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HARYEY J. CAMPBELL. Among the younger farmers of Oakland County may be mentioned Mr. Campbell, whose home is on section 23,
Royal Oak Township, and who belongs to a family well known in the county. His property consists of ninety-five acres on
sections 23 and 26, forty of which was given him by his father. Mr. Campbell is a son of Welcome and Mary J. (Cheney)
Campbell, of whom an account is given in the biography of John L. Campbell, of Birmingham. They were natives of New
York and the father was born July 20,1810. They have five sons and five daughters, and Harvey J. is the second child and
eldest son. He was born in Oxford Township, this county, April 19, 1843, and in his boyhood studied in the common schools.
He devoted some time to work in his father's store prior to his nineteenth year, and then spent three years on a farm.
Mr. Campbell next went to Albion and took a course of study under Prof. Ira Mayhew, the well- known commercial teacher and
author of the popular text-book on book-keeping. After finishing his course of study Mr. Campbell returned home and then
went to Genesce County, where he spent the summer in work, after which he returned again to his father's farm. He was
married May 8, 1866, and was soon established where he is still living. His wife bore the maiden name of Altana J. Wells
and was born in Royal Oak, April 12, 1847. She is the fourth in a family comprising five daughters and two sons, and her
parents are Joseph R. and Sophronia Stephens) Wells.
The father of Mrs. Campbell was born in New York and his parents were Willard and Mary (Spencer) Wells, the former of whom
died in his native State when the son was seven years old. The latter came to this State some years later, obtained a home
and brought his widowed mother here. His wife was a daughter of Henry and Altana (Fellows) Stephens, natives of New York,
and her mother in turn was the daughter of David and Esther (Tucker) Fellows. Mrs. Campbell was well reared and has proved
herself capable of judiciously managing household affairs and looking well to the interests of her family.
The children of and Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are Arthur W., born August 18, 1867; Alice L., February 3, 1869; J. Lee, June 28,
1872; Frank J.January 28,1879, and Mary G.,December 7, 1885. Arthur is on the Toledo Blade as general news editor; he was
married April 15, 1888, to Margaret S. Simonds, of Center Line, Macomb County, and they have two children—Don H., born
December 18, 1889, and Alice, February 21, 1891. Alice L. was married October 22, 1889, to William Todd, Jr., of Royal Oak.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church and he is Treasurer, Trustee and Steward, while she is a
teacher in the Sunday school. Mr. Campbell has served acceptably as Highway Commissioner and Constable. He began his
political career by voting for Abrahan Lincoln and takes an active part in local work and has been sent as a delegate to
county conventions.
Portrait and Biographical Album of Oakland County, Michigan By Chapman Brothers
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