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Elizabeth Anderson McCampbell, m. June 1, 1898, Dr. Clifford Reno Neare, when last heard from lived at Orange, N. J. Three children,

Clifford Reno,
Eleanor and
Duglas.

David Tilford McCampbell, m. Oct., 1907, Louisa Ketcham, living at Philadelphia, Pa, One child,

Donald.

Letitia Meriwether McCampbell, m. June 3, 1911, Ralph Woodson Lucas. Two children.

Seventh Generation.

Mary Jane McCampbell, b. Nov. 12, 1845, m. Dec. 18, 1866, Rev. John Kay Demarest, a Presbyterian minister (son of Jasper Demarest and Katharine Lozier, Hackensack, N. J.) He died at Gettysburg, Pa. Mary Jane McCampbell Demarest died Mar. 3, 1902, Jeffersonville, Ind. They had four [I count five!] children,

Bertha, b. Jan. 13, 1868, unmarried.
James Hervey, b. July, 1870, died in infancy.
Joseph Lozier died in infancy.
Letitia Meriwether, b. Aug. 10, 1878, m. Oct. 10, 1905, Henry P. Noble.
Cornelius Agnew, b. Apr. 28, 1882, m. July 2,1907, Anna Milton.

Eighth Generation.

Letitia Meriwether Demarest, m. Oct. 10, 1905, Henry P. Noble, living at Falls Chtirch, Va. Two children,

Henry Prime, b. Jan. 31, 1906;
Bertha, b. _____, 1908.

Cornelius Agnew Demarest, m. July 2, 1907, Anna Milton (daughter of John Milton and Laura Smyser), living in Louisville, Ky. Two children,

John Milton, b. May 3, 1908;
Cornelius Agnew, b. Nov. 10, 1910.

Anna Milton Demarest died May 6,1912, in Louisville, Ky.

Sixth Generation.

William Logan McCampbell, b. June 2, 1819, near Charlestown, Ind. (son of Samuel McCampbell and Jean Tilford) (see Page 52); m. Dec. 24, 1844, by M. Cole, M. G., Delilah Tyler Goodwin, b. Dec. 25, 1824 (daughter of Amos II, William II, Edward I, Goodwin and Amelia Ann Dunn V, Abner Martin IV, Hezekiah III, Joseph II, Hugh I, of Middlesex Co., New Jersey). William Logan was a wholesale merchant many years in Louisville, Ky. He died Nov. 14, 1888; his wife Delilah Tyler Goodwin McCampbell, died Sept. 18, 1855. Children:

Amos Goodwin, b. Oct. 6, 1845, m. Feb. 15, 1873, Sarah Leavelle Bryant.
Samuel, b. Feb. 1, 1847, died in infancy.
Virginia Belle, b. May 24, 1848, m. Nov. 12, 1875, Richard Beck Wright.
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Georgia Anna, b. July 22, 1850, m. Dec. 17, 1874, Austin Peay Speed.
William Dunn, b. Mar. 23, 1853, died Sept. 23, 1896, unmarried.

William Logan McCampbell, m. again Nov. 14, 1865, Mrs. Eliza (Craig) Craig, b. Aug. 7,1828 (daughter of Samuel Todd Craig and Margaret Craig (cousins). Mrs. Eliza Craig McCampbell died Aug. 12, 1909, Versailles, Ky.

Seventh Generation.

Amos Goodwin McCampbell, b. Oct. 6, 1845, Charlestown, Ind. (son of William Logan and Delilah Tyler Goodwin), m. Feb. 15, 1873, Sarah Leavelle Bryant (dau. of James Bryant and Sarah Wayte Leavelle). Sarah Bryant McCampbell died Dec. 23, 1910. He is living on his farm near Harrodsburg, Ky. Children:

Roberta, b. Sept. 22, 1875, unmarried.
Bryant, b. Jan. 2, 1877, unmarried.
Leavelle, b. May 28, 1879, in. 1st, Matilda Goldsborough Robinson; 2d, Gertrude Bacheler Gore.
Georgia, b. Jan. 2, 1881, m. Feb. 11, 1902, Frances Hegan Miller.
Amos, b. Aug. 22, 1883.
Leila, b. Feb. 28, 1885, m. Mar. 15, 1906, Herman B. Anderson.
Amos Goodwin in. 2d time Dec. 14, 1912, Mrs. Ida Belle Button. No children.

