Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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David Breading and Elizabeth Clark




Husband David Breading 1 2

           Born: 1756 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1844 2
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         Father: James Breading (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Ann Ewing (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 17 Nov 1785 1 2



Wife Elizabeth Clark 1 2

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           Died: 27 Mar 1855 2
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Children
1 M Maj. Clark Breading 1 2

           Born: 9 Mar 1806 - Luzerne Twp, Fayette Co, PA 2
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           Died: 12 Apr 1883 2
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         Spouse: Mary Craft (      -1828) 2
           Marr: 1 May 1827 2
         Spouse: Hettie Jane Roberts (1795-1868) 2
           Marr: 10 Sep 1834 2


2 M James Breading 2

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3 F Eliza Breading 2

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4 F Jane Breading 2

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         Spouse: William Scott (      -      ) 2


5 F Nancy Breading 2

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         Spouse: William Lagow (      -      ) 2



General Notes: Husband - David Breading


He was one of the early settlers of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, moving to Luzerne township in 1794, from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

He entered the army as a private in 1776, and passed the winter at Valley Forge, and was afterwards made an officer of the commissary department, wherein he continued during the remainder of the war of the Revolution, except for a short time while he was aide-de-camp to Gen. Maxwell in the battle of Monmouth, during which Mr. Breading was witness of a notable incident in the military career of the "Father of his Country." While the battle was progressing, Gen. Maxwell, thinking that the division general, Lee, was not conducting his forces as he should, sent Breading to Gen. Washington, then in a distant part of the field, to inform him of the state of affairs. Washington on receiving the dispatch asked, "Young man, can you lead me to Gen. Lee?" Breading replying, "Yes, general," Washington promptly said, "Well, you lead and I will follow," and soon Breading became witness of the severe reprimand which, as is well known, Washington bestowed upon Lee, curses and all.

He had a large number of children; one son and three daughters died of yellow fever [cholera] in 1835, in Vincennes [Troyhurst], Indiana.


General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Clark

from Lancaster Co, PA

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 651.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 147.

3 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 650.


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