Person:Joseph Breckenridge (4)
Joseph Cabell Breckenridge, Esq.
b.14 Jul 1788 Albemarle, Virginia, United States
d.1 Sep 1823 Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 28 Jun 1785
  1. Letitia Preston BreckinridgeAbt 1786 -
  2. Joseph Cabell Breckenridge, Esq.1788 - 1823
  3. Rev. John Breckenridge1797 - 1841
  4. Rev. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, D.D.1800 - 1871
  5. Mary Breckenridge
  6. Rev. William Lewis Breckenridge
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph Cabell Breckenridge, Esq.1788 - 1823
  • W.  Mary Clay Smith1787 - 1864
m. 11 May 1811
  1. Frances Ann Breckinridge1812 -
  2. Caroline Laurens Breckinridge1813 -
  3. Mary Cabell Breckinridge1815 -
  4. Vice President John Cabell Breckenridge, Esq.1821 - 1875
  5. Letitia Porter Breckinridge1822 - 1853
  6. Mary Ann Cabell Breckinridge1824 - 1826
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Facts and Events
Name[4] Joseph Cabell Breckenridge, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 14 Jul 1788 Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Alt Birth[4] 24 Jul 1788 Albemarle, Virginia, United Statesat The Glebe
Marriage 11 May 1811 to Mary Clay Smith
Military? 1812 War of 1812 - Major
Death[1][4] 1 Sep 1823 Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United Statesage 35 - died in an epidemic while in office
Reference Number? Q5015349?
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Breckenridge family, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

    Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823)
    Son of John Breckinridge.
    Married Mary Clay Smith, daughter of Samuel Stanhope Smith, President of Princeton University.

    Major in War of 1812.
    Kentucky State Representative 1817-1818,
    Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
    Kentucky Secretary of State 1820-1823.

  2. ↑ The Political Graveyard.

    Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell (1788-1823) — of Kentucky. Born in Albemarle County, Va., July 14, 1788. Son of John Breckinridge; brother of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (1786-1831) (who married Peter Buell Porter and Alfred William Grayson) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; father of John Cabell Breckinridge; uncle of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandfather of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; granduncle of Henry Skillman Breckinridge. Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823. Presbyterian. Died in an epidemic, September 1, 1823. Burial location unknown.

  3.   Cabell Breckinridge, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

    the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

    Joseph "Cabell" Breckinridge (July 14, 1788 – September 1, 1823) was a lawyer, soldier, slaveholder and politician in the U.S. state of Kentucky. From 1816 to 1819, he represented Fayette County in the Kentucky House of Representatives, and fellow members elected him as their speaker (1817 to 1819). In 1820, Governor John Adair appointed Breckinridge Kentucky Secretary of State, and he served until his death.

    A member of the Breckinridge political family, he was the son of Virginia (then Kentucky) lawyer, Senator, and U.S. Attorney General John Breckinridge (1760–1806) and his wife Mary Hopkins Cabell Breckinridge (1769–1858), of the another distinguished political family. Their son John C. Breckinridge would follow his father's (and grandfather's) path into law and politics and rise to become Vice President of the United States.

    After graduating from Princeton University, Breckinridge intended to follow his late father's example by becoming a lawyer in Lexington, Kentucky, but first enlisted for service in the War of 1812. Soon after the war, he also began his political career by winning election to the Kentucky House of Representatives, where he led an unsuccessful attempt to oust Governor Gabriel Slaughter, who had ascended to the governorship upon George Madison's death. Breckinridge served as Speaker of the Kentucky House from 1817 to 1819. In 1820, he accepted Governor Adair's appointment as Secretary of State and moved to Frankfort, the state capital, to better attend to official duties, but fell ill with a fever in August 1823 and died on September 1, 1823.

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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dorman, John Frederick. The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia: descendants of John and Elizabeth (Patton) Preston through five generatons. (Louisville, Kentucky: Filson Club, c1982).

    80. Joseph Cabell BRECKINRIDGE (John3, Letitia2Preston, John1) was born on July 24, 1788 in "The Glebe", Albemarle Co., VA. He married Mary Clay Smith on May 11, 1811. He died on September 1, 1823 in Frankfort, KY, at age 35. ...

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