hollis william’s all american familyweech.net/ashley/alexander-breckinridge-and... ·...

Hollis William’s All American FamilyPosted on April 11, 2013

rosamondpress

I just got a call from Mike Smith, a director at the Elks Society. He told me he is sending me a certificate of

adoption, and two American flags. I was about to post on Hollis Williams new family that makes him kin to

many famous politicians of Kentucky, where Hollis was born. Last night I sent a friend request to Hollis’ half-

sisters. So far, I have had no response.

Yesterday I responded to the request to be friends on Facebook with my niece Drew Benton, whose ancestral

tree is Who’s Who? in American History. Hollis is now kin to real Patriots, including Captain Samuel

Rosamond, who fought under Francis Marion ‘The Swamp Fox’ who was the model for Gibson’s movie ‘The

Patriot’.

Welcome home, brother!

http://rosamondpress.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/witherspoon-and-the-great-awakening/

Above is a photo of Hollis’ kindred. Michael Dundon was handed down many of Hollis’ things that fill his new

apartment. Michael was in the military for two years. His brother, James Dundon, was a gunner on a

helicopter in Vietnam. His son, James Dundon has befriended Drew Benton in Arizona. I have bonded with

Michael’s children and grandchildren. Jennifer told me the other day that her son, Thane, loves me. He is the

blonde boy under Michael’s arm. Thane has adopted me.

There is much worry on Thane’s grandfather’s face that he will be homeless for a long time to come. Fear not!

Three days ago Michael told me my famous sister sold two of her early paintings to her friend, Raphael

Fouquet, in order to get her lover out of jail after he got in a confrontation with Larry Sidel, Shannon

Rosamond’s father. Michael owns the missing link in regards to the real history of the world-famous artist,

Christine Rosamond Benton, that would have been lost, if Michael had not been saved. Many who loved Hollis

have told me he is communicating with then from……..beyond the grave!

Above is the home-made gravestone for Samuel Rosamond, a descendant of the Patriot. The Rosamond family

were Billy Boys, poor Ozark Woodsmen. It was these folks, who had next to nothing, who left their beloved hills

to do battle with the Red Coats, the guardian soldiers of the Lords of Britian whom owned great castles….made

of stone. This Rosamond Stone – is America’s castle upon which many beautiful dreams were built.

Jon Presco

http://rosamondpress.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/witherspoon-and-the-great-awakening/

http://rosamondpress.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/saving-dottie-witherspoon/

http://rosamondpress.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/the-witherspoons-and-rosamonds/

Samuel Roseman was a member of the South Carolina Militia and a Scout for Francis Marion the “Swamp

Fox” who Mel Gibson’s character was based on in the movie `The Patriot’. Samuel was the brother of my great,

great, great grandfather, James Rosamond, who was also in the South Carolina Militia, and more then likely

fought alongside his brother and Francis Marion. There may be a chance my grandfather, Frank Wesley

Rosamond was named after Francis, as were other Rosamonds

“Marion Francis “Frank” ROSAMOND”

Because of this new uncovered history, I find my grandfather’s claim, that his mother, Ida Rose, is the offspring

of Sir Issac Hull, a Captain of the U.S.S. Constitution to be very credible. It is alleged

Captain Hull had no children, but, he was a sailor and visited many ports.

“Samuel enlisted in the militia around 1776-77 and served as a Lieutenant under Captain Adam Crain Jones

and Colonel Robert Anderson (for whom Anderson County, SC was named.) In 1782 he was appointed Captain

and served at the Siege of Ninety-Six and the Battle of Kettle Creek in Wilkes County, GA on Feb. 14, 1779

during the Revolutionary War. This battle enabled the revolutionists to halt the British advance in Georgia

after the capture of Savannah. According

to Samuel’s great-grandson James Oliver Rosamond, Samuel served as a scout and spy under the direction of

Colonel Francis Mariion, the “Swamp Fox”.

“Samuel and James ROSAMOND both served in the SC militia during the Revolution. Samuel was a lieutenant

under Adam Crain Jones and as a captain under Colonel Anderson.”

James Rosamond M. Born ca 1754 in Augusta County, Virginia. James died in Abbeville District, SC bef 10 Jul

1806, he was 52. Occupation: Farmer.

