Last Update 4/6/2008.
John B Campbell and Dorcy "Dovie" Mays

John B Campbell born abt 1809. Son of Joseph Campbell and Catherine Bentley. Dorcy born abt 1814, Iredell Co, NC. Daughter of Absolom Mays and Jane Walker. Dovie is living with son William in 1900, Alexander Co, NC in the Sugar Loaf community. She died before the 1910 census.

John and Dovie lived Alexander Co, NC 1850 with their two sons, Joseph born 1839 and William born 1834.


From Absolom Mays letter written April 1 1865 he wrote in detail about his children:

"My oldest child, Dorcy, married John Campbell. They live in Alexander County. They have two children, both sons. My daughter Elizabeth Amanda married James Wilson about 1855. She has a son. After that he treated her very badly. He ran away and left her: went to Illinois. From there he went to Iowa and has accumulated some property. As soon as the law of state would permit, she married again to George Allison. They live near Statesville and have 7 children. My daughter Miranda married J. Wilson McCleland. They live near me with 9 children. My son B. Nelson Mays died in 1846, aged 24. My son James Calvin married Martha Grey. They have 3 sons dead and one child living. My daughter Laura & son Hamilton live with me. I and your aunt Jane Mays, my wife, are old and weak, scarcely able to do anything. I am 75 years old."

The two sons are:

1. William Franklin Campbell born 26 Oct 1834 and died 9 Jun 1914, Iredell Co, NC. Married Elizabeth Ann Foster born 9 Mar 1841 in Wilkes Co., NC, and died 22 Aug 1909 in Taylorsville, Alexander Co., NC.

2. Joseph Campbell born 1839, I know nothing else about him at this time.


1. William and Elizabeth's children:

1A. Martha Carolina "Carrie" Campbell born 1863 and died 23 Jun 1932, Alexander Co, NC. Married Solomon Partee Williams.

Carrie's Obit. Landmark of Statesville 6/28/1932.


1B. Amanda Virginia "Jennie" Campbell born Apr 1865. Married James Yarbough Williams. In 1930 Amanda and James lived Walton, Charlotte, VA with their daughter Jennie C Williams born 1910.

1C. John Achilles Campbell born 1868 and died 10 May 1944, Iredell Co, NC. Married Emma/Emily Jane Campbell. John and Emily was living Turnersburg, Iredell, North Carolina in 1930.

Emma's Obit. Landmark of Statesville 4/9/1955.

1D. William J Campbell born 1869. Married twice. Ella Gay and Alice Smith. William and Alice was living Summerfield, Le Flore, Oklahoma in 1930 with two sons, Wayne Campbell born 1910 and Sherald Campbell born 1913.

1E. Edward C Campbell born 18 Sep 1871 and died 5 Aug 1944, Iredell Co, NC. Married Florence Ladell Barnes.

1F. Evelyn Leah Campbell born Sep 1873. Married Thomas Jones Barnes. In 1930 Evelyn and Thomas was living Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.

1G. Robert Franklin Campbell born 13 May 1876 and died 18 Jul 1939, Catawba Co, NC. Married 21 Dec 1904 to Jessie Margaret Bentley. Daughter of James Enoch Bentley and Josephine V Brown. Robert and Jessie are buried at Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Wilkes Co, NC.

James Enoch and Josephine Brown Bentley are buried at Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Wilkes Co, NC.
James Enoch Bentley Obit. Landmark of Statesville 7/3/1930.


THE HICKORY DAILY RECORD
Tuesday, July 18, 1939

DEATH CLAIMS R. F. CAMPBELL AT HOME HERE Rites on Wednesday At Walnut Grove Baptist Church

