George Breed
Contributed by Karen Mitchell and Jean Griesan. Photo by Floyd Kelling.
George Breed
George Breed, a Civil War veteran, first came to Colorado from Massachusetts in 1867. He returned east a couple of years later for his wife and sons. They then moved to Pueblo in 1875 and operated the Lindell Hotel at Fifth and Santa Fe Avenue until 1882. After financial reverses caused him to lose the hotel Breed and his wife went into the restaurant business. He served two terms as city alderman, was a Justice of the Peace, and was agent for the Colorado Humane Society. Breed was active in the Fran Army of the Republic. He was Captain of the First National Guard company in Pueblo in 1882.He also was a member of the International Order of Odd Fellows and Patriarchs Militant. He died August 8, 1889, from a long illness. His sons George Warren Breed and William Green Breed, and his foster son, Charlie Brew, were members of the volunteer department. Father and sons were given eloquent funerals with long processions of friends to the cemetery. Anna Breed continued to live in Pueblo until her death in 1902.
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