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| Jane (Jennie) McCall m. 1810 Lovelady Twp., Burke Co., NC b. 1790 Franklin Co. VA d. Aug 20, 1820 Burke Co. NC |
George Washington b. Oct 15, 1810 Morganton NC d. Nov 4, 1892 Hayesville, Clay Co. NC |
Abigail b. Nov 9, 1811 NC d. Dec 1, 1856 NC |
Eudocia "Docia" b. 1813? Burke Co. NC d. 1910 Caldwell Co. NC |
Emeline Elizabeth b. Nov 29, 1815? NC d. Oct 24, 1896 |
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Clara b. 1816 NC d. Nov 11, 1914 |
Margaret Delight b. 1818 NC |
Nancy Caroline b. 1820? NC d. 1903 |
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| Elizabeth McCall m. Feb 10, 1827 NC b. 1806? Burke Co. NC d. 1863 NC |
Gideon b. 1826? NC d. 1880 Caldwell Co. NC |
Orah (Orrie) b. 1828? NC d. Nov 16, 1829? Burke Co. NC |
John McCall b. 1830? NC d. Sep 19, 1867 Burke Co. NC |
Donna Maria b. Apr 8, 1833 NC d. Oct 25, 1925 Morganton NC |
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Robert Benedict b. Nov 3, 1834 NC d. Mar 16, 1923 |
William H. b. Dec 3, 1836 Burke Co. NC d. Jan 5, 1939 Austin TX |
Ann "Annie" Victoria b. Feb 25, 1839 near Morganton NC d. July 21, 1919 Chesterfield, Burke Co. NC |
Susan Loduska b. Nov 28, 1840 Burke Co. NC d. 1872 TX |
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Elam Birdsey b. 1843 NC Killed Dec 15, 1862 Battle of Whitehall NC |
Emma L. b. 1844 Burke Co. NC d. 1916 |
Lambert Augustus b. Jan 31, 1846 Burke Co. NC d. Jul 3, 1929 |
Louisa Henrietta b. Nov 21, 1849 Burke Co. NC d. Jan 5, 1943 Morganton NC |
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Laura A. b. Apr 25, 1852 Burke Co. NC d. Nov 23, 1935 |
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Benedict came to NC with Andrew Hull Tuttle (1785-1845) as "Yankee peddlers" in
1807/8. They married sisters, Jane (Jennie) and Elizabeth, daughters of
Robert McCall of Burke Co NC.
After Jennie died in 1820, Benedict married Elizabeth
McCall, the niece of his first wife.
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Benedict and Andrew Tuttle and the history of the Littlejohn Church are documented
in a 1978 book by Gretchen Griffith. See
Excerpt. |
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Benedict was a farmer, leading "Democrat" in the antebellum period, and School
Commissioner 1843. |
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Benedict owned a mill on Bristol's Creek. It was a branch of Lower Creek which runs
from Lenoir to the Catawba River, east of Morganton.
See History of the mill. |
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Jennie McCall's family was from near Rocky Mount VA, a part of Henry Co VA that
became Franklin Co VA in 1785. |
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In the 1820 Burke Co. Census, on line 30 of
Page 5, Benedict Bristol
was head of a household of 9 members: 1 male aged 10 to 16 (son George), 1 male aged 26-45 (Benedict), 5 females under age 10 (Abigail, Eudocia, Emeline, Clara, Margaret), 1 female 26-45 (Jennie, 1st wife born before 1795 and still alive), and 1 slave. |
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First wife Jennie is buried in Littlejohn Methodist Church Cemetery in Caldwell
Co. NC. Photo of grave marker,
that states her age as 35 years. |
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In the 1830 Burke Co. Census, on line 21 of
Page 294, Benedict Bristol
was head of a household of 14 members: 1 male under 5 (Gideon), 1 male aged 20 to 30 (son George W.), 1 male aged 40 to 50 (Benedict), 1 female under 5 years old (Orah?), 2 females aged 5-10 (Nancy Caroline b. in 1820 or later, and ?), 3 females aged 10-15 (Margaret Delight, Clara, Emeline), 2 females aged 15-20 (Eudocia, Abigail), 1 female aged 20-30 (2nd wife Elizabeth), and 2 male slaves. |
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In 1830, son George W. married Nancy Kincaid (1802-1864), daughter of
James Kincaid. |
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In the 1840 Burke Co. NC Census the household of son George is listed on
the third line of
extracted page 22,
with 10 members: 1 male under age 5, 1 male aged 5-10, 1 male aged 30-40 (George), 3 females under age 5, 1 female aged 5-10, and 1 female aged 30-40 (wife Nancy Kincaid), and 2 male slaves. |
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Daughter Abigail was the first wife of Milton Wilburn Kincaid, the son of James Kincaid. She was buried at the
Kincaid-Bristol Cemetery, located one mile off of Route 18, northeast of Morganton.
