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Sketch written about Dr. Breed in 1895-
J. E. BREED, M.D., who as a successful practitioner and as a pioneer farmer has been actively identified with the growth and development of the Northern Wisconsin Valley for almost forty years, has recently retired from his busy labors in Matteson township, Waupaca county, to a handsome house in the prosperous village of Clintonville, where he now enjoys the partial rest to which his long career of usefulness has so richly entitled him.
Dr. Breed was born in Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., March 28, 1823 son of Reuben and Martha (Everett) Breed, the father a native of Connecticut, the mother of Vermont. Reuben Breed was a currier, whose father, born at Stonington, Conn., served as a captain in the the Revolutionary war. The maternal grandfather of Dr. Breed was a surgeon in the Revolutionary struggle. To Reuben and Martha Breed nine children were born, as follows: Louisa. who was the wife of Lewis Kellogg, a pioneer at Oshkosh in 1852, and who died at Menasha March 26, 1892; Calista, who married Leverett Bryan, and died in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1854: Samantha, who was the wife, of E. L. Freeman, and who died in Outagamie county, Wis., February 27, 1874; Elizabeth, who died in New York in 1847, the wife of David Hubbard; Lucy Ann, who died, aged nineteen years; Andalucia, who died in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1861, wife of Elden S. Bryant; Samuel Dwight, who lives near Ann Arbor, Mich.; Dr. J. E.; and Martha. who died in New York in childhood. Reuben Breed moved from New York to near Ann Arbor, Mich., and died July 26, 1855, aged eighty-eight years, his wife having preceded him to the grave September 3, 1843.
The subject of this sketch attended the schools at Adams, N. Y., and also took a three-years' course at Sacket's Harbor. He began the study of medicine in Michigan, and his initial practice was obtained at Florence, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1843. Entering Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1844, Dr. Breed continued the practice of his profession in New York until 1856, when he resolved to come west. Locating temporarily at Oshkosh, May 22, 1856, he removed to New London August 24 of the same year, and there practiced medicine, the following year also opening a drug store at New London, which he conducted for one year. In 1858 he moved to Maple Creek township, Outagamie county; where for over three years he practiced and also taught school. Then, in January, 1862, he homesteaded 120 acres of wild land in Matteson township, Waupaca county, and with an ox-team moved his family and personal effects to the new home in the wilderness. He first built a board shanty in the woods and devoted his energies to the improvement of the farm. In 1871 he erected a substantial one-and-a-half-story residence, 22 x 28, with additions 22 x 16, 16x16and 16 x 20, and remained in this pioneer home, except during his military service, until his removal to Clintonville in the spring of 1895. Dr. Breed enlisted for one year at Madison, Wis., in 1864, in Company C, Thirty-eighth Wis. V. I. The regiment was sent to Petersburg, Va., and Dr. Breed remained in service there and on detached duty in the hospital at Washington, D. C., till discharged at Washington in May, 1865.
On October 8, 1845, the Doctor was married in Utica N. Y., by Rev. Charles Wylie, to Miss Catherine Morrow, who was born in Pittsburg, Penn., daughter of George and Catherine (McGee) Morrow, natives of Ireland and of Scotch ancestry. George Morrow served in the war of 1812, where he received a bayonet wound. He died of cholera in 1833 at Philadelphia, Penn., where he was engaged in the shoe business; his wife died in 1838. Their four children were Mary, who died at the residence of Dr. Breed in 1892; Jane E., wife of A. W. Wilmarth, of Clintonville; Edward, who died at Memphis, Tenn., in 1873, and whose family died of yellow fever the year following, and Catherine. To Dr. and Mrs. Breed six children have been born: Edward Everett, of Shawano; Montgomery C., a farmer of Matteson township, Waupaca county; Fred S., of the same township; George M., of Oconto county; Arthur W., also of that county; and Mary Kate, who passed away at Matteson at the age of sixteen.
Dr. Breed is a Democrat of the old Jefferson and Jackson school, and has served the city of New London, Maple Creek township, Outagamie county, and Matteson township, as town clerk and in other local official capacities. He has been commander of the G. A. R. Post at Embarrass, and is a charter member of Shawano Lodge F. & A. M. For between thirty-five and forty years he was weather observer here for the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C., and also for the Signal Service and the Agricultural Department; but he retired from this service in 1893, though he still continues to take observations for his own gratification. The Doctor and his excellent wife are the oldest residents in the northeast section of Waupaca county, and are among the most highly esteemed and respected citizens.[1]
Dr. Breed passed away on the 30th of December in 1902 and is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Embarrass, Wisconsin. [2]
Sources
1. ↑ J.H Beers & Co., 1895, "Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties: Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano"
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Biography
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Breed-1105
Sketch written about Dr. Breed in 1895-
J. E. BREED, M.D., who as a successful practitioner and as a pioneer farmer has been actively identified with the growth and development of the Northern Wisconsin Valley for almost forty years, has recently retired from his busy labors in Matteson township, Waupaca county, to a handsome house in the prosperous village of Clintonville, where he now enjoys the partial rest to which his long career of usefulness has so richly entitled him.
