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Eldad Cicero Camp Jr.

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Eldad Cicero Camp Jr.

Birth
Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, USA
Death
21 Nov 1920 (aged 81)
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
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Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
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Eldad Cicero Camp was born in Knox County, Ohio near the town of Mt. Vernon, on August 1, 1839. He was one of thirteen children. He was a namesake of his father and his mother was Minerva M. Hinman Camp. He grew up on a farm and attended common schools, then at fifteen he attended a couple of years in higher grade schools, and would later become a teacher himself. During his time as a teacher he also took to reading law and participated in debating societies.

Just before the Civil War Camp became a crcuit lawyer. During the war years he and at least six of his brothers were enlisted in the Union Army. He entered Knoxville on his way home on a furlough February 18, 1865 and called it home from that point on until his death in 1920.


In 1868, Camp had a run in with an old confederate enemy by the name of Colonel Henry Ashby, whom Camp accused of mistreating Union prisoners during the war. When the two armed men met on Walnut Street, in Knoxville, Tennessee they got into a scuffle and Camp shot and killed Ashby. Camp pleading self-defense, was exonerated and was later to become very wealthy in the coal and marble industry.

He was appointed Attorney General of the Eastern District of Tennessee by President U.S.Grant. He was President of the Coal Creek Coal Company and a Director of the Third National Bank.

Soon he was one of Knoxville's wealthiest and most prominent citizens. Camp would build his mansion "Greystone" on Broadway in North Knoxville, just down the road from the final resting place of his former enemy Ashby in Old Gray Cemetery. When Camp passed away in 1920 he was also buried in Old Gray.
Eldad Cicero Camp was born in Knox County, Ohio near the town of Mt. Vernon, on August 1, 1839. He was one of thirteen children. He was a namesake of his father and his mother was Minerva M. Hinman Camp. He grew up on a farm and attended common schools, then at fifteen he attended a couple of years in higher grade schools, and would later become a teacher himself. During his time as a teacher he also took to reading law and participated in debating societies.

Just before the Civil War Camp became a crcuit lawyer. During the war years he and at least six of his brothers were enlisted in the Union Army. He entered Knoxville on his way home on a furlough February 18, 1865 and called it home from that point on until his death in 1920.


In 1868, Camp had a run in with an old confederate enemy by the name of Colonel Henry Ashby, whom Camp accused of mistreating Union prisoners during the war. When the two armed men met on Walnut Street, in Knoxville, Tennessee they got into a scuffle and Camp shot and killed Ashby. Camp pleading self-defense, was exonerated and was later to become very wealthy in the coal and marble industry.

He was appointed Attorney General of the Eastern District of Tennessee by President U.S.Grant. He was President of the Coal Creek Coal Company and a Director of the Third National Bank.

Soon he was one of Knoxville's wealthiest and most prominent citizens. Camp would build his mansion "Greystone" on Broadway in North Knoxville, just down the road from the final resting place of his former enemy Ashby in Old Gray Cemetery. When Camp passed away in 1920 he was also buried in Old Gray.

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