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 TN Hndcrtiikiny tho pulilication of tliis Es<Yt'MHVKDrA of Kminkst ('anadian Mk\, the 
 -*- I'lililisliers are guidoil liy two liUHiiiosH piiiitiples : First, thu belief tliat tliey lire suiiplyiiii,' 
 a puMic need; ami second, the conviction that they will lie able to supply the best work on 
 the sulijeet. 
 
 The belief that the work is needed is founded on the fact that the World worsliips succes.s, 
 and is glad to learn how it has been broujjht about. The truth of this is sh(jwn in tlie fact 
 that if a nuin lie poor, thouj,'h he have the learninj,' of a Jllackstone, the genius of a Watt, 
 or the patient perseverance of a (ioodyear, yet, until he has achieved siu-cess, mankind 1ms 
 no interest in his history. Ilis aspirations, his anxieties, and liis heart struggles, may have an 
 interest for beings ol higher intelligence, but for the nuiss of mankind, these havt; no cliarnis. 
 But if by .some cunning device, by some daring enterprise, or after long struggles and persevir- 
 ance, he acipiire a fortune, then the reluctant worhl is lavish in its admiration, his history is 
 full of interest, and every one is anxious to know how he achieved success. 
 
 The Publishers found the second liusine.ss principle on the fact that they arc determined 
 t(j spare neither lalxjr nor expense in giving to the world the most authentic infonuation how 
 these men have won fortune, how the world has been benefited by their laboi's, and what has 
 been the turning-point of their success. These examjilts are of great interest, may sjiread 
 g(jod seed, encourage the weary, give new life to the desponding, an<l energy to the asjiiring. 
 In the hearts of the young there are ever hopes and yearning* ; and although .seldom expres^ed, 
 and often not even acknowledged to themselves, they want only the inspiration of example 
 to point the way, to aceomplish a full fruition of their hopes. 
 
 The Publisheis believe tliey an- engaged in a lamlable enterprise, and trust to a di.scerning 
 public for a liberal respon.se. It is but just to mention that not one cent lias been asked or 
 received from the parties whose bifigraphies have been given in this work ; nor is it intended 
 111 pander to the vanity of the weak. Kulogy belongs to the dead, not to the living. A record 
 of a mans life and works constitutes his biography ; the praise of his virtues is more appro- 
 [iriate in an obituary. It is our object to seek out merit, and by a simple narration of the 
 origin, career, and achievements of individuals, show liow the eoiuitrv has become great, and 
 
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wlio arc tlio men that liavo liolpofl to do tlio work. To know how to achieve success is a 
 IumiIhIiIc craving uf tlic liiiiiuui heart, and to teach by exan>|ile is the hest mode of Natisfying 
 that craving. 
 
 Tiic jMililicntion of this work will contriliute to tlie su|ii>ly of niateriiils for the future 
 lilNtoriiin. Tht' day lia.s arrived when sonu'tliing more than the inoniorios of the ancestry of 
 tlie tith-d IV'W .shall iLsurp tlir adndration of niaiikind. A new era, a new civiiixation, has 
 s|irung u|), wiiich fiirni.shcs a dithrent material lor histoiy. There has been enough written 
 of kings, ftudal barons, and thf turbulence of unbridled power. It is tlie social condition of 
 the ])eo{)le that makes the history of Canada, which is by far more interesting, by far more 
 useful, and by far more exem|ilary, than all the feuds and cabals which crowd the pages of 
 £uro|ican liistory. 
 
 The interests of Canada demand that her history should be motlele;! after her institutions, 
 and viewed from that standj)oint, honor should be given to tliose wlio made the country 
 great. A man is a constituent of a community ; so is the liistory of an intlividual a constituent 
 of the history of a country ; and that history which best represents the lives of prominent 
 individuals, M'iil best represent the social conilition of a country. 
 
 Tn making a selection of names for the BlouiiAi'iiUAl, DicTiD.VAnY, the Publishers have 
 ainu-d to give a view of the representatives of the various inteiests of this Province : the 
 Statesmen, the Preacheis, the Lawyers, the Merchants, the Manufacturers, the Kngineers, 
 Educational and Medical Men, and indeed all who take part in the intellectual, social, and 
 material juogre.ss of the pcoi)le. If all are not represented, it is because our efforts have failed 
 to reach them, or becau.se the parties themselves were not familiar with the importance of the 
 work, and have failed to furni.sh the necessary information. There arc some who, from vain 
 pride, have refused infoiiimtion ; tliey feared that their names might be associated with names 
 w/iich did not come up to their .stiindard ; others again, who are worthy citizens, have from 
 a fidse motlesty refused to give particulars, as they said their lives were not of sufKcieiit 
 imj)ortanee, thereby accepting the position of being supernumeraries in society, who have no 
 share in the common interest — forgetting that in a few yeais their names, without a record, 
 will be lost in oblivion, and their posterity deprived of the gratification and advantage of 
 reference to an honorable ancestry. 
 
 The BluoUAl'liH Al. ])i(TU)NAUY will j)rescnt a gala.xy of men whose career will do honor 
 to any country, exhibiting a vaiietj- of enterprise and the best illustration of social life ever 
 published. The portraits have tlie accuracy of photographic art transferred to .steel by the 
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 rjMlK successor of so popular a (lovernor-deneral as Lord Duflbria liail hi-fort! hiiii a difficult 
 task, if lie would occupy an high a place in the estimation of (Jiumdians as did that dis- 
 tinguished Irish Peer. Under the circumstances, therefore, the appointment of one so c'osely 
 allied to the Throne as the Manpiis of Lome, wiis one of the wisest selections that Her Majesty 
 could have made, espeeialiy in view of the fact that he woidd he accompanied by Her Royal 
 Highness the I'rinces.s Louise. Endowed with excellent qualities of mind and heart, of varied 
 and extensive knowledge, he will douhtle.ss exerci.se a potent influence on the aHiiirs of the 
 Dominion ; and, judging from the sentiment that already prevails, will he as much beloved as 
 was his eminent prcdece.s.sor. The present Governor-General is descended from one of the most 
 illustrious and ancient fandlies in Scottish liistory, the annals of whose ancest<.rs are traced 
 back until they become dim in the twilight of tradition. Hut since Gillespie Campljell, in the 
 eleventh century, accjuired by marriage the Lordship of Lochow, in Argyleshire, the records of 
 the family may bo plainly followed. From him descended Sir Colin Campbell of Lochow, who 
 became <listinguished both in war and in peace, and who received the surname of " Mohr," or 
 '• ( beat." From him the chief of tlie house is to this day style I, in (iaelic, " MacCailean Mohr," 
 or ■' The Great Colin." In 1280, he was knighted by Alexander J II., and eleven years later he 
 was .slain in a contest with his powerful neighbor, the Lord of Lome. This event occasioned 
 bitter feud between the two families, which existed for many yeais, but was finally ter- 
 minated romantically by the marriage of the first Earl of Argyie to the heiress of Lornc. For 
 hundreds of years affer this time, the lustory of the family is inseparably inwoven with the 
 history of Scotland. The tiist and also the last Marcpiis of Argyie was (Jillespie Grumach, or 
 Archibald the Grim, who was beheaded during the reign of Charles 11. His son, taking part 
 against the reigning Power, escaped to the Continent, but subsequently returned to Scotland 
 to invade that Kingdom sinjultaneously with the Duke of Monmouth's unlucky rising in the 
 South. His small force was defeated while marching on Gla.sg(jw, and he was captured and 
 suffered the same fate as his father. The estates were confiscated, and the family seemed 
 
TiiK r.\s.\Dt.\s nionitM'inr.M. bicTioSAity. 
 
 ilooinoil to oxtiiiction ; Imt tlif UovoliiliDii ut' l(i^4>S Itioii^rlit it oiieo iiioii- into proiniiu'iiuo, ami 
 itM ropn^Hoiitfttivi' wiw crontut' tlio Duko of Aij^yli- iiiul Mivniiiis of Lihih'. Tim next Mm'ci'Hsor 
 tt» the titles played ii vi'iy ci)ii.s|iicii(HH jmrt in tin- liistury ol" liis tiiiif, iiiul liiw lionii iiiiiiiDrtal- 
 izutl ill veiMo liy I'opf, uiul in piiwc hy Sir VViiltcr Scidt. Tin- In'iul of tin' fmiiily at tin- piosi-nt 
 tiiiii! is tliu ui^'litli Diiko of Ar^rylc, iv ccitlimttMi Htnttsiimn who lias lilii'il sevural iinportant 
 (itlict's uikIoi' ilitri'iviit ailiniiii.stiatioiis, »ii<l wlio lias ncliiivi-il coiisiilcraMi' ■•'piitatioii iis a iiiaii 
 of scieiicu anil of k'ttcis. Upon tlm t'oriiiatioii of Mr. Uiaclsloiic's Caliinct in Ih-iviiilicr, IM(i.S 
 lie liufiiiiiu Si'crt'tary of State for linlia, ami eoiiiliicteil its atliiirs witli marked al'ility until tlio 
 Lilieral Oovernnu'iit was deposed in Ktdiriiary, IN74. <ieiieriil (iraiit lias said that tlie Duke of 
 Aijiyle inspired in liitii a lii;,'lier respect tliiin any other man in Kuiope. This, from the ex- 
 IVesiilent of the Uniteil States, whose diseriiiiiiiatiiij,' seiiso and jiidj,'iiiunt in oliscrviiij,' men is 
 unsurpassed, and who has met nearly all the distiii;^uished men in the world, is a rare compll- 
 nient, Init doiilitless as deserviii;,' as true. In IM4I', the !)uko married Lady Kiizalietli ()e(ir;,'iiia 
 Sutherland lievesoii-( tower, i idest daiij,diter of the second I hike of Sutlieiland, and late Mis- 
 tress of the Royal Holies. My tliis union he has twelve children, the eldest of whom, the lli^jfht 
 Hon. Sir John <!eor;je Edward Henry l)oiij,'las Sutherland ('ampliell, KT., <!.('. M.<1., Marcpiis 
 of Lome, and Ciovernor-Ucneral of ("anaila, is tin- suhjeet of this sketch. He was horn at the 
 Stafford House, St .lames' Park, London, on the (lih day of Au^^nst, IM^.'), lie was early edu- 
 cated at Eton, and afterwards passed successively to the University of St. Andrew's, and Trinity 
 Collejje, t'anilirid;;e. In iSdil he hecame coimeeted with the military Ly appointment as 
 Captain of the London Scottish N'oluiiteers, and in IHtlS was commissioned Lieut. -( 'oloii 1 of 
 the Aiyyle and liiite Noliintecr Artillery |{ii;^'ade. For literary and artistic pursuits the Mar- 
 i|iiis possesses much natural ahility as well as ,i cultivated taste, the result of study, oKservatioii, 
 and experience. His fii-st puMished work was, " .V Toin' in the Tropics," the result of his oh- 
 servations durinj.; a trip tliroiij{li the West Indies, and the eastern part of North Ameiica, in 
 l.still. Although the author was very young at this time, the appearance of this work displayed 
 to till- puhlic the keen sense of oliservation and discriminating judgment which he inherits from 
 his father. ])uriiig this trip he made his tiist visit to Canada and coiicciveil a very favoralile 
 impression of this country. His ne.st pulilication was, " Ouidaaml Lita, a Tale of the Kivieta," 
 a meritorious poem which attractird much interi at, not so much on account of its titled author, 
 as because of the genuine worth and l«Muty of its composition. In I.S77 a|)pearecl from his 
 pen " The Hook of Psalms, Literally Uendered in Verse," v hich isdoiilitless the liest of his liter- 
 ary proil net ions. It called forth coiisideralile praise, and is really a work of great merit. 
 
 In LStJX he hecamo a Meiiiher of the House of Commons, represi-nting the constitiien-y (»f 
 Argyleshirc, and was re-elected hy acclamation in two suUseinient Cieiieral Klections, and con- 
 tinued in Parliament until his appointment to Canada. During part of the Duke of Argyle'.s 
 term of office in Mr. liladstone's Cabinet, the Marquis acted as his private secretary, rlisplayiiig 
 much aptitude for aH'airs of State. 
 
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 On the Slst of Muivli, IH7I, !i« wiis iiititoil in iiiariiftj{ti to lU-r llnyal Ili^liii.'sM tliu IVinc«'i« 
 Litiiiso ('iiifiliiio AllH'itn, DucIu-hh of Saxony, Uic mxtli rhild hikI fourth dauglitrr of U.tr M«- 
 j»)Hty (Iwwn Viotoria, wlio was lioiii on tlio IHtli of Mmcli. IS+M. Hiiico lior iiiarriaj,'o liidiij^lit 
 licr proiiiiiii'iitly iM-foii' tin' |iultlii', hIiu Iihh lici' i ri';,'aril<'il with iiiiich ntfurtioiiato iiiUTcMt hy the 
 iM'oidc, and ht-r |K>iHonjil <|niiliti((H, indiin'nd<'ntly of her hij,di lank.nri- Hurli ns to havo carnotl for 
 Iicr lovi! and ri'spcit. Sho in vuiy acconiplishfil in ait and music, and has ;,dadly Uvki-n lior |)ait 
 in thf duties of hospitality dcvolvinj,' on tin- flovciiior-doncral, sinw! litT advent to Canada. 
 
 Her nianiiij,'!) with the Maiipiis took phuie at Windsor, in St. (Jeor;,'e's (;hap«!l,and was 
 doleMiniztid with ini|iosin<{ cerenionies. Soon after this event tlie Mai-(|uis of Loine wan nien- 
 tioiMfd in oonneetion with the (Soveinor-doncralship of Canada, ar I it was f{('neraliy helievoJ 
 that ho would lie the Huceessor of Sir Jolin Youn;^, hut tiio appointment was finally i,'iven to 
 Lord Dufl'erin. Upon tho expiration of tlie hitter's term of ollice, however, it wiw (hjcmed ex- 
 pedient to oHbr the app<»intment to the Manjuis lor various reasons, and he an<l liis Uoyal wife 
 were received in the Doniii'.iou with i{roat popular (h'nioiistiations of weh;ome. On the occa- 
 Hion of their visits to all the prinei|iai eities in Canada, durin;^ the Summer of 1870, tliey were 
 acc'or<led a welcome wliieh could scarcely he more enthusiastic, and all chiss-es seemed to vie ill 
 (h>ing honor to their Queen's representatives ; and if their reec ption he any criterion of the 
 Huceess uf the Mar(|ui.i' administration, it will be inisurpassed in hrilliancy iiy any preceding 
 one. 
 
 (JOLDWJN t^.Mri'lI, M.A., 
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 CANADA lias had a rich herita;,'e in hoth lier native and ailopted sons; many of them 
 would add lustre to a much older country, ajid some have made for themselves a la.sting 
 name on hoth sides of the Atlantic. Her jurists and statesmen, her scliolars and divines, have 
 heen tlie jewels of hor crown, ami have ;,'ained for her, as well a.s for themselves, an enduring 
 fame ; and with paiihmahle pride she can point to her sons whoso names, iKjt she only, hut the 
 world itself, "will not willingly let die," And no name that illustrates her annals is more 
 worthy of special mention than th it of the gentleman whose name heads this memoir — a man 
 distinguisheil for profouml and varied learning, and for his ahility as a journalist, writcM-, and 
 lecturer. His reputation is not confined to this Province or country, hut is well known in the 
 proud Universities of England, ami also in like instituti<ms f)f learning in the Uniteil States. 
 
 Ooldwin Smith was born on tlu; 13th of August, IS23, at Rending, England, where his 
 father was at that time practising as a physician. He came of a family which originally 
 resided at Wybunhury^ in Cheshire, He received his early training at Eton, and did much 
 
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 inoro tlinii liis sliuic in ciiriiiiij; lioimis fur that ci'lolirati.'il silmol ilmiiij,' liis univiTsitv tcnirsc 
 at Oxford, wlier>' liis onri-er \.iis romnikalily successful. He first mtcroil as ai» uiuli'r<;ratlnnto 
 of Christ Churoh, but hi-iu;,' clictccl to a l>>uiy>iii|> in Mau'ilahn, he conipletod his course in 
 that ('ollf;;<'. His assiiluitv woii tor liiiii tln' Hi rtfnnl ami iriiancl scholarships, and he ranked 
 tii-Mt-class in diussics wli ii he ;,'raduatec| HA in |s|.').oliiainiu>; tlie t 'hancellors prizes for Latin 
 verse, atid for tlie Latin and Kurdish es^ay^, thus larly u'iving evidence of tliat ;,'rcat ability 
 to use the Kuglish lanLtiu»;je which hus since earned for hiui so distinjiuished a place among the 
 writers of modern tiu'es, Two years after graduatiui,' he received a KelIowshi|> in University 
 
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 recognised as an indcpend. nt and practiial thinker, capable of grappling with great jtroMems 
 beyond those which lay imuiediately in his path. The (lovernrneiit early apprcciatid kiul 
 rewardol liis ability by appointing him. in |s')0, .\ssistant Secretary of the Koyal ("onimissioii 
 (o oni[uIre into the general ccpiiclitiiiii of thr l'iii\ersity of < K ford, especially in relation to its 
 levenues. discipline, and stuiiie-.. t>f tlie -ecoiid ( 'oniiiiissioii appointed to re]i.irt in regard to 
 the .same in.stitution, he acted as Secretary lie was also hoiioreil with a plaie on the lloyal 
 Commission to examine into thr state of i'opuiar Kducation in Kngland. In this position he 
 dill good service, at the same time iivailing himself of the opport\init\' of acquiring a thorough 
 fiiactical aci|uaintance with the condition and needs of the Knglish .Schools. The knowledge 
 then gained has since enabled him to dcil intelligently with the educational problems of both 
 
 his native and adopted lands In 1>S.")S ho 1 ame I'rofossorof Modern History at « >.\foril, which 
 
 position he tilled until IstlO.fultilling its duties in such ainainier as to attract the attention of the 
 highest authorities in Kngland. Duiiiig this time his reputation crossed the Atlantic, and hisde- 
 cideil stand in favor of lilieiai reform- in edueati. nal and religious matters gained for him many 
 admirers in America, He tirst visitctl this country in IH(i+, and received from Brown I.^niversity 
 the hoiioi-ary degrie of LLD He was a warm supporter of the North during the American 
 civil war, and wrote and spoke strongly in fa\or of tin- abolition of slavery Karly in l8(t.S 
 he was appointed Lectut'-r in Knglish and < 'oiistitutioiial Hi-tory in < 'ornell I'liiversity at 
 Ithaca, New York, an otiice which he still holds, although since 1,S72 he has lieeii a resident of 
 Toronto, Aftei' loming to Canada, .Mr. Smith at once took a prominent position in educational 
 circles. Hi' was ap] ointed a miiiilieiof the Senate of Toronto I'liiversity, and was elected by 
 the Public School Teachers of Hntario their tir-t representative oii the ('ouinil of Public 
 Instruction, He was for two years I'lesideiit of the I'loviiuial Teachers' Association, in which 
 capacity he gave \ery ^Lreiieral --atisfaetion In addition to the many public lectures which ho 
 has delivered on iducatiunal subjects, he ha- iileiititied himself with public education in his 
 adopted country by his rourse of Lectines on Histoiy. given to the ladies of Toronto and 
 
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 M<iiitii',il. I)iiiiii:,' Ills icsidiiiic ill CaiiMiIji, Mr. Siiiitli lias Koiii iiiiiniiiiciitly (•tmiu'ctfil with 
 til'' I'li's-.. Mr \Mis a t'iiM[iii'Mi cniitrilHitiir 111 till' ''(//'''//'<'(/ Mnntlih/ (hiring tlio cai'l}' part of 
 its faii'iT, an<l was a liMiJiii^' wiitrr on tlu' stall' uf ihv. Nitliitii. During tin- past tw«'iit_v-tivc 
 
 \.aiN 111' has I II an assi>iiiciiis \viit<T. an<l lias piilijislu'ij tlir tullowin;; works: " liisli History 
 
 aiiil li i^li ( 'liaracti'r :" "Ualiotial Iti'liLrioii aii<l tlic ilatioiialistic nliji-i-ti<iiis of tin- ISaiii|itoii 
 1,1'ctiiivs of InVS;" ■' iiCi'diivs oh til.' Study of llistorv," ISdl ; "Tin- Kiiiiiiiv; A Si-rics of 
 hi'llci> to ill.' /Am/// .V( "•> ,-" an. I •■ Docs till' lilM.' Saiutioii Slavery ' " JNti.'l; " Letter to lli.' 
 Soiiili.rii lihle^ienili'iice Association." aihl " I'l.'a lor Aliolitioii of T.'sts in (»\fonl," |.Si;+ ; 
 "fiii^'iii'l aiiil .Viii'iiei: .\ l,''c|ni'i'," Isi;."); ' Tic < 'ivil War in .\iiicrica: An AiMress dc- 
 livi'ii'lin .Manclc'stcr," Is'iil ; "'riiri'.' Kii.;li>Ii Stat.'sincn ryiii. < 'loiiiwcll, ami I'itt ," I.SIi7 ; 
 "Tic I! "iri.; ini/.alioii nl' tic I 'iiiv.'iNit\- of <>\fori|," INtlS; ■Tic Uclatioiis lietwccii America 
 mill Kii-land." Iieiii.,' a reply to a sp.iclj l.y Cliarlcs Siiiiiiier, iMIil ; an<l ' Tlie I'oiitical 
 lirstiny ol't'.uiala l^7>>. .Mr, Sinitii's st\ |,' is pur.-, cli'ar. aiil m'iv vigorous, aii'l Isis lan^^iia:;.' 
 liiiiaikalily s.l.'ci. 
 
 Ill politics, lie w is iiri;;inally .in adlieient ,,{' Sir Koliert I'cei, an.l an ailiiiir.'r an. I supporter 
 of lli.il st.ii.siii.in ill his .iti.'iiipt to ri»' aliiM' llie tiaiiiiiiiis of parly, aii'l to L;-o\crn in tlie 
 int.'r.'--t .if til.' wli.ili' nali.iii. .\ft.'r tli.- riijitiir'' li'tw.'.'ii I'.'.'l an.l liie Tory aristocracy, lie 
 I'M.k liis |.!,|i',. in lie ranks ..f ih.' Lili.'rals. an 1 lias e\ .'i- sini'c lien, a^ a pililicii w liter, an 
 oppoii.'iit .if.'Liss ^iiMrniiii'iil and |.'ui>i.ition. In Canada. In' lia^ n.'Vcr c.inn.'.'te.l liiinsilf with 
 a pait\, liiit has r.'iiiaiii. .1 an in.l.'ii.'n.l.iit ni.'iiili.'r of tli.' press. 
 
 (loMwiii Smith was in.irii'.l in isT.'i to llirri.'l , ilaii,:;ht.'r of Tli.iiii'is |ii\.iii, l';si|,,.if I'l.ist.m, 
 and wi.low .li' William r.oiiit.iii, K-m|., ut 'ruronto. 
 
 It has lir.'ii )ii>ily sai.l iif liini that 'll.- is nn.l.)iilit.'.lly stamping; his impress upon the 
 lil.'ialiiii' an.l tic hi~loi'y .if his tiiii', an.l • '.inada has r.'as.in to i..' pr.m.l .jf her a.lopte.l s.iii. 
 
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 -*- Stalloi.lsiiir.'. Kii'.,dand, in tin- .'.iriy part of th.'ISih ..iiliiry, .in.l s.'itl.'.l at Norwich, 
 ('.mil. Our siil.j.'ct was th.' cl.je-,! n.hi of St.ph.'M Kichar.ls, ..f liinckville, < hitario, 
 ti;e m.ilh.i li.'iii'_' rh.ei..', .I.iii^^diter of Wiiliain liii.ll, a I'nit.'.l Kmpir.^ l,oyalist ami an 
 oHici in til.' •■ KinL;'s l!aii',^.'r-," wli.i r.pi.sint.'.l I,... is in th.' > 'ppir ( 'ana.la AsseniMy, from 
 IMII to ISOI., an.l was Imiiii in ISrocUviil.', .May 2, \s\r, lie was c.liicit.'.l at th.' .lohnst.iwn 
 ( Ji.immar Sclio.il, and at I'.ils.lain A.-a.li'my. .\ V, ; rea.l law with Aii.lrcw Noit.iii I5iicll, who 
 uflerwar.ls ln'canif .M i-tii in ( 'h.uici'iy at Tor.mt.i, an.l with .Iii.l'^.^ ( leorj^o Miilloi'Ii, of IJiwk- 
 
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 villr, Miiil was callcil In (111' liar of L'|i|HT('aimila in \^'A1. Mr {d'ac'liscil manv years al Him-k- 
 villf, and rose to ili.stineli<in in (In- itifiil prol'fssion. 
 
 Mr. Uicliarils was ticfttd a riciulur of tlic l,uw Stn-irty in l.S4!l ; was iiiatcd a (,)iu(n's 
 Counsil (lie next year ; was a nainlxT of tlie Kxtrntive ConiK-il of ( 'anada, ami Attonuy- 
 (ii-ncial for l'ii|pir Canada— succctdinj; lli l«ri, ISaldwin — from Oitoliir 2N, l.s.")l, to .Iiiik' 
 22, IM.VV wlion lie w.is ii|i|H)iiitid to ^urrccd tlie linn. Iv. 15. Sullivan as a I'liisnc .liiily;c of 
 tlu- Court of Coiiiiiion I'k-as ; held that poNiiion until .July 'li, l!S(i:i, wlicn lie was |iio- 
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 Chief Justice of Ontario, the hi(ter lufouiiny President of tlie Court of Krror and Apiieal. lie 
 was iijtpointed Cliief .liistice of tlie Su|ireiiie Court of the l>oniiiiion, Octoher «S, i.s7">, and 
 letiroil January 10, |N7!>. 
 
 '■ Durinj; his prolonj,'ed juclieial career," .said the CiiiiniHitn Mmillih/, " while he was still en 
 the Sujircnie Jli'nch, he has estahlished an cnvialde reputation for aliility and erudition. His 
 suavity of teuipei', his j^'ood huninr, imd sin^'uiar elearness and |ierspieuity of mind, have 
 lunde him univeisally popular with the liar and the people, and he has never, so fai' as our 
 Uieiuory .seives us, impaiiod the ciintldenee reposed in his inlej^'rity and aeumen." 
 
 Ill addition to his laliois on the ISeiieh, Judj;o liiehards has olteii lieen called upon to 
 di.schar^e other important duties. In I.S74 he was appointed Arhitrator on Itehalf of Ontario, 
 for till' settleiiieiit of the north-west houndary of that Province, resi^'uiug the position two years 
 later. He was |)eputy-< lovernoi' of ( 'anada diiriii;;' the ahsenee of the Karl of IhiHerin in 
 
 Briti.sli Columlpia, liom July -'.^ to Oetolur -'■], ISTH. Me .sat for L Is in the ('aiiadian 
 
 As.senilily from January, Is In, till he was jihiei'd on the Ijeneh in June, IS.").'!, He was knij,dited 
 liy Her Majesty the (i)ueen, in IN77, as we learn from the " Parliamentary Coiii])aniun," from 
 whieli we gather most of the data for thi> sketch. 
 
 In Oetolur, is4(I, J)ehorah Catharine, daiightir of Jnliii Mniiliead, l>arrister-at-law, 
 Niagara, (tntario, and a -real giamldaughter of Col. John llutlei', of " IJutler's Uangeis," 
 lieeaiiie the wife of Judge liiehards, and they ha\t' live children, ihii;.- sons ami two daugliters. 
 
