ALEXANDER O. CAMPBELL.

The stanch integrity and marked pragmatic ability of the Scotch type are almost proverbial, and these attributes are manifest in the character of this well known and representative citizen of Antrim county, where he is numbered among the successful farmers of Milton township, in which section of the county his honored father was one of the first settlers.

Mr.Campbell was born in the famous old city of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the 5th of February, 1853, and is a son of Alexander and Jennie (Gray) Campbell, both representative of fine old Scottish lineage.

Only a few months after the birth of our subject the family immigrated to America, arriving in New York in August, 1853, while on the 30th of June, 1855, the parents took up their residence in Detroit, the metropolis of Michigan.

In 1855 the family came to Antrim county, which was then essentially in its wild and untrammeled state, and located in Milton township, at a point about five miles distant from the present city of Elk Rapids. Alexander Campbell aided in the cutting through and improving of the first roads in this section and otherwise played well his part in furthering the progress and material prosperity of the rapidly developing district in which he thus became a pioneer, enduring his full share of pioneer labor and vicissitudes.

 In 1874 he was elected sheriff of the county, and for many years he served most acceptably as supervisor of Milton township, while he at all times commanded the unequivocal confidence and regard of all who knew him. He also served as justice of the peace and as township clerk and treasurer, while he was called to fill other local offices, his tenure of which indicated the trust reposed in him by the people of the community. He was a man of high intellectuality, was progressive and public spirited and took much interest in local affairs. He was summoned into eternal rest on the 19th of December, 1902, at the venerable age of seventy-six years, and his widow now makes her home with her children, of whom four are residing in this county.

Alexander O. Campbell, the immediate  subject of this sketch, has passed the major portion of his life in Antrim county, having been two years of age at the time of the family removal to this section, where he was reared to manhood under the invigorating influences of the pioneer epoch, receiving his educational training in the public schools of the locality. He has aided in clearing one hundred acres of land in this county and well recalls the strenuous toil aid endeavor which marked the early days in this section. He is now the owner of a well improved farm of one hundred and twenty acres, eligibly located in Milton township, and about seventy acres of the tract are under cultivation, while forty remain in chopped over timber and ten acres are still covered with native timber, which is appreciating in value each year. On the place Mr. Campbell has set out a good orchard, devoting two and one-half acres to this purpose, and he raises the best of apples, pears, plums, cherries, etc. The permanent improvements on the farm are of excellent order and were well made by our subject, who is regarded as one of the substantial and progressive farmers of the county.

In politics he is independent, giving his support to those whom he considers best qualified for the several offices, and for five years he served as supervisor of Milton township, while he has been for many years a valued member of the school board and has held other positions of local trust and responsibility. In a fraternal way he is identified with the Grange.

On the 27th of March, 1887, Mr. Campbell was united in marriage to Miss Abbie Hussey, daughter of William and Salina (Moore) Hussey, both of whom were born in England, whence they came to America when young. Mr. Hussey is a harness maker by trade but is now a successful farmer near Montague, Texas. To Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have been born five children, namely: Ada B.; Grace M.; Gordon, who died in early childhood; Iris M.. who died at the age of eight years, and Alexander G.