Campbell, Wm. M. (1840-1926)

CAMPBELL

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 9/25/2019 at 17:55:48

William Melvin Campbell
May 5, 1840 - Feb 17, 1926

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.93, Garner Twp.)
W. W. Campbell,Farmer. P. O. Council Bluffs, was born in Indiana in 1840, and is of Scotch descent; his parents were William and Maria (Cross) Campbell, natives of New York State; both are dead. The family consisted of twelve children, two of whom are dead, the rest live in Iowa. When about four years of age, Mr. Campbell migrated to Missouri with his parents, and there received his education, About 1853, Mr. Campbell, with his parents, removed from Missouri to Silver Creek Township, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa; when they first settled in that township, their nearest neighbor on one side was two miles distant, and on the other six miles. Mr. Campbell was married iu Iowa, January, 1864, to Miss Hannah Ross, of Mills County, Iowa, daughter of Charles and Polly Ross, he living, she dead; they came from Ohio to Mills County, Iowa, in 1853; they were the parents of sixteen children, eight of whom are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have had six children, two of whom are dead. Mr. Campbell cultivates about 150 acres of land; he has held several township offices, and is a Republican.
Note: William is listed as Wm. W. and Wm. M. interchangeably in documents.