Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Campbell, William M. 1837 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

WILLIAM M. CAMPBELL.

   William M. Campbell, who is the scion of a pioneer family of Carroll county,
a former teacher in the Carroll county public schools, a trustee of Clay
township for four years, and who is now prominent in Masonic circles in Carroll
county, is a native of the township where he lives, having been born on August
29, 1873.

   Mr. Campbell is the son of Albert M. and Mary J. (Smith) (Garst) Campbell,
the former of whom was born on September 14, 1837, in Clay township. He was the
son of Moses and Rebecca (Mooney) Campbell, both of whom died in Clay township,
the former at the age of sixty-three and the latter at the age of fifty-five.
Both were members of the Christian church. Moses Campbell had immigrated to
Carroll county, Indiana, from Ohio, and was among the early settlers of Clay
township. By his marriage to Rebecca Mooney, there were born seven children,
Albert M.; James C. who served three years and six months in the Forty-sixth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry and died at the age of seventy years in 1905; Mary,
who married Peter Herron and lives near Buck Creek in Tippecanoe county; Anna,
the widow of John Smith of Frankfort; N. C, who resided in Madison township
until his death in 1908, served three years under General Sherman in Company C,
Seventy-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry; Martha, when last heard from was
living in the West; Daniel, who lives in the state of Washington.

   William M. Campbell's mother was born at Romney, Indiana, in 1843, the
daughter of Richard Smith, who was a native of New Jersey and who immigrated to
Romney, Indiana, at a very early date. He had five children, only one of whom is
living, Lewis, who was killed at Haines Bluff during the Civil War; Rachel, .who
married John M. Beard, both now deceased; Mary J,, who was first married to
Joseph Garst and, later, to Albert M. Campbell; Louisa, who married Thomas
Gwinn, both now deceased, and John M., who lives in Joplin, Missouri.

   The late Albert M. Campbell was twice married, first to Rebecca Shelley, and
to them was born one daughter, who married John Hufford. After the death of Mrs.
Rebecca Campbell, Albert Campbell was married to Mary J. (Smith) Garst, the
widow of Joseph Garst. By her first marriage, she had three children, Addie, who
died in infancy; Elizabeth, who married William Fetterhoff, of Clay township,
and Deborah, who married Matthew A. Clark, of Pratt, Kansas. To the union of
Albert M. Campbell and Mrs. Mary J. Garst, three children were born, George, who
died at the age of eight years; William M., the subject of this sketch, and
Roscoe A., who lives at Pratt, Kansas.

   William M. Campbell received the rudiments of an education in the common
schools of Clay township. Later, he was a student at the Indiana State Normal
School at Terre Haute for six terms and then taught for seven years in the
schools of Clay township.

   On April 13, 1904, Mr. Campbell was married to Cora Burkhalter, the daughter
of Paul and Mary (Gheres) Burkhalter, the former of whom was born in Lehigh
county, Pennsylvania, December 7, 1846, and who was married to Mary Gheres, June
3, 1873. To them were born four children, all of whom are living: Irvin, who
lives on the home farm, married Cynthia Mellinger and has one daughter, Ruth;
Cora, the wife of Mr. Campbell; Charles W., who lives near Frankfort, and Ida,
the wife of William Snyder, of Indianapolis. Mrs. Paul Burkhalter died on May
29, 1915. She was a member of the Reformed church, as is also her husband who
survives her. He is the son of William and Eliza (Fatzinger) Burkhalter, both of
whom were natives of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. Paul Burkhalter owns one
hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land in Clay township, but has been
living retired since 1907.

   Mr. Campbell's father died, on December 6, 1914, and his mother died on
August 31, 1898. Both were members of the Baptist church. At the time of their
death, they left their two sons comfortably situated. William M. owns a large
and fertile farm and is a well-known cattle feeder and shipper.

   From 1904 until 1908, Mr. Campbell served as trustee of Clay township, having
been elected as a Republican. Mrs. Campbell is a member of the Reformed Lutheran
church and Mr. Campbell is a member of the Baptist church. He is a member of the
York Rite Masons of Delphi and belongs to the Blue lodge at Rossville, Indiana.


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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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