CAMPBELL, ROSS TURNER
Ross Turner Campbell, president of Sterling College, was born in Clifton, Ohio, December 1, 1863, the son of William
Alexander and Mary Ann (Turner) Campbell. The father, a clergyman and ardent prohibitionist, was born in Quarryville,
Pennsylvania, November 26, 1829. He died February 24, 1914. His Scotch-Irish ancestors came to America in 1790.
Mary Ann Turner was born in Oxford, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1830, and died October 24, 1902. She was a teacher
both before and after her marriage. She was Scotch - Irish ancestry.
Educated in the elementary schools of Clifton, Ohio, until 1877, Ross Turner Campbell attended the Academy of Westminster
College. He received his Master's degree in 1903 and the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1904. In 1891 he was graduated
from Xenia Theological Seminary, Xenia, Ohio.
On July 21, 1892, he was married to Margaret Swartwood of Oakmont, Pennsylvania. She was born in Nichols, New York,
June 10, 1866, the daughter of George Harrison and Maria (Lambert) Swartwood. She was a teacher before her marriage.
There are three children,k Helen S., born June 4, 1893, who married J. Wray Henry; Ross T., Jr., October 31, 1896,
who married Beneda Monroe; and John W., August 15, 1904, who married Ruby Grumbein. All are teaching.
Dr. Campbell served as pastor of the Hanover United Presbyterian Church at Hanover, Illinois, from 1892 until 1894,
and the following ten years was principal of Pawnee Academy at Pawnee City, Nebraska. He moved to College Springs,
Iowa, in 1904 to come president of Amity College, and in 1910 came to Sterling College as its president. He is
the author of Outlines of Old Testament History (1910) and Class-room Lectures on the Apostle's Creed (1930).
During the summer of 1930 Dr. Campbell made a trip abroad under the direction of The Travel Institute of Bible
Research of New York. The main object of this trip was to tour Palestine. Sixteen foreign countries were visited
and members of the party took in the Passion Play and the Mediterranean cruise. Three mounts were devoted to the
trip. Dr. Campbell spent a week in Scotland visiting his cousins and viewing the country of his ancestors.
Among his memberships are the United Presbyterian Church, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Chamber of
Commerce, the Lions Club, and Pi Kappa Delta. He is eligible to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution.
His side line is delivering addresses and lecturing on the Bible.
Dr. Campbell was for some six years Bible man on the Redpath Chautauqua circuit. He has three times been Bible
instructor at the New Wilmington (Prennsylvania) Missionary Conference, and twice on the program of the National
Young Peoples Convention of the United Presbyterian Church. He devotes one month each year to this work. He has
since reaching maturity, delivered more than one hundred and fifty commencement addresses. Residence: Sterling.
(Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 195)
GLEADALL, RUTH EMMA
Ruth Emma Gleadall, educator was born in Mercer County, Missouri, August 10, 1858, daughter of Anderson and Margaret
(Swope) Thomas. Her father, a native of Kentucky was born February 22, 1822 and died near Virginia, Illinois, March
9, 1902. He was a farmer of English and Scotch extraction, his parents born in America. Her mother, Margaret Swope,
was born in Tennessee, January 22, 1825, and died at Chandlerville, Illinois, January 8, 1879. She was of Irish
ancestry.
Ruth Emma Thomas attended rural school in Illinois and was a student at Chandlerville, Illinois High School. In
1878 she left Chandlerville to come to Kansas with her oldest brother William, they came overland in a covered
wagon and locateda bout 5 miles northeast of Lyons.
Upon their arrival they made their home with another brother, Henry. However, after a few months William returned
to Illinois but Mrs. Gleadall remained. Among her most prized possessions is her first certificate to teach, pressed
to her by J. FK. Farrer, the county superintendent in Rice County in 1880. She afterwards attended Kansas State
Teachers College at Emporia, the University of Chicago, and the University of Boulder Colorado, where she specialized
in kindergarten work since 1902, and has been a kindergarten teacher in the Sterling public schools, a period of
thirty years.
On September 2, 1886, she was married to Joseph T. Gledall at Lyons, Kansas. He died March 10, 1910, at Sterling.
