Christie Jean Baptiste "Kit" DeCamps (1878 – 24 August 1951) was a war veteran, civil engineer and college football player who played for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Early life DeCamps was born in 1878 in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of Ghislain Modeste Decamps (1834–1896) and Mary E. Hahn (1854–1947).Family Search Retrieved 6 May 2015
Football career DeCamps was a prominent quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He was considered very fast. He also spent three years at Furman University and a year at Richmond College.
1901 DeCamps was captain in 1901. He was selected a substitute on the All-Southern team.
Military career DeCamps was a quartermaster sergeant of Company B, second South Carolina regiment. DeCamps served in the Spanish–American War.
Family On November 23, 1907, DeCamps married Lois Catherine Sykes (1881–1924), daughter of Tiberius Constantine Sykes and Alice E. Luke, in Portsmouth, Virginia. They had three children. Captain William Luke deCamps (July 6, 1911 – May 12, 1991), served in the 111th Field Artillery battalion of the 29th Infantry Division during Operation Overlord.DDay Overlord.com Retrieved May 2015 Lois Sykes Decamps (1912–1991), married the diplomat George H. Steuart on May 28, 1938 in Wallacetown, Virginia Charles Decamps (1914–1991), who served in Italy during World War II
DeCamps died on August 24, 1951.
References
External links Kit DeCamps in Spanish–American War Retrieved 13 February 2019 Kit CeCamps in the 1901 Edition of The Bugle Retrieved 3 August 2019