Edward Broughton Jr
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Edward Thomas Broughton Jr (1834 - 1874)

Captain Edward Thomas "Tom" Broughton Jr
Born in Monroe, Alabama, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , and
Husband of — married 1856 in Texas, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , and
Died at age 39 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, USAmap
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Biography

Edward Thomas "Tom" Broughton Jr. was born April 3, 1834 to Edward Thomas Broughton and his wife Rachel Winborne (Walker) Broughton. During his childhood, he would move with his parents and siblings from Monroe County Alabama to Ouachita County, Arkansas in 1842 then to Jasper County, Texas in 1847. [1] Edward is found on the United States Census of 1850, at the age of 16 years, living at home with his parents in Cherokee county, Texas. [2]

Edward married Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Douglas, a daughter of Alexander Douglas II and Margaret Cowsar, "E.T. Broughton" and Mary E Broughton are found on the United States census of 1860, living in Kaufman, Kaufman county, Texas, with their three year old son, Prentess. Mary was also born in Alabama, and Prentess in Texas. [3]

On October 7, 1861, Edward Thomas Broughton, Jr. joined the Confederate States Army, where he served as a Captain of Company C, 7th Texas Infantry Regiment for the duration of the American Civil War, resigning his commission in March of 1865. [4]

Captain Broughton died February 11, 1874, at the age of 39 years, in Sherman, Grayson county, Texas and is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, in Tyler, Smith county, Texas. There are photographs of him on his Find A Grave memorial. [5]

Researchers Notes

There is a Historical Marker honoring E.T. Broughton at the intersection of Highway 90 and Farm to Market Road FM1836, in Prairieville, Texas. It contains a brief bio for Edward Thomas Broughton which is transcribed on his Find A Grave Memorial.

Sources

  1. ↑ https://www.oocities.org/~broctun/etbrotnjr.html
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLV-FN8 : 23 December 2020), Edward T Broughton in household of E T Broughton, Cherokee, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXF5-DQK : 11 November 2020), E T Broughton, 1860
  4. ↑ "United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:732H-3BW2 : 6 September 2019), Edward Thomas Broughton, 1861-1865
  5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45554712/edward-thomas-broughton




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Edward Thomas Broughton, Edward Thomas Broughton Sr, and Nathaniel William Broughton
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