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Pension-era La Porte City pioneer James Camp dies at 88
James F Camp, age 88, prominent La Porte City farmer businessman and banker, drowned while bathing at St. Cloud Florida where he wintered. Born 1835 in New York, he came to Iowa in 1860, served in the Civil War, and helped found local banks and land enterprises. Survived by his widow and a son, with funeral set in Chicago tomorrow by G A R George H Thomas post.
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