Mccampbell, John, Dd

Mccampbell, John, D.D.

a Presbyterian minister, was born in Rockbridge County, Va., April 9, 1781; graduated at Washington College, Lexington, Va.; subsequently studied theology with Isaac Anderson, D.D., at Maryville, Tenn.; was licensed in 1805, ordained by the Union Presbytery in 1807, and preached successively to the Strawberry Plains, Hopewell, and New Market churches, within the bounds of French Broad Presbytery. He died Sept. 28, 1859. Dr. McCampbell was a faithful minister, a good preacher, and an earnest pastor. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1861, p. 191.