Archibald & Jeanetta Patterson Tweed’s children
Descendants of Archibald Tweed
Generation No. 1
1. ARCHIBALD1 TWEED was born 1748 in Lancaster Co., PA, and died 24 Dec 1830 in Brown Co., OH. He married JANNETTA PATTERSON Abt. 1770. She was born in 1751 in Frederick Co., MD, and died on 09 Jul 1829 in Brown Co., OH.
Notes for ARCHIBALD TWEED:
More About ARCHIBALD TWEED:
Burial: Brown Co., OH, Old Ripley Cem.
More About JANNETTA PATTERSON:
Burial: Brown Co., OH, Old Ripley Cem.
Children of ARCHIBALD TWEED and JANNETTA PATTERSON are:
i. ROBERT2 TWEED, m. ANN MORRIS, 31 Dec 1816, Clermont Co., OH.
Notes for ROBERT TWEED:
Robert published “POLITICAL CENSOR,” the first newspaper in Williamsburg, Ohio.
2. ii. ARCHIBALD CALDWELL TWEED, d. 1838, Brown Co., OH.
iii. REBECCA TWEED, m. JOHN ROSS, 29 May 1813.
iv. MARY TWEED, m. THOMAS FOOTE.
v. SARAH TWEED, m. BENJAMIN ELLIS, 15 Jan 1815.
vi. JANE TWEED, m. ANDREW FOOTE.
vii. WASHINGTON TWEED, d. 28 Dec 1868, Brown Co., OH; m. JANE.
Notes for WASHINGTON TWEED:
Possibly married to Jane Kirker 1-1-1852 (see William Wilson Tweed – not proven which one married Jane Kirker)
viii. JOHN TWEED.
3. ix. SAMUEL PATTERSON TWEED, b. 27 Nov 1774, Frederick Co., MD; d. 12 Dec 1850, Brown Co., OH.
4. x. ELIZABETH TWEED, b. Abt. 1777; d. 05 Aug 1870, Morton, IL.
xi. MATILDA TWEED, b. Abt. 1802; m. SAMUEL M. BLAIR, Abt. 1818.
Notes for SAMUEL M. BLAIR:
Note: Charles Campbell and Samuel W. Blair were witnesses to the will of Brice Blair probated April 1820.
xii. PAULINA TWEED, b. Abt. 1803; m. WILLIAM BEASLEY.
Generation No. 2
2. ARCHIBALD CALDWELL2 TWEED (ARCHIBALD1) died in 1838 in Brown Co., OH. He married MARY “POLLY” CAMPBELL on 23 Feb 1813, daughter of WILLIAM CAMPBELL and ELIZABETH WILLSON.
Notes for ARCHIBALD CALDWELL TWEED:
Archibald Caldwell Tweed – wife was the daughter of William Campbell and Elizabeth.
Children of ARCHIBALD TWEED and MARY CAMPBELL are:
i. WILLIAM WILSON3 TWEED, m. JANE KIRKER, 01 Jan 1852.
Notes for WILLIAM WILSON TWEED:
It is not proven that he is the one that married Jane Kirker. See also Washington Tweed – need to verify.
Notes for JANE KIRKER:
I.R. Jan. 6, 1852 – Married on the 1st inst., by Mr. Brainard, Mr. W. W. Tweed of Ironton, and Miss Jane Kirker of Adams Co.
ii. JOHN F. TWEED.
iii. SAMUEL PATTERSON TWEED.
iv. ELISA TWEED.
v. NANCY TWEED.
vi. MARY ANN TWEED.
vii. SALLY TWEED, m. LILLEY.
viii. ELEANOR TWEED, m. DIXON.
3. SAMUEL PATTERSON2 TWEED (ARCHIBALD1) was born on 27 Nov 1774 in Frederick Co., MD, and died on 12 Dec 1850 in Brown Co., OH. He married SARAH EVANS on 17 Mar 1801 in Adams Co., OH.
Notes for SAMUEL PATTERSON TWEED:
Will abstract for Samuel P. Tweed: Written 21 Mar 1851, Probated 23 Dec 1850; Wit: John Tweed & Daniel B. Evans. Names: Wife (not named); daughters: Jane Tweed, Mary F. Tweed, Samuel F. Ferrier. Daniel B. Evans, Administrator.
The children of SAMUEL TWEED and SARAH EVANS are:
i. JANE3 TWEED.
ii. MARY F. TWEED.
4. ELIZABETH2 TWEED (ARCHIBALD1) was born Abt. 1777, and died 05 Aug 1870 in Morton, IL. She married CHARLES CAMPBELL on 20 Sep 1803 in Adams Co., OH, son of WILLIAM CAMPBELL and ELIZABETH WILLSON. He was born on 28 Dec 1779 and died on 26 Sep 1871.
Notes for ELIZABETH TWEED:
I.R. Aug. 11, 1870 – DIED – CAMPBELL – At Morton, Illinois, Aug. 5th, Elizabeth Campbell, wife of Charles Campbell, and mother of John Campbell, Esq., of this city, aged 93 years, five months, and 20 days.
Notes for CHARLES CAMPBELL:
Microfilm – Briggs Library – states his birth as 21 Dec. 1777 and death as 25 Sep 1871
Also, Charles and Elizabeth (Tweed) Campbell lived not far from the home of Gen. U.S. Grant’s parents, and some of the children attended the same school.
Charles taught school several terms when a young man but devoted almost all his life to agriculture. He went to Kentucky in 1790 and 1800 to Brown County, Ohio, where he lived 35 years, then went to Tazewell County, Ilinois, and remained there 35 years more. In 1870 he went to Mahaska County, Iowa, and died there in 1871.
He and Elizabeth Tweed Campbell, a native of Maryland, b. February 13, 1777, spent 67 years of life together, and – remarkably – both lived to the ripe old age of 94. Their remains rest side by side in Tazewell County, Illinois. They were married in Maryland (he also states they were married in Adams Co., OH ?) and had five children.
Also see Evans, History of Adams County, Ohio. 1900 re: John Campbell.
Children of ELIZABETH TWEED and CHARLES CAMPBELL are:
i. JAMES MARCELLUS3 CAMPBELL.
Notes for JAMES MARCELLUS CAMPBELL:
Microfilm – Briggs Library – James married late in life and had no issues.
ii. INFANT CAMPBELL.
Notes for INFANT CAMPBELL:
He died in his youth.
iii. WILLIAM WILSON CAMPBELL, b. 06 Aug 1804; d. 16 Dec 1880, Morton, IL; m. SARAH PORTER.
Notes for WILLIAM WILSON CAMPBELL:
I. R. Dec. 30, 1880 – William W. Cambell, a brother of John Campbell of this place, died at Morton, Ill., on the 16th. The deceased was a farmer and was 77 years of age, four years older than Mr. Campbell of Ironton.
5. iv. JOHN CAMPBELL, b. 14 Jan 1808, Georgetown, Adams Co., OH; d. 30 Aug 1891, Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH.
6. v. JOSEPH NEWTON HARVEY CAMPBELL, b. 30 Jan 1816.
Generation No. 3
5. JOHN3 CAMPBELL (ELIZABETH2 TWEED, ARCHIBALD1) was born 14 Jan 1808 in Georgetown, Adams Co., OH, and died 30 Aug 1891 in Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH. He married ELIZABETH CALDWELL CLARKE on 16 Mar 1837 in Pine Grove Fcrn., Lawrence Co., OH, daughter of JAMES CLARKE and MARY ELLISON. She was born 15 Apr 1815 in Manchester, OH, and died 19 Nov 1893 in Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH.
Notes for JOHN CAMPBELL:
IR Jan. 27, 1870 – Pig Iron Personnel
…. John Campbell…
This man was one of the first, perhaps the first, to think of establishing a town at this point. [see Caleb Briggs, who also thought at the same time to establish a town] He was born and raised in Brown county and went to school with General Grant. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, in politics, an original Abolitionist.
