Daily Review 11/17/1916
Dr.Addison D.Bridgman, perhaps the oldest and most active Prohibitionist in central Illinois, as well as one of the best known citizens of Decatur, died at 8 o'clock Thursday evening at the Decatur and Macon County hospital. He was eighty four years old Aug 10. Dr. Bridgmans death was caused by pneumonia and came as a surprise to his many friends who did not realize that his condition was serious.
He had lived in the Gebhart block for several years and was removed from there to the hospital only last Saturday. Up to the day of his illness he had been around on the street as usual cheerful as ever and apparently good health for a man of his years.
Dr. Addison D. Bridgmans life story is all of interest. He has lived in luxury and lived in poverty and knew every step in between and suffered all kinds of hardships. There was no sudden acquisition of wealth. When he was young he struggled and climbing and was doing well when the Civil war broke out. He was on the wrong side in that war. It swept away his home and all he had except his grit.
Dr.Bridgman was born at Hanover N. H. the seat of Dartmouth college, Aug 10, 1832. He was a school mate of the late Dr. Ira N. Barnes of Decatur. Dr. Bridgman was a member of the class of 1856 and Dr. Barnes of the class of ?. They all were educated at Dartmouth. At the end of the first course? Dr.Bridgman gave us the interest ? course and took up the study of medicine. He studied in the office of Dr. D Crosby, one of the foremost surgeons of the state at that time. With his medical course two thirds completed he went to Milford Mass, where he taught school for some time and there met the girl who afterwards became his wife. In 18?6 he went south to teach. He first went to Savannah, Ga and there to the middle of the state. There he secured a school not ? as long unruly. He taught it successfully and remained there several years. In July, 1860 he went to Medford, Mass. on a visit and there renewed his acquaintance with Miss Salome Sprague and they were married there Aug 21 that same year. She returned south with him and became an assistance in the school.
He joined the confederacy -- Already the war spirit was in the works and when Fort Sumpter was fired upon the whole country was ablaze with the excitement. Dr. Bridgman had grown to love the south and the southern people and he espoused their beliefs. On his birthday anniversary Aug, 10, a company of soldiers ?? his school house. Quickly he told his wife good bye and he fell in ? and marched to the railroad thirteen miles away. He did ? in the company. They marched to Savannah and were enlisted, becoming members of the company that was part of the Black? volunteers of Captain Bryan and a part of the twenty fifth ?
this part of the obit is too hard to read?
Mrs. Bridgman had followed her husband to the front? waa appointed a matron in the ? They were finally forced to leave their post. Then came Lees surrender. Dr. and Mrs.Bridgman ?? landed in Atlanta with no real money but with $100 in confederate money. Dr. Bridgman was offered all this for feed for himself and wife and a ? ever night but it was refused. He still had some sheets and blankets left from the hospital but there was no longer any government and the government that was owed him more so he was justified in taking what he could save. The hotel needed sheets and blankets and he made a deal with the hotel manager and had enough left to take his wife to Savannah. After many hardships they finally secured enough money to take them back to Hanover, where they landed June 6, 1865.
He was walked four miles to the farm where he was born. His parents did not know him until he told them who he was. He worked on the farm the rest of that fall and winter and they did fairly well. in 1867 they moved to Mr. Zion and practiced there for five years. Then he moved to Decatur and practiced medicine and?. then he took the general ?publications and sold those for many years. During he past few years he has devoted his time on his ? to the interests of the Prohibition party. He was a Democrat until the close of Clevelands administration. Then he became a Prohibitionist . He did not favor local option. During the last campaign he was notified that the Hanly -_Landrith special would be in Decatur , Oct, 12 and the state Prohibition committee gave him this list of things to do, Secure a place for the speaking, a telephone and automobile, a reception committee with autos, a committee on decorations, a key man to have general charge of arrangements and a fund of $240. Dr. Bridgman replied that that entire load of responsibility rested on the drooping shoulders of a man eighty four years old, but that he would do his best. He collected from among his acquaintances $10 to pay for the use of the political wigwam in Central park and a little besides. He was on the committee on decorations and the key man and a part of the reception committee.
