Background
Cameron, George Hamilton was born on January 8, 1861 in Ottawa, Illinois, United States. Son of Dwight Foster and Fanny Elizabeth (Norris) Cameron.
Cameron, George Hamilton was born on January 8, 1861 in Ottawa, Illinois, United States. Son of Dwight Foster and Fanny Elizabeth (Norris) Cameron.
Student Northwestern University, 1878-1879. Graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1883.
Colonel J. G. Tilford, United States Army, May 22, 1888. Children—Douglas Tilford, Lieutenant United States Army, killed in action in France, November 3, 1918, Nina Tilford (wife Brigade General John B. Thompson), Margaret Hughes (wife Lieutenant Colonel Buckner M. Creel).
Commissioned 2d.
Lieutenant 7th Cavalry, June 13, 1883. Promoted through grades to colonel, July 1, 1916. Brigade-general North.A., August 5, 1917.
Major general United States Army, November 28, 1917.
Served in Dakota and Kansas, 1883-1888.
Married Nina Dean, daughter Children: Douglas Tilford, Lieutenant.