Descendants of George Pegram
Seventh Generation
(Continued)

2011. Benjamin Baker Andrews (Nathaniel James Andrews , Mary Peter Pegram , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ¹ on 27 Oct 1854 in Greene Co., Illinois. He died before 1920.

Benjamin married Judah Ethel Wood daughter of Allen B. Wood and Tryphena Mulberry on 15 Dec 1881 in Greene Co., Illinois. Judah was born on 28 Apr 1865. She died after 1920.

The following item on Judah's family is from the History of Greene County Il. pg. 836-837:

Allen B. Wood was born Sept 19 1823, in Kentucky. He was united in marriage with Tryphena Mulberry, Dec 26 1850. She was born Aug 26 1827. By this union there were eight children - John P, born Oct 10 1851; George t. born Aug. 22 1853; Henrietta, born Oct. 13 1855, died at the age of two years; Sarah Adelene, born Nov 13 1860; Judah Ethel, born Dec 3 1865, died Oct 4 1875; Della Octavia, born Feb 21 1869, died Dec 27 1876. Mr. Wood followed farming for a few years, but his health failing him he engaged in the mercantile business, in which he was quite successful. In the year 1862 ro 63 his health again failing, he returned to farm life, thinking the change would benefit him. Here he resided until his death. In 1869, Mrs. Wood's health began to fail she being taken with a severe cough, which finally terminated in death on the 18th of March, 1871. She left six children with out the tender care of a mother. Mr. Wood soon followed his beloved wife to the grave, his death occurring Sept 21 1873. He had been troubled with a cough for 16 years, but his ambition kept him up, until he at last fell dead, with hemorrhage of the lungs leaving the younger children to the care of the two eldest sons, Perry and George. Mr. and Mrs. Wood lived a happy life in and round the vicinity of Woodville and through the county of Greene. Mr. Wood was a very enterprising man always attentive to business and gaining many friends by his honesty, uprightness and integrity.

John P. Wood was married Sept 3 1874 to Elvira Maberry, and by this union there were three children William c. living with his grandfather William Maberry; Kate Pearl, deceased; Gertrude, also living with her grandparents. John P Wood died June 21 879, and his wife died Aug 1 1880. George T. Wood was married Oct 25 1874 to Mary B Robinson, of Woodville. He now resided at Cannon City, Col., where he went five years ago this Fall on account of ill health, and is now in the transfer business there. He has three children Claudius, Roy and Georgia May. Sarah Adelene Wood, unmarried travels for her health, which is poor and makes her home with relatives, while in Greene county with her uncle an sister. Juday E wood was married Dec 15 1881, to B B Andrews of Carrollton Mr. Andrews, is a farmer, and devotes his attention mostly to raising wheat. They have one child Ethel, born Oct 23 1882. the Deceased members of the Wood family are buried side by side in Maberry cemetery.

Benjamin and Judah had the following children:

	5652	F	i	Lizzie Andrews was born in Oct 1881 in Illinois.
	5653	F	ii	Ethel Andrews was born on 23 Oct 1882 in Greene Co., Illinois.
	5654	M	iii	Nathaniel Allen Andrews was born on 12 Dec 1892 in Greene Co., Illinois. He died in Jan 1967.
	5655	M	iv	George B. Andrews was born in Feb 1900 in Illinois.

2013. Elizabeth J. (Lizzie) Andrews ¹ (Nathaniel James Andrews , Mary Peter Pegram , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ² on 19 Aug 1857 in Carrolton, Greene Co., Illinois. She died on 11 Sep 1927 in Greene Co., Illinois. She was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetary, Greene Co., Illinois.

The 1900 Census gives her birth date as Nov. 1854 which differs from family records.

Elizabeth married Charles A. Kesinger ^{1, 2} son of Daniel Campbell Kesinger and Rachel McComb on 5 Feb 1874 in Greene Co., Illinois. Charles was born in Mar 1851 in Illinois. He died on 20 Jul 1919 in Greene Co., Illinois. He was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetary, Greene Co., Illinois.

The following item on the parents of Charles is taken from 1879, Greene County, IL History.

