FIRST Postmaster of Longview - Longview, TX
N 32° 29.993 W 094° 44.874
15S E 335793 N 3597191
A 1976 Texas Historical Marker at the final resting place of Oliver H. Pegues in Longview's Grace Hill Cemetery provides a mini-biography, which notes him as the town's first postmaster.
Waymark Code: WM19NKV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2024
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The historical marker reads:
Descendant of a Huguenot family who migrated to America in 1736, Oliver H. Pegues came to Texas with his parents from his native Mississippi in 1850. He moved to Longview in 1871 and became the town's first postmaster, Jan. 27, 1871. Pegues served as Gregg County Treasurer, 1875-1900. A merchant and banker, he was an early leader of the First Baptist Church.
He was married first to Henrie Dyer (d. 1887) and later to Emma Overton (1856-1929), and had 8 children.
Mr. Pegues is buried next to his second wife, Emma, with a marble headstone and an urn to mark the site. The family name is on the back of the headstone, while the inscriptions read:
Father
Oliver H. Pegues
Nov. 27, 1848
Mar. 30, 1937
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Mother
Emma Overton Pegues
May 7, 1857
Nov. 10, 1929
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