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<p> Cameron, James (2), </p> <p> an English Congregational minister, was born in 1809. He spent his boyhood at Gourock, on the Firth of Clyde; a matriculated at the university of [[Glasgow]] in 1830; was converted in 1831; and in the following year entered the Glasgow Theological-Academy. In the autumn of 1835 he went to Innerleithen to improve his health, and there instituted a series of meetings which resulted in the establishment of an Independent Church in the place, and a great religious awakening in the town. Mr. Cameron was ordained at [[Portobello]] in 1837, and in 1843 removed to Dumfries, where he remained till 1847, when he accepted a. call at Headgate, Colchester. His final charge was at Hopton, Mirfield. Here he died, March 29,1873. Those who knew him best were those who loved him most. See. (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1874, p. 316. </p>
<p> Cameron, James (3), </p> <p> a Presbyterian minister, was born in 1816 at Greenock, Scotland.- He came to [[America]] as the representative of a British commission house. Mercantile life proving distasteful, he pursued painting as a profession. In 1845 he went to Italy, and on his return, in 1849, was made a deacon in the Presbyterian Church at Chattanooga, Tenn. During the late civil war he left the South, removed to Philadelphia, and finally went to Greenville, Me., in 1868. At Greenville he ministered to the Congregational Church for four years. In 1870 he was ordained an evangelist, and was acting pastor at Waterville from 1872 to 1874. He then went to California, ministered to the people in San Bernardino and other places, and died at Oakland, Jan. 5, 1882. See San Francisco Bulletin, Jan. 6, 1882. (B. P.) </p>


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<ref name="term_29775"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/cameron,+james+(2) James Cameron from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_29777"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/cameron,+james+(3) James Cameron from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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James Cameron [1]

Cameron, James (3),

a Presbyterian minister, was born in 1816 at Greenock, Scotland.- He came to America as the representative of a British commission house. Mercantile life proving distasteful, he pursued painting as a profession. In 1845 he went to Italy, and on his return, in 1849, was made a deacon in the Presbyterian Church at Chattanooga, Tenn. During the late civil war he left the South, removed to Philadelphia, and finally went to Greenville, Me., in 1868. At Greenville he ministered to the Congregational Church for four years. In 1870 he was ordained an evangelist, and was acting pastor at Waterville from 1872 to 1874. He then went to California, ministered to the people in San Bernardino and other places, and died at Oakland, Jan. 5, 1882. See San Francisco Bulletin, Jan. 6, 1882. (B. P.)

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