William Hume CAMPBELL

(b. 10 January 1829, McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois, USA d. 17 July 1895, , Illinois, USA )

Summary: 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

He 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 . She died November 1868 in , Illinois, USA .

William Hume CAMPBELL died 17 July 1895 in , Illinois, USA.
Notes:
m. (2) Mary Jane Campbell (1847 - 1926)

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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.

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

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

1830 - May 28 – The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears
The Indian Removal Act was a law passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, during the presidency of...Read MORE...

1831 - January 1 - First Abolitionist Newspaper
The first abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, published in Boston by William Lloyd Garrison

www.e-referencedesk.com/ resources/ state-history-timeline/ massachusetts.html - January 1, 1831

1836 - The Alamo and Texas Declaration of Independence
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1837 - The Panic of 1837
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1839 - January 2 – First photograph of the Moon taken by photographer Louis Daguerre.

www.wikipedia.org - January 2, 1839

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
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1840s - 1880s - The Oregon Trail
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1842 - August 9 – The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
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1844 - May 24 – The first electrical telegram is sent over the telegraph by Samuel F. B. Morse from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, Maryland, saying "What hath God wrought".
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1846 - April 25 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries.
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1848 - January 24 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California.
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1848 - February 2 - Mexican–American War formally ends with signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ceding virtually all of what becomes the Southwestern United States to the U.S.

www.wikipedia.org - February 2, 1848

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

1851 - June 5 - Uncle Tom's Cabin Appeared in Serial Form
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1853 - Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations
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1854 - July - Republican Party formed for abolition of slavery.
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1859 - October 16 – John Brown raids the Harpers Ferry Armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in an unsuccessful bid to spark a general slave rebellion.
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1860 - Civil War - On December 20, 1860, a little over a month after Abraham Lincoln had been elected President, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Six more states followed by the spring of 1861.

www.civilwar.org/ education/ history/ civil-war-overview/ triggerevents.html - December 20, 1860

1861 - January 21 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away States

www.wikipedia.org - February 8, 1861

1861 - Start of U.S. Civil War - April 12, 1861 - Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter.
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1861 - April 20 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.

www.wikipedia.org - April 20, 1861

1861 - October 26 – The Pony Express announces its closure.
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1861 - November 6 - Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederate States of America
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1863 - January 1 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves
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1863 - July 1–3 – American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg – Union forces under George G. Meade turn back a Confederate invasion by Robert E. Lee in the largest battle of the war (28,000 Confederate casualties, 23,000 Union).

www.wikipedia.org - July 3, 1863

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
A NATIONAL THANKSGIVING
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1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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1865 - Illinois first state to ratify Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery; Lincoln assassinated in Washington, D.C., buried in Springfield

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1865 - April 9 - Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysees S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
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1865 - April 14 - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln:
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1867 - Pullman Palace Car Company founded. The company charter was approved by the Illinois Legislature on February 22, 1867.

1867 - March 30 – Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The news media call this "Seward's Folly"
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1868 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rachel Ann GARRISON died November 1868, , Illinois, USA

1869 - May 10 - The Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory and forged the destiny of a nation. (Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah)
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
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1870 - France declares war on Prussia and Emperor Napoleon III is overthrown

1870 - A cable dispatch on the 28th says the Pope has issued a special elimination against the Fenians, both in America and Ireland.

St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - February 5, 1870

1870 to 1871 - Franco-Prussian War, ending in French defeat, loss of Alsace-Lorraine and end of the Second Empire

1872 - Illinois grants freedom of occupational choice to both men and women.
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1872 - 'Yellowstone Wonderland' is established as first national park.
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1875 - Civil Rights Act of 1875
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1876 - May 10 - Centennial Exhibitiion
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1876 - June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn:
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1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
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1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
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1884 - May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.

www.wikipedia.org - May 1, 1884

1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date.

www.wikipedia.org - December 6, 1884

1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
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1886 - January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885).

www.wikipedia.org - January 29, 1886

1887 - February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.

www.wikipedia.org - February 2, 1887

1888 Deposition
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Case of William H. Campbell, No. 85123

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1890 - December 29 - Wounded Knee Massacre occurred - 7th Cavalry killed more than 250 Lakota men, women and children; Sitting Bull killed at Little Eagle; Indian wars ended

www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ sdtimeln.htm - December 29, 1890

1892 - NO MORE BARGE OFFICE. Immigrants Will Hereafter Land at Ellis Island.
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1893 - Eugene Debs forms the American Railway Union
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1893 - May 1 - World's Columbian Exposition
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1894 - Pullman strike
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Death
17 July 1895
, Illinois, USA

William is buried at: Concord Cemetery McLeansboro Hamilton County Illinois, USA

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