Bio of VAN CAMPEN, Charles H. (b.1872), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol II, pg 772
C. H. VAN CAMPEN (Charles H. Van Campen)
A representative member of the legal profession in Minneapolis is C. H. Van
Campen, vice president and attorney of the Fred L. Gray Company. He was born in
Chicago, Illinois, in 1872. The Van Campens originally resided in Holland. The
progenitor of the family in America was Gerrit Jansen Van Campen, who came to
America in 1658. He was a professional soldier under Peter Stuyvesant, governor
of New York. Charles Van Campen, his lineal descendant, was the father of C. H.
Van Campen. He lived in New Jersey and married Mary L. Elkins, a member of a
Connecticut family. Mr. and Mrs. Van Campen lived in Chicago for many years, but
moved to Rochester, Minnesota, in 1875.
C. H. Van Campen received his education in the public and high schools at
Rochester, Minnesota. His earliest ambition was to become a lawyer and
subsequently he enrolled in the legal department of the University of Minnesota
and was graduated from that institution in 1894, with the LL. B. degree. He was
admitted to the bar the same year and engaged in practice in partnership with
Eugene G. Hay, the firm being known as Hay & Van Campen. That association was
maintained successfully for six years. In 1900 he became connected with the Fred
L. Gray Company and is now vice president of the company and attorney. He has
proven himself to be a business man of ability as well as a representative
attorney, and he has been a dominant factor in the continued success of the
company.
In 1919 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Van Campen and Miss Cora Taney, and
to their union two children have been born: Mary Jane and John. Mrs. Van Campen
is a woman of charming and magnetic personality and she is socially prominent.
The political allegiance of Mr. Van Campen is given to the republican party and
although he has never sought nor desired public preferment, he maintains an
active interest in party affairs and is well versed on all important issues of
the day. He is a member of the Civic & Commerce Association and he is identified
with the Minneapolis Club, the Minikahda Club, the University Club and the
Automobile Club.