Matthew Coleman Bridgwater was born on Saturday, June 7, 1828, in Nelson Co., Virginia, and died November 3, 1882, in Cooper Co., Missouri, a descendant Samuel Bridgwater of Sulhampstead Abbots, Berkshire, England, who immigrated to America and settled in Henrico Co., Virginia, in the 1670's.
Matthew was a soft spoken southern gentleman with southern sympathies. His great admiration of Missouri Governor, later Major General Sterling Price, is reflected in the naming of one of his sons, Sterling Price Bridgwater, in January 1862. The following November, and surely coerced by the circumstances of the war, Matthew signed the Oath of Loyalty that was being circulated by Missouri's Union Provost Marshal. It is of no surprise that Matthew was ultimately a Confederate Soldier. He served as a private in Company I, 13th Missouri "Wood's" Cavalry, CSA, commonly nicknamed "Wood's Regiment". This unit was originally designated the 14th Mo Cavalry Battalion. Later, as the unit was increased to regimental size, it was re-designated as the 13th Mo Cavalry Regiment. It was also known as "Wood's Partisan Rangers" and was commanded by Col. Robert C. Wood. It served primarily as an "unattached" or independent unit, although it was assigned to Marmaduke's Cavalry Division. It saw action at Pine Bluff, Arkansas on October 25, 1863, at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864, and in the numerous engagements of Price's 1864 Missouri raid.
Along with many of his friends and neighbors, Matthew was conscripted by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's forces in their raid in Missouri during the months of October and November, 1864. "Pap Price's" Missouri expedition was countered around Kansas City, Missouri, by Union forces under Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis and Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton. Price withdrew south, and Pleasonton pursued him into Kansas. The armies engaged at Marais des Cygnes in Linn Co., Kansas. After a Union artillery bombardment that began at 4:00 am, Pleasonton's men attacked furiously. Although outnumbered, they hit the Rebel line with enough energy to force Price and his men to withdraw. This was known as the Battle of Osage and, by some, as the Battle of Trading Post, named after nearby communities.
The Regiment, including Matthew, surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana, and was paroled in June 1865. At the time of its surrender it was part of the 1st Missouri Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Trans-Mississippi Department.
After the war, Matthew returned to his wife and children in Missouri and resumed his work as a carpenter and farmer. He was married June 09, 1853, in Saline Co., Missouri, to Martha Jane Harlow, daughter of Rice G. Harlow and Evelina Ewers. She was born September 19, 1832 in Nelson Co., Virginia, and died May 02, 1873 in Cooper Co., Missouri.
Matthew was the youngest son of Nathaniel Bridgwater and Rebecca Jeanetta Clarke of Nelson Co., Virginia. His father was established in the county when, in 1833, he sold everything and headed west. His eldest son, Samuel Bridgwater, had scouted out Cooper Co., Missouri, the year before, and apparently convinced other kin back in Virginia to join him in the west. Clarks, Harlows, Bridgwaters, and others began selling off their property in and by the mid-1830's resettled in Missouri. Nathaniel became prominent and well respected during his remaining years in Cooper County. He died on October 9, 1849. The probate of Nathaniel's estate was filed in Cooper Co., Missouri, 12 November 1849. Administrator was his son-in-law, James C. Ancell. His heirs were his children: Jonathan Bridgwater of the State of Virginia; Samuel Bridgwater, Charles Bridgwater, Eliza Rucker, Rebecca F. Bridgwater, Sarah Sutherlin, and Nancy Dix of Cooper Co., Missouri; Lucinda Ansell, Amanda M. Thornton, and Matthew Bridgwater of Saline Co., Missouri; and William Bridgwater and Jenetta T. Harlow of the State of Texas.
Matthew and Martha had eleven children: Mary Rebecca, Floyd Finley, Dorothy Evelyn, Charles Thornton, Capitolia Bell, Sterling Price, Sarah Elizabeth, Elmira Adalaide, John Wesley, Margaret Frances, and Rice G.