Eighth Generation.

Leavelle McCampbell, b. May 28, 1879, Louisville, Ky. Graduate of Manual High School, Louisville, Ky.; m. Jan. 9,1905, Matilda Goldsborough Robinson (daughter of Goldsborough Robinson and Matilda Prather), living in Staten Island, New York City. Two children.

Emily Goodwin, b. Oct., 1908.
William Kay, b. Nov. 16, 1910.

Matilda Goldsborough McCampbell, died Dec. 17, 1910. Leavelle McCampbell married again Apr. 14, 1915, Gertrude Bacheler Gore.

Eighth Generation.

Georgia McCampbell, b. Jan. 2, 1881, LouisvIlle, Ky., Graduate Female High School (daughter of Amos Goodwin McCampbell, and Sarah Leavelle Bryant), m. Feb. 11, 1902, Francis Hegan Miller (son of John Thomas Miller and Kate Hegan), living in Louisville, Ky. Children:

John Amos, b. Nov. 18, 1903;
Katharine, b. Aug. 30, 1905;
Frances, b. Mar. 16, 1907;
Georgia, b. Nov. 15, 1908;
Virginia, b. June 16, 1910.

Virginia Bell McCampbell, b. May 24, 1848, Charlestown, Ind. (daughter of William Logan and Delilah Tyler Goodwin). Graduate Louisville Female Seminary, m. Nov. 12, 1875, by Rev. John Kay Demarest,

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in Pewee Valley, Ky., Richard Beck Wright, born in Liverpool, England, Sept. 9, 1835 (son of Thomas Joseph Wright and Charlotte Beck). Richard Beck Wright died Sept. 8, 1886, St. Louis; living near St. Louis. Children:

Thomas Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1877, m. Apr. 12, 1910, Elsa Lemp. No children.
Thurston, b. Jan. 29, 1879, m. June 7,1909, Virginia Frew.
Georgia Austin, b. Nov. 26, 1880, m. June 11, 1902, Charles Parsons Pettus.
Virginia Logan, b. Feb. 16, 1883, m. 1904, George Welch Simmons.

Thurston Wright, b. Jan. 29, 1879, in St. Louis, Mo. (son of Richard Beck Wright and Virginia Bell McCampbell), m. June 7, 1909, Virginia Frew (daughter of William Neimick Frew and Virginia, of Pittsburg, Pa.), living in Pittsburg, Pa. Two children, Virginia and Thurston.

Georgia Austin Wright, b. Nov. 26, 1880, St. Louis, Mo. (daughter of Richard Reck Wright and Virginia Bell McCampbell), m. June 11, 1902, Charles Parsons Pettus, graduate of Mary Institute, St. Louis, Mo. Children:

Charles Parsons, b. Oct., 1903.
Thomas Henry, b. Sept., 1905.
Martha Parsons, b. July, 1908.
Thurston, b. Dec., 1910.
Mary Sangrain, b. 1915.

Virginia Logan, b. Feb. 16, 1883, St. Louis, Mo. (daughter of Richard Beck Wright and Virginia Bell McCampbell), m. 1904, George Welch Simmons. Three children, Richard Wright Viroinia and Lula.

Seventh Generation.

Georgia Anna McCampbell, b. July 22, 1850, Clark County, Ind. Graduate Louisville Female Seminary, m. Dec. 17, 1874, by Rev. William Reynolds Brown, of Pewee Valley, Ky., Austin Peay Speed, b. Aug. 9, 1848 (Son of Thomas Spencer Speed and Margaret Hawkins VI, John V, Jameson IV, John III, Philemon II, John I.).

