BIO: Henry M. CAMP, Beaver County, PA
    
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    BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
    of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
    Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 305-309.
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  HENRY M. CAMP is one of the most active and prominent business men in the
  borough of Rochester, Beaver county, Pa., where the Camp family has resided
  and contributed to its growth and prosperity since its early days. Our
  subject is interested in many of the local enterprises, and since 1887 he has
  acted in the capacity of superintendent of the Rochester Heat & Light Company.
  He was born in Rochester in 1850, and is a son of Michael Camp and grandson of
  Michael Camp, Sr.
    
  Michael Camp was born in Hanover, Germany, and, with his brother John, came
  to the United States in 1832, first locating in Philadelphia, then in Butler
  county, and finally in Beaver county, where he spent his remaining days. They
  crossed over the mountains in a wagon, and at Rochester made a stop, and there
  John erected the old National Hotel on Water street; he later owned the one
  now adjoining, known as the Farmer's Hotel. Michael Camp was engaged in the
  making of shoes, the work being all by hand; the leather was purchased from
  near-by
    
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  tanners and much of the work was let out to men who would complete it at
  their homes. His home and shop were located in Beaver, near where Mr. Frank
  Laird now resides. During his latter days he retired to Rochester, where he
  passed from this life, aged seventy-five years. His wife was Annie Barbara
  Schlesman, and they became the parents of the following children: Elizabeth,
  who died in Germany; Catherine, who married John Frick; Michael; Mary, who
  was born while her parents were crossing the ocean, and who is the wife of
  John Miller; Christian and Martin, who are twins; Margaret, who was married
  to Benjamin Dawson; Henry; John; and Barbara, who is the wife of James
  Robinson.
    
  Michael Camp was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1827, and upon coming to this
  country, learned the trade of a brickmaker, but soon discontinued that
  occupation and accepted a position as clerk in the National Hotel. John
  Buehler was proprietor, and died the second day after taking possession of
  the hotel. Mr. Camp continued as clerk in the hotel, and later married Mrs.
  John Buchler, whose maiden name was Magdaline Weise. She died in 1877, aged
  sixty-four years, and had been married three times. Her first husband was Mr.
  Zerker, by whom she reared three children: Magdaline, Mary, and John. Her
  second husband was John Buchler, and four children were born to them:
  Frederick, William, Caroline and Emma. Her third union was with Michael Camp,
  and their only child was Henry M., the subject of this sketch. Mr. Camp formed
  a second union, with Mrs. Catherine (Mauser) Smith, widow of John Smith. Mr.
  Camp owned and conducted the Pavilion Hotel, now known as the St. James, from
  1861 to 1886; in the latter year he sold out to C. H. Clarke, and moved on the
  farm formerly owned by William Johnson, which is located on the east side of
  Adams street. Mr. Camp still resides there, and is spending his latter days
  in comfort and happiness. He has always been a stanch Democrat, and has
  served in the council, as assessor and in many minor offices. Mr. Camp was
  one of the promoters, and is a large stockholder, of the Rochester Insurance
  Company; he is a stockholder in the Rochester Flint Vial & Bottle Works, -
  now known as the Point Bottle Works, - a stockholder in the Olive Stove
  Works, a member of the Rochester Heat & Light Company, a director in the Big
  Beaver Bridge Company, and a stockholder in the Keystone Tumbler Company. He
  built his present residence and has also erected many houses for tenement use.
    
    The subject of this sketch attended the schools of Rochester until he
  attained the age of seventeen years, when he went to Pittsburg to learn the
  machinists' trade, and followed it for five years. Returning to Rochester, he
  went into the hotel business with his father, but upon the organization of the
  Rochester Heat & Light Company, he became superintendent and a stockholder.
  This company is composed of two hundred stockholders and has a capital stock
  of $18,000. The gas used is furnished from Beaver
    
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  and Allegheny counties, and the company has not only been a success, but a
  means of great saving to the residents of Rochester. Our subject is a
  stockholder in the Rochester Insurance Company, the Flint Vial & Bottle
  Works, the Big Beaver Bridge Company, the People's Electric Railroad, and the
  High River Bridge Company. In 1883, he erected a handsome brick residence on
  the corner of Jefferson and Connecticut streets, and has resided there ever
  since.
    
  Mr. Camp was joined in marriage with Miss Tillie E. Scheinder, a daughter
  of Louis E. Scheinder, of Rochester, and this happy union has been blessed by
  the birth of three children: Charles A.; Marl Etta, and Emma Maria, deceased.
  Our subject is a solid Democrat, and has served as a councilman. Religiously,
  he is a member of the Lutheran church; socially, he is a member and past
  master of the Masonic fraternity; and member and past regent of the Royal
  Arcanum. Mr. Camp is a man of high business principles, is respected by all
  who know him, and is always active in advancing the prosperity of his adopted
  town and county.