BROYLES, Col. Charles Edward

BROYLES, Col. Charles Edward

Male 1826 - 1906  (80 years)

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  • Name BROYLES, Charles Edward 
    Prefix Col. 
    Birth 26 Mar 1826  Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1840  Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Census lists one male between forty and fifty (Ozey-42), one female between thirty and forty (Sarah-37), one female under five (Sarah-infant), one male under five (Ozey, Jr.-3), one male between five and ten (William-8), three males between ten and fifteen (Charles-14, Zachariah-12, Richard-10), and one male between fifteen and twenty (Augustus-16). Missing seems to be Margaret who would have been 6.
    Military 1858  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Colonel on the staff of Governor Joseph Brown of Georgia 
    Military Between 1861 and 1865  [5
    36 (Broyles') Georgia Infantry 
    • EXCERPT FROM DIARY OF CHARLES EDWARD BROYLES

      "In 1858 1 was appointed on the staff of Joe Brown, Governor, as one of his aides with the rank of Colonel, and the same Fall was elected to the Legislature from Whitfield County, and was one of five from the House with three from the Senate to devise and report the present code of laws for the State of Georgia. I was a member in the stormy days of secession and opposed separate state action.

      In 1861 I went to Virginia, a private in 11th Ga. Regiment commanded by Col. G. G. Anderson, and was with the Army of General Joseph E. Johnson at Winchester, Va. that made the great march to reinforce Beauregard at Bull Run. I was afoot and not being accustomed to walking, I suffered much while my feet bled freely. We did not get to the Bull Run fight, as being new troops, the older were shipped from Piedmont, Fauquier Co,, Virginia, in advance of us. We got there after the battle was over but in time to witness the destruction of life and property with the horrors of war. In the fall I returned home and commenced to help raise a Regiment with Col. J. A. Gleason. We succeeded and I was commissioned Major of it in 1862. I served under Col. Smith in Kentucky in that year and, ere the winter, came out with Braggs Army. We were then soon sent to Middle Tennessee and remained there until the day before Christmas, 1863 when our Regiment with Stephenson's Division was ordered to Vicksburg, Miss. We garrisoned this place until the Federal fleet passed Vicksburg and we then moved out on Big Black and fought the battle of Champion Hill of Bakers Creek. This was a hard battle. I was holding my horse in the thickest of it when he was shot. We fell back to Vicksburg and the siege commenced. We surrendered after 48 days, during which time we suffered for food and ate mule meat and anything we could get. We surrendered on the 4th of July, 1863, were paroled on the 9th and left on the 12th. The troops all went home, and in October afterward were exchanged and rendezvoused at Chickamauga Depot, below Chattanooga.

      We followed Gen. Burnsides to Laudon and after the battle of Chicamauga we were relieved by Longstreet and occupied Missionary Ridge while Sherman was in Chattanooga.

      I was commissioned Colonel of my Regiment in the Spring of 1864. I was in front of Sherman to Atlanta. I was in the battles of Resaca, Lost Mountain, Kennesaw,, Powder. Springs, Chattahoochee and many skirmishes all around Atlanta. I turned back with Hood and was in the line to Nashville."

      This was written by Col. Broyles in or about 1896. Endorsed by Col. Ben E. Green of Dalton, Georgia.

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      Source: Trosdal, Lucy T. Boyd, The Broyles, Laffitte and Boyd Relatives and Ancestors Montague Laffitte Boyd, Jr., M.D., Savannah
    Misc 5 Feb 1865  Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Furloughed because of rheumatism 
    Residence 3 Jun 1880  Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Lawyer 
    • He was listed as married, and, indeed, his first wife, Lucy Ann Johnson Broyles, was listed in the same census as living in Dalton, Georgia where she died in November, 1880.
    Misc 5 Aug 1887  Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Wrote a brief autobiography 
    Death 13 Oct 1906  Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Aft 13 Oct 1906  Antonito Cemetery, Antonito, Conejo County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I1266  Pickel_Bartlett
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2014 

    Father BROYLES, Dr. Ozey Robert,   b. 10 Nov 1798, Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1875, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother TALIAFERRO, Sarah Ann,   b. 2 Jun 1803, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1888, Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 20 Mar 1823  Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1830  Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • There is a listing for a Hezia R. Broyles. Hezia is the formal name for which Ozey is a nickname.

      Listed are one male between thirty and forty (Hezia /Ozey-32), one female between twenty and thirty (Sarah-27), one male between five and ten (Augustus-6), and two males less than five (Charles and Zachariah).
    Residence Between 1837 and 1851  Ashtabula Plantation, 3 mi. east of Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Residence 1840  Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Census lists one male between forty and fifty (Ozey-42), one female between thirty and forty (Sarah-37), one female under five (Sarah-infant), one male under five (Ozey, Jr.-3), one male between five and ten (William-8), three males between ten and fifteen (Charles-14, Zachariah-12, Richard-10), and one male between fifteen and twenty (Augustus-16). Missing seems to be Margaret who would have been 6.

      One problem with this is that Richard Broyles died in 1831; so he could not have been included in this census except by error.
    Residence 11 Oct 1850  Eastern Division, Anderson County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Physician 
    Residence 4 Jun 1860  4th Regiment, Anderson County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Farmer 
    Residence 8 Jun 1870  Anderson Court House, Varennes Twn, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Retired Physician 
    Family ID F351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 JOHNSON, Lucy Ann,   b. 19 Mar 1832, Barnwell District, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1880, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1850 
    Residence 14 Jul 1860  Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Lawyer and member of the state legislature 
    Residence 9 Jun 1870  Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Lawyer 
    • He was taken prisoner by the Union. Army at. Vicksburg, Miss. when he was serving as a Colonel of the 38th Georgia Infantry. He was a member of the Georgia State Legislature and voted against secession from the Union.
      When he moved to Colorado he was appointed Begistra of the Government Land Office in Del Norte, Colorado, and while there met Nellie Armstrong to whom he was married April 19, 1883 at Alamosa „ Colorado.

