Descendants of George Pegram
Seventh Generation
(Continued)


2252. Lelia Eugenia Pegram (Daniel Theodore , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 2 Jul 1878 in Steel Creek, Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina. She died in Jun 1972 in South Carolina. She was buried in Allison Creek Cemetery, York Co., South Carolina.

Lelia married 1 Walter Mason Bigger son of James M. Bigger and Ferry E. in 1899. Walter was born 2, 3 in Nov 1875 in York Co., South Carolina. He died 4 in 1952. He was buried 5 in Allison Creek Cemetery, York Co., South Carolina.

They had the following children:

  6172 F i Ann Pegram Bigger was born 1 on 30 Jun 1901. She died in Oct 1902.
6173 F ii Elizabeth Bigger was born on 27 Jan 1903. She died on 18 Aug 1993.
  6174 F iii Grace Bigger was born 1 on 5 Dec 1904 in York Co., South Carolina. She died 2, 3 on 28 Nov 1996 in South Carolina.

Her obituary published November 30, 1996 in the The Herald Rock Hill, South Carolina, read in part:

Miss Grace Bigger, 91, of 143 Hands Mill Road Ext. died Thursday, Nov. 28, 1996, at Piedmont Medical Center. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Allison Creek Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Born in York County, she was a lifelong member and the oldest member of Allison Creek Presbyterian Church. She was a dental assistant for Dr. R. Harley Mackintosh of Rock Hill. She was the daughter of the late Walter M. and Lelia Pegram Bigger. Surviving are her brother, Dr. T.C. Bigger of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and a number of nieces and nephews.

Her obituary reads in part: Rock Hill - Miss Grace Bigger, 91, of 143 Hands Mill Road Ext. died Thursday, Nov. 28, 1996, at Piedmont Medical Center. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Allison Creek Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Born in York County, she was a lifelong member and the oldest member of Allison Creek Presbyterian Church. She was a dental assistant for Dr. R. Harley Mackintosh of Rock Hill. She was the daughter of the late Walter M. and Lelia Pegram Bigger. Surviving are her brother, Dr. T.C. Bigger of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and a number of nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the church after the service. Bass Funeral Home is in charge.
6175 M iv Theodore Cuyler Bigger was born on 10 Oct 1912. He died on 10 Apr 1999.
  6176 M v Eugene Mason Bigger was born 1 on 11 Aug 1907. He died 2 in 1960.
  6177 M vi Miles Alexander Bigger was born 1 on 29 Sep 1909. He died 2 on 28 Apr 1996 in Clover, York Co., South Carolina.

His obituary published April 29, 1996 in The Herald Rock Hill, South Carolina reads in part:

Mr. Miles Alexander Bigger, 86, of 11 Honeysuckle Woods, Lake Wylie, died Sunday, April 28, 1996, at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. The funeral will be 4 p.m. Tuesday at Allison Creek Presbyterian Church, with the Revs. Anne Morgan and David Riddle officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery. Mr. Bigger was retired from Interstate Johnson Lane Co. in Charlotte. He had previously worked with R.S. Dickson Co. He was a member of Allison Creek Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder from 1946 until 1976. He was a 1929 graduate of York High School, a 1930 graduate of Kings Business College in Charlotte and a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II. He was a past member of the River Hills Lions Club. Surviving are his wife, Mary Riddle Bigger; his brother, Dr. T.C. Bigger of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; and his sister, Grace Bigger of Newport.
        Miles married Mary Jane Riddle. Mary was born 1 in 1916.
  6178 F vii Ruth Bigger was born 1 on 24 Dec 1917. She died 2 in 1918. She was buried 3 in Allison Creek Cemetery, York Co., South Carolina.
6179 M viii Walter Edward Bigger was born on 24 Aug 1919. He died in Jul 1976.

2253. Laura Isabella Pegram 1 (Daniel Theodore , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 22 Sep 1880 in Steel Creek, Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina.

