Jennie McLean (Bridge) Macon (1851 - 1907)

Born 26 Nov 1851 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States

Wife of James Madison Macon II — married 10 Sep 1877 in Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Dec 1907 at age 56 in Richmond, Virginia, United States

Biography

Jennie Bridge was born in November of 1851 to Isaac Bridge and Mary Bradshaw Berry.^[1][2] She married James Macon on September 10, 1877 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^[3] The couple are listed together on the 1880 Census^[4] and the 1900 Census^[5] in Henrico, Virginia. Records indicate that the couple had three children: Conwayella (Macon) Cahill (1878–1954),^[6] Edward Adams Macon (1880–1953),^[7] and James Madison Macon (1882–1977).^[8] She passed away in 1907 at the age of 56. ^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WB8X-3R6Z : 26 October 2019), Jane McLean Bridge, 1851.
2. ↑ "Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:KZ7G-ZC6 : Wed Apr 05 17:39:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Jennie Mclain Bridge Macon, 26 Nov 1851.
3. ↑ "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJH-88DY : 17 February 2021), J Madison Macon and Jennie M Bridge, 10 Sep 1877; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 911,649.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC5Z-YLZ : 15 January 2022), Jennie M. Macon in household of J. Madison Macon, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJR-FNW : 9 March 2022), Jennie M Macon in entry for James M Macon, 1900.
6. ↑ "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZBL-4KZY : 27 April 2023), Jennie Macon in entry for Conway Macon, 1878.
7. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X527-1H1 : 28 January 2020), Jennie Macon in entry for Edward A. Macon, 1880.
8. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRPB-JD2 : 28 January 2020), Jennie Macon in entry for James M. Macon, 1882.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8198766/jennie-macon: accessed 08 May 2023), memorial page for Jennie Bridge Macon (26 Nov 1851–8 Dec 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8198766, citing Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by George Seitz (contributor 40539541).
10. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP17-728T : 18 July 2020), Mrs Jennie Bridge Macon, 1907.