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Submitted: 12/3/14 • Approved: 12/4/14 • Last Updated: 12/7/14 • R1054658-G0-S3
GENERAL
War of 1812
March 14, 1777 - November 27, 1858
*Obituary
The Arkansian
Saturday, March 12, 1959
CAMPBELL, John - {from The Christian Observer} The following biographical sketch presents so many peculiar points of interest that we bespeak for it the particular attention of our readers: General John Campbell was born at the head of the Holston River in what is now Washington county, Virginia, March 14, 1777. During his boyhood, his father, Colonel David Campbell, removed to Knox county, East Tennessee, and built Campbell's Station. This locality at that time was surrounded with the perils incident to frontier life amongst hostile Indians. A soldier's life was thus a necessity to General Campbell in his early youth. The spirit and bearing of the boy soldier, however, were such as to warrant the assumption that choice would not have changed the duties that necessity imposed. When only twelve years of age he not only performed the duty of a soldier in the post but was sent on express duty more frequently than any one at the place. In the latter service he evinced a fearlessness and sagacity that would have done honor to a veteran in Indian warfare. Before he was sixteen years old he served as a volunteer on a six months' tour of duty. At eighteen he received a commission of Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. Two years afterwards he was advanced to a captaincy several years before the occurrence of the late war with Great Britain. During the war he successively attained the rank of Major and Lieutenant Colonel. At the Battle of Fort George he commanded the left wing of the army. With the return of peace he resumed his residence at Campbell's Station and devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. Here the friends of his youth elected him Brigadier General. This office he resigned upon his appointment as Agent for the Creeks West. In 1830 he removed with his family to the vicinity of Fort Gibson. Four years afterwards, at the expiration of his agency, he located at Cane Hill, Washington county, Arkansas where he was residing at the time of his death. In 1832 he made a profession of religion and united with the Protestant Episcopal Church and was confirmed by Bishop Otey November 13, 1842. He died November 17, 1858. The above is a brief outline of a good and true man. Few men could justly claim equality with him in unflinching integrity, in the rigid performance of the duties of office, and those imposed by the various relations of life, in kindly feeling, or manly Christian bearing. The last year of his life were spent in retirement and in quiet, steady preparation for the peaceful end he finally experienced. He died in full hope of a glorious immortality.
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