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Judson Campbell - Martha Denton
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| Article: Judson CAMPBELL - Martha DENTON |
| Town of Veteran, Chemung County, NY |
| Article Submitted by Glenn Alexander |
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JUDSON CAMPBELL BIOGRAPHY
By Glenn Alexander
Judson was one of 14 children born to Judson Sr and Abigail . He was
born in Veteran New York, Chemung County on 17 Feb 1843 . His parents came
to New York from Kent, Litchfield Co., Conn. around 1818. As a child the
family moved to Alpine Schuyler Co, where he was raised When he was 3 or
4 years old he had an attack of "Inflamatory Rheumatism" he apparently
recovered without any residual affects. The 1850 federal census showed
that his father was 59 years old , he apparently , according to a deposition
by Elvira, died later that year. The 1860 census showed that Judson’s older
bother John, age 22, was now the head of the household. The household consisted
of his wife Mary Anne, age 26, his mother Abigail age 73 and Judson age
17.
John enlisted in the army at the outbreak of the war of the rebellion.
He was discharged a short time later for medical reasons. Medical reasons
are unknown. Judson enlisted in 3rd New York Vol Infantry in
1862 but when it was time to report for duty he was told the regiment no
longer had any opening and it was not necessary for him to report. He did
enlist with the 14th New York Vol Heavy Art’y on 7 June 1863
. His unit first reported to Sandy Hook, New York to guard the New York
harbor. In Feb 1864, while pulling Sgt of the Guard, on a cold rainy night,
he took shelter in a"Bomb Proof" [bunker] , where it was cold and damp,
he contracted a severe cold , He then developed Rheumatism, for which he
was hospitalized for several weeks. His older sister Elvira, whose 1st
husband was in the same unit as Judson, came to Sandy Hook to nurse Judson
through this illness. Judson shared a tent with his sister and her husband.
The " Rheumatism" severely disabled Judson, he was unable to walk and had
to be attended to for all his needs. In fact he also developed what apparently
was Dysentery. Elvira’s husband had to help Judson out of the tent to take
care of his diarrhea. Judson’s record also shows that he contracted Thyphoid
Pneumonia and Diptheria., however , Judson , according to his deposition,
didn't believe that he had this. What made him say this is not known.
When his unit left Sandy Hook 1 May 1864, he had recovered enough at
that time to accompany the unit south. In Alexandria ,Va. He again came
down with a severe case of Rheumatism and was left behind at the Fairfax
Hospital. He stayed in the hospital until the end of May and rejoined in
unit on the 3rd or 4th of June , this 1 or 2 days
after the battle at Cold Harbor. He again developed Dysentery at the end
of June. On the march from Cold Harbor to Petersburg the Dysentery got
worse. He participated in the charge on Petersburg on 17 June 1864 . The
diarrhea became so severe that Major Joseph Cleary, who was then Captain
of the company and later became Chief of Police in Rochester, sent him
to the regimental surgeon. Judson at the time was the acting orderly Sgt..
He again remained at the rear and was sent to a field hospital in City
Point , Va and then he was sent by transport to New York City. While on
ship in New York harbor he was unable to take care of himself, he had to
be carried by stretcher from the ship to the hospital at Willets Point.
He was admitted to the hospital with 3 other soldiers from his unit . Two
later died in the hospital, while another died at home after being allowed
to go home on furlough.. Judson was at Willets Point, NY from 4 Jul 1864
to 21 July 1864. He was allowed to go on furlough to Alpine, He took a
train into New York City. He had to change trains and got to Millport .He
then had to take a wagon but he was only able to go a few miles, he had
to stop due to the pain in his various joints. He remained at the home
of a friend for several weeks before he was able to continue. It should
be noted that he had bed sores on both hips and back from his stay in the
hospital .
While at home, he was treated by Dr. Herrick. Dr. Herrick tried to get
the furlough extended but the extension certificate was returned to him
due to a mistake on the form. But ,Judson had made his mind up to return
to the hospital at Willets Point. He was there for several days when he
was sent down the harbor to Fort Wood on Bedloe Island, [ where the Statue
of Liberty now stands , this is now known as Freedom Island ] he again
had a severe attack of diarrhea. He remained at Bedloe Island for several
months. He returned to his unit at City Point, Va on Sep 1864. He remained
with his unit until they were mustered out 26 Aug 1865. He acted as orderly
Sgt through the winter of 1864-65. He continued to have attacks of dysentery
till his mustering out., but not as severe as previously.
He states that he was ambious [sp] and had hoped to get a commission
but that didn’t work out He went on furlough for 15 days from Feb-March
1865. He also continued to have problems with Rheumatism till the end of
the war,. He no longer had to pull guard duty for the remainder of his
service.
He had also at one time been treated at field hospital for a wound to
the forehead by shrapnel from a shell that exploded near his head during
the charge on Petersburg. This was at the Crater after the mine explosion
for which he missed the initial charge but was involved in the second charge.
He missed the initial charge because the shrapnel had knocked him out.
He had relayed this story to my grandfather.
He was mustered out on 26 Aug 1865, He returned to Alpine for only about
1 month, he then took a job with a sawmill in Loyalsockville, Pa. He was
employed there for 2 years While there he was seen by a physician in Montoursville
for his Rheumatism. The Rheumatism had acted up from working as a lumberjack.
He returned to Alpine in 1867 . He was married shortly after returning
to Alpine, to Martha Denton who bore a son, Edward in 1868. Later that
year he and his older brother John moved with their families and Abigail
to Perry, Iowa. The families lived together for a few years, then Judson
and his family moved on to Traer, Iowa and John moved to Dysart, Iowa.
Daughter Hatti was born 11 Apr 1871 and died on 4 Nov 1971 cause is unknown.
Alice was born 10 Jul 1873. Martha died in 1874 cause is unknown. That
year he returned to New York. In 1875 he married Arabelle Cavanaugh, who
bore him 5 children, one of them being my grandfather John Campbell who
was born on 6 Jun 1886. His siblings were Clara Louise born 27 Sep 1877,
Charles born 17 Apr 1880, Mina and Mattie born 26 Jun 1891. Judson was
involved in his local Methodist church, in the summer of 1886 a building
committee was appointed to build a new church to replace the one that burned
down [due to arson] in 1861, Judson one of five elected to the board of
trustees.
He initially filed for a service connected pension in 1882 and had to
wait for almost 11 years before he was granted his pension. He had to have
numerous people give depositions of their memories of the problems he had
while in the service. They went from New York and as far as Iowa to get
this depositions.
He purchased the land on what would become Campbell Hill in 1885, he
then built the house and outbuildings for the farm He lived there until
his death on 23 Apr 1908. Belle died on 29 Feb 1924. Both are buried in
Lockwood Cemetery along with their daughter Clara Louise , sons Edward
[ by his first marriage to Martha Denton] and John . It should also be
noted that there is one sister of Judson’s, ,Lorinda, who died in 1888
while at Willard State hospital is buried in the Lockwood cemetery, location
is said to be in the old plot of the old section of the cemetery.
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