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Sheridan is in Madison County, MT, as is Ennis and Virginia City. In the early years, there was a very small place named "Cameron" for the "pioneering family" of that name. The following is an excerpt from the book "Names on the Face of Montana: The Story of Montana's Place Names," by Roberta Carkeek Cheney, and published by the Mountain Press Publishing Company of Missoula, MT.
"CAMERON (Madison) was named for the pioneering Cameron family. The settlement was originally known as Bear Creek. Addison Bovey Cameron and his brother James took up desert claims here in 1886. Add[ison] Cameron had the first post office in his home 1890-93. Later he and Josie had a store and post office on the ground floor of a building and dance or community hall on the upper floor. At different times the post office was in the home of Frank Kirby and the Boardmans. In 1919 the Cameron store building was purchased by Frank Falbaum, who moved it six miles down the road to take advantage of the highway business generated by tourists traveling between Ennis and Yellowstone Park. This angered Bear Creek settlers, and for years none of them would trade at the Cameron store.
"The mail came by rural delivery. The ranchers who now use the post office as headquarters have rich hay and pasture lands spreading up to the foot of Sphinx Mountain (elev. 10,860 ft.). The mountain was officially named by geologists because of a supposed resemblance to the Great Sphinx of Giza, but natives affectionately call it 'Old Red' because of the beautiful red rock cliffs that glisten in the sunset."
Perhaps Addison and his brother, John, are the Cameron's you are seeking. Below is a link to the Madison County GenWeb/Rootsweb site. There are many history books about this county and there is a list of people who will do lookups for you in the books. I hope you find something here that will be of assistance.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtmadiso/madison.html
Good luck!
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