*The Livingston Enterprise Weekly, Saturday, June 3, 1893, page 5, col. 3
Thomas Breckenridge, who has been suffering for several months with consumption and last month became an inmate of the poor house, died at that place on the night of the 9th inst., aged 21 years. The funeral took place Saturday and the body was interred in the county's burial ground. Deceased was a colored lad who had spent the past ten years upon the range in the capacity of cowboy, working alternately for Mr. Murray and R B. Briggs. He was cared for during his sickness the past winter by Mr. Briggs, and attempted to resume his range occupation this spring, but hemorrhage of the lungs necessitated abandoning all work and he was brought to the poor farm for care and necessary medical attention.
*The Livingston Enterprise Weekly, June 17, 1893, page 5, col. 6
*The Livingston Enterprise Weekly, Saturday, June 3, 1893, page 5, col. 3
Thomas Breckenridge, who has been suffering for several months with consumption and last month became an inmate of the poor house, died at that place on the night of the 9th inst., aged 21 years. The funeral took place Saturday and the body was interred in the county's burial ground. Deceased was a colored lad who had spent the past ten years upon the range in the capacity of cowboy, working alternately for Mr. Murray and R B. Briggs. He was cared for during his sickness the past winter by Mr. Briggs, and attempted to resume his range occupation this spring, but hemorrhage of the lungs necessitated abandoning all work and he was brought to the poor farm for care and necessary medical attention.
*The Livingston Enterprise Weekly, June 17, 1893, page 5, col. 6
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