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| Benedict Bristol m. Feb 10, 1827 NC b. Aug 24, 1781 Cheshire CT d. Apr 16, 1868 Morganton NC |
Gideon b. 1826? NC d. 1880 Caldwell Co. NC |
Orah (Orrie) b. 1828? Burke Co. NC d. Nov 16, 1829? Burke Co. NC |
John McCall b. 1830? Burke Co. 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 NC d. 1872 TX? |
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Elam Birdsey b. 1843 Burke Co. 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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Elizabeth's aunt Jane (Jennie) McCall was
Benedict Bristol's first wife. |
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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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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?), and daughters of his previous marriage: 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), and 1 female aged 20-30 (Elizabeth his 2nd wife), and 2 male slaves. |
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In the 1850 Burke Co. Census, Benedict Bristol was a farmer on 2000 acres, aged 68,
born in CT. His household near
William Kincaid, consisted of: Elizabeth (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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Son John McCall Bristol married Ann Elvira Johnson 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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Son William H. ("Billy") married Jemima Elvira Johnson, 1840-1908, who 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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Son William H. ("Billy") moved to Texas and lived to be 102 years old.
At the age of 95, Billy 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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Husband 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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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. 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. U.S. Census, Burke Co. NC, Nov/Dec 1850. |
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