Mrs. Bridgman died Oct 27, 1911. Some time before his death, Mr. Bridgman willed all his belongings to Monson and Wilcox and named them executors of the will and made all arrangements for his burial. He gave them a list of person to notify of his death and a list of ten men from whom to select the pallbearers. One of these, William Niedermeyer, has since died.
He asked that the services include the reading of the Twenty third psalm and ten verses from the fourteenth chapter of St. John. He requested that no flowers be send and that the songs used be , Jesus,Lover of my soul and there will be no more sorrow there
This obituary was very hard to read on the first 2 or 3 pages so I had to leave some of it out
Obituary furnished by Janet Donner
Name: Addison Daniel Bridgman
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1832
Birth Place: Mass
Death Date: 16 Nov 1916
Death Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois
Burial Date: 18 Nov 1916
Burial Place: Greenwood
Death Age: 84
Occupation: Retired Doctor
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1530824
Illinois Death and Stillbirth Index 1916-1947
Dr.Addison D.Bridgman, perhaps the oldest and most active Prohibitionist in central Illinois, as well as one of the best known citizens of Decatur, died at 8 o'clock Thursday evening at the Decatur and Macon County hospital. He was eighty four years old Aug 10. Dr. Bridgmans death was caused by pneumonia and came as a surprise to his many friends who did not realize that his condition was serious.
He had lived in the Gebhart block for several years and was removed from there to the hospital only last Saturday. Up to the day of his illness he had been around on the street as usual cheerful as ever and apparently good health for a man of his years.
Dr. Addison D. Bridgmans life story is all of interest. He has lived in luxury and lived in poverty and knew every step in between and suffered all kinds of hardships. There was no sudden acquisition of wealth. When he was young he struggled and climbing and was doing well when the Civil war broke out. He was on the wrong side in that war. It swept away his home and all he had except his grit.
Dr.Bridgman was born at Hanover N. H. the seat of Dartmouth college, Aug 10, 1832. He was a school mate of the late Dr. Ira N. Barnes of Decatur. Dr. Bridgman was a member of the class of 1856 and Dr. Barnes of the class of ?. They all were educated at Dartmouth. At the end of the first course? Dr.Bridgman gave us the interest ? course and took up the study of medicine. He studied in the office of Dr. D Crosby, one of the foremost surgeons of the state at that time. With his medical course two thirds completed he went to Milford Mass, where he taught school for some time and there met the girl who afterwards became his wife. In 18?6 he went south to teach. He first went to Savannah, Ga and there to the middle of the state. There he secured a school not ? as long unruly. He taught it successfully and remained there several years. In July, 1860 he went to Medford, Mass. on a visit and there renewed his acquaintance with Miss Salome Sprague and they were married there Aug 21 that same year. She returned south with him and became an assistance in the school.
He joined the confederacy -- Already the war spirit was in the works and when Fort Sumpter was fired upon the whole country was ablaze with the excitement. Dr. Bridgman had grown to love the south and the southern people and he espoused their beliefs. On his birthday anniversary Aug, 10, a company of soldiers ?? his school house. Quickly he told his wife good bye and he fell in ? and marched to the railroad thirteen miles away. He did ? in the company. They marched to Savannah and were enlisted, becoming members of the company that was part of the Black? volunteers of Captain Bryan and a part of the twenty fifth ?
this part of the obit is too hard to read?
Mrs. Bridgman had followed her husband to the front? waa appointed a matron in the ? They were finally forced to leave their post. Then came Lees surrender. Dr. and Mrs.Bridgman ?? landed in Atlanta with no real money but with $100 in confederate money. Dr. Bridgman was offered all this for feed for himself and wife and a ? ever night but it was refused. He still had some sheets and blankets left from the hospital but there was no longer any government and the government that was owed him more so he was justified in taking what he could save. The hotel needed sheets and blankets and he made a deal with the hotel manager and had enough left to take his wife to Savannah. After many hardships they finally secured enough money to take them back to Hanover, where they landed June 6, 1865.
