Brief Life History of Washington
When Washington Bridwell was born on 9 June 1869, in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States, his father, Washington Bridwell, was 33 and his mother, Fanny Virginia Wylds, was 26. He married Lillian C. Gunter on 6 October 1896, in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Harrisonville, Richmond, Georgia, United States in 1900 and District 1434, Richmond, Georgia, United States in 1910. He died before 1 October 1929.
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- John C Cadle, "United States Census, 1910"
- Washington Bridwell, "United States Census, 1900"
- Washington Bridwell in household of Washington Bridwell, "United States Census, 1870"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (Wiltshire): habitational name from Bridwell in Uffculme (Devon) or Bridewell in Westbury (Wiltshire), both of which are probably named after a well or spring dedicated to Saint Bride, or a stream frequented by birds (Old English bridd + wella ‘well, spring, stream’). Compare Bridewell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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