Historical Tyson Landowners

Julius Hutawa’s *1870 Atlas of St. Louis County*, showing Breed’s land.

Horace franklin breed

Horace Franklin Breed Jr. appears as a landowner from 1862 through 1870. He was born in 1862 to parents Horace Franklin Breed Sr. and Susanna P. Marlow, and died in 1907. Breed was a cousin of fellow Tyson property landowner Belle Buckingham, as her mother was also a Marlow.

There are no known records of Breed or his father enslaving people.

Resources

Biro, E. Tyson Border Polygon. (2023) Tyson Research Center.

Horace F. Breed. (n.d.) Find A Grave. Retrieved on 17 June 2024 from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138970847/horace-f-breed.

Kearns, E. Breed’s Land 1870 ArcGIS Polygon. (2024) Washington University in St. Louis.

St. Louis Integrated Database of Enslavement | Washington University in St. Louis. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://sites.wustl.edu/enslavementstl/search/.

This Tyson landowner profile was researched and written by Undergraduate Fellow Emmett Kearns and edited by Undergraduate Fellow Juliana Morera during summer 2024.