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Source:
History
of
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
including Its Early Settlement and Progress to the
Present Time;
A Description of its Historic and Interesting
Localities; Its Cities, Towns and Villages;
Religious, Educational, Social and Military History;
Mining, Manufacturing and
Commercial Interests; Improvements, Resources,
Statistics, etc.
Also:
Portraits of Some of its Prominent Men, and Biographies
of
Many of Its Representative Citizens.
Vol. II
Chicago, Ill:
A Warner & Co., Publishers
1889
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A. B. CAMPBELL,
general insurance agent, McKeesport, was
born in New Lisbon, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1837, a
son of Jacob and Eliza (Allen) Campbell.
Jacob was a native of Chester county Pa,
of Scotch descent, a captain in the war of
1812, and one of hte early settlers of
Pittsburgh. He was a carpenter, and
helped construct the first bridge across the
Allegheny river between Pittsburgh and
Allegheny; also assisted in building the
first inclined coal-road on the Monongahela
river, and assisted in erecting Schoenberger
Iron-works, one of the first iron-mills in
Pittsburgh. He afterward engaged in
business in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a
contractor for a number of years; thence
went to Wheeling (now in West Virginia),
where he formed the acquaintance of Eliza
Allen, his second wife, a daughter of
David Allen, one of the first settlers
of Elizabeth township, Allegheny County.
He then removed to New Lisbon, Ohio, where
he followed contracting and building for
several years. In 1845 he settled
permanently in Elizabeth Township until his
death.
The subject of this memoir was reared in Elizabeth
township from the age of eight years and
received a common-school education. On
the breaking out of the rebellion, in 1861,
he joined Company M, 100th (Roundhead)
regiment P. V. I., as second lieutenant, and
was elected captain of the company after
three months service. He accompanied
the first expedition that went south under
Gen. Sherman to Hilton Head,
participating in the taking of Forts Walker
and Beauregard, and was among the first
troops to occupy Beaufort, S. C. He
was in the battle of Port Royal Ferry, S.
C., and from Beaufort went to James Island,
and participated in the fight of
Secessionville fort. He was then sent
with his regiment to Newport News, Va., and
from there to Slaughter's Mountain as
reinforcement to Gen. Pope.
Soon after he took part in the battles of
second Bull run and Chantilly, and was there
driven back to Washington city by the enemy;
afterward was engaged in the battles of
South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg,
and was honorably discharged from the
service in January, 1863. In 1864,
with a party of five, he visited Virginia
City, and in the fall of the same year
(1864), with a party of sixty-five,
proceeded from there to the headwaters of
the Yellowstone river (they being the first
party known to make the trip), thence to the
mouth of the Yellowstone at Fort Union,
where it empties into the Missouri river.
In 1865 he returned to his father's farm, in
Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, and in
1866 married Eliza, daughter of
Asher and Eliza (Manown) Vankirk, of
Elizabeth township, by whom he has five
children living: Hattie M.,
Lillian, William, Maggie and Anson.
In 1866 Mr. Campbell engaged in the
general insurance business. He has
served as a member of the school board
thirteen consecutive terms and two terms in
the legislature, 1879-80, 1881-82. He
is a member of the G. A. R.; in politics as
a republican.
Source:
History of Allegheny County, Penn. - Vol. II
- Publ. Chicago, Ill., A Warner & Co.
Publishers - 1889 - Page 346 |
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JAMES CAMPBELL,
foreman in the
National Tube-works, McKeesport, was born in
Prince Edward Island Sept. 21, 1839, a son
of Roderick and Isabel (Stewart) Campbell,
and is of scotch parentage. He was
reared and educated in the provinces, and
for eighteen or twenty years followed the
seas, serving in every capacity from a
common sailor to master of a vessel.
He served three years in the western gulf
squadron, under Admiral Farragut
during the civil war. In 1871 he
entered the employ of the National
Tube-works company, at Boston, Mass., and in
1873 came to McKeesport in the interest of
the same company; he has been foreman of the
finishing department of their works here
since 1876. Mr. Campbell has
been twice married, his first wife being
MRs. Anna 9McClure) Lawson, of England.
His present wife is Mary J., daughter
of Richard A. and Mary (Sleep) Hitchens,
of McKeesport, and by her he has three
children: Roderick, Hector and
Edmund C. Mr. Campbell is a
member of the Baptist Church, F. & A. M., K.
of H., Heptasophs, G. A. R., Protected Home
Circle and Order of Solon. He is an
active temperance worker, and president of
the Blue Ribbon club of McKeesport, 1887 -
88 - 89. He is serving his second term
as member of the borough council;
politically he is a stanch advocate of
prohibition.
