County of Christian, Kentucky.  Historical and Biographical.  Edited by 
William Henry Perrin.  F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 355-356.

HON. EDWARD P. CAMPBELL was born in Caldwell County, Ky., October 21, 
1832, to Samuel and Lucy A. (Wilcox) Campbell. The father was of Scotch-
Irish parentage, and came to Christian County, Ky., from Pennsylvania, 
when about seventeen years old, and during the early settlement of 
southwestern Kentucky.  He possessed remarkable decision of character, 
coming to this country entirely alone and wholly dependent upon his 
personal exertion.  He located fifteen miles west of Hopkinsville, where 
he was married to a Miss Johnson, who, after bearing him several 
children, died in this county.  He then married Miss Lucy A Wilcox, this 
union resulting in the birth of four children:  Edward P., Samuel H., 
Salina and Helen.  Samuel H. died at the age of sixteen.  Salina became 
the wife of A. Greer; Helen married James Crane, and both died in early 
womanhood.  Edward P. was reared on a farm and received a liberal 
education, principally at the Cumberland College.  In 1855 he began the 
study of law under Judge George B. Cook, of Princeton, and in 1856, was 
admitted to practice, which he commenced in Princeton, Ky.  In 1860 he 
was elected Commonwealth Attorney for the Second Judicial District, 
serving in that capacity for eight years.  He was elected in 1871 to the 
State Senate from the Sixth Senatorial District, composed of Christian 
and Muhlenburg [sic] Counties, but resigned in 1872 to confine himself 
to the prosecution of his legal business; he was married in Princeton, 
Ky., in 1858, to Miss Caroline E. Taylor, daughter of W. D. S. Taylor, 
of Jefferson County, Ky., of which she is a native.  Their family 
consists of Edward T., Walter Charles, Hugh, Elizabeth and Flavius J. 
Campbell.  Mr. Campbell is a member of the Hopkinsville Lodge., No. 37, 
A. F. & A. M.

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