[11]James served in the Revolutionary War in the Ninety-Six District before and after the fall of Charleston.

The Siege of Charleston occurrend in 1790 by the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton. James furnished 150

lbs. of pork to the militia in 1782. He obtained land grants as a result of his service in the war. An abstract of

his service in the Revolutionary War is on file at the Historical Commission in South Carolina.

James may have been married to a Dorothy/Norah Hodges (daughter or John Hodges and Elizabeth ?) prior to

marrying Mary Daugherty. No one has been able to fine any record of this. Barbara Morgan lists a Lettice

Jones as a possibility for James’ first wife. Much depends on when his first wife died, and the date he married

Mary.

In the first national census in 1790, James, his brother Samuel, and his mother Sarah were the only Rosamond

Heads of Household listed in South Carolina.

Above is a photo of Dottie Witherspoon and I. The Witherspoons are in the Peerage, and thanks to my

discovery, are kin to the Royal Stewarts, thus, William and Harry Windsor. Dottie is also kin to the Bentons.

Below is a list of Dottie’s kin who entered American politics and won important seats in the U.S. Government.

The Witherspoons are the First Family of American Politics. I traveled with Dottie to South Carolina to meet

her relatives. No sooner was Dottie in my mother’s home, then she has locked herself in the bathroom after

Rosemary pointed out her many freckles as being unsightly. Red hair and freckles is a trait of the Scots

Ulsterman who fought the British for our Freedom. Take not of how much Dottie resembles the Signer, John

Witherspoon, who descends from John Knox, a Calvinist who married a Stewart. Dottie has a double dose of

Stewart blood. She is American Royalty. We talked about getting married.

Above is a painting of Louis Tevis Breckenridge Sharon, who married a Witherspoon, and then a Sharon, the

weathiest family in California. Her father founded Wells Fargo bank.

Dottie and I owned a wonder cat who walked with us to the park and played with the dogs she befriended.

They would chase each other around. She is wathcing them intently before she comes out of the tree and

chases them again.

In today’s news, Bachman is saying President Obama is un-American, with the help of De Mint of South

Carolina. Never mind that this black man is the living banner of True Democracy where all men are free, and

freed, after a terrible Civil War was fought against Traitors and secessionists who wanted to keep their slaves,

slaves.

The Witherspoons and Rosamonds owned slaves and worked them on their South Carolina Plantations. They

fought under Francis Marion ‘The Swamp Fox’ in the Revolutionary War. Dottie and I met in Boston just after

I my nine month court battle with the Mafia – that I won. I survived an attempt on my life and was introduced

to the Mayor of Boston who shook my hand.

“It took a lot of guts to stand up to these guys!” he said.

The Mafia was trying to make a dishonest Realestate deal on Beacon Hill, where the Kennedys- their hated

enemies – had a home. I put a stop to it.

I have been exchanging e-mails with a member of the Sharon family about revising the Sharon Family reunion

at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. I was invited to go to Europe with a member of the Hesketh-Fermor

family, who are kin to my niece, Drew Benton, and thus the Prescos. We are all kin to Lloyd Tevis the President

of Welles Fargo Bank.

I have put on pause my homework of family relations. I do know some of the California Sharons and I am

familiar with the reunion that use to take place in San Francisco, but I have been swamped. I would love to

refresh the reunion for our family. I am not familiar with the names on your email yet. I don’t know if you sent

email to Philip or had misplaced my name. I will start more family connections with the Sharon clan soon.

Patrick Sharon

Hi Jon- Get ready- much info coming now- please go ASAP to tatler.com- June issue page 102- big article on

the new owner of Easton Neston- Leon Max- I’m headed there with James Baring and Bob and Joanne Fermor

tomorrow.

Anne

Witherspoon Owen Breckenridge married Louise Tevis Breckenridge Sharon, the daughter of Lloyd Tevis,

president of Wells Fargo and one of the richest men in California. When he became president of Wells Fargo, it

was an express coach company. When he retired, it was a bank as we know it today. Tevis was assessed by the

state of California as having a fortune worth $1,590,000.00 in 1880

John Witherspoon Breckenridge, son of Congressman, Senator, Vice President, Presidential Candidate and

Confederate General John C. Breckenridge, c. 1878 and lived in San Rafael, CA. Their marriage ended in

divorce and she married secondly Frederick W. Sharon.

