Grace (Buckingham) Campbell (1869 - 1905)

Born 15 Mar 1869 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Charles Campbell — married 10 Sep 1895 in Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, United States

Died 20 Mar 1905 at age 36 in Demorest, Habersham County, Georgia, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Susan Anderson [send private message]

Biography

This profile is part of the Buckingham Name Study.

Grace Hammersley Buckingham was born in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan on 15 Mar 1869. She was the daughter and only child of Waite Beach Buckingham, a miller, and Fanny Hammersley, an immigrant from England.^[1][2]

When she was a child, her family moved to Stevens Point in Portage County, Wisconsin, where her father found work as an insurance agent and her mother as a teacher. At the time of the 1880 census, when Grace was 11 years old, they were living in a hotel on Marie Street.^[3]

Grace attended Smith College a small, private women's college located in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. In 1889, she was a member of the First Class.^[4]

Grace married John Charles Campbell in Stevens Point on 10 Sep 1895, with her parents and John's widowed mother as witnesses.^[5] Although his occupation, at the time of their marriage, was "missionary," they may have lived in Stevens Port at least periodically. Their first child, a son they named Stuart Wallace Campbell, was born in Stevens Port on 4 May 1897,^[6] but died (also in Stevens Port) at the age of six weeks, on 14 Jun 1897.^[7]

Grace Hammersley (Buckingham) Campbell died at home in Demorest, Habersham County, Georgia on 20 Mar 1905. She was buried in Forest Cemetery in Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Grace Hammersley Buckingham," b. 15 Mar 1869, white, female, b. Flint, Michigan, father: Wait B. Buckingham, b. Michigan, occupation: miller, mother: Fanny Buckingham, B. England, residence: Flint, Michigan: Return of Births in the County of Genesee for the year ending December 31st, A.D., 1869, Sheet No. 68, No. 1420, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Jul 2023). See also (database transcript only): "Grace Hammersley Buckingham," female, father: Wait R. Buckingham, mother: Fanny, b. 15 Mar 1869, Genesee County, Michigan: Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Jul 2023).
2. ↑ "Buckingham Grace, est. age 1, female, white, b. Michigan, mother of foreign birth: United States Census, 1870, Flint, 3rd Ward, Genesee County, Michigan, Flint Post Office, Page No. 16, Family No, 131, Line 37; Line 35: "Buckingham, Wait, est. age 33, male, white, miller, real estate value $5,000, b. Michigan; Line 36: "Buckingham Fannie, est. age 30, female, white, keeping house, b. England, both parents of foreign birth, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Jul 2023).
3. ↑ "Buckingham Gracie," white, female, est. age 11, single, attends school, attended school within the year, b. Michigan, father b. Michigan, mother b. England: United States Census, 1880, Marie Street, Stevens Point, 1st Ward, Portage County, Wisconsin, Enumeration District No. 145, Page No. 15, Family No. -- , Line 22; Line 20: "Buckingham, W B, white, male, est. age 43, married, life and fire insurance agent, b. Michigan, father b, New Jersey, mother b. New York; Line 21, "Buckingham Fanny H," white, female, est. age 40, school teacher, b. England, both parents b. England, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Jul 2023).
4. ↑ "Grace Hammersley Buckingham," Stevens Point, Wisconsin, college residence: 35 Wallace House: "First Year," Smith College Catalog, 1889, U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935, Ancestry.com (accessed 4 Jul 2023 - subscription required).
5. ↑ Church register: "Jno. Campbell," residence: Stevens Point, "Grace H. Buckingham," residence: Stevens Point, m. 10 Sep 1895, witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Buckingham: "Register of Marriages," pp. 200-201, line 20: U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, Ancestry.com (accessed 2 Jul 2023 - subscription required). County register: "John C. Campbell," father: Gavin Campbell, mother: Anna B. Kipp, occupation: missionary, residence: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, b. LaPorte, Indiana; "Grace H. Buckingham," father: Wait Buckingham, mother: Fanny Hammersley, b. Flint, Michigan, m. Tuesday, 10 Sep 1895, Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, Presbyterian Church, witnesses: W. B. Buckingham, Mrs. B. Campbell, officiated by: E. B. Rankin, Pastor of Presbyterian Church: Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records, 1820-2004, Ancestry.com (accessed 2 Jul 2023 - subscription required).
6. ↑ Database transcript only: "[Stuart Wallace] Campbell," b. 4 May 1897, Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, male, white, father: John Campbell, mother: Grace Buckingham: Wisconsin, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1801-1928, FHL Film No. 1305144, Ancestry.com (accessed 2 Jul 2023 - subscription required).
7. ↑ "Stuart Wallace Campbell. Stuart Wallace Campbell, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell, died Monday night, aged six weeks. The funeral will probably be held Wednesday.": "Stuart Wallace Campbell," Stevens Point Journal, Tuesday, 15 Jun 1897, p. 4, column 2, Newspapers.com (accessed 2 Jul 2023).
8. ↑ See photo of gravestone: Find A Grave: Memorial #19739601, Grace Buckingham Campbell (accessed 4 Jul 2023).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19739601/grace-campbell: accessed 04 July 2023), memorial page for Grace Buckingham Campbell (15 Mar 1869–20 Mar 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19739601, citing Forest Cemetery, Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Jonelle (contributor 46903714). [Has photo of gravestone.]
• Michigan Births, 1867-1902, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZJ3-M5C?cc=1459684&wc=3VRD-GP8%3A1041522501 : 20 April 2018), 004032220 > image 439 of 713; citing Department of Vital Records, Lansing. [Images of County Registers] [Grace Hammersley Buckingham]
• Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4YB-FFJ : 17 January 2020), Grace Hammersley Buckingham, 1869. [Database Transcript] [Grace Hammersley Buckingham]
• Obituary: "Stuart Wallace Campbell," Stevens Point Journal, Tuesday, 15 Jun 1897, p. 4, column 2, Newspapers.com (accessed 2 Jul 2023).
• U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com, Lehi, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Church Registers. Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subscription required). [John Campbell, Grace H. Buckingham]
• U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. [Grace Hammersley Buckingham, Smith College, 1895]
• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z5-71XX : 22 July 2021), John A Campbell and Grace H Buckingham, 10 Sep 1895; citing Portage, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 4,171,097. [John Campbell, Grace H. Buckingham]
• Wisconsin, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1801-1928 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011 (subscription required). [Stuart Wallace Campbell] [Database Transcript]
• Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records, 1820-2004 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com, Lehi, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022 (subscription required). [John C. Campbell, Grace H. Buckingham]

Census Returns:

• United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D1NS-4DC?cc=1438024&wc=KPRC-FM9%3A518655401%2C519176101%2C519200801 : 12 June 2019), Michigan > Genesee > Flint, ward 3 > image 16 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
• United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB9-V44?cc=1417683&wc=XWHS-RM9%3A1589394822%2C1589396029%2C1589397359%2C1589395437 : 24 December 2015), Wisconsin > Portage > Stevens Point > ED 145 > image 15 of 42; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
• United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-64V9-HYN?cc=1325221&wc=9B74-444%3A1030551301%2C1030861501%2C1033886801 : 5 August 2014), Tennessee > Cumberland > ED 8 Civil Districts 2-3 > image 4 of 39; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)