p227, Reuben E. Van Camp, son of Elijah Van Camp and Catherine Brouse, was born May 7, 1826. He married Nany Mill on August 24, 1845; she was born March 6, 1827, and died Sept. 1, 1853. He married Charity Weingard, who was born in 1833, died in 1909.
Reuben and Charity came to Dakota Territory from van Camp Mills, Dundas County, Ontario, in April of 1882. They joined the Drayton Methodist Church ni August of 1882 and transferred their membership to the St. Thomas Methodist Church.
Reuben E. Van Camp was the grandfather of Laura Belle Van Camp Hamilton.
He died at St. Thomas on April 17, 1888.
