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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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ROBERT CAMPBELL, barge and boat builder, West Elizabeth, son of William and Emily Campbell, was born in Beaver county Pa., in 1842. Until 1861 his home was with his parents. He then enlisted in Co. F, 10th P. R.; was wounded June 27, 1862, at the battle of Gaines’ Mills, near Richmond, Va.; was captured that time, and taken by way of Savage Station to Richmond, and confined in Castle Thunder and Libby prison. After being detained six weeks he was paroled, afterward completed the term of his enlistment, and was mustered out of the service June 11, 1864, at Pittsburgh, and returned to his home in Beaver county. July 18, 1868, he married Sarah J., daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Todd, of Beaver county, and settled in what was then Birmingham, now a portion of the city of Pittsburgh. He then worked at barge building until the following year, when the reopening of his wound was the occasion of his return to Beaver county. Later he moved to Freeport, Armstrong county, thence to Pittsburgh, and in 1872 he located at West Elizabeth, pursuing his old business of barge and boat building. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are James (educated in Washington and Jefferson College, and now teaching in Jefferson township), Lucy, Bert, Leonora, Ivy C. and Nellie. The parents are members of the Methodist Church.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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