Individual Details

James Campbell Hamblen

(11 Jun 1808 - 14 Jan 1863)

1 _MDCL Typhoid


Democrat
Shoemaker
Played Violin
Moved to Iowa in 1850 with brothers-in-law, Josiah Wheelis and Thomas Ramsey on a flat boat which they built and launched themselves on Powells River in Lee County, VA. They drifted down the stream into the Clinch and on into the Tennessee. they stayed on that until they got to Paducah, KY. Here they sold their flatboat and took passage on a steamboat up the Mississippi to Alexander, MO. then they took wagons and drove overland to Drakesville, Davis County, Iowa sixty miles away where they established homes.

Events

Birth11 Jun 1808Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States
Marriage14 Nov 1833Sarah Ramsey
Death14 Jan 1863Sangamon County, Illinois

Families

SpouseSarah Ramsey (1811 - 1854)
FatherJohn Mullings Hamblen (1783 - 1867)
MotherMary Campbell (1783 - 1873)
SiblingJane Hamblen (1816 - 1852)
SiblingMary Hamblen (1818 - 1898)
SiblingElizabeth "Betsey" Hamblen (1818 - 1860)
SiblingDavid Russell Hamblen (1809 - 1893)
SiblingEleanor Hamblen (1811 - 1868)
SiblingJohn George Hamblen (1812 - 1883)
SiblingWilliam Hamblen (1814 - 1902)
SiblingWilliamson Hamblen (1822 - 1858)
SiblingSarah Hamblen (1825 - 1901)

Endnotes

1. A. Porter Hamblen, The Hamblen and Allied Families (1940 by The Franklin Democrat).

2. GEDCOM file submitted by Anita Birley, anita@birley.org. Created on 16 DEC 2008. Imported on 16 Dec 2008..

3. GEDCOM file submitted by Thomas Barff 1712 RootsMagic dataset. Created on 29 JAN 2009. Imported on 29 Jan 2009..

4. GEDCOM file submitted by Anita Birley, anita@birley.org. Created on 16 DEC 2008. Imported on 16 Dec 2008..

5. GEDCOM file submitted by Thomas Barff 1712 RootsMagic dataset. Created on 29 JAN 2009. Imported on 29 Jan 2009..

6. GEDCOM file submitted by Anita Birley, anita@birley.org. Created on 16 DEC 2008. Imported on 16 Dec 2008..

7. GEDCOM file submitted by Thomas Barff 1712 RootsMagic dataset. Created on 29 JAN 2009. Imported on 29 Jan 2009..