Onslow G. Broyles

Onslow G. Broyles (January 1, 1828 -- December 8, 1902), sometimes referred to as "O.G. Broyles", was a White County dentist in the late nineteenth century. According to Monroe Seals, Dr. Broyles opened practice in Sparta around 1876, about the same time as another dentist named McFolin did. Both men claimed to be the county's first dentist.
According to his grave marker, Dr. Broyles served in the 13th Tennessee Cavalry (CSA) regiment (sometimes known as the 8th cavalry) under General George G. Dibrell during the Civil War.
Broyles was born in Tennessee, as was his father. His mother was born in Virginia. Census records show he and his family living in the First Civil District of White County, near Sparta, as early as 1870.
==Family==
Dr. Broyles married Susan W. Nowlin (November 26, 1841 -- September 11, 1876) on February 13, 1866. They were married for ten years until she passed away in 1876. They had at least four children together:
#Wade Broyles, born around 1868;
#Emma R. Broyles, born 1870;
#Anna M. Broyles, born around 1873;
#Jennie N. Broyles, born around 1875.
:: Note: Dr. Broyles also had a daughter named "Virginia W." who was born around 1875. It is likely "Jennie" is shorthand for "Virginia".
Broyles is known to have at least one sister, Mary H. Broyles (c. 1826 - c. 1906), who shares a headstone with the couple at Highland Cemetery. Additionally, the 1870 census lists a J.M. Broyles and family living next door to the Doctor, this is perhaps an older brother.
==Capture of the "Wild Man"==
: See also: Caney Fork Wonder 
The October 26, 1878 edition of The Daily American newspaper out of Nashville carried a reprint of an article of a few days earlier in the Louisville Courier-Journal (Kentucky). It reported on the arrival of "a mysterious and wonderful creature", a "wild man" allegedly captured in the region of Van Buren and White counties near the Caney Fork and Big Bone Creek by Dr. O.G. Broyles of Sparta.
==References==
*Clark, Fred. White County, Tennessee Cemeteries Vol. 1. Sparta, Tennessee: White County Genealogical-Historical Society, 2003.
*Seals, Monroe. History of White County. Unknown: Unknown, 1935.
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