James Byron Campbell and Virginia Ruth Brenholts Family

m. 24 Jun 1929


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  • James Byron CampbellHusband | Male
    James Byron Campbell

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

    Virginia Ruth BrenholtsWife | Female
    Virginia Ruth Brenholts

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

    LivingChild 1 | Female
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  • Documents
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    campbell_jimmy_brenholts_ginny_marrcert
    Media Date: 26 OCT 2022
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  • 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] State of Ohio, Wayne County Probate Court, "Marriage License Application and Certificate: James B. Campbell and Virginia R. Brenholts", (Wayne County, OH, 1929), copy in possession of Leslie Price..