Charles Muir Campbell was born in 1795 in Scotland and was taken to Jamaica, West Indies as an infant. It is unknown who his parents were, and finding their names has become the "holy grail" of C.M. Campbell genealogy.
According to his family bible, he was smuggled out of Jamaica on a ship load of orphans in 1798 during a slave uprising (this correlates with the Second Maroon War) and brought to the United States by his uncle James Campbell who was a preacher. Not much more is known about uncle James.
Charles was set up with a trust fund and put to school at the Classical Academy in Baskingridge, New Jersey. The Classical Academy was the prep school for Princeton University. Charles later established himself as a prominent citizen of Princeton, New Jersey.
He married Agness Schenck, of a prominent Dutch family in the area. She was related to many of the Dutch that settled New York, notably Wolphert Gerreste Van Couvenhoven.
He owned a stately home at 34 Mercer Street in Princeton, beside which he and his sons started a carriage factory. The carriage factory is now divided into two separate luxury homes that sold for $500,000 each in the 1980's. The house itself is now owned by the Prelature of Opus Dei and is called Mercer House. The family lost the carriage factory during a time of great recession when the citizens of Princeton were unable to pay off their carriages, therefore making Charles unable to pay off his debts.
Having lost the house and the factory in bankruptcy, Charles moved westward to Illinois, taking his family and many of his close friends that were also seeking a fresh start. They settled in the appropriately named Jersey County, Illinois, and eventually began farming an area off of the Black Diamond Road in Pawnee, Illinois.
The family frequently traveled back and forth between Pawnee and Alton, Illinois on business. During one of these trips, Agness became ill and it is believed that she died before making it home. It is unknown where Agness is buried, but family members seem to believe that she was laid to rest in Alton.
Charles later married Rebecca Ely. who is buried with him at Oak Ridge Cemetery. In the years leading to his death they resided at her home located at the corner of 4th and Canedy streets in Springfield. Illinois. At the time of his death Charles was serving as a Justice of the Peace in Springfield.
Children of Charles Muir Campbell and Agnes Schenck are:
John Schenck (1818)
James (1821)
William Kovenhoven (1824)
Ferdinand Schenck (1826)
Charles Morgan (1830)
Margaret Schenck (1833)
Cornelia Woodhull (1836)
Linnelle Alexander (1838)
George (1839)
According to his family bible, he was smuggled out of Jamaica on a ship load of orphans in 1798 during a slave uprising (this correlates with the Second Maroon War) and brought to the United States by his uncle James Campbell who was a preacher. Not much more is known about uncle James.
Charles was set up with a trust fund and put to school at the Classical Academy in Baskingridge, New Jersey. The Classical Academy was the prep school for Princeton University. Charles later established himself as a prominent citizen of Princeton, New Jersey.
He married Agness Schenck, of a prominent Dutch family in the area. She was related to many of the Dutch that settled New York, notably Wolphert Gerreste Van Couvenhoven.
He owned a stately home at 34 Mercer Street in Princeton, beside which he and his sons started a carriage factory. The carriage factory is now divided into two separate luxury homes that sold for $500,000 each in the 1980's. The house itself is now owned by the Prelature of Opus Dei and is called Mercer House. The family lost the carriage factory during a time of great recession when the citizens of Princeton were unable to pay off their carriages, therefore making Charles unable to pay off his debts.
Having lost the house and the factory in bankruptcy, Charles moved westward to Illinois, taking his family and many of his close friends that were also seeking a fresh start. They settled in the appropriately named Jersey County, Illinois, and eventually began farming an area off of the Black Diamond Road in Pawnee, Illinois.
The family frequently traveled back and forth between Pawnee and Alton, Illinois on business. During one of these trips, Agness became ill and it is believed that she died before making it home. It is unknown where Agness is buried, but family members seem to believe that she was laid to rest in Alton.
Charles later married Rebecca Ely. who is buried with him at Oak Ridge Cemetery. In the years leading to his death they resided at her home located at the corner of 4th and Canedy streets in Springfield. Illinois. At the time of his death Charles was serving as a Justice of the Peace in Springfield.
Children of Charles Muir Campbell and Agnes Schenck are:
John Schenck (1818)
James (1821)
William Kovenhoven (1824)
Ferdinand Schenck (1826)
Charles Morgan (1830)
Margaret Schenck (1833)
Cornelia Woodhull (1836)
Linnelle Alexander (1838)
George (1839)
Charles Muir Campbell was born in 1795 in Scotland and was taken to Jamaica, West Indies as an infant. It is unknown who his parents were, and finding their names has become the "holy grail" of C.M. Campbell genealogy.
