Emma J. Merrill Campbell

Emma J. Campbell

Sutter Creek, Amador County, California

1 April 1884

School teacher in Sutter School

Lizzie,

My name will serve to keep me in remembrance

Emma J. Campbell

Emma J. Campbell was enumerated with her husband Horace and daughters Elsie and Julia E. 

on 23 June 1880. They were living in Sutter Creek, Amador County, California.[1]

The family group:

Head, Horace Campbell, age 41, born Illinois, parents born Vermont. Teamster

Wife, Emma J., 30, born New Hampshire, parents born New Hampshire, School Teacher

Daughter, Elsie, age 7, born California

Daughter, Julia E. age 5, born Mass.

There is no 1890 census.

By 1900 the family has grown. They are still living in Amador County, California.[2]

The family group:

Head, Horace Campbell, b. Jun 1839, Vermont (does not match 1880 information). He is now a Mine Engineer

Wife, Emma J., b. Nov 1849, Married 27 years, children 4 born 3 living. Emma was born in New Hampshire.

Daughter, Claire, b. Feb 1887, age 13, California

Son-in-law, Todd C. Woodworth, b. June 1874, Nova Scotia as were his parents

Wife  Julia C, b. Oct 1876, Massachusetts. Married 5 years, children 3 born, 2 living.

Son, Douglas B., b. Jan 1896, age 4, California

Son, Horace C. b. Jan 1900, age 5/12, b. California.

It would appear that daughter Elsie has married and moved out of her parent’s home.

Emma Merrill Campbell died 27 April 1904, in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.[3] She was a widow of Horace Campbell. Her father was William Merrill; born Warren, NH. Her mother was Elsie Bixby; born Warren, NH. The Massachusetts death index indicates that Emma was also born in Warren, NH.

Emma Merrill Campbell was buried at the Sutter Creek City Cemetery, Amador County, California.[4] She was buried with her husband Horace who had died in 1901.

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[1] 1880 US census, Amador County, California, population schedule, Sutter Creek, Enumeration 

District (ED) #36, page 86 (stamped), sheet 48D, dwelling #539, family #553, Horace Campbell 

household; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Sep 2017); National 

Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm #T9, roll #63.

[2] 1900 US census, Amador County, California, population schedule, Township Four, Enumeration 

District (ED) #8, page 107 (stamped), sheet 9A, dwelling #190, family #190, Horace Campbell 

ousehold; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Sep 2017); National 

Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm #T623, roll #84.

[3] "Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 10 Sep 2017) Emma J. Campbell, died 27 Apr 1904, Boston, Suffolk County; citing Death Records, FHL microfilm 2069337, Massachusetts State Archives,  Massachusetts Division of Vital Statistics, State House, Boston.

[4] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 Sep  2017), entry  for Emma Merrill Campbell (1849-1904), Memorial No. 26078267, Records of the Sutter Creek City Cemetery, Sutter Creek, California; page created by Ancestry Seeker, 16 Apr 2008.