Matthew was a soft spoken southern gentleman with southern sympathies. His great admiration of Missouri Governor, later Major General Sterling Price, is reflected in the naming of one of his sons, Sterling Price Bridgwater, in January 1862. The following November, and surely coerced by the circumstances of the war, Matthew signed the Oath of Loyalty that was being circulated by Missouri's Union Provost Marshal. It is of no surprise that Matthew was ultimately a Confederate Soldier. He served as a private in Company I, 13th Missouri "Wood's" Cavalry, CSA, commonly nicknamed "Wood's Regiment". This unit was originally designated the 14th Mo Cavalry Battalion. Later, as the unit was increased to regimental size, it was re-designated as the 13th Mo Cavalry Regiment. It was also known as "Wood's Partisan Rangers" and was commanded by Col. Robert C. Wood. It served primarily as an "unattached" or independent unit, although it was assigned to Marmaduke's Cavalry Division. It saw action at Pine Bluff, Arkansas on October 25, 1863, at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864, and in the numerous engagements of Price's 1864 Missouri raid.
Along with many of his friends and neighbors, Matthew was conscripted by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's forces in their raid in Missouri during the months of October and November, 1864. "Pap Price's" Missouri expedition was countered around Kansas City, Missouri, by Union forces under Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis and Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton. Price withdrew south, and Pleasonton pursued him into Kansas. The armies engaged at Marais des Cygnes in Linn Co., Kansas. After a Union artillery bombardment that began at 4:00 am, Pleasonton's men attacked furiously. Although outnumbered, they hit the Rebel line with enough energy to force Price and his men to withdraw. This was known as the Battle of Osage and, by some, as the Battle of Trading Post, named after nearby communities.
The Regiment, including Matthew, surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana, and was paroled in June 1865. At the time of its surrender it was part of the 1st Missouri Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Trans-Mississippi Department.
After the war, Matthew returned to his wife and children in Missouri and resumed his work as a carpenter and farmer. He was married June 09, 1853, in Saline Co., Missouri, to Martha Jane Harlow, daughter of Rice G. Harlow and Evelina Ewers. She was born September 19, 1832 in Nelson Co., Virginia, and died May 02, 1873 in Cooper Co., Missouri.
Matthew was the youngest son of Nathaniel Bridgwater and Rebecca Jeanetta Clarke of Nelson Co., Virginia. His father was established in the county when, in 1833, he sold everything and headed west. His eldest son, Samuel Bridgwater, had scouted out Cooper Co., Missouri, the year before, and apparently convinced other kin back in Virginia to join him in the west. Clarks, Harlows, Bridgwaters, and others began selling off their property in and by the mid-1830's resettled in Missouri. Nathaniel became prominent and well respected during his remaining years in Cooper County. He died on October 9, 1849. The probate of Nathaniel's estate was filed in Cooper Co., Missouri, 12 November 1849. Administrator was his son-in-law, James C. Ancell. His heirs were his children: Jonathan Bridgwater of the State of Virginia; Samuel Bridgwater, Charles Bridgwater, Eliza Rucker, Rebecca F. Bridgwater, Sarah Sutherlin, and Nancy Dix of Cooper Co., Missouri; Lucinda Ansell, Amanda M. Thornton, and Matthew Bridgwater of Saline Co., Missouri; and William Bridgwater and Jenetta T. Harlow of the State of Texas.
Matthew and Martha had eleven children: Mary Rebecca, Floyd Finley, Dorothy Evelyn, Charles Thornton, Capitolia Bell, Sterling Price, Sarah Elizabeth, Elmira Adalaide, John Wesley, Margaret Frances, and Rice G.
Matthew Coleman Bridgwater was born on Saturday, June 7, 1828, in Nelson Co., Virginia, and died November 3, 1882, in Cooper Co., Missouri, a descendant Samuel Bridgwater of Sulhampstead Abbots, Berkshire, England, who immigrated to America and settled in Henrico Co., Virginia, in the 1670's.
