Bridges, Styles (1898-1961)

Name:

Bridges, Styles (1898-1961)

Title:

Secretary, N.H. Farm Bureau Federation, 1922-1923
Editor, Granite Monthly Magazine, 1924-1926
Director Secretary, N.H. Investment Co., 1924-1929
Member, N.H. Public Service Commission, 1930-1934
Lieutenant, U.S. Army Reserve Corps, 1925-1937
N.H. Governor, 1934-1936
U.S. Senator from N.H., 1937-1961 (death)

Other Names:

Bridges, Henry Styles
Bridges, H. Styles

Born:

09/09/1898

Birthplace:

West Pembroke, ME

Died:

11/26/1961

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Pembroke, ME -- 1900, 1910 census
Concord, NH -- 1930 census

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Member, Extension Staff at UNH -- 1921-1922

Father:

Bridges, Earle Leopold (1871-1907)

Mother:

Fisher, Alina (aka Alma) Roxanna

Relations:

Siblings:
Bridges, Doris Alma (1900-1993; b. Maine; teacher in Milton MA; d. Danvers, MA)
Bridges, Ronald Perkins (1905-1959; b. Maine; m. Helen A. Emery; d. Pembroke, ME)
Parents: Alina Roxanna Fisher Bridges (1875-1963) and Earle Leopold Bridges (1871-1907) both of Pembroke, ME. Alina (aka Alma) was a school teacher after becoming a widow.
Grandparents: Clara Angeline Porter (1844-1921; b. Maine) Reuben P. Fisher (-before 1910; b. Maine), married 1867. Keziah Johnston Wilbur (1839-1923; b.,d. Maine) Henry Styles Bridges (1827-1904; b.,d. Maine).
Great-grandparents: Eliza Ann Everett John Wesley Porter. Roxanna Lakin Enoch H. Fisher. Sarah Stiles Isaiah Bridges.

Spouse:

1) Johnston, Ella Mae (c.1902-; b. Maine; divorced), m. 1920, Maine.
2) Clement, Sally (-1938), m. 1928, Concord, NH
3) Thorwauld, Dolores (1911-; b. Minnesota), m. 1944

Children:

Children of Ella Mae Johnston:
Bridges, H. Styles Jr. (c.1922-; b. Maine)
children of Sally Clement:
Bridges, David Clement (1929-1970; b. Concord, NH)

Notes:

POLITICS: Republican
BURIAL: Pine Grove Cemetery, Concord, NH