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party, and exerts a wide influence in the local councils of the same. He cast his first vote for Lincoln, and has ever since voted with the party of Lincoln and Grant.      He was appointed sealer of weights and measures for Cambria county under Governor Hoyt, and was postmaster of Carrolltown under President Harrison. In 1881 he was elected constable by a majority of thirty-five, at a time when the borough gave a Democratic majority of about one hundred and fifteen. August 23, 1895, he was a delegate to the State convention, and for thirty-seven years has served as a delegate to the county convention. During the Delameter, Hastings and Montooth campaign for the nomination for Governor in 1890, a great effort was made to have the delegates to the county convention instructed for Delemater, and thus secure his nomination by acclamation. Against this proceeding Mr. Campbell took a firm stand and entered the county convention as an uninstructed delegate, being the only one in the convention; for this reason there was great influence brought to bear upon him, but having the courage of his convictions he nominated General Hastings and forced a ballot.      Mr. Campbell has been twice married. April 21, 1857, he married Miss Mary Kirkpatrick, who died June 27, 1866; this marriage resulted in the birth of five children: Susan, the wife of Matthew Weakland, who is the only one now living; Josephine F., Jennie, James and Peter, all deceased.      His second marriage, which occurred in May, 1867, was with Miss Jane Bendon, a daughter of Thomas Bendon, a stone-mason of Gallitzin township, this county; this marriage resulted in the birth of ten children: Stephen, weighmaster at Reed's mines; Frances, the wife of Albert Feighner, Spangler, this

county; Jessie, at home; Samuel, deceased; Jennie, at home; Matilda, at home; Mary; the wife of C. A. Repsher, of Patton, this county; Charlotte, Amanda and Della, besides an adopted child, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sides, of Barr township, this county. He was taken by Mrs. Capbell at the age of two months, and named Francis Benjamin Harrison Campbell. He is now seven years of age, bright and intelligent. JAMES PERRY, a retired and highly respected business man of Chest Springs, is a son of James R. and Elmira (Nutter) Perry, and was born in Porter, Maine, March 7, 1827.      The name Perry is one of the old and time-honored names of Maine. The family is of English origin, and is descended in a direct line from Lord Becham, of England, who was the great-great-grandfather of our subject. His son, John Perry (the great-grandfather) became involved in some family troubles, and for this reason was disowned by his family. He emigrated to the United States and located in Osipa, Maine, where he married and engaged in agriculture, and, by industry and perseverance, accumulated considerable wealth. His son, Stephen Perry, who became the grandfather of this subject, was born in Osipa, Maine, and following in the footsteps of his esteemed father, became a farmer. He married, and this marital relation resulted in the birth of six children, three sons and three daughters, of whom James R. was the oldest. He was born in Porter, Maine, about 1801, and died in 1863, aged sixty-two years. He too was a tiller of the soil, and spent the greater part of his life on a farm. For a number of years before his death he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal

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