Biography - Richard Bristol
RICHARD BRISTOL. He is the son of Rachard and Lucy (Edgerton) Bristol of New York., and was born in Wyoming County on 20 Aug 1818. He married Laura J. Smith on 8 Oct 1845, and one boy and one girl has blessed the union. He learned the trade of carriage maker and trimmer. He moved to Oneida where he now lives, in 1855.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
