Martha Jane (Bridwell) Pierson (1837 - 1880)

Born 30 Oct 1837 in Prairieton, Vigo, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Willis J Pierson — married 20 Oct 1854 in Vigo, Indiana

Descendants

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Biography

Note: Estimated birth based on birth of daughter Samantha 1861.

Martha appears to be the daughter of Dr. Bridwell, since she appears with him in the 1850 census. Dr. Bridwell is mentioned in the history of Lawrence and Monroe Co. Indiana. Dr. Bridwell was a Miller, born in Kentucky. Noah Bridwell and his son, Hayden Bridwell, appear in the same county history and are likely descendants - also in the milling business. According to World Connect, Noah Bridwell was married Nancy Cuppy (born on Cox'x Creek) in Nelson Co. KY. This surely makes him a relative of Daniel Bridwell from that same area.

Birth

Birth Date: 30 OCT 1837^[1][2]

Death

Death Date: 1880^[3]

Marriage

Husband: Willis J Pierson

Wife: Martha Jane Bridwell

Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1854

Event Place Vigo, Indiana, United States^[4]

Research Notes

Maud Russell 1937: “Compiled and drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma (1937) from bible records and other records, remembrances of older relatives, county records, History of Sullivan and Green Counties, Indiana, by Professor John W. Spencer (1887). Information furnished by many relatives, notably, Miss Gay Edna Calvert.”

Mary L. Pickrell, March 1979: “This information was taken from a chart on file at the Vigo County Library, Terre Haute, Indiana.”

“ The information was compiled and the chart drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma, 1931, from bible and other private records, county records, and the Pound Genealogy as to some dates.”

“Also on file at the Vigo County Library is a chart on the St.Clair family which was also prepared by Maud Russell. In comparing the Fanny/Siner/Eli St.Clair section, a few discrepancies were found.”

World Connect references some very old Bridwell family.

Residence

1850

Census of Perry, Lawrence Co. Indiana Gives Martha 13 daughter of Dr. Bridwell age 37 born in KY and wife Lydia 36

1860

Pearson, Vigo, Indiana^[5]

1880

Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S97 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
2. ↑ Source: #S258 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Samantha Eunice Pierson
3. ↑ Source: #S258 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Samantha Eunice Pierson
4. ↑ Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27JR-1MD : 10 December 2017), Willis Pearson and Martha Bridwell, 20 Oct 1854; citing Vigo, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,392,800.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.[1]
6. ↑ United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSP-STG : 19 August 2017), Martha J Pierson in household of Willis Pierson, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 215, sheet 459D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0319; FHL microfilm 1,254,319.