- 88 yrs 10 mos.
Son of Peter Campbell.
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Perth Citizen Dead
The Late John Gray Campbell, Aged 89
Father Of John Campbell and Mrs. John Macgillivray, Kingston - A Sketch Of His Career
Perth Courier -
On Monday last, 16th inst., John Gray Campbell, of this town, passed through the portals of death to the great beyond, after having lived many years beyond the time the great Hebrew ruler and moralist assigned to man as his stay upon this earth. Born in the year 1826, in October, he had finished nearly his eighty-ninth year when the final call came. He was a son of Peter or Patrick Campbell, who came from the historic Glen Lyon district in Perthshire Scottish Highlands, and settled, with the township, pioneers, on the 6th concession of Bathurst, where he died and where deceased was born. The grandfather, John Campbell, was the leader of the family in this immigration, but he died ery early after his arrival, in 1818. His mother, whose maiden name was Ann Gray, came from Bannfshire, Scotland, and was a sister of the late Robert and George Gray, once well-known in Bathurst. All the family, on both branches, were sturdy Presbyterians, and were staunch Liberals ?..
?.. In 1852 he was married to Miss Helen Murdock, daughter of the late Mr. A.W. Murdock, of Playfairville, and Lanark, Inspector of Public Schools in Lanark County, who survives him. Their children are: Alex. B., Edmonton, Alberta; John M., Kingston; Lorne, Nelson, B.C.; Alma (Mrs. A.B. Rudd), town; Eva (Mrs. W.T. Walker), town; Mary, (Mrs. Jas. Murns [s/b Burns]), Galt; and Annie, (Mrs. John M. Macgillivray), Kingston. The eldest son Peter was drowned in the winter of 1866 while skating on the Fall river. Of the many brothers and sisters, three survive; Alexander, Florida; Mary (Mrs. McArthur) Seattle, Wash.; Catharine, New York City.
The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon to Elmwood cemetery.
For the full article, see: The Weekly British Whig, Monday, August 23, 1915, page 7
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1826 - 1915 (88 years)
