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James Waller Breedlove

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James Waller Breedlove Veteran

Birth
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Death
11 Jan 1867 (aged 76–77)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Parents: Madison Breedlove b 1763 - Virginia d 18 Jun 1810 Albemarle Co, VA
Judy Buckner Breedlove m 11 Feb 1784; b 1758 Virginia

Siblings:
Absolum W. Breedlove
Nancy Breedlove m. Augustine Sanford 8/7/1809 Albermarle Co VA
Jane Breedlove
Polly Breedlove b. Abt. 1780
Aylette B Breedlove b. Abt 1782
Elizabeth Breedlove b. Abt. 1784 m. William Smith 9/21/1802 Albemarle Co VA
Nathan T Breedlove b. Abt. 1788 m. Elizabeth Burch 8/16/1803 Albemarle Co VA, m. 2nd Wife Elenour Mitchel m. 1809
Ann L Breedlove b 1792 Albemarle Co VA d. 7/1/1858 Ouachita, LA

Children:
Ophelia Breedlove b 6/18/1816 Cragfort TN m Pierre A Hardy
Malvina Breedlove b 3/24/1818 New Orleans LA d 12/1/1818 Naches, MI
Urilda Breedlove b 9/20/1819 m Isaac Wightman Smith m 4/12/1840 New Orleans LA
Julian Poydras Breedlove b 1/27/1820 New Orleans LA d 8/12/1848 Naches MI m. Mary L Orr 9/8/1839 New Orleans LA
Calantha Breedlove b 8/27/1822 New Orleans LA d 1/11/1827 New Orleans LA
Napoleon Bonaparte Breedlove b 8/11/1825 Sumner Co TN d. 11/9/1911 m. Emily Walker Wilson 10/1/1857 Choctaw Agency, West Arkansas b. 1836

* Info obtained from Tom King, Breedlove Descendant, research

BREEDLOVE, James Waller, soldier, politician, businessman. Born, Albermarle County, Va., ca. 1790. Served in War of 1812. Later removed to Tennessee where he formed a lifelong friendship with Andrew Jackson. Married (1) Maria Eliza Winchester (1793-1848), daughter of Gen. James Winchester. Seven children, four of whom grew to maturity. Married (2) Elizabeth Gill, in Newport, R. I., July 26, 1850 (she died shortly thereafter). Removed to New Orleans, ca. 1818; invested in several small merchant vessels. Befriended Stephen F. Austin; served as Mexican vice-consul in New Orleans, 1829-1831. Served as collector, Port of New Orleans, 1830s; president of Atchafalaya Bank. Prominent leader of the Democratic party, 1840s. Backed American filibusterers in Cuba, 1850. Unsuccessful candidate for mayor of New Orleans, 1854, on the Independent Reform Ticket. Supported the Confederacy but did not serve in army. Died, New Orleans, January 11, 1867; interred Girod Street Cemetery. R.S.J. Sources: John S. Kendall, "Andrew Jackson's Correspondence with James W. Breedlove," Louisiana Historical Quarterly, VI (1923); Chester Stanley Urban, "New Orleans and the Cuban Question during the Lopez Expeditions of 1848-1851," Louisiana Historical Quarterly, XXIII (1939); Eugene C. Barker, ed., The Austin Papers, II; Ship Registers and Enrollments of New Orleans, Vols. I-III; New Orleans Daily Picayune, August 7, 1850.
Parents: Madison Breedlove b 1763 - Virginia d 18 Jun 1810 Albemarle Co, VA
Judy Buckner Breedlove m 11 Feb 1784; b 1758 Virginia

Siblings:
Absolum W. Breedlove
Nancy Breedlove m. Augustine Sanford 8/7/1809 Albermarle Co VA
Jane Breedlove
Polly Breedlove b. Abt. 1780
Aylette B Breedlove b. Abt 1782
Elizabeth Breedlove b. Abt. 1784 m. William Smith 9/21/1802 Albemarle Co VA
Nathan T Breedlove b. Abt. 1788 m. Elizabeth Burch 8/16/1803 Albemarle Co VA, m. 2nd Wife Elenour Mitchel m. 1809
Ann L Breedlove b 1792 Albemarle Co VA d. 7/1/1858 Ouachita, LA

Children:
Ophelia Breedlove b 6/18/1816 Cragfort TN m Pierre A Hardy
Malvina Breedlove b 3/24/1818 New Orleans LA d 12/1/1818 Naches, MI
Urilda Breedlove b 9/20/1819 m Isaac Wightman Smith m 4/12/1840 New Orleans LA
Julian Poydras Breedlove b 1/27/1820 New Orleans LA d 8/12/1848 Naches MI m. Mary L Orr 9/8/1839 New Orleans LA
Calantha Breedlove b 8/27/1822 New Orleans LA d 1/11/1827 New Orleans LA
Napoleon Bonaparte Breedlove b 8/11/1825 Sumner Co TN d. 11/9/1911 m. Emily Walker Wilson 10/1/1857 Choctaw Agency, West Arkansas b. 1836

* Info obtained from Tom King, Breedlove Descendant, research

BREEDLOVE, James Waller, soldier, politician, businessman. Born, Albermarle County, Va., ca. 1790. Served in War of 1812. Later removed to Tennessee where he formed a lifelong friendship with Andrew Jackson. Married (1) Maria Eliza Winchester (1793-1848), daughter of Gen. James Winchester. Seven children, four of whom grew to maturity. Married (2) Elizabeth Gill, in Newport, R. I., July 26, 1850 (she died shortly thereafter). Removed to New Orleans, ca. 1818; invested in several small merchant vessels. Befriended Stephen F. Austin; served as Mexican vice-consul in New Orleans, 1829-1831. Served as collector, Port of New Orleans, 1830s; president of Atchafalaya Bank. Prominent leader of the Democratic party, 1840s. Backed American filibusterers in Cuba, 1850. Unsuccessful candidate for mayor of New Orleans, 1854, on the Independent Reform Ticket. Supported the Confederacy but did not serve in army. Died, New Orleans, January 11, 1867; interred Girod Street Cemetery. R.S.J. Sources: John S. Kendall, "Andrew Jackson's Correspondence with James W. Breedlove," Louisiana Historical Quarterly, VI (1923); Chester Stanley Urban, "New Orleans and the Cuban Question during the Lopez Expeditions of 1848-1851," Louisiana Historical Quarterly, XXIII (1939); Eugene C. Barker, ed., The Austin Papers, II; Ship Registers and Enrollments of New Orleans, Vols. I-III; New Orleans Daily Picayune, August 7, 1850.


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