Samuel R Campbell (1842)

Born 13 Dec 1842 in Morgan County, Illinois, United States

Husband of Martha A (Burns) Campbell — married 26 Jan 1875 in Sangamon County, Illinois

This profile is part of the Eastern Sangamon County Townships One Place Study.

Space

Space: Eastern Sangamon County Townships One Place Study
One Place Study Registraion [[1]]

Biography

Origins

Samuel R Campbell was born 13 Dec 1842 in Morgan County, Illinois to William (TN) and Nancy (Reeder) Campbell of KY.^[1]

Arrival

Early Life

Family

He first married Frances A Funk on 7 Nov 1867. Miss Frances A Funk was born July 1845 in Scott County, Illinois. They had 2 children Henry L b May 1869 and Lillie M b 27 Jan 1871. Mrs Frances A (Funk) Campbell died 20 Nov 1872. Samuel R. Campbell re-married to Martha A Burns of Buffalo Hart Township on 22 Jan 1875. They had 2 children: John W b 29 Mar 1879 and Bertha E. b 9 Mar 1881. The Campbells moved to a Macon County, Illinois farm in 1866 and remained until the fall of 1874. At that time Samuel R. Campbell sold the farm and the family returned to Buffalo Hart Township. ^[2]

On 9 Jun 1880, John E Constant, the enumerator for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reported the Samuel R Campbell household in between the Patsy Burns and Patrick Tagert households.^[3]
Samuel R Campbell 37 (1843, self, married) b. Illinois; father born in Tennessee and mother born in Kentucky.
Martha A Campbell 37 (1843, wife, married) b. Illinois; both parents born in Kentucky.
Henry L Campbell 11 (1869, son, single) b. he and both parents born in Illinois.
Lilly M Campbell 9 (1871, daughter, single) b. she and both parents born in Illinois.
John W Campbell 1 (1879, son, single) b. he and both parents born in Illinois.
Nathaniel W Ernest 21 (1859, boarder, single) b. Pennsylvania; no parent location listed.
Margaret Thompson 26 (1854, boarder, single) b. Ohio; father born in Ohio and mother born in Pennsylvania.

Military

Occupation

Politics/Civic

Republican^[4]

Religion

He was a member of the Baptist Church.^[5]

Death & Legacy

Obituary

Timeline

Sources

1. ↑ Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.). 1881. History of Sangamon County, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships ... portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois. Chicago: Inter-state Pub. Co.
2. ↑ Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.). 1881. History of Sangamon County, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships ... portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois. Chicago: Inter-state Pub. Co.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-FP4 : accessed 18 May 2015), Samuel R Campbell, Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 200, sheet 210A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.
4. ↑ Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.). 1881. History of Sangamon County, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships ... portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois. Chicago: Inter-state Pub. Co.
5. ↑ Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.). 1881. History of Sangamon County, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships ... portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois. Chicago: Inter-state Pub. Co.