Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....Campbell, Ambrose E. 1867 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
       AMBROSE E. CAMPBELL, an enterprising and successful young business man of
  Shunk, Sullivan county, is the proprietor of a well-known mercantile
  establishment there, and is also connected with agricultural interests. Not
  withstanding these cares he finds time to take part in local affairs and has
  frequently been chosen by his fellow citizens to offices of trust and
  responsibility. He comes of the famous Scotch clan Campbell, the first of his
  branch of the family to come to America being his great-grandfather, who was
  accompanied by four brothers. John Campbell, his grandfather, was born in
  Montour county, Pennsylvania, and was married near Danville, same state, to Miss
  Mary Winterstein, daughter of Henry and Polly (Jingles) Winterstein, and in
  1833, soon after his marriage, came to Bradford county. In 1851 he located at
  the present site of Campbellville, Sullivan county, of which he became the
  founder, and there he built a gristmill. Later he sold that property and
  purchased another gristmill in Fox township, and this he operated until his
  death, which occurred in 1881; his wife died in 1875. They had the following
  children: William, Caleb, Mary, Eliza, John S., James H., Hiram and Joseph.
  
      James H. Campbell, the father of our subject, was born in Campbelltown,
  Montour county, April 9, 1831, and at an early age became his father's partner
  in the milling business. He also engaged in farming near Shunk, and in 1868
  built the store now occupied by our subject. In 1884 he sold his interest in the
  mill, and as the years have rolled on he has left more and more of his cares to
  the able management of his son. Politically he is a staunch Republican and has
  filled various important offices, including those of county commissioner and
  township clerk, while for twenty-one years he was postmaster at Shunk. While on
  the board of county commissioners, from 1889 to 1891, he did effective work in
  arranging for the construction of many iron bridges to replace those destroyed
  by the flood of 1889.
  
      During the Civil war Mr. Campbell made an honorable record. He enlisted in
  1861, in Company K, under J. B. Ingham, of Monroe, and was assigned to the
  Fiftieth Pennsylvania regiment. He was a member of the first southern
  expedition, leaving Fortress Monroe for Hilton Head in October, 1861, and served
  in the battle at the latter place. Next he was on camp duty at Beaufort for six
  months and then in the battle of Pocotaligo. Then he was transferred again to
  Fortress Monroe and started on the campaign that ended in the second battle of
  Bull Run. Next we find him at Chantilly; and on to Fredericksburg in the spring
  of 1863. Then from Chancellorsville to Vicksburg, back to Tennessee, overland to
  Cumberland Gap, back to Knoxville, where he was one of the besieged for two
  months. Then after a short furlough he took part in the battle of the
  Wilderness, and next at Spottsylvania, where he was severely wounded. After his
  discharge from the hospital he returned again to the front and served until the
  end of the war.
  
      In 1864 Mr. Campbell was married to Miss Elizabeth Hoagland, a daughter of
  Samuel and Sally (Wilcox) Hoagland. Our subject is the eldest of six children,
  the others being: Cora B., wife of James Brenchley, a farmer in Fox township;
  Sebra T., who died at the age of five years; Lucian, who died when two years
  old; Leon I., who married Miss Lulu Wright and assists our subject in the store;
  and George T., who also is employed in the store. The father is a member of J.
  B. Ingham Post, No. 91, of Canton, and a hearty supporter of all that ends to
  the benefit of his old comrades in arms. He has also been identified with the
  Order of Odd Fellows since October 5, 1872, and has passed through all the
  degrees. He is a member of Lodge No. 321, also a member of the Encampment, a
  higher branch of Odd Fellowship.
  
      Ambrose E. Campbell, the immediate subject of this review, was born August
  16, 1867, in Fox township, Sullivan county, and his education was begun in the
  local schools. Later he attended the graded schools of Canton for two years, and
  in 1889 he was graduated at the Elmira (New York) School of Commerce. During his
  youth he assisted his father in the work of the farm and store and for some time
  filled the position of bookkeeper. In 1890 he became a partner in the store and
  since June, 1897, has conducted the business alone. He also takes charge of
  one-half of his father's farm, comprising eighty acres, giving general oversight
  to its cultivation. Like his father, he is a strong supporter of Republican
  principles and for four years has been postmaster at Shunk. In the year 1896 he
  was mercantile appraiser for Sullivan county. He has served three terms as
  township clerk and for some time was school director, being secretary of the
  board during his term. Since 1888 he has been a member of the I. O. O. F. and is
  a charter member of Washington Camp, No. 220, P. O. S. of A., at Shunk. He has
  filled every position in which he has been placed with credit to himself and to
  the satisfaction of all concerned.
  
      The marriage of Mr. Campbell to Miss Clara M. Ferguson, daughter of Charles
  and Ann (Moore) Ferguson, took place at Canton, October 23, 1889, and three
  children have blessed their union: Harry E., born December 22, 1890; Edgar,
  April 5, 1892; and Leslie, April 11, 1894.
  
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from 
  
  History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
  by Thomas J. Ingham
  
  Compendium of Biography
  
  The Lewis Publishing Company
  Chicago: 1899
  
  
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