Hervey E. BROADDUS, supervisor of Roberts township, resides
upon a fine and well improved farm on section 17. His
grandfather, Lunsford BROADDUS, who married Nancy GALE, was a
pioneer of Marshall county, in 1832. They were both natives of
Virginia, where their marriage occurred. On coming to Marshall
county, they located in Hopewell township, one and a half miles
east of the present city of Lacon, on which farm they spent the
remainder of their lives. Their children were Helen M., widow of
William STRAWN; Elizabeth, the deceased wife of Enoch SAWYER,
also deceased; Christopher, deceased, who married Minerva A.
HALL, a resident of Urbana, Illinois; Lucy, the deceased wife of
F. H. BOND, of Wenona; Caroline, the deceased wife of Henry E.
WEIR, of Richland township; Leland, the father of our subject;
Susan A., widow of Peter BOGARDUS, who now lives in Kansas;
Andrew S. and Irving, of Lacon; and Reuben, of Roberts township.
Leland BROADDUS was reared on the homestead in Hopewell
township, and after attaining his majority, married Harriet M.
CRANE, who was born near Hamilton, Ohio, March 8, 1830. She is
the daughter of Hezekiah T. and Clarissa CRANE, the former a
native of New Jersey, born January 30, 1797, and the latter born
near Cincinnati, Ohio, July 4, 1803. Her parents came to
Marshall county, in 1835, settled in Richland township, where
the father improved a farm, but soon after moved into Lacon,
where he was county judge, postmaster, notary public and justice
of the peace for many years. Both parents died in that city, the
father, October 1, 1871, and the mother, November 25, 1863.
Their children were Eliza, wife of John CONKLIN, of Galesburg,
Illinois; Harriet N., the mother of our subject; Martha, who
resides at Galesburg, Illinois; Joseph V., who married Mary NYE,
and is now deceased; Maria Louisa, wife of N. M. LAWS, of
Denver, Colorado; Eunice, now deceased. The parents of our
subject were married in Marshall county, but immediately removed
to Putnam county, locating in Hennepin township, where the
father improved a farm in the river bottom. They were the
parents of three children, two of whom are now living – Lunsford
T. married Ara E. HAILEY, by whom he has six children – Myrta,
John, Henry, Willard, Walter and Ralph, and our subject is the
younger.
The mother of these children died April 24, 1858, and the father
married Miss Susan CASE, by whom he had four children – John L.,
Clara E., James and Irving E. The first named married Emma BURT,
by whom he has one child, Clara E. The daughter married Wayne I.
HAM, and they have three children – Stella S., Clara Ella and
Lee H. James is now deceased. The parents yet reside on the old
homestead in Hennepin township, Putnam county, and are
well-known and universally respected throughout the entire
section of the country. Politically the father has been a
lifelong democrat.
Hervey E. BROADDUS was born March 27, 1858, in Hennepin
township, Putnam county, Illinois. His mother dying when he was
but a babe, he was taken by his grandfather, CRANE, then
residing at Lacon, with whom he remained until fourteen years of
age, in the meantime receiving his education in the public
schools of that city. On leaving the home of his grandfather, he
went to the home of his father, where he remained until grown to
manhood.
On the 22nd of December, 1881, Mr. BROADDUS was united in
marriage with Miss Cordelia B. GLENN, a daughter of Y. A. and
Elizabeth (GERMAN) GLENN, of Magnolia township, Putnam county,
Illinois, who have five living children – Isaac Dawson married
Helen OTTO, by whom he has two children, Murray and Dawson, and
they live in Magnolia township; Mrs. BROADDUS is the next in
order of birth; Clara Ellen is the wife of Robert G. WILSON, by
whom she has two children, Marshall Nelson and Young Glenn, and
they also live in Magnolia township; Anna Elizabeth is the wife
of Marshall H. BROADDUS, and is the mother of one child, Minerva
Elizabeth, and they live in Roberts township, Marshall county;
Young Sherman, who married Clara GOLDEN, lives in Magnolia
township. Mrs. BROADDUS was born December 25, 1859, in Magnolia
township, and was educated in the district school known as the
Caledonia school.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. BROADDUS settled upon their
present farm, which comprises one hundred and sixty acres, on
section 17, Roberts township, all of which is under a high state
of cultivation. Mr. BROADDUS has been a life-long farmer, in
which line of business he has been successful. However, during a
part of this time he has taught school in Marshall and Putnam
counties. He has always taken a great interest in educational
matters and has served as school director and school trustee for
many years. In politics he is a democrat and has voted that
ticket since attaining his majority. He has served as collector
of Roberts township one term, and is now serving the township as
supervisor.
Mr. and Mrs. BROADDUS are the parents of three children – Grace
Idell, Young Glenn and Leland H., all of whom yet remain under
the parental roof.
Extracted April 2011 by Norma Hass from The Biographical Record of Bureau, Marshall and Putnam Counties, Illinois, 1896.
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