Person:Robert Breckinridge (1)
Rev. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, D.D.
b.8 Mar 1800 Cabell's Dale, near Lexington, Kentucky
d.27 Dec 1871 Danville, Boyle, 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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m. 11 Mar 1823
  1. Francis Preston BreckinridgeAbt 1825 - 1825
  2. Louisiana Hart BreckinridgeAbt 1826 - Abt 1827
  3. Mary Cabell Breckinridge1828 -
  4. John BreckinridgeAbt 1830 - Abt 1832
  5. Sarah Campbell Breckinridge1832 - 1865
  6. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge1833 -
  7. Marie Lettice Preston Breckenridge1836 -
  8. William Campbell Preston Breckenridge1837 - 1904
  9. Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge1839 -
  10. Joseph Cabell Breckenridge, Sr.1842 - 1921
  11. Charles Henry Breckinridge1844 - 1867
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, D.D.1800 - 1871
  • W.  Virginia H Hart1809 - Bef 1868
m. 1 Apr 1847
  1. Virginia Hart Breckinridge1847 -
  2. Nathaniel Hart Breckinridge1849 - 1852
  3. John Robert Breckinridge1850 - 1874
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, D.D.1800 - 1871
  • W.  Margaret FaulknerAbt 1805 -
m. 5 Nov 1868
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Facts and Events
Name Rev. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, D.D.
Gender Male
Birth[1] 8 Mar 1800 Cabell's Dale, near Lexington, Kentucky
Marriage 11 Mar 1823 Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United Statesto Ann Sophonisba Preston
Marriage 1 Apr 1847 Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United Statesto Virginia H Hart
Marriage 5 Nov 1868 Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United Statesto Margaret Faulkner
Death? 27 Dec 1871 Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States
Reference Number? Q7346075?


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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (March 8, 1800 – December 27, 1871) was a politician and Presbyterian minister. He was a member of the Breckinridge family of Kentucky, the son of Senator John Breckinridge.

A restless youth, Breckinridge was suspended from Princeton University for fighting, and following his graduation from Union College in 1819, was prone to engage in a lifestyle of partying and revelry. But, he was admitted to the bar in 1824 and elected to the Kentucky General Assembly in 1825. A serious illness and the death of a child in 1829 prompted him to turn to religion, and he became an ordained minister in 1832.

That year Breckinridge accepted the call to pastor the Second Presbyterian Church of Baltimore, Maryland. While at the church, he became involved in a number of theological debates. During the Old School-New School Controversy within the Presbyterian Church in the 1830s, Breckinridge became a hard-line member of the Old School faction, and played an influential role in the ejection of several churches in 1837. He was rewarded for his stances by being elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church's General Assembly in 1841.

After a brief stint as president of Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, Breckinridge returned to Kentucky, where he pastored the First Presbyterian church of Lexington, Kentucky, and was appointed superintendent of public education by Governor William Owsley. The changes he effected in this office brought a tenfold increase in public school attendance and led to him being called the father of the public school system in Kentucky. He left his post as superintendent after six years to become a professor at Danville Theological Seminary in Danville, Kentucky.

As the sectional conflict leading up to the Civil War escalated, Breckinridge was put in the unusual position of being a slaveholder who opposed slavery. The tragic scenario of brother against brother literally played out in Breckinridge's family, his sons fighting on both sides during the war. Following the war, Breckinridge retired to his home in Danville, where he died on December 27, 1871.

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References
  1. ↑ Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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