Person Sheet


NameMahla Marie JENNINGS
Birth16 Jul 1821, Wysox, PA
Death5 Jun 1911, Henrick, Bradford, PA Age: 89
Spouses
1George S. CAMP
Birth17 Jun 1819, Camptown, Bradford Co., PA
Death19 Feb 1895, Henrick, Bradford, PA Age: 75
FatherIsaac CAMP (1782-1862)
MotherMary Polly LACEY (1784-1876)
Marriage24 Dec 1845
ChildrenEmma (1846-)
Louisa (1847-)
Lydia (1849-)
Priscilla (1855-1937)
Notes for Mahla Marie JENNINGS
Bradford Co., PA, Marriages from 1840 through 1869 Jennings Maria Wx Camp George S. Hr 24 Dec 1845 (Hr Herrick Wx Wysox)
Notes for George S. (Spouse 1)
Notes for GEORGE S. CAMP: [CampOttmer.FTW]==================================================================== HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, WITH BIOGRAPHICALSELECTIONS. By H. C. BRADSBY, CHICAGO; S. B. NELSON & CO.,PUBLISHERS, 1891.========================================================================= Then on pages 691 and 692 the following:========================================================================= GEORGE S. CAMP, farmer, P. 0. Herrick, was born near Camp-town, this county, June 17, 1819. His father, Isaac Camp,was born near Hartford, Conn., January 25, 1782. His grandfather, Job Camp, was also a native of Connecticut. Isaac Camp came to Camptown in 1800, and served an apprenticeship to the millwright trade, during which time he married, February 10,1803, Mary Polly Lacey, the eldest daughter of Ebenezer and Lydia (Pratt) Lacey, of Luzerne county, Pa., and removed to NewYork State. He had worked at his trade several years, and his family had increased to six, when he came back to this countyand located in Wyalusing township, in the year 1816. In 1825 he purchased a farm in Herrick township, on which he remained therest of his life, as a farmer and millwright, and died January3, 1861; his wife died in February 1876, in her ninety-second year. They had nine children: Clark C., Isaac, Joseph, Lydia A.(wife of M. Weldon), Albert G., Marietta (wife of CharlesOverpeck), George S., Clarissa (wife of J. S. Crawford) andThaddens S. George S. Camp came to Herrick township in 1825,in his sixth year, and attended what is said to have been the first school in Herrick township. This he attended nine years;his first teacher being Hannah Smith, who afterward married hisbrother, Joseph Camp. After leaving school he helped his father until his twenty-sixth year, when, in 1845, he married MariaJennings, a daughter of John and Sarah (Overpeck) Jennings, thesecond in a family of seven children, five of whom are living.In 1849 he purchased, from his brother Joseph, a house and lot,in which he now lives. In 1850 his father divided the property,and George S. received, as his share, forty acres adjoining his first purchase. He has spent his whole life farming. He buil this barn in 1851, and an addition to his house in 1859. Mr. Camp is a member of Wyalusing Baptist Church, and is a Republican. He and his wife have had four children: Emma, wife of C. J.Vosburg; Louisa, wife of C. C. Wood; Lydia 0., wife of George J.Johnson; and Priscilla." Marriage Notes for GEORGE CAMP and MAHALA JENNINGS: Married December 24, 1845, by Elder Lathrop Was Listed in the 1850 Census for Herrick Township, BradfordCo., PA George S. 30 yrs M Farmer Maria28 yrs F Wife Emma 4 yrs F Louise3 yrs F Lydia 1 yr F 1880 Census, PA.,Bradford Co., Herrick ED # 12 pg 13 Camp, George 71 , MahalaM. 69 , Percilla A. 25 Marriage performed by Elder Lathrop
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