BROYLES, Col. Edwin Nash

1829 - 1897  (67 years)

• Name	BROYLES, Edwin Nash
  Prefix	Col.
  Birth	14 Nov 1829	Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1840	Greene County, Tennessee, United States   [2]
  	Census lists the following: Males < 5 years: 1 (Marcellus-3) Males 5-10: 1 (Walter-8) Males 10-15: 2 (Edwin-11 and William-14) Males 15-20: 1 (George-16) Males 50-60: 1 (Cain-52) Females: 40-50: 1 (Lucinda 49 or 50)
  Residence	23 Aug 1850	Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States   [3]
  	Student at law
  	Census says he was born in North Carolina. At this time he was living in the household of his sister, Mary Amanda, and her husband, Dr. George Washington Foute.
  Immigration	1853	Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States   [4]
  Residence	27 Jul 1860	1079th District, Polk County, Georgia   [5]
  	Lawyer
  	Census says he was born in North Carolina
  Occupation	1890	55-1/2 East Hunter, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia   [6]
  	Lawyer, Broyles and Sons
  Death	13 Feb 1897	Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States
  Burial	Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States   [7]
  	Address: Oakland Cemetery
  Person ID	I1138	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	BROYLES, Major Cain,   b. 12 Jan 1788, Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States d. 26 Apr 1864 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	NASH, Lucinda,   b. 10 Aug 1790, Abbeville District, South Carolina, United States d. 31 Oct 1868, Georgia (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1810	Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States   [8]
  Residence	Aft 20 Mar 1810	Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States   [9]
  	Listed following the listing for his father, Aaron, are Cain and Lucinda Broyles. They were both listed as being between 16 and 25. Click here to read 1810 Census.
  Residence	1820	Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States   [10]
  	The census seems to have too many males in the household for Cain and Lucinda. Perhaps they were not all their children. It lists one male and one female between 26 and 45. These would have been Cain (32) and Lucinda (30). It lists two females less than ten (Mary and Frances). Listed are two males less than ten (Erasmus Seneca and John Milton). Listed is one male between ten and sixteen (unknown) and one male between sixteen and eighteen (unknown).
  Residence	1830	3rd Division Or Regiment, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States   [11]
  	The census reported: 1 Male 40_50: Cain would have been 42 2 Males 10-15: Erasmus Seneca-15, John Milton-12 2 Males 5-10: Aaron-9, George-7 2 Males <5: William-4, Edwin-1 1 Female 30-40: Lucinda about 40 1 Female 15-20: Francis about 17
  Residence	1840	7th Civil District, Greene, Tennessee, United States   [12]
  	His name was recorded "Cain Broyls." Census lists the following: Males < 5 years: 1 (Marcellus-3) Males 5-10: 1 (Walter-8) Males 10-15: 2 (Edwin-11 and William-14) Males 15-20: 1 (George-16) Males 50-60: 1 (Cain-52) Females: 40-50: 1 (Lucinda 49 or 50)
  Residence	9 Nov 1850	Division 9, Greene, Tennessee, United States   [13]
  	Farmer
  Residence	8 Aug 1860	Varnells Station, Whitfield, Georgia, United States   [14]
  	Farmer
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	ARNOLD, Elizabeth Douglas,   b. 22 Apr 1838, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States d. 10 Oct 1883, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1861	Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States   [1, 15]
  	Address: St. James Church
  Residence	9 Jun 1880	Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States   [16]
  	Lawyer
  	Census says he was born in North Carolina
  Children	1. BROYLES, Norris,   b. 4 May 1862, Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States d. 20 Mar 1872, Atlanta, Georgia, United States (Age 9 years)   2. BROYLES, Arnold,   b. 20 May 1866, Rome, Floyd, Georgia, United States d. 29 Jun 1949, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States (Age 83 years)   3. BROYLES, Nash Rose,   b. 16 Oct 1868, Atlanta, Georgia, United States d. 7 Apr 1947, Fulton County, Georgia, United States (Age 78 years)   4. BROYLES, Pearl,   b. 18 Jul 1871, Atlanta, Georgia, United States d. 13 Jun 1939, Fulton County, Georgia, United States (Age 67 years)   5. BROYLES, Bernard Carl,   b. 7 Apr 1874, Georgia d. 15 Sep 1948, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

