Jeremiah M. Campbell (1860-1943)

CAMPBELL

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Date: 8/16/2022 at 16:42:52

Jeremiah M. Campbell
(June 9, 1860 - November 6, 1943)

Jeremiah M. Campbell, residing on section 24, Jackson Township, owns and operates a valuable and well improved farm of one hundred acres, pleasantly located within two miles of Lake City. He is a native of Iowa, his birth having occurred near Bertram, in Linn County, June 9, i860. His father, A. C. Campbell, was born in Knox County, Indiana, in 1825. and was only twelve years old when he came to this state in 1837 with his father, Thomas W. Campbell, one of the pioneer settlers of Linn County and its first treasurer. There A. C. Campbell grew to manhood and married Rachel Daniels, who was born in Ohio, and during childhood removed to Linn county, Iowa, her father, Jeremiah Daniels, being another of its pioneers. After his marriage Mr. Campbell followed farming in that county for several years, and there all of his nine children were born. In 1877, however, he removed to Greene County, Iowa, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Cedar Township, which he converted into a good farm, making his home thereon until his death, March 15. 1899. His wife still survives him and now makes her home with her youngest daughter in Lake City.
Jeremiah M. Campbell is the fifth child in order of birth in a family of nine children, four sons and five daughters, all of whom are still living. During his boyhood and youth he received a good practical education in the common schools of Linn county, and also acquired an excellent knowledge of every department of farm work. At the age of seventeen years he accompanied his parents on their removal to Greene County, and on arriving at mature years began farming on his own account. He became the owner of a farm of one hundred and sixty acres adjoining that of his father, and broke, fenced and improved the place. After operating the farm for two years he rented it and removed to Churdan, Iowa, where he bought a hardware store and devoted the following year to that business. On disposing of his store he engaged in clerking one year, and at the end of that time returned to the farm, which he cultivated two years. In the spring of 1893 he came to Calhoun County and purchased the farm of one hundred acres on section 24, Jackson township, where he now resides. He has repaired the buildings upon the place and has erected a good modern residence, heated by a furnace and supplied with all conveniences. In fact it is one of the best homes in the township. Mr. Campbell gives considerable attention to the raising and feeding of stock, and in all his undertakings is meeting with well deserved success, as he is energetic, enterprising and industrious.
At Blairstown, Iowa, he was married, March 25, 1886, to Miss Elizabeth Shellmyer, who was born in Johnson County, this state, but was principally reared and educated in Benton County. Her father, Ellis Shellmyer, served through the war of the Rebellion and is now deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were born three children, namely: Charlie, who died in infancy; Ernest and Laura. Politically Mr. Campbell has been a stanch supporter of the Republican party since attaining his majority, advocating expansion, sound money and a protective tariff. He is now serving his third year as township school treasurer, but has never sought official honors, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business interests. Both he and his wife are members of the Christian church at Lake City, and he is also connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having been initiated into that society at Churdan, in 1890. [Source – Biographical Record of Calhoun County, Iowa, by S. J. Clarke, 1902, p.314]