Biographical Sketch of Thomas B. Campbell, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Thomas B. Campbell, P. O. Dover, Mo., was born in Huntsille, Ala., June
16, 1824.  His parents, James and Ann Eliza Campbell, came to this county
at an early day, and his father died here in Dover in 1872, and his 
mother is still living in this county.  The maiden name of the latter was
Jennings, daughter of David Jennings, one of the pioneer settlers of this
county.  When Thomas was about two years of age he moved with his parents
to this county, settling on the place where he now resides, where he was
raised.  He was educated in the county and at the State University in
Columbia, Mo., where he graduated in the class of 1851.  Leaving college,
he returned home and went to farming in this county.  In the war he was
in hearty sympathy with the south, but took no active part in the war.
He remained quietly and was never arrested during the entire war.  On 
January 15, 1856 he was married to Miss Sallie M. Hicks, daughter of 
A. B. Hicks, of Fayette, Howard county, Mo.  They have had five children,
four of whom are now living, three sons and one daughter.  He is a member
of the Christian church and also his wife.  He is a Mason, with fellow-
ship at Dover.  He has a fine farm of 600 acres in the best part of the
county, and takes great interest in the stock business.  He stands high
as a man of integrity and honor, and is a enterprising and public spirit-
ed citizen.

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