Bridges Parr
Bridges Parr, the son of Thomas and Mary Parr, was born
between 1761 and 1770, probably in the Carolinas. He died about
1839 in Butts County, Georgia, where he had moved at least by
1828 when he first appears in Tax records in Captain Thaxton's District. Bridges married Penelope Howze, who was born about
1775 in Lancaster County, South Carolina the daughter of James
and Mildred Morris Howze. The children of Bridges and Penelope
are:
Littleton
Jenny, b. abt 1803
Bridges, Jr., b. 1805 - d. 16 Oct 1863 - m. Penny ??
These are also believed to be children of Bridges and Penelope:
Penelope
Lucy, b. ?? - d. ?? - m. James Baird
Louisa
Bridges Parr, Jr., the son of Bridges and Penelope Howze Parr, was born about 1805 in Georgia and died 16 October 1863. He married Penny ??, who was born about 1804 and died about 1899 in Alabama, about 1830, their children are:
Penelope, b. abt 1831 - d. ?? - m. Thomas J. Day
Mary Frances, b. abt 1836 - d. ?? - m. 1st ?? Jones, 2nd William Wade Griffith
Bridges, III, b. abt 1839 - d. March 1870 - m. 1st Rachel M. Royster, 2nd Sarah Jane McCoy
James H., b. abt 1841 - d. ?? - m. ??
Lucy Ann, b. abt 1843 - d. ?? - m. James W. Royster
Alexander Z., b. abt 1846 - d. ?? - m. ??
Richmond H., b. abt 1848 - d. ?? - m. ??
Samantha, b. Sep 1851 - d. ?? - m. James Alvin Strong
Penelope Parr, the daughter of Bridges and Penny Parr, Jr., was born about 1831 in Butts County, Georgia, she married
2 January 1852 in Chambers County, Alabama, Thomas J. Day whowas
born about 1833 in South Carolina. Their children are:
Robert, b. abt 1855
William, b. abt 1857
George, b. abt 1858
Lucinda, b. abt 1859
Thomas, b. abt 1863
Alexander, b. abt 1866
Mary Frances Parr, the daughter of Bridges and Penny Parr, Jr., was born about 1836 in either Butts or Meriwether County, Georgia, she married 1st ?? Jones and we have no information about this marriage, she then married on 18 December 1854 in Chambers County, Alabama, William Wade Griffith, born abt 1830 in South Carolina. Their children are:
Mary, b. abt 1856
Elizabeth, b. abt 1860
Bridges Parr, III, the son of Bridges and Penny Parr, Jr., was born about 1839 in Meriwether County, Georgia and died March 1870 in Hood County, Texas. Bridges appears in the 1870 mortality schedule of Hood County. It was noted that "Bridge Pear, a white male of Hood County, Texas, age 31 was murdered in March", his daughter Roxie Ann told that he was killed about two months before she was born in a fence dispute by his cousin. He married 1st Rachel M. Royster,the daughter of James W. and Mary Royster on 28 February 1858 in Chambers County, Alabama and 2nd. Sarah Jane McCoy Williamson abt 1868 in Erath County, Texas. Sarah Jane and her first husband ?? Williamson had a son named George Washington "Bud or Wash" Williamson, who later married his step sister Fannie Edwards who was the daughter of his mother's 3rd husband ?? Edwards. Bridges Parr, III enlisted in Company I, 14th Regiment of Alabama Infantry, 29 Jul 1861 at Lineville, Talledega County, Alabama, with the rank of private.
The child of Bridges and Rachel M. Royster Parr, III is:
Thomas J., b. 28 Jan 1858
The child of Bridges and Sarah Jane McCoy Williamson Parr, III is
Nancy Roxie Ann, b. 17 May 1869
Lucy Ann Parr, the daughter of Bridges and Penny Parr, Jr., was born about 1843 in Meriwether County, Georgia and married about 1859 in Alabama, James W. Royster, their children are:
Mary F., b. abt 1859
Redick T., b. Oct 1859 - d. ?? - m. Sarah J. ??
George W., b. May 1865 - d. ?? - m. Nillie ??
Emeline, b. Abt 1866
Richmond C., b. abt 1868
Robert S., b. Oct 1869 - d. ?? - m. Eliza
Katy, b. abt 1873
Harley E., b. Jun 1874 - d. ?? - m. Dasic ??
Della, b. abt 1879 - d. ?? - m. 1st ?? Edwards, 2nd Thomas A. Sanders
Samantha Parr, the daughter of Bridges and Penny Parr, Jr., was born in Sept 1851 in Chambers County, Alabama, she married 10 November 1881 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, James Alvin Strong who was born in January 1856 in Alabama. Their children are:
male, b. abt 1882
John D., b. Feb 1884 - d. ?? - m. Millie L. ??
Richard H., b. Jul 1886 - d. ?? - m. Ola J. ??
Frances J., b. Mar 1889
Martha T., b. Jul 1891
