Biographical Sketch (1882):63, p. 379. "Samuel Campbell was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., November 14, 1797, the eldest of eleven children of John and Sarah (Vance) Campbell, natives respectively of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Mr. Campbell attended school at intervals until fourteen years old, and then assisted on the home farm till about twenty-eight; the family then moved to Preble County, Ohio, and settled on a piece of land John Campbell had entered in 1816. September 25, 1823, Samuel Campbell married Elizabeth Frame, a daughter of William and Margarette Frame, and to this union were born eight children, viz.: Margarette J., now Mrs. Silas Grigg; Amanda M. (Mrs. Lacount Lambert), now deceased; Newton J., William F., John F., Sarah E., now Mrs. James H. Kenworthy, and Nancy T., now Mrs. David B. Peck. The son William served in the late war, and is now a resident of Nebraska. John Campbell died in 1831, when Samuel brought his family to this township, entered forty acres of land, and commenced life in a wilderness filled with wild but friendly Indians. Here he was made the township’s first Supervisor, and has since been frequently elected to offices of trust and honor. In 1862, his house was destroyed by fire, and nearly all it contained was lost, but he soon put up a comfortable frame in which he and wife are passing their declining days in retirement, attended by their daughter, Mrs. Kenworthy. Mr. Campbell is a staunch Republican, and stands well with his party."

1797 Birth:484, Salem Cemetery, p. 8. Birth date of 14 November 1797 taken from Salem Cemetery, Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana. Birth place of Jefferson County, Tennessee taken from Goodspeed's63, p. 379. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana.

1830 U.S. Census:2296
Preble County, Ohio (Jackson Township)
Head of Family •• Samuel Campbell
Males 30-40 •• 1 << Samuel, age 33
Females under 5 •• 1 << daughter Margaret, age 4
Females 5-10 •• 1 << daughter Amanda
Females 20-30 •• 1 << wife Elizabeth, age 26
Household of John Campbell, age 60 to 70, and his wife, age 50 to 60, immediately adjacent. Assume this to be the parents of Samuel.

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:63, p. 223. "In the years 1834 and 1835, the following named persons came to settle in Porter Township: Newton Frame, William Frame, Samuel Campbell, Isaac Campbell, Isaac Edwards, Elder French, Ora B. French, Jacob Wolf, Mr. Service and David Hurlbut. Among others who came prior to 1838 were: P. A. Porter, Edmund Sheffield, Hazard Sheffield, Benjamin Sheffield, W. Staunton, William McCoy, William A. Nichols, Ezrar Reeves, Morris Carman."

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:63, p. 223. "In the years 1834 and 1835, the following named persons came to settle in Porter Township: Newton Frame, William Frame, Samuel Campbell, Isaac Campbell, Isaac Edwards, Elder French, Ora B. French, Jacob Wolf, Mr. Service and David Hurlbut. Among others who came prior to 1838 were: P. A. Porter, Edmund Sheffield, Hazard Sheffield, Benjamin Sheffield, W. Staunton, William McCoy, William A. Nichols, Ezrar Reeves, Morris Carman."

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:47, vol. 1, p. 170. "The first settlements in what is now Porter township were made during the years 1834-35, when Samuel and Isaac Campbell, Newton Frame, David Hurlburt, Isaac Edwards, and a few others located in that part of Porter County."

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:771, vol. 1, p. 128. "Porter Township was created in 1836 and its boundary lines have been materially changed since originally created. It now has an area of about forty-five square miles. The first locations in the township were made in 1834 and 1835. Among the settlers of that period were Samuel and Isaac Campbell, Newton Frame, David Hurlburt, Isaac Edwards, William McCoy, Ezra Reeves, Morris Carman, Dr. L. A. Cass, William A. Nichols, J. C. Hathaway, William Frakes, Alpheus French, Henry W. Wilson, A. M. Bartel, Jonathan Hough, Wm. C. Shreve, Edmund Hatch, David Dinwiddie, Moses and Horatia Gates, William Robinson, Richard Jones, and Asa Cobb. The first school in the township is said to have been taught by Mrs. Humphrey at her home about 1838."

