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LUTHER CAMPBELL, D. D. S., the popular dentist of Slatington, of which place he is also Burgess, was born in Milton, Northumberland County, August 25, 1848. He is the son of Jacob Campbell, a native of Bucks County, but a resident of Northumberland County at the time of his death, which occurred February 15, 1854, when he was thirty-eight years of age. He conducted a good business as a saddler and harness-maker, having an extensive establishment on Broadway, Milton, Pa. In politics he was a stanch Whig. His wife, the mother of our subject, bore the maiden name of Mary Deeter. She was born in Bucks County, and departed this life while residing in Slatington, June 1, 1892, at the age of seventy-four years. The Campbells originally came from Scotland, and the first of the family to make their home in America located in this state.

Luther, the subject of this sketch, spent his boyhood andyouth in Milton, where he received a good common-school education, afterward entering the Classical Institute of that place, of which Rev. William T. Wylie was Professor and President. At this institution ex-Govs. James Pollock and Andrew G. Curtin received their first instruction, and it was classed among the best schools of the day. After graduating he entered the mercantile establishment of Isaac Brown, continuing with him for five years. About this time, deciding to make dentistry his profession in life, he began his studies under the instruction of Dr. H. C. Sticker, of Milton, Pa., remaining in his office for a period of two years.

Dr. Campbell located in Slatington in 1870, immediately opened an office, and has been engaged in the practice of dentistry ever since. He has a finely equipped office, and is prepared to do all kinds of dental work in a first-class manner. Among his patients are officers and employes of the different railroads communicating with the city, and citizens and residents throughout the Lehigh Valley.

The Doctor served in the Council five years, and as City Treasurer in 1891, in the spring of 1893 was elected Burgess of Slatington on the Republican ticket, and was mainly instrumental in building a new reservoir for the present system of water supply for Slatington, one of the finest in the Lehigh Valley, by which the water is conveyed to the city direct from the reservoir on the borough property. He was also instrumental in securing the arc lights with which the town is lighted, and in the purchasing of a steam fire engine for the Fire Department. He has thus made great improvement in both the Water and Fire Departments, and in fact, has taken an active part in all enterprises that would prove of benefit to the community.

In February, 1873, Dr. Campbell was married to Miss Flora, daughter of Lewis C. Smith. Mrs. Campbell departed this life August 15, 1885, leaving five children: Carrie, Annie, Frank, Percy and Marion. Annie died in 1876, aged eleven months and eleven days. September 11, 1889, the Doctor was married to his present wife, who prior to that event was known as Ada L. Misson. Her father, David B. Misson, was formerly a resident of Monroe County, Pa. To this union two sons have been born, the elder now deceased. The Doctor is a genial, affable gentleman, a wide-awake business man, and one of the most popular citizens of Slatington. With his estimable wife he belongs to the Presbyterian Church, and the family occupy a beautiful residence in the city.

The following is a statement of Dr. Campbell’s lodge record: He was initiated into Slatington Lodge No. 624, I. O. O. F., March 14, 1871, and October 7, 1873, was installed Noble Grand of his lodge. He served as Secretary from April 5, 1881, to April 1, 1890, and was a charter member of the Encampment branch of that order.

The Masonic life of Dr. Campbell began July 10, 1873, when he was entered in Slatington Lodge No. 440, F. & A. M. He was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason September 4 of the same year, and afterward served as Junior and Senior Warden, and Master and Secretary of his lodge. He was marked as a Chapter Mason in Allen Chapter No. 203, R. A. M., in Allentown, May 17, 1886; dubbed and created a Sir Knight in Allen Commandery, No. 20, November 11 of the same year; became a member of the different bodies of Caldwell Consistory S. P. R. S., Thirty-second Degree, Ancient, Accepted Scottish Rite, at Bloomsburg March 17, 1887; was admitted and constituted a Noble of the Mystic Shrine of Lu Lu Temple of Philadelphia June 6, 1888, and throughout his Masonic career has proved himself a worthy brother of the “Mystic Tie.”