He was walked four miles to the farm where he was born. His parents did not know him until he told them who he was. He worked on the farm the rest of that fall and winter and they did fairly well. in 1867 they moved to Mr. Zion and practiced there for five years. Then he moved to Decatur and practiced medicine and?. then he took the general ?publications and sold those for many years. During he past few years he has devoted his time on his ? to the interests of the Prohibition party. He was a Democrat until the close of Clevelands administration. Then he became a Prohibitionist . He did not favor local option. During the last campaign he was notified that the Hanly -_Landrith special would be in Decatur , Oct, 12 and the state Prohibition committee gave him this list of things to do, Secure a place for the speaking, a telephone and automobile, a reception committee with autos, a committee on decorations, a key man to have general charge of arrangements and a fund of $240. Dr. Bridgman replied that that entire load of responsibility rested on the drooping shoulders of a man eighty four years old, but that he would do his best. He collected from among his acquaintances $10 to pay for the use of the political wigwam in Central park and a little besides. He was on the committee on decorations and the key man and a part of the reception committee.
Mrs. Bridgman died Oct 27, 1911. Some time before his death, Mr. Bridgman willed all his belongings to Monson and Wilcox and named them executors of the will and made all arrangements for his burial. He gave them a list of person to notify of his death and a list of ten men from whom to select the pallbearers. One of these, William Niedermeyer, has since died.
He asked that the services include the reading of the Twenty third psalm and ten verses from the fourteenth chapter of St. John. He requested that no flowers be send and that the songs used be , Jesus,Lover of my soul and there will be no more sorrow there
This obituary was very hard to read on the first 2 or 3 pages so I had to leave some of it out
Obituary furnished by Janet Donner
Name: Addison Daniel Bridgman
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1832
Birth Place: Mass
Death Date: 16 Nov 1916
Death Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois
Burial Date: 18 Nov 1916
Burial Place: Greenwood
Death Age: 84
Occupation: Retired Doctor
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1530824
Illinois Death and Stillbirth Index 1916-1947
Daily Review 11/17/1916
Dr.Addison D.Bridgman, perhaps the oldest and most active Prohibitionist in central Illinois, as well as one of the best known citizens of Decatur, died at 8 o'clock Thursday evening at the Decatur and Macon County hospital. He was eighty four years old Aug 10. Dr. Bridgmans death was caused by pneumonia and came as a surprise to his many friends who did not realize that his condition was serious.
He had lived in the Gebhart block for several years and was removed from there to the hospital only last Saturday. Up to the day of his illness he had been around on the street as usual cheerful as ever and apparently good health for a man of his years.
Dr. Addison D. Bridgmans life story is all of interest. He has lived in luxury and lived in poverty and knew every step in between and suffered all kinds of hardships. There was no sudden acquisition of wealth. When he was young he struggled and climbing and was doing well when the Civil war broke out. He was on the wrong side in that war. It swept away his home and all he had except his grit.
Dr.Bridgman was born at Hanover N. H. the seat of Dartmouth college, Aug 10, 1832. He was a school mate of the late Dr. Ira N. Barnes of Decatur. Dr. Bridgman was a member of the class of 1856 and Dr. Barnes of the class of ?. They all were educated at Dartmouth. At the end of the first course? Dr.Bridgman gave us the interest ? course and took up the study of medicine. He studied in the office of Dr. D Crosby, one of the foremost surgeons of the state at that time. With his medical course two thirds completed he went to Milford Mass, where he taught school for some time and there met the girl who afterwards became his wife. In 18?6 he went south to teach. He first went to Savannah, Ga and there to the middle of the state. There he secured a school not ? as long unruly. He taught it successfully and remained there several years. In July, 1860 he went to Medford, Mass. on a visit and there renewed his acquaintance with Miss Salome Sprague and they were married there Aug 21 that same year. She returned south with him and became an assistance in the school.
