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Benjamin Franklin Campbell

Benjamin Franklin Campbell

Male 1849 - 1931  (82 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Franklin Campbell  [1, 2] 
    Birth 12 Jul 1849  Polk, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    FSID K6G6-4RC 
    Death 31 Dec 1931  Oakland, Alameda, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Sonoma County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I60  footsteps | Campbell, Bruce, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II, William Wallace
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Father John Oliver Campbell,   b. 28 Dec 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1885, Santa Cruz County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Matilda Hannah Shearer,   b. 1826, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1888, Santa Cruz County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1838 
    Family ID F94  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Esmerelda Eramantha Smith,   b. 10 Dec 1857, Sonoma County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1895, Sonoma County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Donald Lorenzo Campbell,   b. 13 Oct 1891, Sonoma County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1955, Alameda, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F58  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Family 2 Mary Malvina Smith,   b. 18 Nov 1850, Sacramento County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1887, Sonoma County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Children 
     1. Eva F. Campbell,   b. 1873, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Oscar Franklin Campbell,   b. 22 Jan 1875, Sonoma County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1943, Santa Clara, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Bertha Estelle Campbell,   b. 28 Nov 1876, Sonoma County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1961, Santa Clara, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Ernest Campbell,   b. 16 Feb 1879, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1975, San Francisco, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F15576  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Jul 1849 - Polk, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Dec 1931 - Oakland, Alameda, California, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Sonoma County, California, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    B F CAMPBELL    		B F CAMPBELL
    BenCampbell 1910 grand jury    		BenCampbell 1910 grand jury
    BenjaminFCampbell_Gravestone    		BenjaminFCampbell_Gravestone
    B F CAMPBELL_home in Sonoma(taken 2015)    		B F CAMPBELL_home in Sonoma(taken 2015)

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S762] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Priscilla Child

    2. [S25] Jim Lightfoot (lightfoot@tenthgen.com).

    3. [S755] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com 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


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