John Breathitt
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John Breathitt was an American politician and lawyer who was the 11th governor of Kentucky. He was the first Democrat to hold this office and was the second Kentucky governor to die in office. Shortly
John Breathitt
John Sappington
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John S. Sappington was an American medical doctor known for developing a quinine pill to treat malarial and other fever diseases in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys, where the disease was widespre
John Breathitt
…secretary to President Andrew Jackson. James Breathitt became Commonwealth's Attorney for the state of Kentucky. Their sister Jane Breathitt married Dr. John Sappington from Nashville, Tennessee, and the couple moved to central Missouri territory in 1817. There Sappington developed businesses, and then acquired land…
Portrait of John Sappington