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1. #357, Lewis Publishing Company 1888. 1 TYPE Book
1 EDTR H.S. Foote
1 PERI "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World
1 LOCA http://www.santaclararesearch.net/.
The name of James Henry Campbell is inseparably interwoven with the history of Santa Clara County and more especially the beautiful town of Campbell, for his father, Benjamin Campbell, laid out the little town and it was named in his honor, now the very center of one of the finest fruit-growing sections of Santa Clara Valley. Here our subject was born on December 12, 1852, a son of Benjamin and Mary Louise (Rucker) Campbell, both parents pioneers of Santa Clara County. In tracing the ancestry of Mr. Campbell, we find his paternal grandfather, William Campbell, to have been a native of Bourbon County, Ky., a tanner by trade, and a soldier in the War of 1812. He operated a tannery near Greenville, Ky., prior to going to Missouri in 1839, and there followed farming pursuits until he crossed the plains to California in 1846, making the trip via the Platte River route.
Capt Benjamin Campbell, the father of our subject, was a youth of twenty when his parents came to California, and during the trip across the plains he drove one of the teams, waling most of the way. William Campbell preempted a claim of 160 acres two miles south of Santa Clara and his son Benjamin assisted him in preparing a home for the family in the new country, staying with him until 1849, when he returned to Missouri by way of Panama, on a visit. Upon his return to California, in 1851, he purchased the land upon which the town of Campbell stands, and in the fall of the same year again returned to Missouri, this time to claim his bride, Miss Mary Louise Rucker, born in Missouri, daughter of William and Verenda (Taylor) Rucker. They were married in Saline County, Mo., and in the spring of 1852 he again made the trip to California, accompanied by his wife, her father and his family, and also two of his sisters and their families. He was captain of the ox-team train and they brought a band of cattle. Three children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Campbell, of whom James Henry, the subject of this review is the eldest; Laura Ann, Mrs. Swope, is deceased, and Lena M. is Mrs. S. G. Rodeck.
In 1885 Benjamin Campbell began the culture of fruit commercially, which proved a good business venture in that locality. In 1890 he conceived the idea of founding a town in the midst of the fruit-growing district and having determined upon a line of action, he permitted no obstacle to turn him from his accomplishment. Realizing the many evils of intemperance, hewas determined that the town should be founded on temperance principles, and the town will forever remain so. The original plat of Campbell contained but eighteen lots, but since then many additions have been made by the Campbells with the same clause in the deed, and the place has increased in size and population. In executing the deeds to these lots, the title was made subject to the following conditions and restrictions: "That if the party of the second part, his heirs or assigns, shall at any time sell or keep for sale, on any portion of said premises, or knowingly permit anyone to keep for sale any spirituous of intoxicating liquors either distilled or fermented, the entire title and estate in and to said premises hereby created, shall cease, and title to said premises shall thereupon revert to said party of the first part orhis heirs and assigns forever, and it shall then be lawful for said party of the first part, his heirs or assigns, to enter upon said premises and eject said party of the second part, his heirs or assigns, and every person claiming under them, or either of them."
Benjamin Campbell was active in the affairs of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and for many years was a steward and trustee and superintendent of the Sunday school. In the early days he was a Whig, then a Democrat, but prior to his demise was a Prohibitionist in his political views. He was the first postmaster of Campbell, and for two years was a justice ofthe peace, school director for a number of years, a member of the board of trade, a promoter of the Bank of Campbell, of which he was vice-president and director, and he was a trustee of the Grange. He died March 27, 1907, and his widow survived him until March 5, 1913.
James Henry Campbell received his education in the local public schools and then attended a private school and then followed the occupation of his forbears. The original 160 acres of land acquired by his father in 1851 has been divided and sold as town lots until there are only two acres left of the old homestead on which our subject makes his home. His present marriage occurred on March 28, 1907, and united him with Mrs. Jessie (Kelley) McKenzie, a native of San Mateo, Cal., andthey are the parents of one child, Adelbert, a student in the University of California. By his former marriage Mr. Campbell has two children, George E. and Clyde E. Mrs. Campbell had two children by a former marriage, Della May and James W. McKenzie. Politically, Mr. Campbell is a Democrat and fraternally is an Odd Fellow. Having spent his entire life in Santa Clara County, his history is well known to its citizens, and his has been an honorable and useful career.

