Mamie, Many thanks. I'll have to give this a try. Thomas Breedlove ---------- From: Mamie Tate Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 8:32 PM To: Thomas Breedlove; BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BREEDLOVE-L] Nathan T. Breedlove <http://www.edenfield.org/egsmain.htm> Try that first, click on database index. Or <http://www.edenfield.org/dbase/dbase12/aha00008.htm#6> takes you to the page. Mamie -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Breedlove <tbrdlve@capital.net> To: BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com <BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [BREEDLOVE-L] Nathan T. Breedlove >On Nov. 5, 1998, MNBKahn wrote: > >Mary Watkins, dau of Wm Watkins first married Joseph Worsham, a wealthy man who was much her senior, and had one son Joseph Worsham. Joseph, Sr., died in 1758 in Chesterfield, VA. Mary Watkins Worsham married Benjamim Breedlove 2 Feb 1862 in Lunenberg Co., VA. There are quite a few records of Benjamin Breedlove as Joseph Worsham's guardian. On 7 Feb 1774 Joseph chose John Watkins, one of Mary's brothers, to be his guardian. > >Martha, can you provide details on the marriage of Joseph Worsham and Mary Watkins (i.e.where and when)? Where can any records be found? I've heard of this marriage, but haven't been able to find any documentation. > >Thanks. > >Thomas Breedlove > >______________________________

Don, Many thanks. Thomas Breedlove ---------- From: DAdams7325@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 2:54 PM To: tbrdlve@capital.net Subject: Re: [BREEDLOVE-L] Land Patent Reports from BLM http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/

Hi Georgia, I was interested in your Scott family which was posted in the Breedlove page. I have Nancy Scott (b. 1769) md. John Thornton ca. 1794; they had 10 children. Does this tie in with your Scott family in any way? I notice some of the children had Thornton in their names, and thought we might connect. We "think" Nancy's father was Walter Scott (b. ca. 1745 Eng.) and lived and traded with the Cherokee's. Can you help? Thanks, Dorothy dottur@ptsi.net

Has there ever been a biography written of James Willoughby Breedlove and his wife Mary Beatty "Rover" (Eiffort)? I am especially interested in their ancestry, where their people came from, how they got to Ok. etc. Thanks for any information you can share. Dorothy dottur@ptsi.net

<http://www.edenfield.org/egsmain.htm> Try that first, click on database index. Or <http://www.edenfield.org/dbase/dbase12/aha00008.htm#6> takes you to the page. Mamie -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Breedlove <tbrdlve@capital.net> To: BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com <BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [BREEDLOVE-L] Nathan T. Breedlove >On Nov. 5, 1998, MNBKahn wrote: > >Mary Watkins, dau of Wm Watkins first married Joseph Worsham, a wealthy man who was much her senior, and had one son Joseph Worsham. Joseph, Sr., died in 1758 in Chesterfield, VA. Mary Watkins Worsham married Benjamim Breedlove 2 Feb 1862 in Lunenberg Co., VA. There are quite a few records of Benjamin Breedlove as Joseph Worsham's guardian. On 7 Feb 1774 Joseph chose John Watkins, one of Mary's brothers, to be his guardian. > >Martha, can you provide details on the marriage of Joseph Worsham and Mary Watkins (i.e.where and when)? Where can any records be found? I've heard of this marriage, but haven't been able to find any documentation. > >Thanks. > >Thomas Breedlove > >______________________________

Daniel Michael Breedlove b 14 Mar 1868, Talladega Co AL m 14 Nov 1889, Sylacauga, AL d 2 Apr 1935, buried Hill Cemetery, parents: William Jackson Breedlove and Laura E. Funderburg wife Willie christianna Ham b 2 June 1870 Talladega co AL d 5 July 1938, Talladega Co AL parents - George Shepherd Ham and Nancy Mohler Henderson Children: 1-Harvey Malone - b 22 Oct 1890 b Talladega Co AL m 11 June 1913, Ella Carlow 2-Horace Franklin b 17 Jan 1893 b AL, m 10 Feb 1924, margaret McDonald d 12 Apr 1966 3-William Shepherd-b 6 Aug 1895, Clayborn Co AL m Lizzie Saxton 4-Samuel Henderson b 7 Nov 1898 (all these ch b Sylacauga, AL) m 28 July 1930 Mattie Bee Combs 5-Nannie Laura b 9 Dec 1900, m 8 Sept 1925, Henry Wm. Croteau or y-? 6-Johnie Clyde, b 10 Dec 1905, m 31 Jan 1953, Valzzie Ledbetter 7-Ella Grace, b 10 Oct 1908 m William Dillard M. 8-Mary Katharine b 6 Feb 1911 m 26 Oct 1929, James Henry Ozley (divorced) 2nd m 25 Dec 1934 thomas anthony Greene 9-Jessie Daniel b 4 Dec 1904, d 16 Jan 1905 Finis Ellen

