"Danby township, Ionia county, has many good farmers who devote a great deal of attention to raising live stock of all kinds, common to this latitude. Among this number is Samuel L. Campbell, who was born in Allegany county, New York, July 18, 1855, and is a son of Daniel and Lucy (Dana) Campbell. The father was born in Castile, Wyoming county, New York, of Scotch parents, who immigrated to America from Scotland when young and established their future home in the Empire state, and there on a farm in Wyoming county Daniel Campbell grew to manhood and attended the district schools.
When twenty years old he went to the village of Castile, in his native county, where he learned the blacksmith's trade, remaining there three or four years, then went to Allegany county and established a blacksmith shop of his own and there met and married Lucy Dana, who was born in Genesee village, that county, and was of Yankee stock. Daniel Campbell continued to follow his trade there for nearly forty years, living all the while in the same house where he moved when he first came, and there his death occurred on January 16, 1902, at an advanced age, having survived his first wife thirty years, her death having occurred on November 15, 1872. His second wife, who still survives, was Jennie Marshall before her marriage. To the first marriage three children were born, namely: Samuel L., the subject of this sketch; Frank lives in Buffalo, New York; Dora is the wife of Emmett Hadley, of Horner, New York.
Samuel L. Campbell received a common-school education. When sixteen years old he left home and went to live with his grandparents. When twenty-one years old he came with an uncle to Ionia county, Michigan.
Here he worked seven or eight years on a farm, or until his marriage, which took place on December 24, 1884, to Lillian Tirrill, a daughter of Martin and Rebecca (Buck) Tirrill. Her father was a son of John and Polly Tirrill, who came to Michigan from New Hampshire in 1838, among the earliest pioneer settler. Rebecca Buck was born in Lorain county, Ohio, and was a* daughter of Hart and Mary Buck, who were of English stock, in fact, were born, reared and married in England. They came to the United States and settled at Avon, Lorain county, Ohio, where they lived until 1864 when they went to live near their daughter who had married Martin Tirrill, October 14, 1863, and had located in Ionia county, Michigan.
Martin Tirrill and wife came direct to Portland township where they lived a few years, then located in the village of Portland, and there Mr. Tirrill died on May 2, 1907. He was the father of four children, namely: Alberta died when eighteen years old; Lillian, wife of the subject of this sketch: John died when a year and one-half old; Mary is the wife of Ed McKay, of- Keene township, Ionia county.
Upon his marriage Samuel L. Campbell settled in Portland where he worked in a saw and feed-mill for about eleven years, then purchased a farm of eighty acres in section 5, Danby township, and here he is making a good living as a general farmer and stock raiser.
One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Lester M., who was graduated from the Portland schools, after which he taught two years in Danby township, two years in Sebewa township, and is now in government service at Lake Odessa, Ionia county; he married Zelma Tyler, and they have one child, Stewart M. Campbell.
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan, Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
Sources: History of Ionia County Michigan and SeekingMichigan.org (date of death).
When twenty years old he went to the village of Castile, in his native county, where he learned the blacksmith's trade, remaining there three or four years, then went to Allegany county and established a blacksmith shop of his own and there met and married Lucy Dana, who was born in Genesee village, that county, and was of Yankee stock. Daniel Campbell continued to follow his trade there for nearly forty years, living all the while in the same house where he moved when he first came, and there his death occurred on January 16, 1902, at an advanced age, having survived his first wife thirty years, her death having occurred on November 15, 1872. His second wife, who still survives, was Jennie Marshall before her marriage. To the first marriage three children were born, namely: Samuel L., the subject of this sketch; Frank lives in Buffalo, New York; Dora is the wife of Emmett Hadley, of Horner, New York.
Samuel L. Campbell received a common-school education. When sixteen years old he left home and went to live with his grandparents. When twenty-one years old he came with an uncle to Ionia county, Michigan.
Here he worked seven or eight years on a farm, or until his marriage, which took place on December 24, 1884, to Lillian Tirrill, a daughter of Martin and Rebecca (Buck) Tirrill. Her father was a son of John and Polly Tirrill, who came to Michigan from New Hampshire in 1838, among the earliest pioneer settler. Rebecca Buck was born in Lorain county, Ohio, and was a* daughter of Hart and Mary Buck, who were of English stock, in fact, were born, reared and married in England. They came to the United States and settled at Avon, Lorain county, Ohio, where they lived until 1864 when they went to live near their daughter who had married Martin Tirrill, October 14, 1863, and had located in Ionia county, Michigan.
Martin Tirrill and wife came direct to Portland township where they lived a few years, then located in the village of Portland, and there Mr. Tirrill died on May 2, 1907. He was the father of four children, namely: Alberta died when eighteen years old; Lillian, wife of the subject of this sketch: John died when a year and one-half old; Mary is the wife of Ed McKay, of- Keene township, Ionia county.
Upon his marriage Samuel L. Campbell settled in Portland where he worked in a saw and feed-mill for about eleven years, then purchased a farm of eighty acres in section 5, Danby township, and here he is making a good living as a general farmer and stock raiser.
One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Lester M., who was graduated from the Portland schools, after which he taught two years in Danby township, two years in Sebewa township, and is now in government service at Lake Odessa, Ionia county; he married Zelma Tyler, and they have one child, Stewart M. Campbell.
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan, Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
Sources: History of Ionia County Michigan and SeekingMichigan.org (date of death).
