Sergeant Albert J. Breeding, Co. H

ALBERT J. BREEDING, Private promoted to 1st Sgt. after Turman’s Ferry; also listed as Musician in Company H.

ENLISTED: 25 November, 1862, at Peach Orchard, KY.

MILITARY DATA: Wounded at “South Anna” 6 June, '64, “My gun was lying between me and the pommel of the saddle and in charging the horse fell, threw me against the sight of the gun which was raised and it ruptured me in the right side.”; measles October, ’63 at Louisa, cared for at a private home; May and June, ’64, on detached service.

MUSTERED OUT: 15 Sept. 1865, Louisville.

FAMILY DATA: Born 1830 in Va.; Father was John Breeding; Wife: Elizabeth Jane King, daughter of Lewis and Mary Phillips King (sister-in-law of Denny Coleman, Co. H); married 13 March, 1851, in Pike Co., KY; Children - Ellender, William, Nancy, Rosencrans, Jane, Rachel, Priscilla, Sarah and Lewis.

RESIDENCE: Tazewell Co., Va.; Pike Co., KY; 1860 Buchanan Co., Va., Census; by 7 Nov, 1865, in McLeod Co., MN; 1870 Meeker Co., MN (township of New Virginia); 1873 to Monteque Co., TX; 1879 Taylor Co., TX; 1889 Amarillo, Potter Co., TX.

OCCUPATION: Farmer

DEATH: 22 January, 1898, at Amarillo, TX.

Submitted by Julie Lindquist




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