co., Missouri.

The 1850 Census lists his occupation as Merchant. At the time of the Census the couple were living next to his parents.

During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company G, Tenth Missouri infantry, and was killed at the battle of Chattanooga.

They had the following children:

	5064	F	i	Mary Catherine Russell was born on 5 Sep 1846 in Bluffdale, Greene, Co., Illinois. She died on 12 Feb 1850 in Bluffdale, Greene, Co., Illinois. She died proior to date of census.
	5065	F	ii	Juliet F. Russell was born 1, 2 on 11 Sep 1848 in Bluffdale, Greene, Co., Illinois.
	5066	M	iii	John Pegram Russell was born on 19 Aug 1850.
	5067	F	iv	Laura G. Russell was born 1 about 1854 in Illinois.
	5068	M	v	William Spencer Russell was born on 18 Mar 1855 in Bissell, Calhoun Co., Illinois.
	5069	F	vi	Josephine Miles Russell was born on 26 Nov 1857 in Hamilton, Hancock Co., Illinois. She died on 24 Jul 1859 in Hamilton, Illinois.

1630. Benjamin Rush Pegram ^{1, 2} (John Coleman , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ³ on 24 Apr 1828 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died ⁴ in 1886.

Benjamin Rush had a general store in Council Bluff, Iowa, and contracted for the transportation of goods across the plains, before there were railroads in the area. Benjamin moved from Iowa to St. Louis, Missouri, where his brother George was a successful business man. He became a steamboat captain of the largest freshwater steamboat in the country at the time. Like his brother George, he was an innovator. He and George designed and owned the boat which he captained. He devised the handling of stage planks by derricks, which was widely accepted. He was said to be the originator of turning steam into the vessel hold to extinguish a fire. Benjamin later became superintendent of the Water Lines of the Union Pacific Railroad Company's steamers, plying the Pacific, the Columbia and other rivers.

The 1880 Soundex for Missouri shows: B. R. Pegram, 52, b. Va.; M. A., 45, b. Mass; Minnie, 22, b. Mass; and Frank, 20, b. Iowa.

Benjamin married Mercy Adeline Robbins daughter of Alexander Robbins and Eunice Sears about 1856 in Massachusetts. Mercy was born ¹ on 5 Sep 1828 in Brewster, Mass.. She died ² in 1901.

The 1900 Census gives her birthdate as Sept. 1830. She is a widow. Living with her is her son, Frank Rush Pegram .The Census shows she has had 3 children, all living.

They had the following children:

	5070	M	i	George Herndon Pegram was born on 29 Dec 1855. He died on 23 Dec 1937.
	5071	F	ii	Minnie Stella Pegram was born on 22 Aug 1857. She died on 4 Dec 1942.
	5072	M	iii	Frank Rush Pegram was born 1 in Nov 1861 in Iowa. He died 2 in 1949. In 1900 he is still single, living with his mother. His occupation is given as clerk, banking house.
				Frank married Laura Addison Gross 1 daughter of Charles Addison Gross and Martha Jenkins Bates on 30 Nov 1904 in Cohasset, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. Laura was born 2 on 17 Jun 1868 in Cohasset, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. She died 3 in 1935.

1631. Martha Ward Pegram (John Coleman , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ^{1, 2} on 8 Apr 1834 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died on 1 Dec 1877 in Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois.

Martha married ⁵ William Alexander Pegram ^{1, 2, 3, 4} son of William Baker Pegram and Sarah Elizabeth Mary Jones Walker on 3 Jul 1849 in Greene Co., Illinois. William was born ^{6, 7} on 16 Jan 1824 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died on 1 Feb 1905.

The 1850 Census of IL shows that William Alexander Pegram and his new wife, Martha Ward Pegram are living with his parents.

