Historical records matching James F. Breen, Donner Party
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About James F. Breen, Donner Party
Survived, age four.
James graduated from Santa Clara College and became an attorney. He established his practice in San Juan Bautista about 1863 and was a prominent local citizen. He served as district attorney, assemblyman, and county judge for Monterey County; when San Benito County split off from Monterey County in 1874 he was appointed judge of the new county and, in 1879, became its superior judge.
In December 1878 business took James to Reno. Passing through Truckee, he dropped by the office of the the Truckee Republican, and asked to subscribe to the local newspaper. When editor Charles Fayette McGlashan wondered why someone from so far away would be interested, Breen, "tall and commanding in appearance," with "a fine intelligent countenance," answered that he had been a member of the Donner Party. McGlashan’s interest was piqued. He threw himself into research and two months later the Republican published the first installment of a series of articles which evolved into the classic History of the Donner Party.
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James F. Breen, Donner Party's Timeline
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1841
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Keokuk, Lee Co., IA
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1875
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1877
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1880
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1899
Age 58
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San Francisco, CA
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