Hunt, Herbert and Floyd C. Kaylor.  Washington: West of the Cascades.  Vol. III.
Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917.  p.592-93.

CAMPBELL, R.H., M.D.

Dr. R. H. Campbell, engaged in the practice of medicine at Vader, has made his
home in Washington since July, 1908, removing to the west from Boston,
Massachusetts.  He was born in Nova Scotia in 1869 and acquired his early
education in the schools of that country.  When a young man of twenty-three, on
in 1892, he crossed the border into the United States and was connected with the
hotel business in the coast towns of Massachusetts until he took up the study of
medicine, entering the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Boston, from which
he was graduated.  He then opened an office in that city and began practice, but
in July, 1908, attracted by the opportunities of the growing west, he came to
Washington and opened an office in Vader, where he has since successfully
followed his profession.  He has made rapid progress in his chosen field and in
addition to a large private practice he has served as health officer.  He is
likewise the owner of a drug store in the town, erected the postoffice building
and is the owner of considerable other Vader property. In 1911 he became one of
the organizers of the Little Falls State Bank at Vader, which was incorporated
and capitalized for ten thousand dollars, with W. R. Dilly as the first
president.  He was succeeded by George O. Wade, who occupied that position until
his deather, when Dr. Campbell was elected to the presidency in 1915 and has
since been in that position.  A general banking business is conducted and the
business judgement and enterprise of Dr. Campbell contributes in no small
measure to the success of the institution. At the same time he remains a very
active representative of the medical profession and is district surgeon for the
Oregon & Washington Railroad and also for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
	On the 24th of December, 1902, Dr. Campbell was married to Miss Jessie C.
Kennedy, who was born in Nova Scotia, and they have two children, Donald and
Robert, aged respectively seven and five years.  Dr. Campbell is a Master Mason
and an Odd Fellow, while politically he is a republican.  He is actuated by a
spirit of progress in all tha the does and has made steady advance in his
profession and in business circles, while his efforts have also contributed to
the upbuilding of the district in which he lives.

Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen

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