Isaac Campbell

Abt 1813 - 1843  (30 years)

• Name	Isaac Campbell  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1813  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Sep 1843	San Augustine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	CAMPBELL, ISAAC (ca. 1813? 1843). Isaac Campbell, Republic of Texas congressman, was born about 1813. He moved to Texas in January 1836 as a single man and settled in San Augustine County, where he married Elizabeth Holman. From December 5, 1838, to January 24, 1839, he represented San Augustine County in the House of Representatives of the Third Congress of the republic and was one of the commissioners who selected the site of the city of Austin. Campbell was a royal arch Mason, a charter member in 1837 of the McFarland Lodge in San Augustine, and a representative in 1838 of the Grand Lodge of the Republic of Texas. He assisted in formation of the Rising Star chapter in 1841. In 1839 early Texas architect and master builder Augustus Phelps built Campbell a two-story Greek-Revival home on Main Street in San Augustine. The home was sold to Matthew Cartwright in 1847 and was still in excellent condition in 1990. Campbell lived there until his death on September 7, 1843. The probate of his estate was not filed until December 19, 1846. BIBLIOGRAPHY: George L. Crocket, Two Centuries in East Texas (Dallas: Southwest, 1932; facsimile reprod. 1962). Texas House of Representatives, Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832? 1845 (Austin: Book Exchange, 1941).
  Person ID	I16310	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth "Betty" Holman,   b. Abt 1815, Kentucky d. Abt 1886 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1839	San Augustine County, Texas
  	Harry Noble wrote that "Isaac Campbell, a flamboyent promoter and land developer, married Mrs. Elizabeth "Betty" Holman Dye (William W. Holman's widowed twenty-four-year-old sister). They were wed on June 4, 1839. Wanting to impress her with a grand wedding present, Campbell had earlier purchased four lots in the Sweet addition and contracted with Augustus Phelps, a San Augustine master carpenter, to build a fine two-story house (presently known as the Cartwright House) on the northeast corner of Ayish and Main Street. (Noble, page 117). Campbell suffered a series of financial reversals shortly after his marriage. In September on 1843 his house was sold at public auction. Two days later, Isaac Campbell, age thirty, was dead. Although records do not give details, some suggest that Campbell had gotten himself into such a financial tangle that his way out was suicide. (Noble, page 118). After his suicide the Masons, of which Isaac was a member, called a special meeting as a funeral service for Brother Campell and their members wore the Badge of Mourning for the usual length of time. (Noble, Harry ANTHONY B. PATTON "Justice of the Peace" San Augustine Tribune, Thursday, November 21, 2002) William W. Holman (Isaac's brother-in-law) would "sell the house, outhouses and lots to Reverend Francis Wilson and three Methodist Wesleyan College trustees: William D. Ratliff, John C. Brooke and James Perkins for $1200...for the next few years the former home of Isaac Campbell would be at the disposal of the College president and used a facility for the College's Female Department." (Noble, Harry WESLEYAN COLLEGE "Birth of the College" San Augustin Tribune, Thursday, March 27, 2003)
  Family ID	F4533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 4 Jun 1839 - San Augustine County, Texas Death - 7 Sep 1843 - San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999), 117-118 (Reliability: 3). [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999), 118 (Reliability: 3).