KoBERT Campbell, the great-grandfather of the subject of 

 this sketch, was a native of Scotland, and was born April 23, 

 1709, and was married April 13, 1727, and settled in Canaan, 

 Conn., Oct. 20, 1761. He had eleven children, viz. : Eebecca, 

 born Oct. 2, 1728; Lydia, born Aug. 21, 1730; Daniel, born 

 March 12, 1733; Mary, born Aug. 19, 1734; Elizabeth, born 

 Oct. 1, 1736; Joan, born June 19, 1739; Kobert, Jr., born 

 May 3, 1741; Daniel (2d), born July 29, 1743; Sarah, born 

 Oct. 15, 1745; and Solomon, born June 13, 1749. 



He was a Presbyterian clergyman of marked ability, and 

 was ordained minister Oct. 20, 1761, at Canaan. He removed 

 to Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y., in 1762, and was accom- 

 panied by a very large number of his congregation from Con- 

 necticut, about one hundred members. He continued to preach 

 as long as his health would permit, and died, mourned by a host 

 of warm friends, on the 19th of February, 1789; his wife died 

 July 29, 1763. 



Solomon Campbell was undoubtedly born in Connecticut, 

 and removed to Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y., in company 

 with his parents and many others who left Connecticut for 

 their new home in Stillwater. His father was the first min- 

 ister in Stillwater. Solomon, Sr., married Sarah Andrews, 

 Aug. 1, 1771, and had the following children, viz. : Sarah, 

 born May 14, 1772; Mary, born June 21, 1775; Archie, born 

 Feb. 23, 1777; Solomon, Jr., born Oct. 30, 1779; Elizabeth, 

 born Dec. 20, 1781; John, born Dec. 6, 1785; Lydia, born 

 April 3, 1788; Eebecca, born July 18, 1790; Tartullius, born 

 Aug. 11, 1792 ; Daniel, born June 31, 1797. 



Solomon was known as Capt. Campbell, and no doubt served 

 in the Eevolutionary war. He was a farmer by occupation. 

 Capt. Solomon Campbell removed to Campbelltown very soon 

 after his son Archie, who settled in Campbell in the winter of 

 1801-1802. Solomon died Dec. 30, 1823, and his wife died 

 Sept. 20, 1806, in the fifty-fifth year of her age. 



Col. Archie Campbell, son of Solomon, was born on Long 

 Island, and married Miss Sarah Persall, a native of Fishkill, 

 N. Y., about 1796 or 1797. 



Of this union seven children were born, viz. : Solomon A., 

 James, Bradford, Elvin, Mary, Jane, and George W. Of this 

 number, Solomon A. and James were born before coming to 

 Campbelltown, and Bradford was the first white child born 

 in the town of Campbell. Col. Archie Campbell was a colo- 



nel of the State militia, and served as captain in the war of 

 1812. He was extensively engaged in the lumber interest 

 while a resident of Campbell, and was a farmer. He died 

 suddenly, March 14, 1825, in the prime of life, and Mrs. Camp- 

 bell died July 11, 1852. 



George W. Campbell, son of Col. Archie and Sarah Camp- 

 bell, was born in Campbell, Steuben Co., N. Y., Aug. 2, 1818. 

 He received a common-school education, but at the age of six- 

 teen he quit attending school, and was compelled to work in 

 order to get a living. He commenced to learn the harness 

 trade at Hammondsport, Penn Yan, and Bath, and continued 

 four years ; then went into a store at Bath for Amos Babcock, 

 and continued till 1844; then was engaged in company with 

 his brother, Solomon A., in the lumber trade in running lum- 

 ber down the Susquehanna until 1848 ; then went to Painted Post 

 and engaged in the mercantile business with E. O. Smith, now 

 of Clean, for two years, when Mr. Campbell's health compelled 

 him to give up the business. He soon commenced the lumber 

 interest again with Solomon A. until 1857, when he purchased 

 one-half of his brother's farm, some four hundred acres, and 

 was engaged in farming for eight years, when he sold his farm 

 in 1866, and commenced the mercantile business at Campbell, 

 where he now resides. 



Mr. Campbell's business career has been one of steady, on- 

 ward gain. He commenced life poor, and to-day is one of 

 the most substantial business men of his native town. Tn 

 politics he is closely identified with the Eepublican party, and 

 joined the party at its organization in 1856, having previously 

 been a Whig, as all of his ancestors were. He was supervisor 

 of his town from 1861 to 1865, and superintendent of the poor 

 from 1872 to 1875. Mr. Campbell has been identified with 

 the Board of Education for the past three years, and is serving 

 in that capacity now. Mr. Campbell has given general satis- 

 faction in all his oflScial business, and to-day is honored by the re- 

 spect and confidence of his fellow-citizens. He married Miss 

 ElizabethM., daughter of Columbus and Louise Burrill, of 

 Fairfield, Maine, July 10, 1853. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Campbell 

 was born in Fairfield, Maine, Nov. 16, 1829, and settled in 

 Campbell with her parents in October, 1850. Of this union 

 three children were born, viz. : Sarah Louise, born Jan. 6, 

 1857; Solomon A., born March 7, 1860; and Archie W., born 

 Sept. 6, 1863. 



