Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

William married Nancy Ann Driskell on 27 Apr 1837 in Paris, Edgar County, IL. Nancy was born on 3 Apr 1818 in Mercer County, KY; died on 24 Sep 1851 in McDonough County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Lucretia Alexander on 15 Feb 1810 in Gallatin County, KY. Lucretia (daughter of John Alexander) was born on 18 Nov 1790 in KY; died on 23 Feb 1873 in Jackson County, IA; was buried in Sutton Cem, Fulton, Jackson County, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

FATHER: CULPEPER DEEDS, BOOK A, p. 509, 20 June 1753. "Richard Breeding of Brumfield Parish, Culpeper County" . . . (Lists his children).
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RESIDENCES: Pittsylvania Deeds 1774-1778
Page 257. Jan 12, 1776 from William Allford (Alford) of Bedford County, planter, to George Willcox Jr of P, for 40 ?, one certain tract of about 68 acres of land in P, bounded by Staunton River at the mouth of a Cr called Vollinstines Cr, said Willcox' lines. Signed - (Byme William) William Allford. Wit - Richard (+ his mark) Breeding, Henry (H his mark) Mulins, John McQuary, Will Dudley. Recorded Sep 26, 1776. Martha, wife of the said William, relinguished her right of dower to the lands conveyed.
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RESIDENCES: A deed was found on Richard and Frances Breeding in Henry County, Virginia Deed Book 1, 1777-1779, pages 18,19 and 20. On 28 January 1777, Richard sold 130 acres, for fifty pounds, to John Stockton.
Stockton/Breeding Deed, 1777 - Henry Co. VA

DEED BOOK 1, 1777-1779
p. 18
This Indenture made Here on this Twenty Eighth Day of January in the year of our Lord Christ one Thousand & Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven Between Richard Breeding of
Henry County of the one part & John Stockton of said County of the other part--
Witnesseth that the sd Richard Breeding for and in Consideration of the Sum of Fifty pounds Current money of Virginia to him in hand paid at & before the Sealing & Delivery of these presents the receipt is hereby acknowledged hath Given Granted Bargained sold
and Confirmed and by these Presents doth give grant Bargain Sell & Confirm unto the John Stockton his heirs & Assigns forever a Certain Tract or Parcel of land containing one
hundred and Thirty acres lying and being in the County aforesaid on both sides of the north fork of Mayo River and bounded as followeth to it Beginning at a White Oak on the North Side of the River and running thence new lines north fifty Three degrees East Twenty poles to a Read oak north Thirty five degrees west leaving a branch of said River one hundred & four poles to a Sorrel tree South Eighty five degrees west Crossing a Creek a Branch of the said River Sixty six poles to a Read Oak north twenty five Degrees west ninty poles to a Poplar near the River south sixty five Degrees west Crossing the River sixty poles to a
white oak south ten Degrees East one hundred and sixty poles to a Read Oak & two White oaks on the other side of the River then up the River as it meanders To the First
