Horace St. Elmo Campbell (1886 - 1956)

Born 28 Dec 1886 in Seminole, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Martha (Sides) Jones — married 10 Nov 1909 (to 1927) in Hilsborough County, Florida, United States of America

Husband of Hazel M (Beverstock) Campbell — married 31 Dec 1928 in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, United States of America

Died 19 Dec 1956 at age 69 in Pinellas County, Florida, USA

Biography

Horace E Campbell was born on December 28, 1886 in Seminole, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States of America.^[1] His parents were Benjamin Campbell and Margaret Taylor.^[2]

He married Annie Sides on November 10, 1909.^[3] Together they had 1 child before they divorced in 1927:^[4]

Ardis Mae Campbell^[5]

He registered for the World War I Draft on 5 June 1917 in Pinellas County, Florida.^[1]

He married Hazell Beverstock on December 31, 1928 in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, United States.^[6]

He died on December 19, 1956 in Pinellas County, Florida, United States of America.^[5]

Research Notes

Name:

Horace St. Elmo Campbell - Family Lore

Family lore says "not feeling he could claim the "St." part, he leaves that out now"^[7]

Burial: 22 DEC 1956 in Sylvan Abbey Cemetery, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida

• "Find a Grave," database with images, (Find A Grave: Memorial #232355455 : accessed 29 December 2023), Memorial page for Horace Elmo Campbell (28 Dec 1886-19 Dec 1956), citing Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA; Maintained by twb (contributor 47787347). [Photograph of gravesite requested on Friday, December 29, 2023.]

Extracts

• 1909 Register of License Issued^[8]
  • License: 10 November 1909, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
  • Groom: Horace Campbell
  • Bride: Anna Sides
  • Marriage: 10 November 1909
  • Officiant: W. J. Carpenter, Minister of the Gospel
  • Filed: 8 December 1909

• 1917 WWI Draft Registration:^[1]
  • Horace E Campbell
  • Description: tall, stout, light blue eyes, black hair, no missing limbs or other disability, caucasian
  • Born: 28 December 1886 in Seminole, Florida
  • Age 30; natural born citizen
  • Farmer, employment for self in Seminole, Florida
  • Married with one child
  • Original Signature

• 1940 Census^[9]
  • Informant: Hazel Campbell
  • 3736 1st Ave, owner, valued at $5,000, same house in 1935
  • Horace E Campbell, Head, M, 53, Florida, 8th grade, Foreman, citrus fruit packing, 48 weeks in 1939, earned $2,080
  • Hazel Campbell, Wife, F, 49, Massachusetts, College 2yrs, does not work outside home
  • Both Horace & Hazel received more than $50 in the previous year that was not for paid work
    • Burt T (age 73 born Michigan) and Mattie (age 70 born Michigan) Weed, formerly of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, rent a portion of the residence. No relationship to Hazel or Horace is indicated.
    • This is a tourist area where people frequently rent one or several rooms to people from the north

• 1956 Obituary
  • Horace E. Campbell
  • Age 69; 40 yr resident of Gulfport
  • Died "yesterday afternoon at a local hospital"
    • Presumed 19 December 1956 based on the publication date of newspaper
    • Numerous hospitals existed in several towns; presuming only the county
  • Citrus business & inspector for the State Hotel Commission
  • Owner & operator of Gulfport Apartments
  • Member, Unity Church
  • Survivors:
    • Wife: Hazel
    • Daughter: Mrs. Ardis Beggs of this city [presumed to be St Petersburg]
    • Brother: Leon Campbell of Seminole
    • Sisters: Mrs. Annie Grable of Clearwater and Mrs. Lena Mixon of this city
  • Baynard Funeral Home

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K35X-YGR : 12 December 2014), Horace E Campbell, 5 June 1917, Pinellas County, Florida; citing Pinellas County, Florida, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,556,935.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M369-N4Z : accessed 12 February 2017), Horace S Campbell in household of Benjamin F Campbell, Precincts 1-3, Petersburg, Johns Pass, Clear Water St Petersburg & Clear Water Harbor towns, Hillsborough, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 57, sheet 35A, family 823, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,170.
3. ↑ Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW3R-YY5 : accessed 12 February 2017), Horace Campbell and Anna Sides, 10 Nov 1909; citing image 220 of 270, [book ?], pg [33]4, Hillsborough, Florida, United States, State Archive, Tallahassee and clerk of courts, various counties; FHL microfilm 979,080. [The first two characters of the page number are inferred based on being between pages 333 on image 219 and 335 on image 220. Image 14 of 270 shows the spine of Marriage Record Book X, Hillsborough County, Florida. It is probable that the imaged page is located in that book.]
4. ↑ "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK74-6GV : 25 December 2014), Horace E Campbell and Anna M Campbell, 1927; from "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Pinellas, Florida, certificate 694, volume 02, Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Horace E. Campbell, 69; Pioneer on Suncoast," ; digital images, Google, Googlenews newspaper archive (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LCVSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NHYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7389%2C2309150 : accessed 12 February 2017); citing St. Petersburg Times, (Florida, USA), 20 Dec 1956, pg 46, columns 1-2, "Obituaries."
6. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRCT-QY4 : 25 June 2015), Horace E Campbell and Hazel M Beverstock, 1928.
7. ↑ Rasmussen, Ron & Sherry (Pinellas Park, Florida), Directory of the 65th Campbell Family Reunion - Honoring the 27 First Cousins (Grandchildren of Margaret Ann Taylor and Benjamin Franklin Campbell), Reunion Booklet, 6 April 2002, pg iv, "Sketches of Campbell History," paragraph 6; privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, Leesburg, Florida.
8. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWQ6-9MW : 12 December 2014), Horace Campbell and Anna Sides, 10 Nov 1909; citing Hillsborough Co., Florida; FHL microfilm 978,709, "Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9KN-B7FF : accessed 12 February 2017), > image 30 of 512; State Archive, Tallahassee and clerk of courts, various counties.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTCJ-VWL : accessed 13 February 2017), Horace E Campbell, Saint Petersburg, Election Precinct 42, Pinellas, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52-46, sheet 1B, line 41, family 17, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 610.

Acknowledgements

• Jean Campbell Creamer, Debi McGee Hoag, Marian Turner Miller, and Ron & Sherry Rasmussen contributed data for this profile