Margie,
Could you give me an area for Dicey Campbell? It would really help.
Beth
Margie Campbell <margecam(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Dicey Campbell was born in 1800. Interested in the following
Campbell/Wright line. Who were Dicey Campbell's parents? Who were Nancy
Campbell's parents? NOTE: Nancy was first wife of Benjamin Wright
Marge Cambpell
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U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Record
Name: Dicey Campbell
Gender: female
Birth Year: 1800
Spouse Name: Benjamin Wright
Spouse
Birth Place: VA
Spouse Birth Year: 1773
Marriage
Year: 1821
There is a large difference in their ages.. So Benjamin was old enough to be
her father, which was not uncommon back then. It does leave the fact that
he may have had children older than Dicey when they married.
Since he was said to have been married to her cousin.. I checked for that:
Database: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 October 28,
2005
5:15 PM
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View Record Name Gender Birth Year Birth Place Marriage
Year Spouse Name Spouse Birth Year Spouse
Birth Place
View Record Benjamin Wright male 1773 VA 1805 Nancy Campbell
View Record Benjamin Wright male 1773 VA 1821 Dicey Campbell 1800
Source Information:
Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
[database online]. Provo, Utah:
MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data:
This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources
including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the
information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree
charts, family history articles, queries, letters, Bible records, wills,
biographies, and manuscript genealogies.
For specific original source information contact Yates Publishing, providing
them with the Source Number, Source Type, Number of Pages, and Submitter
Code information listed for each individual.
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So now I will forward your note to the Campbell list to see if anyone in
Amherst or Nelson counties have this line.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joyce P. Mitchell [mailto:jpmitchell@bluebottle.com]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 2:12 PM
To: margecam(a)comcast.net
Subject: Dicey Campbell
Hi again. A couple weeks ago I was nosing through some more Campbellstuff,
and as usual was trying to solve this Ellis saga. I found something very
interesting. Of course at this point, I don't know of what significance it
may or may not have but I wanted to make you aware of it. If you are aware
of what I am about to tell you, then please just forgive me.
As you know, Ellis Campbell ( 1804 in VA) had a daughter named Dicey.
However the Dicey I am writing about today is NOT the daughter of Ellis.
I have seen different dates on her birth, but this Dicey was born somewhere
around 1806. She married 21 March 1821 to a Benjamin Wright in Amherst
County, Virginia. ( Note this marriage record has her born 1800, and Benj.
Wright b 1773).
This was Benjamin's second marriage. He first married a Nancy Campbell.
The post on
Rootsweb.com by Dan Wright says that Dicey was a cousin to Ben's
first wife Nancy.
Anyway, there is listed 14 children that Dicey and Benjaminhad. I am not
going to list them all, but the thing that interestedme was the following
names of some of their children...Elizabeth,Dicey, Mary, and a son named
Melander who married Polly Campbell. This Dicey who married Benjamin Wright
had a father named MatthewCampbell. Also in 1830, Lincoln County,
Tennessee, there are severalWright's listed including a couple Benjamins.
What has gotten me excited is the fact that these are the same names as
Ellis'children. It just seems like that this may be of some significance.
That is alot of names from one Campbell family just to happen that another
Campbell family has the same names. I can't help but wonder if there is a
link. As you know, back in those days alot of people were named after their
relatives, more so than today. I know there is speculation that Ellis'
dad's name might have been Cornelius. If in fact his dad's name was
Cornelius, then perhaps this Matthew who is Dicey's father could have been
his brother??? Of
course, it is just pure speculation on my part. To change the
subject, I just put in the mail today, a request for a death certificate for
Elizabeth Campbell who married E.R. Haywood. As you know, that was Ellis'
daughter. She died in Missouri in 1921. I want to see what Jefferson City
has on her death certificate as the maiden name of her mother Elizabeth. I
am aware it is debated whether it is Young or Cobb. I have a copy of the
death certificate that Jeanette gave me of Ellis' daughter Malinda who
married Joel Polk Woods and that certificate says Cobb as the maiden name of
Elizabeth. Death certificates were required by law in 1910 in Missouri. If
I knew when Fountain Campbell died, I would order his death certificate
also. He married Mary Phillips. Jeanette doesn't have a date of death for
him, but seems to think it was after 1920.
I might just start working on trying to find a date of death for him.
I hope Jefferson City gets those certificates back to me in a couple of
weeks. I will let you know what they have down if anything for the maiden
name of Elizabeth. Just curious, what do you think about this Dicey
Campbell who married Benjamin Wright? Do you think they are worth taking a
closer look at? Let me know what you think. P.S.
I know James Mehlander spelled his name Mehlander, however Dicey and
Benjamin spelled their sons name Melander. I still think it could be
of some importance. Joyce
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