William H Campbell

Brief Life History of William H

When William H Campbell was born in 1811, in Virginia, United States, his father, George Jesse Campbell, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Dobkins, was 35. He married Matilda Bird on 5 August 1835, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Kanawha, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and West Virginia, United States in 1870. He died in 1870, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

William H Campbell
1811–1870
Matilda Bird
1810–1897
Marriage: 5 August 1835
Flary E Campbell
1840–
Virginia Ellen Campbell
1844–1932
William H Campbell
1848–1910
Micajah Morgan Campbell
1853–1926
James C Campbell
1858–1929
Rev Harvey Columbus Campbell
1860–1942

Sources (11)

  • William H Campbell, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Wm E Campbell, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
  • William H. Campble in entry for James Crawford Campble, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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