Lincoln County, West Virginia The Biography of Charles William CAMPBELL The Biography of Charles William CAMPBELL was submitted by Pat R. Adkins, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock, 1974 CHARLES WILLIAM CAMPBELL--attorney-at-law in Carroll district, Lincoln county, was born in Monroe county (now) West Virginia, September 29, 1836 and his parents, Robert Daunbar and Mary Catherine (Johnson) Campbell are now residents of that county. C. W. Campbell came to Lincoln county in 1879 and in 1882 he was appointed commissioner of school lands, which position he still holds. His father was a soldier in the Confederate army during the civil war. C. W. Campbell attorney and counselor at law, has a very extensive practice in the counties of Logan, Lincoln, Boone and Wayne, West Virginia and also in the United States District Court at Charleston, West Virginia. Mr. Campbell is a promising young man, a good student. eloquent speaker and has before him a brilliant future. Address, Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia.