Husband John Shaw Campbell 1 2 3
Born: 15 Mar 1847 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 4
Christened:
Died: 12 Feb 1921 3
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: William Campbell, Sr. (1813-1893) 1 5 6
Mother: Eliza Jane Shaw (1810-1892) 1 5 7
Marriage: 7 Oct 1885 8
• Additional Image: John S. Campbell.
• Property: "Clearview," farm of John S. Campbell: Center Twp, Butler Co, PA.
Wife Jennie E. Rogers 3 8
Born: 19 Feb 1864
Christened:
Died: 23 Aug 1925 3
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: Dr. R. J. Rogers ( - ) 3 8
Mother:
Children
1 M Richard R. Campbell 8 9
Born: 9 Oct 1886
Christened:
Died: 9 Mar 1939
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
2 M John S. Campbell, Jr. 8 10
Born: 4 Apr 1889
Christened:
Died: 20 Dec 1969
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Gertrude S. Troutman (1889-1977) 10
General Notes: Husband - John Shaw Campbell
He was born March 18. [HBC 1895, 690]
His primary education was obtained in the public schools, and he afterwards attended the military academy, at West Chester, Pennsylvania. In 1866 he entered his father's employ, afterwards clerked in the Brady's Bend Iron Works store, and later was bookkeeper for Tack Brothers & Company, of Pittsburg, until 1869. On the death of his uncle, James Gilmore Campbell, he and his brother William inherited their uncle's interest in the firm of J. G. & W. Campbell, and at their father's death became sole proprietors. He was the principal stockholder in, and president of, the Butler Electric Light Company, in the organization of which he was the leading spirit, and he was also the principal promoter of North Side cemetery. He was a member of the Bald Ridge Oil Company, and operated extensively in the oil fields of Butler county, under the firm name of McBride & Campbell. Their celebrated well at McBride City, struck December 13, 1884, came in at the rate of nearly 10,000 barrels per day, and they sold half of it and the lease for $90,000. He was actively engaged in oil producing since 1869, in various parts of this county and West Virginia. He was also the owner of a fine stock farm in Center township, and was engaged in breeding Jer-sey cattle and high grade horses. He was prominent in the local councils of the Democratic party, and although not a member, he attended the Presbyterian church. He was a leading member of the Masonic order, and was also connected with the R. A., K. of H., A. L. of H., and the A. O. U. W. [HBC 1895, 691]
He obtained his education in the Butler, Pennsylvania, schools and in the West Ches-ter Military Academy. His first business experience was gained in his father's em-ploy, which he entered in 1866, when nineteen years old, and later he was a clerk in a store at the Brady's Bend Iron Works. From there he went to Pittsburg and became bookkeeper for Tack Brothers & Company and then was with Thompson & Groetzinger, of Allegheny. His business interests about this time became of more personal importance. His uncle, James Gilmore Campbell, died and he, with his brother, the late William Campbell, inherited the uncle's interest in the hardware business which had been conducted under the firm name of J. G. & W. Campbell. On the death of the latter, in 1893, the two sons became sole proprietors and they continued the business as a partnership until the death of William Campbell, Jr., in July, 1907.
After the death of his brother, he purchased the entire plant and continued the hardware business alone and controled one of the largest concerns of its kind in the section, including store, tin shop and foundry, giving employment to over twenty people. He installed the second incandescent light plant introduced into Pennsylvania, York having had the first. His other business interests covered many fields. He was the first vice president of the Butler Savings & Trust Company, was a director of the Standard Plate Glass Com-pany, was president of the North Side Ceme-tery Association, was a director of the Butler Land and Improvement Company, and built over seventy-five houses in East Butler. He was prominent in the organization of the Butler Electric Light Company, which later became the Butler Light, Heat and Motor Company, of which he was president and principal stockholder. For a number of years was largely interested in the development of oil lands and was the junior member of the firm of McBride & Campbell. He was a member of the Bald Ridge Oil Company, and in both connections he was active in the oil fields of West Virginia as well as Penn-sylvania. His large farm, the Clearview Stock Farm, which was located in Center Township, also claimed a large degree of his interest and attention. It consisted of many acres of land which he devoted to fruit growing and to the breeding of registered Jersey cattle, Berkshire pigs and Barrel Plymouth Rock chickens. In 1908 he planted 1,100 Italian prune trees, 1,000 pear, 1,000 quince, and 400 apple trees, and set out 10,000 currant bushes and 1,750 grape vines.
In political sentiment, he was a Democrat. His many business duties prevented his accepting political office, but he actively supported the claims of his friends. He belonged to several fraternal bodies and was a thirty-second degree Mason. [TCHBC, 1289]
General Notes: Wife - Jennie E. Rogers
Two of Butler's proudest public institutions are a monument to her efforts in cooperation with a small group of women to whom she was a leader: the Butler Public Library and the Butler County Memorial Hospital. She was a charter member of the first-named, and for thirty years active on the board of the second, where she served as treasurer and also on the executive committee in a highly efficient manner. She was always philanthropic, individually and in conjunction with groups such as the Ladies' Aid Society, and the First Presbyterian Church, of which she was a loyal member.
Notes: Marriage
They were married Oct 9. [HBC 1895, 691]