Obituary: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Mrs. William CAMPBELL ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, July 2004 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Daily Northwestern September 15, 1890 She Rests in Peace Mrs. Wm. Campbell Passes Away Mrs. William Campbell passed away about half past twelve o'clock this morning at the residence of her son, R.C. Campbell on Wisconsin avenue. She was in the eighty-sixth year of her age, having been born January 5, 1805. General debility was the cause of her death, for with no apparent organic ailment her life ebbed slowly away and she died peacefully, with no evidence of pain. A number of her children were at her bedside at the time of her death. Mrs. Campbell's illness was of brief duration, for she had been confined to her bed only about two weeks. She was a lady of Scotch descent, stern in her religious belief, clinging firmly to all those Presbyterian doctrines which have characterized her race as one of principle and her death closes a career, distinctively exemplary for its acts of charity and consistent living. She was in deed as well as in name a splendid type of Christianity and her long life bears testimony to many acts of kindness which endears her memory to countless people who have partaken of her bounty. Mrs. Campbell, in company with her husband, emigrated from Albany, N.Y., to Oshkosh, in 1858, making the trip by way of Green Bay, there being no railroad to this city at that time. Soon after arriving here, her husband founded the lumber business, now owned by the Campbell & Cameron company, which has, since an early day, been identified with the growth and prosperity of Oshkosh. Mrs. Campbell was an indefatigable worker and a safe counselor, and she was an admirable helpmate for the pioneer of '58, who naturally encountered all those hardships incident to the early settlement of this part of Wisconsin. She was a member of the United Presbyterian church; but since the congregation of that denomination in this city was dissolved, she had attended the First Presbyterian. She was a regular attendant at church up to within a few Sundays of her death, never failing to take part in Divine service if able to walk from her residence to the carriage, and frequently, no doubt, she had been a worshiper when discretion in favor of health would have kept her at home. Indisposition or inclement weather, however, seldom kept her from the sanctuary, and although hard of hearing she invariably caught a sufficient party of the sermon to discuss it afterwards with an intelligence that evinced a thorough understanding of its salient points. Mrs. Campbell was a devout student of the Bible, and, ultra conservative, without being bigoted, she rested firmly in its truths, relying in them implicitly, with no fear of the hereafter, and her death was the prophetic splendor of an eternal dawn of peace. She retained consciousness almost to the last and her lingering hours were brightened by her prayers and by the repetition of the Psalms. Mrs. Campbell's husband died several years ago. She leaves four sons and three daughters. They are Robert C. Campbell of this city, William A. Campbell of Hancock, Mich., James D. Campbell and D.M. Campbell, Mrs. A.E. Bell, Mrs. G.H. Cameron all of Oshkosh and Mrs. John R. Patton of Albany, N.Y. Miss M.A. Foyle of this city and Robert Foyle of Minneapolis, sister and brother respectively of Mrs. Campbell also survive her. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at half past two o'clock from the residence where the death occurred. The Rev. James W. McNary of the First Presbyterian church, La Crosse will conduct the service.