U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Broadwater, Thomas Jefferson (1839-1910) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 597-598 Thomas Jefferson Broadwater was born in Garrett county. Maryland, on November 8, 1837*(see footnote), and with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Broadwater came to this county when he was but a lad of a few summers, and from that time until his death, on April 18, 1910, he was a familiar figure in this community. In 1869, he was married to Miss Rhoda Rinehart, of Boyd, Maryland, sister of Mrs. L. P. Wilson, of Pennsboro, and eleven children were the result of this union; viz., Boyd, a commercial traveler, of Vienna, Wood county; Harry of Pennsboro; Mrs. Lyda Small, of Maryland; Will, who is also married, and Misses Minnie and Nettie, Charles, Thomas, Ralph and Robert, who are at home with their mother. Mr. Broadwater died at the home of his son at Vienna, where he had gone for medical treatment and the remains were brought back and laid away in the Tollgate cemetery, after impressive services had been held by the Rev. D. S. Boggs, of the Harrisville M. P. church and the Masonic order. *footnote: The death year differs from his tombstone. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tombstones in the Toll Gate Baptist Cemetery, Ritchie County, WV Thomas J. Broadwater (1839-1910) Rhoda C. Broadwater (1839-1936) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------