BRISTOW, JOHN
Placer Weekly Argus (Auburn), Saturday, 9-26-1874
Death of Capt. Bristow
Elder Woodruth of Roseville, thinking our notice of the death of Capt. Bistow did not quite come up to the mark, has sent us the following with a request to publish: Capt. John Bristow was a native of Kentucky and served with distinction in the Mexican War. He arrived in this state in 1850, coming across the plains. He was a resident of Placer County for many years and was well known in the lower end of the county, besides having intimate friends in Auburn. He was much respected for his honesty, industry, and intelligence, and was esteemed by all who knew him. He was once township assessor and was invariably appointed a member of the election board for the past fifteen years. The Captain was an uncle of Hon. B. H. Bristow, the present Secretary of the Treasury, and had one daughter married and living in Missouri, and it is thought two sisters living in Jackson, Illinois. Capt. Bristow died suddenly at his house near Roseville, about five o'clock Wednesday evening, August 25th, in the seventy-third year of his age. He had been complaining for several days of a heavy weight and pain in his stomach and a choking up of the lungs. But a short time before his death, he visited the post office and was advised to return home and rest from business, which he did, stopping only at the well when he was told to go on to the house and a boy would be sent with the water. The boy arrived in about five minutes and found him sitting in his chair, alive but speechless. The boy went for Doctor Taylor while the neighbors were gathering in. The doctor arrived in a few minutes and found him dead. The coroner was sent for and an inquest held, but no other facts were elicited, the doctor giving it as his opinion that he had died from congestion of the lungs. The funeral services were well attended, the body being buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery at Roseville. Capt. Bristow died a Christian and a member of the Baptist Church.
Placer Weekly Argus (Auburn), Saturday, 8-29-1874
Capt. John Bristow, an old citizen of this county, died suddenly at his cabin near Roseville last Tuesday evening in the 73rd year of his age. About four o'clock, a boy passing saw him sitting in his chair and apparently suffering greatly. To the inquiries of the lad no answer was returned beyond a groan. The boy immediately ran for Dr. Taylor who, in a few minutes arrived, only to find Bristow dead. An inquest elicited no facts further than the opinion of the physician that he died from congestion of the lungs. Capt. Bristow has been a man of some consequence and but a few years ago was in comfortable circumstances, but as old age crept on, his means became scattered and lately he has lived in comparative poverty. The present Secretary of the Treasury is his nephew, but the old man as he fell into poverty quit corresponding with his family in Kentucky, and they had lost track of him entirely. A few months ago, W. B. Lyon, the former editor of the Argus, wrote a line to Hon. B. V. Bristow, telling him of his uncle's whereabouts and condition. In due time, he received a replying, thanking him heartily for the information and enclosing a draft for a hundred dollars, adding that his wants should be supplied as long as he lived. Capt. Bristow preferred spending the remainder of his days here to returning to his old home and has lived quite alone in his unpretending cabin in the edge of Roseville, dying at last unattended by friend or acquaintance.
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John Bristow (son of Archibald Bristow and Philadelphia Bourne), married Sally A. Payne in Christian, County, Kentucky on Jan. 1, 1821.
Known child by likely a second wife, was Jerome Zacharius Bristow who died in 1866 in Placer Co., California. His son Jerome was named after his brother Jerome Z. Bristow who was born about 1818.
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Placer Weekly Argus (Auburn), Saturday, 9-26-1874
Death of Capt. Bristow
Elder Woodruth of Roseville, thinking our notice of the death of Capt. Bistow did not quite come up to the mark, has sent us the following with a request to publish: Capt. John Bristow was a native of Kentucky and served with distinction in the Mexican War. He arrived in this state in 1850, coming across the plains. He was a resident of Placer County for many years and was well known in the lower end of the county, besides having intimate friends in Auburn. He was much respected for his honesty, industry, and intelligence, and was esteemed by all who knew him. He was once township assessor and was invariably appointed a member of the election board for the past fifteen years. The Captain was an uncle of Hon. B. H. Bristow, the present Secretary of the Treasury, and had one daughter married and living in Missouri, and it is thought two sisters living in Jackson, Illinois. Capt. Bristow died suddenly at his house near Roseville, about five o'clock Wednesday evening, August 25th, in the seventy-third year of his age. He had been complaining for several days of a heavy weight and pain in his stomach and a choking up of the lungs. But a short time before his death, he visited the post office and was advised to return home and rest from business, which he did, stopping only at the well when he was told to go on to the house and a boy would be sent with the water. The boy arrived in about five minutes and found him sitting in his chair, alive but speechless. The boy went for Doctor Taylor while the neighbors were gathering in. The doctor arrived in a few minutes and found him dead. The coroner was sent for and an inquest held, but no other facts were elicited, the doctor giving it as his opinion that he had died from congestion of the lungs. The funeral services were well attended, the body being buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery at Roseville. Capt. Bristow died a Christian and a member of the Baptist Church.
