Judge Hugh Cameron

Hugh Cameron, La Crosse. His parents were Duncan A. (who is of the Lochiel branch) and Sarah McColl Cameron, who came from Scotland early in this century, and their son Hugh was born in Caledonia, New York, June 29, 1815, and passed his youth on his father's farm. He was prepared for college in the institutions of Middleburg and Lima, and entering the University of Vermont in 1834, graduated at the same institution four years later. Returning to western New York, Mr. Cameron taught in the Avon Academy in 1838 and 1839, at the same time reading law with Amos Dann. He finished his law studies with Hastings & Husbands at Rochester, and was admitted to the bar of the supreme court in that city in 1841. After practicing a few years in Livingston county, he went to Buffalo in the spring of 1847, and there built up an excellent business in the firm of Wadsworth & Cameron, but seeing openings of greater promise farther west, he came to La Crosse in the spring of 1858, which has become his permanent home. During the first six years in La Crosse, he was in partnership with his brother Alexander, who died in the army in 1864. In 1865 he was elected county judge, held the office four years and declined reelection.

On December 2, 1875, Judge Cameron wedded Miss Caroline D. Starr, of Burlington, Iowa. He is elder brother of United States Senator Angus Cameron. March 1, 188r, Judge Benton having resigned the office of county judge, Judge Cameron was appointed to fill the vacancy, by Governor W. E Smith; was elected at the spring election without opposition, and is now serving in that capacity. It was an appointment particularly "fit to be made," and the position is filled by him with dignity, ability and unswerving integrity, giving universal satisfaction to both bar and people having business in his courts.

The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin: History and Biography, with Portrait Illustrations