Laura Placide Engelhard was born 1858 in Tarboro, Edgecombe Co, NC, the 2nd of 4 known surviving children (2 boys/2 girls) born to CSA Veteran Maj. Joseph Adolphus Engelhard of Montecello, MS and his wife, Margaret Eliza Cotton of Edgecombe Co, NC. The family surname has been found as both Engelhard and Englehard.
Her father was the only son of Edward Englehard (MS) and was educated at UNC in North Carolina. He entered the army in 1861 as a Captain, and was promoted to Quartermaster with General Branch's brigade with the rank of Major. He was transferred in 1862 to Pender's Brigade, afterwards Wilcox's Divison, with the rank of Adjutant General, and participated in all the battles fought by this brigade until the end at Appomatox. Following the war her father was an attorney in Tarboro, and later editor of WILMINGTON JOURNAL (ca. 1866) a paper that wielded a powerful influence throughout the state.
On her maternal side, she was the granddaughter of John Whitaker Cotten & Laura Placidia Clark, wealthy and notable citizens of Tarboro,
Placide was about 27 years old in 1885 when she married 33-year old William Boylan, son of the prominent and wealthy William M. Boylan Sr. & Mary A. Kinsey. The couple resided in Raleigh where William managed some of the family farms and later worked for the telephone company. They would have 3 known children: William James Boylan (1886-1906), Josephine Boylan (1888-1919) and Joseph Englehard Boylan(1890-1891).
Placide died Sept 26, 1891. She was about 32 years old. He widowed husband of of just 6 years, never remarried. He had buried his youngest son the year before Placide died, and in 1906 would bury his eldest son. Boylan died in 1915, and their only surviving child, Josephine Boylan Van Patten, died 4 years later in 1919.
Her father was the only son of Edward Englehard (MS) and was educated at UNC in North Carolina. He entered the army in 1861 as a Captain, and was promoted to Quartermaster with General Branch's brigade with the rank of Major. He was transferred in 1862 to Pender's Brigade, afterwards Wilcox's Divison, with the rank of Adjutant General, and participated in all the battles fought by this brigade until the end at Appomatox. Following the war her father was an attorney in Tarboro, and later editor of WILMINGTON JOURNAL (ca. 1866) a paper that wielded a powerful influence throughout the state.
On her maternal side, she was the granddaughter of John Whitaker Cotten & Laura Placidia Clark, wealthy and notable citizens of Tarboro,
Placide was about 27 years old in 1885 when she married 33-year old William Boylan, son of the prominent and wealthy William M. Boylan Sr. & Mary A. Kinsey. The couple resided in Raleigh where William managed some of the family farms and later worked for the telephone company. They would have 3 known children: William James Boylan (1886-1906), Josephine Boylan (1888-1919) and Joseph Englehard Boylan(1890-1891).
Placide died Sept 26, 1891. She was about 32 years old. He widowed husband of of just 6 years, never remarried. He had buried his youngest son the year before Placide died, and in 1906 would bury his eldest son. Boylan died in 1915, and their only surviving child, Josephine Boylan Van Patten, died 4 years later in 1919.
Laura Placide Engelhard was born 1858 in Tarboro, Edgecombe Co, NC, the 2nd of 4 known surviving children (2 boys/2 girls) born to CSA Veteran Maj. Joseph Adolphus Engelhard of Montecello, MS and his wife, Margaret Eliza Cotton of Edgecombe Co, NC. The family surname has been found as both Engelhard and Englehard.
Her father was the only son of Edward Englehard (MS) and was educated at UNC in North Carolina. He entered the army in 1861 as a Captain, and was promoted to Quartermaster with General Branch's brigade with the rank of Major. He was transferred in 1862 to Pender's Brigade, afterwards Wilcox's Divison, with the rank of Adjutant General, and participated in all the battles fought by this brigade until the end at Appomatox. Following the war her father was an attorney in Tarboro, and later editor of WILMINGTON JOURNAL (ca. 1866) a paper that wielded a powerful influence throughout the state.
On her maternal side, she was the granddaughter of John Whitaker Cotten & Laura Placidia Clark, wealthy and notable citizens of Tarboro,
Placide was about 27 years old in 1885 when she married 33-year old William Boylan, son of the prominent and wealthy William M. Boylan Sr. & Mary A. Kinsey. The couple resided in Raleigh where William managed some of the family farms and later worked for the telephone company. They would have 3 known children: William James Boylan (1886-1906), Josephine Boylan (1888-1919) and Joseph Englehard Boylan(1890-1891).
Placide died Sept 26, 1891. She was about 32 years old. He widowed husband of of just 6 years, never remarried. He had buried his youngest son the year before Placide died, and in 1906 would bury his eldest son. Boylan died in 1915, and their only surviving child, Josephine Boylan Van Patten, died 4 years later in 1919.
Her father was the only son of Edward Englehard (MS) and was educated at UNC in North Carolina. He entered the army in 1861 as a Captain, and was promoted to Quartermaster with General Branch's brigade with the rank of Major. He was transferred in 1862 to Pender's Brigade, afterwards Wilcox's Divison, with the rank of Adjutant General, and participated in all the battles fought by this brigade until the end at Appomatox. Following the war her father was an attorney in Tarboro, and later editor of WILMINGTON JOURNAL (ca. 1866) a paper that wielded a powerful influence throughout the state.
On her maternal side, she was the granddaughter of John Whitaker Cotten & Laura Placidia Clark, wealthy and notable citizens of Tarboro,
Placide was about 27 years old in 1885 when she married 33-year old William Boylan, son of the prominent and wealthy William M. Boylan Sr. & Mary A. Kinsey. The couple resided in Raleigh where William managed some of the family farms and later worked for the telephone company. They would have 3 known children: William James Boylan (1886-1906), Josephine Boylan (1888-1919) and Joseph Englehard Boylan(1890-1891).
Placide died Sept 26, 1891. She was about 32 years old. He widowed husband of of just 6 years, never remarried. He had buried his youngest son the year before Placide died, and in 1906 would bury his eldest son. Boylan died in 1915, and their only surviving child, Josephine Boylan Van Patten, died 4 years later in 1919.
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