- WILLIAM H. CAMPBELL, farmer, Sec. 9; P.O. Janesville; born
in Boston in 1830; came to
- Wisconsin in 1874 and settled on the farm he now owns of
forty acres. Married Miss Elizabeth MURRAY in 1856; they have
two children - George M. and William H. Mr. CAMPBELL enlisted
in the 1st Mass. V.I. in 1861; fought in the battle of Bull Run
and was discharged the same year on account of disability. Re-enlisted
in 1862 in the 17th Mass. V.I.; was engaged in battles of Kingston,
Whitehall, Goldsboro, Washington, Newbern and other battles in
North Carolina. Mr. Campbell is a Republican. He raises Durham
grades and the usual crops.
-
- Taken from "History of Rock County, Wis.," (c)1879,
p. 796.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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