A. B. CAMPBELL, a leading attorney of Troy, Ohio, has been a resident of this city for the past fourteen years. He was born in 1876, on a farm one mile south of Troy, and is a son of William Campbell. The father of Mr. Campbell was born in Pennsylvania. From that state he came to Ohio and in 1860 he settled in Miami County, where he continues to carry on his farm enterprise.

A. B. Campbell was reared on the home farm and obtained his early educational training in the country schools and at Troy. He then entered the Ohio Northern University, where he was graduated from the law department, May 30, 1900. He had secured his higher teacher's certificate, prior to this and taught school for three years. After his admission to the bar he located for practice in Troy and has been prominent here both professionally and politically. In 1902 he was elected prosecuting attorney and was re-elected in 1905, resigning the office of justice of the peace in order to accept the later honor. He has been a successful attorney in many important cases before the courts, while, in his public capacity, he has been a faithful official. On April 10, 1901, Mr. Campbell was married to Miss Anna M. Heist, and they have one daughter, Phyllis Louise. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Elks and the Knights of Pythias, and also of the Elk Club.