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able flood of 1889, forty-five people found refuge upon its roof. When the government was in jeopardy, during the Civil war, and money was needed, General Campbell took $30,000 worth of government bonds, which again shows his patriotism and confidence and love for his country.

James and Mary (Wylie) Campbell were parents of children: 1. Margaret, married Captain Thomas Lapsley, and later moved to Braddock, Pennsylvania. 2. Nancy, married Hon. John McDonough, of Woodburn, Iowa, where she still resides. 3. Sarah, married Captain Jacob B. Dunlap, of Johnstown, later moved to Braddock, Pennsylvania; she is now deceased. 4. Alexander, who removed to Braddock, where he died. He married Mary Stoddard, of Allegheny. All the sons-in-law were active in building the now famous Cambria Steel Works.

General and Mrs. Campbell were the parents of children as follows: 1. Mary, married John T. Kinney, deceased; she resides in Johnstown. 2. Curtis G., see sketch. 3. Louis D., attorney at law, residing in Tacoma, Washington; he married Emma Elliott, of Detroit, Michigan. 4. Ida Rankin Campbell, died aged five years. 5. James A. resides in Braddock, where he is connected with the Carnegie Steel Company; he married Sarah Soles. 6. Eva A., married Dr. Charles L. Rutter (deceased), of Chicago, Illinois. 7. Frank M., a contractor, died at Granite City, Illinois; he married Annie Madden, of St. Louis, Missouri. 8. William B., died in Mexico. 9. Dr. Ralph R., a practicing physician, located in Chicago, Illinois; he married Isabel MeArthur (deceased), of same place. 10. John B., connected with the Lorain Steel Company, Johnstown; resides at home. 11. 11. Bruce H., attorney, of Johnstown; see sketch.

Mrs. General Campbell has been a lifelong Presbyterian. She still resides at the old Campbell homestead in Johnstown, remarkably well preserved, and greatly beloved by not only her immediate family, but by the whole community.

EDWARD B. ENTWISLE, for many years intimately connected with the business interests of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, is of an old and honored family of England.

(I) Abraham Entwisle, the great-great-grandfather of Edward B. Entwisle, lived in England and was a farmer by occupation. Among his children was a son, Isaac.

(II) Isaac Entwisle, son of Abraham Entwisle (1), was born in 1767 and died in 1837. He married Sarah Greenhalgh, born in 1770. died January 23, 1843. Their children were: 1. Joseph. 2. John. 3. Isaac. 4. Abraham. 5. James. 6. Thomas. 7. Betty. 8. Mary. 9. Anna. 10. Margaret. 11. Sarah. 12. Alice. 13. Catharine.

(III) Joseph Entwisle, eldest child of Isaac (2) (2) and Sarah (Greenhalgh) Entwisle, was born January 10, 1803, and died September 1, 1875. He married Mary Lee, born December 18, 1802, died June 27, 1889. Their children were: 1. Thomas, of whom later. 2. Isaac. 3. John.

(IV) Thomas Entwisle, eldest child of Joseph (3) and Mary (Lee) Entwisle, was born in Bolton, England, February 18, 1822, and died February 25, 1892. He was by occupation a cabinetmaker, and followed that business for twenty years; he was then engaged for another twenty vears in the bakery and confectionery business. He was a member of the Episcopal church of Chester, and also served as vestryman and choir leader. He married Anna Bleasdale, born February 19, 1825, now living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Richard