Matthew was a soft spoken southern gentleman with southern sympathies. His great admiration of Missouri Governor, later Major General Sterling Price, is reflected in the naming of one of his sons, Sterling Price Bridgwater, in January 1862. The following November, and surely coerced by the circumstances of the war, Matthew signed the Oath of Loyalty that was being circulated by Missouri's Union Provost Marshal. It is of no surprise that Matthew was ultimately a Confederate Soldier. He served as a private in Company I, 13th Missouri "Wood's" Cavalry, CSA, commonly nicknamed "Wood's Regiment". This unit was originally designated the 14th Mo Cavalry Battalion. Later, as the unit was increased to regimental size, it was re-designated as the 13th Mo Cavalry Regiment. It was also known as "Wood's Partisan Rangers" and was commanded by Col. Robert C. Wood. It served primarily as an "unattached" or independent unit, although it was assigned to Marmaduke's Cavalry Division. It saw action at Pine Bluff, Arkansas on October 25, 1863, at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864, and in the numerous engagements of Price's 1864 Missouri raid.
Along with many of his friends and neighbors, Matthew was conscripted by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's forces in their raid in Missouri during the months of October and November, 1864. "Pap Price's" Missouri expedition was countered around Kansas City, Missouri, by Union forces under Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis and Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton. Price withdrew south, and Pleasonton pursued him into Kansas. The armies engaged at Marais des Cygnes in Linn Co., Kansas. After a Union artillery bombardment that began at 4:00 am, Pleasonton's men attacked furiously. Although outnumbered, they hit the Rebel line with enough energy to force Price and his men to withdraw. This was known as the Battle of Osage and, by some, as the Battle of Trading Post, named after nearby communities.
The Regiment, including Matthew, surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana, and was paroled in June 1865. At the time of its surrender it was part of the 1st Missouri Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Trans-Mississippi Department.
After the war, Matthew returned to his wife and children in Missouri and resumed his work as a carpenter and farmer. He was married June 09, 1853, in Saline Co., Missouri, to Martha Jane Harlow, daughter of Rice G. Harlow and Evelina Ewers. She was born September 19, 1832 in Nelson Co., Virginia, and died May 02, 1873 in Cooper Co., Missouri.
Matthew was the youngest son of Nathaniel Bridgwater and Rebecca Jeanetta Clarke of Nelson Co., Virginia. His father was established in the county when, in 1833, he sold everything and headed west. His eldest son, Samuel Bridgwater, had scouted out Cooper Co., Missouri, the year before, and apparently convinced other kin back in Virginia to join him in the west. Clarks, Harlows, Bridgwaters, and others began selling off their property in and by the mid-1830's resettled in Missouri. Nathaniel became prominent and well respected during his remaining years in Cooper County. He died on October 9, 1849. The probate of Nathaniel's estate was filed in Cooper Co., Missouri, 12 November 1849. Administrator was his son-in-law, James C. Ancell. His heirs were his children: Jonathan Bridgwater of the State of Virginia; Samuel Bridgwater, Charles Bridgwater, Eliza Rucker, Rebecca F. Bridgwater, Sarah Sutherlin, and Nancy Dix of Cooper Co., Missouri; Lucinda Ansell, Amanda M. Thornton, and Matthew Bridgwater of Saline Co., Missouri; and William Bridgwater and Jenetta T. Harlow of the State of Texas.
Matthew and Martha had eleven children: Mary Rebecca, Floyd Finley, Dorothy Evelyn, Charles Thornton, Capitolia Bell, Sterling Price, Sarah Elizabeth, Elmira Adalaide, John Wesley, Margaret Frances, and Rice G.
