Lamoille

CAMPBELL, Alfred H.

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp 57-58 
(portrait p 58)

Alfred H. CAMPBELL, of Johnson [Lamoille County, Vermont], was born 28 
September 1850 in Litchfield [Hillsborough County], New Hampshire, son of 
Smith and Sophia (HILLS) CAMPBELL. Bred on a farm, Mr. CAMPBELL received his 
early education in the Nashua high school, New London Academy, State Normal 
School at Bridgewater [Plymouth County], Massachusetts, and Mt. Vernon 
Academy. He graduated from Dartmouth College with the degree of A. B. in 
1877, receiving the degree of A. M. in 1880, and, having completed the post 
graduate course, that of Ph. D., from the University of Vermont in 1888.

After teaching in the public schools and serving as principal of Kingston 
[Rockingham County, New Hampshire] Academy three years, and associate 
principal of Cushing Academy, Ashburnham [Worcester County], Massachusetts, 
five years, he was elected and has been for ten years principal of the State 
Normal School at Johnson [Lamoille County, Vermont]. An extensive traveler 
in this country, he has twice visited Europe and devoted much time to the 
study of school systems of different nations. He has been very successful in 
his administration of the State Normal School at Johnson.

A. member of the Republican party, he has never devoted much time to 
politics, confining his energies to the educational field. An officer of the 
America Institute of Instruction, and a member of the National Educational 
Association, he is now (1893) president of the New England Normal Council, 
and also president of the Vermont State Teacher's Association. He was 
appointed by Governor PAGE county examiner of Lamoille County in 1891, and 
was for years secretary, and now holds the office of president of the 
Lamoille County Sunday School Association, and is chairman of its executive 
committee. He is a member of Waterman Lodge, No. 83, Free & Accepted Masons, 
and serves the lodge as chaplain; a member of the Congregational church in 
Johnson [Lamoille County, Vermont] and one of its deacons; has been licensed 
as a minister, and occasionally supplies the pulpit in the vicinity of his 
home.

On 29 November 1877 he Alfred H. CAMPBELL married [first wife] Hattie E., 
daughter of N. W. WINCHESTER; she [Hattie E. CAMPBELL died] 11 February 1888. 
Of this marriage were born four children: Arthur W., Hattie Louise, Carrol 
Alfred, and Alice Cary. In a second union, Dr. Alfred H. CAMPBELL was 
married, 27 March 1890, to [Miss?] Carrie L. KINGSLEY, of Rutland [Rutland 
County, Vermont]; she [Carrie L. CAMPBELL] died 16 May 1891. On 20 July 1893 
Alfred H. CAMPBELL married [third wife] Marian E., daughter of A. P. BLAKE, 
of Boston [Suffolk County, Massachusetts].

Submitted by Cathy Kubly