Robert Leon Campbell (abt. 1914 - 1951)

Born about 24 Sep 1914 in Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Mae (Eve) Campbell — married 1 Jan 1934 in St Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida

Died 31 Aug 1951 at about age 36 in Avon Park, Highlands County, Florida, USA

Biography

Robert Leon Campbell was born in Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida, ^[1] on 24 September 1914^{[2] [3]} to Francis Leon Campbell and Mary Elsie (Wilcox) Campbell. Like his father, he went by his middle name much of the time, using both Leon Jr while his father was alive and just Leon after his father's death. ^[4] His mother died in May 1917, leaving Leon and his three sisters for their father and grandmother, Margaret A Campbell, to raise. ^[5] His father married Emma Futch in 1923. ^[6][7]

He married Katherine Mae Eve on 1 January 1934 in St Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.^[8][9] They had two children who did not survive infancy.^[3]

1. Infant Daughter Campbell (1935-1935)^[10][11]
2. Robert Leon Campbell (1939-1939)^[12][13]

They were enumerated on the 1935 Florida Census as Leon and Catherine Campbell, renting a home outside the city limits of Largo. Leon was a foreman and Catherine was keeping house. Both are listed as being born in Florida and having completed the 12th grade.^[14]

By the 1940 Census, they had added daughter Frances J, age 3, to the family and were living in a rented home in Clearwater. Katherine was taking care of the home while R. Leon worked long hours as a Manager in a packing house, possibly for citrus. Leon worked 52 weeks in 1939 to earn $1,820.00; rent on the house was $12/month.^[15]

Between 1940 and 1945, the family moved to Avon Park, Highlands County, Florida, where Robert worked as superintendent of a packing house. Another daughter, Carol Eve, had joined the family.^[16]

He was only 37 years old when he died on 31 Aug 1951 in Avon Park.^[7][3][17] He was buried with their infants in a plot of the Seminole Cemetery, Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida.^[3][18]

