The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-04-26
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HON. TUOS. J. CAMPBELL.

In cur paper If last week we announced
the melancholy Intrli4cHc" Of lhr death ct
the Hon. VGos. J. CAmggGGG, late Clerk OF
the House Of Representative. Of the United
States. We had iniu'ged faint hop" ,ho'
the ,elegrnphc despatch might prove nc"r>
rect, as all previous odviccs assured rs OF
his continued good health. lie died at
Washington City on the l},h INST, and hi>
remains. in charge of lion, J. NJ. Ander-
son, Mr.. Hart Of Washington, and his
Youngest son, we're brought 10 Chattanooga,
where most Of his family reside, and were
inferred in the graveyard at tia; place on
Saturday morning last Me 2o,h INST Tnls
sad news is source Of deep sorrow 10 ou5
entire community, where the deceased Ictl
n large circle Of friends ard acGuaintunc -
Whilst his immediate family and RELATIVES
mourn the loss Of one whose place IN Their
affections md cot .idcncc Cannot bn filed,
the public feel that they are deprived OF .
useful md honorable member Of society,
and tina, an able and ctincnl public oiiiccr,
and o generous, c,i.meJc and most wor-
thy gentleman, has been taken from their
midst. The people Of Athens particularly,
and Of The third Judicial Great Of he State,
where all rf his professional career was
passed, will cherish his memory with ?ocu-
liar prlde, and will con-rauutc themselves
that it has been lIelr fortune to witness Il
career 50 useful, 81 pa,rl' -, and 50 gems
crous. Nor will the pcor.3 rt the STATE a
large forget that they have lost one oithelr
best cliznns-onc whose feelings end IN
tercsts have ever been c'o,cy identified
with theirs, and who has grown with the
State !cipated in "a! its vici,si,ul"s-
its good ana bad fortune, and who, during
q lie Of fifty seven years, has never lived
beyond It's limits.
Col. Campbell was born in Jefferson
county in tins STATE, OF The 22I February,
l793-jn.! three years before IN" admission
Of Tennessee into the jniou. lie was the
eldest son Of the Hen. David Campbell, At
that time Territorial Judge under appoint.
lnent Of President Washington, for the Ter
ritory South Of the ONO, and VINO otter,
wards filed various ,uu.cIaI stations under
the government Of the Sla'G and Of the
United Safes. HIS la,her removed at M
early day to the mouth Of Ire !iol>lon river
in Roane county, and resided 'or many years
upon the farm now occupied By Mai. WIN.
L. Lenoir, where Col. Campbell spent most
of his youth and received his earliest cdu' .
cation. The country was at lhnt line but .
spursely inhabited, ana a large portion OF .
East tennessee was yet occupied by the /
Indians. The Legislature Of the S!alo held .
its sessions ut Knoxville. and IN he scs
sion Of l-lJ-iG. if we remember correctly, |
Col. Campbell was chosen Clerk Of lhs /
House Of Representatives. In the mean /
time his father had removed to Washing
ton, Rhcu county, where he died ~ the Fuli /
Of l-I2, while o.ding the Office Of Judge
Of the Mississippi Territory, under appolnt-
ment from President Madison.
The responsibility Ci uumcrous family
n mother, several SISTERS and younger
brother. Col. Y. NJ. CnuphcI, late Cashier
Of the Branch Bank Of Tennessee at this
place, was thus thrown upon Col. Camp
bell, and faithfully did he execute the trust,
He commenced the practice Of the Law e.
Washington, under favorable auspices, al
the ngc Of twenty three, and at a time when
the business WAS profitable in East Ten.
nessee. His skill as a clerk TO n leg, sIatlve
body recalled Inn 10 those duties at The
next session Of the General Assembly, and
So long as he desired the appointment, was
unanimously elected. lie occupied the sta
ton for many years, and all Of the older
citizens of the country Unite IN their test-
mony as to the entire fidelity and acccpi-
Lil,y with winch he discharged all the du'
ties connected with the office.
Alter the treaty OF 1919, by which the
Hiwassee District was surrendered up Lv
the Indians, Col. Campbell removed with
his family 10 Athens, where he remained
in the practice Of his profession until lS46.
when he again removed 10 Rhea county,
having purchased a farm on Tennessee
river with the design Of spcndn. the bal
ance Of his life IN agricultural pursuits (for
which he had great rasre,) in connection
with the practice OF the law. But the
sickness OF himself and family, consequent
upon his proximity TO the river. urged him
10 remove again 10 town. AT that time
Rhea county also comprised the territory
from which tie county # Meas has sInrs
been created, ami was one of the mos,
ihif,y, en'erprisIng and pleasant counties
in East Tennessee. In 1885 he was elect. /