Napoleon B Breeding's Family - Part 4

More about Napoleon's relatives

Benjamin Wilkens Breeding, Napoleon's brother, and his nephews David S., Benjamin, and Columbus Patton Breeding served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Benjamin W. was with Company E, 15th Regiment of Texas Cavalry and Company G, 26th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Debray’s /Davis' Mounted Battalion).

The three nephews were with Company D, Waul’s Texas Legion.

Cornelius was the Company’s bugler. he also served with Company I, 18th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Darnell’s) and Company A , 9th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Nichols') (6 months, 1861-62).

David also served with Company I, 24th/25th Consolidated Regiment, Texas Cavalry, and Company G, 26th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Debray's) (Davis' Mounted Battalion) (16).

David, son of Napoleon's married Eliza F. Bell on 27 January 1867 in Fayette County, TX (17). She was born in 1850, in Fayette County, her parents were Granville P. Bell and Mary Ann Sutton.

Cornelia, the youngest daughter of Napoleon and Charlotte’s got married twice. Her first husband was James Sidney Black – their marriage took place on 26 January 1867 (18).

Later, she married Dawson N Hodges (born on 25 June 1848, in Gonzales, TX, to Thomas Robert Hodges and Nancy S. Reed) on 30 November 1876 (19).

Richard Landy, Napoleon’s brother, lived nearby their father’s household (which he also owned) until 1877. Then he moved to Hays County and sold the father’s home in December of that year.

Eliza F. Bell Breeding, David’s wife had passed by 8th June 1880. David lived then in Precinct # 3 of Gonzales County (20), together with his son by Eliza, Charles A (age 7) and brother Alexander Breeding (age 32). Cornelia, their sister, lived in the neighborhood with her husband Dawson (age 31), his father Andrew J Hodges (farmer, age 52), and her youngest child Eugenia (age 1).

On 13 July 1882, David S. Breeding remarried. His second spouse was Mattie M. Neal, a widow, born in 1842, in Gonzales, TX (21).

Charlotte Breeding, Napoleon's wife, passed on 20 August 1902.

David S Breeding, the son, passed a day later.

Cornelia died at the age of 80, on 1 February 1931.

 Other Posts about Napoleon B. Breeding

Part 1 - Napoleon Bonaparte Breeding & Family

Part 2 - the letter related to Snively Expedition

Part 3

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This post is part of our series "They Lived in Texas"

Sources:

"Daugthers of Republic of Texas. Patriot Ancestor " Album vol.1 - Turner Publishing Company, 1995

• Fayette County Founders

16. Soldiers and Sailors Database

17. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-WD45 : Tue Jan 21 16:41:52 UTC 2025), Entry for D S Breeding and Eliza F Bell, 27 Jan 1869.

18. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-W69B : Tue Jan 21 11:23:00 UTC 2025), Entry for James Sidney Black and Cornelius M Bruding, 26 Jan 1867.

19. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-PV5V : Sun Mar 10 02:49:25 UTC 2024), Entry for Dawson N Hodges and Neeley Black, 30 Nov 1876.

20. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFND-FL7 : Tue Jan 14 21:33:38 UTC 2025), Entry for David S. Breeding and Charles A. Breeding, 1880.

21. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-2010", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-P2SS : Tue Jan 14 08:57:19 UTC 2025), Entry for D S Breeding and Mattie M Neel, 12 Jul 1882.