Brief Life History of Earnest Lee
When Earnest Lee Campbell was born on 25 December 1867, in Loami, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Jeremiah Campbell, was 23 and his mother, Mary A. Wheeler, was 18. He married Tirzah Large on 25 December 1888, in Linn, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 21 October 1933, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Campbell Cemetery, Loami Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.
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- Ernest Campbell, "United States Census, 1910"
- Earnest Lee Campbell, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Lee Campbell, "Oregon Marriages, 1853-1935"
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
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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