Remembrance of Those Who Died too Soon

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is a day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death. It is observed annually in the United States and Canada and, in recent years, in the United Kingdom and in the Australian States of Western Australia and New South Wales, and in Italy on behalf of a charity named Piccoli Angeli on October 15.

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They say that anything you put on the internet is there forever.  Here's to my cousins that died at an early age at a time when conditions were hard and medical attention was scarce.  You were born to loving families and you are still thought of today, decades after you graced us.

1844

Died on August 23, North Carolina - Robert Erskine Potts was born about September 14 1843 to Ann Rebecca (Cureton) and Robert Crockett Potts.  This child was my great grand uncle

Died on September 20, North Carolina - William T C Potts was born about January 19 1839 to Ann Rebecca (Cureton) and Robert Crockett Potts.  This child was my great grand uncle

Died on October 04, Tennessee - "Infant" Heath was born June 29 to Elizabeth (Cole) and Richard Heath. This child was my first cousin 3x removed.

1846

Died on March 17, Tennessee -  Angeline E Heath was born November 16 1845 to Elizabeth (Cole) and Richard Heath. This child was my first cousin 3x removed.

1852

Died on August 17, Tennessee - William Heath was born December 17 1851 to Elizabeth (Cole) and Richard Heath. This child was my first cousin 3x removed.

1856

Died on March 16, Tennessee - Julia T Heath was born February 18 1856 to Elizabeth (Cole) and Richard Heath. This child was my first cousin 3x removed.

1872

Died on August 27, South Carolina - Annie Jane Barnett was born November 21 1868 to Dorcas Lucinda (Potts) and David Franklin Barnett.  This child was my 2nd cousin 2x removed

Died on December 11, Tennessee - Son of BA and MD Taylor was born December 11 1872 to Mary Dionetia (Jones) and Banks A Taylor. This child was my 1st cousin 2x removed

1874

Died on March 27, Tennessee - Cassie I Taylor was born September 28 1871 to Mary Dionetia (Jones) and Banks A Taylor. This child was my 1st cousin 2x removed

1877

Died on February 03, Tennessee - Ruth E Taylor was born February 19 1874 to Mary Dionetia (Jones) and Banks A Taylor. This child was my 1st cousin 2x removed

1878

Died on September 12,Tennessee - John Henry Holt was born April 13 1878 to Louranie Adkins (Heath) and Ezekial Hutson Holt.  This child was my 1st cousin 1x removed

Died on November 06, Tennessee - Maggie S Taylor was born August 14 1876 to Mary Dionetia (Jones) and Banks A Taylor. This child was my 1st cousin 2x removed

1879

Died on October 05, Texas - William David Williams was born November 10 1873 to Minerva Jane (Thompson) and William Washington Williams.  This child is my great grand uncle

1882

Died on May 19, South Carolina - Allie Louise Potts was born on November 28 1880 to Eva M (?) and Oscar Wrenn Potts.  This child was my 1st cousin 2x removed

Died on September 11, North Carolina - John Douglas Potts was born on August 19 1879 to Elizabeth Jane (Reid) and James Walter Potts.  This child was my 2nd cousin 2x removed

1900

Died on June 18, Arkansas  - Nannie M Caviness was born June 9 1895 to Elizabeth Dora (Campbell) and William Thomas Caviness.  This child was my 2nd cousin 1x removed

1906

Died on February 20, Tennessee - Kranford Blackmon Grace was born to Mary Helen (Cowan) and Thomas Murphy Grace.  This child was my 2nd cousin 2x removed

1918

Died on August 22, South Carolina - William Wesley Rearden was born April 10 1855 to Aileen (Harris) and William Lawrence Rearden.  This child was my 1st cousin 1x removed

Unfortunately there are many more but their grave sites or death records have not been found, yet.  I suspect many were buried in small family plots on private land and, over the years, those places have been forgotten.  There are many children who appear on one census and are gone on the next one.  For some that do not appear on any documents the only clue we have is on the 1900 census where the mother was asked how many children were born to her and how many are presently living.  Often you will find a discrepancy with the known children and what she said.  For example:  My mother's grandmother by birth, Mabel Derrick, has indicated on the 1900 census that she has given birth to 3 children however only 2 of the children can be found.

