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John Archibald Campbell

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Born: June 24, 1811

Birthplace: Washington, Georgia

Father: Colonel Duncan Greene Campbell 1787 – 1828
(Buried: Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, Georgia)​

Mother: Mary L. Williamson 1793 – 1862
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama)

Uncle: Georgia Governor John Clark 1766 – 1832
(Buried: Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia)​

Wife: Anne Esther Goldthwaite 1804 – 1883
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Married: December 30, 1830 in Montgomery, Alabama

Children:

Hannah Campbell Pierpont 1829 – 1856
(Buried: East Farms Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut)


Henrietta Goldthwaite Campbell Lay 1831 – 1915
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(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)


Duncan Green Campbell 1834 – 1888
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)


Katherine Goldthwaite Campbell Groner 1839 – 1922
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)


Mary Ellen Campbell Mason 1842 – 1870
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)


Anna Campbell 1844 – 1927
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)


Clara Campbell Colston 1847 – 1929
(Buried: Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Maryland)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


1825: Graduated from Franklin College


1826 – 1827: Attended West Point Military Academy​

Occupation before War:

1829: Attorney in Washington, Georgia


1829 – 1837: Attorney in Montgomery, Alabama​

Served in the Creek Indian War​


1837 – 1853: Attorney in Mobile, Alabama


1837: Alabama State Representative


1843: Alabama State Representative


1847 – 1851: Published four Essays in Southern Quarterly Review


1853 – 1861: Associate Justice of United States Supreme Court​

Civil War Career:

1861: Mediator between three commissioners


1861: Resigned from United States Supreme Court on April 30th​


1862 – 1865: Confederate States Assistant Secretary of War


1865: Commissioner at Hampton Roads Conference​

1865: Arrested and Imprisoned at Fort Pulaski, Georgia​

Occupation after War:

1865: Held at Fort Pulaski Prison by United States Government for five months
1866 – 1884: Attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana
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Attorney before the United States Supreme Court


1872: Attorney in Slaughter – House Cases


Member of “Committee of One Hundred”​

Died: March 12, 1889

Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
 
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