Brief Life History of Sarah Delilah
When Sarah Delilah Camp was born in September 1828, in Illinois, United States, her father, Hosea T. Camp, was 29 and her mother, Sarah B. Kirkpatrick, was 28. She married Elias Myers on 13 April 1849, in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in South Fork Township, Humboldt, California, United States in 1870 and Camp Grant, Humboldt, California, United States in 1880. She died on 25 May 1903, in Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Myers Flat Cemetery, Myers Flat, Humboldt, California, United States.
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- Sarah D Myers in household of Elias Myers, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sarah Camp, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Sarah Delilah Camp Myers, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1832 · Black Hawk War
"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
Name Meaning
Dutch (also Van de Camp) and North German: from camp ‘enclosed, fenced, or hedged piece of land, field’, from Latin campus ‘plain’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by such a field. Compare Kamp .
English: from Middle English kempe ‘warrior’; see Kemp . The spelling Camp may be due to the influence of Old English camp ‘battle’ and campian ‘to fight’, or of Old French campion ‘warrior, champion’.
French: mainly southern form of Champ .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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