Diannah H. Camp

Children of Diannah Greer Camp:

Mary Wentworth Camp Wray 1822-1874

Susan Searcy Camp 1824-1825

Elizabeth Jane Camp 1826-1836

James Greer Camp 1828-1852

Dionysius Paul Camp 1829-1847

Sarah Ann Camp 1831-1836

Robert Ira Camp 1833-1836

John David Camp 1833-1867

Martha Damarius Camp 1836-1836

Catherine Ellen Camp Greer 1837-1929

William Polk Camp 1840-1842

Harriet Diannah Camp Murphy Greer;# 60042802 1842-1908

Emma Eliza Camp 1844-1850

Richard Cecil Camp 1846-1923

Margaret Henrietta Camp Bently 1848-1941

• **************************************************** Diannah Harriett Greer was born to James and Susannah Searcy Greer in Sumner County Tennessee on Novenber 28, 1806. Her parents were wealthy plantation owners. Diannah's mother died when Diannah was 13 and for about 3 years she lived with her aunt. Later her father married Rachel Williams and brought the family together.

Diannah married Willliams Washington Camp on January 18 1822 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Diannah is the mother of 15 children. Diannah & Williams' first 6 children Mary Wentworth, Susan Searcy, Elizabeth Janie, James Greer, Dionysus Paul, and Susan Ann were born during the 9 years they lived in Alabama. The twins, Robert Ira and John David, Martha Damarius, Catherine Ellen, William Polk, Harriett Diannah and Emma Eliza were born in Tennessee after they moved in 1832. Richard Cecil was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa and Margaret Henrietta was born in Missouri. Six of these children died before age 10. Diannah mourned greatly for many years because of these early deaths.

In 1843. the Mormon missionaries taught the family the restored gospel and they commenced to join with the saints in Nauvoo, Illinois, arriving when the saints were being driven out so they moved across the Mississippi into Iowa. While Diannah and Williams were living in Iowa food was scarce. Williams took two wagons and traveled to Missouri where he purchased supplies. In 1850 their son, James Greer, joined the Mormon Battalion and was in company B.

The Camp family left Council Bluffs in June and it is reported in the Clayton/Kohles account in The Greer Trail by Laurie Jo Rhoton that "Diannah and the younger children rode in a nice buggy. Their negro men were freed but wanted to stay with the family so they drove the 2 wagons filled with clothing and food while others herded a number of loose stock. By the fall of that year, the Camps were living in wagons, tents, and a one room cabin in Sessions Settlement, now Bountiful Utah. Williams again set up a blacksmith shop and made many tools for the farmers."

After her husband's death, 21 November 1875, Diannah traveled by train to Kimball, Texas to visit her daughter Catherine Ellen whom she hadn't seen for 20 years. Diannah died there March 18, 1876.

Source: Clayton/Kohles account from The Greer Trail by Laurie Jo Rhoton pg. 183

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