Surry-Sussex-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pegram, Blair, 1916 

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Maj. BLAIR PEGRAM 

Suffolk, Va., January 19 - Major Blair Pegram, one of the oldest and most 
honored citizens of this section, died at his home in Smithfield today at 
10 o'clock after a long illness.  Major Pegram was a native of Sussex County, 
but had spent the grater part of his life in Surry County.  For the past 
fifteen years Major Pegram had resided in Smithfield.  He was a Confederate 
veteran, having been a member of the Surry Calvary of '61 and '65.  He is 
survived by his widow and two daughters - Mrs. C.W. Warren and Mrs. T.N. 
Jones, both of Smithfield - and a grandson - Warren Pegram Warren, also of 
Smithfield.  The funeral services will be held at Christ Episcopal Church on 
Friday morning at 10 o'clock, and the interment will be made at the Surry 
Episcopal Church, Bacons' Castle, conducted by Rev. R.R. Phelps, of 
Smithfield, assisted by Rev. Francis Lee, of Franklin.  The burial services 
will be in charge of the Smithfield Union Lodge, A.F. & A.M. No. 8, of which 
Major Pegram was an old and honored member. 


Major Blair PEGRAM, formerly of Surry Co., Confederate veteran, 
Sussex Co. native, d. 19 Jan 1916, at home, Smithfield, age 83, 
interred in Old Brick Church Cemetery*, Bacon's Castle, 21 Jan 1916, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Jan. 20, 1916

*Find A Grave Memorial # 144525660 


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