. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . rse, andHon. Paul Carrington Cameron. from the hearse to the grave, and a large number followed in reverential sorrow. The funeral was imposing,appropriate to the character and position of the deceased, being attendedby the governor and other state officials, the president, and faculty of theState University, and by prominent citizens of the Commonwealth. He wasa member of St. Mathews Episcopal Church, gi\ing liberally of his time andmoney in support of its various benevolent enterj^rises. He was married, December
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . rse, andHon. Paul Carrington Cameron. from the hearse to the grave, and a large number followed in reverential sorrow. The funeral was imposing,appropriate to the character and position of the deceased, being attendedby the governor and other state officials, the president, and faculty of theState University, and by prominent citizens of the Commonwealth. He wasa member of St. Mathews Episcopal Church, gi\ing liberally of his time andmoney in support of its various benevolent enterj^rises. He was married, December 20, 1832, to Ann, daughter of Chief JusticeThomas Ruffin. She died August 29, 1897. Seven children were bornto them: Rebecca B., born June 27, 1840, married Maj. John W. Graham,died in Hillsboro, about 1880; Annie Ruffin, born July 16, 1842, married P. Colhns, resides in Hillsboro; Margaret, born June 10, 1848, marriedCapt. Robert B. Peebles, died in Hillsboro, N. C; Duncan, born , 1850,died in Hillsboro, N. C, in 1886; Pauline, born M:u-ch 30, 1853, married. SKETCHES OF ACADEMY CADETS. 77 Capt. William B. Shepard, died in Edenton, N. C; Bennehan, born Sep-tember 9,1854, resides in Stagville, N. C; Mildred C; born March 21, 1857,married W. F. Shepard, died in Hillsboro, N. C. THOMAS ANIS CAMERON. Thomas A. Cameron, son of Judge Duncan and Rebecca (Bennehan)Cameron, and brother of Paul C. Cameron 28, was born in Stagville, N. C,July 25, 180G, and died unmarried, at the Fairntosh Plantation, near Stag-ville, January 20,1870. He prepared for college in the schools of Hillsboro and Raleigh and enteredthe Academy in 1825, graduating in 1827. He engaged extensively inagricultural pursuits, owning the plantation Snow Hill, near Stagville. Hedid not aspire to the morg active and stirring affairs of life, but preferredthe quiet of his home circle; and the enjoyment of overseeing his made his home with his brother at the Fairntosh Plantation. He was anext
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