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A note by Cora Lee Boughan reads: Mary Ellen Taylor daughter of George Taylor & Ann Beazley his wife was born on 26 of Oct: 1847 & died Feb 1 1938.

1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 527, Family 527
Taylor, George, 43, male, carpenter, $550 real estate, born in Virginia
Taylor, Nancy, 33, female, born in Virginia
Taylor, Alex., 19, male, laborer, born in Virginia
Taylor, George, 11, male, born in Virginia
Taylor, James, 8, male, born in Virginia
Taylor, Anna, 9, female, born in Virginia
Taylor, Mary, 4, female, born in Virginia

1860 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 307, Family 297
Beazley, Jno, 32, farmer, $800 real estate, $200 personal estate, in school within the year
Taylor, Ann, 40
Verlander, Elizabeth, 33
Verlander, John, 12, in school within the year
Verlander, Fanny, 11, in school within the year
Verlander, James, 8, in school within the year
Taylor, George W., 20, laborer
Taylor, M. E., 13, female, in school within the year
Taylor, GeorgeAnna, 10, female, in school within the year

Thos. W. Boughan married Mary E. Taylor on 18 February 1869 in Essex County. He was 20, single (not widowed), born in Essex County, living in Essex County. She was 21, single (not widowed), born in Essex County, living in Essex County. Parents were listed as Thomas Baynham [sic] and Mary F. Wood, and George Taylor and Nancy Beazley. Thos. W. Boughan was a farmer. H. W. Montague performed the ceremony. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 1, page 22, line 22.]

She has not been located in the 1870 census. Her husband, Thomas Wood Boughan, is living with his father. A “Frances” Boughan is living in that household, and could be Mary Ellen Taylor.

1870 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Millers Tavern Post Office, Sheet 39
Dwelling 294 Family 294
Boughan, Thomas, 56, male, white, farmer, value of real estate $3,000, value of personal estate $500, born in Virginia
Boughan, Thomas W., 22, male, white, farm laborer, born in Virginia
Boughan, Edward, 17, male, white, farm laborer, born in Virginia
Boughan, John T., 16, male, white, farm laborer, born in Virginia
Boughan, Milly A., 13, female, white, without occupation, born in Virginia
Boughan, Joseph A., 9, male, white, at home, born in Virginia
Boughan, Francis, 21, female, white, keeping house, born in Virginia
Conoly, Emma, 23, female, white, without occupation, born in Virginia

1880 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Tappahannock District, Enumeration District 17, sheet 133A
Dwelling 330, Household 330
Boughan, Thomas, white, male, 31, married, farmer, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Mary E., white, female, 31, wife, married, keeping house, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Charles R., white, male, 8, son, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Emma W., white, female, 6, daughter, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Mary, white, female, 4, daughter, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Betty J., white, female, 2, daughter, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia

On 2 March 1898, a deed was made between Lucinda C. Johnson, Martha E. Crow, Ann E. Jordon, Mary E. Boughan, James A. Taylor, Georgianna Boughan, John W. Verlander, Elizabeth F. Boughan, and James H. Verlander of the first part, and Christian Mallory Dietrich of the second part. For $500, the parties of the first part grant unto the parties of the second part a tract of land which the late Henry Beazley died seized and possessed, lying on the right hand side of the road leading from Henley’s Ford to Mount Zion Church, containing 174 acres. Signed Lucinda C. Johnson, Martha E. Crow, Bettie Jordon, Mary E. Boughan, James A. Taylor, Georgianna Boughan, J. W. Verlander, Elizabeth F. Boughan, and J. H. Verlander. Recorded 27 October 1898. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 59, pages 227-228.]

On 20 May 1898, Mary E. Boughan, wife of T. W. Boughan, purchased 10 acres of land for $50 from Lawrence Casselman and Mollie Casselman his wife, “lying next to Lewis Level farm commencing on Main Road running from Indian Neck to Dunbrook being two acres wide and five deep.” Signed Lawrence Casselman, Mollie Casselman, recorded 5 May 1898. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 59, pages 491-492.]

1900 Essex County, Virginia, census: Baughan, Thomas W., head, Sep 1848, 52, married 30 years, farmer, 0 months unemployed, rents, farm schedule #147 Baughan, Mary E., wife, Oct 1847, 52, married 30 years, 8 children, 6 survive Baughan, Cora L., daughter, Jan 1880, 20, single Baughan, Thomas, son, May 1883, 12, farm laborer, 0 months umemployed Baughan, Joseph E., son, Apr 1888, 12, single, at school now for 5 years. All can read and write.

The roll of members of the Women's Missionary Union of Mt. Zion Church, Dunbrooke, Essex County, Virginia, lists Mrs. T. W. Boughan in 1900. [Planted 1774 by Mildred Bates, Missouri Baptist Press, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1974, page 218.]

1910 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Rappahannock District, Dwelling 357, Family 366, on road between Ware’s Warf and Dunnsville
Boughan, Thomas W., 61, married 41 years, farmer on general farm, rents, farm schedule 343
Boughan, Mary E., 62, has had 8 children, of whom 5 survive
Boughan, Thomas H., 26, farmer on house farm
Boughan, Cora L., 27, seamstress in own house
Boughan, Joseph L., 22, salesman in general merchandise

1920 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Enumeration District 44
Rappahannock District, Dwelling 235, Family 236, Ware’s Wharf Road
Boughan, Thos. W., head, rents house, male, white, age 71, married, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, farmer, general farm, employer
Boughan, Mary E., wife, white, female, age 72, married, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Boughan, Cora, daughter, female, white, age 36, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, seamstress, at home, working on own accounts
Davis, Pearl, granddaughter, female, white, age 17, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation

On 1 February 1938 in the Jamaica District of Middlesex County, Mary Ellen Boughan died. She was female, white, widowed, widow of Thomas Boughan, born 26 October 1847, age 90 years, 3 months, occupation at home, born in Essex County, Virginia. Father was George Taylor, born in Essex County, Virginia; mother was Ann Beazley, born in Essex County, Virginia. Informant was Roland Boughan of Essex County, Virginia. Burial on 3 February 1938 at Ephesus. Attended by physician from 1 January 1938 to 30 January 1938, cause of death mitral lesion, no autopsy. [Certificate of Death, Commonwealth of Virginia, 4475.]

An obituary reads [paper unknown, probably the Rappahannock Times, no date]: Mrs. Mary Ellen Boughan Whereas it has pleased out Heavenly Father to take from our midst, our sister Mrs. Mary Ellen Boughan, ¶Resolved, That in the death of Mrs. Boughan, we, the members of the Woman’s Missionary Society of Glebe Landing Church, have lost a friend and co-laborer. But our loss is her gain, and her consecrated life is an example to us; ¶Resolved, also, That we express to the loved ons [sic] of this, our sister, our sincere sympathy, and that a copy of this tribute be sent to the Rappahannock Times for publication. [Signed] Miss Helen Sadler, Mrs. Band Abrams, Committee.

She is buried at Ephesus Baptist Church at Dunnsville, Virginia. There is a four-grave headstone marked Boughan that has Father Thomas, 1848-1921; Mother Mary, 1847-1938; Husband Roland, 1872-1945; and Wife Florence, 1876-1946.