Kinfolks
by Evelyn Flood
Sent this story to the Newton County Times 5 April 1998
Published in the Newton County, Arkansas Times on 10 April 1998.
I have updated this since the original writing as I have discovered
new information.
Excerpts are taken from story "Across The Plains In '57" as told by
Nancy Campbell Lowell,daughter of Peter and Catherine Hefley Campbell.

On 1 April 1857 another party of pioneers started West from Carroll
County, Arkansas. In one of these wagons was Peter C (Cox?) Campbell
and his family:
Wife Catherine Hefley Campbell; a baby son Richard C two years old;
a daughter Lucinda Ellen three years old and a daughter Nancy A,
four years old.

This Peter C Campbell, born 29 June 1824 (tombstone) was son of
Richard C and Nancy Ann Berry Campbell of Carroll County, Arkansas.
Catherine Hefley Campbell ,born 25 December 1832 in Tennessee, was
the daughter of Phillip Hefley and Hannah Sharp, and a sister to
John Bailey and Daniel Hefley.

The wagon train proceeded slowly through the Cherokee Nation. Here the
wagons lay in wait one month until joined by an additional fifty wagons
from Missouri. This combined wagon train was one of the largest trains
ever to cross the Western Plains.

The wagons ambled on and on, day by day.It was one of the rules that
the man driving the lead wagon in the train, should be responsible
for choosing the camp site for the night.

Arriving at a place near Salt Lake City, Peter Campbell and a cousin
had a disagreement about choosing the camp site and as a result,
Campbell left the train. He, with only two other wagons,started on
alone. The other wagons moved on to Mountain Meadows, Utah. Everyone
of these brave and hardy people were massacred, except 17 small
children, five days after their separation from the other wagons.
This little train of three wagons that had left the main train earlier
made their way to Carson Valley, Nevada. Here again they divided, two
wagons going over the mountains by way of Truckee through Dutch Flat
and on to Trinity County,California.
The Campbell family alone took a trail which lead through Placerville,
California.

Peter C Campbell had been a teacher and had a brother living in
Marysville, California. I believe this brother was George Campbell,
who was later found in 1870 Boone County, Arkansas Census records.
Peter's brother had a store and wanted Peter to come West and assist
him with his business.

The family reached Brighton (near Sacramento, California) on the first
day of October after six months travel. They stayed at Brighton for
one month. There was still the trip from Brighton to Marysville ahead,
but they would be greatly disappointed. Peter's brother had heard that
all the people with the wagon train were massacred at Mountain Meadows
and decided to go back to Arkansas and left three days before the
Peter Campbell family's arrival.

Found the Richard C and Nancy Ann Campbell family on the 1850 Carroll
County,Arkansas census (Jefferson township).
Richard C Campbell,age 45, born N.C. and wife(Nancy A) Ann ,age 44,
born in North Carolina.
Their children listed were:
Peter (H?), age 24, born in Alabama(father in this story).
Eli age 20,born in Alabama
William J age 18,born Tennessee
John M(Milt), age 16, born Arkansas
Allen H age 12, born Arkansas
Missouri A, age 8, born Arkansas
Berry M age 6, born Arkansas.
and Archibald Y Campbell,age 3, born Arkansas.
Mary ASHER, age 19, born Tenn. was with the family.

A son George Neal Campbell, age 23, born Alabama with wife Margaret
Ann, age 18,born Tennessee, lived nearby.
George Neal Campbell is also found on the 1860 Carroll County Census
and the 1870, 1880 Boone County, Arkansas Census records.

Richard C Campell had purchased a land bounty from Darling Brown
(Cherokee War-Capt. Derrick's Company Georgia Volunteers) in Township
17 North, Range 20 West in Carroll County,Arkansas.

Richard C and Nancy Ann Campbell were found on the 1860 Carroll County,
Arkansas census and then on the 1870 Boone County, Arkansas Census
in Jefferson Township, Mt. Pleasant.

Continuing on with the story of the Campbell family's trip to
California in 1857:
Seeing that his brother had gone, Peter Campbell attempted to make a
living by working on farms wherever he could. Catherine helped by
doing housework for others, taking her children along with her.

After one year in Marysville, California, the family moved on to
Sacramento by wagon and ox team. In the California Flood of 1861,
Peter Campbell cut wood and peddled it to the people by means of a
row boat. They settled east of the city across the American River.
From there they moved on to a farm at Folsom, California. Their
children attended school near Sylvan Corners which is near what is now
Citrus Heights,California.

