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<h1>Campbells, Luggs & Blackwells of Nelson, PA</h1>
<h3><span style="font-style: italic;">A Vignette written ca. 1990 by <a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capane&id=I1262">Anne
THOMPSON</a> Gibson McCard.</span> (She wrote dozens of these for a
senior citizens' writing class, but she hoped to preserve for her nephews
and nieces and their descendants the stories she'd heard while growing up.
Or descriptions of departed relatives she'd met but hoped would not be
forgotten.)</h3>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ed Hazlett, Campbell Cousin</span></p>
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<p class="SecndP"> <a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capane&id=I685">Ed
Hazlett</a>'s absentmindedness was a by-word. Cowanesque Valley
People had many chuckles over it. There was a whole series of
anecdotes about Ed's adventures with his new fangled horseless
carriage.</p>
<p class="SecndP"> At first he had trouble
remembering that he wasn't driving a horse. Once he hollered
"Whoa", & expecting it to stop got out. The car went right on,
of course. He had to run after it.</p>
<p class="SecndP"> A favorite story was
about Ed taking his <a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capane&id=I686">wife</a>
to Corning shopping. On his way home to Tompkins (downstream from
Nelson), he stopped to visit with a neighboring farmer. "How's
your wife, Ed?" he was asked. </p>
<p class="SecndP"> Ed looked in surprise at
her empty seat, "My God." he shouted. "I've left her in Corning.</p>
<p class="SecndP"> Ed was head of the local
political machine.<sup>1</sup> He'd arranged for a VIP to come to
speak at an important meeting. Ed & the boys were at the
Station to meet the dignitary's train. Naturally he got into Ed's
car. There was so much to discuss that Ed paid (even) less
attention to driving than usual. It was so hair-raising that the
Politico jumped out yelling, "I'll walk!" Then added, "I value my
life".</p>
<p class="SecndP"> <a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capane&id=I1256">Tom</a><sup>2</sup>
said, "Don't get the wrong idea about Ed. He was intelligent, a
good businessman, a shrewd politician & very articulate. The
natives commented "Ed was quite a talker".</p>
<p class="SecndP"> Most of the clan were
"talkers". After G. Grandfather <a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capane&id=I978">H.D.
Goodrich</a>'s daughter, <a href="GoodrichFrances1871.html">Frank</a>
married <a href="HoytJosephD1860.html">Joe Hoyt</a>, he was
invited to the Campbell Gatherings. "I'd always supposed the Scots
were silent people, but I've never heard anything like the
Campbells when they get together", he remarked. </p>
<p class="SecndP"> Tom commented on the
noise level at the Campbell Cousin Reunions.<sup>3</sup> They
weren't noisy or raucous, there was just a lot of talking going
on.</p>
<p class="SecndP"> I called <a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capane&id=I1591">Ed
Hills</a>, old Ed Hazlett's great great nephew.<sup>4.</sup> He
remembered the story about the Corning trip & added some more
details. The Clan descendants have long memories.</p>
<p>As told by <a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capane&id=I1250">mother</a>.</p>
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<div class="Annotation">
<p>Transcribed by Wm. Thompson, Sept. 28, 2014 </p>
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<div class="Footnote">
<p>1. He was chairman of the Tioga County Republican Committee.</p>
<p>2. Anne's older brother.</p>
<p>3. Tom would have been talking about the Campbell Reunions of the
1930s.</p>
<p>4. I think Anne was ill when she wrote this, which may account for her
error. Ed Hills was not related to Ed Hazlett. She probably meant to
write "<a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=capane&id=I666">Jack
Hazlett</a>." Jack was Ed Hills' brother-in-law and was a nephew of Ed
Hazlett.</p>
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