The Broadus Family of Decatur, Alabama by Phil Wirey

Charlotte Eleanor Sinclair

(Broadus) Sock 1840 housed

in SCB 168 and located in the

Special Collections

Department of Samford

University

Broadus Artifacts

at First Baptist

Church –

John A. Broadus

Bookcase

S. S. Broadus

April 15, 1911

CEB

(CEB - wife of John A. Broadus)

Photos of Broadus Family

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Broadus Family Tree of Decatur, Alabama By Phil Wirey

Samuel S. BroadusS. S. and Margaret Broadus’ Children

T. Harris

Charlotte

Jessie

Thomas

Margaret

Joseph

S. S. Broadus

Merchant Bank renamed

Tennessee Valley Bank on

Bank Street, Decatur, AL

S. S. Broadus one of the founding

members of Merchant’s Bank –

Tennessee Valley Bank (third

location) on Bank Street after name

change to State National Bank,

Decatur, AL

Samuel

Sinclair

Boyce

CarolineAlice Virginia

Ella

Eliza

Mary Broadus Pruitt

Dr. John A. Broadus’ Children ~ 1882

Joseph C. Broadus

Margaret Carlisle Broadus

Eliza Broadus

Edward Broaddus, M

B: About 1685 in Wales

M1: Dolly Gwynn

M2: Mary Shipley

D: About 1755 in VA

Left Gwynn’s Island 1715

Ancestors of Samuel Sinclair Broadus

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Broadus Family Tree of Decatur, Alabama By Phil Wirey

Thomas Broadus, M

B: About 1772

M: Susannah Ferguson White

D: 1811

2nd son of William

Major Edmund Broadus, M

B: May 5, 1793, VA

M1: Nancy Simms

M2: Somerville Ward

D: Jun 27, 1850, VA

Oldest son of Thomas

William Broaddus, M

B: About 1729

M: Catherine Gaines

D: About 1790

4th son of Edward from Mary

Dr. John Albert Broadus, M

B: Jan 24, 1827, VA

M: Twice married

D: Mar 16, 1895, KY

4th child of Edmund and Nancy

Maria Carter

Harrison, F

B: Nov 14, 1831

M: Nov 13, 1850, VA

D: Oct 21, 1857

Dr. Gessner Harrison, M

B: Jun 26, 1807

M: Eliza Lewis Carter

Tucker

D: Apr 7, 1862

Professor U of VA, friend

of Prof. Henry Tutwiler

Charlotte Eleanor

Sinclair, F

B: Oct 28, 1836, VA

M: Jan 4, 1859

D: Dec 13, 1913, KY

George Sinclair, M

B: May 18, 1806

M: Ruth Ann Belt

D: Dec 31, 1851

Built Locust Grove,

Charlottesville, VA

Maria Louisa

Broadus, F

B: Jun 6, 1856

D: Jul 15, 1860

Died of diphtheria

Eliza Somerville

Broadus, F

B: Oct 1, 1851

M: Never married

D: Oct 7, 1931, died

after being hit by

truck a block from

her home

Annie Harrison Broadus, F

B: Sep 17, 1853

M: Rev. Wickliffe Yancey

Abraham

D: May 26, 1895, Columbia, SC

Said to be buried under steps of

1st Baptist, unknown city

Boyce Broadus, M

B: Nov 24, 1874

M: Margaret Russell

Sargeant

D: Feb 25, 1902

Banker in Florence,

buried in Russellville

Samuel Sinclair

Broadus, M

B: Jan 10, 1860

M: Margaret Miller

Carlisle

D: Apr 1, 1916

Attended Furman and

then U of VA, founder

Merchants (Tenn.

