Frank V. Campbell Biography


	This biography appears on pages 50-51 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				FRANK V. CAMPBELL. 

	Frank V. Campbell is now the owner and proprietor of a farm 
implement and harness business in Redfield, which has been in existence 
since 1887 and which he conducts under the name of M. H. Campbell & 
Son. Three years before the establishment of the business his parents, 
Milo H. and Ella M. Campbell, arrived in South Dakota with their 
family, including Frank V. Campbell, who was born in Arcadia, 
Wisconsin, November 24, 1876. Settling at Westport, Brown county, the 
father there established a little general store, which he conducted in 
connection with a partner until 1885. He then disposed of his interest 
in the business and engaged in farming with his brother Benjamin E. 
until the spring of 1886. In that year he arrived in Redfield, where he 
opened a general store, which in the fall of 1887 he traded for an 
implement business, thereby becoming owner of a very small concern. 
Through his industry and close application, however, he developed the 
business until it became the largest of the kind in the county. In 1903 
he retired from active life and removed to San Diego, California, where 
his demise occurred in 1910. His wife survives and still resides there. 

	Frank V. Campbell was a lad of about eight years when he 
accompanied his parents to South Dakota and in the public schools he 
pursued his education, thus qualifying for the responsibilities of 
later business life. He became the active associate and partner of his 
father in 1898 and is still in the implement and harness business. His 
trade is probably the largest in Spink county and is increasing 
annually in volume and importance. Everything to be found in a first 
class establishment of this kind is carried in his store and his sales 
reach a gratifying figure. 

	At Redfield, on the 5th of December, 1904, Frank V. Campbell was 
married to Miss Ruby MacNeill, a daughter of William H. and Matilda 
MacNeill. Her father was a farmer and early settler of Spink county, 
South Dakota, but has been a resident of Oakland, California, since 
1909. Mrs. MacNeill's death occurred in 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell 
have a daughter, Aileen, six years of age. 

	Mr. Campbell is a supporter of the republican party and is now 
serving as one of the aldermen of Redfield. He is a thirty-second 
degree Mason and also a member of the Mystic Shrine, and he belongs 
likewise to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He rightfully 
attributes his success to perseverance and close application. He has 
been connected with his present business from early childhood, 
assisting his father more and more largely as he grew in years and 
strength. Eventually he became a partner in the concern and added to 
the experience and sound judgment of the father the enterprise, zeal 
and activity of the younger man, making this a strong combination, with 
the logical result that success came to them. Since his father's demise 
he has conducted the business alone.