John David Camp

Brief Life History of John David

When John David Camp was born on 18 October 1833, in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, United States, his father, Williams Washington Camp, was 32 and his mother, Diannah Harriett Greer, was 26. He died on 12 April 1867, in California, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States.

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John David Camp
1833–1867
Sophronia Hill
1844–1860

Sources (11)

  • John D Camp in household of Williams Camp, "United States Census, 1850"
  • John David Camp, "Find A Grave Index"
  • John David Camp, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"

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1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1842

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Hamilton Sawin BIRTH 1836 Massachusetts, USA DEATH 28 Jun 1842 (aged 5–6) Massachusetts, USA CENOTAPH Evergreen Cemetery Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA MEMORIAL ID 19060865 · View Source

1846

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

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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