David Cameron
David Cameron was born on December 21, 1839, near Glasgow, Scotland, to Peter and Ann Cameron. His father was a coal miner. The family immigrated to America in 1848 and settled in Bloss, Pennsylvania. They moved to Covington, Pennsylvania, in the 1850s.
Cameron worked in a coal mine as a child and reportedly “studied, when time and the presence of an occasional teacher permitted, in the common schools of those communities.” He eventually graduated from the Mansfield State Normal School and began work as a teacher. In 1863, he was teaching school in Canada. He eventually returned to Pennsylvania and served in the Union army.
He married Emily Mitchell on October 5, 1865, and they had six children: Lucy, born around 1867; Anna, born around 1870; William, born around 1872; Peter, born around 1876; Leon, born around 1878; and Ernest, born around 1885. They lived in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, and Cameron worked as a lawyer. He played an active role in local Republican politics, and he served “with distinction” as United States Attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania from 1882 until 1893. He became President Judge of Tioga County in 1900. He died in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in April 1932.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1426) | Cameron, David | 1839-12-21 | 1932-04 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3156) [recipient] ~ William R. Cameron to David Cameron, 17 March 1862
People - Records: 1
- (1426) Cameron, David is the [sibling of] (1425) Cameron, William R.
Places - Records: 2
Groups - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865, available from Ancestry.com; The Wellsboro Gazette, 20 April 1932.
