******** In response to L. D. McWilliams' inquiry: <<<< FIRST GENERATION 1. William Thomas BRIDGES was born in Wilkes County, Georgia. William Thomas BRIDGES married Lou BRUNNER and had the following children: +2 i. William Henry BRIDGES. 3 ii. Jabe BRIDGES. SECOND GENERATION 2. William Henry BRIDGES was born on 25 Jan 1873 in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. He died on 3 Feb 1950 in Gary, Panola County, Texas. He was buried in Woods Cemetery, Tenaha, Panola County, Texas. He was married to Callie Nettie GUNTER (daughter of Thomas Winchester GUNTER and Annie Samantha WHEELIS) in Georgia. Callie Nettie GUNTER was born on 29 Apr 1879 in Georgia. She was born on 29 Apr 1879 in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia... >>>> ******** Unfortunately, I don't have much more about William BRIDGES than what I posted on 2/1/98 from "The History of Oglethorpe Co."--and while it's a good listing, the names show only middle initials (if that) and not full middle names. That makes it pretty confusing because it seems that every-other-BRIDGES in Oglethorpe Co. named their kid William :-) While I don't have anything definite on your William Thomas BRIDGES or William Henry BRIDGES, there probably is a connection. My *guess* (total speculation) based on William Henry's birth--25 Jan 1873 in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia--is that he was part of a branch parallel to mine (maybe thru Soloman???--If you'll notice from my 2/1 posting, my William had a brother Soloman BRIDGES who had a son named William. Maybe that's our link?) What makes this harder to piece together is my lack of any birth/death dates for my William BRIDGES. I also have no idea what year he came over from Ireland. What I do know is that my ancestor Richard Manoa BRIDGES, who's listed in William's "family group", was born Mar 7, 1848, and that while he went on to father 15 children of his own, he showed some creativity and none of them were named William. Good luck in your search-- catgs@aol.com