Family Group Sheet
NameJames W. BROADLEY
Birth25 Oct 1844, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI [30], [7, Gives birthplace as Indiana]
Move1865, Lagrange, Ontario Co, IN
Move1869, Melrose, Cherokee Co, KS
Move1876, Joplin, Jasper Co, MO
Census1900, Joplin, Jasper Co, MO
Census Memo812 Wall Street
Death16 Jan 1912, Joplin, Jasper Co, MO [30], [7, File No. 1544, Informant W H Broadley (son)]
Death Memo812 Wall Street
Burial19 Jan 1912, Mt. Hope Cem, Joplin, MO [7]
OccupationFarming, shoes, groceries, feed, with little success [14]
EducationWhite Pigeon Academy [14]
FatherThomas BROADLEY (1807-1885)
MotherSarah COATS (1819-1848)
Marriage25 Feb 1867, White Pigeon, St. Joseph, MI [30]
Marr MemoIn her parents’ home
SpouseFanny Margaret JARRETT
Birth17 Mar 1850, Milton, Northumberland, PA [14], [7, Gives birthplace as White Pigeon (where husband was born)]
Death5 Feb 1925, Joplin, Jasper, MO [7, File No. 4825], [14]
Death Memo407 Jackson
BurialMt. Hope Cem, Joplin, MO
FatherJohn Thomas JARRETT (1827-1897)
MotherSarah Marshall SOARS (1826-1901)
Children
BurialMt. Hope Cem, Joplin, MO
SpouseLegrand Grant Rickerd
MarriageMay 1943, Joplin, Jasper, MO [14]
Notes for James W. BROADLEY
After marriage, farmed near Ontario, IN until 1869, when they moved to Cherokee Co, KS by covered wagon. In 1876, they rented their farm and moved to Joplin, bought home at 812 Wall St.[ [14]] After his daughter Gertrude divorced her husband, she came to live with them in Joplin. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Knights and Ladies of Security. James was a grocer in Joplin, retiring in the early 1900s.
Census notes for James W. BROADLEY
1900 Jasper Co, MO: James Broadley b. Oct 1844 MI, Fannie Mar 1850 PA. Gertrude Bingham Jul 1870. Margaret Bingham Oct 1891, Mary Mar 1894. m. 33 yrs. James par b. Eng. Fannie par b. PA/Eng. 2 kids, 1 living. Down the street from McConey’s and Shirey’s (Gertrude’s inlaws).(812 Wall St, Joplin) (1/8/00)
Obituary notes for James W. BROADLEY
Joplin (MO) Evening Tribune, Friday Jan 19? 1912. (date torn)
“Bury Jas. Broadley This Afternoon” - Funeral Will Be Held from First Presbyterian Church at 2 O’Clock--G.A.R. and K.L. of S. in Charge.
The funeral of the late James Broadley will be held from the First Presbyterian Church, Sixth and Pearl streets, at 2 o’clock this afternnon, conducted by Rev. W.M. Cleaveland, pastor of the church.
Mr. Broadley was a member of O.P. Morton Post G.A.R, having served in Company F, 152nd regiment of the Indiana infantry, during the civil war and was also a member of Eureka Council No. 299, Knights and Ladies of Security, and these two organizations will participate in the services. The Apollo Club has also tendered its services for the occasion.
The following are the Joplin relatives who survive Mr. Broadley: His wife, Mrs. Fannie M. Broadley; Mrs. Caroline Broadley of 614 West Seventh street, wife of his brother John C. Broadley, deceased, who is also a sister of Mrs. James Broadley; her son, Ben Broadley, of the Conqueror Trust Company, and another son, Harry Broadley, clerk at the local post office, and his family, who reside at 309 Moffet avenue.
The out of town relatives who have already arrived are Mrs. Gertrude Bingham, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Broadley, and her daughters, Misses Margaret and Mary, from Chicago, where the latter have been attending school for the past few months; Mrs. George H. Bebee, a sister of Mr. Broadley, who was formerly Miss Frankie Broadley of this city, but who now resides at Sterling, Ill.; B.E. Patterson, a nephew and his wife from Duenweg; W.D. Jarrett, a brother of Mrs. Broadley from Melrose, Kan. and Mrs. E.J. Bingham [Bigham], a niece from Miami, OK. Two sisters of Mr. Broadley, Mrs. Mary Troxel, of LaGrange, Ind., and Mrs. Alice Cone of Chicago, are physically unable to attend the funeral.
James Broadley was born in Indiana [crossed out and “Michigan” written in] October 25, 1844. On February 27, 1867, he was married to Miss Fannie M. Jarrett of White Pigeon, Mich., and they made their home at Ontario, Ind., until the year 1870, when they moved to Southeast Kansas, a few years later moving to Joplin, where they have made their home for over 30 years. Mr. Broadley was engaged in the grocery business during most of his residence in this city, but retired a few years ago. He was universally beloved and respected, and will be missed by a host of friends.
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“Bury Jas. Broadley This Afternoon” - Funeral Will Be Held from First Presbyterian Church at 2 O’Clock--G.A.R. and K.L. of S. in Charge.
The funeral of the late James Broadley will be held from the First Presbyterian Church, Sixth and Pearl streets, at 2 o’clock this afternnon, conducted by Rev. W.M. Cleaveland, pastor of the church.
Mr. Broadley was a member of O.P. Morton Post G.A.R, having served in Company F, 152nd regiment of the Indiana infantry, during the civil war and was also a member of Eureka Council No. 299, Knights and Ladies of Security, and these two organizations will participate in the services. The Apollo Club has also tendered its services for the occasion.
The following are the Joplin relatives who survive Mr. Broadley: His wife, Mrs. Fannie M. Broadley; Mrs. Caroline Broadley of 614 West Seventh street, wife of his brother John C. Broadley, deceased, who is also a sister of Mrs. James Broadley; her son, Ben Broadley, of the Conqueror Trust Company, and another son, Harry Broadley, clerk at the local post office, and his family, who reside at 309 Moffet avenue.
The out of town relatives who have already arrived are Mrs. Gertrude Bingham, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Broadley, and her daughters, Misses Margaret and Mary, from Chicago, where the latter have been attending school for the past few months; Mrs. George H. Bebee, a sister of Mr. Broadley, who was formerly Miss Frankie Broadley of this city, but who now resides at Sterling, Ill.; B.E. Patterson, a nephew and his wife from Duenweg; W.D. Jarrett, a brother of Mrs. Broadley from Melrose, Kan. and Mrs. E.J. Bingham [Bigham], a niece from Miami, OK. Two sisters of Mr. Broadley, Mrs. Mary Troxel, of LaGrange, Ind., and Mrs. Alice Cone of Chicago, are physically unable to attend the funeral.
James Broadley was born in Indiana [crossed out and “Michigan” written in] October 25, 1844. On February 27, 1867, he was married to Miss Fannie M. Jarrett of White Pigeon, Mich., and they made their home at Ontario, Ind., until the year 1870, when they moved to Southeast Kansas, a few years later moving to Joplin, where they have made their home for over 30 years. Mr. Broadley was engaged in the grocery business during most of his residence in this city, but retired a few years ago. He was universally beloved and respected, and will be missed by a host of friends.
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Notes for Fanny Margaret JARRETT
Married in her parents' home in White Pigeon. They moved to Melrose, KS in 1869, but she returned by train to Michigan to have her first child.
Built the house at 407 Jackson in Joplin after selling her property to the city for the new High School. [14]
Built the house at 407 Jackson in Joplin after selling her property to the city for the new High School. [14]
