Individual Details
Diana "Diannah" Greer
(November 28, 1806 - March 18, 1876)
"Diannah Greer married Williams Washington Camp. She met Camp in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama where she was living with an aunt (probably Diannah who married William Cabiness) after her mother's death. They were married either the 5th or 18th of January 1822 by Squire Powell. Williams was 22 years old and she was 16.
"Their first six children were born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. About 1833 William, Dianah and about five of the children moved to Weakley County, Tennessee, near Dresden. One of the children, Susan Searcy, died at age 1 year. It may be that Williams Camp became a Mormon and was baptized in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1841, and Diannah was baptized in 1842. In Tennessee seven more children were born, but four died in 1835.
"They made a visit to Nauvoo, Illinois where they met the prophet Joseph Smith and other leaders. Another son, William Polk Greer died and was buried there. They went back to Dresden to make preparation to move to Nauvoo with the rest of the Church members. The Mormons were much persecuted, and so preparations were made to move west led by President Brigham Young. Diannah and her husband did the same. When they reached Nauvoo, the members under Young were gone. After a few days rest, the Camp family went on an joined the members camped at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa. Their son, James Greer Camp, age 18, volunteered for service in the Mormon battalion, under the U. S. Army. A battalion of 500 men were to march to California to help in the Mexican War.
"In August 1846, the Camps arrived in Council Bluffs, Iowa in August 1846. Their 14th child, Richard Cecil, was born there. In early 1847 they traveled south to Andrews County, Missouri where they purchased land for a farm. They intended to raise crops to help other church members and themselves to have provisions for the trip west. Their 15th child was born here, Margaret Henrietta, who, it was said, was so terribly bitten by mosquitoes that she had an abscess, causing her to be a cripple.
"They returned to Council Bluffs about 1849, and on August 15, 1850, they arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah. They purchased land, and Williams owned one of the early clothing stores in Salt Lake City.
"About 1853, Williams was called on a mission to Texas, and Diannah was called to Holly Springs, Mississippi because of her father's death. She came back with 10 or 15 wagons loaded with goods, her share from her father's estate. Her share was about 18 or 19 thousand dollars.
"They built a large two story home on Redwood road in Salt Lake City. Within the next 20 years, Camp married six other women. He had five other children by two of them, making a total of 20 children with 15 by Diannah.
"In 1874 Diannah returned to visit her daughter, Catherine Ellen Greer and husband, Thomas Lacy Greer in Kimball, Bosque County, Texas. She died there 19 march 1875, and is buried in Kimball Cemetery near Kopperl, Texas. Kimball is now a ghost town." (MY GREER LINEAGE, 1992, by Mary Lee Barnes, Athens, Texas, pages 72 - 73, taken from an unpublisher paper of James Micajah Greer, 1895 and 1905; WILLIAMS WASHINGTON CAMP - DIANAH GREER CAMP, a paper by Olea P. Shumannm, Provo, Utah, 3 November 1978; and a letter from L. D. Parks to Duke Wright Greer in Potts Camp, Mississippi dated September 6, 1966.)
Pedigree chart of Marge Boshard shows Diana Greer's place of birth as Sumner County, Tennessee rather than Georgia.
"Their first six children were born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. About 1833 William, Dianah and about five of the children moved to Weakley County, Tennessee, near Dresden. One of the children, Susan Searcy, died at age 1 year. It may be that Williams Camp became a Mormon and was baptized in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1841, and Diannah was baptized in 1842. In Tennessee seven more children were born, but four died in 1835.
"They made a visit to Nauvoo, Illinois where they met the prophet Joseph Smith and other leaders. Another son, William Polk Greer died and was buried there. They went back to Dresden to make preparation to move to Nauvoo with the rest of the Church members. The Mormons were much persecuted, and so preparations were made to move west led by President Brigham Young. Diannah and her husband did the same. When they reached Nauvoo, the members under Young were gone. After a few days rest, the Camp family went on an joined the members camped at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa. Their son, James Greer Camp, age 18, volunteered for service in the Mormon battalion, under the U. S. Army. A battalion of 500 men were to march to California to help in the Mexican War.
