Campbell, Archibald John ¹

   Other names for Archibald were Colin and John.

  General Notes:

Archibald "John" Campbell: (1775-1808)
John was born in Londonderry, Muff Co., Ireland & first married Catherine Demontigny and a second marriage to a Dakota woman, who died in 1801. Their children were: John, Jeremiah, Duncan, Colin, Scott, Margaret-Pelagia (m.1st.Edward Pizanne & m.2nd.Hercules Dousman) & Nancy (1790's-1887; m.John Palmer Bourke).
Archabald had been trading since 1792 and two years later is trading out of the "Little Rapids" with the Wahpetons. From 1800-06 he is a trader for the Machinac Co. but became an independent trader in 1806. In December of 1807 he is appointed the U.S. Indian Sub-Agent at Prairie du Chien, through the recommendation of Gov.Meriwether Lewis and the next year (summer 1808) he was killed in a duel with trader Redford Crawford, Campbell's former trading associate, Robert Dickson acting as Redford's second.

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Archibald married Catherine Demontigny.

Archibald next married Ninse, daughter of Hi-Hu-Ti-Na and Unknown. (Ninse died in 1801.)