He joined the confederacy -- Already the war spirit was in the works and when Fort Sumpter was fired upon the whole country was ablaze with the excitement. Dr. Bridgman had grown to love the south and the southern people and he espoused their beliefs. On his birthday anniversary Aug, 10, a company of soldiers ?? his school house. Quickly he told his wife good bye and he fell in ? and marched to the railroad thirteen miles away. He did ? in the company. They marched to Savannah and were enlisted, becoming members of the company that was part of the Black? volunteers of Captain Bryan and a part of the twenty fifth ?
this part of the obit is too hard to read?
Mrs. Bridgman had followed her husband to the front? waa appointed a matron in the ? They were finally forced to leave their post. Then came Lees surrender. Dr. and Mrs.Bridgman ?? landed in Atlanta with no real money but with $100 in confederate money. Dr. Bridgman was offered all this for feed for himself and wife and a ? ever night but it was refused. He still had some sheets and blankets left from the hospital but there was no longer any government and the government that was owed him more so he was justified in taking what he could save. The hotel needed sheets and blankets and he made a deal with the hotel manager and had enough left to take his wife to Savannah. After many hardships they finally secured enough money to take them back to Hanover, where they landed June 6, 1865.
He was walked four miles to the farm where he was born. His parents did not know him until he told them who he was. He worked on the farm the rest of that fall and winter and they did fairly well. in 1867 they moved to Mr. Zion and practiced there for five years. Then he moved to Decatur and practiced medicine and?. then he took the general ?publications and sold those for many years. During he past few years he has devoted his time on his ? to the interests of the Prohibition party. He was a Democrat until the close of Clevelands administration. Then he became a Prohibitionist . He did not favor local option. During the last campaign he was notified that the Hanly -_Landrith special would be in Decatur , Oct, 12 and the state Prohibition committee gave him this list of things to do, Secure a place for the speaking, a telephone and automobile, a reception committee with autos, a committee on decorations, a key man to have general charge of arrangements and a fund of $240. Dr. Bridgman replied that that entire load of responsibility rested on the drooping shoulders of a man eighty four years old, but that he would do his best. He collected from among his acquaintances $10 to pay for the use of the political wigwam in Central park and a little besides. He was on the committee on decorations and the key man and a part of the reception committee.
Mrs. Bridgman died Oct 27, 1911. Some time before his death, Mr. Bridgman willed all his belongings to Monson and Wilcox and named them executors of the will and made all arrangements for his burial. He gave them a list of person to notify of his death and a list of ten men from whom to select the pallbearers. One of these, William Niedermeyer, has since died.
He asked that the services include the reading of the Twenty third psalm and ten verses from the fourteenth chapter of St. John. He requested that no flowers be send and that the songs used be , Jesus,Lover of my soul and there will be no more sorrow there
This obituary was very hard to read on the first 2 or 3 pages so I had to leave some of it out
Obituary furnished by Janet Donner
Name: Addison Daniel Bridgman
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1832
Birth Place: Mass
Death Date: 16 Nov 1916
Death Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois
Burial Date: 18 Nov 1916
Burial Place: Greenwood
Death Age: 84
Occupation: Retired Doctor
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1530824
Illinois Death and Stillbirth Index 1916-1947
Dr.Addison D.Bridgman, perhaps the oldest and most active Prohibitionist in central Illinois, as well as one of the best known citizens of Decatur, died at 8 o'clock Thursday evening at the Decatur and Macon County hospital. He was eighty four years old Aug 10. Dr. Bridgmans death was caused by pneumonia and came as a surprise to his many friends who did not realize that his condition was serious.
He had lived in the Gebhart block for several years and was removed from there to the hospital only last Saturday. Up to the day of his illness he had been around on the street as usual cheerful as ever and apparently good health for a man of his years.
Dr. Addison D. Bridgmans life story is all of interest. He has lived in luxury and lived in poverty and knew every step in between and suffered all kinds of hardships. There was no sudden acquisition of wealth. When he was young he struggled and climbing and was doing well when the Civil war broke out. He was on the wrong side in that war. It swept away his home and all he had except his grit.
