1866 - 1920 (53 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Texanna (Texy) Bridges was born on 19 Apr 1866 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 8 Jan 1920 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Notes:
Texanna Bridges had two children out of wedlock. Bob Bridges (of Boiling Springs) is listed as the father of Eurie on Eurie and Evie's marriage certificate. Sam Brooks is listed as the father of Zelia on her marriage certificate.
In the 1910 census Martha Dycas Bridges is living with Texie. Texie died of chronic nephritis and is buried in Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery in Cleveland Co. NC. along with Zelia and John Morgan.
Zelia married John Morgan (her step-father) less than two months after her mother (Texy) died.
Texanna married John F. Morgan on 25 Oct 1903 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. John (son of James Monroe "Mun" Morgan and Sarah "Sallie" (?)) was born on 10 Apr 1877 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 16 Jun 1933 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Eura (Eurie) F. Bridges was born in Feb 1891 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died in 1953 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 3. Zelia T. Brooks was born in Jan 1897 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 5 Feb 1925 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 4. Bonnie Lee Morgan was born on 30 Mar 1905 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 8 Apr 1984 in Williamsburg, Virginia.
- 5. Bessie Morgan was born in 1911 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
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Generation: 2
2. | Eura (Eurie) F. Bridges (1.Texanna1) was born in Feb 1891 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died in 1953 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Notes:
Eurie is the son of Bob Bridges (Boiling Springs) and retained the name. Eurie is the Uncle (brother of Elizabeth Bridges Fowler) of Ada Fowler Greene and Evie Melissa is the sister of L. Ralph Greene.
Eura married Evie Melissa Greene on 11 Sep 1910 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Evie (daughter of John Jiles Greene and Charlotte Lee Scoggins) was born on 12 Jun 1888 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 6 Feb 1977 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Colon Bridges was born on 10 Jul 1911 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 7. Lydia "Liddie" Bridges was born on 22 Jan 1915 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 8 Aug 1997 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 8. Josephine Ruth Bridges was born on 21 Dec 1916 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 9. Seth Thomas Bridges was born on 16 Jan 1920 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 10. Ralph Bridges was born on 30 May 1922 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 11. Nettie Lee Bridges was born on 24 Feb 1924 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 12. John Benjamin Bridges was born on 31 Aug 1926 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
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3. | Zelia T. Brooks (1.Texanna1) was born in Jan 1897 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 5 Feb 1925 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Notes:
Zelia Bridges is buried in the Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery. Zelia is the daughter of Sam Brooks and is stated on Zelia and John's marriage cerificate. Zelia married her step-father (John F. Morgan) following Texie's death. This is probably the Samuel C. Brooks listed in the 1900 Cleveland Co. census in #7 Township in house #306.
Zelia married John F. Morgan on 26 Feb 1920 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. John (son of James Monroe "Mun" Morgan and Sarah "Sallie" (?)) was born on 10 Apr 1877 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 16 Jun 1933 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Bonnie Lee Morgan (1.Texanna1) was born on 30 Mar 1905 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 8 Apr 1984 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Other Events:
- Cemetery: Memorial Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia
Notes:
Bonnie lived with Ralph and Ada Greene from early childhood until he was in his twenties. His younger half-brother Jim also lived with Ralph and Ada. Bonnie's father died in 1933 and his mother Texie died in 1920. His sister Zelia (mother to Jim) died in 1925.
Bonnie married Vernie Mae Pruitt on 28 Oct 1928 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Vernie (daughter of John Alexander Pruitt and Mary Smith) was born on 6 Nov 1908; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 14. Betty Jean Morgan was born in 13 Jan in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 15. Dorothy Dean Morgan was born in 27 Feb in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 16. Margie Lee Morgan was born on 11 Mar 1937 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina.
- 17. Judy Morgan was born on 19 Jul 1947 in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina.
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Generation: 3
7. | Lydia "Liddie" Bridges (2.Eura2, 1.Texanna1) was born on 22 Jan 1915 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 8 Aug 1997 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Lydia married Clyde Newton on 31 May 1931 in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC. Clyde was born on 29 Mar 1911 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 1 Feb 1988 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Dorothy Dean Morgan (4.Bonnie2, 1.Texanna1) was born in 27 Feb in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Notes:
Notes indicate that two additional children were born to Dorothy. Thomas Harold (Sharp) Rutherford born 1/14/1966 in Batavia, NY. Adopted by Judy (Morgan) and Gene Richardson at age 13 months.
Sharon Sharp Rutherford born in Batavia, NY. Adopted by Jim and Deloris Rutherford. Jim is brother to Russel Rutherford.
Dorothy married Edwin T. Nixon in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Russell Rutherford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
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