| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Fifth Generation508. Grover Cleveland Breckenridge Sr6 was born on 11 August 1920 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. He died on 13 August 1962 at the age of 42 in Buffalo, Texas.226 He was buried on 15 August 1962 in Services at Gause Ware Memorial Chapel with burial at Greenwood, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.227 Lived at 920 Jennings, Fort Worth, TX. on 7/24/37 Grover Cleveland Breckenridge, Jr. grew up at 1200 Jennings Street, Fort Worth, TX! Worked for R.E.Wright Builder at 4618 Collinwood when 16 years of age. Things to check: Served in WWII
Kin Claim Negligence In Death of Jailed Man The family of a former Fort Worth man who was found dead in jail at Centerville claimed Tuesday that authorities there had been negligent in failing to get a physician for him. An autopsy showed that Grover C. Breckenridge, 42, a Houston resident for the last two years and a senior accountant for Pure Oil Company, died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Breckenridge was placed in jail at Buffalo Friday night. City Marshal Ben Bagley of Buffalo said he pleaded guilty to drunkenness and was fined $25.50. The prisoner was transferred Saturday morning to Centerville to serve out the fine at $3 a day. Breckenridge's mother, Mrs. Vontrice Breckenridge of 800 W. Lowden, said he did not contact her or other relatives during his week-end in jail. She said relatives here notified law officers that he was missing, and personally attempted to locate him. Jailer Jim Moore found Breckenridge dead at 7 a. m. Monday. Moore said Tuesday that the prisoner had seemed sleepy and had not eaten during his stay in jail. He said this was not unusual and that he had no reason to think the man was ill. Another prisoner thought Breckenridge needed help and called out the window of the jail to a passerby Sunday, when Moore was off duty. The passerby had Deputy Sheriff Ivan Bell called to the jail. The jailer said Bell asked Breckenridge what the matter was, and that the prisoner replied that he was just sleepy. The physician who conducted the autopsy said Tuesday that Breckenridge had a lesion in the "silent" part of the brain, of a type that might well have produced drowsiness and weakness without other symptoms of a stroke such as paralysis. He said onlookers might fail to see anything seriously wrong in such a case. Breckenridge was on the way to Fort Worth from Houston to spend a vacation. His wife and children had come to this area a week earlier and he was to join them. A sister-in-law, Mrs. D. B. (Burk) Breckenridge of 7025 Culver, said her husband checked with two persons who had seen Breckenridge shortly before his arrest, and that both had said he had not been drinking. Breckenridge was arrested near Buffalo. He had driven his car onto a dirt road and stopped. A passerby noticed that he had seemed drowsy or ill. The family here contends Breckenridge did not know what he was doing when he reportedly pleaded guilty, and that because of the stroke he was unable to ask for a physician or to answer questions while in jail. Breckenridge had been with Pure Oil for 21 years. He is survived by his wife; two sons, Clebe [Cleve] and Tommy, and a daughter, Mary Breckenridge, all of Houston, and his mother and brother. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in GauseWare Memorial Chapel with burial in Greenwood. Grover Cleveland Breckenridge Sr and Peggy Ruth Poe were married on 19 June 1944 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. Peggy Ruth Poe6, daughter of (father of Peggy Ruth) Poe and (mother of Peggy Ruth Poe), was born on 17 November 1920 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. She lived in 8336 Wayne Place on 17 November 1920. She died on 16 August 1969 at the age of 48 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.165 Peggy was buried after 16 August 1969 in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Grover Cleveland Breckenridge Sr-13279 and Peggy Ruth Poe-13280 had the following children:
|