| Birth | 12 Feb 1856 | <Tilbury, Kent co., Ontario, Canada> |
| Death | Aft 30 Oct 1919 | <Alberta, Canada> |
| Census | 1861 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| Census | 1871 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| Property | 1877 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| "At the age of twenty-two he located on the farm taken up by his grandfather, and after a residence of sixteen years purchased 120 acres on the Back Line, where since 1896 he has had his home. Mr. Campbell owns (1904) considerable land and engages largely in stock farming, making a specialty of export cattle." | ||
| Spouse | 1878 | <Tilbury, Kent co., Ontario, Canada> |
| m. Jennie Janet Hodgkin (1858 in Harwich - ), dau of Isaac Hodgkin and Ellen Stevenson, in 1878 in prob. Tilbury, Kent co., Ontario, and had: Ellen M (1883), Gordon W. (1885), and Annie M. (1887) | ||
| Property | 20 Apr 1878 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| James W. Campbell bought 70 acres comprising SE part of Lot 6 Con 9 of Tilbury East twp from James Farguharson for $2975 on 29 Apr 1878 rec 11 Jun 1898... note: from executors of J Farguharson, Alexander Farguharson and Frank B Stewart. | ||
| Census | 1881 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| Property | 22 Oct 1886 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| James W. Campbell bought 75 acres comprising all except W 1/4 of N 1/2 of Lot 9 of North Middle Road in Tilbury East twp from [his father] James Campbell (widower) w/condition N L & A H (see deposit no 1285) on 22 Oct 1886. | ||
| Public Office | 1888-1889 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| "during 1888-89 he was [tax] collector" James W. Campbell put a tax lein against [his uncle] Matthew Martin's 100 acres comprising S 1/2 of Lot 4 Con 9 of Tilbury East twp on 18 Sep 1889 and released it on 9 Dec 1889. | ||
| Public Office | 1890 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| "during 1890 he was [tax] assessor" | ||
| Mentioned | 5 Apr 1893 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| mentioned in his father's will dated 5 Apr 1893 as James William | ||
| Property | 1 May 1898 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| James W. Campbell mortgaged 70 acres comprising SE part of Lot 6 Con 9 of Tilbury East twp to Joames Farguharson for $2000 on 1 May 1898 to be paid off in 10 years at 5%. | ||
| Property | 28 Jul 1889 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| James W. Campbell mortgaged 75 acres comprising all except W 1/4 of N 1/2 of Lot 9 of North Middle Road in Tilbury East twp to the Chatham L[oan] and S[avings] co. for $2500 on 28 Jul 1889. | ||
| Property | 2 Feb 1895 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| James W. Campbell mortgaged 75 acres comprising all except W 1/4 of N 1/2 of Lot 9 of North Middle Road in Tilbury East twp to the Chatham L[oan] and S[avings] co. for $200 on 2 Feb 1895. | ||
| Census | 1901 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| Public Office | 1 Jan 1903 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| "On Jan 1 1903 was elected reeve, being re-elected to that incumbency Jan 1 1904" | ||
| Property | 2 Mar 1906 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| James W. Campbell sold 75 acres comprising all except W 1/4 of N 1/2 of Lot 9 of North Middle Road in Tilbury East twp to Robert P. Ormsby? for $4875 on 2 MAr 1906. | ||
| Property | 24 Mar 1906 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| granted an oil and gas lease of 70 acres comprising SE part of Lot 6 Con 9 of Tilbury East twp to Central Oil & Gas co on 24 Mar 1906. | ||
| Property | 13 Feb 1911 | Tilbury East Twp., Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| sold 70 acres comprising SE part of Lot 6 Con 9 of Tilbury East twp to William Reid for $2300 on 13 Feb 1911. | ||
| Resident | 30 Oct 1919 | Alberta, Canada |
| living in Alberta, Canada at the time of his sister "Mrs. John Campbell's" death | ||
| Articles copied from a microfilmed copy of The Tilbury Times various |
| Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Kent, Ontario |
| 1901 Census of Kent co., Ontario ancestry.com images of original record |
| Will of James Campbell copy of original |
| 1861 Census of Kent co., Ontario microfilm copy of original record |
| 1871 census of Kent co., Ontario, Canada |
| 1881 Census of Kent co., Ontario govt |
| Kent County Lang Regr Office Records Abstract Index Book 1800-1957Land Grants Tilbury East. copy of original records |
| How to cite this page as a source | |
| author: | Michael Sheppard < sheppard@cs.unm.edu > |
| title: | Genealogical events for James William CAMPBELL |
| url: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shep/shep/I2537.html |
| updated: | 25 Dec 2004 |