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1881 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Inter-State Publishing Company
Chicago, Illinois, 1881





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JOSEPH CAMPBELL was born in Montgomery county, Ky., May 3, 1799; son of Alexander and Jane (Anderson) Campbell, natives of Virginia, who moved to Wayne county, this State, in 1817, where they lived until their death, the latter in September, 1844, and the former July 26, 1857. Joseph was married May 12, 1822, to Elsie Clark, who was born in Hopkins county, Ky., April 29, 1801. Their family consisted of eight children, of whom only three are now living. They resided in Wayne county until 1846, when they moved to this township. May 6, 1870, Mr. C., lost his wife, and he now resides on the old place, Miss Margaret Jane Campbell keeping house. Politically, Mr. C., is a Democrat.

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