On 9 July 1908, John H. Boughan was married to Sophia Brooks in Essex County, Virginia. He was 58, single, born in Essex County and residing there, son of Jas. H. Boughan and Martha E. Micou, occupation farmer. She was 24, single, born in Essex County and residing there, daughter of Jonas Brooks and Tiney Carter. The minister was J. T. T. Hundley. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 1, page 173.]

In the Birth Register in Essex County, she is listed as the mother of an unnamed and third child, born 12 April 1913, but her name is given as Lucy rather than Sophia. The birth record indicates that she was 25 and born in Virginia.