"In August 1846, the Camps arrived in Council Bluffs, Iowa in August 1846. Their 14th child, Richard Cecil, was born there. In early 1847 they traveled south to Andrews County, Missouri where they purchased land for a farm. They intended to raise crops to help other church members and themselves to have provisions for the trip west. Their 15th child was born here, Margaret Henrietta, who, it was said, was so terribly bitten by mosquitoes that she had an abscess, causing her to be a cripple.
"They returned to Council Bluffs about 1849, and on August 15, 1850, they arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah. They purchased land, and Williams owned one of the early clothing stores in Salt Lake City.
"About 1853, Williams was called on a mission to Texas, and Diannah was called to Holly Springs, Mississippi because of her father's death. She came back with 10 or 15 wagons loaded with goods, her share from her father's estate. Her share was about 18 or 19 thousand dollars.
"They built a large two story home on Redwood road in Salt Lake City. Within the next 20 years, Camp married six other women. He had five other children by two of them, making a total of 20 children with 15 by Diannah.
"In 1874 Diannah returned to visit her daughter, Catherine Ellen Greer and husband, Thomas Lacy Greer in Kimball, Bosque County, Texas. She died there 19 march 1875, and is buried in Kimball Cemetery near Kopperl, Texas. Kimball is now a ghost town." (MY GREER LINEAGE, 1992, by Mary Lee Barnes, Athens, Texas, pages 72 - 73, taken from an unpublisher paper of James Micajah Greer, 1895 and 1905; WILLIAMS WASHINGTON CAMP - DIANAH GREER CAMP, a paper by Olea P. Shumannm, Provo, Utah, 3 November 1978; and a letter from L. D. Parks to Duke Wright Greer in Potts Camp, Mississippi dated September 6, 1966.)
Pedigree chart of Marge Boshard shows Diana Greer's place of birth as Sumner County, Tennessee rather than Georgia.
Events
| Birth | November 28, 1806 | Pulaski County, Georgia | |||
| Marriage | January 19, 1822 | Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama - Williams Washington Camp | |||
| Death | March 18, 1876 | Kimball, Bosque County, Texas | |||
| Burial | Kimball, Bosque County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | Williams Washington Camp (1800 - 1875) |
| Child | Mary Wentworth Camp (1822 - 1874) |
| Child | Susan Searcy Camp (1824 - 1825) |
| Child | Elizabeth Jane Camp (1826 - 1836) |
| Child | James Greer Camp (1828 - 1852) |
| Child | Dionysius Paul Camp (1829 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Ann "Susan" Camp (1831 - 1836) |
| Child | Robert Ira Camp (1833 - 1836) |
| Child | John David Camp (1833 - 1867) |
| Child | Martha Damaris Camp (1836 - 1836) |
| Child | Catherine Ellen Camp (1837 - 1929) |
| Child | William Polk Camp (1840 - 1842) |
| Child | Harriet Diannah Camp (1842 - 1908) |
| Child | Emma Eliza Camp (1844 - 1850) |
| Child | Richard Cecil Camp (1846 - 1923) |
| Child | Margaret Henrietta Camp (1848 - 1941) |
| Father | James Greer Jr. (1774 - 1851) |
| Mother | Susannah "Susan" Searcy (1780 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Searcy Greer (1799 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Ann Haynes Greer (1801 - 1885) |
| Sibling | David Searcy Greer (1804 - 1881) |
| Sibling | Jane Greer (1808 - 1829) |
| Sibling | Robert Searcy Greer Sr. (1811 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Sally Lowe Greer (1813 - 1884) |
| Sibling | James Madison Greer (1816 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Susannah Elizabeth Greer (1818 - ) |