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 A MONd the men of high distinction whose nanus are as.sociated with the Dominion, and 
 -^-*- who have add. 1 impulse to its progress, the IllOIIT HuXOK.Vltl.K Silt l'"l!i;i)i;iiH'K 
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 IiikI l"i'ii at .lid'i'iviit liiiirs coiiliiK-il Id liiin miniy iiiiportiiiit trusts, nil i»l" wliicli wen' liomufrl 
 witli a iai\'c' iiU'iisiirc of sikti-ss. Id' liad also ioiiclcrc(l valiiaMc service to liis Sovri'ci;,'!! in 
 fim-ij,'!! coiiiitiirs; Imt liis laliois were so (|Mii(ly i)cifoiiiicil, ami all liis inovcnii-iits in tin- 
 (•xiTUtioii of his work wcrr so five IVom ostentation, tliat lie liail j,'ain('il liut liltio |Miliiicitv 
 al>roail ; ami sur|irisc t-vcn was manircstcd in many ({uartiTs at liis appoinlnicnt. We sfc in 
 tliis nnassuminj,' cliaiauti'i' minu'an iiulication of liis siipcrioi' worlli ; for tlm man of true merit 
 novel' seeks iiiihlieitv as an eiul. nor works for notoriety, lie rather aims in all his emleavors, 
 to promote liiiman i,'oo<i as the olijeft of his chief imrsiiit. Loril ItiiU'erin was known for his 
 literary uhility ami works: tlie jiroiliit'tiunH of his pen were hi,L(lily eslceiiied amoiiL; eiiltivati'il 
 readers. The Mooil of the Slieridans flows in liis vc'liw. ami .Mr-i. ( '.iroline Norton, a ilistin- 
 Miiisheil literary ;,'eniiis, was his aunt. Krom tlio time of his appointnu'iit lit tin; elose of 
 his ailministration, his Lonlship nlwaj's m;iiiifestei| a deep interest, in (.'anadian all'airs. lie 
 left nothing,' unnoticed that miiflit tend to tlii^ advantaL,'e of the Moininion. lie visited every 
 part, ami applied himself thoroughly to the attaiiunent of that knowledi,'e of th(M'ountrv so 
 noct'ssary to the just ainl prosiieroiis manaLjeiiieut of its i,'overnmeiit. Ih^ made himself 
 ncipiaint(Ml with its i,'c'oL;raphy, its history, its resources, and its adaptation to miiiin;;, j^razin;^' 
 and a.u;ricuitiire. As in his travels he eaiin' in contact with the people, he addressed llieiii 
 with so nuicli aliility, cioiiuenci' and sense, that the kno\vle(lM|. of thiir c()untrv, its interests, 
 and the means of advanciim' those interests, was ^'reatly iiicreas<d ; and as his speeches were 
 imMished, and extensively read, they have serveil to make ( 'anada lietler known ahroad. Thus 
 have they aided in tin; advanctMiient of tin; country hy promotiiii^M.he various enterprises of 
 cmiLjralion from other lands to this part of the world. Kverywhere the words of his Lord- 
 
 ship have lieell uttered to a purpose, for they have heeil sllci'eeded liy i,'ood results. His eliarae- 
 
 tei- and his d Is amoni;' us havi' elicited honor IVoiii all, rcLjardless of politie.al distinction. 
 
 The Karl of Diitlerin was horn June -21, \S-2l'>. He was educat,ed at Klon and ( 'hrist-( 'liuicli 
 
 ('olle--e, ()\lnrd. On tlie .leath of his father, July 21, ISH.he suei led as tlu' ."tth Haron 
 
 Diiireiin ,iiii| Viscount Clandelioye in the |'eerai;e of Ireland. He was created I!. iron ('lamle- 
 lioye of the rniteil KiiiLjdom, in I.S.'iO; and Ivirl of Duirerin ,uid \'ise()unt ('landchoye (hoth of 
 the I'nited KiiiLjdoni ), in Is7<>. After takiiiLj his dei,fre(( in Isn;- 1.7, hi! devoteil himsidf to the 
 amelioration of Ireland, for at that time t!iis uiiforl.ini.ite count ry was sutreriii;^ the horrors of 
 I'aiiiine from the prevalence of the potato rot,. l'"rom ISHt to Is.'ij he was a Linl in wailiiii,'on 
 tlie (j)iic>en, and a;,'ain from iS'iMi iS.'iS. Hi' was atlachiKl to Ivnl llussell's special mission 
 to Vicuna in I'eliriiary, js.'i.'). Afterwards he served in tin' capaeityof Under .Secictarv of 
 Slate for War, and in the sann' c.ipacity at the India Ollice. These services were rendei'ed frcuii 
 ISiIMo ISIIT. In lsiii>, as ( '.iminissioner of the ( Imwii, he aei-omiilisln'd with suec(!ss the im- 
 poitaiit and delic.ile mission of set-tliiiL,' the diilienlties li 'tween the natives au'l r'hristians in 
 S\iia. Tiiis Work earned for him much leiiown, and he received for it the oidi'r of Kiii'dit 
 
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 Tur: r.t.v.i/)/.iv lunt.uM'iiicM. i>irri()\M:)', 
 
 ('(•iiniininlfrof tlio Hiitli. Till tliis tinii- tliosc .litliciiltiis liii<i liccn nf n most sciiniis niitiin', 
 ot'ti'ii rcsnltiiii,' in I'Idh.IsIh'iI, Mr was ( 'liaiici'llur uf tlu' Diidiy of Lincjistcr ami I'ayniitstiT- 
 (it'iicralfrtdii iHCiS to I.s7-. Il<' was ap|ioiii(cil Lonl Limitoimnt of Coiiiuy Itown, Inland, in 
 |S(!4, and (iovcrnor-dontM-al of Canada, May li'J, is?- In addition to tlir satist'aftory arranyi'- 
 int'nt of the Tnrkisli ti'oiilili's. nienlioncd aliovc. In- aUocomproinisi'cl I'l'ilain ilitl'i rcnccs lut ween 
 till' Kri'ncli and (111' warlike hiiiscs. In |iiiiof of liisaliility as a s(,itosnian and ii di|iloinatist, lie 
 jLT'ivi' a < 'oiistitiition to Lidp,iiion. Soon at'tiT tliis lir was oll'iTcd tlir (lovriiiorsliiii ui" IJondiay, 
 wliicli, on acconnt of tlic failiii;.' lic.ijtli of liis iiiotli,r, \\" fell 1-inisrif olili;,'i'd to di'rlini'. 
 
 In till' yi'ar iMi- lu' uiaiiicd llaiiii't (iroi^iana Hamilton, cliji-.t claiiL^liti".- of Aiclii 
 I'aM Howan Hamilton, Ks(|., of Kiliyli'agli (.'as(lc, ( 'ounty I>o\vm, Inland. I.onl hnll'iiin is a 
 Lilicial in jiolitirs, and is di'iidcd in Ids con\ ictions. tlion^li frco I'luui tlir rancor wlncli often 
 ad'onijianit's party spirit. Tlif astiiidancy of tlic Lilural party in In"- ,u.iNt' Idm, nndi r tln' 
 ministry of Mi\ < liadstonc the appointment of (iovenior-dcneial of tlic I •(•minion. His success 
 in Syria and tlic fitness li.' tlii'ic manifested for dcaiini; with < hicntal peoples, have caused 
 his iiain(> to lie freipiently mentioned in connection with the \'ice iliyalty of the Indian Kmpire. 
 
 As an instance of the hi;:li regard in which he is held at homo, when iu' receiveil 
 his appointment as ( !overnor-(!eiieral, the pcopK' of lielfast, as soon as they learned the fact, 
 dcterminod to tender idni a puMic liaminet. wldeli was held at I'lster Hall, attendid Ky 
 ivpresentatiscs of every creed and class. At tlic close of his term of utlice in the 1 dominion 
 he had the .satisfaction of seeiiie; a marked advancement in the condition of the conntry. and a 
 healthy urowlh in its de\ clopmiiit. as ha\ ini; lieen irained dnriiii:' the si\ yeais of his adminis- 
 tration. An ci[nal satisfaction is the hi-li re-ard which he continnc- to hold in the hearts of 
 the ( '.inadian people. In l.sTi' Lord niillerin reciived fnrlher proof of the contidince of the 
 Home (loverinnciit in his jndL,Miient. >kill ;ind ahility. hy lieiiiu' uazetted to sncceeil i.oiil Loltiis 
 as llritish .\niliassador at St. I'etei'shnru- The mission is oin' of the highest importance, espe- 
 cially in the lii;ht of recent events ; Imt. with hi^ ripeiieil political taci, re.idy wit, and e\tensi\e 
 knowledi^-c of men and all'airs. he is sure to earn for hoth l-lnulnid and him-elf, additional fame 
 and new honors. 
 
 Hon. I)().\.\I,I) a. M.\('|)()N.\I,I>. 
 
 A SIhK from lieiiii; for many years ;i prominent piiMic char.icter. and oni'wlr> has lilled 
 -*•■-*- many otilces of trust and emolnment, with honor and cri'dit to himself ;;nd his natisi- 
 province, the snhject of this sketch is deservin;,' of a coirspicnons place in this volume, its an 
 t'lniiicnt example nf a man who has siiccessfidly foui,dit his way from a comparatively small 
 
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 licLliiiniii^, 111 \\\^ |prcsriit lii^'li pnsiticni, liy tin- i'in]iloyiiii'nf of his own I'l'soiir.'rs, aM<l iiliiicist 
 wliii|l\- rrlyin^' n|Miii intrijiity nf |im'i>i>sc iiiiil tlir iiiiliniiilalilc I'lirrijy l'i'i|iii'iitln'il liiin tVnin liis 
 lliulilaiiil liiivt'Mtlii'i'-i. 
 
 'I'lic IImii. Doiialil Alfxandrr Mai'Iniiulil, liieiiti'imnt-CJovcrnor lA' Oiitiuii), as iiitinKiticl 
 nlicivi', is a ii;iti\i' <'aiiailian, ami son cil' Ali'X iinli'r Mac loiialil, a S^Mttisli lli;,'liiaiiili'r an<l 
 Itiiiiiaii < 'allidji'', wild scttii ■! at S|. Iiajiliai Is, in tlic L'i)nn(y nf < llrnL;any, ( >ntaiii>, as oarly as 
 IT^'i. Ilcii' oiii' siilijiMt was liniii nil till' 17tli III' HV'liniary, ISI7. Ili' is a yoim^iT lirotln'r nl' tlic 
 l.'ilr lliiii. .Iiiliii San llii'ii] Mai'iliiialil. wlmsi' ski'ti'li ,iii|icais i-U.^wIiit,' in tliis voliniu'. Mr. Mai-- 
 ijiiiiaM ri'ci'ivc'il liis ciliication imrtly at St. K:i|iliaiTs llnlli'^i', iiiiiIt tin' latu lion, ami IM.;lit 
 iii'Mii'ml .Vir\aii'irr Macilniiill, !> |).. al'trrwaiils llislmji (,f Kinu'stun. AI'tiT (Miniili'tiiii;- lis 
 stiiiiiis at W'iliianistiiwn ( lianiiiiar .ScIkmiI, lie tiiriii'<l liis attfiition tirst tn in t.' intilc |iMr^iiits. 
 aii'l siilisi'c|ni'iitly to tlir cnnstnicii.in ui" cunils aiil railw.ivs. in all nf \v!ii 'li luaii'ln- nt" Kiisi- 
 iiiv^ |ii. was siic'cssl'iil, 
 
 Mr .MacilniiaM \v;is jhissi'sscI of '^' 1 rsrciiti\(' aliilil ii's !iii>l an iriiiirniicliaMi' iliaraclrr. 
 
 aiiil s.Hiii liiil iiii|)iisi.| ii|i<in liiiii clinics nf a |inlilic natnii' ; I'lir nian\' yiais In' lillcil acci|it,iliiy 
 til.' ollii-i- 111' Waiiliii of Siiirninni, hniiilas, aii<l < ilcii'^arry ( 'oiintiis. ainl in Is.MI aricil as N'icc- 
 
 riisiilcnt (if till' < 'ciiistilniiiinal llii'iiiiii ( 'oii\ inlinii at 'rdiniitii. His lalmis lia\r nut I n 
 
 rontincil to any onr tliiii'j. liiit liis iisi-fnlncss lias lu'i'ii as vaiinl as liis aliilily to scrs.' tin' many 
 inti'irsts uliii'h ri'ii'iv riMiis atli'iition: is l.ic'iit.nant < 'oloiii'l ( 'oiiini;miliiiL' tin' < Ili'M;,faiiy l!r 
 si'iAi' Milili.i; rii'siili'iit of ill,' Moiilri'al an 1 Cily of ( >l t iwa .liliii'l ion I! liiw.tv, anl l>irr(.'tiir 
 of till' ( hilaiio IJaiik of Ti'ionio. 
 
 In I^"i7 .Mr. Maciinnalil ln'^'an an activo political canii't', I'onti'siiti'^ tin. constitniiicy of 
 (lli'iiL;any ^iicci'sst'nlly foi- tlio oM ( 'aii.nliiiii {'ailiannnt . a s,':it wliiili In' rrtiinnl until tin' 
 t 'onfi'ilriatioii of till' Norili .\iiiiriiMn I'imx iiiiis. wlnn Ic was ii'tniiii'l to tlir lloiisi' of ( 'oin-. 
 iiioiis. will I'l' 111' continiii'il to sit until liis I'lrvatioii loiln' Limti'iiant-t Io\i'rniiislii|i in lf^7-V 
 In I •rciiiiliiT, 1.^71 111' was ti'ii'li ir'l till' Tii'asiiii'r>lii|i of Ontaiio, an Imnor whicli In' rcsju'ct- 
 fiilly ili'cliiiiil ; No\ ciiiliir, |.^7->. w.i- sworn of tin' I'lisy < 'nninil. ami lii'cinir i'ostinastcr- 
 t i iii'ial. a |iosition wliii'Ii Iir ('oiiiinui'il to ImM until .May Is, ls7.'). wlnn In' was aiii"iinti'il 
 to liis |iii's(')it olliit', Itiiiin^ liis lom^ I'ailiann'iitavy carii r .Mr. .MariloiiaM was ilili^'fiit in tlic 
 ilisdiai'L,'!' of liis (Inlics, ant LCnaiilcil tlic iiiti rests of Iiis coiistiimnts with x.r il ami faillifiilncss ; 
 ami, wc nii'^lit aiM, witli iiniiicnt satisfaction, if i'i'|icatcil di'dion to tin' same scat lie any 
 criterion. W'liilr a nicnilicr of the ( Invernment, Xfr. Macilonalil snceeeileil in cstaMishim,' free 
 ilelivery of iiiail- in cities ami t i\\ lis ; |iic|iayiiient of ]ii)staL,'e on all ninilalilc matter in the 
 l>oniiiiioii, ami a I'ost.il t'onveiiiion with the I'liili-il States, wlnreliy a ii'ei|ii ocal reilnctioii in 
 |io^t,il rates lielweeii tlnit Count ly ami ('iinaila, as well as a system of niomy oiilirs hetween 
 the tuo ciiintiirs was c'staMi^heil : hy si'<'ui'iiiL;' these imiiorlant changes in postal facilities 
 alleclinL' the whole nominion, he lnonuht almiit a reform which rcllects ;,'icat crcilit on his 
 
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 Till' I t\\l>l\\ lUni.i: irillrtl. I'll Tln\M;y. 
 
 (tliort ininistt'fial sci'\ ii'f. Tin' ■^iiisi\ iiii,' Mililiii Wtniini nf In|-J owr liini a il<'lit nl' i^'raiitinli' 
 for tnkiii;r tlic initiiilivi' in scciiriiiij, willi nllu'is, :i ^raiil nf S')O.Oi)() (rc.ini tlif Onvrrmin'iit, ii-* a 
 slight .'i('kiii>\v!('ilv;i'iiii'iit I'm (lii'ir srr\iciN. 
 
 Ill |Hi|iti('s Mr. .M:n-i|.iiialil lias always Ipcrii a I.ilicial, aixl in n'liL;ii>iis luiiif. aillicrt's tn 
 tlic I'ailli nf lii> t'atlitis 
 
 111' liiis liccn IwiiT iiianii'il ; tiist in iNt;!, tn Marnaii'l Jnsi'jiliini' (^rMi'st ilaii;,r|iti'r of tin* 
 lato Diiiii'an Macloiu'll, I'!m|. of 'St. Andnws," Ciniiwull), wlio dii'il in IsHi. Si'coml, to 
 ('atliaiiiii'.si'ciincl . Ian -lid Tot' tin' late lion. ( 'nlonrl .Mixan.liT l''iast r, of KiaMiliclil, (lliiiijairy ; 
 .sIh' iliiil in IMIII. Ill' lias li\r >nr\i\inu' cliiMn'n. 
 
 Mr, MardoiiaM has madi' nn cxci'llcnt Liriitrnant-l loscriiof. |iri forniin.;' the oiu'i'ons dnlii"; 
 ofhis oilier in an ai'lo and vntisliirtoiy maniiiT .\nd whrn llu' li'ini of his otlicc shall csjiiic, 
 1m' can I'ltiii' thricl'roni witli a ronsi'iousni>s of having ai'iniiltcd hinisi'lf to thi- hrst of his 
 ahility. and disc|iai','i'd tin' lnis(s ini|iosi'd upon him with cunal satisfartioii to ihc )inliiii' and 
 hinisi'li; 
 
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 SlIJ .lOlIN .\. M.\C|)i)N.\M). K.C.r... D.C.L.. M..|)., 
 
 iiTTA II .1. 
 
 OIIN .VMvXANDKll MAt'DONALI*. I'liiiic Minister of Canada, wns horn in Suthcrlan.l- 
 shiic. Scotland, .laiuijuy I i, l^I."i. lie is the rldcst son of Jlu,!j;h Macdoiiald, of King- 
 ston, (tilt., anil foniirily of Siiihnlaiidsliiri', Scotland, lie was cdiicatcd at tho lloyal (iraiii- 
 iiicr Schoul, Kingston, utidir I tr. Wilson, a fellow of the O.sfoid University ; read law witli 
 the late (Jeorgc Mackenzie, and wascallod to the Mar. T.t '.. at Hilary term, in ls:3(i. lie w.i.s 
 eivateil (jhieen's ( 'oiiiisi'i in Isl'il; is a I! iiclier, c'-o'/i. /o. of the l/iw Society of ( )ntario. Il'oarly 
 disliiignished hiinsill' in civ il law, .'ind. in In:!!', in a \eiy imiiorlant eriniina! I'ase, — we refer to his 
 services ill hrhalf of " (ieiieral " Von Schiilt/, a noted Aii'.erican syiii|iatliiser in the relieilion, 
 Mr. Maedonald was then hut t weiity-roiir yens old. and liis defence of a man who had forfeited 
 his life in trying to revoliitioni/.e ( 'aii.ada. was a masterly eli'nt for so young a man. ;iiid led 
 ohser\. is to prognosticate a hiilliaiit career for him. 
 
 Since INIK a.s we gatlicr from the "(Canadian Parliamentary Companion," whence we oh- 
 t.'iined portions of the data for this sketch, its siiliject has heeii almost constantly in ollice lie 
 w.is a iiieiiiliir of till' e\ecuti\e cmincil of C.ui.ida from .Nfay II. l.St-7. to M.ircli 10, I.SfS; from 
 Septeiiihei- II, ls.-)l'. to July L'!». i.s.-.N; from .Viignst (I, same year, to May :2:t. l.S(;2 ; fiom 
 March .'fn, IMII-. until the iininn. in the 'racht'-.Macdoiiald and the lii-lleaii-M.n'donald .\ilminis- 
 trations : and was. during these several years, ll'ci'iver-t I 'iieral from .May 21 to Deeenilier 7, 
 1847; Commissioner of (.Vown Lands from the latter date to M.irch Mt. jsl-s; .Vttoniev-tJcn- 
 
flit: r.n i/»/i\ liitii.i! \riih\i. i>ii rmx \i;y. 
 
 17 
 
 tnil I'l.i I'll]" ' *'iiiiii'lii l'i"iii Si'IiIciiiIkt 1 1, INH, tu .Inly u'!t, ISVS, v liiii,ii> rriim' Mini--I<T. In- 
 iiinl lii-. Caliiint ri'si:,'iii'il, Ih'Mil; ilrfciiti'il dn the .scat ()r;,'c)vcrniiiiiit ((iKstiuii. On tlii> (lili of 
 
 A 
 
 UL'M-.t, >;Ulir \rjir, III' irllirilri 
 
 I tunlilcc lis I'oHtiiia.stcr-dciicinl, lull I'l'si-iiiil lliat dllici' tlu' fol- 
 
 liiW 
 
 IllH' (lilW lir lirmi,' lea 
 
 |i[M;iiitril Att'iriicy-C li'iii'iiil of r|i|M'r ( 'iinula, a jM»iii(iM wliidi In 
 
 {>< lioKl iinlil iIm' tlff.at of till' A<liniiiistiatiuii mi llir .Milida liill, in Ma\ . iNd'J. at which 
 
 lllllM 
 
 time 111' ami his nilica'-'in's uium' nini'o I'l'tii'dl fiinn (illicr. 
 
 lie an 1 Sir (1.mi|''i' Iv I'ailit-T h'll 
 
 tl |i|iusitiiin in the Assmilily till the defeat ofUif Saniltifll MiiclnnaliiUiiiioii (litvcinincnl, 
 
 \\ lull till' 'lai'lu'-Macdciiialil (l.ivcfiniR'nt was foinicil un tlio ■'U);h of Miuih. liSill', ami he ri'- 
 tiiiiH'il tn tlir ullii'c (pf Attiiiiu'S-dcncral, ami was ( ioMTiinu'iil li'achr in tin' As>ciiilil\' finni 
 
 that ilati' iintii the union of llir I'ritish Ann'iican i'nivinet'^ 
 
 |sii7. Wliilr Attoiiirv-(li'n..'ial, 
 
 III' also licM till' iilliiT of MinistiT of Militia atliiiis fioni Jannury to May, iMiii.aml fioni Aiiu'ust 
 ISd.') until till' iininn two years lati r. lie was udi'ivil tin- position of I'liinr Ministi r in ls(l."i, 
 on the ileatli of Sir K. I'. Tai'lii', tlini hojilin^' that oliiiT, l.iit ,;,'rnrroii-.iy vNaivnl liis claiiii in 
 fa\oi- ol'Sir N. I''. Melleaii. 
 
 The jifesent I'liiiie Minister lias jierfoinieil many innmitanl iluties as ijeh :,'ate to I'ln^laml 
 ami other coinitiies. In hstil. he was a nieinliei'of theconferem'e hold at Chailottetown, for the 
 f elt'eetinL;- a union of the Maritime I'mviiiees; to that wliieh snceceded it in (.tiieliee in 
 
 |iiii|iose o 
 
 the same year, to anan;,'e a hasis ul'nnioii of the Hiitish American eolonies, ami 
 
 of tlie London Colonial I'onfi renee in l.S(J(i-7, when tlie Act of union, know n its tlie ' ririti>h 
 
 was chairman 
 
 North America Ai 
 
 wa> 
 
 jiasscd liy the lm[)eiial I'ariiaim nt. When tlie new cniL^titiitioii 
 
 took efli'ct — .liil\- 1, lSi;7 — he was inviti'd to form tlie first 
 
 'lit for the New l)oMiiiiion, 
 
 and was swoin of the J'ri\y ( 'oimcil and was ajipuinted Minister of Justice and Attoiney-( ii n- 
 eral of Canada, holding' that uttioe until he and his ministry resii,fned on tlie racilic llailway 
 charees, Novomljcr (I, lS7-'5. Two years |iiior to tliis date lu) was apji liiited one of Her 
 Majesty's live joint llinh Coiiiiiiis-.ioners and I'lenipoteiitiaries, to act in connection with live 
 ( 'onimissioners naiiieil li\- the I'l'esident of the I'nited States, for the settlennnt of the .\hilianiii 
 
 •iainis, and of matt 
 
 CIS in 
 
 I disptlte between the two coUllt 
 
 III" 
 
 tl 
 
 ao'irs o 
 
 ftlii^ ( 
 
 oiuiiiis>ii)n 
 
 rcsiiltin;,' in the treaty of Wasjiinu't on, I). ('., where it was si^jned on the Mh of May, ls7l. 
 
 The present Priiiu' Minister w.is apiiointed a niomhi'i' of Her Majesty's Most lloiioialili 
 i'rivy Council, in Jnly, l.s7- ; was unanimously elected leader of the Canadian Liluial Cuiiser 
 
 \ativi' Opposition, on 
 
 the (!tli of Novemljor, lM7"5 ; sat for Kin'^ston, in the Canadian Assemlilv, 
 
 from Novenilicr, l.sH', until the union; was returned fortlie same seat in the House of Commons 
 at the j;;cucral elections in 1S(I7, 1X7- and liS77; was unseated on petition Novemljer ill, l.s7+. 
 
 ami re-ele 
 
 cted Deceliilii'i- I'H. "-.'l 
 
 me vear. 
 
 llehecame I'riuie Minister, the position h 
 
 e now ho 
 
 ld~ 
 
 on the defeat of the Iv'Form [laity at the t,'eni'ral elections lieM in Septenih r, ls7.s. Ihirini; 
 the many years that Sir John lias lieen a memher of Parliament, he has eanied tliroiiLjli a lari^o 
 
 luniii'C 
 
 r uf 
 
 •ortant measures besides the confederation of British North America and tin 
 
IN 
 
 /■///; riA i/(/,i\ inniii.'M'iiii M. I'll riiis iin: 
 
 ratiticiitiiiii nl" tlir Wiisliiimtnii 'I'lciil v, iiliciidy iiiiliiiiliil. Aiiihiij,' lln' otlnr iiiiii-.ni't"., hh' IIh' 
 Mci'iiliiiizat ii III lit" I he (III';,')' reserves; llie iin|ii«iveiiieiit of tlie ciiiniiial laws; tlitt |ii'(iiiii>liiiii id' 
 ])ii)ilie iiislriiclinii ; riiiis()li<latioii dl' till' statutes ; tlie extension (iC tlic iMnniei|ial .system ; the 
 
 ItHII'pllli/.lltion III' llie militia; llle settlement ut' tlie seat nl' (luVermiient i|l|esliiin ; (lie eslali- 
 
 lislinient III' iliiei't steam imiil eiimmiiiiicaliini \«illi l']ui'>i|ie ; tlie estalilislimeiit of a<|ilitiiinal 
 peiiKentiaiies, liinatie asylums ami rei'urmalury inisims ; tlin lunviilinj,' i'lii' tlie internal eeimumy 
 of the House of Commons ; tlie reoi';;ani/ation of the Civil Sersice on a |iermaneiil liasis ; tlie 
 ('iiiistruetion of llie Inlei -I 'nlonial llailway ; tlie enlari^'emeiit of tlie canals ; tin enaetmenl of u 
 
 striii,i(ent eleelion law : an<l ll xlensiiui ami cnnsuliilalion of (lie |)ominion. 
 