Mrs. Gleadall has been an active worker in the Sunday School of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a member
of the Foreign and Home Missionary Society. She is also an active Junior League worker, and was superintendent
of the primary and beginners classes for 15 years. For four years she was district superintendent of Junior League
work.
She is a member of the Parent Teachers Association, the Kansas State Teachers Association, the Business and Professional
Womens Club, and the Mutual Improvement Society. Her hobbies are fancy work and the cultivation of flowers. Residence:
Sterling. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 442)
GUTTERY, MARIE EVELYN
Marie Evelyn Guttery, fraternal and religious worker and writer was born in Centerville, Indiana, daughter of Marion
Jasper and Sara Elizabeth (Elliott) Barr. Her father was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, March 27, 1844, and died
at Sterling, Kansas, April 29, 1919. The mother was born at Richmond, Indiana, April 23, 1850, and died in Sterling,
March 15, 1915.
On December 1, 1919, Marie Evelyn Barr was married to Charles M. Guttery at Sterling. He was born at Blue Mound,
Illinois, March 20, 1874, and is in the real estate and insurance business. Mrs. Guttery is the author of poems
published in the Kansas Authors Bulletin and in various newspapers and magazines. She was editor of a column in
the Lyons Daily News for three years and is the author of the poem, The Old Home Paper.
She is a member of the First Baptist Church, past noble grand in the local Rebekah Lodge and a member of the Eastern
Star. She is press chairman for the Parent Teacher's Association and for the Women's Union of the local Baptist
Church. She is a member of the Mutual Improvement Club, the Sterling Music Club, the H. D. Club, the Four Square
Writers Club of Rice County and the Kansas Authors Club of Topeka. Residence: Sterling. (Illustriana Kansas, by
Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 464)
JOHNSON, CARL OSCAR
Carl Oscar Johnson, city manager of Sterling, was born at Salina, Kansas, September 9, 1872, son of John and Christina
(Anderson) Johnson, John Johnson, who was born near Visby in Sweden, September 29, 1826, came to the United States
in 1868. He engaged in farming until his death in Mitchell County, November 5, 1906, where he had homesteaded.
His wife, Christina was born in Halmstad, Sweden, June 20, 1845 and died at Lindsborg, Kansas, April 9, 1932.
Carl Oscar Johnson attended public and high school and was graduated from commercial college at Saint Joseph, Missouri.
His education in public school was supplemented by home study and reading.
From 1922 until 1923 he was secretary of the Mitchell County Fair Association, and from 1919 until 1920 was president
and director of a building and loan association at Beloit.
A Republican, Mr. Johnson has never held a political office by election. He served as city assessor by appointment
three terms, and as city clerk from 1926 until 1929 at Beloit. He was appointed city manager of Sterling by the
city commissioners in July 1929, and is still serving in that capacity.
On January 9, 1907, he was married to Hilma Victoria Swenson at Beloit. She was born there on February 5, 1888
of Swedish parentage. Her father was born near Visby, Sweden, September 29, 1834, coming to America in 1869. The
mother was born near Nybro, Sweden, December 18, 1859. The parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were among the
very oldest settlers in Solomon Valley.
There are three children, Ralph O., born November 2, 1907, who is a salesman for Montgomery Ward & Company,
Paul E., February 9, 1909, who is a bank clerk in the First National Bank at Beloit; and Louise H. October 18,
1915, who is a student. Paul E. was married to Gladys M. Rhodes at Beloit, May 28, 1931.
At the present time Mr. Johnson is a member of the Beloit Presbyterian Church, the International City Managers
Association, the United Charities Board of Sterling, the Sterling Chamber of Commerce, and the Odd Fellows at Beloit,
which he joined February 8, 18098 and of which he has served as noble grand. His hobby is reading. Residence: Sterling.
(Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 595)
PINKERTON, JOHN CLARENCE
The Reverend John Clarence Pinkerton, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church at Sterling, was born near Fair
Haven, Ohio, September 1, 1870, son of John Riddlge and Narcissa Scroggins (Henry) Pinkerton.
