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Rev James Emory Bristowe

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Rev James Emory Bristowe

Birth
Roanoke Township, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA
Death
20 Jan 1911 (aged 65)
Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Son of Jesse Thomas Bristowe (1815-1892) and Louisa Jane Laura Britton (~1819-~1881) both of Northampton County, North Carolina.

Brother of Rev. Simeon Francis Bristow (1852-1924), and several others.

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In 1883, James E. Bristowe received the call to Williamston
and it was during his ministry that the first parsonage was begun.
It was built on a site about one lot removed from the church. Prior
to this time, the pastors had lived with parishioners or in rented rooms.
The C. D. Carstarphen family provided a room in their
home for the minister, and a particular one was known specifically
as the "Preacher's Room." Reverend Bristowe was bom in 1846
in Northampton County, and he died in Washington in 1911 after
giving thirty-three years of Christian service. He requested to be
buried at Bethel, a community to which he had become attached.

"Our Legacy From The Past, A History of the First United Methodist Church of Williamston, North Carolina" by Elizabeth Whitley Roberson, 1988.
http://divinityarchive.com/bitstream/handle/11258/10538/ourlegacyfrompas00robe.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

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MEMOIR OF REV. JAMES EMORY BRISTOWE.

To Jesse and Jane Bristowe, in Northampton County, N. C,
October 8, 1846, was born James Emory Bristowe, who died in
Washington, N. C, January 20, 1911, aged sixty-four years, three
months and twelve days.

His boyhood was spent on the farm and in the country school,
where he became well used to hard, honest work.

When quite young he was soundly converted and promptly
joined the M. E. Church, South. Soon God called him to preach,
and he heartily responded; and, having served usefully in the
local ranks several years, he enthusiastically enlisted in the
itinerancy, being admitted on trial into the North Carolina
Conference of 1878, in Charlotte, N. C, Bishop George F. Pierce
presiding.

His death, after nearly thirty-three years, caused the first
vacancy in his Conference class, the other members of which
are J. N. Cole, D. L. Earnhardt and L. E. Thompson.

Our good brother possessed to a remarkable and interesting
degree the model itinerant's genuine spirit, going cheerfully
and courageously to his field of labor, in most instances a hum-
ble circuit, the tall steeple never coming his way. In all the
work of the Church he was constantly conscientious, duly dili-
gent, ever efficient, fully faithful.

Beginning as a supply in 1876, he perseveringly preached the
Word more than a quarter of a century — preached in season and
out of season, until he could not because of increasing physical
disability. He was so persistent in his consecrated determina-
tion to prosecute his "loved employ" that he accepted his last
charge, North and South Henderson, did his utmost to serve it,
but early in the year came sadly to realize the insufficiency of
his strength.

Let us follow him through a direct succession of difficult pas-
torates, and then contemplate some things he accomplished by
God's triumphant grace.

In the Virginia Conference, Dare Circuit, supply, 1876.

In the North Carolina Conference, Kennekeet Circuit, supply,
1877; Neuse Circuit, 1878; Carteret Circuit, 1879, 1880, 1881;
Mount Olive Circuit, 1882 and 1883; Williamston Circuit, 1884;
Halifax Circuit, 1885; Hickory Station, 1886, 1887, 1888; Samp-
son Circuit, 1889 and 1890; Hillsboro Circuit, 1891; Aurora Cir-
cuit, 1892 and 1893; LaGrange Circuit, 1894; St. John Station,
1895, 1896, 1897, 1898; Bethel Station, 1899 and 1900; Straits
Circuit, 1901; Pantego Circuit, 1902; Henderson, 1903, in part.

Charges served, sixteen — thirteen circuits and three stations;
meetings held, 109; accessions, 771; sermons preached, 3,285;
adults baptized, 353; infants, 188; average salary promised,
$500; average salary paid, $413.

From this glorious record we readily discern consecration and
self-sacrifice and industry and chivalry and heroism and achieve-
ment and success. Evidently God's blessing was continually
and abundantly upon His loyal servant's ministry, and it was
fraught with fruitfulness.

Brother Bristowe's first marriage was to Miss Emma Brown,
of his own immediately native community, January 10, 1867;
and to them God gave four children, three of whom died in in-
fancy.

His devoted wife having helpfully shared his itinerant experi-
ences twenty-three years, entered the rest eternal January 17,
1900.

