Sarah Vashti (Seymour) Bridgman (1849 - 1880)

Born 29 Apr 1849 in Millford, Oakland County, Michigan

Ancestors

Wife of Alfred Town Bridgman — married 9 Nov 1869 in Oakland County, Michigan

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1880 at age 31 in Oakland County, Michigan

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Biography

29 April 1849 born in Milford, Michigan to George and Achsah (Hathaway) Seymour ^[1]

1850 54yo George and 46yo Mary (?) are living in Milford, Michigan with their children 10yo Luther, 7yo Sarah and 1yo Susan. ^[2]

1860 64yo George and 56yo Achsah are living in Milford with their children 20yo Luther and 11yo Sarah, Achsah's mother 87yo Vashti Hathaway and 22yo Harriet Ross ^[3]

1869 (age 20) marries Alfred Town Bridgman ^[4]

1870 (age 21) living in Milford, Michigan with her husband Alfred in the house of her parents George and Achsah Seymour. George is farming and Alfred is working on the farm. ^[5]

June 11, 1880 (age 28) living on the farm in Milford, Michigan with her husband Alfred and their three children, 8yo George, 6yo May and 3yo Bell as well as a 17yo laborer James Worth. Vashti is sick with consumption. None of the children are attending school. ^[6]

October 7, 1880 (age 28) dies of consumption in Milford, Michigan ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Bridgman, Burt Nichols and Joseph Clark Bridgman. Genealogy of the Bridgman Family: Descendants of James Bridgman. Springfield, MA: Clark W. Bryan Co., 1894. Page 141.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8L-YDQ : 9 November 2014), George Seymour in household of John Robertson, Milford, Oakland, Michigan, United States; citing family 1640, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDK-MQ5 : 30 December 2015), George Seymour, 1860.
4. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch ( 4 December 2014), Alfred T Bridgman and Sarah V Seymone, 09 Nov 1869; citing Farmington, Oakland, Michigan, v 3 p 56 rn 715, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,450.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (17 October 2014), Sarah V Bridgeman in household of George Seymore, Michigan, United States; citing p. 7, family 55, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,193.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (10 August 2016), Vashita Bridgeman in household of Alfred Bridgeman, Milford, Oakland, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 258, sheet 209C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0599; FHL microfilm 1,254,599.
7. ↑ "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3N1-8YZ : 12 December 2014), Vashti Bridgeman, 07 Oct 1880; citing p 336 rn 320, Milford, Oakland, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,668.