Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER
1806 - 1894 (88 years)
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Name Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER Born 1 Aug 1806 Loudoun Co, VA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Census 1860 Ritchie Co, (W)VA 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 [1] Died 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.
Buried EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV [1] Person ID I47682 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 16 Jun 2019
Father Charles BROADWATER, b. 22 Apr 1778, Loudoun Co, VA , d. 5 Aug 1859, Allegany Co, MD (Age 81 years) Mother Mary Magdelene BEAVER, b. 10 Aug 1786, Loudoun Co, VA , d. 19 Dec 1877, Merrill, Garrett Co, MD (Age 91 years) Family ID F25090 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary RECKNER, b. 15 Nov 1812, Maryland , d. 29 Mar 1862 (Age 49 years) [4, 5] Married 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 , d. 13 Sep 1930, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 95 years)+ 3. Rebecca BROADWATER, b. 30 Dec 1837, Allegany Co, MD , d. 24 Jan 1902 (Age 64 years)+ 4. Thomas Jefferson BROADWATER, b. Nov 1839, Maryland , d. 18 Apr 1910, Ritchie Co, WV (Age ~ 70 years)+ 5. Peter BROADWATER, b. 12 Sep 1841, Allegany Co, MD , d. 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 , d. 6 Aug 1926, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 81 years)8. Aseneth Catherine "Cena" BROADWATER, b. Apr 1847, Ritchie Co, (W)VA , d. 22 Apr 1882 (Age ~ 35 years)9. Prescitta BROADWATER, b. 17 Jun 1851, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, (W)VA , d. 23 Apr 1893, St. Maries, Benewah Co, ID (Age 41 years)+ 10. Charles Pierce BROADWATER, b. 24 Jun 1852, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, (W)VA , d. 17 Nov 1942, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 90 years)+ 11. Alice Martha BROADWATER, b. 22 Mar 1855, Ritchie Co, (W)VA , d. 2 Jun 1928, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV (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 , d. Jun 1910 (Age ~ 82 years) Married 1 Apr 1865 Harrison Co, WV [6] Children 1. Wade H. BROADWATER, b. 20 Jan 1866, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 24 Jun 1899, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV (Age 33 years)Family ID F25096 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 425.
- [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).
- [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 42.
- [S1567] Marriage record of son.
- [S1604] Death record of son.
- [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
- [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 425.