Charles Henry Breed Ed.D. (1876 - 1950)

Born 11 Mar 1876 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ancestors

Husband of Frances DeForest (Martin) Breed — married 10 Jun 1903 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1950 at age 74 in New Jersey, United States of America

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Biography

Charles Henry Breed, b. 11 Mar 1876 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the third and final child of Cornelia (Bidwell) Breed (1844-) & Henry Atwood Breed (1842-1914).

He was a graduate of Princeton College 1899, A.M. in 1902. Master at Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, NJ. Headmaster of Blair Academy, Blairstown, NJ in 1937. He was in educational work about 39 years.

Phi Beta Kappa (AM 1902, EdD, Lafayette 1928). He served in the Department of Justice during the World War (1917-1918). Member Classical League, Classical Association of the Atlantic States, etc. ^[1]

He married 10 Jun 1903 Frances DeForest Martin ^[2] (1882 - 1971) (DAR# 64247). They may have honeymooned ex-U.S., as they were passported for joint travel in May of that year ^[3].

They had 3 children:

1. Anne Martin Breed (1905-)
2. Elizabeth Leiper Breed (1907-)
3. Henry Atwood Breed (1910-)

The caption of his online memorial site states also that Charles Henry Breed was an "Early American pictorialist photographer and educator at Princeton. His work has appeared in major museums throughout the country as well as Canada and Paris." ^[4]

Charles Henry Breed died 30 Jul 1950, His grave is represented to be in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA. No grave marker is depicted.

Sources

1. ↑ Price, Norma Adams. From Meetinghouse to Statehouse 1683-1783 with Descendants of George Gray Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly by Mary Stanley Field Liddell. Wallingford, PA: Historic Delaware County Inc., 1976. Page II 132-134.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF9L-2S7 : 5 August 2020), Charles Henry Breed and Frances Deforest Martin, 10 Jun 1903; citing Marriage, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-C51M : 16 March 2018), Charles Henry Breed, 1903; citing Passport Application, New Jersey, United States, source certificate #72321, Passport Applications, 1795-1905., Roll 625, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #139008947

• Breed Family Association #16 (March, 1963), Charles B. Newhall et.al.; p. 104, 141, no. 870: https://archive.org/details/BreedFamilyAssociationVol161963OCR/page/n148; https://archive.org/details/BreedFamilyAssociationVol161963OCR/page/n184