Joseph Bridges
Rank: Pvt Co: E Age: 27 Residence: Wells "absent, sick"
<No other data on Descriptive Rolls - he was absent when rolls were filled out,
and he didn't return to the regiment until Feb 1863>
JOSEPH BRIDGES was born on 20 Nov 1831* in York, Maine, the son of Joshua Bridges [ME Death Rec]. He died in Wells, Maine on 15 Feb 1915 at age 83 yrs, 2 mos, 26 das [Wells VR, p587], and was buried in Ocean View Cemetery [YCCI, p2122; gravestone].
He married [intents filed 28 Feb 1858 - Wells VR p325] ALMIRA A HILTON, the daughter of William Hilton of Wells. She was born ca May 1840 [1900 census], and died on 4 Nov 1924, aged 83 yrs, 5 mos, 5 das [Wells VR, p623] and was buried in Ocean View.
Joseph lived his life in Wells [1860-1900 censuses], where he worked as a day laborer.
According to the 1900 census, Almira had 13 children, 11 of them still alive at time of enumeration. All were born in Wells, Maine:
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i. EMMA J BRIDGES, born 26 Nov 1858 [Wells VR, p439; YCCI, p2144 says the 25th]. She died in Wells on 9 Nov 1917 [ME VR], and was buried in Ocean View Cemetery. She married, on 5 Dec 1875 in Wells [Wells VR, p471], to JOHN FRANK MATHEWS of Wells. He was born on 31 Dec 1856, and died on 30 May 1926 [YCCI, p2144]. He was buried in Ocean View Cemetery. They had the following children:
1. Lizzie A/H Mathews, born abt 1876 (aged 4 in 1880)
2. Mabel Mathews, died 2 Apr 1880, aged 1 yr, 6 mo [YCCI, p2144]
3. William F Mathews, b. ca Jan 1881 [1900 census]
4. Everett C Mathews, b. ca Jul 1882 [1900 census]
5. John Frank Mathews, born 3 Dec 1886 [Wells VR, p532]
6. Raymond Mathews, b. abt Mar 1893 [1900 census]
7. Maud (Maude) E Mathews, born 11 Apr 1895 [Wells VR, p514]
8. Ruth E Mathews, b. abt Mar 1900 [1900 census]
9. Mary E Mathews, b. ca 1904 (age 6 in 1910 census)
ii. HELEN BRIDGES was born 2 Oct 1860 [Wells VR p439]. She died in Wells from consumption on 10 Nov 1904 [ME VR]. She was married to FRANK W HILTON, the son of Eben and Mary (Taylor) Hilton. He was born in Kennebunk in 1859, and died 17 Feb 1913 in Sanford, ME [ME VR]. Frank was a stone mason.
1. Eben Hilton, b. in 1877, and died in 1882 [YCCI, p2134]
2. Nellie Hilton, b. in 1878 and died in 1880 [YCCI, p2134]
3. Herman Hilton, b. in 1879 and died in 1881 [YCCI, p2134]
4. Winslow W Hilton, b. 1882 and died 1898
5. Ethel Hilton, b. abt May 1886 [1900 census]
6. Eva Hilton, b. in Oct 1887 [1900 census]
7. Chester Hilton, b abt May 1890 [1900 census]
8. Alice Hilton, b. ca Sept 1891 [1900 census]
9. Elmer Hilton, b. abt Jan 1895
10. (an infant, who died at 2 mos old) [YCCI, p2134]
11. Hazel Hilton, b. 1902. She died 1907
iii. JOSEPH M BRIDGES was born 10 Nov 1862 [Wells VR p439]. He died in Wells on 28 Jul 1941 [Wells VR p702]. He married [int 9 Apr 1885 - Wells VR p500] to LYDIA IRENE KIMBALL, the daughter of Israel and Olive (Littlefield) Kimball. She ws born 26 May 1870 [Wells VR p525] and died on 16 Aug 1938 at age 66 yrs,3 mos,16 das [Wells VR p683]. Joseph worked as a laborer, lived in Wells. They had four children [1910 census]:
1. William H Bridges, b. 12 Mar 1888 in Wells; died 12 Mar 1918 in Wells [ME vr]
2. Ernest M Bridges, b. 6 Aug 1890 in Wells [WWI Draft Reg Card]
3. Luella "Ella" Frances Bridges, b. 2 Jul 1900 [Wells VR p535]
4. Lydia Bridges, b. 31 Aug 1901 (based on age at death); d. 10 May 1903 from pneumonia, aged 1 yr, 8 m, 10 d [ME vr]
iv. ETTA F BRIDGES, born 14 Sep 1867 [Wells VR p450]; died 21 Jan 1904 in Kennebunk [ME vr]. She was married, on 1 Mar 1889 in Somersworth, NH [NH Marr Rec], to HOWARD YORK the son of William HH (he served in the 27th Maine) and Sarah York.
