Excerpts from James Bridgman's "The Bridgman Family of Westhampton, Massachusetts". 1987
Federal was born and raised in the Israel Bridgman homestead on North Road in Westhampton, MA. He attended the local schools and Williston Seminary in Easthampton for a short time. Early on, he trained as a mason and spent the year 1852-53 in Washington, D. C., working at his trade and studying the architecture of the buildings in the nation's capital.
In 1853, he settled in Hartford. CT, where he worked in the mason-contracting business for most of his career. After a brief stay in Westhampton where his twins Myron and Myra were born, the family returned to Hartford and Federal lived there for the rest of his life. He went into business with another mason-contractor, Noyes D. Brewster, under the firm name of 'Brewster and Bridgman'. Upon Mr. Brewster's death in 1872, Federal assumed complete control of the business.
He was instrumental in the construction of many of Hartford's public buildings, among which are the Cheney building and the Roberts' Block, and, outside of Hartford, the large Connecticut Screw Company plant in Tariffville. He was a deacon in the Pearl Street Congregational Church in Hartford for many years.
Federal was born and raised in the Israel Bridgman homestead on North Road in Westhampton, MA. He attended the local schools and Williston Seminary in Easthampton for a short time. Early on, he trained as a mason and spent the year 1852-53 in Washington, D. C., working at his trade and studying the architecture of the buildings in the nation's capital.
In 1853, he settled in Hartford. CT, where he worked in the mason-contracting business for most of his career. After a brief stay in Westhampton where his twins Myron and Myra were born, the family returned to Hartford and Federal lived there for the rest of his life. He went into business with another mason-contractor, Noyes D. Brewster, under the firm name of 'Brewster and Bridgman'. Upon Mr. Brewster's death in 1872, Federal assumed complete control of the business.
He was instrumental in the construction of many of Hartford's public buildings, among which are the Cheney building and the Roberts' Block, and, outside of Hartford, the large Connecticut Screw Company plant in Tariffville. He was a deacon in the Pearl Street Congregational Church in Hartford for many years.
Excerpts from James Bridgman's "The Bridgman Family of Westhampton, Massachusetts". 1987
Federal was born and raised in the Israel Bridgman homestead on North Road in Westhampton, MA. He attended the local schools and Williston Seminary in Easthampton for a short time. Early on, he trained as a mason and spent the year 1852-53 in Washington, D. C., working at his trade and studying the architecture of the buildings in the nation's capital.
In 1853, he settled in Hartford. CT, where he worked in the mason-contracting business for most of his career. After a brief stay in Westhampton where his twins Myron and Myra were born, the family returned to Hartford and Federal lived there for the rest of his life. He went into business with another mason-contractor, Noyes D. Brewster, under the firm name of 'Brewster and Bridgman'. Upon Mr. Brewster's death in 1872, Federal assumed complete control of the business.
He was instrumental in the construction of many of Hartford's public buildings, among which are the Cheney building and the Roberts' Block, and, outside of Hartford, the large Connecticut Screw Company plant in Tariffville. He was a deacon in the Pearl Street Congregational Church in Hartford for many years.
Federal was born and raised in the Israel Bridgman homestead on North Road in Westhampton, MA. He attended the local schools and Williston Seminary in Easthampton for a short time. Early on, he trained as a mason and spent the year 1852-53 in Washington, D. C., working at his trade and studying the architecture of the buildings in the nation's capital.
In 1853, he settled in Hartford. CT, where he worked in the mason-contracting business for most of his career. After a brief stay in Westhampton where his twins Myron and Myra were born, the family returned to Hartford and Federal lived there for the rest of his life. He went into business with another mason-contractor, Noyes D. Brewster, under the firm name of 'Brewster and Bridgman'. Upon Mr. Brewster's death in 1872, Federal assumed complete control of the business.
He was instrumental in the construction of many of Hartford's public buildings, among which are the Cheney building and the Roberts' Block, and, outside of Hartford, the large Connecticut Screw Company plant in Tariffville. He was a deacon in the Pearl Street Congregational Church in Hartford for many years.
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