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The Millards of Connells- MILLARD ville, Pennsylvania, descend from a long line of English ancestors. The father of the American fam- ily was a gallant officer of the English army who upheld his country's honor on many bat- tlefields. The family for many generations were residents of Portsmouth, England. They were always an adventurous family and followed the flag of their country on sea and
land, wherever duty called. James B. Millard is the first of his family to come to the United States, none of his seven brothers and sisters settling in this country.
His father, William Millard, was born in Portsmouth, England, about 1816, died in 1866. He was a commissioned officer in the English army, and fought under the banner of St. George all through the Crimean war to its finish at Sebastopol. When the great mutiny occurred in India he was with the army that marched to the relief of Lucknow, and witnessed the terrible punishment meted out to the leading mutineers. After passing through all the perils of war he returned to England and died a peaceful death. He mar- ried Emma Brookman, who survived him many years, but remained a widow until her death. Children: William; Edward, deceased; Joseph; George, deceased; John; James B., of whom further; Alfred; Emma. None of these children came to the United States ex- cept James B.
(II) James B., sixth son of William Millard, the English soldier, was born at Portsmouth, England, April 22, 1855. He was educated in the schools of Liverpool, England, to which city his parents removed when he was a young child. After completing his school years he entered the employ of a butcher in Liverpool, and for thirteen years was en- gaged in that business. In 1881 he came to the United States, locating finally at Con- nellsville, Pennsylvania, entering the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at the paint shops, remaining with that com- pany five years. For the next eight years he was employed in the machinery department of the Leisering Company. He then engaged in catering for five years, having a restaurant in Connellsville. In 1899 he purchased the bottling business of J. J. Donnelly, and is yet engaged in the manufacture and bottling of mineral waters of different kinds, with home and factory on Trevor street. He has pros- pered in his various activities, and has varied investments in other of Connellsville enter- prises. He is a Republican in politics, and has taken an active part in the city govern- ment. In 1906 he was elected councilman, an office he has held continuously until the pres- ent date (1912), and since March, 1910, has been president of the council. He is a firm advocate of good government, and has al-
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ways stood for the best methods in adminis- tering the affairs of his city. In religious faith he is an Episcopalian. He is past ex- alted ruler of Connellsville Lodge, Benevo- lent Protective Order of Elks, having twice held that office; is also a Knight of the Mac- cabees and Order of Moose.
He married, March 26, 1880, in England, Annie Kyle, born in England, daughter of Christopher and Martha Kyle. Children: John, born January 18, 1881, died October, 1891; James, born July 12, 1883; Anna Belle, born May 29, 1888; Helen, born March 29, 1892; Zoe, born May 9, 1894; Harry, born August 21, 1898.
This family came to Connellsville
PORT from Blair county, Pennsylvania, where Levi Walter Port was born in 1830, where he was educated and learned the trade of merchant tailor. He came to Connellsville in 1891 and was in business there; later at Dawson, Fayette county, where he died April 30, 1909. He was a vet- eran of the civil war, a Republican and a member of the United Presbyterian church. He married Martha Smith, born February 15, 1843, a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church. Children: Clarence Albert, of whom further; William James, deceased; Mae, Sarah, Levi Walter (2), Frank, Lloyd, Nancy, Lena; and three died in infancy.
(II) Clarence Albert, eldest child of Levi Walter and Martha (Smith) Port, was born in Tyrone, Blair county, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 13, 1865, died November 3, 1909. He was educated in the public schools, and learned his father's trade and business-mer- chant tailoring. He continued in business with his father until 1890, when he located in Connellsville, where he engaged in business until his death. He was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, November 26, 1891, in Connells- ville, Clara Belle Foster, born in Franklin township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1866, daughter of George and Martha (Norris) Foster, and granddaughter of Henry Foster, born in Franklin township December 25, 1797, and great-granddaughter of David Foster, of Lancaster county, Penn- sylvania, and one of the early settlers of Fay- ette county. Pennsylvania, where he died No- vember 5, 1817. Henry Foster died February
5, 1881, married Magdalena Barricklow, born in Franklin township, Fayette county, about 1798, died November 13, 1840. The children: David, George, Henry, William, James, Mar- garet, Benjamin, Susan, Catherine. He mar- ried a second wife, Martha Mcknight. Their children: Thomas, Robert, Sarah, Magda- lena, Mary Ellen, Matilda. George Foster was a farmer, a Democrat, and a member of the United Presbyterian Church. He died in Connellsville, September 25, 1909. He mar- ried Martha Norris, who died July 9, 1876. Their children: John Henry; Sarah Jane; Mary Catherine; George; Ewing Paull; Har- riet and Clara Belle, who married Clarence Albert Port. Their children: Clarence Albert (2), born June 7, 1892; Harold Foster, July 31, 1894; Irene, June 9, 1897; Milton Arnold, November 3, 1899, died March 6, 1901; Fred- erick Roehm, born April 20, 1902. Mrs. Clara B. Foster Port survives her husband and re- sides in Connellsville.
