Obituary
John G. Campbell, oldest resident of Fisher and pioneer of this vicinity passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Waggener, Friday, May 22, at the ripe old age of 90 years, 1 month and 22 days. His death was a result of a complication of diseases and the infirmities of old age. The funeral services were held from the M. E. church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The pastor Rev. A. S. Maxey officiating. A large audience gathered to pay their last respects to an old friend and neighbor. The burial was in the Willow Brook cemetery.
John G. Campbell, son of James C. and Elizabeth (French) Campbell, was born at Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn., April 1, 1818, His ancestors were of Scottish descent, his grandfather, Robert Campbell having emigrated from Northern Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Campbell was the sixth of thirteen children, nine brothers and four sisters. The only surviving member of this family is a sister Mary Morrison, of Sparksville, Ind.
Mr. Campbell's father, who was a farmer and miller in Pennsylvania, till 1827, when he decided to move westward and settle in the Ohio Valley. Accordingly with his family he crossed the Cumberland Mts. to Pittsburgh by wagon. Here they embarked on the steamboat "Robert Fulton" passing down the Ohio to Switzerland county, Ind., where they landed April 1, 1827, and began the work of clearing a home.
The boyhood of Mr. Campbell was spent on the farm of his father aiding in the work and attending to the short terms of school kept in a log cabin in the neighborhood.
At the age of 20 he left the farm and managed a flat boat running between Cincinnati and Natchez.
In 1843 he was married to Ruby Peabody of Switzerland Co., Ind.
He then engaged in farming which he followed for some time. Later he became a partner in a planing mill enterprise at North Madison, Ind., and had the place ready to start when the boiler suddenly exploded, destroying the entire plant, killing two of the employees and severely scalding Mr. Campbell and several others.
After the destruction of the planing mill he worked in the car shops of the Madison and Indianapolis R.R. for two years. He then moved to Edinburg, Ind., from which place he traveled two years for the firm of Clark & Mooney. Having visited Illinois and being favorably impressed with the country, he decided to move his family to Champaign Co.
In 1857 he drove through and settled on a farm near Champaign, where he remained a year or two. He then moved to East Bend township and took up his residence on a farm near Dewey. At that time the land was raw prairie. while engaged in farming he broke up 500 acres of this land in East Bend township.
In politics Mr. Campbell has been a lifelong democrat, having voted at every presidential election since 1840 with one exception. He was elected supervisor of East Bend in 1861 and held the same office until the close of the civil war. In 18?? he was elected Justice of the Peace in this township but refused to qualify. During Cleveland's two administrations, he was twice appointed postmaster at Dewey, Ill., where he has since resided. It was here on January 24, 1903, that Mrs. Campbell, his wife and helpmeet for nearly sixty years passed away.
To them were born eight children (Howard, who died in infancy), Oliver A. of Harris, Ia., Mary Strouse of Walnut, Ill., Elizabeth Waggener of Fisher, Ill., John E. of Rantoul, Ill., Jas. and Artemus W. of Omaha, Neb., and Sallie, who died at the age of seven.
He was converted in early life and united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Switzerland, Ind.
He has been a member of the church for over 60 years.
His membership was transferred to Fisher during the pastorate of Rev. E. K. Crews.
John G. Campbell, oldest resident of Fisher and pioneer of this vicinity passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Waggener, Friday, May 22, at the ripe old age of 90 years, 1 month and 22 days. His death was a result of a complication of diseases and the infirmities of old age. The funeral services were held from the M. E. church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The pastor Rev. A. S. Maxey officiating. A large audience gathered to pay their last respects to an old friend and neighbor. The burial was in the Willow Brook cemetery.
John G. Campbell, son of James C. and Elizabeth (French) Campbell, was born at Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn., April 1, 1818, His ancestors were of Scottish descent, his grandfather, Robert Campbell having emigrated from Northern Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Campbell was the sixth of thirteen children, nine brothers and four sisters. The only surviving member of this family is a sister Mary Morrison, of Sparksville, Ind.
Mr. Campbell's father, who was a farmer and miller in Pennsylvania, till 1827, when he decided to move westward and settle in the Ohio Valley. Accordingly with his family he crossed the Cumberland Mts. to Pittsburgh by wagon. Here they embarked on the steamboat "Robert Fulton" passing down the Ohio to Switzerland county, Ind., where they landed April 1, 1827, and began the work of clearing a home.
