I don't wish to deflect you from answering Marylyn's questions.
But a note of clarification about the relocation of the Nelson Cemetery.
It's where it always was. But the graves in a small portion of its
South-East corner were relocated --- mostly to its North-West corner.
And two other small grave yards were also relocated to the NW corner of
the Nelson Cem. For us, the more important one, was, at the time of the
relocation, known as "The Paul Bennett Cemetery". That had been located
farther East, on what had originally been the Daniel Strait property
purchased by pioneer Sam Hazlett. It was in that grave yard that Joseph
and Mary Harper Campbell, and most of their children and their
children's spouses, had been buried.
Jane CAMPBELL Tubbs wrote an eloquent description of that original
burial ground, but I don't think I've put it on the web site yet.
With that clarified, you can return to answering Marylyn's questions.
On 1/6/2013 9:26 AM, MSA440(a)aol.com wrote:
Hi-Campbell Cousins:
Bill assures me that I should ask you each for a favor....Please consider
"naming" our next reunion by submitting a cute title --and should i
say---during which time you also consider "attending" it---August 6-7?
2014......Wow....hope i got it right......in Nelson,PA......at the Community
Center-next to the Post Office...Fun time to meet and talk about REALLY OLD
TIMES!!!! No excuses for distance either I drive about 1800 miles each way to get
there.......Just think how many carriage rides over measly and narrow dirt
roads our grandpas and grandmas took to get together in the former days...I
have always gleaned a mental picture when getting there....of "times gone
by" and it seems so "modern" since the changed roads around the great
reservoir (Cowanesque Lake) one takes to get there now....But for some of you who
don't have a clue about the area, get out (or GOOGLE) a PA map and check
the northernmost E-W road SR 49 that goes W from Lawrenceville (off 15)
to Nelson, Osceola, Elkland, Knoxville, Westfield, etc....and really
doesn't seem as twisty-turny as the map shows, and it is astonishing to see the
RELOCATED Nelson Cemetery where many of our earliest ancestors are buried,
and most of which (graves) were moved from what is now the bottom of the
reservoir....Hard to define that emotion one feels when staring at those
stones, knowing what transpired in "our days" after the travail of their
lives.
Since our "clan song" is CAMPBELLS ARE COMING, you might want to think of a
humorous or more clever and current title we can start using for our real
invitations which Betsy, Bill and I will be sending to each of you,,,both
on this list and, hopefully, to your current email address...Please contact
any of us to ensure we have a current email address, and please send, along
with other family members' contacts too..AND YOUR REUNION TITLE
SUGGESTION!!!!
Thanks for reading this, and looking forward to meeting all our cousins
SOON... Marylyn