Robert Franklin Campbell, sixty-three, died at his home at 1130 Fifteenth Street at 10:15 a.m. today, following a long illness. An invalid for the last two years, Mr. Campbell suffered a severe heart attack Sunday afternoon. A native of Alexander County, he was born in the Bethel Church community of that county on May 13, 1876, the son of the late Franklin and Betty Foster Campbell. Mr. Campbell was married to Miss Jessie Margaret Bentley on December 21, 1904, and the couple moved to Illinois, where he was a successful farmer until his health failed sixteen years ago. They made their home in Chesterville, Ill., for nineteen years and moved to Hickory about twelve years ago. Mr. Campbell was a member of the Masonic lodge at Taylorsville, and was affiliated with the Baptist church. The funeral services will be held at Walnut Grove Baptist church, between Taylorsville and North Wilkesboro, at two-thirty o'clock Wednesday afternoon. In addition to his widow, Mr. Campbell is survived by four sons and four daughters, as follows: Mrs. Glayde Kerley of Suffolk, Va., who will arrive in Hickory tonight; LeRoy Campbell of Mooresville; Mrs. Edd Townsend, James F., Orville, and Charles Campbell, and Misses Elizabeth and Mary Ann Campbell, all of Hickory. There are five grandchildren. Mr. Campbell had eight brothers and sisters, five of whom survive, J.A. Campbell of Harmony, near Statesville; Ed Campbell of Taylorsville; Mrs. Jones Barnes, Kansas City, Mo.; Will Campbell, LaFlore, Okla., and Mrs. Myrtle Osborne, Charlotte.


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THE HICKORY DAILY RECORD
Wednesday, July 19, 1939

R. F. CAMPBELL FUNERAL TODAY

A short funeral Service was held at the home on Fifteenth street at one o'clock this afternoon for Robert Franklin Campbell, who died Tuesday morning after a long illness. Rev. R. K. Redwine, pastor of the First Baptist church, was in charge of the service there. The body was then taken to the Walnut Grove Baptist church, between Taylorsville and North Wilkesboro, for services, conducted by Rev. C. C. Holland of Taylorsville and Rev. Mr. Redwine. Burial was made there, nephews of Mr. Campbell serving as pallbearers.

Robert's grave.

Note: HICKORY DAILY RECORD, Hickory, NC - Monday, November 11, 1968
[Transcribed by Laura Anne Campbell Harrison]

MRS. ROBERT F. CAMPBELL - AREA NATIVE RITE HERE LENOIR - Mrs. Robert F. Campbell, 83, of 428 South Main Street, Lenoir, died in a Morganton nursing home late Saturday afternoon after a long illness. The former Jessie Bentley, she was born in Wilkes County, Aug. 13, 1885, a daughter of the late James E. and Josephine Brown Bentley. Her husband, whom she married in 1904, died in 1939.

Services Today

Funeral services were held this morning at ten o'clock at First Baptist church in Lenoir. The Rev. Fred D. Barnes, the Rev. Billy Rivers, the Rev. Robert Frye, and the Rev. Rowe Teague officiated. Burial was in Walnut Grove Baptist church cemetery in Wilkes County. Surviving are three sons, Leroy Campbell, president of Hickory Shoe Lace Company, of Hickory; J. Orville Campbell, publisher of the Chapel Hill Weekly, of Chapel Hill; and Judge Charles Campbell of Reidsville; four daughter, Mrs. Ed (Myrtle) Townsend of Hickory, Mrs. Glayde (Cleo) Kerley of Louisburg, Mrs. Robert (Mary Ann) White of Winter Park, Fla., and Miss Elizabeth Campbell of Lenoir; one brother, Mack Bentley of Moravian Falls; 19 grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. One son, Jimmy Campbell, preceded Mrs. Campbell in death. She lived in Hickory for over thirty years, during the years she was rearing her family. She was known throughout the area for her practical nursing. Seventeen years ago, she moved to Lenoir to live with her daughter, Elizabeth, and during those years she assisted Elizabeth as much as she could in her work as a Baptist Association Missionary. Mrs. Campbell acted as hostess at the home. She was a member of First Baptist Church while in Hickory but had since joined First Baptist Church in Lenoir. For many years, in both of the two churches, Mrs. Campbell was superintendent of the nursery department. Until her health failed, Mrs. Campbell was active in Woman's Missionary Union.

Jessie's grave.

Obituaries provided by James W. Miller, Jr.


1H. Myrtle Daisy Campbell born Aug 1879. Married Willette Simpson Osborne.

1I. Charles Ross Campbell born 13 May 1882. Married Bessie Jones. According to Charles draft registration he lived Burke, Shoshone Co, Idaho in 1918. He had at least two children. Florence Sue Campbell born 9 Apr 1897 and Wade Earl Campbell born 15 Jul 1895, both born Alexander Co, NC. Charles was living at Bridal Veil, Multnomah, Oregon as a boarder in 1930.

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Lenoir News-Topic
Tuesday 22 June 2004

Elizabeth Campbell

Elizabeth J. Campbell, 89, of Shaire Center Dr., Lenoir, died Saturday, June 19, 2004 at the Shaire Center.

