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Johnson Newlon Camden

Industrialist Johnson Newlon Camden, who served as United States senator from 1881 to 1887, and 1893 to 1895, was born in Lewis County on March 6, 1828.

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"Senator Camden Is Seriously Ill"
"J. N. Camden Died Today In Baltimore"
"The Funeral Obsequies of J. N. Camden"
"The Will of J. N. Camden Is Probated"
Letter from U. S. Senator J. N. Camden to Governor J. B. Jackson (Ar1727)
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On This Day in West Virginia History: March

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