s/o James Breading / Ann Ewing
They were early settlers to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1794, coming west from Lancaster County.
David entered the Continental Army as a private in 1776, passed the winter at Valley Forge, and afterwards was made an officer of the commissary department, where he continued during the remainder of the Revolutionary War, except for a short time while he was aide-de-camp to Gen. William Maxwell in the Battle of Monmouth, where he witnessed the military career of the "Father of his Country." While the battle was progressing, Maxwell, thinking that the division general, Charles Lee, was not conducting his forces as he should, sent Breading to Gen. George 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.
married 1785 Elizabeth Clark
They had a large number of children, the majority of whom died of yellow fever, at about the same time, in Vincennes, Indiana. The only surviving member of his family was Maj. Clark Breading who resided in Uniontown.
Source: "History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania," by Franklin Ellis, 1882; Dunlap Creek Presbyterian Cemetery Transcription's -David Breading died 1844 h/o Elizabeth Clark -Revolution
They were early settlers to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1794, coming west from Lancaster County.
David entered the Continental Army as a private in 1776, passed the winter at Valley Forge, and afterwards was made an officer of the commissary department, where he continued during the remainder of the Revolutionary War, except for a short time while he was aide-de-camp to Gen. William Maxwell in the Battle of Monmouth, where he witnessed the military career of the "Father of his Country." While the battle was progressing, Maxwell, thinking that the division general, Charles Lee, was not conducting his forces as he should, sent Breading to Gen. George 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.
married 1785 Elizabeth Clark
They had a large number of children, the majority of whom died of yellow fever, at about the same time, in Vincennes, Indiana. The only surviving member of his family was Maj. Clark Breading who resided in Uniontown.
Source: "History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania," by Franklin Ellis, 1882; Dunlap Creek Presbyterian Cemetery Transcription's -David Breading died 1844 h/o Elizabeth Clark -Revolution
s/o James Breading / Ann Ewing
They were early settlers to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1794, coming west from Lancaster County.
David entered the Continental Army as a private in 1776, passed the winter at Valley Forge, and afterwards was made an officer of the commissary department, where he continued during the remainder of the Revolutionary War, except for a short time while he was aide-de-camp to Gen. William Maxwell in the Battle of Monmouth, where he witnessed the military career of the "Father of his Country." While the battle was progressing, Maxwell, thinking that the division general, Charles Lee, was not conducting his forces as he should, sent Breading to Gen. George 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.
married 1785 Elizabeth Clark
They had a large number of children, the majority of whom died of yellow fever, at about the same time, in Vincennes, Indiana. The only surviving member of his family was Maj. Clark Breading who resided in Uniontown.
Source: "History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania," by Franklin Ellis, 1882; Dunlap Creek Presbyterian Cemetery Transcription's -David Breading died 1844 h/o Elizabeth Clark -Revolution
They were early settlers to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1794, coming west from Lancaster County.
David entered the Continental Army as a private in 1776, passed the winter at Valley Forge, and afterwards was made an officer of the commissary department, where he continued during the remainder of the Revolutionary War, except for a short time while he was aide-de-camp to Gen. William Maxwell in the Battle of Monmouth, where he witnessed the military career of the "Father of his Country." While the battle was progressing, Maxwell, thinking that the division general, Charles Lee, was not conducting his forces as he should, sent Breading to Gen. George 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.
married 1785 Elizabeth Clark
They had a large number of children, the majority of whom died of yellow fever, at about the same time, in Vincennes, Indiana. The only surviving member of his family was Maj. Clark Breading who resided in Uniontown.
Source: "History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania," by Franklin Ellis, 1882; Dunlap Creek Presbyterian Cemetery Transcription's -David Breading died 1844 h/o Elizabeth Clark -Revolution
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