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Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia

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  William Cabell (1730-1798) — of Amherst County (part now in Nelson County), Va. Born in Goochland County, Va., March 13, 1730. Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765-75; member of Virginia state senate, 1776; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Amherst County, 1788. Died in Amherst County (part now in Nelson County), Va., March 23, 1798 (age 68 years, 10 days). Interment at Union Hill Cemetery, Near Wingina, Nelson County, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Cabell (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Burks) Cabell; married 1756 to Margaret Meredith Jordan; father of William Cabell Jr.; uncle of William Henry Cabell; grandfather of Paulina Cabell Rives (who married Richard Pollard); granduncle of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Frederick Mortimer Cabell and Edward Carrington Cabell; great-granduncle of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William Lewis Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George Craighead Cabell, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; second great-granduncle of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin Earl Cabell, Carter Henry Harrison II, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; third great-granduncle of Earle Cabell.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Paul Carrington (1733-1818) — of Charlotte County, Va. Born in Charlotte County, Va., March 16, 1733. Lawyer; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1760; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Charlotte County, 1788; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1789-1807; resigned 1807. Died in Halifax County, Va., June 23, 1818 (age 85 years, 99 days). Interment at Mulberry Hill Cemetery, Charlotte Court House, Va.
  Relatives: Son of George Carrington and Ann (Mayo) Carrington; married 1755 to Margaret Read; married 1792 to Pricilla Sims; father of Ann 'Nancy' Carrington (who married William Cabell Jr.); uncle of William Henry Cabell; granduncle of Edward Carrington Cabell; first cousin twice removed of Cameron Erskine Thom; first cousin thrice removed of Erskine Mayo Ross.
  Political family: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Cabell Jr. (1759-1822) — Born March 25, 1759. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1789-97; sheriff. Died November 22, 1822 (age 63 years, 242 days). Interment at Union Hill Cemetery, Near Wingina, Nelson County, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Cabell; married, November 20, 1780, to Ann 'Nancy' Carrington (daughter of Paul Carrington); uncle of Paulina Cabell Rives (who married Richard Pollard); first cousin of William Henry Cabell; first cousin once removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Frederick Mortimer Cabell and Edward Carrington Cabell; first cousin twice removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William Lewis Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George Craighead Cabell, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin Earl Cabell, Carter Henry Harrison II, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin four times removed of Earle Cabell.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Breckinridge (1760-1806) — of Kentucky. Born near Staunton, Augusta County, Va., December 2, 1760. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94; Kentucky state attorney general, 1793-97; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1798-1801; Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05; U.S. Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806. Presbyterian. Slaveowner. Died, from a stomach infection, in near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., December 14, 1806 (age 46 years, 12 days). Original interment at Cabell's Dale Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; reinterment in 1884 at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Breckenridge and Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckenridge; half-brother of Robert Breckinridge; brother of James Breckinridge; married, June 28, 1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell (sister-in-law of William J. Lewis; aunt of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell); father of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (who married Peter Buell Porter and Alfred William Grayson), Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; nephew of William Preston; uncle of James Douglas Breckinridge; grandfather of John Cabell Breckinridge (who married Mary Cyrene Burch), Mary Cabell Breckinridge (who married Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second great-grandfather of John Bayne Breckinridge; cousin *** of John Brown and James Brown; first cousin of Francis Smith Preston and James Patton Preston; first cousin once removed of William Campbell Preston, James McDowell, John Buchanan Floyd, John Smith Preston and George Rogers Clark Floyd.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia; Brown-Breckinridge family of Lexington, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Breckinridge County, Ky. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William J. Lewis (1766-1828) — of Campbell County, Va. Born in Augusta County, Va., July 4, 1766. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates from Campbell County, 1810-11, 1814-17; U.S. Representative from Virginia 15th District, 1817-19. Slaveowner. Died in Campbell County, Va., November 1, 1828 (age 62 years, 120 days). Interment at Mt. Athos, Kelly, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Lynn Lewis and Ann Margaret (Montgomery) Lewis; married to Elizabeth Cabell (sister-in-law of John Breckinridge; aunt of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell).
