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CAMPBELL HOWARD, Ripley, one of the band of surviving pioneers of Brown County, was born May 23, 1811. He is a son of Abner and Priscilla (Byne) Howard; the former was born in March, 1788, and the latter in 1790. Mr. Howard died April 1, 1872, and Mrs. Howard March 31, 1827. The former’s parents Cyrus and Millie Howard, came to Aberdeen in 1807, and in 1809 located on the farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch, where they both died. Abner Howard, the father of our subject, was a soldier during the last year of the war with Great Britain. Campbell Howard is the eldest of a family of six children. When eighteen years of age, he made his first trip to New Orleans by flat-boat. In 1832, he made his second trip with a boat load of chickens. They all died on the way from the ravages of cholera. Mr. Howard continued boating in the old pioneer style for twelve years, making an annual trip. Mr. Howard’s avocation has always been that of a farmer and stock-raiser. For twenty years he dealt in mules, and for a longer period in raising tobacco, which has formed the leading feature of his occupation. August 28, 1834, he was married to Angeline Forsyth, daughter of William and Rebecca Forsyth. She died August 19, 1879. Seven children were the fruits of this marriage, of them five are living — Abner, born December 15, 1835; William F., born January 25, 1838; Thomas B., born July 6, 1841; Rebecca J., born May 14, 1845, wife of Salem Hensley; and Mary E., born May 7, 1848, wife of Charles B. True. Henry and George D. are deceased. The three eldest were soldiers in the late rebellion and won laurels that will long be remembered. Abner and William F., were members of the Fourth Independent Cavalry, and Thomas B., was in the Ohio National Guard service. Mr. Howard celebrated his second marriage March 7, 1881, with Mrs. Rebecca Martin, widow of Samuel Martin, (deceased). Her first husband was Jacob Debolt, by whom she had one son, George H. Debolt, who was born in Savannah, Ga., May 20, 1839. He enlisted in the late war June, 1862, in Company E, Eighty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was elected Second Lieutenant, and subsequently promoted to Captain of the company of which he was a member. Mrs. Howard is a daughter of George and Sarah Hartter, and a native of Washington County, Penn. She was born December 23, 1814. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Ripley. Mr. H. served in the capacities of Class Leader and Steward for thirty years. He is also identified with the fraternity of I. O. O. F. His political views are Republican. He was one of the first Abolitionists in Brown County. Honestly and conscientiously did he believe in the emancipation of the colored race a thing of justice, and both by word and vote did he work to promote this element of equity and right. Mr. Howard is a man who stands high in the estimation of his fellow-men, and this tribute is well merited.