Biography: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Stuart Campbell

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Stuart Campbell, farmer, Sec. 11, P.O. Campbellsport; born in County
Londonberry, Ireland, Sept. 4, 1817; in the spring of 1841, he came to
America, and located in Orange Co., N.Y., worked on Delaware & Hudson
Canal; removed with his wife to Ashford, in 1850, and bought an eighty-acre
pre-emption claim; four acres had been cleared and a log house built;
beginning with little, Mr. C. did sturdy pioneer work, cleared and added to
the eighty, and now has a homestead, 200 acres improved, several good
barns, with stock, implements, etc.; he replaced the log house with a roomy
and tasteful residence in 1860; he also owns sixty-three acres on Sec. 13. 
He married, Sept. 30, 1848, Miss Julia M. Southard, who had lived and was
married in Orange Co., N.Y., but was born in Sullivan co., N.Y.; they have
eleven children- Sarah J., Nancy M., Charles C., Belle A., James S., Robert
J., Willie F., Lillie M., Eddie T., Libbie J. and Frank D; of these Nancy,
Belle and James are in Fayette Co., Iowa.  Mr. Campbell was a Whig and War
Democrat; was several years Supervisor, then Assessor.  He was a generous
giver in building the Campbellsport M.E. Church, of which Mrs. C. is a
member; their eldest daughter married R.E. Forsythe, June 1, 1879; after a
brief honeymoon, the young couple started for a new home in Nebraska; while
on the way, Mr. Forsythe fell from the train at Burlington, Wis., June 18,
and was instantly killed.

Transcribed from The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Chicago :
Western Historical Company, 1880 pg. 967