He stands over six feet high in his socks, is sixty-three years old, weighs two hundred, and enjoys vigorous health. His features are strong, with a powerful will indicated by the firm set mouth, prominent chin, and square jaw. His eyes encounter you with a shrewd, searching glance, and your fate is decided there and then.
Mr. Campbell is understood here as an Iron man, eminently practical, exceedingly simple and plain in his habits, and therefore caring little for the graces and accomplishments of society. He bears the same relation to them that “pig” does to pocket knives. He is rich, but no one calls him mean, which is eulogy enough.
Mr. Campbell’s zeal during the war for the Union commended him highly at Washington, and if inclined to public life, he might have had enviable positions, but he stuck to his “pig” and came out a richer, if not a more honored man in the end. Mr. Campbell is to Ironton what Mr. Horton is to Pomeroy, a public necessity.
His energy, influence, and wisdom are felt in every department of the industrial life of the place, and nothing of a general character is undertaken without him being consulted directly or indirectly. He has sustained great losses mainly through the failure of others, but all his transactions are characterized by foresight and crowned with success.
History of Adams County – JOHN CAMPBELL – The earliest ancestor of which we have any account was Duncan Campbell of Argyleshire, Scotland. He married Mary McCoy in 1612 and was removed to Londonderry in Ireland the same year.
He had a son, John Campbell, who married in 1655, Grace Hay, daughter of Patrick Hay, Esq. of Londonderry. They had three sons, one of who was Robert, born 1665, and who, with his sons, John, Hugh, and Charles Campbell, emigrated to Virginia in 1696 and settled in that part of Orange County, afterward incorporated in Augusta. The son, Charles Campbell, was born in 1704 and died in 1778.
In 1739, he was married to Mary Trotter. He had seven sons and three daughters. He was the historian of Virginia. His son, William, born in 1754, and died in 1822, was a soldier of the Revolution and, as such, had a distinguished record as a General at King’s Mountain and elsewhere.
He married Elizabeth Willson of Rockbridge County, Virginia, a member of the distinguished Willson family. They had eleven children. Their son, Charles, was born December 28, 1779, and died September 26, 1871. On September 30, 1803, he married Elizabeth Tweed in Adams County. He had five sons. The third was John Campbell of Ironton, born January 14, 1808, in Adams County, Ohio.
The Willson family intermarried with the Campbell family, who also has a distinguished record. Colonel John Willson, born in 1702, and died in 1773, settled near Fairfield, then Augusta County, Virginia, and was a Burgess of that county for twenty-seven years. He once held his court where Pittsburgh now stands. His wife, Martha, died in 1755, and both are buried in the Glebe burying ground in Augusta County, Virginia.
His brother, Thomas, had a daughter, Rebekah, born in 1728 and died in 1820, who married James Willson, born in 1715 and 1809. This James Willson, with his brother, Moses, was found as a very young boy in an open boat in the Atlantic Ocean. Their mother and a maid accompanied them. The mother died at the moment of rescue and the maid a few moments after. The rescue ship’s captain brought the boys to this country, where they grew up, married, and spent their lives.
(see Mrs. John Campbell’s notes for the next paragraph of this sketch)
On March 16, 1837, he was married at Pine Grove Furnace to Miss Elizabeth Caldwell Clarke, already mentioned, and they began housekeeping at Mt. Vernon Furnace.
. . . From his majority, he had been opposed to the institution of slavery and was an Abolitionist. His opinions on the subject of slavery were no doubt largely formed by his associations with Rev. John Rankins and men of his views. Still, as he grew older, his views against the institution intensified. His home was one of the stations on the Underground Railroad, and the poor, black fugitive was sure of a friendly meeting and all needed assistance.
Mr. Campbell acted with the Whig party, and after its death, with the Republican party. He was a delegate to the State Republican Convention in 1855.
He never sought or held any public office until 1862, when, in recognition of his great and valuable services to the Republican party and his country, President Lincoln appointed him the first Internal Revenue Collector for the Eleventh Collection District of Ohio, and he served in the office with great fidelity and honor until October 1, 1866, when Gen. B. F. Coates succeeded him.
In 1872, Mr. Campbell reached the height of his fortune. He was then worth over a million dollars. Up to that time, he had invested in and promoted almost every enterprise projected inside the circle of his acquaintance. He had not done this recklessly or extravagantly but from a natural disposition to promote prosperity.
In 1873, the Cooke panic overtook the country, and from that time until 1883, there was a steady contraction in every enterprise with which Mr. Campbell was connected.
BIOGRAPHICAL CYCLOPEDIA AND PORTRAIT GALLERY – CAMPBELL, JOHN, ironmaster, and capitalist of Ironton, Ohio, was born near what is now called Ripley, in Brown County, Ohio, January 14th, 1808. His parentage is Scotch Irish, his ancestors having removed from Inverary, Argyleshire, Scotland, into the province of Ulster, Ireland, near Londonderry.
Their descendants of a hundred years later emigrated to America, settled in Augusta County, Virginia, and gave to the State of Virginia and subsequently to the State of Tennessee, men who attained civil and military distinction.
The grandparents of our subject removed from Virginia to Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 1790, and from thence, in 1798, to that part of Ohio first called Adams county, subsequently divided into Brown and other counties, and settled at a place then called Stauton, but which is now Ripley, Ohio, where he was born, and where, in his early manhood, he engaged in business with an uncle, and from thence went to Hanging Rock.
Here, in 1833, he was employed in building the old Hanging Rock Iron Forge, long since demolished, and the same year, he, with Andrew Ellison, built Lawrence Furnace for J. Riggs & Co. and took stock in it.
These were the first ironworks in which he engaged, but it was a beginning that gave him experience so needful in the many similar enterprises he afterward originated and controlled. In 1834, with Robert Hamilton, he built Mt. Vernon Furnace and moved from Hanging Rock to manage it.
From this furnace grew up those large iron interests which for a period of thirty years afterward were known under the firm name of Campbell, Ellison, and Co. of Cincinnati. He made the change of placing the boilers and hot blast over the tunnel head, thus utilizing the waste gases – a proceeding now generally adopted by the charcoal furnaces of that locality and others elsewhere in the United States.
In 1837, through the guarantee against any loss by Mr. Campbell and three other ironmasters, Vesuvius Furnace was induced to test the hot blast principle. This, the first hot blast ever erected in America was put up by William Firmstone.
Though by those opposed to the principle, it was contended that the iron would be weakened and rendered unfit for casting purposes, the result proved satisfactory to all concerned in producing an increased quantity of iron of the desired quality for foundry use.
The active interest taken by Mr. Campbell in the first geological survey of the State led him to an appreciation of the fact that this iron region was destined to become one of the most important in the country. By personal inspection, he selected and secured by patent from the general government, or purchased at low figures, the vast tracts of mineral land in the several counties where his furnaces are now located.
In 1844, with Mr. John Peters, he built Greenup Furnace, Kentucky, and in 1846, Olive Furnace, Ohio, which has since been added the Buckhorn Furnace. In 1847, he built the Gallia Furnace. In 1849, he became a prime mover and principal stockholder in the Ohio Iron and Coal Company (composed of twenty-four members, twenty of whom were ironmasters) and was made its president.
This company purchased four hundred acres of land three miles above Hanging Rock and laid out the town of Ironton. Mr. Campbell gave the new town its name, the first of some five towns afterward in the United States. The propriety of the name becomes more and more apparent as time passes.
At the same time, the stockholders in the townsite obtained a charter. They projected a railroad from the town back into the country some sixteen miles, which has since been known as the Iron Railroad. It connects Ironton with several furnaces and several other iron and coal interests.
