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Campbell, John Allen

soldier, governor, was born Oct. 8, 1835, in Salem, Ohio. He entered the volunteer army as second lieutenant, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general for courage in the field and marked ability and fidelity at Rich Mountain, Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesborough, and through the Atlanta campaign. In 1866 he became assistant editor of the Cleveland Daily Leader; was soon appointed in the regular army, and made a lieutenant-colonel, serving as adjutant on the staff of General Schofield. In 1869 he was appointed the first governor of the territory of Wyoming; and reappointed in 1873. He died July 14, 1880, in Washington, D. C.