Album of the Campbell Cousins Dinner1 of 1922
[Will Self took pictures at
the 1922 Cousins Dinner, generously had copies made and placed in
albums and mailed to each of the participants. (He's in several, so
obviously he didn't take all 6 photos.) The album pages were 6 5/8" x
5 1/2", of black construction paper and the photos were 4 7/8 x 3 7/8.
I cropped the images so that faces would show more clearly on the web
pages. Some of the faces are blurry, but the prints in the album were
probably enlargements. Group photo #1 is the best my scanner could do.
A companion web page to this one shows the Minutes
and Attendance. -wbt]
Photo Album Cover
Photo 1. Entire group
1. Tommie Campbell, 2. ???, 3. Elisha Horton, 4. Jud Seely, 5. James "Alta" Cady, 6. Mary HAZLETT Seely 7. Charles H. Congdon, 8. Jennie SELPH Cady, 9. William Boller, 10. Ford Owlett, 11. ???, 12. Martha BUCK Owlett, 13. Frances PARKS Campbell, 14. Anna BOSARD Owlett, 15. Ada SEELY Crandall, 16. Jessie OWLETT Leonard, 17. Stella LOOP Hooker Wilbur, 18. Helen SHIPMAN Wilson Ireton, 19. ???, 20. Mary CAMPBELL Shipman, 21. Mabel SHIPMAN Shaw, 22. Andrew Owlett, 23. ???, 24. Kate CAMPBELL Horton, 25. Mark Owlett, 26. Emma CONGDON Buck, 27. Llewellyn Shaw, 28. ???, 29. Enoch Charles Blackwell, 30. Laura BOSARD Mourey/Mowrey, 31. Allen Jud Seely, 32. Charles Mourey, 33. Samuel A. Seely, 34. James B. Leonard, 35. Watrous Preston Blackwell, 36. Burton Owlett. Not numbered, but mostly hidden by #9, Wm. Boller, is an unidentified woman.
Photo 2. Owlett attendees
Standing L-R: Burton W. Owlett; his brothers, Ford Owlett & Mark Owlett; brother-in-law James Leonard; & Mark's wife, Martha BUCK Owlett
Seated: Burton's sister, Faye OWLETT Whitney; her mother & event hostess, Anna BOSARD Owlett; host/husband, Andrew Owlett & Burton's sister, Jessie OWLETT Leonard. [Identifications courtesy of Cousin "Peg" OWLETT Baker Maines]
Photo 3. some descendants of siblings Wm. Campbell, Sarah CAMPBELL Congdon, Mary Ann CAMPBELL Seely, Eleanor CAMPBELL Bosard & Maria CAMPBELL Loop
Standing L-R: Thomas Campbell; his sister, Kate CAMPBELL Horton; their sister, Mary CAMPBELL Shipman; Mary's daughter, Helen SHIPMAN Wilson Ireton; Stella LOOP Hooker Wilbur; Wm. E. Selph, Jr., Emma CONGDON Buck; Will's sister, Jennie SELPH Cady; Emma's brother, Chas. H. Congdon; Ada SEELY Crandall & brother, Jud Seely
Seated: event hostess, Anna BOSARD Owlett & her sister, Laura BOSARD Mourey
Photo 4. Descendants of Wm. Campbell
Standing L-R: Thomas Campbell; his sister, Kate CAMPBELL Horton; her niece, Mabel SHIPMAN Shaw; Mabel's sister, Helen SHIPMAN Wilson Ireton & Mabel & Helen's mother, Mary CAMPBELL Shipman
Seated: Kate's husband, Elisha Shore Horton; Mabel's husband, Llewellyn B. Shaw & Tommie's wife, Frances PARKS Campbell
Photo 5. Charlie Congdon & his sister, Emma CONGDON Buck
Photo 6. Some Self & Seely attendees
Standing L-R:James "Alta" Cady; his brother-in-law, Wm. E. Selph, Jr.; Jud D. Seely & his son, Samuel A. Seely
Seated: Sam's wife, Bessie TUBBS Seely; their son, Allen Jud Seely; Jud's 2nd wife, Mary HAZLETT Seely & his sister, Ada SEELY Crandall
1. Unlike the Campbell Cousins Reunions, which were open to anyone and at their peak had 200 - 300 attendees, the Campbell Cousins Dinners were by invitation only. They were intended for the 30 first cousins (grandchildren of Joseph and Ann Clinch Campbell) and for others invited by the hosting couple of that year. All 30 were born in or near Nelson, Tioga Co., PA and had all at least laid eyes on each other before some moved to other parts of the country. Most stayed in touch and those in Tioga Co. and adjacent Steuben and Chemung Counties were close emotionally, as well as geographically. In their later years, as death thinned their ranks, they included the next generation in the dinners, but by then the families had scattered all over the country, the second cousins didn't know each other well, and the Cousins Dinners came to an end..