Global InformationEldad Cicero Camp information
Eldad Cicero Camp | |
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| United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
| In office 1869–1876[1] | |
| Preceded by | John M. Fleming |
| Succeeded by | George Andrews |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1, 1839 Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States |
| Died | November 21, 1920 (aged 81)[2] Knoxville, Tennessee, United States |
| Resting place | Old Gray Cemetery Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Political party | Republican Party[3] |
| Spouse | Nettie Dunn[4] |
| Occupation | Attorney, entrepreneur |
Eldad Cicero Camp, Jr. (August 1, 1839 – November 21, 1920) was an American coal tycoon, attorney and philanthropist, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the vicinity. He was president of the Coal Creek Coal Company, president of the Virginia-Tennessee Coal Company, a director of Knoxville's Third National Bank,[5] and at his height, was one of the wealthiest men in East Tennessee.[2] His prominent North Knoxville mansion, Greystone, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]
A Union officer during the Civil War, Camp arrived in Knoxville in 1865. In 1868, he killed Confederate Colonel Henry Ashby in a notorious shootout in downtown Knoxville.[7] Camp first rose to prominence as U.S. District Attorney for East Tennessee, serving from 1869 until 1871.[8] During the late 1860s, he organized the Coal Creek Coal Company, which in subsequent decades grew to become one of the major coal producing companies in the region.[9] In the 1890s, Camp helped establish Knoxville's Florence Crittenton Home and Camp's Home for Friendless Women.[2]
- ^ The Bicentennial Celebration of the United States, U.S. Department of Justice Document Set 16, 1994. Retrieved: 1 February 2013.
- ^ a b c History of Greystone and WATE-TV 6 - Major Eldad Cicero Camp, Jr.. Retrieved: 26 January 2011.
- ^ Official Proceedings of the National Republican Conventions of 1868, 1872, 1876, and 1880 (C.W. Johnson, 1903), p. 352.
- ^ Makers of America: Biographies of Leading Men of Thought and Action, Vol. 3 (Washington, D.C.: B.F. Johnson, 1917), pp. 330-334.
- ^ William T. Hale, A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1913). Hosted at USGenWeb Archives. Retrieved: 26 January 2011.
- ^ Nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com (listed as "Camp House"). Retrieved: 26 January 2011.
- ^ Jack Neely, Detour de Knoxville. Metro Pulse, 28 May 2008. Accessed at the Internet Archive, 5 October 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
cresswellwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ John Wooldridge, George Mellen, William Rule (ed.), Standard History of Knoxville, Tennessee (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1900; reprinted by Kessinger Books, 2010), pp. 242, 259, 545.