William A. Campbell

       William A. Campbell, of the firm of Ristine, Campbell & Co., was born in Meigs County, Tenn., February 3, 1843, and is the son of Andrew and Sarah (Shiflett) Campbell, natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Virginia. Our subject was reared to manhood in his native county, and in 1862 enlisted in the Federal Army, Company G, Third Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, and served through the grades of private, lieutenant and captain of his company until the close of the war, after which he engaged in merchandising in his native county until 1871, when he went to Charleston, Tenn., and followed the same pursuit, in connection with the grain business, until 1884. He then went to Sweetwater, Tenn., and organized the Bank of Sweetwater, of which he was cashier until November, 1886. He then came to Chattanooga, and became connected with the present business, although still connected with the bank and other enterprises at Sweetwater, Tenn. April 20, 1869, he married Miss Mary J. Henninger, of Pikeville, Tenn., who bore him four children. Mr. Campbell is a Democrat, a Royal Arch Mason, council degree, a member of the American Legion of Honor, and also a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. John A. Campbell, a brother of William A. Campbell, also a member of the firm of Ristine, Campbell & Co., of Chattanooga, was born in Meigs County, Tenn., August 3, 1848, and in this county was reared and educated. In 1871 be engaged in merchandising with his brother, William A., in his native county, and also engaged in business in Loudon County, Tenn. In September, 1885, he became a member of the firm of Ristine, Campbell & Co., and has continued as such up to the present. He removed to Chattanooga in April, 1886. December 10, 1875, he married Miss Mollie B. Boggess, of Meigs County and to them were born three children. Mr. Campbell is a Democrat and a Royal Arch mason.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887