George Breed and Rhoda Ogden Edwards

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Husband George Breed ¹

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           Born: 27 Mar 1799 - Norwich, New London Co, CT 1
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         Father: Shubal Breed (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Lydia Perkins (      -      ) 1

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Wife Rhoda Ogden Edwards ¹

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1 M Richard E. Breed ¹

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         Spouse: Mattie Lyon (      -      ) 1

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2 F Sarah M. Breed ¹

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         Spouse: Charles Henry Zug (1832-      ) 1 2
           Marr: 12 Oct 1864 3

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3 M Henry A. Breed ⁴

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           Born: 1 Aug 1842 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Cornelia Bidwell (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1 Oct 1868 5

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4 F Emma B. Breed ⁵

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         Spouse: T. F. Phillips (      -      ) 5

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5 M Rev. David R. Breed, D.D. ⁵

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Kendall (      -      ) 5

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6 U [Infant] Breed ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - George Breed

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He received the plain, ordinary education of the times in which he lived, and when fourteen years of age went to Taunton, Massachusetts, where he entered the store of a certain Captain Ingalls as "boy" and clerk. He received a thorough training in method, accuracy and economy. In 1823 he came to Pittsburgh and established himself. In 1826 he gave up his business in Pittsburgh and went to Ravenna, Ohio, where he remained about two years, returning to Pittsburgh in 1828. He was from this time engaged in the dry goods business and located on the north side of Market street, between the Diamond and Fifth avenue. In 1835 he sold his dry goods business and engaged in the queensware and glass business, being located on Wood street, just south of the Diamond, and later at old No. 100, where he continued until his death.
He was deeply interested in the construction of the old Pennsylvania canal, and was a party to the idea of transporting canal-boats across the mountains in sections over the inclined planes of the old Portage road.
He was the prime mover in the establishment of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital after numerous efforts had failed; and when the charter had about lapsed he raised by individual effort a subscription which secured the grant, called a meeting of subscribers and organized a board. He was also one of the original incorporators of the Third Presbyterian church, of which he continued a member until his death.
In politics he was an old-line Whig and threw no obstacles on the track of the "underground railroad" before the Civil war.
In 1842 he was one of the parties who purchased the ground and settled at Oakland, at that date known as the "Third Church Colony."
In stature he was a large man, being six feet and four inches high and weighed two hundred and seventy-five pounds.

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General Notes: Wife - Rhoda Ogden Edwards

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She was a great-granddaughter of Rev. Jonathan Edwards, the eminent divine and president of Princeton College.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 308.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 224.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 225.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 307.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 309.