Genealogy of a Campbell Family from Virginia,
Some Descendants of Whitaker Campbell (1727-1814) through Nine Generations
Third Generation
14. William Campbell Jr. (William , Whitaker ) was born on 24 May 1798 in near Mangohick, King William, Virginia. He died in Oct 1844.
William was the teacher of a boy's school in the immediate vicinity of an old Colonial Church in King and Queen County called "Mattapony." He walked to his school every morning and attended service at the church on Sunday. "Letters from him to the different members of the family were written in a fine clear hand and sound serious, religious, almost morbid in their advice for calm Godly lives."
William married Priscilla Courtney daughter of Captain Robert Courtney "Sr." and Priscilla Campbell on 22 Sep 1818. Priscilla was born on 11 Nov 1797. She died on 17 Jul 1843.
They had the following children:
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15. Achilles Campbell [scrapbook] (William , Whitaker ) was born on 15 Jul 1801 in Virginia. He died on 1 Jul 1882.
Archilles' nickname was "Killis." He was a farmer at Claybank Plantation at Campbells Fork in King William County. He was buried at a site near a house about 3/4 mile south of Claybank, across Fork Bridge Creek, where his grave stone lies flat with the ground.
Achilles married (1) Mary Eliza Hill daughter of John Hill , Jr. and Frances Hill.
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Achilles married (2) Anne Elizabeth Garlick.
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Achilles married (3) Adeline Garlick.
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16. Colonel George Whitaker Campbell [scrapbook] 1, 2 (William , Whitaker ) was born on 11 Nov 1806 in King William, Virginia. He died on 16 Sep 1881 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He was buried in Sep 1881 in Chicago Graceland Cemetery, Cook, Illinois.
GEORGE W. CAMPBELL was a clerk for several years in King William County, Virginia. In the early part of 1830, when he was nearly 24 years old, he wended his way West, and on horseback rode to the City of Louisville, Kentucky, which in those days, was no small undertaking. From Louisville, he took a boat to St. Louis "in search of fame and fortune." There he met William Hempstead, who was engaged in business in Galena, then a great mining center. At a salary of $25 a month, he was hired by Mr. Hempstead and the two together took a boat for Galena, where they arrived in April 1830.
George married first, in 1832 at Louisville, Kentucky, ELIZA B. CALMES of St Louis, Missouri, born July 2, 1809 at Shenandoah County, Virginia, daughter of Colonel Spencer N. Calmes. Their marriage license was issued September 19, 1832 at Christian County, Kentucky. She died October 22, 1833 at Galena, Illinois, and is buried there in the old cemetery. George married second at Sinsinawa Mound, Wisconsin, ELIZA JOANNA BRADY.
For several years he remained in Mr. Hempstead's employ, and finally purchased his stock of goods. In partnership with D. B. Morehouse, the lead smelting and general merchandise firm of Campbell & Morehouse was established. In 1835, his younger brother Ben joined the firm. Four years later, with LeGrand Morehouse, the business took the name Campbell, Morehouse & Co. In 1844, the four partners closed out the business, and George Campbell turned to the grocery trade. In the 1858-59 city directory, he is listed as a "wholesale grocer, dealer in provisions and boat stores, commission and forwarding merchant" with business offices at No. 35 Levee Street and at the new rail depot.
His home was on Prospect Street on the south half of Lots 6 and 7 in the unnumbered block between Spring Street and Gear Street. He also apparently owned Lots 1 and 2 in Block 13 of Soulard's Subdivision; Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Block 42 of Bridgeport Subdivision; and the east half of Lot 6 in Block 32 in East Galena on the corner of Third and Jackson Streets.