They had the following children:

	5073	M	i	George Rush Pegram is printed as #2028.
	5074	F	ii	Virginia W. Pegram is printed as #2029.
	5075	F	iii	Blanche Pegram is printed as #2030.
	5076	F	iv	Caroline (Carrie) Embrough Pegram is printed as #2031.
	5077	M	v	William Alexander Pegram is printed as #2032.
	5078	M	vi	Thomas Lincoln Pegram is printed as #2033.
	5079	F	vii	Mary Elizabeth Pegram is printed as #2034.
	5080	F	viii	Edith Pegram is printed as #2035.
	5081	M	ix	John Mayo Pegram is printed as #2036.
	5082	F	x	Helen Peters Pegram is printed as #2037.
	5083	F	xi	Virginia (Birdie) W Pegram is printed as #2038.
	5084	M	xii	Samuel Marshall Pegram is printed as #2039.

1633. Matilda Carolina Pegram (Edward Lyle , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) died on 15 Nov 1836 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.

Dr. Simmons included the the following for this family: "Matilda Pegram, daughter of Edward Lyle and Mary Pegram, was born in Dinwiddie County. She married John A. Brander, at the home of her parents on 4 November 1835, as recorded in the Reverend John Cameron's Register and the Bath Parish Register. (Va. Genealogical Soc. 1963). Matilda's (or Martha's) funeral was held 15 November 1836, at the home of her parents in Dinwiddie County. She lived only a year after her marriage. She and John had a daughter, Matilda, who married Dr. Benjamin Wilkins. They moved to California and had two children, Benjamin and Matilda." As shown in the biographical sketch herein, Matilda married Dr. Edmond Taylor Wilkins, son of Dr. Benjamin Wilkins.

Matilda married ¹ John A. Brander son of John Brander and Martha Field Robertson on 4 Nov 1835 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. John died ² on 5 May 1850.

They had the following children:

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Matilda (aka Martha) C. Brander was born in 1836. She died on 9 Mar 1867.

1634. Virginia Jane Pegram (Edward Lyle , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ¹ about 1820 in Virginia.

Virginia married John T. Cochran. John was born ¹ about 1811 in Mississippi.

They had the following children:

	5086	F	i	Lelia Cochran was born 1 about 1849 in Madison, Louisiana. She died before 1860.
	5087	M	ii	John Cochran was born 1 about 1859 in Madison Parish, Louisiana.

1636. Laura Pegram ¹ (Edward Lyle , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ² about 1833 in Virginia. She died before 1870 in Misssissippi.

In 1850 she was living with her sister Virginia and her husband John Cochran in Madison Parish, Louisiana.

Laura married Dr. S. W. Hamilton ¹. Dr. S. W. Hamilton was born in Dec 1816 in Paris, Kentucky. He died ² after 1891.

Dr. S. W. Hamilton was born in Paris, Kentucky in the month of December, 1816, the fifth child in a family of seven children born to William and Rebecca (Ward) Hamilton, the former of whom inherited a large estate from his father, who removed to the state of Kentucky about the time of Daniel Boone, and became a successful planter. He became a resident of Mississippi about 1836, and after becoming a resident of Clinton, filled the positions of mayor, justice of the peace, notary public and postmaster. His wife was a native of Petersburg, Virginia. .

Dr. S. W. Hamilton was an attendant of the common schools up to the age of twelve years, when he entered an educational institution of Marion, Missouri (1828) where he remained for about two years. About this time (1830) his father became a resident of Tennessee, and S. W. left the school which he had been attending in Missouri and entered college at Memphis, Tennessee, and during the two years that he remained there made rapid progress in his studies. He then (1832) came to Mississippi and joined his elder brother, James Hamilton, who was in charge of a Presbyterian church; then spent the two and a half succeeding years with Mr. Comfort at school. He then (1835) entered the mercantile establishment of Spires and Charlescroft, and a year later of Parham and Gibson, in whose employ he remained four years (1839). The two succeeding years he spent in traveling over the south.

In 1841 he went to Richmond, Madison Parish, Louisiana, but about a year and a half later came to Clinton, Mississippi, and was engaged in the collection of claims for merchants until 1842, when he began the study of law with Gen. Henry S. Foote, abandoning it at the end of one and a half years (1844) to take up the study of medicine with Dr. J. B. Morgan of Clinton, in two years' time fitting himself to enter college. He took two courses of lectures at Louisville, KY, receiving his diploma.

