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Politicians in Cotton in Kentucky

  Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) — also known as J. Cabell Breckinridge — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., December 28, 1844. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; cotton grower; U.S. Surveyor-General for Washington, 1886-89. Died, from malaria, in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., January 8, 1906 (age 61 years, 11 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Cabell Breckinridge and Mary Breckinridge; brother of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; married, December 1, 1869, to Sallie Frances Johnson (daughter of Robert Ward Johnson); father of Laura Cyrene Breckinridge (daughter-in-law of John Conover Ten Eyck); grandson of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); grandnephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson of John Breckinridge; second great-grandson of John Witherspoon; second great-grandnephew of William Preston and William Cabell; first cousin once removed of Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of James Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of William Cabell Jr., Francis Smith Preston, William Henry Cabell and James Patton Preston; second cousin of Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell, George Craighead Cabell and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed of William Campbell Preston, James McDowell, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, John Buchanan Floyd, John Smith Preston, George Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John William Leftwich and Earle Cabell.
  Political families: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932) — also known as Brutus J. Clay — of Richmond, Madison County, Ky. Born in Madison County, Ky., February 20, 1847. Republican. Grocer; cotton planter; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1904; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1905-10. Presbyterian. Died June 2, 1932 (age 85 years, 103 days). Interment at Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Cassius Marcellus Clay and Mary Jane (Warfield) Clay; married, February 20, 1872, to Pattie Amelia Field; married, January 15, 1895, to Lalla R. Fish Marsteller; nephew of Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878); grandson of Green Clay; grandnephew of Matthew Clay (1754-1815); first cousin once removed of Matthew Clay (c.1795-1827); second cousin once removed of Henry Clay (1777-1852) and Porter Clay; third cousin of Thomas Hart Clay and James Brown Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement Comer Clay and Henry Clay (1849-1884); fourth cousin of Clement Claiborne Clay Jr..
  Political families: Clay family of Kentucky; Williams family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
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