Flora McQueen Campbell

b. 17 July 1802, d. 7 January 1876
  • Flora McQueen Campbell was born on 17 July 1802 in North Carolina.
  • Eddie Eliza Campbell wrote in a letter to Evelina Wood on 10 February 1850, ". . . Sister Sarah took Isaac home with her, he took a violent cold after he had been there a fortnight and is down now with violent rheumatism. Sister Flora left last Thursday for Macon, I cannot tell how long she will be absent, she will return as soon as she can bring Isaac, poor child he ought not to have been trusted to any one but those that know him only as we know him at home, and I could not help thinking it was madness to send him back to Macon."
  • Eddie Eliza Campbell wrote in a letter to Evelina Wood, "I should have sent my letter at once but Mrs Brown told me she should send hers and Sister Flora wrote for yours to be sent to her as soon as we received them. I wrote you before that she was there nursing poor Isaac, who went home with his aunt Sarah and was taken very ill and is still unable to stand up. I mention this again for fear my letter has not reached you." on 25 February 1850.
  • Isaac B. Rowland appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery, Alabama. Other members of the household included Flora McQueen Campbell, Isaac Bloom Rowland, Edwin Campbell Rowland, Alexander McKenzie Rowland and Susan Campbell Rowland.
  • Flora McQueen Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Susan Campbell Rowland, Alexander McKenzie Rowland, Edwin Campbell Rowland, William Butler Johnston, Anne Clark Tracy and Edward Tracy Johnston.
  • She was mentioned in the obituary of Edward Tracy Johnston that appeared on 22 April 1861 in The Macon Daily Telegraph: The Funeral of Edward Tracy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Johnston, will take place to-day at 4 o'clock, P.M., from the residence of Miss Flora Campbell.
  • She was mentioned in the obituary of Edwin Campbell Rowland that appeared on 21 November 1861 in the Macon Daily Telegraph: The friends and acquaintances of Mr. Edwin C. Rowland, formerly of this city are invited to attend his funeral from the residence of Miss Flora Campbell, on Walnut Street, at 10-1/2 o'clock this morning.
  • Flora McQueen Campbell died on 7 January 1876 at age 73 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.
  • She was interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
  • The following appeared on 11 January 1876 in the Georgia Weekly Telegraph: Death of Miss Flora M. Campbell. After a lingering illness of more than two years, this venerable and Christian woman expired at the residence of ner niece, Mrs. Lewis Abbott, in Atlanta, at nine o'clock on the morning of the seventh instant, in the seventy-fourth year of her age. /P/ Her ancestors came from Scotland and settled in the colony of North Carolina, before the struggle for independence. Her Grandfather, Col. Campbell, espoused the cause of the colonies, and has left his name as a brave and daring officer in the history of the seven years' war as leading his columns in many battles, on the grounds of the Old Dominion down to the single line. He was severely wounded at the battle of Cowpens. /P/ The Campbells removed to Georgia about the year 1806, and settled in Wilkes and other neighboring counties. The deceased was a sister of the late Hons. Duncan G. and John W. Campbell, whose names are worthily enrolled on the scroll of Georgia's distinguished sons. As early as 1826 she, with a large number of the family, settled in this place. In 1837, under the ministrations of that eminently pious and godly man, the Rev. Joseph Stiles, she made a profession of religion, and became a member of the Presbyterian Church. Her long life was one of self-sacrifice, devoted acts of charity and the education of orphan children left to her charge. Three of them have passed from earth, and the remaining one was her solace and comfort during her expiring years. She was a woman of extraordinary intelligence and mental culture. She bore her protracted sickness with Christian resignation and fortitude. . . /P/ Her remains were brought by the Atlanta train to Macon yesterday morning, and interred where three of her sisters sleep in the quiet shades of Rose Hill Cemetery.
  • Last Edited: 1 May 2010