Source:
History of Allegheny County, Penn. - Vol. II
- Publ. Chicago, Ill., A Warner & Co.
Publishers - 1889 - Page 525 |
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JAMES
C. CAMPBELL, farmer,
postoffice Sharpsburg, was born in O'Hara
(then Indiana) township in 1832, a son of
Thomas and Mary (Crawford) Campbell.
Thomas, who was a native of County
Derry, Ireland, immigrated to America about
1828, and two years after his arrival he
married. Four children were born to
him, two of whom are living. Thomas
was always a farmer, and died in 1848, aged
forty-two years; his widow lived to the ripe
age of eighty-six years. James C.
was born and reared on the farm where he
now resides. He married Mary,
daughter of Samuel Borland, to whom
were born four children, whose names are
Annie E., Crawford, Mary C. and Sadie
M. The mother of these children
died, and Mr. Campbell then married
Isabella, daughter of Alexander and
Isabella Marshall. Three children
are the result of this marriage:
William O., Laura B. and Martha Jane.
The only member of Mr. Campbell's
family not at home are Annie E.
(married to Thomas E. Miller, and
they have one son, Howard, and one
daughter, Edna Bell) and
Crawford (married to Anna Mary Wragg,
and they have one son, George C.).
Mr. Campbell has always
followed farming and now owns one-half of
the 120 acres purchased by his
great-grandfather, James Crawford.
He has held many township offices and
positions of trust. He and family are
members of the Presbyterian Church;
politically he is a republican.
Source: History of Allegheny County,
Penn. - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago, Ill., A
Warner & Co. Publishers - 1889 - Page 338 |
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JOHN
JAMES CAMPBELL,
expressman,
Wilkinsburg, was born near Midway.
Washington county, Pa., Jan. 28, 1846.
His grandfather, John Campbell,
who was of scotch descent, came from
Virginia to Washington county in 1830, dying
in Allegheny City, in 1881; his son
William C., a native of Virginia,
married Margeret Symington, a
native of Western Pennsylvania, and is now
resident on a farm in Smith township.
Our subject, their son, was engaged in
farming till 1874, when he came to
Swissvale, this county, and engaged in the
coal and transportation business.
Being frequently re quested to do errands in
the city, he started, in 1880, an express
business, making one trip per week.
This has so grown that he now employs six
wagons and seven men, with an office in the
city. In 1887 he built his present
residence in Wilkinsburg, and is the owner
of three other houses, besides his former
dwelling at Swissvale. Dec. 10, 1868, Mr.
Campbell married Rebecca,
daughter of James and Martha Brimner,
of Washington county, and of Scotch-Irish
ancestry, and to this union were born the
following-named children: John Franklin,
Cora Lucinda, William
Thomas, Anna Louisa and
Robert K. Mr. Campbell
and family are identified with the
Presbyterian Church. He is a member of
the Jr. O. U. A. M. and Garfield Council,
Home Circle, of Allegheny. He is a
republican, and acted as school director for
six years while a resident of the city.
Source: History of Allegheny County,
Penn. - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago, Ill., A
Warner & Co. Publishers - 1889 - Page 670 |
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JOSEPH
CAMPBELL, farmer,
postoffice Noblestown, was born in County
Down, Ireland, in 1826, a son of William
and Nancy Jane (Summerville) Campbell,
who were the parents of six children.
The parents came with five children to
America and immediately settled in Fayette
(now South Fayette) township, this county.
The father rented a farm, on which they
resided five years, at the end of which time
he purchased 130 acres of land, all now
owned by his sons, James and
Joseph. The land on which
Joseph resides is part of a tract owned
by Mr. Dunlevy, an old pioneer
of Allegheny county. William
Campbell died in 1881, aged eighty-five
years. He was three times married; his
first wife died in 1837, and his last two
marriages there were no children.
Joseph, the subject of this sketch,
was educated at the common schools of South
Fayette township, and has always been a
farmer; he purchased eighty acres of land in
1861, and is now the owner of a hand some
home and a fine farm of 150 acres. He
married, in 1852, Margaret, daughter
of John Johnson, of Fayette
township, and three children were born to
this marriage, two living: J. J.
(assisting on the farm) and Lizzie J.
Mrs. Campbell died in 1887,
aged fifty-three years.