Station. With all the Appurtenances belonging or anyway appertaining To Have and to hold the said land and premises unto the said John Stockton and to his heirs Executors
Administrators and Assigns Forever and the said Richard Breeding doth for himself and his heirs covenant and agree with the said John Stockton his heirs or Assigns From Time to Time and at all Times Hereafter
p. 19
Hereafter peacibly and Quickly to have hold possess and enjoy the said land and premises & the Right and Title of his the Said Richard Breeding without .....................Trouble or Molestation from him the said Richard Breeding his heirs Executors Administrators or any other Person or Persons lawfully claiming on by from or under them or any of them or any other Person whatsoever and the Said Richard Breeding for himself and his heirs the said land and Premises and before Exprest Shall and will warrant and forever defend by these Presents in Witness the Richard Breeding hath hereunto set his hand and Seal the Day and year First above written Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of Abraham Penn
his
John Solomon
Richard R Breeding S S
George Hairston
mark
Henry County SCt
In the Name of the Commonwealth of Virginia To Abraham Penn John Solomon Gent
Greeting whereas ( ) Breeding & Frances his wife by this Certain Indenture of bargain
& Sale bearing date the 28th day of Jany 1777 have bargained & Sold and by these
presents do bargain & sell unto John Stockton of the County of Pittsylvania one hundred
and thirty acres of land be the same more or less as may fully appear by the said Deed and
Frances the wife of the same James being privily examined appart from her said husband
doth Acknowledge the same Freely without the same Together with the said deed should
be Recorded in the County Court of Henry and that the same was done freely & voluntarily
& you the said Justices are Required to transmit this under your hands & Seals Together
with your acknowledgments
p. 20
Acknowledgments to the Clerk of the Said County for due acknowledgment thereof
Witness John Cox Clerk of our said County Court at the Courthouse the 26th day of
January in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Seven & the
First year of the Commonwealth .
John Cox Clk
By virtue of this Dedamus to us presented we the Subscribers did examine Frances the
Wife of the said James Touching her acknowledgment of the Said One hundred & Thirty
acres of Land & she does the same freely with the Threats of persuasions of her said
Husband and is willing the same should be recorded in the County Court of Henry Given
under our hands & Seals the 28th day of Jany 1777
Abraham Penn S
John Solomon S
At a Court held for Henry County on the 17th day of February 1777 This Indenture was
proved the Oaths of the Witnesses/to has to be the Act or Deed of the Above Richard
Breeding Also the Dedimus hereto annexed the privily Examinatin of Frances Wife of the
Said Richard was returned All which proceedings was ordered to be Recorded by the
Court
Test John Cox