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Collin Buckner (1768-1836) — of Lynchburg, Va. Born in Caroline County, Va., 1768. Postmaster at Lynchburg, Va., 1815-18. Presbyterian. Died in Lynchburg, Va., February 29, 1836 (age about 67 years). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1816 to Martha Doswell (sister-in-law of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; aunt of William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell).
  Political family: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
William H. Cabell William Henry Cabell (1772-1853) — also known as William H. Cabell — of Virginia. Born in Cumberland County, Va., December 16, 1772. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1796-1805; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1800; Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1804; Governor of Virginia, 1805-08; state court judge in Virginia, 1808-11; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1830-51. Died in Richmond, Va., January 12, 1853 (age 80 years, 27 days). Interment at Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Col. Nicholas Cabell and Hannah (Carrington) Cabell; married 1795 to Elizabeth Cabell; married 1805 to Agnes Sarah Bell Gamble (sister-in-law of William Wirt); father of Edward Carrington Cabell; nephew of William Cabell and Paul Carrington; first cousin of William Cabell Jr.; first cousin once removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Frederick Mortimer Cabell; first cousin twice removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William Lewis Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George Craighead Cabell, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin Earl Cabell, Carter Henry Harrison II, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin four times removed of Earle Cabell; second cousin once removed of Cameron Erskine Thom; second cousin twice removed of Erskine Mayo Ross.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia; Walker-Lowndes family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cabell County, W.Va. is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Huntington Through Seventy-Five Years (1947)
William Wirt William Wirt (1772-1834) — of Virginia. Born near Bladensburg, Prince George's County, Md., November 8, 1772. Lawyer; prosecuting attorney at the treason trial of Aaron Burr, 1807; U.S. Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17; U.S. Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate for President of the United States, 1832. Presbyterian. German and Swiss ancestry. Died in Washington, D.C., February 18, 1834 (age 61 years, 102 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Wirt and Henrietta Wirt; married, May 28, 1795, to Mildred 'Millie' Gilmer (niece of John Walker and Francis Walker; aunt of Thomas Walker Gilmer); married, September 7, 1802, to Elizabeth Washington Gamble (sister-in-law of William Henry Cabell); father of Catherine Gratten Wirt (who married Alexander Randall); grandfather of John Wirt Randall; great-grandfather of Hannah Parker Randall (who married William Bladen Lowndes).
  Political families: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia; Walker-Lowndes family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Wirt County, W.Va. is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Wirt AdamsWilliam Wirt VirginWilliam Wirt WatkinsWilliam Wirt VaughanWilliam W. WarrenWilliam Wirt CulbertsonWilliam Wirt HerodWilliam W. DixonWilliam Wirt HendersonWilliam W. HastingsW. Wirt Courtney
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about William Wirt: Gregory Kurt Glassner, Adopted Son: The Life, Wit & Wisdom of William Wirt, 1772-1834
  Image source: The South in the Building of the Nation (1909)
  Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) — also known as Cabell Breckinridge — of Kentucky. Born in Albemarle County, Va., July 24, 1788. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823. Presbyterian. Died in an epidemic, in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., September 1, 1823 (age 35 years, 39 days). Original interment at Cabell's Dale Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; reinterment in 1884 at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of John Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Brecinridge; brother of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (who married Peter Buell Porter and Alfred William Grayson) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; married to Mary Clay Smith; father of John Cabell Breckinridge (who married Mary Cyrene Burch); uncle of Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandfather of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) and Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; grandnephew of William Preston and William Cabell; granduncle of Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin of James Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed of William Cabell Jr., Francis Smith Preston, William Henry Cabell, James Patton Preston, Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell, George Craighead Cabell and John Breckinridge Castleman; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed of Earle Cabell; second cousin of William Campbell Preston, James McDowell, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, John Buchanan Floyd, John Smith Preston, George Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin once removed of John William Leftwich.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Epitaph: "The Righteous Shall Be In Everlasting Remembrance."
