U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Campbell, Harry M. (1867-1945) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Pages 750-751 HARRY M. CAMPBELL, M. D., a prominent physician of Parkersburg, with office at No. 615-1/2 Market street, was born in 1867, in Wood County, West Virginia, and is a son of Robert and Cornelia (Kinnaird) Campbell, the former of whom was a well known steamboat and river man, whose death took place in 1877, at the age of 40 years. The grandfather of Dr. Campbell was Robert Campbell, who was born in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parentage, and who came to America as a member of the British Army. After the close of hostilities, he located in Pennsylvania, on the Juniata River, married Letitia Wright, and soon after removed to Wood County, Virginia, now West Virginia. Two of their 11 children are still surviving, one being Captain Campbell of the Big Sandy Packet Line. The mother of Dr. Campbell was born at Culpeper Court House, Virginia, and she was a granddaughter of John Asher Kinnaird who came from Scotland and was the founder of the family here. He married a Miss Williams, a descendant of the founder of Williamstown, and his son, Rufus Kinnaird, married Sophia Cook, who was a member of a prominent family of Parkersburg and Wood County. Mrs. Campbell was the eldest of a large family and she resides at Williamstown, near the original Isaac Williams residence. Dr. Campbell is one of a family of five children, three of whom died young. His sister, Mrs. S. B. Morgan, resides at Williamstown. Dr. Campbell was educated in the schools of Marietta, Ohio, and also attended the Normal School, and in 1899 graduated in medicine at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati. After two years of practice at Williamstown, he removed to Parkersburg where he has since been located and has become a prominent member of his profession. He is a member of the State Eclectic Society and his cordial relations with members of the profession were emphasized by their request that he become a member of the State Medical, the Ohio Valley and the Little Kanawha societies. Dr. Campbell married Anna Berry, a daughter of the late Capt. George M. Berry, a native of Wood County who was well and widely known. Three children have been born to this union, namely: Carl, Catherine and Cornelia. Fraternally Dr. Campbell is a York rite Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner. He is a member of the Methodist Church. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Wood County WV, #6107 FULL-NAME: Harry M. Campbell BIRTH-DATE: January 25, 1867 BIRTH-PLACE: Williamstown, WV DEATH-DATE: May 14, 1945 AGE-AT-DEATH: 78y-3m-19d DEATH-PLACE: 1208 Market St., Parkersburg, Wood County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 1208 Market St., Parkersburg, Wood County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widower (Anna Berry) OCCUPATION: M.D. (Retired) FATHER: Robert M. Campbell (born in Wood Co., W.Va.) MOTHER: Cornelia Kinnaird (born in Wood Co., W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Diabetes Mellitus INFORMANT: Mrs. H. S. Boremam (of 901 Juliane St., Parkersburg, WV) BURIAL: Mt. Olive ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Wood County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/wood/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------