GEORGE P. B. CAMPBELL, carpenter and lumberman; P. O. Lancaster; born in Indiana July 18, 1835; son of George and Rachel (Preston) Campbell, who came to Grant Co. in July, 1844; settled at Waterloo two years, Potosi one year and Lancaster two years; then bought the mill business established in 1854 by Mr. Irish, and afterward owned by Hampton & Walker in 1866. The mill runs seven months of the year with eighteen-foot head, and will cut 2,000 feet in ten hours. Mr. C. was three years in the 25th W. V. I., and draws a pension. He has been Constable several years, and is a Democrat. He was married March 13, 1853, to Sarah Taylor, of Potosi, who died July 3, 1877, leaving eight children - Amanda, wife of Robert Greener, of Minnesota; has two children - Prudence E. and John; Frank and Sarah are twins; Sarah is wife of Henry Foster, of Minnesota; Henry A. and German W. His second marriage was on Aug. 20, 1879, to Sarah L., daughter of Oliver F. and Jane Ann Keene, of Little Grant. She was born Jan. 13, 1860, and has one son - Preston A., born July 9, 1880; owns 3-1/2 acres of land, house and saw-mill.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.