Campbell M. Vanderpool
Aug. 30, 1927; Oregonian, p 13
"Vanderpool Rites Held"

   Funeral services for Campbell M. Vanderpool, 93, Benton county veteran of the Indian wars of 1855 and 1856, and a resident of Benton county 75 years, were held Sunday at Albany and the body was brought here yesterday for cremation. Mr. Vanderpool died at his home at Wells station.

   Ray county, Missouri, was Mr. Vanderpool's birthplace on the border line between Benton and Polk counties, where he resided ever since except during brief visits to eastern states. He spent all his active life, except during the Indian wars, as a farmer and stockman.

   Governor Stevens of Washington called upon Governor Curry of Oregon for 50 men for the Indian wars. Mr. Vanderpool was one of the 50 to volunteer. After being with a party of whites surrounded 14 days on the site of the present town of Huntington, Mr. Vanderpool was wounded and crippled. Relief for the whites came from Pendleton.

   At Fort Hoskins in Kings valley, Mr. Vanderpool married Louise Patterson in 1860. Five of their six children survive. They are George W. Vanderpool, Winthrop, Wash.; David H. Moscow, Idaho; Abraham L. and John F., Vancouver, Wash.; Joseph W., Oakland, Cal.

   Mr. Vanderpool married again in 1884. The bride was Mrs. Catherine McClure. Mrs. McClure's children, Mrs. Nettie Walker of Calgary, Canada, and Clyde E. McClure of Phoenix, Ariz., also survive. Mr. Vanderpool also leaves a half sister, Mrs. Martha E. Gulliford of Eugene, and a half brother, Medders W. Vanderpool, Hubbard, Or. There are 22 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.