Kessinger, Daniel, farmer, Sec. 27, P.O. Wrightsville. Among the old settlers of this township is Daniel Kessinger, who is a native of Hart County, Kentucky, born Nov. 13, 1811 ; was next the youngest of a family of seven children by his father's first wife. Jacob and Rebecca, the parents of Daniel, are natives of the same county and State. Daniel's mother's name, prior to her marriage, was Clendennen. The advantages Daniel had, when young, for schooling were unfavorable indeed, and what he did receive was in those rude log structures of the time. At the age of 19 he made a trip to Tazewell County, on horseback, staid eleven months, and returned to Kentucky, where he remained about thirteen years. In March 7, 1832, married Rachel McCombs, of Byron County, Kentucky, near Mammoth Cave. She was born Oct. 24, 1813. By this marriage they have had twelve children, nine of them living: William, Porterfield F., James C., Woodford T., Charles A., and the girls are: Perlina E., Sarah F., Prudy Jane and Louretta, all of them married and well settled in life, and every member from the parents down belong to the U. Baptist Church. Nov., I847, Mr. Kessinger, wife and six children emigrated to this State with an ox team and located in this county; first began renting, which he followed for seven years, then bought 120 acres of land where he now resides. His wife has for the last fifteen years served in the capacity of midwife, and has been very successful. Mr. Kessinger has not been a man that was eager after this world's goods, but has been reasonably content with a good living and a sufficient competency for his old age. Has taken but little interest in political matters, but is a staunch Democrat; in short, there is no man in the township more highly respected than he is, being religiously honest, and conscientiously just. He has raised a family of children who are an honor to him and to the community in which they reside. His wife has been a member of the U. Baptist Church for near half a century

The 1900 ensus reflects the couple have been married for 26 years. They have had 5 children with 4 living, all of whom are still at home.

They had the following children:

	5656	M	i	Guy L. Kesinger was born 1 in Dec 1874 in Greene Co., Illinois.
	5657	M	ii	Curtis Kesinger was born 1 in Nov 1876 in Greene Co., Illinois.
	5658	M	iii	Bert Kesinger was born 1 in Oct 1878 in Greene Co., Illinois.
	5659	F	iv	Vina P. Kesinger was born in Jan 1890 in Greene Co., Illinois.

2019. Beatrice I. Andrews (Nathaniel James Andrews , Mary Peter Pegram , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ¹ on 15 Jul 1868 in Greene Co., Illinois.

Beatrice married Lewis J. Eldred.

They had the following children:

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Brace A. Eldred was born 1 on 22 Apr 1893 in Illinois. He died on 13 Nov 1960 in Almeda Co., California.

2030. Blanche Pegram ¹ (William Alexander , William Baker , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ^{2, 3} on 8 Apr 1854 in Greene Co., Illinois. She died on 19 Dec 1913 in Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois.

Another source gives Pike Co., Illinois as her place of birth.

Blanche married Andrew Layman son of Henry Layman and Elizabeth Kretzinger on 10 Sep 1874 in Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois. Andrew was born ^{1, 2} on 14 Apr 1851 in Bath, Mason Co., Illinois. He died on 6 Apr 1922 in Hutchinson, Kansas.

The following is from "History of Logan County. Illinois" by Lawrence B. Stringer. Published by Pioneer Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1911: "The month of June, ... witnessed a number of severe storms in the county, which did considerable damage...During one of the heavier storms, considerable damage was done on the farm of Andrew Layman, east of Lincoln, corn cribs being demolished, trees twisted off, fragments of lumber scattered for over 200 yards, and a long piece of fencing was driven by the force of the storm into the roof of the house."

From "History of Logan County, Illinois" published by Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1886, p. 636-637: "Andrew Layman, youngest son of Henry and Elizabeth (Kretzinger) Layman, was born in Mason County, Illinois, April 14, 1852. He married Blanche Pegram, who was born in Pike County, Illinois, in 1854, a daughter of Alexander and Martha (Ward) Pegram, the father a resident of Lincoln and the latter deceased, dying December 1, 1876. To Mr. and Mrs. Layman have been born four children--Ward E., Nellie M., Beulah B. and Clifford A., the latter dying in infancy. Mr. Layman is at present residing on the northwest quarter of section 14, Chester Township, where he has a fine farm containing 380 acres, situated on sections 11 and 14."

The 1920 Census reflects that Andrew remarried after the death of Blanche. At the time of the 1920 Census, Fiske, Bernadine and Gladys were still living in the home.

They had the following children:

	5661	F	i	Ward Elizabeth (Werdie) Layman was born 1 on 9 Jun 1875 in Logan Co., Illinois.
				Ward married Andrew Elmer Keyes on 1 Jan 1902 in At Andrew Layman's home, Lincoln, Illinois. Andrew was born in Illinois.
	5662	F	ii	Nellie Mary Layman was born 1 on 29 Sep 1876 in Logan Co., Illinois.
				Nellie married (1) John Rerick.
				Nellie married (2) Charles McConnell on 4 Feb 1903.
	5663	M	iii	Clifford Alexander E. Layman was born on 21 Jul 1878 in Logan Co., Illinois. He died on 21 Sep 1878 in Logan Co., Illinois.
	5664	F	iv	Beulah Blanch Layman was born on 29 Nov 1880.
	5665	M	v	Clinton B. Fiske Layman was born 1, 2 on 19 Dec 1890 in Logan Co., Illinois. He died in 1954 in Kansas.
	5666	M	vi	Andrew Herbert Layman was born on 9 Sep 1892. He died on 28 Dec 1967.
	5667	F	vii	Hazel Bernadine Layman was born 1, 2 on 2 Dec 1894 in Logan Co., Illinois. She died on 22 Sep 1924.
				Hazel married Unknown on 6 Jun 1924.
	5668	F	viii	Gladys Layman was born 1, 2 on 18 Jul 1898 in Logan Co., Illinois.
				Gladys married Alfred Helm.