and Sarah (Kay) Bleasdale, the former a carpenter and son of Thomas and Ann (Robinson) Bleasdale. Richard Bleasdale was one of ten children: 1. Ann. 2. Henry. 3. Joseph. 4. William. 5. Richard. 6. Edmund. 7. Michael. 8. James. 9. Janett. 10. Margaret. Mrs. Thomas Entwisle was one of eight children: 1. Thomas, born October 25, 1818, deceased. 2. John, November 11, 1820. 3. A child died in infancy. 4. Elizabeth, February 26, 1823. 5. Anna. 6. John, October 18, 1827. 7. Alice, January 29, 1830. 8. Jane, September 20, 1832. The children of Thomas and Anna (Bleasdale) Entwisle were: 1. Joseph, married Clementina Wesler. 2. Richard, married Mary Bell. 3. Mary, married Frank P. Blair. 4. Edward B., the subject of this sketch. 5. Thomas, married Anna Newlan. 6. Albert, married Kate Wilkinson. 7. Sara, married Dr. M. H. Fussell. 8. Frank, married May Lilly. 9. Howard, married Ethel Pennypacker. 10. A child died in infancy.

(V) Edward B. Entwisle, fourth child and third son of Thomas (4) and Anna (Bleasdale) Entwisle, was born in Chester, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, August 22, 1851. He received a good common school education, and about 1866 was made an apprentice in the drafting department of the Phoenix Iron Company, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He was employed there for fifteen consecutive years and then accepted a position as draftsman for the Cambria Iron Company, which he held for five years. He then went to the Lorain Steel Company as shop manager, in which position his executive ability and general excellent management were of the greatest possible benefit to the company. He acted in this capacity for five years and is at present (1906) chief engineer of the Lorain Steel Company and one of the directors of the company. In politics he is a Republican, and has been a school director for one term. He is a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners of Johnstown for two years, appointed in 1906. Also a member of the executive board of the Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital, and has been for a number of years; and is one of the incorporators of the Grand View Cemetery Association. He is a member and vestryman of the St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal church.

He married, September 3, 1874, Annie W. Fussell, daughter of Milton and Tamar J. (Haldeman) Fussell. (See Fussell genealogy (VII) in Bruce Hall Campbell sketch.) Their children are: 1. Elizabeth F., born January 2, 1875; married, November 3, 1904, B. H. Thompson, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 2. Mabel F., married Bruce H. Campbell. (See his sketch.) 3. Edward F., August 1, 1882, was graduated from Cornell College as mechanical engineer, class 1906. 4. Robert M., May 7, 1887, student Princeton College.

BRUCE HALL CAMPBELL, son of General Jacob M. and Mary Rankin (Campbell) Campbell, was born in Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1874. He enjoyed the advantages of an excellent education, attending the common schools of his native town, then the Kiskiminitas Springs Preparatory School, later the Phillips Exeter Academy, and finally Dickinson College and Dickinson Law School, from which last named institution he graduated in the class of 1896. He then went to Chicago, Illinois, and was admitted the same year to practice in all the courts in the state of Illinois. He served as assistant corporation counsellor in Chicago for one year. He then returned to Johnstown in 1899, registered in the office of John H. Brown, and commenced the practice of law. In the course of the same year he organized the Bruce H. Campbell Brick Company. His law offices are located in

the Dibert building, where he has worked up a large and lucrative practice. He is considered one of the rising young men of Johnstown, and a brilliant future is predicted for him. His political affiliations are Republican, and he is a regular attendant at the Presbyterian church. He is a member of the order of Free and Accepted Masons; of the Knights of Pythias; and of the Greek letter college fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi..

He married, October 23, 1901, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Mabel Fussell Entwisle, a sketch of whose family follows. She received her education in the public schools of Johnstown and in the Walnut Lane School, at Germantown. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. Campbell are: 1. Bruce H., junior, born August 11, 1902. 2. Edward Entwisle, August 25, 1905.

FOULKE FAMILY.

The Foulke family is one of the most ancient that settled in America. They trace their descent as far back as the early British kings.

(1) Edward Foulke, son of Foulke Thomas, was born May 3, 1651. He emigrated for Meriowethshire, Wales, July 17, 1698, with his wife and nine children, and settled at Gwynedd, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. He married Eleanor, daughter of Hugh, who was the son of Cadwallader, and they had nine children: Thomas; Hugh, of whom later; Cadwallader; Evan; Gwen; Grace; Jane; Catharine; Margaret.

