. Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. ah (Antrim) Campbell, w^s born in NewSalem, German township, Pennsylvania, AprilII, 1841: died January 5, 1894. He was edu-cated in the public schools and grew to man-hood on the home farm, later becoming itsmanager in association with his brotherJames. Afterward he was sole manager, con-tinuing until his death. He, was a successfulfarmer and a lover of fine Hve stock, keepingnothing but the best breeds in his fields orstables. He was interested in the First Na-tional Bank of Uniontown and was a mem-ber of the board of direct
. Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. ah (Antrim) Campbell, w^s born in NewSalem, German township, Pennsylvania, AprilII, 1841: died January 5, 1894. He was edu-cated in the public schools and grew to man-hood on the home farm, later becoming itsmanager in association with his brotherJames. Afterward he was sole manager, con-tinuing until his death. He, was a successfulfarmer and a lover of fine Hve stock, keepingnothing but the best breeds in his fields orstables. He was interested in the First Na-tional Bank of Uniontown and was a mem-ber of the board of directors for nearly aquarter of a century. He was always activem politics and served one term of three yearsas auditor of Fayette county. He was kind-hearted and generous, always willing to aida neisfhbor in any way possible. He was aRepublican in politics and vv-?s a Quaker inchurch faith, but attended meetings at thePresbyterian church. He married, June 5,1^73, Sallie Ann Swan, who survives is the daughter of Preslev G. and Miranda(Hibbs) Swan. (See Swan VI.). Jo4e/tA ^i. l^a»i/,/>f// FAYETTE COUNTY 463 (The Swan Line.) The family of Swan is of English origin,but the ancestor of the Swans of Pennsyl-vania hereui recorded was one of the one hun-dred English families whom King James ofEngland placed in possession of an equalnumber of confiscated Irish estates. At whatlime Richard Swan came to America there isno record, but he settled in Hanover town-ship, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, priorto 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. , born 1719, in Ireland; married Jean-nett Shields, and died in Franklin county,Pennsylvania, January, 1773, leaving Richard, born 1725, in Ireland; was a mer-chant of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and wasone of the signers to the non-importationresolutions of 1765. 6. Alexander, born inIreland, in 1727
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