1. Ettie York
2. Irvin York
3. Earle York
4. Mildred York
v. CHARLES H BRIDGES, born 5 Oct 1869 [Wells VR p450]; died 6 Jan 1930, aged 61 yrs, 3 mos, 3 das [Wells VR p644]. He was married to ALICE N HANSON, the daughter of Thaddeus and Ellen (Goodrich) Hanson, on 9 May 1892 in Rollinsford, NH [NH Marr Rec]. She was born in Berwick in 1870 [grave], and died in Wells on 2 Nov 1914 [ME vr]. She is buried in the Bridges plot at Ocean View cemetery.
1. Grover F Bridges, b. 24 Oct 1893 [Wells VR p513]
2. Josephine E Bridges, b. 5 Dec 1894 in Wells [ME birth rec]
3. Florence Bridges, b. ca 1903 (age 7 in 1910)
4. (f), b. 5 Jan 1895 in Wells [ME birth rec]
5. Sylvester H Bridges, b. 24 Dec 1906 in Berwick, ME [ME birth rec; Wells VR p561]
6. Oscar A Bridges, b. 3 Apr 1910 ["Osca K" in Wells VR p571]
7. Hollis J Bridges, b. 3 Feb 1913 in Wells [ME vr; Wells VR p580]; killed on 30 Oct 1930 in Wells, attempting to avoid a train while riding his motorcycle [Bidd Wkly Jrnl, 10/31/1930]
8. Mira (or Myra) H Bridges, b. 3 Mar 1914 [Wells VR p583]
vi. WILLIAM BRIDGES, born 11 Nov 1870 [Wells VR p450]. He married in Wells on 15 Jan 1893 [ME vr] to MABEL L EATON, the daughter of Lydia Eaton of Wells.
Bessie M Bridges, b. 8 Aug 1892 [Wells VR, p524]
Daisy Suker Bridges, b. 22 Feb 1895; d. June 1969 [SSDI]. Marr Charles E Roberts, 1916. Bertie Franklin Bridges, b. 19 Oct 1896; d. 28 Oct 1978 York, ME [ME Death Index]. Marr Marion E Fairfield, 1925
inf female, d. 25 Aug 1901 in Wells, aged 10 days, from premature birth [ME vr]
Goldie L Bridges, b. 24 June 1902 [Wells VR, p524]
Forest C Bridges, b. 19 Jan 1905 [ME vr]. Marr 1928 to Agatha Curley
Lovie Bridges, d. 3 Aug 1907 in Wells, aged 7 mos [ME vr]
Leon Russell Bridges, b. 26 Jan 1908; d. & Feb 1975 No Berwick [ME Death Index]
Lillian M Bridges
vii. BURLEIGH ALBERT BRIDGES, born 8 Aug 1872 [Wells VR p450]; d. 24 Mar 1954 [grave]. He married, in Portsmouth, NH on 12 Aug 1898, to ETTA MAY MILLER. The daughter of James and Lydia (Bennett) Miller, she was b. 22 Aug 1882 in Wells, and died 18 Dec 1979 [grave]. Burleigh was a laborer, and lived in Wells.
1.
