Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Marcus Mellon Broadwater    
                Born: 1847                 in Virginia (now West Virginia)  1
                Died: 1926                  1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2,3
             Resided:                      at Hannahdale, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
            Military:                      Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  2
              Father: Peter Broadwater   (1820 - 1858) 
              Mother: Lovina Taylor   (1815 - 1852) 
                Wife: Martha Mariah Frye   5  
       Also known as: Marcus Mariah Frey 3
                Born: 1857                  1
                Died: 1941                  1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2,3
              Father: Aaron Frye 
              Mother: Jane ___ 
           F Child 1: Lovina Jane Broadwater 3     
       Also known as: Lovina Broadwater 6
                Born: Dec-31-1877          in Ritchie Co, WV  3,1,7
                Died: May-31-1936          in Wood Co, WV  3,1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Husband: Isaiah F. Riddle  b. 1875  d. 1941  
             Married: Feb- 3-1898          in Ritchie Co, WV  7
           F Child 2: Emma Broadwater      
                Born: May-23-1879           8
                Died: Feb-21-1880           8
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2
           M Child 3: Charles E. Broadwater      
                Born: Jan- 9-1881           1
                Died: Feb-10-1969          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  9,1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2,9
              Census: 1930                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer, livestock  9,10
                Wife: Ivah Caroline Baker  b. Feb-12-1887  d. Sep-10-1965  
             Married: ca 1914               10
           F Child 4: Mary Magdalene "Maggie" Broadwater      
                Born: Jan-21-1887          in Ritchie Co, WV  11
                Died: Jan- 7-1978          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  12
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  11
          Occupation:                      practical nurse  11
       Never married:                        
           F Child 5: Zora M. Broadwater      
                Born: Feb-11-1889          in Ritchie Co, WV  13,7
                Died: Aug-  -1983           13
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  13,14
             Resided: 1916                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  7
             Husband: Silas Henry Steele  b. ca 1879  
             Married: Jan-26-1916          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  7
           M Child 6: Marcus Alvin Dorsey Broadwater      
       Also known as: Dorsey Broadwater 15
                Born: Dec-27-1895          in Ritchie Co, WV  16
                Died: Jul- 7-1965           15
                Wife: Naomi Murl Campbell  b. Jul-21-1909  d. Mar-15-2008  
            Nickname: Curly 11
             Married: Jan-11-1947          in Ritchie Co, WV  16
           M Child 7: Ralph A. Broadwater      
                Born: May-21-1899           8
                Died: Mar-15-1900           8
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2

Sources:
(1) Headstone (year only) 
(2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 427. 
(5) Marriage record of son. 
(6) Obituary of daughter. 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(8) Headstone. 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(10) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(11) Obituary. 
(12) Obituary - Nursing home. 
(13) Social Security Death Index. 
(14) Obituary of sister. 
(15) Obituary of wife. 
(16) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003) 







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