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Xew London, Va. He was sevyears in the Kentucky state legislature; was lieutenant-governor in 1828-32; and was the tenth governor of Kentucky in 1832-34. He died Feb. 21, 1834, in Frank9,

1786, in

eral

fort,

Ky.

Breaux, Joseph A., soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1838 in Louisiana. In 1861-65 he served in the confederate army. Since 1890 he has been an associate justice of the state supreme court of Louisiana. Breazeale,

Phanor, lawyer, congressman,

was born Dee. 29, 1858, in Louisiana. In 1892-99 he was district prosecuting attorney; and in 1868 was elected a member of the Louisiana constitutional convention. In 1899-1907 he was a representative from Louisiana to the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth congresses as a democrat. Brack,

Daniel, soldier, lawyer, banker, congressman, was born in 1788 in Boston, Mass. In 1824 he was elected to jurist,

the state legislature; and was re-elected for five years. In 1835-40 he was president of the Branch bank of Kentucky at Richmond. In 1840 he was a presidential elector; and in 1843 was appointed judge of the supreme court of Kentucky. In 1849-51 he was a representative from Kentucky to the thirtyfirst

congress, after which he

in

became

He

dent of the Richmond bank.

presi-

died in 1871

Kentucky.

the burning of Springfield by the Indians. died April 23, 1784, in Springfield, Mass. Breck, Samuel, legislator, congressman, was born July 17, 1771, in Boston, Mass. He was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature for many years. In 182325 he was a. representative from Pennsylvania to the eighteenth congress. He published a historical sketcj;i of continental money in 1843. He died Sept. 1, 1862, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He

Breckenridge,

Henry

M.,

congressman,

was born in Pennsylvania. In 1840-41 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twenty-sixth congress as a whig to fill a vacancy. He died in Tarentum, Pa. Breckenridge, Hugh Henry, lawyer, jurist. In 1799 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. He died June 25, 1816. Breckenridge, James, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born March 7, 1763, in Fincastle, Va. In 1781 he was a soldier in Colonel Preston's rifle regiment under General Greene. He was a prominent leader of the old federal party in the general assembly of the state. In 1809-17 he was a representative from Virginia to the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth congresses. He was one of the originators of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal; and was a founder of the university of Virginia. He died Aug. 9, 1846, in Pincastle, Va.

Brack, James Lloyd, clergyman, founder, was born June 27, 1818, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1851 he went to Minnesota, where he founded at Crow Wing and elsewhere the mission work among the Chippewa Indians which has since assumed importance

Breckenridge, James D., congressman, was born in .Jefferson county, Ky. In 1821-23 he was a representative from Kentucky to the seventeenth congress. He died May,

in the church.

born in Maryland. In 1861 he entered the United States military academy as a cadet; in 1865 graduated from that institution; and was made second lieutenant and subsequently first lieutenant in the fifteenth regiment United States infantry. He served gallantly as a soldier; and participated in numerous battles and skirmished. He died Aug.

In 1858 he established at Faribault, Minn., its schools for both sexes

and

its divinty school. 1876, in Benicia, Cal.

He

died

March

30,

Breck, Samual, soldier, was born Feb. 25, 1834, in Middleborough, Mass. In 1855 he graduated from the United States military academy at West Point;

and was promot-

ed in brevet ant of served grades



the army to second lieutenartillery.

He

through all the and was made

brigadier-general in the United States army in 1865 for diligent, faithful and for meritorious services during the civil war. In 1887 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel and assistant adjutant general; and in 1893 was made colonel and assistant adjutant general. Breck, Robert, clergyman, author, was born July 25, 1713. In 1736-84 he was a clergyman of Springfield. He published funeral sermons and a century sermon on

1849, in Louisville, Ky. Breckinridge, Charles Henry, soldier,

was

27. 1867.

Breckenridge,

John,

lawyer,

legislator,

LTnited States senator, author, was born Dec. 2, 1760, in Augusta county, Va. He

was the author and advocate

of the celebrated Resolutions of 1798-99 in the state legislature of Virginia. He moved to Ken-

tucky; and in 1801-05 he was United States senator. In 1805-07 he was attorney general.

He

died Dec. 14, 1806, in Lexin^on,

Ky. Breckenridge,

John, clergyman, author, 4, 1797, near Lexington, Ky. In 1822-23 he served as chaplain to congress. In 1831-36 he was agent of the presbyterian board of education; and in 1836 became professor of theology in Princeton seminary. He was the author of Roman Catholic Controversy. He died Aug. 4, 1841, in Lexington, Ky.

was born July