Joseph P. Breeding (1917)

BELL, BREEDING, CAMPBELL, MCLEES

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 2/27/2007 at 21:02:07

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 28, 1917
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Death of J.P. Breeding

After a lengthy illness, J.P. Breeding died at his home east of Winterset on Feb. 21st. The funeral services were held on Saturday morning at Union Chapel, Rev. George Miller of Des Moines conducting.

Mr. Breeding was a son of the late Joseph Breeding, and was born July 4, 1861 in Madison county. His home has always been here, his marriage to Miss Ida Campbell occurring in 1883. She and one son, Walter, survive him; also his aged other, one brother, Sergeant G.J. Breeding of Des Moines and two sisters, Mrs. Anderson McLees of North Dakota and Mrs. Wm Bell of Des Moines.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Breeding arrived in Madison county on the day of Lincoln's election [1859] and located in Scott township, which was the family home with the exception of the time of residence in Winterset.

Mr. Breeding was sheriff of this county for three terms, from 1909 to 1915, winning great popularity and respect from all who knew him.

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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 28, 1917

J. P. BREEDING

J. P. Breeding died at his home in Scott township on Feb. 21st, 1917. He was born July 4, 1861 in Scott township, less than a mile from the place where he died.

He spent the principal part of the year 1902 in the Black Hill, South Dakota. He was sheriff of Madison county for six years, during which time he resided in Winterset, otherwise his entire life was spent in Scott township and in the immediate neighborhood of his birth.

On Dec. 23, 1883, he was married to Ida E. Campbell, who survives him. She was born near Stanton, Augusta county, Virginia. He is also survived by his only child, Walter T. Breeding and one grandchild, Walter G. Breeding, and his mother, Mrs. Joseph A. Breeding.

He was a son of Joseph A. Breeding, who with the grandfather of the deceased, came to this county from Adair county, Kentucky, in the fall of 1860. His father was a soldier in the Union army, being a member of Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry.

The church affiliations of the Breeding family were with the United Brethren church, but the deceased was not a member of any church. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias.

As sheriff of this county he was a very popular officer and no officer ever performed his duties more unflinchingly than he; and he saw to it that his official acts were not in the least oppressive.

He was devoted to his family, a good neighbor and a loyal friend, of whom all affectionately cherish his memory. He was kind and sympathetic and highly esteemed by all who knew him.

His death was the result of Bright's disease, and no one realized that he was in danger of death until within the last few weeks. His family, neighbors and friends will miss him and long remember his genial, kindly ways.
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Coordinator's note: First name taken from 1900 Federal Census.

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