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James Leftridge BRIDWELL

James Leftridge BRIDWELL

Male 1899 - 1981  (81 years)


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  • Name James Leftridge BRIDWELL  [1]
    Birth 16 Aug 1899  Muddlety, Nicholas Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • Marriage record states birthplace as Lewis Co, but immediate family (granddaughter Pamela Sue Bridwell Hughes) advises Nicholas Co. He did reside later in Lewis County.
    Gender Male
    Military entered on Sep 12 1918 in Morgantown WV  [2] 
    Residence Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Residence 1900  Nicholas Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1910  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1920  Middlesex Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1921  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 23 May 1981  Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8] 
    Burial (ASHES)  Eastlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I38455  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2009

    Father Calvin Early BRIDWELL,   b. CA 1866, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1906, Sharon, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years)
    Mother Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" O'DELL,   b. 27 Dec 1877, Clay Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1944, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F15345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edna May SMITH,   b. 26 Aug 1902, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1940, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Marriage 1 Aug 1921  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Divorce Y  [2, 10]
    Children 
    +1. Waneta BRIDWELL,   b. 22 Oct 1922, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1993, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. Lucille BRIDWELL,   b. 15 Jul 1926, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1941, Hopemont, Preston Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)
    Family ID F15344  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1616] Immediate family.

    2. [S1901] Pamela Bridwell Hughes, Seminole, FL , (a Gaston and Pritchard descendant).

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    5. [S1813] 1910 Census.

    6. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    8. [S1639] Death Record - Online.

    9. [S1901] Pamela Bridwell Hughes, Seminole, FL , (a Gaston and Pritchard descendant).
      His burial plot, which was purchased by Donny & Lois Buyers, is in the children's section of the cemetery. Don considered James his adopted father and bought the plot in the children's section because of James' love of children.

    10. [S1588] Death record of wife.