Debra,
Thanks for the reply. I have recently determined that my
greatgrandfather-Colin D. Campbell,
was born in Illinois -Jan. 1861. His parents were Duncan Campbell and
Margaret Ferguson
Campbell,both of Scotland. It appears that Colin spent a limited time in
Illinois and ended up
in Hoboken,N.J. He married Margaret Coons of Bloomfield,N.J. They had two
sons-Robert
and James Howard Campbell (my grandfather). I'm still looking for the
connection back to
Scotland or anything regarding my family's existence in Illinois-besides a
mention on
Colin's death certificate as his place of birth.
Sincerely,
Thomas Campbell
tcamp(a)warwick.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan & Deb Odonnell <llennodo(a)bwsys.net>
To: CAMPBELL-L(a)rootsweb.com <CAMPBELL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: Northrn Campbell's
Tom - I have an elusive James Campbell - great-grandfather - that has
questionable roots in NJ but did definitely did end up in Illinois. He
was born about 1858, records disagree here as well. From about 1895 he
was in Illinois and spent most of his life, until he died in 1940 in
Nevada Township. Based upon WWI photographs of 2 Campbell brothers from
the same, very small township, we suspect he may have a had a brother in
the same locale at the turn of the century. One of the brothers has an
extremely strong resemblance to my father at about the same age, and
they share the same name as well. No one is left in the family that
might recall that if there was another brother to James (Jesse) as he
was also known.
I am going to try and pursue the line of the two brothers, but as yet do
not have an idea of who their parents might have been. I have a day set
aside next month to do some investigating. Their names were Harry and
Joseph Campbell. Harry was born 9/25/1896 in Nevada Township, Livingston
County, IL. Joseph was born 3/6/1898 in Esmen Township (adjacent to
Nevada). Both are buried in Odell, in Livingston County. The
Arvig-Campbell VFW Post in Pontiac, IL was named in their honor as both
were killed during the war.
If this rings a bell with anyone, you know where to find me.
Debra (Campbell) O'Donnell
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