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Submitted: 8/29/09 • Approved: 8/31/09 • Last Updated: 7/30/12 • R228863-G228863-S3
Jesse STODDARD Champlin
Birth: Oct. 1, 1819 Grainger County Tennessee, USA
Death: Jan. 24, 1864 Carroll County Arkansas, USA [Edit Dates]
Father: Thomas Champlin b: 22 Feb 1792 in Kingstown, Rhode Island
Mother: Mary Wilbur b: 1797 in Connecticut
Marriage 1 Margaret Malvina McDONALD b: 29 Nov 1825 in Overton County, Tennessee .She died November 23 ,1886 Carroll County Arkansas .
Married: 8 May 1853 in Overton County, Tennessee
Children
Mary Jane Champlin b: 17 Mar 1855 in Overton County, Tennessee
John Thomas Champlin b: 8 May 1857 in Overton County, Tennessee
Porter Franklin Champlin b: 26 Oct 1859 in Carroll County, Arkansas
Sarah Evangeline Champlin b: 22 Sep 1862 in Carroll County, Arkansas
Jesse Stoddard Champlin had brought his young wife and two small children from Tennessee in 1858 and settled on their homestead. Two more children had been born to their union when the Civil War began and life for the young family turned from happiness to horror. On a winter day in January of 1864, Jesse S. Champlin was killed by bushwhackers in front of his wife and children and in the front yard of a once happy home. His body was taken to the church ground in the dead of night and he was buried by the women in the light of the moon.
Contributed on 8/29/09 by camble121647
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