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BRISTOW, LOUIS
JUDSON, pastor of the First Baptist church at
Williamston, Anderson county, South Carolina, as sergeant,
lieutenant and adjutant of the Third battalion, South Carolina
volunteers, in 1898 and 1899, in the Spanish war, serving in Cuba
under General Lee, and since 1905 proprietor and editor of the
"Baptist Press" at Greenwood, South Carolina, was born at
Timmonsville, Florence county, South Carolina, on the 19th of
January, 1876. He is a son of James T. Bristow, who was auditor of
Darlington county from 1877 to 1881, and is remembered for his
honesty and his liberality. His mother was Mrs. Elizabeth
(Blackwell) Bristow. His father's family were from Virginia. A
boyhood passed in the village of Darlington with perfect health
developed a strong taste for reading, and was marked by a decided
interest and exceptional success in the raising of poultry. His
father died when he was sixteen, and his widowed mother was not able
to send him to college. He took a position as clerk in a book store
at Darlington in 1890. But a distinct conviction that it was his
duty to preach the Gospel led him to undertake a course of study at
the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, at Louisville, Kentucky,
where he spent the years from 1899 to 1901, graduating in theology
in the latter year. His favorite lines of reading and study, after
the Bible and theology were history, and especially the biography of
national leaders and of men of letters. After four years of duty
in a book store, during which time he learned the printer's trade,
he took a position on the "Darlington News." Later he served as a
reporter for the Charleston "News and Courier" and for the Columbia
"State," and in 1897 he became editor and owner of the "County
Record," published at Kingstree, South Carolina. The outbreak of
the Spanish war, in 1898, found him eager to volunteer in the
service of his country and humanity for the relief of Cuba and Porto
Rico, and he enlisted in the Second infantry, South Carolina
volunteers, as a private. He was soon made first sergeant, and later
he served as battalion adjutant (having been commissioned second
lieutenant a short while before) under General Fitzhugh Lee in Cuba.
He was chief of ordnance on Governor McSweeney's staff, with the
rank of colonel, from 1899 to 1900. Since 1906 he has been pastor
of the First Baptist church at Williamston, South Carolina. The
"Baptist Press," published at Greenwood, he has edited since 1905.
He is also a contributing editor of the "Baptist Courier," into
which the "Baptist Press" was merged in 1907. Mr. Bristow is a
Prohibitionist and a Democrat in his party relations. He is fully
identified with the work of the Missionary Baptist Church, South.
His favorite form of exercise has always been gardening. He is a
Mason, a Knight of Pythias, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the
Woodmen of the World. He was married on the 29th of October,
1902, to Miss Caroline Winkler, daughter of the Reverend E. T.
Winkler, D. D., LL. D., of Marion, Alabama. They have had two
children, one daughter and a son, both of whom are living in
1908. His address is Williamston, Anderson county, South
Carolina.
Men of Mark in South Carolina By James Calvin Hemphill
Published 1907 - transcribed and contributed by Barb
Ziegenmeyer
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