(II) Hugh, second son and child of Edward (1) and Eleanor Foulke, was born 1685, died 1760. He married Ann Williams, born 1693, died 1773. Their ten children were: Mary; Martha; Samuel; Eleanor; John, of whom later; Thomas; Theophilus; William; Edward; Jane.

(III) John Foulke, second son and fifth child of Hugh, (2) and Ann (Williams) Foulke, was born 1722, died 1787. He married Mary, daughter of Edward and Mary Roberts. Mary (Roberts) Foulke died in 1787. The children of Mr. and Mrs. John and Mary (Roberts) Foulke were: 1. Edward, of whom later. 2. Ann, born 1760, married Israel Roberts, son of Thomas and Letitia Roberts. 3. Martha, 1763, married first, James Green; married second, Daniel Walton. 4. Evan, married Sarah Nixon. 5. Margaret, married Thomas Gibson. 6. Aquilla, married Amelia Roberts. 7. Lydia, married Nathan Edwards.

(IV) Edward Foulke, eldest child of John and Mary (Roberts) Foulke, was born November 16, 1758, and died November 22, 1839. He married, 1781, Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of Thomas and Letitia (Ray) Roberts, and granddaughter of Thomas and Alice Roberts, who with his son Thomas emigrated from England, near the Welsh border. He married second, Ann Roberts, a sister of his deceased wife. His children were: 1. Jane, of whom later. 2. Rowland, born December 29, 1783, married Eliza Mauss, died October 12, 1844. 3. Agnes, August 27, 1785, died, May 16, 1828. 4. Mary, September 29, 1787, died September 19, 1847. 5. John, October 28, 1789, died January 20, 1863. 6. Edward, May 26, 1792, married Matilda Green, died February 2, 1859.

(V) Jane Foulke, eldest child of Edward (4) and Elizabeth (Roberts) Foulke, was born August 20, 1782, and died, May 9, 1857. She married William Fussell. (See Fussell sketch following.)

FUSSELL FAMILY. (1) William Fussell, the earliest member of the family of whom we have any record, lived in Yorkshire, England, with his wife, Elizabeth. They had two children: Solomon, of whom later; and Benjamin, who emigrated to America many years later

than his brother Solomon, and one day, while walking in the streets of Philadelphia, saw the sign over the store of his brother, entered, and found his brother. Benjamin later went to the south.

(II) Solomon Fussell, eldest son of William (1) and Elizabeth Fussell, was born in Yorkshire, England, 1704. He emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1721 and settled in Philadelphia. He was a chairmaker by trade. He married first, Susannah Coney, daughter of Jacob and Barbara Coney, and granddaughter of William Clinkenbeard. Their children were: 1. Elizabeth, born 1727; married Benjamin Dawson, 1744; died September 8, 1792. 2. William, of whom later. 3. Barbara, married John Burrows. 4. Susannah, married Thomas Crispin. 5. Jacob, married Esther McCullough. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Children who died in childhood. He married second, Rachel Wilson, widow with ten children, and they had one child: Sarah, born October 12, 1751, married Benjamin Longstreth.

(III) William Fussell, second child and eldest son of Solomon (2) and Susannah (Coney) Fussell, was born in 1728 and died February 5, 1804. He and his wife are buried at Pikeland Friends' gravevard. He lived at Phoenixville, and married Sarah Longstreth, born 1728 or 1729, died in 1800. She was the daughter of Bartholomew and Ann (Dawson) Longstreth. The children of William and Sarah (Longstreth) Fussell were: 1. Susannah, born January 29, 1753; married Aaron Dunkin, September 14, 1775; died July 26, 1819. 2. Bartholomew, of whom later. 3. Solomon, born December 20, 1755; died October 20, 1793.

