Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-12-16
DEAN CAMPBELL FAIR DEAD
Prominent Episcopal Clergyman Passes
Away After Long Illness.
THIRTY-sEvEN YEARS IN THE MINISTRY
Leaves Long Record of Charitable
work Among Poor People of Sew
erRI cities In which He
Labored as Priest.

at $3.50 o'clock last evening and forever
rested the earnest soul, the generous heart
and the busy hands Of the kind old man.
The news will sadden the many who
have become endearedi to him during the
FIVE years he has spent in Omaha as the
dean of Trinity cathedral and the friend Of
all them that were in need, but 1t can
scarcely be a shock, as he has been long
in poor health and for many days very low.
At the family home, 24O5 St. Mary's av-
enue, where his death occurred, there were
assembled his wife, his two young sons and
his maiden sister, Miss Jane Fair, who
came recently from Dublin to be with him.
He had also a sister, Mrs. John Nj. Fletcher
of Baltimore, Md, and two brothers, T.
William Fair and John Fair, both Of Dub
lin.
AT o'clock yesterday morning Dean
Fairs condition grew alarmingly worse, as
at that hour he suffered a severe sinking
spell. During the day he gradually grew
weaker, until at o'clock he dropped into
a peaceful slumber, from which he did not
wake, passing away one hour later
The funeral arrangements have not been
decided upon. but in accordance with the
wishes of the family a service will be held
at the cathedral, the remains being taken
later to Baltimore, which city was the
home of Mrs. Fair, and where the deceased
dean once occupied a pastorate.
Born in Ireland
Long before he came to Omaha, in 1897,
to be dean OF Trinity cathedral Campbell
Fair was known as one in touch with the
| poor and the humble, yet he sprang from
| proud stock and has been a man of study
always. Born at Hollymount, county Mayo,
ireland, April 2S, 1s43, he was the third
son Of John Fair, one OF the landed pro-
| prietors OF Ireland, and of Maria Wilson
! Fair, whose family was prominent in the
| old banking circles and legal fraternity OF
Dublin. After his fathers death, which oc-
CURED when the dean was quite young and
which left the widow with eight children
to rear, Campbell was placed in the hands
of a tutor. who prepared him for Trinity
college, Dublin, from which he graduated
with particular fondness for mathematics
and with the intention Of becoming a civil
engineer. In the course of a ffteen-mont
apprenticeship with this in view, however
he became imbued with a strong desire tC
enter the ministry and eventually took 9
course in St. Adams Theological college al
Birkenhead. England. From this he grad
uated, in 1865, with the highest honors and
was ready for ordination several months
before he had attained canonical age anC
! spent the intervening time in broader study
and travel. He was ordained finally OF
Trinity Sunday, June 8, 1865, at st. Asaph'i
cathedral, North Wales, by the right rev
erend bishop of Asaph and was imme
diately appointed to the curatecy OF Hol!
Trinity church, Birkenhead. While ther'
he not only filled the Office Of chaplain o
st. Arden's college, which was considered
quite an honor for one so young, but di'
much work among the laboring men, organ
izing the Workingmen's Mutual Improve
ment society OF Birkenhead, local body
but with large membership, and still IL
existence.
Receives order of Priest.
In 1866 he received the order Of priest a
the hands of the late bishop Of Chester AM
left Birkeahead for Dublin, where he was L
serve as a missionary for the Irish Churcl
Missions to Roman Catholics. In 1867 h
went to London to become the secretary o
this society and was made curate OF 81
Jude's church. Chelsea. 1t was a mos
fashionable locality and he gained innuen
tial friends who were valuable in his late
charitable undertakings.
But while travelling for the society h
suffered severe injuries in train wrec
J between Birminghead and Llandudrc
Wales, and the accident was perhaps indi
rectly responsible for his being later 4
America and in Omaha The shock an
the wounds caused a nervous affection tina
cost him his senses of hearing. taste an
; smell, prematurely whitened his hair an
? forever blasted his frame. When, after tw
years confinement to his bed. he was abl
to move about ON crutches, the doctors OF
n In Wit
mother, he crossed to New York. Physic
ians there promptly advised that the win
ter be spent in the south and he went {
I New Orleans, where he preached upon man
occasions balanced upon his crutches an
unable to hear one word his lips framed
Electrical treatment eventually restore
his senses and one day, while in the pul
, pit, he determined to attempt to stand an
y walk without his supports. The effort wa
successful. to the surprise OF all presen
and the choir burst forth with hallelujal
This occurred in -Christ's church, and
n 1871 he was made assistant rector of tn
5 same. He practically had entire charg
! as the rector was old and in poor health.
His First Marriage.
: February /, 1875, he married Alic
!, youngest daughter of William ]. McLeal
a a retired merchant Of New Orleans, and c
! the same day he accepted the reetorsh
< Of St. Ambrose's church In the slum dii
triet Of New York. He and his bride wei
: there at once, but remained only a sho
time, as he was called TO the rectorsh
i. Of the Church Of the Ascension In Ii
fayette square, Baltimore. There he r,
mained from 1875 to 1885 and broadent
his field OF labor immeasurably.
In January, 1888, he married Ma
- Whitley Stone. eldest daughter OF the la
James H. Stone OF Baltimore. or the fo1
= children born Of this union two surviv
= Campbell Wilson Fair, aged 10, has be,
:, with a Wall street firm for a year pas
but is now at the family home 24O5 S
Mary's avenue, called by the earlier illne
Of his father. James H. Stone Fair, thr
:, years younger, is at home.
In 1886, Campbell Fair was called TO s
Marks church at Grand Rapids, one Of Il
= largest and most influential In the dioce
] Of western Michigan.
From Grand Rapids he came TO Omal
= in 1897, called as dean of Trinity cathedr
at Eighteenth and Davenport streets. Wi
his public work here the public quite ge
orally is acquainted. although his go
deeds were done as by a man who pc