Today in Wheeling History: February 13--Archibald Campbell, editor of the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer and influential advocate for West Virginia statehood, died in Webster Groves, Missouri (1899).
Archibald W. Campbell was born on April 4, 1833, in Steubenville, Ohio and spent much of his childhood in Bethany, Virginia (now West Virginia), where he attended Bethany College, graduating in 1852. He then graduated from Hamilton College Law School in New York in 1855. In 1856, Campbell moved to Wheeling and became editor of the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, the only Republican newspaper in Virginia at the time. As editor, he opposed slavery and Virginia's secession prior to the Civil War. Campbell was instrumental in the creation of West Virginia, urgently lobbying President Lincoln to sign the West Virginia statehood bill in 1863. He remained active in Republican politics throughout his life. In later years, he retired from the newspaper business to travel extensively. Campbell died on February 13, 1899, at the age of 65 in Webster Groves, Missouri. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Photo Credits: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling WV; West Virginia & Regional History Center, Find a Grave
Archibald W. Campbell was born on April 4, 1833, in Steubenville, Ohio and spent much of his childhood in Bethany, Virginia (now West Virginia), where he attended Bethany College, graduating in 1852. He then graduated from Hamilton College Law School in New York in 1855. In 1856, Campbell moved to Wheeling and became editor of the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, the only Republican newspaper in Virginia at the time. As editor, he opposed slavery and Virginia's secession prior to the Civil War. Campbell was instrumental in the creation of West Virginia, urgently lobbying President Lincoln to sign the West Virginia statehood bill in 1863. He remained active in Republican politics throughout his life. In later years, he retired from the newspaper business to travel extensively. Campbell died on February 13, 1899, at the age of 65 in Webster Groves, Missouri. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Photo Credits: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling WV; West Virginia & Regional History Center, Find a Grave
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