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O. G. CAMPBELL
Originally published in 1900 |
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O. G. CAMPBELL'S first American ancestor, William Campbell, was
born on the Isle of Man in Great Britain and baptised in Cork London
Church, February 9, 1689, as appears by the inscription on his tombstone
in the old cemetery at Tappan, N. Y. His parents were probably natives
of Ireland. He emigrated to America in 1716 and went to Tappan, where
the following year he married Aeltie Minnelly. She was a granddaughter
of Minne Johannes, of Friesland, Holland, who came to America in 1663
with his first wife, Rensie Feddens, and settled at Flatbush, Long Island,
where he became a person of note. In 1684 he removed to Haverstraw,
N. Y., where he purchased and located on 3,000 acres of land. He married
a second wife, Magdalena Hendrix, in 1689, and became one of the leading
men in what was then Orange County, N. Y. In 1685 he was commissioned
High Sheriff of Orange County. He attained wealth and prominence, and
died leaving a large and respectable family. His son, Albert Minnelly,
married Mensie Jepes and setled near Tappan, where on the 17th of July,
1697, his daughter Aeltie, the wife of William Campbell, was baptised.
William Campbell purchased and settled on a large tract of land near Tappan, where he became wealthy and influential. He died January 7, 1760, and his wife survived him until August 10, 1776. Their children of the second generation, all baptised at Tappan, were Albert, William, Mensie, Ann, John, Abraham, Robert, Arie, Cornelius, Elizabeth, and probably one or two more. The descendants of these children of William Campbell spread north over Rockland County, N. Y., and south into Bergen County, N. J., where they are still numerous. O. G. Campbell, the subject of this sketch, is of the sixth generation in line of descent from William, the emigrant. He is the son of John E. Campbell, who was born at Nyack, N. Y., and Henrietta Van Valen (a descendant of John Verveele, the emigrant), who was born in Haverstraw. N. Y. He was born at Wallingford, Conn., January 10, 1870, and was educated at Rockland College and at Columbia College, New York. He then engaged in the undertaking business. For a time he was also engaged in bridge contracting. He is a Republican in politics.
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