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:79, p. 245. "The township in which the village [of Boone Grove] is located, Porter, has a population of 1,199. Among the first settlers of the township, all of whom came in 1834 and 1835, were Newton Frame, William Frame, Samuel Campbell, Isaac Campbell, Isaac Edwards, Elder French, Ora B. French, Jacob Wolf, a Mr. Service and David Hurlburt. The Boone Grove Christian Church was first established in 1858."

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:79, p. 245. "The township in which the village [of Boone Grove] is located, Porter, has a population of 1,199. Among the first settlers of the township, all of whom came in 1834 and 1835, were Newton Frame, William Frame, Samuel Campbell, Isaac Campbell, Isaac Edwards, Elder French, Ora B. French, Jacob Wolf, a Mr. Service and David Hurlburt. The Boone Grove Christian Church was first established in 1858."

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:47, p. 36. "The year 1834 witnessed a larger immigration [to Porter County.] . . . A. K. Paine built the first dwelling and took up the first claim in what is now Jackson township; Thomas and William Gosset selected claims in Westchester township; William Thomas Sr., Jacob Beck, John Hageman, John I. Foster, William Frame and Pressley Warnick brought their families and established homes in the same township."

1838 County Election:63, p. 222. On 3 December 1838, William McCoy, Newton Frame, William Frame, and Samuel Campbell voted in election for a representative of Porter Township to the county government. S. Campbell served as an Inspector for the election.

1840 U.S. Census:2277
Porter County, Indiana
Head of Family •• Samuel Campbell
Males under 4 •• 2 << sons William F., age 2, and John as an infant
Males 5-10 •• 1 << son Newton, age 8
Males 40-50 •• 1 << Samuel, age 43
Females 10-15 •• 1 << daughter Margaret J., age 14
Females 15-20 •• 1 << daughter Amanda M.
Females 30-40 •• 1 << wife Elizabeth, age 36

1844 Land Patent:2335 On 1 August 1844, the U.S. General Land Office issued Certificate no. 1162 to Samuel Campbell of Porter County, Indiana, for 80 acres, Range 7W of the 2nd Principal Meridian, Township 37N, Section 11, sold at the Winamac Land Office.

1850 U.S. Census:1381
Porter County, Indiana (Porter Township)
Enumerated 14 September 1850
Samuel Campbell •• 53, male, farmer, real property value $1,100, born in Tennessee
Elizabeth •• 46, female, born in Kentucky
Margaret J. •• 24, female, born in Ohio
Newton J. •• 18, male, born in Ohio, in school within the year
William F. •• 12, male, born in Indiana, in school within the year
John •• 9, male, born in Indiana, in school within the year
Elizabeth •• 7, female, born in Indiana, in school within the year
Nancy T. •• 5, female, born in Indiana

1860 U.S. Census:1520
Porter County, Indiana (Porter Township, Valparaiso Post Office)
Enumerated 6 September 1860
Samuel Campbell •• 63, male, farmer, real estate value $8,000, personal property value $1,000, born in Tennessee
Elizabeth •• 55, female, born in Kentucky
Jane •• 36, female, born in Ohio << Margaret J. in 1850
William •• 24, male, farm laborer, born in Indiana
John •• 20, male, farm laborer, born in Indiana
Elizabeth •• 18, female, born in Indiana
Nancy •• 16, female, born in Indiana, attended school within the year

1880 U.S. Census:2300
Porter County, Indiana (Porter Township)
Enumerated 17 June 1880
Samuel Campbell •• white, male, 82, married, farmer, born in Tennessee, father born in Virginia, mother born in Pennsylvania
Elizabeth •• white, female, 74, wife, married, keeps house, born in Kentucky, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia

1884 Tombstone:484, Salem Cemetery, p. 8. Salem Cemetery, Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana.
Samuel Campbell
Born Nov. 14, 1797
Died Jan. 20, 1884
86 years, 2 months, 6 days