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Hey everyone....would anyone have any information on a Richard H. Campbell
and Mary Jane Campbell who are buried in the Congressional Cemetery in DC?
Woudl appreciate anything you may be able to pass along...Thanks, Elizabeth
in Fairport, NY
I am seeking information on the ancestors of Eleazar CAMPBELL , b. PA
1829, to Michael and Polly Campbell, married Sarah HAZEN (HASEN) and
moved to Wisconsin before 1860. Any information appreciated.Will be
happy to share information on Eleazar after he moved to Wisconsin.
Karen Anderson Downing
Hopefully someone on the list will have some good news for me. I have
recently learned some new information concerning my Great Great Great
Grandmother Julia Ann Campbell..............
Her father was Jason Campbell b ca 1797 VA (according to the 1850 census)
Per this same census......his wife's name is Jane b ca 1799 SC (one daughter
md in 1854 and an Anna Campbell signed her consent). So her name could be
Anna not Jane or both.
Jason was in Spartenburg Co. SC 1820 and 1830.
I have not located him in 1840.
In 1850 he was in Benton Co. AL (now Calhoun Co.)
All of his children were listed as being born in SC with the last one being
born ca 1843.
He is not listed in the 1860 Calhoun Co. Census although most of his children
and their spouses still live there. So I assume he has died by this time.
Known Children are:
Two Unidentified Males b ca 1820-1825
One Unidentified Male b ca 1825-1830
One Unidentified Female b ca 1820-1825
**All of the unidentified children are either md or dead by the 1850
census....
One Unidentified Female b ca 1825-1830 (maybe the Gooly below????)
Gooly? female b ca 1830 SC
Missouri b ca 1832 SC
Sarah b ca 1834 SC
Catherine b ca 1836 SC
Chester b ca 1837 SC
Caleb b ca 1839 SC
Julia b ca 1841 SC
Nancy E. b ca 1843 SC
Of these......
Julia Ann Campbell md 12-29-1854 to William B. Crawford in Benton/Calhoun Co.
AL
Caleb Campbell md 6-17-1860 to Sarah Jane Crossley in Calhoun Co. AL
****Benton Co. AL was renamed to Calhoun Co.
Any help will be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Debbie Henderson
To David Campbell, New Lennox, (USA)
No I was not the originator of the CCS(NA) 'Journal' but the second
long-term editor. My predecessor as editor for ten years was Lyle Campbell
of Virginia Beach Virginia, USA, whose ancestor's handsome 18th century
stone house still stands in that state - although out of the family. Before
him there were two or three valiant souls who each produced a few issues of
a Newsletter , turning that into the 'Journal.' Lyle made the Journal into
a regular quarterly of magazine format and his contribution to what we have
today was considerable.
Many thanks for your kind comments about the (14?) years I have been editor
of the Clan Campbell Society (North America) quarterly 'Journal.'
Producing 56 to 60 pages in my spare time from work had sometimes been a
sweat but it has always been deeply satisfying and of course I could never
have done any of it without the members paying their dues each year and
sending in articles - or material for articles - which always filled the
pages beyond capacity so that some of them are now passed on to my highly
qualified successor, Patricia 'Patti' Coller, in a bunch of files. The
support from the officers of the Society and my colleagues in the effort
were continual and essential and the Journal owes much to them.
Not that we don't always need new material on North American or other
Campbells - from the Yukon and Alaska to Yucatan and Arizona, (yes, there
are Campbells in Mexico) or from Prince Edward Island and Maine to Palm
Springs and Baja or Vancouver to the Florida Keys. Hopefully there are also
Campbells in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands - there are certainly plenty
of Campbell ancestry in Jamaica - some of them likely my own cousins.
Kevin Campbell, a computer professional member in Virginia, has the idea
that ll the old issues of the Journal could be scanned onto CD Rom for
sale - but the cost would be about $5,000 and there is a large question as
to whether you could sell enough at $40-$50 (US) each to make the effort
break even. At some point a subscription list of pledgers might be tried
here to see how many people might be interested - but I leave that to
others.
David, I would encourage you to keep speculating about historical and
genealogical possibilities, since often only by conjecture and trying out
theories can we envisage unusual avenues of research which may find us facts
we didn't know existed.
For myself I have found that the trick is not to become wedded to any theory
so that I am open to new information based upon newly discovered facts. At
pesent I only have one theory I am having a hard time un-glueing myself
from, which I still have hopes of proving - the glue just helps to keep me
searching and open to new ideas, but I don't go public while I am glued to
it.
