Thomas J. BROADWATER

1881 - 1933  (52 years)

• Name	Thomas J. BROADWATER
  Born	7 Mar 1881	Ritchie Co, WV   [1]
  	Although his birth date is specified in his death record as Jan 8 1871, his stated age of 52y 11m 26d yields a birth date of Dec 7 1880. The 1900 Census gives his age as 20, birth date Jan 1880, and his headstone also indicates 1880. But he did not appear in the 1880 Census. Age 33 at time of March 1914 marriage would put birth in about 1881, as would age 49 in the 1930 Census. It appears likely, then, that the Jan 8 1871 entry on his death record was a clerical error intended to be Jan 8 1881. Overriding all else, however, is the entry in Ritchie County birth records indicating that Thomas Broadwater, a son of Thomas Broadwater, was born on March 7 1881.
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	Clay District, Harrison Co, WV
  	In household with brother William and his family.
  Residence	1914	Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV   [2]
  Census	1930	Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV
  Occupation	telephone company  [3]
  Died	3 Dec 1933	Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [3]
  	Cause: suffocated by smoke in a burning room
  Buried	Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I69274	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2010

  
  

  Father	Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER,   b. Nov 1839, Maryland ,   d. 18 Apr 1910, Ritchie Co, WV  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Rhoda C. RINEHART,   b. 1839, Maryland ,   d. 1936  (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F29207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daisy G. FORDYCE,   b. 1882, Tyler Co, WV ,   d. 1970  (Age 88 years)
  Married	25 Mar 1914	Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV   [5]
  Notes	1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District, City of Pennsboro), enumerated on Apr 5 1930 at Fream Street: Thos. Broadwater, 49, no occupation, age 32 at time of first marriage; wife Daisy, 48, age 31 at first marraige; son Jack, 13. Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, October 14 1915, in its entirety: "T. J. Broadwater, who conducts the new Lyric theater at Pennsboro, was a business visitor in West Union Tuesday."
  Children	1. Jack Fordyce BROADWATER,   b. 10 Apr 1916, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. Aug 1965  (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F29209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		69274_BROADWATER_ThomasJ_DeathCertificate_3Dec1933.jpg
  		69274_ThomasJBroadwater_DaisyGFordyce_MarriageRecord_25Mar1914.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1809] Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995). [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 159. Identified as Thomas J. Broadwater, 33, b. Ritchie Co, res. Toll Gate W.Va; and Daisy G. Fordyce, 28, b. Tyler Co, res. Pennsboro. Married Mar 25 1914 in Clarksburg.