 Sir 'lolin is tiietiranil ('anailian re|iresentative of llieCianil l.oilL,'e of Ancient an<l Ae- 
 
 iImI .Ma-'Oiis of I'limhi 
 
 ll lioMs tlie rank of Past (I 
 
 Waiilen of tlie ojilc 
 
 ee|ilMl .Ma-<ons ol rji;;laii<l, ami liolils tlie ranK oi I'asi <iraiiil >enior Uarijen ol the oiiier in 
 ('anaila. lie leeeiveil till' lioiioiar;, ile^iee of l».( 'L. from ( Kl'onI I'liiMivil \ . in lS(i"i, ami ImliU 
 till' titles of LL. 1), from (,)iieen's l'iii\cisily, l\ini,'stoii, anil D.C.j,. fi'din tlie rniM'i'->iiy of 
 Trinity Cujli'i^e, 'rinonto. He wasireatnl Kiii;f|il Cummamler of tlie ( irami Cio>> ul' the l.alli 
 liy Her Majesty, in l.sOT.aml was created a Kni;;lil (Jrainl Cross of the Itosai ••nler of Isninlhi. 
 ('ill, ill, ll of Spain, in .lanuary, Ls"-. 
 
 Sir .lohn was lirsi marrieil in l^l•(t, to Isahella, ilaiiLihter of the lute Alexau'ler ( lark, lvsi|., 
 of Hainavi'il, Scot land, she dyiiiL; in I'SMi. and the second time in lS(i7, to Susan Ai;nes, ilaui^h- 
 ter of tile lloii. 'I'. J. Ileinard, a im iiiliei of Her .Maje>t_s',s I'liNy Couneil of the IslamI of 
 •laniaiea. 
 
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 i,ii:i 'i'-(ii';.M::i{.\i. mi: i;. s. >Nn'ni, k.( .M.t;.. 
 
 <irr \ II I. 
 
 rnilK teiMial (Mlieer Coiiimaiidiii- the .Militia of Canada SIU KDWAIII* SKIdlV S.MM'H. 
 
 -*- was Imii'Ii at Caslli'toii, mar Ki'lfast, Ireland, .March :iJ, l,S20, liein- tlie only s f the 
 
 late (,'olonri .Idhii Sijliy Smyth, then of thi' Ko_\ a! Scots, and of Surrey, I'ln.L^laiid. His mother 
 was Isaliella '^llonl^on, nf ||■i^h hirth, ami Scotch descent. He was educated at < 'liiswiek, .Mid- 
 dlesex, and Putney College, Surrey. He inteied till' aimy in .lanuary, I.S41, in the 2iid (ihieeii's 
 lioyal UeL;iment, then stationed int'entral liidi;i,and was there employed, liotli reL;inieiitaliy 
 and on the stall', for four3ears, iiicliidiiii;' the cimjiain'ii in the Southern Maliaratta ( 'oiinlry, and 
 in the Coiican. In lN4ii he returned with his regiment to iMiijIand. He was .\djutaiit of 
 till' hatlalioii lu'lween four and live years, and ufterw ,'irds Aiile-de-( 'am]i to Major-( leneial Sir 
 (Iny Camphell, liart., C. 1!., in iSkS. Hn the hieakiiii;' out of the war in South Africa, in IS.-)0, 
 he accompanied his rci^imeiit to the ( 'ape of (iood Hope, reaching,' there early in 1S.")1 , having; 
 command of a coni[iany, and luiiij^ in every i ni;a,i;i nient with lii.s rei^'iment, durin;,' the war, 
 
rin. r.(.v.i/'/i\ itiiii.i,- u'liitM. I'll rii).\\i,'y. 
 
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 wliicli ctiiHi'il in IM.')!), On Dnr ocinsinn. ii.m we Imrn IVnin llic " ('Mniiiliiin Milirniv Itrxiiw," nf 
 Ann 1st, Ih77, •' Ipfinj: iitliuki'il in tlw iMtriiiitr fiistncsM.s nf (iniil Kish Kjvt r, lii.s |iiiit.v liwt 
 oni'-tliii'il III' ils niniilii r in M ilrs|ii'iMli' < niuinili'r with Nonn- llmUNanil KalliiH aiui lliiltrntotM, 
 an<l iiiiiin Hif M'liiur dllicii l^'in^ kiil'ii ijiniii;,' tin- ai-tinii, tin- coniinanil di'Voivnl ii|Min Sir 
 Iviwiii'il, will) NuliM'tjiirnlly I'liunril a jnnctiiih willi tin' cnjiinin nnMiT i.ii'Utinaiilt 'iiluni-i, mnv 
 (iciiciiii, Sir .Icilin Mic'lii'l, (i.(',r>." I''iir iii^ " CDoini's'^ luicj iiitn'|iiilil y " im tliis ncciiMiun, Sir 
 Kilward was (■(iHi|iiinii'ntril in llir < 'nniniMnili'r in ( 'iiicl"-. i^cni'ral ciniir, ainl lir wa i |iiiinii>|i(l n 
 Hrfvct-Majur. 
 
 At Minn a-' jirarc was (liciancl in tlic (hant^v llivir Cnnnti y, Sii l-'.iiwaril wa.s a|i|Miint(cl 
 1)i'|inly-As.si.stant (,Miarli'rinast('r-(ii'iii'rul <>( llir -nd Uivision, ami a litlli' laliT AilJntanI ami 
 (^narti'rninstiM-tii'ni'ral at tin' lli'ad Qnaitcr.s nf tlic Army in South Al'rii'a, under (iinrral thi' 
 Hon. Sir (ii'iir;,'!' t'alhcail, K.( '.I!., an ollici' w iiirli he lillnl nearly .scvrn years witlia I'oirc at 
 one tiiui' 111' aliiiut I2,(I(M) men. Duiinj; tliis inriud, thf |iii\vi'i'i'nl Kaliii' iliii't's niadr di's|irrati> 
 t'fl'oi'ts 111 drivi' iiut till' wlmli- whitr |>ii|iidatii)n ; liut liy |iriini|il and rnir;;rlii' cfiiprts vM'rc 
 elu'fliinati'd, ami lliwarti'd in liirir illiiris, ilnir trilial systiin luiii^, nicantinu', CDniplitrly 
 lirnkcn u|i. 
 
 In l.S').S. Sir Kdward iii'caun' a fuli < 'nlnnrl in llii' army, still lioliiin;.'. linwcNcr, Ids ( 'a|i(ain\ . 
 (•iinniii^siiin in liis rr^dmi'nt, |iciriirniin;^', tor a (inn', in additiim (u his stall' diitii's. (Iid.m' ot' Srcrr- 
 tary In tln' (luvirnmrnl in ihr I'laslcrn i'mxiru'i's ( >n tin' ixpiralion nf the trrm id his 
 otliff, in I.SCiO, 111' was |ii'i>iiii>li'il and irturni'd In Knuland, his ri'L;inirii(, mrantinir, liavin;^ 
 f^'nni! tn <'liiiia. In iMil, Im' was a|>|ii>inlrd hispri'lnr-t iiMrral nl' Mililia In Irilaml, which 
 jMisI 111' ' ('ill for six years, In |.S(i7, w hllr tin' llyin'4 cnlumns wm' i'iii|p|iiyid in rriishin;,' thr 
 Ki'nians in ihc Smith, Sir Kdward was srlrrlrd In art iindrr (liiirral Lmd StralhiiMirn, as 
 .Vdjulaiit-dincral nf the Army in Inland, luiii;,' madi' al^i, al tlw .sanir linu', a Sprrial Ma;,'is- 
 tiatr I'nr ihi' ('iiiinly and City of DiiMlii, tn use Ihi' linn|is indr|n'nil>'ntly, in caM' nf nutlu'cak. 
 lie was thanked hy Ihe jri^li ( iKVi'iiimriil al the lerniinalinii nl this sei\iee. 
 
 (•ii the filh nf .Mareii, lM!s, he was |iripiiinled In the rank nf Majur ( leiieral ; in |.s7<l, was 
 .sen; as (leiii'ial ( Hlieer in ('uiiimand nf the {'"urei's in Mauritius, ami while iheie aelid Iwice as 
 < in\i'riiiir, altiiLieiher for nearly a year. The Francn-t lei'iiian war ni'iiirred durinulhis |M'rinil| 
 and, I'nr siinii' niuiiths he detained a Ihitish frii,'ate to carry mil the iniitialily laws lielwceii 
 l''reii('li and ( Jerman seaiiu'ii. 
 
 On retiirniii;,' once niure tn l';n;L,danil, Sir Kdward eavi- simie time In travels mi the ( 'nntincnt 
 nf Kiirniie, visitiii},' Krani'c, Switzerland, Ueiiniark, Nnrway and Sweden, and Alj,'i'ria. On tho 
 1st id Octnher, |,S74, he was aiipipinlcd In the command nf tho .Militia of < 'anada, wliiili luisitinn 
 ho has hold for si.\ ycar.s, dischaieini,' his duties with eiiiincnt sati.sfaction. In .Inly, IN7'H, tho 
 Lioutfuaiit-Uoucrul rtuoivcd llio thank.s nf the Govornor-(jenoial in Cunncil, fur tho discretion 
 
L_ 
 
 20 Tin: (.\SM>i.\s iiiiKiUAViiKM. inrriiiSAUV. 
 
 ilis|ila\('(l in lioliliiiLCtlu' ('ityof Mtiiitical in military i>CTii)iation n|i<iii (lie ncca^ioii nl nnti- 
 c'iimtid alaiinini,' liuts, wliicli, hy liis jiulii'idus ilisjiositiDU ol' (lie trimiis, ami tiiiii aetioii 
 wiTO lia|i]iily |ni'\tiit('i!. 
 
 Ill l.s7-"«, 111' maili' a jcmnicy of ins|n'(ti(iii aciuss (lie entire ('(luiini'iit In liiitisli ( 'oliniiliiii 
 aiiil Vaiu'iiiivii- Islam), a iii>taiK'i' of aiiuiit :.','>()() iiiilcs, on liDiscliack— tlic tiiNt Hiitisli (irncrni 
 Ullic'iT wliu lias (Iciiii' s(i. 
 
 Ho is I'nsiijcnt uf (lie Dniniiiiuii of Cauaila Aitillcry Asscxialidii. Upon tlit; (jtui-en's 
 liirtlniay, May l'4, 1n77, Her Srajcsty a|ii)oiiilccl liini Kiiij^lit Coniiiiamli r ol' ilic Most Distin- 
 ^'iiislu'd Uiilcr til St. Mifluu'l ami St. Cicorj,'!', ami in Octoliirof tlic saiiu- yt-ar jnoniotcil liiin to 
 l.i('iit(.'nant-(it'nt'ral, as a reward for nicritorions ami ilistinj,'uislii'il siTvin-s ; lie rt'ct'ivfd, in tin.' 
 FiKiuary following', a ivwaid of om- Imndnd pounds annually, in addition to lii.s uiilitaiy 
 I'Mioluiiicnts. 
 
 Lady Sclliy f^iiiytli, liis wire, is [..iicy Soplda .liilia, dan.i,'litcr of Maior-lic-.icial Sirdiiy 
 t 'aiiiplnll. Mart., ami i;ramldan,ii;lit( r of Lord I'Mward Fitzgerald — married Noveiiiiief iM), 1.S4N. 
 Tliey lias (■ one son and one daii^liter. Tlie .son, Ivlwaid (iuy Sellpy Sniytli, is Aide-de-('aiiip 
 to liis fatlier, aiicl Lieutenant of tlie Mitli Hoyal Ixeniiiient. Tlie daui^liter and mother remain 
 at tlie family residence. Manor House, Tliames |)itton, Surrey, Kni,danil, 
 
 Tlie Lieutenant -lleneial lias lieeii round tlie Cape of (lood Hope eleven times; lias visited 
 Al^'eria. anil Nortliern ;is well jis Soiitliern Africa and iiiiieli of Kiirope, Asia and Amei-ica ; 
 and is a \ery comniunicative and ricli entertainer in tlie private ciicle. He oiii^lit to write a 
 liook of travels and ex|iloits. He lias tlu' aliilily, and must lia\e tlie material for pi eparini;' a 
 veiy enteitainin"' work. 
 
 .IAMi:s A. (ilJA.NT, M.l)., 
 
 "TAMKS ALKX.VNDKK (!i;.\N'r. mie of tlie most einineiit physicians juid siiiu'eons in tin- 
 l)oiiiiiiioii, was liorii in Inveriiess-shire Scotland, Aiii,Mist Stli, IS.SO. He is son of |)r. 
 .lames t Irant, of l'Miiilpiiii;li. ;;iany years a prominent surgeon in (!leni,'arry, ( )iitario, and a 
 grandson of .lames (Irant. I'ls(i., autliorof " Kssa\s on the ( trii,dn of Sociel\- " iuid "Tliouy'lits on 
 tlie Ori^ciii iiud Desceiit of tile ( !ael." Soon after tlie pulilicatioii of the latter work, the author 
 was presented with a large silver s.ise. with the followiiif,' inscription : "Voted hy the Hij^hland 
 Society of Scotland to .Tames (!rant, Ivsij., of ( 'orrimony, Advocate, as a testimony of his treatise 
 on the Origin and Descent of the (lael, IM!». " This work was a pi:zc es.sjiy, with all Scotland 
 to coinjx'to witli, and the vase, which is in the po.ssessioii of the granilson, is no Jouht very 
 
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 Har." 
 
 'I'll!' iiKilInT of our siiliJMt was .Faiif Oril, a liij,'lilaiiili'r, who liroiii,f|il liiiii to tliis coimtiy 
 in luT amis, wlu'ii lir was almiit a y<'ar olil, tlir I'aniily tlin;^ a( Maitintown, in the cunnty of 
 (ili'nifany, (hit. 
 
 |)r. (iiant was I'diu'atcil in tlic arts at (.j>ni'i'n's Collci,'!', Kinj,'ston, and in ni('di(.'in(' at 
 Mi(;iil Collci,'.', .Montreal, tlieve also receiving,' liis dcMieo of .M.|). in I.S.'.J.. He settled in 
 Ottawa, and in .1 sliort time Imilt njt a lilieial praetiee, lisiiii; in a f<'W years to eminence in liis 
 |irofessioii. lie lias lieeii jiliysician to l,iord Monek, Ijord Lisj^'ar and Lord nnU'eiin, and is now 
 jiliysieian to tlie .Man|uis of jjorne and liis Royal lirido, tlie I'rineess Louise. 
 
 Few men in liis [irott'ssion in tlie Poniinion liavc l)een so honored as |)r. (irant. lie has 
 lieeii President of the Meelianies' Institute of Ottawa, a Literary and Seientilie Society, aial of 
 the S( Andrew's Society, same city; has held tlie position of I'resiilent of the Colleife of 
 Snrt;eons of Ontario ; was a memlier of tlie International Medical Conijiess, liehl at I'liiladel- 
 pliia, I'ennsylvaiiia, in l.s7<i. and made one of its two Nice-I'ivsideiits in the d«'|)artmeiit of 
 surt;ory ; is a correspond in;^' memlier of the Academy of Natural Sciences, I'hiladelphia, and of 
 the llotaiiical Society of ( 'a)iada ; is a niemlter of the Royal CoUeijeof IMiysicians and of the 
 Royal t'ollcHe of Siliceous, Loiiiloii, and a Fellow of the lloyal ('ollejj;e of Siirj,'eons, Kdiulinreh, 
 ;iiid of lln' (leoloi,'ical Society of Kni,dand ; also ( 'onsultiny Siii:L,'eon to the ( Jeueral I'rotest.ant 
 Hospital, Ott.'iwa, and to (icneral Catholic Hospital, as well. 
 
 I>r. (Irant lias piililislied in t'anailian ami Rritisli periodicals, a i,ii;L;i' nnmlier of essays on 
 medical and scientific snlijects ; some of which have attracteil much attention, and lieeii 
 lilierally (pioted from hy distin;,;nislied writers in (lermany ami other countries. 
 
 I'olitiealiy, l)r. (irant is a wel!d<nowii Conservative, and for eiL,dit years lie was a memlier 
 of the Dominion Parliament for the County of Jliissell. lie early saw the need of a railway 
 across the entire continent, thidUL,di I'ritish ti'iiitory, and took an active p;irt in the i^'iand 
 eiiterinise, liy introducing,' into Parlii'.ment the ori^'inal Pacific Railway P>ill, lie also favore.l, 
 warmly, the (|iu'stion of the adlllis^ion of the Noitli-We-,t 'renitoiy and P.ritisli Colnniliia into 
 the ( 'oiifederation, and aiKoeatcMl that movement liv his speeches in Parliament. 
 
 The wife of Dr. (irant was .Maria, daiii^liter of Edward .M.iilocii, I'lsij., who sat for Carleton, 
 in the L(L;isl!iti\e ,\sscml)|y of Upper Canada, and in the Lei,ds!ati\e .\ssemli|y of Canada, •■il'ler 
 the I'nion. They were married, .laniiary "ii', I.S.'tti, and liave lost four children, and liave seven 
 liviii-'. He ami his wife are meinl.ors of the Piesl.yterian Church. 
 
 Since eiiteiiiiM- upon the active duties of Ids profession twenty-five years a,i,'o, the doctor 
 has led an uiiiistially liiisy life ; and considcriii;,' h,.w onerous have lieen his meilieal and snrj,deal 
 lalioiirs, it is siirprisin;^ that lie should have accomplished .-^o much and so ^trai.sowurthy work 
 
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 with his pen. Some of his papei-s on the y;e(ii(>i,'y of (.'aiiatla, cxliibit thorou},'h research, 
 and patient tliyginjr in tiiat line of study, and are valualiie eontributions to the " Stony 
 Science." 
 
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 QANDFOUI) FLKMINO, Kn^nneer-in-Hhier ol' iIr. PaciHc Railway, is a son of Andrew 
 ^^-^ (ireiff Fleniinj,', and Kiizaheth iier Aiiiot, and was liorn in Kirkaldy, Seotljvnd, January 
 , 7,1827. ITe was educated in the j,'raniniar .sclioul of his native town ; paid special attention 
 to the nuilheniatics, and at an early ix^^v was articled to an engineer and surveyor, John Sanjj, 
 a j.jentk'nian well known in Nortli Britain, more especially in coiniection with water-works and 
 other works of vaiious kinds. In lSl-"> Mr. Fleminj^ came to Canada, findinjj; hut little employ- 
 ment for several years, and eiijiiifiing, meanwhile, in various conifenial pursuits of a seientitie 
 or jirofessional character. In liS-ii he was appointed 2nd Assistant Kngineer under Messi's. 
 Cundierland, Chief, and Mr. Brunei, 1st Assistant on the cnj,dneering staH" on the Ontario, Siineoe 
 and Huron (now the Northern) Railway of Caiuida. Ho remained for eleven years in the 
 employment of that Railway Comi)any, and toi- about two-thirds of the time was Chief Knyineer 
 of tlie road. About the same period he was also Chief Enj,'ineerof the Northwest Railway, the 
 Toronto Ksplanade. and other imixirtant woiks. In IfSG") he was sent to England as a delegate, 
 bearing a meiiKjrial fiom the iieople of the Red River .settlement, praying for the opening of 
 such a line of road as would afford that si^ttlemcnt free access without dependence on a foreign 
 power; aixl in the same year was ap|)ointed by the Covernmeiits of tlic I'rovinces of ('anada. 
 Nova Seotia and New Bi'unswick, and also by the Im|ieria1 <<overnment, t > conduct the jirt-li- 
 minaiy survey of the Intercolonial R;iilway. That important iiisk he accomplished, completing 
 all the location survey's, and, as (!hief Kngineer, suj)erintending the construction of the great 
 enter|irise to its com])letion anil opening for public traHic on July 1, l.S7(!. 
 
 On the .")th of .May, I.S71, while the Intercolonial Railway was in process of construction, 
 Mr. Fleming was apitointed Kngineer-in-Chief to prosecute the siu'veys of the ( 'anadian I'acitie 
 RailwMV, and the next year comlucted an expedition from the .Vtlantii' to tin- I'acitie Ocean, 
 thriiiigii ( 'anadian territory, ])assing from Halifax o\ei' the line of the Intercolonial Railway, 
 then in i)rocess of construction, thence over the general route of the I'aciHc line. The expedition 
 performeil tln' long journey in a shorter space of time than it had i^ver licen accompli.slu'ii 
 before (jr has been since, vi/. : within three nionth.s— from Halifax to New Westminster at the 
 mouth of the River Fraser. For an .iccount of this journey .see " Ocean to Ocean," liy the Rev, 
 Principal tliant, of (.^)ueen"s College. 
 
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 made a largo nuiiilitr of alile reports on railways and pulilic works, wliicli reports liave lioen 
 printed and widely elrculateil. ('hi tlie completion of tlie railway eonneeting Nova Scotia and 
 New JBnuiswick with Queliec, lie issued a volnnie entitled "The Intercolonial: an liisturieal 
 sketch of the inception and construction of the line of railways unitinj,' the inlaml and Atlantic 
 Provinces of the Dominion," — puhlislied in August, 187(1. Mr. Fleming has given most of his 
 days, and the liest nf his energies and thoughts, to Civil Ktigineering, ami th(.'sulijeet of railways 
 in (!onnectiou with the opening up of ( !anada, and the development of the vast natural resources 
 of his adopted country. Jn his own particular province he has no peer in the Donunion. For 
 his imperia! and colonial services. Her ilajesty the (Jlueen has been itleascd to raise him to 
 the dignity of a Companion of the Most Di.stingui.shed Order of St. Michael and St. George. 
 
 In August, ]S7(I, immcdiiitely after the pu'illcation of his history of the Intercolonial 
 mentioned above, Mr. t'lcndng started for the < *lil WorM, visiting his native land, and making 
 a somewhat extended tour through Kurope. lie returned in January of the tbilowing year, 
 with his mind greatly enrieht.'d I)}- the fruits of a earefid observation. 
 
 Mr. Fleming married Anne Jean, daughter of James Hall, Ks(|., Sherill' of IVterboro', 
 Jamiaiy .'5, IS.'i.'). They have had nine ehildron, of whom six are living. 
 
 HON. JOHN (MJAWKOUI), 
 
 Tiinox'i'o. 
 
 A M( )N( I the honored names of eminent Canadians, there are none more worthy of honorable 
 -*--*- nii'iition than that of the late Hon. John (,'iawford, Lieutenant-Govi'rnor of Ontario. 
 
 lie was the second son of tlie Honoralde (Seorge Crawford, of IJiockville, a mend)er of the 
 Legislative Couneii, wlio, upon the Confederation of the Provinces, was appointed to the Senate 
 of Canada. His elder brother, the lato James Crawford, sat in the House of (Jonnnons for 
 tirockville, from !.S(i7 tol,s77, and was Licutenant-Colouel of the 41st Hroekville Uitles. 
 
 Mr. Crawford was born at .Nbinor Hamilton, (.'ouuty Cavau, Ireland, in the year I.S17, but 
 while yet a eliild came with his father to ('anaila, and was eilueated in Toronto. 
 
 Kuteriug the legal profession, he studied in the otlice of bis brother-in-law, the Hon. Henry 
 Sherwood, .Attoiney-t Jeneral oi" tli(? Province, in this city, and in IsSD was ealle<l to the l>ai' 
 of Up})ei'( 'auiida, and, after a long and eminently successful professional career, was ereated a 
 (Queen's ( 'ounsci in liS(;7. lie was for many years a lieneher of the l«iw Socii'ty of Cpper 
 Canada, and was regarded as being one of the soundest advisory counsels in the Province. Hy 
 his diligence, ability, and close attention to the interests of his clients, he built up an extensive 
 and highly lucrative practice, having entrusted to his care the interests of many private clients, 
 and the largest commercial and monetary institutions. 
 
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 Wliilc lievotinj,' i]\v j,nontost attention to the businoss atiiiirs of others, and tliouj^li liirj^ely 
 oi'cujiied witli tlie iuimai,'eiiient of liis own piopeity, he foiiml time to jfive eoiisideriilile atten- 
 tion to various enterpiises ealcuhited to lienedt the connneiviai interests of Toronto and its 
 vieinity, He was first President of the Toronto and Niiussiiij,' Railway, and did nuieli towards 
 its or<,'anization. He was also President of the Royal Canadian Hank, of the hnjierial RuildiMg 
 Society, and the (Canada ('ar Company, and a Director of many institutions. He held a com- 
 mission as Li<!ntonant-Colonel of the "ith Rattaiion, Toronto Militia. 
 
 In polities Mr. Crawford was stron;,dy and consistently identified with the Consurvativo 
 party, and in ]S(il contested Kast Toronto with the Hun. tSeori^'e Rrown, the leader of the Re- 
 forui party, and after one of the most warndy-fouj,dit contests which ever took place in Canada, 
 ohtninetl a .seat in the Lcj^dslativ*' Assembly of Canada, which he retained until the Ceneral 
 Klection of lb(J.S, when he was defeated. At the first general election after Confederation, 
 inliS(17, lie stood for South la-eds, and lieinj,' successful, sat in the House of Connnons until the 
 dissolution in \S~i. At (he ensuinj^ <;eneral election he was returned foi' West Toionto by a 
 lar^^c majority, but resi^rned his seat, November 5, 1S73, to accept the appointment from Sii- 
 John .Macdduaid's Clovernment, of Lieutenant-ticivernor of Ontario, to succeeil the Hon. (now 
 Sir) \V. 1*. Howlanil. Mr. Crawford, thoui,'h taUin^;- a keen interest in i)olitical afiaii-s, could 
 never be said to have entereil political life. He was induced to enter Parliament by those 
 with whose principles he was in accord, and because he was probably the only man who, under 
 the then existing circumstances, could have carried Kast Toronto in the Conservative interest; 
 but, though an uiiwaveiing luembei' of his party, and true at all times to its principles and 
 I'arliamentary leaders, ho left to others the management of the party interests, contenting 
 liimsdf with attending to the conunereial and legal legislation, which from time to time came 
 before Parliament. Mr. Crawford was Chairman of many of the Committees during the time 
 he was in Pailianient, ami was in every icspect a most usefid meudier. It is safe to say that 
 then' have iieeu few of its mcndiers who have gained moic of the respect and atfectionate 
 regard of lioth sides of the House than he. 
 
 His appointment to the chief civil olllee of the Province was a most popular one with 
 his party and the public generally. His high social i>osition, his connection with many of the 
 oldest and best families of the Province, together with his well-known administrative abilities, 
 were all elements in his favor. He fully justified the high exp<'ctations of all, ami, had his 
 lite lieen sjiared, Would doubtless ere this have had new honors conferieil upon him ; but it was 
 otherwise ordained by a Divine Proviileuce, and while yet in the height of his usefulness ami 
 in the enjoyment of the honors so justly conferred upon him, he was stricken down, and on 
 the l.Sth of May, IS?'), he died after about a fortnight's illness. Thi- Mail of the day following 
 thus s])oke of the loss s\istaiiied, not oidy by his family and friends, lait by the wh<ile com- 
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 " Ttiniiitd I1H.H liuil (I'w liotli'i t'itiz(•n^; tliaii tlic dcci'ii-sod liiiiilciiaiit-dovcinor. In cvi'iy wnlk 
 (if \\t\' he litirr liiiiiHcIf as a wurtliv iiiiiii. Ills Ic^ral cuiv<>r wii.s witliunt a lilcniiNli. In |iiilitic.s 
 he was a]iroii()iinc('il Cimsoivativi', and 11 tiiu' loyalist. His fniuit'ct ions with jmlilic institutions 
 wt'if of a kiml ciitiiuly in kccpini,' with liis j,'oo(l niiine as a lawyer, ami as a private citi/en. 
 Ifc tilled tlie olliee of Iiieiitenant-(io\eiii(ir, tlie liii,diest otiieial position in tlie I'rovinee, with 
 infinite iti'tMlit ; tlioii^fli in liis time a politieian, wlioso views were well-known and settled, lie 
 forj^iit party in tlie J'arliament IJiiiUlin^'s and (joverninent House, and aiiled liis Ministers to 
 tlie utmost of liis a'lility in t'ondueting piiMic atfairs, 
 
 " Aptitude lor tlie jirofession lie followed, tlie estaMisliment of j,'ood conneetions, larj,'o 
 family influences, and a lone; devotion to laisiness, eondiined to make Mr. ( 'lawfbi'il what is 
 known as a .successful man. He ama.ssed a eoiisiderahle fortune, and, tliony;li far from heiiij,' 
 obtrusive in any respect, he wa.s not wantin;^ in social (jualities, which often shone out to an 
 nncxpcctt.'il degree. In every way he was a man of excellent parts; a good husband, a kind 
 fathi'i', a mi>st excellent citizen, and a Lieutenant-doveriior who well understood anil never 
 exceeded the lines of his duty." 
 
