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Born 1851
From Young's history of Lafayette County, Missouri (1910)
URBIN S. CAMPBELL.
In the list of the honored citizens of Lafayette county who are now sleeping quietly in God's acre and who left behind them records of which their descendants and friends should be justly proud, is the name of Urbin S. Campbell, for he was a man against whom no one could say aught that was not salutary and complimentary, he having delighted in doing good to others while laboring for his own advancement. He was born in Clay township, Lafayette county, Missouri, November 15, 185 1. His father was Caleb Campbell, who came from Virginia to Lafayette county and settled in Clay township. He died in Jackson county, Missouri, and is remembered as a man of many commendable attributes who was highly respected by all who knew him.
Urbin S. Campbell was reared in Sniabar and Clay townships, Lafayette county, Missouri, working on a farm during the summer months and attending the district schools in the winter time. He married Emma Cheatham, who was a native of Missouri and reared and educated in this state. This union resulted in the birth of four children, namely: Ernest, Dennis, Caleb S. and Ada.
Ernest Campbell was born in Sniabar township, this county, January 18, 1 881, and he was reared in his native community and educated there. He lived at home, assisting with the work about the place until 1903, when he settled on the farm where he now lives, his place consisting of one hundred and sixty acres of well improved, well kept and very productive land, on which he carries on general farming in a manner that stamps him as a man of sound judgment and determination to succeed along legitimate lines.
Ernest Campbell was married in Independence, Missouri, on March 16, 1904, to Ella Turner, a daughter of J. W. and Mary E. Turner, one of the best families of that neighborhood. To Mr. and Mrs. Campbell one child, Hubert U., has been born.
Mr. Campbell is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a young man of excellent personal habits and much business ability.
As printed in Young's history of Lafayette County, Missouri (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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