Campbells of Nelson, PA
Two News Clips About the 1916 Cousins Dinner
[NOTE: The Campbell Cousins Reunions were open to the public,
and were for the descendants of Joseph
& Mary Harper Campbell,
associated Lugg and Blackwell families, and friends. Attendance was
sometimes several hundred. They ran from 1893 to 1942 and were revived in 2001.
Whereas the Cousins Dinners started in 1909, contnued through 1926, and
were by invitation only. They were primarily for the grandchildren of Joseph & Mary's son
Joseph and his wife, Ann
Clinch Campbell. Attendance at the Cousins Dinners was seldom more than 50.]
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