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  1. Oliver A Bridgford: Birth: 13 AUG 1830 in ,Oxford,Butler,Ohio. Death: 10 MAR 1911 in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois

  2. George Bridgford: Birth: ABT 1832 in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois. Death: INFANT in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois

  3. Frances Bridgford: Birth: ABT 1832 in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois. Death: INFANT in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois

  4. William D Bridgford: Birth: 1833 in ,Oxford,Butler,Ohio. Death: 1892 in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois

  5. Malinda M Bridgford: Birth: 1838 in ,Augusta,Ind.

  6. Mary Elizabeth Bridgford: Birth: 6 MAY 1841 in ,Augusta,Ind. Death: 14 JAN 1925 in Mercer County,Illinois

  7. Isaac Thomas Bridgford: Birth: 1843 in ,Augusta,Ind. Death: 21 MAR 1862 in Pittsburgh Landng,Civil War

  8. William Bridgford: Birth: 1844 in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois. Death: in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois

  9. Nancy Jane Bridgford: Birth: 1849 in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois. Death: 15 MAR 1872 in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois

  10. Martha A Bridgford: Birth: 1851 in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois.

  11. Laura Mae Bridgford: Birth: 21 AUG 1854 in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois. Death: 1 JAN 1894 in Millersburg,Mercer,Illinois


Notes
a. Note:   Walter's parents were William J. Bridgford and Lucy Elizabeth Long. They were natives of Virginia and migrated to Kentucky where Walter was born. Marriage date was taken from Ohio County Marriage records Vol 1-4 1803-1879 LDS film# 355779 Obituarie from the Aledo Press and the Reynolds Press 1894-1899 Walter A. Bridgford died Tuesday. He was born 5,January,1810 in Scott County Kentucky, son of William J. and Elizabeth Bridgford, both of whom were Virginian's. In 1813 the family moved to near Oxford Twp. Butler County,Ohio and in 1829 Walter married Miss Nancy J Wakeland. In 1832 they came to Indiana, near Indianapolis, staying there for eight years and then coming to Richland Grove Mercer County, Illinois. In 1856 they moved to Millersburg, Mercer County. He was in the mercantile business for 10 years. He died June 8th, leaving an aged wife and four children: Captain Oliver A. Bridgford of Aledo; Mrs. Malinda Hunt of Wyandotte, Kansas; and a daughter living at Emporia, Kansas. He was 87 years, 5 mo. and 8 days. The funeral was Thursday with burial in the cemetery north of Aledo. He was the father of nine children in all.(The Reynolds Press,Thursday 17 June 1897) The reference to coming to Millersburg in 1856 is different than what I have. I have a paper in my possession that states that Walter and Nancy were early pioneers of Millersburg and settled there on October 20,1842 and that they came there from Indiana. The following letter was written by Walter Anderson Bridgford to his niece as follows; Millersburg,Illinois Dec 9, 1890 Mrs.Eliza McCray Jones Haugherville, Indiana Dear Niece, I received your kind and welcome letter a few days ago, which found us all well except my youngest daughter. We are having beautiful weather and have had all fall. I went to Kansas this fall, to see my three daughters who live there. I was gone about a month. They were all well at home. Our son O.A. Bridgford and family are well. Four of brother Thomas's grand- children live out here; about 20 miles from here, near Camden Mills, Illinois. Well, I will give you a history of our family. I think about the year 1735 or 1736 there were two brothers, by the name of Bridgford, who came over from England and settled in Old Virginia. One of them was my grandfather. His name was William. The other was Thomas or Benjamine. My grandfather married a woman named Johnson, an uncle's daughter of Richard M. Johnson, who was Vice President of the United States. My father was William "J" Bridgford, who was born in Virginia in 1764 and there married my mother, who was Elizabeth Long. They had two children in Virginia, named John and William B. The latter was your grandfather. Then my father and mother and the Johnson family moved to Kentucky and lived there until they had nine children. They then moved to a place in Ohio, called Round Bottom, about 25 miles from Cincinnati on the Big Miami River and they lived there about two years. They then came to Oxford, Ohio and lived there until their deaths. Father was 84 years old when he died and mother died when 76. There were born to them 15 children. Nine boys and six girls. They raised 13 of them to be men and women. Two died when ____, Samuel and Francis. The names of the others were John, William B. Thomas, Mary, James, Robert, Richard,George, Lucinda, Walter A, Nancy, Eliza, (twins) and Margaret. She, Margaret, was the youngest and the only girl still alive (1890). I was 80, the 5th of last June. My mother was the only child of Francis Long, who died at Oxford, Ohio about the year 1827 at the age of 93 years. She was of Scotch and Welch descent. My father had four brothers and two sisters.Their names were William J."my father", James, Thomas and Richard. The sisters were Judah and Lucinda. Judah married a man by the name of Mosboth. Both died in Kentucky in 1832 with Cholera and were buried in the same grave. Now in relation to my wife's side of the house. My wife was born in Ohio, in Clermont, County on the 3rd of December, 1810. Her name is Nancy Wakeland Bridgford, daughter of Charles Wakeland. He was born in Virginia, came there to Kentucky and there married Pamelia Duckett. Pamelia Duckett's father's name was Isaac Duckett. He was born in the state of Maryland. There he married a lady by the name of Jones and then moved to Kentucky. Father Charles Wakeland was a relative to Henry Clay of Kentucky. This is as far back as I can trace the relation on either side of the house. Father Wakeland had nine children. Their names were Turner R., Mary (our grandmother) Caleb, William, Charles, Isaac, Nancy, Rebecca, and Eliza. Now in relation to grandmother Long's thumb being off. She had a felon on it and lost one joint and the nail grew on the end of the thumb and she used to show it to the children and call it Tom Thumb. Tell your mother I am much obliged for her picture. I would like to have yours. Let me hear from you. Good bye, Love to all Yours Truly, W. A. Bridgford Some notes were written on the margins of the letter by person's unknown to me. 1. Daughter of Caroline Bridgford McCray. 2. Walter and wife Nancy are buried in Oak Ridge Cem. in Millersburg, Illinois, near her brother Charles Christian Wakeland. THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL NOTES FROM THE HISTORY OF MERCER CO. ILLINOIS 1882 Walter Anderson Bridgford was born in Scott County, Kentucky Jan.1,1810 and came of old Virginia stock. When a child of three years he removed from his parents to Butler County, Ohio and was there reared and married. In the Spring of 1843 he came to Mercer County Illinois and here engaged in carpenter work,his family joined him in the fall of that year. He afterward turned his attention to farming and to merchandising, becoming a factor in commercial circles in Millersburg where he passed away. His wife died at the home of their son Capt. O. A. Bridgford, who was but thirteen years of age when he came to Illinois with his Mother ,joining his father in Mercer, County. Marriage date taken from Butler, Ohio Co. Marriage recs. Vol. I 1803-1834 Note..... Walter was admitted to the Bar at Oxford, Ohio in 1832, but did not engage actively in the practice of law. He served as Justice of the Peace in Mercer County Illinois for many years. October 27,1896 The venerable W.A. Bridgford, whose age is now, we think, 86 years was in town last thursday driving a team of Colts and when down in front of Pykes store, the train came along, which caused them to scare. They ran up College ave. to Lorimer's corner where they turned west and ran in to the sign post in front of the Aledo Republican Office and when we came along we noticed"McKinley and Prosperity" had taken a drop and was in a very delapidated condition and it had to be done by a Democrat too. The wagon was considerably smashed up, but Mr. Bridgford fortunately escaped injury. The above article was taken from the Times Record


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