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From: "June M. Pettichord" <>
Subject: Re: Alexander B. Campbell
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 99 16:48:58 PST


3 Mar 1999

Hello all:

Looking for the parents of: Alexander B. Campbell B: 18 July 1811, Pickaway Co., OH
D: 2 Mar 1883, LaPorte, LaPorte Co., IN
Married: 1st: Anna Anderson abt: 1830 Michigan
2nd: Susannah, Susan, Susanna Wolf abt 1837-38
B: Viriginia

Alexander B. Campbell was a farmer and Justice of the Peace & Town Supervisor of Cass Twp., LaPorte Co.
IN. & Starke Co., IN.

Anyone know where to search for records on: Justice of the Peace and Town Supervisors????
Any help will be most appreciated.

Thanks:

June
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> Help! I'm fairly new at this researching thing and I'm already at a BIG
> wall!
>
> I am trying to find ANY info. on my husbands greatgrandmother. I have a copy
> of a newspaper article, dated July 24, 1933, on her (she was an inventor
> with patents on 36 of them) and have tried every avenue of research that I
> could think of to prove that she existed.
>
> Her maiden name was Margaret Ella Burgess. We think she was born in
> Virginia. She married Edward Lee (he is supposed to be a nephew of General
> Robert E. Lee). They had one daughter Chrystal Rose Lee born 2/9/02(?). They
> divorced and she remarried to ? Starbuck. I have been told that she has
> lived in Virginia, Michigan and California (I can't verify VA and Mich.).
>
> The article was written in 1933 and she appeared to be in her 60's??? Most
> of her inventions had to do with railroads, automobiles, and machines. Most
> of them are still in use. She operated a gold mine on the Klamath River, ran
> a cattle ranch near Sonoma, and managed orchards in the San Joaquin Valley.
> She lived in England and studied art and philosophy. She lived in Long Beach
> since 1901. Her address at the time of the article was 426 Golden Ave., Long
> Beach, CA. Edward was the president of a railroad (possibly in either VA or
> Mich.).
>
> I have checked the SS Death Index for 1937-1997; Selected US/International
> Marriage Records 1340-1980, FTM CD's 1-5; since I don't know where she was
> when, I'm not sure which census records to check; I have looked in every
> Inventor book and every biography book in our main library; Chrystal Rose
> Lee died in 1953 and Margaret had already been deceased; I spoke with both
> my mother-in-law and her half-sister and I'm just not sure where to go next.
>
> Everywhere I look, I find nothing on her at all. I referenced Edward Lee as
> well and could make no connection. I tried to find an Edward that was
> related to General Lee but have had no luck yet. Since I don't know what
> railroad Edward was connected to, I don't know where to go from here.
>
> Also, the research staff at my local main library has also been trying to
> find any info. on Margaret as an inventor but has not found anything either.
>
> I have no other information than what I have enclosed in this message.
>
> Can anyone offer any ideas on where to go from here?
>
> Vicki in Spokane, WA
>
>
>
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