Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
BARBOUR CO.'S. OLD
EST CITIZEN DIES
in CLARKSBURC
rrATHER LIVED TO BE ALMOST
AS OLD
Is Survived by 6 Children, % Grand
Children, So Great Grand Children
and One Great Great Grand Child.

HARRISBURG, June 26-George
Gettingham Campbell, who for a
number of years has BEEN living with
his son Littlewood w Campbell at
1874 Hartman avenue, gently slipped
into the next world yesterday morn
ing at 11:30 o'clock and with his
passing Clarksburg lost the prospect
of being able to help centenarlan
celebrate his birthday next February.
Mr.. Campbell was exactly SO years
months and days old the day ne
died and through him Clarksburg
reached straight back to before the
bhth Of the Constitution, for accord
ing to family records his father who
was born in England came to this
country and landed in Boston in IT
81 at which time he was about ~
years old.
Mr.. Campbell himself was born in
Baltimore but much Of his life was
spent as a farmer in Barbour county
this state. He is survived by six chill
dren. three sons and three daughters,
% grand children, &c great grand
chillren and one great great grand
child.
Mr.. Campbell in spite of his vener-
able age never was ILL., During the
last few weeks the spark Of life
seemed grow weaker progressively
until it quietly went out.
Was Long Methodist
Direct survivors are Bedford Gasp
hell. whose home is at Philippi; Al
betr. who lives at Guilford, N. Y; 1.
". with whom he made his home at
ter retiring from the farm; Mrs. ]. p
Anvil, of Philippi, Mrs. A. ]. Nestor
Of Preston county near Moatsyille
and Mrs. "A. M. Shafer of Simpson
Mr.. Campbell for many years was
a member Of the Methodist church.
Brief funeral services will be held at
the home this evening at o'clock,
and this morning on Train No. 2 the
body will be taken to Cove Run IN
Barbour county. Interment will be
made in the cemetery at Kasson.
Father an Interesting Man
Mr.. Campbell's great age while
quite exceptional, was almost II not
quite equaled by that of his father.
Regarding the father Judge Samuel
Woods gave the following interesting
information in a deposition in the
Circuit court of Barbour county:
NV only means of determining his
age was from his general appearance
and information derived from him
self. He informed me frequently
that he removed from England and
settled in Boston; that he continued
No reside in Boston until the spring
of 1904, when he removed to Baltl-
more where he continued to reside
from that time for fifty years when
he came to Barbour county In 1854;
and that he died in Barbour county
in the winter or early spring OF 10
Sc. when he must have been between
NINETY and ninety-one years old.
From 1854 after he removed to Bar
bour county and up to the time of his
death / was intimately acquainted
with him frequently, except the four
years during the Civil War. I5saw
him but once or twice after the war,
i short time before his death. He was
the most remarkable man ever met.
He was thoroughly we'll informed
man; he was the only living man that
/ ever met that was the connecting
link between the eldtr Robert Peel,
prime minister of England, and Sir
William Pitt and the modern English
statesmen who have passed away
forty years ago. He was the only
man / ever saw who could say to me
that he had seen and conversed with
the celebrated John Wesleyand Bis
np Coke, the first bishop Of the
Methodist church. He told me that
he was present at the first general
conference of the Methodist chusch
Baltimore He It'd me that he had
been engaged as q ship owner, enga g
ed in importing &c ds andpassengcrs
from ENGLAND and Ireland to the
United States durinr period of thir-
teen years and that he had crossed
the Atlantic ocean nineteen times and
that he had twice been wrecked. To
sit and talk to him was like reading
the history Of modern times. His life
had been contempora1v with all of
the great men Of the United States
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