Valley) Bank

Caroline “Carrie”

M. Broadus, F

B: Feb 21, 1863

M: Never married

D: 1934

Alice Virginia

Broadus, F

B: Feb 10, 1867

M: Samuel Chiles

Mitchell, President of

U of SC and other

colleges

D: 1943

Son Broadus Mitchell

was nationally known

author and activist

Charlotte Sinclair Broadus on 1900 Census states having 7 children, 4 surviving with Eliza Somerville (step-daughter) and Ella Thomas living with her

Eleanor (Nellie)

Broadus*, F

B: Dec 26, 1864

D: Jun 9, 1866

Julia Duval

Broadus*, F

B: Jul 9, 1869

D: Jul 25, 1869

Ella Thomas

Broadus, F

B: Apr 19, 1872

M: Archibald

Thomas Robertson

D: Dec 5, 1945

She and husband

wrote numerous

books

*Buried in Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, SC

Descendants of Samuel Sinclair Broadus

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Broadus Family Tree of Decatur, Alabama By Phil Wirey

Samuel Sinclair Broadus*, M

B: Jan 10, 1860, Greenville, SC

M: Margaret Miller Carlisle

D: April 1 1916, Decatur, AL

Member of both 1st and Central

Baptist. On building committee

for 1st Baptist and secured funds

for Carnegie Library, Decatur

See Page 1

Margaret Miller Carlisle*, F

B: 1873, Lafayette, AL

M: Dec 25, 1895, Lafayette, AL

D: Sept 18, 1949, Decatur, AL

Attended Lafayette Female

College

Joseph A. Carlisle, M

B: Aug 12, 1840, AL

M1: Margaret Ann Etchison

M2: Louisiana V. Hutchinson

D: May 18, 1924, AL

Fought for AL 37th Inf., CSA

James Whatley Carlisle, M

B: Feb 24, 1802, GA

M: Mary Pace in 1826

D: 1887, New Site, AL

Edmund Griffith Carlisle, M

B: About 1760, NC

M: Elizabeth Ann Whatley

D: Apr 13, 1828, GA

Fought in Revolutionary War

Two children

that died young

in Florence, AL

May have been

twins, believed to

be buried in

Florence City

Cemetery

Carlisle Broadus, M

B: 1896, Florence,

AL

D: Dec 3, 1896 as an

infant in Florence,

AL, believed to be

buried in Florence

City Cemetery

John Albert

Broadus*, M

B: Jul 19, 1900,

Florence, AL

M: Never married

D: Sep 10, 1973,

Decatur, AL

Had a hog farm

south of Decatur on

hwy 67, drove horse

(Dolly) and cart

Charlotte Sinclair Broadus*, F

B: Feb 7, 1903, Florence, AL

M: Fiancé passed away and she never

married

D: Nov 16, 1989, Decatur, AL

Attended Judson College, graduate of

Greenville Woman’s College, public

school teacher, civil servant

Theodore Harris Broadus,

M

B: Apr 15, 1904, Decatur,

AL

M: Lucy Sharpe Eastwood,

Apr 28, 1935, Birmingham,

AL

D: Dec 26, 1986, Knoxville,

TN

Changed name to Thomas,

W&L and Harvard

graduate, started insurance

company in Knoxville. Both

he and wife buried at

Highland Memorial

Cemetery, Knoxville, TN

Joseph Carlisle

Broadus, M

B: Oct 22, 1908,

Decatur, AL

M: Ann Bowen

D: May 3, 1992,

Manhattan, NY

Washington & Lee

(W&L) and Harvard

graduate, VP of Chase

Manhattan Bank

Both he and wife are

buried at Woodlawn

Cemetery, Bluewell,

WVa

Margaret Carlisle Broadus*,

F

B: 1906, Decatur

M: Charles Stark

D: 1961

Attended Randolph Macon

Woman’s College and UNC

Ella Virginia Broadus, F

B: Sep, 1910, Decatur, AL

D: Oct 17, 1910, Decatur, AL

Dr. Boardman Worney

Watson attending physician,

death cause given as

malnutrition, buried in

Florence

Mary Daniel Broadus*, F

B: Feb 8, 1912, Decatur,

AL

M: Isaac Pinckney Pruitt,

Jr.*, 7-24-1936

D: Apr 16, 1983, Peking,

China, body cremated

brought back to Decatur

Attended Mary Baldwin

College, VA, University

of Alabama, and

Northwestern University

* Buried in Decatur

City Cemetery,

Decatur, AL

Dr. John A. Broadus

Born 1827 in Northern Virginia and attended U of VA in Charlottesville

where he was both pastor and professor at the college.

