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Title
John Broad
Creator
James P. Edmonds

Institution
Capital Area District Library

Subject
Portraits--Lansing, Mich.

Subject
Portraits

Subject
NULL

Item Number
JQ01e001

Relation
NULL

Type
image

Format
tiff

Description
Photo of a weathered John Broad outside holding a cane. Born in England in 1836. Became naturalized citizen in 1859 when he "renounced and abjured all allegiance and fidelity to every Foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to the Queen of Great Britain." Served as a private in the Michigan Infantry in the Civil War. Married Mrs. Charlotte C. Sherman on October 27, 1859.

John Broad

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