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1. 1860 Federal Census. 1 TYPE Census
1 LOCA www.ancestry.com.
2. Benjamin Campbell, Honored Pioneer, Passes Away. 1 TYPE Newspaper
1 PERI San Jose Mercury
1 PLAC San Jose, CA
1 DATE 26 Mar 1907
1 LOCA www.genealogybank.com.
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3. Benjamin Campbell, Honored Pioneer, Passes Away. 1 TYPE Newspaper
1 PERI San Jose Mercury
1 PLAC San Jose, CA
1 DATE 26 Mar 1907
1 LOCA www.genealogybank.com.
In 1839, Benjamin emigrated with his parents from Kentucky to Saline County, Missouri, and din 1846 crossed the œalmost trackless plains and pathless mountains to Calaifornia, settling in Santa Clara county.He was the founder of the City of Campbell in Santa Clara Valley.
Å“In many pioneer enterprises he was associated with his father. On their arrival they found the country in the turmoil which terminated in its conquest, not by force of numbers but by American valor. In this war and in the work of creating a new order of things father and son had a part.
Å“In the spring of 1851, Mr. Campbell purchased the site of the home which he occupied so long on Campbell avenue, near Campbell station, in the Hamilton districct. His original purchase was a squatterâ„¢s right. Other parties claiming it under Mexican grants, litigation followed whicch extended through a period of eighteen years. Finally Mr. Campbell bought a quit-claim of the parties, and obtainaed from the United States government a patent f 160 acres, all but 52 acrs of which was later sold at different times.
Å“In 1851 Mr. Campbell returned to Saline county, Missouri, and on Christmas day was united in Marriage to Miss Mary L. Rucker. In the following year he recrossed the plains with his wife, and established his residence permanently on hs purchase. Three children were born too the couple, all of whom were later married and settled near the home of their parents.
œMr. Campbell, throughout his entire life in this valley, was largely interested in horticulture. He planted his land to trees and had one of the best and most comfortable orchard homes in the valley.

Benjamin heiratete Rucker, Mary Louise in 1853 in Saline County, Missouri, USA. Mary wurde geboren in 1835 in ,, Missouri, USA; gestorben am 5 Mrz 1913 in Campbell, Santa Clara County, California, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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1. 1860 Federal Census. 1 TYPE Census
1 LOCA www.ancestry.com.

