When Thomas Breeden was born about 1841, in Indiana, United States, his father, John Ballard Breeden, was 20 and his mother, Permelia Bridges, was 23. He lived in Jackson Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Clay Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1870.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
English: habitational name from Bredon in Worcestershire or from Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire, both of which are named from an unattested Celtic word brez ‘hill’ + the tautologous addition of Old English dūn ‘hill’.
English: variant of Braden 2 or 3.
Americanized form of German Breden .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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