John Shepherd Campbell and Sarah McElvain

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Husband John Shepherd Campbell ¹

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           Born: 30 Apr 1838 - Washington Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Father: Robert Campbell (      -Abt 1853) 1 3
         Mother: Jane Sheppard (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 25 Apr 1865 5

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Wife Sarah McElvain ⁵

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           Born:  - Cherry Twp, Butler Co, PA
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         Father: George McElvain (      -1854) 5
         Mother: Mary Ann McGill (      -1870) 5

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Children

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1 F Leonora Campbell ⁵

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         Spouse: Homer Love (      -      ) 5

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2 M George M. Campbell ⁵

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         Spouse: Melissa Kelley (      -Bef 1909) 5

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3 M William M. Campbell ⁵

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         Spouse: Jennie Young (      -      ) 5

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4 F Della Campbell ⁶

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         Spouse: B. M. Hockenberry (1875-      ) 6

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5 M Audley Bruce Campbell ⁵

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6 M John Campbell ⁵

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7 F Mabel Campbell ⁵

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8 M Homer Campbell ⁵

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9 F Edith Campbell ⁵

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         Spouse: William J. Hockenberry (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - John Shepherd Campbell

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When a little boy of but ten years, he found himself an orphan. He was not destitute of kindred, but most of the uncles and aunts had families of their own and no care and kindness given him in his tender years could replace that of his own parents. For a couple of years he lived with his uncle, Zerab Sheppard, who was a farmer and shoemaker in Parker Township, Butler County, and then was turned over to other relatives among whom he lived, working for his keep, until he was old enough to go out as a farm hand and make wages for himself. The opening of the Civil War settled his immediate future, for in June, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company C, Eleventh Regiment, Penn­sylvania Reserves, for three years, and served in that regiment continuously through the whole term, lacking fifteen days, when, at the battle of the Wilderness, he was captured. He was taken to Andersonville Prison, where he was detained from May until December 16, 1864, when he was exchanged at Charleston, South Carolina. From there he came on to An­napolis, Maryland, where he was pros­trated with typhoid fever. He was given a furlough home on this account and came to Butler, where he remained totally un­able to rejoin his regiment until the follow­ing April. He went then to Annapolis and from there was sent to Pittsburgh, where he was honorably discharged, with the rank of corporal.
The Andersonville prison was not the only Southern fortress with which he became acquainted during those years of suffering and hardship. At the battle of Gaines Mills he was first cap­tured and was incarcerated in Libby prison and was taken from there to the notorious Belle Isle prison at Richmond, Virginia, but after forty days was ex­changed. On December 13, 1862, he was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg and this caused him to be kept at a hospital in Washington City for six months. [TCHBC, 647]

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 947, 1065.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 947.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1045.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 947, 1107.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 948.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 948, 1486.