John Campbell (Falkirk)
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For other persons of the same name, see John Campbell.
John Campbell was a successful businessman who settled in the Falkirk area in the nineteenth century. Born at Craigenterviemore, Kilmartin, Craignish in Argyllshire to James Campbell and Elizabeth McPherson. About 1875 John came to Redding as a coal merchant and organised the shipping of coal on the Union Canal. He set up his own coal sales business later with sons James and Colin and built Craigenhall, a large family home. He also owned inherited property in Glasgow and a street in Stirling from his wife's family and built each of his five surviving children a house in the area. His first wife died giving birth to his first son, Edward, who died at the same time. His second marriage, to Janet Morrison, produced five further sons, James, William, John, Colin and Alexander.
As a Campbell of Craignish, it has been suggested, though never proved, that John's descendants may be the inheritors of the Chieftainship of Clan Campbell of Craignish.
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