Polk Co. IAGenWeb

CAMP, J. M. - Blacksmith and wagon maker, was born July 7, 1847, in Knox county, Ohio, and there was raised until fifteen years of age, when with his parents he removed. to Monmouth, Illinois. He remained in that place until 1866, when, on leaving there, he came to Iowa locating at Sigourney, Keokuk county, and there resided until 1876. Then took up his residence in Des Moines, and since that time has followed his chosen calling. During the war Mr. Camp was in the employ of the government, part of the time working at his trade. He was married in 1868 to Mary McClenahan, a native of Illinois. They have four children: Franklin J., Ida, William and Lillie. His father was a member of the Twenty-second Iowa infantry during the war, and died at Vicksburg, July 22, 1863. His mother died at Atlantic, this State, February 18, 1873.