| Notes for WILLIAM HENRY CAMP: HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SELECTIONS. By H. C.BRADSBY, CHICAGO; S. B. NELSON & CO., PUBLISHERS, 1891.WILLIAM HENRY CAMP. wagon-maker and blacksmith, Spring Hill, wasborn in Pike township, this county, November 4, 1831, and is ason of Daniel and Harriet (Bosworth) Camp, natives ofPennsylvania, and of New England origin; in their father'sfamily there were the following children: William Henry,Theodore A., Chariotte M. (deceased), Irene G. (now Mrs. GeorgeSmith, of Philadelphia, Pa.), Reed B. and Daniel W. Our subjectbegan life for himself at twenty-one, blacksmithing atInghamtown, this county, remaining there two years, then went toLaceyville where he worked at his trade six years, removing toCamptown where he worked a year and a half; then came to SpringHill, where he has since been engaged in manufacturing andrepairing all kinds of wagons, and doing general blacksmithing;indeed, it might be said that he is the only first-classwagon-maker in Tuscarora township, and has succeeded in hisbusiness generally. Mr. Camp was married October 10, 1855, toMiss Jennie, daughter of Israel and Eliza (Wells) Buck, ofWyalusing, and they have five children, viz.: Eldridge Weston(born June 7, 1858. died May 18, 1885), Lottie Estella (bornMarch 16, 1861, now Mrs. Lewis Rutan, of Wyalusing), ElziaHarriet (born July 11, 1868. died September 28, 1884), PerrinWells (born October 2, 1872) and Victor Eugene (born May 13,1876). The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Churchat Spring Hill, and he is a member of the F. & A. M. atLaceyville. In politics he is an unyielding advocate of theprinciples of Prohibition. =================================[end ]================================ Children of WILLIAM CAMPand JENNIE BUCK are: i. ELDRIDGE WESTON12 CAMP, b. June 07,1858; d. May 18, 1885. ii. LOTTIE ESTELLA CAMP, b. March 16,1861; m. LEWIS RUTAN. iii. ELIZIA CAMP, b. July 11, 1868; d.September 28, 1884. iv. PERRIN WELL CAMP, b. October 02, 1872.v. VICTOR EUGENE CAMP, b. May 13, 1876. |