Annie Emmaline Bridges Ford
Annie Emmaline Bridges was born on February 17, 1888 in Trigg County, Kentucky. She was the youngest of three children of Alfred Franklin Bridges and Lou Ella Turner Bridges. Alfred was a farmer and was a native of Trigg County. Lou Ella was a native of Stewart County, Tennessee. Annie was a descendant of Simco N. Bridges. Annie’s mother died in November 1888 when Annie was only nine months old.
Annie’s siblings were Charlotte “Lottie” Bridges, born in 1883 and married Harry Winfield Lancaster and John Madison “Matt” Bridges, born in 1884 and married Huewell Tandy Lawrence. Annie had five half-siblings from her father’s second marriage to Minnie Lancaster. They were Bluford Clyde Bridges, born in 1891 and married Birdie Hopson Calhoun; Albert Claud Bridges, born in 1895 and married Ethelene Bonner; William Hopson “Willie” Bridges, born in 1899 and married Sarah Ellen McCoy; Ambie Lois Bridges, born in 1900 and married Amos Ira Guier; and Denny Lee Bridges, born in 1901 and married Margaret L. Nolan.
On December 31, 1905, Annie married William Albert Ford in a ceremony in Canton, Kentucky. Will was born on May 27, 1884 in the upper Donaldson community of Trigg County, the son of Albert Samuel Ford and Martha Elizabeth Gordon Ford. Albert was a farmer and was a native of Trigg County. Martha was a native of Smith County, Tennessee.
Annie and Will settled on a farm near Linton in the Boyd Hill community of Trigg County where they lived for most of their married life. Will worked as a farmer until his health forced him to retire. When Barkley Dam was built their farm went the way of numerous other farms in the area, into the hand of the Corps of Engineers. On June 16, 1958, Will and Annie left their river-bottom farm and moved into a new home on the Maple Grove Road in the Oak Grove community. Their new home was located next door to Annie’s sister and brother-in-law, Lois and Amos Guier. The two couples became very close and enjoyed living next door to each other where they gardened together and spent many hours under the shade trees of the Guier house.
Annie and Will were the parents of seven children, Henry Kirklin Ford, born in 1906 and died at two days old; Betty Earle Ford, born in 1907 and married Thomas Odell Adams; Mavis Lorene Ford, born in 1909 and married James Franklin Wolfe; Willie Glenn Ford, born in 1915 and died at the age of one year; Elaine Marie Ford, born in 1917 and married Troy Amos “Dave” Calhoun; Howard Blane Ford, born in 1919 and married Irma Maxine Williams; and Nida Merle Ford, born in 1924 and married James Burwick Downs.
Will died on February 19, 1963 at the age of 78 at his home. He was buried in the Lawrence Cemetery in Trigg County. Annie died on November 13, 1980 at the age of 92 at the Trigg County Hospital in Cadiz. She was buried in the Lawrence Cemetery next to her husband.
Will Ford
Annie and Will tombstone
LINEAGE: (Annie Emmaline Bridges was the daughter of Alfred Franklin and Lou Ella Turner Bridges. Alfred was the fourth child of Simco N. and Emeline Martin Bridges. Simco was the third child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
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