OBIT: James R. CAMPBELL, Jr., 1914, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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Campbell, James R. Jr.

REMAINS BROUGHT TO MEYERSDALE. On Thursday afternoon January 15, James R. 
Campbell Jr., who died in the County Hospital at Somerset, was buried in the 
Union Cemetery; Rev. H. L. Goughnour officiating at the service. The deceased 
was a son of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Campbell, who some years ago were highly 
respected residents of Meyersdale. Mr. Campbell conducted a wall-paper and 
painters supply store in the building on Center Street now occupied by Mr. A. T. 
Hamill. James Jr., had suffered throughout most of his life from epilepsy 
brought on by a fall when he was a young child. He was aged 25 years at the time 
of his death. Two of his brothers George T. and William V., both of Pittsburg, 
and one sister, Mrs. Earl B. Yahn of Ellwood City, were present at the funeral. 
The body arrived on train No. 16 and the relatives departed on train No. 5 for 
their homes.

Meyersdale Commercial, Jan. 22, 1914