Eighth Generation.

One child, Goodwin, b. March 29, 1876, m. Sept. 15, 1909, Willie Houston Hays (daughter of Major Thomas Hercules Hays and Georgia Broughton of Georgia). Two children:

Austin Broughton, b. Aug. 12, 1910.
Percy Hays, b. Sept. 6, 1911.
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Austin P. Speed died November, 1913, on Thanksgiving Day. Was born in Nelson County, Kentucky. Son of Thomas Speed, a member of a pioneer family of Kentucky. He was a prominent business man of Louisville, Ky. Was a member of the firm of Byrne and Speed. While with this contpany was active in the coal business in the city and also as an operator in the Kentucky coal fields. Upon leaving this firm he operated several large mines out in the State independently.

Sixth Generation.

Margaret Jane McCampbell, b. February 19, 1821, near Charlestown, Ind. (daughter of Samuel McCampbell and Jane Tilford), on October 8, 1840, by Rev. William Orr, at Charlestown, Ind. m. William Wilson Gilliland, b. November 22, 1814 (son of Rev. James Gilliland and Frances Baird). William W. Gilliland, b. Brown County, Ohio; graduate of Hanover College, Indiana, 1839, with high honor. Principal of Charlestown, Ind.. High School from 1839 to 1842. Admitted to the bar at Charlestown 1842. Practiced law in Clark County, Indiana, till 1866. Judge of 4th Common Pleas District, 1864 to 1866. Moved to Ripley, Ohio, October, 1866, and to Davenport, Iowa, May, 1899. Elder in Presbyterian Church many years. Died at Davenport, Iowa, January 8, 1900. Their children:

James Harvey, b. January 6, 1842, died in infancy.
William Henry, b. April 19, 1844, d. April 14, 1912, unmarried.
Charles McCampbell, b. January 10, 1848, drowned at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 27, 1874, unmarried.
Anna Jane, b. February 3, 1852, m. February 2, 1871, James Liggett Manker.
Belle Vashti, b. July 13, 1854, died March 4, 1898, unmarried.
Linwin Walker, b. September 11, 1858, m. October 7, 1889, Alice Traber.

Seventh Generation.

Anna Jane Gilliland, b. February 3, 1852 (dau. of William Wilson Gilliland and Margaret Jane McCampbell), m. February 2, 1871, James Liggert Manker at Ripley, Ohio, by Rev. D. Pierce and Rev. Sutherland. James L. Manker died September 30, 1908. His wife, Anna Jane Manker, lives at 1936 Grand Ave., Davenport, Iowa. Their children:

Nora Belle, b. April 7, 1874, m. November 20, 1895, Robert Miller Town.
Margaret Mable, b. January 1, 1885, m. June 15, 1910, William Henry Cull Carhart.

Nora Bele Manker, m. first, Robert Miller Town, November 20, 1895.

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He died at Peoria, Ill., January 8, 1899. She married again July 5, 1905, Louis Goodrich Lasher, living in Davenport, Iowa. One child,

James Goodrich, b. December 17, 1911.

Linviers Walker Gilliland, b. September 11, 1858, Charlestown, Ind. (son of William Wilson Gilliland and Margaret Jane McCampbell), m. October 7, 1889, Alice Traher, Cincinnati, Ohio. He died March 14, 1894. One child, Frances Katharine, b. January 22, 1891.

Sixth Generation.

Cyntha Elvira McCampbell, b. August 9, 1833, near Charlestown, Ind. (dau. of Samuel McCambpell and Jane Tilford), m. March 11, 1852, at Charlestown, md., by Rev. H. H. Camburn Dr. Samuel Clarence Taggart, b. September 14, 1828 (Son of James Taggart and Alethea Chiles). Cyntha Elvira (McC.) Taggart died at Charlestown, Ind., February 1, 1895. Dr. Samuel C. Taggart died at Charlestown, Ind., February 2, 1901. Their children:

Charles, b. 1857, died in infancy.
James Edward, b. July 1, 1858, m. September 24, 1885, Nettie B. Winesburg.
Alethea Jane, b. April 8, 1862, m. July 21, 1889, Charles C. Louis. No children.

