Via his mother Mary he was a grandson of Chief Washakie FAG (#12231417)
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In 1850 Jim Bridger took as his third wife a Snake woman. He bought a little farm near Santa Fe, MO, and moved his family there from Fort Bridger that year. Mary (dau.) was born in 1853. She married and now lives in the Indian Territory. William was born in 1857, and died from consumption in 1892. In 1858 his wife died and was buried in Boone cemetery, near Waldo Station, MO. Bridger was on the plains at the time of her death, and remained on the farm until 1862.
* Biographical Sketch of James Bridger: Mountaineer, Trapper, and Guide. By Grenville M. Dodge. Unz & Co., New York, 1905. p. 22. Google Books
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1870 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home: Westport, Jackson Co, Missouri
James Bridger, Age 69, occ. boarding, bp. VA
Mary E Bridger, Age 17, bp. MO
William Bridger, Age 13, bp. Dakota, attended school
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1880 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home: Washington Twp., Jackson Co, MO. USA
Household Members
James Bridger, age 76, Head, BP: VA
Mary E. Bridger, age 26, Daughter;
William Bridger, age 23, son, occ. farmer, bp. Neb.
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"Mrs. Cummins and her brother pointed out the northwest corner of the junction of Wornall Road and One Hundred Third Street, once occupied by a log house in which William Bridger, son of Jim Bridger, lived. . . Reference is made in the DAR book, "Vital Historical Records," to the Bridger graves. Mrs. M. A. Christopher, regent of the Kansas City chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1934, when the chapter published a book on the records of the old Jackson County cemeteries, saw the old James Bridger marker, and those of his two sons, William and Felix Bridger, chained to a stone wall at the farm home of Mrs. Harriett Forsythe, near the original Watts cemetery, in 1934. . . . Mrs. Christopher, whose mother was a member of the pioneer Gill family, believes Mrs. Cummins and Mr. Watts (#95626815) are the only persons now living in this part of the country whose memories are reliable as to facts about Bridger. Mrs. Christopher says the bodies of Felix and William Bridger, the explorer's sons, never have been moved from the old burial ground."
Source: The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO. 2 Mar 1941. News Bank.
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Age, 29 years, 9 months
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Vital dates and place of burial: LDS family search record https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CHY-N5F
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Sources:
* "James Bridger" MoJackso. 19 Aug 2006. Rootsweb.
* "Watts Burying Ground." Township 48, 33W. By Mrs. Lizzie (Watts) Cummins. MoJackso. 19 Aug 2006. Rootsweb.
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In 1850 Jim Bridger took as his third wife a Snake woman. He bought a little farm near Santa Fe, MO, and moved his family there from Fort Bridger that year. Mary (dau.) was born in 1853. She married and now lives in the Indian Territory. William was born in 1857, and died from consumption in 1892. In 1858 his wife died and was buried in Boone cemetery, near Waldo Station, MO. Bridger was on the plains at the time of her death, and remained on the farm until 1862.
* Biographical Sketch of James Bridger: Mountaineer, Trapper, and Guide. By Grenville M. Dodge. Unz & Co., New York, 1905. p. 22. Google Books
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1870 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home: Westport, Jackson Co, Missouri
James Bridger, Age 69, occ. boarding, bp. VA
Mary E Bridger, Age 17, bp. MO
William Bridger, Age 13, bp. Dakota, attended school
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1880 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home: Washington Twp., Jackson Co, MO. USA
Household Members
James Bridger, age 76, Head, BP: VA
Mary E. Bridger, age 26, Daughter;
William Bridger, age 23, son, occ. farmer, bp. Neb.
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"Mrs. Cummins and her brother pointed out the northwest corner of the junction of Wornall Road and One Hundred Third Street, once occupied by a log house in which William Bridger, son of Jim Bridger, lived. . . Reference is made in the DAR book, "Vital Historical Records," to the Bridger graves. Mrs. M. A. Christopher, regent of the Kansas City chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1934, when the chapter published a book on the records of the old Jackson County cemeteries, saw the old James Bridger marker, and those of his two sons, William and Felix Bridger, chained to a stone wall at the farm home of Mrs. Harriett Forsythe, near the original Watts cemetery, in 1934. . . . Mrs. Christopher, whose mother was a member of the pioneer Gill family, believes Mrs. Cummins and Mr. Watts (#95626815) are the only persons now living in this part of the country whose memories are reliable as to facts about Bridger. Mrs. Christopher says the bodies of Felix and William Bridger, the explorer's sons, never have been moved from the old burial ground."
Source: The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO. 2 Mar 1941. News Bank.
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Age, 29 years, 9 months
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Vital dates and place of burial: LDS family search record https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CHY-N5F
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Sources:
* "James Bridger" MoJackso. 19 Aug 2006. Rootsweb.
* "Watts Burying Ground." Township 48, 33W. By Mrs. Lizzie (Watts) Cummins. MoJackso. 19 Aug 2006. Rootsweb.
