Family Group Sheet for the BRIDWELL Family, Bullitt County, KY ============================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free  information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial  entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These  electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other  presentation. Commercial entities must ask for and receive permission  from submitter before downloading. ============================================================= # FGS submitted on Wed Apr 25 08:00:11 2007 Permission to publish : YES This is a New FGS file. ==================================== Submitter's Name is: Carole Jones Palmer Email Address of sender is: http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000005 ==================================== # Parent information HUSBAND : Fielding Bridwell Date of Birth : 1800-1810 Place of Birth : VA Date of Death : Bef 17 May 1847 Place of Death : Bullitt Co KY Place of Burial : _Father : Presley Bridwell _Date of Birth : abt 1775 _Date of Death : 18 Sep 1832 __Mother : __Date of Birth : __Date of Death : Marriage Date : 9 Sep 1824 Place of Marriage : Spencer Co KY WIFE (maiden) : Martha H. "Patsy" Briscoe Date of Birth : 1 May 1807 Place of Birth : VA Date of Death : 4 Mar 1868 Place of Death : Webster Co KY Place of Burial : Shady Grove Cemetery, Poole, Webster Co KY _Father : John M. Briscoe _Date of Birth : abt 1775 _Date of Death : abt 1815 __Mother : __Date of Birth : __Date of Death : Comments about parents - Fielding Bridwell left many land records in Spencer Co and Bullitt Co KY. He and his family are listed in the 1830 census of Spencer Co. The family moved to Bullitt Co KY sometime after 1830, as they are listed in the 1840 Bullitt Co census. His widow and children are listed in the 1850 Bullitt Co census. After Fielding's death in 1847, Patsy married widower Presley Jewell (1800-1865); together with their merged families, Presley and Patsy moved to Webster Co KY and are listed there in the 1860 census. There is an 1867 Webster Co Deed of Partition with the heirs of Fielding Bridwell named as inheritors. Patsy died in 1868; she and Fielding Bridwell had seven children, most of whom remained in Webster County, where descendants are still alive. ===================================== # Children information 1)---------------- Given Name : John Presley Bridwell DOB : 24 Apr 1827 Place of Birth : Spencer Co KY DOD : 11 Jun 1882 Place of Death : Hamilton Co IL Burial Place : _Spouse (maiden) : Mary Jane Rawley _DOB : 6 Nov 1832 _DOD : Marriage Date : 20 Sep 1853 Place of Marriage : Henderson Co KY 2)--------------- Given Name : Susan Bridwell DOB : 15 Aug 1830 Place of Birth : Spencer Co KY DOD : 21 Apr 1885 Place of Death : Webster Co KY Burial Place : Shady Grove Cemetery, Poole, Webster Co KY _Spouse (maiden) : Barnett Jewell _DOB : 15 Feb 1819 _DOD : 29 Jan 1871 Marriage Date : 21 Nov 1850 Place of Marriage : Bullitt Co KY 3)---------------- Given Name : James E. Bridwell DOB : 2 Apr 1832 Place of Birth : Spencer Co KY DOD : 26 May 1901 Place of Death : Webster Co KY Burial Place : Shady Grove Cemetery, Poole, Webster Co KY _Spouse (maiden) : Ann Eliza Thornberry _DOB : 23 Jan 1837 _DOD : 1 Dec 1918 Marriage Date : 18 Jun 1854 Place of Marriage : Henderson Co KY 4)---------------- Given Name : Margaret Ann Bridwell DOB : 1834 Place of Birth : Spencer Co KY DOD : 1909 Place of Death : Webster Co KY Burial Place : Shady Grove Cemetery, Poole, Webster Co KY _Spouse (maiden) : John Huston Poole _DOB : 5 Sep 1815 _DOD : 13 Feb 1892 Marriage Date : 23 Aug 1853 Place of Marriage : Bullitt Co KY 5)----------------- Given Name : Mary Jane Bridwell DOB : 1 Nov 1836 Place of Birth : Spencer Co KY DOD : 25 Jan 1879 Place of Death : Union Co KY Burial Place : Shady Grove Cemetery, Poole, Webster Co KY _Spouse (maiden) : Samuel Jefferson Melton _DOB : abt 1832 _DOD : 5 Oct 1882 Marriage Date : 8 Mar 1855 Place of Marriage : Henderson Co KY 6)---------------- Given Name : William H.H. Bridwell DOB : 28 Jan 1838 Place of Birth : Spencer Co KY DOD : 17 Jan 1918 Place of Death : Webster Co KY Burial Place : Shady Grove Cemetery, Poole, Webster Co KY _Spouse (maiden) : Sarah Elizabeth Thornberry _DOB : 4 Aug 1844 _DOD : 4 Jul 1924 Marriage Date : 21 Oct 1860 Place of Marriage : Webster Co KY 7)---------------- Given Name : Samuel Philip Bridwell DOB : 9 May 1841 Place of Birth : Bullitt Co KY DOD : 22 Sep 1866 Place of Death : on the Mississippi River Burial Place : Shady Grove Cemetery, Poole, Webster Co KY _Spouse (maiden) : Emily Melissa Sugg _DOB : 10 Jan 1850 _DOD : 28 Dec 1832 Marriage Date : 18 Jul 1865 Place of Marriage : Henderson Co KY 8)---------------- Given Name : DOB : Place of Birth : DOD : Place of Death : Burial Place : _Spouse (maiden) : _DOB : _DOD : Marriage Date : Place of Marriage : 9)---------------- Given Name : DOB : Place of Birth : DOD : Place of Death : Burial Place : _Spouse (maiden) : _DOB : _DOD : Marriage Date : Place of Marriage : 10)--------------- Given Name : DOB : Place of Birth : DOD : Place of Death : Burial Place : _Spouse (maiden) : _DOB : _DOD : Marriage Date : Place of Marriage : Children Section Comments - The compiler is a descendant of the sixth child, William H.H. Bridwell, who with his wife Sarah Elizabeth Thornberry were the parents of eleven children, ten of whom lived to be adults. A photo of William and Elizabeth Bridwell is online at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpalmer/album/bridwell.htm =========================== Additional FGS Information - Information about the ancestry of Fielding Bridwell can be read online at "Descendants of Simon Bridwell" web site: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpalmer/bridwell/preface.htm Simon Bridwell was a Revolutionary War veteran from Stafford Co, Virginia who moved to Nelson Co KY about 1807 with his children.