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<span class=prefix>Judge</span> John Lafayette Camp

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Judge John Lafayette Camp

Birth
Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas, USA
Death
10 Aug 1918 (aged 62)
Bexar County, Texas, USA
Burial
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 29.4233903, Longitude: -98.4672809
Plot
Section B, Row 7
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Obituary for Judge John L. Camp published in “The Dallas Morning News” on 8/11/1918, section: part 4, page 7.

“JUDGE JOHN L. CAMP DIES AT SAN ANTONIO -
WAS U.S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO PROSECUTED GENERAL VICTORIANO HUERTA.
-Special to the News.

San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 10 - John L. Camp, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, died at his home here today. He had been in ill health for more than a year, having undergone an operation in April 1917. The funeral services will be held here tomorrow afternoon.
He was a former Judge of the Forty-Fifth District Court of Texas, to which position he was appointed by Governor Culberson in 1897, and which he held until 1913. He was appointed Federal District Attorney in 1913, at which time the relations between the United States and Mexico were strained. He handled many cases of international importance, notable among which was that of Victoriano Huerta, deposed President of Mexico.

Mr. Camp was born at Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas, Sept. 23, 1855. In 1881 he married Miss La Martin (Lamartine) Felder at Leesburg.

His political career began with his election as State Senator from the First Texas District. Few members of that Legislature are now living. Removing to San Antonio in 1891, he practiced law here until his appointment to the State District Court in 1897. He is survived by his wife and five daughters, Mrs. Nora Whitsett of Floresville, Mrs. Ellen Gilliam, now at home, while Lieutenant Gilliam is in foreign waters; Mrs. Bama McKay of Denton, Miss Mary and Miss La Martin (Lamartine) Camp of San Antonio, Lieutenant J. L. Camp Jr., with the American forces in France, and Sam Camp at Mare Island, Cal.; two grandchildren, Mary Allen Gilliam and Emmet W. Camp of Washington and W. R. Camp of San Antonio, and one sister Miss Harry Camp of this city also survive him.”
Obituary for Judge John L. Camp published in “The Dallas Morning News” on 8/11/1918, section: part 4, page 7.

“JUDGE JOHN L. CAMP DIES AT SAN ANTONIO -
WAS U.S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO PROSECUTED GENERAL VICTORIANO HUERTA.
-Special to the News.

San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 10 - John L. Camp, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, died at his home here today. He had been in ill health for more than a year, having undergone an operation in April 1917. The funeral services will be held here tomorrow afternoon.
He was a former Judge of the Forty-Fifth District Court of Texas, to which position he was appointed by Governor Culberson in 1897, and which he held until 1913. He was appointed Federal District Attorney in 1913, at which time the relations between the United States and Mexico were strained. He handled many cases of international importance, notable among which was that of Victoriano Huerta, deposed President of Mexico.

Mr. Camp was born at Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas, Sept. 23, 1855. In 1881 he married Miss La Martin (Lamartine) Felder at Leesburg.

His political career began with his election as State Senator from the First Texas District. Few members of that Legislature are now living. Removing to San Antonio in 1891, he practiced law here until his appointment to the State District Court in 1897. He is survived by his wife and five daughters, Mrs. Nora Whitsett of Floresville, Mrs. Ellen Gilliam, now at home, while Lieutenant Gilliam is in foreign waters; Mrs. Bama McKay of Denton, Miss Mary and Miss La Martin (Lamartine) Camp of San Antonio, Lieutenant J. L. Camp Jr., with the American forces in France, and Sam Camp at Mare Island, Cal.; two grandchildren, Mary Allen Gilliam and Emmet W. Camp of Washington and W. R. Camp of San Antonio, and one sister Miss Harry Camp of this city also survive him.”


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