Rufus William Breeding
Rufus William was born in 1861 in
Of Sullivan County, Tennessee. Rufus William'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.,
Sidney H.,
James Kemper,
Robert Withers,
Irby Jackson,
Mary E.,
Laura W.,
Margaret H. W. and
Sarah Ann. He was the fourth oldest of the eleven children. He died at the age of 71 in 1932.