Jane (Linn) Campbell (1795 - 1842)

Born 1795 in Concord, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died 7 Apr 1842 at about age 47 in Concord, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

The following biography was taken verbatim from the 1905 history and genealogy of the Linn family, which is now in the public domain. It was contributed to the book's author by Mrs. Daniel Ralph Ennis, born in 1870 as Laura Buckley McLaughlin, who was a granddaughter of Jane Linn and her husband, Robert Campbell ...

"Jane Linn was born in 1795, in Horse Valley, Cumberland (now Perry) county, Penna., and died near Concord, Franklin county, Penna., April 7, 1842. In 1817 she was married to Robert Campbell, with whom she lived in harmony till death. To them were born eight children.

"Her most marked characteristics, perhaps, were her unbounded energy and remarkable piety. As the mother of a large family she was a most industrious, frugal and God-fearing woman, and by her strong personality impressed indelibly upon her children these same traits of diligence and economy, softened by a simple faith in God. The spinning wheel occupied a prominent place in the economy of the household; flax for linen, and wool for the family flannel as well as yarn for the numerous stockings must all be prepared in the home. But work never was allowed to interfere with the observance of the Sabbath. She was a most devout Christian woman, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was almost extreme in her religious views and observances. Vegetables that were not gathered on Saturday were notable by their absence on the Sunday dinner table; choice berries brought her, by her children, were refused if gathered on the Sabbath Day.

"The health of Mrs. Jane Campbell was ailing for a number of years previous to her death and on one occasion her family despaired of her recovery. At this time her brother John Linn came to see her. After calling at her bedside and noting her enfeebled condition, he retired to the barn to pray. His earnest pleadings were audible to those at the house, to which he soon returned with the glad assurance, 'Well, Jennie, you'll not die this time.' A few years later when the spring blossoms were spreading their fragrance on the air, she died, exhorting her children, some of whom were yet quite young, to meet her in heaven."^[1]

Research Note

No Clan Linn or Lynn, etc. is found in any reputable published list or history of Scottish clans written by the most eminent Scottish historical authors. All of the following were searched:

1. Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland by C. Thomas Cairney and C. Thomas Cairney, Ph.D., McFarland & Company, Inc., North Carolina (1989)
2. The Highland Clans: the Dynastic Origins, Chiefs, and Background of the Clans and of Some Other Families Connected with Highland History by Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk and David Hicks, Bramhall House, New York (1977)
3. Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland by Thomas Brumby Johnston, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.E. & F.S.A.S., and Colonel James A. Robertson, F.S.A.S., W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh and London (1872)
4. The History of Scotland - Its Highlands, Regiments and Clans by James Browne, LL.D., Francis A. Niccolls & Co., Edinburgh, London, and Boston (1909)
5. Sketches of the Clans of Scotland, Clansmen J.M.P. - F.W.S., MacLachlan & Stewart, Edinburgh (1884)
6. The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, Johnston and Bacon, Edinburgh (1971)

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/ahistoryafragme00linngoog?ref=ol#page/n211/mode/1up : Linn, Dr. George Wilds : "A History of a Fragment of the Clan Linn" (1905)