The Life of Selina Campbell: A Fellow Soldier in the Cause of Restoration

246 Pages·2001·14.984 MB·English

by  Loretta M. Long

The Life of Selina Campbell
RELIGION AND AMERICAN CULTURE
Series Editors
David Edwin Harrell Jr.
Wayne Flynt
Edith L. Blumhofer
THE LIFE OF
SELINA CAMPBELL
A Fellow Soldier
in the Cause
of Restoration
LORETTA M. LONG
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS
Tuscaloosa
Copyright © 2001
The University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Hardcover edition published 2001.
Paperback edition published 2013.
eBook edition published 2013.
Typeface: Sabon
Cover photograph: Selina Campbell, c. 1840s. Courtesy Archives and Special Collections,
Bethany College. Frontispiece: Selina and Alexander Campbell, while attending the annual
convention of the American Christian/Missionary Society in Cincinnati, Ohio, c. 1861.
(Courtesy of Archives and Special Collections, Bethany College)
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The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American
National Standard for Information Science–Permanence of Paper for Printed Library
Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8173-5755-9
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8173-8728-0
A previous edition of this book has been catalogued by the Library of Congress as follows:
Long, Loretta M. (Loretta Marie), 1971–
The life of Selina Campbell : a fellow soldier in the cause of restoration /
Loretta M. Long.
p. cm. — (Religion and American culture)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8173-1059-2 (cloth. : alk. paper)
1. Campbell, Selina Huntington, 1803?–1897. 2. Disciples of Christ—West Virginia—
Biography. 3. Women in Christianity—United States—History—19th century. I. Title. II.
Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
BX7343.C2 .L6 2001
286.6'092—dc21
00-011120
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available
Contents
Acknowledgments
Vll
Introduction
I
I
The Bakewell Family
25
2
The Making of a Partnership
44
3
"An Abiding Interest and Love"
101
4
"Usefulness in a Wilderness"
132
Epilogue
187
Notes
201
Bibliography
225
Index
231

Acknowledgments
I
have been blessed throughout this project by the generosity of many
different people without whom this project would never have been
possible. Perhaps the most crucial individual was Jeanne Cobb, archi
vist and coordinator of special collections at Bethany College. Mrs.
Cobb opened not only her archives but also her house and her dinner
table to a starving graduate student. Without her guidance and sugges
tions, I would never have had such access to the wonderful material on
which this book is based. My debt of gratitude to her is immense.
The entire staff of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society played a
special role as well in this project. I want to recognize especially David
McWhirter, who was particularly patient in guiding me through his
many sources on the Campbell family.
A special thank-you goes to John Robinson and Fred Arthur Bailey
of Abilene Christian University, who went above and beyond the call of
collegiality to edit this document and bring it into its current form.

The Life of Selina Campbell