Breckinridge, James 1 2
Birth Name | Breckinridge, James |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 70 years, 2 months, 6 days |
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BRECKINRIDGE, James, (brother of John Breckinridge, great-great-great-uncle of John Bayne Breckinridge, and cousin of John Brown of Virginia and Kentucky, James Brown, and Francis Preston), a Representative from Virginia; born near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Va., March 7, 1763; studied under private tutors; during the Revolutionary War served in Colonel Preston’s rifle regiment under General Greene; attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., and was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1785; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Fincastle; member of the State house of delegates 1789-1802, 1806-1808, 1819-1821 and 1823-1824; took a special interest in the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal; elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1809-March 3, 1817); was an associate of Thomas Jefferson in the establishment of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; served as brigadier general in the War of 1812; resumed the practice of law; died at his country home, “Grove Hill,” Botetourt County, Va., May 13, 1833; interment in the family burial plot on his estate near Fincastle, Va.
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | 7 Mar 1763 | Botetourt, Virginia | ||
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Near Fincastle, Virginia |
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Occupation | from 1809 to 1817 | U. S. Representative | ||
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Death | 13 May 1833 | Botetourt, Virginia, United States of America | ||
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Burial | Botetourt, Virginia | |||
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Breckinridge, Robert Preston | about 1720 | 1772 | |
Mother | Preston, Letitia | 1728 | 1798 | |
Brother | Breckinridge, John | 2 Dec 1760 | 14 Dec 1806 | |
Brother | Breckinridge, William | |||
Breckinridge, James | 7 Mar 1763 | 13 May 1833 | ||
Sister | Breckinridge, Elizabeth | about 1766 | ||
Brother | Breckinridge, Preston | 17 Mar 1770 | 11 Dec 1819 | |
Sister | Breckinridge, Jane | |||
Father | Breckinridge, Robert Preston | about 1720 | 1772 | |
Stepmother | Poage, Mary | 1732 | ||
Half-brother | Breckinridge, Alexander | about 1752 | about 1801 | |
Half-brother | Breckinridge, Robert | 1754 | 1833 |
Families
Family of Breckinridge, James and Selden, Ann |
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Married | Wife | Selden, Ann ( * + 17 Mar 1843 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Breckinridge, Cary | ||
Breckinridge, James | ||
Breckinridge, ? | ||
Breckinridge, Mary M. | ||
Breckinridge, ? | ||
Breckinridge, Robert | 12 May 1802 |
Web Links
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Web Article | Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, James Breckinridge [Click to Go] |