In May, 1846, he removed to Louisiana, where he followed the practice of his profession until 1848, after which time, until the opening of the war, he was a successful medical practitioner of Madison parish. In 1861 he became first lieutenant of Company A, Fourth Louisiana battalion, with which he served until 1863, the most of his service being in West Virginia, under General Floyd. On account of ill health he returned home in 1863, but later was assigned to the surgical department. Upon his return to Louisiana he resumed the practice of his profession, and was a leading medical practitioner of that state until 1883. During the yellow fever scourge of 1878 he was at Delta, LA, from which practice he came to Mississippi. For the past two years (1889?) Dr. Hamilton has not practiced his profession, only as his most intimate friends desire.

From Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Vol. 1, Part II, Page 851 Copyright 1891

They had the following children:

	5088	F	i	Mattie F. Hamilton was born in Dec 1852.
	5089	F	ii	Lillie Hamilton 1 was born 2 in 1854 in Louisiana.
	5090	F	iii	Belle Hamilton 1 was born 2 in 1856 in Louisiana.
				Belle married Charles W. Webb on 21 Apr 1875 in Hinds Co., Mississippit.

1638. Richard Gregory Pegram (Richard Gregory , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ¹ on 14 Feb 1829 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died ² on 8 Nov 1896 in Virginia. He was buried ³ in Blandford Church Cemetery, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.

During the Civil War he was a Capt. in Pegram's Battery, CVA. He became an attorney and practiced law with S. Stringfellow in Richmond, Virginia.

Richard married ^{1, 2} Helen Lee Burwell daughter of Blair Burwell and Delia Harris on 15 May 1855 in Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia. Helen was born ³ on 1 Sep 1833 in Virginia. She died ⁴ on 17 Jun 1920 in Richmond, Virginia. She was buried ⁵ in Blandford Cemetary, Petersburg, Virginia.

In 1930 she is identified as the mother-in-law, living in the home of Barton Grudy.

Most members of this family are buried in the family plot in Ward E of Blandford Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.

They had the following children:

	5091	M	i	Blair Burwell Pegram was born 1, 2, 3 on 23 Feb 1856 in Petersburg, Independant City, Virginia. He died 4 on 12 Jun 1927 in Virginia. He was buried 5 in Blandford Church Cemetery, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. In 1920, Blair and Richard Gregory were living together in Richmond, Virginia where both were employed in the insurance business.
	5092	F	ii	Jane Maury Pegram was born about 1858. She died in 1878.
	5093	F	iii	Virginia Margaret (Maggie) Pegram was born on 26 Jan 1860. She died on 25 Oct 1927.
	5094	F	iv	Delia Helen Pegram was born in Jul 1861.
	5095	M	v	Richard Gregory Pegram 1 was born 2, 3 on 5 Dec 1863 in Virginia. He died 4 on 4 Apr 1942.
	5096	F	vi	Mary Louise Pegram was born 1, 2 on 3 Oct 1865 in Virginia. She died 3 on 19 Aug 1939 in Virginia. She was buried 4 in Blandford Cemetary, Petersburg, Virginia. In 1920 she was still single and living in the home of Annie Lewis in Richmond, Virginia.
	5097	F	vii	Helen Lee Pegram 1 was born 2 on 24 Jul 1872 in Virginia. She died 3 on 5 Dec 1872 in Virginia. She was buried 4 in Blandford Cemetary, Petersburg, Virginia.
	5098	F	viii	Sephronia (Sophia) Pegram was born in Jul 1875.

1641. James West Pegram (James West , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ¹ on 14 Feb 1839 in Virginia. He died ² on 31 Mar 1881 in Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia. He was buried ³ in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

He served as an Ensign in the Confederate Navy of Virginia.

James married ¹ Elizabeth Randolph Daniel daughter of Raleigh Travers Daniel and Susan on 21 Nov 1861. Elizabeth was born ² on 21 Jul 1840. She died ³ on 5 Jun 1863. She was buried ⁴ in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

They had the following children:

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William Pegram 1 was born about 1862 in Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia. He died 2 in Sep 1868. He died of diptheria.

1642. Virginia Johnson Pegram (James West , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ¹ in Jul 1843 in Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia. She died in 1920.

