Duncan Green Campbell

Duncan Green Campbell

• Father: John Archibald Campbell b. 24 June 1811, d. 12 March 1889
• Mother: Anne Esther Goldthwaite b. 17 September 1804, d. 13 February 1883

• Duncan Green Campbell was born circa 1834 in Alabama.
• John Archibald Campbell and Anne Esther Goldthwaite appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Mobile, Alabama. Other members of the household included Duncan Green Campbell, Henrietta Campbell, Katherine Rebecca Campbell, Mary Ellen Campbell, Anna Campbell and Clara Campbell.
• He married Ella S. Calvert, daughter of Charles Benedict Calvert, on 3 September 1861 in Prince George's County, Maryland, at Riversdale, with the Rev. Dr. Pinkney officiating.
• The following appeared on 5 September 1861 in the Daily National Intelligencer: [Married] On Tuesday, September 3d, at Riversdale, by the Rev. Dr. Pinkney, Duncan G. Campbell, Esq., of Louisiana, to Miss Ella Calvert, daughter of Hon. Chas. B. Calvert.
• John Archibald Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Duncan Green Campbell, Ella S. Calvert, Charlotte Campbell, Ella Calvert Campbell, John Archibald Campbell and Anna Goldthwaite Campbell. Also in the household were four domestic servants, three female and one male. John A. Campbell also is enumerated in Baltimore with his wife and others of his family in 1870.
• He was a lawyer, according to the 1870 census.
• Duncan Green Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Vansville, Prince George's County, Maryland. Other members of the household included Charlotte Campbell, Ella Calvert Campbell, John Archibald Campbell and Anna Goldthwaite Campbell.
• He was farming, according to the 1880 census.
• Duncan Green Campbell died on 13 March 1888 in Washington, District of Columbia.
• His wife Ella S. Calvert became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.
• The following appeared on 14 March 1888 in The Sun: Mr. Duncan Green Campbell, a son of the [late] Hon. John A. Campbell, who was an associate justice of the Supreme Court and the Confederate assistant secretary of war during the war between the States, died las evening in Washington, D. C. The deceased's sister is the wife of Mr. F. M. Colston, of this city.
• The following appeared on 16 March 1888 in The Washington Critic: The remains of the late Duncan Green Campbell, son of Judge John A. Campbell, who died in this city on March 13, aged 50 years, arrived at the Union Depot, Baltimore, yesterday afternoon, and were buried at Greenmount Cemetery. The funeral services were performed in this city. The pall-bearers were Justice L. Q. C. Lamar, Admiral B. P. Carter, Robert W. Hunter and General V. D. Grover, all of Washington, and Messrs. R. M. Venable, John A. C. Mason, Noble Tabb, Geo. H. Calvert and F. M. Colston, from Baltimore.
• The following appeared on 20 February 1902 in The Sun: (Washington, Feb. 19) Mrs. Ella Calvert Campbell, widow of Duncan G. Campbell and daughter of the late Mr. Charles Benedict Calvert, of Riverdale, Prince George's county, who died at her residence in Washington Monday morning, was buried this afternoon from Epiphany Church, Washington. She was born and reared at the historic old Calvert mansion, at Riverdale, and lived for a number of years at College Park, Md., on a large estate inherited by her from her father and afterward purchased and subdivided by Mr. John O. Johnson, of Washington. Since then she had resided in Washington. Mrs. Campbell was the sister of George W. Calvert, Sr., of College Park, and of Mr. Charles Baltimore Calvert, of MacAlpine. She leaves four children, as follows: Misses Ella and Lola Campbell, Mrs. Charles W. McPhee, of Georgetown, Del., and Mr. John A. Campbell.

• Last Edited: 20 Nov 2015

• Charts: Descendants of CAMPBELL Archibald & Rebecca Kirk