I.R. Feb. 20, 1868 – MISS EMMA CAMPBELL, daughter of John Campbell, Esq., of this city is teaching the freedmen at Atlanta, Georgia. She volunteered some time ago under the auspices of the Freedman’s Commission.
I.R. March 12, 1868 – (For the Register) THE FREED PEOPLE – Notice was given last Sabbath in the churches for a collection of old clothing, and such things as the destitute freed people of the South need. Those people are chiefly women and children and infirm persons that have no way of earning a living.
This state of affairs arises from the unsettled condition of the country, and those poor people must be helped or thousands of them will perish. That their case is most deplorable we learn from various sources, but especially from our excellent lady friend, Miss Emma Campbell, of this place, who volunteered to visit those poor people and who is now there trying to do them good.
Let the articles be left with Miss Maria Woodrow, on Fifth Street, or Mr. Henry Wilson on Second street, or the undersigned on Fifth street. J. H. Creighton.
Ironton Register – 24 Jul 1884 – DEATH of MISS EMMA CAMPBELL – At eight o’clock, this Wednesday morning, Emma Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, breathed her last. She had been an invalid for a long time, and for the past year and a half, she has been kept to her bed most all the time.
For months, she knew that her sickness would have a fatal ending, sooner or later, but in all that period she seemed patient and thoughtful and talked of her coming death in words of Christian resignation. Sometime before her death, she joined the church and spoke hopefully of the future beyond. The last days of her sickness were painless, and she quietly passed away.
The funeral will take place at the residence at 4 o’clock, Friday, with Rev. Bradley officiating. The writer of these lines was an old schoolmate of the deceased and bears warm testimony to her many virtues. She was a young lady of strong intellectual talents, brightened by arduous study and travel.
Soon after the close of the war, she went South to teach the freedmen, and during her work there, she wrote several letters to the REGISTER, which, we remember, as some of the finest we ever saw.
They were full of geniality, kindly aspirations, and love for her duties among the freedmen. When these duties closed, she traveled, studied art and elocution, and many a young lady and gentleman in this town remembers her kindly assistance to them in this line. With all her strength of mind and exalted taste, she was a lady of great modesty and purity of motives. We join with the family in the great sorrow that has overtaken them.
Ironton Register – 22 Jan 1885 – Will of Emma Campbell admitted to probate. it gives the income arising from her estate (shares in Hecla and Kentucky Iron & Coal Co.) to her mother and sister Clara equally, and when they die the property goes to the children of Mrs. Wm. Means.
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