Husband of Laura Maude Booth.
SENATOR BROYLES AND TIMBER MAN KILL EACH OTHER
Aberdeen, Miss., Sept. 13 - H.F. Broyles, state senator, and E.F. Hendricks, timber man of Selmer, Tenn., killed each other this morning near the Greenwood Springs Hotel, this county.
Dr. Broyles had sold all his timber to E.F. Hendricks & Sons of Selmer, Tenn. about a year ago, and they have been at outs another ever since.
This morning Dr. Broyles started to repair a dam and Hendricks is said to have met him and attempted to stop him. They are alleged to have had a few words. Hendricks is said to have then drawn his pistol and fired, the bullet striking Dr. Broyles in the head. Just as Hendricks fired, Dr. Broyles struck him in the head with an ax, his only weapon, killing him instantly. Both were dead when they struck the ground.
Dr. Broyles was a prominent politician and owner of the noted summer resort, Greenwood Springs hotel.
Senator Broyles represented the Thirty-eighth district, composed of the Counties of Monroe, Lee and Itawamba. His home was at Greenwood
Springs, where he has practiced medicine and conducted the hotel for
18 years. He was a native of Monroe county, 48 years of age and is
survived by a widow and two children. His first legislative experience was in the stale senate from 1892 to 1904. In 1907 he was sent to the lower house and was one of the leaders of the Vardaman faction during the memorable senatorial caucus fight of 1910. He was again elected to the senate in 1911, and was chairman of the committee on penitentiary and also public health and quarantine. He also served on the judiciary, military, banking, humane and benevolent institutions, incorporations and public roads committees.
Senator Broyles was a graduate of the A and M College at Starkville.
He began the study of medicine at Vanderbilt university and completed
his medical education at Tulane University.
New Orleans News Scymitar, reprinted in Okolona Messenger, September 18, 1913.
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The above article was contributed by Paul Armstrong (#46823958) via email sent to Gail Walker on 10.26.2015.
Henry Franklin Broyles was born November 4, 1865, at Hamilton, MS to Erasmus Seneca Broyles and wife, Fannie Abigail Moore.
Dr. Broyles attended common schools of Hamilton, entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville in 1885, and pursued his studies for 3 years. He began the study of medicine at Vanderbilt University, Nashville and later went to Tulane University, New Orleans where he received his M.D. in 1889.
He married Laura Maude Booth in 1889 at Hamilton. She was the daughter of Louis Dent Booth and Fannie Amanda Booth of Hamilton.
The couple had 2 living children in 1908, Frances Louise and H. F. "Frank", Jr.
Source: Official and statistical register of the state of Mississippi by Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History, Published 1908, p.: 1067
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The 2nd article was contributed by Dawna Westbrook (#47076696) in an email sent to Gail Walker on 3.5.16
SENATOR BROYLES AND TIMBER MAN KILL EACH OTHER
Aberdeen, Miss., Sept. 13 - H.F. Broyles, state senator, and E.F. Hendricks, timber man of Selmer, Tenn., killed each other this morning near the Greenwood Springs Hotel, this county.
Dr. Broyles had sold all his timber to E.F. Hendricks & Sons of Selmer, Tenn. about a year ago, and they have been at outs another ever since.
This morning Dr. Broyles started to repair a dam and Hendricks is said to have met him and attempted to stop him. They are alleged to have had a few words. Hendricks is said to have then drawn his pistol and fired, the bullet striking Dr. Broyles in the head. Just as Hendricks fired, Dr. Broyles struck him in the head with an ax, his only weapon, killing him instantly. Both were dead when they struck the ground.
Dr. Broyles was a prominent politician and owner of the noted summer resort, Greenwood Springs hotel.
Senator Broyles represented the Thirty-eighth district, composed of the Counties of Monroe, Lee and Itawamba. His home was at Greenwood
Springs, where he has practiced medicine and conducted the hotel for
18 years. He was a native of Monroe county, 48 years of age and is
survived by a widow and two children. His first legislative experience was in the stale senate from 1892 to 1904. In 1907 he was sent to the lower house and was one of the leaders of the Vardaman faction during the memorable senatorial caucus fight of 1910. He was again elected to the senate in 1911, and was chairman of the committee on penitentiary and also public health and quarantine. He also served on the judiciary, military, banking, humane and benevolent institutions, incorporations and public roads committees.
Senator Broyles was a graduate of the A and M College at Starkville.
He began the study of medicine at Vanderbilt university and completed
his medical education at Tulane University.
New Orleans News Scymitar, reprinted in Okolona Messenger, September 18, 1913.
-------------------------
The above article was contributed by Paul Armstrong (#46823958) via email sent to Gail Walker on 10.26.2015.
Henry Franklin Broyles was born November 4, 1865, at Hamilton, MS to Erasmus Seneca Broyles and wife, Fannie Abigail Moore.
Dr. Broyles attended common schools of Hamilton, entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville in 1885, and pursued his studies for 3 years. He began the study of medicine at Vanderbilt University, Nashville and later went to Tulane University, New Orleans where he received his M.D. in 1889.
He married Laura Maude Booth in 1889 at Hamilton. She was the daughter of Louis Dent Booth and Fannie Amanda Booth of Hamilton.
The couple had 2 living children in 1908, Frances Louise and H. F. "Frank", Jr.
Source: Official and statistical register of the state of Mississippi by Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History, Published 1908, p.: 1067
--------------------------
The 2nd article was contributed by Dawna Westbrook (#47076696) in an email sent to Gail Walker on 3.5.16
Husband of Laura Maude Booth.
