Horace Franklin Breed
“Horace Franklin Breed”. n.d, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/59525
- Alternate Name
- Horace Franklin Breed Sr.
- Description
- Horace Franklin Breed was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lived from 1824 to 1875. He owned land on what is now Tyson property according to plat maps from 1862 and 1870. He married Susanna P. Marlow. While evidence has not yet been identified that Breed was an enslaver, records indicate that members of the Marlow family were enslavers.
- Bio
- Breed was the uncle of fellow Tyson property landowner Belle Buckingham, as her mother was also a Marlow.
- Birth Date
- June 6, 1825
- Death Date
- 1875
- Sex
- Male
- Child of
- Aaron Breed and Sarah Ann Weld
- Spouse of
- Susanna P. Marlow
- Parent of
- Mary Breed, Comfort Breed, Horace Franklin Breed, Jr., Susanna Breed, Hermione Breed, Stewart Valle Breed
- Place of Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Enslaver
- No records of relation to enslavement yet identified.
- Dates of Tyson Land Ownership
-
1862
Value Annotations
-
1870
Value Annotations
- Bibliographic Citation
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Breed Family Association Vol. 14 (1935), p. 640, 667, no. 792: https://archive.org/details/Vol14Dec.1935imagedByP.EverettOCRByJRF/page/n42
Horace F. Breed. (n.d.) Find A Grave. Retrieved on 17 June 2024 from https: www.findagrave.com/memorial/138970847/horace-f-breed.
Horace Franklin Breed (1824 - 1876). Retrieved on 18 Jul 2025 from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Breed-1770
“Horace Franklin Breed”. n.d, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/59525
