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phalet and Ester (Peck) Bristol, settled
in Woodbury, Connecticut. He married
Sarah Thomas, born March 28, 1716, in
New Haven, daughter of Israel and Sarah
(Humphreeville) Thomas.
(IV) Gad Bristol, second son of Elijah
and Sarah (Thomas) Bristol, was born
December 4, 1738, in Woodbury, where
he made his home. He married, May 1,
1760, Rachel Riggs, born January 23,
1741, in Derby, Connecticut, daughter of
Ebenezer, Jr., and Rachel (Peck) Riggs.
(V) Philo Riggs Bristol, second son of
Gad and Rachel (Riggs) Bristol, was
born December 1, 1763, in Woodbury.
He was a cooper by trade and lived in
Oxford, New Haven county, Connecti-
cut. He married in Southbury, January
16, 1791, Nabbie Lyman, undoubtedly a
daughter of David and Mary (Guitteau)
Lyman, of Bethlehem. Both Southbury
and Bethlehem were formerly a part of
the town of Woodbury.
(VI) Captain Noah Russell Lyman
Bristol, second son of Philo Riggs and
Nabbie (Lyman) Bristol, was born June 9,
1797, in Southbury, and lived in Canton,
Connecticut, where he died September 8,
1861. He was well educated for his day,
and when a young man taught school,
and learned the trade of cooper from his
father. He spent his time at this occupa-
tion until he was about fifty-five years
old, when he engaged in farming on the
grant now owned by his son in the town
of Canton, Connecticut. He had settled
in that town while a young man and
served there many years as town clerk
and justice of the peace, and also as rep-
resentative in the State Legislature. In
early life a Whig in political affiliation,
he adhered to the Republican party from
its organization until his death. He mar-
ried Mary Barbour, daughter of Giles
Barbour, of Canton, and they were the
parents of four children : Volney R.,
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Keziah, wife of George White ; Burton
H., and Anson Wheeler.
(VII) Anson Wheeler Bristol, son of
Captain Noah Russell Lyman and Mary
(Barbour) Bristol, was born June 9, 1840,
in Canton, and has always made his home
upon the paternal farm. As a boy he
attended the public schools, and as a
reader and observer of current events
became a well informed citizen, enjoying
the esteem and confidence of his contem-
poraries. In 1861 he purchased the pa-
ternal homestead consisting of fifty acres,
which he sold in 1886, and bought his
present farm of one hundred acres, onefourth
of which is under cultivation. He
produces considerable quantities of to-
bacco, in connection with other farm pro-
ducts, giving especial attention to dairying.
In this he employs usually some
twenty cows and also raises young stock
and disposes of his milk to dealers. In
1884 Mr. Bristol represented Canton in
the Legislature and was a member of the
committee on agriculture. He is among
the most patriotic residents of the com-
munity, and served his country during the
Civil War for a period of eleven months.
He enlisted in 1862 and became a mem-
ber of Company I, Twenty-second Regiment
of Connecticut Volunteer Infantry.
He is now a member of E. R. Lee Post,
Grand Army of the Republic, of New
Hartford, Connecticut, and is one of its
past commanders. His political connec-
tion has always been in connection with
the Republican party. Mr. Bristol married
Sarah E. Williams, of Brooklyn, New
York, daughter of Absalom Williams, and
a descendant of an old Massachusetts
family. Mr. and Mrs. Bristol were the
parents of twelve children, and are the
grandparents of thirty-two grandchildren.
Ten of their children grew to maturity,
and they are : 1. Minnie, married George
E. Bidwell, and was the mother of Jasper