Margaret Campbell

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Campbell was born about 1814, in Tennessee, United States, her father, John Campbell, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Campbell, was 28. She married Jefferson Orr on 5 February 1835, in Noxubee, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Tippah, Mississippi, United States in 1850. She died in 1850, in Fentress, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 37.

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Family Time Line

Jefferson Orr
1812–1875
Margaret Campbell
1814–1850
Marriage: 5 February 1835
Emaline Orr
1833–1878
Mary J Orr
1838–
Thomas Jefferson Orr
1844–
John A. Orr
1848–

Sources (2)

  • Margaret Orr in household of Jefferson Orr, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Margarett Campbell, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"

World Events (8)

1817

Mississippi is the 20th state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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.

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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