We are proud to be associated with the American
History and Genealogy Project.We are proud to be associated with the American
History and Genealogy Project.
MELVINA WHITEAKER
JAMES CAMPBELL
We believe Melvina Whiteaker was born between 1820 and 1822 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, the fourth child of John Whiteaker and Dorcas Campbell. We do not know how old James Campbell was. If you would like to know how we arrived at who her parents were, please read Census Analysis, Judge John Whiteaker.
She married August 15, 1843 in Claiborne County, Tennessee to James Campbell
Marriage License issued to James Campbell and
Melvina Whiteaker August 14, 1843, by Wiley Huffaker,
Clerk. John Hurst, J.P. celebrated the Rites of Matrimony
August 15, 1843.
|
Sometime between January 17, 1845 when their son Eldridge Campbell was born, and August 1850 (date of 1850 census enumeration), something occurred in the families' lives that forced Eldridge to be living with his grandfather, John Whiteaker, in Lee County, Iowa as well as in 1860 in Knox County, Missouri. There are estate papers listing John Whiteaker of Ft. Madison, Lee County, Iowa as the guardian of the minor child, Eldridge Campbell. These are dated in the late 1850's. However, we have not yet found the original filing showing who the deceased was.
There are no indications that there were siblings of Eldridge Campbell.
Please feel free to contact us with suggestions, ideas or data! Our e-mail address is msaban@wyoming.com .
Page created February 3, 2002 by Mary and Don Saban.
Page Last Updated Thursday, August 28, 2003