William jackson Breedlove b 15 Oct 1828, Tlladega Co AL m 13 Jan 1849, d 1 May 1902, buried Baptist Cemetery, parents: Wilkins Jackson Breedlove and Mary B. Taylor husbands other wives: Mrs. Eliz Jinks, 23 Aug 1877, no issue wife: Laura E. Funderburg b 13 Jan 1833, Talladega Co AL d prior to 1877, New Orleans, LA parents: John Michael Funderburg Sarah Pace children: 1-Elbert Wilkins - b 15 Oct 1849 Sylacauga?, Talladega, AL m 14 Jan 1875, Sarah Eugenia King, d 8 Jan 1930 2-Emma- b ca 1855 m William Powell 3-henrietta b ca 1851, m 8 June 1869 Daniel Harville 4-Eva b ca 1851, m Daniel Whitfield 5-Laura Ella b 26 May 1857, m 28 Dec 1876, William Pope Wesson d 6 Jan 1931 6-Willie (female) m 28 Dec 1876 (same date as her sister's marriage) Williamson Jenks 7-Daniel Michael b 14 Mar 1868 m 134 Nov 1889 Willie or Millie Christianna Ham d 2 Apr 1935 8-John Shelley b 14 June 1864 m 3 June 1889 Fannie Matson, d 13 Jan 1930 9-William Walter m 4 July 1890, Elizabeth Arnold-believe that is correct spelling 10-Ida m Robert Taylor Ellen 10-

Wilkins jackson Breedlove b 12 Dec 1806, GA m 3 Sept 1826 d 10 Nov 1829, Montgomery Co AL parents: John Watkins Breedlove and Nancy Parker wife: Mary B.Taylor, b 14 Nov 1807, Jones co Ga d 30 May 1884, Talladega Co AL buried Baptist Cemetery, Talladega Co AL parents: John B. Taylor Sr mother Amelia-? Mary's 2nd husband: Daniel McMillan Only ch of Wilkins Jackson Breedlove william Jackson Breedlove b 15 Oct 1818 b Talladega Co AL, m 13 Jan 1849 Laura E. Funderburg, d 1 May 1902 Ellen

John Watkins Breedlove, b 12 Apr 1766, birthdate not proven, Charlotte co Va m 5 April 1789, Hancock Co GA d 20 or 30 Aug 1833, Montgomery Co Alabama parents: Benjamin Breedlove Sr & Mary Watkins wife: Nancy Parker, christened June 1801, Island Creek Baptist Church, hancock co Ga d 25 Apr 1836, Montgomery Co AL parents: Lewis Parker & Sarah- (last name possibly Hatley) ch: 1-Wilkins Jackson Breedlove, b 12 Dec 1806 Ga, m 3 Sept 1826, Mary B. taylor, d 10 Nov 189 2-Joseph Marion Breedlove 3-Martha Breedlove, m 19 Jan 1832, Wilson C. Eubanks 4-Frances L. Breedlove m 23 May 1827, Samuel J. Bledsoe 5-Elizabeth-b 7 Nov 1830 m Peachy bledsoe, died proior to 1839 6-Sarah Hatley Breedlove b 2 May 1802, m 3 Ar 1821, William Bledsoe, d 1 Apr 1838 7-thomas Watkins Breedlove b ca 800, m 1820, Rebecca Mosley, d after 1834 8-Benjamin, estte settled 1846 9-Lewis Parker Breedlove b ca 1805, m 1837, Martha Seagrest (hard to read that writing), d 1854 10-Mary Breedlove m james taylor Some of this info was from a bible owned by a nephew, son of Benjamin Jr and Lettice Edwards Ellen

