According to William Irving Brooks, he went by Ned. Data from William Irving Brooks, letter of 29 March 1993 to Thomas Moore.

On 28 September 1841, E. R. Boughan witnessed a deed from Henry H. Boughan to Richard A. Boughan. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 47, pages 218–219.]

In 1843, orators & oratrix James H. Boughan, Richard P. Banks and Martha A. Banks his wife who before her intermarriage was Martha A. Boughan, Edward R. Boughan, Theodore P. Boughan, the two last infants under twenty one years of age by Richard A. Boughan their next friend, complained that Henry H. Boughan departed this life about the      day of     1843 intestate leaving your complainants James H. Martha Edward R. Theodore and Richard A. Boughan his only offspring and heirs at Law, and a widow Eliza Boughan. That the said Henry H. Boughan being much embarassed in his circumstances and being anxious to secure & save harmless all who were securities for him and to provide for the payment of all his debts did on or about the 21st of April 1843 (together with his wife Eliza Boughan) execute a deed of trust conveying all his estate both real and personal to Muscoe Garett and Richard A. Boughan to secure all his securities and the payment of certain debts (listed in the bill). That Henry H. Boughan & wife were to remain in quiet and peaceable possession of the property conveyed by said deed until the 20th day of April 1844 at which time if the debts were not paid the trustees could procede either at their own discretion or at the request of any security or creditor to sell for cash the said property and discharge the debts. That it will take the greater part if not the whole of the property to pay off the debts and that to attempt to keep the property together will create great waste and loss and that to postpone the sale of the Land until next April (1844), a time at which farmers have all planted their crops and made their arrangements for the year, will cause a very great loss to creditors and the complainants. They request that the land be sold partly for cash & partly on a credit until the 1st day of April 1844. The trustees Muscoe Garnett and Richard A. Boughan have declined doing so alledging that they have no authority. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 40, item 40-E-1-21.]

On 9 September 1847, Edward R. Baughan and Miss Sarah E. Croxton, both of Essex County, Virginia, were married by the Rev. Peter Ainslie. [Library of Virginia, Henley Marriage and Obituary Database, citing Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser, 17 September 1847.]

The marriage bondsmen were James Croxton, father, and Samuel Muse.

1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Page 99
Dwelling 590, Family 590
Boughan, Edward R., 26, Dy [Deputy] Sheriff, value of real estate $2,300, born in Virginia
Boughan, Sarah, 21, born in Virginia
Boughan, Marian, 2, born in Virginia
Croxton, James, 30, manager, born in Virginia

1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia, Slave Schedule
Boughan, Edward R.
50 Male
40 Male
32 Female
22 Male
18 Female
8 Female
8 Female
8 Female
6 Male
5 Male
5 Male
5 Female
4 Male
4 Female
4 Female

On 18 November 1850, Edward R. Boughan, Leonard Henley, Edward M. Sandy, and William L. Waring were bound in the penalty of $2,000 for Edward R. Boughan’s appointment as constable for the County of Essex. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 50, page 74.]

On 10 January 1851, Ed: R Boughan witnessed a deed from Elizabeth Beazley and John R Beazley to Leonard Henley. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 50, pages 101–102.]

Edward R. Boughan was mentioned in the 12 July 1853 will of his father-in-law James Croxton. James specified that the legacy to his daughter Sarah, wife of Edward, was not to be subject to present or future debts of Edward’s. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 27, pages 579–581.]

In the late 1850s, orator Leonard Henley, executor of the last will and testament of James Croxton who died in March 1856, complained to the Chancery Court. There is an inserted line in this complaint that confuses the document. Implies that the children of James Croxton are Martha the wife of your orator, S. C. Boughan the wife of Ed. R. Boughan, James Croxton, Amanda Croxton, Lucy Croxton and John T. Croxton and Aubrey Croxton a grandson of the testator. Aubrey died prior to the death of his grandfather an infant. The widow Sarah Croxton died in September 1856. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 42, item 42-C-42.]

1860 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 764, Family 749
Boughan, E. R., 36, farmer, $2500 real estate, $5250 personal estate
Boughan, Sarah E., 28
Boughan, Marian, 12
Boughan, James E., 3
All born in Virginia.

Boughan, Edward R.: Enl. 5/28/61 in Co. A. Detailed as a teamster with the regimental Q.M.D. from the late summer or fall of ’62. Detailed with the brigade Commissary Dept. from 5/10/63. In hospital, with acute dysentery, 10/28/64-11/7/64. Then returned to duty with the 55th. Present with Co. A as at 12/31/64, final roll. [Richard O’Sullivan, 55th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1989), 105.]

