My second cousin twice removed.
Born: March 1860, Mississippi. 1
Parents: ANDREW J. BRIDGES AND SARAH E. (UNKNOWN)
Married: about 1888. 1
Death: between 1920 and 1930. 2
Notes:
Listed as a salesman (grocer) in the 1900 Federal Census, Saint Jo, Montague, TX; indicates six children born and five surviving; all except the two youngest children can read and write.
Listed as a farmer in the 1910 Federal Census, Terral Ward 4, Jefferson, OK; indicates seven children born, five surviving (same five were listed in 1900).
Listed with no occupation in the 1920 Federal Census, Justice Precinct 3, Collingsworth, TX (indexed H. A. Bridges and parents erroneously listed as born in Alabama); son Carl is the only child living in the household.
Wife Sarah listed as widowed and living alone (no occupation) in the 1930 Federal Census, Hedley, Donley, TX
Spouse: SARAH E. (UNKNOWN) b. Oct. 1866, Texas. 1
CHILDREN OF ANDREW J. BRIDGES AND SARAH E. (UNKNOWN):
(my third cousins once removed)
HOMER A BRIDGES b. 7 Nov. 1888, Texas. 1 3
LILLIE B. BRIDGES b. March 1890, Texas. 1
W. CLYDE BRIDGES b. 25 Nov. 1892, Blooming Grove, TX.
CARL J. BRIDGES b. 5 March 1894, Blooming Grove, TX 1 4 6 d. 26 March 1975, Tarrant Co., TX. 4 5
BESSIE R. BRIDGES b. Dec. 1899, Texas. 1
Sources:
1. 1900 Federal Census, Saint Jo, Montague, TX.
2. 1930 Federal Census, Justice Precinct 3, Collingsworth, TX; wife listed as a widow.
3. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; indicates year as 1889; married with two children and employed as a mail carrier for the U.S. Government in Hadley, TX.
4. Social Security Death Index.
5. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000, Austin, TX, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.
6. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; single, had been shot in leg.
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