Samuel Miller Breckinridge

On October the 8, 1850, Samuel Miller Breckinridge married his

first cousin (they shared a Cabell grandparent) , Virginia Harrison

Castleman. Of his legal abilities it was reported: "Although

barely of age, he soon attracted much attention by his scholarship,

and ability in his profession, and by the grace and eloquence

of his oratory." On December 15, 1853 Virginia and Samuel

had the second of their children, who they named: Virginia Castleman.

For the years 1854 and 1855, Samuel Miller served in the Missouri

State Legislature. In 1859 he was elected Judge of the Circuit

Court of the State of Missouri, and while on the bench, he was

chosen a member of the State Convention, which continued in existence

until 1863. He became Elder of the Second Presbyterian Church

of St. Louis in 1871. In 1874 he was a member of the General Assembly

which met in St. Louis; in 1873 he was a member of the committee

on fraternal relations, appointed to meet a similar committee

of the Southern Presbyterian Church.

On October the 8, 1850, Samuel Miller Breckinridge married his

first cousin (they shared a Cabell grandparent) , Virginia Harrison

Castleman. Of his legal abilities it was reported: "Although

barely of age, he soon attracted much attention by his