Campbell Cousins
I am sending this out in hopes that, this information will get to
someone who can help the rest of us poor Campbells of this line, fill in
the blanks. Please forgive me for not mentioning the person who put
this information together, I am not sure who did this, but they put it
together nicely whoever it was, I have taken the liberty to add tid bits
of information not so much for research but to give a feel for who our
ancestors were and the times they lived in. Also whoever may veiw this
take into consideration that all of this information is subject to
question as all Genealogical information is. The J. in John Campbells
name for
instance, I have heard from others that this is not the case. I don't
think anyone really knows for sure if this is right or not at this
point.
Richard Brown
Decended from John Campbell and Aney Webster, their son George
Laffayette Campbell and Sarah (Sally) Beason and their son George
Washington Campbell and Sarah Ann Payne, and their son William Jesse
Campbell and Cora Mae Garrison and their daughter Niomi Campbell and Jim
Ray and their daughter Oredus F. Ray and Jim Brown. and ME. Thank
you all for your time.
Richard
The Family of John Campbell
In the early 1800's John J. Campbell arrived in Jackson County from
Virginia where he was born in about 1779. On May 17, 1819 he married
Aney
Webster in Madison country in the Alabama Territory and moved to
Tennessee
shortly thereafter.
John and Aney had 8 children that we know of: John R. born in 1820,
Willis
McLemore in 1823, George Lafayette in 1825, Sarah J. in 1831, Stephen in
1832, Margaret in 1833, Emaline in 1836, and Martha in 1838. By the
1850's
only his four daughters were living with John in Jackson Country and
Aney is
not listed. She probably had died by that time.
On July 2, 1840 John and Aney purchased 109 acres of land in Jackson
County
from Samuel Hughs for $584.22. There sons John, Willis and George
purchased
three parcels of land totaling 159.13 acres from Alfred Johnson on
August 3,
1845.
George, 41, and his brother, Willis, age 43, served in the Civil War,
Confederate Army, Company I, Fristoe's Regiment, Missouri Cavalry. They
both enlisted in Oregon Country, Missouri but belonged to the Army of
the
Northern Sub-District of Arkansas. Roberta Helwig granddaughter of
sarah Elizabeth (CAMPBELL) Arnett, wrote that she remembered her
grandmother telling her about some of their Civil War experiences. Her
father and brothers had to change clothes in the woods away from the
house because of the Union soldiers that were in the vicinity. They
carried their cloths out to them. They couldn't have come to the house
until they changed anyway. she said their clothes were full of vermin.
There is a diary of a Captain J. J. Sitton that ststes Aug. 10th, 1861,
a day of dredful carnage. Early in the morning the Federals, under
General Lyon and Sigel had moved down the night before and had
surrounded us and opened fire on us with artillery, on three sides. At
this time Capt. Tribble and his men were camped near the foot of what
became that day and carried the name ever since as Bloody Hill. I will
now leave off the maneuvers of the main army and try to follow this
Oregon Co. Company's actions for the day. This company moved west with
Col. Fosters Regiment. After moving west under the crest Bloody Hill
some distance they moved North. On reaching the summit, they received a
heavy fire from the enemy who was armed with long range gun. So the
company had to fall back under the crest of the hill for protection. A
second time they marched to the summit of Bloody Hill with the same
result. Several getting wounded each time. So they had to fall back
for protection again. Mcbride's Command knew very little about drill
and nothing about how to protect an army by a skirmish line. The men
appeared to be a little disheartened. It was just at this time that
Capt. Tribble brought himself prominently into notice. At the time of
his enlistment he had commenced to get gray, and must have been near 40
years of age. His men sometimes in fun called him Capt. Grey. His men
were grumbling about being shot at and being unable to return fire.
Capt. Tribble took off his hat and waving it over his head called out to
his Company to follow Old Grey and they would get to where they could
shoot. and he led his company and with his regiment went into the
thickest of the battle on Bloody Hill and fought as long as the battle
lasted. But with considerable loss to his Co. (Lieut Willis M.
Campbell) fell wounded with a broken shoulder. A.G. Anderson, afterwards
a Capt. in the confederate army fell wounded as did J.L. Young who later
became a Lieutenant in the confederate army. Allen Crass was among the
wounded. The following members of this company were killed Nick
Armstrong, John Morris, Vrisly tyree, Ben Tyree, Jackson Young and
Johnson Jeffery. several others slighly wounded. Col. Foster commander
of the reft. that Capt. tribble's Co. formed a part of was
killed.....They were now tired, foot sore and nearly destitute of
clothing and blankets, but still kept nourishing and cherishing their
old rifles and shot guns. The men were so fatiged that they almost fell
down to sleep that night, after a ration of dried peaches and mollasses
had been eaten for supper. No other rations were to be had. The men
slept without tents or covering. after all was said and done out of the
entire company of 100 men, only 27 returned home willis M. Campbell
lived in Oregon Co. as an honored citizen for many years, after the
close of the Civil War, filling the office of J.P. and District Judge of
the county court. He died around 1900.
John R. Campbell married Elender and their children were: William (b
1842),
Saran (b 1843), James (b 1845), John F. (b 1847), Milton (b 1849), and
Mary
(b 1850).
George Lafayette Campbell, 5'6", with blue eyes and light hair, married
Sarah Beason in about 1845 in Alabama and by 1860 they and nine of their
children are listed in the census of Oregon Country, Missouri: John (b
1847), William (b 1848), James F. and Mary (b 1850), Willis (b 1852),
Anna
(b 1854), Margaret (b 1857), Sarah (b 1858), and George (b 1859). After
George's death in January 1899 and burial in Elm Store, Arkansas,
apparently
George was stricken with a heart attack as he was working out at the
barn. Sarah (Sally) had to get help and of course found it difficult as
she was wheel chair bound and had been for many years. Sarah moved to
Oklahoma to live with her daughter, Catherine, and died there in
1908-1910. I remember my grandmother Niomi (CAMPBELL) Ray, who was born
on June 3rd 1915 in Van Buren Co. Damascus Ark. She told me that when
she was about 8 yrs old they made a trip to Myrtle Mo. and visited with
relatives she said she was fond of her Aunt (Catty) meaning Catherine.