Laura married Edward Meek Williams on 19 Dec 1906.

They had the following children:

  6180 F i Ferrie Elizabeth Williams 1 was born on 9 Nov 1911.
6181 F ii Edith Clementine Williams was born on 16 Jan 1910.
  6182 M iii James Douglas Williams was born 1 on 14 Nov 1914.
6183 F iv Katherine K. Williams was born on 2 Sep 1917. She died on 28 Jun 1977.
  6184 M v Eddie Meek Williams was born 1 on 28 Nov 1921.
  6185 M vi John Frederick Williams.
  6186 M vii Leroy Russell Williams 1 was born on 23 Apr 1927. He died on 4 May 1927.

2255. Alexander Hodge Pegram 1, 2 (Daniel Theodore , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 3, 4 on 16 Apr 1887 in Steel Creek, Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina. He died on 25 Mar 1958 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina. He was buried in Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., NC.

When he signed the WWI Registration card in June 1917, he was still single and living in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Military Service: World War I, Private, Company M, 354 Infantry, 89 Division. In 1920 the couple were living with William Baird, the father of Louise Baird Pegram.

Alexander married Louise Grace Baird daughter of William Baird and Alice Enlow on 9 Dec 1917 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri. Louise was born 1 on 5 Jul 1899 in Freeport, Harper Co., Kansas. She died 2 on 9 Jan 1976 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina.

They had the following children:

6187 M i Edward Hodge Pegram was born on 3 Dec 1918. He died on 18 Jan 1981.
  6188 M ii Thomas Winchester Pegram was born 1 on 8 Apr 1921 in Pleasant Hill, Cass Co., Missouri. He died 2 on 8 Apr 1921 in Cass Co., Missouri. He was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Cass Co., Missouri.
6189 F iii Ann Lou Pegram was born on 16 Apr 1921.
6190 M iv Thomas Murray Pegram was born on 20 Dec 1931.
  6191 F v Lelia Elizabeth Pegram was born 1 on 26 Nov 1933 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina. She died on 6 Mar 1935 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina. She was buried in Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mecklenburg Co., NC.

2256. Samuel Stowe Pegram 1, 2, 3 (Jacob Franklin , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 4 on 19 Aug 1848 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. He died 5 in 1926 in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.

Samuel married 3 Elizabeth Parks 1, 2 in 1872. Elizabeth was born on 28 May 1855 in North Carolina. She died in Jan 1921.

The 1900 Census of Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina shows she has been married for 25 years. She has had 10 children with 8 living. Samuel Stowe Pegram is not listed with his family but instead is listed with his parents. He was probably needed by his mother and father who were quite old. His mother died the following month. In 1920, Elizabeth is found living with her daughter Georgia Mather and her family.

They had the following children:

6192 F i Mary Louise Pegram was born in Sep 1877.
  6193 M ii Walter Parks Pegram was born 1 in Aug 1879 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. He died 2 on 16 Dec 1915 in Richland Co., South Carolina.

The 1900 Census of Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina lists his occupation as "Clerk Grocery".
  6194 M iii Samuel Pegram 1 was born 2 in Jun 1882 in Gaston Co., North Carolina.
6195 F iv Georgia Pegram was born in Jun 1884.
  6196 M v Harry F. Pegram 1 was born 2, 3 on 27 Jun 1886 in Georgia.

He signed his WWI draft registration card in Galveston, Texas. At that time he gave his address as the Washinton Hotel in Galveston and his occupation as a salesman.
  6197 M vi Franklin L. Pegram 1 was born 2, 3 on 19 Sep 1887 in Tennessee.
        Franklin married Unknown.
  6198 M vii Winchester Pegram 1 was born 2, 3 on 20 Mar 1892 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. He died 4 on 16 Dec 1964 in Santa Clara Co., California.

