William Riley BridgesAge: 61 years1867–1929
- Name
- William Riley Bridges
- Given names
- William Riley
- Surname
- Bridges
 Birth | July 21, 1867 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 17 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Beulah Virginia Wells — View this family estimated 1889 (Age 21 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Ola Lee Bridges August 4, 1889 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Norma Bridges September 15, 1892 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Homer East Bridges July 21, 1895 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 19, 1900 (Age 32 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Clifton South — Ola Lee Bridges — View this family August 18, 1907 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Vella Lucille South October 11, 1908 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 27, 1910 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage | Pearl Rivers Moore — View this family after 1910 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Clifton South March 21, 1911 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Beulah R South May 12, 1913 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | George William Bailey Jr. September 4, 1914 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Alice Bailey October 9, 1915 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Margaret Frances South September 3, 1917 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 50 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Marriage of a child | George William Bailey — Norma Bridges — View this family estimated 1921 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Mary Laverne Bailey October 17, 1922 (Age 55 years) |
 Death | April 20, 1929 (Age 61 years) Cause of death: Homicide - Shot by negro through the heart |
| Family with Beulah Virginia Wells |
| himself |
William Riley Bridges Birth: July 21, 1867 — DeSoto, Mississippi, United States Death: April 20, 1929 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Beulah Virginia Wells Birth: February 12, 1868 33 23 — Sardis, Panola, Mississippi, United States Death: August 10, 1943 — Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1889 — |
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7 months daughter |
Ola Lee Bridges Birth: August 4, 1889 22 21 — Mississippi, United States Death: December 26, 1964 — Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Norma Bridges Birth: September 15, 1892 25 24 — Mississippi, United States Death: July 1966 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
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3 years son |
Homer East Bridges Birth: July 21, 1895 28 27 — Coldwater, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States Death: March 15, 1959 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with Pearl Rivers Moore |
| himself |
William Riley Bridges Birth: July 21, 1867 — DeSoto, Mississippi, United States Death: April 20, 1929 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Pearl Rivers Moore Birth: April 27, 1892 — Fayette, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: after 1910 — |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Riley Bridges - Household
Tate, Mississippi
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Riley Bridges - Household
1234 1/2 Florida St. Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
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