This was the beginning of the flourishing city. Since Mr. Campbell was the principal in projecting these interests, he is entitled to the honor of being called the father of these enterprises and founder of Ironton. In 1849, he built Keystone Furnace.
In 1850, he was removed from Hanging Rock to Ironton and, with the Ohio Iron and Coal Company, purchased Lagrange Furnace. The same year he built the stove foundry of Campbell, Ellison & Co., and, in 1851, was one of the founders of the Iron Bank of Ironton, now known as First National Bank.
In 1852, besides taking large stock in the Ironton Rolling Mill, now known as the New York and Ohio Iron and Steel Works, he subscribed for one-half the stock for building the Olive Foundry and Machine Shop. He also purchased the celebrated Hecla cold-blast furnace. In 1853, he became one of the largest stockholders in the Kentucky Iron, Coal, and Manufacturing Company, which founded the town of Ashland, Kentucky. With Mr. D. T.
Woodrow built Howard Furnace. In 1854, with S. S. Stone of Troy, New York, and others of Ironton, he built a large establishment to manufacture the iron beam plow. The same year he built the Madison Furnace and also became one of the heaviest stockholders in the erection of the Star Nail Mill, one of the largest in the country, now known as the Bellefonte Iron Works. In 1855, with Hon. V. B. Horton, at Pomeroy, influenced the establishment of the first telegraphic communication between these cities and Cincinnati.
In 1856, with Colonel William M. Bolles and others, he built Monroe Furnace, the largest charcoal furnace in the region. This and the Washington Furnace are now under the firm name of Union Iron Company, of which Mr. Campbell is president. In 1857, his rolling mill interests extended to Zanesville, Ohio, where he was one of the incorporators of the Ohio Iron Company. He operated the Oak Ridge Furnace on this date, but for a short time only.
The high prices obtained during the war relieved the stress at this time upon the iron market. His loyalty to the government, although constantly devoted to business, has distinguished him as a very public-spirited citizen. Of the fourteen furnaces in which he has been engaged, he retains a controlling interest in eight and has lately been interested in the erection of the Ironton Furnace. This makes the eleventh furnace that he has assisted in building. Of a large frame and strong constitution, he now possesses and enjoys a healthy and active old age.
During his long industrial career, he has experienced common successes. He reverses attendant upon all business life, but his indomitable energy and unyielding pluck have been most remarkably displayed in the latter. He possesses, to a very high degree, the happy faculty of taking all things in a pacific manner.
Regarding everything from a philosophical standpoint, he is seldom materially disturbed by an approaching business crash, as he realizes the fact that the highest wave must ultimately fall to the level.
Although his parents were wealthy at their decease, they were of little assistance to him, and his life exhibits what can be accomplished by industry and integrity, combined with good judgment. He has done more toward developing the resources of the Hanging Rock iron region and controls more real estate and iron interests in it than any other of its present ironmasters.
EARLY IRONMASTERS WERE FOUR CORNERSTONES ON WHICH the CITY OF IRONTON WAS CONSTRUCTED – I.R. Oct. 9, 1949
- John Campbell, the founder of Ironton, owned and operated 14 furnaces during his lifetime and is the best-known of this area’s four “ironmasters.”
- Mr. Campbell was born on January 14, 1808, and in 1832 moved to Pine Grove, where he became employed with the Pine Grove furnace works.
- Mr. Campbell purchased the first tract of land in the city from Robert Hamilton in 1846, and Ironton was first laid out in 1849
Ironton Register – September 12, 1878 – Hecla Park – Mr. John Campbell has been improving the hill to the left of the road just beyond the iron spring on Storms Creek. At present, he is merely cutting a road to get to the summit, and after a while, the bench below will be turned into a drive that will be pleasant for buggy riders.
Hecla Park is a romantic hill of about 80 acres. It is thick with the original forest trees. On one side, next to the creek, are the most delightful picnic grounds in this region. Just at the foot of the hill, this side is the famous iron spring, which Mr. Foster of Hecla has been digging deeper and providing a stone basin that will furnish a plentiful supply of healthful water. He has also constructed substantial troughs where horses may water.
I.R. May 17, 1883 – COUNTERFEIT SILVER FOUND – Last Thursday, while John A. Dalton was plowing a field on the hillside below Burgess’ store, near Pinegrove station, he exhumed a quantity of counterfeit Mexican dollars and half dollars, about $278 in quantity. The coins bear the marks of age and are rather poorly executed. Some time ago, some dies and parts of a press were found in the same field. The field, we understand, is a part of the Etna property.
How came the coin there? About 1836 or ’37, that region was suspected of being the headquarters for counterfeiting. Some arrests were made, and the counterfeiting tools were discovered, but no conviction was ever secured. At that time, Mr. John Campbell was a clerk at Lawrence furnace, and he says there was a general belief that the work was going on, but not much of the money was scattered in this region.
There was quite a demand for the genuine coin – in fact, that commanded a premium, for it was understood that the counterfeiters had plenty that as well as the bogus. Strange that nearly 50 years should elapse when all that region was turned upside down for ore and coal, and the coin remained hidden until last week. But the purpose of the original proprietors was to hide it well.
Semi-Weekly Irontonian – Nov. 15, 1907 – AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN CAMPBELL – In 1890, John Campbell of Ironton, Ohio, made the following statement regarding his life:
He lived on his father’s farm, between Ripley and Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, from 1808 to 1830, when he commenced clerking in the store of his uncle Wm in August. Humphrey in Ripley continued there till May 1831, then his uncle sent him with a store to Russellville, a neighboring town, where he remained until 1832. He then engaged as a clerk on the Steamer “BANNER,” running from Cincinnati to Pittsburg.
On his second trip, he announced in the cabin before some Ironmen from the Hanging Rock Region that he was open for engagement. Andrew Ellison and Robt. Hamilton invited him to clerk for them at Hanging Rock, so he stopped there in March 1833. The Hanging Rock Rolling Mill began in “The Forge” in March 1833.
The stockholders of The Forge were the same in the building of Lawrence Furnace entitled “J. Riggs & Co.” tower; James Rodgers, Andrew Ellison, Robt. Hamilton, Robt. Dyer Burgess and Joseph Riggs, who subscribed even amounts. Mr. Campbell had the privilege of investing but declined.
He loaned J. Riggs & Co. $1500 to the building of Lawrence Furnace. From March 1833 to August 1833, he assisted with the books and helped superintend the men in building the Hanging Rock Forge. Then he went to the site of Lawrence Furnace, called “Cranes’ Nest,” and assisted in erecting the same, as Superintendent under Andrew Ellison, from August 1833 to January 1st, 1835; then visited his home in Brown County, Ohio, for two months, till March 1835; then returned to Hanging Rock and clerked at the “Landing” until June 1835; then he went to Mt. Vernon Furnace as Manager, and managed until July 1846.
That year, Mr. Campbell bought Andrew Ellison’s residence from his widow Jane Ellison. He moved, remaining in Hanging Rock from 1846 to Sept. 1850, when he removed to Ironton, where in December 1850, he occupied his new Ironton residence.
The foregoing were the only occupations Mr. Campbell ever engaged in up to 1850, and he never engaged in manual labor after leaving his father’s farm. Mr. Ellison, the uncle of Mr. Campbell’s future wife, had managed at Mt. Vernon Furnace from late in 1834 to June 1835, when he moved to Hanging Rock; in 1838, he moved to Manchester, Ohio, where he resided until his death about 1865(7)?. The Andrew Ellison homestead at Hanging Rock is now known as Hempstead place.
I.R. August 22, 1872 – JOHN CAMPBELL and E. McMillin have not been heard of. It is supposed they are among the mountains of West Virginia, hunting for wild bees and climbing for possums. When Stanley returns from Africa, there will be a field for him. We will pay heavily for authentic intelligence from these wonderful travelers.
