EDWARD
M. CAMPBELL, farmer, post-office Leech’s Corners, was born
November 9, 1827. The Campbell family are among the pioneer families of
Mercer County. Edward Campbell, the grandfather of our subject, and his
wife, Margaret (Satterfield) Campbell, settled on a farm in Hickory
Township in 1800. Margaret was a sister of the Rev. James Satterfield,
of Hickory Township. They had seven children: William, James, Anna,
Margaret, Jane, Mary and Eliza, all of whom are deceased. James, the
father of our subject, was born in Washington County, Penn., in 1800,
and was reared in Hickory Township, this county. He was married to
Nancy Thompson, of Hickory Township, and located on a farm in Hickory,
where he remained about ten years, when he purchased a farm near
Wheatland, on which the Sharon fair grounds are now located. There were
five children born to them: Edward M., Rev. David T., Margaret J., wife
of J. M. Pettit; William B. and Adeline, deceased. He was a Democrat,
and was also a member of the F. & A. M, and of the Mercer County
Agricultural Society. They were identified with the Presbyterian
Church. James died March 7, 1885, in his eighty-fifth year, and his
wife died June 22, 1869, aged sixty-one years. Edward M. was
married in 1851 to Martha Conover, of Brookfield, Ohio. They located on
a farm in Pymatuning Township, this county, and remained there until
1854, when he purchased a stock of goods from J. A. Waugh at
Greenville, where they resided until 1859. They then went to the Indian
Territory, Choctaw Nation, and engaged in the dry goods trade, also in
stock shipping. After remaining there one year they returned to
Greenville, leaving his brother William in charge of the goods
and stock. At the breaking out of the war the Confederates took the
stock, paying $17,000 in Confederate scrip, none of which was of any
value. Edward M. then purchased a farm in Sugar Grove Township, this
county, of John Reznor, where he still resides. Two children have been
born to Edward M. and Martha Campbell: James M. and Albert, deceased.
Politically he is a Democrat, and has filled the office of justice of
the peace for fifteen years, and school director for twenty-three
years. He was president of the Shenango Agricultural Society one term
and treasurer three years. He was master of the P. of H. of Mercer
County for several years, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church of
Greenville.
History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1137
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