His father, a farmer, whose grandfather came from the north of Ireland in 1790, was born near Fair Haven, February
27, 1830. His death occurred there on August 12, 1872. His wife, also of Scotch-Irish descent, was born at Clarksburg,
Indiana, April 1, 1837, and died at Indiana, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1925.
John Clarence Pinkerton received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University in 1897. He was graduated
from Allegheny (now Pittsburgh-Xenia) Theological Seminary I 1900 and in 1914 was awarded an honorary degree of
Doctor of Divinity from Monmouth College.
On June 2, 1900 he was married to Abigail Gilbert near Lewisville, Indiana, her birthplace. Mrs. Pinkerton who
was a teacher before marriage was born April 10, 1869. There are two children living, one deceased, John G., born
March 10, 1905, who died March 14, 1905, Helen M. May 8, 1906; and Mabel E., April 30, 1908.
Helen, who received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Muskingum College in 1928, taught English and Spanish 1928-29,
received her Master's degree from Ohio State University in 1930 and now teaches English at Sterling College. Mabel
received her Bachelor of Arts from Muskingum in 1929, and is a graduate student in English at University of Colorado.
From 1889 until 1891, Dr. Pinkerton taught district school near Richland, Indiana, and from 1892 until 1894, taught
in the city schools of Oxford, Indiana.
Ordained in June, 1900, he was pastor at Ontario, Ohio, three years and from 1903-11, served the First United Presbyterian
Church at Detroit, Michigan. He was pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church of Los Angeles from 1911 until
1919, and executive secretary of the California State Church Federation the following four years.
In 1923, he became pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church at Indiana, Pennsylvania and from 1929 until
1932 was executive of the board of administration of the United Presbyterian Church of North America. He is a member
of the Arkansas Valley Presbytery the Ministerial Allicance. Residence: Sterling. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara
Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 922)
BRIGADIER-GENERAL SAMUEL ALLEN RICE
FIRST COLONEL, THIRTY-THIRD INFANTRY
Samuel A. Rice, who received his death-wound at the battle of Jenkin's Ferry, is the most distinguished officer
our gallant State has lost in the War of the Rebellion. Sprung from the great middle class, without name or wealth,
he had, at the age of thirty-five, attained such distinction as to make his death a national calamity.
General Rice was a native of New York, and was born in Cattaraugus county of that State, the 27th of January,
1828. His boyhood was passed in Belmont county, Ohio, where his parents removed when he was young. There he gained
a common school education. The father died soon after removing to Ohio, leaving his family in limited circumstances,
and his son, Samuel, as their chief support. He, accordingly, engaged in the boating business on the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers, that promising the amplest remuneration. As a flat-boatman, he made one or more trips to New Orleans.
General Rice was liberally educated; but the expenses of his education he had to defray himself. He pursued
his preparatory course at the Athens Academy, Ohio, and in 1844 or 1845, entered Union College, New York. After
graduating there, he entered the law department of that University, where he studied for one year, and then left
for the wild West—for so Iowa was regarded, at that day, in the Eastern and Middle States.
The history of General Rice is widely known in our commonwealth; for he was one of our most prominent public
men. He first settled in Fail-field, Jefferson county, where he practiced his profession, and occasionally assisted
in the editorial department of the whig newspaper of that place. But in the tall of 1851, he removed to Oskaloosa,
at which place his family still reside. His first public office was that of prosecuting attorney of his county.
Naturally excelling as a criminal lawyer, he attracted general attention by the able manner in which he discharged
the duties of his office; and it was this which secured him the nomination in 1856, to the office of attorney-general
of the State. In 1856, and again in 1858, he was elected to the last named office; and at the close of his last
term, he had established a reputation that placed his name among the foremost lawyers of the State, and, I might
add, among the foremost of our public men. I do not speak of him in extravagant terms. The attention and deference
that were paid to his arguments before the Supreme Court, would have flattered an attorney of the greatest experience,
and the most extensive practice; and the influence which he wielded, as a leading member of the Republican Party,
was recognized by all of our most prominent men.
