Archibald Algernon Campbell Jr. (1785 - 1865)

Born 31 Oct 1785 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Epes) Campbell — married 20 Nov 1811 in Virginia, USA

Husband of Martha Wilmuth (Epes) Jones — married 25 Sep 1850 in Nottoway, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1865 at age 80 in Nottoway County, Virginia, USA

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External References

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Biography

Archibald was born in 1785. He is the son of Archibald Campbell and Elizabeth Harris. "Dr. Archiball Algernon Campbell, born October 31, 1785, and died October 31, 1865, who married first November 20, 1811, Sarah Epes (born March 23, 1793, and died November 26, 1833) daughter of Colonel Freeman Epes and Jane Wynn, and second, September 25, 1850, Martha Epes, sister of Sarah, the first wife, and widow of Peter Branch Jones. There were no children by the last marriage...After his first wife died, Dr. Archiball Algernon Campbell wished to marry his first wife's sister, Martha. This was contrary to the old English, and also, the Virginia law at that time, which forbade a man to marry his deceased wife's sister, and so the couple were planning an elopement, when Dr. Campbell's son, Thomas Harris Campbell, who was a member of the legislature, asked his father to wait a few months until the legislature convened. He promised to have the law repealed, which he did, and acted as his father's best man at the wedding... Dr. Archiball Algernon Campbell was a prominent physician and practiced his profession in the county for many years. He it was who made the stirring speech in behalf of secession at Nottoway Court House on April 7, 1861.^[1]

Timeline

• 1785: Archibald Algernon Campbell was born on the 31st of October 1785 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, to Archibald Campbell and his wife Elizabeth Harris.
• 1810 A.A. Campbell lived in Nottoway County, Virginia, with one male age 16-26 (Archibald, 24), and 13 slaves.^[2]
• 1811: On the 20th of November 1811 he married Sarah Epes, daughter of Freeman Epes and his wife Jane Winn of Nottoway County, Virginia.
• 1820 U.S. Census: Archibald A. Campbell lived in Northumberland County, Virginia, with 1 male 16-25, two males 26-45 (Archibald, 34, and ?), three females under 10 (Catherine, 3; Mary, 6; and Martha, 8), one female 26-45 (wife Sarah, 27). Archibald held slaves. ^[3]
• 1830 U.S. Census: Archibald A. Campbell lived in Nottoway County, Virginia, with one male under age 5 (Algernon, 3), one male 5-10 (Thomas, 7), four males 20-30, four males 30-40, one male 40-50 (Archibald, 44), one female 5-10 (Cornelia, 9), one female 10-15 (Catherine, 13), two females 15-20 (Mary, 16, and Martha, 18), one female 30-40 (wife Sarah, 37). Archibald held 43 slaves; total in household was 59. ^[4]
• 1833 Wife Sarah Epes Campbell died, age 40.
• 1840 U.S. Census: Archibald A. Campbell lived in Nottoway County, Virginia, with one male under 5 years of age, one male age 5-10, two males age 10-15, one male 15-20, one male 50-60 (Archibald, 54), one female 15-20, two females 20-30. Archibald held 51 slaves, total in household was 60; 22 worked in agriculture. ^[5]
• 1850 U.S. Census: Archibald A. Campbell, age 64, M.D. and farmer, lived in Nottoway County, Virginia, with son Thomas H. Campbell, 25, Attorney; son Algernon E. Campbell, 22, student of medicine; John J. Fitzgerald, 13; Barlalot P. Todd, 63, deputy clerk; and Thomas Cousins, 18, labourer. He owned real estate valued at $7500. He was born in Meckleburg County, Virginia. Sons were born in Nottoway County. John Fitzgerald attended school. ^[6]
• 1850 Slave Schedule: Archibald Campbell help 56 slaves. ^[7]
• 1850 Archibald married his wife's sister, Martha Epes, widow of Peter Branch Jones, on September 25, 1850. They had no children together.
• 1865: He died either on the 31 Oct 1865 or the 30 Nov 1865. There is some disagreement about his date of death with numerous sources stating he died in October and others in November.
• 1865 Dr. Archibald Algernon Campbell, Jr. died, age 79-80, on October 31, 1865, in Nottoway County, Virginia, and was buried in The Poplars, Nottoway County, Virginia. Find A Grave: Memorial #174392546 ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ OLD HOMES AND FAMILIES IN NOTTOWAY, By W. R. Turner, Transcribed by Thomas Walter Duda, 17 Dec 1997, Copyright 1932, Printed in the U. S. A., The Nottoway Publishing Co., Inc., Blackstone, Va. "http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nottoway/bios/homes.txt
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY6-SXVD?cc=1803765&wc=QZZC-B8W%3A1588180005%2C1588180919%2C1588180918 : 1 December 2015), Virginia > Nottoway > Nottoway > image 2 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBM-9QMN?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-8GJ%3A1586984702%2C1586985975%2C1586984616 : 16 July 2015), Virginia > Northumberland > Not Stated > image 42 of 43; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBS-9CKJ?cc=1803958&wc=35YC-82J%3A1588479103%2C1588481209%2C1588469601 : 5 August 2015), Virginia > Nottoway > Not Stated > image 8 of 46; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBW-HYM : 2 March 2021), Archibald A Campbell, Nottoway, Virginia, United States; citing p. 277, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DY7Q-MB?cc=1401638&wc=95R3-L2D%3A1031351901%2C1032862801%2C1032862802 : 9 April 2016), Virginia > Nottoway > Nottoway county > image 27 of 60; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6S5S-3D7?cc=1420440&wc=MJCD-MNB%3A1042937501%2C1043002801%2C1043002802 : 22 May 2014), Virginia > Nottoway > Nottoway county > image 18 of 74; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174392546/achibald-algernon-campbell : accessed 30 September 2021), memorial page for Dr Achibald Algernon Campbell (Oct 1785–31 Oct 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 174392546, citing The Poplars, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by vcudean (contributor 48748331) .

• "Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPXW-9MMV?cc=1932510&wc=MD1J-M3D%3A229206901%2C230630601 : 22 May 2014), Bible records, 1700-1900 > Card Index, Burwell - Capute > image 697 of 953; citing Virginia Historical Society, Richmond.
• John W. Pritchett, Southside Virginia Genealogies, CD-ROM (Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 2007), Page 2390, 324. Dr. Archibald Algernon Campbell (31 Oct 1785 - 31 Oct 1865), a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, married 1st Sarah Epes 20 Nov 1811, and 2nd, her sister Martha (Epes) Jones 25 Sep 1850.