His WWI registration card gave his birth date as Mar. 19, 1891 and says he was born in Winston-Salem instead of Gaston Co.
        Winchester married Pauline. Pauline was born on 18 Dec 1904 in San Francisco Co., California. She died on 3 Aug 1999 in Menlo Park, California.

Her obituary reads in part:

Pauline Pegram of Menlo Park, a bank employee of American Trust (which later became Wells Fargo) in Palo Alto for 45 years, died August 3 at age 94. Mrs. Pegram was born in San Francisco and moved to East Palo Alto with her family as a teenager. She graduated from Sequoia High School and worked for Western Union before becoming a bank teller. After she was married to Winchester Pegram, the couple moved to Menlo Park. Mr. Pegram died many years ago. She is survived by her sister Dorothy Schilder of Redwood City; nephew Larry Schilder of Orange, California; and other nieces and nephews. Mrs. Pegram was a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church. Services were held August 6 at John O'Connor's Menlo Colonial Chapel with private burial at Alta Mesa Memorial Park.
  6199 F viii Katherine Pegram was born 1, 2 on 25 Dec 1894 in Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina.
  6200 M ix Nathaniel Pegram 1 was born in Gaston Co., North Carolina.

Died young without issue.
  6201 M x Charles Davies Pegram 1 was born in Gaston Co., North Carolina.

Died young without issue.

2257. Susan Larkin Pegram (Jacob Franklin , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 2 May 1853 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. She died 1 on 10 Jul 1899.

Susan married Robert Andrews Ratchford son of Ezekiel Carothers Ratchford and Amanda Eliza Leeper. Robert was born 1 on 4 Feb 1859. He died on 21 Nov 1929 in Gastonia, Gaston Co., North Carolina.

They had the following children:

6202 F i Mary Ratchford.

2259. William Lee Pegram (Jacob Franklin , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1 on 19 Mar 1866 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. He died 2 on 28 Apr 1921.

The 1910 Census shows the couple have been married for 22 years. They have had 4 children, all living. At the time of the 1910 Census, William was working as a flagman with the railroad.

William married Alice Violet Rumfelt daughter of Rumfelt and Nancy about 1888. Alice was born 1, 2 about 1868 in North Carolina.

They had the following children:

6203 F i Marie Pegram was born on 8 Sep 1890. She died on 1 Nov 1975.
6204 M ii Victor Pegram was born in 1894.
  6205 M iii Phillip Sloan Pegram was born 1, 2 on 28 Nov 1898 in North Carolina.

At the time of the 1920 Census he is shown to be working as an engineer with the railroad.
6206 M iv A. Reese Pegram was born in 1903. He died on 26 Jun 2000.

2260. William W. Ward (Mary Harriet Cornelia Pegram , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1, 2 on 21 Dec 1845 in South Carolina.

The 1900 Census of Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina shows he has been married for 30 years. The couple have had 8 children with 6 living.

William married Tarabelle about 1870. Tarabelle was born in Feb 1848 in Ireland.

They had the following children:

  6207 F i Cora Ward was born 1 in Dec 1870 in North Carolina.
  6208 F ii Nannie E. Ward 1 was born in Apr 1875 in North Carolina.
  6209 M iii William N. Ward was born in Jul 1877 in North Carolina.
  6210 F iv Margaret W. Ward was born in Feb 1881.
  6211 M v Kenneth E. Ward was born in Oct 1883.
  6212 F vi Edith M. Ward was born 1 in Mar 1886 in North Carolina.

2265. Mary Alice Pegram (Edward Larkin , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1 on 8 Mar 1853 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. She died after 1927.

In March 1927 there was a notice in the society pages of the Gastonia Daily Gazette which said that "Estelle McDonald who is teaching in Spindale spent the weekend here visiting her grandmother, Mrs. M. A. Mason".

Mary married Marcus Lafayette Mason 1 son of Lawson A. Mason and Catherine Lineberger on 25 Nov 1873. Marcus was born on 20 Dec 1845 in North Carolina.