Frederick Sharon was the son of Senator William Sharon (right), one of California’s very richest men. Sharon

arrived in San Francisco in 1849, first investing in real estate, then also in mining and banking. By 1880, the

state of California assessed his personal fortune at $4,470,000.002 and he was the largest single taxpayer in

the state. Louise and Frederick were married at Sharon’s 55,360 square foot palatial estate ‘Belmont’ in 1884

(below).

The information found here comes from The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia by John

Frederick Dorman who is one of the preeminent authorities of Virginia genealogy. The descendants of John

Preston and Elizabeth Patton are remarkable for the number of outstanding individuals spread over several

generations. There are literally dozens of politicians, military men (including generals on both sides of the Civil

War), preachers, doctors and authors. This is only a sampling of people who caught my attention. I strongly

recommend anyone interested in this family to find The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia.

http://thepeerage.com/p15314.htm

Letitia Preston1

F, #153131, b. July 1728, d. March 1797

Letitia Preston|b. Jul 1728\nd. Mar 1797|p15314.htm#i153131|Colonel John Preston|b. 1699\nd.

1747|p15314.htm#i153132|Elizabeth Patton|b. 25 Dec 1700\nd. 25 Dec 1776|p15314.htm#i153133|Phineas

Preston|b. 1672\nd. b 1709|p15313.htm#i153130|Hon. Mary Stewart|b. c 1677\nd. 4 Oct

1765|p2792.htm#i27914|||||||

Last Edited=10 Feb 2008

Letitia Preston was born in July 1728 at Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland.1,2 She married Robert

Breckenridge, son of Alexander Breckenridge and Jane Preston, on 6 July 1758 at Augusta County, Virginia,

U.S.A.. She died in March 1797 at age 68 at Botetourt County, Virginia, U.S.A..1 She was buried at Cabell’s

Dale, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, U.S.A..1 She was buried in 1884 at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington,

Fayette County, Kentucky, U.S.A..1

She was the daughter of Colonel John Preston and Elizabeth Patton.1 From 6 July 1758, her married name

became Breckenridge.1

Children of Letitia Preston and Robert Breckenridge

Robert Breckinridge1

Hon. John Breckinridge+1 b. 2 Dec 1760, d. 14 Dec 1806

Dell

Highlight

Dell

Highlight

Dell

Highlight

Dell

Highlight

Citations

1. [S1425] Gloria Hursey, “re: Breckinridge Family,” e-mail message to James Baring, 15 August 2005.

Hereinafter cited as “re: Breckinridge Family.”

2. [S2664] Liberty unknown, “re: Preston Family,” e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 5 February 2008.

Hereinafter cited as “re: Preston.”

Colonel John Preston1

M, #153132, b. 1699, d. 1747

Colonel John Preston|b. 1699\nd. 1747|p15314.htm#i153132|Phineas Preston|b. 1672\nd. b

1709|p15313.htm#i153130|Hon. Mary Stewart|b. c 1677\nd. 4 Oct 1765|p2792.htm#i27914|||||||William

Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy||p2792.htm#i27913|Hon. Mary Coote||p25242.htm#i252415|

Last Edited=8 Aug 2008

Colonel John Preston was born in 1699 at Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland.2 He married Elizabeth

Patton circa 1723 at County Donegal, Ireland.2 He died in 1747 at Staunton, Virginia, U.S.A..2

He was the son of Phineas Preston and Hon. Mary Stewart.1,2

Children of Colonel John Preston and Elizabeth Patton

Letitia Preston+1 b. Jul 1728, d. Mar 1797

Colonel William Preston2 b. 25 Dec 1729, d. 29 Jun 1783

Margaret Preston2 b. 1730, d. 1803

Mary Ann Preston2 b. c 1732, d. 1814

Ann Preston2 b. 1739, d. 1813

James Preston2 b. b 18 Oct 1742

Citations





Elizabeth Patton1

F, #153133, b. 25 December 1700, d. 25 December 1776

Last Edited=10 Feb 2008

Elizabeth Patton was born on 25 December 1700 at Ireland.2 She married Colonel John Preston, son of