One of the saddest experiences of my life was when a good friend with whom I
worked told me that the minister of the new church he and his family had
joined had told his congregation that being 'open minded' was a 'sin.' In
my book, if God had not been open minded he would not have allowed us to
rampage all over the earth trying to figure out how to be part of Him - and
so on. I guess if someone wants to control other people they tell them not
to be open-minded, but just to listen to them alone. The only hope for the
future of our genealogy and research is keeping an open mind, even after we
figure we have all the facts - who knows if great-great-grandfather had the
right date put on his tombstone (since he was no longer able to instruct the
mason) - or if great-great-grandmother told the census her true age, having
still a maidenly modesty?
All we can do is record the facts as we find them and keep open to new
information.
The one plea I would make here is that people researching their genealogy
should learn the lesson I only learned rather late in life, which is to
pause in the excitement of "collecting names" long enough to realize that
they are virtually useless to future generations without the supporting
evidence.
A professional historian taught me that the basis of all serious research
was something he called "an Appendix of Entries."
This is a list (organized chronologically - by order of dates) in which we
record every documented reference to those we are researching. Here is an
example of one entry from my own family:
1575 10th of November, at Ardchattan (Argyll)
Obligation by Colin Campbell of Barbreck and others including
Dugald Campbell of Ineraw (Inverawe) for behoof and at
the command of John Campbell of Calder (Cawdor),
to pay to John, Bishop of the Isles, the sum of 1,600 merks.
(Coll. de Reb. Alb. pp. 8-9)
For quick reference it is sometimes useful to put the year first, followed
in relevant cases by the date when the deed or whatever was registered, the
place where it was written, and then a brief transcript of the main
information given in the text, followed last by the reference. I notice
that I have a second and fuller copy of this information found in the 'Books
of Council and Session, Register of Deeds, Vol. 15', but did not give the
page number, which is going to mean going back to find that. Then there is
another reference to this meeting at the Priory of Ardchattan on that date
with other information found in the transcripts in the 8 volumes of 'Clan
Campbell' produced by Campbell of Barcaldine earlier in the last century,
whose reference is ('Clan Campbell' VI 30, printed in full in Coll. de Rebus
Albinicus, 8-9)
Now I know that these Scottish references are unlikely to be used by most
North American researchers - perhaps more Canadian than US people - but the
idea is to illustrate the system of recording the information and a similar
format can be used.
This kind of list of Appendix of Entries (the name is not important) is the
one firm basis for writing a family history or producing a family tree and -
as the name implies - can be published at the back of any family history
book as the supporting information.
Now the above quoted references are from what is known as "Secondary
Sources" - that is published transcripts or old copies. When you take
information from a birth certificate or marriage registry, those are
"Primary Sources" and therefore more reliable. Census data and tombstone
inscriptions may be less reliable yet I believe they would be considered
"Primary Sources."
David, I answered you on the 'List' in case the ideas were of any value to
anyone else, not because I thought you particularly needed them.
Sincerely and gratefully, Diarmid
----- Original Message -----
From: <CCampb7029(a)aol.com>
To: <Campbell-L(a)genealogy.org>
Cc: <CCampb7029(a)aol.com>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 11:33 AM
Subject: Diarmid and Patti Coller
> Thank you Diarmid for the Clan Campbell Journal. I don't
> know if you are the originator but you have kept my interest from
> my beginnings. You're just the facts please approach has kept
> a purity about it. My speculative letters to you were answered
> with if its not factual we don't comment. It has not stopped me
speculating
> but I know that whatever I read in the journal is fact.
> I look forward to every copy and read every word. There is no
> way I can praise you enough. Thanks again for the many years.
> I would l;ike to welcome Patti Coller. Thank you for taking on
> this daunting job. I sincerely hope that in the coming years you will
enjoy
> it. I look forward to our spring issue.
> Sincerely, David Campbell New Lenox
>
> P.S. Thanks for the first video and helping with our written history
Diarmid.
>
A new link was posted on my NC rootsweb this AM that should interest our
Campbell researchers. Check it out;
It is called British Regulars-
http://www.digitalhistory.org/british regulars.htm
This is where all the Campbell brothers we are looking for entered America.
