Obituary: Adams County, Wisconsin: John CAMPBELL ************************************************************************ Submitted by Joan Benner, May 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ From the Adams County Press, Saturday April 9, 1898, Page 5 Column 3 and April 16, 1898, Page 4 Column 2 April 9 1898 P5C3: John CAMPBELL, a well-known citizen of Easton, died at his home in that town last Sunday April 3rd, of catarhh of the stomach. Mr. CAMPBELL had been sick all winter. The funeral, held on Wednesday at Easton, was largely attended and conducted by Rev. J. A. Thomas of Friendship. Additional information from April 16, 1898 Page 4 Column 2: John CAMPBELL was born on the Cairnlea farm, Sterlingshire, Scotland in 1841. His parents, John and Elizabeth CAMPBELL, came to America in 1850 and resided one winter in Milwaukeee where their son Robert died. They came to Easton in 1853. John CAMPBELL Sr. died 14 years ago and his wife 7 years ago. Mrs. H. P. Reid, his sister, attended to his needs before his death.