Note Type
Historical NoteNote
Lemuel Russell Campbell, the youngest child of Tennessee Governor William
Bowen Campbell, was born on April 20, 1859, in Lebanon, Tennessee. He
graduated with a B.A from Cumberland University, a B.A. and M.A. from
Vanderbilt University, and a law degree from Columbia University. Campbell
returned to Nashville and began practicing law in 1886. He partnered with James
S. Pilcher, his brother-in-law, and their office was located in the American Bank
Building for a period of time. In November 1893, he married Johnnie Marshall
and had three children: William Bowen, in 1894; Matthew McClung, in 1897; and
Francis Russell Campbell, in 1900. Lemuel later served as trustee of the
Tennessee School for the Blind. He died on November 3, 1942, and is buried in
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.