| Ruben, the son of
Job & Sarah E. (Brackney) Breeden, was born
on 03 Nov 1841 in Rockingham Co., Virginia. At
the age of eight he was still living in that
county where he was enumerated with his parents
and siblings in the 56½ District. By 1860 the family had
moved to Cooper Co., Missouri and most of the
older children were married and moved from home.
Ten years later, he was still living with his
parents who had then moved to St. Clair Co.,
Missouri but he married Amorett Wait, the
daughter of Solomon & Eliza (Smith), the
following year.
They continued to
reside in St. Clair a number of years, but then
went to Fort Bend Co.,Texas where Amorett died in
about 1898. Widowed, he returned to St. Clair
Co., Missouri and then moved to Rogers Co.,
Oklahoma. There he died on 10 Mar 1915 in
Claremore. His inscription at Sandridge Cemetery
reads: "This man lived well and loved hier,
And those he loved in life, In death are
near."
A public sale of
his farm was auctioned off after his death as
noted in the above news advertisement which has
been duplicated for the web from an original
contributed by Patty Breeden Furrer (2007).
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