Ann Sophonisba Breckenridge (Preston)

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About Ann Sophonisba Breckenridge (Preston)

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9088462/anne-sophonisba-breckin...

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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Ann Sophonisba Breckenridge (Preston)'s Timeline

1803
April 9, 1803
Salt Works, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, United States
1828
April 6, 1828
Cabell's Dale, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
1829
1829
1832
September 6, 1832
Kentucky, United States
1833
September 14, 1833
Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
1836
August 14, 1836
Paris, France
1837
August 28, 1837
Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
1838
August 26, 1838
Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
1839
1839