Bristolville, Ohio

Bristolville is an unincorporated community in central Bristol Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44402. [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=44402 Zip Code Lookup] ] It lies at the intersection of State Routes 45 and 88.

One of the more notable natives of Bristolville is John Henrie Kagi, who fought with John Brown in Bleeding Kansas. He was second in command on Brown's Harper's Ferry raid, where he was killed at the age of 24. [ [http://www.johnbrown.org/provisionalarmy.htm John Brown's Provisional Army] . Johnbrown.org, 2005. Accessed 11 May 2007.]

Kagi's sister, Barbara Kagy Mayhew and her husband Allen Mayhew were Bristolville natives who migrated to Nebraska City, Nebraska. Their 1855 cabin there is now the Mayhew Cabin museum recognized by the National Park Service as a station on the Underground Railroad.

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