William John Campbell
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, Sarah Rebecca Letitia Campbell, died at age 101.
