When Rebecca McCombs was born on 13 August 1826, in Ohio, United States, her father, Lambert McCombs, was 36 and her mother, Hannah Hague, was 38. She married Stephen Broadhurst on 16 April 1848, in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Napa, Napa, California, United States in 1850 and Merced, California, United States in 1880. She died on 21 April 1891, in Napa, California, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Napa, Napa, California, United States.