Isabella Greenleaf Campbell

Brief Life History of Isabella Greenleaf

When Isabella Greenleaf Campbell was born about June 1858, in Ohio, United States, her father, Rev William Alexander Campbell, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ann Turner, was 28. She married Fielding Donaldson, Jr. on 12 August 1886. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Greenville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Beaver, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. She died on 23 May 1893, at the age of 35.

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Family Time Line

Fielding Donaldson, Jr.
1851–
Isabella Greenleaf Campbell
1858–1893
Marriage: 12 August 1886
William Fielding Donaldson
1887–1959
Margaret M. Donaldson
1889–

Sources (9)

  • Izabella Campbell, "United States, Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Isabella G. Campbell - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Belle G. Donaldson
  • Belle Campbell, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1775-1991"

World Events (8)

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.

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.

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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