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Hughes-Ware Family Papers, 1836-1933

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Processed by: Jim Greve
Date completed: 2 March 2000

Personal Papers Collection, Acc# 37961
Extent: 3.3 cubic feet

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance:
Purchased from Michael Silverman, Newport News, Virginia, 5 December 2000.

Restrictions:
None

Preferred citation:
Hughes-Ware Family Papers, 1836-1933. Accession 37961, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Separations:
None

FAMILY HISTORY

The Hughes and Ware families were residents of Gloucester County and Richmond, Virginia. Henry Hughes (ca. 1806-1854) married Mary E.D. Hall (ca. 1820-1897). Their daughter Mary Elizabeth Hughes was born on 11 March 1838 and died 12 October 1912. She married Cincinnatus J. Ware (1839-1864), and together they settled in Richmond. He died while serving in the 5th Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War. They had three children, William Henry Ware (b. 1860), Cincinnatus J. Ware (b. 1862), and Marion Lee Ware (b. 1865). Marion Lee Ware married Ella Stuart Cooke (b. ca. 1871) on 30 January 1896. Their daughter Ella Booth Ware was born in 1897.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Papers, 1836-1933, of the Hughes and Ware families of Gloucester County and Richmond, Virginia. Includes correspondence, subject files, and oversized items.

SERIES DESCRIPTION

Series I: Correspondence

The correspondence covers the years 1848 to 1933. Topics include family news, schooling, the courtship of Mary E. Hughes and Cincinnatus Ware, social life, recreational activities, the health of family members and acquaintances, and births, marriages, and deaths of various individuals. Much of the pre-Civil War correspondence is between Mary E.D. Hughes of Gloucester County and her daughter Mary E. Ware of Richmond. Also of interest is the Civil War correspondence of Cincinnatus Ware and his brother William S. Ware while they were serving in the 5th Virginia Cavalry. Subjects include troop movements, the taking of prisoners, battles and skirmishes around Fredericksburg, Winchester, Culpeper Courthouse, Shepardstown,and Caroline and Spotsylvania Counties. There are also letters concerning the death of Cincinnatus Ware at Newtown in 1864.

Series II: Subject Files

The subject files contain accounts, clippings, deeds, envelopes, financial records, guardian's accounts, legal papers, memorandum and account books, promissory notes, receipts, including rental receipts for oyster grounds and tax receipts, and other material. There is also material relating to the 5th Virginia Cavalry, including an affidavit, appointment, a list of money loaned and due William S. Ware while in camp, a morning report, muster roll, and order for detail.

Series III. Oversized Items

The oversized items contain accounts, including guardian's accounts, as well as two horse pedigrees, and membership applications.

CONTAINER LIST

Box Folder Contents
    Series I. Correspondence
1 1 1848-1853
  2 1857
  3 1858 (January-August)
  4 1858 (September-December)
  5 1859 (January-July)
  6 1859 (August-December)
  7 1860
  8 1861
  9 1862
  10 1863
  11 1864
  12 1865-1869
  13 1870-1875
  14 1876-1879
2 1 1880
  2 1881
  3 1882
  4 1883
  5 1884
  6 1885
  7 1886
  8 1887 (January-June)
  9 1887 (July-December)
  10 1888 (January-June)
  11 1888 (July-December)
  12 1889
  13 1890
  14 1891-1892
  15 1893-1897
  16 1898-1899
  17 1900
  18 1901
3 1 1902 (January-June)
  2 1902 (July-December)
  3 1903
  4 1904-1909
  5 1910-1912
  6 1913-1918
  7 1919 (January, June)
  8 1919 (September-October)
  9 1919 (November 1-15)
  10 1919 (November 16-30)
  11 1919 (December)
  12 1920 (January)
  13 1920 (February-March)
  14 1920 (April-May)
  15 1920 (June, September)
  16 1921
  17 1922
  18 1923
  19 1924
  20 1933
4 1 n.d. (Henry Hughes)
  2 n.d. (Mary E. D. Hughes)
  3 n.d. (Catherine S. Smith)
  4 n.d (Mary E. Ware)
  5 n.d. (Lucy Lee Montague Wiatt)
  6 n.d. (Civil War)
  7-9 n.d. (Various Individuals)
    Series II. Subject Files
5 1 Accounts
  2 Affidavit re: C.J. Ware's Horse, 15 February 1865
  3 Appointment, C.J. Ware as 2nd Lt., Co.A, 5th Va. Cavalry, 18 April 1864
  4 Cancelled Checks, Deposit Slips, Statements
  5 Clippings
  6 Deeds, 1883-1906
  7 Dog License Cards, 1923-1925
  8-12 Envelopes
  13 Essays
  14 Estate Papers of Henry Hughes
  15 Fabric Swatches
  16 Fifty Cent Note, 1861
  17 Fragments
  18 Guardian's Accounts (Mary E. Hughes)
  19 Guardian's Accounts (Augustine S. Hughes)
  20 Guardian's Accounts (Henry Hughes)
  21 Guardian's Accounts (Laura Lee Hughes)
  22 Final Guardianship Account, 1873
  23 Miscellaneous Guardian's Accounts
  24 Hair
  25 Internal Revenue Tax Stamps, 1877
  26 Legal Papers
  27 License Applications
  28 List of Delinquent Real Estate, Gloucester County, 1886
6 1-3 Memorandum and Account Books
  4 Military Passes, 1864
  5 Militia Fine, 1859
  6-8 Miscellaneous
  9 Money Loaned and Due to William S. Ware While in Camp, 1863
  10 Morning Report, Co. A, 5th Va. Cavalry, 1864
  11 Muster Roll, Co. A, 5th Va. Cavalry, n.d.
  12 Order for Detail, 4 October 1864
  13 Pension Applications (blank)
  14 Photographs
  15 Poetry
  16 Prescriptions
  17 Promissory Notes, 1841-1924
7 1-10 Receipts, 1836-1925
  11 Receipts, n.d.
  12 Recipes
  13 Rental Receipts for Oyster Grounds
  14 School Report Cards
  15 Survey Field Notes
  16-23 Tax Receipts, 1856-1923
  24 Wedding Invitations
    Series III. Oversized Items
8 1 Accounts
  2 Guardian's Accounts, 1858-1862
  3 Horse Pedigrees
  4 Provident Relief Association of Washington, DC, Certificate of Membership, 1916
  5 Royal Templars of Temperance Applications (blank)

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