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Lena Stone
Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 8
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, April 18, 1907
FALLS COUNTY NEWS.
By Special Correspondents.
BLEVINS BUDGET.
MR. CHARLIE CAMPBELL
Death has
again visited this community and taken away Mr. Charlie Campbell, better known
as Uncle Charlie, and I will give a short history of his past life. He has
resided in Falls, county fifty years. He was a veteran of the Mexican and
Civil wars, he was an honored citizen, and a great old man, he has been very
feeble for a number of years but his health has been fine for a man of his age.
He was 107 years, 2 month and 28 days old when he died, and was well known to a
great many Falls county people. He joined the M. E. Church about 18 years
ago. He leaves a wife and daughter. Uncle Charlie was burried (sic)
in the Blevins cemetery Saturday, at 4 o'clock, followed by a large crowd of
friends. There was nearly 500 people present to attend the funeral.
Bro G. G. Gibson of Durango conducted the funeral service. We suppose
Uncle Charlie to be the oldest man in the county.
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