John Archibald Campbell

b. 6 April 1866, d. 16 December 1902
  • John Archibald Campbell was born on 6 April 1866 in Louisiana.
  • 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 John Archibald Campbell, Duncan Green Campbell, Ella S. Calvert, Charlotte Campbell, Ella Calvert 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.
  • 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 John Archibald Campbell, Charlotte Campbell, Ella Calvert Campbell and Anna Goldthwaite Campbell.
  • He married Mary Potts Johnson, daughter of Ross Johnson, on 29 January 1902.
  • 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.
  • John Archibald Campbell died on 16 December 1902 at age 36 in Washington, District of Columbia.
  • His wife Mary Potts Johnson became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at St. Paul's Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia.
  • The following appeared on 17 December 1902 in The Sun: [Died] On December 16, 1902, at 10:30 A. M., John A. Campbell, son of the late Duncan G. Campbell and Ella Calvert Campbell. [Frederick papers please copy.]
         Funeral services at No. 1712 N street, Washington, D. C., this Thursday, December 18, at 2 o'clock. Interment private.
  • The following appeared on 17 December 1902 in The Sun: (Washington, Dec. 16) John A. Campbell, a lawyer of this city, died here today. He was a son of the late Duncan G. and Ella Calvert Campbell and a grandson of the late Justice John A. Campbell and on his mother's side of the late Hon. Charles Calvert, of Riversdale. Mr. Campbell was a graduate of the University of Virginia. He leaves a widow, a daughter of the late Ross Johnson, of Frederick, Md.
  • Last Edited: 25 Nov 2015

Family: Mary Potts Johnson b. 9 May 1853, d. 3 May 1935