Biography of Calvin Breeden - Edgar County, Illinois HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY, IOWA Western Historical Company - Chicago - 1879 p. 743 Calvin Breeden, farmer, Sec. 22, P.O. Fulton, was born in Edgar Co., Ill. May 29, 1830; in 1838 he emigrated with his parents to Jackson Co., Iowa and settled in Farmer’s Creek Twp. Where he remained until 1850, when he went to Calif. and engaged in mining on the middle fork of the Am. River near Georgetown; in the summer of 1853, he returned to this county and Sept. 27, following he md. in Farmer’s Creek Twp. Miss Adelia, dau. of Jacob and Susanna Martin, of Canada, who settled in this country in 1849, where Mr. M. resided until his death, Dec. 9, 1876; Mrs. Martin is still living. Mr. Breeden’s ch. Are Francis, Marion, Otto, Norman and Rosa Marinda. During the war Mr. B. enlisted as private to Co. B, 26th I.V.I; was enrolled Aug. 8, 1862; was promoted to 2nd Lt. in Mar. 1863, served as Capt. during the latter part of the war; was in the battles of Greenville, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Decatur and siege of Atlanta, he was wounded at Greenville, Miss; received 3 wounds at Arkansas Post, and was severely wounded at Atlanta; at the close of the war, he was honorable discharged. He is a Republican and has been elected to various offices. Owns 106 acres of land. (Died suddenly, 31 Oct 1899) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Phyllis Hill