William McCammon II (1844 - 1903)

Born 1 Mar 1844 in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States

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Died 1 Oct 1903 at age 59 in Indiana

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Biography

WILLIAM MCCAMMON, of the firm of McCammon & Wolfe, merchants, was born in Sullivan County, Ind., March 1, 1844, the thirteenth in a family of fourteen children of William and Jeremiah[Jemimah] (Sinclair) McCammon, who were natives of Kentucky, and among the early pioneers of Sullivan County, farming in the latter place until their respective deaths. William McCammon, subject of this sketch, lived with his parents until twenty-one years old, farming summers and attending school winters, until 1864, when he began for himself. Embarking in the grocery trade in Sullivan in 1868, he continued this two years, when he sold out, and with J. B. Able opened and conducted a clothing store till 1874, when the partnership was dissolved. This same year he opened another clothing store, but in 1880 sold out to Wolfe & Wolfe, and in 1882 he purchased the interest of one of the firm. In 1883, this firm consolidated with Mr. Able, under the firm name of McCammon, Able & Co., but the dissolution of the firm in February, 1884, resulted in McCammon & Wolfe still continuing the business. They carry a clean stock of goods, to the value of about $8,000, and are doing a good business. Mr. McCammon began doing for himself a poor boy, but his business qualifications have enabled him to secure a comfortable fortune. In 1881, he erected the McCammon House, one of the best hotels in Southwestern Indiana. To his marriage with Miss Rosa D., daughter of Allen and Susan Ann (McClure) Pierce, which occurred October 6, 1864, three children have been born, named: Cora M., Harry (deceased) and one that died in infancy unnamed. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

William was born in 1841. He passed away in 1903.

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"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884.SULLIVAN CO., IN HAMILTON TWP. PAGE 732 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~insulbio/sulbioref-2.htm#wmccammon

Research done by Maud Russell:

Maud Russell 1937: “Compiled and drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma (1937) from bible records and other records, remembrances of older relatives, county records, History of Sullivan and Green Counties, Indiana, by Professor John W. Spencer (1887). Information furnished by many relatives, notably, Miss Gay Edna Calvert.”

Mary L. Pickrell, March 1979: “This information was taken from a chart on file at the Vigo County Library, Terre Haute, Indiana.”

“ The information was compiled and the chart drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma, 1931, from bible and other private records, county records, and the Pound Genealogy as to some dates.”

“Also on file at the Vigo County Library is a chart on the St.Clair family which was also prepared by Maud Russell. In comparing the Fanny/Siner/Eli St.Clair section, a few discrepancies were found.”

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX6Z-8C3 : Tue Mar 05 09:03:16 UTC 2024), Entry for William McCammon and Rosa D McCammon, 1870.