Phineas Preston and Hon. Mary Stewart, circa 1723 at County Donegal, Ireland.2 She was also reported to have

died on 25 December 1776 at Greenfield, Botetourt County, Virginia, U.S.A..2

From circa 1723, her married name became Preston.2

Children of Elizabeth Patton and Colonel John Preston

Letitia Preston+1 b. Jul 1728, d. Mar 1797

Colonel William Preston2 b. 25 Dec 1729, d. 29 Jun 1783

Margaret Preston2 b. 1730, d. 1803

Mary Ann Preston2 b. c 1732, d. 1814

Ann Preston2 b. 1739, d. 1813

James Preston2 b. b 18 Oct 1742

Citations





Robert Breckinridge1

M, #153134

Robert Breckinridge||p15314.htm#i153134|Robert Breckenridge|b. c 1720\nd. a 16 Aug

1772|p15313.htm#i153121|Letitia Preston|b. Jul 1728\nd. Mar 1797|p15314.htm#i153131|Alexander

Breckenridge|b. 1686\nd. b 23 Sep 1743|p15313.htm#i153122|Jane Preston|b. c 1690\nd. a 12 Nov

1746|p15313.htm#i153123|Colonel John Preston|b. 1699\nd. 1747|p15314.htm#i153132|Elizabeth Patton|b. 25

Dec 1700\nd. 25 Dec 1776|p15314.htm#i153133|


Consanguinity Index=6.25%

Robert Breckinridge is the son of Robert Breckenridge and Letitia Preston.1 He gained the rank of subaltern

officer in the service of the Revolutionary Army.1 He held the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives

[U.S.] in 1792.1

Citations



Mary Hopkins Cabell1

F, #153135, b. 22 February 1769, d. 26 March 1858

Mary Hopkins Cabell|b. 22 Feb 1769\nd. 26 Mar 1858|p15314.htm#i153135|Colonel Joseph Cabell|b. 19 Sep

1732\nd. 1 Mar 1798|p15314.htm#i153136|Mary Hopkins|b. Jan 1735\nd. 12 Jul 1811|p15314.htm#i153138|Dr.

William Cabell||p15314.htm#i153137||||||||||


Mary Hopkins Cabell was born on 22 February 1769 at Buckingham County, Virginia, U.S.A..1 She married

Hon. John Breckinridge, son of Robert Breckenridge and Letitia Preston, on 28 June 1784 at Buckingham

County, Virginia, U.S.A.. She died on 26 March 1858 at age 89 at Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A..1 She was buried

at Cabell’s Dale, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, U.S.A..1 She was buried in 1884 at Lexington Cemetery,

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, U.S.A..1

Mary Hopkins Cabell also went by the nick-name of Polly.1 Mary Hopkins Cabell also went by the nick-name of

‘Grandma Black Cap’.1 She was the daughter of Colonel Joseph Cabell and Mary Hopkins.1 From 1785, her

married name became Breckinridge.1

Child of Mary Hopkins Cabell and Hon. John Breckinridge

Hon. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge+1 b. 24 Jul 1788, d. 1 Sep 1823

Citations



Colonel Joseph Cabell1

M, #153136, b. 19 September 1732, d. 1 March 1798

Colonel Joseph Cabell|b. 19 Sep 1732\nd. 1 Mar 1798|p15314.htm#i153136|Dr. William

Cabell||p15314.htm#i153137||||||||||||||||


Colonel Joseph Cabell was born on 19 September 1732.1 He married Mary Hopkins. He died on 1 March 1798

at age 65.1

He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Revolutionary Army.1 He was the son of Dr. William Cabell.1

Child of Colonel Joseph Cabell and Mary Hopkins

Mary Hopkins Cabell+1 b. 22 Feb 1769, d. 26 Mar 1858

Citations



Dr. William Cabell1

M, #153137


Child of Dr. William Cabell

Colonel Joseph Cabell+1 b. 19 Sep 1732, d. 1 Mar 1798

Citations



Mary Hopkins1

F, #153138, b. January 1735, d. 12 July 1811


Mary Hopkins was born in January 1735.1 She married Colonel Joseph Cabell, son of Dr. William Cabell. She

died on 12 July 1811 at age 76.1

Her married name became Cabell.1

Child of Mary Hopkins and Colonel Joseph Cabell

Mary Hopkins Cabell+1 b. 22 Feb 1769, d. 26 Mar 1858

Citations



Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith1

M, #153139


Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith married Ann Witherspoon, daughter of John Witherspoon.