He was happily fortunate in his second marriage, to Miss
Sadie Owen, of Wayne County; and she, a young son, and a
daughter, Mrs. Lona B. Hudnell, all of Washington, N. C., sur-
vive him. Brother Bristowe was "good at home," and his at-
tachment to his family was singularly beautiful, while his pro-
vision for them was decidedly commendable.

During the eight years of his superannuation, while he could
not preach from the pulpit, his consistent Christian life was
influential and attractive, always inspiring confidence and rev-
erence.

Who can conceive the glory and magnitude of the worthy
circuit rider's reward? Pull of faith and honor and labor and
fidelity, he meets the Master and hears Him approvingly say,
"Well done!"

"Worn-out preacher," do we put it? Yes; with weakened
heart, tired brain and scarred body — all this to make ready for
unending ministries in the realms of light and glory.

One week of painless confinement to his earthly bed, and our
beloved Brother Bristowe has gone to his appointment in the
heavenly conference, where there is no time limit, no hard place,
no superannuation —

"Where congregations ne'er break up
And Sabbaths have no end."

Having served a pastorate of two years at Bethel, he became
greatly attached to the locality and the people, and chose to be
buried there.

That Saturday afternoon many of his former flock, with feel-
ings of sincere sorrow and grateful recollection, gathered about
his bier and then tenderly committed his lifeless body to the
ground.

"Rejoice for a brother deceased;
Our loss is his infinite gain."

R. H. Broom.

Appendix, JOURNAL OF THE North Carolina Annual Conference
OF THE Methodist Episcopal Church, South, HELD AT Kinston, N. C.
Wednesday, November 22d, to Monday
November 27th, 1911
BISHOP E. E. HOSS, D.D., President
REV. R. H. WILLIS, Secretary
COWARDS & BROUGHTON PRINTING CO., RALEIGH, N. C.
https://archive.org/stream/minutesofsession1911met/minutesofsession1911met_djvu.txt

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[Shared by David A. French, www.ENCFamilies.org, 13 March 2023.]

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More info about him and his family is available via the link below.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MYVP-GWQ

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Any additional info is greatly appreciated.
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Son of Jesse Thomas Bristowe (1815-1892) and Louisa Jane Laura Britton (~1819-~1881) both of Northampton County, North Carolina.

Brother of Rev. Simeon Francis Bristow (1852-1924), and several others.

~ ~ ~

In 1883, James E. Bristowe received the call to Williamston
and it was during his ministry that the first parsonage was begun.
It was built on a site about one lot removed from the church. Prior
to this time, the pastors had lived with parishioners or in rented rooms.
The C. D. Carstarphen family provided a room in their
home for the minister, and a particular one was known specifically
as the "Preacher's Room." Reverend Bristowe was bom in 1846
in Northampton County, and he died in Washington in 1911 after
giving thirty-three years of Christian service. He requested to be
buried at Bethel, a community to which he had become attached.

"Our Legacy From The Past, A History of the First United Methodist Church of Williamston, North Carolina" by Elizabeth Whitley Roberson, 1988.
http://divinityarchive.com/bitstream/handle/11258/10538/ourlegacyfrompas00robe.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

~ ~ ~

MEMOIR OF REV. JAMES EMORY BRISTOWE.

To Jesse and Jane Bristowe, in Northampton County, N. C,
October 8, 1846, was born James Emory Bristowe, who died in
Washington, N. C, January 20, 1911, aged sixty-four years, three
months and twelve days.

His boyhood was spent on the farm and in the country school,
where he became well used to hard, honest work.

When quite young he was soundly converted and promptly
joined the M. E. Church, South. Soon God called him to preach,
and he heartily responded; and, having served usefully in the
local ranks several years, he enthusiastically enlisted in the
itinerancy, being admitted on trial into the North Carolina
Conference of 1878, in Charlotte, N. C, Bishop George F. Pierce
presiding.

His death, after nearly thirty-three years, caused the first
vacancy in his Conference class, the other members of which
are J. N. Cole, D. L. Earnhardt and L. E. Thompson.

Our good brother possessed to a remarkable and interesting
degree the model itinerant's genuine spirit, going cheerfully
and courageously to his field of labor, in most instances a hum-
ble circuit, the tall steeple never coming his way. In all the
work of the Church he was constantly conscientious, duly dili-
gent, ever efficient, fully faithful.

