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THE BOULWARE FAMILY

There are several branches of this family in Caroline, all of
whom, according to family tradition, similarity of names, etc.,
came from the same ancestor, who came over from England and
settled at the place now known as Boulware's Wharf in Essex
county.

The first member of the family to come to Caroline was
Richard Boulware who, a few years prior to the Revolution,
purchased a section of Beverley's Chase from Robert Beverley,
of "Blandfield," in Essex, and established his home thereon.
This place became known as Boulware's Chase and a part of the
estate is now owned by the descendants of Richard Boulware.

Two sons of Richard Boulware and Frances, his wife—namely:
William and Mark, also settled in Caroline. Among the descendants
of William may be named Mrs. Mary Eliza Flippo,
wife of Dr. Flippo, a prominent physician of the county, and
Mrs. Maria Allensworth, wife of Captain Gibbons Allensworth
who represented Caroline in the Legislature. Mark Boulware
inherited Boulware's Chase and was twice married. By his
first marriage to Milly—, he had issue: Frank, b.
1780, d. 1870; Molly, b. 1781; Richard, b. 1783; Dorothy, b.
1785; Elizabeth, b. 1788. By his second marriage to Agatha
Saunders he had issue: Turner, b. 1792; Lucy, b. 1793; Elliott,
b. 1795; Judith, b. 1797; James, b. 1799; Ophelia, b. 1801; Battaile,
b. 1802. Mark Boulware d. February 22, 1811 and his widow
d. 1836.

The children of Mark Boulware married as follows: Lucy m.
—Long and among her descendants may be named
John C. Howlett, of South Boston; Mrs. Solon B. Woodfin, of
Ashland; Mrs. James W. Jeffries, of Warrenton and Miss Maude
Woodfin, of the faculty of the University of Richmond.

Judith m. David Evans, of Caroline, and removed to Shelbyville,
Tenn. She had issue a son, Dr. Robert Evans, who died a
few years since at an advanced age. Among her descendants
are David Evans Miller, prominent railway official of Atlanta,
Ga.; Mrs. Margaret Lyle, of Johnson City, Tenn., and Mrs.
Margaret Cooper, of Thomasville, Ga.

Ophelia m. James Harwood Broaddus and had issue: Caroline,
George and Agnes. These are named in the History of the
Broaddus Family. Of the descendants of Ophelia Boulware and
J. H. Broaddus may be named Mrs. Lillian Chockley, of Rockford,
Ill., and Mrs. Irene Fuller, of Bradford, Penn.

Turner Boulware, son of Mark, removed to Wood county,
Va., now W. Va., in 1810 and settled where Parkersburg now
stands. It was only a trading post then. Young Boulware
helped to erect the court house and the old Bell tavern, the first

brick houses in Parkersburg. He enlisted in the American Army
in 1812 under Col. John McConnell, of the First Virginia regiment
and marched to Sandusky, O., thence to Delaware, Ohio, thence
to Ft. Meigs on the Maumee river, which fort he helped to defend
against the British under General Proctor. For further details
see History of Wood County by A. F. Gibbons. After peace was
made Turner Boulware was discharged with the rank of sergeant
and returned to Parkersburg. He kept a journal while in the
army which is now deposited with other war relics in the Pioneers
Cabin in the city park of Parkersburg.

Turner Boulware

Born October 4, 1792. Died while visiting his old home in Caroline in 1872.

Turner Boulware m. Mary Ann Creel, dau. of George Creel
and Clara Buckner and had issue: Mark, James, Elizabeth, Agnes,
John, Maria, George, Lucy, and Clara.

Mark, son of Turner, removed to Kansas in 1862 and married
Paulina Brockman, of Illinois. He died in 1902 leaving three
daughters, namely: Mrs. Mary Atkisson and Mrs. Nannie Waddel,
of Blue Mound, Kans., and Mrs. Calista Atkisson, of Coalinga,
Cal., and one son, George Boulware, of Kansas. Two of Mark
Boulware's grandsons, John Atkisson and Mark Atkisson served
in the World War.

James Boulware, son of Turner, b. 1832, came to Caroline
after the death of his bachelor uncle, Elliott Boulware and resided
with three of his father's maiden sisters. He enlisted in the

Confederate Army in 1861 and was made first lieutenant of
Company B; 9th Virginia Cavalry. He was in many engagements,
and he and a soldier named —Martin were the
last ten men to cross Falmouth bridge after firing it to keep the
Northern troops from crossing the Rappahannock. When peace
came he returned to Caroline from prison at Fort Delaware and
on December 14, 1865, married Caroline Broaddus, daughter of
James H. Broaddus. Four children were born to this union:
Eugene, b. 1866, d. 1872; Clara, who m. Harry J. Motley; Allie,
who m. T. S. Jones, of Orange; and Linwood, who now lives in
the old home. Mrs. Caroline Broaddus Boulware died on August
21, 1913 and her husband, James Boulware, died on March 15,
1915, being the third member of his family to die on March 15th.

Elizabeth Boulware died unmarried at Freeport, W. Va.,
March 18, 1912.

Agnes Boulware m. Thomas Gilmer, lawyer, and had issue
eleven children of whom four are now living, namely: Mrs. Benton
Jackson, of Parkersburg, W. Va.; A. L. Gilmer, of W. Va.; Mrs.
Bessie McClintock, of Ardmore, Okla., and Miss Barbara Gilmer,
of W. Va.

John Boulware, fifth child of Turner Boulware, removed to
California where he was killed in a skirmish in 1862.

Maria Boulware m. Edwin Dean and died in 1906, survived
by two sons: Julius and James, and one daughter, Mrs. Mary
Cooper, of Harrisburg, W. Va.

George Boulware married Miss Malana Cain and died at
Parkersburg without issue.

Lucy F. Boulware, b. 1846, m. Levi Morgan in 1874. He
died in 1919.

Clara, youngest child of Turner Boulware, m. George Lockhart
and had issue six children, five of whom are now living,
namely: Mrs. Laura Smith, of Spencer, W. Va.; Mrs. Lena Pribble,
of Parkersburg; Cleveland, Garland and Benjamin, all of Wirt
county, W. Va. Mrs. Lockhart died in 1915 and her husband in
1917. In addition to five children, twenty-one grand children
survived them.

Turner Boulware was a charter member of the first Masonic
Lodge chartered in Parkersburg, W. Va. Of his nine children
Mrs. Lucy Morgan, of Parkersburg is the sole survivor. Turner
Boulware died while visiting his only surviving sister Mrs. Lucy

Long at the home of her son-in-law, Robert B. Wright, and was
buried on the old family estate on his 80th birthday. See History
of Wood County, W. Va.