Margaret was born in 1843 to John Hamilton Blackwell and Sarah Jane Powell. Her mother died when she was 6, and her father ten years later. Margaret lived in Arkansas her entire life, marrying John Allen Campbell at age 16. He enlisted with the Confederacy in 1863 and mustered out in 1865.
They had 9 children, 7 living by the 1900 US Census. John worked as a farmer and died when she was 75. Margaret passed away in 1940 at 96 years old.
Timeline
1843 May 5 - Birth - Drew County, Arkansas
1850 United States Federal Census[1] - Mulberry, Franklin, Arkansas
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67C-76G : 20 December 2020), Elizabeth Blackwell in household of John Blackwell, Mulberry Township, Franklin, Arkansas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N974-CPX : 9 March 2021), John A Cammell or Camwell, 16 Feb 1860; citing Marriage, Franklin, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,034,243.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNW8-4YW : 12 August 2017), Mary F Campbell in household of John A Campbell, Horsehead, Johnson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 94, sheet 358C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,048.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FZ-QF3 : accessed 29 June 2023), John Campbell, Horsehead Township, Johnson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 5B, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,064.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVW-K5C : accessed 29 June 2023), John A Campbell, Horsehead, Johnson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 58, sheet 2B, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 54; FHL microfilm 1,374,067.
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Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 $Ancestry Record
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XML6-N9J : accessed 30 June 2023), Margrett Campbell, Horsehead, Johnson, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 6B, line 78, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 79; FHL microfilm 2,339,814.
↑ "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJRY-B6Q : 27 November 2014), Margaret Eli Campbell, 20 Apr 1940; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).
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