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Joseph A. Campbell

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Joseph A. Campbell

Birth
Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA
Death
27 Mar 1900 (aged 82)
Riverton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot
Section C, Lot 515
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Businessman. A fruit merchant, in 1869, he and Abraham Anderson, an ice box manufacturer, formed Joseph Campbell Preserve Company, in Camden, New Jersey. This company would eventually become the Campbell Soup Company after his death in 1900. His children, the successors to the business, changed the business name to Campbell Soup Company in 1921, and introduced condensed soup in 1922. Today Campbell's Soup continues to be one of the most successful soup manufacturers in the United States.
Businessman. A fruit merchant, in 1869, he and Abraham Anderson, an ice box manufacturer, formed Joseph Campbell Preserve Company, in Camden, New Jersey. This company would eventually become the Campbell Soup Company after his death in 1900. His children, the successors to the business, changed the business name to Campbell Soup Company in 1921, and introduced condensed soup in 1922. Today Campbell's Soup continues to be one of the most successful soup manufacturers in the United States.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: RPD2
  • Added: Sep 26, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11825935/joseph_a-campbell: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph A. Campbell (15 May 1817–27 Mar 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11825935, citing Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.