1930 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Central District, Enumeration District 29-3, Sheet 10A
Dwelling 171, Household 171
Boughan, Henry Q., head, owner, lives on a farm, male, white, 43, married, age at first marriage 20[?], not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, farmer on general farm, at work previous day, not a veteran
Boughan, Martha, wife, female, white, 41, married, age at first marriage 18, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Boughan, Sarah, daughter, female, white, 8, single, in school, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation

On 12 July 1947, William F. Pace married Sarah W. Boughan in Petersburg, Virginia. He was 29, white, single, occupation foreman, born in Petersburg, Virginia, father William Allen Pace, mother Mary Maher, residing at 111 Liberty Street, Petersburg, Virginia; she was 25, white, single, occupation telephone clerk, born in Essex County, Virginia, father Henry Quarles Boughan, mother Jeanette Banks, residing at 1519 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. [Certificate of Marriage, Commonweath of Virginia, City of Richmond, 20256.]

On 17 June 1969, the Circuit Court of Chesterfield County, Virginia, issued a decree of divorce for William Finn Pace and Sarah Wood Boughan. He was born 1 November 1917 in Petersburg, Virginia; age 50; white; post office employee for U.S. government; first marriage; resident of 4421 Hopkins Road, Richmond, Chesterfield County, Virginia. She was born 14 March 1922 in Essex County, Virginia; age 46; white; supervisor for telephone company; first marriage; resident of 806 Brook Hill Road, Richmond, Virginia. Married 12 July 1947 in Petersburg, Virginia. Plaintiff was wife, no children from marriage, date of separation 15 February 1968, divorce granted to wife, legal cause desertion. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Report of Divorce or Annulment 69-004975.]

On 5 April 1983, Sarah Boughan Pace died at Rappahannock General Hospital, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia. She was female; white; 61; an inpatient; a resident of P.O. Box 205, Mollusk, Lancaster County, Virginia 22517; father was Henry Q. Boughan; mother was Martha J. Banks; citizen of U.S.A.; born in Virginia; divorced; occupation C&P Telephone of Maryland; informant Mildred B. Boughan; cause of death respiratory arrest due to metastatic lung cancer, small cell type; no autopsy; burial at Corrotomon Baptist Church Cemetery, Lancaster County, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 83-012727.]