This entry is based on a Family Group Sheet submitted by Wm O Campbell.

This record may be considered a duplicate - since I just noticed there is already one entry shown here:
Find A Grave Memorial# 79873256
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40174181

Created by: Maggie
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=47014900

However, the main difference is that this record includes a burial location - specifically... Scenic View Cemetery, Grafton, Jersey county, Illinois.
Read on to see if this info should be propagated further.


There is an entry in the Jerseyville county IL GenWeb archives for
Campbell, Agnes
at this link:
http://jersey.illinoisgenweb.org/Cemetery/cemeteryC1.htm
Campbell, Agnes Unknown Unknown 17 Feb 1796 26 Jul 1852 wife of Charles
...and the info at that page is credited to...
"Thanks to Marty & Ronda Crull, Bob French, Gary Clendenny, the late Edith Zimmerman and the late Gene Prosser for this information. The majority of the information is from actual cemetery readings. The remainder is from the collections of obituaries and the funeral records at Jersey County Historical Society, the old newspaper collection at the Jersey County Historical Society and microfilm newspapers from the Jerseyville Library, transcribed by for the most part by Grace Gettings and Marty Crull. Copying expenses and related costs for the project were from Ronda Crull and the Tri County Newsletter."

The birth information is almost certainly correct, however there is some ambiguity in the birth location of "Penns Neck".

There appears to be a large area of land along the old stage road - between Princeton & Trenton NJ. (near Buena Vista, NJ) There are references to Campbell's Tavern, of which there were at least two in NJ: 1) at Buena Vista area, and 2) further north - where George Washington visited.

Charles Muir Campbell filed an application to operate a Tavern / Inn - while living in NJ. It was assumed this was the area he was raised before attending school in Basking Ridge NJ and finally moving to Princeton NJ. Consequently, it is assumed that Tavern #1 near Buena Vista in "Penns Neck" was the area where CMC grew up.

However... just _east_ of Princeton is another small neighborhood called Penns Neck. It is quite close to the Raritan (sp?) canal, and just a few miles from where CMC later built his home & carriage factory near Mercer & Canal St in Princeton.

So... Agnes Schenck may have been born in Penns Neck area near Buena Vista, or... Penns Neck - on the east side of Princeton NJ. Some have the county as Mercer (suggesting Princeton area), and some have it as Middlesex county NJ. Further research is needed to confirm this.




I'm also trying to verify the sources for death & burial information for Agness (SCHENCK) CAMPBELL.

Family history indicates CMC & family were moving, or had recently moved, from Jerseyville, Jersey county, Illinois -> to three farms about a mile south of Pawnee, Macoupin county, Illinois. On one trip, Agness (sp? Agnes?) fell ill, died, and was buried somewhere in-between. Possible.

Largely due to the overall quality & specifics from WOC's Family Group Sheet - that is the sole basis of this entry. I nearly overlooked it - it was in some data that WOC sent me 8 years ago, yet it rarely appears online. WOC had the death date & location as 26 July 1852 in Jerseyville, Jersey county, Illinois, and the burial info as: July 1852 at Scenic Hill Cemetery, Grafton, Jersey county, Illinois. The family farms & lands were located 1 to 4 miles south of Jerseyville according to the sale information. Compare that with the location of Grafton NJ.

Obviously, more research is needed. Hopefully someone is more familiar with that area and can continue researching this. There are a fair number of CAMPBELL's buried in Scenic Hill Cemetery, so I hope this information proves accurate.

Greg Campbell∼Agnes was a daughter of John A. Schenck and Margaret Covenhoven.

She married Charles Muir Campbell 1 May 1817 at Penns Neck, Mercer County, New Jersey. They had 10 children:

John Schenck
James C.
William Kovenhoven
Ferdinand Schenck
Ferdinand Schenck
Charles Morgan
Margaret Schenck
Cornelia Woodhull
Linelle Alexander
George Campbell

{Note: the name Ferdinand Schenck was recycled when the first one died.}