City: Knoxville
CAMP, Eldad Cicero, lawyer, coal operator and real estate owner; born near Mount Vernon, Knox Co., O., Aug. 1, 18?9; son of Eldad Cicero and Minerva M. (Hinman) CAMP; raised and worked on farm until thirteen years of age; attended school at Chesterville and Martinsburg, O., two years; from April, 1857, to April, 1860, taught school at and near Richmond, Ky.; during the fall and winter 1860-61 was a teacher of school at Platt City, Mo.; during this time of teaching he was reading law which was continued during the war when not in the war, along with more or less of practice; arrived at Knoxville Feb. 18, 1865, where he has ever since resided; in 1869 was appointed U.S. district-attorney for the Eastern District of Tenn.; became interested in coal mines in 1868, and is now president of coal mines in Tennessee and Virginia; has always been connected with Chambers of Commerce, Boards of Trade and other societies and has been a representative thereof at meetings held both in and out of the state on many occasions.
Transcriber’s Note: birth date18?9, third digit was misprinted.