Photo of her tombstone. |
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Daughter Eudocia married James Hood (1804-1894) in 1834, and daughter Emeline
Elizabeth married David Hood (1810-1892) in 1837, both sons of
John Hood. David Hood later moved to Burke Co.,
buying part of Benedict's old farm on Bristol's Mill Creek. |
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In the 1840 Burke Co. NC Census the household of son-in-law David Hood is listed on
the first line of
extracted page 19,
with 4 members: 1 male under age 5, 1 male aged 30-40 (David Hood), 1 female under age 5, and 1 female aged 20-30 (wife Emeline Elizabeth Bristol), and no slaves. Son-in-law James Hood is listed on line 13 of extracted page 22, with 4 members: 2 males under age 5, 1 male aged 30-40 (James), 1 female age 5-10, and 1 female aged 20-30 (wife Eudocia Bristol), and no slaves. |
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Daughter Clara married Charles P. Evans. |
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Daughter Margaret Delight married Elisha Perkins Kincaid in 1842. |
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Daughter Nancy Caroline married Marcus Augustus Tuttle on Dec 23, 1845. He was
a son of the brother of Andrew Hall Tuttle, who came to NC from CT with Benedict.
Andrew also had a daughter named Nancy Caroline, born Nov 6, 1822, who married
Andrew Washington Hood, son of John Hood. Both
Nancy Carolines appear to have been born in the early 1820's. |
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In the 1850 Burke Co. Census, Benedict was a farmer on 2000 acres, aged 68,
born in CT. His household near
William Kincaid, consisted of: Elizabeth (2nd wife), aged 44, born in VA, John (John McCall), 19, Farmer, all children born in NC, Maria (Donna Maria), 17, Benedict (Robert Bendict), 15, Farmer Wm (William), 14, Ann ("Annie" Victoria), 12, Susan, 9, Elam, 7, Emma, 6, Augustus (Lambert), 4, Henrietta (Louisa), 1. |
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Benedict had 11 slaves in the 1850 Burke County census, one of the largest
slaveholders in the county. His daughter Victoria Ann married
John B. Holloway, in 1859, and four years
later he was killed at the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg. |
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Elizabeth and Benedict had four sons in the CSA: John, William (a Captain),
Elam (killed at Whitehall), and Lambert, who ran away from home to join the
Confederacy at age 14. Lambert was elected Captain at the age of sixteen,
the youngest in the Confederacy. Lambert fought at Gettysburg for the
famous Bethel regiment as a captain at the age of 17 years and 5 months.
He died exactly sixty-six years after the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg. |
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Son John McCall Bristol married Ann Elvira Johnson (1837-1882) on Apr 30 1863
after he was discharged Mar 22, 1863 from the Confederate arny due to lung disease.
Her youngest brother, Stanhope Augustus Johnson, became the second husband of the
widowed Victoria Ann, John's younger sister, in 1868. |
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Benedict was buried at the Kincaid-Bristol Cemetery, located one mile off of Route 18,
northeast of Morganton. Photo
of his tombstone. His son John McCall was buried there the previous year.
Photo of his tombstone. |
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Son William H. ("Billy") moved to Texas and lived to be 102 years old. His wife,
Jemima Elvira Johnson, 1840-1908, is buried at Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney,
Collin Co. TX, an old cemetery in North Texas where many Civil War veterans are
buried. Photo of grave marker. |
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Photograph of daughter Victoria Bristol Holloway. |
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At the age of 94, son Billy Bristol was the subject of a lengthy article printed
in the Sunday The Galveston Daily News in Mar 1931.
Transcript of the article with
the unfounded ancestral claims omitted. |
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At the age of 95, son Billy Bristol visited his nephew in Rutherford College NC,
and his great nephew, John Leith Holloway,
in Asheville NC. He so impressed
John Leith Holloway, Jr., only five when he met his great, great uncle, that
he wrote an 8th Grade Paper about him for
a class in 1942. |
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Daughter Susan L. Bristol married Orlando Columbus Collett (1837-1920) on Jan 15,
1861. In Mar 1869 he moved to TX. His sister Mary Anne Collett (1843-1893)
married George Washington Holloway, son of
Robert Holloway . |
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Daughter Emma L. Bristol married Robert W. Sudderth, a son of Martha Eveline Kincaid,
eldest child of William Winfield Kincaid. |
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Sources: Bristol-Kincaid Cemetery, near Morganton, Burke Co. NC. Bristol, Warren Edwin, comp., Bristol Genealogy, The Bristol Family Association, Inc., 1967. Death Certificate, "Annie Victoria Johnson", Jul 1919, Morganton NC. Griffith, Gretchen, Littlejohn: The History of a Church 1775-1978, Lenoir NC, 1978, p. 10. Holloway, George N., "Benedict Bristol", in The Heritage of Burke County 1981, The Burke County Historical Society, Morganton, NC, 1981, no. 123. Holloway, John Leith Jr., "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met", Woodrow Wilson High School, 8th Grade Paper, Washington DC, Feb 26, 1942. Phifer, Edward William Jr., BURKE: The History of a North Carolina County 1777-1926, Morganton, NC, 1977, pp. 209-210. Spinks, Brian, "Galveston Man, Nearing 100, Still Fiddling at 94", article in The Galveston Daily News, Galveston TX, Mar 1931. U.S. Census, Burke Co. NC, 1820, began Aug 7, 1820. U.S. Census, Burke Co. NC, 1830, began Jun 1, 1830. U.S. Census, Burke Co. NC, 1840, extract, pp. 7, 19, 22. U.S. Census, Burke Co. NC, Nov/Dec 1850. |
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