According to his family bible, he was smuggled out of Jamaica on a ship load of orphans in 1798 during a slave uprising (this correlates with the Second Maroon War) and brought to the United States by his uncle James Campbell who was a preacher. Not much more is known about uncle James.
Charles was set up with a trust fund and put to school at the Classical Academy in Baskingridge, New Jersey. The Classical Academy was the prep school for Princeton University. Charles later established himself as a prominent citizen of Princeton, New Jersey.
He married Agness Schenck, of a prominent Dutch family in the area. She was related to many of the Dutch that settled New York, notably Wolphert Gerreste Van Couvenhoven.
He owned a stately home at 34 Mercer Street in Princeton, beside which he and his sons started a carriage factory. The carriage factory is now divided into two separate luxury homes that sold for $500,000 each in the 1980's. The house itself is now owned by the Prelature of Opus Dei and is called Mercer House. The family lost the carriage factory during a time of great recession when the citizens of Princeton were unable to pay off their carriages, therefore making Charles unable to pay off his debts.
Having lost the house and the factory in bankruptcy, Charles moved westward to Illinois, taking his family and many of his close friends that were also seeking a fresh start. They settled in the appropriately named Jersey County, Illinois, and eventually began farming an area off of the Black Diamond Road in Pawnee, Illinois.
The family frequently traveled back and forth between Pawnee and Alton, Illinois on business. During one of these trips, Agness became ill and it is believed that she died before making it home. It is unknown where Agness is buried, but family members seem to believe that she was laid to rest in Alton.
Charles later married Rebecca Ely. who is buried with him at Oak Ridge Cemetery. In the years leading to his death they resided at her home located at the corner of 4th and Canedy streets in Springfield. Illinois. At the time of his death Charles was serving as a Justice of the Peace in Springfield.
Children of Charles Muir Campbell and Agnes Schenck are:
John Schenck (1818)
James (1821)
William Kovenhoven (1824)
Ferdinand Schenck (1826)
Charles Morgan (1830)
Margaret Schenck (1833)
Cornelia Woodhull (1836)
Linnelle Alexander (1838)
George (1839)
According to his family bible, he was smuggled out of Jamaica on a ship load of orphans in 1798 during a slave uprising (this correlates with the Second Maroon War) and brought to the United States by his uncle James Campbell who was a preacher. Not much more is known about uncle James.
Charles was set up with a trust fund and put to school at the Classical Academy in Baskingridge, New Jersey. The Classical Academy was the prep school for Princeton University. Charles later established himself as a prominent citizen of Princeton, New Jersey.
He married Agness Schenck, of a prominent Dutch family in the area. She was related to many of the Dutch that settled New York, notably Wolphert Gerreste Van Couvenhoven.
He owned a stately home at 34 Mercer Street in Princeton, beside which he and his sons started a carriage factory. The carriage factory is now divided into two separate luxury homes that sold for $500,000 each in the 1980's. The house itself is now owned by the Prelature of Opus Dei and is called Mercer House. The family lost the carriage factory during a time of great recession when the citizens of Princeton were unable to pay off their carriages, therefore making Charles unable to pay off his debts.
Having lost the house and the factory in bankruptcy, Charles moved westward to Illinois, taking his family and many of his close friends that were also seeking a fresh start. They settled in the appropriately named Jersey County, Illinois, and eventually began farming an area off of the Black Diamond Road in Pawnee, Illinois.
The family frequently traveled back and forth between Pawnee and Alton, Illinois on business. During one of these trips, Agness became ill and it is believed that she died before making it home. It is unknown where Agness is buried, but family members seem to believe that she was laid to rest in Alton.
Charles later married Rebecca Ely. who is buried with him at Oak Ridge Cemetery. In the years leading to his death they resided at her home located at the corner of 4th and Canedy streets in Springfield. Illinois. At the time of his death Charles was serving as a Justice of the Peace in Springfield.
Children of Charles Muir Campbell and Agnes Schenck are:
John Schenck (1818)
James (1821)
William Kovenhoven (1824)
Ferdinand Schenck (1826)
Charles Morgan (1830)
Margaret Schenck (1833)
Cornelia Woodhull (1836)
Linnelle Alexander (1838)
George (1839)
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