Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-04
FAMOUS TOBACCO
MAGNATE IS DEAD
OF PNEUMONIA
Alexander Cameron, Leader
in Social and Business
World, Passes Away.
ESTABLISHED GREAT
TOBACCO FACTORIES
His Trade Marks Were Widely
Known in This Country
and Abroad.
WAS NATIVE OF SCOTLAND
Served as Colonel on STAFF OF Gov
ernor Fitzhugh
Lee.
ESTABLISHED GREAT
TOBACCO FACTORIES
VAS NATIVE OF SCOTLAND
Served as Colonel on STAFF OF Gov,
ernor FitZhugh
Lee.

Alexander Cameron. Sr., one OF the
NEST prominent figures OF the last half
century In the social and business life
OF Virginia. died yesterday afternoon
at 5:l5 o'clock at his residence. 5l9
East Franklin Street. aged eighty-two
years.
His last illness was bricf. and his
demise. while not unexpected, Mr..
Cameron having been sufferer from
paralysis since last June, came as a
great shock to his family and n host
OF friends. Until nc suffered first
stroke OF paralysis last June while
resting at his summer home. Cameron
Lodge. near Gordonsvillc. Mr. Cameron
was regarded as a marvel OF physical
and mental powers for his advanced
age. He had never been seriously III
In his life. Following the first stroke
OF paralysis, the wonderful vim and
NiSor showed steady and rapid de-
cline He was no more the active,
energetic figure that had been the envy
OF men half his age for many years.
PNEUMONIA Is IMMEDIATE
CAUSE OF DEATH
Returning to his home In Richmond
Mr. Cameron remained under the treat
ment of his family physician. DR.. Man
fred Call. who prescribed quiet and
suffered a second stroke OF paralysis
which confined him to his home per
manently. The third stroke came last
Friday. He contracted a cold about
the same time, and his weakened con
d'tion and advanced years made him
an easy victim FOR pneumonia. which
set In last Sunday. Pneumonia was
the immediate cause Of his death.
When the precarIous condition OF
the patient was noted. Mrs. j Heron
Crosman. the only one OF the children
of Mr. Cameron living at distance.
was notified She arrived here Sunday
evening, anc was with her mother and
other members of the Immediate fam
lily at the bedside of her father. COM
foriinG and consoling him In his last
hours. Mr.. Cameron's death was cal
and peaceful. He suffered apparently
no pain. passing away as If into a
slumber
FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE
TOMORROW AT NOON
Arrangements for the funeral had
not been completed at late hour last
night but it was decided TO have tho
obscquies conducted by Rev. Russell
Cecil. ID. d.. pastor OF the Second Pres
hEterian Church. at the noon hour to-
morrow. The services will be held at
the church. In Difference to the senti-
ment Mr.. Cameron entertained and cy
pressed when he was In robust health
against funeral pomp the obseou!es
VIII be unostentatious, and /, is the
family's request that floral tributes he
omitted. The burial will be in the
Cameron section In Hollywood.
unarected. direct and blunt of
speech. the tastes OF the man. who be-
chn
energy, industry and fair dealing win
all men one OF the most powerful fac
tors In the tobacco Irlustry in America.
were very simple. as was his manner
or living. To clean living, regular
habits that conform with the laws of
health and nature. Mr.. Cameron was
won't TO ascribe his immunity from
Physical ailments In his old age
MIR. CAMERON WAS a NATIVE
OF GRANTOWN, SCOTLAND
Alexander Cameron, Sr., was a native
OF Grantown, Scotland, but his long
residence In this State and tho fact
that from his early manhood he was
intimately associated with the most
cultured element of his adopted State
had caused him to be regarded as tyne
OF the old Virginia gentleman" Com
paratively few of his associates In
business and friends Of the last quarter
of a century were aware that he was
not native Virginian, although the
tobacco magnate never lost his interest
in his native country, for which he
cherished deep affection.
His father, Alexander Cameron. died
several years before young Alexander
then lad Of thirteen, came to Vir
Einia with his mother. They lived in
petersburg. where the boy went to
school. and later entered upon his busi-
ness career with David Dunlop. the
leading tobacconist Of that city. Some
years later no became n partner in the
firm of William Cameron G. Brothers
the firm consisting OF William, George
and Alexander Cameron. The brothers
established tobacco business that still
holds Its prominence and prestige in
tho United States and abroad.
ESTABLISH BUSINESS
KNOWN ALL OVER WORLD
George Cameron. of Petersburg. Is
now the only surviving member Of the
old firm. 1t was largely due TO the
knowledge and executive ability of
Alexander Cameron that tho business
expanded to the enormous proportions
It had developed when 1t was sold to
tho British-American Tobacco Company,
ten years ago. The different branches
Of the business were conducted Inde-
pendently, but as an allied concern, by
Alexander Cameron 6. Co., Cameron &
Cameron and William Cameron G.
Brother. These factories, widely dis
tributed. constituted the largest di-
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