Descendants of George Pegram
Sixth Generation
(Continued)


489. Elbert Woodward 1 (Benjamin Franklin Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 1 May 1827 in Tennessee.

From census of 1860, Eagle Township, Pulaski County, Waverly, Arkansas:

Elbert Wood(w)ard, Age 33 Male, born Tenn.
Sarah C., Age 26, Female, born Tenn.
Susan E., Age 9, Female, born Tenn.
Benjamin, Age 7, Male, born Tenn. (my grandfather: Dean R. Woodward)
William, Age 5, Male, born Ark.
James, Age 2M, Male. Born Ark.

Elbert married 1 (1) Sarah C, Whitfield on 22 Mar 1849 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. Sarah was born about 1833.

They had the following children:

  1882 F i Susan E Woodward 1 was born 2, 3 in 1851 in Tennessee.
1883 M ii Benjamin Woodward was born in 1853.
  1884 M iii William Woodward was born 1, 2 in 1855 in Arkansas.
  1885 M iv James Woodward was born 1, 2 in 1860 in Eagle Township, Pulaski Co., Arkansas.
  1886 F v Mary Woodward was born 1, 2 in 1866 in Arkansas.

Elbert married 1, 2 (2) Elizabeth P, Gillium on 10 Mar 1870 in Pulaski Co., Arkansas. Elizabeth was born 3 in 1848 in Georgia.

They had the following children:

  1887 M vi Howard L. Woodward was born in 1877 in Pulaski Co., Arkansas.

490. Caroline Woodward 1 (Benjamin Franklin Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 11 May 1828.

Caroline married 3 William R. Sears 1, 2 son of Green Henry Sears and Elizabeth Chandler on 19 Jul 1847 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

They had the following children:

1888 F i Amanda Jane Sears was born on 22 Aug 1870. She died on 28 Mar 1958.

495. Frances (Fannie) T. Pegram Woodward (Benjamin Franklin Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1 on 24 Feb 1836.

Frances married George W. Brown 1.

They had the following children:

1889 M i George Benjamin Youra Brown was born on 23 Jan 1868.

500. Louisa Brewer Woodward (Edward Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1, 2 on 14 Sep 1829 in North Carolina. She died on 8 Mar 1902 in Dickson Co., Tennessee. She was buried in Collier Cemetery, Dickson Co., Tennessee.

Her marriage license in Dickson Co., Tennessee shows her name as S. B. Woodward.

Louisa married 2 William Clements Collier 1 son of John C. Collier and Mary Clements on 16 Dec 1852 in Dickson Co., Tennessee. William was born 3, 4 on 8 Mar 1818 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee. He died on 17 Dec 1899 in Tennessee. He was buried in Collier Cemetery, Dickson Co., Tennessee.

The following is from Goodspeed's History of Dickson Co., Tennessee:

William C. Collier, a prominent merchant of Charlotte, was the eldest of eight children born to the marriage of John C. Collier and Mary Clemments. John C. Collier was a English descent and was born in Virginia. When young he came to Tennessee, where he married the mother, who was of Scotch descent. The father was an attorney at law and died in Charlotte, in 1869, where he lived for fifty years. The mother died in 1843. At the age of eighteen years our subject engaged as clerk in a store, and in 1846 succeeded his employer and has continued the business till the present, except a short time during the war. He also owns 250 acres of land. He was married, in 1853, to Louisa B. Woodward, the fruits of this union being nine children, three of whom died in infancy and six now living, viz.: John E., William C., James G., Nancy C., Mary E. and Sallie B. Himself, wife and eldest daughter are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a Whig in politics before the war, but is now a Democrat and one of the eldest citizens of the county, his birth having been March 8, 1818, at Clarksville, Tenn. Christopher C. Collier, brother of the above, was born in Dickson County. At the age of twenty-two he began clerking and continued till 1865, with the exception of four years' service in Company C, Forty-ninth Tennessee Volunteers, Confederate States Army. He has been merchandising ever since 1865, and has been successful. Politically he is like his brother. Both these gentlemen are recognized as good and substantial citizens of Dickson County."

They had the following children:

  1890 M i John Edward Collier was born 1, 2, 3 in Oct 1853 in Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee. He died on 18 Nov 1941 in Erin, Houston Co., Tennessee.

In 1900 John, together with his brother James, are found boarding in the home of Martha Partinger in Houston Co., Tennessee. His occupation on the 1900 Census is given as "Book Keeper" and in 1930 he was also shown as a bookkeeper in a bank.
        John married Elizabeth Larkins.
  1891 M ii William Wallace Collier was born 1, 2 in 1855 in Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee. He died on 26 Dec 1921 in Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee. He was buried in Collier Cemetery, Dickson Co., Tennessee.
  1892 M iii James Gill Collier was born 1, 2, 3 in Apr 1859 in Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee. He died on 29 Oct 1944 in Erin, Houston Co., Tennessee. He was buried in Collier Cemetery, Dickson Co., Tennessee.

