Jeff served as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War in the First Tennessee (Carter's) Cavalry, Company L as a private and a "musition" as noted in his war record. Family history says he was a drummer boy. His record shows that he was a bugler also. He was just 15 years old when the war began.
Jeff married Teresa Ann Francis Richey, daughter of Elizabeth Francis (Hale) Richey and Sanford Richey, on August 23, 1864 in Harrison, Hamilton county, Tennessee.
Sometime after the War ended, he and his wife, along with several other family members, left Tennessee and headed west probably by wagon train. They settled at Buffalo, the county seat of Dallas county, Missouri, where other family members were already living. In 1907 they sold their farm and moved closer to their oldest son Billy who was living at Chandler in Lincoln county, Oklahoma.
Jeff became ill at his son Billy's house in the early part of 1910 and died at Chandler.
These were Jeff and Teresa's children: Tennessee J, William S, Charles D, Wood F, Lillie F, James W, John Everett and Roger M. All his children are linked to him.
Jeff served as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War in the First Tennessee (Carter's) Cavalry, Company L as a private and a "musition" as noted in his war record. Family history says he was a drummer boy. His record shows that he was a bugler also. He was just 15 years old when the war began.
Jeff married Teresa Ann Francis Richey, daughter of Elizabeth Francis (Hale) Richey and Sanford Richey, on August 23, 1864 in Harrison, Hamilton county, Tennessee.
Sometime after the War ended, he and his wife, along with several other family members, left Tennessee and headed west probably by wagon train. They settled at Buffalo, the county seat of Dallas county, Missouri, where other family members were already living. In 1907 they sold their farm and moved closer to their oldest son Billy who was living at Chandler in Lincoln county, Oklahoma.
Jeff became ill at his son Billy's house in the early part of 1910 and died at Chandler.
These were Jeff and Teresa's children: Tennessee J, William S, Charles D, Wood F, Lillie F, James W, John Everett and Roger M. All his children are linked to him.
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Family Members
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Tennessee Jane Campbell Skinner
1860–1942
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William Seymour "Billy" Campbell
1865–1924
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Charles Dewitt "Charley" Campbell
1869–1920
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Wood F. Campbell
1871–1960
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Lillie Francis Campbell Martin
1872–1933
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James Walter "Jim" Campbell
1874–1957
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John Everett "Everett" Campbell
1880–1916
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Roger Mills "Que" Campbell
1890–1914
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