William C. Broyles   Gen. 6, id #1030                                Edited 20140807
==================   Son of Fielding Broyles & Nancy Evans                  |          
 
Born: 18 Sep 1836 OH, Lawrence                                              |[235]     
Died: 26 Jan 1885 IL, Hamilton                                              |[235]     
 
Marr: Pary Melvina Johnson                              
      m:     c. 1859 IL, Hamilton                                           |[6]        
      b: 29 Nov 1844 IL,                                                    |[235]     
      d: 31 Jul 1935 IL, Hamilton                                           |[235]     
 
                           +---born----+---------------++---died----+---------------+
  1.  Jane                         1865 IL, Hamilton                                
  2.  Cora                         1870 IL,                  c. 1883                
  3.  William Stewart       27 Jan 1873 IL, Hamilton     14 Apr 1957 IL, Jefferson  
  4.  Wade                         1876 IL,                                         
  5.  Dora                         1878 IL,                                         
  6.  Vina C.                      1884 IL, Hamilton                                
 
Other issue:
                           +---born----+---------------++---died----+---------------+
  7.  Jeremiah Monroe       12 Dec 1854 IL, Hamilton    11 Jan 1939 OK, Lincoln    
 
Census:
                                         Age BP   Occupation            
1850 Boyles, William      IL, Hamilton    13 OH                                                                                                        
1860 Broyles, William     IL, Hamilton    23 OH   Farmer                                                                                               
1870 Broyles, William     IL, Hamilton    33 OH   Farmer                                                                                               
1880 Broyles, Wm. C.      IL, Hamilton    43 OH   Farmer                                                                                               
 
William and Melvina are buried in Little Springs Cem., Hamilton Co., Ill. [235]

According to a family story at Ancestry.com, prior to his marriage to Melvina, 
William fathered a son Jeremiah with Delilah Ann Carter.  Shortly after the birth 
Delilah married J.W. Johnson and Jeremiah took the name Johnson.  He changed his 
name to Broyles at the time of his marriage to Nancy Ardine Johnson, a niece of
J.W. Johnson.  She appeared to be a first cousin but in fact she wasn't related
by blood.

In the 1880 census William and Melvina are separated.  William is listed as 
widowed or divorced and Melvina heads a household with the children.  It seems
they reconciled since daughter Vina was born in 1884.
 
Sources: 
[235] Cemetery records by locale, FindAGrave.com
[6]   Broyles, Stephen H., deductions

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