Sue, has any of your group been DNA tested? My Campbells are from
Indiana and Westmoreland Counties
in PA.
William Campbell
b. 1791 Kerry* County, Ireland (Source: Burial record, Blairsville
Cemetery) [*this may, in reality, be Derry
because after researching, there appear to have been NO Campbells in
Kerry at the time :-) ]
d. 04 Jan 1866, Blairsville, Pennsylvania, USA
m. Abt. 1822
Eliza Unknown
b. 1797 Maryland, USA
d. 23 Nov 1869, Blairsville, Pennsylvania, USA
We can't locate him in Indiana County until around 1840 although we
suspect he was there earlier and we believe
he was living in Baltimore early in the 19th century. He 'may' also be
the son of a James Campbell from Franklin
County, Pennsylvania but this isn't proven. Said James owned several
hundred acres in the area that became
Indiana County and together with one Andrew Brown, plotted the town of
Blairsville, sold lots and maintained a
continued interest in local affairs until he died. According to local
records, James' children are not all accounted
for and we believe he is buried in Franklin County. We have not yet
located his will or anything on William
Campbell and Eliza's marriage or where it took place.
William and Eliza's children were Caroline Campbell Lowman, Watson and
Martin Campbell. I descend from
Martin. I have followed several census neighbors and inter-married
surname families from the east in an attempt
to find him but he seems to have appeared out of nowhere. DNA ties us
to within a few generations of some others
who have tested.
Jan Thomas
Colorado Springs
John and Mercy (Young) Campbell.
john b. abt 1786 and d. 1877
Mercy was b. abt. 1789 in Lycoming Co., Pa.
Their daughter Rebecca mat. Baruch Tozer.
Robert Y Campbell was born in Brown township, Lycoming county in 1815, and
was the son of John and Mercy Campbell nee Young, a daughter of Robert
Young, a native of England, and a soldier in the Revolution. John Campbell
was a son of James and Rebecca Campbell nee English. The former was of
Scotch birth, and a soldier in the Revolution, dying from the effect of
wounds. John came to the tract occupied by our subject in 1840, where he and
his wife died. Their children were: Margaret, d.; m to Daniel White; Robert
Y and REBECCA, twins, the former was m to Sarah Campbell and the latter was
m. to BARUCH TOZER, d.; Ann d. m. to Martin Brandt; John B., M.D> m. three
times, and William Morrison, d. Robert Y's children were: Mary Ann,d. Eli J
m to Elizabeth Gallantine; Benjamin, d. in the army at Fortress Monroe;
Jane, m to David Black; Rebecca, m to Thomas Smith; Mary, m. To Scott
Arthurs, Michael M. d. in the army and Ann, m to Arthur Gallantine. Eli J
was in company A,!
61st PA volunteers for three years. Eli J's children are: Etta Estella, John
B and Clarence C. Scott Arthurs' children are: Robert Niles, Sarah Ann and
George Norman.
History of Indiana County 1745-1880
Source; History of Indiana County, Penna. 1745-1880