Person:Kiple Van Camp (1)

Buried Harker Cem, Flat Iron Point (city), Sweetland Twp, Muscatine Co, Iowa.^[2]

K. VAN CAMP, far., Sec. 4; P. O. Sweetland Center; born in Hunterdon Co., N. J., Sept 15, 1822; his parents died when he was a child 8 or 10 years of age; was raised among strangers; came to Muscatine Co., in 1850 and purchased 160 acres of land of Dr. Newcomb. Married Miss Ann M. Little Dec. 15, 1849; she was born in Sussex Co., N. J., Jan 17, 1828; have eight children--Andrew N., Abraham E., William O., Mary E. (now Mrs. Longstrech), James H., George W., Jacob E. and Frank K. Mr. and Mrs. Van Camp are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Van Camp has held most of the township offices; has improved 480 acres of the township; now owns 445. Republican. ^[4]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Richman, Irving Berdine. History of Muscatine County, Iowa: from the earliest settlements to the present time. (Chicago [Illinois]: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1911).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Transcriptions of cemeteries, marriage records, and poll lists. (from various pages of www.rootsweb.com).
3. ↑ Genealogical information from James Kiple Van Camp of Maryland.
4. ↑ History of Muscatine County Iowa.

   Biographical Section (1879), page 639, at http://www.rootsweb.com/~iamuscat/biographies1879/vancamp.htm