Wheeler Hutchison Bristol (January 16, 1818

Canaan Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...

, Columbia County, New York – November 21, 1904 DeLand,

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) was an American engineer, railroad executive and politician. He was

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from 1868 to 1871.

Life

He was born on January 16, 1818, in

, Columbia County, New York, to George Bristol and Sally (Hutchinson) Bristol. He married Mary Ann Worthington on October 5, 1848. In 1886, his residence on the "Glenmary" estate, which he had bought from

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who had lived from 1837 to 1842 in another house nearby, at Owego was burgled after he had moved to

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. He died on November 21, 1904, in DeLand,

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Dem. State Convention, in NYT on September 2, 1852

His nomination, in NYT on September 19, 1853 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bristol, Wheeler H 1818 births 1904 deaths New York State Engineers and Surveyors New York State Treasurers Florida state senators People from Canaan, New York People from Owego, New York 19th-century American railroad executives 19th-century American legislators 19th-century Florida politicians