Past and present of O'Brien and Osceola counties, Iowa (1914) (14785205823)

Identifier: pastpresentofobr02peck (find matches)
Title: Past and present of O'Brien and Osceola counties, Iowa
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Peck, John Licinius Everett, 1852- Montzheimer, Otto Hillock, 1867- Miller, William J., 1844-1914
Subjects: O'Brien County (Iowa) -- History O'Brien County (Iowa) -- Biography Osceola County (Iowa) -- History Osceola County (Iowa) -- Biography
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B. F. Bowen & company, inc.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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. Campbell, the son of J. M. and Elizabeth (Hazelwood) Camp-bell, was born in Jefferson county, New York, May 9, 1851. His father wasbcirn in Xew ^ork. while his mother was a native of England. J. M. Camp-bell was the son of James Campbell, a native of Scotland. The wife of J. M.Campbell came to America with her father from England when she wastwelve years of age. In 1858 the Campbell family left New York state andmoved westward, finally locating at Beaver Dam, Dodge county, Wisconsin.In 1886 they removed to Crawford county, Iowa, where they lived until thedeath of father and mother. J. M. Campbell was born April 3, 1827, anddied in August, 1906. He was twice married. His first wife, the mother ofJames S. whose history is here portrayed, died in 1856 and he subsequentlymarried his first wifes sister, Mary Maria Hazelwood, who died January i,T910, at the age of seventy-five. There were two children by the first mar-riage, James S.. with whom this narrative deals, and Mrs. Ida Elizabeth
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MR. AND MRS. JAMES S. CAMPBELL obRIEN ANI) OSCEOLA COLNTIES. IOWA. 827 Kellips, ot Alihvaukee, \\ isconsin. To the second marriage were born sixchildren: Walter J., of South Dakota; Charles Ambert, of Iowa; Mrs.Louise Beaumont, of Denison. Iowa; Wilmer, of South Dakota; Mrs. MarthaWoodruff, of Denison, Iowa, and Rev. Albert Gilliver, a Methodist minister,now preaching at Rapid City, South Dakota. In this connection it might benoted that the father of the two Hazelwood sisters was a Methodist minister. James S. Campbell was se\-en years of age when his father left NewYork for Wisconsin and consecpiently recei\-ed most of his education in thelatter state. He was reared to manhood in Wisconsin and married in thatstate, lixing the life of a farmer there until the spring of 1889. He thenmigrated to Crawford county, Iowa, where he purchased a farm on which helived for two years, after which he sold it and moved to Osceola county,Iowa, where he bought two hundred and fort\ acres of land in E