Breckinridge County KyArchives Deaths.....BRIDWELL, Edgar L. September 15, 1955
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Name:                BRIDWELL, Edgar L.
Date Of Death:       September 15, 1955 Time: no time of death listed
Place Of Death:      at his home of one month, at Big Spring, Breckinridge County, Ky
Residence:           Big Spring, Breckinridge County, Ky
Gender:              Male
Race:                W
Age:                 64 years old
Marital Status:      Widowed
Spouse:              
Date Of Birth:       November 25, 1890
Place Of Birth:      Breckinridge County, Ky
Mother's Name:       MARLOW, America
Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable
Father's Name:       BRIDWELL, John 
Father's Birthplace: Unavailable
Cause Of Death:      Shot Gun Blast in Chest; Suicide at his home, self-inflicted on 9-15-1955
Hospital:            Unavailable
SS Number:           Unavailable
Occupation:          Farming
Funeral Home:        J. L. Alexander Funeral Home, Irvington, Breckinridge County, Ky
Doctor:              Unavailable
Coroner:             J. L. Alexander, Deputy Coroner, Irvington, Breckinridge County, Ky
Informant:           Esther DeJARNETT
Date Of Burial:      September 17, 1955
Place Of Burial:     Bethel Cemetery
Date Recorded:       September 27, 1955
Source Of Record:    Death Certificate, Breckinridge County, Ky  1955
Certificate No.:     #17501



Additional Comments:
Edgar L. BRIDWELL does not have a tombstone.  He is buried at the Bethel 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, located 3 miles from Bewleyville, 
on Highway 333, in Breckinridge County, Ky.

Edgar BRIDWELL'S second daughter:
Ancestry.com's database:
Indiana Marriages, 1810 to 2001
Page 159, Marriage Certificate #10299, Clark County, Indiana
Married on 13 June 1941 by Reverend E. C. McKinney
GROOM: Harry A. OVERTON, A resident of Ft. Knox, Ky., Occupation: Soldier
born: March 26, 1916 in Iowa, his first marriage
son of:
Frank OVERTON born unknown, DEAD
Laura COCHRAN born unknown, a resident of Iowa

BRIDE:  Esther M. BRIDWELL, A resident of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky
born: January 7, 1916 in Ky, Occupation: Maid
daughter of:
Edgar BRIDWELL, born Ky, Farmer, a resident of Ky
Bethie CARMAN, born Ky, Housewife, a resident of Ky
This is a second marriage for Esther BRIDWELL.  Her first marriage ended in 
divorse in 1940.
When Esther's father died (Edgar), her married name was DeJARNETT.  

Edgar and Bethie's other daughter, America Ann, died at one year old, and is 
buried by her mother at Alexander Cemetery #2, also in Breckinridge County.
I could only find the two daughters.  No other children for them.

Edgar L. BRIDWELL'S parents are buried at the Good Hope Cemetery one mile 
from Custer, in Breckinridge County, Ky:
THEY HAVE A TOMBSTONE
BRIDWELL, John T.         20 Nov 1854 -- 04 Feb 1918
          America MARLOW  25 Oct 1855 -- 27 Jun 1919
Peggy Russell

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