Dr. Hugh Campbell

Dr. Hugh Campbell was born in Uniontown, Pa., May 1st,

1795, and died there, February 27th, 1876. His father was Benjamin Campbell, who was born at New London Cross-roads, Chester county. Pa., and his mother was Mary Adair, of Cookstown, Ireland, and afterwards of London, Franklin county, Pa. His father was a silversmith, who removed from Hagerstown, Md., to Uniontown, about 1778, where he died, September 24th, 1843. He was a man of modest means, with twelve children, to whom he could of course give but small advantages of education. He was a member of the Presbyterian church of Uniontown from its organization. Dr. Hugh Campbell obtained what education he could at his home and attended Jefferson College one year, 1812— 13. He studied medicine with Dr. Daniel Marchand, of Uniontown, and attended the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, where he graduated and in 1817 opened his office as a physician and surgeon in Uniontown. In September, 1823, he married Miss Susan Baird, of Washington, Penn'a, a sister of Judge Thomas Baird. She died in 1824. April 15th, 1828, Dr. Campbell was married in Chambersburg, Pa., to Miss Rachel Broome Lyon, a daughter of Samuel Lyon, Esq., of Carlisle, Pa. By this marriage there were eight children, six of whom are (1888) still living. The subject of this sketch joined the Presbyterian church of Uniontown, October 9th, 1825, at the same time with Nathaniel Ewing, his life-long friend and fellow laborer in the church. He was ordained and installed an elder in this church, September 28th, 1829, and served as an active member of Session till his removal to Allegheny, Penn'a, in 1865, to enter on his duties as Warden of the WesternPenitentiary. While there he was an elder in Dr. Swift's Church. He returned to Uniontown to reside in 1868. He was a Commissioner to the General Assemblies of 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1838, 1847, 1858 and others. He also represented the Presbyterian Church of this country in the Scotch Assembly at Edinburgh in 1869. Dr. Campbell was a man of eminent ability and exercised great influence for good. He was a close student of the Bible all his life. Amongst his last words were, "I feel it is by the grace of God, I am what I am."

Dr Campbell, Rev A G Fairchild, Jesse Evans and Judge Nathaniel Ewing were the pioneers of the temperance movement of sixty years ago in Fayette county which banished whiskey from the merchant's counter, the side board and the harvest field.