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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [418]

           JAMES CAMPBELL, farmer, section 22, Hume Township, was born in
        December, 1831, in County Antrim, Ireland. His parents, WILLIAM and
        JANE (KERR) CAMPBELL, were of Irish birth and Scotch descent, be-
        longing to the sturdy race known in the history of the world as
        the Scotch-Irish. They passed their entire lives in their native
        country, and died when the son was nine years old.
           He is the youngest of six children, and when he was 14 years of
        age he came to America, in company with an elder brother. They made
        their first stop in the Province of Ontario, where MR. CAMPBELL
        operated as a common laborer 16 years.  In 1860, he carne to
        Michigan, and settled at once where he has since resided.  He
        secured 80 acres of land under the provisions of the Graduation
        Act, and has been the sole force in the improvement of his land,
        all of which is cultivated, and manifests the character of the
        owner and his persistent efforts in a praiseworthy direction. The
        place is in one of the best parts of Hume Township, has a good home
        and a large stock and grain barn.
           MR. CAMPBELL is a member of the Republican element in politics,
        and is one of the Justices of his township, in which position he
        has been officiating two years. He has also held the minor local
        offices. He was married April 20, 1859, in Dumfries Co., Ont, to
        ELIZABETH (PARKE) WILLIAMS.  MARY, ISABELLA, GEORGE, MARGARET,
        CELIA and JOHN are the names of the living children of Mr. and Mrs.
        CAMPBELL; JAMES is deceased. The mother is the daughter of WILLIAM
        and MARGARET (HOUSTON) PARKE, natives of Ireland, where she was
        also born, Dec. 25, 1840.  Her father died in 1849; the demise of
        her mother occurred in 1858, four years after her daughter, with
        her sister, had come to Ontario. The family are communicants in the
        Episcopal Church.

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