John Campbell,
builder and founder of
Campbellville, the Mill,
Covered bridge, General
Store and Post Office
beginning in 1849. Was 1st
Postmaster 1851-1857
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William Bahr,
bought the Campbell's Mill property in 1869 and operated the mill and general store until 1875.
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Mrs. Content (Rice) Bahr,
his wife, was her husbands english tutor prior to their marriage.
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James H. Campbell,
son of John, who assisted his father building the Campbellville mill, store and house.
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Levi Thrasher,
a well known local hunter.
He married into the
Hunsinger clan, and was
well respected in the area.
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Anna (Hunsinger) Thrasher,
Levi's wife
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Daniel Kelly,
one of the early pioneer
settlers in Sullivan County.
The road leading from the
Campbellville mill to his
farm was called the Kelly
Hill Rd.
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Mary Kelly,
his wife.
The Kelly family had 16
children and 65
grand-children.
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Ada Bedford Fawcett,
representing two leading clans, the
Bedford and Fawcett's. Benjamin
and William Fawcett both held
Postmaster appointments at
Campbellville.
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Powell Norton,
respected businessman, purchased
the Campbellville properties in 1875
and held them until 1928. He was
appointed 10th Postmaster at
Campbellville from 1883 to 1920.
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Rebecca Norton- left
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A gathering at the Norton home. L-R
Powell Norton, Ed Norton, Harry
Norton, Clarence Hart, Daniel Mock,
Mrs. Ed Norton and Mary (Bedford)
Norton, wife of Powell Norton.
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Ransom J. Warren,
The son of Francis & Sylinda Warren.
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Rev. Richard Bedford,
Judge, Congressman & a respected
citizen of Campbellville and close
friend of Campbellville founder John
Campbell.
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Rev. Bedford's wife Arvilla.
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Orlando Heverly- wife Hanah B. (Warren) (Campbell) Heverly.
1st married to Hiram Campbell at
Campbellville. After his tragic death
at the mill she married Mr. Heverly a
local resident. Hiram Campbell was
the 2nd Postmaster 1857-1862.
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Benjamin Fawcett, Mary Fawcett and their children.
Mr. Fawcett was the 5th Postmaster at
Campbellville & operated the General
Store 1871-1873.
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Wilson R. & Anna S. (Wilcox) Campbell.
Mr. Campbell was the 7th Postmaster at
Campbellville 1876-1879
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Carl & Alice Driscoll
After returning from college resided at the old Campbellville home. Pix shown elsewhere.
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Murry A Warburton
Adam Snyder
Robert Warburton
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Otis Gordis Hatch
Mr. Hatch the last pioneer of Camp-
bellville. Purchased the property on
Sept. 27, 1928. He and his wife Florence lived across the road from the Campbellville General store.
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Florence Hatch
Mrs. Hatch operated the General store along with her husband Otis.
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Jacob Snyder
William Fawcett
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Mary Rosamond Litzelman 1921 - 2008
Last resident of Campbellvile passes. Mary Rosamond Litzelman, age 87, wife of LaRue Litzelman, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, Oct. 11, 2008, at her home in Forks Township. Her husband, LaRue Litzelman ,resides at 1907 Campbellville Road, New Albany, PA.
Mary and her husband, LaRue, were very involved in timbering and operating a small sawmill their whole lives. Mary could repair most of the equipment and also operated the dozer as well as any professional logger. Following are a few excerpts from an interview with Mrs. Litzelman in 1978.
"I came to this area fifty-seven years ago after the mill was washed away by the flood. But it was before the covered bridge was removed and replaced with an iron bridge."
"This house here is over 200 hundred years old and the first house to be built ever in the area."
"Once many years ago when I was fishing down by where the old mill was, I saw something round sticking out of the creek bed. Later I went back and dug around it a bit and found it was the grinding wheel from the old mill."
Excerpts courtesy of Burke Campbell, author of, "The History of Campbellville" copies available from the Sullivan Review newspaper, Dushore, PA 18614 (570-928-8403).
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