John Arthur Campbell
Born: October 3, 1823
Birthplace: Halls Bottom Plantation, Washington County, Virginia
Father: Edward McDonald Campbell 1781 – 1833
(Buried: Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia)
Mother: Rhoda Trigg 1797 – 1864
(Buried: Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia)
Wife: Mary Branche 1827 – 1908
(Buried: Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia)
Children:
Elizabeth Campbell 1850 –
Education:
Attended Emory & Henry College
1844: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute
Attended University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Nashville Tennessee & Abingdon Virginia
1852: Unsuccessful Candidate for Virginia State House of Delegates
Anti-Secessionist
Member of Abingdon Virginia Town Council
Civil War Career:
1861: Washington Co. Delegate to Virginia State Secession Convention
1861: Colonel in Provisional Army of Virginia
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 48th Virginia Infantry
1862: Wounded arm and hand during First Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1862: Resigned as Colonel of 48th Virginia on October 16, 1862
1862 – 1865: Circuit Court Judge in Abingdon, Virginia
1863 – 1865: Lt. in the Virginia State Home Guard
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1869: Circuit Court Judge in Abingdon, Virginia
President of Board of Trustees of Emory & Henry College
Died: June 17, 1886
Place of Death: Abingdon, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 62 years old
Burial Place: Sinking Springs Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia
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