Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Campbell was born on 12 February 1867, in Burnet, Texas, United States, his father, Samuel Hardesty Campbell, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Ann King, was 21. He married Annie Bell Kirkpatrick in 1898, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Williamson, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 7, Coleman, Texas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 8 November 1963, in Milan, Gibson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Santa Anna, Coleman, Texas, United States.
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- Henry Campbell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Henry Campbell, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Henry Campbell in entry for Campbell, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
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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.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
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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