Norman Angus Campbell
1863-1935
Daddy was not a great talker but he had the patience of Job
when it came to listening. He would listen an hour or two to any
of his friends who came to talk. I knew him well enough to know that he
was not really interested in some of the conversations. But
everybody was his friend - even those who shut up his cows! He just never did say
or do anything to anyone that was harmful to them.
I know from looking
over his books and papers that he had a lot
of girl friends when he was a young single man, too.
I am going to include a letter here that I
especially loved, because I knew the lady who wrote it when she was old.
It was written from Wilkesville, N.C. on October 19th, 1893.
Dear Norman,
Dear Friend, thinking about you all I concluded to write you a few lines.
This leaves me well and all the rest. Hoping you all the same. I have nothing interesting
to write. I don't see why some of you don't come to see us. We looked for
you and your ma all last winter. It was all in vain. You don't
know how bad I want to see you all. I am homesick dreadful bad and would rather
go to old Marks Creek than anywhere else in the world. We heard Mr. TERRY
was dead and Mrs. Addie PATE. I am so sorry to hear of their deaths.
There was a very sad death in this neighborhood last night. Mr. James
PURCELL, a prominent young man, aged about 27 years, was under
the influence of liquor and him and a negroe had a fuss. The negroe
cut him in two places in the side. The doctor sewed him up, but they
were deadly wounds. It is certainly a bad thing. The negroe is gone. Mr. John
WILKES stayed with Willie night before last on his way to Presbytery. I had
a letter from Mary Jane CAMERON last Monday. I saw Dunk Cameron in
Maxton last week. He looks natural as old wheat. Well, Norman I like to
live down here splendid. There is lots of young
folks down here. I had an invitation to go to a sociable party last week, but did not
go. It was about eight miles away. I wish you could have been down here
last night. There was two pretty boys here. Stayed until bedtime. There is school
going on down here now. Mr. RUSSELL is teaching. We have spelling match
every Thursday night, prayer meeting Saturday night, Sunday School
Sunday evening. Have you got Sunday School at the church now? Please write to me
and give me all the news - How all our people is getting on, also Mrs. Terry,
Mr. Wilkes, Mr. McDUFFIE and all my friends. I have written to Mrs. CAMPBELL last winter but never
heard from her. Anxiously awaiting for an early reply I remain your friend,
Mary McLEAN
Tell Mr. FINLAYSON howdy for me. Tell him
I have not forgotten him. I want to see him worse than I ever did. Give my love to Mrs. Mary. Kiss
your ma for me. Tell her she ought not to let Effie cut her out
of Eli [TERRY]. I'm sorry she cut me out. My love and best wishes to you all.
Lizzie is going over in Richmond visiting Mrs. JOHNSON this week. I don't
know when I'll get to see you all, this winter if I live. You and your Ma come.
(CAMPBELL AT THE HEAD OF MARKS CREEK - Richmond Co., NC by Mary Campbell Chappell.)
Norman Campbell of Marks Creek Church on list of Delegates to the Presbyterian Synod
Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina), Thursday, October 24, 1895
A REMARKABLE FINE BODY OF CLERGY AND LAYMEN IN ATTENDANCE
The Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina is in session in this city. Fayetteville
welcomes the two hundred visiting ministers and laymen of this grand and Scotch
church, who gathered here for the work of the church in North Carolina on Tuesday night. (additional)
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