He was President at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A..1

Child of Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith and Ann Witherspoon

Mary Stanhope Clay Smith+1 b. 30 Aug 1787

Citations



Ann Witherspoon1

F, #153140, b. before 1771

Ann Witherspoon|b. b 1771|p15314.htm#i153140|John Witherspoon||p21347.htm#i213464||||||||||||||||


Ann Witherspoon was born before 1771. She married Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith.

Her married name became Smith.1 She was the daughter of John Witherspoon.1

Child of Ann Witherspoon and Reverend Samuel Stanhope Smith

Mary Stanhope Clay Smith+1 b. 30 Aug 1787

Citations

Breckinridge family

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

The Breckinridge family is a family of politicians and public figures from the United States. The family has

included six members of the United States House of Representatives, two United States Senators, a cabinet

member, two Ambassadors, a Vice President of United States and an unsuccessful Presidential candidate.

Breckinridges have served as college presidents, prominent ministers, soldiers, theologians and in important

positions at state and local levels. The family was most notable in the State of Kentucky. Below is a list of

members.

Alexander Breckenridge (1686–1743), First Breckenridge in New World, emigrated to Philadelphia PA c. 1728.

Married to Jane Preston in 1695 in County Londonderry, Ireland. She was sister of Robert Preston, first

Speaker of Kentucky State House of Representatives .

Robert Breckenridge, Sr. (1720–1773), here termed Colonel Robert Breckenridge, Captain in Virginia militia

during the French and Indian War and officer in the Revolutionary Army.[dubious – discuss] Son of Alexander

Breckenridge I. Married first Sarah Poage. After his first wife’s death Breckenridge married second, his first

cousin Letitia Preston.[1]

Alexander Breckenridge, son of Robert Breckenridge and Sarah Poage, here termed Captain Alexander

Breckenridge. Married wealthy widow Jane Buchanan Floyd whose son John Floyd was Governor of Virginia.

[2]

James Douglas Breckinridge, son of Captain Alexander Breckenridge (d. 1849), member of Kentucky House of

Representatives (1809–11) and the U.S. House of Representatives (1821–23).[3]

Robert Breckenridge (1754–1833), son of Col. Robert Breckenridge and Sarah Poage, Revolutionary War

General. Ratifier of the U.S. Constitution. Kentucky State Representative 1792-1795. Speaker of the Kentucky

House of Representatives. Brother of Captain Alexander Breckenridge; half-brother of John Breckinridge and

James Breckinridge. Robert Breckenridge never married. Nota Bene: During his lifetime Colonel Robert

Breckenridge spelled his surname as shown here, as did his father Alexander Breckenridge I. His sons by

Leticia Preston, (i.e. James and John) began spelling the family name ‘Breckinridge’. [4]

James Breckinridge (1763–1833), Virginia House Delegate 1789-1802 1806-1808 1819-1821 1823-1824,

member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia 1809-1817. Brother of John Breckinridge, Son of

Robert Breckinridge and Letitia Preston.[5]

John Breckinridge (1760–1806), Member of House of Burgesses, U.S. District Attorney of Kentucky 1793-1794,

Attorney General of Kentucky 1793-1797, Kentucky State Representative 1788-1790 1799-1801, delegate to the

Kentucky Constitutional Convention 1799, U.S. Senator from Kentucky 1801-1805, Attorney General of the

United States under Jefferson 1805-1806. Married Mary Hopkins Cabell in 1785. Half-brother of Alexander

and Robert Breckenridge, brother of James Breckinridge, Son of Colonel Robert Breckinridge and Letitia

Preston.[6]

Letitia Breckinridge, Daughter of John Breckinridge. Married first to Alfred William Grayson in 1804.