Benjamine Breedlove b ca 1739-41, VA married 1759, Charlotte Co Va died 1793, Greene County, GA father-maybe Ames Breedlove-mother Lucrecy? wife: Mary Watkins b ca 1741, VA d 1787, GA father: William Watkins Mother: Martha Heerndon Ch: 1-John Watkins Breedlove, not proven, b 12 Apr 1766 b Charlotte Co Va, m 5 Apr 1789, Nancy Parker, d Aug 1833 2-Frances Breedlove b 1765/6, Jones Co Ga. m 1785, John Lamar, d 4 Oct 1841 3-Benjamin Jr. b ca 1762, VA, m Lettice Edwards d 4 Nov 1804, SC 4-thomas (N?) b ca 1771, Va. m Lydia 5-Nathan Breedlove b ca 1773, Va. d 18 July 1829, Georgia Ellen

On Nov. 5, 1998, MNBKahn wrote: Mary Watkins, dau of Wm Watkins first married Joseph Worsham, a wealthy man who was much her senior, and had one son Joseph Worsham. Joseph, Sr., died in 1758 in Chesterfield, VA. Mary Watkins Worsham married Benjamim Breedlove 2 Feb 1862 in Lunenberg Co., VA. There are quite a few records of Benjamin Breedlove as Joseph Worsham's guardian. On 7 Feb 1774 Joseph chose John Watkins, one of Mary's brothers, to be his guardian. Martha, can you provide details on the marriage of Joseph Worsham and Mary Watkins (i.e.where and when)? Where can any records be found? I've heard of this marriage, but haven't been able to find any documentation. Thanks. Thomas Breedlove

On Monday, November 30, 1998, CAROLE L COLQUEHOUN wrote (in part): This has been tedious because the BLM records don't like me sitting in them for hours at a time. (My computer is slow.) So, every once in a while, everything freezes or the error screen starts coming up. Can you provide the URL for this web site? It might help me with a problem in Louisiana, or it could be of value to someone else. Thanks. Thomas Breedlove

Hi, Help. Too much data. Looking in the BLM Land Patent Reports for Missouri, I found a whole lot of Breedloves. Signature Date: Given Name: 26 Aug 1905 Allen 9 Feb 1901 Anderson S. 6 Apr 1898 Andrew J. 1 Nov 1859 Clay 22 Jan 1895 Clayton H. 1 Jun 1859 Columbus 10 Mar 1856 " 30 Oct 1857 " 15 May 1857 " 1 Apr 1856 Edward N. 1 Apr 1856 " 1 Sep 1856 " 3 Jan 1856 Elizabeth 1 Jul 1852 James 15 Apr 1853 " 1 Jul 1874 " 25 Apr 1898 " 9 Apr 1892 " 15 Dec 1890 John M. 30 Jan 1890 John W. 13 Feb 1899 John W. 1 Sep 1858 John 1 Sep 1858 " 1 Sep 1858 " 1 Jun 1859 " 3 Apr 1848 " 9 Apr 1892 Mark C. 10 Jan 1840 Martin 1 Jan 1849 Simpson 1 Jul 1861 Spencer 30 Jun 1879 " 17 Dec 1901 Thomas d. 5 Apr 1883 Warren J. 30 Oct 1857 William A. 15 Dec 1857 William M. 10 Oct 1856 " " 15 Apr 1853 William 10 Mar 1856 " 1 Jun 1859 " 1 Jun 1859 " I found Warren J[ackson] Breedlove in Range 17-W, Township 34-N, Sect. 1. He was in the same Township and Range as all the Lowry, Mullican(e), Mizer, and Bowles relatives. They were in Sections 1, 2, and 3. I plotted them out and found out that they were all neighbors (we knew that by the census records, but looking at the plot brought it all home). I also got the neighbors' names, for future reference. I have the Doc. Nr., Acc. No., Aliquot Parts, Sect., Township, and Range for all of the Breedloves. The question is, what do I do with all of this information, and who do I give it to when I don't know for sure who some of these people are. Some of them are easy. But, for instance, how do we figure out who that Elizabeth Breedlove is? She is, probably, the wife of one of the Breedloves, not the child. Could she be Elizabeth, who died in Kentucky? Martin's property, confusingly enough, was not in Laclede county where one would expect to find it, by the way. This has been tedious because the BLM records don't like me sitting in them for hours at a time. (My computer is slow.) So, every once in a while, everything freezes or the error screen starts coming up. But, I have been sick with a bad virus since I returned from my trip, so I haven't felt like doing much but sitting, and this just takes sitting. :-) As with any research, deciphering it and putting it where it belongs is going to take 10 times the time it took to get it. Any thoughts on all of this? Carole

