Brief Life History of James A.
When James A. Campbell was born on 1 February 1821, in Perry, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Campbell, was 65 and his mother, Samantha Smith, was 46. He married Nancy Ann Gray in 1845, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Boston Township, Franklin, Arkansas, United States in 1850 and Mulberry Township, Johnson, Arkansas, United States in 1860. He died on 5 June 1864, in Johnson, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Ozark, Franklin, Arkansas, United States.
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- James Campbell in household of Jesse Brown, "United States Census, 1860"
- James Campbell, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Campbell, "United States Census, 1850"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
1833
Historical Boundaries - 1833: Johnson, Arkansas Territory, United States; 1836: Johnson, Arkansas, United States
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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