Henry Bridger [parents unknown]
b. 1798, England8,1
d. 1873 Mercer County, Illinois8
bu Suez, Mercer, Illinois, Bridger Cemetery8
m. Elizabeth Unknwon1
Elizabeth Unknown [parents unknown]
b. 1802, New York8,1
d. 1883 Mercer County, Illinois8
bu Suez, Mercer, Illinois, Bridger Cemetery8
Census records:
Henry Bridge purchased on August 16, 1839 the NE quarter of Section 35 Township 14 North Range 2 West, 160 acres at $1.25, $200 total. On February 16, 1854 he purchased "LOT2NEFR" of Section 2 Township 13 North Range 2 West 4, 63.71 acres at $1.25, $79.63 total.
Children:
b. abt 1824, New York1
Mary E Bridger1
b. abt 1826, New York1
Julia M Bridger1
b. abt 1828, New York1
Henry T Bridger1
b. abt 1832, New York1
Frances A Bridger [Henry Bridger / Elizabeth Unknown]
b. October 1834, New York1,8
d. 1909 Mercer County, Illinois8
bu Suez, Mercer, Illinois, Bridger Cemetery8
m. September 3, 1857, Mercer Co, Illinois, Daniel W Sedwwick4 (vol A)
James C Bridger1
b. abt 1836, New York1
Phillip Bridger1
b. abt 1839, Illinois1
Ann Bridger1
b. abt 1841, Illinois1
1. Census records, any of those indicated.
2. History of Mercer County, 1903, p. 743.
Posted by Linda C Driscoll at Ancestry.com Message Board: Illinois Mercer
4. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900
online at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/marrsrch.html
This record:
| Groom | Bride | County | Date | Vol/pg | Lic |
| Sedwick, Daniel W | Bridger, Frances A | Mercer | 09/03/1857 | 00A/ | 00001027 |
8. Mercer County, Illinois Cemetery Records
William Dennison Chapter, NSDAR, Aledo, Illinois, 8 volumes
available on LDS Microfilm 0848589 for Volume I and 0848590 for volumes II through VIII
indexed online at US GenWeb, Illinois, Mercer, thank you Nadine Holder