Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . Church at New Berlin. Not only is Mr. Pressler one of the most success-ful farmers in the township, but he is also one ofher leading citizens and most useful members ofsociety. The education which he obtained in thesclioolroom has been added to by reading and obser-vation and he possesses a wide fund of informationon topics of general interest. Pleasant in speechand agreeable in manners, he readily makes friends,and bis fine moral character and indomitable energyin whatever he takes in hand ensure the continu-ance of the friendship
Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . Church at New Berlin. Not only is Mr. Pressler one of the most success-ful farmers in the township, but he is also one ofher leading citizens and most useful members ofsociety. The education which he obtained in thesclioolroom has been added to by reading and obser-vation and he possesses a wide fund of informationon topics of general interest. Pleasant in speechand agreeable in manners, he readily makes friends,and bis fine moral character and indomitable energyin whatever he takes in hand ensure the continu-ance of the friendships formed. /^^ HARLES X. CAMPBELL is engaged in(l farming on section 26, Springfield Township. ^^y He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland,whence he came when he was eighteen months oldwith his parents to America. They settled inAVestmoreland County, Pa., and lived there untilCharles was a lad of nine years. He then accom-panied his father to Richland County, Ohio, andrem«ined there until he was twenty-two years ofage. After that he lived in Knox Count), Ohio,. -unJ^-O PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 727 twelve jears, and at the expiration of that timewe hear of him in Sano^amon County. After coming to this State Mr. Cami>bell locatedin Gardner Townsliip, and lived there some tenj-ears. His next move was to MechanicsburgTownship, of which lie was a resident sixteen then disposed of his farm in that locality andfor awhile tried life in Texas. Ten months wassufficient time for him to decide that he liiced thePrairie State better as a place of residence, and hereturned to this count}. After that he bought tenacres of land on section 26, on whicli he has erecteda good house and made-other valuable improve-ments and here he and his famii} have a comforta-ble liome. In politics Mr. Campbell is a Democratand interests himself in public affairs. Mr. Campliell was first married in AshlandCounty, Ohio, to Eliza Houi\, by whom he hadeight children, named as follows: Aman<]a,
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