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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



CAMPBELL, ROBERT, was born Sept. 9, 1783, in Kanawha county, West Va. Mary Griffith was born there, Sept. 15, 1791. They were married June 30, 1808, and some of their children were born in that county. The family moved to Cincinnati, and from there to Sangamon county, arriving previous to 1835, near Loami. Of their children--

SIDNEY S., born May 4, 1810, in West Va., married in Sangamon county, March 30, 1836, to Barbara A. Neal. They had six living children in Sangamon county. ROBERT D., born Jan. 27, 1840, enlisted July 15, 1861, in Co. C, 11th Mo. Inf., for three years; re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan., 1864, served until Jan. 15, 1866, when he was honorably discharged. He was married Sept. 2, 1868, to Sarah Shryer. They have one child, JAMES E., and live one mile south of Bates. MARIA N., born Feb. 9, 1842, married Wm. H. Sowell. See his name. SAMUEL, born March 12, 1844, enlisted Sept., 1861, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years. He was wounded in the battle of Little Rock, Ark., from which he recovered, but died of disease in hospital at that place, Sept., 1863. HARVEY G. born July 7, 1846, lives with his mother. AMARINE, born Nov. 7, 1848, married Morris Lee. They have two children, and live near New Berlin. ELIZABETH, born Sept. 2, 1856, married James M. Williams, who was a Union soldier, also. They have two children, and live in Pleasant Plains. Sidney S. Campbell died in 1874. His widow resides at Loami.

HAMILTON, born June 12, 1812, in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Harriet Riddle. They moved to Oregon, where he was murdered.

MARY E. V., born Oct. 4, 1814, marricd Woodford Turpin, who died while a soldier in the Mexican war, leaving two sons, CHARLES and HAMILTON. Mrs. Turpin married Walter Nicholls and reside near Dundee, Rice county, Minnesota.

JOHN A., born Sept. 30, 1816, in Kanawha county, West Va., came with his parents to Sangamon county, and after spending a few years near Loami, came to Springfield. He was married Oct. 4, 1838, to Susan C. Short. They had five children, four of whom died young. MARIETTA, born July 25, 1841, in Springfield, Ill., was married there, Oct. 28, 1860, to Daniel Myers. They had one child, CAROLINE, and Mr. Myers died Oct. 30, 1863. Mrs. Myers lives with her father, in St. Louis. Mrs. Susan C. Campbell died April 3, 1852, and John A. Campbell married Mrs. Elizabeth Rusk, whose maiden name was Hawker. She died, and he married Nov. 9, 1856, to Elizabeth T. Rich. They have one living child, CYRUS W., and reside at 921 North Tenth Street, St. Louis, Mo.

CHARLES R., born Nov. 17, 1821, in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Mary Gibson. They have two children, and live at Oswego, Labette county, Kansas.

WILLIAM P., born Nov. 24, 1826, married Julia Slater. They have three children, and live in Springfield.

NANCY A., born April 27, 1830, married George Underwood, and both died, leaving three children in Buchanan county, near St. Joseph, Mo.

Robert Campbell died Dec. 10, 1845, and his widow died Jan. 26, 1862, both in Loami township.



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