Person:James Broadley (1)

After their marriage, James and Fanny 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, and bought a home at 812 Wall St. 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.

Obituary

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. [Transcribed from clipped photocopy 2/12/2000]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Pension File: James Broadley (Civil War/Veteran). Includes multiple applications. Copy rec’d by JPM from National Archives 1995.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Missouri, United States. Death Certificates. (Missouri State Archives)
   File No. 1544, Informant W H Broadley (son).

   Gives birthplace as Indiana

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Dreisbach, Margaret. Notes on Bingham family line, including unfinished Broadley family manuscript.
4.   Jasper, Missouri, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Twelfth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication T623. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration).

   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)

5.   North, F. A, and Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry. The History of Jasper County, Missouri: including a condensed history of the state, a complete history of Carthage and Joplin, other towns and townships.. (Des Moines [Iowa]: Mills, 1883).

   JAMES BROADLEY, grocer, Joplin, was born in Michigan, Oct. 25, 1844. His parents, Thomas and Sarah (Coats) Broadley, were natives of England. The subject grew to manhood in his native state, receiving a liberal education. When twenty-six years of age he went to Indiana, locating near Lagrange, Lagrange county, where he engaged in farming two years. He then came west to Cherokee county, Kansas, and continued farming and the raising of stock for about eight years. Came to Joplin in the fall of 1878, and mined for several months; then embarked in his present business, with F. A. Allen, under the firm name of Allen & Broadley. On Sept, 21, 1882, he purchased the entire interest and has since continued. Mr. Broadley was married in St. Joseph county, Mich., Feb. 20, 1809, to Miss Fannie M., daughter of John and Sarah (Soars) Jarrett. Mrs. B. is a native of the Keystone State, born March 17, 1850. From this union there were two children, one living, Sarah Gertrude, born July 13, 1870, and Charles H., born Nov. 23, 1872, and died May 9, 1873. Mrs. B. is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. B. is a man of good business qualifications and may be found on Main Street, between Fifth and Sixth, where he carries a full line of staple and fancy groceries, provision, feed, etc. </div> </li>

6. ↑ Civil War--enlisted in Union army at LaGrange, IN in Company F, 152nd Rgmt., Indiana Infantry. Served 2/10/65 - 8/30/65.</li></ol>