William
CAMPBELL
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Born: 2 February 1796 in Armagh, Antrim, Ireland
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William married Rebecca ST CLAIR 3 August 1824 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rebecca ST CLAIR was born 22 August 1802 in Pennsylvania, USA. Rebecca died 10 April 1856 in Pennsylvania, USA.
William CAMPBELL died 24 April 1869 in West Wheatfield Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Rebecca ST CLAIRMarriage date: 3 August 1824
Marriage place: Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
Children of William CAMPBELL and Rebecca ST CLAIR
Hugh CAMPBELLDied: 7 August 1907, Marine on Saint Croix, Washington County, Minnesota, USA
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Birth — 17962 February 1796
Armagh, Antrim, Ireland
1824 Marriage / PartnerWilliam CAMPBELL and Rebecca ST CLAIR 3 August 1824, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
He was 28 years old.
1830 Birth of ChildHugh CAMPBELL was born 10 November 1830, Heshbon, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
William was 34 years old.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1856 Death of Spouse/PartnerRebecca ST CLAIR died 10 April 1856, , Pennsylvania, USA
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
Death — 186924 April 1869
West Wheatfield Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
He died at the age of 73.
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