Campbell, Allen D.

CAMPBELL, JEFFRIES, TRAMMEL

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Date: 8/11/2009 at 19:54:40

Allen D. Campbell, for many years a resident of Jasper County, and a successful farmer of Independence Township, has been identified with the progress of his community through the entire period of his residence here. The farm which he owns, and upon which he engages in general farming, consists of two hundred and seventy acres, and was entered by him from the Government in 1852. Under his energetic efforts the land has been brought to a high state of cultivation, and the farm now ranks among the finest of the township.

The paternal grandfather of our subject, Allen Campbell, was born in Kentucky, and there owned and operated a farm. Removing to Indiana, he made his home in Jennings County until his death. A man of prominence there, he was elected to a number of local offices, and was active in the ranks of the Whig party. He and his wife reared a family of seven children, all of whom are deceased. Francis, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1800, and was reared to manhood in the Blue Grass State, whence he removed with his father to Jennings County, Ind., and afterward settled in Rush County, the same state. Purchasing eighty acres in the county last named, he established a home there, in which he spent the remainder of his life, passing away in 1852. A Whig in politics, he was not active in public affairs, preferring to devote his attention to his private duties.

The mother of our subject was Rebecca, daughter of Francis Jeffries, of Kentucky. She had five children, viz.: Allen D., Margaret J., Mary, James and Francis M. The eldest of the family, our subject was born in Jennings County, Ind., February 23, 1827, and spent his boyhood days in the Hoosier State. His educational advantages were meager, and his studies were conducted in the primitive buildings used for "temples of learning." Commencing as an independent farmer, he rented land in Kosciusko County, where he remained from 1849 until 1852. On the 16th of September of the last named year, he loaded his household effects in wagons and started for Iowa. He crossed the Mississippi at Rock Island, and arriving in Jasper County, bought two hundred and seventy acres from the Government, and has here since engaged in farming.

On the 12th of September 1850, Mr. Campbell was united in marriage with Miss Nancy, daughter of William Trammel, a native of South Carolina, now residing in Clear Creek Township, Jasper County. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell became the parents of six children, the eldest of whom died in infancy. The others are: Cynthia E. and Mary A., deceased; Abner B., Coral and James A. The devoted wife and mother passed away in 1885, mourned by her large circle of acquaintances, but especially mourned by her immediate family, to whose welfare she was untiringly devoted. Mr. Campbell is interested in local and national political issued, and gives his support to the Republican Party. Portrait and Biographical Record, Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, IA
Page 363.