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John Quincy Breshears 1793–1869 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 MAR 1793

Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 25 JUN 1869

Death Location: Bolivar, Polk, Missouri, USA

Father: Henry Sr

Mother: Eleanor Harden

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Sarah Breshears, Joseph Breshears, Reuben Breshears, Joseph Pvt., Joseph Pvt.

John Quincy Breshears was born in 1793 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, the child of Henry Alexander Breshears Sr And Eleanor Harden. John Quincy Breshears had children including Joseph W Breshears, Joseph W Breshears Civil War Union Pvt, Reuben Dobbin Breshears, Sarah P Breshears. John Quincy Breshears passed away in 1869 in Bolivar, Polk, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • John Quincy Breshears was born in 1793 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, the child of Henry Alexander Breshears Sr And Eleanor Harden.
  • John Quincy Breshears had children including Joseph W Breshears, Joseph W Breshears Civil War Union Pvt, Reuben Dobbin Breshears, Sarah P Breshears.
  • John Quincy Breshears passed away in 1869 in Bolivar, Polk, Missouri, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Sr
1765–1828
Birth Location: Lawrence County Tennessee, Tennessee, USA
HS
Eleanor Harden
1768–1835
Birth Location: Guilford, North Carolina, USA
EH

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sarah Breshears
1830–1873
Birth Location: Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
SB
Joseph Breshears
1836–1895
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Reuben Breshears
1824–1881
Birth Location: Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
RB
Joseph Pvt.
1828–1895
Birth Location: Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, USA
JP
Joseph Pvt.
1828–1895
Birth Location: Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, USA
JP

John Breshears's Ancestors

Self
John Breshears
1793–1869
Birth Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Parents
Henry Alexander Breshears Sr
1765–1828
Lawrence County Tennessee, Tennessee, USA
Eleanor Harden
1768–1835
Guilford, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
John (Brashier) Jr
1735–1789
St John ParrishBaltimore, Md.
Elizaeth (Crooper) [Cooper]
1734–1774
Calvert, Maryland, USA
Jesse Hardin
1751–1768
Fauquier, Price William, Virginia, USA
Margaret Sinnett
1755–
Fauquier, Price William, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Robert Brashear
1704–1782
Charity Dowell
1711–1787
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Breshears's Descendants

1.
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John (Quincy) Breshears (16 MAR 1793–25 JUN 1869)
  1. 1. Sarah (P) Breshears 1830–1873
    1. 1. Mary (Ellen) Henderson 1865–1914
  2. 2. Joseph (W.) Breshears 1836–1895
    1. 1. Christina (Sherman) Breshears 1865–1955
      1. 1. Ira (Bee) Ross 1903–1962
  3. 3. Reuben (Dobbin) Breshears 1824–1881
    1. 1. William (Thomas H.) Breshears 1863–1934
      1. 1. Gem Breshears 1904–1974
        1. 1. Billie (Dewayne) Smithers 1931–1991
  4. 4. Joseph (W Breshears Civil War (Union)) Pvt. 1828–1895
    1. 1. ARCENIA (GRANT) BRESHEARS 1865–1945
      1. 1. Andrew (Nathan) Breshears 1889–1956
        1. 1. Mary (Belle) BRESHEARS 1913–2008
  5. 5. Joseph (W Breshears Civil War (Union)) Pvt. 1828–1895
    1. 1. Samuel (Henderson) Breshears 1872–1952
    2. 2. Christina (Sherman) Breshears 1865–1955
      1. 1. Bonnie (Lee) Ross 1906–1988
        1. 1. Nancy (Lee) James 1940–2006

John Breshears's Timeline

2 Records

1793
16 MAR 1793
Birth of John Quincy Breshears in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
1869
25 JUN 1869
Age 76
Death of John Quincy Breshears in Bolivar, Polk, Missouri, USA
Bolivar, Polk, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 MAR 1793
    Event Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 JUN 1869
    Event Place: Bolivar, Polk, Missouri, USA
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