Alexander Cameron

The history of the county of Huntingdon [Quebec] and of the seigniories of Chateaugay and Beauharnois from their settlement to the year 1838


One of the first teachers was Alexander Cameron, who belonged to Dundee, Scotland, and had been a divinity student. He exerted himself in several ways to benefit those he had come among, giving religious instruction to the young on Saturday afternoons, distributing tracts, of which he had brought with him across the Atlantic two boxes, and preaching on Sunday. He was a good singer. After making a trial of farming, he left for London, Ontario.  No effort was made to secure regular religious services and the years passed until 1832...".