Marcus Lafayette was a Sergeant of Company C., 71st. Regt. C.S.A.

They had the following children:

6213 F i Laura Estelle Mason was born on 18 Jan 1875. She died on 11 Jan 1966.
  6214 M ii Willie Robert Mason was born 1 on 22 Oct 1876 in North Carolina. He died on 15 May 1878.
  6215 F iii Julia Kate Mason was born 1 on 19 Apr 1878 in North Carolina. She died on 5 Oct 1880.
  6216 F iv Sallie Blanch Mason was born 1 on 5 Oct 1879 in North Carolina. She died on 29 Aug 1887.
  6217 F v Carrie May Mason was born 1 on 20 May 1881 in North Carolina. She died on 5 Apr 1882.
6218 M vi Walter Lafayette Mason was born on 21 Mar 1883. He died on 5 Aug 1950.
6219 F vii Alice Pegram Mason was born on 11 May 1885.
  6220 F viii Clara Edith Mason was born 1, 2, 3 on 24 Dec 1887 in North Carolina.

She was a graduate of Woman's College in Greensboro, North Carolina and taught for a number of years before her marriage.

She was still living with her mother and sister in 1920. Apparently Robert McLean's first wife died before their marriage in 1928. However, all the children are by his first marriage.
        Clara married Robert C. McLean in Jun 1928. Robert was born 1 in 1875 in Gaston Co., North Carolina.

He was previously married to Rose Adams who was the mother of his children.
  6221 M ix Paul Anderson Mason was born 1 on 12 Dec 1889 in North Carolina. He died on 18 Jul 1891.

2266. Laura Louise Pegram (Edward Larkin , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1 on 1 Nov 1856 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. She died 2 in Dec 1925 in Lincolnton, Lincoln Co., North Carolina.

The 1900 census reflects the couple have been married for 27 years. They have had 7 children with four living.

Her obituary appeared in the Gastonia Daily Gazette, Gastonia North Carolina, on December 21, 1925 and reads as follows:

"Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Pegram Reinhardt, widow of the late Col. R. S. Reinhardt, who died at Lincolnton Sunday, were conducted Monday afternoon. She was a sister of Mrs. Jno. Reinhardt, of Gastonia, who with Mr. Reinhardt and Mrs.M. B. Wales and others from here attended the funeral.

Mrs. Reinhardt is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Daisy McDonald and Mrs. George A. Brown, and one son, Robert Steve Reinhardt, all of Lincolnton. She leaves also the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Allie Mason, of Stanley; Mrs. J. O. Rankin, Sr., of Gastonia; Mrs. Jonas Barkley, of Pittsboro, and Ernest L. Pegram of Lake City Florida."

The 1900 census gives the year of her birth as 1857.

Laura married Robert Smith Reinhardt 1, 2 son of Franklin Monroe Reinhardt and Sarah Magdelene Smith on 13 Feb 1879. Robert was born 3 on 1 Jan 1858 in North Carolina. He died on 11 Sep 1925.

The Heyl genealogy includes the following:

"The history of North Carolina honors itself when it pays a tribute to the memory of Col. Robert Smith Reinhardt, who lived in Lincoln County, N. C. during his entire life; "who rose to a commanding position in connection with the cotton manufacturing industry of the South, and who was very liberal, loyal and influential as a citizen, and whose character was marked by all those worthy and gracious qualities that tend to inspire popular confidence and esteem. In his native County, Col. Reinhardt was the moving force in the development and upbuilding of one of the really great industrial enterprises of the fair Southland, and until his death, he continued as President of the Elm Grove Cotton Mills at Lincolnton, N. C. Col. Reinhardt received good educational advantages, and prior to his moving to Lincolnton from Rehobeth, where he was reared, he conducted for a number of years a large and prosperous mercantile business at Iron Station, where he also served as Agent for the Seaboard Air Line Railway.