If anyone has any ideas of where to write to obtain British enlistment
applications and/or service records, please post it for all of us. Thanx,
Ginny Keefer
Thank you Diarmid for the Clan Campbell Journal. I don't
know if you are the originator but you have kept my interest from
my beginnings. You're just the facts please approach has kept
a purity about it. My speculative letters to you were answered
with if its not factual we don't comment. It has not stopped me speculating
but I know that whatever I read in the journal is fact.
I look forward to every copy and read every word. There is no
way I can praise you enough. Thanks again for the many years.
I would l;ike to welcome Patti Coller. Thank you for taking on
this daunting job. I sincerely hope that in the coming years you will enjoy
it. I look forward to our spring issue.
Sincerely, David Campbell New Lenox
P.S. Thanks for the first video and helping with our written history Diarmid.
I am looking for Edward (Eddie) Campbell who lived in the Pittsburgh
Penna. area. He would have been born around 1920-1925 and served
in the US Army during WW II. He was in the Army band as a
musician. If you have any information about ancestors,
descendants or whereabouts, please contact me.
TIA
David A. Lovejoy dlovejoy(a)nb.net
My grandmother, Barbara Campbell was born in Nova Scotia. The only thing I
have to go on is that her marriage certificiate says Big Bras D'or. After
that, I have no idea where to look for her. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Father Angus Campbell, Mother, Lucy (?)
children:
Barbara Campbell, b. 1871
Donald B. Campbell, b. 1865
Mary B. Campbell, b. 1867
Catherine Campbell, b. 1870
Jackie
I am searching for information on my great grandmother
Mary Campbell-Gunn born about 1839 in Nova Scotia.
She married my great grandfather Alexander Gunn who
emigrated from Caithness, Scotland.
They had two children: Annie born 21 July 1870 and
Alexander Donald born 18 April 1872; both born
in East River St. Mary's, Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
Any information would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Vivian Warren
Chateauguay, Quebec
(suburb of Montreal)
Keep Open Forever,
The Road to Yesterday.
Hi, listers:
Received this on another list, thought it was good info to pass along....
Caroline
Researching: Bell, Campbell, Clark, Cohoe, Fielding/Feilding, Hillard,
Maloney, Orr, Poe, Shultz, Thomas, Withrow.....many more!
Dating Tombstones
One way to help find the era your ancestor was buried is to examine
the material from which the tombstone is made. If your ancestor has a
stone made of slate or common fieldstone (except wood used by pioneers),
chances are the stone dates from 1796-1830.
* If the stone is flat-topped hard marble, dates are about 1830-1849.
* If the "mystery" stone is round or pointed soft marble with cursive
inscriptions, look for a date of 1845-1868.
* Masonic four-sided stones began in 1850 and are still in use today.
* Pylons, columns and all exotic-style monuments are usually dated
1860-1900.
* Zinc monuments date from 1870-1900.
* Granite, now common, came into use about 1900.
If the writing is too faded to read, use a 75 watt black light bulb in any
lamp that casts light directly on the written message. The writing will
miraculously appear.
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Dear Rob and Elle Campbell,
I mentioned previously to you, and some others, that Governor Tom
Vilsack, our wonderful Iowa governor, was our speaker at Rotary last
Monday. Because of its historic importance, I gave him a printout of THE
HONEY WAR which you so thoughtfully shared with all of us. Yesterday, the
Governor's office called and his administrative assistant thanked me
(should have been you) saying "the Governor wants to keep it". I had
suggested that he might want to pass it along to the State historian.
Several wonderful Campbell respondents sent copies following my request.
Thank you to those previously acknowledged and to
G. Partain, Howard & Myrtle Bridges, Kim, G. Douglas, Jeanette, Bob
Creviston, J. Glenn Campbell, Sidney Harrison and others inadvertently
not mentioned. You are all SO wonderful and we are grateful. ALAN &
MIRIAM CAMPBELL (Iowa)
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Hey Campbell researchers; Someone listed a great site and I want to
encourage others to check it out. Patrick, Robert, Joseph, and Gilbert
Campbell as well as Montgomery's and Steel's are on many pages. There are
about 1800 pages and an index listed at the end of first section so you do
not have to read every page to locate your surname of interest.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/index.htm
Ginny Keefer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe McD.Campbell" <joec(a)cruachan.net>
To: <CAMPBELL-L(a)emcee.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 9:22 AM
Subject: test message
> Haven't received any mail in a while so thought I'd test it.
>
>
Would like to hear from any Campbell's in and around Elkhorn, WI area.
