Napoleon
Bonaparte
(Napoleon B.)
Broward
Jr.
Born in Duval, Florida, United States
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Georgiana Caroline (Kemps) Broward
— married
10 Jan 1883 (to 30 Oct 1883) in New Berlin,Duval,Florida,USA
Father of
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward III
Died
at age 53
in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Nov 2014
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Preceded by
William Sherman Jennings
William Sherman Jennings
19th Governor of Florida
1905 - 1909
1905 - 1909
Succeeded by
Albert W. Gilchrist
Albert W. Gilchrist
Biography
Napoleon B. Broward Jr. is Notable.
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was an American river pilot, captain, and politician. He was elected as the 19th governor of the U.S. state of Florida.
Napoleon Broward was the son of Napoleon and Mary Parsons Broward and was born in 1857 in Duval County, Florida. His parents farmed along the St. Johns River.
Napoleon Broward was a river pilot on the St Johns River in Duval County. He gained a reputation for being a good captain and pilot and was selected by the Democrats to fill the post of sheriff in Jacksonville in 1888. This was the start of a political career that culminated in being elected governor in 1905 and is best remembered for his efforts to drain the everglades.
He married twice. His first marriage was to Georgiana Kemps. The couple had one son, Napoleon B. Broward, III.
He married next, Annie Isabell Douglass. They had nine children.
Napoleon Broward died in 1910 and was interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida. [1]
Legacy
- Broward County, Florida is named in Gov. Broward's honor.
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11712/napoleon_bonaparte-broward: accessed March 12, 2024), memorial page for Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (19 Apr 1857–1 Oct 1910), Find A Grave: Memorial #11712, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
See also:
- "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6CS-WZP : Wed Mar 06 23:35:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Napoleon Broward and Mary D Broward, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZ8-1XF : Tue Mar 05 10:10:50 UTC 2024), Entry for Napoleon Broward and Josephine Broward, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DY-GQF : Wed Mar 06 09:18:50 UTC 2024), Entry for Napoleon B Broward and Auara D Broward, 1900.
- Napoleon B. Broward on Wikipedia
- Wikidata: Item Q732188
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