Henry Bridgman

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Bridgman was born on 10 September 1837, in Grainger, Tennessee, United States, his father, Martin Bridgman, was 27 and his mother, Anna Dyer, was 22. He married Lavina Angel on 8 March 1866, in Morgan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Township of Flat Branch, Shelby, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States in 1910. He died on 30 April 1924, in Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Locust Grove Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Bridgman
1837–1924
Lavina Angel
1844–1908
Marriage: 8 March 1866
John Martin Bridgman
1867–1946
Robert Guthrie Bridgman
1869–1921
Ada Belle Bridgman
1871–1962
Charles Watson Bridgman
1873–1972
William Rolland Bridgman
1875–1965
Lewis Edgar Bridgman
1879–1970
Henry Clarence Bridgman
1881–1887
Nellie Lucretia Bridgman
1882–1977

Sources (34)

  • Henry Brydgeman, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Henry Bridgeway, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Henry Bridgeman, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1858

Historical Boundaries: 1858: Christian, Illinois, United States

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bridgeman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Henry Bridgman Our subject comes of a German family whose characteristics have been modified in some directions and made more intense in others, by a residence in the southern States. His grandparent …

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