William McCAMMON

s/o William & Jeremiah (Sinclair) McCammon

Submitted by: Diana Flynn - ivie(AT)tima.com
MCCAMMON, SINCLAIR, ABLE, WOLFE, MCCLURE, PIERCE

"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.
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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 (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.

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