Ella Spence Calvert
Ella Spence Calvert was born on March 20, 1840, in Maryland to Charles B. Calvert and Charlotte A. Norris. Her father was a farmer and congressman who owned $200,000 of real estate and $40,000 of personal property by 1860. Her father was also a UVA alumnus who remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War. She grew up and attended school in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
She married Duncan Green Campbell in the early 1860s, and they had at least four children: Charlotte, born around 1863; Ella, born around 1864; John, born around 1866; and Anna, born around 1868. They lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, and her husband worked as a lawyer and a farmer. By 1870, they owned $2,000 of personal property. They moved to Vansville, Maryland, in the 1870s, and her husband died on March 13, 1888. After his death, she lived in Washington, D.C., with her daughters, and she employed at least two Black domestic servants. She died there on February 17, 1902.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (5246) | Calvert, Ella Spence ~ Campbell, Ella Calvert | 1840-03-20 | 1902-02-17 |
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- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (15214) [recipient] ~ John A. Campbell to Ella S. Calvert, 14 June 1861
People - Records: 2
- (5246) Calvert, Ella Spence is the [wife of] (5245) Campbell, Duncan Green
- (5244) Campbell, John Archibald is the [parent-in-law of] (5246) Calvert, Ella Spence
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; “Ella Spence Calvert Campbell” Find a Grave profile, available from Findagrave.com; The Baltimore (MD) Sun, 18 February 1902
