1818 - 1900 (81 years)
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Name |
William Broughton |
Born |
22 Jul 1818 |
Genesee County, New York |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
21 Mar 1900 |
Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania |
Buried |
Beaver Center Cemetery Beaver Center, Crawford County, Pennsylvania |
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 , d. 02 Sep 1859, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Age 75 years) |
Mother |
Maryba Lewis, b. 29 May 1796, Rutland County, Vermont , d. 14 Apr 1820, Genesee County, New York (Age 23 years) |
Married |
30 Dec 1813 |
Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont |
Family ID |
F523167148 |
Group Sheet |
Family |
Hester Ann Flower, b. 28 Sep 1823, Gainesville, Wyoming County, New York , d. 07 Jul 1910, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Age 86 years) |
Married |
18 Feb 1842 |
Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania |
Children |
| 1. Lucy A Broughton, b. 15 Jan 1843, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 05 Aug 1916, New York Ave, Lynn Haven, Bay County, Florida at home (Age 73 years) |
| 2. Helen M Broughton, b. 19 Oct 1844, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 06 Dec 1861, Conneaut, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Age 17 years) |
| 3. Hester Addamantha Broughton, b. 26 Feb 1847, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 28 Nov 1922, Dormont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Age 75 years) |
| 4. Polly Andes Broughton, b. 18 Sep 1849, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 20 Mar 1855, Conneaut, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Age 5 years) |
| 5. Sarah Ett Broughton, b. 15 Jul 1850, Beaver, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 16 May 1921, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Age 70 years) |
| 6. Mary Ett Broughton, b. 18 Sep 1851, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 12 Apr 1941, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 89 years) |
| 7. Arvilla Broughton, b. 30 Sep 1853, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 02 Sep 1946, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Age 92 years) |
| 8. Carl Wicks Broughton, b. 06 Feb 1856, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 23 Mar 1856, Conneaut, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Age 0 years) |
| 9. Justina Jane Broughton, b. 18 Mar 1858, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 17 May 1939, Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Age 81 years) |
| 10. Edith E Broughton, b. 13 Feb 1861, Crawford County, Pennsylvania , d. 02 Jul 1940, Ashtabula County, Ohio (Age 79 years) |
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Family ID |
F523206145 |
Group Sheet |
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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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