THOMAS W. DECAMP, a Pennsylvania railroad engineer, died at the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital following a stroke of apoplezy. Mr DeCamp was born in New York 66 years ago and came to Wilmington following the close of the Civil War.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. anna M. DeCamp, and two children, George W. DeCamp, a well-known plumber of this city, and Mrs. E. Blanche Klund.
DeCamp was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, No. 231, and of the Workmen's Sick and Death Benefit Society, Branch No. 73.
The funeral will take place from his late residence, No. 816 Jackson street, on Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Dr. Doerr will the the officiating clergyman.
(Wilmington Morning News, 24 May 1913 (Saturday), Page 2)
De CAMP--In this city, on May 22, 1913, Thomas W. De Camp.
Relatives and friends of the family, also Brotherhood of the Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Delaware Lodge, No. 231; Workman Sick and Death Benefit Society, Branch No. 73, are invited dto attend the funeral services at his late residence, 816 Jackson street, on Sunday afternoon, May 25, at 8 o'clock. Interment at Riverview cemetery.
(Wilmington Morning News, 24 May 1913 (Saturday), Page 2)
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