Iowa Biographies Project William Campbell, a resident of Burlington, Iowa, was born in Coleraine County Down, Ireland, April 9, 1825, of Scotch parentage. When but a small child, his parents removed to Ayrshire, Scotland, and when fourteen years of age he went to Yorkshire, England, apprenticed to a gardener, and remained nine years. After which he moved to Sheffield, and worked three years for George Westenholm, the great cutlery manufacturer. Mr. Campbell became acquainted with and married Miss Mary Littlewood, a daughter of Joseph and Ann Littlewood, who were the parents of the following children: Ann, who married William Robinson, a resident of Derbyshire, England; Mary, the honored wife of our subject; Emily, wife of George Simmons, of Nottingham, England; Ruth, wife of a Mr. Drabble, of Yorkshire; Jane, who died in England; Paul Samuel, also a resident of Yorkshire; Joseph and George, both of England. Joseph Littlewood died in Derbyshire, England in 1866; his wife is still living at the age of ninety. They were reared in the Episcopal Church, and later became members of that body. After leaving Sheffield, Mr. Campbell went into a nursery at London, where he remained three months, and then removed to Norfolk, and remained there until 1854, when he left England, crossed the Atlantic and landed in the United States, first locating in Salt Lake City. Not being favorably disposed toward the modes and customs of the people and Church, he went to Ogden City, and in 1857 left Utah, removing to Platte County, Mo., becoming a resident of Burlington in 1866, since which time he has made it his home. Politically, he is a Republican, but in elections of the city or county votes for the man he thinks will best fill the position. Mr. Campbell and his estimable wife are honest, upright people, and are highly respected for their good qualities.