Husband: Thomas J. Broadwater
Born: Mar- 7-1881 in Ritchie Co, WV 1 (see note 1)
Died: Dec- 3-1933 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3,2
Cause of death: suffocated by smoke in a burning room 2
Census: 1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1914 at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Census: 1900 in Clay District, Harrison Co, WV (see note 2)
Occupation: telephone company 2
Father: Thomas J. Broadwater (1840 - 1911)
Mother: Rhoda C. Rinehart (1841 - )
Wife: Daisy G. Fordyce
Married: Mar-25-1914 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5
Born: 1882 in Tyler Co, WV 6,4 (see note 3)
Died: 1970 6
Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Resided: 1933 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 7
Census: 1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1914 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 4
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Notes
M Child 1: Jack Fordyce Broadwater Born: Apr-10-1916 in Ritchie Co, WV 8,4 Died: Aug- -1965 8 Resided: in St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV 9 Resided: 1940 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1930 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Kathryn Madelon Donaldson b. Apr-17-1918 d. Sep-14-1995 Also known as: Madelon Donaldson 10,8 Married: Mar-30-1940 in Salem, WV 4
Sources: (1) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV. (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, 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. MR p. 159. (6) Headstone (year only) (7) Death record of husband. (8) Social Security Death Index. (9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (10) Obituary of son. Event Notes Note (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. Note (2) In household with brother William and his family. Note (3) Age 28 at time of 1914 marriage would put birth in about 1886, but age 48 in 1930 Census puts it in about 1882. Date on headstone is also 1882.