Bio of De Camp, Ira (b.1850) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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De Camp, Ira, Mississippi pilot, of Wabasha, was born in Harrisburg, Giles
county, Virginia, January 26, 1850, and is the third child of Lewis De
Camp, whose record is found above. He attended the city schools till
fifteen years old, and then went on Mississippi lumber rafts. For the last
five years he has been a steamboat pilot, for which occupation fifteen
years of life on the river have amply fitted him. He has built two houses
on Main street, one of which he occupies, the other now in process of
completion (March, 1884). He is a member of the E.A.U., and of the
Episcopal church. His political support has always been given to
republicanism. In 1876 he was united in marriage to Miss Addie Benedict,
daughter of James K. Benedict. Mrs. De Camp was born in Lowell,
Massachusetts, and came here when young. Two children have been given this
couple, and christened Ora and James Lewis.
War of 1812