James Donald Cameron and Ellen Sherman

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Husband James Donald Cameron ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1833 - Middletown, Dauphin Co, PA 1
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         Father: Hon. Simon Cameron (1799-Aft 1889) 1 4 5
         Mother: Margaret Brua (      -      ) 3 6

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   Other Spouse: Mary McCormick (1834-1874) 1 7 - 20 May 1856 2

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Wife Ellen Sherman ¹

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         Father: Judge  Sherman (      -      ) 1
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General Notes: Husband - James Donald Cameron

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He received a classical education, and studied at Princeton College. Upon leaving college he entered the Middletown Bank as clerk, of which he subsequently became cashier. From 1866 to 1874 he was president of the Northern Central Railroad, in which latter year the road was leased to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Gen. Grant appointed him Secretary of War, May 22, 1876, which position he held until the close of that administration. In 1876 he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Cincinnati, and upon the resignation of his father, Gen. Cameron, as United States senator, was elected by the Legislature to fill the vacancy, and subsequently re-elected for the full term ending March 3, 1885.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 562.

2 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 175.

3 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 11.

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

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 27, 775.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 470.

7 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 171.