Campbell, Malcolm Family.

Malcolm and Mary (Smith) Campbell left Scotland for Canada in 1819. They homesteaded in the township of Caradoc, province of Ontario. Son Donald (1813-1887) married Catherine Smith (b. 1819). Donald and Catherine's first-born son Malcolm D. was born June 4, 1839. The family left Canada in 1864, eventually going to Nebraska in the U.S.

In 1866, Malcolm D. became a driver or "bullwhacker." He later worked with John Hunton and William Hooker near Fort Fetterman in this capacity. He was elected the first sheriff of Converse County, Wyoming and then became Chief of Police in 1908 for Douglas, Wyoming. While sheriff, Campbell apprehended Alferd Packer near Ft. Fetterman. In 1920, Campbell moved to Casper to work for Standard Oil Co. He was elected president of the Wyoming Pioneer Association. He married Priscilla Noble in 1879 and had three children, Donald, Katherine, and Malcolm S. Malcolm D. Campbell died July 21, 1932.

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