Samuel Bristow

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Bristow was born in the spring of 1798, just a few years after Kentucky was admitted as a state to the United States, his father, Benjamin W. Bristow, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Miles, was 31. His father died when he was only five years old, leaving his mother in charge of nine children and pregnant with twins. He married Susanna Ann Long on 11 October 1820, in Franklin, Kentucky. They were even more prolific than his parents - his wife giving birth to at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He worked as a farmer, and so did many of his kids. He lived in Franklin, Kentucky, United States in 1850, probably guarding his family from various Civil War skirmishes. He did lose one son, Benjamin, but how his son died is currently unclear. He lived to see the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War, then died shortly into Reconstruction, in the spring of 1868, in Moultrie, Illinois, at the age of 70, and was buried in Gays, Moultrie, Illinois.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Bristow
1798–1868
Susanna Ann Long
1804–1872
Marriage: 11 October 1820
Franklin Bristow
1822–
William Miles Bristow
1822–1909
Francis P Bristow
1843–1862
Franklin Bristow
1843–1865
Mary Jane Bristow
1823–1913
John James Bristow
1829–1879
Benjamin Bristow
1831–1852
Sallie M. Bristow
1831–1903
Samuel Powell Bristow
1833–1915
Azubah Elizabeth Bristow
1837–1869
Louisa Bristow
1839–
Demosthenes Francisco Bristow
1840–1896
Sarah B. Bristow
1856–

Sources (15)

  • Samuel Briston, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Samuel Bristow, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Samuel Bristow, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1801 · Cane Ridge Revival

The Cane Ridge Revival took place for six days in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. From August 6, 1801- August 12 or 13, 1801, around 20 thousand people gathered together for what was called the Second Great Awakening.

1818

Illinois is the 21st state.

Name Meaning

habitational name from the city of Bristol, named in Old English with brycg ‘bridge’ + stōw ‘assembly place’. Bristow was the usual spoken form until at least the 17th century, but from the 12th century clerks had frequently spelled the name Bristol(lia), using an inverted Anglo-Norman French spelling of -ol- for -ou-. The written form Bristol gradually replaced Bristow as the usual pronunciation.

habitational name from Burstow or Bristow Farm in Frimley (both in Surrey), both meaning ‘the fortified place’ from Old English burh ‘fortified (place)’ + stōw ‘assembly place’.

English:

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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