General Rice entered the United States service in the summer of 1862. He would have entered the army sooner;
but he could not leave his large business without pecuniary sacrifice; and, besides, he did not believe at first
that the war would be of long duration. He was commissioned colonel of the 33d Iowa Infantry, on the 10th day of
August, 1862; and late in November left with his regiment for St. Louis. Early in February, 1863, he arrived with
his command at Helena, Arkansas, the point where was organized the Yazoo Pass Expedition; and the first important
services of the 33d Iowa were in clearing this Pass of obstructions, and opening it for the passage of our transports.
For nearly three weeks prior to the starting of the expedition, the regiment was engaged in this fatiguing and
dangerous work. The history of this expedition is given elsewhere.
In the long list of battles that were fought in the South West from the 27th of December, 1862, to the 4th of
July following, that of Helena, Arkansas, ranks high in point of importance, not simply because Helena with all
its government property was saved from capture; but because the spirit of our troops caused the rebels, on the
west side of the Mississippi, to despair of ever re-possessing their lost country. Colonel Rice had met the enemy
before in skirmishes, but the engagement at Helena was his first battle. Here his brigade saved the place from
capture, and his gallantry and soldierly skill made him a brigadier-general. The names of his troops deserve special
mention: the 33d Iowa and 33d Missouri, who most distinguished themselves and suffered most severely, engaged the
enemy at batteries C and D, near the Little Rock Road: the 29th and 36th Iowa regiments would have done as well
and suffered as severely, but they were stationed on the hills to the right, near batteries A and B, and were not
so severely engaged. The main attack of the enemy was made on the Little Rock road, where they staked every thing
on forcing an entrance. They captured battery C, and so far succeeded; but the raking fire they received from the
other batteries, and from the infantry and Fort Curtis, soon forced them to abandon their dearly- won prize. Our
pickets were driven in at half past three in the morning, and the fight lasted till nearly 11 A. M., when the enemy
retired precipitately. I have said his command saved Helena from capture; and I may add that his casualties amounted
to more than half the entire Union loss. It should be stated that two regiments of his command—the 33d Iowa and
33d Missouri—were, during the engagement, under the more immediate command of General Solomon.
In August, 1863, Colonel Rice was appointed a brigadier- general. He had saved General Prentiss and his command
from defeat as a colonel; as a brigadier-general, he saved General Steele's army and train from capture at Jenkin's
Ferry, on the Saline River; and, had he survived the injury he received in that engagement, he would, doubtless,
have been made a major-general.
In General Steele's march against Little Rock, which left Helena on the 10th of August, 1863, General Rice commanded
a division, and it was on this march that he received his appointment as brigadier-general. No great battles were
fought on this expedition, and no opportunities offered for special distinction. With others he is entitled to
equal credit for the success of our arms.
General Rice's coolness and bravery, and his ability as an officer were best illustrated in General Steele's
Campaign into South Western Arkansas, which resulted disastrously to our arms, and gave new hope to the rebels.
Here he held only a brigade command. Had he commanded the expedition, some have thought the result would have been
different; but this is unjust to General Steele. The loss of a brigade and wagon- train at Mark's Mills might have
been avoided; but, considering the difficulties under which General Steele labored, no one could have hoped for
entire success. That the chief credit which attaches to this movement or rather to the battle at Jenkins' Ferry,
belonged to General Rice, no one will dispute.
The expedition in question left Little Rock on the 23d of March, 1864. Between that point and Camden, the enemy
were met at Terra Noir Creek, Elkin's Ford, Prairie de Anne, and six miles north-west of Camden. The sharpest of
these engagements was that at Elkin's Ford, on the Little Missouri River. Colonel Rice, though not in command of
the forces engaged, received a scalp-wound, while riding to the front But the great battle of the campaign was
fought at Jenkins' Ferry, on the morning of the 30th of April, 1864.
On the evening of the 29th of April, the expedition had reached the Saline River, on its return to little Bock.
That same evening, General Steele's rear-guard had been attacked by the enemy, under Price and Kirby Smith; and
it was probable that on the following morning he would have to give them battle; for a pontoon-bridge must be constructed
on which to "cross, and the difficulties to be overcome were well- nigh insurmountable: these, however, have
been spoken of elsewhere.
