CAMPBELL, JOHN, was born Nov. 4, 1790, in Carter county, Tenn. His father, Jeremiah Campbell, settled there before the American Revolution, and was a soldier during the Revolution, under Gen. Francis Marion. He lived to be about 100 years old. His youngest son, Jackson, was the owner of the old homestead at the beginning of the great rebellion. The farm had then been in the family about 100 years. John Campbell enlisted in a company from Carter county, in the war with England, served six months, re-enlisted and served until March, 1815. He was an ensign in the last campaign, and drew a pension to the end of his life. He remained in Tennessee until 1818, when he went to Madison county, Ill., and was there married Nov. 6, 1818, to Lavina Parkison, who was born Feb. 21, 1803. They moved to what became Sangamon county, arriving March 22, 1819, on Lick creek, in what is now Chatham township, and had seven children there, namely--

ALFRED C., was born July 22, 1819, in Sangamon county, Ill. He was the first white child born on Lick creek, and but two are known to have been born earlier in the county. They were Samuel Drennan, born May 5, 1819, on Sugar creek, and Joseph E. McCoy, born March 13, 1819, on Horse creek. Alfred C. Campbell was married May 3, 1838, in Sangamon county, to Polly Foster, a daughter of Peyton Foster. They had seven children, one of whom, WM. P., died young. JOHN P., born August 4, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 26, 1858, in Shelby county to Sarah Elliott. They have three children, POLLY, WILLIS, and ELEANOR G., and reside near Mowequa, Shelby county, Ill. John P. Campbell enlisted Oct. 2, 1861, in Co. E, 32d Ill. Inf. He arose by regular grades to the rank of Captain, was wounded at the battle of Hatchie, honorably discharged, and now draws a pension. ELZIRA, E., born April 23, 1844, in Sangamon county, married in 1862, to James W. Clark. They have one child, POLLY, and reside near Mowequa, Shelby county. SARAH C., born Mar. 27, 1846, in Sangamon county, married in 1865, in Champaign county, to F. Bechtel. They have one child, POLLY. LEONORA J., born April 15, 1848, in Sangamon county, and reside near Mowequa. ALFRED C., Jun., born May 26, 1850, in Sangamon county, married in 1873 to Maggie Hunter. They have one child, CARRIE D., and live near Mowequa, Ill. GEORGE W., born May 9, 1853, in Shelby county, is a sailor, and when lest heard from was in Germany. Mrs. Polly Campbell died Jan. 9, 1858, and A. C. Campbell was married June 17, 1859, to Miss Jane Hunt. They are without family, and reside near Mowequa, Shelby county, Ill. Capt. A. C. Campbell enlisted June 10, 1846, in Co. D., 4th Ill. Inf., under Col. E. D. Baker. He was commissioned 2d Lieut., and after the death of Capt. Achilles Morris, at Tampico, Mexico, Lieut. Campbell commanded the company at the siege and capture of Vera Cruz, and the battle of Cerro Gordo. When the rebellion broke out he raised a company, Oct. 2, 1861, and became Capt. of Co. E., 32d Ill. Inf., under Col. John Logan, and fought in all the battles from Fort Donelson to the sea. At Pittsburg Landing his company lost thirty-two men, killed and wounded, out of fifty-six in action. He served three years and four months, and was honorably discharged. Capt. Campbell moved, in 1851, to the vicinity of Mowequa, Shelby county, where he now resides.

WILLIAM P., born Nov. 4, 1820, in Sangamon county, married, March 12, 1843, to Elizabeth Carson. They had fourteen children, five of whom died in infancy, and one, JOSIAH W., was killed in May, 1859, by becoming entangled in the harness on a mule, which ran away with him as he was leaving his plow to escape from an approaching rain storm. Of the other eight, JEREMIAH, born Jan. 1, 1843, married Mary Wheeler, have two children. EARNEST L. and EARLEN R., and reside in Loami township. WILLIAM P., Jun., born April 7, 1846, married Sarah Dodd, who was born Dec. 11, 1847, in Bradley county, Tenn. They had one child, AMANDA, who died July 18, 1873, in her second year. They reside in Talkington township. JAMES S., twin to Josiah W.. was born June 5, 1848, married Rebecca A. Hunter, who was born August 15, 1852, in Jersey county. They had two children; one died in infancy, and ETTIE MAY resides with her parents, in Talkington township. SIMON P., born May 17, 1854, married Mar. 6, 1873, to Kate A. Workman, and resides four miles south of Loami. LONELY ARIZONIA, ISAAC H., JACKSON and BEATRICE, reside with their mother. Wm. P. Campbell died August 24, 1868, and his widow resides three miles south of Loami. Mr. Campbell was a soldier in the Mexican war, where he contracted chronic diarrhea, which caused his death more than twenty years after.

JEREMIAH. born Dec. 22, 1822, married Luro Combs, and died in 1853, leaving a widow and two children in Shelby county. Mrs. Luro Campbell married Abner Smith, and resides near Mowequa, Shelby county, Ill.

JOSIAH W., born April 5, 1828, married Elizabeth Workman. They had two living children, and Mrs. C. died and he married Angeline White. They have three children, and reside in Vernon county, Mo.

PETER C., born Jan. 19, 1832, married May 5, 1852, to Amanda E. Carson. They had three children, two of whom died in infancy. RACHEL C. resides with her parents. Peter C. Campbell and wife live in Chatham township, with in one mile of where he was born.

CAROLINE, born Oct. 23, 1834, married John Workman. See his name.

Mrs. Lavinah Campbell died Dec. 13, 1853, and John Campbell was married in 1855 to Mrs. Margery Carson, whose maiden name was Parkison, a sister of his first wife. She died March 5, 1870. John Campbell died Feb., 1875, on the farm where he settled in 1819, five miles west of Chatham, leaving a large estate which he had accumulated by industry and economy. He, as nearly all the earliest settlers, took part in the Black Hawk war. The first mill in the county, built by Daniel Lisle, was sold by him, and after changing hands once or twice, was bought by Mr. John Campbell, and moved to his farm on Lick creek, where he put it up and ran it for years, each customer bringing his own horses to rnn it. That kind of mills went out of use long ago, and one of the burrs was used by Mr. Campbell as a doorstep, to the day of his death.