I am writing to let you know that this is the stone of Aaron Broadwell, son of Wolcott Broadwell and Mary Rosetta (Flint or Chaffee). I found an interesting bit in the research done by Andrew Broadwell in his writing "History of the Broadwell Family of Clinton County, New York, from 1664-1962" (Rouses Point, New York July 15, 1962) that tells this story: Aaron, named after his grandfather, came to work in Owen Mead's sawmill in West Plattsburg in 1859. In 1860, he went to a "Lincoln Rally" in Plattsburg. On the way home, he stopped to drink out of a pond, slipped and fell on a stone, hurting his head so badly that the Meads had to send to North Lawrence for his mother, Rosetta, to come and look after him as he did not seem to be making a good recovery. In spite of Dr. L. F. Bidwell's good care, he grew worse, so they took him to the Broadwell stone house on Mason Street where "Aunt" Susan Broadwell's skill with the sick could be administered, but he died at the age of 22. He was taken back home for burial and is buried next to his brother Theodore (who was killed in the Civil War) in the Flint Cemetery in Brasher, New York.
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I am writing to let you know that this is the stone of Aaron Broadwell, son of Wolcott Broadwell and Mary Rosetta (Flint or Chaffee). I found an interesting bit in the research done by Andrew Broadwell in his writing "History of the Broadwell Family of Clinton County, New York, from 1664-1962" (Rouses Point, New York July 15, 1962) that tells this story: Aaron, named after his grandfather, came to work in Owen Mead's sawmill in West Plattsburg in 1859. In 1860, he went to a "Lincoln Rally" in Plattsburg. On the way home, he stopped to drink out of a pond, slipped and fell on a stone, hurting his head so badly that the Meads had to send to North Lawrence for his mother, Rosetta, to come and look after him as he did not seem to be making a good recovery. In spite of Dr. L. F. Bidwell's good care, he grew worse, so they took him to the Broadwell stone house on Mason Street where "Aunt" Susan Broadwell's skill with the sick could be administered, but he died at the age of 22. He was taken back home for burial and is buried next to his brother Theodore (who was killed in the Civil War) in the Flint Cemetery in Brasher, New York.
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Son of Woolcott & Mary R.
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