Notes:
John R Campbell was born about 1839. He married Jane Catharine Blevins and had three children: Flora Ann, born 22 August 1857; Sarah Taylor, born 29 March 1859; and John Nathaniel, born 2 March 1863.
After Jane's death on 6 March 1863, he married Rachel Blevins on 23 November 1864. They would have six children: General Strate, born 20 December 1865; Bird Sherman, born 26 January 1868; Lucretia, born 4 August 1871; Susanah Elizebeth, born 3 April 1876; Alexander, born 8 May 1878; and Henry Jackson, born 18 October 1880.
John Campbell died 28 October 1908.
Buried:
Wilson Cemetery, Winston Co., AL
Service records compiled by Glenda Todd and used with her permission. This and other information about the history of the First and the men who fought with the unit
can be found in her book, First Alabama Cavalry, USA: Homage to Patriotism.