Elizabeth W Pegram

Brief Life History of Elizabeth W

When Elizabeth W Pegram was born on 16 August 1825, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, her father, George Pegram, was 30 and her mother, Elisabeth "Betsy" Knott, was 25. She married Elisha M Pegram on 7 January 1851, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Oak Ridge, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Palmyra, Warren, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 29 August 1879, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Stokesdale, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elisha M Pegram
1823–1891
Elizabeth W Pegram
1825–1879
Marriage: 7 January 1851
Louisa W Pegram
1851–1918
Clinton John Pegram
1853–1895
George Whitaker Pegram
1855–1885
Joseph Norman Pegram
1857–1934
Mary J Pegrams
1859–1881

Sources (22)

  • Marthy P Pegram in household of Robert Dwiggins, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elizabeth W Peegram, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Elizabeth W. Pegram, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Cambridgeshire): variant of Pilgrim .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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