That night was stormy and dismal, and will be long remembered by Steele's old command. The floods of falling
rain had swollen the Saline to the top of its banks, and covered the low bottom-lands bordering the river with
water. But few slept that night: in front was a swollen river; in the rear a confident enemy, and under foot mud
and water half-leg deep. Some collected piles of brush to rest on, and others passed the night on stumps and old
logs. Day-light was longed for; and yet it promised little, for all believed it would be ushered in by an attack
of the enemy. Some were cheerful, and cracked their jokes; but the great majority pulled their ponchos or blankets
tightly about them, and remained quiet: they were thinking of their homes and friends, and of the comforts they
had exchanged for these hardships.
But morning came at last, and with it the opening battle. Already General Rice's command was in line to engage
the enemy, should he advance, and to defend the crossing: they were engaged promptly. The troops of his command,
who met the first shock of battle, were the 29th Iowa on the right, the 50th Indiana in the center, and the 33d
Iowa on the left. Of the position of the other two infantry regiments of his command (the 9th and the 28th Wisconsin)
at the opening of the fight, I am unadvised. His battery (Captain Voglies') had been sent over the river. The enemy—four
to one in the first onset—advanced fairly and squarely, confident of easy victory; but they were repulsed. And
not only in this, but in each renewed assault were they repulsed; till finally, near noon, they withdrew and left
our forces in possession of the field. At about two o'clock, the last of our infantry forces crossed the river;
and after destroying the pontoon-bridge, resumed, unmolested, their march to Little Rock. We lost in this engagement
about eight hundred men. The enemy lost, according to his own estimate, nine hundred and fifty; but it is known
that his loss was greater.
That was a most gloomy hour for the Federal cause in Arkansas, and the enemy were every where jubilant over
the "prospects of peace and independence." They boasted that Steele's army was defeated and disheartened,
and that, if it escaped at all, it would do so as a disorganized rabble. They never seemed to doubt that Steele
would be compelled to abandon Little Rock, and that the entire State of Arkansas would pass again under Confederate
rule. They moved north and blockaded the Arkansas River, and threatened seriously the Little Rock Railroad. The
Government became alarmed, and sent nearly two divisions from New Orleans to Steele's assistance. Indeed, for many
months the post of Little Rock was little better than in a state of siege; and it was only after Price's reverses
in Missouri that the hopes of the Federal cause in Arkansas again rose in the ascendant. But to return.
In the enemy's last charge, and as General Rice was riding down his left wing, he received the wound which resulted
in his death. He was shot by a musket-ball "through the right foot, the ball passing under the instep, just
in front of the ankle, and driving the buckle of the spur before it."
He left Little Rock for his home in Iowa, on the 18th day of May. For a considerable time after reaching his
home, it was supposed he was convalescing; but, (I quote from the Oskaloosa " Herald") " the virus
of his wound had permeated his whole system, poisoning the vital fluids, and putting his case beyond the reach
of human aid." He died on the 6th day of August, 1864.
The night before the general's death, Judge Loughridge, of Oskaloosa, his warm and tried friend, watched by
his bed-side to assist in answering his wants, and to offer consolation to the grief-stricken family. His pain
seemed to be intense, making the night drag heavily, and, as he turned restlessly in his bed, the judge inquired:
"General, how do you feel now? Are you willing to die?" Looking up, and his eyes brightening, he replied:
"I am ready. 'Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, He is with me. His rod and His staff,
they comfort me.'"
Four years before, he had said, while pronouncing an eulogy upon our lamented Judge Stockton:
"We can but feel and realize that, like the deceased, we too must undergo that great change, allotted to
all living. When that change shall come; when the shadows of the last night shall gather around us, may we meet
it like one that draws the drapery of his couch about him, and lies down to pleasant dreams."
His prayer was realized. He died in the full possession of his mental faculties, and with the hopes of a Christian.
My admiration of the character of this noble man, I am unable to express. Few as able and deserving as he have
been sacrificed to the Moloch of Slavery. One who served long with him In the army writes thus of him:
"But above all, and overall stands the name of one, whom Iowa will be proud to own—General Samuel A. Rice.
