Bios:  BROOKS BROADBENT, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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       BROOKS BROADBENT,
   
   [p. 558] whose well improved farm of 200 acres is situated in Wilmington
   Township, on the east side the Mercer and New Castle Road, about two
   miles east of New Wilmington, was born April 23, 1852, at Fayetteville,
   Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Henry and Lydia
   (Wostenholm) Broadbent. The father of Mr. Broadbent was born in England
   and was a son of William Broadbent, who was a merchant in Sheffield and
   never came to America. Henry Broadbent engaged in a grocery business at
   Fayetteville, Pa.
   
   Brooks Broadbent was married October 12, 1876, to Lizzie Reed, who is a
   daughter of James and Margaret (English) Reed, prominent farming people
   of Mercer County. They have three children, namely: Nellie, who married
   John M. Reed, of Youngstown, Ohio; Henry, who married Alice Black, of
   Indian Run; and James, who died when nine years old. Mr. Broadbent is a
   member of the Presbyterian Church, at Volant.
   
   Mr. Broadbent has also dealt extensively in stock and real estate,
   having the enviable record of buying and selling more farms than any one
   farmer in Lawrence County.
   
   The larger part of Mr. Broadbent's life has been given to agricultural
   pursuits. His residence is a handsome one of block stone, and he has a
   large and substantial barn, and all his buildings have slate roofs. He
   is a Republican in politics.
   
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   20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
   Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
   Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
   
   Updated: 6 Nov 2001