(II) Judge Gideon E. [sic] Camden, son of Rev. Henry and Mary Belt (Sprigg) Camden, was born in Lewis county, August 5, 1804, died at Hot Springs, Arkansas, April 22, 1891. At the time of his death Judge Camden was one of the largest landholders in West Virginia, leaving an estate of sixty thousand acres. He located in Clarksburg in 1834, and became associated in the practice of law with Judge John Allen, becoming one of the most prominent men in the county. He was appointed judge of the circuit court not long after his first entrance upon practice. In 1850 he was a member of the constitutional convention of Virginia. He served several terms in the legislature of West Virginia, both as a delegate and as senator, coming within one vote of being elected United States senator. He married Sally Arnold Hoffman, whose father owned a large estate in Culpeper county, Virginia. Their children were: Eliza, James, Martha M., married Samuel M. Sommers (see Sommers II); Mary, Draper, John, Dora. ...
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[Note of Caution: Incorrectly identifies Gideon's middle initial as "E".]