2033. Thomas Lincoln Pegram ¹ (William Alexander , William Baker , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ^{2, 3} on 4 Sep 1860 in Logan Co., Illinois.

Thomas married Alice Irene Curry on 30 Oct 1883. Alice was born about 1862 in New York.

In 1920 she is found as a widow, living in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Living with her are her son Harold who is still single and her daughter Helen and her husband, J. H. Schmidt.

Thomas and Alice had the following children:

	5669	F	i	Beatrice Pegram.
	5670	M	ii	Harold Southerland Pegram was born 1 on 26 Jan 1885 in Macon Co., Ilinois. He died 2 on 17 Feb 1956 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California. When he signed the WWI Registration card, he was living in Muskogee, Oklahoma working in a drygoods store.
	5671	F	iii	Hellen Pegram was born in Apr 1888 in Macon Co., Ilinois.
				Hellen married J. H. Schmidt. J. H. Schmidt was born about 1889 in Germany.

2034. Mary Elizabeth Pegram ¹ (William Alexander , William Baker , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ² on 7 Dec 1863 in Logan Co., Illinois.

Mary married Everett Willard Curry on 13 Feb 1884.

They had the following children:

	5672	M	i	Everett Willard Curry was born on 20 Nov 1885.
	5673	M	ii	Richard Mayo Curry was born on 23 Jun 1893.

2035. Edith Pegram ¹ (William Alexander , William Baker , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ² on 21 Nov 1865 in Logan Co., Illinois. She died on 5 Feb 1929 in Logan Co., Illinois.

Edith married ² James William Duff ¹ son of Andrew McClure Duff and Isabelle (Belle) Johnson on 27 Mar 1886 in Logan Co., Illinois. James was born in Feb 1862 in Logan Co., Illinois.

They had the following children:

	5674	F	i	Myrtle Ward Duff was born in 1888. She died on 26 Jul 1969.
	5675	F	ii	Florence Virginia Duff was born on 2 Feb 1895 in Logan Co., Illinois. She died on 18 Jun 1922. She was buried in Old Union Cemetery, Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois.

2039. Samuel Marshall Pegram ¹ (William Alexander , William Baker , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 29 Sep 1876 in Logan Co., Illinois.

He is listed as a veteran of the Spanish-American War as being a resident of Decatur, Illinois. Other sources give his middle name as Mayo. When he sigend the WWI Registration card, he was living in Muskogee, Oklahoma working as a salesman in a drygoods store.

Samuel married Cora Sampson on 1 Jan 1904.

They had the following children:

	5676	M	i	Ward Pegram. The following is from a history of South Carolina newspapers: "The Enterprise was established in 1887 by Walter Boylin, who owned a newspaper in Monroe, N. C., and sent a man to run the Chester operation. He sold the paper in 1891 to a Chester schoolteacher, J. T. Bigham, who published the paper for one year. Five years later in 1897, Bigham became owner and editor of The Chester Lantern. The paper was later owned by W. F. Caldwell and J. Dana Jones, and then J. Otis Hull of Rock Hill. C. N. Wrenshall of Lincolnton, N. C., became owner January 12, 1919, with J. E. Nunnery as editor/publisher. Ward W. Pegram Sr. and Stewart L. Cassells bought the paper and changed its name to The Semi-Weekly News. Pegram became the sole owner in 1922 and changed the name to The Chester News. His son, Ward W. Pegram Jr., inherited and ran the newspaper until he sold it to The Chester Reporter on September 13, 1971 to form the present News & Reporter. In 1971, Paul League was publisher, James G. McKeown Sr. was general manager and L. Don McKeown was editor. "
	5677	F	ii	Arline Pegram.

2040. William Alexander Pegram (William Alexander , William Baker , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ¹ on 22 Jan 1886. He died ² on 3 Nov 1961 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.

At the time he signed the WWI Civil Registration card, he was living in Louisville, Kentucky and working in the plumbing and heating business.

William married Mae Bacon in 1918. Mae was born ¹ on 13 Feb 1888 in Illinois. She died ² on 11 Apr 1977 in Illinois.