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Richard Pollard (1790-1851) — of Virginia. Born in King and Queen County, Va., 1790. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant; U.S. Consul in Mexico City, 1833-34; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Chile, 1834-42. Died in Washington, D.C., February 19, 1851 (age about 60 years). Interment at Oak Ridge Estate Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Va.
  Relatives: Married 1814 to Paulina Cabell Rives (niece of William Cabell Jr.; granddaughter of William Cabell).
  Political family: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell (1793-1862) — also known as Benjamin W. S. Cabell — of Danville, Va. Born in Buckingham County, Va., May 10, 1793. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1820; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30. Died in Pittsylvania County, Va., March 19, 1862 (age 68 years, 313 days). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, Danville, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Pocahontas Rebecca (Bolling) Cabell and Joseph Cabell; married 1816 to Sarah Epes 'Sallie' Doswell (sister-in-law of Collin Buckner); father of William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell; nephew of Mary Hopkins Cabell (who married John Breckinridge) and Elizabeth Cabell (who married William J. Lewis); grandfather of Benjamin Earl Cabell; grandnephew of William Cabell; great-grandfather of Earle Cabell; great-granduncle of Carter Henry Harrison II; first cousin of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of William Cabell Jr., William Henry Cabell, John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; first cousin twice removed of Joel Walker Flood, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin thrice removed of Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; first cousin four times removed of Harry Flood Byrd; first cousin five times removed of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; second cousin of John Robertson, Frederick Mortimer Cabell and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin once removed of John Randolph of Roanoke and John William Leftwich; second cousin twice removed of Theodorick Bland, Beverley Randolph and Edith Wilson; third cousin of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; third cousin once removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph, John Wayles Eppes, Henry St. George Tucker, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge; third cousin thrice removed of John Gardner Coolidge; fourth cousin of Francis Wayles Eppes and Nathaniel Beverly Tucker; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Jones Hardeman, Bailey Hardeman, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee and Douglass Townshend Bolling.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871) — Born near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., March 8, 1800. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1825-28; ordained minister; president, Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College), 1845-47; Kentucky superintendent of public instruction, 1849-53; candidate for delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., December 22, 1871 (age 71 years, 289 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of John Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Breckinridge; brother of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (who married Peter Buell Porter and Alfred William Grayson) and Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); married, March 11, 1823, to Ann Sophronisba Preston; married, April 1, 1847, to Virginia Hart Shelby; married, November 5, 1868, to Margaret F. White; father of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; uncle of John Cabell Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); grandfather of Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; grandnephew of William Preston and William Cabell; granduncle of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin of James Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed of William Cabell Jr., William Henry Cabell, James Patton Preston, Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell, George Craighead Cabell and John Breckinridge Castleman; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed of Earle Cabell; second cousin of William Campbell Preston, James McDowell, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, John Buchanan Floyd, John Smith Preston, George Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin once removed of John William Leftwich.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Mortimer Cabell (1802-1873) — also known as Frederick M. Cabell — of Nelson County, Va. Born in Buckingham County, Va., December 15, 1802. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1844-47; member of Virginia state senate, 1852-54; delegate to Virginia secession convention from Nelson County, 1861. Died in Nelson County, Va., March 2, 1873 (age 70 years, 77 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Nelson County, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick C. Cabell and Alice (Winston) Cabell; married, March 11, 1846, to Clara Hawes Coleman; grandnephew of William Cabell; first cousin once removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William Lewis Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George Craighead Cabell, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin Earl Cabell, Carter Henry Harrison II, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin thrice removed of Earle Cabell; third cousin of John Jordan Crittenden, Thomas Turpin Crittenden and Robert Crittenden; third cousin once removed of Alexander Parker Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas Theodore Crittenden and Archelaus Marius Woodson; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr..
