Faubion - Broadhurst Family from Missouri and Tennessee
Would like to add information about my mother's family.
My mother, Caroline Roberta Johnson is the eldest daughter of Mary M.(Boydston-Sweeney)Duncan, Wichita, KS.
Mary was the grandaughter of Margarette A. Faubion.
Margarette was born August 11, 1823, in Tennessee, and died May 30, 1911 in East Lynne, MO. 87 years, 8 months and 19 days. Margarette's father was Jacob Faubion, a Methodist minister.
Margarette married Jacob Broadhurst, January 11, 1842, and moved to Platte County, MO, near Parkville. Jacob was also a Methodist minister, and died May 3, 1856.
Margarette Broadhuest re-married Nathaniel C. Boydston on April 16, 1862. They moved to East Lynne, MO in 1887.
She was the mother of eleven children, and was survivied at the time of her death by:
James A. Broadhurst, Joplin, MO
Jacob A. Broadhurst, Sentinel, OK
Rev. C.N. Broadhurst, of the Missouri Conference of the Methodist Church, South
William L. Boydston, East Lynne, MO
Samuel W. Boydston, East Lynne, MO
Mrs. Bertha Swinney, East Lynne, MO (this is Mary M. Duncan's mother, and the name is mispelled. She was Mrs. Roberta Boydston-Sweeney)
Roberta Boydston Sweeney was born near Parkville, MO on April 27, 1865, and died in East Lynne, MO on May 28, 1931, age 66 years, 1 month and 1 day. Interred in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, MO.
She was the mother of:
Mrs. Martha Coffman (Bert L.) Smithfield, OH
Mrs. Mary M. Duncan (Cordus Howard), Wichita, KS
Mrs. Ruth Clark (S.L), San Antonio, TX
W.J. Ashby, Montclair, NJ
J.S. Ashby, Kansas City, MO