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dollar, and named Samuel Campbell as one of her two executors.
!Although the will gives Samuel's wife's name as Tanny, it is believed that
is a misprint; it is reasonable that Fanny was his nickname for Franscina.
!Samuel signed his will on 7 July, 1853, and it was attested by Thomas Rankin,
Jeremiah Rankin and Huffsletter on 20 Aug, 1853. It stated: "After
all my lawful debts are paid, I give and bequesth to my beloved wife Tanny
Campbell the farm upon which I now live to have and to hold the same during her
life, also all my household and kitchen furniture, my two horse wagon and wagon
gears for the same; and one set of plow gears one bay named Snip; and one two
year old iron gray filly; and all my farming tools; one cow and one calf; eight
hogs for pork, and two of my choice sows and pigs; two bee-stands, all the old
corn now on hand, and of the growing crop of corn, one field lying immediately
east and adjoining the railroad on the one third of a field now rented to
Daniel Fields, with all the oats and hay now on the farm, and seventy-five
bushes of wheat, and all money on hand.
!I give to my two daughters Elizabeth and Mary Jane, each forty dollars, and to
my daughter Ann Fields five dollars. I give my son Robert, one two year old
calf now claimed by him, and one cow to be furnished him by his Mother, also
one bed and bedding. I also give to my son John, one last spring colt, the
samll mares colt, and to have one years schooling, the same to be paid out of
my estate, and one acre corn, and bed and bedding when he is of age, to be
furnished by his Mother.
!"The above named property given to my daughter, Elizabeth, Mary Jane, Ann
Fields, Robert and John is to make them equal in my estate, with my sons
William, David and Susan Warren who had previously received the same amount.
!"The remainder of my personal property to be sold by my executor on a four
months credit, also a tract of land lying in the state of Illinois
...containing one hundred and sixty acres. To be sold within four years after
my death at either private or public sale and the proceeds to be equally
divided amongst my children. The taxes to be paid on said land out of my
estate until sold."
!Samuel named his son William C. Campbell to be the executor of his will, a
copy of which is in the book of Wills of Orange County, Indiana, Vol. 2, p. 15.
A copy is in my Campbell Album.
!Samuel is mentioned as the father of W. C. Campbell on p. 605 of HISTORY OF
LAWRENCE, ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF INDIANA, published by the Goodspeed
Brothers and Company, Chicago, in 1884, of which a reprint HISTORY OF ORANGE
COUNTY was published by Stout's Print Shop, Paoli, Indiana, in 1965. It further
states that "Samuel became prominent and well respected and was one of the
leading farmers of his day. He died here in 1853 and his wife survived him
until 1870."
!My genealogist, Richard A. Enochs, May 22, 1995, provided Samuel's full date of
death, and place of burial, p. 5. Samuel lived to be 56 years of age, 2
months, and 23 days. Enochs calculated the date of birth.
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