William Nile Broyles (1887 - 1937)

Born 31 Oct 1887 in White County,Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Myrtle (Rhea) Snodgrass — married 22 Nov 1906 in White Co, Tenn

Descendants

Died 13 Nov 1937 at age 50 in Sparta, White County,Tennessee, USA

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Biography

William Nile Broyles was born October 31,1887--Nile never liked that he was born on Halloween. He was the first son of Amos Dow Broyles and Lucy Isabella "Belle" Mitchell. His other siblings were Charles Hill Broyles aka Hill and Clyde Broyles. The day his mother died, the dinner bell was rung to bring Nile and his brothers in from the fields --he never could stand the sound of a ringing dinner bell after that. He married Myrtle Rhea, the oldest daughter and child of John Byrd Rhea and Mary Loucetta "Kate" Williams on 22 Nov 1906 in Sparta, White County, Tennessee. Their only child was born August 15, 1908 in Hale Center, Texas. Myrtle's father after his brother Stant Rhea's urging moved his family of 11 children and one new son-in-law to Texas as Myrtle's mother would not go unless all her children went. When mama was born she only weighed 4+ pounds( my father was a very small baby too) and was not expected to live--but she did and when she was 16 months, Nile, Myrtle and new baby returned to White County, Tennessee. Nile was a farmer and while cutting hay his machine hooked a log that had a nest of hornets--they stung Nile and his team of mules repeatedly--this was to come back and haunt him in later life as he developed asthma that eventually killed him. He died Nov 13, 1937 and was buried in Highland Cemetery in Sparta.

Sources

• Family Tree Maker 2014 data of Robert Jason "Bob" Branham, Monday, 21 Sept 2015 and information received from other relatives.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6R-D5N : 12 December 2014), William Nile Broyles, 1917-1918; citing White County, Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,748.

"Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS5Y-69D : 25 May 2014), William Nile Broyles, 13 Nov 1937; citing Cemetery, Sparta, White, Tennessee, cn 26661, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,876,856.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2T-Y7WC : 13 December 2015), William Nile Broyles, 1937; Burial, Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States of America, Highland Cemetery; citing record ID 74237922, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.