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Book Title: Memoirs Of The Ohio Valley, Vol. 3

    The Campbell-Hausfeld Company. The prosperity of any state, county or town,
depends upon its commercial activity, its industrial interest, its mercantile
trade relations and its manufacturing enterprises. Among those latter who stand
at the head of Hamilton county's large manufacturing concerns, and whose
reputation for upright square dealing extends far beyond the confines of
Harrison, Ohio, is The Campbell-Hausfeld Company. It was established in 1839 by
James Campbell, a blacksmith, who came to Harrison, Ohio in 1836, from near
Coatsville, Pa., Chester county. He was born of Scotch-Irish parents and" a
short time after settling in Harrison, Ohio, began the manufacture of wagons and
carriages. Occasionally, he made farm implements and in 1863 succeeded in
inventing a perfect corn planter, the manufacture of which he began in a small
way. Later he extended his operations, improving the factory and increasing his
output until at the present time the factory in West Harrison employs over 150
people. The factory building itself, contains over 50,000 square feet of floor
space, not including the foundry building, which has over 12,000 square feet of
floor space. The business was carried on by James Campbell until 1900, when he
retired and turned the business over to his three sons: Albert M., Harry O.,
Elmore E. The title of the firm was formerly the James Campbell Manufacturing
Company, but later became the Pioneer Corn Drill Company. In 1900 when the sons
took over the business, the name was changed to the Campbell Corn Drill Company,
and this continued until 1911, when the name was again changed to the Campbell
Bros. Manufacturing Company, which was incorporated with a capital stock of
$35,000.00 and the officers elected were as follows: A. M. Campbell, president;
H. O. Campbell, vice-president and E. E. Campbell, secretary and treasurer. In
1920, the company was consolidated with The Hausfeld Company, also of Harrison,
and the firm is now known as The Campbell-Hausfeld Company, the capitalization
of the new company being $200,000.00 and the officers are as follows: Edward
Hausfeld, president; A. M. Campbell, vice-president; C. E. Haddock, secretary
and Joseph E. Hausfeld, treasurer. Since that time the company has almost
doubled their output and now manufactures the highest grade of corn, cotton and
peanut planters.

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