Col. Charles Edward BROYLES

1826 - 1906  (80 years)

• Name	Charles Edward BROYLES
  Prefix	Col.
  Born	26 Mar 1826	Anderson County, South Carolina, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1840	Anderson County, South Carolina, United States   [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   [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. -------------------------------------------------------------- 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   [6]
  	Furloughed because of rheumatism
  Residence	3 Jun 1880	Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States   [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   [6]
  	Wrote a brief autobiography
  	Read his autobiography here!
  Died	13 Oct 1906	Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States   [1, 2]
  Buried	Aft 13 Oct 1906	Antonito Cemetery, Antonito, Conejo County, Colorado   [8]
  Person ID	I1266	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Dr. Ozey Robert BROYLES,   b. 10 Nov 1798, Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States ,   d. 24 Feb 1875, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann TALIAFERRO,   b. 2 Jun 1803, South Carolina ,   d. 12 Aug 1888, Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Married	20 Mar 1823	Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States   [1]
  Residence	1830	Anderson County, South Carolina, United States   [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   [10]
  Residence	1840	Anderson County, South Carolina, United States   [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   [11]
  	Physician
  Residence	4 Jun 1860	4th Regiment, Anderson County, South Carolina   [12]
  	Farmer
  Residence	8 Jun 1870	Anderson Court House, Varennes Twn, Anderson, South Carolina, United States   [13]
  	Retired Physician
  Family ID	F351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucy Ann JOHNSON,   b. 19 Mar 1832, Barnwell District, South Carolina ,   d. 28 Nov 1880, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States  (Age 48 years)
  Married	Bef 1850
  Residence	14 Jul 1860	Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States   [14]
  	Lawyer and member of the state legislature
  Residence	9 Jun 1870	Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States   [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. -------------------------------------------- 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. Charles Edward BROYLES, Jr.,   b. 1 Jun 1850, Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia ,   d. 11 Nov 1916, Ringgold, Catoosa, Georgia, United States  (Age 66 years)   2. Laura Johnson BROYLES,   b. 13 Dec 1852, Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia ,   d. 3 Jan 1933, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States  (Age 80 years)   3. Sarah Ann Taliaferro BROYLES,   b. 9 Feb 1855, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States ,   d. 28 Jan 1928, Bay City, Matagorda, Texas, United States  (Age 72 years)   4. Joseph Frank BROYLES,   b. 8 Aug 1857, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States ,   d. 6 Dec 1941, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States  (Age 84 years)   5. Robert Augustus BROYLES,   b. 3 Jun 1859, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States ,   d. 5 May 1935, Bradenton, Manatee, Florida  (Age 75 years)   6. Lucy Mae BROYLES,   b. 4 Feb 1861, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States ,   d. 23 Nov 1862, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States  (Age 1 years)   7. Warren BROYLES,   b. 5 Nov 1864, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States ,   d. 17 Oct 1865, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States  (Age 0 years)   8. Price BROYLES,   b. 11 Mar 1866, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States ,   d. Between 1881 and 1885, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States  (Age 14 years)   9. John A BROYLES,   b. Abt 1868, Georgia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	16 May 2022
  Family ID	F993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• 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 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

  
  

  Headstones		Colonel Charles Edward Broyles (1826 - 1906)
  		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

  [S93] Broyles / Briles Database. [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. [S98] 1840 Federal Census, Anderson District, South Carolina. [S299] The Broyles, Laffitte and Boyd Relatives and Ancestors, Part II Page 22. [S296] U. S. Civil War Soldier 1861 - 1865. [S114] Miscellaneous, Autobiography of Charles Edward Broyles dated 5 August, 1887. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado ED 28 Pg 7 Dwelling 67. [S114] Miscellaneous, Email from Robert J. Broyles dated 5/10/2010. [S301] 1830 Federal Census, Anderson County, South Carolina. [S114] Miscellaneous, http://www.pendletonhistoricfoundation.org/index.htm. [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Eastern Subdivision, Anderson, SC Dwelling 1006. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, 4th District, Anderson County, SC Page 9 Dwelling 55. [S69] 1870 Federal Census, Varrenes Twn, Anderson County, SC Page 9 Dwelling 62. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Dalton, Whitfield County, GA Dwelling 711. [S69] 1870 Federal Census, Dalton, Whitfield, GA Page 19 Dwelling 98. [S110] 1900 Federal Census, Manassa, Conejos, Colorado ED 8 Sheet 10 A Dwelling 152.