Mrs. Virginia Waugh searching for Washington Magruder
January 5, 1882
PERSONAL.
ANY PERSON HAVING INFORMATION OF THE
present whereabouts of WASHINGTON MAGRU-
DER, Colored, aged eighty-seven years, very infirm in
mind, light brown complexion, short, hump shoulders,
will confer a great favor by sending word to MRS. VIR-
GINIA WAUGH, 1115 Goat alley, between 6th and 7th
and L and M streets northwest. ja5-3t*
ANY PERSON HAVING INFORMATION OF THE
present whereabouts of WASHINGTON MAGRU-
DER, Colored, aged eighty-seven years, very infirm in
mind, light brown complexion, short, hump shoulders,
will confer a great favor by sending word to MRS. VIR-
GINIA WAUGH, 1115 Goat alley, between 6th and 7th
and L and M streets northwest. ja5-3t*
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Susan Tichy
See my post about Washington Magruder/McGruder. It's an old post & I will update it when I've done more digging.
https://magruderslanding.com/black-magruders/george-washington-wash-magruder/
Washington's age & mental infirmity in the ad are consistent with the story told by A.M. Ewell about his death. Virginia Waugh's maiden name was Magruder; she married James H Waugh in 1867. In 1870 she & James & their first child (Thaddeus) were living in Fauquier County, adjacent to Prince William County, where the white Ewells lived. James was a USCT soldier, a sergeant in Co. K, 1st USC Infantry. By 1880 the Waughs were in Washiungton, DC.
It is likely Virginia was Washington's daughter or granddaughter.
Going back to my post on Washington McGruder, I noted that the only woman in J.S. Magruder's inventory old enough to be Wash's mother was named Flora. Virginia (Magruder) Waugh had a daughter named Flora.
Sources (Ancestry.com):
1867 Oct 25 marriage of Virginia Magruder to James H Waugh, Washington, DC
1870 Census James H Waugh, Fauquier Co., VA
1880 Census James H Waugh, Washington, DC
1885 City Directory, Washington DC, Virginia Waugh, widow of James, matches address in Goat Alley
Civil War Pension Index, Virginia Waugh, widow of James H Waugh
USCT Service Records, James Harry Waugh