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Russell BROADWATER

Russell BROADWATER

Male 1888 - 1918  (30 years)


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  • Name Russell BROADWATER
    Birth 28 Oct 1888  Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Military Pvt, C.A.C. (3 yrs)  [1] 
    Census 1910  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation oil & gas worker  [2, 4] 
    Occupation 1910 
    laborer for oil company 
    Residence From 1916 to 1918  Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation 1917  [1] 
    lineman for Pittsburgh & W.Va. Gas Co. 
    Residence 1917  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 7 Dec 1918  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Cause: complications following influenza 
    Burial EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Person ID I13538  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2018

    Father James E. BROADWATER,   b. 18 Jan 1857, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1891 (Age 34 years)
    Mother Alice Cate "Allie" BARR,   b. 1866, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1933, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F19499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Beulah Mae RAMSEY,   b. 21 Jun 1893, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1935 (Age 41 years)  [7]
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District, City of Pennsboro), enumerated on Feb 23 1920:
      Beulah Broadwater, 26, widowed; son Ramsey Barr Broadwater, 4; son Russell Broadwater, 10 months.
      NOTE: The next enumerated family was that of Beulah's parents:
      C. H. Ramsey, 59, bricklayer at glass plant; wife Mary L, 57; dau Grace, 16.

      1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (City of Pennsboro), enumerated on Apr 11 1930:
      Chas. Ramsey, 69, bricklayer (buildings); wife Mary L, 67; dau Bula Broadwater, 35, widowed, seamstress at garment factory; grandson Ramsey Broadwater, 14; grandson Russel Broadwater, 11; brother Lafayette Ramsey, 74, single, no occupation; nephew Wm. Ramsey, 48, single, no occupation.
    Children 
    +1. Ramsey Barr BROADWATER,   b. 8 Aug 1915, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 2007, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    +2. Russell Hale BROADWATER,   b. 11 Feb 1919, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1967 (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F4839  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2143923&Type=Death.

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S14] Obituary.

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

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 250.