Graduate of Cambridge University, lawyer, son of Senator William Grayson of Virginia. Died in 1810. Married

second to Peter B. Porter (1773–1844), New York Assemblyman 1802 and 1828, U.S. Representative from New

York 1809-1813 and 1815–1816, New York Secretary of State 1815-1816, U.S. Secretary of War 1828-1829.[7]

General John Breckinridge Grayson (1806–1862) Born at Cabell’s Dale, Fayette County, Kentucky. Son of

Letitia Preston Breckinridge and Alfred William Grayson. Graduated West Point Military Academy, 1826.

Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army at outbreak of Civil War, resigned in 1861, enterest C.S.A. and commissioned

Brigadier General. Died while in command of the coastal defenses of Georgia and Florida, in Tallahassee 1862.

[8]

Colonel Peter A. Porter (1827–1864), New York Assemblyman 1861-62, Colonel of the 129th New York State

Volunteers, killed in action, 1864, Only son of Peter Buell Porter. Married cousin Mary Cabell Breckinridge in

1852.

Peter A. Porter (1853–1925), member of the New York Legislature, U.S. Representative from New York 1907-

1909. Son of Peter Augustus Porter and Mary Cabell Breckinridge, Grandson of Peter Buell Porter.[9]

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge I (1788–1823), Major in War of 1812. Kentucky State Representative 1817-1818,

Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Kentucky Secretary of State 1820-1823. Married Mary Clay

Smith, daughter of Samuel Stanhope Smith, President of Princeton University. Son of John Breckinridge.[10]

John Cabell Breckinridge (1821–1875) Member Kentucky House of Representatives 1849-51. U.S.

Representative from Kentucky 1851-55. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856. Vice

President of the United States 1857-61. Candidate for President of the United States 1860. United States

Senator from Kentucky 1861. Confederate States Secretary of War 1865. Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge I.

[11]

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, II (1844–1906) Major in the C.S.A. Married Sallie Frances Johnson, daughter of

Robert Ward Johnson in 1869. Son of Hon. John Cabell Breckinridge. [12]

John Cabell Breckinridge, II (1870–1941) Prominent New York attorney. Married to Isabella Goodrich (1874–

1961), daughter of B.F. Goodrich. Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge. Grandson of John Cabell Breckinridge.

[13]

Mary Marvin Breckinridge (1905–2002), Photojournalist, cinematographer, and philanthropist. Daughter of

John Cabell Breckinridge, II and Isabella Goodrich. Great-granddaughter or John Cabell Breckinridge and

granddaughter of B.F. Goodrich.

Clifton Rhodes Breckinridge (1846–1932), U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1883-1889 1890-1895, U.S.

Minister to Russia 1894-1897, delegate to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention 1917. Married Katherine

Breckinridge Carson in 1876. Son of Hon. John Cabell Breckinridge.[14]

James Carson Breckinridge (1877–1942) Lieutenant General, U.S.M.C., Married Dorothy Throckmorton

Thompson, 1922. Son of Clifton Rhodes Breckinridge.[15]

Mary Breckinridge (1881–1965), Founder of the Frontier Nursing Service. Married Richard Thompson.

Daughter of Clifton Rhodes Breckinridge, sister of James Carson Breckinridge.

John Witherspoon Owen Breckinridge (1850–1892) Member of California State Assembly 1884-85. Son of

Hon. John Cabell Breckinridge. Married to Louise Tevis, daughter of Lloyd Tevis, First President of Wells Fargo

Bank.[16]

John Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. (1879–1914) Prominent San Francisco businessman. Son of John Witherspoon

Owen Breckinridge. Married Adelaide Murphy, daughter of Samuel Green Murphy, President of the First

National Bank of San Francisco, California.[17]

John Cabell “Bunny” Breckinridge, Jr. (1903–1996) Actor and drag queen. Son of John Cabell Breckinridge, Sr.

[18]

Rev. John Breckinridge, D. D. (1797–1841) Born at Cabell’s Dale, son of John Breckinridge. Presbyterian

Minister. Graduated Princeton College 1818, Princeton Theological Seminary 1821. Chaplain of the U.S. House

of Representatives. Married in 1823 Margaret, daughter of Rev. Samuel Miller D. D.[19]

Mary Cabell Breckinridge (1826–1854) Married cousin Colonel Peter A. Porter in 1852. Daughter of Rev. John

Breckinridge.

