He married Mary Ann Worthington on October 5, 1848.[3]
In 1886, his residence on the "Glenmary" estate, which he had bought from Nathaniel Parker Willis who had lived from 1837 to 1842 in another house nearby, at Owego was burgled after he had moved to Florida.[5]
^ abLeRoy Wilson Kingman (1897). A Memorial History of Tioga County, New York. Wheeler H. Bristol ... He was a native of Columbia county, born January 16, 1818, and after an active business life in other fields came to Tioga with the construction of the Erie railroad. ...
^ abThe 1900 United States Census confirms that he was born in January 1818, which would have him 86 years old at death, and not the 87 reported by the New York Times.
^ abElaine Rathmann. "Descendants of Nicholas Worthington". Retrieved October 17, 2012. Mary Ann Worthington, b. June 15, 1827; m. Wheeler Hutchison Bristol
^ ab"Ex-State Treasurer Bristol Dead"(PDF). New York Times. November 23, 1904. Retrieved October 17, 2012. Word was received here to-day of the death of Wheeler H. Bristol, who was elected State Treasurer of New York in 1867 ... aged eighty-seven years [sic] (Note: If he was born on January 16, 1818, he would have been 86 years old and not 87)
^"Mr. Bristol's Residence Robbed"(PDF). New York Times. March 30, 1886. Retrieved October 18, 2012. The residence of the Hon. Wheeler H. Bristol, ex-Treasurer of this State, at Glen Mary, was recently robbed by burglars. The house was closed during the Winter, ...
