L B Breland (1922 - 2014)

Born 25 Jul 1922 in Raysville, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Son of James Henry Breland and Ella Leona Lawrence

Died 20 Jan 2014 at age 91 in Diana, Upshur County, Texas, United States

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Biography

According to Army enlistment records, L. B. was born in 1921. He is the son of Henry Breland. The 1930 Census for Madison Parish, Louisiana enumerated L. B., age 7, born in Louisiana in the household of Henry Beland and Ella L. Breland.^[1]

In 1940 the family was in Gregg County, Texas where L. B. was enumerated as age 18, and lived in Raysville, Louisiana in 1935.^[2]

Buddies in Service, The Breland Boys

L B Breland married Carrie Nell Smith on the 15th of January 1945 in Longview, Gregg, Texas.^[5] Carrie Nell Breland died in 1994 in Gilmer, Texas.

His obituary in the Longview News-Journal recorded:

• L. B. Breland Sr, 91, of Upshur County, Texas. Mr. Breland was born 25 July 1922 in Rayville, Louisiana and died 18 Jan 2014.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census, Louisiana, Madison, Police Jury Ward 6, Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 2340530. 28 Apr 1940, line 54-59, household 62, line 57, citing L. B. in household of Henry Breland. Digital images: Ancestry.com [database on-line], image 6 of 28. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.
2. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census, Texas, Gregg; Enumeration District: 92-34; Description: JUSTICE PRECINCT 7 N OF U.S. HIGHWAY 80 AND E OF HAWKINS CREEK; Roll: m-t0627-04046; Page: 47B; 22 May 1940, household 1040, line 74-80, line 76, citing L. B. in household of James H. Breeland; Digital images: Ancestry.com. [database on-line] , image 97 of 108, citing L. B. in household of James H Bruland. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
3. ↑ U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; National Archives and Records Administration, citing Breland, L B; Ancestry.com Operations Inc; 2005; Provo, UT, USA
4. ↑ Newspapers.com; Longview News-Journal, Longview, Texas, 31 Oct 1943, Sunday, Page 13
5. ↑ Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015, Gregg County Clerk's Office; Longview, Texas; Gregg County Marriage Records, 1945-1946, citing L B Breland and Carrie Smith; Digital images: Ancestry.com [datbase with images], image 69 of 696. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: View Sources.
6. ↑ Newspapers.com Longview News-Journal (Longview, Texas) 20 Jan 2014, Monday, Page A10, citing L. B. Breland Sr.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Brenda Breland Shaffer and J. E., her third cousin descendant of James Henry Breland parent of L. B. Breland. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great grandparents, Newel C. Breland and Caldonia “Callie” McPherson Predicted relationship: 3rd Cousins, Shared DNA: 176 cM across 13 segments, Confidence: Extremely High.