Peter C Campbell died 25 February 1865\1868?(the year is hard to read
on the tombstone).Believe the card in the cemetery sexton's office
gave year as 1868.
I visited the Sylvan Cemetery on a 103 degree, hot afternoon about
15 minutes before the cemetery closed and tried to take a few pictures.
Sylvan Cemetery is located 14 miles north of Sacramento on the highway
leading to Roseville at the junction of Greenback Lane and Auburn
Roads. Had to leave the cemetery as it was closing, so was unable
to finish taking photos.
Peter's headstone is a spiral whitish granite and is badly pitted at
the bottom. As it sits near the edge of the cemetery (Plot 1B), it
looks like vandals may have chipped away some of the marble. It is
hard to read the date and age at time of his death. There was a verse
at the bottom of the stone that I was unable to read. Wish I had had
some chalk to fill in the letters so my snapshot would have turned out
better. Will go back and try again, for this verse may tell us more
about him. Or I will try a "rubbing" so the letters will come out.
I will put a picture of his tombstone in the CEMETERIES Section
of my website. So please check back later.

Peter C and Catherine Hefley Campbell's children were:
(1) Nancy Campbell,born Feb 1853 in Carroll County, Arkansas
who married Hartley LOWELL on 20 June 1875 in California.
I found the Lowell family on the 1880 Sacramento County,
California census in Center Township.
Found them in 1900 in Placer County, California, Township 9.
Found Nancy on the 1920 Sacramento County, California census, age 66,
with the Leeds Fingland family.
Known children were:
Sadie Lowell, born 1877 in California. A son
born 31 October 1879 per Sacramento Bee.
Hartley W Lowell born 1880.
Hattie A Lowell, born July 1882 in California.
Hattie married Leeds Fingland ca 1915 in California.
Hartley W Lowell, Sr. was born 1843 in Maine. He died ca 1885 in
California.
Nancy Campbell Lowell died ca 1947 in California.

(2) Lucinda Ellen Campbell, born 15 May 1854 in Carroll County,
Arkansas, who married Edwin PURDY on 1 January 1874 in California.
Edwin F Purdy was born 8 June 1832 in Croton Falls, New York.
He belonged to the Oddfellows Lodge No. 203 at Roseville, California.
He died 19 October 1909 with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery at
Roseville, Califonria.
Their known children were:
Jessie E (f)Purdy born 1874
Chester S Purdy born 1876
Walter E Purdy born 1878
Lilly M Purdy born 1880
Lambert B Purdy
Floyd Purdy
Charles Purdy
Lottie E Purdy and
Judson H Purdy.
Lucinda Ellen Campbell Purdy died 2 February 1929 and is buried in
the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Roseville, California.

(3) Richard (R?)Campbell, born 23 March 1855 in Carroll
County Arkansas, who married Mrs. Alice MURPHY ca 1896 in California.
I found this family on the 1900 Placer County, California
census at Rocklin, California with son George E Campbell,
born March 1897.
Alice had two daughters by her previous Murphy marriage and their
names were:
Manda Murphy, born September 1892 and
Edna Murphy, born February 1895.
Both girls born in California.
Richard Campbell died 27 Oct 1928 and is also buried in Sylvan
Corners Cemetery, not far from his father's grave. He was age 73
years,7 months and 4 days when he died.

(4) Catherine(C M) Missouri Campbell, born September 1858 in
California, who married James M FITZGERALD 30 October 1879 per the
Sacramento Bee Newspaper. James had been married before and had a
son James T Fitzgerald, born April 1871 in New York.
The known children of Catherine Missouri and James M Fitzgerald were:
Earle M Fitzgerald, born March 1881
Jesse C Fitzgerald, born November 1883 in California,
and Byron Fitzgerald, born September 1885 in California.
I found Catherine on the 1900 Sacramento County, California
census in Sacramento City.
Found her husband James Fitzgerald on the 1900 census
as a roomer in the McNutt Hospital in San Francisco, California
on Sutter Street, No. 1120.
Found Catherine and children on the 1910 Sacramento County,California
census, Sacramento City Township, as a widow.
Her son Earle M Fitzgerald was living in Sacramento County,California
in 14th Precinct, Sacramento Township in 1910 with wife Hattie A and
children Gordan M, age 5 and Doris E Fitgerald, age 2.
Earle Fitzgerald was a switchman on the "Steam Railing".
Found Catherine on the 1920 San Francisco County, California census,
Assembly District No. 29 at 423 Gough Street.
Catherine "Kate" Missiouri Campbell Fitzgerald died after 1929, place
unknown.

(5) Phillip Lee Campbell,born 8 December 1861 in California
He married Susan Gertrude BRADLEY on 14 August 1885 per Sacramento
Bee Newspaper.
Found Phillip Campbell family on the 1900 Placer County,
California census at Rocklin, California.
Again found them on the 1910 Placer County, California census and in
1920 on the Placer County, California census at Roseville, California
Their known children were:
A son born 26 January 1887 per Sacramento Bee
Walter C Campbell born January 1889
Laura E Campbell born April 1891 and
Carrol F (m)Campbell, born 1901 who died on 26 August 1947 in
California.
Phillip Lee Campbell died on 30 March 1934 and is also buried in
Sylvan Corners Cemetery.

