Death Certificate 98310
Passed away at her residence, 248 Bolton Street, in her 70th year.
Bill Daugherty (#47160704): BD & parental links.
Possibly born in Baltimore.
1850: PA
1860: MD
1870: MD
1880: PA
Contributor: John Forney
Mary Jane Forney was born February 12, 1817 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "Early in life she gave her heart to Christ, and connected herself with the Lutheran Church, of which she remained a most faithful and consistent member until her death. She was naturally gifted with a peculiarly bright and attractive disposition. Kind, gentle, courteous and refined, she had a warm place in the hearts of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Her daughter says "her life was one of the most beautiful I ever knew. Modest -- indeed, retiring of disposition, with the sweetest face and temper; temper that seemed never to be ruffled. Her character was lovely beyond expression." She married September 24, 1840, John C. Bridges, born March 7, 1817 and died June 22, 1892. He was of English parentage. His father, John Spratt Bridges, came to this country and settled in Georgetown, D.C. After the birth of his son, John C., he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and resided there for many years. He was a close friend of Peabody, and a man highly respected. John C. Bridges after graduating from Mount Hope College, Baltimore, went west for two years, then returned and went into the wholesale grocery house of Abraham Patterson & Company, Baltimore. Later he became a member of a firm, which was J. C. Bridges & Co., and so continued for thirty-six years. During the financial crisis of 1872, his house with a number of others failed, and four years later he was appointed U. S. custom officer at Baltimore. He continued to occupy this position until two years before his death, when resigned. He was a man of pure, upright character, was very generous, and when his means were large, gave largely, and when they were curtailed he continued his benevolence in the most quit manner. For nearly fifty years he was an active and consistent member of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Bridges died in Baltimore, February 27, 1884.
Source: History of the Swope Family and their Connections,
1678 - 1896, Compiled by Gilbert Ernest Swope, Lancaster, Pa., 1896, pages 111-112.
Passed away at her residence, 248 Bolton Street, in her 70th year.
Bill Daugherty (#47160704): BD & parental links.
Possibly born in Baltimore.
1850: PA
1860: MD
1870: MD
1880: PA
Contributor: John Forney
Mary Jane Forney was born February 12, 1817 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "Early in life she gave her heart to Christ, and connected herself with the Lutheran Church, of which she remained a most faithful and consistent member until her death. She was naturally gifted with a peculiarly bright and attractive disposition. Kind, gentle, courteous and refined, she had a warm place in the hearts of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Her daughter says "her life was one of the most beautiful I ever knew. Modest -- indeed, retiring of disposition, with the sweetest face and temper; temper that seemed never to be ruffled. Her character was lovely beyond expression." She married September 24, 1840, John C. Bridges, born March 7, 1817 and died June 22, 1892. He was of English parentage. His father, John Spratt Bridges, came to this country and settled in Georgetown, D.C. After the birth of his son, John C., he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and resided there for many years. He was a close friend of Peabody, and a man highly respected. John C. Bridges after graduating from Mount Hope College, Baltimore, went west for two years, then returned and went into the wholesale grocery house of Abraham Patterson & Company, Baltimore. Later he became a member of a firm, which was J. C. Bridges & Co., and so continued for thirty-six years. During the financial crisis of 1872, his house with a number of others failed, and four years later he was appointed U. S. custom officer at Baltimore. He continued to occupy this position until two years before his death, when resigned. He was a man of pure, upright character, was very generous, and when his means were large, gave largely, and when they were curtailed he continued his benevolence in the most quit manner. For nearly fifty years he was an active and consistent member of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Bridges died in Baltimore, February 27, 1884.
Source: History of the Swope Family and their Connections,
1678 - 1896, Compiled by Gilbert Ernest Swope, Lancaster, Pa., 1896, pages 111-112.
Death Certificate 98310
Passed away at her residence, 248 Bolton Street, in her 70th year.
Bill Daugherty (#47160704): BD & parental links.
Possibly born in Baltimore.
1850: PA
1860: MD
1870: MD
1880: PA
Contributor: John Forney
Mary Jane Forney was born February 12, 1817 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "Early in life she gave her heart to Christ, and connected herself with the Lutheran Church, of which she remained a most faithful and consistent member until her death. She was naturally gifted with a peculiarly bright and attractive disposition. Kind, gentle, courteous and refined, she had a warm place in the hearts of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Her daughter says "her life was one of the most beautiful I ever knew. Modest -- indeed, retiring of disposition, with the sweetest face and temper; temper that seemed never to be ruffled. Her character was lovely beyond expression." She married September 24, 1840, John C. Bridges, born March 7, 1817 and died June 22, 1892. He was of English parentage. His father, John Spratt Bridges, came to this country and settled in Georgetown, D.C. After the birth of his son, John C., he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and resided there for many years. He was a close friend of Peabody, and a man highly respected. John C. Bridges after graduating from Mount Hope College, Baltimore, went west for two years, then returned and went into the wholesale grocery house of Abraham Patterson & Company, Baltimore. Later he became a member of a firm, which was J. C. Bridges & Co., and so continued for thirty-six years. During the financial crisis of 1872, his house with a number of others failed, and four years later he was appointed U. S. custom officer at Baltimore. He continued to occupy this position until two years before his death, when resigned. He was a man of pure, upright character, was very generous, and when his means were large, gave largely, and when they were curtailed he continued his benevolence in the most quit manner. For nearly fifty years he was an active and consistent member of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Bridges died in Baltimore, February 27, 1884.
Source: History of the Swope Family and their Connections,
1678 - 1896, Compiled by Gilbert Ernest Swope, Lancaster, Pa., 1896, pages 111-112.
Passed away at her residence, 248 Bolton Street, in her 70th year.
Bill Daugherty (#47160704): BD & parental links.
Possibly born in Baltimore.
1850: PA
1860: MD
1870: MD
1880: PA
Contributor: John Forney
Mary Jane Forney was born February 12, 1817 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. "Early in life she gave her heart to Christ, and connected herself with the Lutheran Church, of which she remained a most faithful and consistent member until her death. She was naturally gifted with a peculiarly bright and attractive disposition. Kind, gentle, courteous and refined, she had a warm place in the hearts of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Her daughter says "her life was one of the most beautiful I ever knew. Modest -- indeed, retiring of disposition, with the sweetest face and temper; temper that seemed never to be ruffled. Her character was lovely beyond expression." She married September 24, 1840, John C. Bridges, born March 7, 1817 and died June 22, 1892. He was of English parentage. His father, John Spratt Bridges, came to this country and settled in Georgetown, D.C. After the birth of his son, John C., he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, and resided there for many years. He was a close friend of Peabody, and a man highly respected. John C. Bridges after graduating from Mount Hope College, Baltimore, went west for two years, then returned and went into the wholesale grocery house of Abraham Patterson & Company, Baltimore. Later he became a member of a firm, which was J. C. Bridges & Co., and so continued for thirty-six years. During the financial crisis of 1872, his house with a number of others failed, and four years later he was appointed U. S. custom officer at Baltimore. He continued to occupy this position until two years before his death, when resigned. He was a man of pure, upright character, was very generous, and when his means were large, gave largely, and when they were curtailed he continued his benevolence in the most quit manner. For nearly fifty years he was an active and consistent member of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Bridges died in Baltimore, February 27, 1884.
Source: History of the Swope Family and their Connections,
1678 - 1896, Compiled by Gilbert Ernest Swope, Lancaster, Pa., 1896, pages 111-112.
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