The suggestion that the Spanish and Portugese immigrated through SC is interesting and suggests that we might all benefit from a history lesson. I am tracing Chisholms through Charleston, SC 1750-1803 during which time this is primarily a British port. I am aware that this is a very significant British Colony and port in the 1700's having British governors, and was the southernmost British strength at the time of the Revolutionary War. Specifically, the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780 was a turning point that required the British to reinforce this southern exposure. I too would appreciate knowing how much non-British immigration through Charleston, SC was the norm. Or, was this non-English immigration typically through other and more southern ports? Bill Breedlove Las Cruces, NM

I made a mistake in my earlier message concerning the parents of Nancy Greening Duval Breedlove. There's no way she could be the dau of James Greening and Sarah Crosswait who married 17 Nov 1786. She is more than likely dau of James Greening's father Robert Greening and his wife Betsy, though it is possible that James born 22 Mar 1752 was married earlier to someone else and had Nancy. Tom

Hi Tom, Thanks to your help I looked till I found my husbands Breedlove line at: <http://members.aol.com/briangord/breed.htm> Indebted to you, Mamie & Ron Tate

Thank you so much for your quick reply. >I think you were meaning that you were not sure of the parents of Jasper, not his son Jurdon. Yes, you're right. I did mean to say that there was question regarding Jasper's parents. I have information that the first census report found for Jasper (1860 census, Morgan Co., AL) shows him at about 2 years old and he is listed as "Jasper P. Snider". Do you have any information to support this? If so, was there any record of an adoption by Elisha? There is an old handwritten note in the family that is supposed to be written by "Jerd" Breedlove as dictated to him by his father, Jasper, since Jasper could not read or write. In this note, Jasper stated that he did not know who his parents were, only that his father was called "Jake". This leads me to suspect that his father might have been the Jacob Breedlove recorded at the same time as Elisha (on the 1860 census). I have not been able to locate further information on the Jacob/Barbra Breedlove family after 1860 census. I have not had a chance to follow up on the Portugese theory, but your suggestion regarding Suzanne Lary as being the source of this tale is plausable. I have just discovered today that there is a FHC within a few minutes drive of me. Once I am able to contact someone at the center, I plan to do further research and will let you know if I find anything. Cindy Breedlove Dicken tomking <tomking@freewwweb.com> on 11/30/98 02:50:41 PM Please respond to tomking@freewwweb.com To: Cynthia Dicken/AMS/AMSINC cc: Subject: Re: [BREEDLOVE-L] Re: Mormon Breedloves Cynthia_Dicken@mail.amsinc.com wrote: > I don't normally reply to the list, but in this case, I feel I should make an exception considering that the "Mormon Breedloves" referred to are my line and the Charles Breedlove that related the information regarding the early religious beliefs of my line is my father. I'm not so sure about the "out of wedlock" part, Mr. King's explanation of dates makes sense, but my grandfather, Charles Ernest Breedlove, had always said that our early ancestors were of the Mormon faith and that they only "converted" in the late 1800's and early 1900's, usually taking the faith of the spouse. That later conversion to the spouses religion is a strong part of the Mormon religion. I am not one, but have studied a lot of their ways as I use their Family History Centers for research. The earliest Mormons were persecuted and driven clear across the country to Utah so many of the early records of their marriages were destroyed and many of their followers lynched and murdered. After they reached Utah, they began practising polygamy to increase the size of their following. This may explain why Elisha seems to have different and younger wives. > > Also, so as not to confuse him with the LA Jordon Breedlove, my > greatgrandfather's name was spelled JURDON. He was Jurdon "Jerd" Pinkerton Breedlove b. 12 May 1881, d. 8 Feb 1959 (bur. @ Glen Alice Cemetery in Rockwood, TN), mar. 5 Apr 1903 to Clara "Clare" Sills b. 15 Nov 1889, d. 25 Apr, 1939. "Jerd"'s father was Jasper Breedlove b. 15 Apr 1856 in TN, d. 28 Apr 1902 in Dade Co. GA, mar. 22 Sep 1877 in Dade Co., GA, to Sarah Elizabeth Avans b. 25 Apr 1859 in TN, d. 12 Aug 1923 in Hamilton Co., TN. > There is still some questions as to who was actually Jerd's father, but we're working on it. The 1900 Census for Dade Co., GA lists Jurdon as a son of Jasper. Both Elisha and Jasper are on the 1880 census in Jackson Co., AL, ED 107, pg 9 and 10. Jurdon's brother Lacel is evidently named for Lecile B. Breedlove whose son Jordon lived in Lousiana. I think you were meaning that you were not sure of the parents of Jasper, not his son Jurdon. > My grandfather also said that our line of Breedloves had originally come from Portugal (which will probably really put a snag in some of the > theories I have read regarding the SC Breedloves). To me, it makes sense, considering that the Spanish and Portugese were making their presence known in the area around SC at about the same time the English were making their settlements further north. Suzanne Lary, who married Nathaniel Breedlove on 17 Sep 1768 in Charleston, SC was supposedly Portugese, which may tend to support your family legend. Didn't the early Portugese intermingle and later were known as Mulungeons? We have never found an origin for the name of Breedlove, and though we tend towards Wales and England, Portugal is not out of the question. Tom King

