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Born 1849, Fairfield Township
From Memorial record of Butler County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of representative citizens of the county together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (1894)
ARON L. S. CAMPBELL is one of the most wealthy and influential agriculturists of Fairfield Township, and is proprietor of the Hamilton City Ice Company. He possesses good business ability, and has acquired a fortune by his wise management and sagacity. On his two large and valuable farms, situated not far from Hamilton, he keeps a number of fine Jersey cows, and is the owner of the Hamilton Jersey Dairy Company, supplying milk to numerous city patrons.
Mr. Campbell was born in Fairfield Township, September 1, 1849, and is one of seven children, three sons and four daughters, four of whom are living. His sister Ellen is the wife of H. L. Morey, Delia is Mrs. Ford, and his brother William H. C. is represented elsewhere in this volume. The father of these children, William II. H. Campbell, was born in Warren County, Ohio, and followed farming as a means of obtaining a livelihood in early life. Later he became interested in the wholesale ice business, and made a good success of the undertaking. He was very prominent as a citizen, served as Deputy Sheriff for one term, and at one time was State Senator, lie died May
17, 1894, when in his eighty-first year. His father, Andrew Campbell, was of Scotch ancestry. The mother of our subject, Ellen L., was a daughter of Aaron Longstreet Schenck, who was born of American parents. He was a successful farmer and an extensive stock raiser, and one of the earliest settlers of this county. He served in the capacity of Sheriff for one term, and was held in great respect by his neighbors. The death of W. H. H. Campbell occurred May 17, 1894, when he had reached his eighty-first year. His wife, who was a native of Ohio, died about 1877.
The subject of this sketch was born in Fairfield Township, September 1, 1849. His early years were passed in this township and Hamilton. He was reared to farm duties and learned the business of cutting ice, in both of which lines he is still interested. He employs a large number of men to carry on the work of his farm and to assist him in the ice business. His two valuable farms near the city limits comprise between three and four hundred acres, and annually yield abundant harvests.
Politically Mr. Campbell is affiliated with the Democratic party. He is a man of public spirit, and one who has a firm belief in the increasing success and prosperity of this region. He brings to bear upon his various enterprises perseverance, clear foresight and good judgment, all of which qualities have been instrumental in the success which he has accomplished.
As printed in Memorial record of Butler County, Ohio, containing biographical sketches of representative citizens of the county together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (1894). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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