David Bridges

Male29 December 1918–22 August 1985

Brief Life History of David

When David Bridges was born on 29 December 1918, in Elk Valley, Campbell, Tennessee, United States, his father, Lile Charles Bridges, was 33 and his mother, Margaret Ellen Phillips, was 31. He married Evelyn Botts on 9 May 1947, in Campbell, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Civil District 5, Fentress, Tennessee, United States in 1940 and Fentress, Tennessee, United States in 1950. He died on 22 August 1985, at the age of 66, and was buried in Armathwaite, Fentress, Tennessee, United States.

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David Bridges
1918–1985
Evelyn Botts
1928–1998
Marriage: 9 May 1947
Damon Bridges
1951–2000

Sources (7)

  • David Bridges, "United States 1950 Census"
  • David Bridges, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • David Bridges, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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  • Marriage
    9 May 1947Campbell, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

    1931 · The Parthenon is Built

    Age 13

    In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built  giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for. 

    1937 · The Neutrality Act

    Age 19

    The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

    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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