Durwood Stanley Bridges
Jane "Jennie" Thomas Bridges
Durwood Stanley “Stan” Bridges was born on February 27, 1866 in the Maple Grove community of Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the sixth of eleven children born to Drewry Bridges and Peachie Ann Tart Bridges. Drewry was a farmer and both he and Peachie were natives of Trigg County. Drewry was the fourth child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges.
Stan’s siblings were Henrietta Gabrella Bridges, born in 1853 and married Benjamin Miles Sumner; Mary Louisa Bridges, born in 1855 and married James Edmond Sumner; James Filmore Bridges, born in 1857 and died the following year; William Henry Bridges, born in 1859 and married Sarah Elizabeth “Sadie” Lancaster; John Richard Bridges, born in 1862 and married Nancy Bell Meador; Martha Elizabeth “Bettie”Bridges, born in 1868 and married Seldon Trimble Thomas; Drewry E. Bridges, born in 1870 and died at the age of three months; Creta Bridges, born in 1871 and died at the age of four days; Peachie Ellen Bridges, born in 1874 and married Thomas Haywood Lawrence; and Eddie Adeline Bridges, born in 1876 and married Meredith Clay Carr. Stan’s father, Drewry’s marriage to his second wife, Nannie Gresham, resulted in two half-siblings, Garland Drew Bridges, born in 1888 and married Annie Lurline Thomas and later married Joy K. Sutton and Hughie Bridges, born in 1890, who died at the age of five.
On December 5, 1890, Stan married Jane “Jennie” Thomas. Jennie was a native of Trigg County and was born on May 25, 1870, the youngest of eight children born to William Bridges Thomas and Nancy Jane Rogers Thomas. William was a farmer and both he and Nancy were natives of Trigg County. William was the first child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Therefore, both Stan and Jennie were fourth generation descendants of James Thomas and Drury Bridges, the pioneer families of Kentucky.
Jennie’s siblings were Peachie Ann Thomas, born in 1848 and married John Richard Mills; Sarah Josephine Thomas, born in 1851 and married William Henry Martin; Jonathan Starkie Thomas, born in 1853 and married Julia Dyer; Martha E. Thomas, born in 1858;William Madison “Bud” Thomas, born in 1859; Mollie Emily Thomas, born in 1861 and married James Pickney Sholar; and Bluford Ira Thomas, born in 1867 and married Alice Lula Vinson.
Stan and Jennie built a home in the Maple Grove community on a farm that had been in the Bridges family since 1806 when the original family moved from North Carolina. Although Stan was primarily a farmer, he had attended the Nebo Academy in Nebo, Kentucky and became a teacher at the one-room Maple Grove School. He had also been a merchant at Canton, Kentucky before becoming a farmer. Stan was very interested in seeing that those in the community received a better education. He served several terms on the Trigg County Board of Education and was chairman of the board from 1909 to 1913, During this period, several school buildings were erected or improved in the county including the Maple Grove School and the Upper Donaldson School.
Stan and Jennie were the parents of five children, William Durwood Bridges, born in 1891 and married Ruth Alida Cunningham; Homer Dorris Bridges, born in 1895 and died at the age of one; Ira Clifton Bridges, born in 1897 and married Flo Templeton Bridges; Hubert Prentice Bridges, born in 1901 and died at the age of two; and Jane Ernestine Bridges, born in 1906 and married Sidney Gordon Bridges.
Stan died on June 27, 1924 at the age of 58 at his home in Maple Grove from complications of an abscess of the lungs. He was buried in the Starkie Thomas Cemetery in the Oak Grove community of Trigg County. Jennie died on August 19, 1956 at the age of 86 at her daughter’s home in Maple Grove. She was buried in the Starkie Thomas Cemetery next to her husband.
Stan and Jennie tombstone
LINEAGE: (Durwood Stanley Bridges was the sixth child of Drewry and Peachie Ann Tart Bridges. Drewry was the fourth child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
(Jane “Jennie” Thomas was the eighth child of William Bridges and Nancy Jane Rogers Thomas. William was the first child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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