Harriet Diannah Camp

Brief Life History of Harriet Diannah

When Harriet Diannah Camp was born on 9 January 1842, in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, United States, her father, Williams Washington Camp, was 41 and her mother, Diannah Harriett Greer, was 35. She married Mark Bird Murphy on 9 February 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1880 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 14 July 1908, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dixon Hamlin Greer
1834–1918
Harriet Diannah Camp
1842–1908
Marriage: 25 February 1863
John Columbus Greer
1865–1937
Harriet Diannah Greer
1867–1868
William Hamlin Greer
1868–1890
Nancy Ann Greer
1871–1880
Stephen Decatur Greer
1874–1961
James Greer
1875–1875
Mark Greer
1875–1881
Sarah Susannah Greer
1878–1880
Margaret Grace Greer
1880–1971
Willmirth Jane Greer
1883–1976
Alice Gertrude Greer
1886–1965

Sources (34)

  • Lilly Gay in household of Ben B Gay, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Harriet Dianna Camp, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Harriet D. Camp Grier, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1846

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

1849

Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1861

Historical Boundaries: 1861: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Wasatch, Utah, United States

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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Mark B. Murphy

Mark B. Murphy Mark B. Murphy, the second son of Emmanuel Masters Murphy and Nancy Judd Easters, was born July 6, 1837 at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri. He married Harriet Diana Camp on Dec. 16 …

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