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Eliza Farnham's 1856 account of the Donner Party was based largely on an interview with Margaret Breen. Her version details the ordeals of the Graves and Breen families after James Reed and the second relief left them in the snow pit.
Oct 29, 2020 · But in 1878, a historian and newspaper editor in Truckee named Charles McGlashan had a chance encounter with a Donner Party survivor. This was James Breen — who, like Eliza Donner, had only been a tiny child when his family lived through the disaster.
- Carly Severn
James Reed was the only adult survivor of the Donner Party to publish an extensive account, beginning with J. Merryman’s newspaper article based on Reed’s notes in the December 9, 1847 Illinois Journal, and Reed’s own article The Snow-Bound, Starved Emigrants of 1846 published in the Pacific Rural Press in 1871. Reed died in 1874.
About James F. Breen, Donner Party. Survived, age four. James graduated from Santa Clara College and became an attorney. He established his practice in San Juan Bautista about 1863 and was a prominent local citizen.
- Catherine Breen
Aug 18, 1996 · James Reed III is a former mayor of San Anselmo. The post now is held by Peter Breen, great-great grandson of Donner Party member Patrick Breen. The Breen and Graves families held reunions in conjunction with the event. Family historians praised their ancestors during programs, calling them heroes for their courage.
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Dec 24, 2021 · Known as the Donner Party, led by George Donner and James F. Reed, they were victims of bad luck and bad leadership. Their biggest mistake was taking a new "shortcut" called the Hastings...
Jan 22, 2020 · When Reed and his party came to the cabins they found that Milt had indeed been stripped and eaten, while over in the Donner camp they came across Jean Baptiste walking back to the George Donners’ tent carrying a human leg revealed to be that of Jacob Donner, of whom little remained.