1870 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 998, Household 998
Boughan, Edward R., 46, farmer, $1250 real estate, $105 personal estate, born in Virginia
Boughan, Sarah E., 40, keeping house, born in Virginia
Boughan, Marian, 21, without occupation, born in Virginia
Boughan, James E., 12, attending school, born in Virginia
Boughan, Henry E., 9, attending school, born in Virginia

1880 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Chapel Grove Precinct, Dwelling 219, Family 219
Boughan, E. R., 54, married, carpenter
Boughan, Sarah, 45, wife, married, keeping house
Boughan, Mary, 26, daughter, single, at home
Boughan, Jas. E., 22, single, works on farm
Boughan, H. E., male, 19, single, works on farm
Boughan, Kittie, 2, daughter

E. R. Boughan of Essex county, Va., is visiting his brother, Col. R. A. Boughan, of this city. [The Nevada Noticer (Vernon County, Missouri), 19 June 1890, page 3.]

E. R. Boughan of Essex, Va., is visiting Colonel R. A. Boughan family. [The Kansas City Times, 22 June 1890, page 20.]

On Sunday, 4 March 1894, the Richmond Times-Dispatch published:
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. BOUGHAN.
Carried Off in His Seventieth-Year—Coincident Death of His Father.
DUNNSVILLE, VA., March 3.—(Special.)—Mr. Edward R. Boughan, who resided upon his farm “Poverty Hill,” situated a few miles from this place, was in his usual good health on Tuesday last (27th), walked out, and, remaining longer that usual, his wife went to the window and, looking out in that direction discovered her husband prostrate upon the barn-yard. She summoned and got him into the house. This occurred early in the evening, and at 4 o’clock Mr. Boughan breathed his last. It is thought that death was occasioned by an attack of apoplexy or heart affection. Mr. Boughan was nearly or quite 70 years of age, and leaves his wife and two sons. James, his oldest son, lives in Alabama. Mr. Boughan had served in several county offices, such as Deputy Sheriff and Assistant Commissioner of the Revenue for Essex county, but his chief traning and occupation was that of merchant. Since the war, however, he had devoted himself to the cultivation of his farm. He is the last of his father’s house, except Richard A. Boughan, the oldest of the children, who, when last heard from was still living and doing well in Alabama, to which State he moved in the forties.
A COINCIDENT.
This sudden death of Mr. Boughan marks a coincident well worthy of note. His father, who was Mr. Henry Boughan, was mostly highly esteemed as a man and citizen, but especially beloved as a Christian gentleman, and for many years was a regular communicant of Howerton’s Baptist church, indeed was one of its founders, under the pastorate of the Rev. Philip Montague, more commonly called and known as “Blackey” Montague, he having black hair and another Philip Montague, long pastor of churches in Middlesex county, had red hair. The appellations of “Reddy” and “Blackey” was given to distinguish which was spoken of. Mr. Henry Boughan was often called upon to participate in church worship. On the last occasion of his so doing, he was asked to lead in prayer, and kneeling down, as the custom then was, began his prayer. After proceeding but a moment or so he suddenly ceased and remained silent so long that it attracted the attention of a person by his side, who, upon looking at him, discovered that his head had fallen over upon the bench upon which he had been seated. Upon a closer notice it was found that the man and brother was dead. Thus it was that this man of God yielded up his spirit to Him who gave it. This sudden and most unlooked for taking off of his son Edward is not altogether unlike that of the father.
Henry Cox, of this vicinity, availed himself of the late slight freeze and, with long-handle shovels, managed to chip out ice enough to about one fourth fill his house. He is the only one so far heard of who considered the ice worth gathering. As his house keeps very well even this small quantity will be prized in the sickly season.
[Richmond Times-Dispatch, 4 March 1894, page 8.]

An obituary from the “Dunnsville News” column in the Northern Neck News read: Mr. Edward R. Boughan, quite an elderly gentleman, who lived about two miles west of this place, dropped dead in his stable Tuesday morning of last week. He got up in the morning at his usual hour, went out to feed, and to all appearance was in perfect health. Some member of his family saw him fall while in the act of giving his horse corn, and ran to his assistance, but to their great surprise found him dead. Several members of his family have died very suddenly. His father died in church while kneeling at prayer. [Northern Neck News, Warsaw, Virginia, Volume 15, Number 43, Friday, March 9, 1894.]