William Broughton

Male 1818 - 1900  (81 years)


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  • Name William Broughton 
    Born 22 Jul 1818  Genesee County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Mar 1900  Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Beaver Center Cemetery Beaver Center, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I554963278  Eby/Aebi and Bernethy Family
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2013 

    Father Michael II Broughton,   b. 20 Aug 1784, Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Sep 1859, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Maryba Lewis,   b. 29 May 1796, Rutland County, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1820, Genesee County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1813  Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F523167148  Group Sheet

    Family Hester Ann Flower,   b. 28 Sep 1823, Gainesville, Wyoming County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Jul 1910, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 18 Feb 1842  Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lucy A Broughton,   b. 15 Jan 1843, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Aug 1916, New York Ave, Lynn Haven, Bay County, Florida at home Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     2. Helen M Broughton,   b. 19 Oct 1844, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Dec 1861, Conneaut, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
     3. Hester Addamantha Broughton,   b. 26 Feb 1847, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1922, Dormont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     4. Polly Andes Broughton,   b. 18 Sep 1849, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1855, Conneaut, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
     5. Sarah Ett Broughton,   b. 15 Jul 1850, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1921, Ashtabula County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     6. Mary Ett Broughton,   b. 18 Sep 1851, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1941, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     7. Arvilla Broughton,   b. 30 Sep 1853, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Sep 1946, Ashtabula County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     8. Carl Wicks Broughton,   b. 06 Feb 1856, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1856, Conneaut, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Justina Jane Broughton,   b. 18 Mar 1858, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1939, Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     10. Edith E Broughton,   b. 13 Feb 1861, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Jul 1940, Ashtabula County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F523206145  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Jul 1818 - Genesee County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Feb 1842 - Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Mar 1900 - Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Beaver Center Cemetery Beaver Center, Crawford County, Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Walter Broughton

      Notes for WILLIAM BROUGHTON:
      William was born in that portion of Genesee County, New York, that became Orleanes County in 1824.

      William was a stonemason by trade, and helped in building the locks on the Erie Canal extension.

      "Crawford County Genealogy" (Vol II No 1--Jan 1979)
      1850 US Census Beaver, Crawford, PA 73/74, p. 25, lists William Broughton 30 farmer 500 NY, Ester 26 NY, Lucy 7 PA, Henry 12 PA, Hellen 5 PA, Adainanta 3 PA, Andice 2 PA.

      1860 US Census Beaver, Crawford, PA 3135/3002

      1870 US Census Beaver, Crawford, PA 86/87

      1880 US Census Beaver, Crawford, PA 156/168

      "Crawford County History" (1885) p. 788
      Brooks Cemetery Records, Crawford County, PA

      WILLIAM BROUGHTON, farmer, P. O. Beaver Centre, was born in the town of Barre, Orleans Co., N. Y., July 22, 1818; son of Michael and Maryba (Lewis) Broughton, former a native of Rutland County, Vt. They were parents of two children. His first wife dying in 1820, Michael Broughton married, in 1827, Sallie Gillan, a native of Canada. In the fall of 1835 they came to this county, settling in Conneaut Township on a fifty-acre piece of woodland which he and his sons cleared up and converted into a farm. He was a stone-mason by trade. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in the fall of 1859 leaving seven children out of a family of thirteen by his second wife, who is now living with her third husband, Lorenzo Hammond, in Ashtabula County, Ohio. She had six sons in the late war, one of whom died in a rebel prison and another of diease. She has been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over fifty years, although brought up a Quaker. Our !
      subject came to this county with his father, and for thirty years worked chiefly at his trade of stone-mason. He assisted in constructing the locks on Erie Extension Canal. He was married February 18, 1842, to Hester Flowers, a native of Warsaw Township, N. Y., and daughter of Carl W. Flowers, who settled in this township in 1835; he was a soldier in the war of 1812; reared a family of six children, five now living. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in 1838 and he followed her in 1869. To our subject and wife have been born ten children, seven now living, viz: Lucy A., wife of L. W. Odell; Adda H., wife of James E. Fenner; Sarah E., wife of M. Young; Mary E., wife of F. Hicks; Villa M.; Tina J., wife of William Mathews; and Edith E. Mr. Broughton is owner of fifty acres of land. In politics he is a Republican.

      Obituary
      "...Mr. William Broughton, who has been in feeble health for several months, suffering from Bright's disease, died on Wednesday forenoon, in his 82nd year. He was born in Orleans County, New York, and came with his father to Conneaut Township in 1835, where he assisted in clearing up a farm and establishing a home. For thirty years he worked at his tradw as a stone mason, among his other work being employed in constructing the locks in the Erie extension canal. he was married in 1842 and soon after settled on the farm which the remainder of his long life was spent. he leaves beside his wife, seven daughters, Mrs. L. W. Odell, of Stoneboro, Mrs. James E. Fenner, of Conneaut township, Mrs. M. B. Young and Mrs. F. Hicks, of Ashtabula; Mrs. W. J. Mathews, of Conneaut, Ohio, Mrs. William Garrett, of Delton, Mich., and Miss Villa at home...He was one of our best citizens, and leaves behind him an honored name."

      Cause of Death: Bright's Disease (kidney failure)
      Census: 1880, Beaver Twp., Crawford Co., PA
      Census Page: 1880, 22B
      Medical Information: died after a two year illness.
      Occupation: Stonemason
      Politics: Republican
      Residence: Beaver Center, PA


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