Mary Campbell

Born in County Down, Ireland on October 5, 1771 of Scotch Irish descent Mary immigrated to America in 1787. She married Revolutionary War veteran John Milliken (176? - 1843) about 1795 in the Juniata River Valley, Mifflin County, Pa. John serviced in the First and Third Battalions of the Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia. John and Mary settled on a farm on Ridge Road in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pa., not far from Missfortune. Mary lived to the ripe old of 95 years (1867) and is buried in the Milliken Family plot.


John and Mary had 13 children and their first daughter Permelia (1807 – 1869) married John Cotterrel (1802 – 1865), a prosperous Jefferson, Pa. tanner, in 1828. John and Permelia Cotterrel’s daughter Martha Annette (1847 – 1910) married Jacob Haver (1846 – 1905) in 1871.

Haver Cabin on Missfortune

Pen & Ink Sketch of George (Jr.) and Priscilla Haver Cabin

This sketch of is an attempt to portray the log cabin of George (1779 - 1863) and Priscilla Haver (1782 - 1852) as it would have appeared on the Missfortune Plantation shortly after its completion around 1800. The tax records indicate that the Havers’ (George Sr, Jacob, William and George Jr.) had three log cabins and one log house on Missfortune in 1800 and Jacob Haver had a nearby Inn. The off center placement of the front door and windows helps identify the cabin.

This Pen & Ink sketch was drawn by Claudia Teal of Bordentown, New Jersey using current photos of the cabin and this photo (early 1900s) of the cabin on its original site on Sharpnack Hollow Road. At that time the cabin was covered by clapboards and the surrounding fields were clear except for a few trees along the fence lines. The artist reduced the amount of cleared land since only 30% the forest on Missfortune was cleared by 1800. The split rail worm fence in the sketch follows the same path that it did in the the photo.