My GGGfather came to Elkhorn in 1836 from Scotland, DUNCAN CAMPBELL. He
settled in the area, married SUSANNA BROWN born in Ohio about 1820. And
raised a family of 6 children:
John D. born 1850
Ellen M. born 1852
Catherine A. born 1854
James Archibald born 1856
Francis E. born 1859
Hannah Elizabeth born 1861
He died 23 Feb 1885 and is buried at Hazel Ridge Cemetery in Elkhorn. I
know Susanna his wife was alive in 1885 but don't know when she died or
if she is buried by him. Are there records for that cemetery, if so
could anyone check for her name? If any of these names sound familiar,
please contact.
Thanks, Lana
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To: dianes(a)halcyon.com
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:31:21 -0600
Subject: Wash. Co., Pa.
I noticed you have an ancestor Robert CAMPBELL who
married Martha Paxton. I've got a couple of CAMPBELL
men who passed through the area.
The first one is per family legend: An Alexander CAMPBELL
whose daughter Anne married in the 1770's to James HANNA.
He was supposedly a Rev. war officer.
N.F.I. on him, and I've never found any clues.
The second one is also Alexander CAMPBELL, married in 1796
in Franklin Co., Pa. to Isabell DAVIDSON. I believe he might
have been in Washington Co., Pa. for a while, but was in
Trumbull Co., Ohio by 1820, where he died in teh 1840's.
Corinne Hanna Diller
Houston, TX
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Dear Campbells & Others,
OK, Folks, Another hoax that has been going around about Microsoft
tracking forwarded e-mails & paying out $. It is supposed to be set up
like a chain letter(e-mail). All it takes is a little research to get to
the truth. I went to Microsoft's site & searched with "e-mail tracking"
and immediately found a disclaimer document. Don't fall for these
things that sound too good to be true without checking around first.
They usually ARE too good to be true.
Yours Aye, Elle Campbell
The document can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/hoax/05-13hoax.html
Dear Campbells & Others,
OK, Folks, Another hoax that has been going around about Microsoft
tracking forwarded e-mails & paying out $. It is suuposed to be set up
like a chain letter(e-mail). All it takes is a little research to get to
the truth. I went to Microsoft's site & searched with "e-mail tracking"
and immediately found this document. Don't fall for these things that
sound too good to be true without checking around first. They ususally
are too bggod to be true.
Yours Aye, Elle Campbell
http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/hoax/05-13hoax.htm
I be stumped! Patrick Campbell b. Dec 1833 Ireland is my GGGrandfather, but
don't know anything about his Ancestry or his immigration to this country. I
know that he shows up in the 1860 Sarsfield Plantation, Aroostook County,
Maine census as a 26 year old Farm Laborer. He again shows up in the 1870
census having married Frances Ellen Everett and having at that time 4
children, Frances Ann age 6, Margaret age 4 (my greatgrandmother), George
Wm. age 2, and Laura May age 1 month. He again shows in the 1880 Fort
Fairfield, Aroostook County, Maine census with the above clildren plus 5
more, Eva R. age 6, Joseph age 5, Charles age 3, and twins Herbert and
Arthur born the previous Nov.
Frances Ann married Ruel W. Philbrook Aug 14 1882, and Margaret married
Jesse L. Philbrook in 1883.
Does anyone have anything on this Patrick Canpbells lineage, I would very
much appreciate any knowledge at all.
Sincerely,
Keith A. Philbrook
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I am looking for info on the family of WASHINGTON CAMPBELL m. MARTHA POLLY
THOMPSON. He was born abt 1825. The children of that union were, ABRAHAM,
DANIEL GOODE, MARTIN. THOMAS, PHOEBY, and ELIZABETH. My ggrandfather DANIEL
GOODE CAMPBELL b. 1845, d. 1916, m. ELIZABETH STEVENS THOMPSON on Feb. 12,
1867. The children of that union were MINNIE ARDINIA, LELIA ADDA, JOHN
RANDOLPH, NANNIE VIRIGINIA, MAGGIE ELIZABETH, HENRIAN LOUISE, BESSIE CRYSTAL,
CLEVVIE GRACE, and FLORRIE MELVA.
All of the above lived in Nelson, Co., Va.
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Dear Rob & Elle,
Did you (or anyone out there) retain a copy of the Jan 18 letter
containing the history and delightful poem about the 1839 border dispute
between Iowa and Missouri? Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa was our speaker at
Rotary Club and I handed him my copy. Now I want it for my file and, in
haste, failed to keep a copy. Thanks. ALAN
CAMPBELL (Iowa)
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