I.R. September 3, 1891 – JOHN CAMPBELL. – DEATH OF IRONTON’S FOREMOST CITIZEN – SOME FACTS OF HIS LIFE AND FUNERAL – John Campbell died last Sunday morning, August 30, at twenty minutes past seven. The immediate cause of his death was uremic poisoning. He was taken sick the Sunday previous, and at one o’clock, Monday morning, being in some pain, he arose and went to Dr. Livesay’s, four square distant, for relief.
His son Albert insisted upon going for the physician, but Mr. Campbell would not permit it and was gone while Albert was getting ready. In an hour, he returned but found his case was of such a stubborn character that relief was not easily secured. Dr. Livesay, knowing the seriousness, was at his bedside early the next morning to push his methods of relief again, but without success.
The obstinate character of the case soon brought on uremic poison, so by Wednesday, a comatose condition followed, and all omens of recovery departed. He was unconscious from Friday but sank gradually until Sunday morning when he breathed his last with his wife and two sons by his side.
Mr. Campbell was born near Georgetown, Brown Co. O., on January 14, 1808. He was a farmer boy and received the ordinary school education of those days. When a young man, he went to clerk in a store of Mr. Humphreys, father of W. S. Humphreys, now of Ironton. This was at Ripley in about 1828.
Afterward, he started a store in connection with Mr. Humphreys at Russellville. He is described then as a fine-looking young man, devoted to business and universally respected. Getting tired of the slow life of a storekeeper in a quiet village, he left Russellville, invested his savings, about $600, for a part interest in the steamer BANNER, and took a position as a clerk on the boat.
During his second trip on the boat to Pittsburg, he sold out his interest. While returning on the steamer, he fell in with Robert Hamilton, the pioneer iron man of the Hanging Rock iron region, and asked him if there was an opening for a young man at the Rock and was told to stop off and see. He did this in 1832 and was given a position as a clerk at Pinegrove furnace.
The next year he became associated with Mr. Hamilton in the building of the Hanging Rock forge, long since dismantled. The same year, with Andrew Ellison, he built the Lawrence furnace for J. Riggs & Co. In 1834, in connection with Robert Hamilton, he built the Mt. Vernon furnace and moved there to manage it.
He remained here for years because his interest in the iron business kept spreading. It was through his suggestion that the first hot blast was erected in America – this was at the Vesuvius furnace. He was also the first to put the boilers and hot blasts over the furnace stack. This was in 1841.
In 1844, with John Peters, he built a Greenup furnace in Kentucky; in 1846, he built an Olive furnace. And in 1847, Gallia. In 1849, he, with others, built Keystone. In 1853, he built Howard and Washington. In 1854, he built Madison. The blast furnace he built was Monroe in 1856. He purchased and owned an interest in other furnace properties, notably the Hecla furnace.
In about 1845, Mr. Campbell moved from Mt. Vernon furnace to Hanging Rock, where he lived until 1851, when he moved to Ironton. But in the meantime, he had a great scheme on hand-the, founding a new town. For this purpose, he organized the famous Ohio Iron and Coal Co., composed of about twenty furnacemen and prominent men of the region. He purchased the land where the central part of Ironton now is. A town was laid out in 1849, and many lots were sold.
People flocked to the new town, attracted by its morals, as well as its industrial promises. Mr. Campbell was the moving spirit. His genius is shown in every direction. He provided for churches, schoolhouses, for manufactures-for every healthful influence and industrial advantage.
He was then in the prime of life, and he infused his energy with everybody. Every good work he encouraged with money and personal influence. His good nature and his clear insight into things made him the _____founder of a new town. He despised shame and delusions and built only on honest worth and merit.
In those early days, to give the town a start, he took stock in every good enterprise-in the old Iron bank, in the mills and foundries, the nail and plow factories. There was scarcely anything worthy but what received his substantial encouragement. He was interested in fourteen furnaces and a score of other enterprises during his life.
He was an original stockholder in the Ironton rolling mill and Olive foundry and machine shops, both of which were started in 1852. It was through his influence that the first telegraphic wire was extended here. He was the President of the great Union Iron Co., proprietor of Hecla, and for years President of the Iron Railroad Company.
In those early days, he was a most indefatigable worker for railroad communication with Ironton, taking an interest in every project. He was a leading promoter of the Scioto Valley, which first connected this town to the world by rail.
Railroad men and financiers accounted him as a man of the truthful forecast. He foresaw and predicted the great railroad enterprises that now reach this city at a time when all others were incredulous. No man saw manifest destiny clearer than John Campbell did.
Notwithstanding Mr. Campbell’s life abounded with great enterprises, he was approachable to all. He took an interest in every man who tried to do something for himself. He was the friend of the unfortunate—no wonder the colored people flocked to his funeral and tearfully viewed him for the last time.
He was their friend, and in the dark days of slavery, no fugitive ever came to this town searching for freedom, but Mr. Campbell took his hand, gave him money, and sent him on. His home was the asylum for the oppressed in those days. He had a keen mind for the right and was simply immovable when he took his stand. At the same time, he was a man of the most equable temper, never getting impatient or mad. He was calm and gentle as a child in the most trying circumstances.
When Mr. Campbell was clerking in the store at Ripley, he became acquainted with Miss Elizabeth Caldwell Clarke, who was attending a seminary conducted by the late Rev. John Rankin. She had lived in Manchester but was at the time making her home with her uncle, Robert Hamilton, at Hanging Rock.
There she lived except when at school, and Mr. Campbell’s employment at Pinegrove allowed the ripening of the friendship begun at Ripley; so that on the 16th day of March 1837, they were married at Pinegrove furnace by the Rev. Dan Young. They forthwith took up their residence at Mt. Vernon furnace, where they lived for several years.
During this time, Mr. Campbell made money in the iron business and constantly extended his industrial operations. From Mt. Vernon, he moved to Hanging Rock, where he occupied the former residence of Robert Hamilton, now the home of Mrs. Hempstead, until his removal to Ironton.
There were seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, viz: Mary J., Martha, Emma, Clara, Albert, and Charles, all of whom were present at the funeral except Mary and Emma, who have gone before, and a child that died in infancy, many years ago.
Mr. Campbell had been a very rich man in his lifetime. In 1872, an inventory of his property figured up over a million dollars. But he kept on, and reverses overtook him. Several unfortunate investments made inroads into his wealth until 1883, when the Union Iron Co. failed, and this compelled him to make an assignment.
Old age and fierce competition in the iron business prevented his recovery from financial disaster, but he went down as a brave and honest man. His financial distress never affected the sincere esteem in which he was held or abated a lot of the great influence he had in the community.
The picture of Mr. Campbell, printed at the head of this article, was made from a photograph taken in 1875 and is a good likeness of him then. It was the last photograph he had taken.
THE FUNERAL – At 2 o’clock, Tuesday afternoon, the obsequies took place at the residence. A great throng gathered at the premises and filled the home. For a square, the people congregated in throngs, testifying to the universal respect in which Mr. Campbell was held. The attendance included everybody of all beliefs, colors, and conditions, the rich and poor, the old and young. Never was there such a throng at a funeral in this town.
The City Council, the County officiary, and the Bar were in the large parlor where the casket rested. Many of the old citizens were there congregated. Among whom we noticed Hon. H. S. Bundy and W. N. McGugin were Mr. Campbell’s partners for 32 years. All the rooms sad spacious halls of the residence were filled with people.
R. Mather had charge of the arrangements with Messrs. F. O. Tomlinson and Chas. Hutsinpillar as assistants. The minister stood in the hall, at the parlor’s door, so that all heard him, even the great crowd of citizens who had gathered in the front yard.
