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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



BRIDGES, MILTON A., was born July 20, 1810, in Montgomery county, Ky. He was there married to Mary Foster, and had two children in Kentucky. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Sept. 25, 1833, in what is now Chatham township, preceding his brothers, George and William. They had two children in Sangamon county. Of their four children--

THOMAS J., born Dec. 22, 1831, in Kentucky, died unmarried, in Springfield, Sept. 19, 1850.

AMANDA M., born July 10, 1833, in Kentucky, married Robert Crowder. He died, leaving a widow and three children in Christian county, two miles east of Pawnee.

CHARLES H., born Jan. 27, 1837, in Sangamon county, married to Frances A. Matthews. They had four children. MARY, the second child, died in her second year, JOSEPH M., MARSHALL and MONTE MAY, and reside in Illiopolis. Mr. Bridges is a merchant there.

MARTHA, born in Sangamon county, April 30, 1842, died in infancy.

Mrs. Mary Bridges died, and Milton A. Bridges married Mrs. Ellen H. Hatchet, who had previously been Mrs. Trumbo, and whose maiden name was Hill. Milton A. Bridges and wife live in Pawnee.



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