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Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER

Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER

Male 1806 - 1894  (88 years)


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  • Name Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER
    Birth 1 Aug 1806  Loudoun Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation miller - sawmill & flour mill  [1] 
    • "Jefferson Broadwater is accredited with the first saw-mill in Clay District, which is said to have come into existence in 1855, and to have been located near the present site of Tollgate. He owned and operated this mill for more than twenty years, and was also the builder of the Valley flouring mill, near Pennsboro."
    Residence FORMERLY  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death Aug 1894  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Minnie Kendall Lowther reports death date as Aug 5 1894 in both of her books, but "Ritchie County Cemeteries" reports headstone date as Aug 6 1894.
    Burial EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I47682  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2019

    Father Charles BROADWATER,   b. 22 Apr 1778, Loudoun Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1859, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Mother Mary Magdelene BEAVER,   b. 10 Aug 1786, Loudoun Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1877, Merrill, Garrett Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    Family ID F25090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary RECKNER,   b. 15 Nov 1812, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1862 (Age 49 years)  [4, 5]
    Marriage CA 1834  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Eliza Ellen BROADWATER,   b. 3 Nov 1832   d. 30 Mar 1909 (Age 76 years)
    +2. Mary BROADWATER,   b. 29 Mar 1835, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1930, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    +3. Rebecca BROADWATER,   b. 30 Dec 1837, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1902 (Age 64 years)
    +4. Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER,   b. Nov 1839, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1910, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years)
    +5. Peter BROADWATER,   b. 12 Sep 1841, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1877 (Age 36 years)
     6. Elizabeth BROADWATER,   b. 17 Dec 1842   d. 16 Jan 1909 (Age 66 years)
    +7. Minerva BROADWATER,   b. 14 Apr 1845, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1926, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    >8. Aseneth Catherine "Cena" BROADWATER,   b. Apr 1847, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1882 (Age ~ 35 years)
    >9. Prescitta BROADWATER,   b. 17 Jun 1851, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1893, St. Maries, Benewah Co, ID Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +10. Charles Pierce BROADWATER,   b. 24 Jun 1852, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1942, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +11. Alice Martha BROADWATER,   b. 22 Mar 1855, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1928, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +12. Isabella "Belle" BROADWATER,   b. 14 Jan 1857   d. 30 Apr 1911 (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F19521  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth GARRETT,   b. Jan 1828, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1910 (Age ~ 82 years)
    Marriage 1 Apr 1865  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    >1. Wade H. BROADWATER,   b. 20 Jan 1866, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1899, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
    Family ID F25096  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 425.

    2. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    3. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 42.

    4. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.