At Campbell, Missouri
Buried in the Family Plot at "Old" Four Mile Cemetery
Douglass, 1912, History of Southeast Missouri
AMBROSE DAVIS BRIDGES ... A native of Kentucky, he was born, January 10, 1823 in Mercer county, a son of William and Nancy (Davis) Bridges, Click the former of whom died in Campbell, Missouri, in June, 1846, and the latter died about 1838 annd is buried at Belmont Crossing.
Reared and educated in Kentucky, Ambrose D. Bridges came to Missouri soon after attaining his majority and on January 18, 1844, located in the woods near the St. Francois River near what is now Campbell, where he pursued his favorite occupations, farming and hunting.
During the Civil War, he served as Lieutenant in Captain Leander Taylor's Company, Col. James Walker's Regiment, for a year, and after his return home, while running his saw mill he had frequent encounters with the guerrillas, which then infested the country at times.
He is identified with one of the leading financial institutions of his community, having been a director of the Bank of Campbell since its organization.
Mr. Bridges married, February 24, 1845, Charlotte Russell, who was born January 13, 1829, in Hickman County, Kentucky, and died at the home near Campbell, Missouri in 1896. Fourteen children were born into the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Bridges, namely: Elizabeth, deceased, who married Jasper Beasley; Minerva, a widow, living in Campbell; William, of Campbell, of whom a brief notice appears elsewhere in this work; John; James; Ellen and Perry E., all deceased; Eliza, wife of Lee J. Taylor, of whom a short sketch may be found on another page of this volume; Sarah Ann, wife of Frank Bristol,***; Lucy, wife of G. W. McCutchen; Josephine, wife of Thomas Medley; Lottie and Daniel, twins, who died in infancy, and Marion D., deceased.
Politically Mr. Bridges is a stanch adherent of the Democratic party.
***My grandfather, Frank A. Bristol, 1st, was of a conservative Puritan background and did not care to pay subscription money for a piece about himself in Douglass' book. Consequently, Douglass said he was 'an employee in a mill', when in fact he was the Owner-Operator of his own saw-mill at Canalou from about 1910 until about 1925 when a large flood wiped out his entire complex of land, mills and cut wood. He made wheel spokes for the automobile industry. This line of Bristols has been in some form of the business of lumbering for 10 continuous generations (1718-the present). Before this he had owned the Cotton Belt Hotel from 1905 until 1908, then sold it and joined a colony of Campbellites who went to Artesia, New Mexico. The Douglass crew was in Campbell in 1911 collecting material for his book:
"Campbell Citizen":
11/24/1905, "Frank A. Bristol purchased and took control of the Cotton Belt hotel Monday. Mr. Gattis retired from the hotel business on account of ill health of Mrs. Gattis."
and
"Cotton Belt Hotel F. A. Bristol, Proprietor, 1910
Campbell, MO Rates $2.00 per day Free Sample Rooms"
NOTE: While he no longer owned the hotel in 1910, the owner was still using ads with his name on them in 1910.
F.A. Bristol was the 2nd telegraph operator in Campbell, MO
CHILDREN of Ambrose and Charlotte (Russell) BRIDGES: 1. Nancy Elizabeth, b. 11/8/1846, d. 1864, md. William Jasper BEASLEY Child: William Daniel, b. 2/14/1864, md. Cornelia Ann BRAY, (sister of Jno.
P. BRAY) 2. Manervy (Aunt Nerv) Winniefield, b. 8/10/1848, d. 2/2/1941, md. (1)
_____ POLLACK Dau: Dora md. (2) Newton A. THOMPSON Children: a. Sammy b. Mattylee 3. William, b. 5/28/1850, d. 5/23/1926, md. Martha Jennie TAYLOR Children: a. Florence b. Effie E., md. Alfred T. VanMETRE c. John Lucius, md. Honor ROGERS Son: Rogers, b. & d. 1910 d. Alma e. William (Little Bill), md. Flossie GAINES (or JAMES) f. Kingdom, md. Mabel SHARP Son: Kingdom, Jr. 4. John Henry, b. 2/16/1852, d. 4/21/1896, md. ???; ???Son: Dan??? 5. Mary Jane, b. 1/7 or 9/1854, d. before 1860. 6. Margaret Parlee, b. 2/20/1856, d. 7/31/1900, md. John Franklin (Bud)
LASSWELL Children: a. Ida (nm) Dau: Esther b. Rufus Alvin, md. 1912, Pauline FINLEY c. Florida, md. _____ SMART Children: i. Ezra, (disappeared) ii. Eugene iii. Geraldine d. A. D. e. Lotte, md. 12/20/90 John DREHER 7. James Jacob, b. 4/6/1858, d. 7/18/1898, killed by a cousin on the R.R.
