Rosabel Clarke Bristol, wife of George Bristol, died this morning at the family home three miles south of Plainfield. Mrs. Bristol had been a patient sufferer for years. She is survived by her husband and daughter, Miss Elsie, and her aged father, Erastus Clark, who also made his home on the farm. Mrs. O. W. Arnold of this city, and three brothers in the west are also living. The funeral will take place from the home tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o' clock. Dr. A. H. Laing will officiated and burial will be given in the Plainfield Cemetery. (The Daily Republican (Joliet, IL), Monday, 2/6/1905, Vol. 34, No. 30, p. 6)