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Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell Sr.

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Born: August 26, 1823

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland

Father: Henry Broughton Bromwell 1793 – 1867
(Buried: Old City Cemetery, Charleston, Illinois)​

Mother: Henrietta Holmes 1795 – 1882
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado)​

Wife: Elizabeth Emily Payne 1837 – 1865
(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Indiana)​

Children:

Henrietta Elizabeth “Nettie” Bromwell 1859 – 1946​
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado)​
Henry Pelham Payne Bromwell 1862 – 1881​
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado)​

Political Party: Republican Party and Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


Instructor at Marshall Academy in Marshall, Illinois
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Attorney in Vandalia, Illinois​
Edited his father’s newspaper​
1853 – 1857: Judge of Fayette County, Illinois​
Active leader in the founding of Republican Political Party​

Civil War Career:

Attorney in Vandalia, Illinois​
Edited his father’s newspaper​
1865 – 1869: United States Congressman from Illinois​
1865 – 1867: Member of House State Department Expenditures Committee​
1865 – 1867: Member of House Patents Committee​
1865 – 1867: Member of House Public Expenditures Committee​

Occupation after War:

1868: Voted Yes in the impeachment vote of Andrew Johnson​
1868: Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress​
1869 – 1870: Attorney in Vandalia, Illinois​
1870 – 1903: Attorney in Denver, Colorado​
1871 – 1874: President of Denver, Colorado School Board​
1874: Member of Colorado Territorial Council​
1875: Delegate to Colorado Constitutional Convention​
1878: Declined office of Judge of Arapahoe County, Colorado​
1879: Declined appointment as Chief Justice of Utah Territory​
1881: Commissioner of General Statues in Colorado​
Author of Restorations of Masonic Geometry and Symbol

Died:
January 7, 1903

Place of Death: Denver, Colorado

Age at time of Death: 79 years old

Burial Place:
Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
 
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