trestle in Campbell, MO, md. Clara HOGUE Son: Earl 8. Ambrose Daniel, b. 3/28/1861, twin, d. inf. 9. Charlotte, b. 3/28/1861, twin, d. inf. 10. Marion Davis, b. 1/6/1864, d. 4/12/1908, killed in a card game at
the "old" Bridges farm home, md. (1) Mrs. Theodora (GUNN) NOLEN
(widow of David Nolen), (2) Mae MORROW, Dau: Audrey, d. inf. md. (3) Clara MORROW (sister of Mae) Sons: (of NOLEN or MORROW?) a. Andy Lee b. Ambrose Daniel (Dan), md. 7/23/1919 Jennie Ethel FLETCHER, (sister
of Louis, niece and nephew of A. D. and Charlotte BRIDGES) Children: i. Ambrose ii. Jack 11. Martha Ellen, b. 3/27/1866, d. 9/26/1878 12. Eliza Dixon (Dixie), b. 8/2/1867, d. 7/4/1941, md. Lee J. TAYLOR, Jr Child: a. Henry A., became a doctor, practiced in Campbell, MO. b. Willie, d.y. 13. Sarah Ann (Sadie), b. 11/30/1869, d. 4/16/1935, md. Frank A. BRISTOL (Sadie was shot in the right shoulder by a boy shooting at targets in 1917) Children: a. Margaret Leona, md. Carl Edward BAILEY, Governor of Arkansas,
1938-1942 b. Mary Lucretia, md. Caleb DAVIS c. Elizabeth Dixon, md. Roy MATTHEWS d. Frank Allen, md. Martha EDITH PARRENT [My Family--see below] e. Ellen Ross, md. Eugene HENKLE f. Emma Josephine, md. Adolph O. GOLDSMITH, Ph.D. g. Harry Mason, md. Grace Harriett HARLAN [Two other children, d. infancy: Frank Anne (f), and Lewis (m)] 14. Louisiana, b. 2/28/1871, d. 8/20/1945, md. George W. McCUTCHEON Children: a. Olen, md. Mary DARK b. Burrell c. Georgia d. Miriam, md. _____ DRINKWATER 15. Josephine (Jo), b. 3/28/1872, d. 1963, md. Thomas Anthony MEDLEY Children: a. Russell Sage b. Lotte, md. _____ MABREY Son: Thomas c. Lucretia d. Lucy, md. Sam CASH e. Davis f. Duree g. Joseph Francis OTHERS: The Douglass History names another son as Perry E., dcsd. Douglass has 13 children listed. With the addition of Perry E., the total of children for Ambrose and Charlotte becomes 16. The missing child in the Douglass list is Mary Jane who must have died young. Also, I had heard long ago that A. D. and Charlotte had had 17 children, which, if so, leaves one name missing. Furthermore, another descendant says that they had six daughters and four sons who lived to maturity, but I count seven daughters and four sons who did so: Elizabeth, Minerva, Margaret, Dixie, Sadie, Louisiana, and Josephine (Jo)(7), and William, John Henry, James Jacob and Marion Davis (4). NOTES: I am not sure of the order of some of the names of the grandchildren, i.e., who belongs to whom, in every case. If anyone else can add to or correct any of this information, please get in touch. Please, only descendants or competent genealogists or historians.
Frank ALLEN BRISTOL md. Martha EDITH (PARRENT), dau of Henry Wilson PARRENT, b. 1876, md. 22 FEB 1900, CORA Edna POLSGROVE, dau of Thomas Henry and Martha (FLETCHER) POLSGROVE. Children: Frank A., William H., Betty J., d.y., David Neil, d.y., Barbara J., d.y., M. Iris, Rosemary J., John E., Cora A.
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