Husband James Gilmore Campbell 1 2
Born: 5 Apr 1811 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 1 2
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Died: 23 Nov 1885 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 2 3
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: William Campbell (1772-1849) 1 4 5
Mother: Jane Gilmore (1780-1835) 1 4 5
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General Notes: Husband - James Gilmore Campbell
He was elected Sheriff in 1842, and in 1856 was appointed by President Buchanan United States Marshal for the District of which Pittsburgh was the center. He held this position until the opening of the war of the rebellion. He was Captain of Company G, Fourteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, which with other troops responded to Gov. Curtin's call to resist threatened invasion of the State, in September, 1862. [HBC 1883, 152x]
The dry goods business founded by William Campbell & Sons in 1835 was carried on by his sons under the firm name of J. G. & W. Campbell, after their father's retirement, until 1852, when it was suspended. Five years prior to this date, they had established the foundry south of the Connoquenessing, and after closing the dry goods business, they opened a store for the sale of the articles which they manufactured, and also for agricultural implements. In 1877, they added a stock of general hardware. [HBC 1883, 152x]
He spent his entire life in his native county. He was connected with his father and brother William in business, and at the time of his death was senior member of the firm of J. G. & W. Campbell. In 1842 he was elected sheriff of Butler county, and during his term of office occurred the outbreak, growing out of the murder of the Wigton family, by Mohawk, in which he displayed the bravest determination to uphold the law and enforce the peace. He was elected a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1856, and was chosen by the electoral college to convey the returns of the State to Washington. President Buchanan subsequently appointed him mar-shal of the western district of Pennsylvania, an office which he filled from 1857 to 1861, in a manner satisfactory to men of all political opinions. On the breaking out of the Rebellion, he was among the first to give his support to the Union cause, and when, in 1862, the State was threatened by invasion, he was active in raising a company of volunteers to go to the defence of the flag. He was chosen captain of the company, and in that post, as in all others, whether public or private, he was faithful to his duty. He was never married, and for some years prior to his death was almost helpless from paralysis, but in all passing events he maintained his old time interest, and his mind remained comparatively clear to the last. Few men were better known in the county, and few wielded a wider influence. He was a man of marked courage and fearless in the discharge of his duty. In social life he was an agreeable companion, and his kind words and cheerful ways made him a favorite with all. His private life was pure and his integrity above question. In his business as a merchant, for more than forty years, he always bore the reputation of a liberal giver and an honest man. [HBC 1895, 690]
He was sheriff of Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1843, and was a man of great physical strength and undoubted loyalty to his country. On one occasion a stranger who was visiting in the town was discussing politics in front of the old court house with a party of men and took occa-sion to express his disgust for the Republican form of government, and his prefer-ence for the government of England. Campbell promptly knocked him down, and then informed him that if he wished to express tory opinions the best place for him was across the Canadian line, where he had come from. [TCHBC, 222]