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February 28, 2019March 6, 2019 museumgirlknitz

Letter to Jane from KCB dated November 5th 1894 from St. Petersburg

January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 museumgirlknitz

If all else fails…

December 2, 2018December 2, 2018 museumgirlknitz

Genealogy as history

June 15, 2018September 10, 2018 museumgirlknitz

Letter to Mammy, November 3, 1894, Petersburg

April 19, 2018September 10, 2018 museumgirlknitz

London

April 13, 2018September 10, 2018 museumgirlknitz

The trip over…

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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