 Mr. (Jrawi'ord's funeral was the largest and most imposing that ever took place in 
 Toronto, anil fully testitied the high ivspcet in which he was held by all classes of the coin- 
 niunity. The arrangements were made by the Government of t)ntario, it very properly bi-ing 
 decided that a public funeral shoiilil lie accorded to one who dit^d holding the highest official 
 position in the Province. In accordance with a iiroclaniation of the Mayor, the principal places 
 of business and public offices were closed at noon, and long before that hour the fronts of many 
 of the shops, hotels, and other buildings were draped in black, while at every point, flags at half- 
 mast met the eye. The streets were thronged with spectators, and between eleven and one o'clock 
 a large iiiiiiiber of citizens were admitted to the ili'awiiig-rooin of the (loveniiiient House, where 
 the body lay i" state. 'J'lie ]iall-bearers wen.' the Attorney-deneral ami Treasurer of ( )iitarii) ; 
 the I'lesideiit of the Senate of Canada; the Hon. (now Sii) W. P. Howland, CI!., formerly 
 ]/ieii tenant-* 10 veiiior; the lion. ( 'hief .lust ice ilagarty, the Hon. Frank Smith, the Hon. Matthew 
 ('rooks ( 'ameron, and Mr. K. (.'rombie. The procession composed the \'olunteer Force of the 
 city, iiicliiding the (Jovernor-deneral's liody (iuard, (Jarrison Artillery, Tenth Koyals, (^)ueen's 
 Own Uilles, the officers of the l:itli Battalion; the Ontario I'rohiiiitorv Leairue, and other 
 Temperance organizations; the pupils of the Collegiate Institute, with the Rector and 
 Masteis; the pupils of I'pper Canada ('oilege, with the rrinci[ial and Masters; thi^ Council 
 of Public Instruction ; Professors of Knox College; the Professors of I'liiversity College and 
 (iradiiates; the Professors of the riiiversity of Toronto and ( iiaduates ; the Senate of the 
 I'liiversity; the Clergy of the City; the County Council of York ; the IJoard of Trade; the 
 various National and I'enevolent Associations ; the Medical Profession ; the Members of the 
 Ear of Ontario ; the Chief Mourners; the Members of the Executive Council of Ontario; the 
 
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 Mi'iiilii'is (if till' L "^islativo A.ssc...My; tlic olliirrs (iCtlii- (iovfriunoiit ami Assniildy nl' Ontario ; 
 Mciiilicis iif till- I'rivv Cinincil of Caiiaila ; OlliciTs and Mi'iiiIuts of (lie Doininioii I'aiiiaiiH'iit, 
 Hinl tlic Civil S.Tvicf of tin- Doiirmioii ; tlu' ( 'liicf .liistii'ivs, tlu" ( 'lianccilor and tln' .lud^'i's of 
 Ontario; tlir Sluiitland utliciis of tin,' ( 'onrts ; liic Mayor ami Conncil of 'I'oronto ; tin' Mayor 
 and ('oumi! of llaniilloii ; liic Mayor and ('onn<il of (liiclpli; llu' Literary ami Scii'iitilii: 
 So''iftics, and a \ast concoinNi' of cili/.i'ns. On tin' arrival of tln^ |iroi'cssion at St. .laini's' 
 ( 'atliodral, I lie niHin was nriiM'd \<\ lln' Nfry Kcv. l>can (Irasclt, and I lie lie v. ( 'anon I'aldwin, 
 tin." fornii'r ]icrl'orniiM;; tlic fniicral -iirMCi' in llu' Catlndral, and at tlic cenu'tcrv, wlirrc tlu' 
 i-ollin was jilaced in the vault. 
 
 In ISi.'), lie niarrii'd lli'k'ii .M., yoniiuvst dan^diter i>f tlio lato Hon. Mr. .Iii.stiir Slu'rvvood, 
 who, with (inc son and live dan'ditlTs, survivi' him. 
 
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 "TAMKS IJol'.EKT (lOWAN, .ln<l-v ,,f the .lu.licial district of Simcor, was Lorn in tlir 
 * Coniity of Wexford, Inland, heeemlier :J:2nd, |SI7; his parents heiny Henry Ilatton and 
 
 Klizalietli (Hnrkitt ) (Jowan. In l'**-"- the family emigrated to I'lijier Can.ida. and for years the 
 father of our suliject was Deputy Clerk of the Crown ami Pleas for the Cminty of Simcoe. He 
 died ill lMi:i. Tile son wa> educated ehietly in Can;ida : studieil law with Hon. James K. 
 Small, of 'I'dronto, Solicitor-ticuerai for l')iiMr Canada; was called to the har in iNS'.i.nnd 
 ]ir;ieti^eil in jiartnL'r.sliip vvitli .Mr. Siunll until .lanmiry, I,Sf:!, when he was a]>|iointed .ludj;e 
 of the .Imlicial District of Siincor. now emlnaein-- the Districts (if Mnskoka and I'ari'v 
 Soimd-tliis a|i|iointmenl coiiiiuL; from •• the lod'orm ( lovernmcnt of ISaldwinand Lafuiitaine," 
 When .Ml-, (iovvaii went on the heiich, he was iii>t I VMiity-tive years of aL;i', tlm youiii;;est man, 
 
 v\ e liilieve. ill the I'loviiu vci' called to such a [in>iti<iii. His sulisci|nent liistory has verified 
 
 the wisdom of thi-- apiiointiiieiit. He ha-~ |iro)iaMy lieeii on the liciicli loiiLj-er than any other 
 man iiiiw livim,' in the Dominion of ( 'aiiada. and has made a very homnaMe i-ecord. 
 
 .Indue (eiwan aideil veiv iiiiieli ill ori,';ini/.inu- the Di>trict over whose Courts he was called 
 to |iie>ide, ainl ill l.sH' the iiia-ist lat e.-^ of the Di>trict ineseiited him with an decant .■iiid 
 v.'iluaMe .-~iiuir-liii\ of wroiii^ht ,l,'o1i|, with the follow iiiL,' iiiscri[itioii on it: — 
 
 " I'reseii' ■' 'o His Honor .liid^c James It. (lovvaii. hy the Magistrates of the !)istrict of 
 Sinu'oe, who j;ratefiilly ackiiovv Iccli^'c lii> inv aliiaMi' services in the Judicial organiiiatioii of this 
 new District, and his unilorin kindness to them peisunally, 
 
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 A writer in tin- Orillia Packet, of October 27, ls7(i, thus speaks of the Jiulgo's District 
 nn<l liis Imr.lsliiiis ami (Imi^a'rs at an early day: 
 
 "His district wiis then, as now, tin' liii;,n'st ^ii rjijici' Canada, and his position one of 
 iiniistial diltienltv. Tlic oHieials under him were iiicxperienecd, and lie had to train thcni to 
 their didies. A feeling' oi' opposition to the aj)pointinents in tho new couid,ry wjis rife, and 
 aijdi'd somewhat to the .Ind.i,'f's ditli<Mdti<'s, hut it also led to some friendships of a tirni and 
 iinlirokon nature. Amon^' these early snp[)orters was th,- late Mr. James Dallas, who w.as then 
 Warden. The Jnd^'o apiilicd himself assiduously to his duties, and hail to contend with hard- 
 shi])s and danjfers incidental to a new country. Many a time a ridu of more than .seventy 
 nnles in the day was neeessjiry to meet Court eng.iyenients, and thi.s throut,di unhroken forests 
 
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 alila/.e ; tln^ burninj^ trees were fallin;;' in all <lirt'etions, some on the mail oxer which he had 
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 harness gave way, and he was being carried away to certain death, when he seized his horse by 
 the tidl, twisted the long hair around his arm, and urging on bis faithful horse, succeeded, by tho 
 exercise of almost superhuman strength, in being dragged out of the stream in his cutter. 
 Added to ich dangers from lire and tloml, he sutfered mueh from inhaling the vitiated air of 
 the small, elo.se and badly ventilated rooms in whieb he was obligcil, in those e;irly davs, to 
 hold his ( 'omts. Vet with such diligeiiee and exactness did be perform his duties, tli;it, after 
 the lapse of nearly twenty-six years he was able to say, ' I ha\e never been absent from tho 
 ' Superiiir ( 'iiurts over wliieli I preside, and, as to the Divisimi ( 'ourts (except when on other 
 'duties at the instance of the (loverniiu'nt ), lii"tv days would co\er all the occasiuns when a 
 deputy acted for me.' " 
 
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 Ijifii) .ludges of the Division ('ouit> in their .liidicial 
 Districts, in \'A'u] an .\ct was pussed giving the (lovernor power to a])point (i\r .ludges to frame 
 rules regulating procedure in such Courts, and for settling iluibtful points, kr., under the 
 Division ( 'ourt law. The tivi' appointed were dudgc's llanisoii, O'lteilly, Campbell, (lowau 
 
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 empowered to associate a District Judge with them in making certain provisions regiinling fees, 
 under the Cnmiiion Law I'locedure Act, selected Judge Cowan for that duty. "The .Act 
 assimilating the ('Miiadian Law id' Probate and .\dndiiistration to that of England, .•ind jirovid- 
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 Judges : a Judge of one of the Superior Courts of Common Law, a Judge of tlie Court of 
 Cliancery, and a County Judge, to make rules and orders regulating procedure in these Courts, 
 and for carrying the provisions of the law into full effect ; and l\[r. Justice Burns, Vice-Chan- 
 cellor Spragge and Judge Cowan, were the three Judges appointed for the jiurpose in August, 
 1858, and who subsecjuently framed and settled the orders which now regulate the Courts." 
 
 We also learn from the " Legal Directory," just ([uoted, tiiat the difficult task of consoli- 
 dating the Public Statutes of the country, involving the classification and the recasting of the 
 whole body of the Statute Law fnjin 17!)2, being committed to Sir James Macaulaj', at his 
 suggestion. Judge Gowan was requested by the Covernor-General to co-operate and assist in 
 this important work, which he did, and in the ])ublishctl report, Sir James Macaulay speaks 
 very strongly of tiic assistance rendeied by Judge Gowan. This Consolidation became law, 
 and the Statute provided that the public Acts of the same Session should be incoiporated 
 therewith, and the bod^' of the Statutes thus Consolidated to the day, proclaimed as law : 
 Judge Gowan assisted in this delicate task. Sii' James Macaulay thus wrote in regard to the 
 services rendered by our subject in the work of Consolidation ; " 1 feel every confidence *'.at a 
 good work has been achieved, and a desirable basis laid for future legislation ; and for the able 
 services rendered by Judge (Jowan, the Government, the Legislature, and the public, as well as 
 myself, are indebted to him." 
 
 Wo learn further from the " Legal Directory," that in 18()2 special commissions were issued 
 to Messrs Macaulay and (Jowan to hold certain Courts, they taking the place temporarily of 
 ('hief Justice Draper, then absent in Eniopc In the .same year he was .selected, with the 
 (lovernment Engineer and ontMjtlifr engineer, to .settle disputed claims between the Govern- 
 ment of Canada and the Contractnrs, for the erection of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa. 
 Of that tribunal he was chairman, and by a unanimous finding, in a very .'•hort time, they 
 settled the perplexing and long pending dispute. In l.S(i!> Judge (iowan was appointed Chair- 
 man of The Board of County Jmlges, a liody which reguhites the procedure of the Division 
 Courts and .settles confiicting decisions, their orders having the force of law throughout the 
 Province. 
 
 After the Confederation of the Provinces, it became necessaiy to assimilate and enn.ioliiiate 
 the Criminal F^aws of the several Provinces. This, undei' the auspices of Sir John A. Mac- 
 donald, was accomplished in ISIlli, in a series of enactments, by tlu' Parliament t)f Canada, 
 which are now law. In the preparation of this impcjrtant consolidation, Judge Gowan 
 cooperated tlir(jughoiit. 
 
 in liS71, Judge Gowai- was appointed, with f«iur othei- gentlemen, .Messrs Adam WilsdU, 
 now ( 'hief Justice of the Court nf ( 'ninmrm IMi'as, J. M. Gwynne, now a Justice of the Supreme 
 Court, S. H. Strong, also of the Supreme < 'ouit, and C. S. Patter.'joii, now a Jmlge of the Court 
 
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 of Appeals, a Ci)iiinii,snion to inrpiire into the constitiitiun and juri.sJiction of the several ('onrts 
 of Law and Efjuity, Superior and Inferior, Appellate and Ori<,'inal, and into the operation and 
 ett'ect of the present separation and division of jurisdiction among tlie Courts, iV:c., similar to the 
 English Judicature Conmiission. 
 
 In August, 1873, Judge (Jowan, the Ifon. ('. J). Day, and Judge Autoine Polottc, were 
 ap])ointed Royal Commissioners to investigates certain charges against the Ministry in connec- 
 tion with the Canada Pacific Railway contract. In 1871 he was appointed one of the Com- 
 missioneis to revise, consoli<late, and classify the public general Statutes applying to Ontario ; 
 and in 1877 he was one of the Commissioners eitgaged in comph^tlng this consolidation of the 
 same down to November of that year. 
 
 Judge (Jowan's ability as a legal draughtsman led the Honoi'able Robert BaUlwin in 
 hSiS to obtain his aid, and ever since, with scarcely an excoiitioii, " the several Attorneys- 
 Genei'al succeeding him have largely avail'jd thi'Mselves of the suggestions and assistance of 
 Judge (iowan in the prei>aration of many important measures of law reform now on the 
 Statute book." ~ 
 
 Energetic and earnest, and fearli.vss and firm as a Judge, yet his relations have always lieen 
 pleasant with those having business l)efore him, and he has secunsd the regard and respech of the 
 legal pi'ofession. On tin completion of a (piai'ter of a century's service on the Bench, he was 
 presented by the Bar of tin C'ourts, wherein he liad preside 1 so long, w^ith a life-sized portrait 
 of himself in his official I'obes, accompanied liy an address, from wliieh wc extract a couple of 
 paragraphs : — 
 
 "We feel that to your wise counsels ami examples are mainly due the existence of a Bar 
 in this CJouiity, which will compare favorably with any in the Dominion, and that this result 
 has been obtained without, in the smallest degree, fostering it at the expense of the public 
 interests. ♦ « ♦ # 
 
 " We believe that to your firm and dignitud administration of the Laws is mainly to bo 
 attributed the compai-ative freedom from crime, which, we rejoice to know, distinguishes the 
 County of Simcoe, and the respect for law and ordrr wliiiii pervades all classes of our 
 community. 
 
 " The Profession have long felt that some public lecoguition of your extended and valuable 
 services on the Bench, and your kindly sjjirit towards themselves, was due to you, and we now 
 liegyoin- acceptance, at our hands, of this life-sized painting of yourself, in your official chair and 
 robes, as a mark of the respect and esteem in which you are held by us : and while making it 
 as we do, your own private prui)erty, .ve ask tb.' favor that it may for a time lie pcrmittrd to 
 bang in th.' Court Room, so that all may have an opportunity of seeing it, and learning that 
 the profession have paid tribute to your worth." 
 
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 This was followed shortly aftor hy an address from the Siiucoe County Council expressive 
 of their " lively appreciation of Jndf:fo Gowan's loiij^ judicial services," and assurinj,' hiu» that 
 the same sentiments " of esteem and high respect that aninuvteil the Council towards his pei-son 
 were equally shared l>y the people at large," ifcc. 
 
 The Judges throughout Ontario have the appointment of all the oflieers of the Division 
 Courts, whose incomes from fees are, in some cases, douhle that of the Judge who appoints them. 
 Of the way in which Judge tJowan exereiseil this very imporUint patronage, an Ex M. P. 
 thus speaks in the Barrie E.inminvr, Novendjcr, 1870, in connectimi with Judge Gowan's 
 career, as "a matter which has deservedly long since obtained the ajiproliation of thinking men 
 of all parties in this community, namely, the wise and just manner in which, for over a third 
 of a century the Judge has exercised the large patronage vested in his olKce; ami, with a start" 
 of some twenty-eight or more, clerks and bailirts of courts, this is a matter of great importance 
 to the public interest. 
 
 " In proof of this, I may mention a fact to show how well olKcers of Ids appointing stood 
 with the public. No less than eight were elected iccves, and .some of tlieni were elected again 
 and ai'ain ; and tliree served in the honorable office of warden in the county ; with several 
 othei's chosen to till the office of councillor in the local municipalities. 
 
 " I mav .say that I .speak from actual knowledge of the matter, having resided in the 
 county longer than the Judge himself, and am somewhat intimately acipiainted with pulilic 
 feeling." 
 
 In 1872, after the Judge had been on the Bench for twenty-nine years, to relieve hiiu in 
 part from judicial labors, John A. Ardagli, B. A., of liarrie, was appointed Junior Judge. 
 J\id<'e Gowan liein'' the Senior Judge of the four judicial officers in the district— which is the 
 lari'est and most populous in Canaila— exceeding in population the Provinces of British 
 Columbia and Manitoba together. 
 
 The author of ''The Irishman in Canada" thus speaks of .ludge Gowan: "A iiioueci' 
 Jud<'e, he is yet an eruiliti' lawyer, ami he has been a leading mind in all the great lecral 
 reforms, lb- has more than ome been temjited in vain with otl'ers of a seat on the Bench of 
 the Superiitr Courts." 
 
 Judge Gowan has always taken great intert'st in the caust; of cdiieation, being intiniati'lv 
 connected with the Provincial ScImmjI system for over thirty-six years, as chairniau of the 
 Board of Public Instruction from its formation, ;ind for iMiny years past as chairniaii of the 
 Seinor High School l!<)ard of the tdunty of Simeoe, finding time anudst his othei' engnt.'-e- 
 ments to peif.irm, silti^faetorily and acceptably, the duties uf these honoraiy and Imnoralile 
 {lositioiis. 
 
 In early life, and u]i to a short time before his appointment, the Judge was a frciiueht 
 
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 writer for the lay press in Toronto ; and Tlie Law Journal, tlic only Icn^ai periodical in Ontario, 
 was undertaken in 18.)5 at liiw instance, and for many years he largely contributed to its pages, 
 and afterwards to • material support. Many of the law reforms enacted hy the Legislature, 
 wvra first ailvoeated in The Lai" Journal. 
 
 He is a meudier of the Episcopal Church, llef(jrmed. 
 
 "Judge (Jowan," in the words of a leading county paper, tiie E.ram'uu'i; of December, 
 1872, " is a gentleman possessing the esteem ami confidence of all cla.sses of the connnunity in 
 which he resides, whetlier social, religious or political. .\s an impartial Judge, we think we 
 but speak tile sentiment of the entire county when we say that no Judge in the Dominion of 
 Canada can show as long and as dean a record. The justness of his decisions, and the 
 clearness of his opinion.s, which stand second to none, have on several occasions been utilized 
 in the framing of the laws of the country. As a citizen, he is ever foremost in every [)r(»ject 
 that has for its object the welfare of the people and the general good of the countr3^ In 
 matters of l)Usiness he is scrupidously exact, his word lieing as good a.s his bond. To acts of 
 charity and benevolence few men have devoted the same amount of time and attention." 
 
 He is a veiy old Mason, high up in tin; Order, Init of late years has rarely attended a 
 Lodge meeting, letting nothing interfere with his duties. 
 
 He wa.s married in Jul}^ l.s."):>, to Anna, ilaughter of the late Rev. S. B. Ardagh, Rector of 
 Harrie, and incumbent of Shanty Bay. " Ardraven," their home, on tin- outskirts of Barrie, is 
 a beautiful sp<jt, the house surrounded by extensive ornamental groun<ls and gardens ; Kemp- 
 enfeldt Bav, an arm of Lake Sinieoe, siiroadiii"' out in frunt of the house, is one of the lnveliest 
 sheets of watei- in Ontario. 
 
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 A MON'd thnse who have aehievcil eminence solely by excellene(> of character, without any 
 •^-^ of the modern appliances by which unworthy persons seek an undeservcil and transient 
 popularity, the subject of tliis sketch occupies a prominent {)lace. Modest and unassuming in 
 disposition, courteous and snarf in manner, self-poised and dignitieil in demeanor, thoughtful of 
 the feelings of others, and respectful toward their opinions, honoralile in the highest and best 
 sense, possessing those delicate iiistincts which characterize tlie true gentleman, he affords a fine 
 example of a successful career, !i.s .leserved as it is conspicuous. 
 
 Tile Howlaniisarc of Knglish descent, their progenitor in America being one JohuHowland, 
 a (Quaker, who emigrated to th.' ( 'olonies in the celebrated company of Pilgrim Fathers, in IG20, 
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 United States and ('miaila. Sir Wiillaiu I'earci- Howlaiid is a native of I >m'hess County, New 
 York S»atf, and wivs born in tin' Town of I'aniingN, 2!»tli of May, Isll. His |iiiifnt.s, who were 
 also natives of New Yorl< DiuIhss County), were Jonatlian Howland, and liydia )"-'■ I'earee. 
 'I'iie former wa,s in early life a fmiiu'r, lait la<er lie en<,(aj;i'd in mereantile jjursuits in (ireenlaisli, 
 N. Y. He died at Cape Vincent, N. Y., in ISI'i. liut his widow still survives at the reniaikaiile 
 a^'e of ninety-four years, liviiin; in Toronto. Our sulijcet was educated at the Kinderfiook 
 Academy, and came to Can.ula in IJS.'JO. settlin;^ in thf 'I'ownshiii of Toronto, and t'nj,'aginjr in 
 mercantile Imsine.ss, in partnership with his brother. Thev soon opened another liraneh of their 
 busines-s at .Standley's Mills, Their business brouj,dit them in eonneetion witli the early .settlerH 
 of wliat now comprises the Connticsof IVd, York, Canlwell, and Siuicoe. Fn 1840 lie purchiwed 
 the Lambton Mills property, and soon after en;,fa^'ed in ihi' wholesale grocery trade in Toronto. 
 He is now, in connection with his lirothers, extensively cngaj,'ed in the milling basine.s,s at 
 .several points in the Provinei', and, in connection with his .son, ondm-ts one of the largest 
 importing ]iro(hiee establishments in the country. 
 
 The public were not long in perceiving Mr. Ilowland's adaptability to render them elhcient 
 service, and the many important positions which he has been called upon to fill, and the able 
 anrl accept4il)le manner in which he ha,H discharged his multifarious duties, evidence the posses- 
 sion of executive abilities of a high order. lie is an iiitluential member of the Tiudiito Boaid 
 of Trade, anil was its Proiilent for several years ; Director of the Ontario Bank ; President of 
 the Anchor Maiine Insurance t 'o. ; of the Lou'loii nncl Canadian I.oanand Agency Co, ; of the 
 Ontario Society for the PreNcntion of Cruelty t" Animals, and of the Confederation Life 
 As.sociation of Can!i<l,i. To dojustici' to Mr. Howhmd's long and useful political career, would 
 veipiire .space far in excess of that at our disposal, ami we ean therefore but briefly mention tlie 
 official positions in which h(! has served. He wa.s a memlier of the Executive Council, Can., 
 from May 2+, l.Mii>, nutil March 2!), IMdl ; and again from Nov. 2K ISO*, until the Union ; .fuly 
 1, l..S(!7, wa,s sworn of tlie Privy Council, and became Minister of Inland llevenne, hoMing 
 that position until -Inly, l.S^iS. when he Wius appointed Lieutenant-fJoveriior of < >i;tiirio. Fnnii 
 LS-j? \intil the date just Tiientioncd, h(> rei>resented the con-titueiicy of West Voik, first in the 
 
 Canada Assemlily until tlie Cnion, and from that event, in the HoUm" of ( 'om ns. huiing 
 
 tlie time Mr. Howland wa> in the Ivxeeutive Council lie was Minister of Finance iluring the 
 first year, and Reeeivei-Ceneral dining the s.x'ond ; Postmastei-(!eneral fiom Nov. 24, 1804, 
 until .\ug, :}0, LsCid, whtii he was again appninteil Ministeiof Finance, and lieM that otliee until 
 lie entere<l the Privy Council, lie wa; jiecnliaily lilted for the duties of the last-mentioned 
 position, ow'ing t'> his long and successful commercial experience, and conducted its aflairs with 
 signal ability. In IHtj.j the Covi innieiit apjiointed him a Commissioner, with Mr. (now Sir) 
 Alex. Cialt, to visit Washington in the interests of Reciprocal Traile betwei'U the rniteil SUiten 
 
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 and Canada ; was n'-ai)|)f)inted t<» the wimi' mission in connection witli Sir A. T. (ialt, tlio 
 liresent Justice Hcniy, and Sir A. J. Smith, ISOfi ; and to tlic Lond<jn('onfcrtncc, l.S(iG-7, to 
 comiilete terms for the union of the British American Provinces. Aj,'uin, in IH?'), his services 
 were i'e(|uired as a Commissioner to re|iort on the route of tlie |)roi)osfd Haie Vuite f'anal. 
 
 From Jidy, INOIS, until Nov., 1S7.S, Mr. Kowiand filled the jHisition of Li(!utenant-(iovernor 
 of Ontario, and upon his retirement therefrom left behind him an envial)liMecord of otiiciai 
 pnjltity and administrative ability. His ap|iointment to the chief civil office of the Province 
 was one which met with niuch favor from the |)ublie generally as well as from his part}-, ami 
 the Inghest expectations of his friends weie not ilisappointed. As a partial recognition of his 
 distinguished public .services. Her Majesty created him C.li. (civil) in July, 1S(J7, and in May, 
 1879, conferred upon him the order of Knighthood. 
 
 Sir William lias been twice married, tir.st in ISW, to Mrs. Webb, wlio died in 18o!» ; again 
 in INOG, to the widow of the lati; ( 'apt. Hunt. He has three surviving children, two sons and 
 one daughter. Of the former, W. 11. Howlami, Ksij., is a.ssociated with him in his commercial 
 business. 
 
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 A M(»N(J Ihf prominent and siieeessriil business men of Ontaiio, none iirescnts an example 
 -4-A.. ,,f M;n.;,(t.r energy, enterprise and proprii'ty, tlian tln' subj.'et of this liricf mi'iiioir. 
 liermon Heiu'y (.'ook. As a representative of the iiniibcring interests of the Provincf, bcin" 
 one of the most e.\tensi\e di;ders in that important liranch of ( 'anailian industrv, he is fairly 
 entitled to rank among the leading citizens of Ontario. Ills name is ulso will and favorably 
 known as an ex-.Nfi luber of Parliament, and at jire.sent a Mendier of the I'rovineial House. 
 
