Camden family
Family
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Newlon-Camden Families, History and Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1802
Overview
Typescript genealogical notes and narrative family histories of the Newlon and Camden families from the 1600s to the 1930s. Chiefly contains information about the James H. Camden family of Maryland (and later, West Virginia) from the 1720s to the 1930s, including records about properties owned and the sale of land; birth, marriage, and death dates; transcripts of obituaries; and transcripts of letters sent between family members researching and gathering family history between 1909 and 1932....
Dates:
1909-1934
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Tavenner Family Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0081
Overview
Papers of Thomas Tavenner and the Tavenner family of western Virginia, including correspondence; memoirs; journals; financial and legal documents; pamphlets; newspapers; and other material. Much of the material in this collection regards the Civil War. The Tavenner family were Confederate sympathizers.
Dates:
1772-1955; Majority of material found within 1855-1866
William J. Hollifield, Compiler, Typescript Regarding Wilson Lee Camden
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4395
Content Description
Typescript (3 pages) regarding Wilson Lee Camden, alumnus of West Virginia University and grandson of Gideon D. Camden. The typescript contains genealogy, narrative history, and obituaries regarding Camden, the Camden family, and connections to the Hollifield family. Please see A&M 1199 for additional information regarding Gideon D. Camden and the Camden family.
Dates:
2015
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- Genealogy 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Account books 1
- Accounting 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Civil War - Southern sympathizers in WV. 1
- Civil War - Union soldiers' letters. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 133rd Regiment. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 11th Infantry. 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 1
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Confederate sympathizers 1
- Civil War -- Kanawha Riflemen 1
- Diaries 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Genealogies. 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Ravenswood (W. Va.) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Steamboats 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia - genealogy. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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