Marcus A. Campbell

b. February 1897
  • Marcus A. Campbell was born in February 1897 in Texas.
  • John William Campbell and Mary Virginia Stowe appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Galveston, Texas, at 3218 Avenue O. Other members of the household included Marcus A. Campbell, Wesley Neal Campbell.
  • Neal and Marcus Campbell, along with many others, appeared in "Little Japanese" during the entertainment given at the Rosenberg School on 26 May 1905.
  • The following appeared on 17 October 1909 in the Galveston Daily News: Miss Alice Maud Ketchum, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin N. Ketchum, entertained her friends. . . . The birthday cake had its eleven candles in pink and green. . . . Nellie League [found] the button, and Patience Groce the silver wishbone. . . . The guests enjoying this party to the fullest were . . . Neal Campbell, Maude Campbell, Archie Campbell, Sam Campbell. . . Marcus Campbell. . . .
  • John William Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Galveston, Texas, at 1520 Avenue D rooming in a large house with the Chambers family.. Other members of the household included Marcus A. Campbell, Wesley Neal Campbell.
  • The following appeared on 9 September 1931 in the Galveston Daily News: Possibilities of Galveston being selected by the Goodall Worsted Company of Sanford, Maine, for a new Palm Beach clothing factory developed Tuesday with the visit to Galveston of W. Neal Campbell, president of the organizatin and A. R. Rahout, a director. Mr. Campbell is a former Galvestonian, the son of Judge John W. Campbell of Galveston. With his brother, M. A. Campbell of San Antonio, he visited Judge Campbell here. Should Galveston be selected for the factory site it would mean the employment of more than 500 persons and the factory would have an annual output of 250,000 suits of clothes, it was declared. Mr. Campbell and Mr. Rahout spent Monday and Tuesday conferring with Galveston business men on the location of the factory here. Engineers are to be sent here in the near future to study labor conditions and it was indicated that William S. Nutter, vice president of the company, would come to Galveston in January to look over the situation. Mr. Campbell said that Mr. Nutter was the inventor of Palm Beach cloth, the only patented cloth in this country and that the Goodall Company.
  • He and Wesley Neal Campbell, Ann W. Campbell, Mary Caroline Campbell and Samuel Williams Campbell was mentioned in the obituary of John William Campbell that appeared on 16 November 1940 in the Galveston Daily News: Funeral services for Judge John W. Campbell, 74, native and life-long resident of Galveston and a former Galveston County judge, who died about 3 o'clock yesterday morning in a San Antonio hospital, will be held here tomorrow afternoon. The body will arrive here tomorrow morning from San Antonio. Rev. Edmund H. Gibson, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, will officiate at services to be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the J. Levy & Bro. funeral home, and interment will follow in Lakeview Cemetery. Active Pallbearers will be: Sam J. Williams, Cling Wolston, Charles H. Theobald, Charles Gill, Julius Jockusch, Peter B. Erhard, N. S. Lufkin and W. N. Slowe Jr. Judge Campbell is survived by two sons, William Neil Campbell of Kennebunk Point, Me., and Marcus Campbell of Cincinnati, Ohio; a brother Samuel Campbell of New York state; two sisters, Miss Mary Campbell Campbell and Miss Nancy Campbell of San Antonio; two cousins, Arch R. Campbell and Charles W. Gill Jr., of Galveston; four grandchildren and other relatives. Judge Campbell was county judge of Galveston County at one time and later county tax collector. He also served as Galveston County's representative in the state legislature and was also judge of the county court at law here. Born in Galveston on July 14, 1866, Judge Campbell attended the local public schools and Southwestern University. His father, who was a native of Florida, was the late Dr. Marcus Campbell, and his mother, a native of Texas, was Caroline Williams, a daughter of Gen. Samuel May Williams of early Texas fame. Judge Campbell spent three years "reading law" and was given his license to practice in April, 1889. He went to West Texas for a time and on his return here was employed for six years by J. C. League, big mainland property Dealer. He went out to practice on his won in 1896 and in 1900 was elected county judge. He served one term in that office. As presiding officer of the county commissioners court following the 1900 storm Judge Campbell participated in matters of legislation for funding the county's script of over $200,000 then floating as well as letting the contract for the seawall and boulevard, filling behind the wall and the issuance of $1,500,000 in seawall and breakwater bonds. For the next decade he practiced law, specializing in real estate and loan laws, and in 1910 he was elected to the state legislature. He served there for three terms until 1916. Five years later in 1921 on the death of Miles Crowley he was appointed judge of the county court at law, a position he held until the court was abolished by the legislature at the end of 1933. After that Judge Campbell practiced law. His law partner was Charles W. Gill Jr., now assistant county attorney. For the last 20 years of his life he acted as attorney for the Savings and Loan Co. and also for the Suburban Improvement Co. Judge Campbell was a democrat and a member of the Episcopal church. He held membership in the Knights of Pythias, Elks, Eagles, Redmen and Camp Hughes.
  • Last Edited: 16 May 2011