Born in Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Henry Bridges
and Evalina (Meyers) Bridges
Sister of
John Alfred Bridges
Wife of
Leroy Peyton Anderson
— married
15 Apr 1858 in Lawrence Co., Missouri
Descendants 
Mother of
James Henry Anderson, Cynthia Anderson, John Sterling Price Anderson, Sarah E. (Anderson) Cook, George Washington Anderson, Charles Green Anderson and Evaline Lenora (Anderson) Taylor
Died
at age 62
in Bryan, Oklahoma, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Aug 2018
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Biography
Mary was born in February 1838 to John Henry Bridges and Evaline Meyers.
She married Leroy Peyton Anderson on April 15, 1858 in Lawrence, Missouri.[1]
Mary passed away around 1900 in Platter, Bryan County, Oklahoma. She is buried (unmarked) at the Colbert Garden of Memory Cemetery in Colbert, Bryan County, Oklahoma. The road was built over her grave.[2]
Family Search
Family Search #LT32-JTQ
Census
1840
1850[3]
1860[4]
1870[5]
1880[6]
1890 - destroyed
1900
Sources
- ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28K-5K1 : 18 January 2020), Pate Anderson, 1858.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 February 2020), memorial page for Mary Ellen “Polly” Bridges Anderson (Feb 1838–12 Jan 1901), Find A Grave Memorial no. 177465630, citing Colbert Garden of Memory Cemetery, Colbert, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Katrina Dawn Miller--UDC--Sherman, TX. (contributor 48103182) .
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8P1-HHR : 12 April 2016), Mary Bridges in household of Henry Bridges, Pope county, Pope, Illinois, United States; citing family 376, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ4-C8Y : 14 December 2017), Mary Anderson in entry for Peyton Anderson, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46X-KYP : 12 June 2019), Mary P Anderson in entry for Leroy P Anderson, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XJ-VPG : 7 September 2017), M P Anderson in household of L R Anderson, Pierce City, Lawrence, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 87, sheet 510C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,698.
- birth month/year per 1900 census, death date from official notice of pension being discontinued
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 May 2019), memorial page for Mary Ellen “Polly” Bridges Anderson (Feb 1838–1900), Find A Grave Memorial no. 177465630, citing Colbert Garden of Memory Cemetery, Colbert, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Katrina Dawn Miller--UDC--Sherman, TX. (contributor 48103182) .
- Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Page 185.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~6.25%
Johnny Miller
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZA7370061 [compare], Ancestry member johnny58tx76ga
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~3.12%
Katrina Miller :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A879094 [compare], Ancestry member Millerkatrina1984
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch MJ2913565 [compare]
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According to Pam Fisher (great granddaughter), Mary was buried (unmarked) behind her son, James Henry Anderson at Colbert Garden of Memory Cemetery. When the dirt roads were added, her grave was covered up, angering George Washington Anderson.