When Dixie Marian Reeder was born on 7 June 1863, in Athens, Ohio, United States, her father, Edward Orrick Reeder, was 27 and her mother, Ervellia B. Tribett, was 32. She married Walter Richard Bridges on 2 March 1887. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. She lived in Chartiers Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and North Franklin Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. She died on 6 November 1948, in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.