CAMP, E. R.

CAMP, ROBERTS, CHASE

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:54

Keokuk City
(P.O. Keokuk)

CAMP, E. R., druggist, cor. Fifth and Palean sts.; was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1850; removed to Charleston, this county, with his parents in the year 1855. Married Miss H. Roberts in 1868 ; she was a native of Beverly, Ohio ; they have three children - Edgar W., Curtis B. and Cora Belle. Mr. C. is republican. His father, S. W. Camp, was born in Campstown, Penn., June 8, 1824. Married Adelia O. Chase in 1843; she was a native of Bainbridge, N. Y., born April 28, 1824; they removed to Charleston, this county, in 1855, where he engaged in the manufacture of wagons, until the breaking-out of the war, when he entered the service and served until his death, which occurred in December, 1861. In early life, he was a firm supporter of the Whig party; on the organization of the Republican party, he joined its ranks and remained a faithful supporter of the same.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879