Robert D. Campbell

(Sorry for not posting last week, I got embroiled in trying to figure out possible DNA matching -- slow process but some progress.)

He was born in 1842 in Gibson County, Tennessee, USA as the fifth child of Robert C Campbell Sr and Sarah T Lyon (or Lyons). He had six siblings, namely: Mary L, Sarah Elizabeth, Susan Adline, Almarinda Etna, Eliza Jane, and John Andrew. He died on 08 Jun 1862 at the age of 20.  He is my Great Grand Uncle on my father's side, brother to my great grandmother Eliza Jane Campbell.

There is little, actual, documentation for Robert.
     He appears on the 1850 census, age 8, with his family in Gibson county, Tennessee

     Then on the 1860 census, age 18, with his younger brother (John Andrew Campbell) and next door is his 2nd oldest sister (Sarah Elizabeth Lyons) in Magazine, Yell county, Arkansas.   These are the only two documents that I can tie directly to him because of his age and family group.

His parents are not showing up in the 1860 census - either by themselves or with family members. I presume that they have died, yet grave sites can not be located. The last record I have of his father, Robert C Campbell, is a land grant of 34 acres in Gibson, Tennessee on 1 January 1856.  And the last record of his mother is the 1850 census. So something happened between 1856 Tennessee and 1860 Arkansas that caused young Robert to take his 12 year old brother and move with, or take to, his sister in Arkansas.  And as I write this, I am reviewing the 1860 census and something is a little off.

On a census there is a column to number the family visited.  The next column lists the names of that family. Generally speaking, the head of the family is listed first followed by the spouse, their children and then any other family members, boarders or servants.  Now, census' are great documents but sometimes the enumerators were tired, bad spellers or just slack(ish) plus the head of the family may not want to be bothered with the time to do the census.  So sometimes the ages or names of the family members are off from census to census.  Then you have the indexers - a WONDERFUL bunch of volunteers through the years that have worked tirelessly to interpret the names and information on documents that were not kept in the best conditions and so on.  But there are errors and it takes looking at the specific census in the light of the whole family. And, many times, going back and looking at the census again.

Back to the 1860 census in Arkansas - I just noticed that Sarah's family is listed as family #341 with her husband's occupation as a Farmer with real estate valued at $1700.  Robert D (and John Andrew) is listed as family #342 whose occupation is Farm Laborer but with no real estate; and, with them is a family named Jones whose occupation is a Farmer with real estate valued at $2000.  That doesn't make sense for family #342 to have a property-less 18 year old listed first and then the landowner and his family.  I believe that Robert D Campbell and John Andrew are not next door but in the household with his sister, Sarah, who is taking care of them until they reach the age of majority.

Sadly, that is not going to be the case for Robert.  The only other mentions I found for him have to do with the Civil War.  As you can imagine the given name Robert and the surname Campbell are pretty common.  There is a young man, named Robert D, Campbell, that served in the Confederate Army, 1st Regiment, Arkansas Mounted Rifles, Company H (Yell county) as a Private who enlisted in 1861, this is more than likely him but there is not an age or birth date.  There is a grave marker for a young man named Robert Campbell who died 8th of June 1862, inscribed aged 20 years, in the Union Cemetery, Forest City, Missouri.

Looking at the history of 1st Regiment, they first saw battle in August 1861 at the Battle of Wilson's Creek near Springfield, Missouri and then moved northwestward to the Missouri border to help fight the pro-Union Cherokee soldiers, September through October 1861.  And then back to northwest Arkansas for the Battle of Pea Ridge in March of 1862.  I will have to do more research into the regiment but it looks like Robert may have been wounded or captured at one of these battles and then, consequently, died.

Interesting side note - I was born 100 years (and 1 day) after he died.