When 3 years old, he was taken by his parents to Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.
He remained at home on his father's farm until 1843 and then moved to St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1855 he entered the Army. He was in the Government employ as wagon and forage master until March 1, 1858, when he went with the Government troops under Col. R. B. March to Utah to quell the Mormon outbreak.
Arriving in Colorado, they encamped on the present site of Denver, building a ferry boat to transport the command over the Platte River. The command returned in the fall to New Mexico and in the spring Mr. McBroom removed with his family to Colorado and settled on a homestead a few miles up
the Platte River from Denver.
He was married in Denver to Emma J., daughter of William of Terre Haute, Indiana, and has a family of four children: Sadie, the eldest, has no children; Phoebe Adelaide McBroom married Joseph Warren Hevener and they are the parents of two children, Emma Lucile and John; William, who wife's name is Emma; Dora, who is married, but has no children; Joseph, the youngest child is now living.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Hevener died September 3, 1926, and Joseph W., her husband, died July 27, 1926. Both are buried at Littleton, Colorado.
He remained at home on his father's farm until 1843 and then moved to St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1855 he entered the Army. He was in the Government employ as wagon and forage master until March 1, 1858, when he went with the Government troops under Col. R. B. March to Utah to quell the Mormon outbreak.
Arriving in Colorado, they encamped on the present site of Denver, building a ferry boat to transport the command over the Platte River. The command returned in the fall to New Mexico and in the spring Mr. McBroom removed with his family to Colorado and settled on a homestead a few miles up
the Platte River from Denver.
He was married in Denver to Emma J., daughter of William of Terre Haute, Indiana, and has a family of four children: Sadie, the eldest, has no children; Phoebe Adelaide McBroom married Joseph Warren Hevener and they are the parents of two children, Emma Lucile and John; William, who wife's name is Emma; Dora, who is married, but has no children; Joseph, the youngest child is now living.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Hevener died September 3, 1926, and Joseph W., her husband, died July 27, 1926. Both are buried at Littleton, Colorado.
When 3 years old, he was taken by his parents to Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.
He remained at home on his father's farm until 1843 and then moved to St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1855 he entered the Army. He was in the Government employ as wagon and forage master until March 1, 1858, when he went with the Government troops under Col. R. B. March to Utah to quell the Mormon outbreak.
Arriving in Colorado, they encamped on the present site of Denver, building a ferry boat to transport the command over the Platte River. The command returned in the fall to New Mexico and in the spring Mr. McBroom removed with his family to Colorado and settled on a homestead a few miles up
the Platte River from Denver.
He was married in Denver to Emma J., daughter of William of Terre Haute, Indiana, and has a family of four children: Sadie, the eldest, has no children; Phoebe Adelaide McBroom married Joseph Warren Hevener and they are the parents of two children, Emma Lucile and John; William, who wife's name is Emma; Dora, who is married, but has no children; Joseph, the youngest child is now living.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Hevener died September 3, 1926, and Joseph W., her husband, died July 27, 1926. Both are buried at Littleton, Colorado.
He remained at home on his father's farm until 1843 and then moved to St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1855 he entered the Army. He was in the Government employ as wagon and forage master until March 1, 1858, when he went with the Government troops under Col. R. B. March to Utah to quell the Mormon outbreak.
Arriving in Colorado, they encamped on the present site of Denver, building a ferry boat to transport the command over the Platte River. The command returned in the fall to New Mexico and in the spring Mr. McBroom removed with his family to Colorado and settled on a homestead a few miles up
the Platte River from Denver.
He was married in Denver to Emma J., daughter of William of Terre Haute, Indiana, and has a family of four children: Sadie, the eldest, has no children; Phoebe Adelaide McBroom married Joseph Warren Hevener and they are the parents of two children, Emma Lucile and John; William, who wife's name is Emma; Dora, who is married, but has no children; Joseph, the youngest child is now living.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Hevener died September 3, 1926, and Joseph W., her husband, died July 27, 1926. Both are buried at Littleton, Colorado.
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