"VIRGINIANS IN THE REVOLUTION", by John H. Gwathmay. On page 90-91 it lists Richard Breeden/Breeding of the Illinois Regiment, and was recruited by Capt. Edward Worthington in 1780.
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AND HIS MEN, 1778-1784, by Margery Heberling Harding, published by Kentucky Historical Society:
Pg. 47, "Muster Roll of Capt. Edward Wothington's Company of the Illinois Regiment . . . Richd Breden . . . Private . . . date of Inlistment 18 November 1780 . . . present."
Pg. 52, "Pay Roll of Capt. Edward Wothington's Company of Infantry of the Illinois Regiment . . . Richd Breeding . . . Private . . . Commencing: 18 Nov. 1779 . . . Ending 30 Nov. 1781 . . . Years Time in
Service 2 years, 12 days . . . [Pay] per mouth - Dollars 6 2/3: 48 ?U1 16 Shillings . . . Present."
Pg. 106, "Pay Abstract of Capt. Richard Brashear-s Company of the Illinois Regiment . . . Richard Bredin . . . Private . . . Commencement of Pay: 1 Jan. 1782 . . . Time of Service: 7 Mo., 26 Days
. . . Dollars per mouth 6 2/3 . . . Amount in Dollars 46 2/3 . . . Amount in Virga. Cursy. 14 ?U1 14 shilling"
Pg. 107, "Pay Abstract of Capt. Richard Brashear-s Company of the Illinois Regiment . . . Richard Bredin . . . Private . . . Commencing 1 Jan. 1782 . . . Present".
Pg. 141, "Muster Roll of Capt. Isaac Taylor-s Company of Infantry of the Illinois Regiment . . . Date of Inlistment 18 Nov. 1779 . . . Term of Inlistment: Three years or war".
Pg. 142, "Muster Roll of Capt. Isaac Taylor-s Company of Infantry of the Illinois Regiment . . . Richard Bredin . . . Private . . . Date of Inlistment 18 Nov. 1779 . . . Term of Inlistment: Three years or war".
Pg. 144, "Pay Abstract of Capt. Isaac Taylor-s Company in the Illinois Regiment . . . Richard Bredin . . . Private . . . Commencement: 1 Augt. 1782 . . . Time of Service 1 Mo. . . . Dollars p.mo. 6 2/3 . . . Amt. in Virga. currv.1 4 s g . . . Present". Pg. 154 "Muster Roll of Captain Abraham Chaplin-s Company . . . Richd. Breedin . . . Date of Inlistment 18 Nov. 1779 . . . Term of
Inlistment: 3 yrs. or During the war . . . Remarks: Absent with out leave".
Richard Breeden served in the Revolutionary War according to "MAGAZINE OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY" Vol. 4, Dec. 1938 article entitled "Revolutionary Soldiers of Jefferson County, W. Virginia". On page 39, it ssen, Richard, Pvt. with George Rogers Clark, 1778, lived near Harper's Ferry".
From a book of Muster and Pay Rolls "GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AND HIS MEN MILITARY RECORDS, 1778-1784", by Margery Heberling Harding, page 47, says the following: Muster Roll of Capt. Edward Worthington's Company of the Illinois Reg.., 11 Apr. 17ohov 1781, Richd Breeden, Enlisted 18 Nov. 1780. The enlistment date corresponds with the date of his recruitment mentioned in "VIRGINIAN IN THE REVOLUTION", but on pages 52,141,142 and 154 it states that Richard enlisted in 1779. In fact o n page 52, he received pay, commencing on 18 Nov. 1779 and
ending 30 Nov 1781, for the period of 2 yr. 12 days. His term of enlistment was "3 years or war" (page 141 ). On pages 154 and 155, dated 1 Sept. 1782 to 31 Jan. 1783, one a Pay Roll and the other a
Muster Roll, it lists a Richard Bredin/Breden as absent without leave. Richard Breeden made 6 2/3 dollars or 2 ?U1 4 shillings in Virginia currency per month as a Private (page 144). Although he was entitled to his pay monthly, it was more commo n than not for him to wait for months, and apparently in one instance he waited over two years for pay (page 52). Money and food were scarce at times for many of the American soldiers during the Revolution, and many times resulted in desertions , and sometimes even mutiny. It was probably worse on the frontier, where Richard was stationed. One fort in which he was stationed was in western Kentucky, near were Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky meet, in present day Ballard County, Ky. Su pplies had came as far away as French controlled New Orleans, via the Mississippi River. This fort was abandoned and they relocated to Ft. Nelson. Ft. Nelson was located at or near present day Louisville, Ky., not all that far from where he ev entually settled after the war.
Richard Breeding name appears on two pay roll voucher from the NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Washington DC. One states: "Richard Breeding, soldier (Revolutionary War), Clark's Illinois Regiment., Virginia
State Troops., Pay Roll for soldiers serving in the Illinois Department for their pay up to the last of December, 1781, Amount 50 pounds 16 shilling, Roll not dated. The other states: "Richard Breeding, Clark's Illinois Regiment., Virginia Stat e Troops., Pay Roll of the Illinois Regiment, From Jan. 1, 1782 to Nov. 18 1782, Amount 21 pounds 4 shillings, Roll not dated".

KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY REGISTER, Vol. 53, page 45: Jefferson County, Virginia Minute Book A, page 22 "At a Court for Jefferson County, Virginia on the 5th of March, 1782. Ordered that the County Surveyor lay off, the following persons, 40 0 acres of land each, agreeable to act of Assembly passed, May last ....."(last name on list Richard Breeding). Test: Merth Price, CJCC

GEORGE ROGERS CLARK PAPERS 1781-1784, Virginia Series, Volume IV, Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, Volume XIX: Chapter XI, page 413, Allotment of land in Clark's grant to Soldiers on the Illinois Expedition, February 1, 178 3 - April 3, 1847: page 419 . . . The following claims were taken up & allowed, & disallow'd as they are marked, To wit,: page 421 . . . Richard Bredein, not allowed . . .

TAX LIST: The 1787 CENSUS OF VIRGINIA, JEFFERSON County, 1987, GENEALOGICAL BOOKS IN PRINT, page 1465: 1789, Jefferson Co., Virginia (Kentucky), Breeden, Richd., Two horses.

Biography of Richard G. Breeden - McDonough County, Illinois, History of Hancock, McDonough and Henderson Counties, Illinois, 1894
Portrait and Biographical Recordpages 295 and 296
"came of an old Virginia family, which was founded in America
by Scotch ancestors, who left that land and took up their residence in the
New World prior to the Revolution. There were three brothers who made the
voyage, and all served in the Colonial army during the struggle for
independence. One of the number was killed, and the ancestor of our
subject, at the close of the war, migrated to Kentucky. A love for hunting
and fishing has always been manifest in the Breeden family, and it is
supposed that it indicates a trace of Indian blood."

HISTORY of JACKSON COUNTY, IOWA by Hon. James W. Ellis, Volume 1, Illustrated, Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co, 1910, pages 364 and 365.
Sketch of the Life of B. B. Breeden
At about the beginning of the year 1700, three brothers, Henry, Job and Richard Breeden, came from England and settled in Virginia and married.
Job remained there all his life, living on the old homestead. Henry and Richard, with their families, went west after a time, and settled in Lawrence county, Kentucky. They each took up homesteads. During an encounter with the Indians, Henry an d his two sons were killed, but not until Henry had killed six Indians before he fell.
Richard married Fannie Fairchild, a Virginian woman. To them were born eleven children, seven boys and four girls, the seventh child being Richard Jr., who was born in 1778 in what is now known as Louisville, Kentucky.
The children scattered to various parts of the country. Paul went to Louisiana; James, William and Richard, Jr., to Indiana. Richard settled in Monroe county, Indiana, in about the year 1818. He was married to Miss Lucretia Curl before he left K entucky. To them were born fourteen children, thirteen of whom lived to be grown. We give the names in order of their ages: Fielding, born 1810; Millie, Richard O., William, Polly, Dudley, Blan Ballard, Susan, Lucretia, Jane, Berryman, Calvin, J ames and Amanda. The first six were born in Lawrence county, Kentucky, while Ballard and Susan were born in Monroe county, Indiana. The whole family afterward moved to Putnam county, Indiana, where Jane and Berryman were born, the family afterwa rd going to Edgar county, Illinois, where the rest of the children were born.
In the year 1838 the family moved to Iowa. Millie married in Illinois and moved back to Kentucky, but afterwards returned to Illinois. The family settled in Jackson county, Iowa, and each of the sons took up claims for themselves. Fielding and W illiam were also married in Illinois. The remainder married in Jackson county.
In about the year 1850, Fielding, Calvin, Ballard and William went to California to make their fortunes in digging gold. Berryman joined them in 1852. They were three years returning via Pacific Ocean, Isthmus of Panama, Atlantic Ocean, and Ne w York city, thence overland to Iowa. They failed to realize their expectations of making their fortunes.
Nearly two years after their return, Ballard married Miss Mary Jane Furnish. To them were born three children--Sophronia, DeSoto and Otto. She died on the 12th day of February 1861. On the 5th day of September, he married Miss Mary Ann Campbell . To them were born seven children: Frances J., Dora L., Willaims S., Lillie V., Arizona M., Millie L. and Clarence Bird. Williams S. and Millie L. died in infancy.
Richard Breeden, father of B. B. Breeden, died in September 1872; Lucretia, his mother, died in February, 1874, at the ages of eighty-four and eighty-three years, respectively. Fielding moved to Keokuk county, Iowa, where he died in 1887. Willia ms returned to Illinois and lived in Hancock county where he died in 1896. Berryman never returned from California. He died in the year 1875 or 1876. Owen was killed by a falling tree while hunting, on the 12th day of February, 1868. Millie die d in Illinois in 1865. Polly died in Kansas in 1878. Dudley died in Jackson county, Iowa, in 1842. Susan died in Jackson county in 1845. Lucretia died in infancy in Putnam county, Indiana. Jane now lives in Mariposa county, California. Calvin di ed very suddenly on October 31st, 1899. James lives near Clear Lake, Wisconsin, and Amanda in Jackson county.
Mr. Breeden died on June 7, 1906, being eighty-six years, five months and nineteen days old. His life was long and useful and he was loved and honored by all his family and highly respected by all who knew him.

