His death certificate records Walter Port Broaddus, age 72 years 3 months 7 days, born 22 April 1867 in Kentucky, died 29 July 1939 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Kaw township, Jackson Co., Missouri, married, husband of Dora May Broaddus, farmer, father Walter P. Broaddus, mother’s maiden name Lucy Tolls, both born in Kentucky, cause of death chronic renal tuberculosis, informant R. D. Broaddus, Chillicothe, Mo, burial in Tina, Mo.

He can’t have been born 4 months after his brother Derwood, though. Census records are more consistent with a birthdate in 1868.