Biography of Romain C. Campbell, pages 541/542. History of DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914. Romain C. Campbell The record of the subject of this sketch is that of a man who, by his own unaided efforts, has worked his way from a modest beginning to a position of influence and standing in his community. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance, and the systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won him the unbounded confidence of his fellow citizens of DeKalb county, whose interests he has ever had at heart and which he has always labored to promote. Romain C. Campbell was born in DeKalb county, Indiana, on October 12, 1872, and is a son of John A. and Adelaide (Jadwin) Campbell, both of whom were natives of the state of Ohio. They were the parents of six children, namely: Irene M., Mervale F., Orla I., Romain C., Emlin V. and Charles W. After the death of the mother of these children the father married again, and by the second union there was one child born, Florence E. John A. Campbell was an insurance man during practically as of his active life and came to DeKalb county in 1840, settling first at Norristown, later called Jarvis, and finally named Butler. The subject of this sketch received his education in the public schools at Butler, after which he attended the Tri-State Normal School at Angola, Indiana. During the following ten or twelve years he was associated with his father in the insurance business, and after the latter’s death he was for two years in this line of business on his own account. He then became assistant cashier of the First National Bank, where he remained for sixty days, after which for two and one-half years he was employed in a like capacity in Knisely Brothers & Company State Bank. He then resigned this position and took up the real estate and insurance business under the firm name of Campbell & Creager. This firm was very successful in the handling of real estate deals, being interested in farm lands and city property, and some of the largest transactions of the kind in this locality were handled through their agency. This firm is now dissolved and Mr. Campbell is handling real estate and insurance. In 1898 Mr. Campbell married Mattie Hamilton, the daughter of William and Emma (Clark) Hamilton, and to this union was born one child, Vera G. In 1909 Mr. Campbell married Maude Craum, the daughter of James and Jane (Casbeer) Craum, and to this union was born a son, John A. Politically, Mr. Campbell was formerly a Republican, but is now aligned with the Progressive party. He served several years as city treasurer and also as city clerk, giving entire satisfaction in these positions and increasing his prestige among his fellow citizens. Fraternally, he is a member and of trustee of Lodge No. 158, Knights of Pythias, while religiously he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. A public-spirited citizen, his influence is always felt in local elections and he is looked upon as a man thoroughly in sympathy with any movement looking to the betterment or advancement in any way of his community, where he has always been regarded as a man of sterling honesty and worth and worthy of the utmost confidence and respect, which his fellow citizens are free to accord, owing to his upright and industrious life. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com