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Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri

Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  John Breathitt (1786-1834) — of Kentucky. Born in Loudoun County, Va., September 9, 1786. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1811; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1828-32; Governor of Kentucky, 1832-34; died in office 1834. Presbyterian. Died of tuberculosis in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., February 21, 1834 (age 47 years, 165 days). Original interment at Breathitt Cemetery, Near Russellville, Logan County, Ky.; reinterment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of William Breathitt and Elizabeth Dawson (Whitsett) Breathitt; married, March 26, 1812, to Caroline Matilda Whitaker; uncle of Lavinia Sappington (who married Meredith Miles Marmaduke) and Jane Breathitt Sappington (who married Claiborne Fox Jackson); granduncle of John Sappington Marmaduke and James Breathitt; great-granduncle of Erasmus L. Pearson and James Breathitt Jr.; second great-granduncle of Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr.; first cousin once removed of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass.
  Political family: Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Breathitt County, Ky. is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Meredith Miles Marmaduke (1791-1864) — also known as Meredith M. Marmaduke — of Saline County, Mo. Born August 25, 1791. Democrat. Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1840-44; Governor of Missouri, 1844; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 26th District, 1845-46. Died March 26, 1864 (age 72 years, 214 days). Interment at Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site, Near Arrow Rock, Saline County, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Vincent Marmaduke and Sarah (Porter) Marmaduke; married, January 24, 1826, to Lavinia Sappington (sister-in-law of Claiborne Fox Jackson; niece of John Breathitt; grandaunt of Erasmus L. Pearson; second cousin of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass); father of John Sappington Marmaduke.
  Political family: Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Hancock Lee Jackson (1796-1876) — of Randolph County, Mo. Born in Madison County, Ky., May 12, 1796. Delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 11th District, 1845-46; Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1857-61; Governor of Missouri, 1857. Died March 19, 1876 (age 79 years, 312 days). Interment at Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
  Relatives: Son of John Jackson and Mary Forrest (Hancock) Jackson; married, March 8, 1821, to Ursula D. Oldham; second cousin of Claiborne Fox Jackson; second cousin thrice removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Sim Lee, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee and Zachary Taylor; fourth cousin once removed of John Lee and Thomas Leonidas Crittenden.
  Political family: Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806-1862) — of Arrow Rock, Saline County, Mo. Born in Fleming County, Ky., April 4, 1806. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1836, 1842-48; Speaker of the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1844; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 10th District, 1845-46; member of Missouri state senate, 1848-51; Governor of Missouri, 1861. Died in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., December 6, 1862 (age 56 years, 246 days). Interment at Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site, Near Arrow Rock, Saline County, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Dempsey Carroll Jackson and Mary (Pickett) Jackson; brother-in-law of Lavinia Sappington (who married Meredith Miles Marmaduke); married, February 17, 1831, to Jane Breathitt Sappington (niece of John Breathitt; aunt of John Sappington Marmaduke; first cousin once removed of James Breathitt); married, September 12, 1833, to Louisa Catherine Sappington; married, November 27, 1838, to Eliza Whitsett Sappington; step-grandfather of Erasmus L. Pearson; second cousin of Hancock Lee Jackson.
  Political family: Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  John Sappington Marmaduke (1833-1887) — of Missouri. Born in Arrow Rock, Saline County, Mo., March 14, 1833. Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of Missouri, 1885-87; died in office 1887. Died in Jefferson City, Cole County, Mo., December 28, 1887 (age 54 years, 289 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Meredith Miles Marmaduke and Lavinia (Sappington) Marmaduke; nephew of Jane Breathitt Sappington (who married Claiborne Fox Jackson); grandnephew of John Breathitt; first cousin once removed of Erasmus L. Pearson; second cousin of James Breathitt; second cousin once removed of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass and James Breathitt Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr..
  Political family: Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Isaac Breathed Snodgrass (1841-1890) — also known as Isaac B. Snodgrass — of Berkeley County, W.Va. Born in Berkeley County, Va. (now W.Va.), December 24, 1841. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1885. Episcopalian. Died in Berkeley County, W.Va., October 3, 1890 (age 48 years, 283 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen Rawlings Snodgrass and Elizabeth (Breathed) Snodgrass; nephew of John Fryatt Snodgrass; first cousin once removed of John Breathitt, William Thornton Henshaw and John Snodgrass Henshaw; second cousin of Lavinia Sappington (who married Meredith Miles Marmaduke); second cousin once removed of John Sappington Marmaduke, James Breathitt and Edgar Craven Henshaw; second cousin twice removed of Erasmus L. Pearson and James Breathitt Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr..
  Political families: Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri; Henshaw-Snodgrass family of West Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  James Breathitt (1852-1934) — of Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky. Born in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., September 4, 1852. Republican. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1883-84, 1887-88; district judge in Kentucky 3rd District, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1904, 1912; Christian County Probate Judge, 1905-07; Kentucky state attorney general, 1908-12. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., February 1, 1934 (age 81 years, 150 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John William Breathitt and Katherine (Webber) Breathitt; married, December 20, 1889, to Olivia Maggie Thompson; father of James Breathitt Jr.; grandfather of Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr.; grandnephew of John Breathitt; first cousin once removed of Jane Breathitt Sappington (who married Claiborne Fox Jackson); second cousin of John Sappington Marmaduke; second cousin once removed of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass and Erasmus L. Pearson.
  Political family: Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Erasmus L. Pearson (1865-1931) — also known as Ras L. Pearson — of Louisiana, Pike County, Mo. Born in Pike County, Mo., December 27, 1865. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Pike County Democratic Party, 1916-21. Died in Lincoln County, Mo., January 24, 1931 (age 65 years, 28 days). Interment at Bowling Green City Cemetery, Bowling Green, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Erasmus Darwin Pearson and Orpha Matilda (Dysart) Pearson; step-grandson of Claiborne Fox Jackson; grandnephew of Lavinia Sappington (who married Meredith Miles Marmaduke); great-grandnephew of John Breathitt; first cousin once removed of John Sappington Marmaduke; second cousin once removed of James Breathitt; second cousin twice removed of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass; third cousin of James Breathitt Jr.; third cousin once removed of Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr..
  Political family: Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Breathitt Jr. (1890-1934) — of Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky. Born in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., December 14, 1890. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1924, 1928; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1927-31; member of Kentucky state senate 6th District, 1934; died in office 1934. Died in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., October 29, 1934 (age 43 years, 319 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Breathitt and Olivia Maggie (Thompson) Breathitt; uncle of Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr.; great-grandnephew of John Breathitt; second cousin once removed of John Sappington Marmaduke; second cousin twice removed of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass; third cousin of Erasmus L. Pearson.
  Political family: Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr. (1924-2003) — also known as Edward T. Breathitt; Ned Breathitt — of Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky. Born in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., November 26, 1924. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 9th District, 1952-57; Governor of Kentucky, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1964, 1972, 1980; counsel and vice-president, Southern Railway System. Methodist. Member, Jaycees; Kiwanis; Elks; Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Collapsed while making a speech at Lexington Community College, and died a few days later, from heart disease, in the University of Kentucky Hospital, Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., October 14, 2003 (age 78 years, 322 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Thompson Breathitt and Mary Josephine (Wallace) Breathitt; nephew of James Breathitt Jr.; grandson of James Breathitt; second great-grandnephew of John Breathitt; second cousin twice removed of John Sappington Marmaduke; second cousin thrice removed of Isaac Breathed Snodgrass; third cousin once removed of Erasmus L. Pearson.
  Political family: Breathitt-Sappington-Jackson family of Kentucky and Missouri (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

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