Sources

1. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-33721-10789-67?cc=1803936 : accessed 26 April 2016), 007242486 > image 1596 of 2505, Robert Leon Campbell and Katherine Mae Eve, 1 January 1934, CJ No 3938; Marriage records of Pinellas County, Florida, Marriage applications, cert. no. 2394-4812, 1931-1935. His age is shown as 22 on 1 Jan 1934.
2. ↑ "WWII Draft Registration, October 1940," database with images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/607898225 : accessed 15 January 2018) > Cards > Florida > C >Ca > Campbell, Robert Leon (1914) > image 1 of 2; citing "Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Multiple Registrations," 1947, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), record group 147, "Draft Registration Cards for Florida, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Butts, Lesleigh Laite. Seminole Cemetery, Pg 10. Pinellas Genealogy Society, Inc. (Largo, Florida). 2000.
4. ↑ 1920 U.S. Census, Florida, Pinellas County, population schedule, Precinct 12, ED 143, Sheet 3A (written) 191 (stamped), Dwelling 5, Family 5, Francis L Campbell family; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22896-6627-6 : accessed 27 April 2016), Florida > Pinellas > Anona > ED 143 > image 1 of 10; citing NARA microfilm publication T625, Roll 229.
5. ↑ Meares, Sarah (Roberts), diary, 1890-1916, n.p., transcribed by Marian Turner Miller, 2001. May 2 1917 entry: [...]My dear oldest Grandchild, Mary Elsie Wilcox Campbell, 29 years old died 2nd day of May. Oh how sad to leave a dear husband and four little children[...]
6. ↑ 1930 U.S. census, Pinellas, Florida, population schedule, Precinct 10, ED 52-39, Sheet 1B, dwelling 27, household 32, F. L. and ???[looks like Emma written over Campb] Campbell family; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22728-5410-5 : accessed 27 April 2016), Florida > Pinellas > Madeira > ED 39 > image 3 of 4; citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 330.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} 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. Page ii provides date of birth; page 7, "Leon and Emma Campbell descendants report" lists him as deceased. Campbell Used files. Privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, Leesburg, Florida.
8. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-17950-70007-21?cc=1803936 : accessed 25 April 2016), 004706997 > image 2287 of 4994, Robert Leon Campbell and Katherine Mae Eve, 1 Jan 1934; Office of Vital Statistics, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, State of Florida
9. ↑ "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-33720-3278-14?cc=1803936 : accessed 26 April 2016), 007242469 > image 733 of 1029, Robert Leon Campbell and Katherine Mae Eve, 1 Jan 1934; Pinellas County Marriage Records Book 13, pg 219, Florida.
10. ↑ Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, Certificate of Death No. 7463, Infant of Mr and Mrs Robt. E. Campbell, 14 Apr 1935; image 522 of 2774, "Death certificates, v. 666-670, (cert. no. 7001-9500) 1935," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYC9-ZKD?i=521&cat=816256 : accessed 26 Apr 2016); Citing "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939; FHL microfilm 2,135,809."
11. ↑ FIND A GRAVE, database with images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 26 April 2016), memorial no. 14503940, Infant Daughter Campbell (1935-1935), created by JA & DS; Seminole Cemetery, Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida accompanying photographs by Cate. "Inf Daughter of/Robert Leon & Catherine Eve/Campbell/Apr 14 1935." Find A Grave: Memorial #14503940 includes a picture of the gravestone.
12. ↑ Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, Certificate of Death No. 9992, Infant of Mrs and Mr Leon Campbell, 10 May 1939; image 2700 of 2708, "Death certificates, v. 846-850, (cert. no. 7501-10000), 1939," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6XW4-8NS?mode=g&i=2699&cat=816256 : accessed 26 Apr 2016); Citing "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939; FHL microfilm 2,116,101."
13. ↑ FIND A GRAVE, database with images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 26 April 2016), memorial no. 14503994, Robert Leon Campbell Jr (1939-1939), created by JA & DS; Seminole Cemetery, Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida accompanying photographs by Cate. "Inf son of/Robert Leon & Catherine Eve/Cambpell/May 10 1930." Find A Grave: Memorial #14503994 includes a picture of the gravestone.
14. ↑ 1935 Florida State census, Pinellas, population schedule, Precinct 10, Sheet 1, lines 11 & 12, Leon and Catherine Campbell; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SF9-48M : accessed 26 April 2016), Pinellas > 010, St. Petersburg > image 2 of 7; "Florida State Census, 1935; FHL microfilm 2,425,168, image 1244"; State Archives, Tallahassee, Record Group 1020, Series 5, 1935 Census Records.
15. ↑ 1940 US census, Pinellas County, Florida, population schedule, Election Precinct 53 Clearwater, ED 52-70, Sheet 4B, dwelling 509, family 78, Leon R and Katherine Campbell; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27763-14788-5?cc=2000219 : accessed 26 April 2016), Florida > Pinellas > Election Precinct 53, Clearwater > 52-70 Election Precinct 53, Clearwater City; also Morton Plant Hospital > image 8 of 25; citing NARA digital publication T627, roll 611.
16. ↑ 1945 Florida State census, Highlands, population schedule, Precinct 1, unnumbered, lines 24-27, Robert and Katherine Campbell family; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XHP9-M1K : accessed 26 April 2016), Highlands > 001, Avon Park > image 17 of 32; Florida State Census, 1945; FHL microfilm 2,425,191," image 53 of 1188; State Archives, Tallahassee, Record Group 1020, Series 5, 1945 Census.
17. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV6J-9B2 : accessed 27 April 2016), Robert Leon Campbell, 1951; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. 1486, certificate number 20709, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
18. ↑ FIND A GRAVE, database with images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 26 April 2016), memorial no. 14503991, Robert Leon Campbell (1914-1951), created by JA & DS; Seminole Cemetery, Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida accompanying photographs by Cate and T Quinn. Find A Grave: Memorial #14503991 includes pictures of the gravestone.

See Also:

• Meares, Sarah (Roberts), diary, 1890-1916, n.p., transcribed by Marian Turner Miller, 2001. Current whereabouts of the original diary (~300 loose pages) is unknown. It was last known to be with Sarah's granddaughter, Marilyn. The whereabouts of the copy used by Marian to make the transcription is also unknown. Marian sent a transcription of the diary in 7 installments, as well as 3 corrections files and a Will transcription file, to the Yahoo Group: Meares Researchers in April 2001. Sherry Rasmussen sent a transcription of Sarah's 1916 diary page to the Yahoo Group: Meares Researchers on 1 May 2001. A compilation of the diary files with corrections incorporated is in the Meares Family File. Privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, Leesburg, Florida.
• "TRAILS: Local History and Obits database", Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative, database, search terms Leon Campbell, result "Tampa Tribune (microfilm), Campbell, Robert Leon; 37; 1951 9 02; F.N.-p.A4."