Campbell, Hamilton 1846 - 1940

CAMPBELL, ANGIER

Posted By: Bill Waters (email)
Date: 4/18/2014 at 20:29:35

Hamilton Campbell, who has resided longer in Winneshiek County than anyone else, has made his farm in Bloomfield Township his home for sixty-five years. This has covered the period of the greatest growth and development in this section of the state and in the work of progress Mr. Campbell has borne an active and honorable part, his well-directed labors proving forces in the promotion of general agricultural advancement as well as of his individual prosperity.

He was born in Galena, Illinois, December 9, 1847, is the son Hamilton and Sarah (Campbell) Campbell, who, although they bore the same name, were not related to each other. Both were natives of Ireland and came to America in early times, settling in Illinois, where the father turned his attention to farming. During the Black Hawk war he served in the same regiment with Abraham Lincoln and became a personal friend of the great emancipator. He removed from Illinois to Iowa in 1848, locating on a farm on section 26, Bloomfield Township, Winneshiek County, on June 7, of that year. He accumulated five hundred acres of land and became one of the prosperous and highly respected citizens of this locality, his death being widely and deeply regretted by the many friends who had been drawn to him by reason of his honorable and upright life. He and his wife became the parents of seven children: Robert, who resides in Pasadena, California; Mary, deceased; Hamilton, of this review; Sarah, who lives at home; John, of Denver, Colorado; Matilda, the wife of Robert Clark, of Portland, Oregon; and Thomas, who died in infancy.

Hamilton Campbell was only six months old when he was brought to Winneshiek County and to his present farm. He has never left the homestead and has now been sixty-five years upon it, having the distinction of being the oldest continuous resident of Winneshiek County. The years have brought him success, prominence and substantial fortune, for his labors have been well directed and his methods progressive and practical, and he is today numbered among the most prosperous agriculturists of Bloomfield Township. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of fine land and upon this carried on farming and stock-raising for a number of years, both branches of his business proving profitable and important under his able management. In 1909 his son assumed the management of this property. Hamilton Campbell will soon move to Decorah and retire from active work.

Mr. Campbell married Miss Abbie Angier, and they became the parents of three children: John Walter, who resides in Postville, Iowa; Albert Roy, who is operating the old homestead; and Lulu May, who lives at home. Fraternally Mr. Campbell is a member of the Modern Brotherhood of America and he gives his political allegiance to the Republican Party. He attends the Methodist church and is a man of exemplary character, guiding his honorable and upright life by the principles in which he believes. For sixty-five years he has lived in Winneshiek County and has witnessed during that time practically its entire growth and development. Throughout this period he has made his home on the farm which is yet his place of residence and his labors through the years have made it a valuable property. From time to time he has given hearty cooperation to movements for the public good and he has become widely and favorably known, his many sterling qualities of mind and character having gained for him the esteem and respect of all with whom he has come in contact.

Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark publishing Company 1913

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