CAMPBELL COUSINS CORRESPONDENCE
Marinette, Wisc.
June 16, 1923.
Dear Cousins:-
Just a word at the start to express my
appreciation to Cousin Will
Selph for this most excellent plan, worked out in detail for
the purpose of keeping in closer touch with our kin. I am sure it
will prove very successful and we will find the time between the
secretary’s reports all too long.
Having been away from you all so many years, no
doubt there are some of my second or even third Cousins who do not
remember me, much less my family, and as it has been suggested by
the secretary that we write about ourselves, it may be well at the
start to say that our family consists of
Louise
[SIZER Campbell], my wife,
Henry, who is
twenty-seven, and
William C., Jr.
now eighteen.
Henry is single and interested with me in
business. William, or "Bill" as he is called, just finished high
school this week.
Marinette, my home since I left Pennsylvania in
1883 is a little city of 14,000, situated on Green Bay and the
Menominee River, the river separating or dividing the two states of
Wisconsin and Michigan. Just across the river is the city of
Menominee of 12,000 inhabitants. Socially, the two cities are as
one, but in a business way there is much
rivalry.
Formerly lumber was the main industry, but the
last fifteen years the lumber mils have been replaced by paper
mills, novelty factories, knitting mills, glove factories, and many
smaller industries where the use of lumber goes into the
product.
The state is noted for its inland lakes, and we
have wonderful roads, so when you are looking around for a place to
spend your summer vacation, just head your car (whether it be a
Flivver or a Packard) toward Wisconsin and "Step on it". We are on
the main line and you cannot miss
us.
My family all join with me in sending their
love,
Sincerely,
COUSIN WILL C. CAMPBELL
- Report 1 - Page 34 -
(William Campbell
Family)