Richard married Frances Chiles about 1774 in VA. Frances (daughter of Paul Chiles and Anne Rowland) was born about 1754 in VA; died about 1829-1830 in Shelby County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Frances Chiles Breeden’s birth date was estimated, figuring she may have been around 20 when she married Richard Breeden (20 was the average age of women to marry during that time). Since their first known child, William Breeden was born in 1775, they may have been married approximately a year before. Her death date was estimated from the fact that she on the tax list of Shelby County, KY from 1799 to 1829. Francis did not appear in the 1830 tax list, this may indicate she was deceased by that time.

Thanks to Sharon Smith Logan for her detective work on her discovering Frances' true maiden name in her words: "Frances' maiden name is not Fairchild as family tradition states (I was led to believe the same thing). Her maiden name was Chiles . I can prove this through the will of Paul Chiles who left his daughter Frances Chiles 200 acres on Mayo River in his will dated 2 September 1761, Halifax County Virginia. In 1773, Richard Breeding and his wife Frances sold 130 acres to Joh n Stanton in Henry County, VA (Henry was created from Halifax). Also, of note, Paul Chiles parents were Henry Chiles and Ann Rowland".

The Last Will and Testament of Paul Chiles

From: HALIFAX COUNTY, VA - WILLS - A History Of Halifax County,Chapter X Wills

To my son Henry, negroes and land on Bottom Town creek in Halifax county.

To my son, Paul Chiles, negroes and land in Bedford county and in Halifax County.

To my son, Rowland Chiles, land I now live on, and after
my wife's decease, also 110 acres at mouth of Bottom Town creek, also 70 acres on Sycamore creek in Halifax County, and negroes.

To my daughter, Elizabeth Chiles, 728 acres on both sides of Smith's river in Halifax county, also negroes.

To my daughter, Frances Chiles, 200 acres on Mayo's river and 400 acres joining the same not yet cleared, out of the office in Halifax county; also 130 acres on the other fork of the Mayo and 400 acres joining it not yet cleared; one of the offi ces to be cleared with my estate; also negroes.

All personal estate sold at public sale, giving six months credit.
All debts paid from it, and all back lands not mentioned in the will to be
sold and equally divided among the children.

To my loving wife, Anne ( ROWLAND), 60 pounds to be at her disposal.

Anne Chiles, my wife, executrix; John Chiles and Captain John Ward, executors.
"Paul Chiles." X
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County of Pittsylvania VA Deed Book 3, p.312 - LYONS from CHILDS?tab?DEED, 22 Jul 1773

Francis CHILDS of County of Pittsylvania of one part and James LYONS of s . j County of other part ? for ?40 Current money of Virginia ? 200 acres on both sides South fork of Mayo River...Crossing the river and a branch...Crossing a Creek... South Crossing the River.

her
No witnesses?tab?Frances /^CHILDS L.S.

Rec: 22 Jul 1773 mark
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Roll 4, page 920

The following is from microfilmed George Rogers Clark Papers at the Virginia State Library and Archives. A copy of the Microfilm is at the Newberry Library, Chicago, IL

Fort Jefferson, 30th of Septr 1780. Then recd out of the Publick Store, four yards of
flannel for making the within mentioned Coat & Waistcoat

her
Frances X Bredin
mark

Oct 4th 1780 then Recd four yards of flannel in full of the within

her
Frances X Bredin
mark

Roll 4, page 926

F.Breeden 6__ 2 shirts Rcd By 4 Do 6
Do To ?1/2 yds Linen & 4 yds flanl for making Six Shirts

Roll 4, page 927

Fort Jefferson 26th Sept 1780
Recd out of the Publick Store, Nineteen and a half yds of Linen to make into Shirts for the Troops, also five Skeins of thread
her
Frances X Breedin
mark

