Dora Virginia Bridges was born on August 27, 1903 in the Maple Grove community of Trigg County, Kentucky. She was the fourth of eleven children born to John Trice Bridges and Maggie Dora Cunningham Bridges. John Trice was a farmer and both he and Maggie were natives of Trigg County. Maggie was descendant of the large pioneer Cunningham family that settled in Trigg County. Virginia was a descendant of both Cullen Bridges and Cullen Thomas.
Virginia’s siblings were Lillie Jane Bridges, born in 1899 and died at the age of two; Lucy Lee Bridges, born in 1900 and married James Stevenson “Jimmie Fant” Thomas; Lola Francis “Fanny” Bridges, born in 1902 and married Homer Ervin Francis; John Carl Bridges, born in 1904 and married Julia Bell Thomas; Mary Pauline Bridges, born in 1908 and married Preston Hoover Thomas; Queen Alexander Bridges, born in 1909 and died at the age of one; Hilda Agnes Bridges, born in 1910; Beulah Louise Bridges, born in 1913 and married Homer Blane Thomas; Clifford Elma “Pete” Bridges, born in 1917 and married Lillie Frances Smith; and Dorothy Allene Bridges, born in 1920.
On December 23, 1925, Virginia married Otis Taylor Boyd. The wedding took place in the home of Rev. Luther Sanders in Cadiz. Taylor was born on May 28, 1903 in the Canton community of Trigg County. He was the son of William Lackey and Berda “Bird” Serena Lancaster Boyd. William worked as a farmer and general laborer and both he and Berda were natives of Trigg County.
After their marriage, Taylor and Virginia lived in Cadiz for a short period of time. They then moved to Princeton, Kentucky where Taylor worked as a carpenter for three years. He accepted a position where he worked on Dam 53 on the Ohio River and they moved to Grand Chain, Illinois to be near his job. When Dam 53 was completed, they moved back to Trigg County and settled in the Maple Grove community which became their permanent home. Taylor began farming along with his father-in-law, John Bridges as well as working with him on doing land surveys and carpenter work.
Taylor and Virginia were the parents of three children, Ernest Ragon Boyd, born in 1926 and died at the age of five; Louard Cash Boyd, born in 1928 and died at the age of two months; and Carl Stanley Boyd, born in 1930 and married Audrey Faye Fisher.
Virgina died on September 25, 1978 at the age of 75 at the Trigg County Hospital in Cadiz. She was buried in the Drury Bridges Cemetery in the Maple Grove community. Taylor died on February 26, 1979 at the age of 75 at the Shady Lawn Nursing Home in Trigg County. He was buried in the Drury Bridges Cemetery next to his wife.
Taylor and Virginia
Taylor and Virginia tombstone
From Left...back row Homer Francis, Carl Bridges, Frances Bridges Francis, Lucy Bridges Thomas, Virginia Bridges Boyd, James S. Thomas (husband of Lucy) Front row.... Hilda Agnes Bridges, John Trice Bridges, Beulah Bridges Thomas, Dora Maggie Cunningham Bridges holding Clifford (Pete) Bridges, Mary Pauline Bridges Thomas
LINEAGE: (Dora Virginia Bridges was the daughter of John Trice and Maggie Dora Cunningham Bridges. John Trice was the sixth child of Cullen T. and Martha Ann Virginia Thomas Bridges. Cullen was the twelfth child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges. Martha Ann was the third child of Peyton and Sarah Ethridge Thomas. Peyton was the third child of Cullen and Elizabeth Futrell Thomas. Cullen was the first child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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