William John Campbell
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William John Campbell was a Creole mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone of Egba and Ife descent. His family was a prominent one amongst the Creoles in the early 1900s. His mother, Sarah Campbell, was an Egba while his father, John Campbell, was an Ife. His brother John William Campbell was a herbalist at Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. An elder brother also called John William Campbell, was Justice of Peace of the Colony of Sierra Leone. The Campbell family owned a large area in Freetown along Fourah Bay road called "Fire burn" as it was such a large piece of land.
William John Campbell's burial place is at the Racecourse Cemetery in Freetown. The oldest surviving Campbell (William John's niece), Sarah Rebecca Letitia Campbell, died at age 101.
See also[]
- Mayors of Freetown, Sierra Leone
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