Sketches of His Life and Times
Obituary of Moses Van Campen
The Ovid Bee published the obituary of Moses Van Campen on October 31, 1849. The Ovid BeeVol. 12. No. 36. Ovid, Seneca County, N.Y. Oct.[…]
1838 Petition to Congress
Moses’ first-hand account of his Revolutionary War service, as detailed in his 1838 petition to Congress for his pension, is captured in this excerpt of[…]
1780 Attack, Capture & Escape
The story of the March, 1780 attack on Moses, his Father, Brother, Johan Rogers, and Peter Pence has been chronicled many times. The following version[…]
His Thrilling Adventures
A revised edition of “Otzinachson: A History of the West Branch Valley of the Sesquehanna” by John Franklin Meginness was published 1889. This edition expanded[…]
New Biography Published
Three Journeys to the Genesee, The Life of Moses Van Campen, A Frontier Biography by Molly Beer, a native of Angelica, NY, was published in[…]
“His Christianity was pure,
his views of religion sound
and scriptural, and his fidelity
and integrity of character
were like his own well aimed rifle,
true to the mark.”
– Rev. Thomas Aitken
Obituary of Moses Van Campen
"I was nurtured in the school of the rifle and the tomahawk."
- Moses Van Campen
“The notes of war are hushed,
The rage of battle o’er,
The warrior is at rest,
He hears our praise no more.
The soldier nobly fought
For all we dearly love,
He fought to gain a heavenly crown,
And now he reigns above.
- Rev. Thomas Aitken
Inscription, Moses Van Campen's Headstone
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