Adams County Wisconsin Genealogy

Transcribed by Christy Janke

Source: Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography of Citizens of Columbia, Sauk and Adams Counties, Wisconsin, published 1901 by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1901, Pages 279 - 280

Daniel De Witt Campbell, a farmer residing in Jackson township, Adams county, is a pioneer settler of that region and a representative of one of the influential families of central Wisconsin. He is now the owner of considerable land in that vicinity, and engages in general farming.

Mr. Campbell was born in Binghampton, Broome county, New York, January 3, 1844, and was the son of William and Jane (Walker) Campbell. His father was of Scotch lineage, and was a shoemaker by trade. He came to Wisconsin in 1847, locating at Fountain Prairie, Columbia county, where he engaged in farming and also worked at his trade. He removed to Adams county in the fall of 1855, and resided in Jackson township until his death about 1885, aged over seventy years. He was a prosperous farmer and owned over two hundred and sixty acres of land at the time of his death. The mother of our subject was born in Broome county, New York, and was of English and German descent. Her death occurred about 1880, aged over fifty years. By a former marriage our subject's father was the father of seven children, among them John Perry, Rhinelander Wisconsin; Eunice, now Mrs. Ed Starling; Olive, now Mrs. William Ward, residing in Springville township, Adams county; and William De Loss, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Our subject was one of seven children as follows: Daniel D., our subject; Hiram Eugene, residing in Jackson township; Alcina, now Mrs. J. Stanfler, of Jackson township; Edward, of Missouri; Delia, now Mrs. Joseph Tunison, Warren's Mills, Wisconsin; Ida and Henry.

Daniel D. Campbell enlisted in Company D,. Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, March 15, 1864. He was in the Army of the Potomac at the battle of Cold Harbor, and from thence he went to Petersburg, where he was wounded in the left leg by a bullet June 17, 1864. He was in the hospital at Williard's Point, Long Island, five or six months, and after his recovery was transferred to the Twelfth Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, and was discharged July 31. 1865. He spent the two years following traveling through the west, and then located in Adams county, since which time he has resided on the old homestead farm, of which he now owns one hundred and twenty acres, and also possesses land adjacent,amounting to two hundred and five acres. He has erected a comfortable residence and large basement barn, and his farm bears every evidence of a well improved estate. He gives the raising of stock considerable attention and has been successful in all his undertakings.

Mr. Campbell was married July 4, 1866, to Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of Admiral and Miranda Lewis, of Easton, Wisconsin. Mrs. Campbell's father was a blacksmith by trade, and followed the same in Portage before the war. He served in the Tenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and died from injuries received while shoeing mules. Mrs. Campbell's mother is still living. Mrs. Campbell was born in New York and came with her parents to Wisconsin in an early day. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, as follows: Miranda Maude, now Mrs. Thomas Webster, of Birnamwood, Wisconsin; Gertibella; Roseman Alberta, and Edith Myrtle. Roseman and Edith are teachers. They have adopted a son of their daughter,Mrs. Webster, named Earl. Mr. Campbell is a member of Oxford Lodge, No.91, A. F. & A. M. He has done much to advance educational affairs and has served as school treasurer for the past twenty years, and has gained the confidence and esteem of the people among whom he has made his home for forty-five years. He has been a Republican in political views from his youth, and stands firmly for the principles of his party. He is a gentleman who keeps abreast of the times, and in all matters of importance takes an active interest.