Viewing Ernest W. Campbell (1869-1933).

Ernest W. Campbell (1869-1933).

In 1899, Ernest Wells Campbell, a graduate of Yale Law School and a member of the Minnesota bar, was discharged from the Army after serving in the Spanish American War, began practicing law in Litchfield, and was appointed a Referee in Bankruptcy. For the next three decades he practiced law, held many public offices, was a member of numerous community organizations and boards in Litchfield, and handled bankruptcy cases in his district.

He died on January 11, 1933, at age sixty-three. In a front page obituary, The Litchfield Independent observed, "As a citizen of the community he was always ready to give his time and means to any worthy cause for the betterment of the city and county."

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