Campbell family
Family
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Bennett and Related Families Genealogy and History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3182
Overview
Articles and charts of genealogy of the Bennett and allied families of Campbell, Dentzer, Dyer, Ellsworth, Fast, Forinash, Hinkle (Henkle/Henckel), Layman, McCally, Skidmore, Wagner and Weaver. Often mentioned names are John Bennett, Joseph Bennett, Levi Bennett, William Bennett, James Campbell, Moses Ellsworth, Anthonius Jacobus Henckel, John Justus Henckel, John Skidmore and Levi Skidmore. There are articles on the Bennett Coat of Arms, James Campbell, John Justus Henckel and Hinkle's...
Dates:
1992
Campbell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1265
Scope and Contents
Financial and farm records of James Campbell who owned a plantation near Arden, Berkeley County on which he also operated a store. The collection also includes a ledger and some loose financial papers of James L. Campbell who ran the family homestead.
Dates:
1795-1873
Campbell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1321
Scope and Contents
Account book, 1856-1901, of James Wilson Campbell. Includes estate settlement of his father, James L. Campbell, Cattle pedigrees, and various accounts, including some kept in James L.'s hand. Correspondence, 1866-1899 concerns family affairs, business, and there is one letter from a cousin at Marietta College, 1866, telling of geological field trip through the Wood, Ritchie, Pleasants, oil district of W. Va. School notes on mathematics and surveying of James Wilson Campbell, ca. 1854-1859;...
Dates:
1847-1901
Eileen Peters, Compiler, Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3281
Scope and Contents
Genealogy research papers of Eileen Peters. Includes genealogies, research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, maps, photographs, books, and other publications documenting primarily Preston County, West Virginia families, as well as families of the tri-state region of West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia. Also includes histories of Preston County, West Virginia (18th through 20th centuries), and general information on how to conduct genealogical research.
Dates:
1887-1995
Jessie Campbell Nave Diaries
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3500
Overview
Two diaries (1891-1892) authored by Jessie Campbell Nave (born 1867, died 1932 as Jessie Hill), the great niece of Alexander Campbell, a leader in the Protestant religious movement known as the "Disciples of Christ" and founder and first President of Bethany College. Jessie's father, Archibald W. Campbell, whose activities are documented in the diaries, was the editor of the "Wheeling Intelligencer." These diaries document her experiences as a married upper-class late 19th century West...
Dates:
1891-1892
Larry McCutcheon, Genealogist, Book "Our Campbell Family: West Virginia Roots, Nicholas County and Fayette County"
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4503
Content Description
Genealogical book regarding the Campbell family of Nicholas and Fayette Counties, including genealogical charts, family biographies, and photographs.
Dates:
January 2021
Mercer Family Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3161
Overview
A family history and genealogical record of the Mercer family of Monongalia County, WV with mention of the allied families of Brown and Campbell. Robert Mercer was the first of the family to settle in what is now West Virginia near Morgantown in 1766. He was the son of Gideon Mercer and the grandson of John Mercer, the earliest known family member in America. John Mercer was a Quaker merchant of New York City and an extensive landowner of Manhattan Island. Also noted is the movement and...
Dates:
1988-1995
Siler Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2200
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of letters and documents tracing the personal and business life of an eastern panhandle West Virginia family. The papers concern a broad range of political, social, financial, and legal topics, particularly focusing on J. Hammond Siler, Jr., his parents, J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and Jessie Castleman Siler (residents of the Town of Bath better known as Berkeley Springs). Also includes correspondence and other papers from related families. Subjects include banking, the Civil...
Dates:
1848-1968
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- Genealogy 3
- Account books 2
- Arden (W. Va.) 2
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 2
- Country stores. 2
- Farms and farming. 2
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
- Plantations 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Bank of Berkeley Springs - Banks and Banking. 1
- Banks and Banking - American Institute of Banking. 1
- Banks and Banking - Bank of Berkeley Springs. 1
- Banks and Banking - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. 1
- Banks and Banking - Financial Public Relations Association. 1
- Banks and Banking - First Virginia Corporation. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Berkeley Glass Sand Company -- Glass Sand Industry 1
- Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 1
- Berkeley Springs Water Works and Improvement Co. -- Power Industry 1
- Bethany (W. Va.) 1
- Bibles 1
- Blueprints 1
- Bonds -- Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia 1
- Bowling 1
- Business correspondence 1
- Church schools -- Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
- Churches -- Episcopal 1
- Civil War - political factions. 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Description 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Episcopal Church - Churches. 1
- Estates and estate settlements. 1
- Fayette County (W. Va.) -- Genealogy 1
- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - Banks and Banking. 1
- Financial Public Relations Association - Banks and Banking. 1
- First Virginia Corporation - Banks and Banking. 1
- Fortification 1
- Freemasons 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- General stores - Hammond and Siler. 1
- Geology 1
- Glass Sand Industry - Berkeley Glass Sand Company. 1
- Glass Sand Industry - Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation. 1
- Hancock Steel Company - Steel. 1
- Hinkle's Fort. 1
- Insurance - V. E. Johnson Insurance Agency. 1
- Land - deeds and grants. 1
- Land Plat. 1
- Ledgers. 1
- Libraries - Morgan County Library. 1
- Magazines. 1
- Marietta College 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgan County - Circuit Court. 1
- Morgan County Library - Libraries. 1
- Music - Sheet music. 1
- Nicholas County (W. Va.) -- Genealogy 1
- Northern Virginia Power Company - Power Industry. 1
- Pendleton County (W. Va.) 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation - Glass Sand Industry. 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Poetry -- Nannie S. Castleman 1
- Political factions - Civil War. 1
- Politics - Secession of Virginia. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Preston County - families. 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Western Maryland Railroad Company. 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Rhodes scholarships 1
- Rock Gap Coal and Mining Company - Stocks. 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Secession of Virginia - Politics. 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- Town of Bath, West Virginia - Berkeley Springs. 1
- United States -- History -- War of 1812 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Wood-Ritchie-Pleasants oil district. 1 + ∧ less
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