Campbell, Edward Jr. (Hon.)

CAMPBELL, HINDMAN, MOORE, BRIGHT, ATCHISON, FARMER

Posted By: Jane Adams (email)
Date: 5/7/2005 at 18:57:42

“Portrait & Biographical Album,” Pub. 1890, pages 340-341.

... HON. EDWARD CAMPBELL, Jr., born in Washington County, Pa., on New Year’s Day of 1820. His parents were Robert and Mary (Hindman) Campbell. The father, who was also a native of Washington County, was descended from Scotch-Irish ancestry, his parents being natives of Belfast, Ireland, while the family was originally of Scottish origin. Presbyterians of the old school......The mother of our subject was born in Cecil County, Md., and belonged to an old family of that State, which was established by English colonists several generations remote.....In March, 1841, when twenty-one years of age, Mr. Campbell was married in Alleghany County, Pa., to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John Moore, and a native of the county in which their union was celebrated..... Eight children:
Amelia, the eldest, died in infancy;
John M., resides in Virginia City, Nev., where he edits the Daily Enterprise;
Mary Belle is the wife of N. S. Bright, a hardware merchant of Fairfield, Iowa;
Alice is the widow of Joseph M. Atchison, late a lawyer of Pittsburg, Pa., and now resides with her father in Fairfield, being at present employed as clerk in the post-office;
Robert died in infancy;
Anna Cora is the wife of Samuel C. Farmer, Jr., of Chicago;
Colin E. resides in Des Moines;
William Clifford died in Fairfield, in December, 1887, at the age of twenty-seven years.....

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