Jackson Legrand Campbell

Brief Life History of Jackson Legrand

When Jackson Legrand Campbell was born in January 1868, in Dale, Alabama, United States, his father, William E Campbell, was 25 and his mother, Mary Ann Martha Jerkins, was 22. He married Alice V. Peacock on 9 January 1890, in Dale, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Geneva, Geneva, Alabama, United States for about 10 years and Opp, Covington, Alabama, United States in 1930. He died on 19 January 1937, in Georgiana, Butler, Alabama, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Pondtown Cemetery, Hartford, Geneva, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jackson Legrand Campbell
1868–1937
Alice V. Peacock
1873–1929
Marriage: 9 January 1890
Mattea Mattie C Campbell
1891–1973
Millie Ceola Campbell
1894–1929
Callie Vedora Campbell
1895–1974
Festus Bascom Campbell
1899–1970
Vinnie Campbell
1904–
Oren Theo Campbell
1904–1977
Shelburne Grady Campbell
1907–1984
Velura Estora Campbell
1910–1983
Alice Edna Campbell
1911–1984
Jerald Lynnon Campbell
1912–1969
Herbert Lamar Campbell
1917–1993

Sources (17)

  • Jack Campbell, "United States Census, 1930"
  • J. L. Campbell and A. V. Peacock , "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957" (1890)
  • Jackson L. Campbell, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974" (1937)

World Events (8)

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.

1868

Historical Boundaries: 1868: Geneva, Alabama, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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