  Political family: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Carrington Cabell (1816-1896) — also known as Edward C. Cabell — of Jefferson County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Richmond, Va., February 5, 1816. Lawyer; delegate to Florida state constitutional convention from Jefferson County, 1838-39; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1845-46, 1847-53 (at-large 1845-46, 1847-51, 1st District 1851-53); colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Missouri state senate 32nd District, 1879-82. Slaveowner. Died in St. Louis, Mo., February 28, 1896 (age 80 years, 23 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Cabell and Agnes Sarah Bell (Gamble) Cabell; married to Anna Marie Wilcox; grandnephew of William Cabell and Paul Carrington; first cousin once removed of William Cabell Jr. and John Wirt Randall; first cousin twice removed of Hannah Parker Lowndes; second cousin of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Frederick Mortimer Cabell; second cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William Lewis Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George Craighead Cabell, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin Earl Cabell, Carter Henry Harrison II, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin thrice removed of Earle Cabell; third cousin of Cameron Erskine Thom; third cousin once removed of Erskine Mayo Ross.
  Political families: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia; Walker-Lowndes family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) — also known as John C. Breckinridge — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., January 16, 1821. Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1849-51; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856; Vice President of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democratic candidate for President of the United States, 1860; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Confederate Secretary of War, 1865. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Expelled from the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in the Confederate military. Fled to Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until 1869. Slaveowner. Died, from lung disease and liver cirrhosis, in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., May 17, 1875 (age 54 years, 121 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge and Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); married 1840 to Elizabeth Lucas; married, December 12, 1843, to Mary Cyrene Burch (1826-1907) and Mary Cyrene Burch (1826-1907); father of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) and Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; nephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; grandson of John Breckinridge; great-grandson of John Witherspoon; great-grandnephew of William Preston and William Cabell; first cousin of Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William Cabell Jr., Francis Smith Preston, William Henry Cabell and James Patton Preston; second cousin of Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell, George Craighead Cabell and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed of William Campbell Preston, James McDowell, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, John Buchanan Floyd, John Smith Preston, George Rogers Clark Floyd, Edward Carrington Cabell, Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Earle Cabell; third cousin of John William Leftwich.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The city of Breckenridge, Missouri, is named for him.  — The city of Breckenridge, Colorado, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John C. Breckinridge (built 1943 at Savannah, Georgia; scrapped 1960) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — BillionGraves burial record — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about John C. Breckinridge: William C. Davis, An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government — Frank Hopkins Heck, Proud Kentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 — William C. Davis, Breckinridge : Statesman, Soldier, Symbol
  Carter Henry Harrison (1825-1893) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., February 15, 1825. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1875-79; mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1879-87, 1893; died in office 1893; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1880, 1884; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1884. Slaveowner. Shot and killed at his home, by Patrick Eugene Prendergast, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., October 28, 1893 (age 68 years, 255 days). Prendergast, who was defended by famed trial lawyer Clarence Darrow, was tried for murder, convicted, sentenced to death, and hanged. Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Carter Henry Harrison (1796-1825) and Caroline Evaline (Russell) Harrison; married to Sophonisba Grayson Preston (great-grandniece of William Smallwood); father of Carter Henry Harrison II; grandson of William Russell (1758-1825); great-grandson of William Russell (1735-1793); great-grandnephew of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) and William Cabell; second great-grandnephew of Richard Randolph; first cousin of John Breckinridge Castleman; first cousin once removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Jefferson, Carter Bassett Harrison, William Cabell Jr., William Henry Cabell and William Henry Harrison (1773-1841); first cousin thrice removed of Richard Bland, Peyton Randolph (1721-1775), Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780) and William Fitzhugh; second cousin of John Cabell Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William Lewis Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George Craighead Cabell and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, John Scott Harrison (1804-1878), Edward Carrington Cabell, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin Earl Cabell, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed of Theodorick Bland, Edmund Jenings Randolph, George Nicholas, Beverley Randolph, Wilson Cary Nicholas, John Nicholas, John Randolph of Roanoke and Earle Cabell; third cousin of Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph, George Wythe Randolph, John William Leftwich, Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) and John Scott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin once removed of John Marshall, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, James Markham Marshall, Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander Keith Marshall, Edmund Jennings Lee, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828), Henry St. George Tucker, Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857), Stanley Matthews, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Russell Benjamin Harrison and Frederick Madison Roberts; third cousin twice removed of Burwell Bassett, John Gardner Coolidge, Edith Wilson and William Henry Harrison (1896-1990); third cousin thrice removed of Charles Carroll of Carrollton; fourth cousin of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Peter Myndert Dox, Edmund Randolph, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth cousin once removed of John Wayles Eppes, Fitzhugh Lee, Edmund Randolph Cocke, Connally Findlay Trigg, John Augustine Marshall, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Harry Bartow Hawes, William Welby Beverley and James Harlan Cleveland Jr..