The Brickmans of Con- BRICKMAN nellsville, Pennsylvania, de- scend maternally from Adam Rübel, a farmer of Bavaria, Germany, and a soldier in the Crimean war. He mar- ried and had a family of nine children, one, Adeline, coming to the United States. She married Jacob Zimmer and lived in Wheeling, West Virginia. They descend paternally from George Brickman, born in Bavaria. Germany, where he lived and died. He was a stone- mason; a man of good education and indus- trious, thrifty habits, belonging to the Pres- byterian church. He married Margaret, daughter of Adam Rübel, of previous men- tion; George Brickman died 1868, his wife surviving until 1873. They were the parents of thirteen children, one only coming to the United States, Jacob, of whom further.
(II) Jacob, son of George and Margaret Brickman, was born in Bavaria, Germany, where he received an excellent education, served in the German army and followed the occupation of farmer. In 1871 he came to the United States and located at Wheeling, West Virginia, being then a young man. He entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, entering the woodworking shops, where he learned the carpenter's trade. After one verr in Wheeling he was transferred to the Connellsville shops, continuing in the same
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employ until 1910, when on account of age and poor health he was retired on a pension. His entire life in the United States has been spent in the carpenter shops of the Baltimore & Ohio, and his pension is the reward that the company gives for long and faithful serv- ice. He is a Democrat, and has served the city of Connellsville as councilman and on the school board. He is a member of the German Lutheran church, the Knights of Pythias, Knights of Malta, and the German Mutual Aid Society. He married, July 2, 1876, Sophia Snyder, born in Cumberland, Maryland, daughter of John B. and Elizabeth Snyder, bothı born in Germany, coming to the United States about 1850. Children: I. George W., of whom further. 2. Mary, now a teacher in the public schools of Connells- ville. 3. Margaret, residing with her parents. 4. Nellie, now a bookkeeper in Connellsville. 5. Carl, now a bookkeeper in New York City. 6. William, traveling salesman for the West- moreland Grocery Company. 7. Albert, grad- uate of Connellsville high school, class 1912. Two other children died in infancy.
(III) George W., son of Jacob Brickman, was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, April 29, 1877. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of that city, and began business life as a clerk in a grocery store. In 1905 he es- tablished for himself at the corner of North Pittsburgh and Peach streets, where he has since conducted a successful grocery business. In politics he is a Democrat, and is a mem- ber of the Knights of the Maccabees. He is unmarried.
MILLS This branch of the Mills family was founded in the United States by Joseph Mills, born in Eng- land, about the year 1830. He obtained an expert knowledge of coal mining in his na- tive land, later coming to the United States and settling in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, Lackawanna county. He ob- tained employment in the mines, where his knowledge of mine gases and proper methods of tunneling enabled him to secure the high- est wages. He died in 1878. He married Jane McDugall. born in the North of Ireland in 1831, died 1883, of Scotch ancestry. She grew to womanhood in Ireland, emigrating to the United States with a colony of Scotch- Irish Presbyterians, locating in Scranton,
Pennsylvania, where she was married. Their only child who survived infancy was Thomas, of whom further.
