 At Vankleek Hill in 1872 , he married Jane <unk> . She would die some time afterwards , and John Cameron , aged 29 , would remarry Elizabeth Ann McCann on November 8 , 1875 . They had two sons , John Hilliard and Howard , and four daughters , Mabel , Florence , Alice and Jessie . He was a member of the Edmonton Old Timers ' Association as well as the Edmonton Agricultural Society . He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed canoeing and hiking in the Edmonton North Saskatchewan River Valley . Along with his wife Elizabeth , he was an early member of the Presbyterian church in Edmonton , attending First Presbyterian Church , where he was an elder . Though he served as an independent on the Edmonton Town Council , he was a Liberal . 
