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36. WILLIAM JASPER⁴ CHESS (SUSANNAH³ COURTWRIGHT, JAMES F.², THOMAS¹) was born 09 November 1860 in Bristoria, Greene Co., Pa ³⁰², and died 10 November 1922 in Washington, Washington Co., Pa³⁰². He married EMMA R. SMITH. She was born 26 March 1866 ³⁰³, and died 12 February 1925³⁰³.

Notes for WILLIAM JASPER CHESS:
      William J. Chess                  (Valley Chapel Cem.)

      William J. Chess, aged 62 years, a lifelong resident of
Greene county, died Friday night, November 10, at the home of
his son Harry Chess, in Washington, Pa. His death was due to
stomach trouble and followed an illness of more than a year.
Mr. Chess was a son of Henry and Susanna Courtwright Chess
and was born at Bristoria on November 9, 1860. He had spent
all his life in Jackson and Richhill townships, following
farming until his last illness. He was a member of the
Methodist Protestant church. His wife, who was formerly Miss
Emma R. Smith, and the following children survive: Daniel
Chess, of Altoona; Lawrence Chess, of Waynesburg; Mrs. Daisy
Lightner, of Washington; Mrs. Louie Kerns and Mrs. Annie
Kinney of Jackson township; Mrs. Mary Kerr, of Kosse, Texas;
Mrs. Ada Poland, of Mt. Morris; Mrs. Margaret Hughes, of
Bluff, and Harry Chess, of Washington. Funeral services were
held in the Valley Chapel Methodist Protestant church,
Jackson township, Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Adam Rush, of
Rogersville, in charge. The interment was in the Valley
Chapel cemetery.

From the Democrat Messenger, Waynesburg, Pa., Nov. 17, 1922


Children of WILLIAM CHESS and EMMA SMITH are:

	i.		DANIEL⁵ CHESS.
	ii.		DAISY CHESS, m. [UNKNOWN] LIGHTNER.
	iii.		LOUIE CHESS, m. [UNKNOWN] KERNS.
	iv.		ANNIE CHESS, m. [UNKNOWN] KINNEY.
	v.		MARY CHESS, m. [UNKNOWN] KERR.
	vi.		ADA CHESS, m. [UNKNOWN] POLAND.
	vii.		MARGARET CHESS, m. [UNKNOWN] HUGHES.
	viii.		HARRY CHESS.

37. ALBERT L.⁴ CAMPBELL (SUSANNAH³ COURTWRIGHT, JAMES F.², THOMAS¹) was born 22 March 1873 in Richhill Twp., Greene Co., Pa ^304,³⁰⁵, and died 02 April 1956 in Wind Ridge, Richhill Twp., Greene Co., Pa³⁰⁵. He married MARGARET REEVES 07 December 1893 ³⁰⁶. She was born March 1878 in Belmont Co., Oh ^307,³⁰⁸, and died 1908 ³⁰⁹.

Notes for ALBERT L. CAMPBELL:
Census of Greene Co., Pa      Richhill Twp.
139/143
Campbell, Albert L.            3-1874 26      m6      Pa Pa Pa
      Maggie wife      3-1878 22      m6       Oh Oh Oh
      James R.      son      4-1894 6            Pa Pa Oh
      Wm. S.      son      3-1897 3            Pa Pa Oh
      Maud      dau      3-1900 3 mos.      Pa Pa Oh

Census of Greene Co., Pa            1910      Richhill Twp (Wheeling Creek Rd)
146/149
Campbell, Albert L.            37      widower      Pa Pa Pa            Farmer
      James R.            16            Pa Pa Oh
      William S.            12            Pa Pa Oh
      Nellie M.            9            Pa Pa Oh
      Raymond L.      5            Pa Pa Oh
      Rhea L.            5            Pa Pa Oh

More About ALBERT L. CAMPBELL:
Burial: Centennial Cemetery, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., Pa

More About MARGARET REEVES:
Burial: Centennial Cemetery, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., Pa

Marriage Notes for ALBERT CAMPBELL and MARGARET REEVES:
Marriage Records of Greene Co., Pa            MB 5, page 402, # 1644

A. L. Campbell            20            Bristoria
      s/o D. H. and Susannah Campbell
M. A. C. Reeves            15
      d/o William and Sarah Reeves
married on 12-7-1893, by D. H. Brewer, J. P.


Children of ALBERT CAMPBELL and MARGARET REEVES are:

JAMES ROBERT⁵ CAMPBELL³¹⁰, b. April 1894, Greene Co., Pa; m. NANCY L. M. WRIGHT³¹⁰, 05 March 1916, Bristoria, Greene Co., Pa³¹⁰.

