CAMPBELL, James

James Campbell died Saturday at his home in Clark township of typhoid fever, aged sixty-three years. [sic] The funeral occurred at Acton [Marion County, Indiana], in St. John’s church on Tuesday.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 10, 1893,
Volume XXXIV Number 18, page 6 columns 1 & 2

FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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ROCKLANE.

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James Campbell, an old resident of this vicinity, died on last Sunday mor­ning. He had been sick about thirteen weeks. He bore this long sickness with Christian patience and fortitude. At times suffering almost unbearable pain, yet he always had a kind word for those who called to visit him. “Uncle Jimmie” was a good citizen, a kind neighbor and a true friend. In the fam­ily there will always remain a bright memory of a loving husband and a kind father. A memory that will grow brighter and brighter until a broken family shall stand united on the streets of the eternal city.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 10, 1893,
Volume XXXIV Number 18, page 6 column 4

FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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GREENWOOD.

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The obituary of Mr. James Campbell will appear next week.

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Quite a number of our Irish people attended the funeral of Uncle Jimmie Campbell, near Rocklane, last Tuesday.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 17, 1893,
Volume XXXIV Number 19, page 6 column 6

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OBITUARY.

Mr. James Campbell died Saturday night, November fourth, at his home south of Rocklane, of gangrene in the foot; he was aged seventy-four years. He came from Ireland to Franklin Co. Indiana in 1854, casting his first vote in that county that year. Some years after that he, with his family, moved to Clark township, this county, where he has resided ever since. Uncle John M’Nutt and the deceased were staunch friends and the former did much for his Irish neighbors in their early settling in this county. Uncle Jimmy did an immense amount of ditching and hard work years ago to transform the then great swamps into the grand fields and farms of today. He was a staunch democrat, jovial, and a true catholic; he was a good neighbor, liberal in his views. His remains were placed in the vault in the catholic cemetery southwest of and near Indi­anapolis last Tuesday and will, within two weeks, be put into the grave to await the resurrection morning. He leaves a widow and six children, all grown. Uncle Jimmy will be missed by many and no less by the writer, as he was a friend of mine, and we were al­ways glad to meet him.

D. W.

Link to James Campbell’s grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson