A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 41194
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W. E. Bugg journals and papers, 1858-1877. Accession 41194. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,
Virginia.
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Journals of William Emmanuel Bugg, 1848-1935: Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and Warren County, North Carolina, with Bugg,
Davis, Hudgins, Nicholson, Smith, Walker.
William Emmanuel Bugg was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and attended school there. He moved to Warren County, North
Carolina, in 1870. He worked on his uncle John Askew's farm and also taught school for a few years. Bugg farmed in Warren
County for many years before returning to Mecklenburg County to live with his daughter's family. Bugg married Mary Ella Smith
(d. 1925) 1 March 1883 and they had ten children, nine of whom lived to adulthood. Bugg died April 1935 in Mecklenburg County.
Journals and papers, 1858-1977, of W. E. Bugg (1848-1935) of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and Warren County, North Carolina,
consisting of account books, cemetery records, clippings, copy books, correspondence, diaries, genealogical notes, memorandum
books, notebooks, poems, scrapbooks and other papers, detailing Bugg's life and his activities as a farmer and teacher, as
well as providing information on the communities in which he lived. Journals include account books of John Askew of Warren
County and an unidentified partial account book from Pennsylvania. Papers contain personal and family correspondence, genealogical
notes, notes on religion, receipts, and newspaper clippings.