Roll 4, page 921

Fort Jefferson 15th Sept 1780
I do certify that Mrs. Breadin has made for shirts, One coat & Waistcoat for The troops in my Compy who are Inlisted for three years during the war
Jno Baley Captn
Sir Please to pay for the above mentioned
Work out of the Public Store
Robt George Capt

Comm JC
To Capt John Dodge
Agent


Roll 4, page 1400

Fort Jefferson 26th Octr 1780
Please to pay Frances Bredin, Twenty five Shillings or the Value thereof in Merchandize, at the Current price in hard money for making Two Suits of Soldier Clothes for Capt McCarty's Compy Robt George
To Capt Dodge
Capt
or his Agent

Roll 5, page 17


Fort Jefferson Novr the 25th 1780

Pay Frances Breeden three yards of flannel for making a Suit of Clothes
for a Man of my Compy Jno Baley
To the Agent Robt George Capt
Commandr

Roll 5, page 196
Recd of Israel Dodge 8 yds of white flannel which is in full of my Demand
for Making 4 Coats
her
Frances X Breeden
mark

Roll 5, page 887

Sir
Please to pay Mrs. Breeden in goods out of the Public Store for the making of Seven Shirts for Capt Edward Worthington Company in the Illinois Regt

Roll 5, page 922

Fort Jefferson Feby 1781
Pay Mrs. Breedin for making ten Shirts for my Company
Jno Baley Capt
To J. Dodge Agent Robt George Capt

The following is from: The Personnel of George Rogers Clark's Fort Jefferson and the Civilian Community of Clarksville [Kentucky], 1780-1781, by Kenneth Charles Carstens.

Page ix

Captain John Rogers, Virginia Light Dragoons (VSA-12)
Lt. James Merriwether
Coronet John Thruston
Barnit, Robert
Blankinship, Henry
Bootin, Travis
Bootin, William
Bredin, Francis
Cailer, Casper
Campbell, William
Curtis, Rice
Dohaty, Frederick

Page xiv

Introduction, Part III: A List of Families at Fort Jefferson, 1780-1781
(Based on information taken from the Unpublished George Rogers Clark
papers in the Virginia State library.)

Last Name Wife's Name Husband's Name Reference to family

Breeding Hanah Francis Unknown

Page 19

Bredin, Francis (also Breeding, Breadin) Probably wife of Richard

Issued 2 1/2 yds linen and four yds flannel paid F. Bredin for making six shirts (VSA-48: 88).

06/16/80Issued 1 1/2 yds chintz, one linen handkerchief one horn comb, end one pair scissors paid F. Bredin, for making seven plain shirts (VSA-48: 80).

07/06/80Issued five linen handkerchiefs end one yd ribbon paid F. Bredin for
making ten plain shirts and one pair leggings (VSA-48: 82).

08/18/80Issued one linen handkerchief paid F. Bredin for making two hunting
shirts (VSA-48: 83).

09/15/80Capt. John Bailey certifies that Mrs. Bredin made four shirts, one coat end one waistcoat for Bailey's Company, who are enlisted for three yrs. or during the war USA-13).

09/15/80Robert George requests that John Dodge pay for the above mentioned work,
out of the public store (VSA- 13a).

09/26/80Francis Bredin signs her mark that she received 19 1/2 yds of linen and
six skeins thread to make shirts for troops (VSA-13a).

09/26/80Reverse acknowledges that six shirts were made and should receive I?11/2
yds linen and four yds flannel for making six shirts (VSA-13b).

09/30/80Francis Bredin signs her mark [on reverse of 09/15/807 that she received
four yds of flannel in payment for the coat and waistcoat (VSA-13b).

10/04/80Francis Bredin signs her mark Ion reverse of 09/15/80) that she received
four yds of flannel as full payment (VSA-13b).

10/26/80Paid 25 shillings for making two suits of clothes for Capt. McCarty's
Company (VSA-13).

