Brief Life History of Harvey
When Harvey Campbell was born on 10 August 1843, in Washington Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, his father, Samuel Campbell, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Hunter, was 27. He married Mary Ann Brown on 22 August 1864, in Industry, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Jefferson Township, Ross, Ohio, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 14 July 1894, in Bergholz, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, at the age of 50.
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- Harvey Campbell in household of Samuel Campbell, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jefferson Harvey Campbell - Government record: birth-name: Jefferson Harvey Campbell
- Harry H. Campbell, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .
Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .
English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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