Dr. Breed was born in Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y., March 28, 1823 son of Reuben and Martha (Everett) Breed, the father a native of Connecticut, the mother of Vermont. Reuben Breed was a currier, whose father, born at Stonington, Conn., served as a captain in the the Revolutionary war. The maternal grandfather of Dr. Breed was a surgeon in the Revolutionary struggle. To Reuben and Martha Breed nine children were born, as follows: Louisa. who was the wife of Lewis Kellogg, a pioneer at Oshkosh in 1852, and who died at Menasha March 26, 1892; Calista, who married Leverett Bryan, and died in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1854: Samantha, who was the wife, of E. L. Freeman, and who died in Outagamie county, Wis., February 27, 1874; Elizabeth, who died in New York in 1847, the wife of David Hubbard; Lucy Ann, who died, aged nineteen years; Andalucia, who died in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1861, wife of Elden S. Bryant; Samuel Dwight, who lives near Ann Arbor, Mich.; Dr. J. E.; and Martha. who died in New York in childhood. Reuben Breed moved from New York to near Ann Arbor, Mich., and died July 26, 1855, aged eighty-eight years, his wife having preceded him to the grave September 3, 1843.
The subject of this sketch attended the schools at Adams, N. Y., and also took a three-years' course at Sacket's Harbor. He began the study of medicine in Michigan, and his initial practice was obtained at Florence, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1843. Entering Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1844, Dr. Breed continued the practice of his profession in New York until 1856, when he resolved to come west. Locating temporarily at Oshkosh, May 22, 1856, he removed to New London August 24 of the same year, and there practiced medicine, the following year also opening a drug store at New London, which he conducted for one year. In 1858 he moved to Maple Creek township, Outagamie county; where for over three years he practiced and also taught school. Then, in January, 1862, he homesteaded 120 acres of wild land in Matteson township, Waupaca county, and with an ox-team moved his family and personal effects to the new home in the wilderness. He first built a board shanty in the woods and devoted his energies to the improvement of the farm. In 1871 he erected a substantial one-and-a-half-story residence, 22 x 28, with additions 22 x 16, 16x16and 16 x 20, and remained in this pioneer home, except during his military service, until his removal to Clintonville in the spring of 1895. Dr. Breed enlisted for one year at Madison, Wis., in 1864, in Company C, Thirty-eighth Wis. V. I. The regiment was sent to Petersburg, Va., and Dr. Breed remained in service there and on detached duty in the hospital at Washington, D. C., till discharged at Washington in May, 1865.
On October 8, 1845, the Doctor was married in Utica N. Y., by Rev. Charles Wylie, to Miss Catherine Morrow, who was born in Pittsburg, Penn., daughter of George and Catherine (McGee) Morrow, natives of Ireland and of Scotch ancestry. George Morrow served in the war of 1812, where he received a bayonet wound. He died of cholera in 1833 at Philadelphia, Penn., where he was engaged in the shoe business; his wife died in 1838. Their four children were Mary, who died at the residence of Dr. Breed in 1892; Jane E., wife of A. W. Wilmarth, of Clintonville; Edward, who died at Memphis, Tenn., in 1873, and whose family died of yellow fever the year following, and Catherine. To Dr. and Mrs. Breed six children have been born: Edward Everett, of Shawano; Montgomery C., a farmer of Matteson township, Waupaca county; Fred S., of the same township; George M., of Oconto county; Arthur W., also of that county; and Mary Kate, who passed away at Matteson at the age of sixteen.
Dr. Breed is a Democrat of the old Jefferson and Jackson school, and has served the city of New London, Maple Creek township, Outagamie county, and Matteson township, as town clerk and in other local official capacities. He has been commander of the G. A. R. Post at Embarrass, and is a charter member of Shawano Lodge F. & A. M. For between thirty-five and forty years he was weather observer here for the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C., and also for the Signal Service and the Agricultural Department; but he retired from this service in 1893, though he still continues to take observations for his own gratification. The Doctor and his excellent wife are the oldest residents in the northeast section of Waupaca county, and are among the most highly esteemed and respected citizens.[1]
Dr. Breed passed away on the 30th of December in 1902 and is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Embarrass, Wisconsin. [2]
Sources
1. ↑ J.H Beers & Co., 1895, "Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties: Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano"
Suggested edit per Karen Kilman - #49947300
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