Individual Details

Lona Offie Longmire

(15 Aug 1903 - 15 Apr 1990)



Lona was apparently born out of wedlock and then raised by a great uncle and aunt who had no children of their own.

1910 Census. Union Co, TN, Hh 72
Elijah Longmire, 33, married 13 years
Louisa, wife, 35,
Lona O., grand niece, 6, b. TN

1920 Census. Union Co, TN, Hh 105
Louisa Longmire, 45
Lona, neice, 16

1930 Census. Union Co, TN, Hh 156
Ulysses Bridges, 29, married at age 21
Lona, wife, 26, married at 18
Earl, son, 8
Conard, son, 6
Fay, dau, 3
Amos, son, 1 year 8 months
Louisa Longmire, mother-in-law, 55, widowed

1940 Census. Knox Co, TN, Hh 142
Buttermilk Road
Ulysses Bridges, 39, Laborer, Marble Quarry
Lona, wife, 35
Earl, son, 18
Conard, son, 16
Faye, dau, 13
Lee, son, 11
Marie, dau, 8
Edgar, son, 5
Walter, son, 3
Nora A., dau, 5 months
Louisa Longmire, Aunt, 65, Widowed

Events

Birth15 Aug 1903Union County, Tennessee
Marriage24 Oct 1920Union County, Tennessee - Ulysses Grant Bridges
Death15 Apr 1990Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

Families

SpouseUlysses Grant Bridges (1899 - 1978)
ChildLiving
MotherNora J. Longmire (1887 - 1956)