Francis Henry Bristow (1840 - 1910)

Born 26 Jul 1840 in Todd, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emma (Thompson) Bristow — married 23 May 1883 in Christian county, Ky

Descendants

Died 27 Oct 1910 at age 70 in Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Frank Henry Bristow, lawyer, was born July 26, 1840, at Elkton, Kentucky. His father. Hon. F. M. Bristow, was one of the most distinguished lawyers of Southern Kentucky. The family is of English extraction. His mother was the daughter of Benjamin Helm, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and a near relative of Governor N. Edwards, first Governor of Illinois.

He was educated in the schools of his native county, and at Bethel College, Russellville, and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, leaving the latter institution, at the outbreak of the civil war, to enter the United States army. On the organization of the Twenty-fifth Kentucky Regiment, he was elected First Lieutenant of Company F; participated in the battle of Fort Donelson, as aid to General Croft; commanded his company at Shiloh; and, after the reorganization of his regiment, as the Seventeenth Kentucky, he became Lieutenant of Company D. In 1862, he was promoted captain; in the Spring of 1863, he was made Major of the Thirty-fifth Kentucky Infantry, a new twelve month's regiment; and was, with his regiment, mustered out of service at Louisville, in 1864. In 1865, he commenced the study of law, in the office of his brother-in-law, H. G. Petrie; was licensed to practice in 1867; and, in the same year, was appointed Register of Bankruptcy for the Fourth Congressional District, with his office at Bowling Green. In 1868, he went to Omaha, and engaged, for a time, in the commission business; but, this not being satisfactory, he returned to Elkton in 1870, and resumed the practice of his profession, in which he has since been actively and successfully engaged. In 1874, he was elected County Attorney for Todd County, and still holds that office. Religiously, he is connected with the Methodist Church; is prominently associated with some of the popular social organizations of the day; and is one of the most enterprising and valuable men of his county.^[1]

Interment

Frank Henry Bristow is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century. https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00arms
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48772738/francis-henry-bristow