One of Norfolk's pioneer
school teachers passed away when Wesley W. Pegg died at Reiding, Mich.,
on October 12th, where he had been visiting.
He was born October 1, 1838, in Boston, Ont., a son of Nathan Pegg
and Julia Austin. In October 1858 he began teaching at Lynn
Valley, and
was connected with various Public schools in the county for over 49
years, and had a marked influence in shaping the lives of hundreds of
children who came under his beneficent influence and kindly control and
guidance.
He was a well-known figure at the Norfolk County Teachers' Institutes
for many years and added much to the interest and educational value of
those gatherings. His high intellectual attainments, magnanimous
disposition and steering were the ideal for many with who he came in
contact wherever he went.
He was a devoted and consistent member of the Baptist Church, and was
always, even up to the time of his death, greatly interested in
Sunday School work, and was for some years president of the County
Sunday School Association.
He was married August 5, 1863 to Helen Potts, who died in 1881. The
children of this marriage were Frank, George and Beatrice. He re-married
in 1883, and his widow still survives him. Robert J. Pegg, a brother, of
Danville, Pa., and two sisters, Miss Julia Pegg of Port Huron, Mich. and
Mrs. Chute, Frogmore, Ont., and three daughters and one son still remain
to mourn his departure.
In politics he was a Reformer, and served as Reeve of Townsend from
1888 to 1889.
His was a noble, unsullied life of wide influence and power, a man of
unfailing patience and kindness, a sturdy Christian character, he was
the one who indeed "wore the white flower of a blameless
life."
"He was one who did many unremembered deeds of kindness and
love.
