Bridges, Fidelia
artist, was born May 19, 1835, in Salem, Mass. She sent to the National academy, in oil, Winter Sunshine and Wild Flowers in Wheat; Blackberry Bushes; Thistles, Yellow Birds, Cornfield, and Salt Marshes. She began painting in water-colors in 1871, in which she has been eminently successful.
BRIDGES, GEORGE WASHINGTON, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 9, 1821, in Athens, Tenn. He was attorneygeneral of the state in 1849 and in 1854, holding the office for eleven years. He held the positions of bank attorney and railroad director; was a presidential elector in 1860; and was elected a representative in congress from Tennessee in 1861, to serve in the thirty-seventh congress. He died March 16, 1873.