James Bridges, son of Catherine Evans and Dillon Bridges, was born June 24, 1789 in Virginia; moved with his parents to Fleming County, KY in 1799 or 1800, and died Oct. 8, 1878 in Charlestown, Clark Co., IN and his remains are in the Charlestown Cemetery with his son Dillon, Dillon's wife Mary, and a granddaughter Matilda. He married 21 Mar 1810 in Fleming Co., KY to Nancy Fitch. She died 1 May, 1861 in Jefferson County, IN, and she was buried in the Marling Church cemetery. She was born Jan. 25, 1790 in Fleming Co. James served in the War of 1812 as a private and then a drummer. After leaving KY sometime between 1815-1819, he bought and sold land in several places in Indiana: Wayne County, Rush County, Jefferson County, and finally he ends up living in the household of son Dillon in Clark County. I was able to travel around Indiana to retrace his steps this past fall and was impressed by the open spaces and beauty that still remain in southern Indiana. Ethel Hoke of Colorado gave me most of the information about James and Mary's children, some of it vertified by records kept by my husband's family. She mostly followed Dillon's line down, as this was her family. We have a little bit about the other siblings, and I have A LOT about James/Mary's son Joseph, as this is my husband's line. This is the basic info about the children of James and Nancy. 1. Dillon, a lawyer, b. 7 Jun 1812 VA, m. 27 Jan 1834 Mary (Gilbert) Ranck, d. 29 Sep 1886. Served in Civil War. Three of his sons went to Mason County, TX, and rode the Chisolm Trail driving cattle north to market. They later got into farming and other occupations. (1) Salathiel Fitch BRIDGES, b. 11 Sep 1836,IN d. 10 Jun 1909 in Mason County, TX. m. Mary A. or Marie unknown. Mary was born in England, both parents born in England, and immigrated to USA in 1837. Her tombstone in Gooch Cemetery says she was b. 11 Sep 1835 and d. 10 July 1907. Married in 1865. Salathiel, wife, and first child moved to Texas shortly after the Civil War. On the 1870 census he was a carpenter, and on the 1880 census he was keeping a hotel, called the Mason House. Salathiel was called "Lace." (2) Martin Vanburen BRIDGES , b. 16 Aug 1840 in Wayne Co., IN, d. 20 May 1903, m. Belle NAUDAIN on 24 Feb 1864 at Charlestown, Clark Co., IN. Martin d. of blood poisoning after having a leg amputated. His wife died at Mason, TX, also on 24 Dec. 1936. They are buried in Gooch Cemetery, Mason, TX. (3) Joseph Dillon BRIDGES, b 11 Feb 1845 in Rushville, Rush Co., IN, d. 7 Dec 1908 of acute indigestion at Chickasha, Grady, OK, m. Susan R. LEA, daughter of Attorney Burrell B. and Louisa (Ricks) LEA of Rome, Perry Co., Indiana. He is buried in the IOOF Cemetery, now known as Rosehill Cemetery at Chickasha. About Nov. 4, 1868, they left Clark Co. and went to Mason Co., TX. In 1897 they moved north to Chickasha, Indian Territory, OK. His wife, Susan R. LEA, an educated woman, began the first school in Mason County in her home. An aunt of her children kept house for the two families, freeing up Susan to teach school for both families and other children in the area. 2. a son b. 1814 in VA 3. Catherine b. 2 Aug 1816, m. 19 Jul 1842 to Jesse Jarrett, d. 22 Mar 1870 in Homer, Rush Co., MO. 4. Erastus M., b. ca 1818, m. 22 Aug 1844 to Louisa or Laura Ann Keeler (also seen as Kalor), d. ? 5. William, b. ca 1820, m. Nancy, d. ? 6. Alexander C., b. ca 1823, m. Elizabeth Thomas ca 1849, d. ? after 1880 census, lived Knobnoster, Johnson Co., MO 7. James H., b. Aug 1827, m. Dorcas Planck on 13 Sep 1853, d. 9 Aug 1865 in a Civil War post hospital at St. Louis, MO. 8. Sarah M., b. ca 1829, m. Elisha Poundstone on 24 Aug 1848, d. ? 9. Joseph, b. ca 1830 IN, m. Sarah Ann Bowman Jan. 3, 1855 (or 1/1/1854), d. 29 Feb 1899 MO 10. Rachel, b. ca 1832 >From Margie Bridges in Calif.