2. Ellsworth L Bridges, b. 23 Sept 1903 [originally rec as "Allsworth" b. Dec 23rd in Wells VR, p554, and ME vr; rec amended to Sept]; d. 7 Feb 1990 [SSDI]
Carl Bridges, b. 22 Oct 1904 [Wells VR, p557]; d. from dropsy on 18 Apr 1906, aged 1 yr, 6 mos [ME death rec]
Lester Russell Bridges, b. 1 Apr 1906 [Wells VR, p561]
son, b. 7 July 1907 [Wells VR, p564]
Clarence Bridges, b. 22 Aug 1910 [Wells VR, p571]; d. 7 July 1911 [Wells Vr, p576]
son, b. 14 Nov 1911
Gertrude L Bridges, b. 1914
Ralph Norman Bridges, b. 1916
son, b. 1919
Harold Burleigh Bridges, b. 1920
Doris Eleanor Bridges, b. 1921
Rodney Albert Bridges, b. 1923
Louise Beverly Bridges, b. 1926
Casper Albert Bridges, b. 1929
viii. ELIZABETH BRIDGES, born 14 Apr 1875 [Wells VR p450]. She died 21 Dec 1961 in Kennebunk, Maine. She married, on 17 Nov 1895 in Wells, to JAMES MILLER, the son of James and Lydia (Bennett) Miller.
1. Gertrude C Miller, b.17 Jan 1896 [Wells VR p515].
ix. ALONZO BRIDGES, born 28 Jun 1877 [Wells VR p450; grave says the 26th]; died 21 July 1947. He was married, on 17 Feb 1905 [ME vr; Wells VR says the 20th] in Wells to DAWN E WISWELL. She was born 1889-1890, the daughter of Jacob and Rosa (Hatch) Wiswell.
1. Sydney N Bridges, b. 15 June 1905 [Wells VR, p559]
2. Thelma B Bridges, b. 29 Apr 1906 [Wells VR, p563]
3. Lindley R Bridges, b. 31 Mar 1909 [Wells VR, p568]
4. Irene B Bridges, b. 16 May 1911 [Wells VR, p574]
5. Russell O Bridges, b. 6 Sept 1914 [Wells VR, p583]
6. Rose Almira Bridges, b. 1 Oct 1915 [Wells VR, p589]
7. Gordon Alonzo Bridges, b. 20 May 1917 [Wells VR, p594]
8. Barbara Louise Bridges, b. 27 Feb 1920 [Wells VR, p604]
9. Paul Edwards Bridges, b. 13 Sept 1921 [Wells VR, p608]
10. Robert Earl Bridges, b. 21 Dec 1923 [Wells VR, p617]
11. Helen Frances Bridges, b. 28 Dec 1925 [Wells VR, p628]
12. Gerald E Bridges, b. 20 Jan 1927 [Wells VR, p631]
x. AMANDA BRIDGES was born 18 Apr 1881 [Wells VR p450]. She was married to CHARLES PERKINS. He was born ca May 1871 [1900 census]. They had no children in 1900.
xi. ESTELLA BRIDGES, b. 6 Aug 1885 [SSDI]; died 25 Feb 1973, age 83 in Wells. She married 13 July 1914 in Wells [Me Marr Rec] to HOWARD YORK, the widower of her sister Etta, who died in 1904. She remarried, on 23 May 1916 in Kennebunk [ME vr], to RAYMOND GEORGE NEWHALL, the son of Everett E Newhall of Wells.
1. Emmeretta Elizabeth York, b. 23 July 1914 [Wells VR, p598]
2. Percy Raymond Newhall, b. 10 Feb 1920 [Wells VR, p531]
3. Frank Everett Newhall, b. 25 May 1923 [Wells VR, p616]
xii + xiii. The 1900 census shows Almira with "ch 13/11", meaning there should be two more children. Oddly, there is a James Bridges listed in the household next door to Joseph and Almira, age 23, "b. Aug 1876", with "sister" Stella Bridges, who is the Estella above. James is not seen in the Wells vr as a child, nor seen with them in 1880 census. Perhaps an adopted son?
