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• Parents
  Father | Male John Thomas Bridges
  Birth	16 Aug 1889	Austin, Cass County, MO
  Died	29 Nov 1967	Adrian, Bates County, MO
  Buried	1 Dec 1967	Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian, Bates County, MO
  Married	20 Jan 1917	Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
  Other Spouse	Minnie Sykes | F79
  Married	Abt 1954
  Father	John Simpson Bridges | F1 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Ann L. Risley | F1 Group Sheet
  Mother | Female Anna Isabel Dunning
  Birth	12 Sep 1895	Jasper, Missouri
  Died	21 Mar 1947	Austin, Cass County, MO
  Buried		Austin, Cass County, MO
  Father	Fountain Brown Dunning | F6 Group Sheet
  Mother	Clementine (Clenny) Odell Rhea | F6 Group Sheet
  Children
  Child 1 | Female Elma Narcis Bridges
  Birth	13 May 1918
  Died	18 Aug 1998	Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri
  Buried		Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri
  Spouse	Justin Eli Perkins | F77
  Married	16 Apr 1934	Willow Springs, Howell, Missouri
  Spouse	Ray Albin Perkins | F78
  Married	1935	Willow Springs, Howell, Missouri
  Child 2 | Male John Thomas Bridges, WO2Rt
  Birth	3 Jul 1919
  Died	15 Jun 1990	Vancouver, Clark County, Washington
  Buried
  Spouse	Juanita Bridges | F14
  Married
  Child 3 | Female Mary Odell Bridges
  Birth	12 Dec 1920	Missouri
  Died	2 Sep 1994	San Mateo, California
  Buried		San Mateo, California
  Spouse	Mathews | F10
  Married
  Child 4 | Male Chester Marion Bridges
  Birth	4 May 1923
  Died	12 Nov 1982	Sacramento, California
  Buried		Sacramento, California
  Spouse	Lillian Bridges | F13
  Married
  Child 5 | Female Myrtle I Bridges
  Birth	Jun 1925	Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri
  Died
  Buried
  Child 6 | Male T.W. Bridges
  Birth
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	R. Payne | F11
  Married
  Child 7 | Male C.O. Bridges
  Birth
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	M.L. Wells | F12
  Married
  Child 8 | Male James Albert Bridges
  Birth	8 Jul 1930	Missouri
  Died	3 Jun 2003	Springfield, Missouri
  Buried		Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri
  Spouse	B.I. Holcomb | F15
  Married
  Child 9 | Male Joseph Arthur Bridges
  Birth	8 Jul 1930	Missouri
  Died	17 May 1995	Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
  Buried		Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Alice Bridges | F16
  Married
  Child 10 | Female Patty Bridges
  Birth
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Louis Matta | F17
  Married
  Child 11 | Female Betty Bridges
  Birth
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Eli Perkins | F18
  Married

• Documents		WW 1 Draft Card John Thomas Bridges' World War 1 Draft Card
  		Marriage License John Thomas Bridges - Ann Isabelle Smith Marriage License

• Notes	In at least one US Federal Census, the family name was transcribed incorrectly. It was spelled "Bridger" one time and "Bridget" another. [6]

• Sources

  [S1] Bridges Family Bible. [S6] John Bridges Draft Card. [S11] North Dakota Land Patent, (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Detail.asp?PatentDocClassCode=SER&Accession=NDMTAA+033216&Index=1&QryID=38047.). Early in their marriage, John and Ann moved to North Dakota to try farming 160 acres that had been given to her father in a land grant by the Bureau of Land Management on the Indian Reservation in North Dakota. John was known to have said that "the only thing that would grow on that land was Black-Eyed Peas". [S3] 1920 US Federal Census. [S14] 1930 US Federal Census. [S5] Marriage License, (http://www.bridgestree.org/John_Thomas_Bridges_1889/John_T_Bridges_-_Ann_Isabelle_Smith_-_Marriage_License.pdf).