Thomas W. Campbell
Thomas W. Campbell died at his home seven miles south of Manning last Friday evening, July 20, 1906, at ten minutes past seven o'clock, after an illness of several weeks. The funeral service was held at the home at two o'clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. Ben Farrell of Irwin preaching the sermon, and the interment was made in the Manning Cemetery. The attendance at the service was large and the funeral procession was one of the longest ever seen in this community.

Thomas Campbell was born to John and Sarah Campbell in Guernsey, Ohio August 20, 1851. The father having died in the service of the Union army during the war of the Rebellion, the family came to Iowa in October 1865, settling in Jasper County near Colfax. Mr. Campbell moved to Shelby county in March 1882 and had since resided there. The record of his life subsequent to that time is well known to all.

December 14th 1880 he was united in marriage to Gertrude Pennington. Three children were born to the union, two of whom died infancy. The wife and one son, Colin, survive him. He also leaves to mourn their loss, five brothers and one sister: James, of Newton, Iowa; Alexander, of Botna; Willis and Colin, of near Colfax; Mrs. Jessie B. Kelly of Newton and George of Denver, Colorado. All were present at funeral except George who could not reach here in time.

A steadfast friend and neighbor, a successful farmer and businessman, a patriotic citizen has passed from our midst. Mr. Cambell was one of the makers of this community. He came here when the country was one vast stretch of prairie, unbroken by tree or dwelling, cast his lot with other men of the same courageous and energetic stamp and it is due to their untiring efforts that this community is today what it is. Being a man of keen and resourceful intellect and possessing rare business ability he foresaw in the wild prairies the future possibilities of that which we who remain are today enjoying, and by the practice of industry, sobriety and economy he did his full share in its development.

He was possessed of superior nature and a large fund of general knowledge and had the faculty of forcible expression which made him both entertaining and instructive in conversation. In social intercourse he was affable and genial and his friends deemed it a privilege to spend an hour or two in his company. He erected for himself a high standard of morality which he at all times upheld. Honesty, fair dealing and unswerving devotion to duty won for him the esteem of all who knew him, and especially of those who, as neighbors, knew him best. The large concourse of sorrowing friends who gathered about the remains for the funeral service attest this esteem and respect. Such a man is invaluable to a neighborhood for emulation and example. The warm handshake and sympathetic heart of Tom Campbell will be greatly missed by all. In his last illness his thoughts were, as at all times, largely for others than himself. All the care that loving hands and medical skill could afford was employed to the end that he might be restored to health and strength but to no avail. The bereaved wife and son upon whom the loss bears down most heavily have the heart-felt sympathy of a host of friends.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the kind friends who so kindly helped us during the illness and burial of our husband and father, Thomas Campbell, wife and child