Charles Goodwin Breeden

Duane's take

Here's how the marker tells it, and I'm passing it straight along to you. There's a town called Cuero, sitting in DeWitt County, and it draws people to it. Always has.

Charles G. Breeden was one of those people. He was born in Victoria, and he came to Cuero at fifteen years old, not to settle down and put his feet up, but to work.

The "Weekly Star" newspaper, that was his first stop. Fifteen years old, and already in the ink-and-newsprint trade. That's a certain kind of young man right there.

Cuero got hold of him, and he never left. Made it his permanent home, and the town was better for it. He grew into a prominent south Texas merchant, a partner in not one but two significant operations.

The Breeden Brothers Company. The Breeden-Runge Wholesale Company. Business and civic life both, he was called influential in each.

Then in 1915, Charles Breeden married Mabel Claire Hall, and together they became the parents of two daughters. A boy comes to town at fifteen with a newspaper job, and he builds a life. A partner in two companies, a family man, a civic leader.

Cuero kept him, and by the looks of it, he kept Cuero right back.

What the marker says

A native of Victoria, Charles G. Breeden came to Cuero at age 15 to work on the "Weekly Star" newspaper. He made Cuero his permanent home and became an influential business and civic leader. A prominent south Texas merchant, he was a partner in the Breeden Brothers Company and the Breeden-Runge Wholesale Company. Charles Breeden married Mabel Claire Hall in 1915, and they were the parents of two daughters. Recorded - 1991