John Goodall was the son of early Williamson County pioneer, Joab Goodall, and father to the turn of the century entrepreneur Joab Goodall. Marion “Curt” Campbell was an early county businessman. Together they comprised the partnership of Goodall and Campbell that was formed in 1858.
The partnership was a little more than that since these businessmen were also old friends. Goodall and Campbell owned dry good stores and tobacco barns together for decades.
The Goodall and Campbell tobacco barn was located just on the west side of the Illinois Central railroad depot. The caption on the attached photo states the building was built in 1881 and was occupied in 1904 by the Armour Packing Company as a poultry house. This is confirmed by a fire report dated September 22, 1924 indicating that Sullivan’s Poultry Barn near the Illinois Central depot was also, in later years, originally the Goodall and Campbell tobacco barn built 40 years earlier, around 1884.
It is known from a fire report on December 20, 1877 that Goodall and Campbell also had a barn located on the Northeast corner of N. Van Buren and W. Union Streets that was completely destroyed. This would be the location where the first permanent Marion firehouse would eventually be built.
Tobacco barns were operated in Marion, Illinois by the companies of Goodall and Campbell and F.M. Westbrook. The F.M. Westbrook tobacco barn was located on South Liberty Street and employed between 25 and 30 men.
For more information on this subject, see the post, Tobacco Barns in Marion, Illinois.
(Data from 1905 Souvenir History, WCHS; Marion City Directories; compiled by Sam Lattuca on 04/08/2013)