 1837 - 1904 (67 years)
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| Name |
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge [1, 2] |
| Title |
Col. |
| Born |
28 Aug 1837 |
Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA  [3, 4, 5] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1850 |
Fayette, Kentucky, USA [3] |
| Occupation |
1880 [4] |
| Lawyer |
| Residence |
1880 |
Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [4] |
| _MILT |
Colonel, Confederate Army |
| Burial |
1904 |
Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [5] |
| Buried |
1904 |
Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [5] |
| Died |
18 Nov 1904 |
Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA [5] |
| Person ID |
I739 |
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 [6] |
| Notes |
- The couple were second cousins.
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| Family ID |
F390 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Issa Desha, b. 18 Apr 1844, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, USA , d. 14 Jul 1892 (Age 48 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Eleanor Desha Breckinridge, b. 7 Jun 1862, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA , d. 3 Mar 1943 (Age 80 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, b. 1 Apr 1866, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA , d. 30 Jul 1948, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 82 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Desha Breckinridge, b. 5 Aug 1867, Kentucky, USA , d. 18 Feb 1935 (Age 67 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Campbell Preston Breckinridge, b. 24 Sep 1869, Kentucky, USA , d. 12 Oct 1870, Kentucky, USA (Age 1 years) [natural] |
| + | 5. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, b. 20 Jun 1871, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA , d. 10 Jul 1944, Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 73 years) [natural] |
| | 6. Mary Curry Desha Breckinridge, b. 1 Sep 1875, Kentucky, USA , d. 24 Jun 1918 (Age 42 years) [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 |
| Family ID |
F453 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 28 Aug 1837 - Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA |
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 | Residence - 1850 - Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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 | Residence - 1880 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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 | Burial - 1904 - Lexington Cem, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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| Buried - 1904 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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| Died - 18 Nov 1904 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA |
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| Notes |
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge was a graduate of Centre College in 1855 and a graduate of the University of Louisville Law Department, 1857. He entered the Confederate army in 1861 rising to the rank of Colonel, commanding the 9th Kentucky Cavalry, C.S.A in General John Hunt Morgan's command. He was in command of Kentucky cavalry escorting the fleeing Jefferson Davis and the Confederate cabinet after the fall of Richmond. He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Congress in 1885 serving through 1895. He was editor of the Lexington Herald newspaper. William was born in Kentucky according to the 1850 Census.
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| Sources |
- [S94] Melissa Ward (sarafina@delcarsdungeon.com).
- [S50] Dinwiddie Papers, Vol. 17, Pedigree #337.
- [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.
- [S193] 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: National Archives and Records Administration;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky; Roll: 413; Family History Film: 1254413; Page: 337C; Enumeration District: 066; Image: 0115.
W. C. P. Breckenridge
Issa D.
Ella
Sophonisba
Desha
Robert
M. Curry
Mary C. Desha
Mary Desha
- [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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