Register of the Hughes-Ware Family Papers , 1836-1933 #37961

Biographical/Historical Information

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 Information

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, prommissory 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.

Contents List

Series I: Correspondence, 1848-1924, 1933, n.d.

Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1848-1853
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1857
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1858 (January-August)
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1858 (September-December)
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1859 (January-July)
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1859 (August-December)
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence, 1860
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondence, 1861
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1862
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1863
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1854
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 12
Correspondence, 1865-1869
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 13
Correspondence, 1870-1875
Box-folder: Box 1 Folder 14
Correspondence, 1876-1879
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1880
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1881
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1882
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1883
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1884
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1885
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 7
Correspondence, 1886
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 8
Correspondence, 1887 (January-June)
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1887 (July-December)
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1888 (January-June)
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1888 (July-December)
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 12
Correspondence, 1889
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 13
Correspondence, 1890
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 14
Correspondence, 1891-1892
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 15
Correspondence, 1893-1897
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 16
Correspondence, 1898-1899
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 17
Correspondence, 1900
Box-folder: Box 2 Folder 18
Correspondence, 1901
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1902 (January-June)
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1902 (July-December)
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1903
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1904-1090
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1910-1912
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1913-1918
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 7
Correspondence, 1919 (January, June)
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 8
Correspondence, 1919 (September-October)
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1919 (November 1-15)
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1919 (November 16-30)
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1919 (December)
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 12
Correspondence, 1920 (January)
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 13
Correspondence, 1920 (February-March)
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 14
Correspondence, 1920 (April-May)
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 15
Correspondence, 1920 (June, September)
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 16
Correspondence, 1921
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 17
Correspondence, 1922
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 18
Correspondence, 1923
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 19
Correspondence, 1924
Box-folder: Box 3 Folder 20
Correspondence, 1933
Box-folder: Box 4 Folder 1
Correspondence, n.d. (Henry Hughes)
Box-folder: Box 4 Folder 2
Correspondence, n.d. (Mary E.D. Hughes)
Box-folder: Box 4 Folder 3
Correspondence, n.d. (Catherine S. Smith)
Box-folder: Box 4 Folder 4
Correspondence, n.d. (Mary E. Ware)
Box-folder: Box 4 Folder 5
Correspondence, n.d. (Lucy Lee Montague Wiatt)
Box-folder: Box 4 Folder 6
Correspondence, n.d. (Civil War)
Box-folder: Box 4 Folders 7-9
Correspondence, n.d. (Various Individuals)

Series II: Subject Files

Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 1
Accounts
Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 2
Affidavit re: C.J. Ware's Horse, 15 February 1865
Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 3
Appointment, C.J. Ware as 2nd Lt., Co.A, 5th Va. Cavalry, 18 April 1864
Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 4
Cancelled Checks, Deposit Slips, Statements
Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 5
Clippings
Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 6
Deeds 1883-1906
Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 7
Dog License Cards, 1923-1925
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 8-12
Envelopes
Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 13
Essays
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 14
Estate papers of Henry Hughes
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 15
Fabric Swatches
Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 16
Fifty Cent Note 1861
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 17
Fragments
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 18
Guardian's Accounts (Mary E. Hughes)
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 19
Guardian's Accounts (Augustine S. Hughes)
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 20
Guardian's Accounts (Henry Hughes)
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 21
Guardian's Accounts (Laura Lee Hughes)
Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 22
Final Guardianship Acount 1873
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 23
Miscellaneous Guardian's Accounts
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 24
Hair
Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 25
Internal Revenue Tax Stamps 1877
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 26
Legal Papers
Box-folder: Box 5 Folders 27
License Applications
Box-folder: Box 5 Folder 28
List of Delinquent Real Estate, Gloucester County 1886
Box-folder: Box 6 Folders 1-3
Memorandum and Account Books
Box-folder: Box 6 Folder 4
Military Passes, 1864
Box-folder: Box 6 Folder 5
Militia Fine, 1859
Box-folder: Box 6 Folders 6-8
Miscellaneous
Box-folder: Box 6 Folder 9
Money Loaned and Due to William S. Ware While in Camp, 1863
Box-folder: Box 6 Folder 10
Morning Report, Co. A, 5th Va. Cavalry, 1864
Box-folder: Box 6 Folder 11
Muster Roll, Co. A, 5th Va. Cavalry, n.d.
Box-folder: Box 6 Folder 12
Order for Detail, 4 October 1864
Box-folder: Box 6 Folders 13
Pension Applications,
Box-folder: Box 6 Folders 14
Photographs
Box-folder: Box 6 Folders 15
Poetry
Box-folder: Box 6 Folders 16
Prescriptions
Box-folder: Box 6 Folder 17
Promissory Notes, 1841-1924
Box-folder: Box 7 Folders 1-10
Receipts, 1841-1924
Box-folder: Box 7 Folder 11
Receipts, n.d.
Box-folder: Box 7 Folder 12
Recipes
Box-folder: Box 7 Folder 13
Rental Receipts for Oyster Grounds
Box-folder: Box 7 Folder 14
School Report Cards
Box-folder: Box 7 Folder 15
Survey Field Notes
Box-folder: Box 7 Folders 16-23
Tax Receipts, 1856-1923
Box-folder: Box 7 Folder 24
Wedding Invitations