| The patriarch of the Campbell family living in Millbrook
Township was John W. Township. A biography of John and his family
was published in the History of Peoria County, Illinois (1880).
"CAMPBELL JOHN W.
farmer, Sec. 23, P. O. Monica, is the son of Gilbert and Mary
Campbell, who were married in 1795, and were early settlers in Boone
county, Kentucky. His father was the grandson of Lord Overton, a
Scotch peer. The subject of this sketch was born in Boone county,
Kentucky, Dec. 18, 1812. Married July 6, 1837, at Rushville, Ill.,
while on a visit there, Miss Margaret M. Dooley, afterwards
returning to Kentucky, where he remained six years; thence removed,
in 1844, to Preble county, Ohio, where he resided ten years, and
then came to his present location, where he owns 257 acres of land,
worth $13,000. Has 200 acres of his land under cultivation, and his
farm is altogether well improved. Mrs. Campbell is a native of
Kentucky, and was born in 1812; has had seven children, five boys
and two girls, but lost by death two of their boys, David and
Samuel, Oct. 3, 1862."
Additional Notes: John and his family lived in Washington
Township, Preble County, Ohio, before he finally settled down in
Millbrook Township. Their children's names were (in order of birth)
Mary E., David O., Charles L., Samuel W., Adeline, Felix, and George
W.
They had three sons in the Civil War and they were all in the
77th Illinois Infantry.
In the Civil War Muster rolls, it states that David had black
hair, dark eyes and complexion. He was 5' 5 1/2" tall, married, and
a farmer by trade. David mustered into the Army on Sep. 2, 1862, and
died of disease while home on furlough on Oct. 3, 1862.
Also, in the Civil War muster rolls, it states that Samuel W. had
brown hair, grey eyes, and a dark complexion. He was 5" 5" tall,
single and a farmer by trade. Samuel mustered in on Sep. 2, 1862,
died of disease while home on furlough on Oct. 2, 1862. It's
interesting to note that his stone said he died on Oct. 3, 1862.
Charles was the only one to survive the war. In the Civil War
muster roll, it mentions that Charles had brown hair, grey eyes, and
a dark complexion. He was 5' 4 3/4" tall, single and a farmer.
Charles also mustered in on the same day as his brothers and was
discharged for disability in September 1862. Charles married
Catherine "Kate" Cowley on Feb. 9, 1870 and eventually owned the
land where the Campbell cemetery is located. Perhaps his father,
John, owned this land before him. The 1880 census shows Charles and
his wife still living in Millbrook township with their children
Louie, Essie and Edward. By 1900, they moved away. Charles and his
wife, Elizabeth, are listed as living in DeWitt county, Santa
Ana township....in the 1900 census.
Felix G. married Alice C. Gilbert on Sep. 4, 1872. Felix is
listed in the 1880 census as living in Brimfield with his family,
Alice, Walter, Maud and Ralph. Sometime between 1880 and 1900, they
moved to Champaign, Illinois, according to the 1900 census. In this
census, two of their children are still living with them, Maud and
Ralph. Felix is listed as Frank in the 1910 census and F. G.
Campbell in the 1920 census. Felix died on No. 20, 1929 and Alice
died on April 3, 1943.
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