They had the following children:

	5678		i	William Alexander Pegram was born about 1916 in Washington, D. C..
	5679	M	ii	Robert Martin Pegram was born on 4 Jun 1919 in Illinois. He died on 23 Jul 1997 in San Diego, California.
	5680	M	iii	Richard R. Pegram was born on 6 Feb 1925 in Missouri. He died on 29 May 1999.

2046. Sarah E. Pegram ¹ (Benjamin Baker , William Baker , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 28 Oct 1853 in Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois.

Sarah married ² Enoch T. Emery ¹ on 20 May 1875 in Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois. Enoch was born in Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois.

They had the following children:

	5681	M	i	Maude Josephine Emery 1 was born on 6 Sep 1876.
				Maude married William A. Banning on 1 Apr 1895. William was born on 16 Sep 1863.
	5682	F	ii	Nellie Baker Emery 1 was born on 12 Nov 1878.
				Nellie married Frank Corwin on 13 Dec 1899. Frank was born on 22 Dec 1870.
	5683	F	iii	Edith Sabina Emery 1 was born on 23 Feb 1881.
				Edith married Raymond W. Johnson on 17 Apr 1901. Raymond was born on 22 Apr 1880.
	5684	F	iv	Jessie L. Emery was born on 20 Aug 1883. She died on 5 Sep 1943.
	5685	M	v	Benjamin Totton Emery 1 was born on 16 Mar 1886. He died on 8 Sep 1954.
				Benjamin married Hazel Faye Carroll on 17 Jan 1912. Hazel was born on 4 Aug 1894. She died on 6 Feb 1930.
	5686	F	vi	Mary Eula Emery 1 was born on 14 Dec 1888.
				Mary married Leo Warren Slagg. Leo was born on 27 Jan 1890. He died on 15 Jul 1975 in Bourbonnais, Illinois.
	5687	F	vii	Amy Althea Emery 1 was born on 28 Nov 1891.
				Amy married Rober W. Marsh on 28 Jun 1914. Rober was born on 5 Apr 1892. He died on 24 Sep 1941.
	5688	F	viii	Verna Virginia Margaret Emery 1 was born on 1 Apr 1896. She died on 4 Mar 1992.
				Verna married Vernon Wilbur Patton on 10 Dec 1916. Vernon was born on 24 Jul 1893. He died on 8 Apr 1937.

2054. Helen Mary (Pattie) Pegram (Nathaniel Edward , William Baker , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ^{1, 2, 3} on 4 Dec 1859 in Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois.

In 1920 she was a widow, living with her daughter

Helen married Albert T. Summers ^{1, 2, 3} son of Charles Summers and Cynthia M. Trogdon on 18 Oct 1881. Albert was born ^{4, 5, 6, 7} in Dec 1858 in Illinois. He died before 1920.

Apparently his father died when he was very young. In 1860 he is found in Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois, living with his mother, Cynthia Summers, age 22. At the time his mother was working as a teacher. In 1870, his mother had remarried to to Robert L. Watston, a physician, in Paris, Illinois. He apparently graduated from high school in Decatur, Illnois in 1875. A local newspaper said of his commencement speech entitled "Memory" that it is "..truly original. The address was given in a very forcible manner and without the least show of embarrassment". He must have been a very good student indeed since later in the same year, a local newspaper article says he was visiting the local newspaper where he previously worked as a typesetter and that he was currently a member of the sophmore class of Indiana Asbury University. A later local notice in 1878 says he is home until ".. near the commencement at Indiana Asbury University where he is a student". In 1880, he was single, still living in Paris, where his occupation was given as "lawyer".

They had the following children:

	5689	M	i	Charles Pegram Summers was born on 14 Aug 1882. He died on 4 Oct 1955.
	5690	M	ii	Infant Summers was born in Nov 1884 in Illinois. He died in Dec 1884 in Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois. The notice of his death appeard in the Decatur Review, Dec. 14, 1884. The notice said the child died of actute bronchitis at the home of Mr. Pegram, Mrs. Summers father.
	5691	F	iii	Helen Summers was born 1 in 1888 in Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois.
	5692	F	iv	Ruth Summers was born 1, 2 on 3 Oct 1891 in Illinois. She died 3 on 28 Dec 1947 in San Bernadino Co., California.

2059. Katherine Leighton Pegram (Nathaniel Edward , William Baker , Baker , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born ^{1, 2} on 4 Jun 1878 in Lincoln, Logan Co., Illinois.

In 1930, she was a widow, living with her sister-in-law, Eda K. Pegram.

Katherine married K. P. Smith.

They had the following children:

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Anna Katherine Smith was born about 1903.

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