Nancy (Kimball) Bridgham (1846 - 1916)

Born Sep 1846 in Exeter, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Wife of Winslow Bridgham — married 9 Aug 1863 in Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Feb 1916 at age 69 in Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

Nancy Kimball was born in September, 1846 in Maine, the daughter of John and Abigail Kimball.

Winslow Bridgham and Nancy Kimball were married by a Justice of the Peace in Dexter, Maine on August 9, 1863. He was born in Dexter on February 24, 1840

In 1870, Nancy and five-year-old, Frank E. “Brigham” were living in Sangerville in the household of Emma G. Gilmore, relationship unknown, and without her husband Winslow. However, Winslow Bridgman [sic] was living separately in a boarding house in Sangerville, where he worked in a woolen mill.

Winslow Bridgham died in February, 1877, at the age of 37.

In 1879, a lawsuit erupted between the “inhabitants of Dexter vs. inhabitants of Sangerville” over support payments for Nancy Bridgham:

Inhabitants of Dexter vs. Inhabitants of Sangerville.

Piscataquis. Opinion January 1, 1880.

Facts agreed.

Action to recover of defendant the expenses of supporting Mrs. Nancy Bridgham, a pauper, whose settlement is alleged to have been in defendant town during the time supplies were furnished. Writ dated August 1, 1878. Plea, the general issue.

It is agreed that ----- [Winslow] Bridgham, the husband of Nancy Bridgham, formerly had his settlement in Dexter, having resided there from his birth to May, 1870; was married in Dexter to said Nancy previous to that time, they then being both of age--over 21 years.

In May, 1870, Bridgham and his wife Nancy moved to Sangerville, and there made it their home for more than five successive years without receiving any supplies as a pauper except as herein stated. But it is admitted that in summer of 1874 she became insane; her husband carried her to the insane hospital at Augusta---not having proper papers, he returned with her to Dexter, and then on due complaint September 23, 1874--she being then in the town of Dexter--she was duly committed as an insane person to said hospital by the selectmen of Dexter, and was discharged therefrom April 27, 1876. She was duly committed under c. 143, # 18, R. S. No bond was filed by her friends or others with the treasurer of the hospital. The town of Dexter was liable for her support under # 19. As a matter of fact her friends paid her expenses at the hospital during all the time she was there on the aforesaid commitment--but upon her being duly committed again July 26, 1876, in similar manner, under similar circumstances by selectmen of Dexter, and the town of Dexter having become liable as on first commitment, they (the town of Dexter) have actually paid to the hospital expense: December 27, 1877, $33.01; March 29, 1877, $33.38; July 17, 1878, $29.34; of all of which defendants were duly notified and demand made within ten days after each payment and due denial made. If plaintiff is entitled to recover, it is for the above sums and interest thereon.

She never returned to Sangerville after her first commitment, and her husband moved from Sangerville to Dexter in the fall of 1876, and there died.^[1]

In 1880, her only child, Frank Edward, was living with his grandfather Levi in Dexter.

In 1900 , Nancy was an “inmate” in the Dexter Almshouse in Dexter.

In 1910, she was an “inmate” in the Dexter Town Farm (perhaps this was an old peoples’ home). Her only child was living in 1910.

On February 15, 1916, Nancy (Kimball) Bridgham died in Dexter after a week of acute influenza and the results of old age.

Mrs. Nancy Bridgham

Mrs. Nancy Bridgham, wife of the late Winslow Bridgham, passed away Tuesday evening, the remains being taken to the residence of Mr. Charles H. Hayden, Lower Main street, where memorial services were held this morning, Thursday. The pastor of the First Universalist church, the Rev. Stanley Gates Spear, officiating. Mrs. Bridgham was about seventy-two years of age and was born in Exeter, Maine, being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kimball of that town. In early life she was united in marriage with Winslow Bridgham of Dexter, to this union one son, F. E. Bridgham, of Pittsfield, was born. The family at one time were residents of Sangerville and also of Dexter. Mrs. Bridgham was only ill a few weeks, being a sufferer from the grip and finally from pneumonia. She leaves one son, Edward Bridgham of Pittsfield, also relatives in Corinna. The remains were placed in the receiving tomb of Mount Pleasant cemetery.^[2]

