Campbell, Shadrach J.

Died: 1834-08-XX Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: 1831-1834 Sangamon County, Illinois

Campbell lived in Sangamon County, Illinois, as early as 1831. During the Black Hawk War, he served in the Illinois Militia as a first lieutenant. Politically, he was a Democrat. He ran unsuccessfully for the Illinois House of Representatives in 1834; he died less than a month after the election.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Sangamon County, 68:93, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Tabulation of Votes in Sangamon County for State Representatives 1832-1836; Theodore C. Pease, ed., Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848, vol. 18 of Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923), 275; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 30 August 1834, 3:2; Ellen M. Whitney, comp., The Black Hawk War, 1831-1832: Illinois Volunteers, vol. 35 of Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1970), 1:413.