I have never yet seen his equal, either on the field, or in the camp. * * All admit that his brigade saved the
army from defeat and consequent destruction, at the battle of Jenkins' Ferry."
Testimonials of his worth meet me on every hand, to which, I regret, I am unable to give place. His old division
has contributed funds for the erection of a monument to his memory; but his "good name will live, when monuments
of brass and stone shall have crumbled to dust."
The proceedings of the Supreme Court at Des Moines, on learning of his death, I must briefly allude to. Hon.
C. C. Nourse, the general's successor, as Attorney-General of Iowa, Hon. Thomas F. Withrow, and Hon. Chief Justice
Wright offered touching eulogies to his memory. In the course of his remarks, our honored Chief Justice said:
"I parted with him in May, as he was nearing his home, with his family and friends around him: he was reclining
on what proved to be his death-bed. I shall ever remember his face, and the sparkling expression of his flashing
eyes, as, taking me by the hand, he said: ' I shall not die: I know that I shall live—I shall live to return to
the field, and assist in crushing this most accursed rebellion.' These hopes—these high resolves were doomed to
disappointment."
After the addresses were closed, the following preamble and resolutions were entered of record:
"Whereas, General Samuel A. Rice, formerly a member of the bar of this Court, and for four years Attorney-General
of the State, died at his home in Oskaloosa on the 6th day of July, 1864, from a wound received in battle at Saline
River on the 30th day of April, 1864, and whereas, the high standing of the deceased as a member of the profession,
as well as his exalted patriotism and many personal virtues, demand a special notice of his memory upon our part;
Therefore, be it "Resolved, By the members of the bar now in attendance upon the Supreme Court:
1. "That we deeply deplore this dispensation of Divine Providence, in thus removing from our midst one
who adorned his profession, and endeared himself to us by his uniform courtesy and upright conduct.
2. "That by his death a brave and true soldier and officer has fallen in defense of his Government, a kind
father and true husband has been lost to his family, a valued citizen has been lost to the State, and an honored
and able advocate has been lost to the profession.
3. " That we will cherish in affectionate remembrance his many virtues, and request the members of the
bar to wear the usual badge of mourning during the term.
4. " That we tender to the bereaved family our sincere testimony of the worth of the deceased, and assure
them of our sympathy and condolence in their affliction.
5. "That the court be requested to have these proceedings and resolutions spread upon the records of the
court, and to furnish a certified copy of the same to the family of the deceased.
" Committee.—Jefferson F. Polk, H. 8. Winslow, William H. Seevers, C. C. Nourse."
I first met General Rice in the spring of 1857, at the Oskaloosa bar. Then, he had just been elected Attorney-General
of the State; and I scanned him closely. He was, at the time, arguing a case with Judge Seevers; and Governor Stone
was sitting upon the bench. He was dressed poorly; was unshaven, and looked to me to be below the medium in size.
I thought we never elected such men to like positions in New England. Three years later, I saw him again; when
he looked more like himself—an able and polished gentleman. The portrait here published is not a perfect likeness,
though the mild, intelligent expression of the eye is correct.
General Rice was not a man of brilliant parts. He had a large brain and a sound judgment; and hard study did
the rest. He was an able reasoner. His cast of mind was more practical than theoretical; for instance: on one occasion,
two applicants for admission to the bar presented themselves in the Oskaloosa Court. It was Governor Stone's first
term upon the bench. Judges Loughridge and Seevers and General Rice, having been appointed by the court the examining
committee, the latter approached the young men, and, taking one of them by the hand, said: "Gentlemen, you
look as though you could practice law; if you can not, you will get no business, and if you can, all right. I will
vouch for you."
The general was kind-hearted and unassuming. I never saw him without a smile upon his face, and no one could
be embarrassed in his presence. Few promised him the success he met in the service. He was as successful with the
sword, as he had been in his civil profession. He was a noble exemplar of our Free State Chivalry.
(Source: Iowa colonels and regiments: being a history of Iowa regiments in the war of ...By Addison A. Stuart
- Submitted by Barbara Ziegenmeyer)
