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Francis A. Le Campion (b. Abt. 1767, d. September 1825)

Francis A. Le Campion (son of Mr. Le Campion and Miss. Le Claire)^{430, 430, 431} was born Abt. 1767 in Normandy, France, and died September 1825 in Unknown. He married Elizabeth Lee Miller on April 18, 1802 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA^{432, 432, 433}, daughter of Henry Miller, Sr. and Susanna Sibberine Sibler.

Notes for Francis A. Le Campion:
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NOTES FROM MISS AMANDA NEWTON, great-granddaughter of Elizabeth ("Betsy" ) Miller LeCampion.

A paper in Miss Newton's possession states:

This certifies:

Whom it may concern that Mr. Francis LeCampion and Miss Betsy Miller were legally joined together in the bonds of holy matrimony at Philadelphia, Pa., on the evening of the Lord's Day April 18th in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Two,

by me,

Thomas Ustick
V.D.M.

Francis LeCampion, who married Betsy Miller, was a Frenchman from Normandy. He was six feet tall, and had blond hair and blue eyes. He was a Catholic, and his descendants are in possession of a church register copy of the date of his baptism.

His mother's maiden name was LaClaire. Francis LeCampion was an officer in the French Army prior to his coming to America, about 1790. He was once presented with a sword by Marshall Ney - which sword is in the possession of the family.

He had evidently become a Protestant at heart, for on his death bed, when asked if he wished to have a priest, he said "God is my priest".

LeCampion had an art shop in Philadelphia, dealing in French pictures, etc. Betsy had taken up tailoring and followed this profession in Philadelphia. Her shop adjoined the art shop, and thus she became acquainted with Francis LeCampion. The shop was at 324 N. Front St.

Miss Newton said she had often heard her mother (Betsy's granddaughter) talk of her visits to Quaker relatives in Bucks County, Pa. She also said that she was told Susanna Sibler, Betsy's mother, came from Tulock on the Rhine. Other sources, chiefly the German birth certificate of Susanna, give Langensteinbach-Baden as her home. It could be that she was born in the latter place, and then moved later to Tulock. Both Baden and Tulock are on the Rhine. Miss Newton had heard that Susanna had a sister, Mary, and possibly another sister.

Betsy Miller was herself quite a bold, brave lady. She used to go hunting with her brothers and sit around the night fires, built to keep away the wild cats. Once while riding horseback alone, a rattlesnake appeared, which she immediately killed and left in the road without removing the rattles. It is said she was on the way to a dentist to have an aching tooth removed.

More About Francis A. Le Campion:
Baptism: Abt. 1767, in the Catholic Faith.
Burial: Aft. September 1825, Unknown.
Immigration: Abt. 1790, To America.

More About Francis A. Le Campion and Elizabeth Lee Miller:
Individual Note: April 08, 1802, Married by Thomas Ustich, V.D.M..
Marriage: April 18, 1802, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.^{434, 434, 435}

Children of Francis A. Le Campion and Elizabeth Lee Miller are:

+Sarah Ann Le Campion, b. February 23, 1803, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, d. WFT Est. 1849-1898, Unknown.