Rev. E. E. Moran conducted the services, assisted by Rev. Dick. A quartette choir, consisting of Messrs. Thos. Lewis, Otto Otten, Thos. J. Davies and Robert Simpson conducted the music and sang two numbers, “God Moves in a Mysterious Way” and “Friend after Friend Departs.” The singing was very impressive.
Rev. W. V. Dick read some appropriate selections of Scripture, and Rev. E. E. Moran delivered a brief funeral address, basing his remarks upon a hymn, which he said was Mr. Campbell’s favorite and one he had taught his children. It was as follows:
The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
The unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator’s powers display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an Almighty Hand.
Soon as the evening shades prevail
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth;
Whilst all the stars that round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.
What though in solemn silence all
Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
What though no real voice nor sound
Amidst their radiant orbs be found?
In reason’s ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice,
For ever singing as they shine,
“The Hand that made us is divine.”
The minister spoke of the poem as shedding light upon Mr. Campbell’s life. He bowed before the great ruler of the universe, recognized his laws, and led a life in submission to his will. The kindly reference was then made to Mr. Campbell’s career as a citizen and the great results of his life, which will keep his memory alive in the hearts of his fellow citizens for all times.
After the address, the opportunity was given to view the remains. The body was in a black casket in the parlor. On it was a spray of wheat and a wreath of iron weeds.
The face of the dead man seemed very natural. As the throng came in to view their old friend, a breast heaved, and many a tear was shed. There were many colored people among the throng, and they seemed viably affected by the kindly features of the good old man who had been their friend for so long.
After the ceremony, the casket was borne away to the hearse. The active pallbearers were John Hamilton, I. N. Henry, W. G. Lambert, J. R. C. Brown, P. Riter, J. A. Turley, W. A. Murdock, and G. W. McConn. The honorary pallbearers were Dr. Livesay, C. Culbertson, John Peters, D. W. Vogelsong, and Thos. Winters, W. N. McGugin and E. Nigh.
Following the ministers were Mrs. Wm. Means, leaning on the arm of her brother Albert, and Miss Clara Campbell, with her brother Charles. Then followed the granddaughters, Misses Neal, Hon. H. S. Neal, Mrs. Neal, and others near the family. Mrs. Campbell, on account of weakness and illness, did not attend.
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
Notes for ELIZABETH CALDWELL CLARKE:
I.R. Thursday, October 24, 1878 – S. Jerome Uhl, a portrait painter of Springfield, Ohio, is in Ironton engaged in painting a portrait of Mrs. John Campbell. Mr. Uhl is an accomplished artist.
Children of JOHN CAMPBELL and ELIZABETH CLARKE are:
i. EMMA4 CAMPBELL, d. Jul 1884; m. NEVER MARRIED.
Notes for EMMA CAMPBELL:
Ironton Register – June 12, 1873 – Among the Cincinnatians booked for Europe at the passenger office of Repler & Co. are Mrs. John Campbell and Miss Emma Campbell, to sail on the Java, July 2nd.
Ironton Register – 22 Jan 1885 – Will of Emma Campbell admitted to probate. it gives the income arising from her estate (shares in Hecla and Kentucky Iron & Coal Co.) to her mother and sister Clara equally, and when they die, the property goes to the children of Mrs. Wm. Means.
Ironton Register – 24 Jul 1884 – DEATH of MISS EMMA CAMPBELL – At eight this Wednesday morning, Emma Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, breathed her last. She had been an invalid for a long time, and for the past year and a half, she has been kept to her bed most all the time.
For months, she knew that her sickness would have a fatal ending, sooner or later, but in all that period, she seemed patient and thoughtful and talked of her coming death in words of Christian resignation. Sometime before her death, she joined the church and spoke hopefully of the future beyond.
The last days of her sickness were painless, and she quietly passed away. The funeral will occur at the residence at 4 o’clock Friday, with Rev. Bradley officiating.
The writer of these lines was an old schoolmate of the deceased and bears warm testimony to her many virtues. She was a young lady of strong intellectual talents, brightened by arduous study and travel.
Soon after the close of the war, she went South to teach the freedmen, and during her work there, she wrote several letters to the REGISTER, which, we remember, as some of the finest we ever saw. They were full of geniality, kindly aspirations, and love for her duties among the freedmen.
When these duties closed, she traveled, studied art and elocution, and many a young lady and gentleman in this town remembers her kindly assisting them in this line. With all her strength of mind and exalted taste, she was a lady of great modesty and purity of motives. We join with the family in the great sorrow that has overtaken them.
I.R. Feb. 20, 1868 – MISS EMMA CAMPBELL, daughter of John Campbell, Esq., of this city, is teaching the freedmen at Atlanta, Georgia. She volunteered some time ago under the auspices of the Freedman’s Commission.
I.R. March 12, 1868 – (For the Register) THE FREED PEOPLE – Notice was given last Sabbath in the churches for a collection of old clothing and such things as the destitute freed people of the South need. Those people are chiefly women and children and infirm persons who cannot earn a living. This state of affairs arises from the unsettled condition of the country, and those poor people must be helped, or thousands of them will perish.
That their case is most deplorable, we learn from various sources, but especially from our excellent lady friend, MISS EMMA CAMPBELL, of this place, who volunteered to visit those poor people and is now there trying to do them good.
Let the articles be left with Miss Maria Woodrow on Fifth Street, Mr. Henry Wilson on Second street, or the undersigned on Fifth street. J. H. Creighton.
ii. ALBERT CAMPBELL, d. Jul 1915, Washington, D.C.
Notes for ALBERT CAMPBELL:
I.R. August 30, 1877 – COLORADO ITEM – We have a copy of the SILVER WORLD published at Lake City, Col., of August 11th. In it, we find the following item, which mentions an Irontonian:
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Burial: Washington, D.C.
7. iii. MARY JANE CAMPBELL, b. 29 Jun 1838, Mt. Vernon Furn., Lawrence Co., OH; d. 21 Oct 1884, Boston, MA.
8. iv. MARTHA ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, b. 16 Aug 1842, Lawrence Co., OH; d. 19 Feb 1904.
v. CLARA CAMPBELL, b. 15 Sep 1849, Hanging Rock, Lawrence Co., OH; d. 19 Nov 1895, Hanging Rock, Lawrence Co., OH; m. NEVER MARRIED.
Notes for CLARA CAMPBELL:
I.R. – Jan 12, 1888 – $45,000 – IS THE VERDICT AGAINST CHARLES ARBUCKLE.
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
vi. CHARLES CAMPBELL, b. 1851, Lawrence Co., OH; d. 16 Jul 1923, Athens, OH.
Notes for CHARLES CAMPBELL:
SEMI-WEEKLY IRONTONIAN, FRIDAY, MAY 01, 1908
CHAS. CAMPBELL WRITES OF OLD FAMILIES
The following communication appears in an issue of The Ohio Magazine:
To the Editor:
Some recent genealogical facts stated in correspondence to The Ohio Magazine prompt me to offer the following regarding two old families in Virginia and Ohio:
THE HOGE FAMILY
Near Winchester, Va., lived William Hoge and his wife, (Miss Hume), after emigrating from Scotland to New Jersey, thence to Delaware, to Pennsylvania, and finally to Opeekon Creek, Virginia, becoming the first settlers there. Their son James was born in Pennsylvania, went to Virginia in 1735, and died June 2nd, 1795.
Their grandson Moses Hoge attended Liberty Hall, now Washington and Lee University, in 1778, received from it, joined with the Rev. William Wilson and others, the degree of A. B., in 1785, was made President of Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia, 1807.
He married twice: First, to Elizabeth Poage, August 23, 1783, daughter of John Poage. She died June 18, 1802, second to Mrs. Susannah Hunt, October 23rd, 1803, daughter of Joel Watkins. In 1787 he moved to Shepherdstown, Va.