Placer Weekly Argus (Auburn), Saturday, 8-29-1874
Capt. John Bristow, an old citizen of this county, died suddenly at his cabin near Roseville last Tuesday evening in the 73rd year of his age. About four o'clock, a boy passing saw him sitting in his chair and apparently suffering greatly. To the inquiries of the lad no answer was returned beyond a groan. The boy immediately ran for Dr. Taylor who, in a few minutes arrived, only to find Bristow dead. An inquest elicited no facts further than the opinion of the physician that he died from congestion of the lungs. Capt. Bristow has been a man of some consequence and but a few years ago was in comfortable circumstances, but as old age crept on, his means became scattered and lately he has lived in comparative poverty. The present Secretary of the Treasury is his nephew, but the old man as he fell into poverty quit corresponding with his family in Kentucky, and they had lost track of him entirely. A few months ago, W. B. Lyon, the former editor of the Argus, wrote a line to Hon. B. V. Bristow, telling him of his uncle's whereabouts and condition. In due time, he received a replying, thanking him heartily for the information and enclosing a draft for a hundred dollars, adding that his wants should be supplied as long as he lived. Capt. Bristow preferred spending the remainder of his days here to returning to his old home and has lived quite alone in his unpretending cabin in the edge of Roseville, dying at last unattended by friend or acquaintance.
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John Bristow (son of Archibald Bristow and Philadelphia Bourne), married Sally A. Payne in Christian, County, Kentucky on Jan. 1, 1821.
Known child by likely a second wife, was Jerome Zacharius Bristow who died in 1866 in Placer Co., California. His son Jerome was named after his brother Jerome Z. Bristow who was born about 1818.
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BRISTOW, JOHN
Placer Weekly Argus (Auburn), Saturday, 9-26-1874
Death of Capt. Bristow
Elder Woodruth of Roseville, thinking our notice of the death of Capt. Bistow did not quite come up to the mark, has sent us the following with a request to publish: Capt. John Bristow was a native of Kentucky and served with distinction in the Mexican War. He arrived in this state in 1850, coming across the plains. He was a resident of Placer County for many years and was well known in the lower end of the county, besides having intimate friends in Auburn. He was much respected for his honesty, industry, and intelligence, and was esteemed by all who knew him. He was once township assessor and was invariably appointed a member of the election board for the past fifteen years. The Captain was an uncle of Hon. B. H. Bristow, the present Secretary of the Treasury, and had one daughter married and living in Missouri, and it is thought two sisters living in Jackson, Illinois. Capt. Bristow died suddenly at his house near Roseville, about five o'clock Wednesday evening, August 25th, in the seventy-third year of his age. He had been complaining for several days of a heavy weight and pain in his stomach and a choking up of the lungs. But a short time before his death, he visited the post office and was advised to return home and rest from business, which he did, stopping only at the well when he was told to go on to the house and a boy would be sent with the water. The boy arrived in about five minutes and found him sitting in his chair, alive but speechless. The boy went for Doctor Taylor while the neighbors were gathering in. The doctor arrived in a few minutes and found him dead. The coroner was sent for and an inquest held, but no other facts were elicited, the doctor giving it as his opinion that he had died from congestion of the lungs. The funeral services were well attended, the body being buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery at Roseville. Capt. Bristow died a Christian and a member of the Baptist Church.