Beginning as a supply in 1876, he perseveringly preached the
Word more than a quarter of a century — preached in season and
out of season, until he could not because of increasing physical
disability. He was so persistent in his consecrated determina-
tion to prosecute his "loved employ" that he accepted his last
charge, North and South Henderson, did his utmost to serve it,
but early in the year came sadly to realize the insufficiency of
his strength.

Let us follow him through a direct succession of difficult pas-
torates, and then contemplate some things he accomplished by
God's triumphant grace.

In the Virginia Conference, Dare Circuit, supply, 1876.

In the North Carolina Conference, Kennekeet Circuit, supply,
1877; Neuse Circuit, 1878; Carteret Circuit, 1879, 1880, 1881;
Mount Olive Circuit, 1882 and 1883; Williamston Circuit, 1884;
Halifax Circuit, 1885; Hickory Station, 1886, 1887, 1888; Samp-
son Circuit, 1889 and 1890; Hillsboro Circuit, 1891; Aurora Cir-
cuit, 1892 and 1893; LaGrange Circuit, 1894; St. John Station,
1895, 1896, 1897, 1898; Bethel Station, 1899 and 1900; Straits
Circuit, 1901; Pantego Circuit, 1902; Henderson, 1903, in part.

Charges served, sixteen — thirteen circuits and three stations;
meetings held, 109; accessions, 771; sermons preached, 3,285;
adults baptized, 353; infants, 188; average salary promised,
$500; average salary paid, $413.

From this glorious record we readily discern consecration and
self-sacrifice and industry and chivalry and heroism and achieve-
ment and success. Evidently God's blessing was continually
and abundantly upon His loyal servant's ministry, and it was
fraught with fruitfulness.

Brother Bristowe's first marriage was to Miss Emma Brown,
of his own immediately native community, January 10, 1867;
and to them God gave four children, three of whom died in in-
fancy.

His devoted wife having helpfully shared his itinerant experi-
ences twenty-three years, entered the rest eternal January 17,
1900.

He was happily fortunate in his second marriage, to Miss
Sadie Owen, of Wayne County; and she, a young son, and a
daughter, Mrs. Lona B. Hudnell, all of Washington, N. C., sur-
vive him. Brother Bristowe was "good at home," and his at-
tachment to his family was singularly beautiful, while his pro-
vision for them was decidedly commendable.

During the eight years of his superannuation, while he could
not preach from the pulpit, his consistent Christian life was
influential and attractive, always inspiring confidence and rev-
erence.

Who can conceive the glory and magnitude of the worthy
circuit rider's reward? Pull of faith and honor and labor and
fidelity, he meets the Master and hears Him approvingly say,
"Well done!"

"Worn-out preacher," do we put it? Yes; with weakened
heart, tired brain and scarred body — all this to make ready for
unending ministries in the realms of light and glory.

One week of painless confinement to his earthly bed, and our
beloved Brother Bristowe has gone to his appointment in the
heavenly conference, where there is no time limit, no hard place,
no superannuation —

"Where congregations ne'er break up
And Sabbaths have no end."

Having served a pastorate of two years at Bethel, he became
greatly attached to the locality and the people, and chose to be
buried there.

That Saturday afternoon many of his former flock, with feel-
ings of sincere sorrow and grateful recollection, gathered about
his bier and then tenderly committed his lifeless body to the
ground.

"Rejoice for a brother deceased;
Our loss is his infinite gain."

R. H. Broom.

Appendix, JOURNAL OF THE North Carolina Annual Conference
OF THE Methodist Episcopal Church, South, HELD AT Kinston, N. C.
Wednesday, November 22d, to Monday
November 27th, 1911
BISHOP E. E. HOSS, D.D., President
REV. R. H. WILLIS, Secretary
COWARDS & BROUGHTON PRINTING CO., RALEIGH, N. C.
https://archive.org/stream/minutesofsession1911met/minutesofsession1911met_djvu.txt

~ ~ ~

[Shared by David A. French, www.ENCFamilies.org, 13 March 2023.]

~ ~ ~

More info about him and his family is available via the link below.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MYVP-GWQ

~ ~ ~

Any additional info is greatly appreciated.


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