Martha Campbell, wife of George Clyde, was descended from Colonel William Campbell, who moved from Campbelltown, Argyleshire, Scotland to Ireland about 1685. He had two sons, James, born at Londonderry, Ireland in 1690; and Samuel, born in 1695. These sons, with their families, moved to America in 1728, landing at Boston, MA, where they remained until 1733, when they settled in Londonderry, NH. In 1741, James Campbell went to Cherry Valley, NY. His first wife, married in Ireland, was Jane Humphrey. They had six children, the eldest of whom, John (born in Ireland), married Elinor Ramsey. John Campbell and Elinor Ramsey had two children: 1. John Jr. and 2. Eleanor. Eleanor Campbell married Captain Samuel Campbell (probably her cousin) and had ten children, all of whom she outlived, attaining the age of 88. Two of Eleanor Campbell's daughters, Martha and Margaret, married George Clyde and Joseph Clyde, his brother.
Eleanore Campbell was 24 years old at the time of the destruction of Cherry Valley in 1778. She and her father's family were taken prisoners by the Indians, but with the other woemen and children, she was sent back by Brandt after a captivity of three days.
Hon. George Clinton Clyde, son of George Clyde and Martha Campbell, married Catherine Dorr in 1829. He was admitted to the bar of the state of New York in 1824; located at Burlington, NY; County Clerk in 1835; moved to Chatham, Columbia County, NY in 1839; returned to Cherry Valley, NY in 1852 and died in 1868. He had no children, but adopted the children of his brother Lafayette. He was the writer of the manuscript account of the life of Col. Samuel Clyde, in which the early History of the Thornton family is referred to.
Lafayette Clydem, son of George Clyde, married Frances A. Crafts, a descendent of Gov. Bradford of Plymouth, MA. Their children were: 1. Frances E., b. 1841; and 2. James D., b. 1843.
James D. Clyde, son of Lafayette Clyde, is a physician at Cherry Valley, NY [as of 1905]. He left college in 1861 at the age of 18, and enlisted as a private in the U.S.Army; was afterwards commissioned 1st Lt. and captain; wa made prisoner and kept so for ten months, a part of the time at Charlestown, SC, under fire from U.S. guns; discharged in 1865; graduated in 1867 from College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New York. Dr. Clyde owns and resides on the farm near Cherry Valley, which was purchased by Col. Samuel Clyde, and the ownership of which has been kept in the family ever since {as of 1905].
Albert W. Clyde, son of George Clyde and Martha Campbell, his wife, married Fatima Flint. They had ten children born between 1840 and 1865: 1. Margaret A.; 2. Martha E.; 3. Eugene A.; 4. Edward L.; 5. Geroge C.; 6. Jefferson W.; 7. George C.; 8. Fannie V.; 9. Kittle D.; and 10. Frank D.
Edward L. Clyde enlisted in Co.D, 46th Reg. NY Vols. August 1, 1864.
Joseph Clyde, son of Colonel Samuel Clyde, married Margaret Campbell. Their children, born between 1804 and 1824, were: 1. Samuel Adams; 2. Louisa Maria; 3. DeWitt Clinton; 4. Eleanor Cambpell; 5. Joseph Henry; 6. Julie Lucretia; and 7. John Wells.
Samuel Adams Clyde married Elizabeth Fern. Their children, born between 1843 and 1853, were: 1. Arthur William; 2. Louisa E.; 3. Jefferson Fern; and 4. Sarah E.
Arthur W. Clyde served in Co. K27th Iowa Vol. Infantry from August 1862 to August 1865. For more than twelve years, he has been States' Attorney of McIntosh, ND [as of 1905].
Jefferson Fern Clyde was a member of the Iowa State Senate in 1890. In 1896, he was elected Judge of the District Court of Iowa, and re-elected in 1900. He is a graduate of the Collegiate and Law departmetns of the State University of Iowa, and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society [as of 1905].