Eldad Cicero Camp
Eldad Cicero Camp, Jr. was an American coal tycoon, attorney and philanthropist, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the vicinity, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was president of the Coal Creek Coal Company, president of the VirginiaTennessee Coal Company, a director of Knoxvilles Third National Bank, and at his height, was one of the wealthiest men in East Tennessee. His prominent North Knoxville mansion, Greystone, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Camp was born in 1839 on the Mount Vernon, Ohioarea farm of his parents, Eldad Cicero Camp, Sr. and Minerva Mallory Hinman. His parents were both primarily of English descent. Camp attended school in nearby Chesterville, and trained to be a teacher. He taught school at Richmond, Kentucky, from 1857 to 1860, and at Platte City, Missouri, from 1860 until 1861. While in Platte City, he began studying law.
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