Clifton Rodes Breckinridge

Breckinridge, Clifton Rodes 1 2 3a

Birth Name Breckinridge, Clifton Rodes
Gender male
Age at Death 86 years, 11 days

Notes

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BRECKINRIDGE, Clifton Rodes, (son of John Cabell Breckinridge and great-grandson of John Breckinridge), a Representative from Arkansas; born near Lexington, Ky., November 22, 1846; attended the rural schools; served in the Confederate Army and was a midshipman in the Navy; after the Civil War he attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., for three years; settled near Pine Bluff, Ark., in 1870 and engaged in cotton planting and in the commission business for 13 years; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1889); presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1889, until September 5, 1890, when John M. Clayton was declared to have been duly elected, but, owing to the death of Mr. Clayton while the contest was pending, the seat was declared vacant; subsequently elected to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy thus caused; reelected to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses and served from November 4, 1890, to August 14, 1894, when he resigned to accept a consular position; unsuccessful candidate for renomination for Congress in 1894; appointed Minister to Russia by President Cleveland July 20, 1894, and served until December 13, 1897, when he returned to Pine Bluff, Ark.; member of the Dawes Commission, 1900-1905; engaged in banking at Fort Smith, Ark., serving as president of the Arkansas Valley Trust Co.; member of the State constitutional convention in 1917; was a resident of Fort Smith, Ark., until 1925, when he moved to Wendover, Leslie County, Ky., where he died on December 3, 1932; interment in Old Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 22 Nov 1846 Fayette, Kentucky, United States of America    
Note

