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Tag: history

May 31, 2011 museumgirlknitz

So this is what her parents looked like…

May 27, 2011August 12, 2020 museumgirlknitz

And now I’m going to bore you with history!

September 18, 2010 museumgirlknitz

Chasing The Dress: Katherine Carson Breckinridge

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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