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of his neighborhood, and for his services was promoted colonel of his regiment. On Oct. 7, 1780, he was one of the six heroic frontier col- onels who led the patriot troops at the battle of King's mountain. He commanded a corps of riflemen under General Greene in the battle of Guilford Court House, N. C, March 15, 1781. He married a sister of Patrick Henry. He died at Rocky Mills, Va., Aug. 22, 1781, and Avas eulo- gized b}' AVashington; Lafayette, Greene and Jefferson.

CAMPBELL, William Bowen, governor of Tennessee, was born in Sumner county, Tenn., Feb. 1, 1807. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar, practising for a time in Carthage. He was chosen district attorney, and in 1835 was elected to the lower house of the state legislature. He fought in the Creek and Florida wars at the head of a comiiany which he had enlisted, and in 1836 was elected a representative to the 25th Congress. He was major-general in the Tennes- see militia, and at the beginning of the Mexican w^ar was made colonel of volunteers. He took part in the battles of Monterey and Cerro Gordo, and after General Pillow was wounded commanded his brigade. In 1851 he was elected governor of Tennessee and served two years. He was made judge of the circuit court in 1857. President Lin- coln appointed him brigadier-general of volun- teers, in June, 1862, and he served until the end of the year, when ill-health necessitated his resigna- tion. In 1864 he was elected a representative to the 39th Congress, but was not allowed his seat until the end of the first year of his term. He died at Lebanon, Tenn., Aug. 19, 1867.

CAMPBELL, William Henry, educator, was born in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 14, 1808. He was graduated from Dickinson college in 1828, and from Princeton theological seminary in 1831. He was ordained by the Dutch Reformed classis of Cayuga as pastor of the church at Chittenango, N. Y. He resigned to accept the position of prin- cipal of Erasmus Hall at Flatbush, Long Island, N. Y., remaining there six years. In 1839 he resumed his pastoral labors, and preached for two years in East New Y^ork, and for seven years in Albany, N. Y. In 1848 he became principal of the Albany academy, resigning in 1851 to accept the chair of Oriental literature in the Dutch Re- formed theological seminary. New Brunswick, N. J., where he remained twelve years. During this time he was also professor of moral phil- osophy at Rutgers college, and its president from 1863 to 1882, when he resigned and became pro- fessor of the evidences of Christianity, occupying the chair for three years. In 1885 he organized a church at New Bruns-wnck, of which he was made pastor. During his pr)niini«tration of Rut- gers college over two hundred tkouaaaid doLla,rs

was rtiised, six new professorships were estab- lished, and the number of pupils doubled. He was tlie author of Subjects and Modes of Bap- tism (1844) ; Influence of Christianity in Civil and Religious Libert)/ (1873), and System of Catechetical Instruction (1876). He died at New Brunswick, N. J.. Dec. 7, 1890.

CAMPBELL, William W., jurist, was born at Cherry Valley, N. Y'., Jime 10, 1806. He was graduated at Union college in 1827; began the practice of law in New Y'ork city in 1831, was appointed master in chancery in 1841, afterward commissioner in bankruptcy, and "was a repre- sentative in the 29th Congress, where he effected decided reforms in the consular system. In 1848 he was elected judge of the sujireme court of New York city, and soon after the expiration of his term, in December, 1855, he returned to Cherry Valley, N. Y". In the fall of 1857 he was elected judge of the supreme court of New Y^ork for the sixth judicial district, also serving in the court of appeals. He was a frequent contributor to maga- zines and other periodical literature, his writings being principally historical sketches, especially of New Y'ork state. He received the degree of LL.D. from Union college, and was elected trus- tee in 1848, and a visitor of the Nott trust fund in 1853. In his last months he took special pleasiire in studying the Bible and in religious conversa- tion. He is the author of Annals of Tryoii Connty. Neto York (1831) ; Life of Mrs. Omut, Missionary to Persia (1840) ; Life and Writings of De Witt Clinton (1849) ; Sketches of Robin Hood and Capt. Kidd (1853). He died at Cherry Valley. N.Y^, Sept. 7, 1881.

CANBY, Edward Richard Sprigg, soldier, was born in Kentucky in 1817; son of Israel T. Canby. His parents settled in Indiana, where he received his early education. He was graduated from the U. S. military academy in 1839, and was commissioned 2d lieutenant, 2d infantry. He served as a quartermaster in the Florida war from 1839 to 1842, and assisted in escorting the emi- grating Indians to Arkansas. From 1842 to '45 he was on garrison duty, and in 1845 on recruit- ing service. In 1846 he was promoted to a 1; t lieutenanc}^ and served during the Mexican war. participating in the siege of Vera Cruz, in the battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, and Chilru- busco, and in the assault upon the Belen gate d the city of Mexico. For his services he was brevetted major and lieutenant-colonel. From 1849 to 1851 he was attached to tlie Pacific divi- sion of the U. S. army as assistant adjutant- general. He was promoted captain in June, 1851, but resigned his rank in the line on being as- signed to the adjutant-general's department as assistant adjutant-general. From ]\Iarch, 1855, to 1858 he was employed on frontier duty in