Samuel Broadbent (1811 - 1880)

Born 24 Jan 1811 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Jul 1880 at age 69 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Samuel Broadbent was born about 1810 in Connecticut. He learned the art of photography in the daguerreotype era from Samuel Morse in 1840^[1] and continued producing portraits with other photographic processes until his death in 1880. He married Catherine Cook in 1841. By 1850, he had moved to Wilmington, Delaware and by 1860, he lived in Philadelphia where he remained for the following 20 years of his life.

Sources

1. ↑ Samuel Broadbent biography [1]

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850 Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: 53; Page: 135b
• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Philadelphia Ward 10 East District, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1160; Page: 734; Family History Library Film: 805160
• Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Find a Grave entry for Samuel Broadbent. [2]
• Samuel Broadbent biography [3]