CAMPBELLCORNERS(a)aol.com wrote:
Dear Mr. Thompson:
You seem to be very well informed on the Campbell's of Morris Tioga Pa.
Hopefully you can point me in the correct direction.
I am looking for George w. Campbell And his wife Mary Ann Vanduzen.
George is my main character He was born on December 29, 1820 in
Pennsylvania. I know that his family lived in Steuben County New York In 1850 then in
Tioga in 1860. He was a coal miner (which mine I do not know) he also had the
following children:
Thomas, Henry, George, Edward, Silas James, Samuel and Sarah. All children
were born in Pennsylvania except George he was born in steuben. George and
Mary were married Jan 16, 1841. I am pretty sure that George's father was born
in New York and his mother was born in Vermont. George died in 1892 and is
buried in Evergreen Cemetery in tioga Pa.
my question is this How do I go about finding information on his parents I
think his father may have been Silas P. Campbell born between 1790 and 1800 he
is in the 1830 census with a child George's age and he was in the war of
1812. He fits all the criteria of what I have heard about George's father.
though I cannot seem to find a listing of Silas's children. Can you direct me. Or
do you know anything of this family? Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Cathy
Thanks. I'll write more on this soon, but for openers let me just say
this. The Internet is great for quickly providing information. But
it's equally quick at providing MIS-information. I have 19 George
Campbells in my database and 8of them are Geo. W. Campbells.
I've seen data on the Internet for the family you mentioned, but have
concerns that researchers may have gotten some of the Georges mixed up.
It's very easy to make a birth record for a George, a marriage record
for a George, etc. and mistakenly conclude "this must be the same
person." It's always good to double check what we find on the Internet,
as you know - but extra important here.
I have a couple of questions for you "off-line" and try to post a reply
here that will be of general interest.
I had been planing to post a message about some of the Campbells of
Morris Twp for a while and discuss their connections with Blackwells,
Gables and Tombs. This is a good reminder to work on that too.