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Gen. Hugh Carreron Dies in a Ho* pital at Topeka.Topeka, Kan.. Dec. 10.—Gen. Hugh Cameron, known as the Kansas Hermit, died Wednesdax night of apoplexy In a local hospital. He came here Tuesday from Lawrence to attend the funeral of A. H. Case an old friend. Gen. Cameron was horn In Saratoga. X. Y . 82 years ago. He went to Washington shortly after the election of Zachery Taylor as t resident. There he became ac-•juainted with Webster. Clay, Douglas and other eminent statesmen of the day. He moved to his hermitage near Lawrence In 18.11.Before that time he was a professor of mathematics in Rittenhouse academy, Washington. Then for a time he was a clerk In the treasury department. His health failed and he moved to Kansas in time to be identified with tin- free state struggle.
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Mount Pleasant Daily News
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, US
Thu, Dec 10, 1908
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