He married [intents filed 28 Feb 1858 - Wells VR p325] ALMIRA A HILTON, the daughter of William Hilton of Wells. She was born ca May 1840 [1900 census], and died on 4 Nov 1924, aged 83 yrs, 5 mos, 5 das [Wells VR, p623] and was buried in Ocean View.
Joseph lived his life in Wells [1860-1900 censuses], where he worked as a day laborer.
According to the 1900 census, Almira had 13 children, 11 of them still alive at time of enumeration. All were born in Wells, Maine:
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i. EMMA J BRIDGES, born 26 Nov 1858 [Wells VR, p439; YCCI, p2144 says the 25th]. She died in Wells on 9 Nov 1917 [ME VR], and was buried in Ocean View Cemetery. She married, on 5 Dec 1875 in Wells [Wells VR, p471], to JOHN FRANK MATHEWS of Wells. He was born on 31 Dec 1856, and died on 30 May 1926 [YCCI, p2144]. He was buried in Ocean View Cemetery. They had the following children:
1. Lizzie A/H Mathews, born abt 1876 (aged 4 in 1880)
2. Mabel Mathews, died 2 Apr 1880, aged 1 yr, 6 mo [YCCI, p2144]
3. William F Mathews, b. ca Jan 1881 [1900 census]
4. Everett C Mathews, b. ca Jul 1882 [1900 census]
5. John Frank Mathews, born 3 Dec 1886 [Wells VR, p532]
6. Raymond Mathews, b. abt Mar 1893 [1900 census]
7. Maud (Maude) E Mathews, born 11 Apr 1895 [Wells VR, p514]
8. Ruth E Mathews, b. abt Mar 1900 [1900 census]
9. Mary E Mathews, b. ca 1904 (age 6 in 1910 census)
ii. HELEN BRIDGES was born 2 Oct 1860 [Wells VR p439]. She died in Wells from consumption on 10 Nov 1904 [ME VR]. She was married to FRANK W HILTON, the son of Eben and Mary (Taylor) Hilton. He was born in Kennebunk in 1859, and died 17 Feb 1913 in Sanford, ME [ME VR]. Frank was a stone mason.
1. Eben Hilton, b. in 1877, and died in 1882 [YCCI, p2134]
2. Nellie Hilton, b. in 1878 and died in 1880 [YCCI, p2134]
3. Herman Hilton, b. in 1879 and died in 1881 [YCCI, p2134]
4. Winslow W Hilton, b. 1882 and died 1898
5. Ethel Hilton, b. abt May 1886 [1900 census]
6. Eva Hilton, b. in Oct 1887 [1900 census]
7. Chester Hilton, b abt May 1890 [1900 census]
8. Alice Hilton, b. ca Sept 1891 [1900 census]
9. Elmer Hilton, b. abt Jan 1895
10. (an infant, who died at 2 mos old) [YCCI, p2134]
11. Hazel Hilton, b. 1902. She died 1907
iii. JOSEPH M BRIDGES was born 10 Nov 1862 [Wells VR p439]. He died in Wells on 28 Jul 1941 [Wells VR p702]. He married [int 9 Apr 1885 - Wells VR p500] to LYDIA IRENE KIMBALL, the daughter of Israel and Olive (Littlefield) Kimball. She ws born 26 May 1870 [Wells VR p525] and died on 16 Aug 1938 at age 66 yrs,3 mos,16 das [Wells VR p683]. Joseph worked as a laborer, lived in Wells. They had four children [1910 census]:
1. William H Bridges, b. 12 Mar 1888 in Wells; died 12 Mar 1918 in Wells [ME vr]
2. Ernest M Bridges, b. 6 Aug 1890 in Wells [WWI Draft Reg Card]
3. Luella "Ella" Frances Bridges, b. 2 Jul 1900 [Wells VR p535]
4. Lydia Bridges, b. 31 Aug 1901 (based on age at death); d. 10 May 1903 from pneumonia, aged 1 yr, 8 m, 10 d [ME vr]
iv. ETTA F BRIDGES, born 14 Sep 1867 [Wells VR p450]; died 21 Jan 1904 in Kennebunk [ME vr]. She was married, on 1 Mar 1889 in Somersworth, NH [NH Marr Rec], to HOWARD YORK the son of William HH (he served in the 27th Maine) and Sarah York.
