Thomas Cicero Bridgman

Thomas Cicero Bridgman was born August 1, 1879, in Walker County, Georgia, the son of Franklin David Bridgman and Margaret "Mary" Ann Hall.

The 1880 Walker County, Georgia census shows Thomas S., 10 months old.  We assume the census taker thought Cicero was spelled with an S. 

Fourteen year old Thomas appears on the 1900 Walker County census with his widowed mother and siblings.  The census shows Mary Bridgman, born July 1836, 68, widow, had given birth to 4 children, 3 children were still living; Anna, daughter, born Apr 1880, 20, weaver in cotton mill; Thos. C., son, born Aug 1886, 14, roller in cotton mill and Mary, daughter, born Jan 1882, 18, worked in cotton mill.  Visiting with the family was Eva L. Plaster, granddaughter, born May 1895, 5 years old. 

Thomas married Devora Lee Hise on July 19, 1900 in Walker County.  Lee Hise was born September 20, 1885, in Georgia, the daughter of Charles Lee Hise (b. 1859, GA; d. 1883, GA) and Elizabeth Hancock (b. 1863, GA; d. 1943, GA). 

The 1910 Walker County census shows Thomas C. Bridgeman, 27, married 9 years, laborer at cotton mill; Lee L., wife, 24, had given birth to 4 children, 3 children were still living; Hassie, daughter, 8; Grant D., son, 5 and Willie, son, 3 years old.  Boarding with the family was Thomas' sister and her husband, Randy Pollard, 24, married 3 years, section hand at cotton mill and Mary Pollard, 25.  Listed next to Thomas was another sister and her children, Susie J. Plaster, 34, widow, had given birth to 3 children, 2 children were still living, weaver at cotton mill; Jessie, son, 19, laborer at ore mill and Maggie, dau, 11 years old.  (The census is incorrect about the number of Susie's children still living, as all three of them were living at the time.)

The 1920 Hamilton County, Tennessee census shows the family living in the city of Chattanooga.  The census shows Tomi C. Bridgeman, 39, machinest; Lee, wife, 36; Hasel Lorne?, daughter, 18, married, operator at knitting mill; Grant Bridgeman, son, 15; Willie, son, 13; Roy, son, 8; Ruby, daughter, 8 and Edith, daughter, 5 years old.  (Note: The census is very dim and we are unsure of Hassie's last name.)

The family was living in Bibb County, Georgia in 1930.  The census shows Thos. C. Bridgeman, 51, machinest at railroad shop; Lee D., wife, 47; Grant DeW., son, 25, divorced, painter at cotton mill; William H., son, 23, plasterer; Ruby E., dau, 18, born in TN; Roy E., son, 18, born in TN, worked at auto shop; Edith E., daughter, 15, born in TN and Jesse T., son, 8, born in GA.   Living with the family was Elizabeth Hise, mother-in-law, 70, widow; Lucindy Hancock, aunt, 80, single and Jesse C. Hise, brother-in-law, 35, single, farm laborer.

Thomas died October 19, 1950, in Bibb County, Georgia.  Lee died in Bibb County on November 6, 1957.

Children of Thomas C. Bridgman and Devora Hise