George Elmore Campbell (Dr)

M, #4, b. 11 May 1867, d. 14 February 1940
Father*Frederick Elmore Campbell (twin) b. 11 Aug 1836, d. 19 Jan 1905
Mother*Cornelia Miller b. 2 Mar 1839, d. 7 Nov 1918
ChartsPedigree - Jane's father Leon George Campbell
John Campbell (Rev) (Immigrant 1717)
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Birth*11 May 1867 George Elmore Campbell (Dr) was born on 11 May 1867 at Columbus, Columbia Co., Wisconsin.1 
(InHomeOf) Census18701870 He appeared on the 1920 census in the household of Frederick Elmore Campbell (twin), pg 145 #55-55, Haverhill Twnshp (Rochester PO), Olmsted Co., Minnesota. His info on the census included - Campbell, George 3 b.WI. 
(InHomeOf) Census18801880 George Elmore Campbell (Dr) appeared on the 1880 census in the household of Frederick Elmore Campbell (twin), ED 286 pg 20d #169-171, St Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota. His info on the census included - Campbell, George 13 b.WI. 
Hobbies* One of his biggest hobbies was horticulture and he loved experiment with things. Once he took a new lemon tree and grafted an orange and a grapefruit to it. When I was a young child, he told me to pick a lemon as well as an orange and grapefruit from it which I did many times over the years. His passion was in his garden and it was one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. 
Marriage*17 October 1887 George Elmore Campbell (Dr) married Alta Evalina Vine, daughter of William Vine and Phoebe Ann Hopkins, on 17 October 1887.1 
Education George Elmore Campbell (Dr) was educated; 1895 graduated from medical school at Univ of MN, and in June 1896 in Hennepin Co, was licensed to practice in the state. 1898 & 1900 did postgrad work at Univ of Chicago. 
Residence1896 He lived in 1896; moved to Wykoff, Fillmore, MN. 
Residence1902 He and Alta Evalina Vine lived in 1902; moved to Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA. 
Census1910*16 April 1910 George Elmore Campbell (Dr) appeared on the 1910 census as the head of household, Ward 1, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California, 797 Summit Ave, George age 42; Alta age 42, marr 21 years, 3 children, 2 living; Leon age 17, Avis age 12.2 
Death*14 February 1940 He died on 14 February 1940 at Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 72; Death certificate says his father is Fredrick Campbell born Brattleboro VT and mother Cornelia Miller born VT. The informant was Leon G Campbell, and his last residence was 504 S Catalina, Pasadena CA.1,3 
Burial* He was buried at Mt View Cemetery, Altadena, Los Angeles Co., California. 
Obituary His obituary was An article with photo (caption Mourned In City - Dr George E Campbell Succumbs to Sudden Illness) rather than regular obit.
     Death Takes Prominent Physician - Dr George Campbell Stricken Suddenly - On Staff of Two Hospitals - Services to Be Held Friday Afternoon.
     Dr George E Campbell, 504 South Catalina Avenue, a prominent Pasadena physician ever since he moved here from Minnesota in 1902, died early today. He was 72 years old.
     Previously in apparent good health, Dr Campbell was stricken ill last night and survived but a few hours. His death is a sad shock to his family, many friends and fellow members of the medical profession.
     Born in Wisconsin
     Dr Campbell was born in Columbus (sic, should be Columbia) Wis. May 1, 1867, but as a child moved with his parents to Minnestoa, where he grew up. He was graduated from the University of Minnesota in the Class of 1895. He married Miss Alta E Vine of Elmira, Minn., and they established their home in Rochester, Minn. Dr Campbell practiced medicine there for many years, before coming to Pasadena. In 1937 Dr and Mrs Campbell celebrated their Golden Wedding.
     He was a man devoted to his family, to his profession. About his only hobby was the culture of flowers, of which he was very fond.
     Dr Campbell was on the staffs of both Huntington Memorial Hospital and St Luke Hospital. In private life he was a member of the Mason, Elks, and Knights of Pythias. For many years he had been a member of the board of directors of the Pasadena Historical Society.
     Survivors Listed
     Surviving are the widow, Mrs Alta Campbell; one daughter, Mrs Barnett Atkinson, and one son, Dr Leon G Campbell, who, also, is a physician. Another daughter Nilva, died years ago. The doctor is also survived by three grandchildren, Jane and Patricia Campbell, and Leon George Campbell Jr. Other relatives mourning Dr Campbell's passing are a nephew, Dr Stanley A Vine of this city; his sister-in-law, Mrs Nellie A Smith, and Mr and Mrs Rodney Feelyater, cousins, who live in Long Beach.
     Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 4 o-clock, at the chapel of the Ives & Warren Company. Dr James Leishman of Pasadena Presbyterian Church will conduct the service.4 
Biography He was biography He had a couple of bios. This in an extract from the Pasadena Community Book. Eventually, both entire bios needs to be put in.
     "In connection with the family history, it is interesting to note that Dr Daniel Campbell, a very eminent physician and surgeon of Vermont is an ancestor of Dr George E Campbell. [sic, actually a cousin, not ancestor].
     "After completing his elementary education in the schools of Rochester and St Charles, Minnesota, the future Dr Campbell entered the University of Minnesota, where he graduated in medicine in 1895, having been a classmate of the late Dr Charles Mayo with whom he maintained a life long acquaintance.
     "Dr Campbell practiced for seven years at Wykoff [Fillmore Co] Minnesota, where he also operated a private hospital. It was in 1902 that he came to Pasadena...".
     The other bio is from the unknown book and reads:
George Elmore Campbell, who was to be for six years a representative physician of Fillmore County, was born on May 11, 1867, in Columbus, Wisconsin, the son of Frederick E. Campbell and Cornelia Miller. Both of them natives of Vermont, F. E. Campbell was born in Putney and Cornelia Miller, in Westminster West, Vermont. It has been said by one of her grandchildren that Mrs. Campbell belonged to a family of fourteen children, all of whom “had the wanderlust”; a brother, a true pioneer, who had left home who had left for the West before she was born, first became known to her decades later in California, where he was the owner of a large orange grove. Mr and Mrs Campbell had two children, George and Henry, who died in 1868.
