Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-01-10
DEATH Or MAJak j. b. GAMpDIL ii
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the evening 81 Jaausry ID Is7s, 4 njor Jams
blackstone Campbell. aged ~ year,
Bprn ~ Maiiry County. TENNESSEE h ne
Major Campbell lived more than Tie thrt.
s-nrc years and ten NIioIfcd ID mars LIFE
| was thc nsphewof General Campbell. {.
Rrsoiaiionary tame. He lived hear Nash
willie. Tenn. until 1874. when he removed I,
Illinois. N january 1927 Ii. was appoi,,te.
Treasurer Of the liinoIs and Michigan cana
Company and performed Tic dunes 81 tI,al
oihce until the Canal was completed. lie war
mainly Instrumental IN securing the passage
Of the act providing for the constr acton 81
the Illinois Canal. and to his exerfions. mere
than 10 those Of any other man, arc the p-n-
ie Of Illinois indebted for that great work.
lie was married IN 1877. aInl Tie following
year I'e settled ut the mouth ef Fox River.
on the resent site Of the fity Of Ottawa. 81
which nc was The f,undur. ne also founded
the city 81 Jslipt. Illinois. and was one 81
me NrIginal roprietors of tile town of Peru.
IN that State, and to Ills iibcraIfy aud public
spirit y The prosperity OF those towns n,ai,,-
~ cue. In 1882 Major CanpDe went 10
lineage and engaged n lalnl speeulations.
AMI Was soon the owner Of almost the ehfire
country new covered by tile city ii Chicago
The principal business portion Of Chicago
was az that time owned by him, ana he xlsu
owned more land than any man iii IlIinoi.
~ 1913 ne was appointed Superintendent Of
the Lake Superior copper region. and Tor np.
wards 81 thirty years was numbered among
the leading men Of Nortl,ern Illinois. but.
Ike many others, his generous nature and
ana desire to assist his friends i vol,ed him
III pecul.iary dliiicniiiea. and. tinally. havinu
70 assume the liabilities which he hal ~
dorscd, ne was..tinanclally ruined. Possibly. /
iiad ne adopted file tactics of many 81 his
compeers. he might have saved the prcater
part Of his fortune. but his sterling infcsrifv
would not permit him to stoop to i meal, or
disrepuiable act, and l.r surrendered to his
creditors everything that lie owned. aud
went ont into the world again, to commence
NEW the battle 81 lite, 7 aud to eillcayor 10
1hiass--'I ios fortune--;it least Il cuinpef..n-
". He witt TO St. Charles, No.. II Isa5
M lived there seven years, and then came
9 Montana. lie arrived III Virginia City II
July, 1868, and iii the fall Of the same year
g went 70 the old town OF Sallatin, on the
'orth side OF the Missouri River, where il.
en- aimed until 1865, when lie removed 10 NJ
'reseut Galiatin City and lived there til, the
lay OF his death.
There a-c. probably. hit few men in Nom
ana who have wider circle of friends. or
re more extensively acqa.inted than was
iaJor Campbell, and the news of his death
~ excite the heartfelt regrets OF All who Z,
new hin. Liberal and progressive bv ma
ire, ''e was at all times ready to do every
lihg IN ms power to assist any public enter
rise. ana with purse and voice forward any ,
nJect that promised to benefit Tie people - ,
eherous to a fault, many men owe lie
cans TOR their first start in life To- !
~, and SO anxious wis he tor the a,ly;ln e.
en- o. the interests OF bis friends regardless
the sacrifice Of his own. that no person | 4
uld ask his help without receiving aid 10 !,
extent Of his ability. He Had f,,,ifs- i
40 has Lot? but they were lew cnnapa,..l 1,
~ t'is Virtues, and n consI giIng lis body
the ronlp we bury in oblivion MI stlnurhfs a
me former. while the remembrance Of th~l /
Itcr viii remain As cherished lnementos oil 4
good ne accomplished during long. i
enttul and useful life.
" hen The time came for him to 90 to that
ourhe from whence no Traveller returns. 9
was ready and willing to 90; to use his g
he If uretl not the change. !. d
: calm and peacefully. surrounded by lis 81
nliy, ne yielded ap lis spirit 10 Him who II
We Il, and without pang OF regret or i 4
rob OF fear passed beyond TIL viii, and n
arge'l the mortal to the immortal. Re- q
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