Hello to all BRIDGES list members: Now is when I absolutely MUST apologize to everyone for not having started this list as I had planned. I do realize that I had told everyone with whom I had had BRIDGES contact that I would begin this list after my 2 weeks in my homestate of MO. Unfortunately, those 2 weeks (when I went to spend more time working on the estates of both my dear sister & her husband who were killed in June by a drunk driver) turned into a month due to Mother's becoming ill shortly after my arrival and her ending up in the hospital. She also turned all of her estate over to me to run for her. Also, I am trying to help my neice & nephew deal with losing their partents along with helping my husband's & my own 4 children. I AM very sorry to have let everyone down. Anyway, this computer stuff is my escape from the pressures of life!! So, please, everyone say a HUGH thank you to Julia for stepping in to help me by getting this list started!! Leslie (BRIDGES) Kohler ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ McMurry, Pitt, Mantle, Fort, Fox, Bridges, Thomas, Walker, Letzy, McKnight,Clinkscales, Barry, Berry, Neumann, Loud, Foster, Glenn, Koehler, Gray, Campbell, Burns, Battle, O'Rear, Mantle and others ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ---------- > From: RhonBr <RhonBr@aol.com> > To: BRIDGES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: John Bridges > Date: Thursday, December 11, 1997 12:02 PM > > Hello, > > I am very excited about this new Bridges list. > > I am researching my husbands Bridges line and would love to compare notes with > others. > > John BRIDGES and wife Lydia WARNER were in Ogelthorpe Co GA in the early > 1800s. John is on the 1830 Bibb Co GA census and Lydia is on the 1840 Twigg > Co GA census as a widow. > > Their children are: > John BRIDGES Jr. ( he bought and sold land with his father in 1816 Bibb Co GA > and 1825 Twigg Co GA) > Benjamin Franklin BRIDGES b. 1807 GA d. 1890 Shelby Co TX m. 1st Nancy HOOKS 4 > Jan 1835 Wilkinson Co GA m.2nd Mary Ann NICHOLS 27 Feb 1851 Bibb Co GA > Nathan S. BRIDGES m. Nancy HARDY > > I believe John Sr. had a brother Joseph who also lived in Oglethorpe Co GA. > Joseph m. Ann (Nancy) PIERCE of Wilkes Co GA. > > I would like to find more info on John BRIDGES, his parents, siblings, and > children. > > Rhonda Bridges > Houston, TX >