The boyhood of Mr. Campbell was spent on the farm of his father aiding in the work and attending to the short terms of school kept in a log cabin in the neighborhood.
At the age of 20 he left the farm and managed a flat boat running between Cincinnati and Natchez.
In 1843 he was married to Ruby Peabody of Switzerland Co., Ind.
He then engaged in farming which he followed for some time. Later he became a partner in a planing mill enterprise at North Madison, Ind., and had the place ready to start when the boiler suddenly exploded, destroying the entire plant, killing two of the employees and severely scalding Mr. Campbell and several others.
After the destruction of the planing mill he worked in the car shops of the Madison and Indianapolis R.R. for two years. He then moved to Edinburg, Ind., from which place he traveled two years for the firm of Clark & Mooney. Having visited Illinois and being favorably impressed with the country, he decided to move his family to Champaign Co.
In 1857 he drove through and settled on a farm near Champaign, where he remained a year or two. He then moved to East Bend township and took up his residence on a farm near Dewey. At that time the land was raw prairie. while engaged in farming he broke up 500 acres of this land in East Bend township.
In politics Mr. Campbell has been a lifelong democrat, having voted at every presidential election since 1840 with one exception. He was elected supervisor of East Bend in 1861 and held the same office until the close of the civil war. In 18?? he was elected Justice of the Peace in this township but refused to qualify. During Cleveland's two administrations, he was twice appointed postmaster at Dewey, Ill., where he has since resided. It was here on January 24, 1903, that Mrs. Campbell, his wife and helpmeet for nearly sixty years passed away.
To them were born eight children (Howard, who died in infancy), Oliver A. of Harris, Ia., Mary Strouse of Walnut, Ill., Elizabeth Waggener of Fisher, Ill., John E. of Rantoul, Ill., Jas. and Artemus W. of Omaha, Neb., and Sallie, who died at the age of seven.
He was converted in early life and united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Switzerland, Ind.
He has been a member of the church for over 60 years.
His membership was transferred to Fisher during the pastorate of Rev. E. K. Crews.
Obituary
John G. Campbell, oldest resident of Fisher and pioneer of this vicinity passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Waggener, Friday, May 22, at the ripe old age of 90 years, 1 month and 22 days. His death was a result of a complication of diseases and the infirmities of old age. The funeral services were held from the M. E. church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The pastor Rev. A. S. Maxey officiating. A large audience gathered to pay their last respects to an old friend and neighbor. The burial was in the Willow Brook cemetery.
John G. Campbell, son of James C. and Elizabeth (French) Campbell, was born at Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn., April 1, 1818, His ancestors were of Scottish descent, his grandfather, Robert Campbell having emigrated from Northern Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Campbell was the sixth of thirteen children, nine brothers and four sisters. The only surviving member of this family is a sister Mary Morrison, of Sparksville, Ind.
Mr. Campbell's father, who was a farmer and miller in Pennsylvania, till 1827, when he decided to move westward and settle in the Ohio Valley. Accordingly with his family he crossed the Cumberland Mts. to Pittsburgh by wagon. Here they embarked on the steamboat "Robert Fulton" passing down the Ohio to Switzerland county, Ind., where they landed April 1, 1827, and began the work of clearing a home.
The boyhood of Mr. Campbell was spent on the farm of his father aiding in the work and attending to the short terms of school kept in a log cabin in the neighborhood.
At the age of 20 he left the farm and managed a flat boat running between Cincinnati and Natchez.
In 1843 he was married to Ruby Peabody of Switzerland Co., Ind.
He then engaged in farming which he followed for some time. Later he became a partner in a planing mill enterprise at North Madison, Ind., and had the place ready to start when the boiler suddenly exploded, destroying the entire plant, killing two of the employees and severely scalding Mr. Campbell and several others.
After the destruction of the planing mill he worked in the car shops of the Madison and Indianapolis R.R. for two years. He then moved to Edinburg, Ind., from which place he traveled two years for the firm of Clark & Mooney. Having visited Illinois and being favorably impressed with the country, he decided to move his family to Champaign Co.
