Register of the Hughes-Ware Family Papers 1836-1933
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
AccessionNumber 37961
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Preferred Citation
Hughes-Ware Family Papers, 1836-1933. Accession 37961, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Michael Silverman, Newport News, Virginia, 5 December 2000
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
- 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)
- 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
- Box-folder: Box 8 Folder
1
Accounts
- Box-folder: Box 8 Folder
2
Guardian's Accounts, 1858-1862
- Box-folder: Box 8 Folder
3
Horse Pedigrees
- Box-folder: Box 8 Folder
4
Provident Relief Association of Washington, DC, Certificate of Membership, 1916
- Box-folder: Box 8 Folder
5
Royal Templars of Temperance Applications (blank)