|
a.
|
Note: g Co. Health Dept., Elmira, NY shows that he was a veteran of U.S. Armed Forced. Residence: 706 W. 1st Street, Elmira, NY. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Cause of Death: Malignant Erysipelas.
667 Sixth Street, Clairton, Pa. 2 January 1956 Mrs. Ruth M. Ames 167 Renwood Avenue Buffalo, N.Y. Dear Mrs. Ames: It was a keen disappointment to me when I called at your home in December that I could not talk longer with you about your branch of the Campbells.
Your suggestion that you could give the information by correspondence is a good one. In order to simplify the operation for you, I have prepared a questionaire form. Will you please fill in data requested and return form to me at your convenience? The reference to Bible record is presented because of your statement there was such stored in your mementos.
I might advise in closing that the purpose of this effort is to make a written record of the family genealogy and with no thought of commerical jam.
Your reply will be greatly appreciated. Your sincerely, Harry Earle Campbell [Don Ames' note: His father is Ambrose<James Ham<John<David<David]
667 Sixth Street, Clairton, Pa. 6 March 1956 Mrs. Ruth M. Ames 167 Renwood Avenue Kenmore 17, N.Y. Dear Mrs. Ames: It has been a long time since I had a treat equal to that which your letter of the 2nd gave me. Since there are so few living descendents of the Joseph Campbell family known to me I had settled upon you as the last chance. I knew for obtaining information to fill in that branch of the family history. My hopes were well placed. There are enough entirely new items of information and confirmation of other unsure ones to make your report a splendid contribution to my collection of family records. Also Mrs. Ames, I will state you have that which is rare among those not experienced in lineage research, that is good comprehension of material needed for a genealogical history.
Thank you ever so much.
Your mother's middle name from which your report is Fitch. Do you know where that came from? I will venture a guess. Henry J. had a sister Hannah Ann Campbell. She married Nathaniel Fitch so it is possible the name was taken from them.
Henry W. Campbell born in Lancaster, Pa., is same person as William Campbell concerning whom you have an undated newspaper clipping obituary.
The report you give on Joseph and Anna (Hendrickson) Campbell is high spot of your data. You do not state but I suppose data concerning them (dates of birth and death) were on a sheet of paper apart from the Bible record. I had concluded that Anna died in the 1850s because I have never formed my reference to her, until your info. that she lived until 10 August 1877. In 1850 she was living in Starkey, Yates Co., N.Y., with family of Thomas and Elizabeth Chambers. Is there any indication or hint in any of your records where she lived at anytime between 1850 and 1877? It is of prime interest to me to know where she died and where she was buried.
Figuratively I "ate up" the report. "Mary Watson, the mother of Joseph Campbell, was from a wealthy family who kept servants." Are there no references in any of your data to the father of Joseph who would be husband of Mary Watson?
There are other items of special interest but I am fearful of wearying you you with too much writing.
I have depended mainly upon public records in my research for genealogical material. You are one of the few members of the family whom I have approached for information. A little clue or lead can guide one of times to unknown public records. Therefore I am preparing another questionaire including questions raised in the foregoing which I hope you will have the patience to fill in whenever you can find time. I have tried to make it easy and include only items which you can answer off hand.
Again thanks a million for everything. Sincerely, Harry Earle Campbell 667 Sixth Street, Clairton, Pa. 16 March 1956 Dear Cousin. Your letter and enclosures gave me a real thrill. I am surely glad that you decided to send these original records so that I might study them. All are extremely interesting to me but the most wonderful single piece is the Yates County Surrogate's notice of the meeting to probate the will of Anna Beers. This is the key to the unknown against which I have been contending
some six years. With the invaluable information here presented I can make a near complete history of the Joseph Campbell line. Thanks a million. I surely adore you for this boost.
Anna Beers is the Anna Hendrickson who was married to Joseph. Hannah Finch, Emily Thompson, Ellen Weber and Margaret Beardsley were daughters of Joseph and Anna. Anna was also married and had children before she married Joseph. Her first husband was William Smith. The individuals mentioned by family name Chambers are children of Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Anna's first marriage. Some Smiths are listed in the notice also. All this I can give to you now because I had a great deal of information up to a certain point and from many directions but until your enclosures I never could uncover the data to solve all the puzzles. Your kindness will always be remembered.
The name Lunger which you deciphered from the pencil script as surname or maiden name of Anna's mother I believe is correct. Around Danville in Montour County, Penna., where Joseph lived before he moved to Yates County there were families by that name. I have never been able to determine whether Joseph was married before or after he moved to New York State.
If you don't mind I would like to retain some of your papers so I may copy them. I surely will return each one of them. I think it better not to send all in the same letter. In case of a lost letter (Heaven forbid!) not all are lost if sent in different letters.
It would be real delightful to meet you at the Pittsburgh Airport to talk over my experienced in collecting material for the family genealogy. I cannot promise for sure however that I can come on the day you pick to travel through -- my time is not all my own and the Greater Pittsburgh Airport is quite a long way from my home at Clairton. If possible it would be more desireable if you could let me know in time so I can inform you if I can come or not.
Thanks very much for the invitation.
I will probably return the Surrogate's notice with this letter and hold the rest of the notes to send later.
Again thanks for everything and with best fortune to you as ever. Your cousin, Harry E. C. 667 Sixth Street, Clairton, Pa. 20 March 1956 Dear Cousin: With this letter I return to you remainder of the clippings and notes which you so obligingly sent in your letter of 12 March. I am still rejoicing over the opportunity to examine these bits of Campbell history. A more desirable find I never hope to make.
Your offer to be on the lookout for more material revealing the family's past is greatly appreciated. So far your performance rates Grade A. When Joseph Campbell I died 1845, his wife Anna and a Mr. Seymour administered the state. There was no will. In the report of the appraisers on list set aside for the widow was a Bible among other items. It is possible
that is in existance somewhere today. No doubt one of Anna's daughters acquired possession upon death of Anna in 1877. Joseph could write so no doubt he made entries in the Bible. What a prize that would be for the family genealogist!
It would seem like you were doing the right thing for preservation of same to patch and reinforce the old pieces of records with Scotch tape which I take that to be on the items sent to me. In fact Scotch tape is bad medicine for application to anything one desires to keep because it has the undesirable fault of deteriorating from age. The entire strip turns sticky - first at the ends where the adhesive is exposed - whereupon it clings to everything it touches. However there is slight chance you can now remove it without serious injury to the old paper. I learned this from sad experience.
It is a matter of importance to me that you receive all the records which I am returning. Will you please acknowledge on postal card enclosed?
Thanks again for your valued cooperation. As ever sincerely, your cousin Harry Earle C. ___________________________________________________________________________
1870 U.S. Census - Chemung County, New York, Town of Horseheads, Pg. 31, 27
July 1870:
Dwelling No. 253; Family No. 258; Name: Campbell, Henry Age 36, Male, Carpenter, Value 350, Place of Birth: New York Mary Age 34, Female, Keeping house, Place of Birth: New York Alice Age 11, Female, Place of Birth: New York Charles Age 6, Male, Place of Birth: New York Dewitt Age 4, Male, Place of Birth: New York ______________________________________________________________________________
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=CAMP&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSsr=3961&GRid=99726990&
Birth: unknown
Death: Apr. 3, 1895
Inscription: Age 60
Note: DIED Elmira
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA
Created by: RobMinteer57, Record added: Oct 28, 2012, Find A Grave Memorial# 99726990
________________________________________________________________________
Note: Death Certificate in Registrar of Vital Statistics, Chemung Co., Chemun
|