There were three sons by the first wife, all ministers, Rev. James Hoge of Columbus, Ohio; John Blair Hoge, who died early and was buried at Martinsburg, Va., and Samuel Davies Hoge, who died young, the father of Rev. Moses D. Hoge, D. D., of Richmond, Va.
THE POAGES
Three miles north of the site of Staunton, Va., then called Beverly’s Mill place, lived Robert Poage, his wife, and nine children, emigrants, May 22, 1740. They located on the pike on 772 acres; his will was proved on March 6th, 1774. One daughter married Robert Breckinridge, son of Alexander Breckinridge, and was his first wife; they have two sons – Robert and Alexander, both prominent in Kentucky. His second wife was Lettuce, daughter of John Preston, an emigrant.
The two Robert Breckinridge and John Preston were the ancestors of the renowned families of those names in the South and West. Robert Poage’s son, John, was the father of Elizabeth Poage, the first wife of Rev. Moses Poage, whose descendants are famous in the Presbyterian pulpit. Another son, Thomas Poage, had two daughters who married the Wilson brothers.
Elizabeth married Rev. William Wilson, born 1751, graduate and A. B. tutor, and trustee for twenty-five years of Washington College, Va.; pastor, 1780-1811, of Augusta Church, organized 1737, eight miles north of the site of Staunton, Va. Polly Poage married the Hon. Thomas Wilson, M. C., of Morgantown, Va. Their son, Edgar Campbell Wilson, was a member of Congress in 1832, and their grandson, Eugene M. Wilson, in 1868. Bishop Alpheus Wilson of Baltimore is a grandson.
Rev. Norval Wilson was a son, prominent in Alexandria in 1832, and a daughter, Mrs. Louisa Ann Lowrie, whose letters were published, was the second cousin of Rev. James Poage. She died in 1833, a missionary in Calcutta, India, the wife of Rev. John C. Lowrie, sixty years connected as secretary, etc., with the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, Moderator of the General Assembly, in 1865, son of U. S. Senator, Hon. Walter Lowrie of Pennsylvania.
The Wilson Scotch ancestor was located in Ulster, Ireland; a son James, born in 1715, emigrated very young to Philadelphia; in 1771, moved to Rock Bridge, Virginia, and was an elder in New Providence Church; appointed 1775 with Captain Charles Campbell by Hanover Presbytery to solicit funds to establish Augusta Academy, the germ of Washington and Lee University, on James Wilson’s lands on Mount Pleasant, afterward inherited by his son, Moses Wilson.
Elizabeth, daughter of Jas. Sister of Hon. Thomas Wilson, born 1758, married (1775) Wm. Campbell and they were the grandparents of John Campbell of Ironton, Ohio, and were located five miles north of Staunton, Va., on the pike.
The two first cousins were named John Wilson Campbell – one a Federal judge at Columbus, Ohio, who died in 1833, and the other a graduate of Washington College and a historian of Virginia. He died in 1842. The first married Eleanor, daughter of Col. Robert Doak, who in 1740 secured the Presbytery through the services of Rev. John Craig, the first minister of the Valley of Virginia, the predecessor of Rev. William Wilson in Augusta Church.
The second John Wilson Campbell of Petersburg, Va., bookseller, and publisher, married Mildred Walker Moore, the great-granddaughter of Governor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia. His brother, Dr. Samuel L. Campbell, was the second President of Washington College in 1798, now Washington and Lee University.
He married Sally, the sister of Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander, President of Hampden-Sidney College, whose memory is dear to the Presbyterian Church as its exponent and profound theologian who won the hearts of men. Dr. Campbell, an able writer, is quoted at length by Foot and others.
His peon to the Mount Pleasant location of Augusta Academy has not been successfully imitated. Charles Campbell, Historian of Virginia (1860), son of John W. Campbell and Mildred Walker Moore, was the second cousin of John Campbell of Ironton, Ohio. All the families mentioned were Scotch Irish and Presbyterians up to 1800, and very few have changed since.
Rev. John Poage Campbell was my grandfather Charles’ second cousin. Rev. Campbell died at Chillicothe in 1814. He was a very brilliant man whom Dr. Timothy Dwight spoke of as being “a remarkably accomplished scholar and divine.” He was born in 1767 in Augusta County, Va., and graduated in 1790 from Hamden-Sidney College. His theological studies were under the Rev. Dr. William Graham at Liberty Hall and the Rev. Dr. Moses Hoage, then of Shepherdstown, Va. He was licensed to preach in 1792.
His life was spent in Kentucky and Ohio, and he was a physician and naturalist. His second wife was Miss Poage of Kentucky, and he was named for Rev. Thomas Poage, brother-in-law of Rev. Moses Hoge. His essays were published between 1800 and 1812. There is a copious notice of him in “Sprague’s Annals of the American Pulpit” (vol. 111, p. 626) and also in Green’s “Historic Families of Kentucky.”
His grandfather, John Campbell, emigrated in 1730 from near Newry Carlingford Bay on the east coast of Ireland. He married 1721 Elizabeth Walker, a descendant of Samuel Rutherford, one of the members of the “Westminister Assembly” and author of “Rutherford’s Letters.”
Her father, John Walker, married Catherine Rutherford and the latter’s mother, whose maiden name was Isabel Allein, was a descendant of Rev. Joseph Allein, who wrote “Allien’s Alarm.” The Rev. John Poage Campbell had a truly noble heritage in the church.
Respectfully,
Charles Campbell
Ironton, Ohio.
I.R. Sept. 13, 1877 – Charles Campbell has returned from a summer trip in which he visited Philadelphia, Cape May, and White Sulpher.
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
6. JOSEPH NEWTON HARVEY3 CAMPBELL (ELIZABETH2 TWEED, ARCHIBALD1) was born 30 Jan 1816. He married UNKNOWN.
Notes for JOSEPH NEWTON HARVEY CAMPBELL:
They had other children.
Child of JOSEPH CAMPBELL and UNKNOWN is:
i. GEN. MARION4 CAMPBELL.
Generation No. 4
7. MARY JANE4 CAMPBELL (JOHN3, ELIZABETH2 TWEED, ARCHIBALD1) was born 29 Jun 1838 in Mt. Vernon Furn., Lawrence Co., OH, and died 21 Oct 1884 in Boston, MA. She married HON. HENRY SAFFORD NEAL 14 Nov 1861, son of HENRY NEAL and LYDIA SAFFORD. He was born 25 Aug 1828 in Gallipolis, Gallia Co., OH, and died 18 Jul 1906 in Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH.
Notes for MARY JANE CAMPBELL:
I.R. Nov. 21, 1861 – On the 14th, inst., by Rev. T. S. Reeve, Henry S. Neal, and Miss Mary Jane Campbell, daughter of John Campbell of Ironton.
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
Notes for HON. HENRY SAFFORD NEAL:
Photos from: [email protected] write:
The second one hung in my living room for 20 years before I discovered who he was – thanks, of course, to the internet. It is an airbrush drawing probably done about 1890 (the airbrush was invented in 1872).
I could never figure out what it was since the detail of the hair and eyes was so photo-like, but they didn’t do 15×20 photos back then. A photo/airbrush expert in a google group enlightened me. The double picture is proof I found in some databases related to the library of congress.
Charlotte, July 17, 2009
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV
Neal, John
page 36, NEAL, Henry Safford, representative, was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, Aug. 25, 1828; son of Henry H. and Lydia (Safford) Neal; grandson of John Neal, resident of Parkersburg, Va., and Dr. Jonas and Joanna (Merrill) Safford, who immigrated to Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1811; a descendant of James O’Neill, a native of Ireland, who immigrated to Virginia with two brothers before the Revolution, changed his name to “Neal” and was a captain in the 13th Virginia regiment in the Continental army, and also a lineal descendant of Thomas Safford, who came to Ipswich, Mass., from England in 1641.
