Individual Details
Belus "Cletus" Van Camp
(July, 1845 - Abt, 1923)
Ben Van Camp said, "Cletus Van Camp probably came from Michigan to the Malvern area and died in an old soldiers home in California. James Franklin was notified of his father's death just before he (James Franklin) died."
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: After many years of searching for the ancestry of my "Uncle Ben" Van Camp, I found the following census records, which I believe to be the person who Ben thought was named Cletus Van Camp, based on Ben's information about him living in a Veterans Home in California. Ben's grandfather appears to have been named Belus Van Camp, not Cletus Van Camp. Ben had very little information about his grandparents, as Ben's mother died when Ben was 5, and his father died when he was 11.)
1870 Noble County, Indiana, Elkhart Township, page 121, taken 24 June 1870, Dwelling/Family #206/206: Belus VAN CAMP, 25, male, white, Farmer, real estate - $400, personal estate - $800, Indiana, Susan VAN CAMP, 30, female, white, Keeping House, Ohio; William COWLEM?, 18, male, white, Farm Hand, Indiana.
1900 Napa County, California, Yount Township, Yount Township Veterans' Home Precinct, page 158, line 35, taken 23 June 1900: Belus VAN CAMP, Inmate, white, male, July 1845, 54, Widower, Indiana, New York, New York, could read, write and speak English.
1910 Napa County, California, Yount Township, Veterans' Home of California, page 281, line 94, taken 18 April 1910: Belus VAN CAMP, Inmate, male, white, 66, Widower, Indiana, Hoal? Dutch, New York.
1920 Napa County, California, Yount Township, Veterans' Home, page 284, line 79, taken 23 January 1920: Belus VAN CAMP, Inmate, male, white, 76, Widower, New York, New York, New York.
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: After many years of searching for the ancestry of my "Uncle Ben" Van Camp, I found the following census records, which I believe to be the person who Ben thought was named Cletus Van Camp, based on Ben's information about him living in a Veterans Home in California. Ben's grandfather appears to have been named Belus Van Camp, not Cletus Van Camp. Ben had very little information about his grandparents, as Ben's mother died when Ben was 5, and his father died when he was 11.)
1870 Noble County, Indiana, Elkhart Township, page 121, taken 24 June 1870, Dwelling/Family #206/206: Belus VAN CAMP, 25, male, white, Farmer, real estate - $400, personal estate - $800, Indiana, Susan VAN CAMP, 30, female, white, Keeping House, Ohio; William COWLEM?, 18, male, white, Farm Hand, Indiana.
1900 Napa County, California, Yount Township, Yount Township Veterans' Home Precinct, page 158, line 35, taken 23 June 1900: Belus VAN CAMP, Inmate, white, male, July 1845, 54, Widower, Indiana, New York, New York, could read, write and speak English.
1910 Napa County, California, Yount Township, Veterans' Home of California, page 281, line 94, taken 18 April 1910: Belus VAN CAMP, Inmate, male, white, 66, Widower, Indiana, Hoal? Dutch, New York.
1920 Napa County, California, Yount Township, Veterans' Home, page 284, line 79, taken 23 January 1920: Belus VAN CAMP, Inmate, male, white, 76, Widower, New York, New York, New York.
Events
| Birth | July, 1845 | Indiana | |||
| Death | Abt, 1923 | Yount, Napa County, California | |||
| Marriage | Susan |
Families
| Spouse | Susan (1840 - ) |
| Child | Charlie V. Van Camp (1869 - 1900) |
| Child | James Franklin Guard Van Camp (1872 - 1923) |
| Child | Elton Van Camp ( - ) |
| Father | James Van Camp (1812 - 1880) |
| Mother | Electra Cobb (1815 - 1870) |
| Sibling | William W. Van Camp (1833 - ) |
| Sibling | Daniel Van Camp (1835 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Albert Van Camp (1849 - ) |
| Sibling | Rosetha? Van Camp (1853 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Van Camp (1856 - ) |
| Sibling | Maryetta "Marietta" Van Camp (1859 - ) |