10/09/2026
William C. Campbell was principal of the South River public schools from 1887 until his death in October 1909. Twenty years after he died, Campbell School opened for the 1929-1930 school year.
The photograph of Campbell and his fellow teachers was taken on November 7, 1900, at the school on Thomas Street, then the only public school in the borough.
Bottom row: Miss Sarah T.M. Brown, Professor William Campbell, and Miss Mary Stadler;
Center row: Miss Lillian Van Dorn, Jesse Selover, and Elmer Eulner;
Top row: Miss Mae Bogan and Miss Lillian Donnell.
[Photograph donated by Brian Armstrong.]
The news clippings are a little hard to read, but they provide some interesting, if not entirely accurate, history. We're told, for example, that Campbell was born in Ireland, not Scotland. The clippings were provided by Campbell's great grand niece Mary Jane Jenkins Yaede.