SENATOR BROYLES AND TIMBER MAN KILL EACH OTHER
Aberdeen, Miss., Sept. 13 - H.F. Broyles, state senator, and E.F. Hendricks, timber man of Selmer, Tenn., killed each other this morning near the Greenwood Springs Hotel, this county.
Dr. Broyles had sold all his timber to E.F. Hendricks & Sons of Selmer, Tenn. about a year ago, and they have been at outs another ever since.
This morning Dr. Broyles started to repair a dam and Hendricks is said to have met him and attempted to stop him. They are alleged to have had a few words. Hendricks is said to have then drawn his pistol and fired, the bullet striking Dr. Broyles in the head. Just as Hendricks fired, Dr. Broyles struck him in the head with an ax, his only weapon, killing him instantly. Both were dead when they struck the ground.
Dr. Broyles was a prominent politician and owner of the noted summer resort, Greenwood Springs hotel.
Senator Broyles represented the Thirty-eighth district, composed of the Counties of Monroe, Lee and Itawamba. His home was at Greenwood
Springs, where he has practiced medicine and conducted the hotel for
18 years. He was a native of Monroe county, 48 years of age and is
survived by a widow and two children. His first legislative experience was in the stale senate from 1892 to 1904. In 1907 he was sent to the lower house and was one of the leaders of the Vardaman faction during the memorable senatorial caucus fight of 1910. He was again elected to the senate in 1911, and was chairman of the committee on penitentiary and also public health and quarantine. He also served on the judiciary, military, banking, humane and benevolent institutions, incorporations and public roads committees.
Senator Broyles was a graduate of the A and M College at Starkville.
He began the study of medicine at Vanderbilt university and completed
his medical education at Tulane University.
New Orleans News Scymitar, reprinted in Okolona Messenger, September 18, 1913.
-------------------------
The above article was contributed by Paul Armstrong (#46823958) via email sent to Gail Walker on 10.26.2015.
Henry Franklin Broyles was born November 4, 1865, at Hamilton, MS to Erasmus Seneca Broyles and wife, Fannie Abigail Moore.
Dr. Broyles attended common schools of Hamilton, entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville in 1885, and pursued his studies for 3 years. He began the study of medicine at Vanderbilt University, Nashville and later went to Tulane University, New Orleans where he received his M.D. in 1889.
He married Laura Maude Booth in 1889 at Hamilton. She was the daughter of Louis Dent Booth and Fannie Amanda Booth of Hamilton.
The couple had 2 living children in 1908, Frances Louise and H. F. "Frank", Jr.
Source: Official and statistical register of the state of Mississippi by Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History, Published 1908, p.: 1067
--------------------------
The 2nd article was contributed by Dawna Westbrook (#47076696) in an email sent to Gail Walker on 3.5.16
SENATOR BROYLES AND TIMBER MAN KILL EACH OTHER
Aberdeen, Miss., Sept. 13 - H.F. Broyles, state senator, and E.F. Hendricks, timber man of Selmer, Tenn., killed each other this morning near the Greenwood Springs Hotel, this county.
Dr. Broyles had sold all his timber to E.F. Hendricks & Sons of Selmer, Tenn. about a year ago, and they have been at outs another ever since.
This morning Dr. Broyles started to repair a dam and Hendricks is said to have met him and attempted to stop him. They are alleged to have had a few words. Hendricks is said to have then drawn his pistol and fired, the bullet striking Dr. Broyles in the head. Just as Hendricks fired, Dr. Broyles struck him in the head with an ax, his only weapon, killing him instantly. Both were dead when they struck the ground.
Dr. Broyles was a prominent politician and owner of the noted summer resort, Greenwood Springs hotel.
Senator Broyles represented the Thirty-eighth district, composed of the Counties of Monroe, Lee and Itawamba. His home was at Greenwood
Springs, where he has practiced medicine and conducted the hotel for
18 years. He was a native of Monroe county, 48 years of age and is
survived by a widow and two children. His first legislative experience was in the stale senate from 1892 to 1904. In 1907 he was sent to the lower house and was one of the leaders of the Vardaman faction during the memorable senatorial caucus fight of 1910. He was again elected to the senate in 1911, and was chairman of the committee on penitentiary and also public health and quarantine. He also served on the judiciary, military, banking, humane and benevolent institutions, incorporations and public roads committees.
Senator Broyles was a graduate of the A and M College at Starkville.
He began the study of medicine at Vanderbilt university and completed
his medical education at Tulane University.
New Orleans News Scymitar, reprinted in Okolona Messenger, September 18, 1913.
-------------------------
The above article was contributed by Paul Armstrong (#46823958) via email sent to Gail Walker on 10.26.2015.
Henry Franklin Broyles was born November 4, 1865, at Hamilton, MS to Erasmus Seneca Broyles and wife, Fannie Abigail Moore.
Dr. Broyles attended common schools of Hamilton, entered the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville in 1885, and pursued his studies for 3 years. He began the study of medicine at Vanderbilt University, Nashville and later went to Tulane University, New Orleans where he received his M.D. in 1889.
He married Laura Maude Booth in 1889 at Hamilton. She was the daughter of Louis Dent Booth and Fannie Amanda Booth of Hamilton.
The couple had 2 living children in 1908, Frances Louise and H. F. "Frank", Jr.
Source: Official and statistical register of the state of Mississippi by Mississippi. Dept. of Archives and History, Published 1908, p.: 1067
--------------------------
The 2nd article was contributed by Dawna Westbrook (#47076696) in an email sent to Gail Walker on 3.5.16
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