Background
Broyhill, James Edgar was born on May 5, 1892 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Isaac and Margaret (Parsons) Broyhill.
Broyhill, James Edgar was born on May 5, 1892 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Isaac and Margaret (Parsons) Broyhill.
Student, Appalacian Training School, Boone, North Carolina, 1913-1917.
With, Lenoir Furniture Corporation, 1919;
organized, Lenoir Chair Company, 1926. Executive head Broyhill Furniture Factories, Lenoir Furniture Corporation, Lenoir Veneer Company, National Veneer Company, Harper Furniture Company, Lenoir Furniture Forwarding Company, Lenoir, Whitmel, North Carolina, Lenoir Chair Company 5, Taylorsville, North Carolina, Conover Furniture Company, Conover, North Carolina, Otis L. Broyhill Furniture Company, Marion, North Carolina. Board directors Lenoir Chair Company, Arcadia, Louisiana, Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, C.&N.W. Railway.
Member of advisory board American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, Charlotte.
Board Governors American Furniture Mart, Chicago. Member Republican National Committee, from 1948. Delegate Republican National Convention 8 times.
Trustee Wake Forest College, SoutheasternBapt. Theological Seminary. Board directors Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Lenoir.
With United States Army, World War I. Member Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association (president 1943-1946), Masons, Shriners, Knights of Pythias (past chancellor), Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte City Club, Sedgefield (North Carolina) Country Club, Boone (North Carolina) Golf Club, Biltmore (North Carolina) Club, Forest Country Club, Mimosa Golf Club (Morganton, North Carolina), Blowing Rock (North Carolina) Golf Club, Lenoir (North Carolina, ) Golf Club, Lenoir Country Club.
Married Satie L. Hunt, June 21, 1921. Children: Allene Stevens, Paul, James T., Bettie Gortner.