The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-13
H.D. CAMPBELL. PIONEER OF '98, STRICKEN HERE

real pAaACGAet AgoAANAA OA " kaAHSAA for 42 years. died last Saturday evening following an illness Of sev- eral days. Mir. Campbell. who was about town as usual and apparently in the best of health the week be- fore. contracted a severe cold which developed into pneumonia Gompli- cations from uremic poisoning re- suited in his death.
 Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon from the Episcopal church with burial in the local cem- etery. The entire town closed up for the services in honor to the man who so long had been one of Wran- gell's outstanding citizens. The fun eral was one of the largest ever held here. Scores were unable to get into the church and more than 20 cars were in the funeral process sion as it moved to the cemetery. The Rev Arnold Krone. rector of the Episcopal church which Mir. Campbell had built and in which he had served for many years, offici- ated Honorary pallbearers were pioneers like himself who had known him as neighbor and friend through nearly half a century-P. c. Mccormack. Donald Sinclair, L.B. Chisholm, Andy Johnson, Sam Gun ningham and NJ. O. Johnson. Active pallbearers were H. R. Coulter, Jul ius Mason. Leo Mccormack. Neil Grant, John Kaer and Steve Grant. Music was under the direction of Mrs. Valborg Coulter. Director of the Wrangell Male Chorus.
 North in '9S
 Mr. Campbell came north in the spring of 1S9S-gold rush days as a carpenter on the old Columbia river sternwheeler Elwood, bound, like many others at the time, for the Klondike and riches. Plan was to go up the Stikine river. down Dease Lake to the Mackenzie and thence to the gold fields. The scheme proved unfeasible and MT Campbell stayed on the Stikine, la ter taking up building in Wrangell. The town in those days was mostly tent city and the demand for con- struction was heavy. Mir. Campbell built houses and store buildings for the growing frontier town. AS his hammer sounded on some of the oldest buildings in town, so it sounded during the years in the more modern buildings. He built the Redmen hall, many other of the more modern buildings. His latest construction was the Presbyterian church manse.
 He became deputy [. s. Marshal here under President Harding and served continuously in that office for 131ayears, under four Presi- dents-Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and Roosevelt. He retired from ac- tive business life seven years ago and since that time had devoted his time to civic work in behalf of his community. For years he headed the Red Cross. He was active in many other groups, giving freely of his time and his resources to help others.
 He was a member of the Elks and the Redmen. Had served many times on the City Council and was mem Der of the first school board in Wrangell after the towns incor- poration.
 Born in Canada
 MT. Campbell was born in New I7 sl G1 ada, on July 10. 1881. At IS, he migrated to Passiac, N. J., where he learned and followed the carpen- ters trade Returning to New Perth only long enough to wed his school girl sweetheart, Mrs. Campbell, the widow who survives. he headed, with his bride, for Portland, Oregon. There the couple lived for nine years There their sons, Ernest and Leonard, Wrangell merchants, were born. Those were some of old panic years MT. Campbell would recall. A dollar and a half a day was big money and it was almost impossible to get a days work. Came the gold rush which beckoned him north. Mrs. Campbell ana the DOys return ed to New Perth while he came up in search of the yellow metal. Es- tablishing himself in Wrangell, MT. Campbell sent for his family who joined him in the fall of 1899, com- ing north on the famous old steam CT, Cottage City.
 Those were the closing days oi old Fort Wrangell. One company oi colored soldiers was still here when the Campbells came. The Campbell family has made Wrangell home ev. CT since.
 Besides Mrs Campbell and sons Ernest and Leonard, here, MT Campbell is survived by three broth CTS. Ernest and R. H. Camphell il