Richard L. Broadwell, was the son of Elsie (Jordan) and cattleman/entepreneur William B. Broadwell, and spent his early years in Logan County, Illinois working cattle with his brothers George and Frank; and in the early 1870s, moved with the extended close-knit Jordan family to Hutchinson, Kansas. In 1882, Dick, his father, and maternal uncle, Dr. F. M. Jordan, garnered land in the Oklahoma Land rush.
The evidence for Broadwell's burial and remainder in Elmwood Cemetery is born out by the contemporaneous article from The Achison (Kansas) Champion Newspaper of Sat., Oct 8, 1892: "George Broadwell and E. B. Wilcox, brother and brother-in-law of Dick Broadwell, called "Texas Jack," arrived from Hutchinson today. The former is travelling salesman for the Boston Tea Co. of Chicago, the latter a grocer at Hutchinson. Wilcox said, 'We were as greatly shocked by the occurrence as you and entirely ignorant of Dick's being with this gang. Had not heard from him since May. He was never wild or a drinker or gambler, and although a cowboy we always thought him to be straight and law abiding. His mother and sister, Jennie, George and my wife compose the family and all live in Hutchinson.' Broadwell's body was taken up and placed in a coffin his family purchased for him and then PLACED BACK IN THE GRAVE." The previous info as to a grave for Broadwell in Coffeyville (FAG Memorial #25930423 is incorrect and was based on a 1992 news article; I believe the contemporary news account (1892)to be more plausible.
The evidence for Broadwell's burial and remainder in Elmwood Cemetery is born out by the contemporaneous article from The Achison (Kansas) Champion Newspaper of Sat., Oct 8, 1892: "George Broadwell and E. B. Wilcox, brother and brother-in-law of Dick Broadwell, called "Texas Jack," arrived from Hutchinson today. The former is travelling salesman for the Boston Tea Co. of Chicago, the latter a grocer at Hutchinson. Wilcox said, 'We were as greatly shocked by the occurrence as you and entirely ignorant of Dick's being with this gang. Had not heard from him since May. He was never wild or a drinker or gambler, and although a cowboy we always thought him to be straight and law abiding. His mother and sister, Jennie, George and my wife compose the family and all live in Hutchinson.' Broadwell's body was taken up and placed in a coffin his family purchased for him and then PLACED BACK IN THE GRAVE." The previous info as to a grave for Broadwell in Coffeyville (FAG Memorial #25930423 is incorrect and was based on a 1992 news article; I believe the contemporary news account (1892)to be more plausible.
Richard L. Broadwell, was the son of Elsie (Jordan) and cattleman/entepreneur William B. Broadwell, and spent his early years in Logan County, Illinois working cattle with his brothers George and Frank; and in the early 1870s, moved with the extended close-knit Jordan family to Hutchinson, Kansas. In 1882, Dick, his father, and maternal uncle, Dr. F. M. Jordan, garnered land in the Oklahoma Land rush.
The evidence for Broadwell's burial and remainder in Elmwood Cemetery is born out by the contemporaneous article from The Achison (Kansas) Champion Newspaper of Sat., Oct 8, 1892: "George Broadwell and E. B. Wilcox, brother and brother-in-law of Dick Broadwell, called "Texas Jack," arrived from Hutchinson today. The former is travelling salesman for the Boston Tea Co. of Chicago, the latter a grocer at Hutchinson. Wilcox said, 'We were as greatly shocked by the occurrence as you and entirely ignorant of Dick's being with this gang. Had not heard from him since May. He was never wild or a drinker or gambler, and although a cowboy we always thought him to be straight and law abiding. His mother and sister, Jennie, George and my wife compose the family and all live in Hutchinson.' Broadwell's body was taken up and placed in a coffin his family purchased for him and then PLACED BACK IN THE GRAVE." The previous info as to a grave for Broadwell in Coffeyville (FAG Memorial #25930423 is incorrect and was based on a 1992 news article; I believe the contemporary news account (1892)to be more plausible.
The evidence for Broadwell's burial and remainder in Elmwood Cemetery is born out by the contemporaneous article from The Achison (Kansas) Champion Newspaper of Sat., Oct 8, 1892: "George Broadwell and E. B. Wilcox, brother and brother-in-law of Dick Broadwell, called "Texas Jack," arrived from Hutchinson today. The former is travelling salesman for the Boston Tea Co. of Chicago, the latter a grocer at Hutchinson. Wilcox said, 'We were as greatly shocked by the occurrence as you and entirely ignorant of Dick's being with this gang. Had not heard from him since May. He was never wild or a drinker or gambler, and although a cowboy we always thought him to be straight and law abiding. His mother and sister, Jennie, George and my wife compose the family and all live in Hutchinson.' Broadwell's body was taken up and placed in a coffin his family purchased for him and then PLACED BACK IN THE GRAVE." The previous info as to a grave for Broadwell in Coffeyville (FAG Memorial #25930423 is incorrect and was based on a 1992 news article; I believe the contemporary news account (1892)to be more plausible.
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