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Isaac A. Campbell, farmer and fruit grower, is the youngest of a family of five sons and three daughters of Isaac A. and Nancy C. (Blackwell) Campbell, natives of Tennessee and Virginia respectively, and born in 1818. Some time after their marriage in Tennessee they came to Washington County, Ark., about 1850, where the father passed away in 1855. The mother came to Crawford County in 1860, and here died in 1882. The father was a farmer all his life, and both himself and wife were active members in the Christian Church. Isaac Campbell, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Washington County, Ark., and was born October 21, 1852. He received but a meager common-school education, as his youth was passed upon a farm, and the educational advantages in those days were few. He attended school but ten months all told. When twelve years old he began to work for himself, taking care of his mother; in 1860 he had accompanied her to Crawford County, being then but eight years old. September 29, 1872, he married Carrol A. Young, daughter of Zachariah Young, and a native of this county, born November 9, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have had the following seven children: George M., Lee R., Carrie, Kate, Isaac A. (deceased), Charles and Cly. Mrs. Campbell is united with the Christian Church. Mr. Campbell rented land until 1877, and then bought forty acres of his present farm, to which he has added until he now owns 220 acres, of which some 110 are under cultivation. He is an enterprising man, and his property is the result of good management and economy. Politically he is a Republican, and he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P.