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- 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Losson Campbell (William Lawson)
Birth Year: abt 1839
Age in 1870: 31
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Precinct 3, Baker, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Losson Campbell 31
Mary A Campbell 25
David Campbell 3
Joseph Campbell 1 (must have died young)
1880 United States Federal Census
about William L. Campbell
Name: William L. Campbell
Home in 1880: Benson, Chilton, Alabama
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Alabama
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Mary A. Campbell
Father's birthplace: Georgia
Mother's birthplace: Georgia
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
William L. Campbell 40
Mary A. Campbell 35
David A. Campbell 13
(Joseph is missing - would have been 11)
Virgil O. Campbell 7 (Virgil O'gilvie)
Amos Abercrumby 25
Steve Abercrumby 4
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: D A Campbell (David Aaron Campbell)
Home in 1900: Clanton, Chilton, Alabama
Age: 33
Birth Date: Oct 1866
Birthplace: Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Name: William L Campbell
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Name: Mary A Campbell
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Spouse's Name: Aurora J Campbell
Marriage Year: 1893
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 7
Household Members:
Name Age
D A Campbell 33 (head)
Aurora J Campbell 27 (wife)
Marie E Campbell 6 (daughter)
William L Campbell 63 (father)
Mary A Campbell 57 (mother)
Virge O Campbell 27 (brother)
Louise H Campbell 22 (sister-in-law)
Jewel A Campbell 1 (niece)
Clyde D Campbell 16 (sister) (b. abt 1884)
1910 United States Federal Census
about David A Campbell
Name: David A Campbell
Age in 1910: 43
Estimated Birth Year: 1867
Birthplace: Alabama
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Name: William Campbell
Father's Birth Place: Alabama
Mother's Birth Place: Alabama
Spouse's Name: Willie B Campbell
Home in 1910: Tampa Ward 1, Hillsborough, Florida
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members:
Name Age
David A Campbell 43
Willie B Campbell 28 (daughter in law) (Willie Bate Magers)
David A Campbell 4 (grandson)
William Campbell 69 (William Lawson)
Robert Ensley 12
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: David A Campbell
Home in 1930: Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Alabama
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Ruth Campbell
Race: White
Household Members:
Name Age
David A Campbell 60 (actually age 63)
Ruth Campbell 32
James D Campbell 9
William L Campbell 8
Pat W Campbell 7
Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969
Name: David A Campbell
Marriage Date: 3 Feb 1950
County: Jefferson
State: Alabama
Source information: Alabama Center for Health Statistics
Alabama Deaths, 1908-59
Name: David Campbell
Death Date: 12 Feb 1957
Death County: Chilton
Volume: 5
Certificate: 2239
Roll: 5
Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969
Name: David A Campbell
Marriage Date: Feb 1969
County: Marshall
State: Alabama
Source information: Alabama Center for Health Statistics
Marie "Peggie" Campbell Paul and William "Wild Bill" Weightman met and married sometime around 1917. Peggie and her son, Billie Paul, moved into Melrose Castle along with my grandmother, Willie Magers Campbell and her son David Aaron Campbell. My Dad was about 11 years old at the time and the Castle seemed like a magical place to him. It sat on a large estate, with riding stables and horses, and the house was staffed with servants. He said that the main room had a large walk into fireplace, and one wall had a repair patch in the maconry where a canon ball had been shot through it during the Civil War.
My Dad said that Melrose was a boring place for him because there were no other children his age to play with. Billie Paul was only five at the time and he commented that the staff was always busy. He got into major trouble one time for carving his initials in the soft gold of the inlayed table leg, in the dining room. He said he did it out of boredom.
One morning, without saying anything, "Wild Bill" got in his biplane, that was in a field adjacent to the house, and flew off and didn't return. Peggie and my grandmother waited for him to come back for a couple of months. At some point the staff left. At that, Peggie and my grandmother came to the conclusion that he wasn’t going to come back. They took some things from the house, packed up and decided to go to Hollywood, California to be in the movies. (At least that's the story I was told ... Unbelievable!) - Jim Campbell, Son to David Aaron Campbell
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1836 - 1912 (~ 75 years)