Here is some info. that you may not have known about-----there was another daughter-----Lydia Ann Breedlove b. 6/15/1882 d. 7/31/68 in Swords Creek VA. She married Edward Patton Whited, date unknown and they had the following children: Jerome Bonaparte Whited b. date unknown at present time who married Ruby Ray Easterly Virginia Whited b. 10/10/1907 d. 1966 who married Arch Elkins Mary Washtaugh Whited b. 1/13/1909 (living) who married Roy Steele Charlie Thomas Whited b. 7/13/1911 d. 4/6/1981 who married Lavene Compton ***NOTE: Charlie Thomas went by the name of James "Jim" Charlie Whited Margaret Jane Whited b. 4/16/1917 d. 11/30/1989 who married Carey Wilson Sigmon Lear Edith Whited b. unknown d. unknown who married J. C. McNulty Also, according to Lydia's daughter Mary, Lydia's sisters married the following: Mariah Washtoy "Toy" Breedlove married Emery Perkins Celia Belle "Belle" Breedlove married unknown Proffit Virginia Caroline "Ginny" Breedlove married unknown Keene Lydia's nickname was "Wid". All of the neices/nephews knew her as that. Am still looking for pictures of any/all of the above names. I am in the process of gathering pictures of Lydia's children---will be glad to share when I get them from Aunt Mary. Lisa

Have recently discovered that the wife of Broaddus Breedlove was a Nancy GREENING. She had married 1st to Bolser Duval on 12 Mar 1798 in Albemarle Co., VA. They had a daughter Elizabeth Duval who married 6 Aug 1822 Orange Co., VA to Layton Harvey. Bolser died and Nancy married Broaddus Breedlove 12 Jan 1809 Orange Co., VA. When Broaddus & Nancy's son Martin married Lucinda Harvey in 1832, Layton Harvey was her bondsman. Nancy Greening is most likely the daughter of James Greening and Sarah Crosswaite who married 17 Nov 1786 in VA. They died in Boone County, Missouri in 1836 and 1852, so they were there the same time as Broaddus, Nancy, Martin and Lucinda. Am still digging to find the parents of Lucinda and Layton Harvey. Tom