Seventh Generation.

James Edward Taggart, b. July 1, 1858, m. September 24, 1885. Practicing law at Jeffersonville, Ind. Graduate of Hanover College, Indiana. Elder in Presbyterian Church. Two children:

Jennie Winesburg, b. January 22, 1887, unmarried.
Samuel Clarence, b. October 2, 1898.

Fifth Generation.

Anna Logan McCampbell, b. Rockbridge County, Virginia (daughter of James McCampbell and Margaret Logan), m. June 7, 1811, David Vance, at Charlestown, Ind. Children:

1. James McCampbell, b. _____, m. _____ Mitchell.
2. John Robert, b. _____, m. Abigail Houston.
3. William Martin, b. March 21, 1818.
4. Milton Hay, b. _____, m. Jane Rosenbraugh.
5. Susan Ann, b. 1823, m. 1876, Isaac Rowland.
6. Gilkerson, b. _____, died unmarried.
7. Jonathan Jennings, b. _____, m. in Kentucky.
8. David Logan, b. _____, killed during Civil War.
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9. Sarah Margaret, b. February 3, 1833, m. October, 1860, Francis Macom Hoope.
10. Eliza Jane, b. February 15, 1838, m. February 27, 1857, William Warren Tucker.
11. Henry Harrison.

Sixth Generation.

Eliza Jane, b. February 15, 1838, near Salem, Ind., m. February 27, 1857, at Charlestown, Ind., Dr. William Warren Tucker.

Seventh Generation.

One child living, Lilla, b. January 29, 1858, m. July 19, 1883, at Jeffersonville, Ind., George Nelson Easum, living a few years ago at Denver, Colo. One daughter living, Josephine, b. March 14, 1888.

Fifth Generation.

James Harvey McCampbell (son of James McCampbell and Margaret Logan), m. Martha McCampbell, b. 1801 (daughter of John McCambpell and Ann Buchanan). They lived in Parke County, Indiana, near Rockville. Their children:

Anna Jane, Margaret, John, Susan, David, Lucinda, James, Selina, Martha. Five died young.

Fourth Generation.

John McCampbell, b. 1770, in Virginia (son of Samuel and Martha Cooper), m. October 1, 1797, Anna Buchanan (daughter of William Buchanan and Ann Montgomery), and moved to Shelby County, Kentucky, about the same time his father's family moved. Afterwards moved to Parke County, Indiana. Their children:

1. Isabelle b. 1798, m. Samuel Wood.
2. Samuel, b. 1800, m. Eliza Norris.
3. Martha, b. 1801, m. James Harvey McCampbell, first cousin (son of James McCampbell and Margaret Logan).
4. Pauline, b. 1803, in. Samuel McCampbell (cousins).
5. William, b. 1805, died young.
6. Lucinda, b. 1807, m. 1832, Charles Spangler.
7. James, b. 1809.
8. Julia Ann, b. 1810, m. John F. Norris. One son living, John C., near Louisville, Ky., m. Ella Lane (dead). One daughter, Belle, m. William Sample. She died leaving one little daughter, now about three years old, Belle Norris Sample.
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9. John Montgomery, b. September 16, 1814, m. December, 1836, Nancy Henderson.

Lida E., daughter of John Montgomery McCampbell and Nancy Henderson (dead), married Joseph C. Buchanan and lived in Parke County, Indiana. Their children: (a) Blanche, died young; (b) William Warren, b. November 29, 1876, d. September 29, 1899, at the beginning of his senior year at Wabash College, Indiana; (c) James Clifford, b. November 2, 1878, graduated at Wabash College 1900, m. Jessie W. Beadle. Two children, Mildred, b. February 21, 1907; Warren Beadle, b. March 23, 1909. They reside in Rockville, Ind. James is employed in the clerk's office.

