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About Louise Breckenridge
Louise (Tevis) Breckenridge Sharon (1858 – 1938), the daughter of Lloyd Tevis, president of Wells Fargo and one of the richest men in California, and Susan Gano Sanders, was born 12 October 1858 at San Francisco, California. She died at the age of 80 on 19 December 1938 in England She married (1) John Witherspoon Breckenridge, son of politician and Confederate General John C. Breckenridge, about 1878. After their divorce, she married (2) Frederick William Sharon in 1884.
Frederick William Sharon was the son of Senator William Sharon, one of California’s richest men. Sharon arrived in San Francisco in 1849, first investing in real estate, then also in mining and banking. By 1880, the state of California assessed his personal fortune at $4,470,000 and he was the largest single taxpayer in the state. Louise and Frederick were married at Sharon’s 55,360 square foot mansion ‘Belmont’ in 1884.
Louise and Frederick Sharon lived in Paris, in New York at their mansion at 323-5th Avenue, and at their Menlo Park mansion ‘Sharon Heights’.
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Louise Breckenridge's Timeline
| 1858 |
October 12, 1858
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San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States
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| 1878 |
1878
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| 1879 |
July 1879
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California, USA
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| 1881 |
November 1881
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Rufford, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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| 1938 |
December 19, 1938
Age 80
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England, United Kingdom
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