(Il) Thomas, son of Joseph and Jane (Mc- Dugall) Mills, was born in Scranton, Penn- sylvania, February 25, 1871. He was several years of age when his father died, and twelve years of age when his mother died, leaving h.m without a relative in the United States. Thrown thus early upon his own resources, he was obliged to take such work as offered. He worked among the farmers of the country in different places until he was nineteen years of age, receiving at first very small wages and often nothing but his board. In 1890 he se- cured a position with the Scranton Electric Light and Water Company, one of the first electric companies formed in the United States. He began trimming street lamps, and gradually gained a knowledge of all branches of the electrical business, as at that time there were no specialists, the company requiring each employee to be capable of handling any part of their work. Under such conditions he gained a thorough knowledge of the elec- trical business. Two years later he went to Cleveland, Ohio, remaining two years in the employ of the Cleveland Electric Light Com- pany, now known as the Cleveland Illuminat- ing Company. He next obtained a position in the electrical department of the Electrical Street Railway Company, and later was ap- pointed chief electrician with the American Steel Wire Company. In 1904 he located in New York City, where he was in charge of wiring for the electrical department of the subway. In 1908 he came to Connellsville, where he was appointed superintendent of the armature winding department of the West Penn Railroad Company. In 1909 he estab- lished a plant for the repairing of all electrical mining machinery. In 1910 this business was incorporated as the Wells-Mills Electric Com- pany, with G. W. Wells as president, and Mr. Mills, vice-president. This company deals in all forms of electrical supplies, wires and in- stalls electrical machinery, and do all forms 'of electrical repair work. Their services are in demand for repair work within a radius of one hundred miles. They have also added a garage, which has proved a very successful department. Naturally of a mechanical turn of mind, Mr. Mills excels along electrical lines, having learned the business from its
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practical side. He is a Republican, but ex- tremely independent in political action, vot- ing for the best men, regardless of party. He is an attendant of the Lutheran church, of which his wife is a member.
He married, October 7, 1895, Lily M. Ru- pert, born at Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, daughter of Byron and Elizabeth M. Rupert, of Pennsylvania German stock from the Al- lentown, Pennsylvania, district; her father is a farmer. Children of Thomas and Lily M. Mills: Herbert, born August 9, 1904; Helen, March 10, 1906.
The Campbells, of CAMPBELL-SWAN Uniontown, Penn- sylvania, herein re- corded, descend from Rev. Isaac Campbell, born in Scotland, died in Maryland, 1784. He was ordained and licensed by the Lord Bishop of London to officiate in Virginia, July 6, 1747. He was rector of Trinity Par- ish, Newport, Charles county, Maryland, 1748; was a member of Charles county com- mittee of safety, November 24, 1774, and was loyal to the Colonies all through the struggle for independence. After 1776 he had a school it his residence. He published a work on "Civil Government" in four volumes. In 1779 he was elected rector of the parish by the board of trustees, having previously had the living from Governor Ogle. He served the parish thirty-six years. At his de th he left a large estate in Virginia, about three thou- sand three hundred acres, which he divided equally among his sons; also a large planta- tion in Maryland, on which! 'he lived and which he divided between his daughters. His widow survived him but a short time. His es- tate was appraised March 7, 1785. He mar- ried, 1755, Jean Brown, born at Rich Hill, Charles county, Maryland, June 1, 1728, died 1784, daughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown, of Charles county. Maryland, born in Scotland. Rev. Isaac Campbell left sons: William ; Gus- tavus Brown: Isaac: James; Richard; Henry, and John M.
Abel Campbell, the founder of this family in Fayette county, was a grandson of Rev. Isaac Campbell, through one of these sons, sup- posed to be Isaac Campbell.
(III) Abel, grandson of Rev. Isaac and Jean (Brown) Campbell, was born about 1770 in Charles county, Maryland, and in early life
settled in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and became a wealthy farmer of Fayette county. He died aged eighty-nine years. He married Martha Dixon. Children: 1. Lewis, of whom further. 2. Elizabeth, married (first) Samuel Mitchel, (second) Etaka Hyatt. 3. Mary, married William Price.
(IV) Lewis, son of Abel and Martha (Dixon) Campbell, was born in Fayette coun- ty, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1795, died aged eigh- ty-nine years. He was an extensive farmer and large landowner, cultivating his fertile acres until his health gave way, then turned the farm over to his sons James and Joseph MI. After the death of the latter, the heirs in 1898 soid the homestead to the Fayette Coal & Coke Company. He was a Whig in politics, later a Republican.
He married Deborah Antrim, daughter of the early Antrim family of Fayette county. Children: 1. Martha, married Jesse Coldren. 2. Susan A., married Nathaniel Gray. 3. James, died at the age of seventy years, a bachelor. 4. Mary Ann, married Elliott Hibbs, of Uniontown, and is the only survivor of these children. 5. Joseph Morgan, of whom further. 6. Elizabeth, died in infancy. 7. Mil- ton, died in infancy.
