N. C. CAMPBELL, MD

N. C. CAMPBELL, M. D., is a man distinguished among the citizens of Meriwether County, not only as a successful physician, but as a man of influence in political and general affairs.

His grandfather, John Campbell, a Virginian, served in the war of the revolution and in 1800 moved to Georgia. His son, Catlett, born in Virginia in 1797, having spent his early years in Morgan County, Georgia, settled on a farm in Meriwether county just after it was formed, and was one of the most prosperous planters in that county during his day. Mr. Campbell died in 1862; he had married Miss Susan Harris, whose parents, John and Agnes Harris, were also Virginians who early made Georgia their home. Mr. Harris had also been a soldier in the war of the revolution.

The son of Catlett and Susan (Harris) Campbell, N. C. Campbell, was born in Meriwether County in 1838, and after receiving an elementary education in the country schools near his home he completed his general course of study at Collinsworth Institute. He then took up the study of medicine, reading at first under the tutelage of Dr. F. O. Danially; this was followed by a course in medicine at the University of New York, from which he graduated in 1860. He also enjoyed the advantages of hospital practice at Bellevue Hospital, which was very helpful to him.

In 1861 the young physician went into the army, enlisting in Company B, Second Georgia Regiment, under Capt. William Harris. He passed through many battles: Mason’s and Munson’s Hills, Yorktown, Seven Pines, serving throughout the war, to return at its close to establish himself in practice. In this Dr. Campbell has been very successful, having a large and lucrative practice, and is widely known and respected.

He represented his county in the legislature of 1890 and 1891. He is a well-known member of the order of Masons.

In 1863 Dr. Campbell married Miss Mary E. Howard, born in Talbot County in 1842, a daughter of John and Martha (Birch) Howard, the former a son of Nicholas and Judith (Campbell) Howard, Virginians who settled in Columbus when their son John was quite young. The mother of Mrs. Campbell was born in Danville, Virginia, in 1818. She was the daughter of John Neville Birch and Ann (Dilworth) Birch, Virginians who moved to Georgia in 1820.

Dr. N. C. Campbell and Mary (Howard) Campbell are the parents of three children: Eloise, Susie Howard and Mary Eugenia. The parents are efficient members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Source: Memoirs of Georgia, Containing historical accounts of the states civil, military, industrial and professional interests and personal sketches of many of it’s people, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895

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