James Overton Broadhead

1819 -

• Name	James Overton Broadhead
  Birth	29 May 1819	Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	St Louis, MO
  Person ID	I9556	Bob Juch's Tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Achilles Broadhead,   b. Abt 1789, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 4 Oct 1853, St Charles County, MO (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Winston Carr,   b. 28 Apr 1796, Bentivar, Albemarle County, VA d. 12 Feb 1852, St Charles County, MO (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Nov 1817
  Family ID	F3747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Snowdon Dorsey,   b. of Pike County, MO
  Marriage	1847
  Children	1. Charles S. Broadhead  [natural]   2. Nannie Dorsey Broadhead  [natural]   3. Mary W. Broadhead  [natural]
  Family ID	F3711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 May 1819 - Albemarle County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  U.S. minister to Switzerland. Three times member of Missouri Legislature, once member of Congress, at one time U.S. District Attorney, and three times a member of Missouri State Constitutional Conventions, the last in 1875, which framed the present Constitution of Missouri. He was also a member of the Charter Convention to frame a special government for the city of St. Louis.