Camp, Amos

Born: 1811-XX-XX New York

Died: 1876-02-16 Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: Springfield, Illinois

Amos Camp was saddler and harness maker and reformer. Camp lived in Springfield, Illinois as early as 1830, being one of 101 Springfield residents to sign a promissory note to pay for the construction of the new state capitol building. In October 1835, Camp opened a saddle and harness establishment in partnership with William M. Cowgill. In March 1836, he married Euphemia McClelland. Camp and Cowgill dissolved their partnership in March 1837, and Camp operated the business on his own. Camp was active in Sangamon County Whig politics and was also a supporter of the temperance movement. After the demise of the Whig Party, Camp became a Republican, supporting John C. Fremont in the presidential election of 1856.

History of Sangamon County, Illinois (Chicago: Inter-State, 1881), 287; Whig City Meeting; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 21 October 1835; 12 March 1836, 2:7; 18 March 1837, 3:3; Illinois Journal (Springfield), 13 July 1848, 2:1, 2:7; Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 18 August 1856, 3:1; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Sangamon County, 3 March 1836, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Sangamon County, IL, 244; Illinois Weekly State Journal (Springfield), 23 February 1876, 3:7