Campbell, John Wilson – Candler, Asa Griggs
Campbell, John Wilson
jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 23, 1782, in Augusta county, Va. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1817 to 1827; and was United States judge for the district of Ohio. He died Sept. 24, 1833, in Delaware, Ohio.
Campbell, Josiah a. P
lawyer, state legislator, jurist, author, was born March 2, 1830, in South Carolina. He has been a member of the Mississippi legislature and speaker of the house; circuit judge, supreme judge for eighteen years, and chief justice. He has been in the confederate service as a captain, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel. He is the author of the Mississippi Revised Code of 1880, which emancipated married women from the disabilities of coverture.
Campbell, Lewis D
was born Aug. 9, 1811, in Franklin, Ohio. He was elected a member of congress from Ohio in 1848, and was re-elected to each successive congress, down to the thirty-fifth, when his seat was contested, and the house of representatives decided against his claim. In 1865 he was appointed minister to Mexico. He was subsequently elected to the forty-second congress. He died Nov. 26, 1882.
Campbell, Remer Cain
lawyer, was born Nov. 8, 1860, in Marlinsville, N.
J. He attended the grammar school of Somerville, N. J.; and received an academical course of education. He was admitted to the bar in 1885, and began the practice of law in Hamburg, Iowa; where he has served as city attorney, and attorney of his county. He is a member of the board of education; and takes a prominent part in the public affairs of his county and state.
Campbell, Richard
soldier, was born in Virginia. He was commissioned captain in 1776, and subsequently major, was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and commanded a Virginia regiment at Guilford, Hobkirk's Hill, Ninety-Six, and Eutaw Springs, where he was mortally wounded while leading the charge that drove the British from the field. He died Sept. 8, 1781, in Eutaw Springs, S. C.
Campbell, Robert
soldier, jurist, was born in 1755 in Virginia. He displayed great bravery in many conflicts with the Cherokees, and commanded a regiment at the battle of King's Mountain, in 1780. He was nearly forty years a magistrate of Washington county, Va., and in 1825 emigrated to Tennessee. He died February, 1832, near Knoxville, Tenn.
Campbell, Robert B
congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1823 to 1825, and again from 1835 to 1837.
Campbell, Samuel
state legislator, congressman, was born in Mansfield, Conn. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1821 to 1823; and previously had served five years in the assembly of that state.
Campbell, Samuel L
educator, college president. He was second president of Washington and Lee university.
Campbell, Thomas Blake
architect, manufacturer, inventor, was born June 8, 1854, in Fayetteville, N. Y. He was the builder of the Memorial chapel, Franklin hall, Morse hall, Armory hall, and other buildings of the Cornell university. In 1889 he discovered a valuable deposit of clay in Tompkins county, N. Y., suitable for the manufacture of white and buff pressed brick and terra cotta; built extensive works for its manufacture; and has invented numerous devices to expedite the work of manufacture.
Campbell, Thomas F
congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1834 to 1835.
Campbell, Thomas J
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a member of congress from that state from 1841 to 1843; and was a presidential elector in 1837 and 1841. He died April 13, 1850, in Washington, D. C.
Campbell, Thomas J
educator, college president, was born April 29, 1848, in New York city. In 1885 he was appointed rector of St. John's college; and in 1886 was chosen the thirteenth president of St. John's college of Fordham, N. Y.
Campbell, Thompson
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from Illinois, from 1851 to 1853. He died Dec. 7, 1868, in California.
Campbell, Timothy J
congressman, was born in 1840 in Ireland. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1860-75; and was afterwards elected justice of the fifth district civil court in New York city; and served six years in that capacity. In 1883 he was returned to the state assembly; and was nominated for state senator and elected. In 1885 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-ninth congress, to fill a vacancy; and was elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first and fifty-second congresses as a democrat.
Campbell, William
soldier, legislator, was born in 1745 in Augusta county, Va. In 1781 he was appointed brigadiergeneral in the revolutionary war; and in 1780 was elected a member of the Virginia state legislature. He died Aug. 22, 1781, in Rocky Mills, Va.
Campbell, William Bowen
soldier, congressman, governor, was born Feb. 1, 1807, in Sumner county, Tenn.
