Desha Breckinridge

Desha Breckinridge in 1920

Desha Breckinridge (August 5, 1867 – February 18, 1935) was the editor and publisher of the Lexington Herald from 1897 to 1935. In 1898 he married Madeline McDowell, who became nationally known as Madeline McDowell Breckinridge. He was a brother of Sophonisba Breckinridge and the son of William Breckinridge, a member of Congress from Kentucky and a lawyer. His grandfather was the abolitionist minister Robert Jefferson Breckinridge. His great-grandfather was John Breckinridge.

Sources and External Links

Breckinridge Family Papers at the Library of Congress

The Breckinridge Family

First generation	James Breckinridge John Breckinridge

Second generation	Cabell Breckinridge James Douglas Breckinridge Robert Jefferson Breckinridge

Third generation	John Cabell Breckinridge Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. William Campbell Preston Breckinridge John Breckinridge Grayson

Fourth generation	Clifton Rodes Breckinridge Desha Breckinridge Henry Skillman Breckinridge Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Jr. Madeline McDowell Breckinridge Mary (Breckinridge) Desha Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge

Fifth generation	James Carson Breckinridge John Bayne Breckinridge John Cabell "Bunny" Breckinridge Mary Breckinridge Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long Marvin Breckinridge Patterson

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