Broas, Peter (b. , d. ?)

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Note: There is a Susan Eliza Bevier mentioned in the will of John (Josiah) Bevier. I am assuming that these two names belong to the same person or there were possibly twins. The first three children born to William H. Sykes are probably not Eliza Elizabeth's if their date of marriage is correct. There must have been another wife of William's.

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Note: His father was born in Rhode Island and his mother in Connecticut. He was a wheelwright. and lived in Calhoun County, Leroy Township, Michigan in 1850 with his wife's parents. In 1880 they resided in New Haven Township, Oswego County, New York on a farm.

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Note: Caroline, J. C. Gilliam, Addie, Addie's husband Bruce, and their son Chase, Dora D. Edwards are all buried with Sarah Scott Bevier, Caroline's mother, in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Perryville Kentucky.

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Note: He was known by his middle name of Seymour. Alice had two boys and two girls from a previous marriage to a man named Sanford. They wee evidently adopted by Benjamin Bevier. He resided in Gordonsville, Kentucky in 1880.

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Note: Colonel Robert Scott Bevier -- President of the Owensboro & Nashville Railroad was born at Painted Post, Steuben County, NY, 28 Apr 1834. His father, Benjamin W. Bevier, was a farmer of that place, and about one year afterward moved to Michigan, and then to Kentucky. After receiving a liberal education he commenced the study of law under the direction of John Todd, Esq., of Russellville, a distinguished lawyer of Logan County, and continued it at the law school at Lebanon, Tennessee. On the completion of his studies, and his admission to the bar in 1852, he went to Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri and commenced the practice of his profession. In 1850, he resided in Liberty Township, Macon County, Missouri, A female lived with him[maybe wife] with initials E. G. and was 27 years old, born in Ohio.
In the winter of 1855 he went to Kansas as Presenting Attorney and while there became engaged in the "Wakarusa War," and in the various conflicts with John Brown and his followers. In 1856 he located at Keokuk, Iowa, but in consequence of the strong Republican tendencies in that vicinity, he soon removed to Bloomington, Macon County., Missouri, where he continued to reside until the breaking out of the late Civil War, having met good success in the practice of his profession. During that time he was selected as local attorney for the Hannibal, St. Joseph & North Missouri Railroad, County School Commissioner, Douglass Elector for his district in 1859. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was elected the first commander of the Missouri 1st Infantry Battalion with the rank of Major. He was then unanimously elected to the command of the 5th Infantry Division, 3rd Division of the Missouri Guard regiment from Macon County, and joining Henry Sterling Price, was soon engaged in the struggle, participating in the battles of Drywood, Elkhorn, Farminton, Luka, Corinth, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Big Black, and through the sieges of Lexington, Vicksburg, and Richmond. He was captured and made a prisoner of war at Vicksburg 04 July 1863. After the war he returned to Russellville and the practice of law. He was elected Vice President and General Agent of the Owensboro and Russellville Railroad. In 1881, he was elected President of the RR and removed to Owensboro.
He was married twice, his first wife's name remains unknown. His second wife (her third marriage) was Mary Jane Duff, born in Russellville, Kentucky. Her father was born in Virginia and mother in Kentucky. They are both buried in Maplegrove Cemetery in Russellville, Kentucky. Col. Bevier moved to Owensboro in Kentucky some time after Mary Jane died. His uncle, Henry Bevier, his wife, Honora (Nora), and their daughter, Nellie Byrne lived with him in Owensboro. Colonel Bevier was a warmhearted, liberal and sympathetic man. He was a Master Mason and a noted speaker. He was never elected to public office, but was an invaluable asset to the railroad he served. He also continued the practice of law.

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