Tehama-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Cameron, James S. 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 17, 2007, 10:45 pm Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891) JAMES S. CAMERON, M. D., is a worthy citizen and a leading physician of Red Bluff. He was born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, November 20, 1845. His father, James Cameron, was also a native of South Carolina, born in 1798. He was a planter by occupation. His religious views were in accordance with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and he was a faithful member of the same. His wife, nee Malinda Toland, was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and a sister of the late Dr. H. H. Toland, of San Francisco. The Camerons came from Scotland. Grandfather Cameron was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The subject of this sketch is the only survivor of a family of four sons and three daughters. He received his education at Erskine College, in his native State, and left that institution in August, 1861, at the age of sixteen, to join the Confederate army. He participated in the fortunes of the army in Virginia until the close of that great struggle, when General Lee surrendered. Our young soldier was with General Johnson when the news of the surrender reached them. They disbanded and he returned to his home and took the oath of allegiance to the United States. He then went to Philadelphia and entered Jefferson College, where he studied medicine under Professor William H. Pancost, professor of anatomy in the college. May 10, 1866, Dr. Cameron sailed from New York and landed at San Francisco June i3, following. He there entered the office of his uncle, Dr. H. H. Toland, then and since one of the most noted physicians on the coast. He remained with him until November 26, 1868, when he left San Francisco, and on the night of the 28th landed at Red Bluff. Here he opened an office and began the practice of his profession, and his career as a physician at this place has been a successful one. Two years after he came here he was united in marriage with the second daughter of Mr. H. Gerke. She was born in San Francisco, April 24, 1852. Their union was blessed with two sons, James Henry and George Toland, both born in Red Bluff. Mrs. Cameron was a beautiful and refined lady, a noble and true wile and a loving mother. Their happy married relation was interrupted by her death, which occurred November 6, 1880, her disease being enlargement of the spleen. Her loss was a severe blow to the Doctor and his little family and also to her many friends and acquaintances in Red Bluff. Dr. Cameron was engaged in building one of the finest residences in the city, and he sold the property soon after his wife's death. He has since remained single, and he now lives at the Tremont Hotel. He met with two serious accidents not more than a year apart, being thrown from his buggy each time; first, his arm was broken, and, July 15, 1884, the other arm was fractured, and he also sustained severe injury to his head. He has since been resting and recuperating. Up to the time of his injury he had an enormous practice and had made himself a benefit to his race, going night and day to treat the suffering without stopping to ask whether they were rich or poor. In politics the Doctor is a Democrat. He is a Master Mason, a Knight Templar and a Scotch Rite Mason. His office is in the Cone & Kimball building. Additional Comments: Extracted from Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California. Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of Prominent Citizens of To-day. "A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendents." – Macauley. CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1891. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/tehama/bios/cameron697gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 4.5 Kb