Ezekiel "Zeke" Bridges

1810 - 1890  (80 years)

• Name	Ezekiel "Zeke" Bridges
  Nickname	Zeke
  Born	22 Aug 1810	North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Cemetery	New House, Cleveland County, NC
  	homeplace off a secondary road North Of Sandy Plains Church
  Died	20 Oct 1890	New House, Cleveland County, NC
  Notes	A Mary Jones age 4 is living with Ezekiel and Permelia in the 1860 census, possibly a daughter of Arabell? Ezekiel and Mary appear in the 1870 Cleveland County census in #8 township (Camp Call) in household 83. Ezekiel and Permelia appear in the 1850 Rutherford County census. World Family Tree CD Vol 2. Excerpts taken from the "Broad River Genealogical Society Quarterly" Vol XVI No. 3 August 1996. Attributed to James Carson Elliott a former private in Co. F, 56th NC. "Ezekiel Bridges furnished 8 sons to the Army. Uncle Zeke and his boys were as loyal and enthusiastic for the cause as any -- all were good and faithful to the last." Four of Ezekiel's boys in gray never made it home. "Ezekiel was a small man living on a small farm with a big family." (James C. Elliott, "Civil War History," Eswau Huppeday 14, No. 4; Nov 1994) "He (Ezekiel) abused his family, after not infrequent drinking bouts, and finally, one of his daughters sewed him up in a sheet after he passed out and then beat him with a stick." The next morning he was told that he had been set upon in the woods and beaten by someone. This process was repeated a few time, and Ol' Zeke decided he would give up drinking. " (Attributed to Milfred Smith)
  Person ID	I7670	myfamilytree
  Last Modified	20 May 2022

  
  

  Father	William "Singing Bill" Bridges,   b. Abt 1786, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth Bridges,   b. Abt 1796, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1788
  Family ID	F4725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Permelia Webb,   b. 1812, North Carolina ,   d. 21 Jul 1871, New House, Cleveland County, NC  (Age 59 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	+ 1. Alfred Wilson Bridges,   b. 1829, North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Celia C. Bridges,   b. 6 Aug 1831, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Apr 1929, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 97 years) + 3. Issac James Bridges,   b. 26 Jul 1833, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 24 Jan 1911, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 77 years) + 4. Lawson Allen Bridges,   b. 7 Nov 1835, Cleveland County, North Carolina ,   d. 27 Dec 1919, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 84 years) + 5. Arabella Bridges,   b. 10 Jun 1837,   d. 19 Oct 1899, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 62 years) + 6. William B. "Praying Bill" Bridges,   b. 6 Jun 1838, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Apr 1906, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 67 years) + 7. David Bridges,   b. 1841,   d. 14 Jun 1864, Petersburg, Virginia  (Age 23 years)   8. John H. Bridges,   b. 1842, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 10 Apr 1864, Virginia  (Age 22 years)   9. Wiley Bridges,   b. 1843,   d. 22 Jan 1863, Guinea Station, Virginia  (Age 20 years)   10. Lorenza Dial Bridges,   b. 1846, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 30 Jun 1862, Richmond, Virginia  (Age 16 years)   11. Burwell H. Bridges,   b. 1848,   d. Yes, date unknown + 12. Amos C. Bridges,   b. 3 Mar 1854, Cleveland County, North Carolina ,   d. 21 Oct 1901, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 47 years)
  Last Modified	20 May 2022
  Family ID	F4739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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