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BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY 8-35RUFUS EASTON CAMPBELL (1.5.2.4) is the son of Joseph Campbell, Jr. andRachel (Orton) Campbell. Rufus was born on August 15, 1815 in New MadridCounty, Missouri Territory. On October 28, 1842, Rufus Campbell marriedCaroline Moshell King Drake Ayers in Rutersville, Texas. Caroline was born in1825 in New York and is the daughter of David Ayers and Ann Moshell (Smith)Ayers. From 1850 to 1870, Rufus and Caroline Campbell were living in AustinCounty, Texas. Rufus and Caroline Campbell were the parents of seventeenchildren:. . . Caroline Moshell Campbell, b. August 29, 1844, Texas. . . Sarah Jane Campbell (1.5.2.4.2), b. October 2, 1845, Texas. . . Ann Eliza Campbell (1.5.2.4.3), b. January 29, 1847, Texas. . . David Chambers Campbell (1.5.2.4.4), b. August 2, 1848, Texas. . . Rufus Maxwell Campbell (1.5.2.4.5), b. October 28, 1849, Texas. . . Theodore Hiel Campbell (1.5.2.4.6), b. October 15, 1851, Austin County, Texas. . . Mary Smith Campbell (1.5.2.4.7), b. March 1, 1853, Austin County, Texas. . . Cyrus Francis Campbell (1.5.2.4.8), b. November 5, 1854, Austin County, Texas. . . Rachel Orton Campbell (1.5.2.4.9), b. January 22, 1856, Austin County, Texas. . . Elizabeth Medford Campbell (1.5.2.4.10), b. February 18, 1858, Austin Co., Tex.. . . Huldah Ayers Campbell, b. December 7, 1859, Austin County, Texas. . . Joseph Eaton Campbell, b. September 1, 1861, Austin County, Texas. . . John Herbert Campbell, b. September 3, 1863, Austin County, Texas. . . Robert Alexander Campbell, b. May 8, 1865, Austin County, Texas. . . Guy Bryant Campbell, b. April 29, 1867, Austin County, Texas. . . Two Children, b. stillborn - not namedRufus Campbell died on October 27, 1878 in Austin County, Texas and wasburied there in Austin County, Texas. In 1880, Caroline (Ayers) Campbell wasliving in Austin County, Texas. On September 11, 1867, Caroline Campbellmarried Benjamin Drake. Benjamin was born on October 20, 1836 and is theson of Reuben Drake and Mary Drake. Benjamin and Caroline Drake had twochildren: - Preble Drake, b. August 24, 1863, - Lucy Drake, b. August 9,1870. Benjamin Drake died on November 5, 1880. Caroline married a secondtime to John Caddel and they had one son: - John Caddel (never married). OnDecember 23, 1891, Lucy Drake married Charles F. Smith. Charles was born onFebruary 12, 1861 in Thomaston, Maine and is the son of Tileston H. Smith andEmma (Brown) Smith. Charles and Lucy Smith had one daughter: - RoseMarie Smith, b. May 8, 1911. On July 14, 1931, Rose Smith married Calvin C.Flint. In 1938, Calvin was Dean of Men and Professor of Social Sciences atSanta Ana Junior College in Santa Ana, California.On December 7, 1887, Huldah Campbell married Ira Ellis Collins (born March28, 1856 in Louisiana) in Burton, Texas. Ira and Huldah Collins had threechildren: - Ellis Payne Collins, b. October 4, 1888, Galveston, Texas, - EvaPayne Collins, b. April 16, 1898, - Anna Howard Collins, b. April 6, 1905,Galveston, Texas. Ira Collins died on October 28, 1915 in Galveston, Texas. In1920, Huldah (Campbell) Collins moved to New York City, New York and livedwith her two children until October of 1924 when they moved to Utica, NewYork. Ellis Collins graduated from the University of Texas Law School in 1908and received a Masters of Art in 1911 and a LLB degree in 1912 from theUniversity of Texas. Ellis was with the firm, Hart, Senior and Nichols and wasconsidered an authority on tax matters. Ellis Collins never married and died on