George W. Campbell    

GEORGE W. CAMPBELL. George W. Campbell, of Springfield, is the son of James Campbell, of the same place, and Rebecca Kupatrick, daughter of Esquire Thomas Kilpatrick, who were married in 1840. George W., our subject, the sixth son of James, was born May 18, 1853. His grandparents on his paternal side came to America from near Belfast, Ireland. Mr. Campbell attended the common schools of his village until fourteen years of age, when he entered as clerk the general merchandise store of his brother, John F. where he became a proficient book-keeper and developed a fine business character, continuing a clerk until 1876, when he became a partner with his brother, remaining such till 1880, and then bought out his brother’s interest, and has since carried on the business very successfully.

He became assistant postmaster of Elm, in the township of Springfield in September, 1869, and acted as such till March 21, 1881, when he was commissioned postmaster by Postmaster-General James. He is a stalwart Republican, and has been frequently sent by his party as a delegate to county conventions. On the 1st of January, 1882, Mr. Campbell established a small monthly paper called The Mountaineer, he being editor thereof as well as proprietor, and which has attained a profitable circulation.

On the 11th of August, 1880, Mr. Campbell married Miss Ida May Sparks, daughter of Horatio L. Sparks.

History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1882, page 762. View the image of this page online - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.