Inscription:
Paymaster, United States Army
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MAJOR BRUA CAMERON.
William Brua Cameron, son of Simon Cameron and Margaret Brua, was born
Aug. 1, 1826, at Harrisburg, Pa. He received a classical education, and
graduated at Princeton College in 1847, studied law with James McCormick,
and was admitted to the Dauphin County bar Jan. 23, 1849. He located at
Middletown, managing certain business enterprises of his father. He was
appointed major and paymaster in the United States army May 1, 1861;
retired the 4th of November, 1863, on account of impaired health. Maj.
Cameron died at Middletown, Jan. 13, 1864, and is buried in the cemetery
at that place. He married, Oct. 18, 1852, Elizabeth Bastedo, daughter of
Gilbert and Marian Bastedo, of Nelson, Province of Ontario, Canada. Mrs.
Cameron, while on a visit to her old home in Canada, took ill, and died
there in 1870. They had issue,— Marian Bastedo, married David Watts; Simon
Brua, d.s.p.; and Janet.
Egle, William Henry, M.D., M.A., History of the Counties of Dauphin and
Lebanon,
pp. 461-557.
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
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Paymaster, United States Army
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MAJOR BRUA CAMERON.
William Brua Cameron, son of Simon Cameron and Margaret Brua, was born
Aug. 1, 1826, at Harrisburg, Pa. He received a classical education, and
graduated at Princeton College in 1847, studied law with James McCormick,
and was admitted to the Dauphin County bar Jan. 23, 1849. He located at
Middletown, managing certain business enterprises of his father. He was
appointed major and paymaster in the United States army May 1, 1861;
retired the 4th of November, 1863, on account of impaired health. Maj.
Cameron died at Middletown, Jan. 13, 1864, and is buried in the cemetery
at that place. He married, Oct. 18, 1852, Elizabeth Bastedo, daughter of
Gilbert and Marian Bastedo, of Nelson, Province of Ontario, Canada. Mrs.
Cameron, while on a visit to her old home in Canada, took ill, and died
there in 1870. They had issue,— Marian Bastedo, married David Watts; Simon
Brua, d.s.p.; and Janet.
Egle, William Henry, M.D., M.A., History of the Counties of Dauphin and
Lebanon,
pp. 461-557.
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
I. [http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?312,487903 Pa-Roots]
Inscription:
Paymaster, United States Army
----
MAJOR BRUA CAMERON.
William Brua Cameron, son of Simon Cameron and Margaret Brua, was born
Aug. 1, 1826, at Harrisburg, Pa. He received a classical education, and
graduated at Princeton College in 1847, studied law with James McCormick,
and was admitted to the Dauphin County bar Jan. 23, 1849. He located at
Middletown, managing certain business enterprises of his father. He was
appointed major and paymaster in the United States army May 1, 1861;
retired the 4th of November, 1863, on account of impaired health. Maj.
Cameron died at Middletown, Jan. 13, 1864, and is buried in the cemetery
at that place. He married, Oct. 18, 1852, Elizabeth Bastedo, daughter of
Gilbert and Marian Bastedo, of Nelson, Province of Ontario, Canada. Mrs.
Cameron, while on a visit to her old home in Canada, took ill, and died
there in 1870. They had issue,— Marian Bastedo, married David Watts; Simon
Brua, d.s.p.; and Janet.
Egle, William Henry, M.D., M.A., History of the Counties of Dauphin and
Lebanon,
pp. 461-557.
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
I. [http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?312,487903 Pa-Roots]
Paymaster, United States Army
----
MAJOR BRUA CAMERON.
William Brua Cameron, son of Simon Cameron and Margaret Brua, was born
Aug. 1, 1826, at Harrisburg, Pa. He received a classical education, and
graduated at Princeton College in 1847, studied law with James McCormick,
and was admitted to the Dauphin County bar Jan. 23, 1849. He located at
Middletown, managing certain business enterprises of his father. He was
appointed major and paymaster in the United States army May 1, 1861;
retired the 4th of November, 1863, on account of impaired health. Maj.
Cameron died at Middletown, Jan. 13, 1864, and is buried in the cemetery
at that place. He married, Oct. 18, 1852, Elizabeth Bastedo, daughter of
Gilbert and Marian Bastedo, of Nelson, Province of Ontario, Canada. Mrs.
Cameron, while on a visit to her old home in Canada, took ill, and died
there in 1870. They had issue,— Marian Bastedo, married David Watts; Simon
Brua, d.s.p.; and Janet.
Egle, William Henry, M.D., M.A., History of the Counties of Dauphin and
Lebanon,
pp. 461-557.
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
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