James Campbell and Margaret Congen

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Husband James Campbell ¹

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           Born:  - County Antrim, Ireland
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           Died: 6 Jan 1836 - Middlesex Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Father: [Ancestor] Campbell (      -      ) 3
         Mother: 

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       Marriage:  - Ireland

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Wife Margaret Congen ¹

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: 1843 - ? Butler Co, PA 1
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Children

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1 F Margaret Campbell ¹

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           Born: Bef 1801 - Ireland
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           Died: 1814 - Dunmore Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 1
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2 F Sarah Campbell ¹

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           Born: Bef 1801 - Ireland
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           Died: 2 May 1881 1
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3 M William Campbell ⁴

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           Born: Bef 1801 - Ireland
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           Died: 6 Dec 1835 - Pennsylvania 4
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4 M James Campbell ⁵

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           Born: 11 Jan 1802 - near Kennet Square, Chester Co, PA 2
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           Died: 16 Nov 1886 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Rebecca Bell David (1820-1853) 2
           Marr: 21 Jan 1841 2

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5 F Ellen Campbell ¹

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            AKA: Eleanor Campbell 6
           Born:  - near Kennet Square, Chester Co, PA
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           Died: 5 Jan 1877 1
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         Spouse: Thomas Harris Lyon (      -      ) 1 6 7

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6 F Hetty Jane Campbell ¹

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           Born:  - near Kennet Square, Chester Co, PA
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           Died: 
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7 M Thompson Campbell ¹

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           Born:  - near Kennet Square, Chester Co, PA
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           Died: 6 Dec 1868 1
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General Notes: Husband - James Campbell

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He was a native of County Antrim, Ireland, of Scotch extraction. In 1801, with his wife and three children, he immigrated to America and settled near Kennet Square, Chester county, Pennsylvania. He worked by the day, as he could find employment, until 1811, when the family moved to Lancaster county, and settled on a rented farm in Dunmore township. In 1818 the family moved to Washington county, and six years later to Allegheny county. In 1828 Mr. Campbell purchased a farm in Middlesex township, Butler county, upon which he located the same year and began the work of making a home in the unbroken forest. Here he continued to reside until his death. He and his wife were strict Presbyterians, and among the respected people of the community.

He lived in the parish of Ballemony, County Antrim, Ireland, and emigrated to America in 1801, settling in Chester County, Pennsylvania, near Kennett Square. They resided in Kennett Square for ten years, and then removed to Dunmore town­ship, Lancaster County, Joseph Taylor, the father of Bayard Taylor, the famous author and diplomat, being the one who hauled their household goods when they moved. Sarah and Margaret, two maiden sisters of James, con­tinued to live with the family until they died. In 1818 James Campbell moved with his family to Herriotts­ville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and afterward to a place called Lee, Allegheny County, where they attended Bethany Church, the pastoral charge of Rev. Dr. Jeffry. In 1828 he removed to Middlesex township, But­ler County, having purchased a farm at that place. Previous to this his son James had gone to the new farm with one of his aunts and his sister Ellen, and had superintended the building of the house in which they or some of their descendants lived thereafter. [GPHAV, 806]

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Congen

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In her youth she was a Quak­eress.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 930.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 701.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 806.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 701, 930.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 700, 712, 930.

6 Robert Stewart, D.D., LL.D, Col. George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris: Their Ancestors and Descendants (Labore, India: The Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1907), Pg 439.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 67.