Lake-Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Bridge, William F. 1864 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

WILLIAM F. BRIDGE.

    William F. Bridge, city engineer of Hammond and county surveyor of Lake
county, has lived in Hammond since 1890 and is a proficient member of the civil
engineering profession and is popular in both business and social circles.

    Mr. Bridge was born at Delphi, Indiana, April 11, 1864, being the only son
and child of Jacob C. and Emma (Witherow) Bridge, both natives of Indiana. His
paternal grandfather, John Bridge, was a native of Ohio, was a farmer there, and
afterwards came to Carroll county, Indiana, at an early day, where he bought
land of the government and improved it and added to his property until he had a
large estate of five hundred acres. He was of Scotch descent. He died in Carroll
county when about seventy years old. His wife, Rosanna Carr by maiden name, died
at about the same age, and they had two children. Mr. Bridge's maternal
grandfather, James Witherow, married a Miss Filson, and they were early settlers
of Carroll county. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church, and died in
middle age, having had four children. Jacob C. Bridge was a bookkeeper for many
years. He lived in Delphi, Indiana, until 1886, was then in Colorado for four
years, and since then he and his wife have been residents in Hammond. His wife
is a member of the Presbyterian church.

    Mr. William F. Bridge was reared at Delphi, Indiana, graduating from the
high school there in 1884, and later took a special course in Wabash College. He
then took up the study of civil engineering, and has followed that profession
ever since, having gained a most creditable position in its ranks. He spent the
years from 1886 to 1890 in Colorado, and since then has been a resident of
Hammond. He was elected city engineer of Hammond in 1893, and, with the
exception of four years, has been in that office since. He was elected county
surveyor of Lake county in 1902, and assumed the duties of that office in
January, 1903. He has given entire satisfaction in both offices. In the spring
of 1904 Mr. Bridge was nominated for a second time as surveyor of Lake county.

    Mr. Bridge is a member of the Presbyterian church, and his wife is a
Baptist. He affiliates with Garfield Lodge No. 569, F. & A. M., with Hammond
Chapter, R. A. M., and with Hammond Commandery, K. T., and is also a member of
the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He
belongs to the Sigma Chi college fraternity. In politics he is a Republican, and
is city chairman of the Republican committee.

    December 23, 1885, Mr. Bridge married Miss Lillian Sharrer, a daughter of
Dr. Wilbur and Catharine (Moore) Sharrer. Four children were born of this union,
Edgar, Grace, Norman and Helen. Mrs. Lillian Bridge died in January, 1900. She
was a member of the Presbyterian church. On August 19, 1903, Mr. Bridge married
Miss Bertha C. Watkins, a daughter of Rev. W. G. and Ruth (Evans) Watkins, the
former a native of Wales and the latter of Pennsylvania.

    Mrs. Bridge's paternal grandfather, William Watkins, was a native of Wales,
whence he came to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania. He was a
Baptist minister, and died in middle life. His wife was named Mary. The maternal
grandparents of Mrs. Bridge were Robert and Susan (Todd) Evans; the former was a
son of David Evans and was a native of Wales, and died when a young man; the
latter lived to an advanced age, and was the mother of four children. Mrs.
Bridge's father was a Baptist minister, a graduate of Bucknell University, of
which she is also a graduate, and he now lives in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in
which state he has done most of his ministerial work. He has always been in
public life, and for a number of years taught music. He and his wife were the
parents of six children, one son and five daughters: Bertha C. (Mrs. Bridge),
Susie, Lillian, Ethel, Earl and Ruth.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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