Marietta Journal (Georgia) Thursday, 29 August 1907 DEATH OF MR. GEORGE H. CAMP. George Hull Camp, son of George and Elizabeth Hull Camp; born in Utica, N.Y., 1818, his parents afterwards removing to Sacketts Harbor, N.Y. On his father's side he was related to the first and most conspicuous member of the Hale family; on his mother's side, he was related to Admiral Foote, Commodore Hitchcock and Commodore Howell, of the United States navy. The blood that tells splendidly was evidence in Mr. Camp's character. On account of ill health, he removed South in 1822, accompanied by his friend, Charles Quintard, afterwards Bishop of Tennessee, and located in Roswell, Cobb county, Ga., where he entered the employ of the Roswell Manufacturing Co., (Mr. Roswell King, president, operating the pioneer cotton mill in Georgia.) After fourteen years service, he was elected president to succeed Mr. King, and this office he continued to hold for twenty-four years. So greatly did the Company p...
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