Broadwell, Josiah

Born: 1795-07-14 Morris County, New Jersey

Died: 1879-09-11 Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: Sangamon County, Illinois

Josiah Broadwell, farmer, moved to the vicinity of Dayton, Ohio in 1815, then settled permanently in Sangamon County, Illinois in 1840. He was married three times: first, to Priscilla Custid in 1827, with whom he had one child, second, to Ann Comfort Custer in 1835, and finally to Rachel L. McCarty Moore in 1842, with whom he raised several stepchildren and had five additional children. In 1860, Josiah was employed as a farmer and owned real estate valued at $5,200 and $800 in personal property.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 142; Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, 30 May 1827, Montgomery County; 13 January 1835, Montgomery County (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016); U.S. Census Office, Fifth Census of the United States (1830), Montgomery County, OH, 250; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Montgomery County, OH, 177; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Sangamon County, 25 October 1842, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Sangamon County, IL, 230; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Sangamon County, IL, 259; Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 17 September 1879, 4:1; Gravestone, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL.