William Cara Cameron

Cara Cameron, Of Herman, Died Early Thursday-Pioneer of County-Veteran Farmer, Stockman Passes Away

W. C. Cameron, of Grant Township, passed away at his home at four o’clock this (Thursday) morning, August 22. His end came after a lingering illness which had kept him bed-fast for months and his worried him for year. Several surgical operations were resorted to which aided but did not cure.

Deceased was born in Illinois, April 17, 1863, and with his parents came to the county in Sept., 1865. The family settled in Cuming City and there he attended school. Later the farm which has long been his home was purchased by his parents and on this farm the deceased lived continuously for over seventy years.

On December 23, 1886, he was married to Harriet Ruth Wilson, also a pioneer, and to them five children were born, Mrs. J. C. Broderson, Mrs. Frank Brodersen, Mrs. Henry Jackson and two sons, Whit and Malcolm, all married and reside in the immediate vicinity.

Mr. Cameron has for a long term of years been the dean of purebred stock raisers of the county. He specialized in purebred Duroc Jersey swine and his judgement was never questioned. His hogs found a market, for breeding purposes, practically all over the middle west and were even sent to South American countries.

But above his signal success as a farmer his sterling manhood stood out. He was always sincere in his dealings and was known for his honesty and his friends and all those who dealt with him trusted him implicitly. He leaves to his children a heritage which money cannot buy, a name beyond reproach and a place in the hearts of his neighbors and friends which cannot be replaced. Always a good citizen he lived up to his ideals and was an example worthy of emulation.

The Enterprise joins in sorrowing sympathy with the wife and children in their great loss.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the Legion Hall in Herman.

#2-29 Aug., 1940 - The Enterprise

W. C. CAMERON RITES FRIDAY

More than four hundred and fifty persons gathered at the American Legion hall in Herman last Saturday afternoon, August 24, to attend the funeral rites of W. C. Cameron, well known hog breeder. Rev. A. W. Clarke, pastor of Herman and Rose Hill Methodist churches, was in charge of the services. Pallbearers were Mr. Cameron’s grandsons - Charles, Malcolm and Riley Brodersen, and Jack and Billy Cameron of Herman; and Bobby Brodersen of Seattle, Washington.

#3-22 Aug., 1940 - Pilot Tribune - William Cara Cameron

W. C. CAMERON IS DEAD AT AGE 77 AT HERMAN FARM

Leading Farmer and Livestock Man Died Today After Long Illness

SERVICES SET FOR SATURDAY AT 2 P.M.

Mr. Cameron Had Lived on Same Farm Southwest of Herman for Past 76 Years; Wife, Five Children, 18 Grandchildren Survive

Ill most of this year and bedfast the past two months, Cara Cameron 77, for half a century a leading farmer and livestock raiser in Washington county, died this morning at his home seven miles southwest of Herman. He had resided on the same farm 70 years.

Mr. Cameron had a reputation throughout the midwest for the excellence of the Duroc Jersey hogs he had raised for many years, and hundreds attended his famed hog sales each year.

The Truhlsen funeral home announced today that it is planned to hold funeral services at the Legion Hall in Herman at 2 p.m. Saturday, the Rev. A. W. Clarke of the Herman Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Herman cemetery.

W. C. Cameron, son of Lee and Sarah Cameron, was born in Illinois April 17, 1863, and came with them to old Cuming City north of the present site of Blair when he was a small lad. The Camerons soon moved to the present place on York Creek.

Mr. Cameron was married as a young man to Miss Hattie Wilson, whose parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson, had been DeSoto residents before they moved to the York Creek vicinity.

Mr. Cameron was the last surviving member of his family. He is survived by his wife, Hattie; two sons, Whit and Mac Cameron, both of the Herman vicinity; three daughters, Mrs. James C. Brodersen, Mrs. Frank Brodersen and Mrs. Henry Jackson, all of Herman; 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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