Dave Pointer do you have a website with info on the Poynter/Pointer/Painter?If so do you have any info on the Painters of Amherst and Nelson Co.VA ?Henry Painter and Sarah Williams married and had Hannah Painter who married Willis Campbell who had Elizabeth Campbell who married Daniel Lawhorn?This is what I have been told my a person who knows of the Native Indians in VA.He told me that the Painters from Rockbridge and Botetourt Co.VA have Indian lines in the family.Henry Painter I believe came from Rockbridge and Botetourt Counties of Va.Gloria ~Wehali Usdi~<Look not at the Eyes but at the Soul> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Pointer" <dpointer@comcast.net> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 8:26 PM Subject: RE: [CAMPBELL] Charles E. Campbell > > Laura, > > Wow! I can't tell you how much I appreciate all of the effort you went > to > getting this information. I will definitely order the birth and death > records for Charles. I was surprised to see that Linda Crotchett was > still > the County Clerk there. I think she was in that job when I left > Jerseyville > in 1973. I think she even issued my marriage license a few years before > that. Where is the Jersey County Historical Society located? I've been > to > their web site but didn't know they had an office. > > The newspaper clippings are definitely the right people. And the marriage > clipping was my grandfather and grandmother. > > I'll have to think about all of the gravestones you found. I'm sure a > number of them are related but am not sure how. I'd love to figure out > who > Charles parents, siblings etc are. I have an aunt (one of Raymond & > Sadie's > daughters) that is still alive and living in Colorado. I think I'll call > her and see if she can remember anything to help. I'm really curious to > find out how the Ruthy shown ties into it. > > I would like to have the copies of the newspaper articles. I'll email you > directly with my address. I'd be more than willing to reimburse you for > postage, gas etc for helping me so much. I'll probably have questions > after I look this information over and have a chance to digest it. > > Thanks again > Dave Pointer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: by way of Tom Hesler <rwlisttom@mail.bellsouth.net> > [mailto:Lilbitkrzy@aol.com] > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 7:17 PM > To: CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CAMPBELL] Charles E. Campbell > > Dave, > I don't live far from Jersey County so I took a drive over there > today > to see what I could dig up for you. > > First I went to the County Clerk's office. This is where you write > for > copies of Charles birth record ($12) or death record ($10), either of > which > should list his parents names. Sorry, I tried to get them to release > the names > to me, but no luck. They won't do look-ups, they'll only sell copies. > Here > is > their address and phone #: > Linda J. Crotchett > County Clerk > County Government Building > 200 N. LaFayette Street > P. O. Box 216 > Jerseyville, IL 62052 > (618) 498-5571, Ext. 115 > > Next I went to the Jersey County Historical Society. There I found > the > following newspaper clippings in a "CAMPBELL" folder: > > CHARLES E. CAMPBELL > Charles E. Campbell, aged 47 years, 4 months and 7 days, died at his > home four miles west of Jerseyville, Sunday, August 5th, at 9:45 a. > m. Funeral > services were held from the residence Thursday at 10 a. m., Rev. V. S. > Neely > officiating and the intermet was in Grimes Cemetery. (written on bottom > of > clipping: 1917) > > MRS.. CARRIE CAMPBELL > Mrs. Carrie Campbell, 39, died at her home in the west part of > Jerseyville Saturday, Mar. 26, at 1 a.m. Funeral services were > conducted from the > residence Monday at 2 p.m. The Rev. L. W. Porter officiated. Funeral > services > were private. The burial was in Oak Grove cemetery. She leaves three > sons, > Melvin, Russel and Ray Campbell of Jerseyville. (written on bottom > of clipping: > 3-31-1921) > > MARRIAGES > Campbell - Eisler. > Raymond Campbell, is employed at the Jerseyville nursery, and Miss > Sadie > Eisler, daughter of Michael Eisler, residing in the east part of town, > were > married at the brides home on Tuesday afternoon by Rev. L. W. Porter, the > ring ceremony being used. Harry Henrion and Miss Nettie Welch, a > cousin of the > groom, acted as groomsman and bridesmaid. Besides these there were > present the > bride's mother and brother, Ea? Douglas Welch, cousin of the groom, Mrs. > Bentz and Mrs. Nettie Goda(?) The young people have the best wishes of > their > friends for a long, happy and useful lives. (written on bottom of > clipping: > 3-24-1921) > > If this Raymond is the son of Charles and Carrie - how sad that only > 4 > days after the wedding his mother died! > > Since the obituary for Charles said he was buried in Grimes Cemetery > I > drove out there next. This is a nice, small cemetery on the crest of a > small, > gently sloping hill. It is well maintained, although there are a few > broken > stones. I did not find Charles stone there, but I found the following: > > GRIMES CEMETERY > (located about 5 miles west of Jerseyville in Jersey Co., IL) > Joseph R. Campbell January 22, 1822 - August 27, 1904 > Ellen Campbell November 13, 1882 - November 8, 1907 > On back of Joseph and Ellen Campbell's large stone is inscribed: > CHILDREN OF J.R. AND ELLEN > Anna L. Campbell August 16, 1857 - August 11, 1879 > Robert B. Campbell November 21, 1859 - October 11, 1889 > Laura T. Campbell April 29, 1855 - December 9, 1935 > > There are empty spaces on either side of the above stone which may > contain unmarked graves. Behind the above stone is a row of NEELY family > tombstones, and behind that the CAMPBELL family resumes with > the following (from left > to right, in a row): > > Baby Campbell (unreadable) > Nancy, wife of John Lyons October 1, 1819 - September 21, 1855 > Infant Nancy April 15, 18(1?)8 > Sarah Ann Campbell May 12, 1834 - June 16, 1900 > Alex. Campbell April 3, 186(2? or 4?) age (7d ?) > George C. R. Campbell April 2, 1863 age 45y 10m 3d > Mary Campbell, wife of William May 21, 1797 - September 25, 186(5?or 8?) > William Campbell March 2(3? or 7?), 1795 - July 9, 1878(8?) > (Inscribed on stone: Born in ___________- New Da??? Co, NC) > Mary Jane Irter Apr 5, 1851 - October 18, 1889 > (Inscribed on stone: Erected by Friend Ruthey Campbell) > (In the 1900 census Charles is enumerated in the household of Ruthy > Campbell) > > Next I came home and checked the usgenweb.com website for Jersey > County, > IL. They have their cemetery index online, so I searched for all the > Campbell surname in Grimes Cemetery. They listed some (not all) of > those above, plus > these below which I missed: > > Infant Campbell April 4, 1848 > James R. Campbell Mar 16, 1862 - Nov 2, 1961 (son of Joseph R. & Eleanor > Young Campbell) > Mary Campbell February 19, 1817 > Rebecca Campbell September 23, 1823 - July 8, 1840 > > Since I didn't find a stone and Charles was not listed on the Jersey > Co. > cemetery list there is a chance that he doesn't have a marker. If I make > it > back up that way I will double-check to be sure. > > Carrie's obit listed her as being buried in Oak Grove Cemetery so I > checked the listings there next. I found Raymond (1900 - 1962), > Russel A. (1902 - > January 22, 1988), and Melvin (1904 - October 18, 1973). > > I ran into another Campbell researcher while at the history museum. > She > wasn't sure of a connection between her line and Charles (although there > are > those named Charles in her line), but I include her address if you wish > to > get in touch: > Ruby Postlewait > Box 226 > Kane, IL 62054 > > I made copies of the newspaper articles about Charles, Carrie and > Raymond. If you would like these I would be happy to send them just > contact me > off-list with your snail mail address. > > Hope some of this helps! > > Laura Graf > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. 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