Witmer Broome

The son of Samuel & Elizabeth Jane (Witmer) Broome, in 1860 he was a farm laborer living with and/or working for farmer Joseph Reed in Providence Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster August 4, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a teamster with Co. D, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863.

He married Martha Ellen Bilger and fathered Harry E. (b. 08/05/73, d. 04/22/74), John Franklin (b. @1876), Walter G. (b. 11/04/78), and Paul W. (b. 08/06/81, d. 10/10/81). Martha's status is unknown, but he married Eliza Jane Harley in 1894. Cause of his death is listed as "senile dementia" with "arteriosclerosis" a contributing factor. His death certificate spells his first name and his mother's maiden name "Whitmer."