James C. Bridges was the sixth child of William Bridges and Mary Thomas Bridges. He was born on June 14, 1832 in Trigg County, Kentucky on his father’s farm located what is known as “Little Spring” near where Beechy Fork Creek turns south toward its confluence with Donaldson Creek.
James married Mary Ross Calhoun on December 10, 1855 who was the daughter of Archibald Cohoon and the granddaughter of Joel Cohoon, a Revolutionary War veteran. Mary was born on September 19, 1836. They had four children, two girls and two boys, Francis T. Bridges, Robert Bridges, Dora Mae Bridges and Rufus “Cutt” Bridges. Some family sources list a fifth child, Belle Bridges who was born before Dora Mae and died at the age of 10.
James settled at what later became known as the Stan Bridges place in the Beechy Fork Creek Valley. He and his wife Mary, made their home and raised their children there. However, their life together lasted just eight years. He was only 31 years old when he died on April 30, 1863. There is no record as to why he died at such a young age. He is buried in the William Bridges Cemetery.
In the early 1880’s, Mary, James’ widow, and their children moved to Graves County, Kentucky. Their daughter, Dora Mae married John W. “Babe” Pritchard and many of their descendants live in that county today. In 1889, their son, Robert was killed by a railroad train near Pryorsburg, Kentucky. Mary was 77 years old when on December 13, 1914, she died at her home near Cuba, a small town in Graves County, Kentucky.
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(James C. Bridges was the sixth child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges. Mary Thomas was the fifth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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