Camp, E. C – Campbell, Jacob Miller
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, Alexander
theologian, author, was born Sept. 12, 1788, in Ireland.
He was a baptist clergyman of West Virginia, who was the founder of the sect of Campbellites, or Disciples of Christ. He established Bethany college of Virginia in 1841, and was its first president. His writings, mainly controversial, are nearly sixty in number, among them being Christian Baptism; Infidelity Refuted by Infidels; Essay on Life and Death; Popular Lectures and Addresses; Christianity as it Was; Familiar Lectures on the Pentateuch; and Six Letters to a Sceptic. He died March 4, 1866, in Bethany, W. Va.
Campbell, Alexander
manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 4, 1814, in Concord, Pa. He was twice mayor of La Salle, Ill.; and served two terms in the Illinois legislature. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1862; and was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-fourth congress.
Campbell, Alexander Augus- Tus
physician, surgeon, author, was born Dec. 30, 1789, in Amherst county, Va. He was a presbyterian clergyman and physician, once prominent in Tennessee, whose only book was a work on Scripture Baptism. He died May 27, 1846, in Jackson, Tenn.
Campbell, Alexander James
author. He is the author of The Power of Christ to Save to the Uttermost; American Practical Cyclopædia; and A True Friend, reflections on Life, Character, and Conduct.
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, Charles Thomas
soldier, state legislator, was born Aug. 10, 1823, in Franklin county, Pa. He became second lieutenant in the eighth United States infantry, and served through the Mexican war. He was wounded three times at Fair Oaks, and twice at Fredericksburg, and a horse was killed under him in each of these battles. He was promoted to brigadier-general on March 13, 1863, and after the close of the war removed to Dakota. In 1852 he was a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature.
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.
Campbell, Douglas
lawyer, author, was born in 1840 in New York. He was a lawyer of New York city, whose notable historical work, The Puritan in Holland, England, and America, has attracted much attention. He died in 1893.
Campbell, Douglas Houghton
botanist, author, was born in 1859 in Michigan. He is a professor of botany in Stanford university, and the author of Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany, and Structure and Development of the Mosses and Ferns.
Campbell, Duncan R
clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 14, 1814, in Scotland. He became a baptist, and accepted a pastorate. He afterward removed to Kentucky, and was elected professor of Hebrew and biblical literature in the theological seminary at Covington.
In 1852 he became president of Georgetown college, and ably discharged the duties of that office until his death. He died Aug. 16, 1865, in Covington, Ky.
Campbell, Edna Jane
educator, poet, was born March 17, 1855, in Alamo, Ind. Since her youth she has been engaged in educational work; has contributed extensively to the periodical press; and is the author of a number of meritorious poems.
Campbell, Elizabeth Cathar- Ine
educator, poet, was born Nov. 7, 1860, in Ontario, Canada. After receiving her education she began educational work, and has taught in various schools in Canada and North Dakota, to which state she removed in 1886. For many years she has been county superintendent of schools of Foster county, N. D. Mrs. Campbell has written extensively for educational papers and her poems have appeared in some of the leading magazines and newspapers of America.
Campbell, Felix
congressman, was born Feb. 28, 1829, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
For thirteen years he was president of the board of trustees of the widows' and orphans' fund of the fire department; for twelve years president of the board of trustees of the Brooklyn fire department; became a director in several corporations, and for twelve years was a member of the Brooklyn board of education. He was elected a representative, from New York, to the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a democrat.
Campbell, George Truman
physician, was born Oct. 13, 1826, in Camillus, N. Y. He was president of the Onondaga county medical society; for several terms supervisor of the town of Skaneateles, and for many years a member and president of the board of education. He died Feb.. 11, 1889, in Skaneateles, N. Y.
Campbell, George Washington
jurist, diplomat, United States senator, was born in 1768 in Tennessee. He was a representative in congress, from Tennessee, from 1803 to 1809; was judge of the United States district court; was elected senator of the United States in 1811, and resigned on being appointed secretary of the treasury in 1814. He resumed his seat. in the senate the following year, and served until 1818, when he was appointed minister to Russia, where he remained until 1821. In 1831 he was appointed one of the commissioners to settle the claims: against France. He died Feb. 17, 1848, in Nashville, Tenn.
Campbell, Mrs. Helen Stuart
author, was born July 4, 1839, in Lockport, N. Y. She is a writer who is deeply concerned in philanthropic and social reforms, and whose work covers a wide range of topics. She is the author of In Foreign Kitchens; The Easiest Way in Housekeeping, books for the housekeeper. Prisoners of Poverty; Prisoners. of Poverty Abroad; Some Passages in the Life of Dr. Martha Scarborough; Women Wage-Earners; Problem of the Poor; Darkness and Daylight in New York, relate to the social problems of the time. Six Sinners; His Grandmothers; Roger Berkeley's Probation; Miss Melinda's Opportunity; Mrs. Herndon's Income; The What-to-Do-Club; Under Green Apple- Boughs; Unto the Third and Fourth Generation; Patty Pearson's Boy, are fiction. Other works are Girls' Handbook of Work and Play; A Sylvan City, a description of Philadelphia; The Ainslee Stories, for juvenile readers, and Anne Bradstreet and her Time.
Campbell, Hugh George
naval officer, was born in 1760 in South Caro-- lina. In 1775 he volunteered on board the first man-of-war commissioned by the council of South Carolina; in 1812 commanded some gun-boats in St. Mary's river during an insurrection against the Spanish rule in Florida. He died Nov. 11, 1820, in Washington, D. C.
Campbell, Jacob Miller
soldier,. congressman, was born Nov. 20, 1821, in Somerset county, Pa. He was a delegate to the first republican convention, held at Philadelphia, in 1856. He served in the union army from 1861 to 1865, rising to the rank of brevet brigadier-general. He was elected surveyor-general of Pennsylvania in 1865, and re-elected, serving six years. He was a trustee of the Pennsylvania state college, and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fifth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a republican.