George W. Campbell was also active in the community. At a town meeting held September 7, 1835, he was chosen to be the first clerk of the incorporated Town of Galena. He was also a Director of the Galena Branch of the State Bank of Illinois (1835), Trustee of the Galena Library Association (1838), Town Assessor (1836), Treasurer of the Town of Galena (1837, 1838, and 1849), Treasurer of the Galena Chamber of Commerce (1838), member of the Chamber of Commerce Committee of Appeals (1839), Secretary of the Galena Colonization Society (1839), member of a committee calling for a convention to consider annexation to Wisconsin (1840), Election Judge (1841), and Director of the Galena Insurance Company (1851).
In April 1861, he was nominated to preside over the town's first war meeting. In September 1861, at the commencement of the Civil War, he was appointed Captain and Commissary of Subsistence by President Lincoln. In December 1862 he was assigned to Benton Barracks, Missouri, and in September 1864 he was assigned to a post at Chicago, Illinois. He was promoted to Major in March 1865 and to Colonel in July 1865. He held this position until September 1866 when he was mustered out of the service. After the war, he stayed in Chicago and lived at 142 Ashland Avenue.
After passage of the Bankrupt Act, he was often designated as an Assignee in bankruptcy, and he was still settling several estates at the time of his death, age 74.
George married (1) Eliza B. Calmes in 1832 in Louisville, Kentucky.
George married (2) Eliza Joanna Brady daughter of Thomas Brady and Harriet Jones on 12 Feb 1835 in Sinsinawa Mound, Grant, Wisconsin. Eliza was born on 10 Aug 1817 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. She was christened on 16 Mar 1820 in St. Louis King Fr., St. Louis, Missouri. She died on 10 Jan 1878 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. She was buried in Jan 1878 in Chicago Graceland Cemetery, Cook, Illinois.
A member of the Presbyterian Church for five and twenty years, Mrs. Campbell illustrated in her life all the virtues of wife, mother, friend and neighbor. Warm hearted, generous, sympathetic, intelligent, she attracted to herself friends wherever she was known, and who now morn over her death as that of a pure and noble woman beloved and esteemed by all who had the happiness to know her.
Mrs. Campbell was noted for her independence of thought, and frankness of expression. Her mental traits and personal address were such as commanded the deference and respect of those with whom was brought into contact. A devoted wife, fond mother, firm friend, consistent Christian, she leaves her name in our memories as one whose many excellences we would imitate, and as among the vast majority who, faithful upon earth, have entered into the "Rest of the Righteous."
Eliza Campbell died, age 60. They are buried at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.
George and Eliza had the following children:
18. Benjamin Herdon Campbell [scrapbook] (William , Whitaker ) was born on 1 Sep 1816 in Mangoric, King William, Virginia. He died on 27 Nov 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He was buried in Jan 1891 in Chicago Graceland Cemetery, Cook, Illinois.
Ben came to Galena in the Fall of 1835, being at that time 19 years of age. The steamer "Winnebago," upon which he arrived, was 13 days making the passage from St. Louis. He was first employed by his brother George in the firm of Campbell & Morehouse. In 1839, with LeGrand Morehouse, he purchased an interest in the house of Campbell & Morehouse, and the firm was then changed to Campbell, Morehouse & Co. In 1844, this firm sold out their entire stock of goods, and closed business. Ben Campbell then entered into the commission business. Soon after, he took in as a partner Myers F. Truett, and the firm took the name of Campbell & Truett. This firm lasted but a short time. He then commenced business in the wholesale grocery trade, with Capt. Orrin Smith as a partner, under the firm name of Campbell & Smith. This firm was in existence about two years, and after its dissolution he carried on the business for a short time on his own account. Later, he brought his brother-in-law, J. Russell Jones, who was then his chief clerk and bookkeeper, into the firm as a co-partner. This firm was called B. H. Campbell & Co.
