Shepherd Camp

Brief Life History of Shepherd

Shepherd Camp was born in 1837, in Henry, Tennessee, United States. He lived in Marshall, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Sugar House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1856. He died on 29 April 1859, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 22.

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Sources (7)

  • Unknown, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "
  • Shepard Hooper, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"
  • Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-L1RF-7B3?cc=2001084&wc=M6H1-8NL%3A284658101%2C284677901

World Events (4)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868

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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