Matthew was a soft spoken southern gentleman with southern sympathies. His great admiration of Missouri Governor, later Major General Sterling Price, is reflected in the naming of one of his sons, Sterling Price Bridgwater, in January 1862. The following November, and surely coerced by the circumstances of the war, Matthew signed the Oath of Loyalty that was being circulated by Missouri's Union Provost Marshal. It is of no surprise that Matthew was ultimately a Confederate Soldier. He served as a private in Company I, 13th Missouri "Wood's" Cavalry, CSA, commonly nicknamed "Wood's Regiment". This unit was originally designated the 14th Mo Cavalry Battalion. Later, as the unit was increased to regimental size, it was re-designated as the 13th Mo Cavalry Regiment. It was also known as "Wood's Partisan Rangers" and was commanded by Col. Robert C. Wood. It served primarily as an "unattached" or independent unit, although it was assigned to Marmaduke's Cavalry Division. It saw action at Pine Bluff, Arkansas on October 25, 1863, at Jenkins' Ferry on April 30, 1864, and in the numerous engagements of Price's 1864 Missouri raid.
Along with many of his friends and neighbors, Matthew was conscripted by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's forces in their raid in Missouri during the months of October and November, 1864. "Pap Price's" Missouri expedition was countered around Kansas City, Missouri, by Union forces under Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis and Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton. Price withdrew south, and Pleasonton pursued him into Kansas. The armies engaged at Marais des Cygnes in Linn Co., Kansas. After a Union artillery bombardment that began at 4:00 am, Pleasonton's men attacked furiously. Although outnumbered, they hit the Rebel line with enough energy to force Price and his men to withdraw. This was known as the Battle of Osage and, by some, as the Battle of Trading Post, named after nearby communities.
The Regiment, including Matthew, surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana, and was paroled in June 1865. At the time of its surrender it was part of the 1st Missouri Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Trans-Mississippi Department.
After the war, Matthew returned to his wife and children in Missouri and resumed his work as a carpenter and farmer. He was married June 09, 1853, in Saline Co., Missouri, to Martha Jane Harlow, daughter of Rice G. Harlow and Evelina Ewers. She was born September 19, 1832 in Nelson Co., Virginia, and died May 02, 1873 in Cooper Co., Missouri.
Matthew was the youngest son of Nathaniel Bridgwater and Rebecca Jeanetta Clarke of Nelson Co., Virginia. His father was established in the county when, in 1833, he sold everything and headed west. His eldest son, Samuel Bridgwater, had scouted out Cooper Co., Missouri, the year before, and apparently convinced other kin back in Virginia to join him in the west. Clarks, Harlows, Bridgwaters, and others began selling off their property in and by the mid-1830's resettled in Missouri. Nathaniel became prominent and well respected during his remaining years in Cooper County. He died on October 9, 1849. The probate of Nathaniel's estate was filed in Cooper Co., Missouri, 12 November 1849. Administrator was his son-in-law, James C. Ancell. His heirs were his children: Jonathan Bridgwater of the State of Virginia; Samuel Bridgwater, Charles Bridgwater, Eliza Rucker, Rebecca F. Bridgwater, Sarah Sutherlin, and Nancy Dix of Cooper Co., Missouri; Lucinda Ansell, Amanda M. Thornton, and Matthew Bridgwater of Saline Co., Missouri; and William Bridgwater and Jenetta T. Harlow of the State of Texas.
Matthew and Martha had eleven children: Mary Rebecca, Floyd Finley, Dorothy Evelyn, Charles Thornton, Capitolia Bell, Sterling Price, Sarah Elizabeth, Elmira Adalaide, John Wesley, Margaret Frances, and Rice G.
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Mary Rebecca Bridgewater Thompson
1854–1911
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Floyd Finley Bridgewater
1855–1884
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Dorothy Evelyn "Eva" Bridgwater Simmons
1857–1903
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Charles Thornton Bridgewater
1858–1884
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Capitolia Bell Bridgwater Durham
1860–1948
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Sterling Price Bridgewater
1862–1862
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Margaret Frances Bridgewater Kennedy
1870–1957
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Rice G. Bridgwater
unknown–1872
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