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Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER

Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER[1]

Male 1839 - 1910  (~ 70 years)

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  • Name Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER 
    Census 1870, 80, 1900, 10  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born Nov 1839  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1862  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 18 Apr 1910  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I60547  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2019 

    Father Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER,   b. 1 Aug 1806, Loudoun Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1894  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Mary RECKNER,   b. 15 Nov 1812, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1862  (Age 49 years) 
    Family ID F19521  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rhoda C. RINEHART,   b. 1839, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1936  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 21 Aug 1862  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated on Jul 27 1870:
      Thos. J. Broadwater, 29, b. Md, farmer; Rhoda C, 29, b. Md; Harry L, 6; Lyda, 5; Walter D, 4; Nettie, 2; Wm A, 9 months; Zelph Rhinehart, 64, b. Va (now W.Va), retired; Frank A. Lee, 14.

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 10 1880:
      T. J. Broadwater, 40, b. Md, farmer; wife Roda C, 40, b. Md; son Harry L, 16; dau Lyda, 15; son Walter D, 14; dau Nettie, 12; son William A, 10; dau Minnie B, 8; son Boyd, 6; son Charles R, 4; son Robert J, 1.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District):
      Thomas J. Broadwater, 62, b. Nov 1837 in Md, farmer, married 37 yrs; wife Rhoda C, 61, b. Oct 1838 in Md, mother of 11 children (all still living); son Harry L, 36, b. Jun 1863, single; son Walter D, 34, b. Apr 1866, single; son Robert J, 22, b. Aug 1877, single; son Ralph, 17, b. Mar 1883, single; dau Minnie, 28, b. Dec 1871, single.
      (Note: In his own household in Harrison County was son William and his wife and daughter, as well as several boarders, one of whom was Thomas Broadwater, 20, b. Jan 1880, single, day laborer. Although listed as a boarder, Thomas was William's brother. His correct birth date is probably Jan 1881.)

      1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Apr 23 1910:
      Thos. J. Broadwater, 72, b. Md, farmer, married 47 yrs; wife Rhoda C, 69, b. Md, mother of 10 children (all still living); son Walter D, 42, single; dau Nettie, 40, single; dau Minnie, 37, single; son Charley R, 34; son Robert J, 32; son Ralph, 27.

      1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Feb 16 1920:
      Head of household W. D. Broadwater, 53, farmer, single; brother R J, 42, salesman at feed store, single; brother Ralph, 36, retail merchant (feed store), single; sister Minnie, 48, single; mother Rhoda, 80, b. Md, widow.

      1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Apr 24 1930 at Toll Gate:
      Head of household Walter D. Broadwater, 64, farmer, single; sister Nettie, 62, single; brother Robert L, 52, single; mother Rhoda, 90, widow; brother Ralph, 48, single.
    Children 
     1. Harry Lee BROADWATER,   b. 1863, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1930  (Age 67 years)
     2. Boyd BROADWATER,   b. Oct 1879
     3. Thomas J. BROADWATER,   b. 7 Mar 1881, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1933, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F29207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 425.

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.
      Identified as Thos. J. Broadwater, 22, b. Allegany Co Pa, res. Ritchie Co, son of Jefferson & Mary; and Roda C. Rinehart, 21, b. Alleghany Co Pa, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Jonathan & Zelpha. Married Aug 21 1862 in Ritchie County. (Note: In the four censuses between 1870 and 1910, the birthplace for both of them is given as Maryland.)