Amelia Mary (Campbell) Bohanon (1792 - 1857)

Born 11 Apr 1792 in St. Andrews Parish, New Brunswick

Wife of Ananiah Bohanon — married 29 Jun 1815 in Alexander, Washington, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1857 at age 64 in Alexander, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Mrs. Amelia Mary "Amy" Campbell was born at Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, 11 Apr 1792, ^[1] her parents not identified; died at Alexander, Maine, 7 Feb 1857, ^{[2] [3]} and is buried in the Ananiah Bohanon cemetery in Alexander, with two of her grandchildren. ^[4] This cemetery is located on the west side of the Old Cooper Road (about 1/2 mile south of the Airline) in a blueberry field owned [c1999] by Keith and Phyllis Albee. The cemetery is marked by a chain that Keith Albee placed there.

She married (1) before 30 May 1813, when her daughter, Mary Ann Campbell, was born, (_____) Campbell; ^[5] married (2) at Plantation No. 16 (Alexander), 29 Jun 1815, Ananiah Bohanon, born at Calais, Maine, 12 Jul 1788; died at Alexander, 4 Mar 1880 ^[6] and is probably buried with his wife, but, if so, the grave is unmarked.

They had ten more children, births all recorded in the Alexander VRs: ^[7]

1. William Bohannon, b 3 Apr 1816; d at Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, 7 May 1880; m 2 Nov 1845, Flora Ann Phillips
2. John Campbell Bohanon, b 23 Aug 1817; d at Minneapolis, Minnesota, 8 Sep 1898; m (1) 10 Mar 1840, Lucretia McKenzie; m (2) 15 Nov 1856, Sophia Longfellow
3. Amelia Campbell Bohanon, b 8 Feb 1820; d at Winn, Maine, 4 Jul 1889; m (1) 22 Dec 1836, Elijah Brown; m (2) c1854, Frederick Augustus Bartlett
4. Hannah Bohanon, b 21 Mar 1822; d at Alexander, 22 Jun 1897; m 15 Sep 1849, Joseph A. McPheters
5. Margaret Hall Bohanon, b 21 May 1824; m 20 Jun 1850, Henry Payson Whitney
6. Ananiah Jones Bohanon, b 3 Feb 1826; d at Alexander, 5 Apr 1912; m 20 Jan 1853, Elizabeth Stoddard Bailey
7. Hiram Coffin Bohanon, b 5 Dec 1827; d 18 Aug 1908; m c1856, Mary Gray
8. Eliza Hall Bohanon, b 3 Jan 1830; d 12 Mar 1830
9. James Madison Bohanon, b 20 Feb 1831; d in California, 5 Jan 1873
10. Samuel Hall Bohanon, b 3 Dec 1833; d 28 Feb 1927; m Ellen Longfellow

Lived at Alexander. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Sharon L. Howland, Vital Records of Alexander, Washington County, Maine (Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, Second Printing, February 2003, 395 pages), p. 107
2. ↑ "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZD-XXV : 16 January 2020), Amelia Campbell, 1857.
3. ↑ Howland, op. cit., p. 190
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 September 2021), memorial page for Amelia Campbell “Amy” Bohanon (11 Apr 1792–7 Feb 1857), Find A Grave: Memorial #223362096, citing Ananiah Bohanon Homestead, Alexander, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Chris Gentry (contributor 48829048).
5. ↑ Howland, op. cit., p. 107
6. ↑ Howland, loc. cit.
7. ↑ Howland, loc. cit.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-FBW : 4 April 2020), Anniah Bohannon, Alexander, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family 34, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).