Placer Weekly Argus (Auburn), Saturday, 8-29-1874
Capt. John Bristow, an old citizen of this county, died suddenly at his cabin near Roseville last Tuesday evening in the 73rd year of his age. About four o'clock, a boy passing saw him sitting in his chair and apparently suffering greatly. To the inquiries of the lad no answer was returned beyond a groan. The boy immediately ran for Dr. Taylor who, in a few minutes arrived, only to find Bristow dead. An inquest elicited no facts further than the opinion of the physician that he died from congestion of the lungs. Capt. Bristow has been a man of some consequence and but a few years ago was in comfortable circumstances, but as old age crept on, his means became scattered and lately he has lived in comparative poverty. The present Secretary of the Treasury is his nephew, but the old man as he fell into poverty quit corresponding with his family in Kentucky, and they had lost track of him entirely. A few months ago, W. B. Lyon, the former editor of the Argus, wrote a line to Hon. B. V. Bristow, telling him of his uncle's whereabouts and condition. In due time, he received a replying, thanking him heartily for the information and enclosing a draft for a hundred dollars, adding that his wants should be supplied as long as he lived. Capt. Bristow preferred spending the remainder of his days here to returning to his old home and has lived quite alone in his unpretending cabin in the edge of Roseville, dying at last unattended by friend or acquaintance.
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John Bristow (son of Archibald Bristow and Philadelphia Bourne), married Sally A. Payne in Christian, County, Kentucky on Jan. 1, 1821.
Known child by likely a second wife, was Jerome Zacharius Bristow who died in 1866 in Placer Co., California. His son Jerome was named after his brother Jerome Z. Bristow who was born about 1818.
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Placer Weekly Argus (Auburn), Saturday, 9-26-1874
Death of Capt. Bristow
Elder Woodruth of Roseville, thinking our notice of the death of Capt. Bistow did not quite come up to the mark, has sent us the following with a request to publish: Capt. John Bristow was a native of Kentucky and served with distinction in the Mexican War. He arrived in this state in 1850, coming across the plains. He was a resident of Placer County for many years and was well known in the lower end of the county, besides having intimate friends in Auburn. He was much respected for his honesty, industry, and intelligence, and was esteemed by all who knew him. He was once township assessor and was invariably appointed a member of the election board for the past fifteen years. The Captain was an uncle of Hon. B. H. Bristow, the present Secretary of the Treasury, and had one daughter married and living in Missouri, and it is thought two sisters living in Jackson, Illinois. Capt. Bristow died suddenly at his house near Roseville, about five o'clock Wednesday evening, August 25th, in the seventy-third year of his age. He had been complaining for several days of a heavy weight and pain in his stomach and a choking up of the lungs. But a short time before his death, he visited the post office and was advised to return home and rest from business, which he did, stopping only at the well when he was told to go on to the house and a boy would be sent with the water. The boy arrived in about five minutes and found him sitting in his chair, alive but speechless. The boy went for Doctor Taylor while the neighbors were gathering in. The doctor arrived in a few minutes and found him dead. The coroner was sent for and an inquest held, but no other facts were elicited, the doctor giving it as his opinion that he had died from congestion of the lungs. The funeral services were well attended, the body being buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery at Roseville. Capt. Bristow died a Christian and a member of the Baptist Church.
Placer Weekly Argus (Auburn), Saturday, 8-29-1874
Capt. John Bristow, an old citizen of this county, died suddenly at his cabin near Roseville last Tuesday evening in the 73rd year of his age. About four o'clock, a boy passing saw him sitting in his chair and apparently suffering greatly. To the inquiries of the lad no answer was returned beyond a groan. The boy immediately ran for Dr. Taylor who, in a few minutes arrived, only to find Bristow dead. An inquest elicited no facts further than the opinion of the physician that he died from congestion of the lungs. Capt. Bristow has been a man of some consequence and but a few years ago was in comfortable circumstances, but as old age crept on, his means became scattered and lately he has lived in comparative poverty. The present Secretary of the Treasury is his nephew, but the old man as he fell into poverty quit corresponding with his family in Kentucky, and they had lost track of him entirely. A few months ago, W. B. Lyon, the former editor of the Argus, wrote a line to Hon. B. V. Bristow, telling him of his uncle's whereabouts and condition. In due time, he received a replying, thanking him heartily for the information and enclosing a draft for a hundred dollars, adding that his wants should be supplied as long as he lived. Capt. Bristow preferred spending the remainder of his days here to returning to his old home and has lived quite alone in his unpretending cabin in the edge of Roseville, dying at last unattended by friend or acquaintance.
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John Bristow (son of Archibald Bristow and Philadelphia Bourne), married Sally A. Payne in Christian, County, Kentucky on Jan. 1, 1821.
Known child by likely a second wife, was Jerome Zacharius Bristow who died in 1866 in Placer Co., California. His son Jerome was named after his brother Jerome Z. Bristow who was born about 1818.
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