(IV) Bartholomew Fussell, second child and eldest son of William (3) and Sarah (Longstreth) Fussell, born September 28, 1754; died, October 17, 1838. He married Rebecca Bond, born October 9, 1751, died March 4, 1851, daughter of Joseph and Esther (Jeanes) Bond. Their children were: 1. Esther, born March 18, 1782; died February 8, 1848. 2. William, of whom later. 3. Sarah, September 10, 1784; died August 11, 1860. 4. Joseph, April 26, 1787; died October 15, 1855. 5. Solomon, June 28, 1789; died March 1, 1849. 6. Jacob, February 7, 1792; died August 7, 1855, 7. Bartholomew, January 9, 1:94; died February 14, 1871. 8. Rebecca, April 21, 1796; died July

8, 1882.

(V) William Fussell, second child and eldest son of Bartholomew (4) and Rebecca (Bond) Fussell, was born June 30, 1783; died June 4, 1856. He married, September 28, 1809, Jane Foulke, born August 20, 1782; died May 9, 1857. (See Foulke sketch.) Their children were: 1. Elizabeth R., born July 31, 1810; died June 10, 1888. 2. Edwin, June 14, 1813; died March 10, 1882. 3. Esther Ann, February 22, 1818; married Charles Pennell Jacobs, died about 1902. 4. Joseph, born August 7, 1820. 5. Milton, see forward.

(VI) Milton Fussell, third son and fifth and youngest child of William (5) and Jane (Foulke) Fussell, was born June 11, 1823, and died November 17, 1902. He married Tamar J. Haldeman, October 31, 1848, daughter of Henry and Tamar Haldeman. Mrs. Fussell died in Narberth (formerly Elm), Pennsylvania, January 26, 1895. Their children were: 1. William Henry, born January 18, 1850; died November 26, 1901. 2. Annie W., of whom later. 3. Milton Howard, November 24, 1855. 4. Elizabeth H., June 22, 1861.

(VII) Annie W. Fussell, second child and eldest daughter of Milton (6) and Tamar J. (Haldeman) Fussell, was born July 16, 1852. She married, September 3, 1874, Edward B. Entwisle, born August 22,

1851. They reside in Moxham, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Their children are: 1. Elizabeth F., born June 20, 1875. 2. Mabel F., of whom inter. 3. Edward F., August 21, 1882. 4. Robert Morgan, May 7, 1887. (VIII) Mabel Fussell, second child and daughter of Annie (7) and Edward B. Entwisle, was born November 17, 1880. She married, October 23, 1901, Bruce Hall Campbell, as above stated.

JOHN FULTON, A. M., E. M., a valued citizen of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, prominently identified with many and varied interests of the state, with a reputation throughout the United States and Canada as a mining and civil engineer, is of Scotch-Irish descent, his ancestors having emigrated from Scotland to Ireland after the reign of James VI. This migration was due to English persecution, and later many of the refugees, who had settled principally in the province of Ulster, sought more religious freedom in the new world. Some of the Fultons emigrated to the American colonies in the middle of the seventeenth century, and bore their share bravely in defence of the country which they considered their home. The paternal ancestors of Mr. Fulton came originally from the Lowlands of Scotland, and his maternal from the Highlands.

Rev. Thomas Fulton, father of John Fulton, was born in Laughey, County Tyrone, Ireland, 1796. He was an excellent man, with many sterling virtues, but not practical in a worldly sense, and despite hard work and extreme frugality he found it a diflicult matter to make both ends meet, with a large and growing family to support. He removed to the town of Dungannon, Ireland, and seven years were spent at Milltown, a suburb of the city. He was occasionally engaged in surveying and later held a position as clerk at the Gortmerron Lime Works, maneged by James Mackay. His circumstances, however, becoming more strattened, he determined to emigrate to America, and in 1848 sold his possessions, and in October of that year sailed from Liverpool in the Saling vessel "Sarah Siddons," Captain C25 commanding, and landed at New York in November. He remained in that city abe and then removed to Public Works in the Beechwoods, Pinnsviranna, and on the completion of the North Bran canal, settle a farm in

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