Philip Bridewesser
Philip Bridewesser, deceased was born in German in 1804. He immigrated to America, and located in Franklin County, Ohio, where, on the 4th of September, 1833, he married Miss Dorothy Zimpfer, then of Franklin County, but a native of Germany, where she was born January 2, 1813. In the fall of 1834, Mr. and Mrs. Brideweeser came to Shelby County, entered, and settled on the east half of the northeast quarter of section 27, Dinsmore Township, on which they passed the remainder of their days. He died July 31, 1853. His companion died March 8, 1875. They reared a family of nine children, viz., Mary, Dorothy, Matthias, Godfrey, Philip, John, Henry, Sophia, and Valentine, three of whom are now dead, viz., Mary, Henry, and Valentine. The remaining six are now living in Shelby County.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883