William Augustus Camfield (1812 - 1873)

Born 18 Apr 1812 in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Penninah (Freeman) Camfield — married 26 Mar 1835 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama

Descendants

Died 24 Aug 1873 at age 61 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA

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Biography

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REV William Augustus Camfield [1812 - 1873]. ^[1] April 18, 1812 -- William Augustus Camfield was born at Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. ^[1][2]

United States Census, 1850 Living in Pontotoc county, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States with his wife Penina and 6 children

Name William A Camfield

Event Type Census

Event Year 1850

Event Place Pontotoc county, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States

Gender Male

Age 38

Race White

Birth Year (Estimated) 1812

Birthplace Georgia

House Number 421

HOUSEHOLD

ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE

William A Camfield M 38 Georgia

Penina Camfield F 31 Georgia

John Camfield M 11 Alabama

Augusta Camfield F 10 Alabama

Julia Camfield F 8 Tennessee

Mary Camfield F 6 Alabama

Eliza Camfield F 4 Alabama

Sarah Camfield F 2 Mississippi^[3]

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1820 -- U.S. Census

1830 -- U.S. Census

1840 -- U.S. Census

Fathered 10 children with Peninah Freeman

Lived at Mobile, Mobile county, Alabama.

Lived in Montgomery, Montgomery county, Alabama.

Lived at Mobile, Mobile county, Alabama.

1850 -- U.S. Census

Lived in Big Rock, Sumter County, Alabama.

Lived at Shelby county, Tennessee (Memphis area).

Lived at Big Rock, Sumter county, Alabama.

1860 -- U.S. Census

Lived in Terra-Bona, Pontotoc County, Mississippi.

1870 -- U.S. Census

August 24, 1873 -- William Augustus Camfield died, age 61, at Pontotoc county, Mississippi, and was buried at Palmetto Cemetery, Lee county, Mississippi. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave. Record added March 11, 2010. Memorial # 49558726. Accessed by Michael Boynton on December 2, 2015 at 10:54 AM. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49558726
2. ↑ 1850 U.S. Census
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-9GJ : accessed 2 December 2015), William A Camfield, Pontotoc county, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing family 421, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield, With a Genealogy of their Descendants in New Jersey. Frederick A. Canfield. Dover, N.J.: 1897. Reprinted Bibliolife. Pages 24, 119, 120,

• The William Augustus Camfield Bible Record in the Cemetery and Bible Records. Mississippi Genealogical Society. Privately Published. 1967. Bol. XII. Pages 30 - 32.

• Descendants of Robert Singleton