Adam Campbell

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Descendant of Ephraim McDowell, a Revolutionary War Patriot.

Descendant of Josias Campbell, a Revolutionary War Patriot.

Descendant of William Scriven, a Revolutionary War Patriot.

Adam Campbell is a member of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Lafayette, OH Chapter.

Biography

Adam Campbell is a graduate of the Scotland Tartan Trail II.

I've been working on my family tree since around the year 2000, but started spending more time and digging deeper around 2017. My maternal ancestry is Italian. My grandmother was born in Italy and both parents of my grandfather were born in Italy. My Paternal grandmother was German, and I have traced all of her ancestors back to Germany in the 1800s.

A lot of my current research is spent focusing on the ancestry of my paternal grandfather Jack Perry Campbell. There’s a lot to learn there, especially with the current Y-DNA technology. My Grandpa Campbell's ancestors have mostly been in the U.S. since the 1700s. With many of his ancestors being pioneers of the U.S.A., I've discovered genealogical connections to American history. My lineage to two ancestors is registered with the Sons of the American Revolution, and I'm in the process of putting paperwork together for some others. I have 3 ancestors who fought for the North in the U.S. Civil War (one of which is on my paternal grandmother’s German side). My Grandpa Campbell served in World War II, and before that he worked on the Campbell Dairy Farm in Carrollton, Missouri owned by his father Jacob Price Campbell.

My Campbell line went from Virginia in the 1700s to Kentucky, then Missouri, Kansas, then back to Missouri with Carrollton in Carroll County. Carrollton is where my great great grandfather John Perry Campbell died, and where my father was born. My dad and his parents ended up in Lynwood, California, which is where my father and mother met and where I was born. I've wondered if my grandfather chose to leave Missouri for Sourthern California, based on liking what he saw there when he shipped off from San Diego during World War II.

After California, we ended up in Ohio where my mom's family is from. Most of my mom's ancestors came here from Italy in the early 1900s. Many specifically came to Akron, OH because of the jobs that were available at the tire and rubber companies like Goodyear where my grandfather and other ancestors worked. We lived in North Akron, referred to as North Hill where a lot of Italians lived and was kind of like a 'Little' Italy back then. My grandmother Mary Gallo was the best cook I've even known, and I tried to learn as much as I could from her while she was with us (about cooking and our family history, she loved to talk about both). She learned most of her recipes and cooking techniques from her mother. She made many different dishes and her specialty was her eggplant parmesan, which is different from the versions most people have tried. I wondered if she and her mother came up with that recipe, but after some research I learned that's how they make it in Southern Italy where they were from. But still, their version is a little different than the other recipes I've seen so I believe that's our family twist on it. I learned every detail from my grandmother about how to make it, because I wanted to make sure it's never lost. Recording family history was also very important to my grandmother and she told me a lot of what I know about my Italian family history.

That's a quick summary of my research, but you'll see the details in WikiTree where I'm actively researching and documenting. I'm looking forward to retirement when I can spend more time on research. That time is still a ways off. I've being working in computer technology for the last 25 years as of 2023, but still have a few years left before retirement comes.

Ne Obliviscaris!

- Adam Campbell

Y-DNA Evidence

BigY-700 Y-DNA test shows terminal haplogroup R-Z9050, combined with unique STR pattern DYS464=15-15-16-16, DYS714=28, and DYS635=25.

R-Z9050 Summary