1. Ettie York
2. Irvin York
3. Earle York
4. Mildred York
v. CHARLES H BRIDGES, born 5 Oct 1869 [Wells VR p450]; died 6 Jan 1930, aged 61 yrs, 3 mos, 3 das [Wells VR p644]. He was married to ALICE N HANSON, the daughter of Thaddeus and Ellen (Goodrich) Hanson, on 9 May 1892 in Rollinsford, NH [NH Marr Rec]. She was born in Berwick in 1870 [grave], and died in Wells on 2 Nov 1914 [ME vr]. She is buried in the Bridges plot at Ocean View cemetery.
1. Grover F Bridges, b. 24 Oct 1893 [Wells VR p513]
2. Josephine E Bridges, b. 5 Dec 1894 in Wells [ME birth rec]
3. Florence Bridges, b. ca 1903 (age 7 in 1910)
4. (f), b. 5 Jan 1895 in Wells [ME birth rec]
5. Sylvester H Bridges, b. 24 Dec 1906 in Berwick, ME [ME birth rec; Wells VR p561]
6. Oscar A Bridges, b. 3 Apr 1910 ["Osca K" in Wells VR p571]
7. Hollis J Bridges, b. 3 Feb 1913 in Wells [ME vr; Wells VR p580]; killed on 30 Oct 1930 in Wells, attempting to avoid a train while riding his motorcycle [Bidd Wkly Jrnl, 10/31/1930]
8. Mira (or Myra) H Bridges, b. 3 Mar 1914 [Wells VR p583]
vi. WILLIAM BRIDGES, born 11 Nov 1870 [Wells VR p450]. He married in Wells on 15 Jan 1893 [ME vr] to MABEL L EATON, the daughter of Lydia Eaton of Wells.
Bessie M Bridges, b. 8 Aug 1892 [Wells VR, p524]
Daisy Suker Bridges, b. 22 Feb 1895; d. June 1969 [SSDI]. Marr Charles E Roberts, 1916. Bertie Franklin Bridges, b. 19 Oct 1896; d. 28 Oct 1978 York, ME [ME Death Index]. Marr Marion E Fairfield, 1925
inf female, d. 25 Aug 1901 in Wells, aged 10 days, from premature birth [ME vr]
Goldie L Bridges, b. 24 June 1902 [Wells VR, p524]
Forest C Bridges, b. 19 Jan 1905 [ME vr]. Marr 1928 to Agatha Curley
Lovie Bridges, d. 3 Aug 1907 in Wells, aged 7 mos [ME vr]
Leon Russell Bridges, b. 26 Jan 1908; d. & Feb 1975 No Berwick [ME Death Index]
Lillian M Bridges
vii. BURLEIGH ALBERT BRIDGES, born 8 Aug 1872 [Wells VR p450]; d. 24 Mar 1954 [grave]. He married, in Portsmouth, NH on 12 Aug 1898, to ETTA MAY MILLER. The daughter of James and Lydia (Bennett) Miller, she was b. 22 Aug 1882 in Wells, and died 18 Dec 1979 [grave]. Burleigh was a laborer, and lived in Wells.
1.