  Family 2	HARDY, Sallie Tripp,   b. Abt 1861, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1884	Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia   [15]
  Children	1. BROYLES, Infant,   b. Dec 1885, Atlanta, Georgia, United States d. Dec 1885, Atlanta, Georgia, United States (Age 0 years)   2. BROYLES, Harold Hardy,   b. 16 Jan 1896, Atlanta, Georgia, United States d. 28 Mar 1973, San Bernadino, San Bernardino, California, United States (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F1809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

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  Edwin Nash Broyles (1829 - 1897)

  
  

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  Col. Edwin Nash Broyles was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina, November 14, 1829, a son of Maj. Cain Broyles, an able legal practitioner and an officer of some prominence during the War of 1812, and Lucinda (Nash) Broyles. a descendant of John Nash, the famous Revolutionary hero for whom the City of Nashville, Tennessee, was named. He was still a lad when he moved to Greene County, Tennessee, and for some time lived at Greeneville, where he secured his elementary education. Subsequently Colonel Broyles attended Washington College [near Jonesborough, TN], at that time under the management of Prof. A. A. Doke, a. Presbyterian clergyman of note and a graduate of Princeton, and at college the youth distinguished himself for his proficiency in logic and mental philosophy. When he was admitted to the bar, he began practice at Greeneville, with such contemporaries as Gen. Thomas D. Arnold and Judge Samuel Milligan of Greeneville, William H. Sneed, of Knoxville, and Thomas R. Nelson, of Jonesborough. In 1853 Colonel Broyles came to Georgia and first located at Cedartown, where he remained in practice for some time. He was fortunate in making the acquaintance of Governor Brown, who, impressed with the abilities of the young legist, made him compiler of the statutes of the preceding Legislature, in 1857. During the war between the states, Colonel Broyles, although an ardent lover of the Union, loyally endorsed the cause of the Confederacy, and rendered the government important and valuable service in various capacities. During the war he was private secretary and military aide to Governor Brown. At the close of hostilities he took up his residence at Atlanta, and there continued in active practice during the remainder of his life. On all questions touching the interests of the general public, Colonel Broyles was one of the best posted men in Georgia, but he was bound heart and soul to his profession, and political offers could not attract him from his devotion thereto. It was his honest belief that he could best serve the public and his community by confining his work to the courts and leaving the political tasks to those whose inclinations ran in that direction. Ever a close student, he continued his studies to the last, even when extended ill health had enfeebled his activities and dimmed his faculties. He passed away February 13, 1897. Colonel Broyles was twice married, first in 1861 to Miss Elizabeth D. Arnold, the accomplished and cultured daughter of Gen. Thomas D. Arnold, and one of the most brilliant women of the South, and second in 1883, to Miss Sallie Trippe Hardy, daughter of Dr. Weston Hardy, of Cartersville, Georgia. Four 'surviving children were born to the first union. Hon. Arnold Broyles, clerk of the Fulton County Superior Court ; Hon. Nash R. Broyles; Mrs. Pearl Broyles Parks, the wife of Lloyd Parks ; and Bernard C. Broyles, a prominent citizen a Atlanta. To the second union there was born one son, Harold Hardy. ----------------------- SOURCE: Knight, Lucien Lamar. A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians. Chicago & New York. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1917. pp 1850-1851

  
  

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  [S368] A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, Page 1850. [S98] 1840 Federal Census, Greene County, Tennessee. [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Greenville, Greene, TN Dwelling 54. [S368] A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, Page 1851. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, 1079th District, Polk Co., GA Dwelling 727. [S291] 1889-90 Atlanta, Georgia Directory. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, Find A Grave Memorial# 32866635. [S2] Cemetery data, Sumach Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia. [S302] 1810 Federal Census, Pendleton District, South Carolina. [S305] 1820 Federal Census, Pendleton County, South Carolina. [S301] 1830 Federal Census, 3rd Division Or Regiment, Buncombe, North Carolina, Pg 173 of 176. [S98] 1840 Federal Census, Greene County, Tennessee, Ancestry page 41 of 170. [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Division 9, Greene County, TN Dwelling 1393. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, 11th District, Whitfield County, Georgia Dwelling 1380. [S114] Miscellaneous, Email and GEDCOM from Norris Arnold Broyles, III, September 20, 2009. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, Atlanta, Fulton, GA ED 97 Page 14 Dwelling 152.