In 1889, he and his friend, Steve Smith, purchased the Phifer Cotton Mill at Lincointon, N. C., which became, under their progressive management, one of the leading cotton mills of the South, which was incorporated in 1890, and became the Elm Grove President. of this mill till his death, when his son, Robert Steven Reinhardt,became President. In 1897, Colt Reinhardt was one of the organizers of the Southern Cotton Spinners Association, which, in 1904, was merged with the American Cotton Manufacturers Association, of which Col. Reinhardt was unanimously elected President in 1905. He became one of Lincoln County's largest real estate owners, and was Vice-President of the Lincoln County National Bank. "He was a true and loyal man in all the relations of life and his noble, generous nature gained for him the affectionate regard of all with whom he came in contact." In social life, he was a veritable prince; in generous and unassuming hospitality, no household surpassed that over which he graciously presided."

The notice of his death appeared in the Gastonia Daily Gazette on Sept. 11, 1925 and reads as follows:

"Mr. Robert S. Reinhardt, one if the most prominent and best known men in this section of North Carolina, died suddenly at his home in Lincolnton last night from heart trouble. Mr. Reinhardt had spent the greater part of the summer in Blowing Rock. He is survived by his wife who was Miss Laura Pegram, a sister of Mrs. John O. Rankin, of Gastonia, and three children, R. S. Reinhardt, Jr., Mesdames Daisy McDonald and George Brown, of Lincolnton. Mr. Reinhardt was one of the most successful and best known textile executives in the South. He was a former president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association, a past potentate of Oasis Temple, Shriners, and many time a delegate to the Imperial Council. Funeral and interment will take place at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Lincolnton. Mrs. Reinhardt's health is very frail present."

They had the following children:

6222 F i Daisy Louise Reinhardt was born on 7 Mar 1880. She died on 21 Feb 1955.
  6223 F ii Sarah Marjie Reinhardt was born in 1882 in North Carolina. She died in 1882.
  6224 M iii Robert Shipp Reinhardt was born in 1883 in North Carolina. He died in 1885.
6225 F iv Lena Forney Reinhardt was born on 22 Jun 1885. She died in Jun 1970.
  6226 M v Victor Ernest Reinhardt was born 1 on 1 Jan 1889 in North Carolina. He died in 1910.
6227 M vi Robert Stephen (Steve) Reinhardt was born on 19 Oct 1891. He died on 29 May 1976.

2267. Sarah Ida Pegram (Edward Larkin , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 11 Nov 1858 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. She died on 16 Oct 1932.

Sarah married John Onslow Rankin son of James C Rankin and Louisa on 24 Sep 1884 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. John was born 1 on 19 Apr 1862 in North Carolina. He died on 5 Mar 1945 in Gaston Co., North Carolina.

They had the following children:

6228 M i Vivian Pegram Rankin was born on 21 Jul 1885. He died on 24 Apr 1974.
6229 M ii John Onslow Rankin was born on 17 Nov 1891. He died on 18 Jun 1974.
6230 F iii Juletta Maud Rankin was born on 12 Jan 1894. She died on 28 Oct 1960.
  6231 M iv Richard Winchester Rankin 1 was born on 12 Oct 1895 in McAdenville, North Carolina. He died on 6 May 1960.
        Richard married Helen Pont 1 on 10 Nov 1925 in Washington, District of Columbia.
  6232 M v Henry McAden Rankin 1 was born on 6 Oct 1897 in McAdenville, North Carolina. He died on 18 Nov 1977.

He never married.

2269. Ernest Lucius Pegram 1, 2 (Edward Larkin , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 3, 4 on 10 Dec 1867 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. He died on 29 May 1938 in Florida. He was buried in Stanley, Chatham Co., North Carolina.

His occupation on the 1900 Census of Gaston Co., North Carolina is listed as Secretary - Cotton Mill.

