Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Leftridge Bridwell 1   
         Census name: Leftrage Bridwell 2
                Born: Aug-16-1899          in Muddlety, Nicholas Co, WV  3,4 (see note 1)
                Died: May-23-1981          in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  5,4
              Buried: (ashes)              at Eastlawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH  6
             Resided:                      in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  4,3
             Resided: 1921                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1920                 in Middlesex Co, NJ  8
             Resided: 1910                 in Lewis Co, WV  9
             Resided: 1900                 in Nicholas Co, WV  10
            Military:                      entered on Sep 12 1918 in Morgantown WV  3
              Father: Calvin Early Bridwell   (1866 - 1906) 
              Mother: Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" O'Dell   (1877 - 1944) 
                Wife: Edna May Smith  11,12   
             Married: Aug- 1-1921          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7
                Born: Aug-26-1902          in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV  13
                Died: Oct-13-1940          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  14,15
              Buried: West Union Cemetery   16
      Cause of death:                      pulmonary tuberculosis  16
             Resided:                      in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  16
              Census: 1910, 1930           in Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1921                 in Harrison Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1920                 in Mannington, Marion Co, WV  8
              Father: Santford Smith   (1874 - 1907) 
              Mother: Dollie B. Elliott   (1878 - 1907) 
           F Child 1: Waneta Bridwell      
                Born: Oct-22-1922          in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV  3,5,4
                Died: May-16-1993          in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  5,4,3
              Buried: (ashes)              in Eastlawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH  17
             Resided:                      in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH  4,5
             Resided: 1930, 1940           in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  18,19 (see note 2)
       Never married:                        5
           F Child 2: Lucille Bridwell      
                Born: Jul-15-1926          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
                Died: Oct- 8-1941          in Hopemont, Preston Co, WV  3
      Cause of death:                      tuberculosis  3

Sources:
(1) Immediate family. 
(2) 1900 Census, Nicholas County, WV. 
(3) Pamela Bridwell Hughes, Seminole, FL  (a Gaston and Pritchard descendant) 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) Death Record - Online. 
(6) Pamela Bridwell Hughes, Seminole, FL  (a Gaston and Pritchard descendant). His burial plot, 
which was purchased by Donny & Lois Buyers, is in the children's section of the cemetery.  Don considered James his 
adopted father and bought the plot in the children's section because of James' love of 
children. 
(7) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(8) 1920 Census. 
(9) 1910 Census. 
(10) 1900 Census. 
(11) Virginia Dunn Smith, Lake Suzy, FL 34266 . 
(12) Obituary of sister. 
(13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). 
But age 22 given at time of Aug 1921 marriage would put birth in about 1899. 
(14) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). 
Identified as Edna Mae Bridwell Smith, b. Aug 26 1902 at Summers, Doddridge Co, dau of Sanford Smith & Dolly Elliott, 
resident of Pennsboro, died Oct 13 1940 at Harrisville, cause of death pulmonary tuberculosis.  Buried at West Union 
Cemetery.  Informant:  Mr. Charles Leaseburg, Pennsboro. 
(15) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as Edna 
Mae Bridwell Smith, died Oct 13 1940, age 38y 1m 18d, dau of Sanford Smith & Dolly 
Elliot. 
(16) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(17) Pamela Bridwell Hughes, Seminole, FL  (a Gaston and Pritchard descendant). Ashes buried near 
those of her father, in the children's section of the cemetery. 
(18) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV. 
(19) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Identified in SSDI as Waneta 
Bridwell. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Marriage record states birthplace as Lewis Co, but immediate family
(granddaughter Pamela Sue Bridwell Hughes) advises Nicholas Co.  He did reside
later in Lewis County.
Note (2) In 1930, listed as Waneta Bridwell, 7, boarder, in the household of William
Cowman and family.  In 1940, listed as Wanita Bridwell, 17, adopted daughter, in
the household of L. G. Cowman (35, single) and his parents, William S. & Rebecca
(Kester) Cowman, location specified as New York Ave in the Wabash district of
West Unions.







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