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Hugh Campbell died Sunday Night
Funeral service 10 o’clock in the chapel of the Ve[?]
Presbyterian Church, Taylor Avenue and Westminister Place,
St. Louis
Lived at 1508 Locust Street . Was 83
Hugh and Hazlett K. were the sons of Robert Campbell, born
in the north of Ireland in 1834 and who came to St Louis in 1804,
three years after Missouri became a state. Those were
the days when St Louis was the outfitting post for the
wagon trains which went into the pioneer West.
Robert Campbell went into the Rocky Mountain region as a
partner of Wm L. Sublette, famous frontiersman in
the fur business and trading with the Indians. The
two established the store of Sublette and Campbell in
St Louis in 1835, and dealt in pioneers’ supplies
through the California gold rush days until
Civil War times.
The Campbells lived at Fifth and Elm[?] Street in
the 40s and 50s with the sons, Hugh, Hazlett and
James Alexander , who died in 1890] were born. Robt.
Campbell died in 1879 and his widow 3 years later.
His estate was left in trust for his sons.
When James died in 1890 he left $400,000
estate to Hugh, and Hugh also succeeded him as Hazlett’s
trustee. At that time Hazlett’s estate was worth $450,000.
The most recent report to the Probate Court showed Hazlett’s
estate worth $1,417,198. The St Louis [?]
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The Probate Court (St. Louis?) declared Hazlett K. Campbell
73 years old of 1508 Locust St. of unsound mind
and incapable of managing his affairs.
The guardianship action was the first move of a
group of relatives who anticipate that Hazlett Campbell’s
estate, valued at $ 1 400 000 will go legally to them
after his death. The motion was filed by Otey[?]
McClellan, a young New York lawyer, who is a
grandson of the late Mrs Bettie Otey[?] Anderson a
cousin of Campbell. Hugh Campbell, Hazlett’s
brother, who died last month, leaving the income of his
$2 000 000 estate to Hazlett for life, and the bulk of the
estate to Yale University provided in his will that Mrs
Anderson’s heirs should leave the household furniture
and the old Locust street dwelling after Hazlett’s death.
Witnesses examined were August H. Meyer and
Mary Boerste employed in the household for 30 and 25
years respectively, and Dr. H.L. Montague, the household
physician for 20 years.
McClellan, the petitioner for appointment of the Guardian,
was represented in court by Attorney John S. Leahy. Everett
Paul Griffin appeared as attorney for Hazlett Campbell.
Allen C. Corrick,, co-trustee with the ST Louis Union
Trust Co. for the invalid’s property, was also in court.
They made no active opposition of the motion of a
guardian, but cross-questioned the witnesses.
Leahy suggested the appointment of former Judge
English for guardian. Corrick asked whether all the
interested relatives had agreed to English, and Judge
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Holtcamp deferred the appointment saying that he “understood
there would be litigation” over the property and that he
wished to name a neutral person as guardian.
Hazlett Campbell’s estate, at the time of a report at the
Probate Court in 1926 consisted largely of liberty bonds,
of which $1,342,000, were listed.
Hugh Campbell left $30000 each to Meyer & Boerate
for their faithful care of his brother.
Jas A. Campbell had been a member of the 1882
Clan at Yale.
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Meyer in giving evidence said he had known Hazlett
Campbell some 30 years and had been employed by
Hugh Campbell to take care of him.
Transcribed by Brian McCrory
