Benjamin Franklin Campbell

1849 - 1931  (82 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin Campbell  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Jul 1849	Polk, Iowa, United States   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	K6G6-4RC
  Death	31 Dec 1931	Oakland, Alameda, California, United States   [2, 3]
  Burial	Sonoma, California, United States   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I58	footsteps | Bruce, Campbell, Capet, Charlamagne, Conqueor, DonCampbell, Godiva, William Wallace
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Oliver Campbell,   b. 28 Dec 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States d. 29 Jul 1885, Santa Cruz County, California, United States (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Matilda Hannah Shearer,   b. 1826, New York, New York, United States d. 7 Feb 1888, Santa Cruz County, California, United States (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1838
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Esmerelda Eramantha Smith,   b. 10 Dec 1857, Sonoma, California, United States d. 9 Mar 1895, Sonoma, California, United States (Age 37 years)
  Children	+ 1. Donald Lorenzo Campbell,   b. 13 Oct 1891, Sonoma, California, United States d. 14 Apr 1955, Alameda, California, United States (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Malvina Smith,   b. 18 Nov 1850, Sacramento, California, United States d. 8 Oct 1887, Sonoma, California, United States (Age 36 years)
  Children	1. Eva F. Campbell,   b. 1873, California, United States d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Oscar Franklin Campbell,   b. 22 Jan 1875, Sonoma, California, United States d. 26 Sep 1943, Santa Clara, California, United States (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Bertha Estelle Campbell,   b. 28 Nov 1876, Sonoma, California, United States d. 19 Aug 1961, Santa Clara, California, United States (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Ernest Campbell,   b. 16 Feb 1879, California, United States d. 26 Sep 1975, San Francisco, California, United States (Age 96 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F15353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  His family arrived in Placerville, Ca. 1856, when Benjamin Campbell was 7 years old. He first married Mary Malvina Smith (b1852 d1887) and had four children. Upon her death, Benjamin married Mary's sister, Esmerelda Eramantha Smith (b1857 d1895) and they had one son, Donald Lorenzo Campbell.

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		B F CAMPBELL
  		B F CAMPBELL_home in Sonoma(taken 2015)
  		BenCampbell 1910 grand jury

  
  

  Headstones

  BenjaminFCampbell_Gravestone

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Jim Lightfoot (lightfoot@tenthgen.com). [S441] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Name: Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;;). Record for Priscilla Child [S268] Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Name: Name: Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;;;). Record for John Oliver Campbell https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62476&h=5876496363&indiv=try