     When George E. Campbell was a child of school age the family removed to Rochester, Minnesota, where they remained for many years. Here the boy grew up, numbering among the youths of his acquaintance Charles H. Mayo and William J. Mayo, Frank B. Kellogg and John Willis Baer, and here and in St. Charles continued his education, completing a high school course and receiving business training. In October, 1887, he was married to Alta E. Vine, of Viola Minnesota, a native of Dunn County, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Mr. And Mrs. William Vine, who were early settlers of Olmstead County. For several years Mr and Mrs Campbell made their home in Rochester.
     Belonging to a family which through many members were identified with the medical profession, (Dr. Daniel Campbell was one of Vermont’s most eminent surgeons), George Campbell was inclined to the study of medicine. For a time his medical work was postponed because his father, who had acquired a large tract of land, was anxious that he should try farming. He did as his father wished, but after a few years decided to become a physician; in 1895 he was graduated from the medical school of the University of Minnesota and in June of 1896, in Hennepin County, was licensed to practice medicine in the state.
     In 1896 Dr. Campbell moved with his family to Wykoff, in Fillmore Township, Fillmore County, where he applied himself with energy and intelligence to the practice of his profession. In this period, as throughout his life, he was progressive, both in professional and in civic activities. He
identified himself with medical societies, local, county, state and national, read extensively and began early by travel and postgraduate study at home, and later abroad, to increase and improve his knowledge. In 1889, and again, in 1900 he did postgraduate work at the Medical
School of the University of Chicago, paying special attention to general surgery and diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. During his absence in 1900 Dr, Wendell B. Grinnell, newly graduated from the University of Chicago, carried on his practice for him; Dr. Grinnell later settled in Preston. Dr. Campbell while in Wykoff founded and for six years managed successfully his own excellent hospital. When he removed from the village, the hospital was taken over by Dr. Claud W. Woodruff who, shortly after graduation from Rush Medical School in June 1901, had joined him in practice; four years later Dr. Woodruff left Wykoff for Chatsfield. Dr. Grinnell and Dr. Woodruff, both of whom have remained in Fillmore County, were two of the many younger physicians who were associated with Dr. Campbell at different periods of time in his long professional career.
     His arduous life as a country doctor began to affect his health adversely, and in the autumn of 1902 Dr. Campbell removed permanently with his family to Pasadena, California. In 1899, at the suggestion of his father, who had spent several winters on the Pacific coast, he obtained a licence to practice medicine in California. Since 1900 he had been licensed in Wisconsin also. At the time he left Wycoff he was serving a term of two years as coroner of Fillmore County.
     In California Dr. Campbell continued in professional and civic life, practicing medicine, working in the local and state medical associations and supporting enterprises for the betterment of the community. He was a member of the staff of the Huntington Memorial Hospital and of St. Luke’s Hospital, was active in various fraternal orders, a member and supporter of the Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Board of the Pasadena Historical Society. His busy life left little time for hobbies as such. In the society of his family, to whom he was devoted, and in raising flowers in his beautiful garden, he had his greatest enjoyment and recreation. Mention may be made here of one of the numerous evidences of his sympathetic and generous nature, and that is the financial aid, known only after his death, which he gave to the poor, especially to those of his patients who were in need.
     Dr. and Mrs. Campbell had three children. The eldest daughter, Nilva, died in Pasadena in 1905; the daughter, Avis, was married to Barnett Atkinson; the son, Dr. Leon G. Campbell, followed his father worthily in the medical profession. The Campbell grandchildren are Margaret Jane, Patricia Ann (sic, actually Patricia Lee) and Leon George, Jr.
     Dr. George E. Campbell was fortunate in being able to carry on his work to the end of his life; he died suddenly on February 14, 1940, from coronary thrombosis after a busy day spent at the office and making hospital rounds. Mrs. Campbell survived, with the son and daughter, and in 1943 continued to reside in the family home in Pasadena
     Temperate, ethical, kindly, a fine citizen, Dr. Campbell held the respect and esteem of his medical colleagues as a capable physician and surgeon of the older school, and the love and trust of his patients as a family friend and physician.5,6 

Family

Alta Evalina Vine b. 28 Jan 1868, d. 22 Aug 1962
Marriage*17 October 1887 He married Alta Evalina Vine, daughter of William Vine and Phoebe Ann Hopkins, on 17 October 1887.1 
Children
Last Edited18 Dec 2008

Citations

  1. [S61] Campbell Family Bible (The English Version of the Polyglott Bible), Pasadena CA in possession (2009) of Jane C Wells, Fessenden & Co.: Brattleboro, 1836, My Evd # 61.
  2. [S66] 1910 US Census, My Evd # 66.
  3. [S85] Death record of George E Campbell, My Evd # 85.
  4. [S81] Collection of obituaries, one for sure from Pasadena Star News, balance probably from that paper as well., My Evd # 81.
  5. [S62] Pages 45-47 of unknown book which seems to be a local history of some sort, possibly of doctors in Los Angeles county CA, My Evd # 62.
  6. [S67] Pasadena Community Book, William Blair, Arthur H. Cawston: Pasadena CA, 536+, My Evd # 67.