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Joseph Cabell Breckinridge

Joseph Cabell Breckinridge

Male 1842 - 1920  (78 years)

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  • Name Joseph Cabell Breckinridge  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Birth 14 Jan 1842  Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1860  Boyle, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1880  Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1900  Washington city, Washington, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1910  [6
    Annapolis Ward 1, Anne Arundel, Maryland 
    Death 18 Aug 1920  Washington, District of Columbia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I13429  Bob Juch's Tree
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

    Father Robert Jefferson Breckinridge,   b. 8 Mar 1800, Cabell's Dale, Lexington, Fayette County, KY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1871, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ann Sophonisba Preston,   b. 9 Apr 1803, Smithfield, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1844, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1823  Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louise Ludlow Dudley,   b. 20 Feb 1849, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1911, North Hatley, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 21 Jul 1868  [7, 11
    Children 
     1. Mary Dudley Breckinridge,   b. 20 Jul 1869, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1939 (Age 69 years)  [natural]
     2. Robert J. Breckinridge,   b. 1869, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1871, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [natural]
     3. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge,   b. 6 Mar 1872, Fort Monroe, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1898, Battleship Maine, Havana, Cuba Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)  [natural]
     4. Ethelbert Ludlow Dudley Breckinridge,   b. 17 Jul 1875, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1914, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [natural]
     5. Mabel Warfield Breckinridge,   b. 16 Feb 1877   d. 24 Mar 1877, Fort Foote, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     6. Lucian Scott Breckinridge,   b. 1 Dec 1878, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1941, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [natural]
     7. Lucy Hayes Breckenridge,   b. 7 Jan 1881, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1959 (Age 77 years)  [natural]
     8. Scott Dudley Breckinridge,   b. 23 May 1882, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1941, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [natural]
     9. Henry Dudley Skillman Breckinridge,   b. 25 May 1886, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1960, New York, New York County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [natural]
     10. Margaret Scott Skillman Breckinridge,   b. 1 May 1889, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1970, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [natural]
     11. John Preston Breckinridge,   b. 29 Oct 1890, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     12. Louise Dudley Breckinridge,   b. 1873   d. 1874 (Age 1 year)  [natural]
     13. Charles Henry Preston Breckinridge,   b. 6 Sep 1884   d. 19 Jul 1885, Lexington, Fayette County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F5192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Aug 1920 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume I
      Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson

      BRECKINRIDGE, Joseph Cabell, soldier, was born in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 14, 1842; son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, and grandson of John Breckinridge, statesman. He was graduated from the University of Virginia in 1860, and the following year entered the U.S. army as aide-de-camp, joining Gen. William Nelson at Camp Dick Robinson, Ky., Aug. 30, 1861. He was aide-de-camp to Gen. George H. Thomas during the advance toward east Tennessee, and after serving through the siege of Corinth, Miss., he was made 2d Lieutenant of artillery in April, 1862. He was on duty at Pensacola and at Fort Barrancas, Fla., commanding boat and scouting expeditions and performing local staff duties. On Aug. 1, 1863, he was promoted 1st Lieutenant, and in 1864 he served in the Atlanta campaign, was captured and confined at Macon, Ga., and at Charleston, S.C. For gallant service during this campaign he received the brevet rank of captain. He was exchanged in September, 1864, and in January of the following year served as mustering officer for the eastern district of Kentucky. In March, 1865, he was brevetted major for meritorious services, and in September, 1865, he went with his regiment to California. The following year he was aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. H. W. Halleck, served on recruiting duty, and in 1868 was on leave of absence. From 1870 to 1874 he was adjutant of the artillery school; in June, 1874, was promoted captain, serving from 1875 to 1878 at Fort Foote, Md.; in 1876 at Petersburg, Va., and in 1877 was with his command during the strike and riots at Pittsburgh, Pa. For three years following he was stationed at the Washington arsenal, and was promoted major and assistant inspector-general on Jan. 19, 1881; Heutenant-colonel and inspector-general, Feb. 5, 1885; colonel. Sept. 22, 1885; and brigadier-general, Jan. 30, 1889. He was commissioned major-general of volunteers, May 4, 1898, and in June, 1898, was made inspector-gen-eral on the staff of General Miles. He was discharged from the volunteer service, Nov. 30, 1898.

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