Oscar H. Bridges is the fifth son and final son of James and Mary Ann Stockdale Bridges. He never married.
Oscar Bridges served in the Civil War as a private in Co. I, 55 Ohio Infantry and as such was provided a military headstone. He enlisted on 17 Feb 1865 in Covington Kentucky at age 18. There is some evidence, a headstone marker request for his government marker, that he also enlisted in Co. A, 40 Kentucky Inf. Both of these two enlistment cards show the exact same date and place. All of his brothers also served in the Union Army.
Oscar Bridges is found in the following US Federal Census records:
- 1850 Mason Co., Kentucky with parents and four brothers
- 1860 Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky with parents, two brothers
- 1870 Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky with parents, one brother, occupation works in house mill
- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- May 2020
Oscar Bridges served in the Civil War as a private in Co. I, 55 Ohio Infantry and as such was provided a military headstone. He enlisted on 17 Feb 1865 in Covington Kentucky at age 18. There is some evidence, a headstone marker request for his government marker, that he also enlisted in Co. A, 40 Kentucky Inf. Both of these two enlistment cards show the exact same date and place. All of his brothers also served in the Union Army.
Oscar Bridges is found in the following US Federal Census records:
- 1850 Mason Co., Kentucky with parents and four brothers
- 1860 Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky with parents, two brothers
- 1870 Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky with parents, one brother, occupation works in house mill
- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- May 2020
Oscar H. Bridges is the fifth son and final son of James and Mary Ann Stockdale Bridges. He never married.
Oscar Bridges served in the Civil War as a private in Co. I, 55 Ohio Infantry and as such was provided a military headstone. He enlisted on 17 Feb 1865 in Covington Kentucky at age 18. There is some evidence, a headstone marker request for his government marker, that he also enlisted in Co. A, 40 Kentucky Inf. Both of these two enlistment cards show the exact same date and place. All of his brothers also served in the Union Army.
Oscar Bridges is found in the following US Federal Census records:
- 1850 Mason Co., Kentucky with parents and four brothers
- 1860 Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky with parents, two brothers
- 1870 Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky with parents, one brother, occupation works in house mill
- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- May 2020
Oscar Bridges served in the Civil War as a private in Co. I, 55 Ohio Infantry and as such was provided a military headstone. He enlisted on 17 Feb 1865 in Covington Kentucky at age 18. There is some evidence, a headstone marker request for his government marker, that he also enlisted in Co. A, 40 Kentucky Inf. Both of these two enlistment cards show the exact same date and place. All of his brothers also served in the Union Army.
Oscar Bridges is found in the following US Federal Census records:
- 1850 Mason Co., Kentucky with parents and four brothers
- 1860 Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky with parents, two brothers
- 1870 Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky with parents, one brother, occupation works in house mill
- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- May 2020
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