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<span class=prefix>Rev</span> John Bristed

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Rev John Bristed

Birth
Dorset, England
Death
23 Feb 1855 (aged 76)
Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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Mr. Bristed was Rector of St. Michael's Church in this town from Jan. 1830 to April 1843, when he resigned in consequence of ill health. As a minister of the Gospel, he was sincere and zealous in the discharge of his duties of his high and holy vocation; in his Parish a faithful Pastor, a most kind friend to the poor and destitute, so happily tempering the blaze of genius with the milder and more heavenly lustre of the Christian graces that he won the affection, esteem, respect and reverence of all who knew him.

Mr. Bristed was Rector of St. Michael's Church in this town from Jan. 1830 to April 1843, when he resigned in consequence of ill health. As a minister of the Gospel, he was sincere and zealous in the discharge of his duties of his high and holy vocation; in his Parish a faithful Pastor, a most kind friend to the poor and destitute, so happily tempering the blaze of genius with the milder and more heavenly lustre of the Christian graces that he won the affection, esteem, respect and reverence of all who knew him.



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