Levin H. Campbell Family papers

6 boxes, 2 oversize folders (5.75 linear feet)

(1777 – 2002)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier	2017.030
Creator(s)	Campbell, Levin H. ; Campbell, Zacharias
Acquisition	The Levin H. Campbell Family papers were donated to the Nabb Research Center by Hon. Levin H. Campbell, May 2017
Language(s)	English
Use	Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation	"Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution	Finding aid written by Leslie M. Van Veen McRoberts, November 2017.
Related Materials	Bayly Family papers (1706 – 1934) Family Bible Collection (1700 – 1900s) William Smith Wilson Jr. Collection (1773 – 1991)
Separated Materials	Oversize materials have been transferred to the Center’s flat file system. Artifacts have been removed and housed in collections storage. A complete list of all artifacts can be found at the bottom of this guide

Abstract

The papers of the Levin H. Campbell family document the extensive family lineage of the Campbell, Hicks, Hooper, Goldsborough, Denwood, and Hollyday families of Dorchester and Talbot counties, Maryland. Records include handwritten family histories, newspaper clippings and comprehensive biographical information, original and facsimile, were acquired over the course of several decades by Hon. Levin H. Campbell, a direct descendent of Zacharias Campbell and date from 1777-2002. Of note, is a vital records diary begun in 1844 by Levin Hicks Campbell (1820-1868), which was maintained by family members through the 1940s. The diary also includes pages from the Campbell family Bible, and notes histories of Zacharias and his son, Levin.

Biographical History

The Campbell family of Cambridge, Dorchester County and Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, descend from Zacharias Campbell, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, who first immigrated to the Rappahannock River region of Virginia, and settled near Vienna on the Nanticoke River, in Dorchester County, in the 1760s. Zacharias married Mary Hicks in 1765, a descendent of Thomas Hicks, they had four daughters and one son, Levin Hicks Campbell, (1774-1819). When Levin, a lawyer who studied under U.S. Senator John Henry of Maryland, died suddenly in 1819, his wife Anna Maria was pregnant with a son, Levin Hicks Campbell (1820-1868). Levin Hicks Campbell, and his siblings became orphaned when their mother died in October of 1822. The three children were raised by their uncle and aunt, Samuel and Ariana Davis Chamberlaine at “Clora’s Point” on the Choptank River. He would marry, Mary P. Jones, and have several children, including Levin Hicks Campbell (1860-1955) and Milton Campbell (1862-1957). Son, Levin went on to read the law with Charles Gibson and Charles Baker; he was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1883. He married Virginia Hollyday (1864-1930) in 1884. Levin’s brother, Milton Campbell (1862-1957), graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1883, and married the Elizabeth Groome Dawson (1862-1943), in 1887. By 1891, he became the President of H.K. Mulford Company, Philadelphia. Levin’s children, Lieut. Gen. Levin Hicks Campbell (1886-1976), served as the 16th Chief of Ordnance for the United States Army Ordinance Corps; he was married to Lucile Chapman Woods, (1890-1985), they had one daughter. Worthington D. Campbell (1890-1964), married Louise Steele Hooper Campbell (1894-1963). A patent attorney, he attended George Washington University, Pratt Institute, and the New York Law School, whereby he was admitted to the New York State bar in 1913. During World War I, he served as a captain in the Ordnance Department. He had two children, the Rev. Worthington D. Campbell, (1922-2004), and Levin H. Campbell (b. 1927), who graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Lee, as he is known, went on to serve as the First Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, and an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. In 1971, he was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon, and confirmed to the United States District Court for the state of Massachusetts. After a brief period, in 1972 he was then nominated again by President Nixon, and confirmed to the Unites States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He served as chief judge from 1983-1992, and assumed senior status in 1992, although he continued to hear cases for another 15 years. During his more than 40 years on the bench, Judge Campbell helped define some of the major legal and constitutional issues of his time. He married the former Eleanor Saltonstall Lewis in 1957; their union produced three children.

Scope and Content Note

This collection documents the comprehensive family lineage of the Campbell family, Dorchester County, Maryland.

