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Breeden, Marshall A

lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 22, 1848, in Maysville, Ky. He graduated from the Mount Ziam academy, Ill., and became a union soldier at the age of fifteen years.

During 1872-73 he was clerk of the supreme court of New Mexico; during 1873- 84 was postmaster of Santa Fe, N. M.; and in 1884-88 was public prosecutor for the northern district of New Mexico. In 1894 he was president of the Utah state senate, and now practices law in Ogden.

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