Peter H. Cameron Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Mt. Ida, Biographical Sketches, Page 1040

PETER H. CAMERON, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Fennimore; was horn in Perth Scotland; 
emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1845, and settled in Grant 
Co., Wis., there being a colony of brave Scots located here.  He enlisted in the 
7th W. V. I. Aug. 19, 1861, and was in active service until by sunstroke he was 
disabled, and was discharged Oct. 17, 1862.  Mr. Cameron was married Feb. 19, 
1865, to Ellen E. Dyer, who was born in Grant Co., Wis., Sept. 19, 1843; she was 
a daughter of Abner Dyer.  Mr. Cameron has four children - Frank A., aged 14 
years; Alice, 12 years; John, 7 years; Neil, the youngest, 3 years.  Mr. Cameron 
is a leading Democrat: has filled the office of Chairman of Board of 
Supervisors, Assessor, etc.; he is a prominent, member of the Masonic 
fraternity, and owns a valuable farm of 244 acres, one of the best in the town.