One of four founding fathers of the Southern Baptist Theological

Seminary first in Greenville, SC (1859) and later Louisville, KY (1877).

During the Civil War he served for a while as chaplain to

Robert E. Lee's army in Northern Virginia and missionary to General

Stonewall Jackson in 1863.

Referred to as the Billy Graham of the 1900’s, had connections with the

Rockefeller’s (Fifth Avenue Baptist), Carnegie's, and Morgan’s.

Broadman Hymnal – Combination of his and Basil Manley, Jr’s name.

Women’s Mission UnionBuried in Louisville in 1898

Cave Hill Cemetery

“The Lord sent a chariot for Elijah, and a truck for Eliza.”

Converted and

baptized

Lottie Moon in

Charlottesville

Samuel Sinclair Broadus

Born 1860 in Greenville, SC and attended Furman then U of VA

in Charlottesville.

After graduating college went to work for John D. Rockefeller and

Standard Oil for six years.

In 1891 he was training with Theodore Harris in the banking

business in Louisville, KY.

In 1892 he was head cashier for the Merchant’s Bank in Florence he

founded (brother Boyce joins him). In 1897 branch opened in Tuscumbia,

by 1904 headquarters had moved to Decatur and by 1910 twelve branch

banks had been formed with the name changed to Tennessee Valley

Bank.

From Merchants to BBVA Compass some $4 billion later.

Building of new First Baptist church in Decatur, Carnegie Library,

Horseshoe Bend National Park, Howard University Trustee, etc.

Wrote “Chronological History of the Church” for First Baptist cornerstone

laying August 11, 1908. Joined Central Baptist March 1912.

“Sam sent his love to the next king

and queen I saw”

(John A. Broadus traveling abroad)

Buried in Decatur in 1916

with wife and three children

… or was he?

Broadus Home in Florence, AL

Lady below supposedly nanny

to Helen Keller

1906

1935

Samuel Sinclair Broadus

Home in Decatur, AL

1945

First Baptist

Church 1908

Oak Street

Lafayette Street

Carnegie Library 1904

Margaret Miller

Carlisle Broadus

Born 1873 in Lafayette, AL.

Her father served in 37th

Alabama Infantry and great

great grandfather in the

Revolutionary War.

Had ten children with six

making it to adulthood

Friends with Annie Wheeler

Ella Virginia’s death record,

died of malnutrition

John A. Broadus

had a pig (he called

it a hog farm) farm

outside of town,

would hitch up his

horse Dolly and

wagon each morning

and go out to the

farm.

Portrait now housed

at Archives.

“And her children

shall arise and call

her blessed”

Harvard 1930

Theodore and Joseph Broadus

Both attended Riverside High, Washington and Lee in

Lexington, VA, and Harvard University.

Joseph - Senior Vice President Chase Manhattan /

Morgan Bank in New York City, friends with David

Rockefeller (grandson of John D. Rockefeller)

Thomas (?) – President of Broadus Insurance

Company in Knoxville, TN, father of Dr. Arthur Broadus,

professor at Yale University

Both loved golf (Sam Snead story) and founded and

gave to charitable institutions

Joe Broadus – True

as the needle to the

pole, Or the sun dial

to the sun

Margaret

Carlisle

Broadus

Attended Randolph Macon

Woman’s College and UNC

Judson College Book by

Emmie Polhill Wolfer

Died at Western State

Hospital, Bolivar, TN

Mary Daniel Broadus

University of Alabama

Mary in 1950’s

Mary Daniel Broadus

From Riverside High to Mary Baldwin in VA

to U of A. Married Isaac Pinckney Pruitt

1936, moved to Chicago, Norfolk during

the war, San Francisco, Fairfield, CT,

Nashville, Dallas, Louisville, Los Angeles,

and retired to Decatur in 1973, had three

daughters, died in Beijing, China

Charlotte Sinclair Broadus

Judson College, Greenville Woman’s College

(voted prettiest), Decatur 2nd Grade Teacher

(1930-1940, salary $600/yr), Hostess for USO,

30 Years of Civil Service, retired Decatur McNeil

Lyons Apartments, died in Montgomery

“A daughter of the

gods, divinely tall,

and most

divinely fair”