Henry Breazeale: Eighth Generation

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Front l - r: Nancy Jane Walker (wife of James Pickney Breazeale), Mary Breazeale (wife of Hasia Spears), Martha Breazeale (wife of Anderson Kelly), Julie Breazeale (wife of Jim Thompson), Emma Frances Breazeale (wife of John J. Whinery), Sarah "Sallie" Breazeale (wife of Will Cremeen), and Melinda Jane Breazeale (wife of Manley Newton Wheat).

Back l - r: William Marion Breazeale, John Sampson Breazeale, Thomas Jefferson Breazeale, Nancy A. Breazeale (wife of Curtis Basil Wheat), Lee H. Breazeale, and Milton Breazeale.

226. James Pinkney⁸ Breazeale (Elijah Bushaloo⁷, Drury Buchman⁶, Drury Woods⁵ Breazell, Drury⁴ Brazeal, Henry³, Henry² Brazeel, Henry¹) reference F26 (F18-3) was born in Greene Co, AL December 12, 1837. James died April 9, 1910 in Attala Co, MS. His body was interred at Breazeale Cemetery in Attala Co, MS.

He married Nancy Jane Walker February 3, 1859. Nancy was born December 14, 1844 in Neshoba Co, MS. Nancy was the daughter of Sampson Walker and Martha Jane McCowan. Nancy died December 4, 1933. Her body was interred at Breazeale Cemetery in Attala Co, MS. James and Nancy met and married in 1858. She was about 14 years old and he was 21. Their first child was born about 1859. They lived in Neshoba County, Miss. just west of Zamma, Miss. They lived here until 1861 at which time they moved to Catahoula Parish, Louisiana to be with Nancy's mother and family. Nancy's father and mother had moved here several years before, and during the war between the states Nancy's father and oldest brother were killed. They lived with the Walkers until 1866. Then they moved back to their old house in Neshoba County, Miss. Nancy's mother remarried and then moved to Texas. The 3rd child of James and Jane was born in Louisiana. By 1868 they were back in Neshoba Co. because Julia, their 4th child, was born in Mississippi as were all their other children. James and family lived in Neshoba Co. until about 1896 at which time James sold his farm in Neshoba Co. to his oldest son William M. Breazeale. James and his family then moved to Attala Co. Miss. about 7 miles southeast of Kosciusko, Miss. Here they lived until their death. There are still grandchildren and great, great grandchildren living there today. Others are in Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama. I have listed all of James and Jane's children. Nancy Jane Walker Breazeale was born in Neshoba Co. in the year 1844. She died at her son Thomas' home in 1933. James Pickney Breazeale was born 1838 in Kemper Co. Miss. Died 1910. Nancy Jane was the daughter of Sampson and Martha Jane Walker of Hills Bluff, Mississippi.

The Breazeales and Walkers

The father of James Pickney Breazeale was Elijah Bushaloo Breazeale, Sr. who moved with his family from South Carolina to Green county, Alabama sometime about 1820. This is where James Pickney Breazeale was born. Then, about 1840, Elijah and family moved to Neshoba County, Mississippi where James grew up. They lived at Hills Bluff, Mississippi near where James met and married Nancy Jane Walker. The Walkers had moved to Neshoba County, Mississippi about 1835. James and Nancy married in Neshoba County, Mississippi about 1858. They farmed here until the fall of 1859. Then James and Nancy moved to Holmes Co., Mississippi where they had their first child, William M. Breazeale. They stayed here and farmed until their second child was born in the winter of 1861. James and Nancy were moving west to find more fertal farmland. They arrived and settled in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana in the spring of 1862. They were settled in their new home and probably had time to plant a garden. Here the Civil War caught up with them and James enlisted in March 1862. He was gone from home during the war until after the surrender in 1865. James was discharged about June of 1865 and returned to Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. They farmed here until about 1867 at which time they decided to move back to Neshoba County, Mississippi. Their journey back to Mississippi was one big problem after another. They had just had their third child before moving. They packed all of their belongings on a wagon pulled by two oxen. This was the winter of 1867. They crossed the Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississippi. On the east side of the river they had to camp for several days. They built a large fire and dried out their possessions and to give some comfort to their three small children. On their way from this crossing, one of the oxen became lame and James and Nancy had to take turns helping the lame ox pull the wagon. They probably journeyed up the Natchez Trace going home because this much-traveled trail came within twenty miles of their old homeplace there in Neshoba County, Mississippi. They arrived in Neshoba County, Mississippi sometime in 1868 because their fourth child was born here in 1868. They stayed here until 1898. At this time a tornado destroyed their home. James sold the land to his oldest son William and James and Nancy moved to Attala County, Mississippi, southeast of Kosciusko, Mississipppi and lived their until their death. James died in 1910 and Jane died in 1933 at her son Thomas' home. To back up in our story of James and Nancy Breazeale, it should be noted that Nancy's father and mother, with their children, had moved from Neshoba County, Mississippi to Catahoula Parish, Louisiana about 1862. The Walkers lived very near where James and Nancy lived because, according to the story, they could hear the sound of cannonfire in the distance when Nancy's father Sampson Walker and his oldest son John James Walker left home to join the fight during the Civil War. Then there is the story of how William Walker, the next oldest son of Sampson Walker, would stay at night with his sister Nancy Jane Breazeale to offer some comfort to her and her small children during those frightening times of the Civil War. It is said that William would go to his sister Nancy's home at times during the days when the military would go from house to house looking for young boys to go into military during the time the war was going badly for the Southern Forces. Sampson Walker enlisted April 15, 1862 and was on the causlaty list July 1, 1862. he was killed in the engagement at Richmond, Virginia. John James Walker enlisted April 16, 1862 and was in the hospital at Port Gibson, Mississippi in 1862 where he died from the measles and other complications of that day. Sometime about 1864, Martha J. McCowan Walker, the wife of Sampson Walker, married James Sorrell, a part-time Baptist preacher. It is not known where they were married, but I feel sure it was in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. There were two children born to Martha and James, one in 1865 and the other in 1867. Martha and her Walker children with the two Sorrell children, moved to Keatchie, DeSota Parish, Louisiana. They were there in 1870, but about 1875, they moved to Joaquin, Texas. Martha died in 1880 and is buried in Brookland Cemetery in Haslam, Texas. Martha's children all made their homes in Joaquin or nearby. There are many grandchildren living there today. Note: It must be noted that all the dates and times are not altogether accurate because these stories of the Breazales and Walkers are handed down from generation to generation and may have lost something over the years. It has been over a hundred years since these stories began. These stories are true, just the dates we are not sure of. -- Unknown

James Pinkney Breazeale and Nancy Jane Walker had the following children:

child + 372 i. William Marion⁹ Breazeale was born December 6, 1859.