Samuel Arthur Campbell was born August 1, 1895 in Watseka

Watseka

Watseka or Watchekee was a Potawatomi Native American woman, born in Illinois, and named for the heroine of a Potawatomi legend. Her uncle was Tamin, the chief of the Kankakee Potawatomi Indians....

, Iroquois County, Illinois

Illinois

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. He was one of three children born to Arthur J. and Katherine "Kittie" (née Lyman) Campbell.

Sam Campbell was many things including a writer

Writer

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, lecturer

Lecturer

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, photographer, and diligent student of nature

Nature

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. He studied wild animals from his home, which he called the Sanctuary of Wegimind, and during his various travels.

Campbell died April 13, 1962 in Barrington, Illinois.