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Cameron, James – Campbell, David

Cameron, James

soldier, was born March 1, 1801, in Maytown, Pa. He took the colonelcy of the seventy-ninth New York highland regiment of volunteers, and at the first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, fell, at the head of his men, mortally wounded.

Cameron, James Donald

statesman, was born May 14, 1833, in Harrisburg, Pa. He was a delegate to the republican national convention at Chicago in 1880; and was elected a United States senator from Pennsylvania as a republican, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his father, Simon Cameron, in 1877, and was re-elected in 1879, in 1885 and in 1890.

Cameron, William E

governor.

He was elected governor of Virginia for the term of four years, from 1882.

Camp, E. C

soldier, lawyer, was born Aug. 1, 1839, in Knox county, Ohio. He served in the civil war until 1864; in 1869 was appointed United States district attorney, and since 1868 has been president and manager of the Coal Creek Coal company of Knoxville, Tenn.

Camp, John H

lawyer, congressman, was born April 14, 1840, in Ithaca, N. Y.

He was district attorney of Wayne county from 1867 to 1870; and was elected a representative from New York to the fortyfifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican.

Camp, Walter

author, was born in 1859 in Cincinnati. He is a writer of prominence on athletic matters, and the author of Book of College Sports; American Football; Football Facts and Figures; and Football.

Campau, Daniel J

lawyer, was born Aug. 20, 1852, in Detroit, Mich. Several times a delegate to local, state and national conventions, he aided in nominating and electing President Cleveland in 1884, and has been treasurer of the Democratic state committee since 1886. He was collector of customs at Detroit in 1886- 90. He is the principal owner of the Detroit Driving club, president of the American Trotting association, and controlling owner of the newspaper called the Chicago Horseman.

Campbell, Andrew

inventor, was born Jan. 14, 1821, near Trenton, N. J.

He was foreman of a printing press factory; invented numerous devices; and in 1858 began business on his own account.

In 1866 he invented his two-revolution book press, and in 1868 his art-press for fine art illustrations. He constructed the first press ever built that printed, inserted, pasted, folded, and cut, in one continuous operation. His patents number about fifty, and are applied to every branch of press building.

Campbell, Bartley

journalist, author, was born Aug. 12, 1843, in Allegheny City. He was a journalist of Pittsburg, who turned his attention to the stage and became a popular playwright.

He was the author of My Partner; The Galley Slave; Matrimony; Siberia; The Big Bonanza; The White Slave; and Peril. He died July 30, 1888, in Middletown, N. Y.

Campbell, Charles

educator, author, was born May 1, 1807, in Petersburg, Va. He was an educator of Petersburg, Va., whose father, John Wilson Campbell, a bookseller there for many years, wrote a History of Virginia to 1781. The writings of Charles Campbell include History of the Colony of Virginia; Genealogy of the Spotswood Family; The Bland Papers; and Memoir of John Daly Burk. He died July 11, 1876, in Staunton, Va.

Campbell, David

jurist. He was one of the first territorial judges appointed after the adoption of the constitution. In 1811 he received the appointment of judge for the territory of Mississippi.

Campbell, David

soldier, governor.

He was appointed major of the twelfth infantry in 1812; lieutenant-colonel of the twentieth infantry in 1813, and resigned in 1814. He was governor of Virginia from 1836 to 1839. He died March 19, 1859, in Abingdon, Va.