 He is descended Oil both si<le.s from V. I'l Loyalists, his grandfather (!cor"e CNiok, eomin" 
 to Canada from the .Mohawk Valley, N.V,, and .settling in l)undas Ccnntv about the timr of 
 the Revolutionar\- War. Jlere his two sons, John and (ieorge, weif born ami brought up, both 
 living to be prominent and induontial citizens. John took an aetive part in political atfairs, 
 and from |S:I;» till IS+I represented the County of Dundas in the old ( 'anadian Parlianniit. 
 He was prominently identilie(l w'itli the movement for lesprinsible goveinnient. anil liveil to 
 see his most ardent wishes, in this respect, become tj.xed facts. He died a few years since 
 in Dundas. 
 
 ( leorge Cook, fathi'r of our subject, was tridy a self-made man, and ipwed bis success in 
 life wholly to his own energy and industrious integrity. He began life with nothing to rely 
 upon but his own enterpri.sing spirit, owing to tie death of his father without makin- a will. 
 
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 The law of iiiiniogi-iiituii' lu'liit;- tluii in tiin-f, liis wliolo estate went to tlie elder son, leaving 
 tlie yonni^pr with nothing;. Nothinjj ilaunteil, however, he set ahout making sdiiiethin;,' for 
 himself, and his siieeess was such as may well eneoura;4e utlieis to do the same. Anionj^ other 
 huslness enterprises he eni,'aged in the lumlier trade, and was one of the first to manufacture 
 and export hinilier to Kiirope. He was also interesteil in the pearl-ash trade, and the mer- 
 cantile hnsinoss ; was IV)stmaster for some time, and prohaliiy held other minor local offices; 
 lie was a Captain of Militia, and took part in hoth the War of l.sl:2 and the IJeliellion of ]s:$7, 
 receivinj,' from the Queen a ;,'iild medal lor liis .services in the former. His life was a very 
 active one. and his death, wliieh oceurreil in 18(i0 in the County of Dundas, was widely 
 mourned. The wife of Captain Cook was Sarah Castleman, of (ierman descent. Her father 
 was the late Tinus Castlcman, of Dundas County, a well-known and prominent man in 
 his day. 
 
 Hei'mon H. Cook was the youngest of live sons, and was liorn in the t'onnty of |)undas, 
 on the 2(lth of April. lN:t7. His laothers, id! of \\liom arc liviiij,' hut one, have all heeii more 
 or less prominent, and deserve mention here. .James William, the eldest, who died in 1S7j, 
 was a Mend)er of Pailiainent for !)undas County, from ls.')7 to I.S(i1. He was also the seidor 
 memlier of the firm of t'ook Ihothers, who carry on the lari^'t'st scpiaro tindn'i- Imsiness 
 prohaMy in Canada. The other memiiers of the firm are Oeori^c J. and John L.. who still 
 continue the business under the .same name. Their business interests are very extensive, 
 their ditierent establishments beinj,' located at .Morrisburg in Dundas County, (Jueliee, Toinnto 
 anil Uarrie. 'i'ho other brother, Simon S., was returneil to tlie Provincial Parliament at the 
 tiist general election after Confidiiation, rrprisentinL,' the County of Dundas for ei^ht years. 
 He is at present iii^^'a^ed in the lumber trade, and re>ides in Morrisburi;-, Out., the piintipal 
 town in the county. 
 
 Our subject was edueatiil at tlu' l!o(|Uois (liainni.ir Scliool, in his nali\-e countw and in 
 1S.")S bciran busini'ss for himself in th<' sipiare tindiei' ti'adr, on the Northern {{ailwas, in the 
 ('ounty of Simcoe. 'J'his business he prosecuted ■•ueec>sfully. sluppiuL;' extcnsixfly from <j>ucliec 
 to Kuropenn markets, chiefly London and ( ilas:j;ow, until IS7-, whiii he decided to widen his 
 field of operations. 
 
 The .Midlancl Railway was then licin.,' built to open up tie' country to (Icor^ian Pay, and 
 Mr. t'ook. wilh eharacteiistie sai^acity, foresaw that the proposed termiinis, would bi', if any- 
 thing;', an advantaijeous hnnbcrin^' point. He thi'reforc invested lariji'ly in tindier lancls 
 situateil in the (icoiLjian Pay 'I'erritory, and erected the most extensive saw-mill in the 
 Dominion. It wa> a bold ami enterprising,' investment, but the result has fulfilled his expec- 
 tations, and attested his soinid judLcnient. The uidaoken wilderness of Is7:i is now a thrivine; 
 villa^'e of about I, "idO souls, and bein^- the terminal point of the railway mentioned, ha.s been 
 
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 st wliolly to the suhjeet of ilo sketeh. His laisiness 
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 iiM'M, whosi' families alone would mak.' t|iiite a ivspectalile village. Althon;,di of late years 
 
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 niiiiili.T ill the various other liraiiehrs of his exti-nsive husiness. And to show hosv fonipletely 
 the whole is eontroll.'d and operated !.y Mr. Cook, it is only necessary to say that the timher, 
 the saw-mills, Hi.' vessels that carry the maiinfaetnred liimlper to foreign ports, and even the 
 (nylioats that tow thf vess.ds in ami out of the liurhor, are all his own property, and under 
 his dirret m.'UiaLfciiieiil. 'I'o maiiii;re thesi' wiili'Spiead interests sueee.ssfiilly, and yet find time 
 to devote to |iiil.lie lit'.', evinces .'x.-cutivi' ahility of a hij,di ord.T. His shipments arc made to 
 (iodi'iich, wlii'ie .Messrs. Seeord, Coz/.ens and Co., who have a woikinj,' interest in part of lii.s 
 laisiness, are situated. 
 
 In I.S77. the imiiieiisf luill at Midland, which had a capacity of twenty-five million feet 
 yearly, was totally ilcstroyed hy (ire, l)ut was immediately replaced hy another, Iniilt upon a 
 smaller scale, in con.seijiiciice of the existing' commercial depression. The new one is a model 
 mill, fitted with all the nioch'rn imi>iovcmeiits, and haviiii; an annual capacity of about fifteen 
 
 lllillion feel, 
 
 Mr. Cook is a man of active tcmiieiameiit, ami thoui^h his Imsiiiess has hail sutUcieiit 
 eiieiectic attention to make his commercial cai'eer successful, yet he has found time to till with 
 cieilit, ahility ;ind ze;d, the political otiices to whiidi the' suflVa^es of his fejiow-citizeiis have 
 elected him. and as a lei^isiator. has eiveii liis earnest siipiiort to all measures wliieh in his 
 judgment were calculateil to henelit the Dominion. He has alwa}s Keen a consistent Kcfcjriiier 
 from prinei|ile. lieiii'vin^- that the welfare of ( 'anada demands proijression. 
 
 Ill 1S7I, he was induced I>y the siip]ioiters of the Reform party in TS'orth Simcoe, one of 
 the lari^est and must inipoii'Mit eoiistitueiicies in ('anada, to contest the local election. .His 
 o|>]ionents Were \V. I), Aida-h, Ks(|., and .Mr. Lount, and owing, douhtless to its heing a 
 threeeornered light, he was ih'fi'ateil. In 1S72. he was again nominated hy the same eoii- 
 stiiueiicy, f'li the (.'oiiinions, and was oppost^d hy Mr. Mc< 'arthy, tlie Conservative candidate. 
 This time. Mr. t'ook was returned, and upon the downfall of the existing government and 
 consei|Uent aiipeal to the countiy in .laniiary. IS7I'. he was again elected. lUit heing 
 unseatt.'cl hy petition, he was again iioiuinateil in thi' following Decemher. wlieii there was 
 another appeal to tlie people, and was again returned to his seat hy 7- majority, in the 
 general election in l.s7'^. he was unsuccessful, an<l .Mr. .McCarthy, who had hitterly opposed 
 him in the three preceding contests, was elected hy a majority of 4lt votes. The campaign of 
 1.^7-. in which Mr. ('ook iccei\-cd only .'iti majority, has lu'cn cliaracterizeil as the hardest- 
 
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 ec|nallv iliviileil liotwei-n tlio two parties, ami it was only liy ednstant, imlulati^'a'jle work, ami 
 yooil j,'oiU'ralsliip, tlmt the IJeforni paity was successful. 
 
 In the C.'onniions, Mr. Cook wiis an earnest workinj;- nienihei'. He was an active nieinlier 
 of various eonnnittecH, and his thorou;,'h knowleilju'e and e.xpciicnee of comniercial interests was 
 of I'reat value in .shapine- lej^'islation. Want of space forhids a detaile(l mention of the \arious 
 hills with whicli he was identified, and we nnist let it suHice to say that his work was not 
 confined to the conunittee ro(un, iis is too often thi' case, hut when necessity recpiircd, ho 
 advocated his cause n\nt\\ the floor of the House, witli much ahility and force. As a speaker, 
 lie is earnest and forcihle in manner, aildressiny his arj,'nmenls, not to pn.ssions, hut to the 
 jud;;ments of his hearers, in the ^foneral elections of June, 1M7!(, a part of tlu^ .same con- 
 «tituencv which he represented in the C'onnuons, elected him to the J.,ocal House, hy cvtr 
 300 majority. 
 
 In reli<,nous views Mr. Cook is a I'rotcstant; and an adherent to the Methodist persuasion. 
 
 He was n;arried in If^Ol, to l-ydia, dauj,'hter of Mr. James White, of the County of Simcoe, 
 liy which union hu has two danyhters. 
 
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 WILLIAM ALKXANDKR ilKJSRy, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of tho 
 Dominion, is a son of Flohert N. Heiny, merchant, holding a variety of local ottices,an< I 
 was horn in Halifax. N. S.. Decemher .SO, liSKJ. His mother was Margaret Hendrikeii. He re- 
 ceived liis education in the Go\ernment High Hchool in his native city ; studied law there 
 with Hon. Alexander MeDougall : was called to the liar of Nova Scotia in Novendiei', ](S40, and 
 practised first at Antigonish, and then at Halifax. From tho very start it hecame evident 
 that he had talents o^ no ordinaiy stamp, and that he was likely, if life was spared, to mak(^ his 
 mark. He had not hcen in practice a month heforo he was chosen to nspresent the Count v of 
 Syilney, now Antigonish. in the Lev.fisIativo Assemhiy. He took his seat on the Liheral side, 
 espoused the cau^e of Responsihle (iovei-nment, then a leading i|Uestion, and though once or 
 twice di'feateil on that issue, participated in its triumpli in l.S+S. From that year to 1807, Mr. 
 Heiu'y re[iri'sente(l his county constantly, losing iiis seat the latter yoai' on account of the op- 
 position to Confederation, which he favored. On the start in his profession he devoted him- 
 self faithfully to its duties, heeoming a leader at the Bar, and soon heing elected President of the 
 Bar Society of Halifax. For one or two terms he was Mayor of Halifax. 
 
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 III 184!Mi(' was cn^ati'il a (Queen's Coiiiist'l ; acct'iited a seat in tlie Kxecutivo Conm-il tlie 
 same year ; licoame an active and niarked politician, and an influential nionilier either of the 
 (Jovenunent or Opposition, heinj,' entirely Indei)endent, and giving; his stronjj powers of mind 
 to whatcvi'r cause lie thought was for the hest inteiests of the people. It was his shaping 
 hand that led to measures for the protection of the Fisheries at the(!utof ( 'anso and otlicr 
 Canadian waters from the inroads of American fishermen ; that secured for the Province of 
 Xova Scotia as com|)lete a system of telegraphy as that of any part of the Continent of North 
 America, and that, in the face of great and persistent opposition, effected imjiortant legal re- 
 forms. One of these, known as the Cliancery Reform Measure, was of such great value, that 
 the mother country was not too proud to ailopt it. A\'e find tlii.s matter referred to in a .sketch 
 of Mr. Henry, pul(iishe(l in the Spirfidor, of Hamilton, Ontario, March !', IST^. At a dinner 
 given to Mr. Heiuy liy the Bar of Nova Scotia, at Halifa.x, Jumiaiy 4, I.hTCi, on the occasion 
 of his appointment to his present position, his Honor, the Lieutenant-tfovernor, Mr. Archihald, 
 in referring to the mattt'r, said ' It is fair to .say that on our .smaller scale, Judge Henry has 
 had the honor of initiating in this I'lovince something in the same line of policy which has 
 lately heel! carried out in Kngland. If his bill did not succeed at once, it, at all evmts, entitles 
 him to he considered as oin' of the earliest and oMi'st advocates in this country of a policy on 
 the suhject of Judicial trihiinals, which has, after a long strug^i -, previiilel in the motlier 
 country," In IS.") I also, adds the N/»r/-//"/', Mr. Henry saw the results of anothei- of his re- 
 form victories. In that year the first edition o the ilevi^ed Statutes of Nova Scotia was 
 pulilished, h • having previously carrie 1 the resolution of the House un Iri- which the work was 
 jireparcd, Nova Suotia having thus, under his guidance, been the first of all the cohniies of 
 Uritain toeaiiy out this most valuable improvement. The woik of revision was so admirably 
 done that liord Campbell, then Chancellor of Englaml, passed a high culogium on it in the 
 
 Hoiisr of Lords. 
 
 In |S,")K oil tlie reorganization of (iovi'inuieiit. .Mr. Henry was a|.^,oiiited Solicitor-(!eiieral. 
 a position which he held, with a seat in the Cabinet, until IN.')7, when he became Provincial 
 .S.rretary. About this time the Catholic Question came up, it lieiug eharged that the Liberal 
 Administration then inpower, was piuseribing politically the Uoiiian Catholies, and Mr. Henry 
 felt in duty boun.l to change sides, iic representing a Catholic constitueiiey, and wishing to see 
 .•.|ual.iustic,' me(,.(l out to all parties. The Opposition won in the lieive tight, and in 18J!t h.' 
 was appointed Solicitor-tJ.uieral. Th,. year before this heha.l b.^eii our of the delegates select- 
 ed to i,,in in Loiid,,n otlur delegates from Cana.la an-l N.-w iiniiiswiek, to urge the Imperial 
 (ioxeriiment toadopt measuivs for building a railway to eoniiect Halifax with the Proviiuvs ,,f 
 Lower Mild I 'pper Canada. pas,siiiu' through New Brunswick a loud sinee built and now kii..wn 
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 iniike a second ivvision uf the Statutes, a hil.or promptly and uarefiilly performed. 
 
 Ho acted with the Conservative party from February, l.S.')7, to the Confederation, ten years 
 later, his party being sometimes in power and sometimes out. It was suceessful in l,s7,S, and 
 for a tlurd time Mr. Ffenry became Solieitor-Ceneral, liolding tliat position initil the next year, 
 when he became Attorney-Ceneral, and held that office until 1SG7. at which time the .Vdminis- 
 tration was handed ov.-r to the Provincial Local Government, formed at the Confederation. 
 And here, in justice to A[r. Heiny. it ought to be mentioned th.it he was one of the earliest 
 movers towards this Confi'der;ition. Early in 1804 he attended a meeting hel.l at Prince 
 Edwanls Islan.l, an.l was a delegate, later in the same year, from Nova Scotia to a meeting 
 held at Quebec in this interest. Says the writer already ,|uoted in the Si>i,tator : 
 
 " He (Justice Henry) had no sympathy with village statesmen. He saw the inmieasurable 
 benefits of union which would neces.sarily How from a cordial linking togvther of the scattered, 
 weak, diverse colonies, and casting aside with disdain all the trammels of the narn.w-minded 
 men who saw iu union nothing but the destruction of their own insignificaist political existence, 
 he boldly stepped forth the champion of Confederation— a measure desired by the Imperial 
 authorities, a measure calculated to raise the ditfeient I'rovinees from the humiliating position 
 of struggling weaklings to the .lignity of young athletes, a measure whieh would enable each 
 Canadian from the Atlantic t«.) the Paeitic— like the ancient Roman who exuitiiiMly cried 
 ' Romanus sum,'— to exclaim with pride, 'I am a citizen of the great Dominion of Canada,' 
 in.stead of being compelled to acknowledge hini.self an inhabitant of a Province so pcttv that 
 its existence even was uidaiowu to thou.sands of intelligent foreigners; a measure caleulat.Ml 
 above all other measures to increase the trade, wealth and inHuenee of each Pn)viner ; an.l, 
 above all, a measure whos,. etiect would uiKjurstionably bj to cement in one powerful organi- 
 zation, and biml with links <if steel, the isolated Provinces lo the great Uriti.sh Kmpire, from 
 whose conuirtioii no vvil would tlow, and from whose protei'tion inealcul.ilile yood must con- 
 tinue to come. The C.mfereiuv, with singular ability and unanimity, agr.vd upon a seheim- 
 wiiieh formed the basis of a jilan that was subs,Mpi,.utly adopte.l in framing the Act of I'nion."' 
 
 In iSi;.-. Mr. Hrnry was smt with two delegates from N'rw liniuswick lo London, to 
 negotiate for the building of a railway of about l.')() mil.s in Nova Scotia and .\e\v Brunswick ; 
 and th.' n.st year represent.--! his ( lovrnm.'nt jit Washington in an unsuee.-ssful att.'Uipt t.) 
 n.'g.)tiate r.ir the eontinuanc- .if the R.'cipr.ieity 'I'l.'aty in its r.'lation t.) the l^nite.l States an.l 
 the Ihiti-h X..rth Am.'iiean Provinces. !,ater in th.' s.anie year he was a . lei. gat.' t.. the Lon 
 .l.m ('.invention, which r.'sult.'d in the .•oiisununation ..f the union ..fall li. i!riti>h North 
 American Pr.ivinc.s kn..WM. ..n thf Imp.Mial Statut.' bo.iks as ■The IJrit sh N..rtli .Vmei'i.a 
 Act, lMi7." 
 
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 Wliile Mr. Henry favored tliis grand measure, Nova Scotia bitterly opposed it, and that 
 ended Ills political career. He was ottered a seat on the Supremo Bench of his native Province, 
 i.y the late ami present Oovernnients of Canada, hut he declineil hoth invitations, reniainiuj.' in 
 the practice of his pn)fessioii until *)'t)l.er S, is?.'., wh.'ii h.' was sum inoncd to the Supreme 
 Court of the Dominion. 
 
 'i'he dinner -,'iven to him in January, 1«7G. to which reference has already been made, was 
 a well-mciited tribute to his worth, and showed the esteem in which he was held by hisneij,di- 
 bors and associates who had known him loiit^'cst and best. He made a speech on the occasion, 
 full of the e-enial flow of his natuie, and calculated to fasten him " with hook.s of steel " to his 
 olil friemls. 
 
 Justice Henry ti 1st married Sophia Caroline, dau,i,ditiT of Dr. McDonaM, of Antigonish, 
 N.S., in 1.S41, she dyinj;- in IS+.I. His second miinia<,'e was in IfS'd), to t!hristiana, daugiiuu- of 
 Hii^h McDonald, Ks(| , Elmbanh, Antii;-oiiisli, N.S. He has lost seven children, and has oUi; 
 sou iiviui;- by bis first wife — the only child she c\t>r had —and two son> and two daui,diters by 
 tlic sccuikI. 
 
 Jiidi,'e Jlcniy is a master of the British Constitution, and understands thoroughly the luics 
 which j;overn in its application to the colonies. Years a;4-o in Nova Scotia, be liad much ex- 
 perience as an adviser of the Crown ami in diplomatic duties, and tliis disi-ipline, with that of 
 his labors in various positions in the i)ublic si^rvice, lias liail a tendency to expand his mind and 
 ri[ien his iucliiineiit, aiui yive him especial titi 
 
 for a jurist. His cliaiacti 
 
 itarnisiied, 
 
 and he stands as a spleudiil sample of a self-made man, v.^liose rise is owiiij;' solely to his own 
 inherent powers, energies a. nl accomplisliments. Socially the .Fuiln'c towers like a Saul, lie 
 
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 rpiioM.VS .MACFXTVKK X.URN, son of James ami Agnes (Macinfyre) Nairn, .lates his 
 birth at Balloch, at tlu' foot of Lodi Lomond, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, June K), Ls.'JO. 
 His father was a liuilder ami contractor, 'riionias attended public schools until thirteen 
 years o!.| ; was connected with his father's otiici' for about two years, and then spent five years 
 in the ollice of a writer and land agent in Dumbarton, there receiving a practical business 
 training, which has since been of very great valui^ to liiin, 
 
 III May, i.S.')(>, .Mr. Nairn started for the Western WorM ; spent a short lime as a clerk in 
 

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 and liuforo the road was built, ho liad socuied a j)lod;fo of the Great We.storn Directors that 
 thoir road sliould pass throuyli Aylintr, and they kept their pledge, and that town is feeling 
 to-day the great benefits of the enterprise. 
 
 Mr. Nairn is as full of public spirit "as an egg is of meat," and in various ways has ad- 
 vani'cd the interests of Aylnier. He is a leader in cibieational matters, and in whatever will 
 benefit his adopted home mentally, morall}', or pecuniarily. 
 
 In l.S(i7 he cont(!sted the East Hiding of Klgin as the candidate for the Reform party, and 
 came within a few votes of an election. In .TniK^ 187!), ho again contested that Riding, and 
 was successful. His practical good sunsi' and great working eipaeities will, no doubt, make 
 him a valuable member of the Legislature. 
 
 In September, liS.)4, Mr. Nairn married Uolphiue, ilaughter (jf John Vanpatter, a pioneer 
 in Malahide, and they have five children. 
 
 WILLIAM IIKNIJY^ WALLLIJ, 
 
 OTTA IIM. 
 
 rilHK Wallers now found in (Jreat Britain, Canada, and the United States, are all 
 descendants of the Waller wlio came to England, from Normandy, with William 
 the Con.pieror in lOOO. The subject of tliis sketch is a direct descendant of Richard 
 Waller, of Ciroombridge, who went to Ireland in 1()41, thus being of Norman-Irish extrac- 
 tion. He left two sons. The elder, Kicliard Waller of Cully, County of Tipperarv, married 
 Elizabeth Redmund, and, dying in 1701, was succeede.l by his eldest son, Eilmund Waller, 
 who, dying without issuo, in 1711, was succeeded by bis brother, William Waller, of Cully, 
 Ihe latter married Blanche Weeks, by whom he hail six sons and one daughter, .lane was 
 married to Richard Maunsel. The eldest son, Richard, settl.-d at Cully, or Castle Waller, and 
 died in 17oS, leaving by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of .Admiral Holland, a son and heir, 
 Richaid Wailei-, of Castle Waller, great grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He married 
 Ann, daughter of Kilner Brazier, and had, with other issue, Richard of Castle Wallei, who 
 married Theresa, daughter of Captain Burke, and had six sons, Ed\var<l, William Henry, Robert 
 Alfred, George Tyner, Theophalus and Rodger, and four daughters, Anna, Maria Theresa, 
 Eleanor Ricarda and Bidimx, of Castle Waller; all of whom btit two— George Tyner and 
 Maria Theresa— at this ilate (1S7!I), survive. 
 
 Robert Alfred Waller, the father of William Henry, mairied Elizalieth Hogan, of O'Brien's 
 Bridge, County of Clare. Ireland, and had two sons and three daughters, Maria Theresa, 
 William Henry, Anna Matilda, Richard DeWarron and Maria. 
 
 Willian, Henry was born at Castle Waller, May U, 183.-,; was e.lucated at Newport. 
 
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 two iiiilfN fViiiii till' faiiiil; >r;\i. Icin iiii,' sclimil at tln' nj^v of lniiiiii'ii years, on aiTDunt nf 
 iinforcsccii cvciits, aci|niiiii;,', IniwcviT, a (air Kii;,'lisli (•ilnciitinn, to wliicli, liy a ^^oihI use ol" 
 spair tiiiif, lie MiI>si'i|U('ntly in.i'li' valiial>lc a<lilili'>iis, lli>ulili'st sistiT, Maria 'riicirsa, ilioil 
 in yui'.tii, ami tlif rest of tlie lamily i'iiii;,'rat(<l tn Canaila, in |N">.'S, settling; in 'I'uruntn, 
 wlii-rc lK)tli |iarriils ilinl in KS"i(i anil |s"i7. 
 
 Ininiciliatrly nn rearliiiiy lln' rrnviiice nt' (hitariii. |)ii>n cailiMl ('anaila Wi".!, yniini; 
 
 Waller ellti'lecl tlie iiliiee uf tile lilnlii , '{'(.lunlii, to leaill tile inilltill;,' lillsiness, w.irUilll,' in 
 that iilliee fur se\en years. I 'iiriiii,' tliis |perioi|, tliimi^li self endeavnr, lie learned llieartuf 
 >liiiit-lianil writing, and for liis iiii|iiiiveiiient liecame an aiiiatenr ri|M)itei ; in a lew years, 
 liy (lint nf liaiil practiee, aei|niiini; (•niisiiieraliie |iiii|i<ieney in tliis liiiiKiraMe Imi lal")iii>ns 
 
 |i|-iifessi<n.|. 
 
 In l.siij Mr. Wall. 
 
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 In I.Mil .Mr. \\ aller ieni<i\e(| Id t »itawa, lliiii recently niaile lliet ajutal nl the Pnniininn, 
 anil lieeaiiie a repurter fui- llie I'liinii newspapei', at lliat lime piiiilislieil triweekly, and 
 made a daily a year later. He remained nn tliat paper until it wa-- sold out in |S(!"), when 
 he I'lirmed a |iartnersliip with mie ni' its retiiiiiL;' pnlilishers, Wcidiiiek t.) ( 'nnnor, in the in- 
 snianee and eoninii-siuii Imsines.s, cdntiiniiiii;' it until .laniiary K 1^7!'. 
 
 In I.S7I Mr. Waller wa- elected president of the S(. Tatriek'^ l/iteraiv .\>'MMiatiiin of 
 
 (ttl 
 
 iwa, anil was le-eii 
 
 •led 
 
 Iv fur ei'dit years, when I 
 
 1 lie Viillin 
 
 taril 
 
 y resigned the posi- 
 
 tinn. I'lider Ml-, Waller's jir.'sideiiey this assueiatiun attained piuminenee and pmsperity, 
 
 and was liriini;lit in intimate am' fi'iemlly relatinn with the other natinnal societies in ( )ttawa. 
 
 In In71' and l.s7"> he was a niemlier of tlie separate school iiijard. and dnrinn' the same 
 
 period re]ire.seiiteil St. ( !eor;,fe's Ward in the ('ity t'ouncil, declininji a le-noinination for 
 
 derman in l.^7(i. in the spriiiLC of the last named year, .Ma\or I'" 
 
 died, when Mr. 
 
 W; 
 
 I'll 
 
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 r, mneli a^iani'-t Ins wishes, was ]» 
 
 rsnaded to iiiii 
 
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 tion to .Mr. ( '. W. I'.an 
 
 to till the vacanc}' in the niayiiralt\, and was elected hy a handsome niajoiily, seisin^- the rest 
 
 )!' that V 
 
 ,-ear, anil was 
 
 tliei 
 
 1 re e|i'( 
 
 ted without oppo--iliiin. He made one of the inosi jiopnlar 
 
 ;'hief ma'.;istr.ites which the City of ttttawa has ever had. (hi letirinL;' fmni this otlice he 
 
 honored with a puMie hampiet, and |iri 
 
 sellteij With a sjilendli 
 
 seal, as a niai 
 
 k of 
 
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 I't for him and a token 
 
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 le appri'eiatioii v\ 
 
 L;old watch, chain and 
 liis fellow citizens of his 
 
 \aliialile serxices. \i the same time he was also presented witli .'in illnminated addiesTi hy 
 his constituents, irrespective of jiolitical |)arty or reli:,''ions creed. The two years that he w.is in 
 the ni.iyors otlice were years of errcat depression, and li\' his judieions manaL^ement he did 
 mneli to relieve snfferiin,'. Ife found the tiiiances o) thr city in an iinsatista'toiy stale, and 
 •^:\\v mneli time to the self-imposed task uf placini; tliom on a lictti'r hasis. I'"or the several 
 positions eiinnierated. Mr. W.iller was elected hy the piiMic, in no instance 1 
 for election to anv of them himself. 
 
 lavin'' soil 
 
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 In the lattei' jiart of ls77 he was appoiiitL'd Ueyi.stnu of the (Jonnty of ( 'aiieton, hy tl 
 
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 Ontario Oovoiiinu'iit — a rospon.sihlt; ami lucrativo position, which ho now hoUls, nntl which pre- 
 cludes him from ottering' l\)r any other pulilie ottiee while he retjiins this. 
 
