Information from Kansas West card file (discarded): 1870 - born September 18 in Shelbyville, IL to Rev. William and Martha Bridwell 1894 - married Mary Margaret Hedley (b. April 30, 1872, d. August 27, 1948) on September 25 1908 - St. Louis Confernece 1910 - deacon 1911 - transferred in studies of 3rd year from St. Louis to Northwest Kansas 1912 - elder 1922-23 - Stockton 1924 - transferred to Southwest Kansas Conference 1931 - died September 10 in a train crash south of Hutchinson, KS; buried Fairlawn Cemetery, Hutchinson; memoir, Southwest Kansas Journal (p.471) 1948 - wife's memoir, Central Kansas Journal (p.122) children: Paul, Bessie, Mrs. Walter Nickel, Mrs. Floyd Cakes, Mrs. Dana Hockett, Mrs. Bryan Look superintendent Kansas Methodist Home for Children, Newton see also: Christian Advocate, November 19, 1931 (p.1169)