George Redman Who is Catherines son, made tombstones for Sarah (sally)
(Beason) Campbell It reads (Grandma Campbell) and Sarah (Brewer)
Campbell, It reads (Aunt Sarah Campbell), This is the wife of Williiam
A. Campbell son of George Lafayette Campbell and Sarah (Sally) (Beason)
Campbell, and brother to my great great Grandfather George Washington
Campbell these stones are without dates. These are located at the
Klondike cemetary near Wynnewood OK. along with other Campbells and
Redmans. I went out to this Cemetary in June of 1998 with my father
Jimmie J. Brown shortly after the Campbell Family Reunion, it is not
easy to find if you are not familiar with the area, but it is worth the
trouble to get to it, very peaceful out there. If there are Campbells
in this area they may be able to take time and research the surrounding
cemetaries for other clues on Campbell ancestors, it took me a while to
find out who the Aunt Sarah Campbell was that is stated above.
Willis McLemore Campbell, 5'7", with blue eyes and dark hair, and Mary
Jane
Simmons were married in Alabama and had 7 known children: Sara (b
1846),
William (b 1848), Anie Ellender (b 1850), Martha (b 1852), Mary (b
1856),
Clementine (b 1859), and Alabama (b 1860). Both Clementine and Alabama
died
before 1870. Anie is said to be part Indian and it is therefore logical
that all of Willis' children were. It has not been determined which
ancestor was the Native American, nor which tribe. In that Part of the
country, it was most likely Cherokee. Willis married Anne J. Clark in
1885
in Oregon Country, MO.
Anie Ellender was married 3 times. First to Joseph Columbus Bruce (1851
-
1876) on March 30, 1870 in Alton (Oregon Country), Missouri. They had 4
children: James McLemore (1871-1935); Mary Jane (1872-1873) who lived
only
1 month; William Columbus (1874-1958); and J.F. (1876-1877) who was born
after his father's death and lived less than 2 months. James (Mack)
married
Isabelle Jones (1874-1950) in 1895 and had 12 children: George McLemore
(died at birth in 1896); Etta Josephine (1897-1946) who married Benjamin
Conway; Nora Pickney (1898-1993) who married Julius Denton; William
Louis
(1901-1967) who married (1) Beatrice Smith, (2) Effie Bailey (3) Dorothy
Hartly; James Miles (1902-1967) who married Ava Neal; Georgia Mae
(1904-1979) who married Willard Bone; Joseph Columbus (1906-1979) who
married Beulah Dunning; Erma Virgi (1907-) who married Cecil Jones; Lucy
Anie (1909-) who married R. F. Allen; Evelyn Verna (1911-)who married
Olis
Turner; Lelia Elizabeth (1913-) who married Delbert Counts; and Norma
Lorine
(1915-) who married Marvin Green.
Anie's second husband was W.T. Harrelson whom she married April 3, 1978.
They had one son, Thomas Floyd who was born in 1870 in Arkansas. Family
legend says that on a trip in a covered wagon through Oklahoma, Tommy
got
mad at his mother, left the family's wagon on horseback, and never
returned.
No one knows that happened to him.
On February 20, 1887, Anie married her 3rd husband, John Russell Clay
(1938,
Jackson Country, AL - 1907, Oregon country, MO). They had two children:
Charles Cicero (1888, Mountain Home, AR - 1955, Joplin, MO) who married
Fronia Barnes and had 2 sons; and Etter Emaline (1892, McKinney, TX -
1974,
Kansas City, MO) who married Levi Wesley Snider (1893, Fremont, MO -
1978,
Kansas City, MO) and had 8 children, of whom 6 lived to adulthood. Fern
Bluebell (b 1914) married Eugene Ritchey and had 1 daughter, Charlotte
Eileen in 1936. Adrian Offrey (1916-1964) married Mildred Long and had
1
daughter, Cheryl Annette in 1944. Nora Ilene and Ollie Maxine were
twins
born in 1918 in Earlsboro, OK. Nora died during a flu epidemic in
Carter
County, MO at age 2 months. Maxine married Olos Marshall and had 1
daughter, Jenneth Eileen in 1947. Leroy Arnold (1920-1990) married
Viola
Hooper and had 4 children: Leroy Edward in 1942, Jo Anne in 1944,
Robert
Eugene in 1947, and John Wayne in 1956. A daughter named Goldie was
born
between 1921 and 1924 and died in infancy. Levin Wesley, Jr.
(1925-1987)
married Mildred Harlow and had 2 children, James Lee in 1947 and Linda
Jeanne in 1948. Harold Robert (1930-1981) married (1) Joanne, then (2)
Janet Cee and had no children with either wife. Levin and several
members
of his family worked as railroad men after trying out several other
professions such as faming. Levin and Etter were married in Fremont,
Missouri, moved to Earlsboro, Oklahoma, then to Osawattomie, Kansas, and
finally Martin City and Kansas City, Missouri. Their families were
historically farmers but railroad work was steady, dependable and much
needed during the depression. Anie moved to Earlsboro, OK after John
Russell's death in 1907 to live with her son Will Bruce. She died in
1919
of cancer of the eye and is buried in Neal Cemetery, just outside of
Earlsboro.
NOTE: Part of this was Submitted to "Heritage of Jackson Co, AL' Book
8/97