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Campbell, Benjamin

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Last Name Campbell
First Name Benjamin
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Death Date 4/23/1856
Birth Date 3/7/1806
Obituary Source Morgan Co. Gazette, May 3, 1856
Source Information Family records (Rootsweb.com)
Cemetery Liberty Cemetery, Monroe Co., Ind.
Family Information
Spouse 1) Susan McCampbell; 2) Susannah Payton
Survived By
Other Age 50. Committed suicide "by hanging himself to a rafter in his own house." [Another source says that he hung himself from a tree in his orchard.] Resided near Mt. Tabor. Born in Christian Co., Ky.; son of David and Frances Norman Campbell. Father of 9 children with his first wife: John, Cunningham, Nancy, Joseph, Maria, Margaret, Cynthia, William, and Benjamin. Wife died in 1844. Married second wife on Nov. 11, 1846 in Monroe Co., Ind. They had 5 children: Ellen, Eliza E., Barney C., Charles Norman, and James Monroe. Benjamin was a tanner by trade.
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