Burial of An Early Settler -
Alexander W. Campbell Laid to Rest at Box Elder, Sunday - Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at Box Elder. Alexander W. Campbell, one of the earliest settlers of that section to which he came in 1878, was laid away in the church cemetery. Funeral services were held in the church conducted by Rev. Brynoff, relatives and friends of that neighborhood crowding the church to pay their tribute of respect to the memory of the former neighbor and friend gone on before. Music was provided by a quartet from the McCook Methodist church choir. Grandpa Campbell was for more than a third of a century a familiar and esteemed citizen of the Box Elder neighborhood of Red Willow creek country. He has gone the way of all flesh full of years and kindly remembered by all. The following sketch of his long life was read at the funeral service, and covers in detail an epoch-covering life. Obituary - A.W. Campbell was born in Rhone county, Tennessee, August 22, 1831, and died at Ingleside, Nebr., Feb. 15, 1917, aged 85 years, 5 months, and 23 days. June 24th, 1852, he was united in marriage to Nancy Johnson who 16 years ago preceded him to the Spirit Land. To this union were born 12 children, of which eight remain to mourn his departure, J.L. and T.M. Campbell and Hattie Wilson of McCook, Neb., R.S. Campbell of Tobias, Nebr.; G.F. Campbell of Brawley, Ark.; Susie Hough, Billings, Mont.; Sadie Richey, Los Angeles, Calif.; and Nellie Brown, McKinley, Ore. Four were present. Living in the south in the days of slavery and in the midst of the trying times previous to and during the War of the Rebellion, he remained loyal to the Union. Although conscripted by the Confederates, soon as he could he went to the Union Army, but was advised not to join as it would be certain death if he were captured by the enemy. He remained and worked with the Union Army until 1863 when he was ordered to return home and given transportation to the North by the government. He with his wife and children settled in Washington county, Iowa, where he lived until 1876, when he moved to Saline county, Nebr. And three years later, in 1878, he came to Red Willow county, and took a homestead where he has since resided. Grandpa Campbell was converted in early manhood and united with the Methodist church of which he has remained a consistent member.