Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-17
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OBITUARY.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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William M. Campbell was born Ross
county, Ohio, Aug 10, 1924. Died at
his home in Abingdon October 8, 1901.
BY his death Jefferson county loses
sanother of her sturdy pioneers, Abing-
don one of her most esteemed citizens,
and it comes as personal loss to
those of his more intimate friends who
knew and appropriated his many eX-
cellent qualities of mind and heart.
In 1886 he removed with his faith
er's. family to Wayne county, Indiana,
and in 1S46 came to Iowa with an. I'M
Gle, spent the winter here and return
| ed to Indiana In 1S4S his fathers en-
tire family consisting OF the parents
and ten children, eight boys and two
girls, came to Jefferson county and
| settled, and brayely did their part in
conquering the wilderness and making
Iowa what she is today. William
i taught school in the early days of
Iowa's statehood and on up till the civ
il war, when he enlisted in 1852 in
Company D, Nineteenth Iowa. He
was seriously wounded at Prairie
Grove, was sent to u hospital until
sufficiently recovered to be discharg-
ed and sent home.
He was married to Nancy P. Truman
October 10, 1851. Had he lived only
sixteen days longer they would have
been married fifty years. Besides his
wife, who is bereft indeed, there are
three surviving children, Mrs. A. Ian
derson of Abingdon, Mrs. Oscar Tracy
of Saltwater, Oklahoma, and Robert,
formerly connected with Taylor C
Co.'s drug store of Ottumwa, now Of
Guthrie, Oklahoma, to mourn the loss
of a devoted father.
i Quiet and unobtrusive in manner
yet he was man of strong and earn
est convictions and was uncompromis-
ing with what he thought wrong. All
who knew him respected him for this,
and his honorable and upright charac-
ter, and he was especially endeared to
his family and friends for his kind and
gentle disposition.
l For many years he has been a great
sufferer, but he bore all patiently,
though he often expressed wish that
/. he might go hence to join the three
of his children who have gone before.
The burial service was conducted by
the Masonic order at Abingdon of
which he has long been worthy
member.
Elton Sherman Paxton was born at
Ellington, New York, August 10, 1893,
and removed with his parents to OF
tumwa April 20, 1898. He met his
death October II, 1901, being instantly
killed by an engine on the Milwaukee
tracks. He was an unusually bright
and intelligent boy and was loved by
all who knew him; his thoughtful, ear
nest manner endeared him to his teach
ers both in the public and Sabbath
schools. He was a member of the
Open Door Mission Sabbath school
, and was also in the kindergarten class
at that place.
His funeral was conducted from the
3 Mission Tuesday afternoon at 2:3O
e o'clock. Rev. Jameson had charge OF
the services. The interment was
made in the Shaul cemetery.
S Mary J. Reid was born in Washing
5 ton county, West Virginia. June 20
1925. At the age of 16 she was mar
ried to r. T. Hawthorne, also a native
c of Virginia. In 1858, with the true
e spirit and dauntless courage of the
q early pioneer, she, with her husband
came to Iowa, journeying all the wa.
by team. For seven weeks they att
S by the wayside and slept in their wa
|. gon. They made a short stay in JET
t ferson county, but soon found a perma
nent location near Competine. Thei
excellent traits of character and Chris
t tian living soon won them a. large cir
r Gle of friends. To their home came
S ten children-four daughters and 81,
sons. Four times the death ange
knocked at the door Of this home
s three times to take darling baby
e once to take the eldest daughter, ;
g woman in the prime of life. Then, OF
7. April %, 1884, the father of the house
hold was taken and the sister 70
whom we mourn today was left desc
e late, but not alone, for her hope wa
It stayed on One who has said, "Whel
u through the dark waters l cause 20,
u to go, the river Of sorrows shall no
you o'erflow; I'll strengthen you, he'll
you, and cause you to stand, Uphel
I. by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
q Because this promise was hers, Grand
u ma Hawthorn, as her neighbors love
l. to call her, was able to endure unit
the end, which came September 81, a
5:45 p. M, she having lived six years
y three months and two days over tn
4 allotted time of three score years an
o ten. She was sick but few days he
e last hours were filled with severe ply
steal pain, but her soul was at peac
and she often said that "she was onl
e waiting to be called and she was read
g and would gladly 60" Her children
v. excepting one son in Nebraska wer
ID with her to the last She leaves fiv
sons, one daughter, twenty-five grand
children. What host to rise up an
IS call her blessed!
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