On January 3, 1876, a marriage license was issued at Carthage, Hancock County, for Thomas and Miss Sarah B. Campbell, of LaHarpe.  They were married on the 5th of January at LaHarpe by Thomas M. Walker, the well-known Fountain Green minister.

Sarah Belle Campbell was born at Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of James Campbell and Eliza McCullough, who had come west in 1853 and established their new home on a farm in Fountain Green Township between Fountain Green and LaHarpe.  In the mid 1870s they moved to LaHarpe.

Sarah Belle has left us with a puzzle.  Family records indicate she was born March 18, 1841.  This date is generally supported by the 1850 and 1870 censuses.  (Unfortunately the Campbell family is missing from the existing 1860 census records.)  But when the marriage documents were prepared in 1876, her age was reported as 25, and in the 1880 census she was recorded as being 28.  It appears she was fudging on her age by 10 years.  It will be interesting to see what was inscribed on her tombstone.  Marriage license

Two sons were born to Thomas and Sarah:

i.	William Wilson Huston, born February 24, 1877, in Hancock County, probably in Fountain Green Township.
ii.	Unnamed infant son, buried at Majorville Cemetery, Hancock Township.

From The Republican, Carthage, Illinois, the Fountain Green column, March 30, 1892: Thos. Huston, of this township, has moved on the Thomas Thompson farm, south of Carthage, which he bought a short time ago.  We are sorry to lose Tom, as he was a good citizen, and his neighbors there will find him always ready to lend a helping hand.

Sarah Campbell Huston died December 14, 1895, and was buried at Moss Ridge Cemetery in Carthage, Hancock County.

On August 5, 1897, Thomas married Nellie C. Newland of Carthage.  H. B. Ward performed the marriage at Elvaston.  Witnesses were Oscar Love and Augusta L. Ward.  Thomas gave his age as 47, Nellie was 29.  Marriage Documents

Nellie was the daughter of Andrew Newland and Elizabeth M. Kennedy, who were residents of Carthage Township in 1870.  At the time of her marriage, Nellie reported she was born in Chili Township, Hancock County.

A little over a year previously, William, by then about 19, had married Ethel K. Newland, also a daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth.  So when Thomas married Nellie (who was about ten years older than Ethel), William's sister-in-law became his stepmother.

Thomas and Nellie had at least one child together.  The entry in the 1900 census, apparently in error, reported that she was the mother of 4 children, 1 living.  The 1910 entry showed one child, deceased.

Thomas died January 18, 1924, at Carthage, and was buried at Moss Ridge Cemetery.  Nellie was residing in Carthage in 1930; her widowed father was making his home with her.

James Campbell, 45, male, merchant, value of real estate 500, born PA
Eliza, 40, female, born PA
Elizabeth, 20, female, born PA
John, 17, male, clerk, born PA
Mary, 15, female, born PA, attended school within the year
Margaret, 13, female, born PA, attended school within the year
William, 11, male, born PA, attended school within the year
Sarah, 9, female, born PA, attended school within the year
James, 7, male, born PA, attended school within the year
Caroline, 5, female, born PA
Susan, 2, female, born PA

John W Huston, 34, male, farmer, value of real estate 4000, value of personal estate 800, born PA

Catherine W Husson [sic], 29, female, born PA
Joseph, 25, male, farmer, born OH
Anne, 20, female, born PA
Thomas, 9, male, born Pa, attended school within the year
Harriett, 7, female, born IL, attended school within the year
Samuel, 5, male, born IL, attended school within the year
Calvin, 3, male, born IL
Peter, 1, male, born IL

Huston, John W, 44, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 9000, value of personal estate 2000, born PA, male, citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Catherine W, 39, female, white, keeping house, born PA
Thomas B, 19, male, white, born PA, attended school within the year
Samuel, 15, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Hattie, 17, female, white, born IL, attended school within the year
John, 13, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Peter, 11, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Anna, 8, female, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Edward, 6, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year
Frank, 2, male, white, born IL

Campbell, James, 63, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 7500, value of personal estate 2000, born PA
Eliza, 58, female, white, keeping house, born PA, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Maggie, 28, female, white, milliner, born PA
Sarah, 25, female, white, born PA
Carrie, 22, female, white, born PA
Susie, 21, female, white, school teacher, born PA
William, 32, male, white, farmer, born PA, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
James, 27, male, white, farmer, born PA, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
George, 12, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year

Houston, Thos B, white, male, 29, married, farmer, born PA, both parents born PA
Sarah B, white, female, 28, wife, married, keeping [house], born PA, both parents born PA
Willie W, white, male, 3, son, single, at home, born IL, both parents born PA

Huston, Thomas, head, white male, Sept 1850, 49, married for 24 [sic] years, born PA, both parents born PA, farmer, could read, write and speak English, paying on a mortgage on his farm home, farm schedule 31

Nellie, wife, white, female, Aug 1868, 31, married for 4 years; mother of 4 children, 1 living; born IL, father born OH, mother born IL, could read, write and speak English

William, son, white, male, Feb 1877, 23, married for 4 years, born IL, father born IL, mother bor PA, doctor, could read, write and speak English

Ethel, daughter-in-law, white, female, Feb 1877, 23, married for 4 years; mother of 2 children, both living; born IL, both parents born IL, housekeeper, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English

Willie, grandson, white, male, May 1897, 3, single, born IL, both parents born IL

Elizabeth, granddaughter, white, female, Oct 1989, 1, single, born IL, both parents born IL

Huston, Thomas B, head, male, white, 59, married (2nd) for 11 years, born PA, both parents born PA, spoke English, farmer, general farm, working on own account, whether out of work on April 15, 1910 - no, number of weeks out of work during 1909 - 0, could read and write, rented his farm, farm schedule 31

Nellie C, wife, female, white, 43, married (1st) for 11 years; mother of 1 child, deceased; born IL, both parents born OH, spoke English, could read and write

Bruce, Edward, servant, male, white, 48, single, born ME; both parents born Scotland - English; spoke English, laborer, farm hand, employee ?, whether out of work on April 15, 1910 - no, number of weeks out of work during 1909 - 0, could read and write

Huston, Thomas B, head, renter, male, white, 69, married, born IL, both parents born PA, spoke English

Nellie C, wife, female, white, 53, married, could read and write, born IL, father born OH, mother born PA, spoke English

Newland, Andrew, father-in-law, male, white, 83, widower, could read and write, born OH, both parents born PA, spoke English

Huston, Nellie C, head, owned her home, home value 1500, did not own a radio, female, white, 63, widow, age at first marriage - 30, could read and write, born IL, father born OH, mother born PA, spoke English

Newland, Andrew, father, male, white, 93, widower, age at first marriage - 24, could read and write, born OH, both parents born PA, spoke English, retired