Eugene Bell Broyles (1870 - 1926)

Born 8 Apr 1870 in Jefferson County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Hancock) Broyles — married about 12 Oct 1891 (to 1896) in Clark County, Indiana

Husband of Malissa (Dodson) Broyles — married 21 Aug 1908 in Clark County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1926 at age 55 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

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Biography

Eugene Bell Broyles was the son of Henry and Mary (Bell) Broyles. He lived in Louisville, Kentucky, and married twice. His first wife was Alice Hancock whom he married in 1891. Their children:

1. Omer, born 21 Oct 1892. Married Ethel Wilson.
2. Amy, born 18 Jul 1894. Married Fred Favre on 16 Nov 1911.

Eugene and Alice divorced in 1896. Alice remarried to Albert Zell on 4 Oct 1899 in Madison County, Indiana. The children retained the Broyles name. Eugene remarried years later to Malissa Dodson on 21 Oct 1908 in Clark County, Indiana. She brought her son Leroy Dodson into the marriage and he took the name Broyles. (*There is reason to believe from a family story told by Eugene's sister and distant DNA matches that Eugene fathered Leroy out of wedlock and recognized him later in life as his natural son.)

Eugene was born in 1870. He passed away in 1926. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Ann Broyles as remembered 12 Mar 2022.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXL2-T98 : 31 December 2021), Eugene Broyles and Alice Hancock, 12 Oct 1891; citing Clark, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004476441.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-681Q-WF?cc=1410397&wc=Q83F-ZHK%3A962976601%2C963234701 : 21 January 2016), Clark > 1908-1908 Volume 6 > image 170 of 298; Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis.
• FindAGrave memorial #164635471
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2D2-VYB : accessed 21 January 2022), Eugene Broyles, Louisville Ward 3, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 72, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 484; FHL microfilm 1,374,497.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHG9-LJ9 : 1 February 2021), Eugene Broyles, 1920.