MuseumGirlKnitZ

blogging about yarn & musing on history

1853 - born Airlie Plantation, NE Louisiana
1863 - family moved to Texas; father died
1865 - sent to live with aunt in New York
1876 - married CRB in Memphis, Tennessee
1877 - son James Carson born
1881 - daughter Mary Carson born
1883 - daughter Susanna Preston Lees born
1882 - CRB elected congressman from Arkansas
1891 - became charter member 146 of Daughters of the American Revolution
1894 - CRB appointed minister to Russia; family traveled to Saint Petersburg; CRB & KCB attended wedding of Nicholas & Alexandra
1895 - son Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Jr. born
1896 - CRB & KCB attended coronation of Nicholas & Alexandra; traveled Europe with children
1898 - returned to United States
1900 - CRB appointed to Dawes Commission; CRB & KCB moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas
1914 - returned to Europe with daughter and son
1921 - died

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