BRIDGEMAN, ARTHUR, GEN.

BRIDGEMAN

Posted By: STurner (email)
Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

Keokuk City
(P.O. Keokuk)

BRIDGEMAN, ARTHUR, GEN., Secretary of the Keokuk & Des Moines Railroad Co.; born in Hampshire, Mass., July 6, 1808; came to Burlington in 1838; engaged in mercantile business there for six years; then removed to Fairfield, Iowa, where he resided until 1849; during his residence in Fairfield, he was for a time Register of the General Land Office, and also carried on mercantile business while there; in 1849, he came to Keokuk, and, until 1861, he was engaged in merchandising here; since then, he has given his entire attention to railroad business; for several years, General Manager and Secretary of K. & D. M. R. R.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879