NameEldridge Goven Boughan
Birth12 Aug 1912, Essex County, Virginia
Death3 Nov 1965, Grace Hospital, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
BurialEmmanuel Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
OccupationPlumber
Cause of deathColon cancer
Documentation
Name, birth data, marriage data from William Irving Brooks, letter of 29 March 1993 to Thomas Moore.
1920 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Central District, Enumeration District 40
Sheet 3B
Farm, Dwelling 49, Family 52
Baughan, H. E., head, owned free of mortgage male, white, 58, married, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, farmer on general farm, employer
Baughan, L. Nora, wife, female, white, 50, married, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Baughan, Alvin, son, [sex is listed as “S”], white, 20, single, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, apprentice plumber, wage worker
Baughan, E. Lee, son, male, white, 17, single, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, farm laborer on home farm, wage worker
Baughan, John R., son, male, white, 16, single, in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Baughan, James L., son, male, white, 15, single, in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Baughan, Samuel C., son, male, white, 12, single, in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Baughan, Eldridge G., son, male, white, 7, single, in school, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Brooks, Mattie E., neice, female, white, 1-3/12, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, no occupation
Eldridge Goben [sic] Boughan married Agnes Viola Brooks on 17 September 1938 in Richmond, Virginia. He was 26 and she was 20. Both were single, born in Essex County. He was a plumber. The parents were Henry Everett Boughan and Lucy Nora Brooks, and Lawrence Brooks and Viola Linthicum. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Book 3]
Eldridge Goven Boughan married Agnes Viola Brooks on 17 September 1938 in Richmond, Virginia. He was 26, white, single, occupation plumber, born in Essex County, father Henry Everett Boughan, mother Lucy Nora Brooks, residing in Dunbrooke, Virginia; she was 20, white, single, maiden name Agnes Viola Brooks, born in Essex County, father Lawrence Brooks, mother Viola Linthicum, residing in Tappahannock, Virginia. Married by W. E. Gibson, Baptist minister. [Certificate of Marriage, Commonweath of Virgina, County of Essex, 21446.]
On 3 November 1965, Eldridge Goven Boughan died at Grace Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. He was male; age 53; white; resident of 6000 Bonneau Road, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia; parents were Henry E. Boughan and Lucy Nora Brooks; married; spouse Agnes Brooks Boughan; not a veteran; born in Virginia; born 12 August 1912; contractor in plumbing and heating; informant was Agnes Brooks Boughan; cause of death generalized peritonitis, due to secondary to bone[?] surgery, due to subtotal colectomy for polyposis; autopsy was performed; death at 3:40 a.m.; burial at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Henrico County, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 65 031052.]
Spouses
Birth23 Jul 1918, Essex County, Virginia
Marriage17 Sep 1938, Richmond, Virginia