Benton Co., AR - Biographies - J. Wesley Breedlove
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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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J. Wesley Breedlove, liveryman of Siloam Springs, Ark., was born in 
Miller County, Mo., July 20, 1866, being a son of Clay and Amelia 
(Reed) Breedlove. The former was born in Illinois, near St. Louis, 
Mo., January 8, 1834, and afterward moved to that city, where he was 
principally reared. He was married in Miller County, Mo., in 1855, and 
in 1874 located in the Choctaw Nation, where he still resides. During 
the late war he enlisted under Gen. Price in the Confederate service, 
but owing to being accidentally wounded in the hand in 1863, he was 
compelled to give up soldiering for a time. His grandfather came from 
Wales and settled in Virginia, where the father of Clay B. was born. 
The latter moved to Indiana, thence to Illinois, and afterward settled 
in Boone County, Ark., where he yet resides, at a very advanced age. 
The wife of Clay B. was born in Miller County, Mo., May 10. 1827, and 
died in the Choctaw Nation in May, 1885. Her father was born in 
Ireland, and after locating in the United States, in Pennsylvania, 
came to Miller County, Mo., and reared a large family of children. The 
following are the children born to Mr. Breedlove and wife: J. Wesley, 
Rachel (deceased), James H., William A., Robert T. and Sallie M. J. 
Wesley Breedlove was educated in Richland Institute, Pulaski County, 
Mo., and made his home with his father until he was twenty-two years 
of age, at which time he was married to Amanda Burness, a native of 
Illinois. She died in 1882, leaving three children: Edward Clay, Clara 
Eugenia, and William Newton (deceased). In 1883 Mr. Breedlove was 
married to Mrs. M. J. Steele, who was born in Montgomery County, Mo., 
January 30, 1853. By her first husband she became the mother of one 
child, Arthur L. Steele. She has three children by Mr. Breedlove: Inez 
A., Clara Alice (deceased) and Mary I. Mr. Breedlove went with his 
father to the Choctaw Nation in 1874, and there married both his 
wives. He followed the occupations of farming, stock-raising and 
teaching in the Nation, and in 1885 came to Arkansas and ran a hack 
line from Siloam Springs to Bentonville, and afterward engaged in the 
livery business, which he has made very successful. He has a fine 
stable, centrally located, and has done a good business financially. 
He is a Democrat in polities, but owing to his roving life has never 
had a chance to vote. He is a member of the board of alderman of 
Siloam Springs, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.