Linsey: Lucy Linsey & the Bridge Family

OSCAR LINDSEY m Abigail Jane Lisk > CHARLES LINSEY m Florence Miller > LUCY

Jesse Bridge

MILLER m Jesse Bridge

Kind of interesting, Oscar was originally married to a cousin of Florence. She died and he married Jane Lisk. Charles is discussed a bit here. Florence and Charles' daughter Lucy married Jesse Bridge, the youngest of the Bridge kids whose family came to Benton county in the early 1880s.

Lucy was born 28 Feb 1907 in Benton County and married Jesse Bridge on 14 Oct 1929 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County.

Jesse was the son of Thomas O Bridge and Allora Jane Bogard. Allora hailed from Ohio, daughter of Henry Bogard and Mary Stigerwalt. Thomas was born in Illinois to Joseph Bridge and Mary Ordina Waterman.

The Joseph Bridge's had settled in Lyon County, Iowa after living in Rooks County, Kansas.

Thomas met and married Allora in Stockton, Rooks County on Jan 31, 1880. In 1882, it appears he arrived in Benton county and rented a farm, bought a team and a

Lucy Bridge and brother Leo Linsey 1970s.

thresher from James Harwood (Vinton Semi-Weekly Eagle, Jul 28, 1882). In November of that year, he was noted having had threshed 1,000 bushels of oats in one day. In 1883, he was observed grinding corn for area farmers on Thursday each week.

They moved on to Big Grove township in Benton county in 1907 and farmed there until retirement, when they moved to Vinton in 1917.  Son Arthur farmed the Big Grove farm after Thomas retired, but he still helped out on the farm. Unfortunately, on one of those days, he had a horrible accident that would ultimately take his life after there was some hope that he would recover. He died 17 Dec 1929 at the Vinton city hospital. His wife Allora survived until 20 Mar 1939 and died as a result of a stroke.

Jesse & Lucy had six children. Jesse died on 07 Dec 1973 and Lucy on 29 Feb 1988.