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JOHN JAMES CAMPBELL, expressman, Wilkinsburg, was born near Midway, Washington county, Pa., Jan. 28, 1846. His grandfather, John Campbell, who was of Scotch descent, came from Virginia to Washington county in 1830, dying in Allegheny City, in 1881; his son William C., a native of Virginia, married Margeret Symington, a native of Western Pennsylvania, and is now resident on a farm in Smith township. Our subject, their son, was engaged in farming till 1874, when he came to Swissvale, this county, and engaged in the coal and transportation business. Being frequently requested to do errands in the city, he started, in 1880, an express business, making one trip per week. This has so grown that he now employs six wagons and seven men, with an office in the city. In 1887 he built his present residence in Wilkinsburg, and is the owner of three other houses, besides his former dwelling at Swissvale. Dec. 10, 1868, Mr. Campbell married Rebecca, daughter of James and Martha Brimner, of Washington county, and of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and to this union were born the following-named children: John Franklin, Cora Lucinda, William Thomas, Anna Louisa and Robert K. Mr. Campbell and family are identified with the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M. and Garfield Council, Home Circle, of Allegheny. He is a republican, and acted as school director for six years while a resident of the city.