Biographical Sketch of Charles R. Bridges, Johnson County, Missouri, 
Warrensburg Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.

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Charles R. Bridges, an efficient clerk in the Warrensburg postoffice,
was born March 24, 1874 in Chilhowee township in Johnson county.  He
is the fourth child born to his parents, James A. and Nancy Jane (Reed)
Bridges, who were the parents of the following children:  W. S., of
Portland, Oregon; Lucy J., who was the wife of W. P. Foster, of Chil-
howee, Missouri, and is now deceased, her remains are buried in the 
cemetery at Carlton, Kansas; Vina Prue, Pomona, California; and Charles
R., the subject of this review.  James A. Bridges was born in Wilson
county, Tenn., on a farm twenty miles east of Nashville, where he was
reared to maturity.  When he was twenty-one years of age, he came to
Missouri and prior to the Civil War settled in Johnson county.  At one
time, James A. Bridges was tax collector in Chilhowee township.  When
the county infirmary was located in Chilhowee township, Mr. and Mrs.
Bridges were for several years in charge of that institution.  Mr.
Bridges was an upright citizen, worthy of the highest esteem and his 
death, which occurred at Warrensburg in 1903, was the source of univer-
sal regret in this county.  The widow of James A. Bridges now resides
in Warrensburg.  Charles R. Bridges received his early education in the
public schools of Johnson county.  He was later a student in the 
Warrensburg State Normal School.  Since he was sixteen years of age, he
has made his own way in the world.  For two years, he was employed in
the grocery of C. W. Cord and later, in the grocery of Wheeler & Stock-
ton.  After several years service in the latter grocery, Mr. Bridges
accepted a position with the J. A. Hamrick & Ditter Medis Mercantile
Company.  In 1903, he was appointed a rural mail carrier on a route out
of Warrensburg, which position he held for five years, when he received
the appointment as city mail carrier.  Mr. Bridges was thus employed 
when he was offered the position of clerk in the Warrensburg postoffice,
which he now holds.  In October, 1900, Charles R. Bridges and Mattie B.
Stockton were united in marriage.  Mattie B. (Stockton) Bridges is the
daughter of A. J. and Rebecca E. (Crutcher) Stockton, of Warrensburg.
A. J. Stockton was the son of William Stockton, who came to Johnson
county in 1832.  William Stockton spent his first winter in Missouri on
the farm of Pleasant Rice, one of Johnson county's first pioneers.  The
next year, Mr. Stockton entered a tract of land in Hazel Hill township
from the government and on this place his son, A. J., was born. William
Stockton was the father of thirteen children, only one of whom is now 
living, Marion Stockton, who resides in Warrensburg in his home on
Broad street.  Rebecca E. (Crutcher) Stockton came to Missouri with her
parents, James and Martha (Riddle) Crutcher, from Hardin county, Ken-
tucky.  A biographical sketch of Mr. and Mrs. Crutcher will be found
elsewhere in this volume, in the review of the life of James Crutcher.
To Charles R. and Mattie B. (Stockton) Bridges have been born four
children: Russell, Don, Charlene, and Jack Emmett.   Mr. and Mrs. Char-
les Bridges reside at 315 West South street, Warrensburg.  They are
numbered among the county's best families and are highly respected in
the city of Warrensburg.

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