Campbell

James Campbell (1791-1879) was born in Washington Co., Tennessee, the son of James Campbell and Jane Sample. On March 20, 1813 he married Sophia Downing (1793-1866) in Barren Co., Kentucky. She was born in Frederick Co., Maryland. James and Sophia had nine children, all born in Kentucky. The youngest daughter, Melvina, was about a year old in 1837 when the family migrated to central Missouri. Both are buried in the Campbell Burying Ground south of Russellville, Missouri. Descendants live in Missouri, Kansas and elsewhere.