Biographical Sketch of James C. Earp, Camden County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** James C. Earp. Among the farmers of Camden county, Mo., whose efforts have been attended with a goodly degree of success may be mentioned Mr. Earp, who was born in Miller County, September 21, 1843. His parents, John C. and Mary (Record) Earp, were born in Tennessee and Illinois, respectively, the former immigrating with his father, Josiah Earp, to Miller county, Mo., at an early day. After residing in this county for a number of years he came to Camden county in 1856, and here died on the 16th of January, 1870. His widow and five of his six children are still living. Grandfather Earp was born in Ireland, and when quite young came to the United States, locating first in Tennessee, but died in Hickory county, Mo. He was a lieutenant in the War of 1812. James C. Earp's brothers' and sisters' names are as follows: Josiah (who was killed in the late war), John C., William L., Mary A. (wife of Monroe Stevens), Narcissus J. (wife of W. J. Miller). The subject of this sketch was reared on farms in Hickory and Camden counties, and resided on the old homestead until December, 1881, when he located on his pre- sent farm. His home farm consists of 600 acres, with 125 acres under cultivation, besides which he owns two other tracts, each consisting of 146 acres, which are well adapted to raising stock. In 1870 he was married to Miss Sarah Kelly, by whom he has seven children: Olive M., Annie S., Thompson J., Carrie M., John M., Fannie J. and Virgil. Mr. and Mrs. Earp are members of the Christian church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================