Series I: Family History Records, contain extensive family history pertaining to the lineage of Levin Hicks Campbell, son of Zacharias Campbell and his descendants. Documenting materials include hand-drawn family charts, and facsimiles of original records obtained by Judge Campbell.

Series II: Vital Records, contain the handwritten vital records diary begun in 1844 by Levin Hicks Campbell (1820-1868), as well as additional pages removed from the diary and the Campbell family Bible. After the death of Mr. Campbell, family members continued to add birth, marriage and death records to the diary until the mid-1940s. The records in this series are itemized due to their preservation and to maintain the original order in which they were removed from the Diary.

Arrangement Statement

The papers of the Campbell family have been arranged into two series, FAMILY HISTORY RECORDS and VITAL RECORDS. The records were mostly maintained in the order in which they were received from the donor. This arrangement reflects the associated family histories, as well as those included who are tangential to the Campbell family.

Folders are listed by their location in each box; any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entirety of the collection.

Subject Terms

Topical Terms
- Campbell Family
- Hooper Family
- Registers of Birth
- Genealogy
Personal Names
- Campbell, Levin Hicks (1886-1976)
- Campbell, Levin Hicks (1927- )
Location Terms
- Dorchester County (Md.)
- Talbot County (Md.)

Inventory List

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Series I: Family History Records

