James Wesley Broadway (1829 - 1926)

Born 4 Oct 1829 in Sumter Dist., South Carolina

Ancestors

Died 11 Apr 1926 at age 96 in Sumter County, South Carolina

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Biography

James Wesley was born about 1830. He is the son of Lewis Broadway and Elizabeth Weeks.

In the 1850 census ^[1] Wesley (age 20) is living in Sumter County, South with his parents, and his siblings Eliza (age 27), Charlotte (age 25), "Elie" (age 18), "Judson" (age 15), Henry (age 12), Martha (age 10), Benjamin (age 7), and Noah (age 4).

From the records of the 5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment: ^[2]

• "BROADWAY, James Wesley: 14/A, 5/H–SGT, Clarendon Dist. b. 4 Oct 1829, Sumter Dist., SC. Enlisted at Camp Hampton, Columbia, SC, 2 Jan 1862, age 33, and appt. SGT. WIA (abdomen, severely) at Trevilian Station, VA, 12 Jun 1864. Last recorded on clothing receipt roll, dated 25 Dec 1864. Per pension records, discharged (i.e., paroled) at Greensboro, NC, [1] May 1865. Applied for a Confederate pension at Tindal, SC, 11 Oct 1919. Farming in Sumter Co., SC, in 1920. Brother of Benjamin Lewis, George Washington, Henry Thomas, and Judson Jesse BROADWAY."

James married Sarah "Sallie" Emma Harvin after the war. In the 1870 census ^[3] he is living in South Carolina with his wife Sarah. in the 1900 census ^[4] he is listed as a farmer living in Privateer Township, Sumter County, South Carolina with his wife and six children, Julia E. (age 29), Wesley M. (age 27), James H. (age 23), Lizzie L. (age 22), Ellen I. (age 19), and Richard H. (age 16), In the 1910 census ^[5] James, now age 80, is living in Privateer, Sumter, South Carolina with their children Julia E. (age 38), James H. (age 34), Louise (age 30) and Ellen (age 26).

In the 1920 census ^[6] James, now a widower, is still in Privateer with son James H. and daughter Ellen.

James passed away in 1929 and is buried beside his wife Sallie in Broadway Galloway Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. Find A Grave: Memorial #150110163

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QL-GCS : 9 November 2014), Wesley Broadway in household of Lewis Broadway, Sumter county, part of, Sumter, South Carolina, United States; citing family 614, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ 5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment | http://www.sciway3.net/sc-rangers/5th_cav_b.html, accessed 4 Apr 20-17.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8R8-XJV : 17 October 2014), James W Broadway, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 19, family 130, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,990.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3T5-4ZG : accessed 4 July 2017), James W Broadway, Privateer Township, Sumter, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 118, sheet 4B, family 80, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,543.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M56M-93R : accessed 7 March 2020), James W Broadway, Privateer, Sumter, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 4B, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1465; FHL microfilm 1,375,478.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M683-77R : accessed 7 March 2020), James W Broadway, Privateer, Sumter, South Carolina, United States; citing ED 135, sheet 9B, line 60, family 172, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1712; FHL microfilm 1,821,712.