 1833 - 1915 (81 years)
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| Name |
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge [1] |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Born |
14 Sep 1833 |
Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1850 |
Fayette, Kentucky, USA [2] |
| Burial |
1915 |
Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [3] |
| Buried |
1915 |
Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [3] |
| Died |
13 Mar 1915 |
Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA [3] |
| Person ID |
I737 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Father |
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, b. 8 Mar 1800, Cabell's Dale, Fayette, Kentucky, USA , d. 27 Dec 1871, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA (Age 71 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Anna Sophonisba Preston, b. 9 Apr 1803, Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, USA , d. 21 Dec 1844, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA (Age 41 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
11 Mar 1823 |
Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, USA [4] |
| Notes |
- The couple were second cousins.
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| Family ID |
F390 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Kate Morrison, b. 25 Jan 1837, d. 8 Nov 1887 (Age 50 years) |
| Married |
18 Mar 1856 |
| Notes |
- She was from Lexington, Kentucky.
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| Children |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Family ID |
F450 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 14 Sep 1833 - Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA |
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 | Residence - 1850 - Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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 | Burial - 1915 - Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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 | Buried - 1915 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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 | Died - 13 Mar 1915 - Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA |
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| Notes |
- Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. attended Centre College and the University of Virginia. He was a lawyer in Danville and Lexington, Kentucky. He was a Captain, in the Kentucky State Guard, 11 May 1861, and a Captain, Company B, Second Kentucky, 5 Jul 1861. He was a Delegate to the Kentucky secession convention, and a Confederate Congressman, 1862-1863. He was commissioned Colonel of cavalry 13 Sep 1864, for a term of three months, in order to recruit behind Union lines in Kentucky. He became a Prisoner of War (POW) when he was captured in Woodford County, Kentucky, 22 Feb 1865. He was then held at Johnston's Island prisoner-of-war camp and released 22 May 1865. After the Civil War he was a lawyer and judge in Lincoln County, Kentucky, New York City, and Danville, Kentucky. Robert was born in Kentucky according to the 1850 Census.
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| Sources |
- [S94] Melissa Ward (sarafina@delcarsdungeon.com).
- [S189] 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Fayette, Kentucky; Roll: M432_199; Page: 167B; Image: .
R J Breckenridge,
Virginia,
Sallie C.,
R. I.,
Maria P.,
W. P. C.,
Sophy P.,
Jas. C.,
C. W.,
Virginia,
R. H.
- [S57] Find A Grave.
- [S73] History of Washington College, Dr. W. H. Ruffin, President of Washington College 1833-1848/Feb 1893, Page 117.
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