Box 1

1. Ancestral Lines, Hon. Levin Hicks Campbell

2. Genealogy, Campbell Lines, 1980

3. Genealogical Notes, Campbell and Related Families

4. Typescript, Campbell Family Records, 1722-1967

5. Typescript, Campbell Family Correspondence, 1764-1967

6. Biographical Information, Worthington Campbell, Sr., 1890-1964

7. Biographical Information, Lieut. Gen. Levin H. Campbell, 1942, 1945

8. Correspondence, Lieut. Gen. Levin H. Campbell, 1985

9. Transcription, World War II Speeches, Lieut. Gen. Levin H. Campbell, 1995

10. Publications, Lieut. Gen. Levin H. Campbell, 1942, 1945

11. Biographical Information, Virginia Campbell Fox, 1943, 2002

12. Biographical Information, Milton Campbell, 1862-1957

13. Newspaper Articles, Milton Campbell, 1929-1957, 1976-2000

14. Biographical Information, Levin Hicks Campbell, 1820-1869

15. Photographic Negative, Portrait of Levin Hicks Campbell by Saint-Memin

16. Biographical Information, Louisa Virginia Hollyday Campbell, 1860-1930

17. Correspondence, Mary Troup Campbell Miniature Portrait, 1979

Box 2

1. Publication Draft, Zacharias Campbell, 1740-1778, by Levin H. Campbell, 1971, 1979-1981

2. Publication Draft, Zacharias Campbell, 1740-1778, by Levin H. Campbell, 1981

3. Publication, Captain James Campbell, by William Svirbely, 1989

4. Ephemera, Campbell Family Properties

5. Burial Records, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Md., 1934-1939

6. Publication, Journal of the Clan Campbell Society (North America), Vol. 43, Is. 1, 2016

7. Newspaper Articles, Campbell and Hooper Families, circa 1920-1975

8. Research, Campbell – Peyton Lineage

9. Research, Campbell – Robert Brooke Lineage

10. Biographical Information, William Ennalls Hooper

Box 3

1. Scrapbook, William Ennalls Hooper

2. Genealogical Research, Hooper, Denwood and Henry Families

3. Genealogical History, Denwood Family and Descendants

4. Genealogical Research, Hooper – Goldsborough Family

5. Genealogical History, Goldsborough Family

6. Typescript, Correspondence and Official Documents, Radcliffe, Hooper and Johnson Families

7. Research, Hollyday Family and Descendants

8. Biographical Information, Sarah Covington (Hollyday)

9. Genealogical History, Hollyday – Powell Families

10. Genealogical Information, Hollyday – Powell Families

11. Biographical Information, Levin Powell and Powell Family

12. Biographical Information, John Henry, 1750-1798

13. Biographical Information, Bill Barber

14. Newspaper Articles, Tilghman Family

Box 4

1. Handwritten Notes, A Celebrated Case, The Paca’s , Wye River Plantation, Queen Anne’s County

2. Accounts and Property Disposition, Ebenezer Campbell, Worcester County, 1786-1792

3. Newspaper Articles, Eastern Shore Properties, 1920-1989

4. Notebook, Mary Nevett Steele, 1817

5. Genealogical History, Name “Worthington” / Worthington Family

6. Land Deeds, Dorchester County, Md., 1833-1837

7. Publication, A Digest of the Law of Evidence, [Partial Copy], James Fitzjames Stephen, 1879

8. Address, The Eastern Shore in Early History, Hon. James A Pierce, Eastern Shore Society, 1914

9. Address, Indians of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, F.G. Speck, Eastern Shore Society, 1922

10. Publication, Constitution of the United States, circa 1925

11. Publication, Know Your State: Maryland, 1925

12. Antiques Catalog, Dr. William H. Crim Collection, 1903

Box 5

1. Genealogical Charts, Campbell Family

2. Genealogical Charts, Campbell and Hooper families

3. Photographic print, Portrait of Levin H. Campbell, by Saint-Memin

4. Diploma, Levin H. Campbell, Attorney and Counselor, Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1887 March 22

5. Newspaper Article, Maj. Gen. Levin H. Campbell, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1943 January 24

6. Newspaper Article, Home of the Week, Mrs. Levin H. Campbell, Evening Capital, Annapolis, Md., 1977 September 17

7. Publication, Cambridge Record, Christmas Number, Historical and Industrial Edition, 1908

Series II: Vital Records

Box 6

1. Diary, Family Records, 1844-1947

2. Family Records, Worthington Campbell family

3a. Court Record, Peter Ferguson vs. Denwood Hicks, 1799 February 1

3b. Cash of Bond, Land Purchase, Levin H. Campbell, 1815 September 9

4a. Envelope, To Hon. John Henry, Philadelphia

4b. Correspondence, From Levin H. Campbell to Dr. John Barnett, 1816 March 5

5a. Notice of Death, Levin H. Campbell, 1819 August 3

5b. Correspondence, From Levin H. Campbell to Unknown, 1794 January 5

6a. Family Records, Maternal Line, Thomas Hicks

6b. Reflections on Isabella Campbell and Peggy Muse, 1873

7a. Correspondence, From Levin H. Campbell, St. Peter’s Parish, White Marsh Parish, 1869 February 11

7b. Reflections on Isabella Campbell and Peggy Muse, Handwritten Facsimile

8. Notice of Death, Levin H. Campbell, Handwritten Facsimile, 1844 December 11

9a. Correspondence, From Louisa Harrison to Mrs. Mary Gardner Bayl[e]y

9b. Family Records, Births and Deaths

10a. Indenture, Estate of Levin H. Campbell, between Joseph Muse and Dr. John Barnett, 1824-1827

10b. Indenture, From James Steele to William and Mary Rea, Indian Title, 1840 February 22

11a. Statement of Bond between, Levin H. Campbell and Dr. John Barnett, 1812-1821

11b. Correspondence, From Louisa Goldsborough Harrison to Mary Nixon Bayley, 1839 August 1

12a. Correspondence [part of], From Levin H. Campbell to Scotland, Handwritten facsimile

12b. Notice of Death, Levin H. Campbell, Levin H. Campbell, Handwritten Facsimile, 1844

13a. Survey Map, Maiden Point, Talbot County, Md., 1811

13b. Survey Description, Maiden Point, Talbot County, Md., 1811 November 26

14a. Notes, On the Family Bible

14b. Biographical History, Zacharias Campbell

15a. Family Record, Maternal Lines, Levin H. Campbell

15b. Biographical History, Zacharias Campbell, Handwritten Facsimile

16a. Correspondence, From Levin H. Campbell, re. Thompson vs. Lockerman, Dorchester County Court, 1810 November

16b. Correspondence, From James Campbell to Mrs. Susan Murray, 1777 July 6

Oversize

1. Illustration, Land formerly laid out for the Nanticoke Indians, North and South sides of Broad Creek,

2. Ancestral Lines, Family Chart, Campbell Family

3. Ancestral Lines, Family Chart, Hooper Family

Artifacts

1. Wallet, Levin H. Campbell, 1883

Artifacts

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Attachments

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