On 12 November 1904, James Louis Boughan was born in Dunbrooke, Essex County, Virginia. He was male, 6th child in order, parents were married to one another. Father Henry Everett Boughan; white; 44; born in Howerton, Essex County, Virginia; occupation farmer. Mother Lucy Nora Brooks; white; 36; born in Howerton, Essex County, Virginia. Parents married on 4 January 1894, Millers Tavern, Essex County, Virginia. Certified by Sallie B. Dix of Dunbrooke, Essex County, Virginia; 72. Registrant signed James L. Boughan, 3313 [3813?] Harlem Avenue, Baltimore 29, Maryland. Further supported by 1920 U.S. Census. [Virginia Department of Health, Delayed Certificate of Birth, 9239, 13 October 1953.]

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

Name, birth data, marriage data from William Irving Brooks, letter of 29 March 1993 to Thomas Moore.