Joseph Hawkins Cameron
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Joseph was raised on the family farm outside of Burlington Iowa.
He traveled west to California with his older sister Sarah J and her husband Jacob Leffler and other Leffler family members in the early 1850s in an ox drawn wagon. The long hard trek across the plains and mountain were hard on Joseph. During his travels west he contrated TB. After his sister's return to Des Moines Counnty Iowa in the mid 1850s, Joseph remained in California and never recovered from his illness.
Joseph Hawkins Cameron
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Joseph was raised on the family farm outside of Burlington Iowa.
He traveled west to California with his older sister Sarah J and her husband Jacob Leffler and other Leffler family members in the early 1850s in an ox drawn wagon. The long hard trek across the plains and mountain were hard on Joseph. During his travels west he contrated TB. After his sister's return to Des Moines Counnty Iowa in the mid 1850s, Joseph remained in California and never recovered from his illness.
Inscription
Native of Iowa
Many Bright Hopes Lie Buried Here
Gravesite Details
With brother Arthur W Cameron
Family Members
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William Carruthers Cameron Sr
1820–1862
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William Carruthers Cameron
1820–1862
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Harriett Cameron
1822–1832
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Mary Elizabeth Cameron David
1828–1892
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Sarah Jane Cameron Leffler
1830–1898
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James Beverly Cameron
1831–1862
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Arthur Welch Cameron
1833–1852
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Arthur W Cameron
1833–1852
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Martha Ann Cameron Remick
1835–1862
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Henry D Cameron
1837–1909
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Robert Everett Cameron
1839–1895
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Josiah Mann Cameron
1841–1862
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Joseph Hawkins Cameron
1842–1863
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Edward Worthington Cameron
1845–1929
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