- 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.
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Children |
| 1. BROYLES, Charles Edward Jr., b. 1 Jun 1850, Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia d. 11 Nov 1916, Ringgold, Catoosa, Georgia, United States (Age 66 years) |
| 2. BROYLES, Laura Johnson, b. 13 Dec 1852, Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia d. 3 Jan 1933, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States (Age 80 years) |
| 3. BROYLES, Sarah Ann Taliaferro, b. 9 Feb 1855, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States d. 28 Jan 1928, Bay City, Matagorda, Texas, United States (Age 72 years) |
| 4. BROYLES, Joseph Frank, b. 8 Aug 1857, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States d. 6 Dec 1941, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 84 years) |
| 5. BROYLES, Robert Augustus, b. 3 Jun 1859, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States d. 5 May 1935, Bradenton, Manatee, Florida (Age 75 years) |
| 6. BROYLES, Lucy Mae, b. 4 Feb 1861, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States d. 23 Nov 1862, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States (Age 1 year) |
| 7. BROYLES, Warren, b. 5 Nov 1864, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States d. 17 Oct 1865, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States (Age 0 years) |
| 8. BROYLES, Price, b. 11 Mar 1866, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States d. Between 1881 and 1885, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, United States (Age 14 years) |
| 9. BROYLES, John A, b. Abt 1868, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown |
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