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      The preceding about Charles Edward Broyles was received October 25, 1958 from his son Dryden Johnson Broyles, of Brighton, Colo. and is reported in The Broyles, Laffitte and Boyd Relatives and Ancestors of Montague Laffitte Boyd, Jr., M.D., published by Mrs. Einar Storm Trosdal (Lucy T. Boyd) of Savannah, Georgia.
    Children 
     1. BROYLES, Charles Edward Jr.,   b. 1 Jun 1850, Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1916, Ringgold, Catoosa, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. BROYLES, Laura Johnson,   b. 13 Dec 1852, Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1933, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     3. BROYLES, Sarah Ann Taliaferro,   b. 9 Feb 1855, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1928, Bay City, Matagorda, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     4. BROYLES, Joseph Frank,   b. 8 Aug 1857, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1941, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     5. BROYLES, Robert Augustus,   b. 3 Jun 1859, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1935, Bradenton, Manatee, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     6. BROYLES, Lucy Mae,   b. 4 Feb 1861, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1862, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     7. BROYLES, Warren,   b. 5 Nov 1864, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1865, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     8. BROYLES, Price,   b. 11 Mar 1866, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1881 and 1885, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 14 years)
     9. BROYLES, John A,   b. Abt 1868, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2022 

    Family 2 ARMSTRONG, Nellie,   b. 19 Nov 1861, Brooksburgh, Jefferson, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1944, Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 19 Apr 1883  San Acacio, Costilla, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 7 Jun 1900  Manassa, Conejos, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Lawyer 
    Children 
     1. BROYLES, Prentiss Bay,   b. 6 Jul 1885, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1892, Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 7 years)
     2. BROYLES, Taliaferro Brooks,   b. 6 Nov 1886, Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1975, Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     3. BROYLES, Charles Edward Jr.,   b. 5 Oct 1888, Del Norte, Rio Grande County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1959, La Jara, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     4. BROYLES, Ruby,   b. 18 Jan 1891, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1891, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. BROYLES, John Aaron,   b. 19 Dec 1891, Fox Creek, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1953, Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     6. BROYLES, Flavius Onderdonk,   b. 14 Apr 1894, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1962, Conejos County, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     7. BROYLES, Nellie Armstrong,   b. 24 Apr 1896, Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1969, Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     8. BROYLES, Dryden Johnson,   b. 29 Jan 1900, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1975, Brighton, Adams County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2022 

  • Photos Colonel Charles Edwin Broyles and some of his children
    Surrounding their father from left to right appear to have been:


    1. Hoot? -- Dryden Johnson Broyles (1900 - 1975)

    2. Fla -- Flavius Onderdonk Broyles (1894 - 1962)

    3. John -- John Aaron Broyles (1891 - 1953)

    4. Nel -- Nellie Armstrong Broyles (1894 - ?)

    (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
    Charles Edward Broyles and his four youngest children about 1905
    Charles Edward Broyles and his four youngest children about 1905
    The children are cluster about him. From lower left clockwise to the right: Dryden (abt 5), Flavius (abt 9), John Aaron (abt 16) and Nellie (abt 9). Flavius and Nellie were twins.

    Documents
    Autobiography of Col. Charles Edward Broyles
    Autobiography of Col. Charles Edward Broyles

    Headstones
    Colonel Charles Edward Broyles
    Colonel Charles Edward Broyles
    (1826 - 1906)
    Broyles Family Plot
    Broyles Family Plot
    Nellie's grave is just to the left of the photo outside of the fence.

  • Notes 
    • He was a prominent lawyer and politician in Georgia and later in Colorado where he also engaged in mining and mining claim administration and commerce, having been appointed Registrar of US Land Claims in his area of southern Colorado.

      Source: Broyles Family Genealogy Forum
      Online at http://genforum.genealogy.com/broyles/messages/398.html

  • Sources 
    1. [S93] Broyles / Briles Database.

    2. [S299] The Broyles, Laffitte and Boyd Relatives and Ancestors, Part II Page 21.
      Most dates for the children of Ozey Robert Broyles and Sarah Ann Taliaferro Broyles were in their Bible.

    3. [S98] 1840 Federal Census, Anderson District, South Carolina.

    4. [S299] The Broyles, Laffitte and Boyd Relatives and Ancestors, Part II Page 22.

    5. [S296] U. S. Civil War Soldier 1861 - 1865.

    6. [S114] Miscellaneous, Autobiography of Charles Edward Broyles dated 5 August, 1887.

    7. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado ED 28 Pg 7 Dwelling 67.

    8. [S114] Miscellaneous, Email from Robert J. Broyles dated 5/10/2010.

    9. [S301] 1830 Federal Census, Anderson County, South Carolina.

    10. [S114] Miscellaneous, http://www.pendletonhistoricfoundation.org/index.htm.

    11. [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Eastern Subdivision, Anderson, SC Dwelling 1006.

    12. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, 4th District, Anderson County, SC Page 9 Dwelling 55.

    13. [S69] 1870 Federal Census, Varrenes Twn, Anderson County, SC Page 9 Dwelling 62.

    14. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Dalton, Whitfield County, GA Dwelling 711.

    15. [S69] 1870 Federal Census, Dalton, Whitfield, GA Page 19 Dwelling 98.

    16. [S110] 1900 Federal Census, Manassa, Conejos, Colorado ED 8 Sheet 10 A Dwelling 152.