John Henry Cammack
( 1843 -- 1920 )
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
John Henry Cammack ( 1843 - 1920 ) was born ona farmnear
Dayton, Virginia.
In 1859, his family moved to Harrison County in what is now West Vu\irginia.
Entering the Confederate Army at age 17, he returned to Harrison County and
the family farm after the war. He later moved to Williamstown in Wood Co.,
where he stsrted a cigar factory. Urged by his doctor to give up cigars
and find
a healthier pursuit, he moved to Huntington, entering the insurance bussines.
He helped establish the city's Fifih Avene Baptist Church and latter the
Twentieth Street Baptist Church. The former Cammack Middle School and
Cammack Elementary were named in his Honer.
--------------------
[ Back ]