Elizabeth Bridges

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Bridges was born on 13 January 1791, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, her father, Benjamin Bridges, was 39 and her mother, Mary 'Sarah' Jones, was 36. She married Hugh Bailey from January 1804 to December 1804, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 11 daughters. She died on 21 October 1871, in her hometown, at the age of 80, and was buried in Greer, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hugh Bailey
1771–1841
Elizabeth Bridges
1791–1871
Marriage: from January 1804 to December 1804
Mary Bailey
1805–1861
Martha Bailey
1807–1840
Sarah Bailey
1810–1848
Jane Bailey
1812–1877
Rachael Bailey
1815–1846
Elizabeth Bailey
1817–1871
Nancy Bailey
1819–1891
Rosanah Bailey
1822–
Amanda Minerva Bailey
1826–1913
Eliza Bailey
1826–
Robert W Bailey
1829–1864
Caroline E Bailey
1831–
William Clark Bailey
1833–1882

Sources (4)

  • 1870 United States Federal Census
  • Elizabeth Bridges Bailey, "Find A Grave Index"
  • 1850 United States Federal Census

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World Events (8)

1792 · Head Tax Law

"In 1792, South Carolina passes a law called the ""head tax"" for all free African Americans from age 16-50. This tax was $2.00."

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bridge . The -s generally represents the genitive case, but may occasionally be a plural. In some cases this name denoted someone from the Flemish city of Bruges (Brugge) in Belgium, meaning ‘bridges’, which had extensive trading links with England in the Middle Ages.

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

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