*Joseph Howard Cameron
born 1752 Wellsville, Virginia
(now West Virginia)
died 1862 Missouri
(end of information)
father:
unknown
mother:
unknown
siblings:
unknown
spouse:
unknown
children:
*Joseph
Howard Cameron
born 1773 Virginia
died after 1870? Missouri
biographical
and/or anecdotal:
Joseph Howard Cameron's ancestors lived in Scotland.
He was born in Wellsville, Virginia in 1752.
During the Civil War the state was
divided, and the town was then in West Virginia.
The Camerons traveled by ox team
to Saline County, Missouri in 1852.
The 1830 (Tennessee) census records, under
the head of Joseph Cameron,
lists family members but no names.
One male,
among others, 100 years plus went with them to Missouri.
Whether he was a father,
uncle, or just a friend is not stated.
An old family-story says Howard Cameron
drove an ox team from
Tennessee to Missouri at the age of 100.
When 107 he
was thrown from his horse and broke his leg.
He lived three more years in a wheel
chair and passed away when 110 years and 8 days old.
It's possible that this story
applies to the older man living in the Cameron household as the last
census record
for *Joseph Howard Cameron lists his age as 93 years and that he lived in
Saline.
notes or source:
Family Group Sheet, Marie Cunningham