Bonaparte, son of Dr. Allen and Sarah (Kinne) Campbell, was born in Voluntown, Windham county, Conn. September 15, 1801, and died in 1892. With the exception of twenty years spent in Oneida county, N. Y., he was a life long resident of the locality of his birth, where he engaged in successful farming operations. He was a Whig in politics, later a Republican, and for many years he was first selectman of his town, also representing Griswold in the State Legislature. He was a member of the Baptist church. Bonaparte Cambell married, November 11, 1819, Susan, daughter of Captain Nathan Brown, a sea captain of North Kingston, R. I. The following of their children attained mature years: Allen B., John L., Sarah C., James H., of whom further, and Napoleon B.
