Roane County, West Virginia Biography of WILLIAM CALVIN CAMP, M. D. This biography was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 467 Roane WILLIAM CALVIN CAMP, M. D., is widely known over Roane County for the earnest and capable service he has rendered for nearly sixteen years as a physician and surgeon. He was in the service of the Government for part of the World war, and now largely confines his atten- tion to his practice as a specialist, being located at Spencer. Doctor Camp was born on a farm seven miles south of Spencer in Roane County, April 30, 1877. The Camp family originated in Wales. Three brothers, James, Charles and Henry Camp, immigrated to Virginia in Colonial times. Doctor Camp is descended from James Camp, who settled in Wythe County, Virginia. William Anderson Camp, grandfather of Doctor Camp, was born at Wythe Court House in Wythe County in 1809, and from there moved to Monroe County, West Virginia, and finally retired and died at the farm of his son near Spencer, June 23, 1896. He married Eliza Lowe, who was born in Monroe County in 1820, and died also in Roane County, in 1892. Henry Camp, father of Doctor Camp, was born in Monroe County, January 10, 1852, and in 1863 his parents removed to Johnson Creek, near Walton, in Roane County. He became a carpenter, followed his trade in connection with operating his farm five miles south of Spencer, and since 1920 has lived retired in Spencer. He is a republican. Henry Camp married Margaret Ann Hersman, who was born in Lewis County, West Virginia, January 26, 1856. Their children are: James Howard, a dealer in proprietary medicines at Ravenswood in Jackson County; William Calvin; Ernest L., assistant cashier of the Second National Bank of Morgan- town; Jacob Nestor, a foreman in the Goodrich Rubber Company's plant at Akron, Ohio; Carl H., an employe of the Goodrich Rubber Company at Akron; John, who oper- ates the home farm; Dr. Harry, a dentist at Spencer; Offa, an employe of the Goodrich Rubber Company at Akron; Ottis, a dentist at Charleston, West Virginia; and Denver D., in the drug business at Charleston. Dr. William Calvin Camp attended the rural schools of Roane County, and his boyhood environment was the farm. Subsequently for three years he was a student in Marshall College at Huntington and in 1905 entered the University of Louisville medical department, graduating M. D. June 30, 1908. He did post-graduate work at Louisville in 1919, specializing in eye, ear, nose and throat. Doctor Camp began practice after graduation at Reedyville in Roane County, but left that community nine months later and settled at Gandeeville in the same county, where he enjoyed a prosperous professional business for ten years. In June, 1918, with a commission as first lieutenant, he was assigned to duty in the Medical Corps at Camp Sevier, near Green- ville, South Carolina, and remained there until honorably discharged December 3, 1918. Since leaving the army Doctor Camp has practiced at Spencer, and more and more his time and abilities are being sought for his special work in the eye, ear, nose and throat. His offices are in the Riddle Building, at the corner of Church and Main streets, and he owns a modern home at 415 South Main Street. Doctor Camp is a member of the various medical societies, is a republican, and is affiliated with Moriah Lodge No. 38, A. F. and A. M., and Spencer Chapter No. 42, RB. A. M. September 24, 1899, at Gandeeville, he married Miss Chessie Marks, daughter of J. Cornelius and Louise (Hayes) Marks, the latter a resident of Gandeeville, where the father, who was a farmer, died.