This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRIDGES PAYTON BLEDSOE WAITES RUSHTON JENNINGS LONG BROWN WHITE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZcB.2ACE/407 Message Board Post: THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE SATURDAY 2-20-1937 MRS. J. H. BRIDGES PASSES AT SALUDA, SC WARD, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 19, 1937 MRS. J. H. BRIDGES, AGE 74, ONE OF SALUDA'S MOST HIGHLY ESTEEMED AND BELOVED WOMEN, DIED TUESDAY AT HER HOME HERE. SHE HAD BEEN A LIFELONG MEMBER OF RED BANK BAPTIST CHURCH. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED IN THE HOME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BY THE REV. H. B. WHITE, ASSISTED BY THE REV. J. T. BROWN. INTERMENT WAS IN RED BANK CEMETERY. BESIDES HER HUSBAND, WHO HAS BEEN ILL FOR THREE WEEKS, THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN SURVIVE: JESSE BRIDGES, SALUDA, SOUTH CAROLINA; MRS. PAULINE PAYTON, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA; MRS. IRENE BLEDSOE, JOHNSTON, SOUTH CAROLINA; MRS. CALEB WAITES, EDGEFIELD, SOUTH CAROLINA; MANNING BRIDGES AND LEON BRIDGES, SALUDA. ONE BROTHER, W. R. RUSHTON, SALUDA; TWO SISTERS, MRS. LIZZIE JENINGS, NINETY-SIX, AND MRS. RACHEL LONG, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

Thank you for posting this obituary. I have Emma Rushton in my files twice, once as the wife of John Hamilton Bridges and another Emma as the daughter of John Rushton md. Lucinda from the 1870 Census records below: CENSUS: 1870 Edgefield Dist, SC, electronic, no page #. John Rushton, head, 65, M W SC Lucinda Rushton, 45 F W SC Clarissa Rushton, 21 F W SC Elizabeth Rushton, 18 F W SC Joseph Rushton, 16 F W SC Walton Rushton, 14 M W SC Emma Rushton, 12 F W SC James Rushton, 10 M W SC Birthdates are a little off, but not unusual, so I was wondering if the two Emmas are the same. There is no sister Rachel in the info. but it might be a middle name for Clarissa. The Elizabeth could be Lizzie, and W. R. could be Walter?? Can you help provide information that will help me to decide whether to merge the two Emmas or not? I am also interested in the Bledsoe spouse of Irene, and the daughter who married Caleb Waits. The following Death cert. seems to match your obit: 1937 - Death Cert. #17664, Saluda Co, SC Mrs. E. A. Bridges Female, White, married to J. H. Bridges b. ____, SC, (age 74yr, 2mo, 23 dys) father: John Rushton, SC mother: "Don't know" d. Feb. 17, 1937, Saluda Co, SC cause: Mitral regurgitation informant: J. H. Bridges, Saluda, SC buried: Red Bank UT: Mrs. R. L. Ramey & Sons, Saluda, SC Billie Jones Camden, SC tjones@camden.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <brooksdarlene@BellSouth.net> To: <SCAIKEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 1:42 AM Subject: [SCAIKEN] 1937 Mrs. J. H. Bridges Obituary - Children: Jessee Bridges, Pauline Payton, Irene Bledsoe, Caleb Waites, Manning and Leon Bridges > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: BRIDGES PAYTON BLEDSOE WAITES RUSHTON JENNINGS LONG BROWN WHITE > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZcB.2ACE/407 > > Message Board Post: > > THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE > SATURDAY 2-20-1937 > > MRS. J. H. BRIDGES PASSES AT SALUDA, SC > > WARD, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 19, 1937 > MRS. J. H. BRIDGES, AGE 74, ONE OF SALUDA'S MOST HIGHLY ESTEEMED AND BELOVED WOMEN, DIED TUESDAY AT HER HOME HERE. > > SHE HAD BEEN A LIFELONG MEMBER OF RED BANK BAPTIST CHURCH. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED IN THE HOME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BY THE REV. H. B. WHITE, ASSISTED BY THE REV. J. T. BROWN. INTERMENT WAS IN RED BANK CEMETERY. > > BESIDES HER HUSBAND, WHO HAS BEEN ILL FOR THREE WEEKS, THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN SURVIVE: JESSE BRIDGES, SALUDA, SOUTH CAROLINA; MRS. PAULINE PAYTON, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA; MRS. IRENE BLEDSOE, JOHNSTON, SOUTH CAROLINA; MRS. CALEB WAITES, EDGEFIELD, SOUTH CAROLINA; MANNING BRIDGES AND LEON BRIDGES, SALUDA. ONE BROTHER, W. R. RUSHTON, SALUDA; TWO SISTERS, MRS. LIZZIE JENINGS, NINETY-SIX, AND MRS. RACHEL LONG, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. >