James Kemper Breeding
James Kemper was born in 1873 in
Sullivan County, Tennessee. James Kemper'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.,
Robert Withers,
Irby Jackson,
Mary E.,
Laura W.,
Margaret H. W. and
Sarah Ann. He was the third youngest of the eleven children. He died at the age of 75 in 1948.