Benjamin F. Bristol b. 1811 Wyoming Co., NY
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Source:HISTORY OF WYOMING CO., NY
BY: F. W. BEERS, 1880
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Benjamin F. Bristol, son of William and Martha (Stevens) Bristol, was born in Gainesville, Wyoming Co., NY, June 17th, 1811. He married MARGARET A. DAVIS, a daughter of Joel Davis, March 4th, 1835. He is a farmer, and served in various public positions in the town and county. He has been justice of the peace twenty-five years, supervisor two years, superintendent of the poor for Wyoming County seventeen years, justice of sessions, and for the past nine years a railroad commissioner. Formerly a Whig, he voted for Van Buren in 1848, for Hale in 1852, for Freemont in 1856, and since he has been a prominent member of the Republician party. A Whig in a Democratic town, he was elected three times justice of the peace as a no-license candidate. His life embraces the whole period of the history of the town as a seperate organization. Mr. and Mrs. Bristol have six children; Joel W. Bristol, who is postmaster and a merchant; James Bristol who has been supervisor two terms; Theodore Bristol, Corydon Bristol and Benjamin F. Bristol Jr., all living in Gainesville, and Martha F. Bristol, who resides in Indianapolis, Ind.
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Denise Perkins Ready
(Transcriber)