Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Campbell, Emanuel May 9, 1824 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 321
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

Emanuel Campbell of Menallen is a son of David Campbell, 
who came to Fayette when young, and was married to Nancy 
Stewart; both died when Emanuel was quite young.
    Emanuel Campbell was born May 9, 1824, in Springhill 
township, Fayette county, Penna.  His mother died when he 
was four years old.  He was bound out to Col A M Hill of 
Dunbar township until twenty one years of age.  He learned 
of him the trade of a tanner and the business of farming.  
His three brothers were bound out at the same time as 
himself, the two elder to learn the trade of hatter, and the 
younger one that of saddler.  He was educated in the Dunbar 
township schools.
    Emanuel Campbell has been married three times; his first 
wife, Lydia Morgan, was born in Springhill township in 1825 
and a daughter or Morris Morgan, a brother of Colonel John 
Morgan.  Her mother was Susan Stertz of Springhill township. 
 There were two children of this marriage: John Morgan 
Campbell born June 15, 1850, married Lydia Miller, have four 
children and live in Hopwood.  The other child died in 
infancy.  His first wife died April 28, 1852.  
    On May 12, 1853, he married Miss Mary Ball, born in 
1823, and was the daughter of John H Ball of Dunbar 
township.  Of this union, three children were born, all 
living: Mary Elizabeth Campbell, born May 26, 1854, married 
Job Frasher of Franklin township, and has one child; William 
Hanna Campbell, born June 22, 1856, married Alice Murphy, 
they have three children; Lydia Jane Campbell, born March 
23, 1863, married Moses B Porter of Franklin township, they 
have three children.  Second wife died June 18, 1865.
    His third wife was Charity Ann Kindall of German 
township, widow of William Kindall of the same township.  
She was the daughter of John Sharpnack.  (See sketch of 
William G Sharpnack.) They had four children, one died in 
infancy: Martha Estella Campbell, born March 4, 1877; Sarah 
Argosa Campbell, born September 23, 1879; and Ann Eliza 
Campbell, born February 10, 1882.
    Mr Campbell was elected poor house director in 1874, and 
has held all the offices of his township except that of 
justice of the peace.  He was one of the first elders of the 
Cumberland Presbyterian church at Pleasant View, and is at 
present an elder.  He joined the church at East Liberty in 
1849.  He is a democrat.  
    His last wife's mother was a daughter of Jesse Antrim of 
German township, who was one of the township's earliest 
settlers.  

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