- Yesterday morning there came over the telephone the shocking news that Mrs. James W. Campbell had died suddenly in Kingston. It appears that she went to bed in her usual state of health on Monday night and was found dead in her bed on Tuesday morning. She lived with her daughter Lila, Mrs. Wm. Drysdale, in the city but kept up an active correspondence with friends, and retained a constant interest in her old home in Lanark. In the summer season she spent a number of weeks with her daughter and friends in Lanark and at Dalhousie Lake, and nothing was noted in her appearance to indicate the presence of any serious organic trouble.
Elizabeth McKerracher, for that was her maiden name, was born at the village of Brooke, in the Township of Bathurst, in the year 1860. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McKerracher. When twenty years old she became the wife of Mr. James Campbell of Lanark Village. They settled down in a comfortable home in Lanark, where for a number of years to follow, Mr. Campbell was a successful and enterprising man of business. In 1899 Mr. Campbell died, and the wife and four children were left to face the world. In the family were John, Maynard. Wilmer, and Lila. Although very young in years the eldest sons managed to carry on the business, which has been continued down to this day under the ownership and personal management of Mr. John Campbell. Maynard accepted a position in Sudbury, Ont., with a successful business firm. Wilmer held a position with Messrs. Boyd Caldwell and Co. at Appleton until the war broke out when he enlisted and went overseas with the 21st Battalion. He distinguished himself over there, and at the present time occupies a position in the service in Canada. Miss Lila became the wife of Mr. William Drysdale, of Lanark, but moved to Kingston a few years ago as a point more convenient for Mr. Drysdale in his work as a commercial traveller. Her brother and sisters surviving are Daniel, at Fallbrook, Mrs. Wm. Hossie of Glentay, Mrs. James Munro of Scotch Line, Mrs. Robt. Burris of Perth, Mrs. And. Palmer of Regina, and Mrs. Jno. McGee, Seattle, Wash.
Leaving her old Lanark home, where she had spent so many happy years, was a reluctant step, and nothing pleased her so much in her new home in Kingston, as when some Lanark friend of the old days would drop in. Mrs. Campbell was the soul of kindness. Hers was a helping hand. She had sympathy for sorrow, cheer for sadness, and encouragement for despondency. And her home reflected the character of her personality, where no person could enter and come away unprofitted by her gentle and kind companionship. Tomorrow the body will be laid away in the village cemetery.
The Lanark Era, Wednesday, October 2, 1918, page 1
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1861 - 1918 (57 years)