 Mr. Waller has always acted with the Reform party, while not a siihservient follower, on 
 several occasions piiMiely dissenting to portions of their policy which he could not approve of. 
 His sentiments on national questions were hroad and liberal, on more occasions than one, of 
 late years, eliciting the warm commendations of leading i\ien of all denominations ami shades. 
 
 October 1, IS()(), Miss Jane Nolan, daughter of John Nolan, of Toronto, formerly of the 
 County of Mayo, Ireland, became the wife of Mr. Waller, and of five children, the fruit of this 
 union, all are living but (leorge Tyner, who died in infancy. The names of tlie others are 
 Kleanor Riearda, Robert Alfred, John, and Bidina. 
 
 Mr. Waller is a public spirited man, but of a retiring rather than an obtrusive <lisposition. 
 
 l'"n>m the day that he landeil in the Province of Ontario, he has devoted the leisure time 
 at his ciimmand to self-culture, lie has a small, yet well-selected library ; is a liberal patron 
 (if seicntifu' and literary i)eriodicals ; endeavors to keej) progress with the developing young 
 sciences ; is a freijuent contriiiutor to the press, and occasionally lectures before the public on 
 piipulai' subjects. He is emphatically a self-educatt'd, self-maile man. In hi.s busy life he has 
 veritied the remark of Robert .Vris Willmott, in his "Journal of SuMnuerTime in the Country,'' 
 '■ The spare hours of a year are mighty laliorois. if ke|)t to their work. " 
 
 The Amis of the family are as follows; — CluMpiay, or. and az. ; on a canton gu., a lion 
 rampant, cloubl('-i|ueued, of the tiist. 
 
 C11E.ST — Out of a dueal coronet, a jilume of ostrich feathers, the -nd and Ith az., the 1st. 
 Hrd, and ."ith arg., surmounting an eagle's daw gu. 
 
 M()TTO--//o,i,^,' (7 Vcrtla^. 
 
 Sio.vT— Newi)..rt, or Castle Wali.'r, Co. Tipp.'rary, Ireland. 
 
 HON. JAMHS SKK.M), 
 
 iiTTA II .1. 
 
 A Mono the eminently successful business men of Ottawa is James Skead, lumberman, 
 -*~-^ who almost, in a literal sense, hewed his way to fortune thio\igh the ilense forests of 
 Canada, as a biief sketch of his life will show. He was born on Jamiary 31, I.SK;, near 
 Moresby Hall, Ciimberljind, Kngland. His father, William Skead, was born in Scotland, 'i'he 
 Skeads are a nice of agriculturists und gardeners, William Skead lieing classeil among the 
 nuiidier. The mother of our subject was Mary Selkirk, who was also of Scotch descent. She 
 died before James was nine years old, having taught him to reail before she took her departure 
 
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 to •' tliat iimlist'ovcrcd eountiy from wliosc lioiinu^ no traveller retiinis." Tliis was the ^'ictit 
 loss of liis lifi', for a year or two lator his fatlior t'mi<,'niti'(l to Canada, ami scttlfd on a larni 
 linfk of Montreal, on tlie Islo df Jesns, whore there were no seliools, ami the lad had no sehoolintj, 
 and no tutor. After farniinj,' there a few seasons, the father broiiudit his family, eonsisting of 
 three ehildri'ii. to Ottawa. 
 
 In INK), Mr. Skead went into the woo.ls. a dista.ice of I'iO miles, west of Ottawa, takinj? 
 with him a s(|Mail of men and inovisions for fall oiierations. Tim only means of transportation 
 were hark canoes, and he made thirty-seven portages hefore renehinH; his destination, the voyag« 
 eonsuming nine days. That was forty years ago, and Mr. Skead is still in the lumber business. 
 Like must other merchants in his line, during the last tivc or six years, ho has met with some 
 losses; but during more than thiity years he had almost uninterrupted pro.spcrity. 
 
 Mr Skead is President of the |)(miini(in Board of Trade, and is President of the 
 Ottawa Hoard of Trade; of the Ottawa Agricultural Instirance Socii'ty; of tho City of 
 Ottawa Agrieuiturai Society; of the Ottawa bilieral Conservative Association, and of the 
 rpper Ottawa Steandxmt Com])any. II, ■ is a Director of the (Htawa Association <ji Luud.er 
 .Manufacturers; of tin; .Mailawaska River liajirovement Company; of the Ontario b'ruit 
 (irowers' Association, and was a Director ,if the ( 'anghnawaga Siiip Canal Company ; of the 
 Canada Central Railway; and of the .Montreal and Ottawa City Junction Hallway, and other 
 lailioad companies, being still a Director of one or two of them. 
 
 lie has been a mendier of the Corporation of the City of Ottawa; President of the Agri- 
 cultural and Arts Association of Ontario, and of the Ottawa St. (Jeorge's Society, which body, 
 in iNT'i, presented him with a beautiful gold cross of ,St. (let)rge, foi' valuable .services in 
 liri'motiug the interests of the Society, In the year last named — the Centennial of tho Cnited 
 States — he was a|)pointe(l a juror of tic Tiudier Department and Proilucts of the Forests in 
 llie great International Ivsiiositittn, held in Pliiladrlpbia. 
 
 The politics of .Ml'. Skead ha\i' always lieen Conser\ati\('. In I ■il'T, he contested Carleton 
 for the Outaiio Assendily. at the general eli'ction, anil was unsuccessful, lie representeil 
 Hidiau Divisii)u in the Li'gislative ( 'outu'il, Can;ida, from I.Sti:2 until the I'liioii, beitiir ,.^.^.(,.,1 
 twice b\ aiclaniation, ;uid was called to the Senate by Hoyal Proclamation, at the time of the 
 C'liifi'di'i-atiiiii, iu .May, lMi7. He w;is Presideut of the bibeial Coirservalive Convention, which 
 met in Tiiriiuto. in September, JSTk 
 
 Though a lumber manufacturer lor folly years, Senator .Skead has ue\<'r lost his interest 
 iu agricultmal juir^uits, which claimeil his youthful attiiitioii and energies. As Presiileiit oi 
 the Ottawa .\gricultural Socjily, he is something mor" than a " figure head," his heart is iu its 
 objects, and he does all he can to promote them. Years ago he imported .Vyrshire and Durham 
 cattle, and now has soiiii> line shortdioru stock, which he lakes pride in e.xhibiting at count}' 
 and otIiiT fair^ reci'iviuL;' a libi i;d share nf the picuiiums. 
 
Tin-: i\\SM>l.\S IllniiirM'llirM. I>l( riii\M;y. 
 
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 Till' wifi' of .Sciiiitor Skciid was IJusiiiiim McKay, a native of llie Noitli dI' Inlaial. 'I'licy 
 Wfii' jctiiii'il ill wi'illuck at Ottawa, I'Vhriiary I, IMl--, ami liavc liad tliiiticn cliililii'ii, mil)- seven 
 of tlioiii now liviiij,'. The eldest (lau;,diter, Mary, is tlie wife of William MeKay Wrie;lit, of 
 Hull, rrovincu of (^Miehrc. Me rejireseiiti'd tlie County of I'oiitiae, in tliat i'rovince in tlie 
 late Macken/.ie (loveriiiiiunt. Tlie other eliildi-eii aro sini^de. Their names are Annie, .leiinie, 
 isabulla, Kdwaid Selkirk, Kleaiior, and Katie. All of these seven children wer(' educated at the 
 liest institutions in the J)i)minioii, and hid fair to make the very liest use of their mental 
 aeconi)ilisliiiients. Their fathi-r has lony felt that the y:reatest de|)rivatioii of his life was the 
 lack of school privileges in his early day, and many years a,eo resolvcil that none of his children 
 should suffer in like manner. Their literary attainments and mental jiolish, as the writer 
 lia|iiiens to know, are a source of solid comfort and gratilication to their |iarents. The family 
 attend tlie Preshyteriau Church, of which they are memhers and adherents, 
 
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 OLONKL WALKER POWELL, A-ljutant-d.^iU'ial ofj M'iitia at Flead-iiunrt.is, for the 
 Dominion of Canada, is of Welsli descent on his fatlier's side, and Eiiuiisli on his 
 mother's. His paternal grandfather, a United I'hnpire Loyalist, was horn in the then Pro\iiic(^ 
 of New York, in I763,andat the lievohitioii adhered to the side of ( !reat P>ritain. Afterwards, 
 ahout the ye;ir 17s3, removing to New Priiiiswick, he married Ruth Wood, on Long Isiaml 
 River, St. John, in 17Nl-,and took uj) his permanent residence in the County of Norfolk, Up]ier 
 Canada, in 1797, where he died in IS-t!). Our siilijeet is the eldest son of Israel Wooil and 
 Belinda (Boss) Powell, and was born in the county of Norfolk, May 20, 1S:>S. His father, 
 the seventh .son of Ahraham Powell (iiorn in the .same county in ISOls was a representative 
 piihlic man, litieral in .sentiment, energetic in act i'^n, loyal to the empire, devoted to Canada, 
 serving as .Justice of tlie Peace, as a .Memlier of Council, as Warden, and as a Lieut. -Colonel in 
 the ^lilitia. He was also menilier for the county in the Legislative Asseiulily of Canada, from 
 the union in INK) to I.SI.7, and dieil in Port Dover in 1.S17. 
 
 Colonel Powell was educated at Victoria College, Cohourg, and in liis younger years was 
 successfully engaged in commerce ; procuring the construction of vessels ; employing them upon 
 the lakes; devoting time and means to the development of industrial resources; e.Ktemling I'dii- 
 cational advantages, and ministering tt) the puMie prosperity, lie was a Trustee of County 
 (Jramniar School, and mend>er and Chairman nf Roaicl of Cnion, (Irammar an<l Pul.Iie School 
 Trustees, a Justice of tlie Peace, and for seven years a memher of the County Council of Nor- 
 
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 witli Messrs. Iliiliinsonaixl Allmjiii 
 mils 'IVnn, I.S.'>.'., was called to Mh« Har " witli iMnmrs ; " in 1>S.VK was apiMiintrd Cliicf Cji'ik ..f 
 tlioCrown Law Dcpartiiifnt, and served in tliat «-aiiacilv nntil |M.-,!», vvlieii lie entered iii>un 
 llie praciiee uf liis i.r(.fessi<in. Henceforward liis eiir.er was one of llie most prosperous wliiili 
 
 ■1 for tlie Crnwil ill sevellll illlpoltaill, eases, 
 
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 aii.l was one of lliose clioseii to <lefeiid tlie Miiiist.Ms wlieii tlie.v Were aeeiised of violatine; the 
 Inilejieiidene.' of I'arliameiit Act. " In faet," said an aiitlioiity some years a;,'o, 'since |,S.-)!I, 
 wlienlie entered into paitiiersliip witli the late Jiuiies I'ateison and Mr. Tlioiiias llod;,'ins, ai.d 
 commenced liis practice at tlie l!ar, there ha.s been scarcely a case of puhlic importance in 
 which he lias not l.eeii retained, and the nnniher of l.ii.'fs he yearly held must have entailcl 
 an immenso amount of labor, anxii'ty, and thouj,'ht, Wo believe no mcmlier of the profession in 
 this country has held so many briefs as Mr. Harrison, diirin;; the time lu' has been at the 15,ir. 
 At many of the Assizes for York and th.. ( 'ity of Toronto, ho has been retained in t.hree-fonrtlin 
 of the criminal, and as large a jiroportion of the defended cases on the docket." He niu'-t, 
 indeed, have been an indomitable worker, and cNtreiiicly systematic to have accomi>lislied 
 during these years, the work referred to, and at the same time liav.' produced the amount of 
 valuable legal literature which he did. lnJS(i7hewas made a <^).»'., ami elected a IVncher 
 of the Law Society in INTI ; in bS(57 and lS(i,s, sat in the City Council ; from bsii? to is72, 
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 in < 'anada, an<l his appointment was received with general satisfaction, as mie icit iieiie hoiioi- 
 able to himself tlian in the public interest, and to his enviable ri'putation of a sound lawyer, lie 
 adiled that of an upright jinlge. He found tlie business of his C,)urt largely in arrears, but 
 his untiring energ\' soon hail it clear. He found 
 
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 cellent (qualities, b.ith of liead and heart. At a m.'eting of thi; IJar, resolutions of respect aiid 
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 Ilincks, mill ('oiiviiciitiDii alioiiiliud, iiiul ii Noiiiinativu Soiiatc ciitnistcil with tins iimnii^vnn'iit 
 111' tin- I'liivcrsity, Im ami otliiT j,'iiiiliiati's wrro .siilw(!(|iit'ntly aippoiiiti'il iiU'inlu'iN nf tlio Scimti-, 
 mill tlu-y wi'iv L'liiil.lcij ill I.Mi.'l, nnlwitlistimiliii^,' tlif S'liati' was incii'ascil liy iiiciiiliers iiDiiii- 
 nati'il liy tlic (luviiiiiiiint of tlio day cxpn'ssly to lavnr it, to I'tl'i-ctually doli-at tin- sclii-inu for 
 ]iartitii)ii of a pnitioii of tin; I'mlowiiu'iit ainonj,'Ht tlio Urnoiniiiational ('hIIo^jl-m, wiiifli Imd 
 liiTii ivcoiiiiiinidiil liy till.' Iic|iiiit of till' ('i)imiiiHsioni'r.-i, tin' Hon. .laiiK's I'utton ftlioii 
 ViiT-Cliaiici'lIor), Jaiiu'.s Pattoii ((Quern's Colli'!,'!', Kin^'stonj, and Mr. Hi-atty, (ini'iiilmi' of 
 Vii'toiia Ciilli'^'i', Colioiirn). Mr. ('iin.ks wan di'eteil Vit'i'-L'lmiicullor iii l«(J+, and continued to 
 111' iluutt'd liifnnially without oppiwltioii, till Dect'inliL-r I.S71, when lie iKicame a iiienihor of the 
 I'rovincial Ooverniiii'iit, and Atfoiiicy-dciu'rMl. In thin piwitiou he iiitroildci'd and successfully 
 caiTii'd the I'liivc'isity Anienilnieiit Aet of IMT.S, in which Convocation was restored with some 
 of its iirivili'ijcs, with the right of eleeting the Chancellor of tiie University, and menilier.s of 
 the Senate. The Provincial character of the Institution was .still further extended, a.s well m 
 its I'diicational facilities, especially a.s to local examinations at which ladies could lie present. 
 
 Mr. Crooks was cnateil one of llcr Majesty's CoimMl fur I'ppcr Cmiiida, hy the (lovi r- 
 nor-(!(niral of Caniida. Alioiit tlie same tiiin' he was nominated a Bencher of the Law Society of 
 I'pper Canada (then a elnsi' corporation), which he afterwards resigned and became an elective 
 iiii'iulier under the new Constitution, in 1S71. He is now an r,(-oj//('('o memlier, having heen 
 Attorncy-demral in 1.S71-2. Het'ore lieenMiiiig a liencher, lir had lieeii Kxaiiiiiier and Fjccturer 
 on Coninii'icial Law, and also in Kqiiitv. 
 
 Mr. ( ' 
 
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 IIS a iiieiiiliir of the lli'form Cuiivi'iition which met in Tmonto in 1807, and 
 
 took strong gioinnls against the coalition which a si.'ction of tiie Jiefcrm party, led hy Me.ssr 
 W. I'. Iliiwlaml, Will. McDoiigall, and Fergussiin IJlair, had 
 
 consented to form, lie tlirii un- 
 siicci'ssfiiliy contrstrd West 'rmdiito for the I'riivincial Parliament, with Mr, John .Maedonald as 
 till' llefoiiii candidate for the House of Commons. At the gi'iicral Provincial elections in 
 I.s7l, Mr. Cioiiks di'f'eated his same opponent of LS07, and was returned for West 'roronto 
 liy a good majiiiity. On acce[)tiiig otlicc under I Ton. Kdward lilake, in Decemlier, LS7i, as 
 Attoriiey-deiieial, he was re-elceted over Mr. Harmaii hy a large majority. At the gen- 
 
 ii elections il 
 
 he was the eandidiite fur Last Toronto, a'^ainst Hon. M. C 
 
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 . lattice) Caineioii, and was defeateij ; hut u|ion South Oxfoiil liccoming ojien, owing to that 
 eleitioii h.iviii^- lieen set aside, he was called Upon liy the leading ileformer.s of that riding to 
 eoiite>t tlie seat iig.iiiisf lieiijamin Hopkins, the opponent of Adam Oli\er, who had lieeii 
 
 ■ated, and on the Kith of Seiitemlier. is 
 
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 joiity. At the geiii'ial elections of Isjii he was again elected for .South (),\ford, hv the large 
 uiliei' of !)K), over his opponent. .Mr. Crooks has had trying positions to (ill in tin' Legis- 
 
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 llaihvnys Committees for severul sessions, and at a time when the incorporation of further 
 railways was urgently insiste<l upon hy munieipalities whieh had lieen ])laccd at a disadvantage 
 liy the undue discrimination oi existing railways, and the necessity for extendisd railroad 
 facilities ; as Attorney-Cleneral, from December 20, LS71, till Oetoher io, 1872, when he 
 hecamo Provincial Treasurer, lie introduced vigor into the whole administrfttion of justice, and 
 in Parliament, was entrusted l>y Mr. Blake with the consolidation of the wliole Munici])al 
 Law. His successful arrangement of it, has rendered it accessible to, an<l iiitelligiiile by, ail 
 who have occasion to refei' to it, which means every tax-payer in the Province. As Pro- 
 vincial Treasurer, from October, 1X72, till May, 1S77, Mr. Crooks had the ditKcult duty of 
 considering the grants of aid to the dift'eivnt railway's, and the grounds which would entitle 
 them to be reconuuended. He was always able to show in his tinaneial statements, from 187^ 
 to 1877, a large surplus of assets of the Province over its liabilities of more than live millions 
 of dollars. 
 
 When he became Minister of Kducatinn in addition to holding the ottice of Trca.surer, his 
 responsibilities were not only increased, luit the amount of work di.seharged by him personally 
 was more than doubled. However much the Provincial Educational system had been built up 
 by the < 'liief Superintendent, Dr. Ryerson, Mr. ('r.,vjk.-', in his review of its position, soon became 
 convinced that the system was in urgent need of furthei' improvement iii many essentia! 
 points ; in the confused state of the law and regulations, and in their rigid ap|ilieation ; in the 
 inferior text-books and ([ualitications of teachers ; in iIm; Noiinal Schools not sufHciently ful- 
 filling their special objects as training scIukjIs for teachers, and in their conse(|uent costliness 
 to the Province ; also in the too centralized ailministration at Toronto and dictation of County 
 Inspectors. Befort' the end of 1S77 nuidi of this was remedied, and bt-nefieial progress has 
 attended the admiiMstration of educational aHiiirs up to the present, with the geni'i'al approval 
 of those who are conversant with the subject ; and the increased ellicit'uey of both Public and 
 High Siliools is universally admitted. 
 
 'i'he liberal and advanced views lielil by Mr. ( Vooi<s can be judged I'roiii his Mechanics' 
 Lien Act ; the Act wliieh enabled married women to hold jn-operly in their own right, ami as if 
 set tleil to their separate use: tln' Lii(Uor License .\i-t, ;ieceplabli.' to bidli liijuor dealers ami 
 prohibitionists, and ntlier ai.'ts atleetiug the social well-being of the people of the Province, now 
 to lie found in the Uevisi'd Statutes, and showing bis work as a legislator, lie takes a decideil 
 stand on tln' (picstion of Provineial autonomy as against a Legis|;iti\i' union and l'a\(»rs the 
 view that, in the interest ot' the whoh- of ( 'anada, confederation can bi' made more acceptable 
 an<l siiccessliil, it' tlie limits of l'io\ iiuial jurisdiction were e\tendeil, and those nf the ( lem^ral 
 (loM'rnment more cdnlined to tliat class of suljects wliicli. from their giiierality, nnist 
 necessarily be eonuiiitted fosonc central joint authority, lie thinks Legislati\i' I'niou would 
 
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 AVc liavf thus given a luiof outline of sonic of Mr. Crooks' services tolas native country, 
 ii(«cssiirily confined to sonic leading facts, ijut it will be sufficient to show how important and 
 liciieficial his hiliors thus far have been. In that he has attained to the prominent position 
 which he now occupies, is entirely owing to his individual force of character, intelligence, 
 power ()f'i)l;servatioii, and kiKiwledge of men and affairs with whicli he comes in contact. 
 
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 T .VniENT .T(M^VKNT, son of Joseph .louveiif, farmer and inilli r, and Louise Aubert, was 
 
 -*— ' born at Vallseires 11. ,\lps. France, March 17, liS2!>. He was educated in the sciences at 
 
 the Seminary of Kmbruii, France ; studied theology at Jap in the saivie district ; was ordained 
 
 Priest Jtnie lit, 1,S,')3 ; was appointed Parish Priest of Aspremont, and eighteen montlis 
 
 afterwards was tailed to tlieTicarage of tlie ('atlieilral of Jap, leaving the latter ]ilace in 1S")7, 
 
 and arriving at Ottawa mi the I Ith of December of that year. The next June he was aj)pointeil 
 
 Priest of St. Phillip, Chatham. Province of (Quebec; removed to Ibickingham in March, IStid! ; 
 
 reinaine(l theiv until bs7:$, when he went to Pembroke, and in January. ls7">. settled in Ottawa. 
 
 having li.iv the ai)pointment of Viear-(!eneral and Cure of the ( 'atlieilra] of tlie Immaculat.- 
 Conce|)tioii. 
 
 In 187(1 III,. Vieai-(!ener;il visited his native country and the Pope, an<l <in his n^turu took 
 cliarge of the Parisli of St. Aiiiie, (.)ttawa. Report gives liim credit for b.iiig a diligent worker 
 himself, and a good organizer of f.iices for th,. Master's MMvice, Me is very eordi.il and pleas- 
 ant in his manners, and. ■videiitlv has a liberal .^^hiuvof /.,.,( hinnmn: 
 
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 1M:\-. ARTIirU II. 1{. MULIIOLLA.NI), 
 
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 A UTIiril HILL 11IX(!L.\N1) MULHOLLANl), P.ector of St. Heorge's Church, Owen 
 S-iiind, and Canon of the Cathe.lral Churcli of the IL.ly Trinity. London, was born in 
 the (J.^uiity of Down, Ireland, June IS, 1828. His father, John Mulh.illand, was a linen mer- 
 chant, ami his grandfather, same name, was a cleigymnn of the Church of iMigland. The 
 name of his mother, before her marriage, was Winifred llingland, also a native of Ireland. 
 Our subject was educated at Foyle College, Londomlerry, Ireland ; emigrated to Canada in 
 lS4!t; was onlaiiied to the Christian mini,stry by Ijisliop Strachaii ofT..ronto; came diivetlv 
 
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 to Owen Sound as a missionary for tiio Comity of Orey, and lield tliat position for several 
 years, it buinj,' a frontier comity ami before the day of railroads in this part of the Province, 
 his travels were extensive and liard, but he never abandoned tlio field nor failed to attend to 
 its spiiitual wants so far as one man coidil do it. He was Rural Dean for twenty years or 
 more, bein^j appointed meantime to the rectory of St. (ieorge, Owen Sound. He was made 
 Canon in the Spring of 1.S7!*. He is a very hard worker, a bi'illjant writer, aiid seholarly 
 and eloquent ]ireaeher, sountl in the faith and strong in its defence. 
 
 Canon Mulholland has been Chairman of tlie Town Board of Education for nearly a (piarter 
 < f a centuiT ; has labored untirinjj:ly to elevate the standard of the schools, and with a few co- 
 workers has succeeded admirably in this noble work. At the time of writing this sketch a large 
 and substantial High School building, constructed of brick, and to be finished with the modern 
 improvements for seating, heating and ventilating, is approaching completion — the result of 
 [)lans by the School Board, backed by public-spirited citizens. The Owen Sound schools are 
 of a very high grade of excell(>nce, owing in a large measure to tlie ctfcuts of a few such men 
 as Canon Mulholland. 
 
 In July, 1840, he married Miss June Scott Smith, of Dublin, tmd tiny have had six chil- 
 dren, all vet living but one son. 
 
 IfO.X. WJLLIA.M ]1. DRAPER, C.IJ., 
 
 TONo.XTo. 
 
 •TTTILLIAM HENRY DRAPER, late Chief Justice, who died at his residence in Yorkviile, 
 ' ' on th(> Srdof November 1.S77, w;>,s a native of Surrey, England, born March 11, ISOi. 
 In his youth he went to sea. and, a> we learn from the I'atiaila Lav Jiiporhi', showed the stiiti' 
 hi' was made of, " when, alone at ins iiost, a vouna' cadet, he defended it from mutineers until 
 assistance came, felling one of his as.sailaiits dead at his feet with a bluw from a handsjiike, 
 his only weapon,' At the age of nineteen he aliaiKloiieil a si'aCaiiiiglile, and came to ( 'aiiada, 
 reaching Cobourg early in June, lN:^(), ami three yeais latei' began tn study law at Port Hope, 
 in the iitlice iif Thomas Ward, He finished his studies with the Hon. (1 V IJ.nilton. of Cobouig, 
 acting atiout the same time as Deputy Registrar of Nditlnnnberl.ind ami Durliaiii, 
 
 13eing calleil to the Par in t.s2>s, he came to Toront'i, tind took charge of the business of 
 .Vttorney ( Jeneral Sir John P. ivobinson. In NoNciidier. 18:2!), he was appointed reporter to the 
 Queen's Bench, which oltice he held for eight years. In lS4:i he was created a (j)ueen's ( 'ouiisel. 
 
 Sometime prior to this date Mr. Draper had goiii' into |iolities ; early in l.s.'iti was elected 
 to the Legislative Assembly to represent Toi'onto : in Deeendier of that year was called to the 
 Executive Council, and on tln' 'I'WA of the following Miireh lieeanie Solicitor-( leneral, holding 
 
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 that position until the Union of the Provinces, in 1K4-1, in the February of which year Robert 
 Baldwin took his place and he became Attorney-General and Premier of United Canada. In 
 April, 1843, Mr. Draper was made a Legislative Councillor, but at the request of GtAcrnor-Gener- 
 al MetciUfe, resigned his seat in the Upper House, and once more became Attorney-General, 
 representing London in the Legislative Assembly. 
 
 In l,S+7 Mr. Justice Hagnrman, Puisne Judge of the CV)urt of Queen's Bench, died, and 
 in June of that year Mr. Draper took that office. In February, 18.30, he took tlio place of Sir 
 James Macaulay, as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Plea.s, and held that office until lie 
 was transferred to the Queen's Bench, and became Chief Justice of Upper Canada, in July 
 l.S(i:3. 
 