Via his mother Mary he was a grandson of Chief Washakie FAG (#12231417)
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In 1850 Jim Bridger took as his third wife a Snake woman. He bought a little farm near Santa Fe, MO, and moved his family there from Fort Bridger that year. Mary (dau.) was born in 1853. She married and now lives in the Indian Territory. William was born in 1857, and died from consumption in 1892. In 1858 his wife died and was buried in Boone cemetery, near Waldo Station, MO. Bridger was on the plains at the time of her death, and remained on the farm until 1862.
* Biographical Sketch of James Bridger: Mountaineer, Trapper, and Guide. By Grenville M. Dodge. Unz & Co., New York, 1905. p. 22. Google Books
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1870 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home: Westport, Jackson Co, Missouri
James Bridger, Age 69, occ. boarding, bp. VA
Mary E Bridger, Age 17, bp. MO
William Bridger, Age 13, bp. Dakota, attended school
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1880 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home: Washington Twp., Jackson Co, MO. USA
Household Members
James Bridger, age 76, Head, BP: VA
Mary E. Bridger, age 26, Daughter;
William Bridger, age 23, son, occ. farmer, bp. Neb.
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"Mrs. Cummins and her brother pointed out the northwest corner of the junction of Wornall Road and One Hundred Third Street, once occupied by a log house in which William Bridger, son of Jim Bridger, lived. . . Reference is made in the DAR book, "Vital Historical Records," to the Bridger graves. Mrs. M. A. Christopher, regent of the Kansas City chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1934, when the chapter published a book on the records of the old Jackson County cemeteries, saw the old James Bridger marker, and those of his two sons, William and Felix Bridger, chained to a stone wall at the farm home of Mrs. Harriett Forsythe, near the original Watts cemetery, in 1934. . . . Mrs. Christopher, whose mother was a member of the pioneer Gill family, believes Mrs. Cummins and Mr. Watts (#95626815) are the only persons now living in this part of the country whose memories are reliable as to facts about Bridger. Mrs. Christopher says the bodies of Felix and William Bridger, the explorer's sons, never have been moved from the old burial ground."
Source: The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO. 2 Mar 1941. News Bank.
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Age, 29 years, 9 months
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Vital dates and place of burial: LDS family search record https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CHY-N5F
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Sources:
* "James Bridger" MoJackso. 19 Aug 2006. Rootsweb.
* "Watts Burying Ground." Township 48, 33W. By Mrs. Lizzie (Watts) Cummins. MoJackso. 19 Aug 2006. Rootsweb.
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In 1850 Jim Bridger took as his third wife a Snake woman. He bought a little farm near Santa Fe, MO, and moved his family there from Fort Bridger that year. Mary (dau.) was born in 1853. She married and now lives in the Indian Territory. William was born in 1857, and died from consumption in 1892. In 1858 his wife died and was buried in Boone cemetery, near Waldo Station, MO. Bridger was on the plains at the time of her death, and remained on the farm until 1862.
* Biographical Sketch of James Bridger: Mountaineer, Trapper, and Guide. By Grenville M. Dodge. Unz & Co., New York, 1905. p. 22. Google Books
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1870 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home: Westport, Jackson Co, Missouri
James Bridger, Age 69, occ. boarding, bp. VA
Mary E Bridger, Age 17, bp. MO
William Bridger, Age 13, bp. Dakota, attended school
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1880 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home: Washington Twp., Jackson Co, MO. USA
Household Members
James Bridger, age 76, Head, BP: VA
Mary E. Bridger, age 26, Daughter;
William Bridger, age 23, son, occ. farmer, bp. Neb.
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"Mrs. Cummins and her brother pointed out the northwest corner of the junction of Wornall Road and One Hundred Third Street, once occupied by a log house in which William Bridger, son of Jim Bridger, lived. . . Reference is made in the DAR book, "Vital Historical Records," to the Bridger graves. Mrs. M. A. Christopher, regent of the Kansas City chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1934, when the chapter published a book on the records of the old Jackson County cemeteries, saw the old James Bridger marker, and those of his two sons, William and Felix Bridger, chained to a stone wall at the farm home of Mrs. Harriett Forsythe, near the original Watts cemetery, in 1934. . . . Mrs. Christopher, whose mother was a member of the pioneer Gill family, believes Mrs. Cummins and Mr. Watts (#95626815) are the only persons now living in this part of the country whose memories are reliable as to facts about Bridger. Mrs. Christopher says the bodies of Felix and William Bridger, the explorer's sons, never have been moved from the old burial ground."
Source: The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO. 2 Mar 1941. News Bank.
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Age, 29 years, 9 months
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Vital dates and place of burial: LDS family search record https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CHY-N5F
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Sources:
* "James Bridger" MoJackso. 19 Aug 2006. Rootsweb.
* "Watts Burying Ground." Township 48, 33W. By Mrs. Lizzie (Watts) Cummins. MoJackso. 19 Aug 2006. Rootsweb.
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