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John Brodhead

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John Brodhead

Birth
Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
7 Apr 1838 (aged 67)
Newfields, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Newfields, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Plot
lot 18
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US Congressman. Born in Lower Smithfield, Pennsylvania, he studied theology at the Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania) Academy and was ordained a Methodist minister in 1794. Two years later he moved to New England as a supervisor of Methodist societies in the Connecticut Valley, and in 1809 settled in Newfields, New Hampshire. He was a member of the New Hampshire State Senate from 1817 to 1827, and also officiated as chaplain of the State House of Representatives (1825). Brodhead was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses, serving from 1829 to 1833; he declined to run for a third term and returned to his ministry. He died in Newfields.
US Congressman. Born in Lower Smithfield, Pennsylvania, he studied theology at the Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania) Academy and was ordained a Methodist minister in 1794. Two years later he moved to New England as a supervisor of Methodist societies in the Connecticut Valley, and in 1809 settled in Newfields, New Hampshire. He was a member of the New Hampshire State Senate from 1817 to 1827, and also officiated as chaplain of the State House of Representatives (1825). Brodhead was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses, serving from 1829 to 1833; he declined to run for a third term and returned to his ministry. He died in Newfields.

Bio by: Bobb Edwards

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aged 67 years.
Having been an Itinerant Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church 45 years.
Senator & Chaplain to the Legislature of this State & a member of the Congress of the United States.
He was beloved as a husband & father, honoured as a citizen, esteemed as a statesman & venerated as a minister.

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7188027/john-brodhead: accessed ), memorial page for John Brodhead (5 Oct 1770–7 Apr 1838), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7188027, citing Locust Grove Cemetery, Newfields, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.