I am looking for Minerva Cameron, b . app. 1806 in NY. She married a male Cameron.
Children: Kate' mother, Sue, Carolina August Cameron( b. 1837 in Canada) and ? (Called
Aunt Hat).
Letters from Kate Cameron mention people from Otterville, Woodstock, Stratford, and
Aylmer(Ontario area of Canada). Carolina m. Sidney M. Rich and moved to Bates Co.,
MO.(Appleton, MO) Kate married Roy Pratt. Roy's mother, Mrs. E. J. Pratt, lived in
Webb City, MO. Kate had a brother Charlie who left the army and had a livery maybe in the
Dokotas. The time frame was in the late 1800's.
Letters mention: Tom Purvis m. Celia Elliott of Otterville, Ida Cottington Wells m. to
principal at Aylmer Public Shcool at Otterville, Kate taught in Hudson School and boarded
with Dr. Taylor's family in Summer of 1886 and maybe 1885.
She refers to Aunt Hat and Aunt Sue in her letters. Kate lived with her aunt, Caroline
Cameron Rich, when she wrote the letters.
Does anybody know the Kate Cameron or her mother Minerva?
sarahmck(a)bellsouth.net
Sarah Jane McKenzie