 Judge Draper was not only a xay sound la wyoi', but an adept at expounding the law, show- 
 ing his perfect mastery of it as a science. The writer already quoted says " his law was 
 clean cut, no Jagged edges ; no ends to pick up at the close of a judgment. He never deviated 
 froi,; t)ie noint at i.ssue. He gave the law, the whole law and nothing but the law on the par- 
 ticular subject in question at the time." We may add that in every respect he honored the 
 ermine. 
 
 Ill LS.")7 the Canadian Government sent him to England to lay before the Home Govern- 
 iiKiit C.iiiadian rights in connection with the North-west Territories; and time has shown that 
 tile appointment was judicious. On more than one occasion he was offered knighthood, but 
 had the modesty to decline it. 
 
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 ~n\.\N[KL HOMK [dZAIlS, Judge of the County of I'erth, is a son of Daniel and Robina 
 Ilutchesoii) Lizars, ami was liorn in the County of Renfrewshire, Scotland, February 
 I I. 1N22. When he was eleven years of age tiie family einigrati'd to Canada, and settled at 
 ()w,|e;i(h, County of Huron, the father of our subject suiise(]uently holding the office of Clerk of 
 the I'eaer in that comity for .several years, dying in March, IfSTti. The son was educated in the 
 Cnderieh (Iraiiiiiiar School ; studied law in that town with John Straehan ; was called to the 
 I'.arat Hilary term in IM.-).'} ; practised at Goderieli and Stratford in company with Mr. Straehan 
 t' II- live years ; was appointiNl ( 'oinity Attorney in l.H.nS and ( 'ouiity .ludgv in ISdl., still hoMing 
 the latter office. He is also Master in Clianeery and Deputy Registrar. 
 
 .In<lge Lizars is an Episcopalian. When Stratfoi-d liecanie an incorporated town, tlie 
 friends of the .ludge urged him to be a candidate for the tirst mavor ; he eoiiM.nted to run . 
 
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 the neat ehapel at the oast end, presents a south front, facing the main traveled road to 
 (iohourg, of three hundred feet, and a west front— since the wing was there added ~A eighty 
 feet. The huge structure— huge for a town like Port Hoi)e— is admirably arranged for every 
 jiurpose for which it is needed. Lender its popular management, the School is receiving, as it 
 ili'serves, a very generous support. 
 
 The discipline and management of the school are based upon the Kuglish [jiiblic school 
 system, whilst the supervision of the pupils after school hours is chioHy vested in the hands of 
 the older juipils from advanced classes, who are selected f(jr their fitness by the head masti-r, 
 'Y]w course of instruction includes all the usual branches of a sound education in classics, 
 mathematics, Knglish, (ierinan, French, natural .sciences, book-keeping, dm wing, vocal music and 
 military drill. Pupils are here prepared ii>v the matriculation examination of the universities, 
 and the entrance examination of the law and medical schools, military college, army, luivy, kc, 
 whilst a elass is devoted to special preparation for connuercial life. 
 
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 "TTTir^I^^IAM BUOKINUHA.M, late Private Senetary to the Prime Minister of (,'anada. 
 was born in Creditoii, Devonshire, Knglauil, being a son of Robert and Jane (I'^llis) 
 liiickingliam. both nntives of the same county. When about twenty years of age he removal 
 to York.shire, and became short-Iiand reporter for t\w Udl'ifox (linir'li'ni. 
 
 In 1N")7 Mr. Buckingham came tu Toronto, t'anaila, and took a position as Parliamentary 
 rejtorter on the '/'-o ->iili, Globe. Two years later, hi company with William ( oldwell. he estaii- 
 iished the Xnr'-Wrst, ,• at Fort (!any, the first new.spaper published in what has since become 
 the Province of Manitoba. Shortly afterwards he eilited the Xorf„lh ne/uviacr, Simeoe, and in 
 lSii:5 heeanie the editor and proprietor of the .S7;w//('/''/ Bntnni. a jiosition which he hehl for 
 t. Ml years, making that paper a power in the cause of Kefurm, tu which party he promi>tly 
 allied himself on coming to ( 'aiunla. 
 
 Mr. Buckingham was Private S.'cretary to Postmaster (ieiieral Foley in bS(i:2 and 18(13 ; 
 was official report.'r to the Canailian delegation to England, at the time of the meeting of the 
 Colonial Conference in I8(;(i, for the purpose of making 'he final n.rmgement for the union of 
 the British North American Colonies ; in 187.S was.sent to Kngland by the Ontario Government 
 on iiimiigraticm business, and not long afterwar. Is was offered the chief agency of that Province 
 in London, but dedineii. On the formation of the Reform Government in 1873. he becam<! 
 
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 marked with plainness, candor and impartiality. He is much respected hy tlie Bar. 
 
 Ju.l;,'.! Jhicpherson has lonj,' heen an active Free Mason, is Past Senior Grand Warden of 
 til. Grand Lod-vof (Jai.a.la ; Past Fir.st Principal of the Chapter of Owen Souml, and also at 
 Collin-wood ; now (Jrand Srd Principal J. of Grand Chapt.T of Canada; was Vice-President 
 of tlic Board of General {'urjinses for sewral years; and is a rei)re.sentative of the Grand 
 Oriioitof lTruj,Mmy, and of the Stat." of Maryland near the Grand Loduc of Canada, and of 
 the State of California near the Grand Chapter of Canada. 
 
 Tlie Ju(lK(Oias taken nnich interest in local matters, and has hoen imlentiriedotiicially with 
 a 1,'reat many or;,'aiiizations and enteri)iises. He has heen President of the Mechanics' Institute, 
 the North Riding of Grey Agricultural Society, and the Owen Sound Horticultural Society ; 
 luis hecn Vice-President of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, and is President of the 
 local (lurling Club, and has heen Presiih'ut of the Cricket Cluhan<l other local societies. The 
 .Juchfe is anionihor of tlio Knulish Ciunch, and maintains a character of the highest integrity. 
 
 His wife was Eliza M. McLean, daughter of Allan N. McLean of Toronto, and graml- 
 daugliter of .fohu McL-an, onco SheriH'of Kingston. Tliry were married in May 1.S7.'>, ami 
 have one child. 
 
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 JOHN TRAVEllS LEWIS, Bi.shop of Ontari... is a native of the County of Cork, Ireland, 
 and was horn dune iJO, \Si'>. He is a son of Rev. John Lewis, .\I. A., once lector of St. 
 Amies, Shamlon, Iri'land, and grandson of Richard Lewis, at one jierioil Inspectoi'-General of 
 Heveiiue ill the South of Ireland. He was educated at the nniversit}- of Trinity College, Dublin, 
 and was graduated in LSKi, being gold meilalist and senior moderator in ethics and logic, and 
 olitaiiicd classical aiicl mathematical honors in his iinder-graduate course. Some years later 
 he had conferred on him the degree of LL.D. Ho was ordained Deacon in 1848, at the Chapel 
 iif < 'In ist College, Cambridge, by the Lord IVislioi) of Chester; was ordained Priest by the 
 Lord Bishop of Down, and appointed to the Curacy of Newtownbutler in the County of 
 Keriiiaiingli. 
 
 Vaeating tliis li\ lug soon afterwards, in I.S",0 Mr. Lewis came to Canada; was ai)pointed 
 liy the Loni Hish(jp of Toronto to the parisii of Hawkesbury, Canada West (now Ontario), and 
 after olliciatiiig there for f(jur yoars. was placed in the rectory of Brockville, where he remained 
 for seven year.s, making for himself a tfood luime bv the assiduitv with which he attended to 
 the Master's work. 
 
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 111 tlio Niiinnior of l.S(>l, tlio Synod met at Kiiij^ton, an«l oU-ctod tlu> subject of tliis 
 skcteh to tlie Bisliojiric of Oiitiirio, wliieli oftioe he now liolils, witli residence at the capital of 
 tlie Dominion. As lie had heen in Canada Init eleven years, and was only thirty-six years old 
 when made Insliop, it was truly a ;;reat honor conferred upon him, an<l time has shown the 
 wisdom of the choice, He is a fine scholar, a lucid and logical thinker and speaker, and a power 
 in the Church. 
 
 Hishop Lewis ha.s written hundreds of paujphlets, tracts and sermons, which have heen 
 jiulilished and widely circulated ; amon;,' them " The ( 'hurch of the New Tcst^iment," " Docs the 
 Jiihle need Re-translatinj,' '" " The Primitive Method of Klectin<,' Bishops," .Sec., ice. 
 
 In ISM, Anne Harriet Margaret, dauf,'hter of Hon. Henry Sherwood, once Attorney (Jeneral 
 of I'jiper Canada, Wcnme the vife of Hishoj) Lewis ; and of eleven children, the fruit of this 
 union, only seven are liviiii;. 
 
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 N historical iccord of the eminent and successful men of the Province of Ontario 
 
 won 
 
 1(1 most assuredly be iiict>mple(e, without a sketch of tlu^ inciLdiers of this tii 
 
 111. 
 
 Kew men have been so intimately connected with, and interested in the development of Ontario, 
 and more especially that part "f it embraced in the City of Toronto, than Mr. William 
 (iooderhani and Mr. J. O. Worts. Fnun the followinj^ extract from an article, published in 
 1877, in the Montreal (lau'll,. nn ajijiro.ximate idea may be formed of the commercial 
 importance of the firm : — 
 
 "The active season of this firms iiusiness is from September to Jiine.distillingbeiiti,' prac- 
 tically impossible in the hot summer months. The consumption of their establishment in an 
 avei'age sea.soii is as follows: — 
 
 •••)()(),()()() bushels Indian corn: l()(),()00 bushels lye ; .•>0,()()0 bushels barley; '-'"),()()(> bushels 
 oats; and 10 tons of hops. 
 
 "This means that every year Messrs. Oooderham and Worts buy Indian corn eipial to the 
 produce of l+.OOO acres, yielding,' fi') bushels per acre ; .'),()()() acres of rye at 20 bushels an acre ; 
 l,7t>0 acres of barley at .SO buslu-ls an acre; .'00 acres of oats at .">0 bushels an acre, and say 
 ;U)0 acres of hops. In other words, they ab.sorb the annual produce of 31,500 acres of averajj;e 
 land ill their nianufacturiii",' liusiness alone. The corn is chiefly imported from the Western 
 Stflt^'s. The rye and hoj)s are },m<)WI1 on the shores of the Bay of tjuinl^. and the oats and 
 barley arc obtained in tlu' eounti'V round about Toronto. 
 
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 Kiilloiis of spirit y/tr dieia thirinK tlic si'uson of v\<^\d iiioiillis. In tin: .schhoii (ff 18741-7'), which 
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 a dollar pi>r lua.l of tho i)opulatii>n of Ontario ! Tho daily production of tliu distillery iliiring 
 til.' season rcprcsonts a revonuc to tho treasury of Heveii thousand dollars a day 1 
 
 What liironicH of this enormous production ? Just us thi-y employ railroads and steam 
 to I irinj,' 700.000 bushels of cereals to their vats every year, so they aisu employ carriers to 
 carry of!" their jiroduction. Let the reader form for liimsolf an idea of the lahor employed 
 
 ill vin;'- 700,000 liiishels of cereals, and 2,000,000 ;rallohs of spirits! The latter alone 
 
 represe'iit Ki.OOO l.ancls, each of ."lO yallons. Thousands of harrels are annually shipped to 
 New Voik ; in fact, for some yeais, one dru;,' store in that city took more of the prodirct of 
 the distillery than is consumed hy the City (.f Toronto. l.ar<;o shipments are also sent '•((« 
 New York to Kio Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, Mont.- Video, and other points in South America. 
 Shipments are also made to Mediterranean ports, and orders are occasionnlly from London 
 and Liverpool. The principal markets, however, are Montreal, Quel.ee, St. John, N.B., and 
 Halifax. 
 
 " Eighty men are employed in the distillery, ten men in the malt house, and thirty more 
 outside. In cither words, the firm, besides eou.sumin;,' tln' fruits of the labor on 'M/yOQ acres 
 of arable land, and employiiii,' the labor necessary to move the vast i|iiaiitity of cereals 
 imported, ami of spirits exjiorted, from their establisliment, keep one hundred and twi'Uty 
 families in emiiloym(;nt in this city. 
 
 " The distillery consumes every yenr H.OOO tons bituminous steam coal, chiefly imported 
 f II 1111 Ohio. Jiut the labor and consumption of tlie establishment do not end here. Every 
 day iliirinj,' the distiUiuj,' season 100,000 ;.;allons of refuse are produced, all of wliich is con- 
 veiti'd into beef and mutton, thus opiMiin^' up and adding another branch of trade to the 
 manifold branches already noticed. To consume tho refuse there are to-day, in tho cattle 
 .sheds at the Don, •2,'Mi bullocks, representing in vahic !?75,00O. These arc the property of 
 .Messrs. Liiiiibeis, Reeves, Shields, and Frankland, tho well-known drovers who liave opened 
 up the Canailian cattle trade with England. Tho cattle fed at these byres are .said to lie 
 greatly superior to Western cattle for exi>ort. The latter are unruly and wild, and often die 
 on board ship, but the distillery cattle having Iteen tied up ail winter, go (hjwn to the si.-a 
 in ships with comparative comfort and little risk. In several instances it luis been proved 
 that they have lost nothing in weight by the voyage. F(jrty men are employed around tho 
 byres all winter, their w ages being .*i7 to $0 per week. Tlie 2,.300 bullocks consume a ton of hay 
 each during the fattening .season, or a total of 2,500 tons, which is bought chiefly in the 
 
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 At the age twelve years, William was sent up to London to enter tlio mercantile house of 
 his uncle, '.\\v. Kodwell, who was largely engaged in shipping boots and shoos to the East Indies. 
 Not, long afterwards, his unele, for some unexplained rea.son, gave up the business, and he 
 was thrown upon his own resources for support. Deciding to enter the army, he eidisted and 
 was sent out to the West Indies to Join his regiment, the Royal York Rangers, a new regiment' 
 and pai'tieipated in the taking of Martiiucjue and Guadaloupe. He was afterwards employed 
 on a small schooner engaged in carrying despatches from one island to anotl.er, during which 
 time ho contracted that dieaded disease, the yellow fever, and was laid up in the Uovernment 
 Hosjjital, at Barbadoes, for several months. While employed in tha duty mentioned, ho had a 
 narrow ofcapi^ from death by the burning of his ship, the Majetitic, of Whitby, escaping with 
 nothing but the clothes he had on while sleeping. AVhen ho had slightly recovered from the 
 attack of yellow fi^ver, he was ordered homo to England to recruit his health, and experienced 
 iui eighty-day pas.sage from the West Indies to England, in a transport ship, with disabled 
 soldiers, eighty-four of wliom died and were consigned to a watery grave during the voyage. 
 He was yet less than twenty-one years of ago when lie arrived at his father's houso in Scole, 
 Norfolk, invalided and unfit for service; but after returning to his native village, his health 
 was soon recovered, and in about six months' time ho reported himself again fit for active 
 •luty, ami was ordered to the Isle of Wight to join his Regiment. Soon aftorwanls, being 
 again ordered to the West Indies, and feeling th".t it would bo going to almost certain deatli, 
 he succeedod in making an exchange and being attached to the staff which was being formed to 
 receive recruits tor the army. While acting in this capacity he was appointed to a very lucrative 
 situation, wliereby he made a considerable amount of money. When the staff was broken up, 
 lu' returned to his native plac; possessed of a moderate income, sufficient for all his wants, 
 and iuteuding to retin; from active life. Shortly after this his father died, and probably 
 owing to the fact that our subject had previously paid off a mortgage of 800 pounds stei ling 
 on the farm, his father after bequeathing a certain portion to each of the brothers and the 
 only sister, k.ft William the residue legatee and executor of his will. Unfortunately the 
 settlements were all made when prices ruled very high, and in less than a year aftei he came 
 into possession, fell olf to suel, a degree that it left his inheritance worthless. H.- eontinued 
 farming, however, as his occupation, until 1,S3:J, residing in the home of his forefathers. Prior 
 tn this, in bs:}), Mr. .James Worts, who hnd married Mr. (Jooderham's only sister, came out to 
 Canada lo select a horn,. f„ both laimlies Arriving at Quebc'c, Mr. Worts proceede.l to 
 Montreui, and thence to Kings^ui, i'oioi.to (then York), Hamilton, Niagara, and various other 
 places, and finally .lecided on Turonto as their future home, commencing immediately to btiild 
 It..- windmill, which since l-caine, historically, so well known in this .ity. In the following 
 year Mr Uooderham, in pursuance of ti,.; plan previously iurang..d between himself and Mr 
 
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 Politically Mr, (loodi'iliam lias alway.s bccu a con.sistent and Htaiinch (.'im.scrvativf, and in 
 
 r('li<,'ioii IK' lia.s .'wv I u a devoted adliorenfc of tlio ( "hurch of Kiij,'lan(l. Ho lias lirouylit up a 
 
 family of seven sons, wlio were all liviiij^- in and aliout Toronto, nntil an unfortunate accident 
 ileiiiivril liiin of Ills sun, Mr. James (ioodeniian, an estui'mod citizen of tliis city, wlio was killed 
 liv an accident on tlie Credit Valley Kailway, May 10, l.S71>. He lias al.so five daughters, all 
 
 of wh are manied and settled in life, and it was recently ascertained tliat his (h'.seendants— 
 
 cliil(h-eii, grandchildren and great-grandcliildieii- somewhat exceeded eighty in numher.s. }fe 
 is now in his ninetieth year, and in the enjoyment of very fair health, though not now capable 
 of trjinsacting any business; still ho has great pleasure in hearing of all that is taking place. 
 
 When aliout twenty-one years of age, Mr. (ioolerhani became a momher of the Masonic 
 fraternity, and is now nearly, if not (|uite, the olde.st freemason in this country. 
 
 Mr. .Fames (looderham Worts, whose career has been so intimately connected with that of 
 Mr. (looderham, and tlierefoiv with the growth and develojnnent of Toronto, was born in (Jreat 
 Varmouth, on the east coast of Kngland, on the 4tli day of .lune, j.SI.S. ilis parents were Mr. 
 .lames Worts, jirevioiisly mentioned, ami Klizabeth (iooderhaui, daughter of .lames (looderham 
 and sister of the subject of the preceding [lortion of this sketch, H(^ was ediieated and jiassed 
 his early life in his native place. 
 
 On theltlst of May, 1 8;U, he embarked with his father from (ireatj Yarmouth, in the biig 
 S'llivii, bound for Quebec, when' thoy arrived, after a pas.sage of forty-live days. Proceeding 
 to Montreal, he was th('re lel't at school while his father |)rosj)ected for a location, as detailed 
 before in this memoir. In the following October, he was informed iiy lettei from his father 
 that a site hjid bi.'t'ii .selected, in what was thi'ii ^'ol•k, and for him to engage a bateau and bring 
 all their goods and personal effects, and also the necessary macliineiy for building the wind- 
 iiiill. These instructions were carefully attended to, and while yet- but a little more than 
 thirteen years of age, .lames left ^Montreal b:; upper ( 'anada, in a bateau of about ton tor.s 
 
 burthen, ae 
 
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 ses anil o.xen were 
 
 I'lnployed to tow the bateau up sucii rapids as thf hong Saiilt and others. 
 
 Fourteen days after leaving Montreal, they reached I're.scott, where all the goods were 
 transferred to a Reamer, then plying on Tiake Ontario, called the Alrlnp,\ and in two davs more 
 
 .\luddv l.illle York" was reached. 'I'hus Mr, Worts anived her 
 
 e nearlv 
 
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 ace contained but littji' iiu 
 
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 lan two thousand inhabitants; about this ti 
 
 though, emigration began to pour in rai>idly,aii.| when the rest of the family came jibout a year 
 later, the population h,id iie.'ii ly doubled With the rise and growtli of Toronto since that time, 
 Mr. Wort^'. has been clo,seiy connected, 
 
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 from St. Catharines, and was Reeve of that township from 18.)7 to 18G4. From the latter date 
 lie was Reeve of tbo Town of St. (Jiitharines until 1870 when it became a city, and during that 
 period he was Warden of the county for five years. He is now and has been chairman of the 
 Collei'iate Institute, Hi.di School and ( bammar School Board of Trustees for seventeen years ; 
 was for nuiny years President of the County Agricultural Society, and has always taken a 
 very active part in the agricultural attairs of the county ; was elected President of the Agri- 
 cultural and Art Association of the Province of Ontario in 18C5, by the vote of the peoj.le ; 
 lias been a member of the Council since that time, and is now Vice-President of the same. 
 He leprcsents the 8th Electoral District in that body. 
 
 Jlr. Rykert was a member of tb.^ old Parliament of Canaila, representing the County of 
 Lincoln, fronv 18(iO to 18G.S ; was a member of the Ontario Legislature from Confederation in 
 1807 till 187,S, ami in tlie latter year was elected to the Dominion Parliament, in which he is 
 now representing his native county. 
 
 Mr. Rykert, as is here seen, has had much experience in legislative matters, and has long 
 been lecognized as one of the leading men in public life from the western part of Ontario. He 
 is a Conservative, staunch, unwavering, and for years has been at the licad of his party in this 
 county. , 
 
 Mr. Rykert is a Master ALason and belongs, so to speak, to a Masonic as well as Conserva- 
 tive family, his father thirty years ago, and the friend of bis father, Sir Allan MacNab, being 
 
 led his funeral was attended by 
 
 ligh 
 
 Ryke 
 
 more than 3,000 mend.iers of the order from Canada and the Unite<l States. 
 
 Mr. Rykert holds his Christian niembership in the Church of England. 
 
 He was married October 19, 18.')4, to Annie Maria, daughter of Colonel Sheldon Hawley, 
 of Trenton, Ontario, ami of nine children, resulting from this luiion, eisrht are livinir. 
 
 mile 
 
 LTE[TT-(H)L. JA^MKS MOFFAT, 
 
 I.OMtOX. 
 
 JAMKS MOFFAT, Lieutenant Colonel and Brigaile Majin- No. 1 Military District, Ontario , 
 dates his birtli at Lanark, Scotland. December l(i, 1820, his parents being James and Rachel 
 (narrower) Mottat. He received a fair busiue.ss education, farmed in liis early youth, learned 
 a trndi', and, in 1841, emigrated to the New World, working at bis trade nearly two yeai's, 
 in New V irk (lify, and a short time in L.'ckport, .same State. In 184t, he found bis way into 
 CaM.uia, tarrying a little time in Toronto, and, in 184."), settling in London, wliieh has lnvn his 
 iwinie since that date. 
 
72 
 
 riiE CAXADiAX njonn.\rnjr.\L nrrrniXAifr. 
 
 He early liad a taste tor inilitaiy matters, and, after lieiiii,' in liondoiia I'ew yeavs, went 
 to Montreal, and received instruction in military drill, in connection with tlie l-7tli rej,fiment. 
 In l.S.")(; lie raised a Hiyldand ('om])any, wlneli lie took yreat inide in <liilliii^- ; in ISflil was 
 apijointed Hrii,'ade Major, and, in I.s7i', was promoted to Lientenant-Colonel, wlddi otliees lie 
 still holds, heing en,i,'ae;ed, as alieady intimated, in siiiieriutendinj^ and insjiectine; the military 
 ill the first district. 
 
 Colonel Moffat was a memher of the 'r:)wn Coiineil of liOii<lon at an early day, ami was 
 Mayor in I8(!(), when the I'rinee of Wales visited ('ana<la; the Colonel having the honor of 
 presenting ills Royal Highness with tln^ address on that iiiemoraMe occasion. 
 
 Colonel Moffat is much interested in educational mtitleis, was in the Hoanl of School 
 Trustees, yeai's ago, and is now Chairman of that iJoard. In many ways he has maile, 
 and is making, himself an einini'iitly n.sefnl citizen. |[e is a director of the .\gricidtiiral Savings 
 and Loan Socii'ty, and has always taken mneh interest in the progress of London. The Colonel 
 has taken the .Siml degree in Masonry, and has helil many oHices in the gift of the ( )rder, and 
 is at present l)ej>uty (Irand .Master of the Crand Lodge of ( 'anada ; has always hri ii a Lilieral, 
 liiit for many years has taken no active part in polities, his miliiary dnties iilisoiliing all his 
 time and attention. 
 
 In 184;t, the Colonel married, in \ew N'ork. Miss Susannah Co\. a native of l-'ngLind ; 
 thev have si.\ children living, ;uid lost two. 
 
 (;nl> /■:/,• li 11. 
 
 r I 1 1 f AT liranch of the Ure family fi.an which tie- subject of this sketch is di'scendi^d was 
 
 -*- originally from France, and supposed to lie Huguenots, settiing in Scotland, wlii'ie, in tin' 
 
 Parish of Sliotts, Laiiaiksliirc, KoLert Lie was hurn, January '2'), Lsi':!. His [larents were 
 
 John ami I5arliara (Dalzielj I'ro, his father heinga manufacturer of the ironwork to machinery. 
 
 At nineti'cn yeai's of age oiu' sidiject came to Hamilton, Ontario, and there, while follow- 
 ing other employniunts, he [lursued his studies in [irivati; with an ultimate view to the niinistiy, 
 inider .Me.xander dale, M.A., entiM-ed Knox ( 'ol lege. To- ito in thi> sininu' of iNi-'i, and was 
 graduated from the Theological Hepartnient in ls.')0. iirst ]iastorate was ;it Streetsville, 
 
 wliiM'e he remained I'oi- twelve years, settling in (ioderici, n M'rl, He is senior jiastoi of Kno\ 
 I'resliyteiian ( 'liur<'h, his associiite tieing Rev. James Sieveiight. Ties- pic ich at two stations 
 in the country. 
 
 As ,1 preacher Or. I're ranks high. His discourses are far iVoni coiniiioii j.laic, thoiighlt'ul. 
 
77/ /v CAXAIHAX lUOriRAVJIU'AI. DirTIOXAHY, 
 
 73 
 
 find often ilistiiiguisln'il liy tV'lieitou.s expression, their lcailin>,' characteristic seeming to bo spiri- 
 tual reHectivencss. In listening to Dr. Urc, tlie hearers feel that the preacher is uttering aloi.d, 
 niiditntions witli which his own niinil and heart have been exercised. His delivery is some- 
 what iackinij in case and variety, yet it ishy no means unpleasing; and those who are accus- 
 tomed to it soon eomo to thinU it even sweet. 
 
 ])r. Vw receive<l his hononiry title of Doctor of Divinity from Queen's College, Kingston, 
 .May 7, l«7<)— ;i fitting recognition of his scholastic attainments and his talents. For two 
 M'ars he was a LcTtnrer at Knox College, on Apolo; tics, still retaining his pastoral relation 
 and prtaehini^ Iiimc, being obliged finally to resign on account of ill-health. He is ap|ioint('d to 
 give lectures on iloniiletics at Queen's College ducing the session of l.STO-HO. When the Knox 
 Collegia Alumni AssDciiition was formal in the spring of lis"!), Dr. I're was chosen its first 
 IVesident, 
 
 Within till' last twenty years there have been two iniions of IVe.sbyterian Churches in 
 Cauiida, iind in the delil>«>riitions pending each of these unions, Dr. Tre took a pnt- 
 niincnt part, j'rior to the eonsiMumation of the union of the Presbyterian Church of Cana- 
 ada iiml i\w I'nited Presbyterian Churcli, he was convener of the ("onnnittee, for eight years, 
 of the t'l.rmcr liody, and Dr. Taylor, (jf iMontreal, of the latter, Dr. Taylor, the elder man, being 
 iModciator tjie first year, .ind Dr. Cre, the sccoikI. He was also member of the Union Com- 
 mittee, when a few years later, tlir Prrsbytfrian Clninli in ( 'anada in connection with the Church 
 ot ScotJMHd, united, he serving during jili the time that the negotiatiims were pending. 
 
