Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Cameron and Mary Shulze




Husband John Cameron 1 2 3 4

           Born: 8 Feb 1797 - Maytown, Lancaster Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 May 1841 - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA 5
         Buried:  - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA


         Father: Charles Cameron (Abt 1769-1814) 3
         Mother: Martha Pfoutz (      -1830) 3


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Catharine Hutman (1796/1798-1821) 2 5



Wife Mary Shulze 5

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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         Father: Rev. Christopher Emanuel Schulze (      -1809) 6
         Mother: Eva Elizabeth Muhlenberg (      -      ) 6




Children

General Notes: Husband - John Cameron


He received the ordinary education of the public schools of the town, and at an early age apprenticed to the trade of a tailor. He came to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1816, where he started in business. Governor Shulze appointed him register and recorder of the county of Dauphin, Jan. 17, 1824. He was frequently chosen member of the Borough Council of Harrisburg. He subsequently engaged in merchandising, dealt largely in cattle, and became interested in the through stage lines. In 1837 he removed to Lancaster, retired from business, and died there.


General Notes: Wife - Mary Shulze

Myerstown, Lebanon Co, PA

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Sources


1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 473.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 587.

3 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 7.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 775.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 474.

6 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 133.


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