(6) Mary H "Mollie" Campbell,born July 1863 in California.
She married a Mr.JOHNSON(date unknown) and Homer C TRIPETT, ca 1886,
both marriages in California.
Found the family on the 1900 Placer County, California census,
Township One, Vol 21, ED56, S3, Line 82.
They were also found on the 1910 Sacramento County, California
census, Vol073, ED0118, V69.
Mollie's known children were:
Arthur S Johnson, born November 1881 in California
Georgia E Johnson, born September 1883 in California.
Lela Trippett, born November 1887 in California
Ruby C Trippett, born December 1889 in California.
Mildred L Trippett, born July 1892 in California.
Mary H "Mollie" Campbell Johnson Tripett died ca 1920 place
unknown.

(7) Allie Jane Campbell, born 1864 in California.
She married Charles E DEARDORF ca 1887, probably in California.
Found the family on the 1910 Sacramento County, California Census
Vol.073; ED116, V122.
Known children were:
Ethel Maude Deardorf, born 1888 in California.
Clarence E. Deardorf, born 1890 in California.
Clifton Deardorf, born 1893 in California.
Zelma Deardorf, born 1895 in California.
Allie Campbell Deardorf died after 1929.

(8) Peter Henry Campbell, born 7 September 1866 in California
who married Nancy Elsie SEYMOUR.
Found them on the 1900 Sacramento County, California census, VOL 24,
ED 79, S9,L64 at 1326 Third Street.
They were on the 1910 Placer County, California census, Vol 68,
ED 0059 Visit#408.
They were on the 1920 Placer County, California Census at Roseville,
Vol76, ED69, S30, L55.
Known children were:
Donna Campbell, born September 1893 in California.
Helen Campbell, born in 1896 in California.
Irma(Iona?) Campbell, born January 1899 in California.
Helen C Campbell, born in California in 1906.
Peter Henry Campbell belonged to the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, and one might find out more about him by contacting this
Brotherhood.
Peter Henry Campbell died after 1929. Need to check the California
Death Index for his exact date.
Wife Nancy Elsie Seymour Campbell was born December 1871 in New York
She died 24 June 1944 in California per California Death Index,
County No. 34, Registration No. 925,State File No. 44-44353.

Found Catherine Campbell family on the 1870 Sacramento County,
California census in Mississippi Township, Dwelling 6:
CAMPBELL:
Catherine 37 F Keeps house $1500 $500, born Tennessee
Nancy A 17 F at school born Arkansas
Lucinda E 16 F at school born Arkansas
Richard 15 M at school born ARkansas
Missouri 12 F at school born California
Mary H 10 F at school born California
Phillip 8 M born California
Aller 6 F born California
JOHNSON,Levi 41 m stock raiser $1500 born Kentucky
After Peter C Campbell died, Catherine married Levi JOHNSON on
20 March 1872, per Sacramento Bee Newspaper.
Levi JOHNSON was born on 14 August 1829 in Kentucky and died
14 March 1906 and is buried in the Roseville Cemetery at Roseville,
California.
Catherine's children by LEVI JOHNSON were:
(9) Frances Ella Johnson, born September 1872 in California,
married John L HORAN on 31 January 1895 per Sacramento Bee Newspaper.
Known children were:
Leola F Horan, born August 1896 in California.
Lucille R Horan, born September 1897 in California.
Edgar N Horan, born August 1898 in California.
Ernest L Horan, born August 1898 in California.
Found the family on the 1900 census in Placer County, California,
Vol21, ED60, S12, L5, Twp4.
They were on the 1910 Sacramento County,California census,
Vol 72, ED109, V18.
And again, found the family on the 1920 Sacramento County, California
census, Vol 80, ED116, S10, L93,living at 809 N. Street.
John L Horan was born in March 1860 in California.
He died before 1910.
Frances Ella Johnson Horan died after 1929, probably in California.

(10) Julia Louise Johnson, born 1875 in California who married
Vern GORST.
Nothing further known at this time.

(11) Anna Elizabeth (Sarah E)"Lizzie" Johnson, born 1877 in
California, who married Leo L MUSHETT on 16 July 1896 per Sacramento
Bee Newspaper.
Nothing further known.

Found some of the childrens' marriages listed in California records. Some marriages found in "Sacramento Bee" Newspaper records.

Catherine Hefley Campbell Johnson died on 14 March 1885 at Folsom,
(Placer County)California. She is buried in the Roseville Cemetery,
Roseville, California. Her second husband Levi Johnson died on
14 March 1906 and is also buried in the Roseville Cemetery.
Intend to visit Catherine's grave one day and take pictures.
These were all Kinfolks.

I want to thank my good friend Fran Flood Emmerich for all her
help in gathering this information. Fran died in December 2001.
Wish she were here to help me now. I miss her so much.
Fran and I worked on the George Campbell families together.
I did research on this family for Carri L Vance and sent her this
information some time back.
Story printed in Newton County Times on 10 April 1998,in my 'Kinfolks
Column' and updated 18 Aug 1999. Updated again on 20 April 2003.
Have family group sheets on all these Campbell families.
Evelyn Flood
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