James BRISTOW

Birth:
Abt 1774/76
Loudoun, Virginia
Death:
1821/23
Marriage:
3 Mar 1801
Woodford, Kentucky
Notes:
                   SOURCES:  1. This family group sheet compiled by Marion Grace Jewell
               Nicholls of Gilbert, AZ
            2. IGI - Kentucky Batch #7800915 (p.50) Marriage records
            3. FHL Book #929.273/B776b, "Bristow - Douglass," (p.11,12)
               By julia J. Bristow - her great grandparents - (She proved
               her records)
            4. 1997 Ordinance Index
            5. 1998 Ancestral File (nil)

NOTES:  James Bristow, moved to Kentucky about 1796 or 1797, settled
          first in Woodford County - near Forks of Elkhorn - Settled in
          Shelby County about 1809 or before. In Shelby was a merchant -
          owned Bank stock-. 1810 Census-Shelby County, Kentucky - James
          Age - Between 26 & 46.  Might have died suddenly - he left no
          Will.  How he died or where he is buried is unknown.  He served
          during the War of 1812 -Private in Kentucky Mounted Volunteers.
          Promoted to Quarter master.  He owned many acres of land - Many
          deeds.
Rebecca JACKSON
Birth:
1785
Amelia, Virginia
Death:
Abt 1854
Shelby, Kentucky
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
Martha BRISTOW
Birth:
Abt 1803
Woodford, Kentucky
Death:
May 1872
William SMITH 
Marr:
16 Jul 1822
 
2
William M. BRISTOW
Birth:
Abt 1805
of Shelby, Kentucky
Death:
 
Marr:
 
3
Matilda BRISTOW
Birth:
Abt 1807
of Shelby, Kentucky
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
Jackson BRISTOW
Birth:
Abt 1809
of Shelby, Kentucky
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
Francis Peyton BRISTOW
Birth:
15 Feb 1813
Shelby, Kentucky
Death:
27 Mar 1905
Curtis, Frontier, Nebraska
Sarah Ann JACKSON 
Marr:
14 Jan 1847
Aberdeen, Brown, Ohio 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:  1. This family group sheet compiled by Marion Grace Jewell
               Nicholls of Gilbert, AZ
            2. IGI - Illinois Batch #7521001 (p.12), Batch #7606101 (p.25)
               #7521001 (p.12) birth and marriage records
            3. FHL Book #929.273/B776b, "Bristow - Douglass" (p.16-17)
               By Julia J. Bristow - he is her grandfather.
            4. FHL Book #976.9435/V2h, "Shelby County, Kentucky Marriages"
               Vol.#2 (p.41).
            5. 1998 Ancestral File - nil
            6. 1997 Ordinance Index - info. added

NOTES: 1. About 1890 they moved to Frontier County, Nebraska. When his 2nd
            wife Sarah Ann died, he moved to Illinois.  He was a stout, robust
            active man - lived an active life - moved to Missouri - 3 years
            before his death - lost his eyesight totally blind and helpless.
         2. Francis Peyton Bristow, had 18 children, 55 grandchildren and 7 great
           grandchildren. From obituary read at his funeral.
         3. Sarah Ann Adcock (Covey) maiden name: Tully or Tilly, a widow with
           children.
         4. Child: Sarah fell from swing in an old apple tree, broke his back and
           did not live very long.
         5. Child: Edward married and died Curtis, moved to Canada.
         6. Child: Orville moved to Canada, afterwards- Wash. state Girard.
         7. Child: Charles moved to Canada.
         8. Child: Richard died shortly after mother.
         9. Mary Jones died 18 months after marriage.
        10. Francis Peyton Bristo, grandfather of Julia J. Bristow.
        11. When Sarah Ann died, Henry Clay Bristow was a baby and with some
           help of an aunt, James Jackson Bristow undertook to bring up his
           brothers while his father was farming. He felt his father should have
           married sooner so they would have had a mother and when his father did
           mary the third time if left James free to get an education. James
           loved his step-mother and their children called her "Aunt Sarah".
6
Rebecca M. BRISTOW
Birth:
Abt 1815
Shelby, Kentucky
Death:
John Allen LOGAN 
Marr:
20 Jun 1837
Shelby, Kentucky 
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James Bristow - Rebecca Jackson

James Bristow was born at Loudoun, Virginia Abt 1774/76. His parents were William Bristow and Margaret Powell.

He married Rebecca Jackson 3 Mar 1801 at Woodford, Kentucky . Rebecca Jackson was born at Amelia, Virginia 1785 .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Martha Bristow born Abt 1803.
William M. Bristow born Abt 1805.
Matilda Bristow born Abt 1807.
Jackson Bristow born Abt 1809.
Francis Peyton Bristow born 15 Feb 1813.
Rebecca M. Bristow born Abt 1815.

James Bristow died 1821/23 .

Rebecca Jackson died Abt 1854 at Shelby, Kentucky .