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Robert E. Burke
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  William Lewis Cabell (1827-1911) — also known as "Old Tige" — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Danville, Va., January 1, 1827. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1874-76, 1877-79, 1883-85; defeated, 1876; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1884. Member, United Confederate Veterans. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., February 22, 1911 (age 84 years, 52 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell and Sarah Epes (Doswell) Cabell; brother of George Craighead Cabell; father of Benjamin Earl Cabell; nephew of Martha Doswell (who married Collin Buckner); grandfather of Earle Cabell; great-grandnephew of William Cabell; first cousin once removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William Cabell Jr., William Henry Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed of John Robertson, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, Edward Carrington Cabell, Joel Walker Flood, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed of John Randolph of Roanoke, Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick Bland, Beverley Randolph and Harry Flood Byrd; second cousin four times removed of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; third cousin of John William Leftwich; third cousin once removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and Edith Wilson; third cousin twice removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph, John Wayles Eppes and Henry St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Francis Wayles Eppes, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker and Thomas Jefferson Coolidge.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864) — also known as Peter A. Porter — of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Black Rock (now part of Buffalo), Erie County, N.Y., July 17, 1827. Member of New York state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1862; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Episcopalian. Killed by enemy gunshot while leading troops in battle, Cold Harbor, Hanover County, Va., June 3, 1864 (age 36 years, 322 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Buell Porter and Letitia Preston (Breckinridge) Porter; married, March 30, 1852, to Mary Cabell Breckinridge (granddaughter of John Breckinridge); married, November 9, 1859, to Josephine Morris; father of Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); nephew of Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; great-grandnephew of William Preston and William Cabell; first cousin of William Augustus Bird, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter Buell Porter Jr., John Cabell Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William Cabell Jr., Francis Smith Preston, William Henry Cabell and James Patton Preston; second cousin of Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell, George Craighead Cabell and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed of William Campbell Preston, James McDowell, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, John Buchanan Floyd, John Smith Preston, George Rogers Clark Floyd, Edward Carrington Cabell, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr. and Earle Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington; third cousin of John William Leftwich; third cousin once removed of Jabez Huntington, John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington, Samuel Lathrop and Abel Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Huntington, Henry Scudder, Asa H. Otis, Alvred Bayard Nettleton and Francis Watkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Frederick Webster, Lovel Davis Parmelee and Theron Ephron Catlin; fourth cousin of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington, Gaylord Griswold, Benjamin Trumbull, Parmenio Adams, Elisha Phelps, Lancelot Phelps, Theodore Davenport, Abijah Blodget and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel H. Huntington, Jabez Williams Huntington, Abiel Case, Samuel George Andrews, Harrison Blodget, John Hall Brockway, Jairus Case, Lorenzo Burrows, Norman A. Phelps, Anson Levi Holcomb, George Smith Catlin, Waitman Thomas Willey, Lyman Trumbull, William Dean Kellogg, John Smith Phelps, William Gleason Jr., Almon Case, James Phelps, Robert Coit Jr., Samuel Lathrop Bronson, Abial Lathrop, Roger Wolcott and Allen Jacob Holcomb.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. (1833-1915) — also known as Robert J. Breckinridge, Jr. — of Danville, Boyle County, Ky. Born in Baltimore, Md., September 14, 1833. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1868; common pleas court judge in Kentucky, 1876; member of Kentucky state senate 18th District, 1889-90; Kentucky state attorney general, 1900-02. Died, from chronic bronchitis, in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., March 13, 1915 (age 81 years, 180 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Ann Sophonisba (Preston) Breckinridge; brother of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; married 1856 to Kate Morrison; married 1889 to Lilla Morrison; nephew of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), William Campbell Preston and John Smith Preston; uncle of Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; grandson of John Breckinridge and Francis Smith Preston; grandnephew of James Patton Preston; great-grandson of William Preston and William Campbell; great-grandnephew of William Cabell and Patrick Henry; first cousin of John Cabell Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, James McDowell, John Buchanan Floyd, George Rogers Clark Floyd, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin of Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell, George Craighead Cabell and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed of Valentine Wood Southall, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880), Edward Carrington Cabell, Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Earle Cabell; third cousin of John William Leftwich and Stephen Valentine Southall; third cousin once removed of Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945).