The 1900 Census gives his occupation as Merchant and the 1930 Census give his occupation as banking. He apparently did not marry.
1893 F iv Nannie Clements Collier was born on 19 Nov 1866. She died on 28 Jan 1953.
  1894 F v Mary Elizabeth Collier was born 1, 2, 3 on 2 Apr 1869 in Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee. She died in Nov 1958 in Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee. She was buried in Collier Cemetery, Dickson Co., Tennessee.

In 1930, she was still single, living with her sister, Nannnie Cook.
  1895 F vi Sallie Baxter Collier was born 1, 2, 3 on 17 Aug 1871 in Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee. She died in 1944 in Charlotte, Dickson Co., Tennessee. She was buried in Collier Cemetery, Dickson Co., Tennessee.

In 1930 she was still single, living with her sister, Nannie Cook.

502. George Benjamin Pegram Woodward (Baker Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 30 Aug 1817 in Tennessee. He died on 1 Jul 1889 in Franklin Co., Arkansas. He was buried 1 in Lows Creek Cemetery, Franklin Co., Arkansas.

According to Henry L. Woodward, there is no documentary proof that Baker Woodward was the father of George Benjamin Pegram Woodward but that the family tradition is that Baker was his father. Apparently his first wife died without issue and at the time of the 1850 census of Davidson Co., Tennessee, he is found living as a boarder in the home of C. L. Freeman.

According to family history, he was literate and read his bible frequently. He was truly broken hearted when his second wife, Sarah E. died, and never recovered. It was reported he died a very bitter man.

George married 1 (1) Mary A. P. Atkin on 15 Mar 1840 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. Mary died before 1850.

Family history says that George and Mary had one or more children but they they all died in childhood without issue.

George married 1 (2) Sarah Elizabeth Smith daughter of Winn Smith and Sarah Susan Baker on 9 Jun 1861 in Cheatham Co., Tennessee. Sarah was born on 7 Feb 1846. She died 2 on 6 Feb 1885 in Franklin Co., Arkansas. She was buried 3 in Lows Creek Cemetery, Franklin Co., Arkansas.

They had the following children:

  1896 M i Baker Benjamin Woodward 1 was born on 17 Oct 1862. He died on 26 Nov 1941.
  1897 M ii George Winn Woodward 1 was born on 3 Nov 1864. He died on 25 Oct 1908.
1898 M iii John Pegram Woodward was born on 30 Jun 1867. He died on 21 Oct 1899.
  1899 M iv Layfayette Ezell "Dick" Woodward 1 was born on 30 Dec 1869. He died on 4 Jan 1957.
  1900 F v Susan Rebecca Woodward 1 was born on 8 Jul 1872. She died on 7 Jan 1945.
  1901 M vi William Rector Montgomery Woodward 1 was born on 11 Jun 1875. He died on 25 Oct 1936.
  1902 M vii Robert Edward Lee Woodward 1 was born on 24 Dec 1877. He died in Nov 1948.
  1903 F viii Ollie E. Woodward 1 was born in 1881. She died in 1924.

503. John D. Woodward (Baker Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 16 Jan 1819 in Virginia.

John married 1 Mary Ann Kephart on 4 Mar 1843 in Dickson Co., Tennessee. Mary was born on 18 Apr 1825 in Tennessee.

They had the following children:

  1904 F i Elizabeth D. Woodward 1, 2 was born on 21 Dec 1843 in Dickson Co., Tennessee. She died on 9 Jun 1909 in Dickson Co., Tennessee.
        Elizabeth married James D. Lindsey on 2 Feb 1867 in Dickson Co., Tennessee.
1905 F ii Lucy Rebecca Woodward was born on 19 Nov 1846.
1906 M iii George B P. Woodward was born on 14 Dec 1847.
1907 M iv Jessie Woodward was born on 8 Mar 1849. He died on 22 Dec 1899.
  1908 M v Henry R. Woodward was born on 5 Mar 1851. He died after 1880.
1909 M vi William James Woodward was born on 3 Nov 1853. He died on 23 Nov 1935.
1910 M vii Benjamin C. Woodward was born on 30 May 1856. He died on 19 Dec 1930.
  1911 F viii Frances Mary Woodward 1, 2 was born 3 on 14 Mar 1858 in Dickson Co., Tennessee.
        Frances married John Sheffield 1.
1912 M ix Jasper Daniel Woodward was born on 24 Aug 1860. He died in 1935.
1913 F x Martha Woodard Woodward was born in May 1863.
  1914 F xi Sarah Catherine Woodward 1 was born 2 on 10 Jul 1866 in Tennessee. She died on 27 Mar 1948. She was buried in Nosegay Cemetery, Dickson Co., Tennessee.
        Sarah married (1) Ferrell Goodman 1.
        Sarah married (2) James S. Spann 1. James was born on 20 Sep 1862. He died on 25 Jan 1932. He was buried in Nosegay Cemetery, Dickson Co., Tennessee.

