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Jacob C Campbell
JACOB C. CAMPBELL, retired farmer, now a highly respected resident of
Worthington, which borough he served as burgess for three years, was born in
West Franklin township, Armstrong Co., Pa., April 24, 1848, son of Samuel and
Margaret (Garver) Campbell, and a grandson of James Campbell.James Campbell came to America from his native country, Ireland, and prior
to 1800 settled in Armstrong county, Pa. He cleared and improved a tract of
thirty acres on which he lived and died, and subsequently bought 200 acres of
land in the same township, West Franklin, which he sold to his sons Samuel and
James. The name of his wife was Hannah Claypoole, and their only children were
the sons mentioned.Samuel Campbell, son of James and father of Jacob C. Campbell, was born in
1802, in Armstrong county. He owned 107 acres of land, all of which he cleared
through his own industry, and here he died in 1870, at the age of sixty-eight
years. He married Margaret Garver, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Kears) Garver,
the former a native of Germany and an early settler in West Franklin township,
Armstrong county, Pa., where he cleared and improved a farm of over one
hundred acres. To Samuel and Margaret Campbell the following children were
born: James and Nancy J., both of whom are deceased; Jacob C.; Mary, who
married Harvey Henry; Hannah, Isaac and Samuel, all of whom are deceased; and
John.Jacob C. Campbell attended the district schools in boyhood and then gave
his attention to the management of the old homestead farm, on which he
remained until 1902, when he retired to Worthington. In politics he is a
Republican, and he has served seven years as a school director.On Oct. 21, 1874, Mr. Campbell was married to Eliza Reed, a daughter of
David and Mary Ann (McKee) Reed, and a granddaughter of David H. and Mary
(Knight) Reed and of Thomas and Margaret (Blaine) McKee, all old pioneer
residents of Sugar Creek township, Armstrong county. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell
have three children: Florence, who is the wife of Harry B. Husler; Edgar W.,
and Stella Marie.Source: Page 793, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by James R Hindman for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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