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Craighead Cabell (1836-1906) — also known as George C. Cabell — of Danville, Va. Born in Danville, Va., January 25, 1836. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1875-87. Died in Baltimore, Md., June 23, 1906 (age 70 years, 149 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell and Sarah Epes (Doswell) Cabell; brother of William Lewis Cabell; married to Mary Harrison Baird; nephew of Martha Doswell (who married Collin Buckner); uncle of Benjamin Earl Cabell; granduncle of Earle Cabell; great-grandnephew of William Cabell; first cousin once removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William Cabell Jr., William Henry Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed of John Robertson, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, Edward Carrington Cabell, Joel Walker Flood, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed of John Randolph of Roanoke, Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick Bland, Beverley Randolph and Harry Flood Byrd; second cousin four times removed of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; third cousin of John William Leftwich; third cousin once removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and Edith Wilson; third cousin twice removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph, John Wayles Eppes and Henry St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Francis Wayles Eppes, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker and Thomas Jefferson Coolidge.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837-1904) — also known as William C. P. Breckinridge — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Baltimore, Md., August 28, 1837. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876, 1880; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1885-95; defeated (Gold Democratic), 1896. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. In 1894, he was successfully sued for breach of promise by a former mistress; he acknowledged the affair, affair, but the scandal ended his political career. Slaveowner. Died, of apoplexy, in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., November 18, 1904 (age 67 years, 82 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Ann Sophonisba (Preston) Breckinridge; brother of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.; married, March 17, 1859, to Lucretia Hart Clay (daughter of Thomas Hart Clay); married, September 19, 1861, to Issa Desha (granddaughter of Joseph Holmes Desha); married to Louisa Rucks (Scott) Wing; father of Desha Breckinridge; nephew of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), William Campbell Preston and John Smith Preston; uncle of Levin Irving Handy and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; grandson of John Breckinridge and Francis Smith Preston; grandnephew of James Patton Preston; granduncle of John Bayne Breckinridge; great-grandson of William Preston and William Campbell; great-grandnephew of William Cabell and Patrick Henry; first cousin of John Cabell Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, James McDowell, John Buchanan Floyd, George Rogers Clark Floyd, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin of Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell, George Craighead Cabell and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed of Valentine Wood Southall, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880), Edward Carrington Cabell, Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Earle Cabell; third cousin of John William Leftwich and Stephen Valentine Southall; third cousin once removed of Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945).
