Paris Boyd Pegues was the youngest child (of nine) of Isaiah Pegues and Fannie (Ivy) Pegues in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States.

Paris married Flossie Avant (~1902-1979) around 1919 (based on their eldest child’s birth year). Their daughter Willie Vance Pegues was born January 16th, 1920.… Read more “Paris Boyd Pegues (1898-1927)”

I’ve been researching the African-American Pegues family and adding its members to WikiTree for a few months now. I do this in collaboration with another WikiTree member, Emma MacBeath, who began working on the family first at the request of a third party.… Read more “The Pegues Family”