Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of Anoka County And the Towns of Champlin and Dayton In Hennepin County, Minnesota by Albert M. Goodrich pub. 1905 - Hennepin Publishing Co., Minneapolis page 190 THOMAS BROADBENT (deceased) was born at Saddleworth, Lincolnshire, England, Oct. 2, 1810. After coming to America he worked in the woolen mills in Massachusetts. In 1872 he came to Minnesota and to Anoka county, and purchased a farm in the town of Grow. He was married to ESTHER P. CARROLL. Children: JULIUS (deceased), SANFORD (Linwood), JOHN (deceased), JULIUS (killed at battle of Antietam), EMILY T., and SARAH A. ==========================================================================