History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 945, Woodland Township
Peter S. Camp, farmer; P. O., Astoria; was born in Ohio in 1839;
his father, Josephus Camp, was a native of Ohio; in his youth he began
the study of medicine and in after years gained a large practice as a
physician. While a resident of Ohio he was united in marriage to Miss
Elizabeth Parker, who bore him 7 children; Peter, the 3d child, grew to
manhood in Ohio; 13 years ago he located in Fulton county, where he was
married to Miss Louisa Rogers, and their 2 children are Bessie and
Marion.
