Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Campbell, Robert 1821 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Robert Campbell, merchant and merchant tailor, Newtown, was the twelfth child
in a family of fourteen children, and was born in Northumberland county,
Pennsylvania, November 15, 1821. His parents were James and Sarah (Huffman)
Campbell. He was reared on his father's farm, and at the age of eighteen was
apprenticed to the tailor's trade. In 1843 he came west and settled at Newtown,
where he has since resided. He first traveled in Illinois and Missouri, looking
for a location, but could find none that pleased him so well as the spot which
has been his home nearly forty years. His beginning was without means, and for
some years he was compelled to work at his trade without much apparent increase
of fortune, but finally in 1853 was able to bring to Newtown a stock of
furnishing goods and began a trade which he has continued without interruption
since. In 1865 he commenced general merchandising also, which is still a leading
feature of his business. In 1877 he associated his son Herbert with himself in
the latter interest under the firm name of R. Campbell & Son. During the last
twelve years he has been interested in farming, having purchased 125 acres of
land half a mile west of Newtown, which he has cultivated by tenants. In 1853 he
accepted the appointment of postmaster; after about five years the office passed
into other hands; in 1861 he was reappointed and has been the incumbent
continuously to the present time, except a year during the administration of
President Johnson, beginning with the time that functionary "swung round the
circle." Politically Mr. Campbell was for a number of years a democrat, but upon
the formation of the republican party attached himself to that organization and
has ever since been a firm adherent to its principles. For his enlightened
public spirit and social worth he commands the universal esteem of the community
in which he lives. He was married in 1850 to Miss Ann Louise Simpkins, of
Lebanon, Boone county, Indiana; she died in August 1851; and two years afterward
he married Miss Mary Jane Scott. By the last wife he has three _____ children:
Herbert, Sarah Louise and Robert. Mr. Campbell joined the Masonic fraternity in
1850. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian church.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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