''For other persons with a similar name see William Campbell (disambiguation)'' William Campbell (ca. 1767 – October 27, 1844 Cherry Valley,

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) was an American physician, merchant, surveyor and politician from

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He was the oldest son of

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Colonel Samuel Campbell (1738–1824) and Jane Cannon Campbell (1743–1836). s:The Women of the American Revolution/Jane Campbell He ran a drug and hardware store in Cherry Valley. He was a member of the

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(Otsego Co.) in

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and 1817 as a

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, and in

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. He was New York State Surveyor General from 1835 to 1838. U.S. Representative William W. Campbell was his nephew.

References

Sources

Obit of his nephew John C. Campbell
in NYT on March 27, 1890

at GeoCities
Campbell genealogy
at

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''The New York Civil List'' compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 37f and 263; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Dr. Campbell mentioned in Note 2

History of Cherry Valley (page 59)
''The American Biographical Dictionary''
by William Allen (page 189; John P. Jewett & Co, Boston, 1857)
''The American Almanac'' for 1845
(page 314) 1760s births 1844 deaths New York State Engineers and Surveyors Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) Federalists People from Cherry Valley, New York {{NewYork-NYAssembly-stub