Mini-Bios for CAMPBELLs, LUGGs, & BLACKWELLs of Nelson, PA

Joseph Campbell (1793 - 1864)

Joseph Campbell was born Dec. 14, 1793 in N. Ireland (or Scotland); died Jan. 10 in Nelson, Tioga Co.,PA (originally called Beecher's Island). Married Feb. 20, 1822 in Nelson to Ann Clinch, born 1804 in Gloucestershire, England, died 1872 in Nelson.

He was a farmer. He helped to build, and was an elder of, the Beechers Island Presbyterian Church.

Joseph was the 6th of 8 children of Joseph Campbell, b. 1748 in Scotland, d. 1824 in Nelson; and Mary Harper, b. 1749 in Scotland, d. 1844 in Nelson. Joseph, his siblings, and his parents came to N. Ireland sometime between 1794 and 1798, at the latest. His younger brother James, was born in N Ireland, and his brother William died there.

Apparently Joseph, his parents, and some of his young siblings sailed from Londonderry to Perth Amboy, NJ in 1810 and arrived in Nelson at the end of 1810. His uncle, John Campbell, came to America by 1777; and some of Joseph's older siblings had come to America by by 1802.

Ann was the only child of Thomas Clinch, and the eldest of Sarah Lugg's three children. When Ann was a year old, her father died and her mother quickly married Enoch Blackwell. Ann was sent to live with Enoch's brother Peter (or Joshua?) in New Hope, PA. After Enoch's death in 1816, Sarah Lugg married Joseph's uncle, John Campbell. When Ann reached marrying age, Sarah wrote inviting her to come to Nelson and marry Joseph. Ann arrived in Nelson in late 1821. A week after Ann's wedding, her half-sister, Mary Blackwell, married Joseph's younger brother, James Campbell.

Joseph and Ann had twelve children, all born in Nelson:

1. William, b. Dec. 19, 1822, m. Helen Peasly;
2. Sarah, b. Oct. 15, 1824, m. Benjamin Congdon;
3. Mary Ann, b. Jul. 22, 1826, m. Allen Seely;
4. Eleanor, b. Apr. 27, 1828, m. Malchia Bosard;
5. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 24, 1830, m. Daniel Hughey;
6. Phebe, b. Feb. 12, 1832, m. Wm. Hoyt;
7. Jane, b. Jan. 15, 1834, m. Geo. Tubbs;
8. John Harper, b. Jan. 12, 1836, m. Calphurna Bottom;
9. Thomas, b. Mar. 10, 1838, d. 1839;
10. Joseph D., b. Dec. 29, 1839, m. Dollie Bottom;
11. Maria B., b. Sept. 5, 1842, m. James Loop; and
12. Julia P., b. Aug. 22, 1845, m. Wm. "Ed" Selph, Sr.