Thomas Elder Bridgewater
1913 - 2005 (91 years)1. Thomas Elder Bridgewater was born on 27 Oct 1913 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of George Bridgewater and Dessa Elder); died on 14 Oct 2005; was buried in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Will County, Illinois. Thomas married Frances G. M. Hall on 17 Mar 1946 in England. Frances was born on 8 Feb 1916 in England; died on 17 Jan 2010 in McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois; was buried in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. George Bridgewater was born on 18 Jun 1890 in Kinderhook, Pike County, Illinois; died on 16 Oct 1954 in Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana; was buried on 19 Oct 1954 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. George married Dessa Elder. Dessa (daughter of William Davis Elder and Elizabeth Ann Dollie Gritten) was born on 2 Apr 1890 in Illinois; died on 26 Sep 1978 in Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana; was buried on 29 Sep 1978 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Dessa Elder was born on 2 Apr 1890 in Illinois (daughter of William Davis Elder and Elizabeth Ann Dollie Gritten); died on 26 Sep 1978 in Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana; was buried on 29 Sep 1978 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Children:
- 1. Thomas Elder Bridgewater was born on 27 Oct 1913 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 14 Oct 2005; was buried in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Will County, Illinois.
- Ruth Ellen Bridgewater was born on 13 Jul 1918 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 27 May 2006 in Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Generation: 3
6. William Davis Elder was born on 31 Jul 1864 in Illinois; died on 3 Feb 1917 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 7 Feb 1917 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. William married Elizabeth Ann Dollie Gritten on 8 Apr 1889 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Elizabeth (daughter of Laben Gritten and Lydia Pyle) was born on 12 Nov 1866 in Illinois; died on 5 Mar 1929; was buried on 8 Mar 1929 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Elizabeth Ann Dollie Gritten was born on 12 Nov 1866 in Illinois (daughter of Laben Gritten and Lydia Pyle); died on 5 Mar 1929; was buried on 8 Mar 1929 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Children:
- 3. Dessa Elder was born on 2 Apr 1890 in Illinois; died on 26 Sep 1978 in Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana; was buried on 29 Sep 1978 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Generation: 4
14. Laben Gritten was born on 19 Jan 1832 in Kentucky (son of John R. Gritton and Nancy Atkinson); died on 28 Mar 1910 in Collison, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Knights Branch Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois. Laben married Lydia Pyle on 11 Mar 1867 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Lydia was born in Jan 1844 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; died in 1910 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Lydia Pyle was born in Jan 1844 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; died in 1910 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois. Children:
- 7. Elizabeth Ann Dollie Gritten was born on 12 Nov 1866 in Illinois; died on 5 Mar 1929; was buried on 8 Mar 1929 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- William Milo Gritten was born on 10 Aug 1868 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 22 Sep 1950 in Cates, Fountain County, Indiana; was buried on 24 Sep 1950 in Collison Cemetery, Collison, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- Romille Josephine Gritton was born on 11 Feb 1872 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 11 Mar 1933 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; was buried on 14 Mar 1933 in Carlisle Odd Fellows Cemetery, Carlisle, Sullivan County, Indiana.
- George Eli Gritten was born on 19 Jun 1873 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 25 Feb 1933 in Greenville, Clay County, Iowa; was buried on 27 Feb 1933 in Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Clay County, Iowa.
- Laban E. Gritten was born on 10 Jul 1876 in Penfield, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 24 Apr 1948 in Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana; was buried on 27 Apr 1948 in Highland Cemetery, Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana.
- Clara E. Gritten was born on 15 Apr 1879 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 15 Feb 1970.
- Calvin Jacob Gritten was born in Mar 1882 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died in 1908 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Partlow Cemetery, Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois.