Biography of Abel Campbell, pages 765 / 766.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Abel Campbell, deceased, was one of the early settlers of Smithfield 
Township, locating on the southwest quarter section 28 in May, 1847.  He was 
a native of Pennsylvania, born Oct. 26, 1807, and when a boy moved with his 
parents to Stark County, Ohio, where he was reared and married June 16, 
1831, to Jane Taylor, a native of Washington County, Pa., born May 25, 
1812.  In 1836 they moved to Summit County, and thence to De Kalb County, 
making the journey hither by teams, taking two weeks to make the trip.  Mr. 
Campbell bought his farm of Andrew Houhn the previous fall. It had been 
entered in 1836 by John Taylor, father of Mrs. Campbell, who sold it to Mr. 
Houhn.  Sixteen acres were cleared, and there was a small round-log house on 
the land which the family moved into.  Mr. Campbell cleared about seventy-
five acres and erected good buildings, making it his home till he death in 
November, 1860. Mrs. Campbell is still living on the homestead. They had a 
family of eight children, four of whom they brought with them to De Kalb 
County.  Six are living---Margaret, John, Edward H., Ruth (wife of E.R. 
Leas), James D. and Lewis P.   William C. died in 1871, aged twenty-three 
years; Benjamin F. died Sept. 4, 1855, aged three years.  Mr. Campbell was 
one of the most prominent men of the township.  Politically he was a Whig, 
but after the organization of the Republican party was strong adherent of 
its principles.  He died the day following the election of Abraham Lincoln 
as President of the United States.  Edward H. resides on the homestead, a 
part of which he owns.  He was born in Summit County, Ohio, in 1841.  He 
has always lived with his parents, and has assisted in clearing the farm. 
He was married to Mariam E., daughter of Brickard Childs, who settled in 
Fairfield Township in the fall of 1847, and subsequently moved to 
Smithfield Township. Where he died in 1878 and his wife in 1883.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Edward Campbell have five children---Frank, Elnora, Albertis, Clark 
and Thomas.

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