504. Lucy Woodward (Baker Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) died before 1849 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

Lucy had to have died before William Dunn married Deborah Ussery, the widow of Thomas LIles Pegram. He had to have married Deborah after the birth of William Pegram in 1845 and before 1849 since William and Deborah have a child 2 months old at the time of the 1850 census.

Lucy married 1 William A. Dunn on 16 Apr 1840 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

They had the following children:

  1915 M i Lewis Dunn was born 1 in 1841 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.
  1916 F ii Rebecca Dunn was born 1 in 1843 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

506. Thyrze Holt (Thrysa) Boisseau (Mary Eppes , Sallie W. (a\k\a Elizabeth) Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born on 12 Feb 1797 in Virginia. She died in Oct 1827 in Virginia.

Thyrze married Lemuel Holt Vaughan son of Peter Vaughan and Mary Boisseau on 4 Dec 1817 in Virginia. Lemuel was born in 1794 in Virginia. He died 1 in Feb 1826 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.

Another souce gives his date of death as Feb. 1834.

They had the following children:

1917 M i Benjamin Boisseau Vaughan was born on 5 Sep 1819. He died on 18 Oct 1881.
1918 M ii James B. Vaughan was born in 1823. He died in Mar 1868.

510. Benjamin Boisseau (Mary Eppes , Sallie W. (a\k\a Elizabeth) Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1 on 7 Dec 1809 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. He died on 1 Jun 1852 in Virginia. He was buried 2 in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia.

Benjamin married Elsie Amanda Vaughan daughter of Asa Vaughan and Jane Truly on 16 Dec 1840 in Nottoway Co., Virginia. Elsie was born on 1 Mar 1820 in Amelia Co., Virginia. She died 1 on 31 Aug 1852.

They had the following children:

1919 F i Mary Epes Boisseau was born in 1842. She died in 1891.
  1920 F ii Rosa J Boisseau was born in 1845 in Virginia. She died in May 1870. She was buried 1 on 14 May 1870 in Blandford Church Cemetery, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.

Apparently there were no children of this marriage.
        Rosa married 1 Stephen W. Britton son of Richard Oscar Britton and Maria Parks Ridley on 15 Oct 1862 in Petersburg, Independant City, Virginia. Stephen was born 2 in Aug 1841 in Petersburg, Independant City, Virginia. He died 3 on 27 Mar 1893 in Petersburg, Independant City, Virginia.

He later married Richardetta Marks.

513. William Eppes Boisseau 1 (Sarah Eppes , Sallie W. (a\k\a Elizabeth) Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born in Virginia. He died in 1843.

William married 1, 2 Mary Johnson in Sussex Co., Virginia.

They had the following children:

  1921 F i Elizabeth Boisseau.

515. Robert Wynn Pegram 1 (John , George , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 2 on 24 Dec 1813 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.

In 1850, he was employed as a Supt. with the rail road.

Robert married Mary Booth Warren. Mary was born 1 in 1813 in Virginia.

They had the following children:

1922 F i Elizabeth Frances Pegram was born about 1834.
1923 M ii John Thomas Pegram was born in Oct 1836. He died on 9 Feb 1904.
  1924 F iii Mattie Pegram.

517. Mary A. Harriet Pegram 1 (John , George , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born about 1816. She died on 9 Oct 1855.

She is shown as Mary H. Peagram and he is shown as Edward A. Pettway on their marriage bond.

Mary married 2 Edward A. Pettaway 1 on 15 Dec 1834 in Northampton Co., North Carolina.

They had the following children:

  1925 M i William Edward Pettaway was born 1 on 10 Nov 1835. He died on 21 Jan 1848.
1926 F ii Sarah Frances Pettaway was born in Oct 1838.
  1927 F iii Virginia Catherine Pettaway was born 1 on 2 Jan 1841 in Virginia.
  1928 F iv Emma Jane Pettaway was born 1 on 15 Nov 1842 in Virginia. She died on 8 Aug 1845.
  1929 F v Mary Pettaway was born 1 in Aug 1845 in Virginia.

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