LEVI R. CAMPBELL, a representative citizen and popular shoe merchant of Monongahela, was born January 14, 1846, in Allegheny county, Penn. He is a grandson of Levi Campbell, who was born February 13, 1798, in Chester county, Penn., and was there reared to manhood. He learned the shoemaker's trade, and was married to Martha Carson, also a native of Chester county, Penn. She bore him the following children: David C.; Sarah, wife of Joseph Young; Joseph; John; George; James; Amzie F., and Martha. Mr. Campbell followed his trade for several years after his marriage, and then, in company with the Irving and Kennedy families, moved to Carroll township, Washington county. In 1827 Mr. Campbell came to Monongahela, and opened a shoe store which he conducted until 1870, and then moved to a permanent home in New Castle, Penn. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, and in political opinion was actively identified with the Democratic party. David C. Campbell was born April 3, 1821, in Chester county, Penn., where he remained until six years of age, when the family settled in Monongahela. He was there reared and educated, then learned and followed the shoemaker's trade for some time, and in 1851 moved to New Castle, Penn. He was there married to Nancy, daughter of Seth Rigby, a resident of New Castle, and she bore him the following children: George W., Levi R., John, Amzie F., Edward C., James C., Ritta J., Martha A. and Sarah. For his second wife Mr. Campbell was married to Mary Ann Bush, and their children were William, Charles M., David C. and Flora. Mr. Campbell was a stanch advocate of the principles embodied in the Democratic party, and in religion he and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian Church. Levi R. Campbell passed his youth in Monongahela and New Castle, receiving a public- school education. At the age of fifteen years he entered the shoe shop owned by his father, with whom he remained three or four years. He passed one year in Monongahela, then began to work for John M. Sutman, and afterward entered the store of Isaac Yohe, finally opening his present shoe store in Monongahela. In 1870 he married Sarah A., daughter of Messig Haywood, a resident of Monongahela, and she has borne him two children: Fannie, wife of T. M. Boggs, and Charles. Mr. Campbell has been an active business man for twenty-one years, and in politics has taken an active interest in the Democratic party; has served several terms as a member of the council. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Text taken from page 1114 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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