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1. #357, Lewis Publishing Company 1888. 1 TYPE Book
1 EDTR H.S. Foote
1 PERI "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World
1 LOCA http://www.santaclararesearch.net/.
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2. #357, Lewis Publishing Company 1888. 1 TYPE Book
1 EDTR H.S. Foote
1 PERI "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World
1 LOCA http://www.santaclararesearch.net/.
The Russell/Boggs train, which William Campbell and his party joined, was one of the last trains to depart from Independence; they seem to have embarked on or about 5 May 1846. Bernard DeVoto, the principal historian of the 1846 migration estimates that about twenty wagon trains had departed before the Russell/Boggs train. Due to the size of the wagon train, shortly after embarkation, it was deemed prudent to subdivide the train into a number of travel groups. Some sources have indicated that, initially, William Campbell was elected captain of his travel group, hereinafter referred to as the "Campbell party" or the "Campbell group." This group, in addition to the Campbells (the families of William, Thomas and James), included members of the Aram, Finley, West and Whisman families, almost 50 people in all.
William Campbell was also a clergyman (as was his brother rev. Charles Campbell) and he preached the first Methodist sermon ever preached in California. This was in November, 1846.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, deceased. The subject of this sketch was one of  California's earliest settlers, and no history of Santa Clara County and of its pioneers would be complete without more than a passing mention of him. He was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, November 12, 1793, and was the son of David Campbell. Reared on the frontier, his educational advantages were exceedingly limited, but the experience of a life which covered the history of three wars, in two of which he was an active participant; a life beginning in the commonwealth of Kentucky and ending in the Golden State, --- this rich experience, combined with a keen observation and a retentive memory, more than compensated him for the lack of youthful opportunities. He was reared where they made men, physically and mentally. During the War of 1812 he served in a regiment of Kentucky volunteers, commanded by Colonel Caldwell. Little is known of his record as a soldier, but tradition has it that none were ever more ready for duty, none possessed more of the spirit of adventure, none bore the hardships of the march or of camp life more cheerfully than he.
On the twenty-fouth of September, 1816, Mr. Campbell wedded, in his native State, Miss Sarah McNary. She was not spared to him long, her death occurring November 16, 1821. Mrs. Ann L. Lovell, residing in Moreland District, in this county, is her daughter. For his second wife Mr. Campbell married Miss Agnes Hancock, September 24, 1822. She was a native of Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Mr. Campbell led the quiet life of a farmer of moderate means for nearly a quarter of a century after this marriage, in Kentucky and Missouri. Still the spirit of adventure was at times upon him, and finally, under its influence, he determined to remove to California. With his wife and children he made the long Journey, being almost three years in advance of the men of 1849. He settled in what is now Santa Clara County, and took an active part in the conquest of the country, participating in all the conflicts that took place in Santa Clara Valley. Naturally, he became one of the leaders in the work of developing the resources of this wonderful new country. Assisted by his two sons, David and Benjamin, he erected the first saw-mill within the limits of the county, for cutting the mighty redwood trees. He was a natural mechanic, being able to handle any kind of a tool, in working wood and iron. In 1847 Mr. Campbell, wishing to expedite the work of threshing grain, built for his own use a threshing-machine, probably unlike any other that was ever constructed. It not only threshed, but it separated the grain from the straw and chaff, having a capacity of ten to twelve bushels an hour. If not the first separator ever operated in the State, certainly it was the first one ever built in the State.
The foresight and prophetic predictions of the subject of this sketches to the future of this State will be remembered by numbers of the early settlers, many of whom paid but little heed to him at the time. Coming two years before the discovery of gold, he lived to see the wilderness changed to a garden, the deserts to an empire, and all the other great changes which time and civilization have wrought in the State of California. Mr. Campbell was a typical pioneer, possessed of a remarkably vigorous constitution, and a brave, undaunted spirit. He did fully a man's part in subduing the wilderness.
He was greatly bereaved by the death of his wife, which occurred November 30, of the year that he removed to California. She was the mother of seven  children, of whom only three are now living. Their names are: David, [Ed note- Narrative of Crossing the Plains by David Campbell] a resident of Tulare County; Benjamin, whose history follows this sketch; and William G., whose home is in San Francisco. The names of those deceased are; Elizabeth, who died in Missouri, in infancy; Mrs. Sarah Findley, who died in Kern County, this State, June 28, 1869, in her forty-sixth year; Mrs. Susan A. Hargis, who died at Santa Clara, December 9, 1869, at the age of twenty-six years; and John F., who died in Mendocino County, October 9, 1879, in his fortieth year.
Fully ripe, like the grain for the reaper, William Campbell passed peacefully to the better life December 2, 1886. For years before his death he made his home with his son Benjamin, but he died while on a visit to his son David, in Tulare County. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he passed from this earth in the faith and hope of the Christian.

William heiratete Hancock, Agnes am 24 Sep 1822 in ,, Kentucky, USA. Agnes wurde geboren geschätzt 1796 in , Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA; gestorben am 30 Nov 1846 in ,, California, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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1. #357, Lewis Publishing Company 1888. 1 TYPE Book
1 EDTR H.S. Foote
1 PERI "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World
1 LOCA http://www.santaclararesearch.net/.
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2. #357, Lewis Publishing Company 1888. 1 TYPE Book
1 EDTR H.S. Foote
1 PERI "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World
1 LOCA http://www.santaclararesearch.net/.
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3. #357, Lewis Publishing Company 1888. 1 TYPE Book
1 EDTR H.S. Foote
1 PERI "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World
1 LOCA http://www.santaclararesearch.net/.

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1. #357, Lewis Publishing Company 1888. 1 TYPE Book
1 EDTR H.S. Foote
1 PERI "Pen Pictures from the Garden of the World
1 LOCA http://www.santaclararesearch.net/.