Robert Withers Breeding

Robert Withers was born in 1873 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.¹   Robert Withers' 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, Irby Jackson, Mary E., Laura W., Margaret H. W. and Sarah Ann.  He was the second youngest of the eleven children.  He died at the age of 15 in 1888 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.¹