Person:John Campbell (344)

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Hon. John Wilson Campbell
d.24 Sep 1833 Delaware County, Ohio
m. 1775
  1. James Campbell1775 - 1863
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Name Hon. John Wilson Campbell
Gender Male
Birth[1] 23 Feb 1782 Augusta County, Virginia
Marriage to Mildred Walker Moore
Death[1] 24 Sep 1833 Delaware County, Ohio
Burial[2] 1833 Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
Reference Number? Q1308074?

John Wilson Campbell was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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About John Wilson Campbell

John Wilson Campbell (February 23, 1782 – September 24, 1833) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, and a United States federal judge.

Born near Miller's Iron Works, Augusta County, Virginia, Campbell attended the common schools. He taught school. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1808 and commenced practice in West Union, Ohio. He was in the Justice of the Peace of Tiffin Township, Adams County from 1809 to 1815. He served as prosecuting attorney of Adams County in 1809. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1810, 1813, and 1815.

Campbell was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth through the Seventeenth Congresses. He was reelected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress. And as an Adams to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1827). He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Sixteenth through Nineteenth Congresses). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1826. Campbell was nominated by President Andrew Jackson as judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio on March 6, 1829, to a seat vacated by William Creighton, Jr.. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 7, 1829, and received commission the same day. He served until his death in Delaware, Ohio, September 24, 1833. He was interred in the Old North Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.


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John Wilson Campbell (February 23, 1782 – September 24, 1833) was a United States representative from Ohio and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio.

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    John Wilson Campbell
    Birthdate: February 23, 1782
    Birthplace: Miller's Iron Works, Augusta County, Virginia
    Death: Died September 24, 1833 in Delaware Delaware County Ohio

    Place of Burial:
    Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus Franklin County Ohio

    Immediate Family:

    Husband of Mildred Walker Campbell

    http://www.geni.com/people/John-Wilson-Campbell-US-Congress/6000000016094373593

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    John Wilson Campbell
    Birth: Feb. 23, 1782
    Augusta County
    Virginia, USA
    Death: Sep. 24, 1833
    Delaware
    Delaware County
    Ohio, USA

    US Congressman. A native of Virginia, he moved to Ohio and became an apprentice to a carpenter in Cincinnati. He then moved to Morgantown, West Virginia to study law and returned to Ohio to practice as an attorney after he was admitted to the bar. He became the prosecuting attorney of Adams County and served as a justice of the peace. He also served for the United States in the War of 1812. Campbell was a member of the Ohio Legislature until he was elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to represent Ohio's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives and served from 1817 to 1827. He was reelected four times and declined to become a candidate in 1826. He was narrowly defeated as a candidate for election as Ohio's Governor in 1828. Appointed by President Andrew Jackson, he presided as Judge of the United States Court for the District of Ohio from 1829 until his death in 1833.

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18817853