2. Ellsworth L Bridges, b. 23 Sept 1903 [originally rec as "Allsworth" b. Dec 23rd in Wells VR, p554, and ME vr; rec amended to Sept]; d. 7 Feb 1990 [SSDI]
Carl Bridges, b. 22 Oct 1904 [Wells VR, p557]; d. from dropsy on 18 Apr 1906, aged 1 yr, 6 mos [ME death rec]
Lester Russell Bridges, b. 1 Apr 1906 [Wells VR, p561]
son, b. 7 July 1907 [Wells VR, p564]
Clarence Bridges, b. 22 Aug 1910 [Wells VR, p571]; d. 7 July 1911 [Wells Vr, p576]
son, b. 14 Nov 1911
Gertrude L Bridges, b. 1914
Ralph Norman Bridges, b. 1916
son, b. 1919
Harold Burleigh Bridges, b. 1920
Doris Eleanor Bridges, b. 1921
Rodney Albert Bridges, b. 1923
Louise Beverly Bridges, b. 1926
Casper Albert Bridges, b. 1929
viii. ELIZABETH BRIDGES, born 14 Apr 1875 [Wells VR p450]. She died 21 Dec 1961 in Kennebunk, Maine. She married, on 17 Nov 1895 in Wells, to JAMES MILLER, the son of James and Lydia (Bennett) Miller.
1. Gertrude C Miller, b.17 Jan 1896 [Wells VR p515].
ix. ALONZO BRIDGES, born 28 Jun 1877 [Wells VR p450; grave says the 26th]; died 21 July 1947. He was married, on 17 Feb 1905 [ME vr; Wells VR says the 20th] in Wells to DAWN E WISWELL. She was born 1889-1890, the daughter of Jacob and Rosa (Hatch) Wiswell.
1. Sydney N Bridges, b. 15 June 1905 [Wells VR, p559]
2. Thelma B Bridges, b. 29 Apr 1906 [Wells VR, p563]
3. Lindley R Bridges, b. 31 Mar 1909 [Wells VR, p568]
4. Irene B Bridges, b. 16 May 1911 [Wells VR, p574]
5. Russell O Bridges, b. 6 Sept 1914 [Wells VR, p583]
6. Rose Almira Bridges, b. 1 Oct 1915 [Wells VR, p589]
7. Gordon Alonzo Bridges, b. 20 May 1917 [Wells VR, p594]
8. Barbara Louise Bridges, b. 27 Feb 1920 [Wells VR, p604]
9. Paul Edwards Bridges, b. 13 Sept 1921 [Wells VR, p608]
10. Robert Earl Bridges, b. 21 Dec 1923 [Wells VR, p617]
11. Helen Frances Bridges, b. 28 Dec 1925 [Wells VR, p628]
12. Gerald E Bridges, b. 20 Jan 1927 [Wells VR, p631]
x. AMANDA BRIDGES was born 18 Apr 1881 [Wells VR p450]. She was married to CHARLES PERKINS. He was born ca May 1871 [1900 census]. They had no children in 1900.
xi. ESTELLA BRIDGES, b. 6 Aug 1885 [SSDI]; died 25 Feb 1973, age 83 in Wells. She married 13 July 1914 in Wells [Me Marr Rec] to HOWARD YORK, the widower of her sister Etta, who died in 1904. She remarried, on 23 May 1916 in Kennebunk [ME vr], to RAYMOND GEORGE NEWHALL, the son of Everett E Newhall of Wells.
1. Emmeretta Elizabeth York, b. 23 July 1914 [Wells VR, p598]
2. Percy Raymond Newhall, b. 10 Feb 1920 [Wells VR, p531]
3. Frank Everett Newhall, b. 25 May 1923 [Wells VR, p616]
xii + xiii. The 1900 census shows Almira with "ch 13/11", meaning there should be two more children. Oddly, there is a James Bridges listed in the household next door to Joseph and Almira, age 23, "b. Aug 1876", with "sister" Stella Bridges, who is the Estella above. James is not seen in the Wells vr as a child, nor seen with them in 1880 census. Perhaps an adopted son?
* Note: Though his birth date is listed as 20 Nov 1831, this does not match his age at enlistment, which was 27 (the enlistment roll entry is smudged, except that the '2' is clear). If born in 1831, he would have been age 30 in Sept '62. He was age 26 in 1860 census, which matches him being 27 in 1862, if the Nov part of his birth is at least correct. So , Nov 1834 birth seems more accurate. The 1870, 1880, and 1900 censuses show a Nov. 1830 date.