Brief Life History of Mary Frances
When Mary Frances Campbell was born on 7 February 1863, in Marion, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Farley Campbell, was 42 and her mother, Mary Ann Farley, was 30. She married William Alexander Campbell on 22 March 1882, in Dunklin, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870. She died on 12 October 1893, at the age of 30.
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- M F Campbell in household of W J Campbell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Francis Campbell, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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