Herb was born Oct. 21, 1857 in Sugar Hill, Town of
Orange, Schuyler Co., NY; and died Mar. 29. 1923 in Brainerd, Crow Wing
Co., MN. He married Hannah Jennie Bixby
on Aug. 17, 1882. Her parents were Judson
Amasa Bixby, b. 1836 in NY, and Emner
Miller, b. 1832 in NY. Hannah was born Sep. 3, 1863 in NY, died Oct.
28, 1956.
Herb was the younger of two children of Elizabeth
"Lib" Campbell, born Apr. 24, 1830, in Nelson, Tioga Co., PA; d. Jan. 29,
1904 in Brainerd, Crow Wing Co., MN and Daniel
Hughey; b. Nov. 14, 1825, in Schuyler Co.. NY; d. Feb. 12, 1891 in
Brainerd.
Herb was a devout Presbyterian and civic minded. He
donated a portion of his farm as the site of a school.
Sadly, Herb's death was the inspiration for the Campbell
Cousins Correspondence. He had long planned to return to Nelson
to visit friends and relatives, but didn't feel free of farm and
family responsibilities to make that long a trip. But he finally decided
to at last make the trip and attend the 1923 Campbell Reunion. He and Will
Selph exchanged correspondence about
how much Herb was looking forward to the trip --- but Herb died before he
could make the trip.
Herb and Will were two of the 30 first cousins who were
grandchildren of Joseph and Ann
Clinch Campbell. A series of letters between Herb and will discussed
how all the cousins had all know each other and been close as children in
Nelson, but by 1923, the surviving cousins had scattered and some had
gotten out of touch. A mentioned above, this correspondence inspired Will,
in reaction to Herb's death, to launch the CCC
to help the surviving first cousins keep in touch and enable their
children to feel connected.
Herb and Hannah Bixby Hughey had four children, all born in Crow Wing Co.:
Mentioned in Campbell Cousins
Correspondence Letters:
v1r1 p3 Intro - Herb
v1r1 p6 Marcus
B. Seely
v1r1 p9 Jud
D. Seely
v1r1 p10 T.
C. Campbell
v1r1 p12 Jud Delos Seely
v1r1 p27 Mary
Lois CAMPBELL Shipman
v1r1 p32 Ada
SEELY Crandall - Herb
v1r1 p33 Emma
CONGDON Buck - Herb
v1r2 p4 Hannah
BIXBY Hughey - Herbert
v1r2 p9 Stella
LOOP Hooker Wilbur - Herbie
v1r2 p14 Carrie
HUGHEY Peterson Taylor St. Claire - Pa
v1r2 p26 T. C. Campbell - Herb
Hughey
v1r2 p36 Mary HUGHEY Prescott -
Father
v1r2 p75 Will
Selph - Hughey family
v2 p23 Jud Seely - Herbert's family
v2 p57 Carrie HUGHEY Peterson
Taylor St. Claire - Pa
v2 p66 Harry
Hughey - Father
v2 p84 Judson
Edgar Hughey - father
v2 p98 Georgia
CONGDON Parks Merritt Weir - Herb
v4 p16 Stella LOOP Hooker Wilbur
- Herby
v4 p33 Edith
LODER Selph - Herbert
[wbt - 7/15/2000; last rev. 11/12/2017]
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