CAMERON BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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CAMERON, A. D. - b: 1833 Madison Co, NY
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 798
residence: Deer Creek

Captain A. D. Cameron, farmer and stock raiser, section 6, is a native of Madison 
County, New York, and was born October 5, 1833. His father, Robert Cameron, was 
also born in that county, while his mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Allen, 
came originally from Wilkesbarre County, Pennsylvania. The family early removed 
to Onondaga County, where A. D. Cameron. grew up. His youth was spent on a farm, 
and his primary education was obtained at the public schools. He attended the 
Morrisonville and Peterborough Academies for a number of terms, and finished 
his studies at the Cazenovia Seminary in Madison County. After completing his 
education he came west, and in the fall of 1854 located in Illinois, where he was 
engaged in teaching for one year. Removing to Iowa he resumed teaching for two 
years in VanBuren County. In the spring of 1857 he came to Missouri and 
purchased land in Henry County, after which he went to Howard County, where he 
taught until the breaking out of the war. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, 
Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served till discharged, July 27, 1865. He 
entered the service as a private, but was promoted and filled several different 
positions, until promoted to captain of Company H, in July, 1864, in which 
position he served until the close of the war. He participated in a large number of 
important engagements, among which are the battles of Belmont, Fort Henry, Fort 
Donelson, Shilo, Siege of Corinth, the battle of Iuka and a number of others. He 
was in the battle of Atlanta, and was in Sherman's march to the sea. After the 
close of the war Captain Cameron embarked in the mercantile business at 
Titusville, Pennsylvania. In 1870 he returned to Missouri and settled in Henry 
County, where he has since been occupied in farming and stock raising. He has 
270 acres of land, with a comfortable house. He is also engaged in breeding 
thoroughbred hogs, and has some fine blooded stock. Mr. Cameron was married in 
Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio, October 5, 1869, to Miss Mary W. Hines, a native of 
Trumbull County. They have three children, Cecil D., Mary Edith and Arthur W.

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