Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Campbell, William R. 1850 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

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William R. Campbell, M.D.
	William R. Campbell lives sixteen miles northwest from Pendleton on 
the middle fork of the Cold Springs canyon. He is the son of William and Anne 
(Hemphill) Campbell, natives of Scotland, and was born in Tyrone county, 
Ireland. He came to this country when two years old, with his mother. They 
stopped in New York for six months and then went on to Kentucky, where they 
staid for seven years. From there they went to Illinois, and remained until 
1883. He received his literary education in the Blackburn University located 
in Carlinville, Illinois, and in the year 1877 he graduated from the Kentucky 
School of Medicine.  He located in Girard, Illinois, where he practiced for 
six years, but the west was in his mind, and pulling up stakes he came to see 
its treasures of wealth and scenery. His first experience was in this county 
and here he located, commencing his practice in Pendleton where he continued 
for three years. He wrote the ordinance adopted by the city council of 
Pendleton as the health regulations for that city. The land where he now lives 
he took up as a homestead when he first came to this county, also taking a 
timber culture claim. His thrift and enterprise have added to this until he 
now owns eight hundred and eighty acres, which is well cultivated and raises 
abundant harvests of wheat. The Doctor finds that farming is not so confining 
as the practice of medicine and much more to his taste, and so he follows it. 
He has a fine farm and is a thorough up-to-date business man. He is a 
Democrat. With the same care and interest that he uses in handling his farm he 
acts in public matters, both local affairs, politics and school matters. He 
has been school director or clerk of his district ever since its organization. 
He is a member of the Presbyterian church and is very active in all its 
affairs and well interested in its interests. He ran for coroner at the last 
election but was defeated; however, he ran far ahead of his ticket.
	On September 20, 1877, he was married to Miss Isabel Long, adopted 
daughter of Jason N. McElvaine, a prominent banker of Girard, Illinois. They 
have four children living and three deceased. Maggie A., Lucy V., Elizabeth 
and Willard R. enjoy the home with their parents, and those departed are Mary 
I., William R., and Jason M.
							

Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.

	Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Oregon Biographies 
Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the
individual featured in the biographies. 


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