Marriage Notes for JAMES CAMPBELL and NANCY WRIGHT:
Marriage Records of Greene Co., Pa MB 15, page 393, # 6316

James Robert Campbell 21 b. Greene Co. Res: Wind Ridge
s/o Albert L. Campbell, b. Greene Co. / Margaret Reeves, b. Belmont, Co.
Nancy L. M. Wright 17 b. Wetzel Co. Res: Greene Co
d/o Sanford Wright, b. Jackson Twp. / Priscilla Bland, b. Wetzel Co
married on 3-15-1916 at Bristoria by Rev. Cyrus A. Bylar

	ii.		WILLIAM SAMUEL CAMPBELL, b. March 1897 ³¹¹; m. ORPHA POLEN³¹², 27 September 1922, Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa³¹².
	iii.		NELLIE M. CAMPBELL³¹³, b. 31 May 1900, Bristoria, Greene Co., Pa ³¹⁴; d. 03 September 1990, Warsaw, IN³¹⁴; m. (1) REX G. TAYLOR³¹⁵, 18 August 1920, Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa³¹⁵; d. 28 December 1961; m. (2) WESLEY MONINGER, 23 July 1966; d. 19 November 1982.

More About NELLIE M. CAMPBELL:
Burial: Centennial Cemetery, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., Pa
Church: Aleppo Brethren
Occupation: Postmaster at Aleppo, Pa., for 20 years

Marriage Notes for NELLIE CAMPBELL and REX TAYLOR:
Marriage Records of Greene Co., Pa MB 17, page 113, # 7036

Rex Taylor 24 b. Greene Co. Res: Jollytown
s/o Abner Taylor / Mary Caseman
Nellie Campbell 20 b. Greene Co. Res: Wind Ridge
d/o Albert Campbell / Margaret Reeves
married on 8-18-1920, at Waynesburg, by Jas. McCracken, clerk of courts

iv.

RAY LEO CAMPBELL, b. 06 April 1905; m. LOUIE M. KERR, 01 January 1934, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., Pa ³¹⁶; b. 24 January 1911 ³¹⁷; d. 26 August 1984 ³¹⁸.

Notes for LOUIE M. KERR:
Obituary Louie Campbell

WAYNESBURG -- Louis M. Campbell, 73, of RD 4, Waynesburg, died at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, 1984, in the Greene County Memorial Hospital She had been seriously ill the past three days.
Born Jan. 24, 1911, she was a daughter of the late George L. and Huldah Burge Kerr.
She is survived by her husband, Ray L. Campbell, whom she married Jan. 1, 1934.
She spent her early life in Jackson Township and 30 years in Baltimore before returning to Wayne Township 14 years ago.
She was a member of the Spraggs United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women of the Church. She was also Sunday School superintendent and was a member of both the church choir and the Greene County choir.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a brother, Dorwin, of RD 4, Waynesburg.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Delcie Kerns and Ruby Kerr; and two brothers, Sam and Lloyd.

Marriage Notes for RAY CAMPBELL and LOUIE KERR:
Marriage announcement:

1-1-1934 Miss Louie M. Kerr of Waynesburg, daughter of George Kerr of Waynesburg, and Ray Leo Campbell, of Wind Ridge, son of Albert L. Campbell of Wind Ridge, Pa., were married on January 1, 1934, at the residence of Rev. Thomas F. Presnell, of Aleppo, Pa.

RHEA CAMPBELL, b. 06 April 1905, 06 04 1905wp, Greene Co., Pa ³¹⁹; d. 24 May 1994, Morgantown, Monongalia Co., WV³¹⁹; m. ALBERT WENDELL PHILLIPI, 27 June 1955³¹⁹; b. 16 August 1911, Marshall Co., WV ³²⁰; d. 19 December 1982, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., Pa³²⁰.

More About RHEA CAMPBELL:
Burial: Centennial Cemetery, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., Pa
Church: Aleppo Brethren
Died at:: Mon General Hospital, Morgantown, WV

Notes for ALBERT WENDELL PHILLIPI:
Extract from Obituary of Wendell Phillipi
born 8-16-1911 in Marshall Co., WV
son of George and Alice Lowe Phillipi
died 12-19-1982 at his home, New Freeport, Pa
He was a retired employee of Newman Motors, Cameron, W. Va.
He was a member of the Aleppo Brethren Church.

More About ALBERT WENDELL PHILLIPI:
Burial: Centennial Cemetery, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., Pa
Church: Aleppo Brethren.

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