George Campbell    

GEORGE CAMPBELL, proprietor of Phoenix Hotel, Corry, was born and educated in Canada; his mother’s name was Hannah Campbell; his father, while going to California, died on the Isthmus of Panama, when our subject, who is the only child living, was an infant. Mrs. Hannah Campbell and her sister, Mrs. Minnie Gooch, widow of John Gooch, late merchant tailor of Biddeford, Me., are landladies of above named hotel. Our subject commenced business in Nevada, on the frontiers, and spent several years in different pursuits in the Far West. He came to Corry in 1882, and bought his present hotel, which is doing a flourishing business. Mr. Campbell has been very successful in life, and is well provided with this world’s goods.

History of Erie County, Pa Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.: Portraits of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; etc., etc. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884. Read this book online  More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.