"Danby township, Ionia county, has many good farmers who devote a great deal of attention to raising live stock of all kinds, common to this latitude. Among this number is Samuel L. Campbell, who was born in Allegany county, New York, July 18, 1855, and is a son of Daniel and Lucy (Dana) Campbell. The father was born in Castile, Wyoming county, New York, of Scotch parents, who immigrated to America from Scotland when young and established their future home in the Empire state, and there on a farm in Wyoming county Daniel Campbell grew to manhood and attended the district schools.
When twenty years old he went to the village of Castile, in his native county, where he learned the blacksmith's trade, remaining there three or four years, then went to Allegany county and established a blacksmith shop of his own and there met and married Lucy Dana, who was born in Genesee village, that county, and was of Yankee stock. Daniel Campbell continued to follow his trade there for nearly forty years, living all the while in the same house where he moved when he first came, and there his death occurred on January 16, 1902, at an advanced age, having survived his first wife thirty years, her death having occurred on November 15, 1872. His second wife, who still survives, was Jennie Marshall before her marriage. To the first marriage three children were born, namely: Samuel L., the subject of this sketch; Frank lives in Buffalo, New York; Dora is the wife of Emmett Hadley, of Horner, New York.
Samuel L. Campbell received a common-school education. When sixteen years old he left home and went to live with his grandparents. When twenty-one years old he came with an uncle to Ionia county, Michigan.
Here he worked seven or eight years on a farm, or until his marriage, which took place on December 24, 1884, to Lillian Tirrill, a daughter of Martin and Rebecca (Buck) Tirrill. Her father was a son of John and Polly Tirrill, who came to Michigan from New Hampshire in 1838, among the earliest pioneer settler. Rebecca Buck was born in Lorain county, Ohio, and was a* daughter of Hart and Mary Buck, who were of English stock, in fact, were born, reared and married in England. They came to the United States and settled at Avon, Lorain county, Ohio, where they lived until 1864 when they went to live near their daughter who had married Martin Tirrill, October 14, 1863, and had located in Ionia county, Michigan.
Martin Tirrill and wife came direct to Portland township where they lived a few years, then located in the village of Portland, and there Mr. Tirrill died on May 2, 1907. He was the father of four children, namely: Alberta died when eighteen years old; Lillian, wife of the subject of this sketch: John died when a year and one-half old; Mary is the wife of Ed McKay, of- Keene township, Ionia county.
Upon his marriage Samuel L. Campbell settled in Portland where he worked in a saw and feed-mill for about eleven years, then purchased a farm of eighty acres in section 5, Danby township, and here he is making a good living as a general farmer and stock raiser.
One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Lester M., who was graduated from the Portland schools, after which he taught two years in Danby township, two years in Sebewa township, and is now in government service at Lake Odessa, Ionia county; he married Zelma Tyler, and they have one child, Stewart M. Campbell.
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan, Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
Sources: History of Ionia County Michigan and SeekingMichigan.org (date of death).
When twenty years old he went to the village of Castile, in his native county, where he learned the blacksmith's trade, remaining there three or four years, then went to Allegany county and established a blacksmith shop of his own and there met and married Lucy Dana, who was born in Genesee village, that county, and was of Yankee stock. Daniel Campbell continued to follow his trade there for nearly forty years, living all the while in the same house where he moved when he first came, and there his death occurred on January 16, 1902, at an advanced age, having survived his first wife thirty years, her death having occurred on November 15, 1872. His second wife, who still survives, was Jennie Marshall before her marriage. To the first marriage three children were born, namely: Samuel L., the subject of this sketch; Frank lives in Buffalo, New York; Dora is the wife of Emmett Hadley, of Horner, New York.
Samuel L. Campbell received a common-school education. When sixteen years old he left home and went to live with his grandparents. When twenty-one years old he came with an uncle to Ionia county, Michigan.
Here he worked seven or eight years on a farm, or until his marriage, which took place on December 24, 1884, to Lillian Tirrill, a daughter of Martin and Rebecca (Buck) Tirrill. Her father was a son of John and Polly Tirrill, who came to Michigan from New Hampshire in 1838, among the earliest pioneer settler. Rebecca Buck was born in Lorain county, Ohio, and was a* daughter of Hart and Mary Buck, who were of English stock, in fact, were born, reared and married in England. They came to the United States and settled at Avon, Lorain county, Ohio, where they lived until 1864 when they went to live near their daughter who had married Martin Tirrill, October 14, 1863, and had located in Ionia county, Michigan.
Martin Tirrill and wife came direct to Portland township where they lived a few years, then located in the village of Portland, and there Mr. Tirrill died on May 2, 1907. He was the father of four children, namely: Alberta died when eighteen years old; Lillian, wife of the subject of this sketch: John died when a year and one-half old; Mary is the wife of Ed McKay, of- Keene township, Ionia county.
Upon his marriage Samuel L. Campbell settled in Portland where he worked in a saw and feed-mill for about eleven years, then purchased a farm of eighty acres in section 5, Danby township, and here he is making a good living as a general farmer and stock raiser.
One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Lester M., who was graduated from the Portland schools, after which he taught two years in Danby township, two years in Sebewa township, and is now in government service at Lake Odessa, Ionia county; he married Zelma Tyler, and they have one child, Stewart M. Campbell.
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan, Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
Sources: History of Ionia County Michigan and SeekingMichigan.org (date of death).
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