Robert Campbell (1796 - 1871)

Born 10 Jun 1796 in Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1871 at age 75 in Dublin Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

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Biography

Robert Campbell was a farmer and sometime justice of the peace. He lived in Dublin Township of Franklin County, Pennsylvania and is believed to have been married twice, first to Mary C. Jones and second to Jane Ramsey. Sources for the marriages have not been provided. He is first found by name in the 1850 census, when he was 55 years old with children ages 8 through 21 ...

1850 Census of Dublin Tshp., Fulton Co., PA, p. 83, 27 Sep

Robert Campbell, age 55, b. in PA, Farmer

Jane Campbell, age 51, b. in PA

Isabella Campbell, age 21, b. in PA

Jane Campbell, age 19, b. in PA

John E. Campbell, age 17, b. in PA, Labourer

James S. Campbell, age 15, b. in PA, Labourer

Robert V. Campbell, age 11, b. in PA

Hannah M. Campbell, age 8, b. in PA^[1]

The family is next found in the 1860 census and includes a 9-year-old who - considering the age of Robert's wife - probably was a grandson ...

1860 Census of Dublin Tshp., Fulton Co., PA, p. 104, 13 Sep

Robert Campbell, age 65, b. in PA, Justice of Peace

Jane Campbell, age 62, b. in PA

Mary Campbell, age 23, b. in PA, Servant

Robert V. Campbell, age 21, b. in PA, Farm Hand

Hannah M. Campbell, age 18, b. in PA, Servant

Walter C. Campbell, age 9, b. in PA

Jacob Miller, age 63, b. in PA^[2]

The 1870 census includes yet another probable grandson ...

1870 Census of Dublin Tshp., Fulton Co., PA, p. 104, 13 Sep

Robert Campbell, age 74, b. in PA, Farmer

Jane Campbell, age 71, b. in PA, Keeping House

Mary Campbell, age 30, b. in PA, At Home

Hannah M. Campbell, age 26, b. in PA, At Home

George Wash. Campbell, age 12, b. in PA

Walter S. Campbell, age 18, b. in PA, Farming^[3]

Robert Campbell died, it is believed, on 15 November 1871. He lies at rest at the Knobville United Methodist Church Cemetery in Knobville, Fulton County.^[4]

While the biography on Robert's Findagrave memorial claims that his father was named James, that same memorial links him instead as a son of Thomas Campbell. Robert also has sometimes been confused with a Robert Campbell who was born about 1798 and lived in neighboring Franklin County, Pennsylvania. While this Robert is found in Fulton County every census year between 1850 and 1870, the other Robert Campbell is found in Franklin County every census year between 1850 and 1880.

That memorial also claims a daughter Elizabeth or Eliza married to John Findley Waddell. However, Eliza was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where yet another Robert Campbell lived when she was born while this Robert Campbell lived in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HN-S78 : 22 December 2020), Robert Campbell, Dublin Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPR-4JG : 18 February 2021), Robert Campbell, 1860
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZPW-TFS : 29 May 2021), Robert Campbell, 1870
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172723458/robert-campbell : accessed 9 March 2022), memorial page for Robert Campbell (10 Jun 1796–15 Nov 1871), Find a Grave Memorial ID 172723458, citing Knobsville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Knobsville, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Heaven Bound (contributor 47056102)