Bates County Articles
Aunt Dallie Campbell - Butler Woman to Reach
Century Mark June 18
Butler Democrat, 17 June 1965
Aunt Dallie Campbell clutched a handful of greeting cards she had
just received in the he morning mail last Friday when the Democrat called on her for an interview
and photograph. Already she had begun receiving congratulatory messages from friends well in
advance of her 100th birthday anniversary which is Friday, June 18, and it was easy to see that
she was very proud and happy. Seated in a rocking chair at her home at 201 south Delaware street
in Butler, Aunt Dallie was attired in a print dress and immaculately groomed, thanks to the
assistance of Mrs. Pearl Knight, a next door neighbor OLDEST BATES COUNTIAN. "I guess I'm
the oldest person in Bates county," she said. "You know I'll be 100 next Friday" This
claim to longevity seems to be undisputed, for Aunt Dallie has won this title at the Old Settlers
Reunion for the past several years. Mrs. Campbell (Susan Alice) and her twin brother,
John Sherman Harbert, were born June 18, 1865 to Mr. and Mrs. James Harbert while enroute to Johnstown
community in northeastern Bates county from Calhoun, Mo. The Harbert's were one of the pioneer
families of this section of the state. Much of their history was detailed in Mrs. Reva Stubblefield's
Bates County Museum column which appeared in last week's edition of the Democrat.
Aunt Dallie said she had lived all but three weeks of her life in Bates county, and had resided
at her present home since 1942. She married Al Campbell in 1917, but he died about
ten years later. The couple had no children. Her twin brother has been dead for over twenty years.
REMARKABLY AGILE "I want you to tell them how good I can get around, "Aunt Dallie
boasted, as she gingerly arose from her chair and walked the full length of the room " I don't
have an ache or a pain," she commented, "and I eat well and sleep well." Although her sight
and hearing have failed, she is in remarkably good shape for a 100-year old woman. Mrs. Campbell
has a niece and nephew in Butler, Mrs. A.B. Cummings and Jake Harbert. Another nephew,
Bill Harbert lives in Independence, MO. Two other nieces, Mrs. Will Hanson and Miss Allie
Harbert, reside in Altoona, Kansas. Some of the nearby relatives and neighbors look
in on Aunt Dallie every day to see about her meals and other needs.
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Adrian Journal, 5 July 2008
Former Altona resident donates cemetery sign.
Those not native to the Adrian area can now find the Crescent Hill Cemetery a
lot easier, thanks to Butler resident, Carl Shubert.
Shubert, who was raised in the Altona area and who left there in 1948, recently
returned to Bates County. He has many relatives who are now buried in the
Crescent Hill Cemetery and it was after a recent funeral that he decided to
donate a sign to point the way to the cemetery, from Route AA.
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