Roxanne, Thanks again for replying. Yes...I'm willing to bet if we can go far enough back..we will find a connection !!!!!! Let me repost ..this is as far back as I have gotten. Joseph B. BRIDGES,Sr. b. 1813 d. SEP 1885 married (1): Malinda ______. b. abt 1811 d.JUL 1879 children: 1. ( f ) Nancy Ann BRIDGES b. 1832 Wayne Co.,TN d. abt 1889 2. ( f ) Elizabeth BRIDGES b. 1833 Wayne Co.,TN d. before 1860 3. Rachel BRIDGES b. 1834 Wayne Co.,TN d. 4. ( f ) Elender BRIDGES b. 1839 Wayne Co.,TN d. 5. ( f ) Mahala BRIDGES b. 1843 Wayne Co.,TN d. AUG 1879 6. (m) George Terry BRIDGES b. 29 MAR 1847 Wayne Co.,TN d. 9 MAR 1924 Flatwoods,Perry Co.,TN 7. (m) Joseph B. BRIDGES,Jr. b. 1849 Wayne Co.,TN d. AUG 1887 8. (m) James M. BRIDGES b. 1852 Wayne Co.,TN d. 9. (m) Walter B. BRIDGES b. 1854 Wayne Co.,TN d. JUL 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------- Now...there were other BRIDGES in Wayne Co. & Perry County the same time as Joseph B.Sr. I am sure he had brothers there...just can't prove it now. Do you know where Henry Jason BRIDGES was born? Rooster