He was chosen attorney-general for the fourth district; was elected to the Tennessee legislature in 1835; and raised a company and served as captain in the Creek and Florida wars of 1836. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1837 to 1843; in 1844 was elected major-general of militia, and was colonel of the first regiment of Tennessee volunteers in the Mexican war. From 1850 to 1853 he was governor of Tennessee, and in 1857 was chosen, by a unanimous vote of the legislature, judge of the circuit court of Tennessee. In 1862 he was appointed a brigadier-general in the union army. He was again elected a representative to the thirty-ninth congress. He died Aug. 19, 1867, in Lebanon, Tenn.
Campbell, William Henry
clergyman, college president, author, was born Sept. 14, 1808, in Baltimore, Md. He was a Dutch Reformed clergyman, president of Rutgers college, 1863-82. He was the author of Subjects and Modes of Baptism; Influence of Christianity in Civil and Religious Liberty; and System of Catechetical Instruction. He died Dec. 7, 1890, in New Brunswick, N. J.
Campbell, William M
farmer, soldier, state legislator, was born Sept. 17, 1845, in Shelby county, Ind. He served three years as a soldier during the civil war in the seventh Indiana infantry and was severely wounded several times. He participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness, and was twice made a prisoner of war. In 1888 he was elected a member of the Kansas legislature on the labor ticket; in 1890 on the Alliance ticket, and in 1892 and in 1894 on the populist ticket.
Campbell, William W
jurist, congressman, author, was born June 10, 1806, in Cherry Valley, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1845 to 1847; was later appointed a justice of the superior court of New York city, and served seven years; and was subsequently elected a judge of the supreme court of the state. He was the author of Annals of Tryon County, reissued. as Border Warfare: Memoirs of Mrs.
Grant, Missionary to Persia; Life and Writings of De Witt Clinton; and Sketches of Robin Hood and Captain Kidd. He died Sept. 7, 1881, in Cherry Valley, N. Y.
Camplin, Meredeth B
lawyer, was born March 3, 1859, in Davies county, Mo.
For three years he was city attorney of Douglas, Wyo., and for six years of New Castle; and for two years was prosecuting attorney of Weston county, Wyo. For two terms he has served his city as mayor; and in 1894 was the republican candidate for district judge. He is a noted criminal lawyer, and holds a high position in the public affairs of Wyoming.
Canada, Lucius Tullius Mar- Cellus
lawyer, legislator, was born July 12, 1859, in Fayette county, Tenn.
He attended the southwestern Baptist university of Jackson, Tenn., from which institution he received the degree of A.
M. In 1887 he graduated in law from the Cumberland Presbyterian university of Lebanon, Tenn. He has been professor of mathematics and Greek in several large institutions; and since 1887 has successfully practiced law in Memphis, Tenn. In 1894 he was elected a state senator in the Tennessee legislature; and received the re-election in 1896.
Canby, Edward Richard Spriggs
soldier, was born in 1819 in Kentucky. He served in the Mexican war; and during the civil war was promoted to brigadier-general. He was killed April 11, 1873, in Siskiyou county, Cal.
Canby, Richard S
congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1849.
Canders, Albert C
merchant, legislator, was born June 19, 1845, in Newport, R. I. He is a successful merchant of Newport, R. I.; and since 1873 has served as chairman of the republican city committee; and as a member of the state central committee since 1882. During 1881- 82 he served with distinction in the Rhode Island state legislature; and in 1883-84 was appointed on Governor Bourne's personal staff. In 1892 he was elected state auditor and insurance commissioner for the state of Rhode Island.
Candler, Allen D
soldier, educator, college president, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 4, 1834, in Lumpkin county, Ga. He entered the confederate army as a private, and rose, through the intermediate grades, to the colonelcy of his regiment. He was president of Baily institute of Griffin, Ga., from 1866 to 1870. He was a member of the state house of representatives from 1872 to 1878; state senator from 1878 to 1880; and was elected a representative from Georgia to the forty-eighth, forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a democrat.
Candler, Asa Griggs
druggist, was born Dec. 30, 1851, in Villa Rica, Ga.
In 1888 he entered upon a course of medical manufacturing in Atlanta, Ga. He conceived the idea of having experts make a summer beverage that was healthful and stimulating, and the result was the universally popular Coca Cola.