Samuel Miller Breckinridge (1828–1891) Member of Missouri legislature 1854-1855. Became Circuit Court

judge in 1859. Elder in the Presbyterian Church and a leading member of its General Assembly. Married

Virginia Harrison Castleman. Son of Rev. John Breckinridge.[20]

Margaret Miller Breckinridge (1851–1919) Married St. Louis, Missouri businessman William Strudwick Long.

Daughter of Samuel Miller Breckinridge.[21]

Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (1881–1958) lawyer and diplomat. Graduated Princeton in 1904. Advisor to

Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. U.S. Ambassador to Italy 1933-36. U.S. delegate to

Dumbarton Oaks Conference. Son of Margaret Miller Breckinridge and William Strudwick Long.[22]

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800–1871), Kentucky State Representative 1825-1828, Kentucky

Superintendent of Public Instruction 1849-1853, candidate for delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional

Convention 1849. Son of John Breckinridge. Married Ann Sophonisba Preston in 1823.[23]

Mary Cabell Breckinridge, (born 1828) Daughter of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge. Married to William

Warfield.

Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851–1921), Presbyterian theologian, principal of Princeton Theological

Seminary. Son of Mary Cabell Breckinridge and William Warfield.[24]

Ethelbert Dudley Warfield (1861–1936) Graduate of Princeton, Oxford, and Columbia Law School. President of

Miami University and Lafayette College, author, Director of Princeton Theological Seminary. Son of Mary

Cabell Breckinridge and William Warfield.[25]

Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. (1834–1915), Confederate States Representative from Kentucky 1862-1865,

Colonel in the Confederate States Army, Kentucky Common Pleas Court Judge 1876. Son of Robert Jefferson

Breckinridge. Married Katharine Morrison in 1856.[26]

Marie Lettice Preston Breckinridge (born 1836), married Rev. William Collins Handy in 1857.

L. Irving Handy (1861–1922), U.S. Representative from Delaware 1897-1899, delegate to the Democratic

National Convention 1904. Son of Marie Lettice Preston Breckinridge and Rev. William Collins Handy.

Nephew of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge.[27]

William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837–1904), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1876,

U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1885-1895. Married Lucretia Hart Clay, granddaughter of Henry Clay. Son

of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge.[28]

Desha Breckinridge (1867–1935), editor and publisher of the Lexington Herald. Married Madeline McDowell

Breckinridge, great-granddaughter of Henry Clay in 1898. Son of W.C.P. Breckinridge. Brother of Sophonisba

Breckinridge.

Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (1886–1948), Lawyer, Activist involved in Women’s rights, Civil Rights,

Labor, and Pacifist movements; namesake of Breckinridge House, a dormitory of the University of Chicago.

Daughter of W.C.P. Breckinridge. Sister of Desha Breckinridge.

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. (1842–1921), General in the U.S. Army. Married Louise Ludlow Dudley,

daughter of Ethelbert Ludlow Dudley, 1868. Son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge.[29]

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Jr. (1872–1898), U.S. Naval officer, drowned. Namesake of USS Breckinridge. Son

of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr.[30]

Ethelbert Ludlow Dudley Breckinridge (1875–1914) Graduated Princeton 1898, Captain in U.S. Army, wounded

in the Philippine-American War. Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. Married Genevieve Pearson Mattingly

(1878–1957).[31]

William Mattingly Breckinridge (1905–1996) Major General, U.S. Army. Chief of the U.S. Army Security

Agency. Married Frances Naylor. Son of Ethelbert Ludlow Dudley Breckinridge.[32]

Scott Dudley Breckinridge, Sr. (1882–1941) Physician in Lexington, Kentucky, author, U.S. Fencing Champion

(Foil), 1906 and 1914. Competed in 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. Married Gertrude Ashby Bayne. Son of

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr.[33]

John Bayne Breckinridge (1913–1979), Colonel in U.S. Army during World War II. Kentucky State

Representative 1956-59, Attorney General of Kentucky 1960-64, 1968–1972, delegate to the Democratic

National Convention 1960, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1973-79. Son of Scott Dudley Breckinridge, Sr.

