City: Humboldt
CAMPBELL, John E., builder and contractor; born at Clinch Mountain, near Rutledge, Tenn., April 6, 1851; German-Scotch-Irish descent; son of Capt. Levi and Lucinda (Hufmeister) CAMPBELL; his father built the stages from Abington, Va., to Knoxville, Tenn., in the ‘40s and ‘50s; paternal grandparents Elbert and Nancy B. (McCarty) CAMPBELL, maternal grandparents, Joseph H. and Lucy J. (Baumster) HUFFMEISTER; educated at Madison Academy, Grainger Co., Tenn., and Mossy Creek College, Jefferson Co., Tenn.; in early life was interested in farming and stock raising; was too young to enter the civil war, lived on the Cumberland Gap pass from the Virginias to Knoxville, Tenn., during that time and for four years was in the midst of strife of the two contending armies; at the age of twelve he was carried away and kept some time by the Federals, on account of father and brother being in the Confederate service, but in the spring of 1865 they were all reunited and at home again; moved to Gibson Co., Tenn., without any means and with a limited education and began life among strangers; in 1881 began farming near Humboldt, Tenn., and established and managed Oakwood Stock Farm until 1899, when he moved to Humboldt, where he is now engaged in the contracting and building business; when he first moved to Humboldt he acquired a canning factory, saw mill and grist mill; married Jennie E. HESS Jan 7, 1879; member I. O. O. F.; Democrat; Elder in Presbyterian church, U. S.