She was born Jan. 22, 1915 in Chesterville, Ill. to the late Robert F. and Jessie Bentley Campbell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, R. Leroy Campbell, James F. Campbell both of Hickory, Orville B. Campbell of Chapel Hill, and Charles W. Campbell of Reidsville, two sisters, Mrs. Cleo Kerley of Taylorsville, and Mrs. Myrtle Townsend of Hickory.

Miss Campbell served as director of missions in the Caldwell Missionary Baptist Association from June 1, 1944 to Dec. 31, 1980. She graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1944 with a Bachelor of Religious Education degree. She was also a graduate of Mars Hills College where she received an A.A. degree. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lenoir.

Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann and Robert White of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Lenoir, conducted by Dr. David B. Smith. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the service. Interment will follow in Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Moravian Falls.

The family will receive friends today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to: First Baptist Church of Lenoir, Mission Fund, 304 Main St., NW, Lenoir, NC 28645

Elizabeth's Grave.

Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Wilkes Co, NC. Photo taken 4/6/2008.


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Children of Robert Campbell and Jessie Bentley are:

i. Cleo5 Campbell, born 09 Nov 1905 in Chesterville, Illinois; died 31 Mar 1973 in Alexander Co., NC. She married Glayde Kerley; died in Alexander Co., NC.

Notes for Cleo Campbell:
Social Security Death Index
about Cleo Kerley
Name: Cleo Kerley
SSN: 241-10-2565
Last Residence: 28681 Taylorsville, Alexander, North Carolina,
United States of America
Born: 9 Nov 1905
Died: Mar 1973
State (Year) SSN issued: North Carolina (Before 1951 )

North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
about Cleo Kerley
Name: Cleo Kerley
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Age: 67
Date of Birth: 1906
Residence County: Alexander
Date of Death: 31 Mar 1973
Death County: Alexander
Death State: North Carolina
Autopsy: No
institution: General Hospital
Attendant: Physician
Recorded date: Mar 1963
Source Vendor: NC Department of Health. North Carolina Deaths, 1970-74


ii. Myrtle Octavia Campbell, born 23 Mar 1907 in Wilkes Co., NC; died 11 Sep 1997 in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC. She married Edd Townsend.

Notes for Myrtle Octavia Campbell:
North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004 about Myrtle Campbell Townsend Name: Myrtle Campbell Townsend
[Myrtle Campbell Campbell]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Hispanic Origin: Non-Hispanic
Marital Status: Widowed
Social Security Number: 243090683
Father's Last Name: Campbell
Age: 90 Years
Date of Birth: 23 Mar 1907
Birth County: Wilkes
Birth State: North Carolina
Residence City: Hickory
Residence County: Catawba
Residence State: North Carolina
Residence Zip Code: 28601
Education: 12th grade
Occupation: Managers and administrators, n.e.c.
Industry: Yarn, thread, and fabric mills
Date of Death: 11 Sep 1997
Death City: Hickory
Death County: Catawba
Death State: North Carolina
Cause of Death: Pulmonary congestion and hypostasis
Other Cause of Death: Heart failure: Congestive heart failure,
unspecified
institution: Nursing Home
Attendant: Physician
Burial Location: Burial in-state
Recorded date: 22 Sep 1997
Source Vendor: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics


iii. Robert Leroy Campbell, born 14 Apr 1909 in Chesterville, Illinois; died 29 Aug 1988 in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC.

Notes for Robert Leroy Campbell:
North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
about Robert Leroy Campbell Sr.
Name: Robert Leroy Campbell Sr.
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Social Security Number: 238018765
Father's Last Name: Campbell
Age: 79
Date of Birth: 14 Apr 1909
Birth Location: Illinois
Birth State: Illinois
Residence City: Hickory
Residence County: Catawba
Residence State: North Carolina
Date of Death: 29 Aug 1988
Death City: Hickory (P)
Death County: Catawba
Death State: North Carolina
Autopsy: No
institution: Home
Attendant: Physician
Burial Location: Burial in state
Source Vendor: NC Department of Health. North Carolina Deaths, 1988-92


+ iv. James Franklin Campbell, born 24 Aug 1913 in Atwood, Douglas Co., Illinois; died 29 Feb 1968 in Catawba Co., NC.

9 v. Elizabeth J. Campbell, born 22 Jan 1915 in Chesterville, Illinois; died 19 Jun 2004 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC.

