Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . iderable time. The wife ofAlexander Campbell was formerly Mary , whom he married in Tennessee on Oc-tober IS, 1808 or 1809. She and her husbandreared a family of three boys and four girls,of whom the sons are still living. Mr. Camp-bell continued to live in Section 16, WalnutGrove Township until his death in 1856. Hefilled the office of Justice of the Peace for anumber of years, occupied several minor publicpositions, and was prominent in the work oforganizing the tow-nship. He was a man ofremarkable energy, superior judgment andstrict probity.
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . iderable time. The wife ofAlexander Campbell was formerly Mary , whom he married in Tennessee on Oc-tober IS, 1808 or 1809. She and her husbandreared a family of three boys and four girls,of whom the sons are still living. Mr. Camp-bell continued to live in Section 16, WalnutGrove Township until his death in 1856. Hefilled the office of Justice of the Peace for anumber of years, occupied several minor publicpositions, and was prominent in the work oforganizing the tow-nship. He was a man ofremarkable energy, superior judgment andstrict probity. David Campbell accompanied his parentsfrom Tennessee to Illinois, being then aboutten years of age. He has a clear recollection,of tlie time when his father conducted a Sun-day (School in the cabin which constitutedthe family home. When twenty-two years old,the subject of this sketch applied himself tofarming on his own account, on eighty acresof land which he had purchased in Section 16,Walnut Grove Township, and at a later period. ABRAHAM HORROCKS HISTORY OF Mcdonough county. 841 he bought forty acres more in Section S, ad-joining. In 18C9 he sold his farm, intending tomove to Kansas, but instead of carrying outhis original purpose, established his residencein Good Ho]ie. in the fall of that year. His sonE. T. went to Kansas, but returned somewhatdissatisfied with the outlook there. The taiuily,therefore, determined to remain in Good Hope,where the father and two of his sons bought anagricultural implement and dry-goods store,which they conducted for a number of .June, 1S42, Mr. Campbell was united inmarriage with Winifred Bridges, who was bornin Tennessee, but whose parents were earlysettlers of Industry Township, McDonoughCounty. Six children were the offspring ofthis union, namely: Cornelia (Mrs. Durell),born September 3, 1842; John, born April 14,1847, who lives in Kansas; Ebenezer N. (de-ceased), who was born January 8, 1849, andwas a physician; Margaret L
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