William M. Campbell

1793 - 1885  (92 years)

• Name	William M. Campbell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	12 Nov 1793	Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Dec 1885	Plano, Tulare, California, USA   [2, 3]
  Buried	Vandalia Cemetery, Porterville, Tulare, California, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I1972	Campbell Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	David Campbell,   b. Oct 1772, Botetourt, Virginia, USA ,   d. Bef. 9 Nov 1837, Callaway, Missouri, USA  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Margaret Mary Campbell,   b. 28 Nov 1774, Augusta, Virginia, USA ,   d. 4 Oct 1853, Callaway, Missouri, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Abt. 1792	Fayette, Kentucky, USA
  Family ID	F153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah McNary,   b. 5 Sep 1799, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 16 Nov 1821, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA  (Age 22 years)
  Married	24 Sep 1816	Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA   [6]
  Children	1. Benjamin Campbell,   b. 11 Nov 1816, Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Aft 1900, Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, USA  (Age > 85 years)  [natural]   2. Ann Laurette Campbell,   b. 24 Sep 1817, Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 16 Dec 1891, Saratoga, Santa Clara, California, USA  (Age 74 years)  [natural]   3. Jane Campbell,   b. 28 Feb 1819, Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 30 Sep 1852, Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, USA  (Age 33 years)  [natural]   4. Margaret Jane Campbell,   b. 1 Feb 1820, Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 1 Oct 1852, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA  (Age 32 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F1040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Agnes Hancock,   b. Abt 1805, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 30 Nov 1846, Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, USA  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	24 Sep 1823	Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Sarah Mary Campbell,   b. 22 Aug 1823, Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 28 Jun 1869, Glennville, Kern, California, USA  (Age 45 years)  [natural]   2. David William Campbell,   b. 23 Jan 1825, Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 12 May 1912, Porterville, Tulare, California, USA  (Age 87 years)  [natural]   3. William G. Campbell,   b. 13 Jan 1835, Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Abt 1914, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA  (Age 78 years)  [natural]   4. John Franklin Campbell,   b. 8 Nov 1839, Saline, Missouri, USA ,   d. 10 Oct 1879, Mendocino, Mendocino, California, USA  (Age 39 years)  [natural]   5. Elizabeth Margaret Campbell,   b. 1 May 1841, Saline, Missouri, USA ,   d. 1 Oct 1841, Saline, Missouri, USA  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   6. Agnes Susan Campbell,   b. 12 Dec 1843, Saline, Missouri, USA ,   d. 9 Dec 1862, Santa Clara, California, USA  (Age 18 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F1041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Keziah McCutchan
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F4233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Louisa Cain Sherwood,   b. Abt 1803, Maryland, USA
  Married	21 Jul 1857	San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F4234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  3 Aug 1860 - The value of his personal estate was $1,000 at this time (source: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860 United States Census, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, National Archives Microfilm Roll M653_65, Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009) Three other men named William Campbell were identified with the early history of the county. The first of these was the William Campbell who came to Muhlenberg about 1805, lived on the northwest corner of Main and Main Cross streets, and moved to Nashville about 1820. His daughter, Cynthia Campbell, married Samuel Campbell, son of Colonel William Campbell. They had no children. The second was the William Campbell who, with his brothers David and Charles, located west of Greenville about 1805. He moved to Illinois about 1835. The third William Campbell was a son of the above-mentioned David Campbell. He married a daughter of Benjamin Hancock, and about 1860 moved to California. Another of the sons of David Campbell was John Campbell, who was a tanner in Greenville for many years. source: Rothert, Otto A. A History of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Louisville, KY: John P. Morton and Company, 1913. "I give this history of the Campbell family from the information of father and mother to my first recollection. I will begin at mother's side, as she was one generation older than father's. "Mother's grandfather came to America in 1704 from Scotland. I think there were three of them. I know but little of any of them. Only a few of them have I heard spoken of. John B. Campbell, from one branch of the family, formerly lived in Hopkinsville, Kentucky was a colonel and was killed in the War of 1812. He had two brothers who were in Kentucky a while, David and Charles." source: Letter of William Campbell (1793-1885), published in the Journal of the Clan Campbell Society, Volume 14, Number 4, p. 37. " … Grandfather had one brother and two sisters. His brother, David went to North Carolina and helped to build Campbell’s Station. Grandfather’s sisters, Molly Morrison and Molly Allison and Uncle Morrison came to Kentucky before grandfather and assisted in building the fort where Lexington now stands in Kentucky. I do not recollect the date of building the fort, although I have heard Uncle Morrison often speak of it in connection with the early settlements in Kentucky. … Of grandfather’s family, father was the oldest. He was born in October 1772. Mother was born October 1774. The family names were David; John, who was drowned in the Kentucky River, was two years younger than father; Jane; Ann; Charles; William; Betsey; Martha; Polly; and Sally." source: Letter of William Campbell (1793-1885), published in the Journal of the Clan Campbell Society, Volume 14, Number 4, p. 37.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1010] 1880 United States Federal Census, Tule River, Enumeration District 102, Tulare County, California, National Archives Microfilm Roll T9_85, National Archives and Records Administration, (Name: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005;), 107. [S3215] Ancestry.com. California, Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, California State Library. [S3216] William M. Campbell, Gravestone Photo, Died Dec 2, 1895, Vandalia Cemetery, Porterville, Tulare County, California, USA, Find A Grave, Inc., (Name: Find A Grave, Inc. PO Box 522-107, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 84152, http://www.findagrave.com;). [S21] A History of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Otho A. Rothert, (Louisville, KY: John P. Morton and Company, 1913). [S25] Will of David Campbell, 20 Feb 1836, Callaway County, Missouri, USA. [S2421] Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997, Jordan Dodd.