Elmer Leslie Campbell

Elmer Leslie Campbell

• Father: Millard Fillmore Campbell b. June 1854, d. 31 January 1936
• Mother: Eliza Jane Harrison b. January 1857, d. 5 October 1939

• Elmer Leslie Campbell was born on 7 August 1877 in Illinois.
• Millard Fillmore Campbell and Eliza Jane Harrison appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Indian Prairie, Wayne County, Illinois. Other members of the household included Elmer Leslie Campbell, William Frank Campbell.
• Millard Fillmore Campbell and Eliza Jane Harrison appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Indian Prairie, Wayne County, Illinois. Other members of the household included Elmer Leslie Campbell, William Frank Campbell, John Monroe Campbell, Edna Orel Campbell and Kenneth Europe Campbell.
• He was a farm laborer, according to the 1900 census.
• He married Ollie May Bowden, daughter of Edward Bowden and Sarah E. (?), circa 1902.
• Elmer Leslie Campbell and Ollie May Bowden appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Manville, Converse County, Wyoming. Other members of the household included George Campbell, Morton Campbell, Lyman C. Campbell and Eliza Jane Harrison.
• He was a barber on a farm, according to the 1910 census.
• Elmer Leslie Campbell registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Wayne County, Illinois, while living in Rinard, and self-employed there as a farmer.
• Millard Fillmore Campbell and Eliza Jane Harrison appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Keith, Wayne County, Illinois, without Elmer's wife in the household, although he said to be married and not widowed.. Other members of the household included Elmer Leslie Campbell, George Campbell, Morton Campbell and Lyman C. Campbell.
• He was working on the home farm, according to the 1920 census.
• Elmer Leslie Campbell died on 14 June 1931 at age 53.
• His wife Ollie May Bowden became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Willow Branch Cemetery, Keith Township, Wayne County, Illinois.

• Last Edited: 30 Oct 2011