USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ========================================================================== The Liberty Herald August 18, 1904 Expressions of sorrow in this county over the death of Dr. A. H. Campbell last week in the far west at Seattle, were deep and universal. He was so well known to everyone in this place and county, having made Liberty his home ever since his marriage in the early 30s. (this is incorrect- it was May 11, 1847 to Harriet McCollough) A young man, he came from the east, stopping first in Butler Co. Ohio, where he taught school for a time. When he reached Butler County he spent 25 cents for a meal, all the money he had. With money he saved while teaching, something less than one hundred dollars, Dr. Campbell (took up the?) practice of medicine. After his marriage with Miss McCullough of this place, he and his wife boarded with a Mr. Crist who kept a boarding house at that time in what is now known as the old Commercial hotel, corner Main and High streets. Here several of his children were born. Later he purchased a piece of ground and built a home, the same in which he spent so many years of his life, in the north part of town near the railroad. His wife died about fifteen years ago. After that he lived with his daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Campbell in the old home. He was the father of seven children; Rufus, Hamilton, William, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph and Luscious. Hamilton died when he was about one year old. Luscious died at the age of thirteen from injuries received in an accident. Will died about twenty years ago. The remaining sons are living, but widely scattered. Rufus is connected with the Cooper Printing Co., of Chicago, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the west, their special work being that of railroad work. Samuel is the chief train dispacher of the Northern Pacific railroad located at Seattle. Benjamin is assistant traffic manager of the Harriman railroad lines located at Chicago. He was with the Northern Pacific for a long time at Portland Wash. Joseph is located at Oakland Cal., engaged in a lucrative business. Last fall Samuel Campbell visited his father in this place. At that time Dr. Campbell had become quite feeble. At the request of his son, he went home with him to Seattle where he remained until his death. Kindly cared for and watched over with loving eyes. While practicing medicine Dr. Campbell took a thorough course in civil engineering. When the promoters got ready to build the railroad from Hamilton to Indianapolis, known in it's early days as the Junction road, the company selected Dr. Campbell as civil engineer and overseer of the construction work. In this as everything else he was energetic and conscientious, winning the good opinion of his employers, and establishing for himself a name in the railroad world alone as the best civil engineers in the west. On accepting the place as engineer of the Junction railroad, he gave up the practice of medicine, a profession he often said he had no great liking for. As a business man he was successful, accumulating a snug fortune which will be divided equally among his children. Dr. Campbell was rather reserved in his manner, yet a genial and pleasant companion, a great reader and gifted with intelligence and a philosophical mind. He was conscientious in the performance of every duty that came to him. He was one of the founders of the Union County Bank, and for many years a director in that institution, He was a man with many loyal friends, firm in his ideas of right and wrong, with strong religious convictions, being a member of the Presbyterian Church of this place for many years. In fact he was a charter member of the church, one of the first to organize that denomination in Liberty, and with his death went the last of those original members. He took an active and zealous part in all church work up to a few years ago, being an elder in the church for years, until his failing health deprived him of performing a work he loved so well. A strong man grown weak by age, he fought the good fight and kept the faith, and, when the final summons came could look beyond the rugged hills of life, and see a window of heaven open and cross the dark river with a hope glorified by the faith he had held so long, that he would reach the everlasting hills of God and be at peace. That such was the case none of the many who knew him well, can doubt. At the age of 87, for him the battle of life was done, the harp unstrung and its trembling music died on earth to reach him in the beautiful Beyond. Like golden grain beneath the flails of time was this honored father, friend and benefactor gathered into the great garner of his Lord, the armor he wore so long and well laid aside forever. The funeral services will be held at the home of Chas. A. Drapier, the doctor having been a life long friend of W. M. Clark, probably today, as his request was to be buried at his old home, the place he loved longest and best. Surely a good and useful man has gone out of our community. Linda Hawkins