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Anne Sophonisba <I>Preston</I> Breckinridge

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Anne Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge

Birth
Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA
Death
21 Dec 1844 (aged 41)
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Burial
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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She was the dau. of Gen. Francis Smith Preston and Sarah Buchanan Campbell.
"Sophy" married Dr. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge in Abingdon, VA on 11 Mar 1823. They had eleven children. In 1844 just three short months after giving birth to her last child (Charles Henry Breckinridge), Sophy died from a "terrible infection". She was 44 years old, when she left her husband and eight young children behind. Cherished and loved by all of her family.
Her grave marker lies at the base of a memorial she shares with her husband in the Lexington Cemetery, in the Breckinridge family plot.
She was the dau. of Gen. Francis Smith Preston and Sarah Buchanan Campbell.
"Sophy" married Dr. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge in Abingdon, VA on 11 Mar 1823. They had eleven children. In 1844 just three short months after giving birth to her last child (Charles Henry Breckinridge), Sophy died from a "terrible infection". She was 44 years old, when she left her husband and eight young children behind. Cherished and loved by all of her family.
Her grave marker lies at the base of a memorial she shares with her husband in the Lexington Cemetery, in the Breckinridge family plot.

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