Gavin Hoyte "Gaffin" Campen

Male 1846 - 1927  (81 years)


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  • Name Gavin Hoyte "Gaffin" Campen 
    Birth 13 Sep 1846  (Warren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Occupation boarding house keeper  [5
    Residence 0___ 1910  Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 27 Nov 1927  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Rock Island Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6
    Person ID I13133  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2016 

    Father Joseph Campain,   b. 0___ 1796, Beaufort County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Anna Elizabeth Seitz,   b. 1 Jan 1811, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1874, (Warren County, Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage Y  [3
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1850  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F6118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Suzanne "Sis" Roberts,   b. 27 Feb 1850, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1920, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 3 Sep 1866  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Children 
     1. Margaret Jo Ann "Maggie" Campen,   b. 20 Nov 1870, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1963, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     2. Mary Vida Campen,   b. 25 Jan 1874, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1961, Van Buren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     3. William Marvin "Marvin" Campen,   b. 4 Nov 1885, Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1939, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Photos
    Gavin Hoyt Campen Family
    Gavin Hoyt Campen Family
    Gavin Campen (1846-1927) is the man with the beard on the left side of the picture. His wife Elizabeth Suzanne Roberts (1850 – ) is facing him. My grandmother Mary Vida Elizabeth Campen Gillentine is the woman on the first row seated left to right. Others in the picture are George Franklin Gillentine, Elizabeth (Bessie) Gillentine Curtis, Charles Smith Gillentine, Mary (Marion) Gillentine Boyd, Parker Gillentine. Margaret Campen (another daughter of Gavin) who married Samuel Galloway, and various other family members are in the picture. Gavin and Elizabeth are buried at Rock Island Cemetery, Warren County, TN.

    This picture was made before my mother married in 1919.
    Maggie Hoyt Gillentine (Hillis) is second from left on the back row

    Tennesse Genealogy Trails - Pioneer Families, "Campen Family" contributed by Walter Hillis, abstracted January 7, 2016
    Family ID F4779  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Sep 1846 - (Warren County) Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 3 Sep 1866 - Warren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 0___ 1910 - Spencer, Van Buren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Nov 1927 - Warren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Rock Island Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Father of; Margaret J., Mary V. & Marvin Campen [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1139] "Hache-Hash Genealogy and Allied Lines", by Lella Gertrude Saylors, 1970, p. 132 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S8271] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=campen&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=45&GScnty=2513&GScntry=4&GSob=.

    3. [S8279] "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6S-QH3 : acc.

    4. [S8282] "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNF-Y48 : acc.

    5. [S148] "United States Census - Van Buren County,Tennessee 1900",transcribed by, p. 101 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S135] "Warren County,Tennessee Cemetery Book 4: Neal - Youngblood",, p. 241.

    7. [S39] "Roberts, The Generations of Reuben" by Laney James Roberts, p. 251 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S8283] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.