Douglas County IL Archives Biographies.....Campbell, Allan 
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Source: Source: Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, pages 227-228
Author: Gresham, John M

Allan Campbell first married Miss Mary Ann Hoots, who was a daughter of David
Hoots, of a German family. Of this marriage are three children living, all
residing in Bourbon township: Hiram, John H., and (Julia), the wife of William
Warmsley. His first wife died, and on February 13, 1851, he wedded Miss Mary
Fleming, who still survives him. She was born in Parke County, Indiana, and was
a daughter of Stephen and Jane (Kerr) Fleming. Her father was born in Fleming
county, Kentucky, and her mother in Pennsylvania. Her grandfather, Stephen
Fleming, was a native of Scotland, and her grandfather, Thomas Kerr, was a
native of Ireland. To Allan Campbell and Mary Fleming Campbell were born three
sons and one daughter, now living: Joseph A., James H., Annette, who is the wife
of Albert Ellers, of Garrett township, and Stephen S. At the time of Mr. Allan's
death, he owned about thirty-five hundred acres of land. At that time it was
divided up between the widow and the children. Mrs. Campbell receiving nine
hundred and twenty acres, all in Bourbon township, which she still owns. She
resides on the old Campbell homestead, two miles south of Lesterville. She is in
her seventy-fourth year, and is a devoute member of the Presbyterian church.

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