OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Garnet (Watson) Bristor
Title: Garnet (Watson) Bristor Collection
Dates: 1910s-1940s
Quantity: 10 digital images
Location: As of 2008, original photographs are in the possession of Donald Bristor and Lawrence Rollins Bristor. Digital images are stored electronically by Greene Connections administrator, Candice Buchanan (63 W. Franklin St.; Waynesburg, PA 15370), and are available to view online at www.greeneconnections.com.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GARNET (WATSON) BRISTOR

Garnet (Watson) Bristor was born 28 June 1899 in Holbrook, Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Smith Watson [1875-1922] and Frances Ankrom [1875-1956]. Garnet was an educated woman, having graduated from Center Township High School in 1918 and Waynesburg College Business School in 1919. On 10 March 1920, she was united in marriage with Read Rollins Bristor [1896-1978], a native of West Virginia. Read and Garnet were the parents of three sons: Gerald, Donald and Lawrence Rollins. Garnet passed away in February 1995, at the age of 95.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Garnet (Watson) Bristor Collection photographs were passed from Garnet (Watson) Bristor [1899-1995] to her sons Donald Bristor and Lawrence Rollins Bristor who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project in 2007.

The collection was initially arranged by family; however, additional photos continue to be added to the end of the collection as they are shared for scanning. For best results, use the BRIG Collection Index to look for specific individuals or subjects.

Photographs in this collection with unidentified or unverified subjects are as follows, if you can help to identify them, please email Candice Buchanan: # BRIG0002, # BRIG0003.

RELATED MATERIALS

See ALLS – Susan Joyce (Watson) Allen Collection.
See DOTY – Roger Glenn Doty Collection.
See GARJ – John Michael Garrett Collection.
See GARR – James Albert Garrettson Jr. Collection
See THRO – William Alfred Throckmorton Collection.
See TOOK – Katherine Jane (Throckmorton) Toothman Collection.
See WATD – Elwood Garret Watson Collection.
See WATS – Virginia (Watson) Jinkinson Collection.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Accession Information
Digital images were made in 2007 for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Photo Archives Project, but the original photographs in this collection remain in the possession of Donald Bristor and Lawrence Rollins Bristor, as of 2008.

Processing Information
Processed by Candice Buchanan, 2008. Indexed by Candice Buchanan, 2008.

Preferred Citation
See each photograph for specific citation.

Restrictions
Photographs may be reproduced and used for family and genealogical/historical purposes. The only request made in exchange for this service is that the appropriate citation information be included with any photo reproduction, this includes both digital and physical presentations. See each photograph for specific citation.

INDEX

The Garnet (Watson) Bristor Collection has been indexed. The index provides detailed listings for all known photograph subjects. Unidentified photographs are not included in the index.