Rebecca Louisa Dicken was born in Edgecombe County, NC, eldest of 5 known children (2 boys/ 3 girls) born to farmers, Louis B. K. Dicken/Dickens and his wife, Elizabeth Moore.
She is the paternal grandchild of Lewis Dicken & Mary Harrison of Edgecombe, but is tied to the wealthy Powell family through marriage. Her grandmother, Mary Harrison Dicken, married William H. "Willis" Powell after the death of Lewis Dicken. Her father was was only 2 years old when his father died, and he was was raised by Powell.
Rebecca Louisa was 18 years old when she married the up-and-coming farmer/lawyer, John L. Bridgers, on April, 27, 1847. About this time, the couple moved into "The Grove", a 296 acre plantation in Tarboro. This home previously belong to Rebecca's cousin, Louis Dicken Wilson, a lawyer and NC Senator who fought in the Mexican War. When Wilson died in 1847, John and Rebecca purchased the homestead.
It was at "The Grove" that John and Rebecca would raised their 3 children: John L. Bridgers, Jr. (b. 1850), Routh (Ruth) Bridgers (b. 1855) and Charles Bridgers (b. 1858).
Fourteen years into the marriage, their lives were interrupted with the onset of the Civil War. Her husband became Colonel of the Edgecombe Guards, and spent most of the next 4 years away from home. Rebecca was left to manage the plantation and the three minor children, the eldest of who was attending VMI.
Returning from the war, John resumed his law practice. Then, sadly, his bride of over 18 years died in October, 1865, just months after the war's end. She was only 36 years old.
John married again in 1867 to Mary Ann Elizabeth Battle, by whom 4 more children were born. John and both wives are buried in Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery.
She is the paternal grandchild of Lewis Dicken & Mary Harrison of Edgecombe, but is tied to the wealthy Powell family through marriage. Her grandmother, Mary Harrison Dicken, married William H. "Willis" Powell after the death of Lewis Dicken. Her father was was only 2 years old when his father died, and he was was raised by Powell.
Rebecca Louisa was 18 years old when she married the up-and-coming farmer/lawyer, John L. Bridgers, on April, 27, 1847. About this time, the couple moved into "The Grove", a 296 acre plantation in Tarboro. This home previously belong to Rebecca's cousin, Louis Dicken Wilson, a lawyer and NC Senator who fought in the Mexican War. When Wilson died in 1847, John and Rebecca purchased the homestead.
It was at "The Grove" that John and Rebecca would raised their 3 children: John L. Bridgers, Jr. (b. 1850), Routh (Ruth) Bridgers (b. 1855) and Charles Bridgers (b. 1858).
Fourteen years into the marriage, their lives were interrupted with the onset of the Civil War. Her husband became Colonel of the Edgecombe Guards, and spent most of the next 4 years away from home. Rebecca was left to manage the plantation and the three minor children, the eldest of who was attending VMI.
Returning from the war, John resumed his law practice. Then, sadly, his bride of over 18 years died in October, 1865, just months after the war's end. She was only 36 years old.
John married again in 1867 to Mary Ann Elizabeth Battle, by whom 4 more children were born. John and both wives are buried in Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery.
Rebecca Louisa Dicken was born in Edgecombe County, NC, eldest of 5 known children (2 boys/ 3 girls) born to farmers, Louis B. K. Dicken/Dickens and his wife, Elizabeth Moore.
She is the paternal grandchild of Lewis Dicken & Mary Harrison of Edgecombe, but is tied to the wealthy Powell family through marriage. Her grandmother, Mary Harrison Dicken, married William H. "Willis" Powell after the death of Lewis Dicken. Her father was was only 2 years old when his father died, and he was was raised by Powell.
Rebecca Louisa was 18 years old when she married the up-and-coming farmer/lawyer, John L. Bridgers, on April, 27, 1847. About this time, the couple moved into "The Grove", a 296 acre plantation in Tarboro. This home previously belong to Rebecca's cousin, Louis Dicken Wilson, a lawyer and NC Senator who fought in the Mexican War. When Wilson died in 1847, John and Rebecca purchased the homestead.
It was at "The Grove" that John and Rebecca would raised their 3 children: John L. Bridgers, Jr. (b. 1850), Routh (Ruth) Bridgers (b. 1855) and Charles Bridgers (b. 1858).
Fourteen years into the marriage, their lives were interrupted with the onset of the Civil War. Her husband became Colonel of the Edgecombe Guards, and spent most of the next 4 years away from home. Rebecca was left to manage the plantation and the three minor children, the eldest of who was attending VMI.
Returning from the war, John resumed his law practice. Then, sadly, his bride of over 18 years died in October, 1865, just months after the war's end. She was only 36 years old.
John married again in 1867 to Mary Ann Elizabeth Battle, by whom 4 more children were born. John and both wives are buried in Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery.
She is the paternal grandchild of Lewis Dicken & Mary Harrison of Edgecombe, but is tied to the wealthy Powell family through marriage. Her grandmother, Mary Harrison Dicken, married William H. "Willis" Powell after the death of Lewis Dicken. Her father was was only 2 years old when his father died, and he was was raised by Powell.
Rebecca Louisa was 18 years old when she married the up-and-coming farmer/lawyer, John L. Bridgers, on April, 27, 1847. About this time, the couple moved into "The Grove", a 296 acre plantation in Tarboro. This home previously belong to Rebecca's cousin, Louis Dicken Wilson, a lawyer and NC Senator who fought in the Mexican War. When Wilson died in 1847, John and Rebecca purchased the homestead.
It was at "The Grove" that John and Rebecca would raised their 3 children: John L. Bridgers, Jr. (b. 1850), Routh (Ruth) Bridgers (b. 1855) and Charles Bridgers (b. 1858).
Fourteen years into the marriage, their lives were interrupted with the onset of the Civil War. Her husband became Colonel of the Edgecombe Guards, and spent most of the next 4 years away from home. Rebecca was left to manage the plantation and the three minor children, the eldest of who was attending VMI.
Returning from the war, John resumed his law practice. Then, sadly, his bride of over 18 years died in October, 1865, just months after the war's end. She was only 36 years old.
John married again in 1867 to Mary Ann Elizabeth Battle, by whom 4 more children were born. John and both wives are buried in Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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1st wife of Col. John L. Bridgers, Sr.
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