Person:James Cameron (28)

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James Donald Cameron
b.14 May 1833 Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
d.30 Aug 1918 Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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  1. James Donald Cameron1833 - 1918
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m. 20 May 1856
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m. 1878
  1. Martha Cameron1886 - 1918
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Facts and Events
Name[1] James Donald Cameron
Gender Male
Birth[2][3] 14 May 1833 Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Marriage 20 May 1856 (his 1st wife; 6 children)
to Mary McCormick
Marriage 1878 (his 2nd wife)
to Elizabeth Sherman
Death[2][3] 30 Aug 1918 Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Burial[3] Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

U.S. Senator & Secretary of War. Served as President of the Northern Central Railway Company of Pennsylvania, 1866-74. He was appointed as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant, serving 1876-77. Elected as a Senator from Pennsylvania to the United States Senate, serving 1877-97. He was the son of Simon Cameron, who also served as Secretary of War in the first months of the Civil War, and as a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.

References
  1. ↑ MacColl, Gail, and Carol McD. Wallace. To Marry an English Lord. (New York: Workman Publishing, 1989).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Find A Grave.

    Find a Grave

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