Ethel Zivley Rather Villavaso (1881-1967) obtained her B.A. from the University of Texas and became engaged to the history professor Lester Bugbee (1869-1902), before his death from consumption. They both wrote on the subject of Texas history and Ethel later attended Cornell and Yale and married Ernest Joseph Villavaso (1872-1972), a professor of Romance Languages at the University of Texas. They had a son, Ernest,Jr. (1918-1947), who was an outstanding student and athlete and received his B.A. from the University of Texas and later attended and worked at Princeton, before his death from prolonged illness. Ethel's father, Charles Taylor Rather (1855-1931), was a banker and landholder and a prominent businessman in Gonzales, Texas.
From the description of Villavaso-Rather family papers, 1898-1963 ; 1898-1945. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 41357779
