Campbell, John A.

John A. Campbell was born in 1857 in Texas and married Frankie F. Phillips on 1887 in Goliad, Texas. The Austin City Directories list him as a clerk at Morley Brothers from 1887-1892 and a prescription clerk at A. Gieson & Company from 1893-1896, John H. Chiles, Druggist from 1897-1899, and C.O. Yates, Druggist from 1900-1901. He is also listed as the secretary (1895-1896) and president (1897-1900) of the Austin Pharmaceutical Association. Census records indicate that the Campbell's had one son, Dillard Colby Campbell, in the late 1880s. After the death of John (Frankie is listed as a widow in 1903 Austin City Directory) Frankie was remarried to Wesley M. Way.

From the guide to the John A. Campbell Ledger AR. 1994. 031., circa 1890s-1920s, (Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, )

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