Near Lexington, Kentucky

Census 1 Jun 1850 Fayette, Kentucky, United States of America John C. Breckinridge Household, 1850 Census 4a
  Page No.: 378 4a
  Sheet No.: 190 4a
  Minor Civil Division: District 1 4a
  County of: Fayette 4a
  State of: Kentucky 4a
  Enumeration Date: 23 September 1850 4a
  Line No.: 20-24 4a
  Family No.: 1133 4a
  Name: Breckinridge, C. R. 4a
  Age: 3 4a
  Sex: M 4a
  Place of birth: Kentucky 4a
Census 1 Jun 1860 Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States of America J. C. Breckinridge Household, 1860 Census 5a
  Page No.: 108 5a
  Sheet No.: 555 5a
  Minor Civil Division: Ward 4, Lexington 5a
  County of: Fayette 5a
  State of: Kentucky 5a
  Enumeration Date: 14 July 1860 5a
  Post Office: Lexington 5a
  Line No.: 20-26 5a
  Family No.: 857 5a
  Name: Breckinridge, Clifton R. 5a
  Age: 13 5a
  Sex: M 5a
  Place of birth: Kentucky 5a
  Attended school within the year: / 5a
Census 1 Jun 1870 Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States of America C. R. Breckenridge, 1870 Census 6a
  Page No.: 91 6a
  Sheet No.: 503 6a
  Minor Civil Division: Lexington township 6a
  County of: Rockbridge 6a
  State of: Virginia 6a
  Enumeration Date: 19 July 1870 6a
  Post Office: Lexington 6a
  Line No.: 28 6a
  Family No.: 483 6a
  Name: Breckenridge, C. R. 6a
  Age: 22 6a
  Sex: M 6a
  Color: W 6a
  Occupation: Attending School 6a
  Place of birth: Kentucky 6a
  Attended school within the year: / 6a
  Male citizen 21 and over: / 6a
Census 1 Jun 1880 Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States of America C.R. Breckinridge Household, 1880 Census 7a
  Page No.: 60 7a
  Supervisor's Dist. No.: 1 7a
  Enumeration Dist. No.: 150 7a
  Minor Civil Division: Pine Bluff 7a
  County of: Jefferson 7a
  State of: Arkansas 7a
  Enumeration Date: 15 June 1880 7a
  Line No.: 28-30 7a
  Family No.: 600 7a
  Name: Breckinridge, C. R. 7a
  Color: W 7a
  Sex: M 7a
  Age: 33 7a
  Married: / 7a
  Occupation: Commission Merchandise 7a
  Place of birth: Kentucky 7a
  Place of birth of father: Kentucky 7a
  Place of birth of mother: Kentucky 7a
Occupation from 1883 to 1895   U. S. Representative  
Census 1 Jun 1900 Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States of America Clifton R. Breckinridge Family, 1900 Census 8a
  State (or Territory) of: Arkansas 8a
  County of: Jefferson 8a
  Supervisor's Dist. No.: 6 8a
  Enumeration Dist. No.: 103 8a
  Sheet No.: 2B 8a
  Division of County: Vaugine township 8a
  City, Town, Village: Pine Bluff 8a
  Ward of city: 3 8a
  Street Address: 702 2nd Avenue West 8a
  Enumeration Date: 2 June 1900 8a
  Name: Breckinridge, Clifton R. 8a
  Relation to head: boarder 8a
  Color: W 8a
  Sex: M 8a
  Age: 50 8a
  Single, married, widowed or divorced: M 8a
  Years of present marriage: 24 8a
  Place of birth: Kentucky 8a
  Place of birth of father: Kentucky 8a
  Place of birth of mother: Kentucky 8a
  Occupation: Member Dawes Company 8a
  Months not employed: 0 8a
  Can read: yes 8a
  Can write: yes 8a
  Can speak English: yes 8a
Census 15 Apr 1910 Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States of America Clifton R. Breckinridge Household, 1910 Census 9a
  State (or Territory) of: Arkansas 9a
  County of: Sebastian 9a
  Supervisor's Dist. No.: 4 9a
  Enumeration Dist. No.: 164 9a
  Sheet No.: 4A 9a
  Division of County: Upper township 9a
  City, Town, Village: Fort Smith 9a
  Ward of city: 6 9a
  Enumeration Date: 16 April 1910 9a
  Name: Breckinridge, Clifton R. 9a
  Relationship to head: head 9a
  Sex: M 9a
  Color: W 9a
  Age: 63 9a
  Single, married, widowed or divorced: M 9a
  Years of present marriage: 34 9a
  Place of birth: Kentucky 9a
  Place of birth of father: Kentucky 9a
  Place of birth of mother: Kentucky 9a
  Able to speak English; if not, language spoken: English 9a
  Occupation: Banker 9a
  Nature of industry: Inst. Company 9a
  Employer, employee or working on own account: Emp 9a
  Able to read: yes 9a
  Able to write: yes 9a
  Home owned or rented: O 9a
  Owned free or mortgaged: F 9a
  Farm or house: H 9a
Census 1 Jan 1920 Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States of America Clifton R. Breckinridge, 1920 Census 10a
  State (or Territory) of: Arkansas 10a
  County of: Carroll 10a
  Supervisor's Dist. No.: 3 10a
  Enumeration Dist. No.: 56 10a
  Page No.: 6B 10a
  Division of County: Cedar township 10a
  City, Town, Village: Eureka Springs 10a
  Ward of city: 2 10a
  Enumeration Date: 12 January 1920 10a
  Street Address: 4 Linwood Street 10a
  Name: Breckinridge, Clifton R. 10a
  Relationship to head: head 10a
  Home owned or rented: R 10a
  Sex: M 10a
  Color: W 10a
  Age: 73 10a
  Single, married, widowed or divorced: M 10a
  Able to read: yes 10a
  Able to write: yes 10a
  Place of birth: Kentucky 10a
  Place of birth of father: Kentucky 10a
  Place of birth of mother: Kentucky 10a
  Able to speak English: yes 10a
  Occupation: none 10a
Census 1 Apr 1930 Leslie, Kentucky, United States of America Frontier Nursing Service Incorporated Headquarters, 1930 Census 11a
  State of: Kentucky 11a
  County of: Leslie 11a
  Division of County: Magisterial District Hyden 11a
  Institution: Administration headquarters of the Frontier Nursing Service Incorporated 11a
  Supervisor's Dist. No.: 66-2 11a
  Enumeration Dist. No.: 13 11a
  Sheet No.: 1B 11a
  Enumeration Date: 5 April 1930 11a
  Street Address: River Road 11a
  Name: Breckinridge, Clifton R. 11a
  Relationship to head: boarder 11a
  Sex: M 11a
  Color: W 11a
  Age: 84 11a
  Marital condition: Wd 11a
  Age at first marriage: 30 11a
  Attended school since Sept. 1, 1929: no 11a
  Able to read and write: yes 11a
  Place of birth: Kentucky 11a
  Place of birth of father: Kentucky 11a
  Place of birth of mother: Kentucky 11a
  Able to speak English: yes 11a
  Occupation: none 11a
  Employed: yes 11a
  Veteran: yes 11a
  What war: Civ 11a
Death 3 Dec 1932 Wendover, Leslie, Kentucky, United States of America    
Burial 5 Dec 1932 The Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States of America    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Breckinridge, John Cabell16 Jan 182117 May 1875
Mother Burch, Mary Cyrene16 Aug 18268 Oct 1907
    Brother     Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell 29 Dec 1844 8 Jan 1906
         Breckinridge, Clifton Rodes 22 Nov 1846 3 Dec 1932
    Sister     Breckinridge, Frances Viley 21 Jun 1848 31 Dec 1924
    Brother     Breckinridge, John Cabell 7 Aug 1849 18 Mar 1850
    Brother     Breckinridge, John Witherspoon Owen 22 Dec 1850 9 May 1892
    Sister     Breckinridge, Mary Desha 31 Mar 1854 13 Mar 1928

