Charles Elvin Campbell (1879 - 1939)

Born 14 Jan 1879 in Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Dec 1939 at age 60 in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States

Biography

The son of Charles Campbell and Mary (Groves) Campbell, Charles was born in Concordia in 1879.^[1] He married Myrtle A. Rank (1878-1932), the daughter of Jacob Dale Rank and Nancy Pittinger, in Van Wert County, Ohio on October 7, 1900.^[2] Their children included:

1. Ralph Earl Campbell (1902-1988)
2. Gerald Dale Campbell (1904-1998)
3. Ruby Myrtle Campbell (1906-2007)
4. Myrna Grace (Campbell) Erickson (1909-2001)

Elvin's parents and siblings moved to Michigan and, in 1910, Elvin and Myrtle farmed in Wheatland Township in Hillsdale County, Michigan.^[3] In 1920, they were in Rollin Township, in Lenawee County.^[4]

They moved to Berrien County, Michigan, residing in Niles Township, and that is where he passed away, at the age of 60.^[5] He is buried at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1880; Census Place: York, Athens, Ohio; Roll: 993; Page: 267D; Enumeration District: 015: York Township. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Ancestry Record 6742 #22910268 with attached Image
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z8SY-DQ6Z : 12 May 2020), Elvin Campbell and Myrtle Rank, 1900.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5Z-K7X : accessed 12 November 2020), Charles E Campbell, Wheatland, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 118, sheet 10A, family 249, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 649; FHL microfilm 1,374,662.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZQ7-2YF : accessed 12 November 2020), Elvin C Campbell, Rollin, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing ED 87, sheet 7A, line 17, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 781; FHL microfilm 1,820,781.
5. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFHM-Y2F : 13 March 2018), Charles Elvin Campbell, 17 Dec 1939; citing Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,193.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK1-WCTS : 13 September 2020), Charles Elvin Campbell, ; Burial, Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States of America, Silverbrook Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #58473366