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Submitted: 1/28/13 • Approved: 1/31/20 • Last Updated: 6/27/23 • R823109-G0-S3
December 5,1817
October 25, 1909
Wife of Edward N Broughton
Sister Epsie E. Broughton was born at Greensboro, Ga., December 5, 1817. She was married
to Edward N. Broughton in the year 1837 and in 1847 he died. She thus experienced a
widowhood of 62 years. At the age of 15 she was happily converted and united with the
Methodist Church, in which communion she remained until God called her home. She came
to Arkansas in 1859, where she remained for the rest of her life. She was the mother of
three children, two of whom, Mr. John R. Broughton of Jersey and Mrs. H. F. Richardson
of Warren still survive. On October 25, 1909, she quietly fell asleep at the home of
Sister Richardson, in the 93rd year of her age. Sister Broughton was a true mother in
Israel. She loved God and the church, and as the infirmities of age came upon her, her
whole thought was of Jesus and Heaven and the loved ones at home. She was the oldest
person in Bradley County; but notwithstanding she was ripe for Heaven, she will be
sadly missed by loved ones and a host of friends.
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