Families

Family of Breckinridge, Clifton Rodes and Carson, Katherine Breckinridge
Married Wife Carson, Katherine Breckinridge ( * 20 Feb 1853 + 2 Nov 1921 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 21 Nov 1876 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States of America    
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Breckinridge, John Cabellabout 1877
Breckinridge, James Carson13 Sep 18772 Mar 1942
Breckinridge, Mary Carson17 Feb 188116 May 1965
Breckinridge, Susanna Preston Lees7 Aug 188313 Oct 1972
Breckinridge, Clifton Rodes24 Sep 189529 Oct 1966

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Source References

  1. Ruth Crider: Genealogy Data for Crider/McDowell Families
  2. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  3. Find A Grave
      • Page: Memorial ID 7482071
  4. U.S. 1850 Federal Census
      • Date: 1 Jun 1850
      • Page: Kentucky, District 1, Fayette county, Page 378/190, Lines 20-24
      • 1850 Census, Fayette county, Kentucky
  5. U.S. 1860 Federal Census
      • Date: 1 Jun 1860
      • Page: Kentucky, Ward 4, Lexington, Fayette county, Page 108, Lines 20-26
      • 1860 Census, Lexington, Fayette county, Kentucky
  6. U.S. 1870 Federal Census
      • Date: 1 Jun 1870
      • Page: Virginia, Lexington township, Rockbridge county, Page 91, Line 28
      • 1870 Census, Lexington township, Rockbridge county, Virginia
  7. U.S. 1880 Federal Census
      • Date: 1 Jun 1880
      • Page: Arkansas, Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 150, Page 60, Lines 28-30
      • 1880 Census, Pine Bluff, Jefferson county, Arkansas
  8. U.S. 1900 Federal Census
      • Date: 1 Jun 1900
      • Page: Arkansas, Supervisor's District 6, Enumeration District 103, Ward 3, Sheet 2B, Lines 78-83
      • 1900 Census, Pine Bluff, Jefferson county, Arkansas
  9. U.S. 1910 Federal Census
      • Date: 15 Apr 1910
      • Page: Arkansas, Supervisor's District 4, Enumeration District 164, Ward 6, Sheet 4A, Lines 36-40
      • 1910 Census, Fort Smith, Sebastian county, Arkansas
  10. U.S. 1920 Federal Census
      • Date: 1 Jan 1920
      • Page: Arkansas, Supervisor's District 3, Enumeration District 56, Ward 2, Sheet 6B, Line 89
      • 1920 Census, Eureka Springs, Carroll county, Arkansas
  11. U.S. 1930 Federal Census
      • Date: 1 Apr 1930
      • Page: Kentucky, Enumeration District 66-2, Supervisor's District 13, Sheet 1B, Lines 62-63
      • 1930 Census, Leslie county, Kentucky

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