Breese family.
Breese family of Charleston, S.C., and Asheville and Brevard, N.C. William Cebra Breese was cashier of the First National Bank of Charleston until his death in 1883. William Edmond Breese, son of Cornelia Edmond and William Cebra Breese, served in the Confederate Army's South Carolina Cadets and saw action at Kennesaw Mountain and other Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina battles. In 1883, he succeeded his father as cashier of the First National Bank of Charleston.
In 1885, he moved to Asheville, N.C., for the health of his son, William Edmond Breese, Jr., and established the First National Bank of Asheville. When the bank failed in 1897, he was arrested and charged with conspiracy, embezzlement, abstraction, and misapplication. After six trials, he was acquitted of all charges. William Edmond Breese, Jr., son of Margaret Lowndes Perroneau and William Edmond Breese, graduated from the University of North Carolina and was active in politics.
He served as a member of the North Carolina Senate and was mayor of Brevard, N.C. He married Rebekah Nicolson Woodbridge.
From the description of Breese family papers, 1729-1937. WorldCat record id: 40387711
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| creatorOf | Breese family. Breese family papers, 1729-1937. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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| associatedWith | Breese, William Cebra, d. 1883. | person |
| associatedWith | Breese, William Edmond, b. 1848. | person |
| associatedWith | Breese, William Edmond, b. 1873. | person |
| associatedWith | Cebra family. | family |
| associatedWith | Digges family. | family |
| associatedWith | Edwinson family. | family |
| associatedWith | First National Bank of Asheville. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | First National Bank of Charleston. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hume family. | family |
| associatedWith | United Confederate Veterans. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Van Vechten family. | family |
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| Brevard (N.C.) | |||
| Charleston (S.C.) | |||
| Asheville (N.C.) | |||
| North Carolina |
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| Bank failures |
| Banks and banking |
| Banks and banking |
| Embezzlement |
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Family
Active 1729
Active 1937
