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Show i MAJOR M. A. BREEDEN, who died at Redondo Btach Thursday night. j TS r : k ( .; j,4'4 FORMER SALT LAKER DIES IN ClIFOln Major M. A. Breeden Is to Be Buried in Los Angeles j This Afternoon. Telegrams were received in Salt Lake from Los Angeles, Cal., yesterday, announcing an-nouncing the death at Redondo Beach, near rhat city, Thursday night, of Major M. A. Breeden, for twenty years a prominent resident of this state. Major Breeden left this city for Los Angeles in December, 1909, and for eight years preceding his departure he had been attorney general for Utah. Major Breeden was.born in Kentucky in 1849, and removed to Missouri witn his parents when a boy. Later he went to the territory of New Mexico, where he resided at Santa Ye until 1890, when he came to Utah and settled at Ogden, where he formed a law partnership wijh Volney C. G unnell, present judge of the juvenile court at Ogden. During his residence in New Mexico Major Breeden held a number of important offices, chief among which was that of attorney general which position he held for eight years. During his residence in Utah, preceding pre-ceding statehood, Major Breeden served as United States commissioner at Ogden. Og-den. Ho also was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and served one term as department, commander for the state of Utah. In addition to being a member of the G. A. B., Major Breeden Bree-den also was a member of the Odd Fellows. Fel-lows. He wa3 a genial, kindly man, and made friends wherever he went. During Dur-ing his residence in Los Angeles he practiced law, until failing health compelled him to retire. Major Breeden is survived by his widow and several bous and daughters. Judge Gunnell, former law partner of Major Breeden, commenting upon his death last night, said: Major Breeden was one of the most genial and kindly of men, a fine gentleman and a true friend. His cultivated manners and attractive attract-ive personality won him hundreds of friends. He was always Republican Repub-lican in party affiliations and liked to talk of his acquaintance and associations as-sociations with the great Republican Repub-lican leaders, like Blaine, Conklin and others. During our close association in the law practice he often talked to me of General Lew Wallace, with whom he was intimately acquainted ac-quainted during his residence in !N:ew Mexico, and while the general was governor there. It was during dur-ing this period that Geueral Wallace Wal-lace was writing his famous book, "The Fair God. Major Breeden told me on several occasions that General Wallace was confirmed in his belief that Jesus stood by his side and guided his hand in writing writ-ing seme of the wonderful descriptions descrip-tions of places and incidents contained con-tained in his remarkable book. Funeral services for Major Breedeu will be held this afternoon at o'clock, under the auspices of the Odd Fellows, the Redondo G. A. R. prist and the Stanton post, G. A. R., of Los Angeles. Interment will be in Rosedale cemetery. |