Elizabeth Ann P. Bridges^{[1, 2, 3]}

1815 - 1890  (75 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Ann P. Bridges
  Birth	11 Apr 1815	Putnam, Georgia, United States   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	24 Sep 1850	Guadalupe, Texas, United States   [4]
  Census	18 Jun 1860	Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States   [5]
  Census	Jul 1870	Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States   [6]
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Guadalupe, Texas, United States   [7]
  _AMTID	162485315099:1030:191555462
  _FSFTID	L2WK-H6N
  _UID	2F434BE8C7AD47B99E36DD8230217D2D4735
  Death	9 Dec 1890	Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States   [3]
  Burial	Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States   [3]
  	Address: San Geronimo Cemetery
  Person ID	I1210	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Herod Flourney Bridges,   b. Abt 1793, North Carolina, United States d. 2 Feb 1854, Rapides, Louisiana, United States (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Margaret Ware,   b. Abt 1797, Lincoln, Georgia, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1812	Greene, Georgia, United States
  Family ID	F221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. David Evans Thompson,   b. 15 Aug 1813, Clarke, Georgia, United States d. 29 Jul 1892, Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	8 Aug 1843	Jefferson, Georgia, United States   [8]
  	The transcribed marriage record says the marriage was 3 Aug , but the license was 8 Aug. One of the two must be wrong.
  Marriage License	8 Aug 1843	Jefferson, Georgia, United States   [8]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah W. Thompson,   b. 1844, Georgia, United States d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary S. Thompson,   b. 1847, Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. Martha Frances Thompson,   b. 1849, Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States d. Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States   4. James Fletcher Thompson,   b. 1851, Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States d. Yes, date unknown   5. Henry Bascomb Thompson,   b. 1853, Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States d. Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States   6. David E. Thompson,   b. 1855, Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States d. Austin, Travis, Texas, United States + 7. Anne Elizabeth Thompson,   b. 1857, Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States d. Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
  Family ID	F222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Apr 1815 - Putnam, Georgia, United States Marriage - 8 Aug 1843 - Jefferson, Georgia, United States Marriage License - 8 Aug 1843 - Jefferson, Georgia, United States Census - 24 Sep 1850 - Guadalupe, Texas, United States Census - 18 Jun 1860 - Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States Census - Jul 1870 - Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States Census - 1 Jun 1880 - Guadalupe, Texas, United States Death - 9 Dec 1890 - Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States Burial - Address: San Geronimo Cemetery - - Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Residence: near Seguin, TX From Findagrave: In the Bicentennial Minutes, Mrs. Idalene Donegan reflects that early education probably began as early as 1842 with the arrival of Methodist Minister Reverend David Evans Thompson and his enterprising wife, Elizabeth Ann. In 1845, Reverend Thompson had started a school and taught in Seguin's first schoolhouse on the northeastern corner of Nolte and Milam Streets. It was a three room adobe building which, by 1890, "succumbed to the elements." By 1849, Reverend Thompson, with the first trustees of the Methodist Church - Ezekiel Smith, Joshua Young, Wilson Randle, Thomas D. James, Thomas H. Duggan, James C. Watkins, and Charles A. Smith, built the first church at the northwestern corner of Austin and Market (Nolte) Streets. It was built with lumber shipped from Indianola, a three week trip. Today, one of the first church buildings in Seguin is located on the corner of south Camp and Washington Streets. It is a private residence. Elizabeth Ann can only be described as a leader among women. She not only stood by her husband's side rather than behind him, she led the way during his absences. She was a member of the first graduation class of the Georgia Female College, later Wesleyan College, and the first woman teacher in Seguin. While her husband served in the Civil War, she literally ran the family plantation with the help of slaves. Cotton was planted and shipped to Mexico. She operated a cloth factory spinning cloth for the Confederacy as well. From "Under the Live Oak Tree, A History of Seguin" by E. John Gesick, Jr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Wren Patterson, The Wren Family In America. [S70] LDS IGI 7132826,96. [S641] Find A Grave, 31 October 2017; Mrs Elizabeth Ann P. Bridges Thompson; Mrs Elizabeth Ann P. Bridges Thompson; 77181644; Donna Schulte Loth. [S1344] 1850 US Federal Census, Guadalupe Co., TX, Page 585; Dwelling 89, Family 89; David Thompson. [S1345] 1860 US Federal Census, Guadalupe Co., TX, Seguin; Page 17; Dwelling 143, Family 114; David Thompson. [S1346] 1870 US Federal Census, Guadalupe Co, TX, Seguin; Page 28; Dwelling 183, Family 187; David Thompson. [S1347] 1880 US Federal Census, Guadalupe Co., TX, ED 72; Page 1; Dwelling 1, Family 1; David Thompson. [S1148] Ancestry, Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, 31 October 2017; Jefferson Co., 8 Aug 1843, David Thompson to Elizabeth A P Bridges.