BIO: Dr. Edmond Ernest CAMPBELL, Cumberland County, PA

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    >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
    Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 80-82
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    DR. EDMOND ERNEST CAMPBELL, President of Irving College, an educator of
  Pennsylvania well known in many States of the Union, was born Jan. 21, 1859,
  at Waynesboro, Pa., son of Rev. John Francis Campbell, D.D., for many years
  prominent in the Lutheran ministry through Pennsylvania, Maryland and
  Virginia. The grand-father of Dr. Campbell, Blackford Campbell, was born in
  Maryland, where English founders of the family settled in early days.
    Rev. John Francis Campbell, D.D., was born in 1810 and died in 1893. He was
  survived by his widow, who resided at Capon Road, Va. She was formerly Martha
  Catherine Gatewood and was born at Newtown, Va. The nine children born to
  them were as

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  follows: Lucy W., wife of Albert Ash, of Front Royal, Va.; Rev. W. G., of
  Woodstock, Va.; R. L.. now on the old home farm at Capon Road, Va.; J. F., of
  Orleans Cross Roads, W. Va.; Eva, of Strasburg, Va.; Dr. Edmond Ernest, of
  this sketch; Emma and Annie E., both deceased; and James H., a merchant at
  Capon Road, Va. Mrs. Martha C. Campbell died Feb. 17, 1904.
    Dr. Campbell was eight years of age when his parents removed to the
  Shenandoah Valley, Va., his father, in 1867, being elected to the Lutheran
  Church at Strasburg, Va. This was very gratifying to his mother, as it took
  her back to her girlhood home. The youth early exhibited marked ability, and
  his education was carefully attended to, first in excellent private schools,
  and later at Roanoke College, Salem. Va., which he entered in 1875. In 1879
  he was graduated at this noted institution with the degree of A.B., his
  father receiving the degree of D.D. from the same institution on the same day.
    Dr. Campbell then began teaching, filling positions in graded and select
  schools continuously until 1882, when he was elected a member of the Faculty
  of the Hagerstown Female Seminary, filling the chair of Latin and Mental
  Science. The name of this educational institution has been changed to Kee Mar
  College. Dr. Campbell remained associated with it until 1888, when he was
  elected to a chair in the Staunton Female Seminary, Staunton, Va. In 1890 Dr.
  Campbell was called to become the principal of the educational department of
  Tressler Orphans' Home, at Loysville, Pa., which was followed in July, 1891,
  by his election as president of Irving College.
    Irving College was founded by the late Solomon P. Gorgas, who through life
  was liberal in his support of it. It was named in honor of Washington Irving,
  the father of American literature, who showed his appreciation of the honor by
  donating a complete set of his works and by serving as a trustee until his
  death. In 1856 Irving Hall was built; in 1893, since Dr. Campbell became
  president, Columbian Hall was erected, and in 1900 the beautiful Art Studio
  and Annex were completed. This does not include all the improvements which
  have taken place under the wise, careful and economical management of Dr.
  Campbell, additions having been made to the music and dining halls and
  general repairs on every hand which have added to the attractiveness of an
  institution which was originally located among beautiful surroundings. In the
  heart of the Cumberland Valley, it is easily accessible by means of the
  Cumberland Valley railroad or the Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg trolley. The
  College offers instruction in four departments, viz.: Collegiate, Music, Art
  and Elocution. Since Dr. Campbell has had charge the annual enrollment has
  been continually increasing and at present there are in attendance some 150
  young ladies from ten different States of the Union.
    That Dr. Campbell should have shown himself eminently fitted for the work
  in which he has met with such success is not so remarkable when we look back
  over an educated, scholarly ancestry. He is a direct descendant of Rev. John
  Campbell, D. D., who was distinguished during the early days of the
  settlement of the Cumberland Valley, as the inspirer of religious enthusiasm
  and the valued and beloved rector of the First Episcopal Churches at Carlisle
  and York. From his father, also, Dr. Campbell inherited mental qualities and
  sterling attributes which have, in a measure, contributed to his success.
    Dr. Campbell was married (first) to Agnes Zufall, daughter of W. H. Zufall,
 

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  of Meyersdale, Pa. She died Feb. 23, 1896, leaving four children, namely:
  Annie C., Emma N., Clara E. and William E.
    On Dec. 21, 1897, Dr. Campbell was married (second) to Miss Grace Koser,
  daughter of Rev. D. T. Koser, of Arendtsville, Pa., and three children have
  been born to this union, Paul, Josephine and John Francis.
    In politics Dr. Campbell has always been a consistent Democrat. He is a
  popular and esteemed citizen. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.