History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 738.
[Nicholas County]  [Carlisle City and Precinct]

JOHN A. CAMPBELL, County Clerk, Carlisle; was born in Lewis County, Ky.,
July 13, 1827, near Flemingsburg.  His father, Edward Campbell, was of
Scotch origin, and a native of Mason COunty, where he was born May 22,
1801.  After marriage he lived in Lewis County until the death of his wife
in 1837.  After his second marriage he went to Fleming County and died in
1844.  The mother, Mary Lewis, of Welsh extraction, was born in Lewis County
in 1803, and died in 1837; her parents were Stephen and Julia (Griffith)
Lewis.  The parents of John A. had seven children; four are now living:
our subject; S. R., of Fleming County; Lee L., in Jefferson County,
Ill., farming; Rebecca, wife of a Baptist minister in Jefferson County,
Ill.  Mr. Campbell worked on the farm until seventeen years of age, when
he began learning the trade of wagon making, which he finished with a Mr.
Miley at Murphysville, Mason County, Ky.; then came to Carlisle, where he
carried on a shop for eleven years.  At the time of beginning his trade he
could not write his own name, having attended school but about six week
during his life.  He perfected his education by diligent study during his
apprenticeship, thus fitting himself for the responsible position he now
occupies.  He is a remarkably fine penman, having acquired the art by
copying letters from printed matter, and his books are marvels of neatness,
beauty and accuracy.  He was elected to his present position in 1858, which
position he has held since, with the exception of a few months in the year
1862, when he was displaced by the soldiery.  He was married March 2, 1847,
in Fleming County, to Miss Malinda J. Story, a native of Fleming County,
where she was born Feb. 22, 1825.  Her parents were James E. and Rebecca
(Summitt) Story.  By this marriage there were seven children, viz: Silas
W., a farmer in Nicholas; Mary J., wife of George W. Moore, of Mt.
Sterling; James B., an artist and merchant, Carlisle; John M., Deputy
Clerk; Virgie, Ida and Annie.  He is a Democrat politically and a member
of the Odd Fellows' fraternity.

Campbell Lewis Griffith Miley Story Summitt Moore
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Lewis-KY Fleming-KY Mason-KY Jefferson-IL

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