In 1857 he drove through and settled on a farm near Champaign, where he remained a year or two. He then moved to East Bend township and took up his residence on a farm near Dewey. At that time the land was raw prairie. while engaged in farming he broke up 500 acres of this land in East Bend township.
In politics Mr. Campbell has been a lifelong democrat, having voted at every presidential election since 1840 with one exception. He was elected supervisor of East Bend in 1861 and held the same office until the close of the civil war. In 18?? he was elected Justice of the Peace in this township but refused to qualify. During Cleveland's two administrations, he was twice appointed postmaster at Dewey, Ill., where he has since resided. It was here on January 24, 1903, that Mrs. Campbell, his wife and helpmeet for nearly sixty years passed away.
To them were born eight children (Howard, who died in infancy), Oliver A. of Harris, Ia., Mary Strouse of Walnut, Ill., Elizabeth Waggener of Fisher, Ill., John E. of Rantoul, Ill., Jas. and Artemus W. of Omaha, Neb., and Sallie, who died at the age of seven.
He was converted in early life and united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Switzerland, Ind.
He has been a member of the church for over 60 years.
His membership was transferred to Fisher during the pastorate of Rev. E. K. Crews.
John G. Campbell, oldest resident of Fisher and pioneer of this vicinity passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Waggener, Friday, May 22, at the ripe old age of 90 years, 1 month and 22 days. His death was a result of a complication of diseases and the infirmities of old age. The funeral services were held from the M. E. church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The pastor Rev. A. S. Maxey officiating. A large audience gathered to pay their last respects to an old friend and neighbor. The burial was in the Willow Brook cemetery.
John G. Campbell, son of James C. and Elizabeth (French) Campbell, was born at Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn., April 1, 1818, His ancestors were of Scottish descent, his grandfather, Robert Campbell having emigrated from Northern Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Campbell was the sixth of thirteen children, nine brothers and four sisters. The only surviving member of this family is a sister Mary Morrison, of Sparksville, Ind.
Mr. Campbell's father, who was a farmer and miller in Pennsylvania, till 1827, when he decided to move westward and settle in the Ohio Valley. Accordingly with his family he crossed the Cumberland Mts. to Pittsburgh by wagon. Here they embarked on the steamboat "Robert Fulton" passing down the Ohio to Switzerland county, Ind., where they landed April 1, 1827, and began the work of clearing a home.
The boyhood of Mr. Campbell was spent on the farm of his father aiding in the work and attending to the short terms of school kept in a log cabin in the neighborhood.
At the age of 20 he left the farm and managed a flat boat running between Cincinnati and Natchez.
In 1843 he was married to Ruby Peabody of Switzerland Co., Ind.
He then engaged in farming which he followed for some time. Later he became a partner in a planing mill enterprise at North Madison, Ind., and had the place ready to start when the boiler suddenly exploded, destroying the entire plant, killing two of the employees and severely scalding Mr. Campbell and several others.
After the destruction of the planing mill he worked in the car shops of the Madison and Indianapolis R.R. for two years. He then moved to Edinburg, Ind., from which place he traveled two years for the firm of Clark & Mooney. Having visited Illinois and being favorably impressed with the country, he decided to move his family to Champaign Co.
In 1857 he drove through and settled on a farm near Champaign, where he remained a year or two. He then moved to East Bend township and took up his residence on a farm near Dewey. At that time the land was raw prairie. while engaged in farming he broke up 500 acres of this land in East Bend township.
In politics Mr. Campbell has been a lifelong democrat, having voted at every presidential election since 1840 with one exception. He was elected supervisor of East Bend in 1861 and held the same office until the close of the civil war. In 18?? he was elected Justice of the Peace in this township but refused to qualify. During Cleveland's two administrations, he was twice appointed postmaster at Dewey, Ill., where he has since resided. It was here on January 24, 1903, that Mrs. Campbell, his wife and helpmeet for nearly sixty years passed away.
To them were born eight children (Howard, who died in infancy), Oliver A. of Harris, Ia., Mary Strouse of Walnut, Ill., Elizabeth Waggener of Fisher, Ill., John E. of Rantoul, Ill., Jas. and Artemus W. of Omaha, Neb., and Sallie, who died at the age of seven.
He was converted in early life and united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Switzerland, Ind.
He has been a member of the church for over 60 years.
His membership was transferred to Fisher during the pastorate of Rev. E. K. Crews.
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