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Tag: Saint Petersburg

June 15, 2018September 10, 2018 museumgirlknitz

Letter to Mammy, November 3, 1894, Petersburg

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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