Henry Safford Neal graduated from Marietta College in 1847, engaged in mercantile business as his father’s clerk, studied law under Simeon Nash, state senator and a prominent jurist of southern Ohio, and settled in practice in Ironton, Ohio, in 1851.
He was prosecuting attorney of Lawrence county, 1853-57; a state senator from the eighth district, 1862-66; U.S. consul to Lisbon, Portugal, from July 1869 to January 1870, and chargé d’affaires to that kingdom from December 1869 to July 1870.
He was chairman of the commission appointed [p.36] in 1871 to investigate alleged frauds under the treaties with the Chippewa Indians and a member of the Ohio constitutional convention of 1872-73.
He was a Republican representative from the eleventh district of Ohio in the 45th, 46th, and 47th congresses, 1877-83. He served as chairman of the committee on the District of Columbia and as a member of the committee on territories. He was solicitor of the U.S. treasury, 1883-85. He was married in 1861 to Mary J., daughter of John Campbell, an iron manufacturer in Ironton, Ohio, and Mrs. L. C. Gibbs of Zanesville, Ohio. He was a resident of Ironton in 1902.
I.R. Oct. 4, 1883 – A plat has been prepared to lay off the strip of land on the riverside of the pike above town between the elm tree and T. W. Kemp’s property where he lives into lots. John Campbell and H. S. Neal are the owners of the property laid off. There are about 60 lots in the place, half of which front on the pike and half toward the river, with the alley between the two rows of lots, [paper cut off]
June 7, 1894 – (abstract) granddaughter of Mrs. H. S. Neal died at her residence on 5th street last Friday night. Mother, Mrs. Black, and the child were on a visit here. Remains taken to Zanesville.
IR May 26, 1870 – H. S. Neal and family will leave Lisbon on or about the 1st of July next. His resignation takes place at that time.
The children of MARY CAMPBELL and HENRY NEAL are:
i. MARY LILLIAN5 NEAL, b. 01 Sep 1863; d. 06 Jun 1899, Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH; m. GORDON HUNTER, 11 Dec 1894, Paris, France.
Notes for MARY LILLIAN NEAL:
I.R. Jan. 23, 1890 – Misses Lillian, and Alice Neal left for New York and Boston last Tuesday and will remain for some time.
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
Notes for GORDON HUNTER:
I.R. July 18, 1895 – Mr. Gordon Hunter, of London, son-in-law of Hon. H. S. Neal was in town last Sunday and Monday. He came on a matter of business and returned to New York on Tuesday, sailing for England today, Wednesday. Many of our people met Mr. Hunter and were impressed by his intelligent and sincere manner. He is a gentleman with a good presence and an interesting companion.
ii. ALICE CAMPBELL NEAL, b. Abt. 1865, Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH; d. 21 Apr 1945, Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH; m. JULIUS LEWIS ANDERSON, 30 Apr 1907, London, England; b. 10 Jan 1842, Athalia, Lawrence Co., OH; d. 28 Dec 1935, Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH.
Notes for ALICE CAMPBELL NEAL:
Miss Alice Neal attended her sister’s wedding in Paris, France, on December 11, 1895.
Notes for JULIUS LEWIS ANDERSON:
I.R. Feb. 12, 1891 – Death of J. W. Savage – Last Friday evening, Joseph W. Savage, brother of the late Mrs. J. L. Anderson, died at Palm Springs, near Sanford, Florida. His disease was said by the doctors down there to be stomach cancer. He had been an invalid for several years and went to Florida for his health. Lewis Anderson, son of J. L., was spending the Winter with him in Florida.
The next morning after the death of Mr. Savage, that was last Saturday, Lewis started north with the remains, having telegraphed to his father at Ironton, the day before, that he was coming. But Mr. Anderson had learned the Thursday before Mr. Savage’s probably fatal attack and left immediately for Florida, starting from Cincinnati on Saturday morning, the same time Lewis left Palm Springs. Neither is aware of the other’s movements, so they must have passed each other down in Georgia somewhere, Mr. Anderson going to the scene of sickness and Lewis returning with the corpse.
Lewis arrived here Monday night. He was met at Russell by friends, who received the remains and had them taken to the vault at Woodland to await the coming of Mr. Anderson, who is expected tonight or tomorrow.
I.R. Dec. 27, 1877 – Mr. Julius Anderson is having his residence on 6th street repainted.
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
8. MARTHA ELIZABETH4 CAMPBELL (JOHN3, ELIZABETH2 TWEED, ARCHIBALD1) was born on 16 Aug 1842 in Lawrence Co., OH, and died on 19 Feb 1904. She married WILLIAM MEANS on 12 Oct 1859 in Lawrence Co., OH, son of THOMAS MEANS and SARAH ELLISON. He was born on 18 Dec 1831 and died on 28 Jul 1921 in Yellow Springs, OH.
Notes for MARTHA ELIZABETH CAMPBELL:
Martha was listed living with her father and mother on the 1860 Lawrence Co. Ohio census as Martha Means, age 17, wife b. OH.
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
Notes for WILLIAM MEANS:
I.R. May 16, 1861 – William Means is raising another Light Horse Company in this county to be called “Buckeye Rangers” – Headquarters at the office of A. W. McCauslen, in Ironton. Active young men from the county with good horses were solicited as members.
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
The children of MARTHA CAMPBELL and WILLIAM MEANS are:
i. PEARL5 MEANS, d. 25 Aug 1931; m. NEVER MARRIED.
Notes for PEARL MEANS:
I.R. Thurs. Feb. 7, 1889 – MISS PEARL MEANS – The New York Sun makes public that the young lady’s friends have known for some time, i.e., that Miss Pearl Means is studying for the stage.
Miss Means is positive that she is not “stage-struck” in the ordinary sense of the word but adopts the stage to earn a livelihood. Before her parents fully knew her intentions, she became a member of the Lyceum School of Acting, of which A. M. Palmer is the head and Boucicault a professor.
She has been placed upon the preferred list of pupils and has enlisted, by her earnestness, the interest and sympathy of such men as Lawrence Barrett and A. M. Palmer, and should she develop the requisite talent for success, will undoubtedly have every opportunity of proving it.
She promises to be a very delightful “ingenue,” and the many friends of her family here will watch her career with deep interest. She kept her attendance at the school secret for a while, fearing an unnecessary shock to her father, ex-Mayor Wm. Means whose health is still precarious.
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
ii. GERTRUDE MEANS, b. Abt. 1869; d. 25 Mar 1949, Cincinnati, OH; m. WILLIAM ALEXANDER JULIAN, 05 Sep 1895, Yellow Springs, OH; b. 06 Aug 1861, Franklin Co., KY; d. 29 May 1949.
Notes for GERTRUDE MEANS:
I. R. Oct. 9, 1949 – Article about John Campbell states: The last living grandchild was Mrs. W. A. Julian, wife of the Treasurer of the United States, who died early this year. Mrs. Julian’s mother, Martha Campbell, married William Means, one-time mayor of Cincinnati.
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
Notes for WILLIAM ALEXANDER JULIAN:
The Frankfort Roundabout, Saturday, July 22, 1905, page 1
FORMER FRANKFORT MAN OPENS BANK. On Monday last, Mr. Alexander Julian, brother of Mrs. George W. Chinn of this city, opened up a bank in Cincinnati, Ohio. The first day’s business showed a deposit account of over $200,000. That speaks well for Mr. Julian’s standing in the Cincinnati business world.
W. A. Julian was the Treasurer of the United States.
I.E.T. Wed., May 3, 1933 – JULIAN NAMED U.S. TREASURER – FIRST MAJOR APPOINTMENT TO COME TO OHIO – Cincinnati. May 3 -(AP) – W. A. Julian, retired Cincinnati shoe manufacturer and Ohio member of the Democratic national convention, today announced his acceptance of the post of treasurer of the United States.
