Dr. James Winchester Breedlove Source: The Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1889 submitted by Michael Brown J. W. Breedlove, M. D. practicing physician of the regular school of physicians, at Fort Smith, Ark., was born in New Orleans, La., and is the son of J. W., Sr., and Maria E. (Winchester) Breedlove. The father went to New Orleans from Virginia in 1814, was a commission merchant, and was also a collector of customs at New Orleans under Gen. Jackson. He was the father of seven children, three now living, J. W., Jr., being the youngest of the family. He received a good classical education in the University of Nashville, Tenn., and afterward pursued the study of medicine, graduating from the University of Louisiana in 1849. He was for twelve years house surgeon of the United States Marine Hospital of New Orleans. He served four years in the Confederate army, and was medical inspector under Gen. Breckenridge. At the close of the war he returned to New Orleans, and became assistant physician in the quarantine station below New Orleans. After this he went to the "Lone Star State." remained two years, and then in the fall of 1869 he came to Sebastian County, Ark., locating in Greenwood, where he practiced his profession until April, 1886, when he moved to Fort Smith. He has been a copartner with Dr. Southard two years. Dr. Breedlove was married in New Orleans to Miss Emma Rawlings, who was born in Kentucky, and whose father was a Mexican soldier. Dr. and Mrs. Breedlove are the parents of one child, Charles T., who is now in Baltimore pursuing dental studies. Dr. Breedlove is a Democrat in his political views, and is a member of Lodge No. 20 of the F. & A. M. Obituary J. W. Breedlove 1906 Submitted by Deborah Musgrove Dr. Breedlove, Wife Die 1906 By Jennifer Gill Monday, December 11, 2006 TIMES RECORD JGILL@SWTIMES.COM A longtime city physician and surgeon, Dr. J.W. Breedlove, died at age 80 on Aug. 16, 1906. His death came just two months after the death of his wife of 48 years, Emma Rawlings Breedlove, at age 71. Dr. James Winchester Breedlove was born in New Orleans in 1827, educated at the University of Nashville and Louisville University (now Tulane University), and he had lived in Sebastian County for 45 years, according to the Fort Smith News Record. He was a charter member and former president of the Sebastian County Medical Society. According to a Sept. 9, 1906, reprint of a tribute by the Masonic Belle Point Lodge No. 20, of which Breedlove was a member, Breedlove was the youngest of seven children. His father, James Waller Breedlove, "attained prominence, and wealth, at one time filling the important position of Collector of Port (of New Orleans), by appointment from his warm personal and political friend, President Andrew Jackson." When Dr. Breedlove graduated from the University of Nashville, the tribute noted, former president Jackson signed his class' diplomas. According to "The History of New Orleans" by John Smith Kendall, the elder Breedlove was president of Atchafalaya Bank and a leader of the state's Democratic Party who unsuccessfully ran for mayor in the 1850s. Breedlove's mother was Maria E. Winchester Breedlove, the daughter of Gen. James Winchester, an early pioneer of Tennessee and a War of 1812 veteran, according to the Masonic tribute. As a child, Dr. Breedlove attended a boys' school in New Orleans, becoming fluent in French. "He spoke and wrote this polite tongue with the ease and correctness of the best-educated Parisian," the tribute stated. According to "Goodspeed's Histories of Arkansas," Breedlove was house surgeon of the U.S. Marine Hospital of New Orleans for 12 years before the Civil War. He served with the Confederate forces during the Civil War, first as a surgeon of the Third Louisiana and ending his service at the Battle of Shiloh as chief surgeon of the troops of General Breckenridge of Kentucky, according to his obituary in the News Record. "His courtesy, and grace and kindness of heart knew no distinction between poverty and wealth," the tribute stated. "He was dignified, and easy in the presence of the most distinguished, as he was considerate and courteous to the most lowly." The lengthy tribute was signed by H.B. Armistead, Geo. W. Moss and W.A. Falconer. According to Mrs. Breedlove's June 12, 1906, obituary, she had suffered with paralysis for a number of years "and it was this disease which caused her death." Emma Rawlings was born in Louisville, Ky., but reared in Virginia, according to the News Record. She and Dr. Breedlove first moved to Indian Territory, then resided near Sugar Loaf Mountain until they moved to Greenwood for 16 years, and then into Fort Smith. The Breedloves had four children, but all preceded them in death. Three died within one week of scarlet fever, the News Record reported, and their son, Charles Breedlove, died in St. Louis in 1896. Mrs. Breedlove "was a most estimable woman and leaves many friends who mourn her death,"reported the June 12, 1906, News Record. "She was a devout member of the Episcopal church and was very charitable." According to the News Record, Mrs. Breedlove assisted her husband in caring for his practice, "especially among the poor." According to "Goodspeed's Histories of Arkansas," in 1889 Dr. Breedlove had been a "co-partner with Dr. (J.D.) Southard for two years." Prior to that, he had a medical practice in Greenwood. The News Record also reported when Dr. Breedlove's will was probated, on Aug. 28, 1906, noting that he left his library to Dr. Southard and a small bequest for Col. T.P. Winchester, Dr. G.F. Hynes and Southard. The balance of his estate was to go to his brother, Maj. Napoleon Breedlove of Tahlequah, Indian Territory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fort Smith Elevator Feb 26, 1892 names mentioned: Winchester Fort Smith News Record Dec 2, 1902 Fort Smith News Record Aug 16, 1906 Fort Smith Elevator Aug 17, 1906 Fort Smith Elevator Aug 24, 1906 names mentioned: Winchester, Duval, Biller, Hynes, Cooper, Eberle, Moulton, Sorrells, Epler, Hardin, Johnston, Breckinridge, Rawlings, Brooksher Fort Smith News Record Aug 28, 1906 names mentioned: Wincheser, Hynes, Southard Fort Smith News Record Sep 9, 1906 names mentioned: Jackson, Winchester, Rawlings, Breckinridge,