Bessie (Harmon) Bridgeman (1883 - 1946)

Born 28 Jan 1883 in Union, South Carolina, United States

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Died 2 Jul 1946 at age 63 in Landrum, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Bessie Harmon was born on Jan. 28, 1883 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, ths daughter of Pinkney H. Harmon and Lura Dean (Hart) Harmon. She was the sister of Lettie (Harmon) Ballenger, Bessie (Harmon) Bridgeman, Nannie Lenora (Harmon) Johnson, Casper H. Harmon, Eunice Ora (Harmon) Farmer, Viola (Harmon) Abernathy and Ruby (Harmon) Foster.

Her Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC Death Certificate #10006, dated, July 2, 1946, states her name as Mrs. BESSIE HARMON BRIDGEMAN, wife of EDWARD BRIDGEMAN, a married white female born on Jan. 28, 1883, in Spartanburg Co., SC. She was a housewife and 63 years 4 months and 4 days old at her death from a heart attack. Her father was listed as P. H. HARMON and her mother was listed as LAURA DEAN HART, both born in SC. Informant was listed as WESLEY BRIDGEMAN (son), of Landrum, SC. Undertaker was TOLLY W. PETTY and doctor was A. R. WALDEN. Interment was in the Landrum Cemetery on July 4, 1946.^[1]

Her obituary appears in the Spartanburg Hearld Journal Obituary Section on, July 4, 1946, on page 2. Wife of Ed Bridgeman and daughter of P. H. and Laura Dean Hart Harmon. Survivors included four daughters; Mrs. Inez Bird, Mrs. Evelyn Feagan, Mrs. Helen Morrow, and Mrs. Edith Higgins, two sons; Ted and Wesley Bridgeman, two brothers; Casper and Bryan Harmon, ten sisters; Mrs. Lettie Ballenger, Mrs. Eunice Farmer, Mrs. Lola Tell, Mrs. Mamie Johnson, Mrs. Bertha Cochran, Mrs. Viola Aberthany, Mrs. Grace Lawson, Mrs. Ruby Foster, Mrs. Pearle Bennette, and Mrs. Blanche Russell. ^[2]

Children:

1. Infant Bridgeman
2. Inez Bridgeman Byrd (1909 - 1992)
3. Ted Riley Bridgeman (1910 - 1996)
4. Wesley Harmon Bridgeman (1911 - 1973)
5. Evelyn Bridgeman Fagan (1913 - 1993)
6. James Malbury Bridgeman (1917 - 1918)
7. Helen Lee Bridgeman Morrow

She died 2 Jul 1946 in Landrum, Spartanburg, South Carolina and was buried at Landrum Cemetery in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Landrum, Spartanburg Co., SC Death Certificate #10006, dated, July 2, 1946.
2. ↑ Spartanburg Hearld Journal Obituary Section, July 4, 1946, page 2.
3. ↑ Find A Grave Bessie Harmon Bridgeman, memorial# 40134870

• "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N96C-PH7 : 18 April 2016), Bessie Harmon in entry for James Mallary Bridgman, 14 Jul 1918; citing , Bridgman, James Mallary, 1918, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,913,510.

• "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG13-49Q : 18 April 2016), Bessie Harmon in entry for Edward Bryson Bridgman, 03 Apr 1953; citing , Bridgman, Edward Bryson, 1953, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 2,401,775.

• "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPMC-BBR : 18 April 2016), Mrs. Bessie Harmon Bridgeman, 02 Jul 1946; citing , Bridgeman, Mrs. Bessie Harmon, 1946, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 2,394,622.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5Z-CQ5D : 26 October 2016), Bessie Harmon Bridgeman in entry for Mrs Hellen Morrow, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, 24 Jun 2008; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Herald-Journal, born-digital text.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68M-XMJ : accessed 2 April 2017), Bessie Bridgeman in household of Ed B Bridgeman, Campobello, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing ED 83, sheet 2B, line 81, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1710; FHL microfilm 1,821,710. Gives 1883 as birthdate

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K468-TDS : accessed 2 April 2017), Bessie Bridgman in household of Edward Bridgman, Landrum, Campobello Township, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42-17, sheet 10B, line 55, family 192, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3837. Gives 1883 as birth date

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZX-J4J : accessed 2 April 2017), Bessie Bridgman in household of Ed Bridgman, Landrum, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 3A, line 38, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2213; FHL microfilm 2,341,947.