David Augusta Bridenthal

BRIDENTHAL, David - Another one of Washington County's oldest and highly respected citizens has passed away, in the person of Col. David Bridenthal, who died at his home four miles east of Fayetteville, at an early hour Saturday morning. He served in the Confederate army and at the close of the war moved to Washington County, and has continuously resided upon the farm where he died. Deceased was 78 years of age. [Prairie Grove Herald 3/19/1903]