(V) Joseph Morgan, son of Lewis and De- borah (Antrini) Campbell, was born in New Salem, German township, Pennsylvania, April II, 1841 ; died January 5, 1894. He was ed11- cated in the public schools and grew to man- hood on the home farm, later becoming its manager in association with his brother James. Afterword he was sole manager, con- tinuing until his death. He was a successful farmer and a lover of fine live stock, keeping nothing but the best breeds in his fields or stables. He was interested in the First Na- tional Bank of Uniontown and was a mem- ber of the board of directors for nearly a quarter of a century. He was always active in politics and served one term of three years as auditor of Fayette county. He was kind- hearted and generous, always willing to aid a neighbor in any way possible. He was a Republican in politics and wos a Quaker in church faith, but attended meetings at the Presbyterian church. He married, June 5, 1873. Sallie Ann Swan, who survives him. She is the daughter of Presley G. and Miranda (Hibbs) Swan. (See Swan VI.)
Joseph M. Campbell
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(The Swan Line.)
The family of Swan is of English origin, but the ancestor of the Swans of Pennsyl- vania herein recorded was one of the one hun- dred English families whom King James of Engiand placed in possession of an equal number of confiscated Irish estates. At what time Richard Swan came to America there is no record, but he settled in Hanover town- ship, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, prior to 1738. His sons were: I. James, born 1711, in Ireland, died December, 1741. 2. Moses, of whom further. 3. Joseph, born 1715, re- sided in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. 4. William, born 1719, in Ireland; married Jean- nett Shields, and died in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, January, 1773, leaving issue. 5. Richard, born 1725, in Ireland; was a mer- chant of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was one of the signers to the non-importation resolutions of 1765. 6. Alexander, born in Ireland, in 1727, settled in Hanover township, Dauphin county. Pennsylvania; married Mar- tha Gilchrist, and died March, 1778, leaving issue.
(11) Moses, son of Richard Swan, born in Ireland, in 1713; settled in Paxtang town- ship, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, about 1730. He married, in 1737, Jean Barnett. Children: Hugh, born 1738; John, of whom further; Isaac, born 1742, died unmarried; Catherine, born 1743, married Thomas Por- ter; William, born 1745, married Martha Renick; Joseph, born 1747; Moses, 1749; Jean, 1751; Margaret, 1753: Richard, 1757, married Catherine Boggs.
(III) John, son of Moses and Jean (Bar- nett) Swan, was born in Paxtang, Pennsyl- vania, 1740. He settled in Maryland, going from thence to western Pennsylvania, where he was the first permanent white settler in Greene county. This honor is disputed, but there seems to be no evidence of earlier per- manent settlement, although there were others who passed over and camped for a time on the same territory. John Swan, the first set- tler in Cumberland township and one of the first who settled in the county, was there as early as 1767, and looked with an eye of sat- isfaction on the stately forests of the valley of Pumpkin Run, and to give notice to all comers that he had chosen that location for himself, placed his mark upon it by blazing the trees around a goodly circuit. This meth-
od of marking a tract was called a "toinahawk improvement," and though it carried no legal title from state or Indians, yet it gave a title which it was not so safe for a rival settler to disturb and was universally respected.
In 1768 John Swan returned with Thomas Hughes, later Jacob and Henry Van Meter came, having made the trip from Maryland, with their families, settling along the banks of Muddy Creek near (now) Carmichaels. John Swan brought a number of slaves with him, who cleared the forests and cultivated the ground. There was no trouble at first with the Indians, but in 1774 Logan made his raid and began a reign of terror. A fort was built on John Swan's farm for a place of ref- uge that was known as Swan's and Van Meter's Fort. John Swan had sons: John; Thomas; Charles, and others.
(IV) Colonel Charles Swan, son of John Swan, was born in Maryland and early came with his father and the Van Meters to Greene county. He made the journey with the Van Meters, and one of them, Sarah, his future wife, then a girl of ten years, rode the entire distance on horseback with the party. An oath of allegiance to the state, by Henry Van Meter (father of Saralı), a warrant for one thousand acres of land to Charles Swan, on the payment of four hundred pounds; a re- ceipt tor one dollar subscription to the Pitts- burgh Gazette, dated July 15, 1795, to Charles Swan; notification to Colonel Charles Swan, dated 1810, of the passage of an act granting two thousand dollars for Greensburg Acad- emy at Carmichaels, provided that the Epis- copal church, of which Colonel Swan was an active member, would allow the use of its church edifice, are all preserved in Greene county records. Colonel Charles Swan was a leading character in the county, and a man of wealth. He married Sarah Van Meter, with whom he made the journey to Greene county in childhood.
(V) Robert. son of Colonel Charles and Sarah (Van Meter) Swan, died December 29, 1873. He married, in 1818, Susanna Gregg, who died in 1866, aged seventy-one years. Children Presley G., Sarah Ann, Charles H., Alford G., Ruth, William, Emily.