She was cited in re: "the Burial of Latane", which was painted around 1863, as "Jennie Pegram (Mrs. David Macintosh of Baltimore)"

Virginia married ² Col. David Gregg McIntosh ¹ son of James Hawes McIntosh and Martha A. Gregg on 8 Nov 1865. David was born ³ on 16 Mar 1836 in Society Hill, Darlington District, South Carolina. He died on 7 Oct 1916. He was buried ⁴ in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Having graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1855, he practiced law and raised cotton and was a member of the Darlington Guards prior to the Civil War. Joining the Pee Dee Battery as a Captain in 1861, he took command of his own battalion as Major in 1863, and his battalion had the distiction of firing the first rounds of artillery at Gettysburg. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1864 and Colonel in 1865. Following the Civil War, he practiced law in Towson, Maryland, and served as President of the Maryland Bar Association. He was the brother-in-law of Confederate General John Pegram and Colonel Willie J. Pegram.

They had the following children:

	5100	F	i	Virginia McIntosh was born 1 about 1880 in Towsontown, Maryland. She died 2 in 1902. Apparently her date of death is incorrect since the 1900 Census shows that the couple have had 3 children with 2 living.
	5101	F	ii	Margaret McIntosh was born about 1870. She died on 10 Apr 1942.
	5102	M	iii	David Gregg McIntosh was born in Jul 1877. He died in 1941.

1644. John Pegram May ¹ (Mariah (Marion) Ward Pegram , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 14 Nov 1829 in Bristol Parish, Virginia. He died about 1863 in Manassas, Virginia.

His obituary as printed in "Necrology of alumni of Harvard college, 1851-52 to 1862-63" reads:

"John Pegram May was killed in the second battle of Bull Run, Va. 29 August 1862, aged 31 years. He was the son of David May of Petersburg, Va. and Maria W. Pegram of Booneville, Va.; and was the oldest of five boys and two girls. He was married 15 May 1850 in the First Presbyterian Church of Petersburg by A. B. Van Zandt, to Mary Dandridge, daughter of the late Nathaniel Hannah, M.D. He was killed while in the rebel service."

John married Mary Dandridge Harrison daughter of Nathaniel Harrison and Mary Dandridge Minge about 1849. Mary was born on 10 Dec 1827 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died ¹ on 22 Mar 1894. She was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Her maternal grandparents were George Hunt Minge and wife Frances Dandridge Minge.
She is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.

She is buried in the family plot of her daughter who married Powhatan Breeden.

They had the following children:

	5103	M	i	Nathaniel Harrison May was born in Feb 1851.
	5104	M	ii	David May was born about 1853 in Petersburg, Independant City, Virginia.
	5105	F	iii	Maria May was born on 5 Mar 1854. She died on 16 Feb 1925.
	5106	M	iv	William Joynes May was born about 1856 in Petersburg, Independant City, Virginia.
	5107	F	v	Ann Harrison (Annie) May was born on 16 Feb 1857 in Petersburg, Independant City, Virginia. She died 1 on 21 Aug 1857 in Petersburg, Independant City, Virginia.
	5108	M	vi	Dr. John Fitzhugh May was born on 18 Jun 1858.
	5109	M	vii	Charles Edward May was born on 8 Oct 1860. He died on 10 Sep 1940.

1646. Anna Maria May (Mariah (Marion) Ward Pegram , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 4 Nov 1832 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. She died ¹ on 12 Jan 1900. She was buried ² in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk Co., Virginia.

Birth and death dates for Anna Maria (May) Baker are from her tombstone.

Anna married ³ Richard Henry Baker ^{1, 2} son of Richard Henry Baker and Lelia Anne Barraud on 12 Nov 1850 in Petersburg, Independant City, Virginia. Richard was born ^{4, 5} on 18 Dec 1826 in Norfolk Co., Virginia. He died ⁶ on 1 Feb 1911. He was buried ⁷ in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk Co., Virginia.

