John Parran Broome

Background

Broome, John Parran was born on September 4, 1888 in Broome’s Island, Maryland, United States. Son of John and Nannie (Peterson) Broome.

Education

Student of University Maryland, 1904-1906, Columbia Night School, 1920-1921, 1926-1927.

Career

With engineering corporations, B. & O. R.R., Baltimore, 1910-1913. General supervisor, DuPont Company, Parlin, New Jersey, 1915-1921. City manager, Salem, Virginia, 1922-1926, Summit, New Jersey, 1926-1931, Petersburg, Virginia, 1935-1939.

Regional director Public Housing Administration, Atlanta, 1939-1948. Assistant commissioner for Public Housing Administration, Washington, from 1948. Operator 2 farms in Southern Maryland from 1950.

Home: Arlington, Virginia.

Connections

Married Elsa Deming, April.

Father:

John Broome

Mother:

Nannie (Peterson) Broome

Spouse:

Elsa Deming