Santa Clara County Biographies


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GUY W. CAMPBELL
 
Guy W. Campbell, the Superintendent and Secretary of the San Jose Agricultural 
Works, was born in Jackson county, Illinois, November 29, 1866. He was educated 
in the public and high school in Illinois and Colorado, coming to San Jose some 
nine years ago. He mastered his trade in the San Jose Agricultural Works, while 
it was under the charge of Chris Bergestrom, and for the past six years has held 
the responsible position he now occupies. On the 16th of July, 1891, Mr. 
Campbell was married to Miss Grace Valpey. He is an active church-worker being 
an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of this city.

Mr. Campbell naturally takes a great pride in the San Jose Agricultural Works, 
which is one of the largest manufacturing enterprises in the county, and which 
under his able management is now established on a solid paying basis. The 
capital is $50,000, and the institution is backed by some of our strongest and 
best citizens. Its value to the county can hardly be over estimated, as their 
trade extends over the entire Coast, and local consumers find in it a convenient 
and prompt source of supplies for all the demands peculiar to our fruit 
interests.

From the Commerative Edition January 1, 1892, San Jose Daily Mercury
contributed by jchavnar
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