Campbell, John G. Jr.

John Gorsuch Campbell Jr.

John Gorsuch Campbell Jr. was born on October 1, 1908, in St James, Maryland, to Mary Remsen Onderdonk, age 40, and John Gorsuch Campbell, age 30. He was raised and educated in Maryland. His father was the headmaster of the St James School in Lydia, MD, a position he held for 42 years.
John married Jean A Godwin in Larchmont, New York, on June 18, 1932, when he was 23 years old and they had two children together. He was then working as a broker and the family was living in Harrison, NY.

John enlisted on June 28, 1944, in the US Navy, when he was 35 years old. He served as an officer on the USS Karnes (APA 175).

USS Karnes was a Haskell-class attack transport acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas. Karnes landed troops on Saipan and embarked the wounded from Iwo Jima and reinforced Okinawa with troops and supplies

After the war, John and his family moved to Tulsa, OK in the spring of 1948. He had taken a new job working in the Oil Industry. The family, then moved to Oklahoma City in March, 1956 and they were members of the All Soul's Episcopal church

His wife Jean died in 1959, John then remarried on January 29, 1967, in Dallas, Texas.

John Gorsuch Campbell Jr. died on April 7, 1967, in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 58, and was buried in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma..

Name: John Gorsuch Campbell Jr. Race: White Age: 32 Birth Date: 1 Oct 1908 Birth Place: St James, Mary Land Residence Place: Harrison, West, New York Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Registration Place: West, New York, USA Employer: Joesph Walker & Sons Weight: 185 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Gray Hair Color: Brown Height: 6-2 Next of Kin: Jean Campbell

Name: John Gorsuch Campbell Jr Rank: Lieut Birth Date: 1 Oct 1908 Service Number: 375764 Service Branch: U.S. Navy; USNR Ship: USS Karnes Apa 175 Unit: SCS-WWII Enlistment Date: 16 Jan 1946 Discharge Date: 5 Jun 1951 Death Date: 7 Apr 1967 Cemetery: Rose Hill Burial Park Cemetery Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

COUPLE WILL WED AT LARCHMONT, N. A wedding of interest to many here will he that o£ John P. Campbell, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Campbell, of St. James School, to Miss Jean Godwin, of Larchmont, Y., at Larchmont, on J u n o 3S. Campbell is a graduate o£ St. School. Adrian IT. Onderdonk, Jr., St. James, will be an usher, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian II. Onderdonk, will he guests at the wedding. They will be house guests of Otha and Nicholas'dishing at New Rocli- clle, N. Y.. near by.
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A Sunday. April 19; '59 Jean Campbell Rites Monday In City Church Services for Mrs. Jean Campbell, 50, of 1725 Kingsbury, who dfd at Mercy hospital Saturday, will be at 2 p.m. Monday In the All Soul's Episcopal church. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery fender direction of Street and Draper funeral home. Mrs. Campbell, a semi-invalid forj a number of years, became seriouly ill about a week ago, and Friday required hospital care. Born in New York City. Mrs. Campbell came to Tulsa in the spring of 1948. She and her family, then moved to Oklahoma City in March, 1956. he was a member of the All Soul's Episcopal church here. The family prefers that friends wishing to make memorial contributions do so in form of donations to the American Cancer So-cietyi Survivors include her husband, John G., and two daughters, Cynthia and Jean, all of the home: a sister, Mrs. Ralph Crow, and ii cc moiner, Mrs. rniianacr uoa-wln, both of Rye, N. Y.

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Mrs. P. H. Godwin, of Highland Road, and daughter, Mrs. John Campbell, of Mohawk Street, were among those at the U. S. Naval Training Station, Fort Schuyler, on Wednesday, when Lieut, j. g. John Campbell, U. S. N. R. , completed his indoctrination studies.
Friday, August 25, 1944 THE RYE CHRONICLE PAGE NINE

Mrs. John Campbell, of Mohawk Street, is in Seattle for a few weeks with her husband, Lieut. Campbell, U. S. N. R. Their little girls, Cynthia and Jean, are staying with their grandmother, Mrs. P. H. Godwin, of Highland Road. PAGE TWELVE THE RYE CHRONICLE Friday, September 15, 1944