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Campbell, John (2),

a Congregational minister, was born in. the north of Scotland in 1690, and was educated ats the University of Edinburgh. He came to America. about 1717, and in 1720 became the pastor of the Church in Oxford, Mass., the ordination taking place March 11, 1721., He continued in that relation for more than forty years, and died March 25, 1761. Mr. Campbell was a man of more than ordinary abilities, acting not only as the pastor of his flock, but as their physician, and, when called upon, settling their disputes as a judge. He published A Treatise on Conversion, Truth,: Justification, etc. See Ammidown, Hist. Collection, i, 242; Allen, Amer. Biog. s.v. (J; C. S.)