John Broad (1885 - 1964)

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John's Parents

Margaret (Coleman) Broad

Unknown parent

Thomas Broad John Broad

Alfred Broad

Parents:

Margaret (Coleman) Broad

Unknown - 1876

Siblings:

Alfred Broad

Unknown - Unknown

Thomas Broad

Jan 3, 1844 - Unknown

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John's Parents

Alfred Broad

Annie Parker Broad

John Broad

Parents:

Alfred Broad

Unknown - Unknown

Annie Parker Broad

Unknown - Unknown

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John Broad & Alma Agnes (Trickey) Broad

John Broad

Alma Agnes (Trickey) Broad

Lillian Daphne Broad Merle Lorraine Broad

Alma Broad John Joseph Broad

Spouse:

Alma Agnes (Trickey) Broad

Apr 12, 1899 - October 1986

Children:

Lillian Daphne Broad

Unknown - 2011

Alma Broad

Unknown - Unknown

Merle Lorraine Broad

Unknown - Unknown

John Joseph Broad

Nov 11, 1924 - Sep 21, 1991

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In 1885, in the year that John Broad was born, Germany's Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which had an internal combustion engine. It is considered to be the world's first automobile. The Benz cost $150 - just under $4,000 in today's money.

In 1898, by the time he was merely 13 years old, magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company controlled 84% of the oil and pipelines in the United States. Rockefeller grew Standard Oil through the merger of several other small oil companies throughout the U.S., creating a monopoly.

In 1909, when he was 24 years old, Polish physician and medical researcher Paul Ehrlich found a cure for syphilis, which was a prevalent (but undiscussed) disease. He found that an arsenic compound completely cured syphilis within 3 weeks.

In 1927, when he was 42 years old, aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.

In 1964, in the year of John Broad's passing, in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.