History of the Restoration Movement


The Wives And Children Of Alexander Campbell

Margaret Brown Campbell
1791-1827
Married
March 12, 1811

Selina Bakewell Campbell
1802-1897
Married
July 31, 1828


Paintings Of Alexander & Selina Campbell
In the Bethany College Library
[Note: No photo of Margaret Campbell is extant]

(L to R) William (son Willie); Virginia (daughter Virgie) & Decima (daughter Dessie)

10 Of The 14 Children Of Alexander Campbell Preceeded His Death In 1866
All 8 of Margaret's Childen & 2 Of Selina's
Clarinda was the last who preceeded him, dying in 1851
Surviving him were Alexander, Jr., Virginia, William & Decima

All But One Child Of Alexander's 14 Children Are Buried In God's Acre
William P. Campbell is buried in Wellsburg, W.V.

GPS Location of God's Acre
40°12'19.3"N 80°32'48.0"W
or D.d. 40.205368, -80.546667

Margaret Campbell
1st wife of Alexander
(married) March 12, 1811 - October 27, 1827
[No Likeness Exists]


In
Memory Of
Margaret Campbell
wife of
Alexander Campbell
who was born January 29, 1791
and died October 27, A.D. 1827
aged, 36 years, 9 months, and
23 days
She was in truth a good wife, a tender
mother, a faithful and affectionate friend,
She lived the life of a Christian, and died
Full in the hope of a blessed resurrection
unto Eternal life.
The Last Lines She Had Sung Declared Her
Views And Feeling In The Prospect Of Death
and The Grave.
No Terror The Prespect Begets,
I Am Not Mortality's Slave;
The Sunbeam Of Life As It Sets,
Paints A Rainbo Of Peace On The Grave.

Alexander & Margaret's Children
All eight of Margaret's Children Preceeded Alexander In Death


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Graves of the Alexander Campbell's Children Through Margaret
Listed According To Birth


Jane Campbell Ewing
03.13.1812-06.24.1834
4th child to die


Eliza Ann Campbell Campbell
09.13.1813-07.09.1839
5th child to die


Maria Louisa Campbell Henley
11.20.1815-09.11.1841
6th child to die


Lavinia Campbell Pendleton
01.17.1818-05.27.1846
7th child to die


Amanda Campbell
02.16.1820-08.08.1820
1st child to die


Clarinda Campbell Pendleton
07.14.1821-01.10.1851
10th child to die

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[no marker-broken off]
John Brown Campbell
11.10.1822-11.10.1822
2nd child to die
#55 Between Amanda & Margaretta


Margaretta L. Campbell
12.16.1824-05.14.1826
3rd child to die

Selina Bakewell Campbell
2nd wife of Alexander
(married) July 31, 1828 - March 6, 1866


Selina Bakewell Campbell


Margaret Campbell
Wife Of
Alex Campbell
Died
Oct. 22, 1827
In The 37 Yr
Of Her Age
_____________

Selina H. Campbell
Wife Of
Alex Campbell
Born
In Litchfield, England
Nov. 12, 1802
Died At Bethany, W. Va.
June 28, 1897

Alexander & Selina's Children
Two of six children of Selina's Children Preceeded Alexander In Death


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Graves of the Alexander Campbell's Children Through Selina
Listed According To Birth


Alexander Campbell, Jr.
10.24.1831-09.25.1906
11th child to die


Virginia Ann Campbell Thompson
01.24.1834-03.06.1908
12th child to die


Wickliffe E. Campbell
06.24.1837-09.04.1847
8th child to die


Margaret B. Campbell Ewing
04.23.1829-10.22.1848
9th child to die


Decima Campbell Barclay
10.12.1840-05.04.1920
14th and last child to die


William P. Campbell
11.11.1843-04.29.1917
13th child to die
Only child of A.Campbell not buried at God's Acre
Buried In Brooke Cemetery, Wellsburg, W.V.

Photos Taken by Scott Harp/Tom L. Childers/Others
Site Produced 10.2012
Courtesy of Scott Harp
www.TheRestorationMovement.com

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