Notes for Elizabeth J. Campbell:
North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
about Elizabeth J Campbell
Name: Elizabeth J Campbell
Gender: Female
Race: White
Hispanic Origin: Non-Hispanic
Marital Status: Never Married (Single)
Social Security Number: 240052569
Father's Last Name: Campbell
Age: 89 Years
Date of Birth: 22 Jan 1915
Birth State: Illinois
Residence County: Caldwell
Residence State: North Carolina
Residence Zip Code: 28645
Education: 5 or more years of college
Date of Death: 19 Jun 2004
Death County: Caldwell
Death State: North Carolina
Autopsy: Autopsy Not Performed
Autopsy Findings: Autopsy findings were not considered in determining cause of death
institution: Nursing Home
Attendant: Physician
Burial Location: Burial in-state
Recorded date: 30 Jun 2004
Source Vendor: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics

Lenoir News-Topic
Tuesday 22 June 2004

Elizabeth Campbell

Elizabeth J. Campbell, 89, of Shaire Center Dr., Lenoir, died Saturday, June 19, 2004 at the Shaire Center.

She was born Jan. 22, 1915 in Chesterville, Ill. to the late Robert F. and Jessie Bentley Campbell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, R. Leroy Campbell, James F. Campbell both of Hickory, Orville B. Campbell of Chapel Hill, and Charles W. Campbell of Reidsville, two sisters, Mrs. Cleo Kerley of Taylorsville, and Mrs. Myrtle Townsend of Hickory.

Miss Campbell served as director of missions in the Caldwell Missionary Baptist Association from June 1, 1944 to Dec. 31, 1980. She graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1944 with a Bachelor of Religious Education degree. She was also a graduate of Mars Hills College where she received an A.A. degree. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lenoir.

Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann and Robert White of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Lenoir, conducted by Dr. David B. Smith. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the service. Interment will follow in Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Moravian Falls.

The family will receive friends today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to: First Baptist Church of Lenoir, Mission Fund, 304 Main St., NW, Lenoir, NC 28645.


vi. Orville Bentley Campbell, born 17 Aug 1919 in Illinois; died 06 Jun 1989 in Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC.

Notes for Orville Bentley Campbell:
North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
about Orville Bentley Campbell
Name: Orville Bentley Campbell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Social Security Number: 243090082
Father's Last Name: Campbell
Age: 69
Date of Birth: 17 Aug 1919
Birth Location: Illinois
Birth State: Illinois
Residence City: Chapel Hill
Residence County: Orange
Residence State: North Carolina
Date of Death: 6 Jun 1989
Death City: Chapel Hill (P)
Death County: Orange
Death State: North Carolina
Autopsy: Yes
institution: General Hospital
Attendant: Physician
Burial Location: Burial in state Source Vendor: NC Department of Health. North Carolina Deaths, 1988-92


vii. Charles Wayne Campbell, born 01 Jun 1921 in Illinois; died 19 Jun 1993 in Reidsville, Rockinghom Co., NC.

Notes for Charles Wayne Campbell:
North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
about Charles Wayne Campbell
Name: Charles Wayne Campbell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Social Security Number: 243012587
Father's Last Name: Campbell
Age: 72
Date of Birth: 1 Jun 1921
Residence City: Reidsville
Residence County: Rockingham
Residence State: North Carolina
Date of Death: Jun 1993
Death City: Reidsville
Death County: Rockingham
Death State: North Carolina
Autopsy: No
institution: Nursing and Rest Homes
Attendant: Physician
Burial Location: Cremation in state
Source Vendor: NC Department of Health. North Carolina Deaths, 1993-96


Generation No. 4

James Franklin5 Campbell (Robert Franklin4, William Franklin3, John B.2, Joseph1) was born 24 Aug 1913 in Atwood, Douglas Co., Illinois, and died 29 Feb 1968 in Catawba Co., NC. He married Nell Lucille "Nellie" Hardy 20 Sep 1935 in Hart Co., GA, daughter of Joseph Hardy and Laura Wilkes. She was born 30 Nov 1914 in GA, and died 19 Feb 1981 in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC.

Notes for James Franklin Campbell:
North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
about James Campbell
Name: James Campbell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Age: 54 years 6 days
Date of Birth: 1914
Residence County: Catawba
Date of Death: 29 Feb 1968
Death County: Catawba
Autopsy: No
institution: Home
Attendant: Physician
Recorded date: Feb 1968
Source Vendor: NC Department of Health. North Carolina Deaths, 1968-69