About the year 1850, he organized the Minnesota Packet Company. The steamer "Argo" was its first boat. The running of the boats of this company proved to be a success financially, not only to the company, but it opened up a large and profitable trade with the river and interior towns of Iowa and Wisconsin above Galena, and the entire state of Minnesota. The company also contributed very largely to the economic development of these states and was a source of wealth to the merchants of Galena. It was afterwards called the Galena, Dubuque, Dunleith & Minn. Packet Co; then the Northwestern Packet Co., and a few years later, it was merged into the Keokuk and Northern Line Packet Companies, later styled the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Co., running between St. Louis, Keokuk and St. Paul.
On the opening of the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railroad, the wholesale business at Galena was rapidly directed to Chicago. Several of Galena's heaviest dealers retired or changed their business. In 1861 the firm of B. H. Campbell & Co. closed out, Mr. Jones having been appointed U. S. Marshal of the Northern District of Illinois. On retiring from the grocery trade, Mr. Campbell purchased the "Jennie Whipple," "Keokuk," and "Kate Cassell," and established a daily line between Davenport and Keokuk, carrying the U. S. mails. He afterwards built the steamers "Keithsburg" and "New Boston," and added them to the line. After operating this line for several years, he sold out to the Northern Line and the Keokuk Packet Co., for the sum of $95,000. Mr. Campbell also built in 1859 the first and only steamer ever built in Dubuque, Iowa. She was called the "Dexter." He also built two barges, the "Annie" and the "Jessie." In 1869 Mr. Campbell was appointed by President Grant to be U. S. Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois, which position he held for eight years. After receiving the appointment, he moved with his family to Chicago. He was one of the largest stockholders in the West Division Horse Railroad Co., of which he was Vice President. He was also a Director of the National Bank of Illinois at Chicago and of the Union Hide and Leather Co.
Ben Campbell mysteriously disappeared from his home on Thanksgiving evening, November 27, 1890. His body was pulled from the Chicago River near the Rush Street bridge on January 28, 1891. Most biographies give his date of death as November 27, 1890, age 76. The Cook County Index of Death Certificates shows his death as November 28, 1890. They are buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. His middle name appears incorrectly as "Hendron" and his years of birth and death are incorrectly shown as 1813-1889 on his grave. The plot card shows his death as January 28, 1891.
Benjamin married Eliza Harriet Scott daughter of Hon. Andrew Scott and Eliza Jones on 20 Jul 1837 in Sinsinawa Mound, Grant, Wisconsin. Eliza was born on 9 Jul 1818. She died on 19 Mar 1874 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. She was buried in Mar 1874 in Chicago Graceland Cemetery, Cook, Illinois.
They had the following children:
20. Emily Pollard Campbell (Alexander , Whitaker ) was born in 1797. She died on 13 Oct 1842.
Emily married Edward Fox son of Joseph Stephen Fox and Elizabeth Campbell on 30 Nov 1815. Edward was born in 1796 in King and Queen, Virginia. He died on 15 Oct 1835.
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21. Alexander Campbell Jr. (Alexander , Whitaker ) was born on 27 Apr 1829 in King and Queen, Virginia.
Alexander married Elizabeth Muse Healy on 21 Dec 1848. Elizabeth was born on 3 Sep 1832.
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23. Thomas Whitaker Campbell (Whitaker , Whitaker ) was born in 1817. He died in 1893.
Thomas married Louise S. Dunston.
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28. Whitaker Hill Campbell (James , Whitaker ) was born on 7 Jul 1805 in Shawnee Run, Mercer, Kentucky. He died in 1888/1890.
In 1833 they moved to Garrard County, Kentucky. They lived at Bryantsville. He was for many years engaged as an educator and was principal of the Cane Run Academy. He served fifteen years as magistrate and member of the court of claims of Garrard County. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, belonged to "the old court party," was an old line Whig, an uncompromising Union man, and a Republican. He acted as agent for pensioners of the Revolution, obtained bounty land for soldiers of the War of 1812, and lost fifteen slaves by the Civil War.
Whitaker married Pamelia H. Perkins on 14 Feb 1828. Pamelia was born on 10 Mar 1810.
