Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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that I was packed in ice near Hell's Gate in the New York harbor
hospital on David's Island. Here I finally began to mend and
was able on December 18 to fall in with my company at the battle
of Fredericksburg, as I did not wish to go into the invalid's corps.
"When I was 'killed' there were a lot of Lansing men fell, and
while there may be others of the company still alive somewhere in
the world, the only ones I know are Allan Shattuck, of this city,
who is the witness on my 'death' certificate, and three others.
John Bissell and Dewitt Foreman of Grand Ledge and Henry
Patterson, of St. Johns. There were four of us left in Lansing
until within the last few months when 'Al' Croy and 'Art' Newman died, and in a short time there will not be two of us left, for
the next time with their new and up-to-date kinds of embalming
fluid, I'll probably stay dead until all of those other 'honest' dead
ones back in the Fair Oaks swamp are resurrected and the order
given to fall in under one flag or the other."
He represented one of the pioneer families which have made
Michigan the sturdy commonwealth it is, he and his wife Charlotte and her daughter, Mary Sherman.
Charlotte Holcomb had an unassuming, refined, lovable personality. She was born in Auburn, N. Y., in 1830. When she
was four years of age her parents moved to Buffalo, where she received her education. In 1849 she came to Michigan, settling in
Dewitt, where she married Samuel Sherman. He died in 1856,
leaving her with one daughter, and the next year she moved to
Lansing, where in 1859 she married John Broad, and they lived
for over fifty years in the home on Cedar street.
When Mr. Broad went to join the army in 1861 his wife was one
of a party who traveled the length of the "Ram's Horn Railroad"
to give the boys a cheery farewell. She spent her time during her
husband's absence in helping make and send supplies to wounded
soldiers, and was the leader in a society engaged in making articles for the soldiers confined in southern hospitals.
She was an active member of the Central Methodist church, becoming a member when the services were held in the representative
hall of the old State House, at the corner of Allegan street and
Washington Avenue. She was a charter member of Charles T.
Foster Woman's Relief Corps, and belonged to the W. C. T. U.
She died in 1907 at the Cedar street home, Mr. Broad surviving
her several years, he dying on Sept. 4, 1915.