William Hume CAMPBELL

Born

10 January 1829 , McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois, USA

Died

17 July 1895 , Illinois, USA

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John CAMPBELL Martha WHEELER

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William Hume CAMPBELL was born 10 January 1829 in McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois, USA

William Hume CAMPBELL was the child of John CAMPBELL and Martha WHEELER

and the grandchild of: (paternal) John CAMPBELL and Eleanor DENTON (maternal) William WHEELER and Elizabeth HUGHES

William Hume was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.

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William Hume married Rachel Ann GARRISON 1 March 1849 in Hamilton Co., Illinois, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rachel Ann GARRISON was born abt. 1830 in Hamilton Co., Illinois, USA. Rachel Ann died November 1868 in Illinois, USA.

William Hume CAMPBELL died 17 July 1895 in Illinois, USA.

m. (2) Mary Jane Campbell (1847 - 1926)

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William Hume CAMPBELL married

Rachel Ann GARRISON-- Date: 1 March 1849 Place: Hamilton Co., Illinois, USA
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Name: Rachel Ann Garrison
Spouse: William Campbell
Date: 1 Mar 1849
County: Hamilton
State: Illinois
Source: County Court Records at McLeansboro, IL

Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Children of William Hume CAMPBELL and Rachel Ann GARRISON

Rosella CAMPBELL (b.abt. 1854, , Illinois, USA d. abt. 1920, )
m. Andrew DUNCAN

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1829 Birth
10 January 1829
McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois, USA

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Marriage / Partner
William Hume CAMPBELL and Rachel Ann GARRISON 1 March 1849, Hamilton Co., Illinois, USA

He was 20 years old.

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rachel Ann GARRISON died November 1868, , Illinois, USA

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1888 Deposition
DEPOSITION

Case of William H. Campbell, No. 85123

On this 9th day of August, 1888, at/ near McLeansboro, County of Hamilton, State of Illinois, before me, James H. Thouse, a Special Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared William H. Campbell (Claimant) who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension claim, deposes and says:

My name is William H. Campbell my age is 59 years my occupation is that of a farmer my Post Office address is McLeansboro, Hamilton Co. Ills.

I am the identical William H. Campbell who served as 2nd LT 1st LT and Captain of Co. G 60th Regt Ills Vols and who filed original application for invalid Pension Claim No 85123 and who was placed on the Pension Roll of the Talem Ills Agency at the rate of $15.00 per month and was dropped from the Rolls in 1874.

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1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States