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Hugh Campbell (Saint Louis, Missouri, merchant, philanthropist, and commissioner)

b. 1797-01-01 d. 1879-12-04

Saint Louis, Missouri, merchant, philanthropist, and commissioner. Native of Ireland. Son of Hugh Campbell. Married to Mary Kyle Campbell. Emigrated to the United States of America in 1818. Partner in business with David Kyle. Merchant with his brother, Robert Campbell, in Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1860. Employed Nicholas Seider as a waiter, and Kate Highland and Catherine Mahan as servants in St. Louis in 1860. Appointed to the Department of the West War Claims Commission in 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Louis County, City of St. Louis, Ward 6, p. 435-36.

"Campbell Family" and "The Journal of Hugh Campbell: Intro," Campbell House Museum, http://www.campbellhousemuseum.org/history/campbell-family/ and http://www.campbellhousemuseum.org/2010/10/the-journal-of-hugh-campbell-intro/ (accessed May 6, 2021).

"Missouri Republican, 1861-10-30," Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/666894692 (accessed May 6, 2021).

Missouri, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988, Missouri Probate Court (St. Louis City), vol. L-M, 1875-1879, p. 156-57.

Missouri Death Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri, City of St. Louis, 1878-1880, p. 40.

Find A Grave, "Hugh Campbell (1797-1879)," Memorial #121518283, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121518283 (accessed May 6, 2021).

Citation

Campbell, Hugh. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200451 (November 12, 2026).

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