Individual Details

Margaret Estella Campbell

(22 Aug 1864 - 20 Mar 1942)

On the 1920 U. S. Census of Jefferson Co., Iowa, Estella is a widow and her daughter Addie age 16 is in the household with her.

On the 1930 U. S. Census Estella M. is 64 years old and Addie is 25 and single. Neither one lists an occupation.

Fairfield Daily Ledger, Fairfield, Iowa, Tuesday, March 31, 1942, Front Page, Col. 6: Death Takes Local Woman Last Night. Margaret Estella Ramsey died at the Jefferson County hospital. Margaret Estella Ramsey died at the Jefferson County hospital Monday night at 10:00 p.m. She had been a patient there for the past 10 days after she had suffered a fractured hip. She had been in poor health for the past few years. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. at the Hoskins funeral home in charge of Dr. M. A. Gable. Interment will be in the Fairfield Abbey. Mrs. Ramsey was born in Jefferson county August 22, 1864 and had spent her entire life here. Her husband, William P. Ramsey, preceded her in death in August, 1917, and a son Frank, in April 1919. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Oscar Wegmuller of Atkinson, Ill.; two granddaughters, Blanche Ramsey of Fairfield and Betty Wegmuller of Atkinson, Ill.; one foster brother, W. E. Campbell of Fairfield; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Effie Campbell of Richland; one nephew Roy Campbell of Richland; two nieces, Mrs. Mrytle Anderson and Bertha Cline [Klein], both of Cozad, Nebraska.

Events

Birth22 Aug 1864Jefferson Co., Iowa
Marriage12 Mar 1885Jefferson Co., Iowa - William Patterson Ramsay
Death20 Mar 1942Jefferson Co., Iowa
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa

Families

SpouseWilliam Patterson Ramsay (1857 - 1917)
ChildFrank J Ramsey (1887 - 1919)
ChildAddie May Ramsay (1903 - 1987)
FatherFranklin W. Campbell (1836 - 1917)
MotherMary Jane Lemmon (1839 - 1915)
SiblingAddie Florence Campbell (1860 - 1939)
SiblingJohn Richard Campbell (1870 - 1931)

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