Dr.Bridgman was born at Hanover N. H. the seat of Dartmouth college, Aug 10, 1832. He was a school mate of the late Dr. Ira N. Barnes of Decatur. Dr. Bridgman was a member of the class of 1856 and Dr. Barnes of the class of ?. They all were educated at Dartmouth. At the end of the first course? Dr.Bridgman gave us the interest ? course and took up the study of medicine. He studied in the office of Dr. D Crosby, one of the foremost surgeons of the state at that time. With his medical course two thirds completed he went to Milford Mass, where he taught school for some time and there met the girl who afterwards became his wife. In 18?6 he went south to teach. He first went to Savannah, Ga and there to the middle of the state. There he secured a school not ? as long unruly. He taught it successfully and remained there several years. In July, 1860 he went to Medford, Mass. on a visit and there renewed his acquaintance with Miss Salome Sprague and they were married there Aug 21 that same year. She returned south with him and became an assistance in the school.
He joined the confederacy -- Already the war spirit was in the works and when Fort Sumpter was fired upon the whole country was ablaze with the excitement. Dr. Bridgman had grown to love the south and the southern people and he espoused their beliefs. On his birthday anniversary Aug, 10, a company of soldiers ?? his school house. Quickly he told his wife good bye and he fell in ? and marched to the railroad thirteen miles away. He did ? in the company. They marched to Savannah and were enlisted, becoming members of the company that was part of the Black? volunteers of Captain Bryan and a part of the twenty fifth ?
this part of the obit is too hard to read?
Mrs. Bridgman had followed her husband to the front? waa appointed a matron in the ? They were finally forced to leave their post. Then came Lees surrender. Dr. and Mrs.Bridgman ?? landed in Atlanta with no real money but with $100 in confederate money. Dr. Bridgman was offered all this for feed for himself and wife and a ? ever night but it was refused. He still had some sheets and blankets left from the hospital but there was no longer any government and the government that was owed him more so he was justified in taking what he could save. The hotel needed sheets and blankets and he made a deal with the hotel manager and had enough left to take his wife to Savannah. After many hardships they finally secured enough money to take them back to Hanover, where they landed June 6, 1865.
He was walked four miles to the farm where he was born. His parents did not know him until he told them who he was. He worked on the farm the rest of that fall and winter and they did fairly well. in 1867 they moved to Mr. Zion and practiced there for five years. Then he moved to Decatur and practiced medicine and?. then he took the general ?publications and sold those for many years. During he past few years he has devoted his time on his ? to the interests of the Prohibition party. He was a Democrat until the close of Clevelands administration. Then he became a Prohibitionist . He did not favor local option. During the last campaign he was notified that the Hanly -_Landrith special would be in Decatur , Oct, 12 and the state Prohibition committee gave him this list of things to do, Secure a place for the speaking, a telephone and automobile, a reception committee with autos, a committee on decorations, a key man to have general charge of arrangements and a fund of $240. Dr. Bridgman replied that that entire load of responsibility rested on the drooping shoulders of a man eighty four years old, but that he would do his best. He collected from among his acquaintances $10 to pay for the use of the political wigwam in Central park and a little besides. He was on the committee on decorations and the key man and a part of the reception committee.
Mrs. Bridgman died Oct 27, 1911. Some time before his death, Mr. Bridgman willed all his belongings to Monson and Wilcox and named them executors of the will and made all arrangements for his burial. He gave them a list of person to notify of his death and a list of ten men from whom to select the pallbearers. One of these, William Niedermeyer, has since died.
He asked that the services include the reading of the Twenty third psalm and ten verses from the fourteenth chapter of St. John. He requested that no flowers be send and that the songs used be , Jesus,Lover of my soul and there will be no more sorrow there
This obituary was very hard to read on the first 2 or 3 pages so I had to leave some of it out
Obituary furnished by Janet Donner
Name: Addison Daniel Bridgman
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1832
Birth Place: Mass
Death Date: 16 Nov 1916
Death Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois
Burial Date: 18 Nov 1916
Burial Place: Greenwood
Death Age: 84
Occupation: Retired Doctor
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1530824
Illinois Death and Stillbirth Index 1916-1947
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