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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1850 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home in 1850: Green River Precinct, Utah Territory, USA
Line No. 34, Family No. 8
Household Members:
James Bridger, 41, b. VA
Mary Bridger, 20, b. Utah
Felix Bridger, 8, b. Utah
Elizabeth Bridger, 4, b. Utah
Jane Bridger, 3, b. Utah
James Carson, 24, b. Utah, White male
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According to Wikipedia, said to be the daughter of Chief Washackie, a Shoshone Indian ("the valley people").
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Other Sources:
* Mary "Little Fawn" (Washakie) Bridger, Wikitree.
"Mary Two Fawns Bridger." (Washakie). Geni.
* 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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1850 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home in 1850: Green River Precinct, Utah Territory, USA
Line No. 34, Family No. 8
Household Members:
James Bridger, 41, b. VA
Mary Bridger, 20, b. Utah
Felix Bridger, 8, b. Utah
Elizabeth Bridger, 4, b. Utah
Jane Bridger, 3, b. Utah
James Carson, 24, b. Utah, White male
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According to Wikipedia, said to be the daughter of Chief Washackie, a Shoshone Indian ("the valley people").
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Other Sources:
* Mary "Little Fawn" (Washakie) Bridger, Wikitree.
"Mary Two Fawns Bridger." (Washakie). Geni.
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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1850 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home in 1850: Green River Precinct, Utah Territory, USA
Line No. 34, Family No. 8
Household Members:
James Bridger, 41, b. VA
Mary Bridger, 20, b. Utah
Felix Bridger, 8, b. Utah
Elizabeth Bridger, 4, b. Utah
Jane Bridger, 3, b. Utah
James Carson, 24, b. Utah, White male
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According to Wikipedia, said to be the daughter of Chief Washackie, a Shoshone Indian ("the valley people").
= + = + = + = + = + = + = + =
Other Sources:
* Mary "Little Fawn" (Washakie) Bridger, Wikitree.
"Mary Two Fawns Bridger." (Washakie). Geni.
* 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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1850 US Fed Census, Ancestry.com
Home in 1850: Green River Precinct, Utah Territory, USA
Line No. 34, Family No. 8
Household Members:
James Bridger, 41, b. VA
Mary Bridger, 20, b. Utah
Felix Bridger, 8, b. Utah
Elizabeth Bridger, 4, b. Utah
Jane Bridger, 3, b. Utah
James Carson, 24, b. Utah, White male
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According to Wikipedia, said to be the daughter of Chief Washackie, a Shoshone Indian ("the valley people").
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Other Sources:
* Mary "Little Fawn" (Washakie) Bridger, Wikitree.
"Mary Two Fawns Bridger." (Washakie). Geni.
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