ARMSTRONG, Nellie

ARMSTRONG, Nellie

Female 1861 - 1944  (82 years)

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  • Name ARMSTRONG, Nellie 
    Birth 19 Nov 1861  Brooksburgh, Jefferson, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Antonito Cemetery listing says she was born 19 Nov 1861.
    Gender Female 
    Residence 25 Jun 1870  Brooksburgh, Jefferson, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Attended School 
    Residence 7 Jun 1880  Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Boarder 
    Residence 29 Apr 1910  San Rafael, Conejos County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Widow and farmer 
    Residence 21 Jan 1920  Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Widow
    Residence 11 Apr 1930  Mogote, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    • She was listed as a widow, and her divorced son, Flavius, was living with her.
    Death 14 May 1944  Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 8
    Burial Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Address:
    Antonito Cemetery 
    Person ID I3170  Pickel_Bartlett
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2019 

    Father ARMSTRONG, Charles P.,   b. 2 Feb 1835, Milton Township, Jefferson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1865, Jefferson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Mother BROOKS, Uzilla,   b. 4 Feb 1839, Brooksburgh, Jefferson, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1922, Calera, Shelby, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 28 Sep 1859  Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 18 Jun 1860  Milton Township, Jefferson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Farmer 
    • Listed as Charles and Ursilla Armstrong
    Family ID F2251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BROYLES, Col. Charles Edward,   b. 26 Mar 1826, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1906, Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 19 Apr 1883  San Acacio, Costilla, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Residence 7 Jun 1900  Manassa, Conejos, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Lawyer 
    Children 
     1. BROYLES, Prentiss Bay,   b. 6 Jul 1885, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1892, Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 7 years)
     2. BROYLES, Taliaferro Brooks,   b. 6 Nov 1886, Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1975, Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     3. BROYLES, Charles Edward Jr.,   b. 5 Oct 1888, Del Norte, Rio Grande County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1959, La Jara, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     4. BROYLES, Ruby,   b. 18 Jan 1891, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1891, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. BROYLES, John Aaron,   b. 19 Dec 1891, Fox Creek, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1953, Alamosa, Alamosa, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     6. BROYLES, Flavius Onderdonk,   b. 14 Apr 1894, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1962, Conejos County, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     7. BROYLES, Nellie Armstrong,   b. 24 Apr 1896, Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1969, Antonito, Conejos, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     8. BROYLES, Dryden Johnson,   b. 29 Jan 1900, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1975, Brighton, Adams County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2022 

  • Photos
    Nellie Armstrong Broyles
    Nellie Armstrong Broyles
    (1860 - 1944)

    2nd Wife of Col. Charles Edwin Broyles

    Headstones
    Nellie Armstrong Broyles
    Nellie Armstrong Broyles
    (1860 - 1944)
    Broyles Family Plot
    Broyles Family Plot
    Nellie's grave is just to the left of the photo outside of the fence.

  • Notes 
    • Nellie Armstrong was born in Brooksburg, Indiana November 19, 1860. Her grandfather was Captain Brooks, Captain of an Ohio steam boat, who founded the town of Brooksburg, Indiana.

      She came to Colorado with two of her brothers, Charles and John Armstrong. They intended to homestead land in the San Louis Valley, but the land they wanted was under Spanish Grant and belonged to the Spaniards.

      Her brothers then went West, and she got a job teaching school in the Spanish town of San Louis, Colo. She was the first English speaking teacher in that town. She learned to speak and write Spanish perfectly, and she told me that she was treated like a queen.

      ----------------------------------
      Source: From her son, Dryden Johnson Broyles, as reported in (Trosdal, Lucy T. Boyd, The Broyles, Laffitte and Boyd Relatives and Ancestors Montague Laffitte Boyd, Jr., M.D., Savannah)

  • Sources 
    1. [S114] Miscellaneous, http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/conejos/cemeteries/antonito.txt.

    2. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, MEMORIAL ID: 23428647.

    3. [S69] 1870 Federal Census, Milton Township, Jefferson County, Indiana Pg 38 Dwelling 263.

    4. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana ED 122 Pg 21 Dwelling 200.

    5. [S74] Ancestry.com, San Rafael, Conejos, Colorado ED 14 Page 5A Dwelling 91.

    6. [S73] 1920 Federal Census, Antonito, Conejos, Colorado ED 28 Page 3A Dwelling 62.

    7. [S72] 1930 Federal Census, Mogote, Conejos, Colorado, Page 7A, Dwelling 115.

    8. [S299] The Broyles, Laffitte and Boyd Relatives and Ancestors, Part II Page 24.

    9. [S408] Family of James and Annie (Tinsley) Vernon.

    10. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Milton Township, Jefferson County, Indiana Pg 60 Dwelling 420.

    11. [S114] Miscellaneous, Autobiography of Charles Edward Broyles dated 5 August, 1887.

    12. [S110] 1900 Federal Census, Manassa, Conejos, Colorado ED 8 Sheet 10 A Dwelling 152.