Hello Cousins, I don't normally reply to the list, but in this case, I feel I should make an exception considering that the "Mormon Breedloves" referred to are my line and the Charles Breedlove that related the information regarding the early religious beliefs of my line is my father. I'm not so sure about the "out of wedlock" part, Mr. King's explanation of dates makes sense, but my grandfather, Charles Ernest Breedlove, had always said that our early ancestors were of the Mormon faith and that they only "converted" in the late 1800's and early 1900's, usually taking the faith of the spouse. Also, so as not to confuse him with the LA Jordon Breedlove, my greatgrandfather's name was spelled JURDON. He was Jurdon "Jerd" Pinkerton Breedlove b. 12 May 1881, d. 8 Feb 1959 (bur. @ Glen Alice Cemetery in Rockwood, TN), mar. 5 Apr 1903 to Clara "Clare" Sills b. 15 Nov 1889, d. 25 Apr, 1939. "Jerd"'s father was Jasper Breedlove b. 15 Apr 1856 in TN, d. 28 Apr 1902 in Dade Co. GA, mar. 22 Sep 1877 in Dade Co., GA, to Sarah Elizabeth Avans b. 25 Apr 1859 in TN, d. 12 Aug 1923 in Hamilton Co., TN. There is still some questions as to who was actually Jerd's father, but we're working on it. My grandfather also said that our line of Breedloves had originally come from Portugal (which will probably really put a snag in some of the theories I have read regarding the SC Breedloves). To me, it makes sense, considering that the Spanish and Portugese were making their presence known in the area around SC at about the same time the English were making their settlements further north. I have not had time to do the research to prove the "family tale", but would love to hear from anyone who may have leads to prove any part of the story is true. We all know that there is some truth in every tale, you just have to know where to look and who to ask. I think this may be a good place to start, with as many Breedloves as I've seen listed in this group. Good luck to all in their searches. Cindy Breedlove Dicken JACKYLSALOONGAL@webtv.net (DADE DADE) on 11/29/98 09:58:04 PM To: BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com cc: (bcc: Cynthia Dicken/AMS/AMSINC) Subject: [BREEDLOVE-L] Re: Mormon Breedloves --WebTV-Mail-1288389547-2152 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit They come from South Carolina. Just passing down info., Thats what its all about, I don't think they would have any reason to lie about religion. As far as I know my Jordon Breedlove was never in LA. Nor was he in the west, Our Breedlove's lived in TN and GA. Suzie Breedlove --WebTV-Mail-1288389547-2152 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-102.bryant.webtv.net (207.79.35.92) by postoffice-132.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 19:48:49 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <tomking@freewwweb.com> Received: from mx2.freewwweb.com (mx2.freewwweb.com [205.181.80.249]) by mailsorter-102.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id TAA11656; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 19:48:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from freewwweb.com (ppp-29.max-1.hou.smartworld.net [12.14.108.77]) by mx2.freewwweb.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA40545721 for <JACKYLSALOONGAL@webtv.net>; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 22:50:48 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <366215A4.238472E7@freewwweb.com> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 21:48:52 -0600 From: tomking <tomking@freewwweb.com> Reply-To: tomking@freewwweb.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: DADE DADE <JACKYLSALOONGAL@webtv.net> Subject: Mormon Breedloves References: <20118-3661FD81-224@mailtod-132.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit DADE DADE wrote: > My uncle ,Charles Breedlove told me on Thanksgiving day , his Granfather Jordon (jerd) > Pinkerton Breedlove b.May, 1882 , said thier > Breedlove ancestors were of the Mormon faith. > Would this explain the children born out of wed-lock? Not at all. Even if you have definite proof of a marriage date that falls after the date of birth of a child that only means the parents solemnized their vows officially later. It could be that they were travelling and were married by some itinerant minister who never recorded the marriages anywhere, or it could be an informal marriage where there were no preachers available and they decided to be married in the eyes of themselves and their travelling companions or neighbors. We had a full page story in todays newspaper about a woman whose 1st husband went off to fight in the Texas revolution and never came back so she took up with another soldier, bore him children and lived as his wife for seven years before he died. There was a long court battle over his property as they were never officially married. This became the basis for the Common Law Marriage statutes here in Texas. This is this first time I have heard of Breedlove's that were Mormon. I would rather doubt it as Louisiana never had any Mormon settlements or gatherings there. Perhaps these Breedlove's moved out West and became Mormon out there. Tom --WebTV-Mail-1288389547-2152--