CAMPBELL, ENOS
, born about 1758, either in Scotland or near Trenton, N. J., soon after the arrival of his parents in America. He enlisted in the Revolutionary army at seventeen years of age, and served six or seven years, until the British army left the American shores. Mr. C. drew a pension to the end of his life. Enos Campbell and Damaris Nowee were married in New Jersey, and moved to Uniontown, Fayette county, Penn., where they had nine children, and moved, about 1806, to Butler county, O., where they had one child, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1835, in what is now Gardner township. Some of the children had arrived before, and some never came. Of their children--SARAH, born in Pennsylvania, married in Ohio to William Gard. They raised a family, and both died in Preble county, Ohio.
JOHN N., born April 10, 1794, in Uniontown, Fayette county, Pa., married Oct. 12, 1818, in Butler county, Ohio, to Phoebe Clarke, who was born April 30, 1791, in Uniontown, Pa., also. They had five children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving Oct. 3, 1824, in what is now Salisbury township, where they had four children. Of their children, ISRAEL, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Mary Jacks, and lives in DeWitt county. CHRISTIANA, born June 27, 1819, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to Philip Clark, Jun. See his name. CLARKSON, born March 3, 1821, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to Ann Kyles. They had two children, and live in Minnesota. He was Lieutenant in an Illinois regiment in suppressing the rebellion. ENOS, born Nov. 22, 1822, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 12, 1851, to Rachel Duncan. They have two children, both married, and live near Clinton. BARZILLA, born July 22, 1824, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to Rosanna Sackett, moved to Clinton and was Sheriff of DeWitt county and Quartermaster of the 107th Illinois Infantry. They have five children, and live at Twin Springs, Lynn county, Kansas. LEWIS, born Nov. 17, 1826, in Sangamon county, married in Clinton to Philena Argo. They have six children, and live at Clinton, Ill. JOHN N. Jun., born March 24, 1829, in Sangamon county, married June 29, 1852, to Susan Hendel. He died Aug. 11, 1856, near Clinton. SARAH A., born May 30, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Sept, 21, 1854, to Robert Boyd, who died leaving one child, ADA. Mrs. Boyd married Albert Williams, and both died, leaving one child in Clinton. MARY A., born Dec. 22, 1824, in Sangamon county, married James Willis. They have four children, and live near Clinton. John N. Campbell was a soldier in the war of 1812, from Ohio, and the Black Hawk war from Sangamon county. He and his wife live in Clinton now--1874--both over eighty years of age.
LEWIS, married in Ohio to Leah Weaver, came to Sangamon county before the "deep snow," moved back to Ohio in 1832, where he lost his wife, returned to Sangamon county in 1836, married Clarissa Willis, had eight children, and lives near Athens, Menard county. His daughter, Leah, married John Slater. See his name.
RACHEL, married in Ohio to Henry Price, moved to Sangamon county, in 1835, moved, in 1841, to Iowa, and from there to the Pacific coast in 1854. They had ten children, and live in California.
ABIGAIL, married in Ohio to Jacob Mann, raised a large family, and lives near Paris, Edgar county, Ill.
MARY, born in 1790, or '91, in Uniontown, Penn., married in Ohio to William H. Fitz Freeman. They had five children in Ohio, and came to Sangamon county in 1837. She died July 21, 1854, in her 64th year, and Mr. Freeman died Jan. 19, 1856, in the 77th year of his age. Their son, Abraham Freeman, married Margaret Penny, has several children, and lives in Springfield.
JANE, born April 27, 1808, in Butler county, Ohio, married Jacob Gard. See his name.
Mrs. Damaris Campbell died April 23, 1837, and Enos Campbell died June 2, 1838, both in Sangamon county.