[34]

Scott Dudley Breckinridge, Jr. (1917–2000) Deputy Inspector General of the C.I.A., author. Married Helen

Virden Babbit. Son of Scott Dudley Breckinridge, Sr.[35]

Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886–1960), Colonel in U.S. Army, United States Assistant Secretary of War,

prominent attorney, U.S Fencing Champion (Épée), 1924. Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. Married Ruth

Bradley Woodman in 1910, member of prominent New England Perkins Family.

Elizabeth Foster Breckinridge (1911–2005), Prominent Washington, D.C. socialite and philanthropist.

Daughter of Henry Skillman Breckinridge. Married to John Stephens Graham, attorney, Assistant U.S.

Secretary of Treasury, Commissioner of U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Commissioner of Internal Revenue,

brother of Katherine G. Howard.

Rev. William Lewis Breckinridge, D. D. (1803–1876) Born at Cabell’s Dale, Fayette County, Kentucky.

Presbyterian minister for 45 years. Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Council. Son of

John Breckinridge. Married Frances Prevost in 1823, Granddaughter of President Samuel Stanhope Smith of

Princeton University.[36]

Francis Preston (1765-1736), Virginia House Delegate 1788-1789 1812-1814, U.S. Representative from Virginia

1793-1797, Virginia State Senator 1816-1820. Cousin of John Brown, John Breckinridge, and James

Breckinridge, Grandson of Robert Preston.[37]

William Campbell Preston (1794–1860), South Carolina State Representative 1828-1834, U.S. Senator from

South Carolina 1833-1842. Son of Francis Preston.[38]

William Ballard Preston (1805–1862), Virginia House Delegate 1830-1832 1844-1845, Virginia State Senator

1840-1844, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1847-1849, U.S. Secretary of War 1849-1850, Delegate to the

Confederate States Congress from Virginia 1861-1862, Confederate States Senator from Virginia 1862. Nephew

of Francis Preston.[39]

William Preston (1816–1887), delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention 1849, Kentucky State

Representative 1850 1868-1869, Kentucky State Senator 1851-1853, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1852-

1855, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1856, U.S. Minister to Spain 1859-1861. Nephew of

Francis Preston.[40]

John Brown (1757–1837), Virginia State Senator 1784-1788, Delegate to the Continental Congress from

Virginia 1787-1788, U.S. Representative from

Virginia 1789-1792, U.S. Senator from Kentucky 1792-1805. Brother of James Brown, Cousin of John

Breckinridge, James Breckinridge, and Francis Preston.[41]

B. Gratz Brown (1826–1885), Missouri State Representative 1852-1858, delegate to the Republican National

Convention 1860, U.S. Senator from Missouri 1863-1867, Governor of Missouri 1871-1873, candidate for Vice

Share this:

Like this:

Be the first to like this.

About Royal Rosamond Press

I am an artist, a writer, and a theologian.

View all posts by Royal Rosamond Press →

President of the United States 1872. Grandson of John Brown.[42]

James Brown (1766–1835), U.S. District Attorney in Kentucky 1791, Kentucky Secretary of State 1792-1798,

Secretary of the Territory of Orleans 1804, U.S. District Attorney in Louisiana 1805-1808, U.S. Senator from

Louisiana 1813-1817 1819-1823, U.S. Minister to France 1823-1829. Brother of John Brown, Cousin of John

Breckinridge, James Breckinridge, and Francis Preston.[43]

Thomas H. Clay (1803–1871), U.S. Minister to Nicaragua 1863, U.S. Minister to Honduras 1863. Father-in-law

of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge.[44]

Henry Donnel Foster (1808–1880), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1843-1847 1871-1873, Pennsylvania

State Representative 1857, candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania 1860. Cousin of John C. Breckinridge.[45]

http://www.spencermarks.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/html/sharon.html

This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.

rosamondpress

About these ads

The Twenty Ten Theme. Blog at WordPress.com.

AT-M Ad

hollis william’s all american familyweech.net/ashley/alexander-breckinridge-and... ·...

Documents