Lola Cathren (Bray) Breedlove was born in Vandalia, IL, the daughter of Emma/Emily Miller and Jesse Bray; married at age 17 in Howell Co., MO to John Thomas Breedlove; moved to Edna, Jackson Co., TX; then moved to Wilbur, Lincoln Co., WA. She bore 4 children. Her oldest son Jimmie died at about age 1 in Texas; her daughters Rachel and Maudie lived to be 97 and 103 respectively. Her youngest daughter Lola E. Breedlove was just two months old when her mother died of tuberculosis contracted while caring for her own mother who had TB. Mr. Breedlove felt he could not care for the baby and his two older children by himself and all his relatives were in Missouri. He feared the baby would come to harm on such a long journey, so he gave her up for adoption. Later, when Lola E. was a young married woman, her father and sisters found her and were reunited as a family. Lola Cathren Bray died at the age of just 24. Family letters show she had a lively wit and spirit and was a tough and determined frontierswoman, not afraid of hard work. Her family mourned her all their lives and she is remembered by her descendants as the beautiful young woman in an old picture, holding her babies.
Lola Cathren (Bray) Breedlove was born in Vandalia, IL, the daughter of Emma/Emily Miller and Jesse Bray; married at age 17 in Howell Co., MO to John Thomas Breedlove; moved to Edna, Jackson Co., TX; then moved to Wilbur, Lincoln Co., WA. She bore 4 children. Her oldest son Jimmie died at about age 1 in Texas; her daughters Rachel and Maudie lived to be 97 and 103 respectively. Her youngest daughter Lola E. Breedlove was just two months old when her mother died of tuberculosis contracted while caring for her own mother who had TB. Mr. Breedlove felt he could not care for the baby and his two older children by himself and all his relatives were in Missouri. He feared the baby would come to harm on such a long journey, so he gave her up for adoption. Later, when Lola E. was a young married woman, her father and sisters found her and were reunited as a family. Lola Cathren Bray died at the age of just 24. Family letters show she had a lively wit and spirit and was a tough and determined frontierswoman, not afraid of hard work. Her family mourned her all their lives and she is remembered by her descendants as the beautiful young woman in an old picture, holding her babies.
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