Mary Glenn (Prichard) Campbell (1808 - 1876)

Born 1808 in Virginia, United States

Wife of James Campbell — married 7 Mar 1825 (to 16 Mar 1876) in Wilson, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1876 at about age 68 in Wabash, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Polly Prichard married James Campbell on May 7, 1825 by Benjamin Prichard in Wilson County, Tennessee^[1][2]

From the History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois pages 306 - 307

An incident in the early lives of Mr. and Mrs Campbell is worthy of mention. Mrs. Campbell, whose maiden name was Pritchett, was the sole dependence of her widowed mother. She had the plowing to do, the wood to chop; in short, the various farm work that usually falls to the lot of boys was hers to do. Hence, her mother forbade the match with Mr. Campbell; but as the neighboring custom, the neighboring boys aided James by stealing the girl from her mother’s house and aiding a runaway match. Starting as they did, penniless, they had a hard time of it. He split rails at 25 cents per hundred, to get money with to defray doctor’s bills. James Campbell died March 1, 1879, and his wife Mary P. Campbell, on March 17, 1876. Both lay buried in Gard’s Point Graveyard, a few miles south of Lancaster.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ 1802-1850 Wilson County, Tennessee Marriages, Edythe Rucker Whitley c1981, located at the National DAR Library
2. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Campbell-47494
3. ↑ History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois pages 306 - 307