Irby Jackson Breeding
Irby Jackson was born in 1877 in
Sullivan County, Tennessee. Irby Jackson's father was
Andrew Jackson Breeding and his mother was
Cassandra Matilda Hurst. His paternal grandparents were
William Breeding and
Charity Fugate; his maternal grandparents were
Samuel Hurst and
Lucinda H.. He had six brothers and four sisters, named
Albert Grayson,
Floyd W.,
Rufus William,
Sidney H.,
James Kemper,
Robert Withers,
Mary E.,
Laura W.,
Margaret H. W. and
Sarah Ann. He was the youngest of the eleven children. He died at the age of 68 in 1945.