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- Fred Horace, son of Alexander B. and
Susan BLIVEN CAMPBELL, was born at
- Middleton, Wis., April 22, 1870, and
died at Albion, Wis., November 26, 1929.
- He spent his youth at Albion, and was
a student in Albion Academy. He was married
- to Alice May CARR in 1894.
Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. CAMPBELL: Alice
Lenore, who died in infancy; and Phyllis Isabel, now Mrs. H.
C. RANDALL. And there is one grandchild, Janice Ruth
RANDALL.
- As a young man, Mr. CAMPBELL
entered business with his father in Edgerton. He
- and his family moved to Milton in 1911,
where he engaged in the insurance business.
- When a young man he became a member
of the Albion Seventh Day Baptist Church.
- After moving to Milton he transferred
his membership to the Milton Church.
- His health began to fail about two
years ago, and since that time he has resided with
- his aunt and mother at Albion. He
found much comfort in reading the Bible and in having it read
to him during his declining days.
- He passed away at Albion at five o'clock
in the afternoon on Tuesday, November 26,
- 1929, after one day of illness with
pneumonia.
- His funeral was held from the Milton
Seventh Day Baptist church, on Friday afternoon,
- November 29, and burial took place
in the Milton cemetery. The service was conducted by pastor
James L. Skaggs. Mrs. Loraine KUMLIEN sang appropriate
selections and Mrs. W. E. ROGERS presided at the organ.
- (Sketch prepared by Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. RANDALL.) J. L. S. [Vol. 107, No. 24,
- p. 766]
- Marcus Alphonso CAMPBELL was
the youngest son (there was a younger child, a
- daughter) of Rev. Zuriel and Amy MAXSON
CAMPBELL. He was born December 15, 1849, at Milton, Wis.,
and died at his home, the home of his youngest son Victor, at
Excelsior, Minn., November 26, 1929, being almost eighty years
of age.
- Other members of his parents' family
were: Calista Jane, whose married name was
- CRUMB
and then WILSON; Eunice Adeline, whose married name was
CRANDALL; Erford Andre CAMPBELL; Zuriel Baxter
CAMPBELL; Julia Amanda, whose married name was BABCOCK;
Abbie Elizabeth, whose married name was BURDICK; Orson
Alexander CAMPBELL; Lucy Marcelia, whose married name
was GREEN; and Amy Eveline, whose married name was CROSBY.
- When Marcus was fifteen years old he
moved with his parents to New Auburn, Minn.,
- where he lived fifty-five years, till
1919, when he made a new home in Excelsior, where he died.
- April 12, 1873, he was married to Selina
Jane CROSBY, and shortly afterwards
- both of them made public profession
of religion and were baptized at New Auburn, Minn., by Rev. J.
E. N. BACKUS, and united with the Seventh Day Baptist
church at New Auburn, from which their membership was never removed
until the call came to join the church triumphant. He died on
the fourth anniversary of his wife's death, and the farewell
service also was held on the fourth anniversary of her farewell
service, November 29, and the burial was made in the family lot
by the side of the lake at New Auburn, Minn.
- Two children died in infancy, while
four sons and four daughters and a niece, who has
- always been a member of the family,
her mother having passed away when the niece was a small child,
survive. They are: Gertrude Amy, now Mrs. H. C. STEWART
of Spencer, Wis.; Edith Eveline, widow of the late Rev. Jesse
E. HUTCHINS, of Milton, Wis.; Zuriel CAMPBELL of
Welton, Iowa; Margaret C. CAMPBELL of Milwaukee, Wis.;
Mark Stanley CAMPBELL of Condon, Ore.; Ray CAMPBELL
of Excelsior, Minn.; and Florence B., wife of Howard E. GOULD,
of Buffalo Lake, Minn.; and the niece, Mabel CROSBY WAGNER,
widow of the late Dr. Frank J. WAGNER, of Minneapolis,
Minn.
- All the members of the family except
Stanley and Ray were present at the farewell
- service conducted by a cousin, Rev.
Edwin SHAW, at the home in Excelsior, and all accompanied
the body in automobiles forty-five miles to its last resting
place in the cemetery at New Auburn, where a group of friends
of former years had gathered in loving memory of the dead and
sympathy for the living. E. S. [Vol. 107, No. 24, p. 766]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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