Biography of Charles A. Campbell, page 113.  History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial 
supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. 
McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920. 

   Charles A. Campbell.  With the exception of seven years when he kept a 
lonely bachelors cabin on the prairies of North Dakota, Charles A. Campbell 
has lived in Smithfield Township of DeKalb Count all his life.  He has been 
an industrious farmer, has made his work practical, and while looking after 
his own affairs he has not neglected the interests of the community.  In 
every sense he has been a useful citizen.  He was born on the farm that he 
now owns September 3, 1866, a son of John and Cornelia (Hemstreet) Campbell.  
These were pioneer families, the Hemstreet coming to DeKalb County in 1843, 
and the Campbells coming in 1847, both settling in Smithfield Township.  
John Campbell was born in Summit County, Ohio, November 14, 1835, and his 
wife in Huron County, that state, October 21, 1838.  They were married in 
Smithfield Township in 1859, and then settled on the farm where their son 
Charles lives, and spent the rest of their days there.  The father died 
March 2, 1904.  John Campbell was a republican, but subsequently became 
affiliated with the democratic party.  Her served a term as trustee of 
Smithfield Township.  He and his wife had four children: Jennie, wife of 
Carey Duncan, of Easter Ohio; Sarah, wife of George Parnell, of North 
Carolina; Scott, of Montpelier, Ohio; and Charles A. 
   Charles A. Campbell grew up on the home farm and attended common 
schools.  At the age of twenty-one he went west and homesteaded 160 acres 
in North Dakota, proving up on his claim and cultivating it for seven 
years.  In 1895 he returned to DeKalb County and in 1898 married Sophia 
Schweitzer, who was born in Smithfield Township October 1, 1876, and had a 
common school education. Since their marriage, for over twenty years, Mr. 
and Mrs. Campbell have occupied the old Campbell homestead, where he owns 
102 acres devoted to general farming and stock raising.  He is active in 
democratic politics, a member of the township advisory board, a member of 
the Ashley Co-operative Association and a stockholder in the Gleaner 
Clearance House.  He and his wife are both members of the Ancient Order of 
Gleaners. During the World war Mr. Campbell served as township chairman 
for the Council of Defense and was active in all patriotic campaigns.
   To his marriage were born six children: Josh J., Herman, Ruth, John, 
June and Helen.  Herman and John are deceased.  The others are all at 
home, and Josh and Ruth are graduates of the common schools.

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