When Winifred Breeding was born on 11 January 1794, in Russell, Virginia, United States, her father, Spencer R Breeding, was 34 and her mother, Winifred Hurst, was 25. She married William M Childers about 1808, in Russell, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 3 Liberty, Calloway, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died in March 1870, in Wolfe, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Beattyville, Lee, Kentucky, United States.
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In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
North German: probably a patronymic from a now-lost ancient Germanic personal name, or a topographic name derived from Low German brēde ‘open field’. This surname is not found in Germany.
Alternatively, an Americanized form of some other similar (like-sounding) German surname, such as Breiding .
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