12/07/80Capt. Abraham Kellar and Robert George sign request of Israel Dodge to pay Mrs. Francis Bredin out of the public store for making four soldier coats for Kellar's Company (VSA-14a).

12/07/80Francis Bredin signs her "mark" that she received of Israel Dodge eight yds white flannel in full of her demands for making the coats (VSA-14b).

HISTORY of JACKSON COUNTY, IOWA by Hon. James W. Ellis, Volume 1, Illustrated, Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co, 1910, pages 364 and 365.
Sketch of the Life of B. B. Breeden
At about the beginning of the year 1700, three brothers, Henry, Job and Richard Breeden, came from England and settled in Virginia and married.
Job remained there all his life, living on the old homestead. Henry and Richard, with their families, went west after a time, and settled in Lawrence county, Kentucky. They each took up homesteads. During an encounter with the Indians, Henry an d his two sons were killed, but not until Henry had killed six Indians before he fell.
Richard married Fannie Fairchild, a Virginian woman. To them were born eleven children, seven boys and four girls, the seventh child being Richard Jr., who was born in 1778 in what is now known as Louisville, Kentucky.
The children scattered to various parts of the country. Paul went to Louisiana; James, William and Richard, Jr., to Indiana. Richard settled in Monroe county, Indiana, in about the year 1818. He was married to Miss Lucretia Curl before he left K entucky. To them were born fourteen children, thirteen of whom lived to be grown. We give the names in order of their ages: Fielding, born 1810; Millie, Richard O., William, Polly, Dudley, Blan Ballard, Susan, Lucretia, Jane, Berryman, Calvin, J ames and Amanda. The first six were born in Lawrence county, Kentucky, while Ballard and Susan were born in Monroe county, Indiana. The whole family afterward moved to Putnam county, Indiana, where Jane and Berryman were born, the family afterwa rd going to Edgar county, Illinois, where the rest of the children were born.
In the year 1838 the family moved to Iowa. Millie married in Illinois and moved back to Kentucky, but afterwards returned to Illinois. The family settled in Jackson county, Iowa, and each of the sons took up claims for themselves. Fielding and W illiam were also married in Illinois. The remainder married in Jackson county.
In about the year 1850, Fielding, Calvin, Ballard and William went to California to make their fortunes in digging gold. Berryman joined them in 1852. They were three years returning via Pacific Ocean, Isthmus of Panama, Atlantic Ocean, and Ne w York city, thence overland to Iowa. They failed to realize their expectations of making their fortunes.
Nearly two years after their return, Ballard married Miss Mary Jane Furnish. To them were born three children--Sophronia, DeSoto and Otto. She died on the 12th day of February 1861. On the 5th day of September, he married Miss Mary Ann Campbell . To them were born seven children: Frances J., Dora L., Willaims S., Lillie V., Arizona M., Millie L. and Clarence Bird. Williams S. and Millie L. died in infancy.
Richard Breeden, father of B. B. Breeden, died in September 1872; Lucretia, his mother, died in February, 1874, at the ages of eighty-four and eighty-three years, respectively. Fielding moved to Keokuk county, Iowa, where he died in 1887. Willia ms returned to Illinois and lived in Hancock county where he died in 1896. Berryman never returned from California. He died in the year 1875 or 1876. Owen was killed by a falling tree while hunting, on the 12th day of February, 1868. Millie die d in Illinois in 1865. Polly died in Kansas in 1878. Dudley died in Jackson county, Iowa, in 1842. Susan died in Jackson county in 1845. Lucretia died in infancy in Putnam county, Indiana. Jane now lives in Mariposa county, California. Calvin di ed very suddenly on October 31st, 1899. James lives near Clear Lake, Wisconsin, and Amanda in Jackson county.
Mr. Breeden died on June 7, 1906, being eighty-six years, five months and nineteen days old. His life was long and useful and he was loved and honored by all his family and highly respected by all who knew him.