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April 28, 2021April 30, 2021 museumgirlknitz

Enslaved people of Airlie Plantation

April 23, 2021 museumgirlknitz

Pieces coming together

April 18, 2021 museumgirlknitz

The Attire of Mourning

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 museumgirlknitz

Pandemic Year in Review

February 14, 2021May 23, 2021 museumgirlknitz

Letter to Fanny from KCB dated November 29th 1894 from St. Petersburg

February 1, 2021 museumgirlknitz

It all started with a dress…

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 museumgirlknitz

Stop… Rewind…

January 12, 2021January 20, 2021 museumgirlknitz

Letter to Rachel from KCB from St. Petersburg dated November 12th 1894

April 7, 2020 museumgirlknitz

Possibilities in every folder, part 2

April 2, 2020 museumgirlknitz

Possiblities in every folder

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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    
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