The Political Graveyard: Smyth-Bristol family of Owego, New York

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Smyth-Bristol family of Owego, New York

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Wheeler Hutchison Bristol (1818-1904) — also known as Wheeler H. Bristol — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y.; DeLand, Volusia County, Fla. Born in Canaan, Columbia County, N.Y., 1818. Civil engineer; New York state treasurer, 1868-71; defeated, 1871. Died in DeLand, Volusia County, Fla., 1904 (age about 86 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.

		Relatives: Son of George E. Bristol and Sarah (Hutchison) Bristol; married, October 5, 1848, to Mary Ann Worthington; father of Fannie Louise Bristol (who married William A. Smyth); grandfather of Stuart Worthington Smyth.
		Political family: Smyth-Bristol family of Owego, New York.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

William Smyth (1819-1898) — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in County Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), June 19, 1819. Republican. School principal; newspaper publisher; Tioga County School Commissioner, 1858-63; village president of Owego, New York, 1866-69; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1868; member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1872; postmaster at Owego, N.Y., 1889-93. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., September 27, 1898 (age 79 years, 100 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.

		Relatives: Married to Martha MacKay; father of William A. Smyth; grandfather of Stuart Worthington Smyth.
		Political family: Smyth-Bristol family of Owego, New York.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

William A. Smyth (1852-1919) — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., March 14, 1852. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; bank director; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896, 1904 (alternate); postmaster at Owego, N.Y., 1897-1914; director, Owego Power & Light Company. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Royal Arcanum; Redmen. Died, from arteriosclerosis and asthma, in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., August 11, 1919 (age 67 years, 150 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.

		Relatives: Son of William Smyth and Martha (MacKay) Smyth; married, December 21, 1887, to Fannie Louise Bristol (daughter of Wheeler Hutchison Bristol); father of Stuart Worthington Smyth.
		Political family: Smyth-Bristol family of Owego, New York.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Stuart Worthington Smyth (1879-1941) — also known as Stuart W. Smyth — of Owego, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y., March 22, 1879. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; bank director; postmaster at Owego, N.Y., 1923-33. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows; Rotary. Died, in St. Joseph Hospital, Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y., April 3, 1941 (age 62 years, 12 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of William A. Smyth and Fannie Louise (Bristol) Smyth; grandson of Wheeler Hutchison Bristol and William Smyth.
		Political family: Smyth-Bristol family of Owego, New York.

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