Margaret Ann or Anna Campbell was the two-year-old daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Smith) Campbell, who died after a long decline.
She was baptized Margaret Anna Campbell on 22 March 1863 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Zanesville (sponsors: David Keeley and Maria Norton. Priest: Fr. George A. Wilson O.P.). That source gave her birthdate as 9 February 1863.
But on 18 February 1863 in his Civil War diary, her father, Tom Campbell, wrote about the birth: "Got a letter from Patrick [Smith, his brother-in-law]. I open'd it anxiously. Yes, sure enough (the event) had occur'd on Monday the 8th. He did not write till the 13th at which time all was going on swimmingly. Oh, how I wish I could have been with her, but thank fortune she suffer'd little. The little stranger is of the femenine gender. Bless its little soul, how I long to see it. I trust she will be careful of herself and not get cold. I feel easier now. A load is lifted from my mind. I feel happy, satisfied, tis all right. Bully for Mag."
Tom Campbell was still away at war when he wrote: "Thursday, June 1st, 1865: Bad news from home, tho twas not unexpected. Frank wrote to me. The baby died on the 19th. Mag, poor lass, will suffer much. Had I been at home, she would not have felt it so keenly. Poor little innocent, it suffer'd long & severely. I hope she [Mag, his wife] will try and bear up as well as she can under the circumstances."
Margaret Ann Campbell was buried 21 May 1865 in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery.
She was baptized Margaret Anna Campbell on 22 March 1863 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Zanesville (sponsors: David Keeley and Maria Norton. Priest: Fr. George A. Wilson O.P.). That source gave her birthdate as 9 February 1863.
But on 18 February 1863 in his Civil War diary, her father, Tom Campbell, wrote about the birth: "Got a letter from Patrick [Smith, his brother-in-law]. I open'd it anxiously. Yes, sure enough (the event) had occur'd on Monday the 8th. He did not write till the 13th at which time all was going on swimmingly. Oh, how I wish I could have been with her, but thank fortune she suffer'd little. The little stranger is of the femenine gender. Bless its little soul, how I long to see it. I trust she will be careful of herself and not get cold. I feel easier now. A load is lifted from my mind. I feel happy, satisfied, tis all right. Bully for Mag."
Tom Campbell was still away at war when he wrote: "Thursday, June 1st, 1865: Bad news from home, tho twas not unexpected. Frank wrote to me. The baby died on the 19th. Mag, poor lass, will suffer much. Had I been at home, she would not have felt it so keenly. Poor little innocent, it suffer'd long & severely. I hope she [Mag, his wife] will try and bear up as well as she can under the circumstances."
Margaret Ann Campbell was buried 21 May 1865 in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery.
Margaret Ann or Anna Campbell was the two-year-old daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Smith) Campbell, who died after a long decline.
She was baptized Margaret Anna Campbell on 22 March 1863 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Zanesville (sponsors: David Keeley and Maria Norton. Priest: Fr. George A. Wilson O.P.). That source gave her birthdate as 9 February 1863.
But on 18 February 1863 in his Civil War diary, her father, Tom Campbell, wrote about the birth: "Got a letter from Patrick [Smith, his brother-in-law]. I open'd it anxiously. Yes, sure enough (the event) had occur'd on Monday the 8th. He did not write till the 13th at which time all was going on swimmingly. Oh, how I wish I could have been with her, but thank fortune she suffer'd little. The little stranger is of the femenine gender. Bless its little soul, how I long to see it. I trust she will be careful of herself and not get cold. I feel easier now. A load is lifted from my mind. I feel happy, satisfied, tis all right. Bully for Mag."
Tom Campbell was still away at war when he wrote: "Thursday, June 1st, 1865: Bad news from home, tho twas not unexpected. Frank wrote to me. The baby died on the 19th. Mag, poor lass, will suffer much. Had I been at home, she would not have felt it so keenly. Poor little innocent, it suffer'd long & severely. I hope she [Mag, his wife] will try and bear up as well as she can under the circumstances."
Margaret Ann Campbell was buried 21 May 1865 in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery.
She was baptized Margaret Anna Campbell on 22 March 1863 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Zanesville (sponsors: David Keeley and Maria Norton. Priest: Fr. George A. Wilson O.P.). That source gave her birthdate as 9 February 1863.
But on 18 February 1863 in his Civil War diary, her father, Tom Campbell, wrote about the birth: "Got a letter from Patrick [Smith, his brother-in-law]. I open'd it anxiously. Yes, sure enough (the event) had occur'd on Monday the 8th. He did not write till the 13th at which time all was going on swimmingly. Oh, how I wish I could have been with her, but thank fortune she suffer'd little. The little stranger is of the femenine gender. Bless its little soul, how I long to see it. I trust she will be careful of herself and not get cold. I feel easier now. A load is lifted from my mind. I feel happy, satisfied, tis all right. Bully for Mag."
Tom Campbell was still away at war when he wrote: "Thursday, June 1st, 1865: Bad news from home, tho twas not unexpected. Frank wrote to me. The baby died on the 19th. Mag, poor lass, will suffer much. Had I been at home, she would not have felt it so keenly. Poor little innocent, it suffer'd long & severely. I hope she [Mag, his wife] will try and bear up as well as she can under the circumstances."
Margaret Ann Campbell was buried 21 May 1865 in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery.
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