Earnest and his family appears on the 1910 census of Richmond Co., North Carolina, as:

Richmond Co., NC 031 0104 0034
Pegram, Earnest H 42; Blash, Percy 17, Earnest 15; Calvin 13; Olive 10; Mary 02; James e s NR; Charles NR

Ernest married 2 (1) Sallie Jane Finger 1 about 1891 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. Sallie was born 3 on 14 Jun 1870 in North Carolina. She died on 14 Aug 1901.

The 1900 Census shows she has been married for 9 years. She had had 4 children with 4 living.

They had the following children:

6233 M i Percy F. Pegram was born on 5 Aug 1892. He died on 16 Nov 1953.
  6234 M ii Ernest Miller Pegram was born 1, 2, 3 in Aug 1894 in Gaston Co., North Carolina. He died on 23 Sep 1953.
        Ernest married (1) Emma Gurley.
        Ernest married (2) Elmo Harris.
6235 M iii Calvin Winchester Pegram was born on 6 Apr 1897. He died in Jan 1969.
  6236 F iv Olive Pegram 1 was born 2, 3, 4 on 18 Feb 1900 in North Carolina. She died 5 on 19 Oct 1993 in Tallahassee, Florida.

Her name is given as Marion on the 1900 Census of Gaston Co., North Carolina.
        Olive married Benjamin Franklin Gillis son of Alex L. Gillis and Mary M. on 4 Feb 1922. Benjamin was born on 29 Aug 1899 in Richmond Co., North Carolina. He died on 3 Mar 1957.

Ernest married (2) Etta Blanche Little 1 daughter of Marcus Lafayette Little and Candace Mary Almetta Herman in Jun 1903. Etta was born 2, 3 on 6 Sep 1873. She died 4 in 1959.

They had the following children:

  6237 M v Herman Pegram was born in 1904 in North Carolina. He died in 1907.
  6238 M vi Robert Rhyne Pegram was born in 1906 in North Carolina.
  6239 F vii Mary Pegram 1 was born 2, 3 on 11 Feb 1907 in Richmond Co., North Carolina.

In 1930, she was living with her brother, Percy F. Pegram, in Shelby, North Carolina.
        Mary married W E Thompson.
6240 M viii Charles Baker Pegram was born on 29 Jun 1909. He died in Nov 1975.
6241 M ix James Wilson Pegram was born on 29 Jun 1909. He died in Aug 1985.
6242 F x Hermine Pegram was born on 30 Aug 1911.

2271. Lelia Edna Pegram (Edward Larkin , Winchester , Daniel , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1 on 2 Jun 1875 in Gaston Co., North Carolina.

The 1900 Census gives her birth date as August, 1875. It reflect the couple have been married for 4 years. They have had 2 children, both living in the home.

Lelia married Rev. Jonas Barclay on 31 Oct 1895. Jonas was born 1 on 28 Jan 1865 in Kentucky.

They had the following children:

  6243 M i Thomas Pegram Barclay was born 1 on 29 Sep 1896 in North Carolina. He died on 8 Jul 1973.
        Thomas married Mary Elizabeth Arendall on 21 Apr 1925.
  6244 F ii Julia Comly Barclay was born 1 in Feb 1899 in North Carolina.
        Julia married Edward Kerr son of James Kerr and J. Thompson in Concord, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina. Edward was born on 9 Jun 1891. He died 1 in May 1973 in High Point, Guilford Co., North Carolina.
6245 F iii Laura Barclay was born on 12 Oct 1901. She died on 17 May 1996.
  6246 F iv Louise Barclay.
  6247 F v Edna Barclay was born on 29 Apr 1903 in North Carolina. She died 1 on 11 Jan 1992 in High Point, Guilford Co., North Carolina.

She never married.
  6248 M vi Frank Hunt Barclay was born 1 on 3 Nov 1909 in North Carolina.
        Frank married Stella Mae Head on 8 Sep 1931.

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