Richard Henry (2) Baker, son of Judge Richard Henry (1) Baker, was born in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia, December 18, 1826, died in Norfolk, Virginia, February 1, 1911, after an honorable professional life in that city, covering a period of sixty-one years. He was educated at the Boys' School in Amelia county, Virginia, then conducted by William H. Harrison, the Episcopal High School near Alexandria, Virginia, and Norfolk Academy, entering the University of Virginia in 1847. There he pursued a course of legal study, and in 1850 was graduated Bachelor of Law. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army, Third Virginia Battalion, and later was promoted quartermaster, with the rank of major, organizing the quartermaster's department in Norfolk. In 1862 he was elected a member of the Virginia house of delegates, and was continued in that office until 1865. After the war he resumed the practice of law in Norfolk, and rose rapidly in his profession. In 1880 he admitted his son, Richard Henry (3) Baker, to a partnership, and as Richard H. Baker & Son the firm became one of the leading law firms of the city. Mr. Baker Sr. was at the time of his death a member of the Virginia Bar Association, and the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association. He was honored in his profession, and in his long legal life of sixty-one years spent at the Norfolk bar proved the integrity of his life, the depth of his learning, his devotion to the strictest code of legal ethics, and the high quality of his citizenship. Prior to the war between the states, he was a Whig in politics, but with the passing of that party he allied himself with the Democratic organization, and ever after acted with that party. He served, as stated, in the Virginia house of delegates, 1862-65; was appointed in 1872 a member of the board of visitors of the University of Virginia, serving four years. He was ever actively interested in public affairs, in every way possible contributed to the growth and prosperity of his city, and took a keen interest in many charitable organizations. He received many evidences of the high regard of his fellowmen, and in his life justified the favorable opinion so universally expressed.

They had the following children:

	5110	F	i	Mary Baker.
				Mary married John Brunor.
	5111	F	ii	Maria May Baker was born in Sep 1851.
	5112	F	iii	Lelia Barraud Baker 1 was born 2 on 22 Jul 1853 in Norfolk Co., Virginia. She died 3 on 11 May 1882. She did not marry.
	5113	M	iv	Richard Henry Baker was born on 29 Nov 1855. He died on 10 Mar 1930.
	5114	F	v	Anna T. Baker was born about 1858 in Norfolk Co., Virginia. She died before 1870.
	5115	F	vi	Kate Hansford Baker was born on 29 Dec 1861. She died on 15 Feb 1928.
	5116	F	vii	Lucy Lee Baker was born 1 on 16 Jul 1863 in Norfolk Co., Virginia. She died 2 on 8 Nov 1944.
	5117	M	viii	Benjamin May Baker was born on 8 Aug 1865. He died on 16 Nov 1934.
	5118	F	ix	Minnie Baker was born 1 in Jul 1865 in Norfolk Co., Virginia.
	5119	F	x	Emily Gay Baker 1 was born 2 on 19 Mar 1868 in Norfolk Co., Virginia. She died 3 on 25 Oct 1934. There was no issue of this marriage.
				Emily married 1 Thomas Barkwell Lane on 14 Apr 1909. Thomas was born 2 on 16 Nov 1879 in "Woodstock", Matthews Co., Virginia. He died 3 on 9 Oct 1943 in Norfolk Co., Virginia. He was buried 4 in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk Co., Virginia.

1647. Dr. David Fitzhugh May ¹ (Mariah (Marion) Ward Pegram , John , Edward , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born about 1835 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died in 1911 in Petersburg, Independant City, Virginia.

David Fitzhugh May was a physician from Petersburg, Virginia. He served on the city council; in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1879-83; and as Superintendent of Central State Hospital, the nation's first mental institution for blacks.

His will probated 28 Dec. 1911, recorded in Will Book 3, Page 266, Petersburg, Virginia, leaves his entire estate to his daughter, Elvira Fitzhugh May.

David married ¹ (1) Sarah Overton Watkins daughter of Edward Watkins and Harriet Trevilian on 30 Oct 1857 in Chesterfield Co., Virginia. Sarah was born ² in 1835. She died on 18 Jun 1858 in Chesterfield Co., Virginia.

David married (2) Sarah Rebecca Smith daughter of William Smith and Rebecca B.. Sarah was born ¹ on 13 Oct 1841 in Prince George, Virginia. She died ² on 21 Jun 1896. She was buried ^{3, 4} in Blandford Church Cemetery, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.

They had the following children:

	5120	F	i	Elvira Fitzhugh May was born in Jun 1867.
	5121	F	ii	Nannie Elva May.
	5122	M	iii	James May.

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