(VI) Presley G., son of Robert and Susanna (Gregg) Swan, was born in March, 1821; died in 1891; he married Miranda Hibbs, of Red-
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stone township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. Children: Richard, married Catherine Boram; Jane Violet, married Joseph N. Chaltant; Jolin Hibbs, married Harriet Chalfant; Sarah (Sallie) Ann, married Joseph M. Campbell (see Campbell V.)
This is a Scotch name of
CAMPBELL high distinction, the Campbells being a High- land clan, noted in their home, and whose de- scendants have been eminent in other parts of the world. According to their tradition, the clan Campbell is of Irish origin, being de- scended from the great King Heremon, who reigned in Ireland from 1699 to 1683 B. C. Heremon's descendants form by far the most illustrious line in Ireland, and his ancestry is traced by the Irish chroniclers to Adam without a single break. As Pennsylvania has received from early days a large Scotch in- fusion, it is not strange, but rather what should have been expected, that Campbell is a common name in the state; and Fayette county has its due proportion of Campbells. As, however, the present family came into Pennsylvania from Ohio and was settled in that state at an early date, it is probable that its first American seat was Connecticut; and that state has a Campbell family from at least as early as 1719 of Irish origin from county Ulster, the immigrant ancestor being Robert Campbell, who arrived at New Lon- don, Connecticut, about 1719.
(I) William Campbell, the first member of this family about whom we have definite in- formation, was born July 11, 1761. He lived in Ohio and was a farmer. He married Ruth Crawford, who was born March 26, 1764. Children: Mary, born October 22, 1791; James C., February 17, 1793; Ephraim, June 10, 1795; William (2), of whom further; Mar- garet, born June 22, 1798; Elizabeth, Feb- ruary 16, 1800; Ruth, July 19, 1801; Regal, June 15, 1803; Rachel, May 5, 1805; Abel, October 26, 1807; Benjamin, August 14, 1809.
(II) William (2), son of William (I) and Ruth (Crawford) Campbell, was born Au- gust 13, 1796, and died December 19, 1875. He was brought up and educated in Ohio, in which state he was a farmer of moderate means. Having farmed in Ohio for some years, in 1822 he removed to Perryopolis,
Fayette county, Pennsylvania. About a mile from Perryopolis he settled on a farm of about one hundred and sixty acres, which had once been part of the estate of George Washington, and here he became an experi- enced and successful farmer. An old Whig, he was in his later days a Republican. In religion he was a Quaker. He married Mary, daughter of Caleb and Martha Antram, who was born August 31, 1797, and died April 22, 1872. This family we suppose to be an off- shoot of the Antrims, Antrams and Antrums of New Jersey; these are all sprung from two brothers, John and James, who were among the earliest of the Quaker settlers of West Jersey; their descendants have been among the sturdiest and strongest supporters of that belief in the colony and state, and from them have come several citizens of prominence. Caleb Antrim was a Quaker; he was born February 9, 1756, and died February 2, 1842; his first wife, Sarah, died October 22, 1792, and his second wife, Martha, born in 1763, died July 21, 1834. By these two wives he had nine children. Children of William (2) and Mary (Antram) Campbell: 1. Morgan, born January 18, 1825, married Priscilla Sharpless; three children. 2. Robert, born June 24, 1826, married Elizabeth Price; three children. 3. Ruth, born October 28, 1828, married John Henderson; no children. 4. Caleb, born February 14, 1830, married Mary Gaddis. 5. Reuben B., born October 14, 1831, married Jane Haggerty; they are living in Illinois, and have had six children. 6. Ben- jamin, born September 2, 1833, died in 1834. 7. Joseph, born April 15, 1836, married Sarah Blaney ; one child. 8. Eliza Ann, born August 4, 1838, married William A. Blaney. 9. Sam- tiel, of whom further. 10. Clark B., born April 16, 1842, married, October 31, 1878, Susan C. Smith; two children.
(III) Samuel, son of William (2) and Mary (Antram) Campbell, was born near Perrvop- olis August 4, 1840. He was brought up in Perry township, living on his father's farm until he was twenty-five years old, and at- tended school in this township. At the age of twenty-five he bought a farm for himself. For the last seventeen years (1912) he has lived on the old Poundstone farm, near Me- Clellandtown; its extent was formerly eighty- five acres, but part has been sold away; the fifty-seven acres which remain are all under
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