John Archibald Campbell
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
(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)
(Buried: East Farms Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut)
Henrietta Goldthwaite Campbell Lay 1831 – 1915
(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
1826 – 1827: Attended West Point Military Academy
Occupation before War:
1829: Attorney in Washington, Georgia
1829 – 1837: Attorney in Montgomery, Alabama
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
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
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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