Informed circles in Washington said yesterday that his appointment was probable. Until today, however, Julian insisted he had nothing to say, either no to whether the post had been offered to him or whether he would accept.
The treasurership is the first major post to go to Ohio in the Roosevelt administration. He announced his acceptance to newspapermen before going into a luncheon meeting of the Associated Charities here, of which he is president. He had, he said, wired President Roosevelt his acceptance of the office.
In becoming treasurer of the United States, Julian accepted office at last after steadily refusing high posts offered him in succeeding Democratic regimes. President Wilson offered him a position on the Federal trade commission and then on the Federal Reserve Board. He declined both.
Still, he refused the office of treasurer of the national Democratic committee. But elected to the national committee for Ohio in a factional dispute in 1925, he has held the office since. Julian started life as a farm boy near Frankfort, Ky., graduated from Dodds College in 1888 (?), and went to Cincinnati. He became a bank clerk, switched to shoe manufacturing, established a plant of his own, and later retired, reputedly a millionaire.
Three years before, he ran for the United States Senate – the only elective office he ever sought – and was defeated by Frank B. Willis in the Harding landslide of that year. With party loyalty to his creed, he only once differed with its leaders. In 1931, he came out openly in opposition to the ( —-ter John J. Rankob ?) seat/sent national committeemen, seeking the support of his “home-rule” liquor plan.
William’s family was established in this country by James Julian, who settled at Fredericksburg, VA, in 1680. John Julian, a descendant of James, the colonist, and grandfather of William A. Julian, was a surgeon-major in the Revolutionary Army under Washington. William A. Julian graduated A.B. at Dodds College, Frankfurt, Kentucky, in 1888. He began as a clerk in a bank.
He engaged in the shoe manufacturing business in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1893 as a partner with Franklin Alter and H. Kokenge in the Alter-Julian Co. This company was succeeded in 1900 by the Julian-Kokenge Co., which is still (1934) in business in Columbus, Ohio. The company specializes in the manufacture of women’s fine shoes.
It employs an average of eight hundred people, and its annual business amounts to approximately $3 million. Mr. Julian was president of the company until 1917, when he retired from its active management, although he continued as chairman of the board of directors. He was also president of the Cincinnati Shoe Co., First National Bank of Bethel, Ohio, and Queen City Trust Co.; vice-president and director of the Central Trust Co. of Cincinnati.
During World War 1, he was chairman of the civilian relief committee of the American Red Cross and vice-chairman of the Cincinnati chapter. For twenty years, he has been chairman of the investment committee of Berea College. For the same period of time, he has been president of the Associated Charities of Cincinnati.
He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916, and since 1926, he has been a Democratic National Committeeman for Ohio. In May 1933, he was appointed Treasurer of the United States by President Roosevelt.
He was married at Yellow Springs, Ohio, on September 5, 1895, to Gertrude E., daughter of William Means, former mayor of Cincinnati. He lived at Red Gables, R. F. D. Rockville, Maryland. He died on May 28, 1949. “Who was Who, Vol. II. National Cyclopedia of American Biography.”
I.T. Monday, May 30, 1949, JULIAN, U.S. TREASURER IS CRASH VICTIM – BETHESDA, MD., MAY 29, (AP) – W. A. Julian, treasurer of the United States since the earliest days of the Roosevelt New Deal, was killed today in a head-on automobile crash near here.
Death was quick for the man whose flourished signature appears on every currency. His chest was crushed, and members of the rescue squad worked half an hour to extricate his body from the wreckage. The other car’s occupants, William Ellis and Paul Smith of nearby Maryland communities, were only slightly hurt.
No charges were filed in the accident. Julian’s death brought to life a secret carefully guarded by the retired and wealthy former banker – his age. A driver’s license showed it to be 73 (or 78 – can’t make out copy)
Julian’s wife, Gertrude Means Julian, daughter of a former mayor of Cincinnati, died last March 24(6) at the age of ( ). They were childless. The late Mrs. Julian was a native of Ironton, a granddaughter of John Campbell, founder of Ironton; her mother was the former Mary Campbell Means. She was a distant relative of Mrs. Carl Moulton and Mrs. M. E. Edmundson of Ironton. The ashes of Mrs. Julian were brought here and buried in Woodland Cemetery.
Born on a farm near Frankfort, Ky., William Alexander Julian rose to become a shoe manufacturer, president of the Queen City Trust Company of Cincinnati, and a director of other banks. A lifelong Democrat and one-time national committeeman, he dodged various offers of appointment to public office. Franklin D. Roosevelt persuaded him to come to Washington to overhaul the nation’s fiscal system in mid-depression.
The accident occurred this morning as Julian, driving alone, attempted to make a left turn as he neared the brow of a hill about three miles from his home in Rockville, Md., police said. The office of Treasurer of the United States – not to be confused with the Secretary of the Treasury, a cabinet post – is a banking facility for the government.
Duties include the receipt, disbursement, and accounting for public money; the custody, issuance, and redemption of paper currency and coin; the safekeeping of securities. And the payment of principal and interest on public debt. The treasurer receives $_0,330 a year.
Julian ran unsuccessfully for the U. S. Senate in Ohio in 1920, but thereafter he stayed behind-scenes politically. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
I.E.T. Wed., June 22, 1949 – JULIAN WILL CODICIL DECLARED INVALID – CINCINNATI, June 23 – (AP) – A codicil to the will of William A. Julian, leaving five-twentieths of a trust fund to the Seventh Day Adventist Church, has been declared invalid, it was learned Tuesday. Judge Chase M. Davies of Probate Court held the codicil invalid because the former treasurer of the U. S. had no witness present when he signed it. No estimate was given on the fortune left by Julian, who was killed in an automobile accident on May 29.
The original will, dated Oct. 28, 18__, provided an annual income of $36,000 a year to Mrs. Julian, and at her death, the income was to have been divided among Julian’s two brothers. The brothers and Mrs. Julian, however, are dead.
Walter Shohl, one of the late treasurer’s attorneys, said the will provided that on the deaths of the brothers and Mrs. Julian, the estate should be divided into twentieths with Berea College of Berea, Ky., and various charitable institutions sharing the estate.
In the codicil the court held invalid, Julian deleted several original beneficiaries and stipulated that money goes to the Seventh Day Adventist Church “because of its splendid work.” Shohl said. Several other codicils providing for individual bequests also were declared invalid because they had not been witnessed.
Cincinnati, June 22, 1949 – The will of W. A. Julian was accepted for probate as originally written. In a codicil earlier held invalid, Julian had changed the will to give the Seventh Day Adventist Church 5/20 of his fortune.
Cincinnati, November 1, 1949. The Julian estate was valued at $4,457,988.41. Included were cash, $436,513; bonds, $177,678; stocks,$3,757.576; personal jewelry, $35 (a wristwatch); real estate, $150; notes receivable, $85,334.
Cash to Charles A. Julian, of Frankfort, Kentucky, a nephew, $100,000; $50,000 each to Mrs. Douglas J. Ebert of Birmingham, Alabama, and Mrs. Lillian J. Abbott, of Clearwater, Florida. An unestimated trust fund was to be divided among Berea College, Berea, Kentucky; Associated Charities, Y.W.C.A., Widow’s Home, Walnut Hills, Children’s Hospital, and Clovernook Home for the Blind.
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
iii. PATTIE MEANS, b. 10 Dec 1874; d. 04 Oct 1921, Battle Creek, MI; m. THADDEUS MCELROY.
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I.R. July 9, 1896 – ANOTHER WEDDING – The following dispatch appeared in the Enquirer of Tuesday:
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Burial: Ironton, Lawrence Co., OH, Woodland Cem.
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