Samuel Broom (1814 - 1859)

Born 2 Jan 1814 in Tennessee, USA

Died 11 Apr 1859 at age 45 in White, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Samuel was the son of Miles Broom and Elizabeth Vincent. He passed away in 1859.

"JUDGE JOHN BROOM, retired. Mason, whose portrait appears in this work, is the second son of Miles and Edith (Vincent) Broom, both natives of North Carolina. The parents had four children: William, John, Dicy and Samuel."^[1]

Land purchase: 40 acres at $1.25 per acre (total $50)^[2]

Date: 1 Sep 1836

Place: Gallatin, Illinois, USA

Residence^[3]

Date: 1840

Place: Cain Creek, Gallatin, Illinois, USA

Residence^[4]

Date: 3 Jul 1855

Place: Effingham, Illinois, USA

Occupation: Merchant^[5]

Death:

Cause: Pneumonia^[6]

Place: White, Illinois, USA^[7]

Burial: Farnsworth Cemetery Middleton, Wayne, Illinois, USA

Notes: Samuel had been ill for 1 1/2 days before he died of pneumonia. His son, Miles B. Broom, died at the age of 19 of pneumonia the month before Samuel's death. Headstones for both Samuel and his son, Miles, show their death year as 1859 instead of 1860 (the year as recorded by the 1860 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, Archive Collection: T1133; Archive Roll Number: 59; Census Year: 1860; Census Place: White, Illinois; Line 2).

Tombstone inscription: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my corse, I have kept the faith. 2 Tim. 4 chap. 7 Vrs.

Sources

1. ↑ Perrin, William Henry (editor), History of Effingham County, Illinois, Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co., 1883, p. 151.
2. ↑ State of Illinois, Illinois, Public Land Purchase Records, 1800-1990, Volume 110, Page 069.
3. ↑ 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Cain Creek, Gallatin, Illinois; Roll: 60; Page: 41; Family History Library Film: 0007642.
4. ↑ Illinois State Census Collection, 1825-1865, Illinois State Archives; Springfield, Illinois; Illinois State Census, 1855; Archive Collection Number: 103.008; Roll Number: 2189A; Line: 28.
5. ↑ 1860 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, Archive Collection: T1133; Archive Roll Number: 59; Census Year: 1860; Census Place: White, Illinois; Line 2.
6. ↑ 1860 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, Archive Collection: T1133; Archive Roll Number: 59; Census Year: 1860; Census Place: White, Illinois; Line 2
7. ↑ 1860 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, Archive Collection: T1133; Archive Roll Number: 59; Census Year: 1860; Census Place: White, Illinois; Line 2