Max Cameron    

MAX CAMERON, member of the City Council [of Corry, PA], in which body he is now serving his eighth year, was born May 6, 1833, in Hornellsville, Steuben County, N.Y., son of Dugald and Ann (Taylor) Cameron; the former had been an extensive lumber dealer for years, and his father was land agent of the Poultney estate, and State Senator at an early day. Subject’s mother was a native of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and his father was born near Fort William, Scotland, and came to America soon after the war of 1812. Our subject is the youngest son living of a family of nine children, viz.: Dugald, farmer and resident of Hammondsport, N.Y., Ewing Charles (deceased), Jane (deceased), James (deceased), at one time member of the Pennsylvania and New York Legislatures; Ann (widow of Evrett Chadwick); Lydia (wife of Hiram Hagadorn, of Hornellsville), and Elizabeth, also a resident of Hornellsville; our subject was educated at the common school of his native town, the high school at Crooked Lake and Friendship Academy. He married Permelia in 1856, born in New York, daughter of Charles Simons, a farmer in Allegany County, N.Y.; by this union three children have been born— Dugald Stuart (deceased), Agnes M. and Jennie Maxwell. Max Cameron was at one time engaged with the New York & Erie Railway Company as clerk, five or six years; was with a transportation company in New York City for six years; was engaged about three years in the dry goods and grocery business; has acted as Collector for the city several years; one year as Police Justice, and for the last three triennial assessments was a member of the Board of Assessors. He is a member of the A.O.U.W., Washington Lodge, No. 2. Member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been a Class Leader and teacher. In politics he is a Democrat; voted for Lincoln and Gen. Grant at his first election.

History of Erie County, Pa Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.: Portraits of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; etc., etc. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884. Read this book online More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.