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

           [391]

           ROBERT CAMPBELL, merchant at ADAMS' Corners, Sherman Township,
        was born Jan. 24, 1828 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has been a resi-
        dent of the Huron peninsula since 1849, when he located in Sanilac
        Township, in that county, where he was one of the earliest of the
        pioneer element. He was there occupied in the shingle trade, and
        afterward proceeded to Port Sanilac, where he was interested in
        fishing as a vocation for 12 years. In 1864 he came thence to White
        Rock in this county, where he was again interested in his former
        occupation, traffic in shingles. After pursuing that business three
        years, he bought 80 acres of land in Paris Township, located on
        section 24. He entered into the manufacture of lumber and shingles,
        and not long after, he amplified his business connections by the
        establishment of his mercantile interests. He continued the manage-
        ment of his combined business operations until the completion of
        the Sand Beach branch of the Port Huron & Northwestern Railroad,
        when he transferred his interests to ADAMS' Corners. He bought a
        lot and erected a business building 40 x 60 feet in dimensions, in
        which he placed a stock of goods embracing the lines of articles
        requisite to the demands of a country trade, representing upwards
        of $5,000. His aggregated annual business amounts to $24,000. The
        landed possessions of MR. CAMPBELL embrace 200 acres of improved
        land in Sherman and Paris Townships.
           The parents of MR. CAMPBELL, JAMES and ELIZABETH (PATTERSON)
        CAMPBELL, were natives of Scotland, of unmixed Scottish descent,
        the former of Highland origin, the latter belonging to the class
        designated as Lowlanders. The father died near Glasgow, in 1836,
        aged 55 years. The mother came to the United States in 1849, and
        died at Carsonville, Sanilac County, in January, 1884, at the
        advanced age of 93 years. She was the mother of nine children, —
        WILLIAM, JAMES, ELIZABETH, ARCHIBALD, JOHN, COLIN, ROBERT, AGNES
        and BUCHANAN.
           MR. CAMPBELL was married in November, 1860, at Port Sanilac, to
        MARGARET McMURDOCK, and they have been the parents of five chil-
        dren, one of whom is deceased. ELIZABETH, ROBERT, ALICE and MAGGIE
        are living; JAMES is deceased.  MRS. CAMPBELL is the daughter of
        JAMES and MARGARET (CUMMINGS) McMURDOCK, both of whom were of
        Scottish origin. They came to Michigan late in life, and died in
        Sherman Township. The death of MR. McMURDOCK was one of the most
        remarkable incidents in the local history of Sherman Township. He
        became lost in the bush one and a quarter miles from his home, and
        although search was not intermitted, eight months elapsed before
        his remains were discovered. Crowds of people engaged in the
        search, but of course their field of operation was more remote,
        under the reasonable supposition that he had wandered a long
        distance.
           MRS. CAMPBELL was born in Scotland, emigrating when she was 16
        years old to Huron County. She died at her home in Paris Township,
        in 1880. She and her husband were members of the Congregational
        Church.
           MR. CAMPBELL is a Republican, and has always been prominent in
        the general matters of his township. After the fires of 1871 and
        1881, he was made relief agent in this district.

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