Zearing, Iowa 1956 History

CAMERON :

The Cameron family moved to our community before 1900. According to Viola Cameron Golly, a granddaughter of James and Mary Ball Cameron, they moved to the Happy Home farm in our community.

Note : The Happy Home farm is located three-quarters of a mile north of the southwest corner of Section 11, and one-quarter of a mile east. There was a period of time in the early days when no one lived there. The house looked forlorn. The yard was hidden by big weeds. A practical joker found a Happy Home clothing sign. He removed the word clothing from the sign. Then he nailed the sign to the front gate. To this day old timers refer to the farm as the Happy Home.

James and Mary Ball Cameron moved their family from Mahaska county, Iowa, to our community. They were the parents of ten children. The children were Henrietta, Kate, Perry, Vinton, David, Garfield, Archibald, William, Margaret, and Oscar.

James and Mary moved to Colorado in 1909. Most of the family accompanied them.

James died in Colorado. Mary died in Washington.

Perry Angus Cameron died in our community on September 14, 1933. He was a local farmer.

Vinton Cameron was a Zearing business man and town marshal. He married Celia Norton of our community.

David Cameron married Kate Curley. They were the parents of Viola Cameron Golly of our community.

We understand that Garfield Cameron did not accompany the family to Colorado. We have no information about him.

Campbell :

The Duncan Campbell family was a family of real pioneers. Duncan, and his wife, Mary, pioneered in Canada, Iowa, South Dakota, and Idaho. Few families can claim so much pioneering.

From the age of Malcom, as it was recorded in the 1870 census of Lincoln township, we can determine that Duncan and Mary must have moved their family to our community in 1869.

Duncan Campbell, age 47, born in Scotland.

Mary, wife, age 40, born in Scotland.

Children : Peter, age 18, Daniel, age 15, Isabel, age 14, Catherine, age 12, Nancy, age 10, Dugald, age 8, John, age 6, Neal, age 4, and Malcom, age 2. All of the children listed above were born in Canada.

Descendants state that the family moved to Iowa from Ontario, Canada. Children born in Iowa were Douglas, Eldora, Edwin, and