Name Desha Breckinridge | Died 1935 | |
Parents William Campbell Preston Breckinridge Cousins Henry Skillman Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Jr. Grandparents Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Uncles Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr., Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. Similar People Madeline McDowell Breckinridge, Sophonisba Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Dixie Selden | ||
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, and his great-grandfather was John Breckinridge.
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