James Byron Campbell and Virginia Ruth Brenholts Family

m. 24 Jun 1929

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  • James Byron Campbell Male
    James Byron Campbell

    Birth  31 Dec 1905  Pennsville, Morgan, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  14 Jan 1988  Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Marriage  24 Jun 1929  [1 St. James Church, Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States  [1Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James Campbell | F768 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Ora Janes | F768 Group Sheet 

    Virginia Ruth Brenholts Female
    Virginia Ruth Brenholts

    Birth  4 Dec 1911  Nelsonville, Athens, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  11 Mar 1999  Worthington, Franklin, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Father  Roy Brenholts | F255 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Jessie Marguerite "Peggy" Matticks | F255 Group Sheet 

    Infant Campbell Male
    Infant Campbell

    Birth  7 Aug 1943  Mt. Carmel Hospital, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  7 Aug 1943  Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location

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  • Documents
    campbell_jimmy_brenholts_ginny_marrcert
    campbell_jimmy_brenholts_ginny_marrcert
    Media Date: 26 OCT 2022
    Keywords: Picture

  • Notes  Married:
    • Jimmy and Ginny eloped.

      Ginny lied about her age on the marriage license application, stating that she had turned 21 on 4-Dec-1928, when she had in fact turned 17. She also stated that her residence was in East Union, Wayne County, Ohio. The remaining information was truthful.

      From their daughter:
      There were, as I recall, two other couples who were to run off and marry at the same time, but the others chickened out. After my parents were married in Wooster, they came back to Columbus and didn’t tell anyone. My mother continued living with her parents (well, their marriage was ending, so I don’t know if her father was still living in the family home), and she finally told her mother SIX MONTHS LATER that she’d gotten married, to which her mother replied, “Well, you know we have to tell your father.”

      2022 Note from their daughter, accompanying the marriage license image:
      Here's the marriage certificate for my parents when they eloped. Of course, they both really lived in Columbus, so there's no truth to the listing of Toledo and E. Union. Witness Jane Dodd was Mother's good friend. Maybe she was one of the other "kids" who had intended to run off and marry at the same time but chickened out.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1344] MarrCert - Campbell James to Brenholts Virginia.