John D. Campbell (1794 - 1876)

Born 2 Jun 1794 in Newark, New Jersey

Husband of Hannah (Bicknell) Campbell — married 4 Nov 1816 in Ernestown, near Napanee, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1876 at age 82 in Brooklin, Ontario, Canada

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: John D /Campbell/^[2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 2 JUN 1794

Place: Newark, New Jersey^[4]

Death

Death:

Date: 22 DEC 1876

Place: Brooklin, Ontario, Canada^[5]

User ID

User ID: A231CE2A22034F6FA8BB4963258661D39CD8

Burial

Burial:

Place: Groveside Cem., Brooklin, Canada

Occupation

Occupation:

Place: Merchant, Sawmill owner/builder, Member of Parliament

Note

Note: #N445

Marriage

Husband: John Campbell

Wife: Hannah Bicknell

Marriage:

Date: 4 NOV 1816

Place: Ernestown, near Napanee, Ontario, Canada^[6]

User ID: 8583011BE4A64B03B0A16B3B17479513F943

Child: Hiram Campbell

Sources

1. ↑ Campbell-10776 was created by Don Worth through the import of Don Worth 10.ged on Jul 18, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S1
3. ↑ Source: #S58
4. ↑ Source: #S30
5. ↑ Source: #S30
6. ↑ Source: #S30

• Source: S1 Title: The Corporal Hugh Campbell Family History, W. Colin Crozier, 1993. (EF#404, SN#604, Jun 1993)
• Source: S30 Title: Genealogical records of Ralph Hix concerning Woods, Hoover, Campbells, Anshutz, and other related families. (EF#58, SN#66, 26 Mar 1977)
• Source: S58 Title: History and Genealogy of the Bicknell Family and Some Collateral Lines of Normandy, Great Britain, and America, Editor & Publisher Thomas Publication: Williams Bicknell, Providence, RI, 1913. (EF#67, SN#79, 11 Apr 1977)

Notes

Note N445

(Quoted from the Obituary of John Campbell, Canada Christian Advocate, 7 March 1877)

Died suddenly of apoplexy, at Brooklin, Dec. 22, 1876, Brother John Campbell, in the 83rd year of his age.

Father Campbell was one of the oldest and most respected residents of Brooklin. He was the son of a British soldier who served in the American Revolution, and was born in Newark, N.J., in 1791. When he was two years old his parents removed to Canada and settled near Cataraqui, now Kingston. In 1830 he was elected to represent Frontenac in parliament. In 1832 he removed to Whitby Township, and took an active part with the pioneers in clearing up the then wilderness, in improving Whitby harbour, and in opening up roads leading to the interior, and by establishing mills in various localities. In 1839, in company with Mr. Daniel S. Way, he laid out the village of Brooklin, and built a flourishing mill and store, and there carried out business extensively till the advancement of old age induced him to retire into private life. While thus active in promoting industrial enterprises, he was no less mindful of the moral and spiratual welfare of the people. From early manhood he was an unswerving advocate of temperance, and a promoter of the principle of total abstinence, long before temperance organizations were known in Canada. In letting the contract for the erection of the first mill in Brooklin he stipulated that no intoxicating liquor should be used on the premises, either in the raising or completion of the building.

In early life he was converted to God and united with the M.E. Church. He was licensed an exhorter as early as 1827, and in 1832 received local preacher's licence, afterward elected to deacon's orders, in which relation he stood to the church at the time of his death. As a preacher he was earnest, faithful and useful. He was truly loyal to the church of his choice, and very liberal in the support of her institutions; and while as a society, we deeply feel our loss, we know that with him death is infinite gain. It is well with our father.

Through the past few years he was greatly afflicted by sickness in his family, and death of loved ones, yet you would always meet in father Campbell a bright, cheerful and happy Christian. It has been my privilege to visit him frequently, and often has my heart been cheered and encouraged as I would hear him, after more than 50 years of experience speak of the all-sufficiency of Divine grace and his glorious prospect of immortality and eternal life. For the last months he seemed to dwell continually in the very land of Beulah. The call, though it came suddenly, found him waiting. A few weeks before, when called to part with a much beloved grandchild, he said, "A few days, and I will meet Bolva in her bright home with the angels." On the evening of the 22nd day of December, he walked up to a store in the village, apparently in his usual health and in a few moments his lifeless form was borne away and he had gone to dwell in the bright house on high. He leaves an aged widow, five sons and one daughter to mourne their loss. May they all meet father in the "sweet by and by".

The funeral, said to be the largest ever witnessed in Brooklin, was attended by the writer, assisted by Revs. Meyers, Wilson, (C.M.) and Beer, (B.C.). We laid his body to rest in the Grove Side Cemetery, in sure and certain hope of a glorious resurrection to eternal life. "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace." E.E. Howard

RESEARCH NOTES: The Bicknell genealogy lists a Thomas as eldest of John's sons.