Today’s family sketch covers the life of Jane Bandy, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Andrew Bandy and Rebecca Wooldridge, born c1831, Symmes Township, Lawrence, Ohio.
Jane Bandy married Lewis B. Campbell, 6 August 1851, Lawrence County, Ohio.
Lewis was born c1828, Ohio and died on 4 June 1871 in Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio at the young age of 43 years.
Unlike many men of his era, Lewis wasn’t a farmer. There were industries in the Lawrence County area and Lewis worked as a iron moulder in 1860.
He was on the June 1863 list of men subject to military duty for the Civil War and his occupation again was a moulder. However, he apparently did not serve in the war.
The 1870 census is the last in which Lewis appears, still a moulder and living in Upper Township, Lawrence, Ohio, with his wife and children.
Jane (Bandy) Campbell never remarried. She died on 2 April 1894, Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio.
Lewis and Jane were the parents of six children:
- Mary Ann Campbell, born c1853; died after 16 October 1876; married (1) Patrick Smith, 14 February 1871. Patrick was born c1839, Canada and appears in the June 1863 list of men eligible for military duty in the Civil War. His occupation was list as puddler, which was a person who converted pig iron into wrought iron with the use of a reverberatory furnace, which was a furnace in which the roof and walls were heated by flames which then radiated heat on to iron in the center of the furnace. Patrick and Mary Ann were the parents of two children, Michael and Mary. However, this family hasn’t been found in the 1880 or any other census. Did Patrick and/or both children died young? (2) Archibald Richardson, 16 September 1875 in Lawrence County, Ohio. They had one son, Charles Newton, born 13 June 1878; died 14 March 1971, Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio.
- Martha [Mattie] E. Campbell, born 19 February 1855, Lawrence County, Ohio; died 16 October 1944, Los Angeles County, California; married John Robert Leatart, 14 February 1875, Lawrence County, Ohio. John was born 1849, Virginia; died 14 January 1928, Los Angeles County, California. They were the parents of seven sons.
- William L. Campbell, born c1859, Lawrence County, Ohio; died after 1870. No further record.
- Sarah Jane Campbell, born March 1961, Lawrence County, Ohio; died 1944, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio; married (1) Albert Minard, 17 Nov 1884, Lawrence County, Ohio. Albert was born c1848; died 1925. (2) Morgan Pritchard, 1 April 1891, Lawrence County, Ohio. Morgan was born c1858, Ohio; died before 1900. (3) William Edgar Root, 21 May 1902, Lawrence County, Ohio. William was born c1861; died 1946. Sarah was the mother of one son, Albert Minard, who later went by Blaine Frederick Pritchard and a son and daughter with Morgan Pritchard.
- John B. Campbell, born c1864, Lawrence County, Ohio; died after 1870. No further record.
- Katherine Marie Campbell, born 19 May 1867, Lawrence County, Ohio; died 21 August 1933, Lawrence County, Ohio; married John H. Hannon, 23 January 1888, Lawrence County, Ohio. John was born 1859, Ohio; died 1920, Lawrence County, Ohio. They were the parents of three children.
Although neither Lewis nor Jane lived to a very old age, they have a number of descendants today.