Brief Life History of Wiley Buchanan
When Wiley Buchanan Campbell was born in 1868, in Texas, United States, his father, James Berry Campbell, was 31 and his mother, Hannah Buchanan, was 34. He lived in Anderson, Texas, United States in 1870 and Prairie Grove, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died on 29 September 1894, at the age of 26.
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- Wiley B Campbell in household of James Campbell, "United States Census, 1870"
- W. B. Campbell in the U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s
- Wiley Campbell in the Texas, U.S., Convict and Conduct Registers, 1875
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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.
1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed
A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
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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