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30. William Lewis Campbell (James , Whitaker ) was born on 1 May 1812 in Shawnee Run, Mercer, Kentucky. He died on 8 Jan 1890.
He is listed as William P. Campbell in several sources.
William married (1) Delicia Wood daughter of John Wood on 7 Feb 1850 in Shawnee Run, Mercer, Kentucky. Delicia was born on 7 Feb 1814 in Mercer, Kentucky. She died on 25 Apr 1863 in Marion, Cole, Missouri.
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William married (2) Mary Hupp Shull on 23 Jun 1864 in Moniteau, Missouri.
William married (3) Elizabeth Martin on 9 Jan 1868.
35. Mary James Campbell (James , Whitaker ) was born in 1825 in Kentucky. She died on 24 Sep 1893 in Nevada, Missouri.
Mary Campbell believed she was Queen Victoria of England and died 1893 in a mental institution in Missouri.
Mary married (1) William Caldwell about 1837.
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Mary married (2) George Moore about 1845 in Kentucky. George was born on 4 Feb 1811 in Crab Orchard, Garrard, Kentucky. He died in 1883 in near Belton, Missouri.
George Moore was once a wealthy man. In 1855, He moved his family to Cass Co, Missouri, near Belton. When the Civil War threatened, he moved his family and slaves to Texas. The move to Texas killed most his slaves with typhoid, and he also lost his horses and mules. He freed the remaining slaves and traded his carriage for supplies to return to Cass Co, Missouri, in poverty. George and Mary Moore are buried in Belton, Cass Co, Missouri.
George and Mary had the following children:
36. Anna Porter Campbell (James , Whitaker ) was born in 1828 in Kentucky.
Anna married Henry Alfred Key son of Henry Key and Judith George in 1849. Henry was born in 1822. He died in Texas.
They had the following children:
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37. Alexander Campbell (James , Whitaker ) was born on 15 Apr 1834 in Mercer, Kentucky.
At fifteen years of age he left
home and went to Independence, Missouri, where he resided for many years, being
engaged extensively in the milling and grocery business.
He married first, in 1855, ARDENIA HOCKENSMITH, daughter of Dr. Newton
Hockensmith of Independence, Missouri. They had two children before she died in
the fall of 1866 at Independence, Missouri. He moved to Jassamine County,
Kentucky and married second, in 1867, SALLIE B. HILL of Jassamine County,
Kentucky. They had three children. In 1869 they moved back to Missouri and
settled in Lafayette County. She died in 1871 at Lexington, Missouri. In 1871
he moved to Christian County, Kentucky where he married third, May 3, 1870,
ELIZABETH GRAEME McCARROLL, daughter of Dr. John McCarroll , a prominent
physician of Hopkinsville and an old settler of Christian County. They had two
children.
At the time of the Civil War, he enlisted in the First Missouri Confederate
Volunteer Cavalry and was made captain of his company. He was in the battles of
Lexington and Pea Ridge. Most of his soldier life, however, was spent in
scouting expeditions.
In Christian County, Kentucky, he engaged in the grain and mercantile business in the town of Casky, and after moving to Hopkinsville shortly afterward, gave his attention to the revenue business and that of city tax collector, having served in the capacity of Deputy Sheriff for several years. He was a man of social prominence and substantial worth, and was held in general esteem by his fellow citizens. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. He was identified with the Democratic party, which honored him with the nomination for important official positions on several occasions. He was magistrate and commissioner of the Western Kentucky Asylum for the Insane. [L. D. Husbands, Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, 1904, pages 30-32]
Alexander married (1) Ardenia Hockensmith daughter of Dr. Newton Hockensmith in 1855. Ardenia died in 1866 in Independence, Missouri.
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Alexander married (2) Sallie B. Hill in 1867.
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Alexander married (3) Elizabeth Graeme McCarroll daughter of Dr. John McCarroll on 3 May 1870.
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