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March 28, 2018September 10, 2018 museumgirlknitz

Paris October 15, 1894

March 11, 2018September 10, 2018 museumgirlknitz

The Letters, Part 1

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KCB timeline

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