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Clay family of Kentucky; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Breckinridge Castleman (1841-1918) — also known as John B. Castleman — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., June 30, 1841. Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; led Confederate guerilla forces in operations aimed at Chicago and St. Louis; captured in Indiana, 1864, convicted of spying, and sentenced to death, but his execution was stayed by President Abraham Lincoln; deported to France in 1865; pardoned in 1866 by President Andrew Johnson, and returned to Kentucky; insurance business; Adjutant General of Kentucky, 1883, 1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1888 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1892 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., May 23, 1918 (age 76 years, 327 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; statue (now gone) at Cherokee Triangle, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of David B. Castleman and Virginia (Harrison) Castleman; married to Alice Osmond Barbee; great-grandnephew of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) and William Cabell; second great-grandnephew of Richard Randolph; first cousin of Carter Henry Harrison; first cousin once removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge and Carter Henry Harrison II; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Jefferson, Carter Bassett Harrison, William Cabell Jr., William Henry Cabell and William Henry Harrison (1773-1841); first cousin thrice removed of Richard Bland, Peyton Randolph (1721-1775), Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780) and William Fitzhugh; second cousin of John Cabell Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William Lewis Cabell, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George Craighead Cabell and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, John Scott Harrison (1804-1878), Edward Carrington Cabell, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin Earl Cabell, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed of Theodorick Bland, Edmund Jenings Randolph, George Nicholas, Beverley Randolph, Wilson Cary Nicholas, John Nicholas, John Randolph of Roanoke and Earle Cabell; third cousin of Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph, George Wythe Randolph, John William Leftwich, Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) and John Scott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin once removed of John Marshall, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, James Markham Marshall, Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander Keith Marshall, Edmund Jennings Lee, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828), Henry St. George Tucker, Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857), Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Russell Benjamin Harrison and Frederick Madison Roberts; third cousin twice removed of Burwell Bassett, John Gardner Coolidge, Edith Wilson and William Henry Harrison (1896-1990); fourth cousin of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Peter Myndert Dox, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, Edmund Randolph and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth cousin once removed of John Wayles Eppes, Fitzhugh Lee, Edmund Randolph Cocke, Connally Findlay Trigg, John Augustine Marshall, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Harry Bartow Hawes and William Welby Beverley.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Wirt Randall (1845-1912) — of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., March 6, 1845. Lawyer; banker; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1884-85; member of Maryland state senate, 1888-90, 1896-98. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Roland Park, Baltimore, Md., August 16, 1912 (age 67 years, 163 days). Interment at St. Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Alexander Randall and Catherine Gratten (Wirt) Randall; married, June 12, 1879, to Hannah Parker Parrott; father of Hannah Parker Randall (who married William Bladen Lowndes); grandson of William Wirt; first cousin once removed of Edward Carrington Cabell.
  Political families: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia; Walker-Lowndes family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Earl Cabell (1858-1931) — also known as Ben E. Cabell — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark., November 18, 1858. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1900-04. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., February 8, 1931 (age 72 years, 82 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Harriette (Rector) Cabell and William Lewis Cabell; father of Earle Cabell; nephew of George Craighead Cabell; grandson of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; second great-grandnephew of William Cabell; first cousin twice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin thrice removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, John Breckinridge Castleman and Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of John Robertson, Frederick Mortimer Cabell and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick Bland and Beverley Randolph; third cousin of Joel Walker Flood, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; third cousin once removed of John William Leftwich, Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and Harry Flood Byrd; third cousin thrice removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph, John Wayles Eppes, Henry St. George Tucker and Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; fourth cousin of Edith Wilson; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph.
  Political family: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Earle Cabell (1906-1975) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas County, Tex., October 27, 1906. Democrat. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1961-64; U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1965-73; defeated, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, Elks. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., September 24, 1975 (age 68 years, 332 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Earl Cabell and Sadie (Earle) Cabell; married, February 22, 1932, to Elizabeth Holder; grandson of William Lewis Cabell; grandnephew of George Craighead Cabell; great-grandson of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; third great-grandnephew of William Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin four times removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin twice removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin thrice removed of John Robertson, Frederick Mortimer Cabell and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin four times removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin five times removed of Theodorick Bland and Beverley Randolph; third cousin of Carter Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of Joel Walker Flood, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; third cousin twice removed of John William Leftwich; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; fourth cousin of Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; fourth cousin once removed of Edith Wilson and Harry Flood Byrd.
  Political family: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail

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