Brief Life History of Mary L.
When Mary L. Breeden was born about 1862, in Missouri, United States, her father, John Ballard Breeden, was 41 and her mother, Permelia Bridges, was 44. She lived in Clay Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1870.
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- Mary L Breeden, "United States Census, 1870"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
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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