California Biographies
Campbell, George

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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Campbell, George. Born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, February 19, 1818. At
fourteen years of age he went to Trenton, and was there employed by Q. H. Shreve
& Co. as clerk in a general merchandise store for six years, at the expiration
of which time he purchased an interest in the store, and the firm name was known
as Shreve & Campbell. After being in business one year, Mr. Campbell sold his
interest and proceeded to New York City, and acted in the capacity of cashier
and book-keeper in a silk and fancy goods store, where he remained for two
years. He then went into partnership with J. Fountain, and conducted a dry goods
store under the firm name of Fountain & Campbell. Two years later Mr. C.
purchased his partner's interest and moved the stock of goods to
McConnellsville, Ohio, where he conducted the business for four years, when he
returned to New York City and was engaged by Lord & Hathaway as salesman in a
wholesale house until 1849, when he emigrated to California via Cape Horn, and
arrived in San Francisco October 10th. He immediately proceeded to the mines,
and followed mining at different points until 1851, in which year he came to
this county, rented a farm in Analy township, where he prosecuted farming for
seven years. We next find him a resident of Petaluma, where he was instrumental
in building the steamer "Rambler," which plied between Petaluma and San
Francisco, and acted in the capacity of clerk on board the above steamer for two
years. He then sold his interest in her and engaged in the commission business
for one year, after which he gravitated back into merchandising; and three years
later we find him once more engaged in tilling the soil, and is now classed as
one of Sonoma's thrifty farmers, owning four hundred and twenty-three acres of
land, three miles from Petaluma. Mr. Campbell married on June 5, 1860, Miss Lucy
Judson, a native of Bristol, Indiana. George D. and Charles J. are the names of
their children.


Source: HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY, Alley, Bowen & Co. 1880