banker, b. Derby, Vt. In 1852 he moved to Wisconsin, settling in Milwaukee where he soon became a teller and later cashier in the Farmers' and Millers' Bank. In 1863 the bank was reorganized as the First National Bank of Milwaukee with Camp serving as cashier (1863-1882) and president (1882-1893). In 1894 he organized the Milwaukee Trust Company and was its president until 1901. He was an organizer of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. (1857), and a director of the Northwestern National Insurance Co. (1874, 1878). Active in local charities, he was an organizer of the (Milwaukee) Charity Relief Association (1886), and for many years played a leading role in the Milwaukee Associated Charities. J. S. Buck, Milwaukee under the Charter (2 vols., Milwaukee, 1884-1886); H. C. Campbell, ed., Wis.... (Biog. vol., New York [1906]); Columbian Biog. Dict. . . . Wis. (Chicago, 1895); J. G. Gregory, Hist. of Milwaukee (4 vols., Chicago, 1931); E. B. Usher, Wis. (8. vols., Chicago, 1914); J. A. Watrous, Memoirs of Milwaukee Co. (2 vols., Madison, 1909); Milwaukee Journal, May 22, 1909; Milwaukee Sentinel, May 23, 1909.

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