Caddo Parish Bios: Campbell, Joseph 1877 -
Date Submitted 24 Sep 2006	
Submitted By: Mike Miller
 


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Author: Henry E Chambers

Joseph N. Campbell, after some early experiences in teaching and newspaper 
work, entered the railway service, and has enjoyed long and responsible 
Connections in the railway circles of the Southwest, being the traffic manager 
of the Louisiana Railway at Navigation Company, with offices at Shreveport, 
where he is prominently known, also for his active participation and leadership 
in civic affairs.

Mr. Campbell was born at Pocahontas, Arkansas, in 1877, son of John S. and 
Alice (Huffstedler) Campbell, who a few years later moved to the Southwest, 
where his father for many years was engaged in business as a rancher in Texas.

Joseph N. Campbell acquired a liberal education, attending public schools in 
Texas, and was also a Student in the noted Add-Ran College at Thorp Springs, 
Texas. Following his college days he taught in Indian schools under the Federal 
Government, and did his newspaper work at Lawton, Oklahoma, soon after the 
establishment of that town and the opening of the Indian land through 
settlement.  He helped establish the Lawton Democrat.

Mr. Campbell's first connection with railroad work was in the service of the 
Rock Island Company in its local freight office at El Reno, Oklahoma.  He was 
with the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway at Amarillo, Texas, also acted for 
the Santa Fe at the same point, and was made freight claim agent for the Santa 
Fe at Amarillo.  In 1906 he removed to Shreveport, where he took charge of the 
freight claim department of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company, and in 
1921 was advanced to his present executive responsibilities.

Mr. Campbell was one of the organizers and is now president of the Shreveport 
Traffic Club.  He is also a member of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of 
Commerce, and is a past chancellor commander of the local lodge of the Knights 
of Pythias.

Mr. Campbell married Miss Millie May Pruett, of Arkansas.  Their five children 
are  Mrs. Bernice Campbell Fuller,  Randall Maurice,  Misses Jo and  Billy 
Campbell and  Jack Campbell.


Additional Comments:
A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 145, by Henry E. Chambers.  Published by 
The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.