BIO: William J. CAMPBELL, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 320-321.
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  WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, M.D., Mapleton, Huntingdon county, was born in 
Huntingdon county, May 18, 1862. He is the son of Hance R. and Annie 
(Smith) Campbell. Mr. Campbell's father, Hance R. Campbell, was born in 
Glasgow, Scotland; his mother was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland. 
Soon after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell came to America and 
settled in New Germantown, Perry county, Pa. Mr. Campbell was a farmer 
and a dealer in stock. He was a man of good judgment, and merited the 
confidence of the community. He afterwards filled various offices in 
Shirley township. Mr. Campbell and his wife were members of the 
Presbyterian church. Their children are: Sarah (Mrs. C. Ballentine); 
Thomas H.; William J., M.D.; Robert B., M.D.; Sophia (Mrs. A. W. 
Jones); Belle L. (Mrs. M. C. Alexander); Frank S., M.D.; Elizabeth 
(Mrs. John Skiles); Samuel, deceased; and Mary, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. 
Campbell are both dead.
  William J. Campbell attended the public schools of Shirley township 
until he was fourteen, and then spent three terms in a private school 
in Orbisonia, Huntingdon county. Far from being satisfied by this taste 
of the delights of study, his eager mind was only aroused and 
stimulated. He determined to secure for himself a better education. So 
well had he improved his opportunities that he obtained a school, and 
after teaching for two winters his savings enabled him to have another 
course in the school at Orbisonia. When this course was completed Mr. 
Campbell again taught school for three successive terms, and was then 
able to spend one term in the Iron City Business College at Pittsburg, 
Pa. In 1885 he returned to Huntingdon for one term in the Normal 
College of Huntingdon. In 1887, Mr. Campbell entered the United States 
Mail Service, retaining this position for two years. The following 
winter he again taught at Mt. Union, Pa. This was MR. Campbell's last 
term as a teacher; he had advanced step by step toward the education 
which he had determined to secure, and in October, 1890, he entered the 
Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, from which he was graduated 
May 4, 1893. In the same year he opened an office in Mapleton, and at 
once began the practice of his chosen profession. Dr. Campbell still 
resides in Mapleton, where he has won for himself a large and 
increasing practice, and has become one of the prominent physicians of 
Huntingdon county. In 1893 Dr. Campbell was appointed United States 
pension examiner, a position which he still holds. He is also a member 
of the Huntingdon county, and in 1894 was elected school director. Dr. 
Campbell is a member of the Masonic Order, Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 300, 
of Huntingdon, Pa., and of the P.O.S. of A., Mount Union Lodge, No. 
346. Dr. Campbell is self-made, never having received a dollar except 
that which he earned by hard work and industry. His life has been one 
unbroken struggle to prepare himself for usefulness.
  William J. Campbell, M.D., was married December 5, 1889, to Laura E., 
daughter of George and Mary (McCoy) Spanogle. They have one child, Mary 
H. Dr. Campbell and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church at 
Mapleton, Pa.
  Mrs. Campbell's father, a native of Huntingdon county, spent most of 
his life as clerk in various offices. He taught school for some years, 
teaching only in the winter. Mr. Spanogle was clerk in the House of 
Representatives for one term. He filled various township and county 
offices and was many years auditor of Huntingdon county. He married 
Mary A. McCoy, a native of Juniata county, Pa. Their children are: 
Laura E. (Mrs. Wm. J. Campbell); Gertrude (Mrs. William F. Kieferle); 
Frank; Charles; Bessie (Mrs. W. E. Hack); Nora; Mary; Nellie; and Clara 
Blanche (Mrs. Samuel Lutz), deceased. Mr. Spanogle and his wife are 
members of the Presbyterian church, and are living at Huntingdon, Pa.