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Author: nicenonya2
Surnames: Cameron, Pfoutz, Kennedy, Brua, Lincoln, Buchanan
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Cameron was born in Maytown, Pennsylvania, to Charles Cameron and
Marth Pfoutz. He was orphaned at nine and later apprenticed to a
printer, Andrew Kennedy, editor of the Northumberland Gazette before
entering the field of journalism. He was editor of the Bucks County
Messenger in 1821. A year later, he moved to Washington, D.C., and
studied political movements while working for the printing firm of
Gales and Seaton. He married Margaret Brua and returned to
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where he purchased and ran the Republican in
1824.Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799 - June 26, 1889) was an American
politician who served as United States Secretary of War for Abraham
Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War. After making his
fortune in railways and banking, he turned to a life of politics. He
became a state senator in 1845 for the state of Pennsylvania,
succeeding James Buchanan. Originally a Democrat, he failed to secure
a nomination for senator from the Know-Nothing party, and!
joined the People's Party, the Pennsylvania branch of what became
the Republican Party. He won the Senate seat in 1857, and became one
of the candidates for the Republican nomination in the election of
1860.
http://www.answers.com/topic/simon-cameron
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Anyone working on the PA Camerons?Anyone know the father of this
Charles Cameron?
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