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Bristed, John

clergyman, author, was born in 1778 in England. He was an episcopal clergyman of Rhode Island. His principal works are Critical and Philosophical Essays; Resources of the United States, 1818; Anglo-American Churches; Edward and Anna: a Novel; and A Pedestrian Tour through the Highlands of Scotland. He died Feb. 23, 1855, in Bristol, R. I.

Bristol, John Bunyan

landscape painter, was born March 14, 1826, in Hillsdale, N. Y. At the beginning of his career he painted figures and portraits, but afterward turned his attention exclusively to landscapes. His studies were from nature. Among his works are Autumn Afternoon, Bolton, Lake George; Sunrise, Mount Mansfield; Adirondacks, from Lake Champlain; and On the St.

John's River, Florida.

Bristol, William

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1779 in Hamden, Conn. He was judge of the United States district court for the state of Connecticut; and was a member of the superior court of that state from 1819 to 1826. He died March 7, 1836, in New Haven.

Bristol, William Hoag

lawyer, poet, was born March 18, 1828, in Ransomville, N. Y. He has edited and published various papers in Kankakee, Janesville, and Galena, Ill. In 1863-64 he wrote and published a valuable and interesting history of Kankakee county, and later compiled other historical works.

Bristow, Benjamin H

soldier, lawyer, public official, was born June 20, 1832, in Elkton, Ky. In 1861 he entered the army as lieutenant-colonel of the twentyfifth Kentucky infantry; and subsequently commanded the eighth Kentucky cavalry. While serving in the field he was elected to the state senate for four years; 1866 he was appointed United States district attorney for the district of Kentucky, and in 1870 was appointed solicitor-general of the United States. He was appointed secretary of the treasury in 1874.

Bristow, Francis M

lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born Aug. 11, 1804, in Nicholasville, Ky. In 1831 and 1833 he was elected to the Kentucky legislature; in 1846 to the state senate; and in 1849 was a member of the state constitutional convention. In 1854 he was elected a representative in congress to fill a vacancy; and in 1859 was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirtysixth congress. He died June 10, 1864, in Elkton, Ky.

Bristow, Frank L

musician, composer, was born April 25, 1844, in Jacksonville, Ill. He has been secretary of the State Teachers' association and president of the same; has taught instrumental and vocal music in most of the southern states, and has resided in Covington for twenty years. He is the author of several collections of singing books for classes, and two cantatas for ladies' voices, Rainbow and Pleiades, as well as other compositions for chorus.

Bristow, George F

musician, composer, was born Dec. 19, 1825, in New York. He is an organist and violinist, and the composer of the opera Rip Van Winkle.

Bristow, Louis Johnson

journalist, was born Jan. 19, 1876, in Florence, S. C. For several years he edited the Georgia Reporter, and is now the editor and owner of the County Record of Kingstree, S. C.

Brittan, Nathan

educator, lawyer, inventor, was born Sept. 2, 1808, in Spencer, Mass. In 1851 his attention was directed to the inadequacy of the lightningrods in use in that part of the country, and he immediately devoted himself to the study of the laws of atmospheric electricity, and invented a new conductor, known as the continuous copper-strip, which was patented and received with general favor. He died Jan. 3, 1872, in Adrian, Mich.