Source: History of Allegheny County,
Penn. - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago, Ill., A
Warner & Co. Publishers - 1889 - Page 468 |
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JOSEPH
CAMPBELL, miller,
postoffice Woodville, was born in County
Down, Ireland, in 1843, the eldest son of
twelve children born to James and
Margaret (Arberthnot) Campbell. He
attended the schools of his native land
until he was fourteen years of age, when he
commenced to learn the millwright's trade,
serving an apprenticeship of four years.
He came to this county in 1871, and was
superintendent of his present mill, then
owned by other parties, for twelve year.
He purchased the property in 1884, and since
then has made great changes and
improvements. His work is done by the
old French burr system, and his superior
flour, consumed by local trade, speaks best
for its quality. Mr. Campbell
undoubtedly understands the details of the
mill business, and by close application and
skill has been successful. He was
married in 1860 to Miss Agnes Rodgers,
who has borne him thirteen children, nine of
whom are now living. He is a member of
the U. P. Church, and is a republican.
Source:
History of Allegheny County, Penn. - Vol. II
- Publ. Chicago, Ill., A Warner & Co.
Publishers - 1889 - Page 518 |
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J.
L. CAMPBELL, West
Elizabeth, a son of William and Emily
(Robinson) Campbell, was born in Beaver
County, Pa., in 1846. In 1863 he left home,
and in 1871 married Eva, daughter of
Wilson and Martha Johnson. Their
children are George, May,
Clara, Jennie, Alberta and
James L. In 1872 Mr.
Campbell settled at West Elizabeth and
continued the building of coal barges, which
business he had previously followed.
In 1878 he began the manufacture of
incubators, and he now has a factory making
twelve a day. He is also manufacturer
of a bread raiser, of which he has sold six
thousand in this county. His
incubators have a universal sale and
reputation.
Source:
History of Allegheny County, Penn. - Vol. II
- Publ. Chicago, Ill., A Warner & Co.
Publishers - 1889 - Page 524 |
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ROBERT
CAMPBELL, barge- and
boat-builder, West Elizabeth, son of
William and Emily Campbell, was born in
Beaver county, Pa., in 1842. Until
1861 his home was with his parents. He
then enlisted in Co. F, 10th P. R.; was
wounded June 27, 1862, at the battle of
Gaines' Mills, near Richmond, Va.; was
captured that time, and taken by way of was
captured that time, and taken by way of
Savage Station to Richmond, and confined in
Castle Thunder and Libby prison. After
being detained six weeks he was paroled,
afterward completed the term of his
enlistment, and was mustered out of the
service June 11, 1864, at Pittsburgh, and
returned to his home in Beaver county.
July 18, 1868, he married Sarah J.,
daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Todd,
of Beaver county, and settled in what was
then Birmingham, now a portion of the city
of Pittsburgh. He then worked at
barge-building until the following year,
when the reopening of his wound was the
occasion of his return to Beaver county.
Later he moved to Freeport, Armstrong
county, thence to Pittsburgh, and in 1872 he
located at West Elizabeth, pursuing his old
business of barge- and boat-building.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell
are James (educated in Washington and
Jefferson College, and now teaching in
Jefferson township), Lucy, Bert,
Leonora, Ivy C. and Nellie.
The parents are members of the Methodist
Church.
Source:
History of Allegheny County, Penn. - Vol. II
- Publ. Chicago, Ill., A Warner & Co.
Publishers - 1889 - Page 676 |
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THOMAS
CAMPBELL (deceased)
was the youngest of nine children born to
John Campbell, who emigrated to America
about in Allegheny county. Thomas
married, in 1858, Elizabeth, daughter
of Samuel and Elizabeth (Barkley) Hopper, of
this county. Their union was blessed
with one son, Samuel John,
born in 1860, in South Fayette township.
He was educated at the public schools, at
Oakdale Academy, and graduated at Iron City
College in 1881. Samuel now
resides with his mother on the farm
purchased in 1867. Thomas died
in 1874, aged fifty-three years. The
family are members of the U. P. Church.
Source: History of Allegheny County,
Penn. - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago, Ill., A
Warner & Co. Publishers - 1889 - Page 468 |
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DANIEL CARHART
Source: History
of Allegheny County, Penn. - Vol. II - Publ.
Chicago, Ill., A Warner & Co. Publishers -
1889 - Page 325 |
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JOHN CARLIN
Source: History
of Allegheny County, Penn. - Vol. II - Publ.
Chicago, Ill., A Warner & Co. Publishers -
1889 - Page 727 |
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