John McCampbell married second time, November 2, 1824, Mrs. Mary (Tilford) Henderson (widow Alexander Smith Henderson, daughter of James Telford and Jean McCoskey). Two children: (a) Mary Jane, b. August, 1825, m. 1845, Randall P. H. Camron; (b) Robert Harvey McCampbell, b. March, 1828, m. June 3, 1857, Elvira M. Allen. Children live in Iowa and Minnesota. Elvira M. Allen McCampbell, b. July 8, 1824, in Shelby County, Kentucky, died at West Liberty, Iowa, December 27, 1909.

Fourth Generation.

Samuel McCampbell, b. 1785 (son of Samuel McCampbell and Martha Cooper), in Rockbridge County, Virginia, m. February 13, 1813, Rebecca Telford (daughter of John Telford and Rebecca McCampbell). Brought when a child to Shelby County, Kentucky. He moved to Lincoln County, Missouri, about 1846. His wife, Rebecca, died in Shelby County, Kentucky, and it is thought was buried with the McCampbells at Olivet Church Cemetery.

He died in Lincoln County, Missouri, April 16, 1875, and was buried at the Reid Cemetery on the Thomas Reid place. Uncle "Sam" was a fine, jolly old man, was a member of Mount Zion Associate Reform Church, was blind for many years before his death and bore his afflictions with great patience. His wife Rebecca to him was the emblem of perfection. Four children:

Mary, b. December 12, 1813, m. Philander Logan in Shelby County, Kentucky. Their children appear in the Logan chapter.
Elizabeth (second daughter of Samuel McCampbelI and Rebecca Tilford), b. 1816, m. John Shannon.
Martha, b. August 12, 1819, m. Thomas Reid.
William, b. September 26, 1822, m. Sarah Jane Alexander.
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Fifth Generation.

Elizabeth McCampbell, m. John Shannon and lived in Lincoln County, Missouri. Their children:

1. John M., m. Addie Nally.
2. Mary Jane, m. Salem Reid and have the following children:
(a) Montgomery, m. Georgia Basket.
(b) Annie, m. David Reid (Son of David Reid and Sarah Shannon) they have four children--
Erskin,
John,
Adeline and
Lucile.
(c) Mattie, m. Arch Reid; have two children.
(d) Sadie, m. Tapley Mitchell; no children.
(e) Addie, unmarried, school teacher.
(f) Thomas, m. Margaret Davis; one child,
Helen.
3. Elizabeth, married Thomas Reid (a brother to Salem) ; they still own their father's plantation in Lincoln County, Missouri. They have one child.
(a) Salem, m. Lucy Mitchell. One child, b March, 1915. Salem, Sr., died some years ago.

Fifth Generation.

Martha McCampbell, m. Thomas Reid and lived in Louisiana, Mo. They had four children -- Mary, Samuel, Georgia Anna and Jennie.

William McCampbell, m. Sarah Jane Alexander (daughter of John Tilford and Anna (Reid) Alexander). They had two children:

1. Rebecca Ann, m. Thomas Branch, February, 1863. They had four children:
(a) William Arthur, m. Miss McCauley Brown.
(b) John McCampbell, m. Agnes Finley.
(c) George Alvin, died.
(d) Sarah Jane, m. Wm. M. Cunningham. All live in Lincoln County, Missouri.
2. Sarah Agnes McCampbell, m. _____ Kermes, 1877; living in St. Louis, Mo. Children:
(a) Frank Alexander, died April 10, 1904.
(b) Louis Samuel.
(c) Telford, and
(d) Sarah Ann.

Fourth Generation.

William McCampbell, b. 1776, in Virginia, came with his father to Shelby County, Kentucky (son of Samuel McCampbell and Martha Cooper), m. 1807, Jennie Tilford (dau. of John Telford and Rebecca McComb). Two children:

John Tilford, b. 1808, m. Martha Long. No children.
George. One child that I have found.
Nannie, m. Thomas Jefferson Doak, b. 1839. They lived at Macomb, Ill.
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