Facts

NAME
Nancy Kimball ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}
Nancy ^[8]

SEX
Female

BIRTH
ABT 1843; Maine, United States ^[9]
ABT 1844; Maine, United States ^[8]
1844; Exeter, Penobscot, Maine, United States ^[5]
ABT 1844; Maine, United States ^{[6] [7]}
SEP 1846; Maine, United States ^{[10] [11]}

DEATH
15 FEB 1916; Dexter, Penobscot, Massachusetts, United States; one week of acute influenza & results of old age ^{[5] [12]}

BURIAL
17 FEB 1916; Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Penobscot, Massachusetts, United States ^[5]

RESIDENCE
1850; Exeter, Penobscot, Maine, United States ^[6]
1860; Exeter, Penobscot, Maine, United States ^[7]
1863; Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States ^[13]
1870; Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, United States ^[8]
1900; Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States ^[11]
1910; Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States ^[9]

FAMILY
Husband
Winslow Bridgham
Wife
Nancy Kimball
Marriage
9 AUG 1863; Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States ^{[3] [4] [13] [14] [15] [16]}

Minister
Pulaski McCrillis, Justice of the Peace ^[17]

Intentions filed
30 JUL 1863; Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States ^{[15] [17] [18]}

Research Notes

Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kimball of Exeter, ME (see below).

Daughter of John (b abt 1807) and Abigal (b abt 1816) Kimball (1850 census).

From the "Daily Kennebec Journal," Augusta, ME., Feb. 17, 1916, p. 8,

Mrs. Bridgham, an inmate of the Dexter town farm, died Wednesday morning following a short illness. The deceased had been an inmate of the farm for many years.

Sources

1. ↑ Reports of cases in law and equity determine by the Supreme Court of Maine, Vol. 70, pp. 441, 442
2. ↑ The Eastern Gazette (Maine), Feb. 17, 1915, p. 5.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Source: Title: "Narrative of the Town of Machias" , Page: p. 366 , Author: George W. Drisko , Publication: Name: Name: Press of the Republic, Machias, Maine. 1904;; , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Source: Title: internet , Page: "Copy of an Old Record of a Marriage," for Winslow Bridgham and Nancy Kimball
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Source: Title: Maine Death Records , Page: Record of a Death, for Nancy Bridgham. , Publication: Name: www.rootsweb.com;;
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Source: Title: "1850 Census" , Page: Exeter, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: M432_265; Page: 125A; Image: 441 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Source: Title: "1860 Census" , Page: Exeter, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: M653_446; Page: 739; Family History Library Film: 803446 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Source: Title: "1870 Census" , Page: Maine, Sangerville, Piscataquis Co., Roll M593_556, p. 166 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Source: Title: "1910 Census" , Page: Maine, Dexter, Penobscot Co., Roll 544, book 2, p. 204b , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
10. ↑ Source: Title: "1900 Census" , Page: p. 301 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Source: Title: "1900 Census" , Page: p. 87 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
12. ↑ Source: Title: obituary , Page: for Nancy Bridgham, "The Eastern Gazette, Feb. 17, 1916, p. 5. http://www.abbott-memorial.lib.me.us/readobit.php?obitid=5485
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Source: Title: "Maine, 1743-1891 Marriage Index" , Repository name: www.genealogy.com
14. ↑ Source: Title: "Dexter, Maine Vital Records, Marriages and Int of, Book 1, 1837-1882" , Page: p. 195
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Source: Title: Maine State Archives
16. ↑ Source: Title: www.familysearch.org , Page: IGI Batch# M522182
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} Source: Title: Maine Marriage Records , Page: Copy of an Old Record of a Marriage, for Winslow Bridgham and Nancy Kimball. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
18. ↑ Source: Title: "Dexter, Maine Vital Records, Marriages and Int of, Book 1, 1837-1882" , Page: p. 189