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GEORGE CAMPBELL, a well known resident of Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, a school director of School District No. 3 and a substantial farmer and stock raiser, was born in this township, May 6, 1851 and is a son of Thomas Jefferson and Harriett Campbell. Thomas Jefferson Campbell was a son of William Campbell, an early settler. The family has been an agricultural one from the beginning and Thomas J. Campbell was a large farmer and grower of stock of all kinds. He was a solid, substantial citizen, a pillar in the Island Creek Presbyterian Church and for many years was accorded the respect and esteem given men of real worth. He died in 1885 and was survived but one year by his widow. Of their children, the following survive: John H., residing in Island Creek Township; George, living in Knox Township; Thomas J., a resident of Toronto, Ohio; Charles F. and David E., both residing in Knox Township; Emma, wife of William Gray, living in Saline Township; Mary E., residing in Knox Township; and Nettie, who lives at Newark, Ohio, is the widow of J. B. Rex, formerly of Philadelphia. George Campbell has passed his life in Knox Township. He owns a farm of eighty acres on which he has carried on the usual farm industries and for the past forty years he has particularly devoted himself to the growing of fruit. He has six acres given to his horticultural experiments and makes a speciality of apples and peaches and also does a large business in strawberries. He has made a close study of fruit growing and by his systematic care produces some of the finest fruit put on the market in this section. Mr. Campbell was married March 11, 1875 to Miss Catherine Arnold, who was born in Knox Township, Jefferson County, and they have had four children: Emma F., who is the wife of W. H. Cooper, of Knox Township; Edna, who is now deceased; Ethel, who is the wife of Walter A. Warren, of Island Creek Township; and ALlen, who lives at home. Mr. Campbell and family attend the Island Creek Presbyterian Church. He is not an active politician but he keeps posted on public matters and casts his vote with the Republican party.  Return to Family Tales
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