Isaac CAMPBELL was a lawyer in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a one-time member of the Manitoba legislature, and a collector of Lincolniana. 

• 1853 - Birth of Isaac CAMPBELL 19 Jun 1853 on the farm of his uncle Peter CAMPBELL [1819-1915] and aunt Isabel McLARTY [1824-1917] near Morpeth, Howard Township, Kent County, Ontario. He is the first of six children of Duncan CAMPBELL [1822-1908] and Elizabeth McDIARMID [1830-1098]. Peter, Isabel, and Elizabeth were born in Scotland. Duncan was born in the Town of Russia, Herkimer County, New York, just a few months after his and Peter's parents arrived from Scotland in 1821.
• 1858 (age 4) - Death of Isaac's sister Isabel CAMPBELL 18 Jan 1858 age 3 days. Isabell is buried in Morpeth Cemetery, Morpeth, Howard Township, Kent County, Ontario.
• 1866 (age 8) - Death of Isaac's sister Martha CAMPBELL 16 Dec 1866 age 4 years. Martha is buried in Morpeth Cemetery, Morpeth, Howard Township, Kent County, Ontario.
• 1869 (age 16) - Birth of Isaac's first cousin/my grandfather George Alexander CAMPELL 27 Jan 1869 on the farm of his parents Peter CAMPBELL [1819-1915] and Isabel McLARTY [1824-1917] near Morpeth, Howard Township, Kent County, Ontario.
• 1869 (age 16) - "New Granada: Twenty Months in the Andes" is inscribed "Isaac Campbell, Morpeth, 1869." I possess this 605-page tome today only because it somehow got into the possession of Isaac's first cousin/my Grandfather, George Alexander CAMPBELL [1869-1943]. (Isaac and George were born on the same farm near Morpeth, Ontario.)
• 1876 (age 23) - "How the [Canadian] Lion threw the [American] Eagle on the wet grass" - Toronto law student Isaac CAMPBELL writes 01 Nov 1876 to his father's first cousin Allan SMITH (age 54), a farmer in the Town of Russia, Herkimer County, New York.
• 1878 (age 25) - Isaac is admitted to the Ontario bar.
• 1882 (age 29) - Isaac moves from Ontario to Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the same year as the entire family of his uncle Peter CAMPBELL (age 63), including his cousin George Alexander CAMPBELL (age 13), moves from Ontario to Portage-La-Prairie, Manitoba.
• 1882 (age 29) - Isaac is admitted to Manitoba bar.
• c1885 (age 32) - Isaac's law partner J. Stanley Hough contributes the Hough Prize in football to the Galt Collegiate Institute (GCI) in Cambridge, Ontario.
• 1888 (age 35) - Wedding of Isaac's brother Enos Malcolm CAMPBELL and Eliza (Lizzy) McDIARMID 01 Feb 1888 in Ontario. Because Enos and Lizzy are first cousins, his parents refuse to attend the ceremony.
• 1888 (age 35) - Isaac is elected to the Manitoba legislature representing South Winnipeg.
• 1888 (age 35) - Isaac is appointed Winnipeg city solicitor, a position he occupies for 28 years (until 1916).
• 1889 (age 36) - Isaac is admitted to bar of the Northwest Territories.
• 1889 (age 36) - "Self contained character and a stern adherence to justice and truth" - Winnipeg lawyer Isaac CAMPBELL writes to his father's first cousin Allan SMITH (age 67) in the Town of Russia, New York, 17 Sep 1889 -- and describes a trip by bicycle to visit the family of his uncle Peter CAMPBELL (age 70) in Portage-La-Prairie, Manatoba. This 11-page letter bridges our family's history from upstate New York, to Ontario, to Western Canada, and to the Midwest. I think it's probably the most interesting single document which has survived from our ancestors.
• 1892 (age 39) - Death of Allen SMITH 19 Jan 1892 age 70 in the Town of Russia, Herkimer County, New York. Allen is buried in Woodin's Corner Cemetery, Town of Russia.
• 1908 (age 55) - Wedding of Isaac CAMPBELL and May Bell TAYLOR in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is wed for the first and only time. She is the widow of Donald NILES and mother of May NILES and Campbell NILES.
• 1908 (age 55) - Death of Isaac's father Duncan CAMPBELL 30 Nov 1908 in Ontario. We have a newspaper clipping about the funeral indicating that the funeral was attended by Isaac from Winnipeg and by George Alexander CAMPBELL from the US. Isaac's mother Elizabeth (Lizzie) McDIARMID Campbell dies the same year. Duncan and Lizzy are buried together in Morpeth Cemetery, Morpeth, Howard Township, Kent County, Ontario.
• 1916 (age 63) - Isaac writes to his sister Mary CAMPBELL [1860-1934] in Ontario. We have the letter (text coming soon).
• 1918 (age 65) - Isaac's first cousin George Alexander CAMPBELL (age 49) begins 20-year ministry at Union Avenue Christian Church, St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1918 (age 65) - Death of Albert MOCKMAN, a lawyer in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Isaac is a pall-bearer at the funeral.
• 1919 (age 66) - Death of Isaac's brother Enos Malcolm CAMPBELL.
• 1920 (age 67) - Military wedding of May NILES and Major Gerald Purves LOGGIE 21 Sep 1920 at St. Stephen's Broadway United Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Isaac gives away the bride. Loggie will rise to Brigadier General in the Canadian Army.
• 1921 (age 68) - Letter from Isaac to George Alexander CAMPBELL 22 Oct 1921 (coming soon).
• 1922 (age 69) - Birth & death of Amelia LOGGIE in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The first child of May NILES and Gerald Purves LOGGIE, Amelia lives only two days (28-30 Dec 1922). She is followed by three other children -- Thomas Campbell LOGGIE, Mary Elizabeth Harrison LOGGIE, and Richard Donald Purves LOGGIE -- all of whom are born in Winnipeg.
• 1924 (age 71) - Letter from Isaac to George Alexander CAMPBELL 14 Jul 1924 (coming soon).
• 1925 (age 72) - Letter from Isaac to George Alexander CAMPBELL 15 May 1925 (coming soon).
• 1928 (age 76) - George Alexander CAMPBELL visits Isaac in Winnipeg just a day or two before Isaac dies. George continues toward Seattle and learns of Isaac's death by a telegram sent to his train.
• 1929 (age 76) - Death of Isaac CAMPBELL 13 Aug 1929 at his home, 586 River Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Isaac is buried in Kildonan Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. (We have a note which May NILES Loggie wrote from Winnipeg to our Hamilton cousins on behalf of her mother just after Isaac died.)
• 1929 - Winnipeg newspapers praise Isaac in page one obituaries. (coming soon)
• 1934 - Death of Isaac's sister Mary CAMPBELL Boddy age 74. Mary and her husband L. W. BODDY never had any children. She was a prolific letter writter and is buried in Morpeth Cemetery, Morpeth, Howard Township, Kent County, Ontario.
• 1939 - Death of Isaac's sister Elizabeth (Lizzy) CAMPBELL age 69. Lizzy never married and lived in Windsor, Ontario.
• 1940 - Death of Isaac's wife May Bell TAYLOR Niles Campbell 26 Feb 1940 at her home, 207 Cockburn Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. May is buried with Isaac in Kildonan Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• 1943 - Death of Isaac's first cousin/my grandfather George Alexander CAMPELL 17 Aug 1943 age 74 at "Argyle," his summer cottage in Campell Park, Pentwater, Michigan. George is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1944 - Isaac CAMPBELL is remembered poshumously by first cousin George Alexander CAMPBELL [1869-1943] is his autobiography "Friends Are My Story" (coming soon).