Bridgers, John Luther, 1850-1932.

John Luther Bridgers (1850-1932), lawyer and planter of Edgecombe County, N.C., was the son of John Luther Bridgers (1821-1884), lawyer, planter, and Confederate colonel.

Attorney and judge, of Tarboro (Edgecombe County), N.C.

John Luther Bridgers (1850-1932), lawyer and planter of Edgecombe County, N.C., was the son of John Luther Bridgers (1821-1884), lawyer, planter, and Confederate colonel, and his wife, Rebecca Louisa Dicken (1829-1865). John Luther Bridgers (1821-1884) was captain of the Edgecombe Guards (Company A, 1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry) early in the Civil War and later was promoted to lieutenant colonel of Heavy Artillery (10th Regiment, North Carolina Troops).

John Luther Bridgers (1850-1932) attended school in Tarboro, N.C., under Professor F. S. Wilkinson and then briefly attended the Groves School in Granville County, N.C., before entering the Virginia Military Institute. He was graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1870 and then read law in the office of George Whitfield in Wilson, N.C.

In 1872, John Luther Bridgers (1850-1932) married Laura Placidia Clark, daughter of former governor Henry Toole Clark. They were the parents of Elizabeth Haywood, who married Pierre B. Cox and then Benjamin F. Finney; Henry Clark (1876-1951), who was a lawyer, banker, and railroad attorney, in Tarboro, N.C.; Mary Irwin, who married Frank P. Williamson; Laura Placidia, who married the Reverend Robb White; and Rebecca Routh.