 J)r. V\v is nnieh interesteij in the subj.-t of education, and was for years a Trustee of the 
 Crammar .School, aiding essentially in raising the grade of public instruction in Goderieh. 
 
 Dr. Cre was first married in October, 1,S.-)1, toMiss Margaret (iale, sister of Rev. Ah'.xander 
 (Jalc, first ixtstor of the Presbyterian < 'linreh at Dandlton, she dying without issue in Decem- 
 lier, l,S(i!); .ind the .secoml time, December .S, l,s7.S,to Mrs. Mary AfcDonald, daughter of James 
 Kiaser, Ivs,!., of Inverness, Scotland, and widow of John McDonald, formerly .Sheriff of Huron 
 C'ounty. 
 
 in;\-. doiix j:. willia.ms, d.d., 
 
 (idi'Einci;. 
 
 A M()\(! the Ont.'uio clergymen who eomnieuce,! iheir theological .studies late in life, ami 
 
 pursued then, on horseback, is .b.hn .Kthuruld Willia.n.s, a, native of Carmarthen, Wales, 
 
 born Dee,.mber 111, I.SI7. His parents were .l„hn David ..nd Kiizabeth .'Hhodes) Williams, both 
 
 Welsh. 1 le r..cei ved an ordinary Connnon School education ; came to Cj.per Canada, a wihl youth, 
 
 in bSSi; -pent four or live years in bu.sine.ss for other parties at Prescott, where he was con- 
 
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 vi'itcil iiiid joined tlicCIniicli.it'inoving to Koinptvillp, iii \HW. Tlific he connnonoeiHniNiiicss on 
 liisown ncfount.aiiil ln'j,'iiii to prcaeli.di'voting all liis It'isvirc time to .study. In IS+.j he rcniovfil 
 to Hytowii (OttawnXeoiitinninjf manual laliof, and to scrvu h'\s Mastci' a.s a local jircaclicr, ;,'oin;,' 
 out as a Cliainnan's nujjjiIv in l.S4(i under tlie direction of tlie Kev. llieluiid Jones, (.'liairnuui 
 of tile ( 'oiiouiix District. 
 
 Since ,yoiny on the circuit, in 184(>, Mr. Williams luis hcen stationed at }lollowell, Napanee, 
 Slietlield, Consi'con, Milton, C'ookstown, iiondon Circuit, Owen Sound, Milton, Toronto Kast, 
 I'ort lIo|ie. Hrockville, Simcoe, St. Tlioiiias, Stratfoid and (Sodericli, cummencinj,' his lahors 
 here in June, It'Tl*. Nearly all of these are first cla.ss circuits, and were favored, dtirinj^' his 
 pastorate, with a healthy niowth. 
 
 In IST''^, thr decree of Doctor of J)i\inity was conferred upon him liy the j'aeidty of Vic- 
 toria t'olli',fe, ( 'olioui'L,'. 
 
 Wr learn iVoui a sketch of Di-. Williams, in the "Canadian Methodist Ma;,'azine" for June, 
 IST-". and from other sourc(>s, that he was converted duiing the first tniion of the Kn^^dish and 
 Canadian Wesleyin Churches, went out in thi' work dui'in^' its disruption under the Canada 
 Confrrence, iiiid received into full connection, made a Chiiirman of J)istrict and Co-dcleyate 
 iluriuy- the jieriod of the Union's reconstruction. Tuder the new order of things lie was Pi'esi- 
 dent of the London Aniuuii Conference two years. Secretary of the Committee on l)isci])line, of 
 the (leneral Conference, in Isji' and !S7s. and appointed Editor of thi' " Disciph' " at the last 
 ( leneral Conference, ill' has done a i^reat deal of e-eneral work for tlio denomination, and done 
 it Aveil. as he does everythine'. 
 
 The writer ct' the sketch referred to aliove. Uev. John Carroll, who has known the Doctor 
 siuee the lattei' was a youuL,'' niMU, says that " Ic luav lie |irououni-ed dcciiledly intelleclual, not 
 dreamily so, hut lo^i,.;,! ;,,id ari,'umentative. His intellectuality wotild ali.ite his popularity as 
 a ]ireac!ier * * * if it were not for a laree amount of ciHistitutional velu'inenee 
 
 and ( 'liristi.iu ferxdi'. As matters now i;o in our ('ana<lian ('onnexioii, iirothei' N\ illiams raidss 
 aiuoU!,' the lirst class preaeher.s of his day." We may add that, considering,' the slightness of his 
 mental drill in youth, and his not enterini,' the field of ministerial lahor until twenty-eij,dit 
 years of .age, his high standinj,' in tic ei.rie.il prnle,s;,ion is somewhat remaikaMe. i>ut it ap- 
 pe.Ms that since his conversion, when nin tiiii years old, he has Keen a close student. Lite had 
 new aims, new ends then ; Ids intellect ual man has had new. more intense, nohlcr thirstinys, 
 and he li;i> e;i;it!lii'd them and j^rown. The e.n'eles-. rollickini: youth who r;inie to the western 
 World in his si>\enteenth year, has lieeome the staid and di.Lrnitied ('hiistian e;,'ntleman of more 
 than tlu'i'e score ye.irs, with siKei' locks and sli-htly furrowed lanw, hut with an erect stature, 
 and a mnsciilar frame, a full chest, a powerful voic, a manly hearinj^', and the elastic stej) of 
 middle life, A total alistaiiier from str.'Ui,' dnnks tor more than forty years, a temperance 
 
THE r.WMil.W nhXIUM'nicM. l>]iTI<t\.\llY. 75 
 
 preni'her l.y cxnmi.lf as well as voiw, he is rcai.iiij,', in his uwii ruhuHt constituticiii, thr iHiuliis 
 (>r a siilx'i' ( 'hristiaii hie. 
 
 ])r. Williams lias h.rii twiw manitsl ; the first time in DeceinhtT, INS!), t. Miss Cathftriix- 
 U(.l)insoii, of Pres(.'()tl, she dyiiij,' at C'unksti)\vii, in IS.')!), leaving five eliil.lren ; ami the seeond 
 lime in Aujrnst, l.s:)7, to Mis.s Ruheeea ("larke, of Kinestown, havinj,' ha.l l.y her six ehil.Uen, 
 lairying three of them. 
 
 (lEOJlGE KKEFKIJ, 
 
 Tii(H!t>i.i>. 
 
 (^ KORCJK KEKFER, gran.lson of a loyalist .luiini; the American revolution, ami son of 
 ^ (ieorge Keefer, senior, who was from Essex County, N. Y., was horn half a mile north of 
 where he now lives, Fehruary 2.">, !7!l.'>. This eountry was then a dense forest, with here and 
 there a small opening:, where an enterprising frontiersmm had hegun to make a farm. 1 he 
 father of our suhjeet received .'«)() aeics of land from the British (jovernment, and most of that 
 land is now emhraced in the corjioration of 'I'horold. (ieorge Keefer, senior, was originally a 
 carpenter hy trade ; hecame a merchant when 'J'lmrold was an emliryotie village ; traded here 
 many years ; was a captain in the war of lsl:i 14, taking part in the liattl.'s of l.imdy's Lane, 
 and Cliijipawa; was a magistrate for a long period, and died .itThorold in IN'.S, agvd S-t years. 
 
 His tii-st wife, Avho.se maiden name was ( 'atharine Lampman, ami who, like lier hnshand, 
 was of German descent, died in 1« I. '{. Slie was the mother of our suhjeet, and sever.d other 
 children. 
 
 Young Keefer, after picking up what knowledge he coidd in a country .school, learned the 
 art of survejinghy the aid of a jirivate tutor; hecame a civil engineer; operated on the^Yelland 
 Canal until it was completed; was subsequently an engineer on the Cornwall, (!hamhly, and 
 Lachine Canals, and was on the (Irand Trinik ]{ailway three years while it was huilding, act- 
 ing as contractor part of the time, Suh.secpiently, for a few years, he was in the milling business 
 ill his native town. 
 
 Mr. Keefer has held the oHice of ^fagistrate between thirty and forty years; is Secretary 
 and Treasurer of the High School Iioard, and since 18(iS has been Cleik of the Division Court. 
 He is also a Commissioner of the Qikh'Ii's Hencli. Although past eighty years of age, he writes 
 a steady, handsome hand, and his " I'rocediire Hook " is a niodi'l of accuracy and iieatne,>is. Jt 
 is doubtful if one person in a thousand, at his age, has the clearness of head, steadiness of 
 nerves, ami activity of lindjs, of Mr. Keifer. His fund of experiences as well as observations, 
 is extf'isive, and lie is a very interesting conver.ser. The hi.story of the internal improvements 
 of ( 'aiiada, as well as its wars in this centiirv, he has by hejirt. 
 
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 Tin: <ASM>IAS lIKX.ini'lll) Al. hlCTWSAltV. 
 
 Ml'. Kt'cfer bcloiijfs to tlie t'hurch of Kiij,'lanil, iiiul luw hocn Wanlen, otl' and dii, liiilf 
 liis yi'urs since rt'iicliin;^ ninnliood, ivsij,'nin}j;, liniilly, a few years a;;o. 
 
 In 1.S33 lie inaniod Mrs, Mur^^aret Me(iregor, widow of Alex. McGre^'or, of Andiersttunu'li, 
 and lias had four eliildren, only one of them, Ueorye A. Keefer, now liviny. lie i.s an en- 
 j^ineer on the Canada Paeific Itailway. 
 
 A younger brother of our suhjcet, Jaeol) Keefer, born here in ISOO, ami dyin;,' June 12, 
 l.s7t, wa.s also a iirominent and very worthy member of this eonnuunity. Ho was a merchant 
 in Thorold for ji long time ; shouldered his nuisket in 1S.S7 to protect the province from rebel.M, 
 but was in no liattlos; was Acting Magistrate of the county till bsG8, and was a stirring, ener- 
 getic, public-sjiirited citi/en, respected while living, and tenderly dierlslnd in tin- memory of 
 liis old neighbors since his demise. 
 
 ('0:N8TAJJT E. VAX ECatONI), 
 
 KGMOyDVll.l.K. 
 
 fT^HK pioneer .settlers in what is now called Huron County, Ontario, were the Van Kgmonds, 
 -^ whose nearest neighbors were sixty or seventy miles distant. They w.'ve from 
 (if'rmany, on the Rhine, where (,'onstant Louis Van Egmond was born, April S, bS08. His 
 fiithir, Antony Van Egmond, -wa-s a military man, .serving twenty-five years in the army. In 
 IslO he brought his family to America, locating at Hrst in Indiana County, Peiiii-ylxaniii. where 
 he farmeil and kept a stori'. ('unstant bad Ir.uiU'd to wiiti' and speak the Oerman and Frrncli 
 languages in tlu' (,)id Country. an<I aeipiired a moderate Kiiglish cilneatioii after settling in 
 Peiin.sylvania, picking it uji mainly while at work. 
 
 Tn lSi7 the family moved into I'ppiM' (.'anada ; rented a fai'm near Waterloo; worked it 
 one year, then came through the unbi'oken forests to the Huron tract, following the surveyors, 
 and leaving the nearest neighb(jr in that direction i-iglity miles liehind. There tiiey built a log 
 house, and contracted with the Canada company to chop forty-Hve miles of road, four rods wide. 
 
 In 1!S;!2 thev started farming, milling and store-keei)ing— the mill at Kgmoudville, one 
 mill from Seaforth Post tXtiee, and the farm ti\'e miles oil", father and sou working together 
 until till' former died in January, 18'W. 
 
 I'p til a recent date our suliject was engaged in farming, milling, distilling, and sawing 
 (itiiber. He has sold most of his land adjoining the Town of Sealbith. receiv ing a Inindied 
 dnlliirs an acre for it. He li\es at the old hom(">tea(i, iie.ir the Kgmoiidville P.< )., fifteen min- 
 utes' walk from Seaforth. retaining the orchard and a few acres of land — all he wislu'S to liavi! 
 the care of, and is now li\ ing at his ease. 
 
 Mr, Van Egmond was Town (Jlerk at an early day, and was at one tinu' District Councillor 
 
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 tJR' Diitfli U.fuini Cliiiri'li from his youth, ami lias livi-.l an .•xriiiphiry life. II.- is known far 
 and \v\<\i- l.y tlu' oM.t dass of sfttl.Ts, ami is h.'l.l l.y the in in nnivci-sal csttrnj. 
 
 In l.sli> Mr. Van Kumon.l niarn.'.l Mi.> Ann .l..liiis,>n, a iiatiw of Kn;;lan.l, ami th.y 
 luivosix ..hii.hvn, Kivv a.v nmni.,!, and fmir of tlim. liw in Huron ( 'nuiKy, and one in 
 Manilolia. 'I'iir sinu;!'' our is at Imnic. 
 
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 that these Falls could he iiiilJloVed, and 
 
 resorted to the ineaii.s of briii,i,'inj,' enterprising' im 
 
 •11 hitlier to start the ''rand nioveiiioiit. 
 
 Mr. Merrill is a native of Grafton C<innty, N. II., a son of Nathaiiii I Merrill a contractor, 
 and .Sarah Ilnse, and was horn in tlu- Shaker town of Entiehl, May 10, iHOil ilisgrundl'uthcr 
 lived and died there, heiiii' an KUler aiiionj' the Shakers. 
 
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 nativi' town, with onlv one nioiith's schooliie' after that date-, lie had tweiit\- dollars a vear, 
 
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 wai,'es until of a^je, when lie purchased his first overcoat, and his first underclothes. .Mr. Mer- 
 rill w.is now " his o>vn man ; ' hail a good trade, and started mit to see the world, hut not to 
 iieeoiiie a jiiofes-ional " tramp." He expected to find work in cxt'iy town and plenty of it ; 
 w.iit to New York city and failed to find a.nytliiiig to do ; ])roceided up the Hudson to .Vlhany, 
 and there mule twenty six-pmel doors at ono dollar each, and was happy; proceeded to 
 Troy and Whitrliall. \. V., hut found no work, and pushed on to liurliie^tun, \'t. ; there did a 
 ■-mall joli I'or a hoii'l keeper ; then found a year's eniployiiieiit at Willslmro, N. V., at pattern 
 makine: ; in iMili came to ( 'an;ida. and worked eiLrht vears at Ilawkisliur\-, on the (Ittawa 
 
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 field of operations takin^r hiin hundreds of miles up and down different streams. During that 
 period he had an iiiterest in the Victoria Foundry and machine shop at Ottawa, the carrying on 
 of wliicli is now his sole business. He has always been an industrious, hard-working man, and 
 enters on his three score yeai'H and ten in robust health and a sound constitution. His capital 
 at twenty-one yeara of age was the well learned trade of a wood mechanic, a strong arm, a 
 willing man and the spirit of pei-severence in the search for work. His industry and skill 
 placed him long ago in comfortable circumstances. His home i,s at ChaudiSre Falls, one mile 
 from the centre of the city of Ottawa, only a few rods from the scene of his first labors here, 
 the cataract having been his lullaby for thii-ty yeare. 
 
 Mr. Merrill has kept out of politics and office, and led a very quiet life. He is a Knight 
 Templar, and for nine terms was Master of the Masonic Lodge in Ottawa. His religious con- 
 viction is with the Church of England, and his character is untarnished. 
 
 Feljruary 10, 1842, Miss Adaline Church, a native of Canada was joined in wedlock with 
 Mr. Morrill, and of nine children resulting from this union, only five are living, three sons and 
 two daughters. Two of the sons, Horace B. and Milton W., have an interest with their father 
 in the Foundry', and William is with them, learning the machinist's trade. The two daughters, 
 Emnieline and Kate, are with their parents. 
 
 KrCJlIT KEV. ALEXANDER K BKTHUNE, T).D., D.C.L., 
 
 ToJioxro. 
 
 A LEXANDER N. BETHITNE, late Bishop of Toronto, was a son of the Rev. John 
 * * Bt'thuiio, ( ']uii>iain to the British forces, who settled in the County of Glengarry, Ontario, 
 and tliat vicinity, and was born in the Village of Williamstown, in that county, August 'i.S, 
 INOO. That j)art of tlie Province was originally settled by United Empire Loyalists, mo.Ht of 
 whom had fought for King George in the struggle of the American Colonies for independence, 
 ami wore obliged to leave the United States at the close of the war, in 1783. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was partly educated at the Cornwall Grammar School. The 
 Rev. (Anion Givins, who was domestic chaplain to our subject for some time before his death, 
 states that " he was the youngest ami last surviving jnipil of that well known school established 
 at Cornwall early in this century, l»y the late Dr. Strachan, first Bishop of Toronto." The 
 war of 1812-14 broke up the .school, and young Bethune went to Montreal, at that time the 
 liome of the family, and there continueil his literary studies. Meantime Dr. Strachan had gone 
 to York (now Toronto), by invitation of Gen. Isaac Brock ; and .soon after the war had closed, 
 the Doctor started his school there, since .so famous, and by invitation, Mr, Bethune joined him 
 and became the classical tutor in his school, studying divinity meantime, umler the Doctor. 
 
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 He was ordained Deacon in 1823, anil Priest tlie next year, by the Rt. Rev. Jacob Mountain, 
 D.D., fii-st Anglican Bishop of Quebec. His first pari.sh waw that of Grimsby, where he spent 
 three years, i-enioving to Cobourg in 1827, and there giving forty years to faithful ministerial 
 laboi-s as Rector of St. Peter's Church. There he formed a wiiler and much more important 
 field, which he cultivated, wu are told by the gentleman already ([uoted, " with signal advantage 
 to the whole community, and especial benefit to the Church of which he was so distinguished a 
 minister. He was singularly qualified for tliis important position. The Newcastle District, 
 of which Hamilton — now Cobourg — was the county town, was a point to which the tide of a 
 large and respectable emigration was directed, and no one but the earliest settlei-s, of whom few 
 remain, can proj)erly estimate his sei"viccs to them." 
 
 In ISi?, Dr. Bethune was appointed Archdeacon of York, in conjunction with which he 
 retained the rectorahip at Cobourg until 1867 when he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of 
 Toronto, with the title of Bishop of Niagara. He was consecrated in St. James Cathedral, 
 Toronto, on the Feast of the Convei'sion of St. Paul, in 18(i7, the c(msecrating Bi.shop being the 
 Rt. Rev. Dr. John Strachan, Bi.shop of Toronto, assisted by the Bishops of Huron, Ontario 
 Michigan and Western New York. 
 
 His twelve short years of labor as Lord Bishop of Toronto, not without their perplexities 
 and troubles as well as grand results in the progress of the Church, were brought to a clo.se 
 February o, 'S7?^. His remains were interred at Cobourg, the centre of his forty ' ears' 
 untiring ami «'ic'\ ,sful labors in the Master's cause, on which occasion, Feliruary 5, the 
 address, from which we hav' already (pioted, wa-s given, and a memorial sermon delivered by 
 the Yenerable John Wilsijn, M.A., Archdeacon of Peterborough. In that sermon the labors of 
 the good Bishop are thus spoken of : — 
 
 " He was an hulcfathjahle irorker; in season and out of sea-son, he was constaatl}' employed 
 in his Heavenly Master's service ; ami throughout a long life, he discharged his heavy and 
 laborious duties with exemplary zeal and diligence. Some of the elder members of the congre- 
 gation whom I am now addressing, will remember that, for many years, while rector of this 
 parish, he conducted a Church papei- — the best we ever had— while at the same time, as Theo- 
 logical Professor, he was preparing a number of young men for the ministry, numy of whom, now 
 widely scattered, have approved tliemselves faithful and ettieiont workers in the Lord's vineyard, 
 and will compare favorably with those of their brethren who have had a University education. 
 With these absorbing duties, he never neglected the memljei-s of his Hock, in this large and 
 important parish ; but was most regular and unremitting in his pastoral visits from house to 
 house. And tl:2n, outside of his own parish, he took his full share of missionary work ; and to 
 his .self-denying labors, many a loodity, once spiritually destitute, is now indebted for the regular 
 ministrations of the Church, which it at present enjoys." 
 
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 Aiiioiiy the published writings of Bisliop Bethune are : " Memoii-s of the Right Rev. John 
 Strachan, D.D. LL. D., first Bishoji of Toronto," a volume of 300 or 400 pages ; " Six Sermons 
 on the Liturgy of the Church of England ;" "Thoughts upon the Clergy Reserve Question ; " 
 " Four Sermons on the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ; " " Thirteen Lectures, Expository 
 and Practical, on the Liturgy of the Church of England ;" " Tiiirteen Lectiu-es on Historiciil 
 Portions of the Old Testament ; " and " The Church of Cod, a Sermon," — not to particularize 
 various pamphlets. 
 
 In 182G Miss Jane E. Crooks, eldest daughter of Hon. James Crooks, of West Flamhoro', 
 Ontario, became the wife of the Bishop, and of ten children, the fruit of this union, only five 
 are living. Two or three died (juite young ; John James had gradiiated nt Trinity (College, 
 Toronto, and BVederick Alexander, also a graduate of Trinity College, Toronto, and late Assistant 
 Master at Trinity College School, Port Hope, died at Cannes, France, January 20, 1877. 
 Veronica Frances, the only surviving daughtei, is the wife of Canon Stennett, Rector of St. 
 Peter's Church, Cobourg; Robert H., eldest son living, is cashier of the Dominion Bank, Toronto ; 
 Charles J. S., is elsewhere mentioned in this volume ; George S. C. is Secretary and Treasurer 
 of the Fariuers' Loan Society, Toronto ; an 1 Frank F. is at Sydney, New South Wales. 
 
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 R013ERT DOLT} LASS, A.IJ., ^LD., 
 
 J'OUT ELGIN. 
 
 II OBERT DOUGLASS, the oldest physician and surgeon in Port Elgin, is a native of this 
 -^•*' Province, dating 'his birth in the Townsliip of Nelson, County of Haiton, June 8, 
 18.S3. His father, Robert Douglass, senior, was from the State of New York ; his grandfathei- 
 from Scotland. His mother was Jane McGill, from Belfast, L'eland. Dr. Douglass wa.s edu- 
 cated in the Arts at Queen's College, Kingston, being graduated in 1851, and .spent one j'ear in 
 the stuily of medicine at the .same institution, and three years at Trinity College, Tonmto ; 
 received the Degree of M.D. from the former school in 18.'),j. He practised three or four years 
 at Jarvis, County of Haldimand, and after a respite of one year or more on account of ill-health 
 settled in Port Elgin in the spring of 18G1. He soon built up a good practice, has stuck close 
 to his profession, and has mada it a success. His reputation for skill is excellent. 
 
 Dr. I)ougla.ss has been a Coroner of the county for the last fifteen or sixteen years, and 
 is a nx'mber of the School Board, giving considerable' attention to educational matters, for 
 which his own thorough drill in the sciences at an early day eminently qualified him. 
 
 Dr. Douglass is an earnest Reformer, and in 18()7 was the candidate of his party for the 
 House of Commons, for the North Riding of Bruce, and camt; within seven or eiglit votes of 
 
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 being electeil. He is President of the Reform Association of Port Elgin, and a man of much 
 influence among his political confreres, and of prominence as a citizen. 
 
 The Doctor holds his religious connection with the Presbyterian Chureh, cherishing 
 sacredly the faith of his ancestors from the days of Knox, and is living an exemplary life. 
 
 September 30, 1837, Miss Eleanor Spront, of Milton, county town of Halton, was joined in 
 wedlock with Dr. Douglass, and died July 18, 1877, leaving four daughtei-s, all yet Uving. Their 
 nanics are, Jennie, Marion E., Eleanor, and Helen Sproat. 
 
 JOHN MACOUN, M.A., F.L.S., . 
 
 liKLLEVILLE. 
 
 SHOULD Samuel Smiles ever enlarge his entertaining and instructive volume on Self- 
 Help," he will find rich material in the life of John Macoun, who has educated hiniwelf, 
 become the best botanist in the Dominion of t^'anada, and is a member of the Linntean Society 
 of London. He is a native of the County of Down, Ireland, the son of James Macoun, a 
 British soldier, and Ann Jnne Nevin, a descendant of the Scotch Covenantere, and was bom on 
 the 17th of April, 1832. The Macouns are a very oM family in the County ot' Down, and havo 
 held lands there for hundreds of yeaix. 
 
 John lost his father when he was only five yeai-s old. In the year 1830, at the age of 
 eighteen years, accompanied his mother and three other children to the New World, and the 
 family settled on a farm in the Township of Seymour, County of Northumberland, forty.miles 
 from Cobourg. There he farmed for six yeai-s, studying every leisure moment. He had a 
 passion for botany ; was early smitten with admiration of the novel and beautiful flora of this 
 new country, and gave his spare time to the study of different branches, with botany as his 
 specialty. He supplied his intelloctual wants with the eagerness that half-starved herds plunge 
 into a clover field. In order to raise funds that he might pursue his studies to better advantage, 
 he fitted himself to teach a public school, which he found near Brighton, and taught between 
 two and three years. With his exclu'([uer moderately replenished, in 1859, he spent six 
 months at the Normal School, at Toronto, thus getting a better insight into the art of teaching, 
 as well as being better fitted for the calling by his own mental drill. On leaving Toronto, Mr. 
 Macoun taught a short time in another locality ; then came to Belleville, and has since been a 
 steady educator, never for a moment forgetting himself, and giving special attention to botany 
 and geology. Here he rose, step by stop, until ho became Head Master of the Public Schools ; 
 resigning that position in 1874, to take the Chair of Botany and Geology in Albert Univereity, 
 iind Rector of the College Granunar School, the duties of which position he is discharging 
 
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 with enthusiasm, ami to the complete satisfaction of the friends and patrons of the institution. 
 Piu"suin{,' his botanical studies for more than a (piarter of a century without assistance, ho 
 has become almost a complete master of tliat bmnch of knowledge, having no peer in industry 
 or in the extent of practical kjiowledye in this direction, in Ontario. 
 
 In 1808 tiie Genesee Coilcffe, New York, conferred on Profossor Macoun the honomry 
 degree of Master of Arts. He is a member of the Canadian Institute, Toronto, and a Fellow of 
 the Linnac.in Society of London, Eng., the only man in Ontario receiving the latter honor. He 
 ha.s an introductory l)ook on botany in press, which will be out before this book makes its 
 appearance, and is also engaged on a manual of the botany of tlie St. Lawrence valley, to be 
 published in 1880. He has alreaily published a catalogue of the plants of the Dominion, 3,081 
 in all, of wliich 2,000 were his own collectiiig. 
 
 He has lectured all over Ontario about the North-West Ten itories, and has done more to 
 enlighten the public regarding their value than any man in the Dominion. For over twenty 
 years he luist^iken an active part in Teachers' Institutes ; has longl)een recognized as a leader in 
 Ontario, in educational matters, and is as well known among botivnists and other scientific men in 
 the United States, and in several countries in Europe, as in Canada. At the World's E.xposition, 
 and Centennial of the United States, held at Philadelphia in 187G, he obtained the bronze 
 medal for a Herbarium, and in 1878, at Paris, at a similar exhibition, a silver medal for Herba* 
 rium and Canadian medicinal jdants. 
 
 Proft'ssor Macoun has had, in his busy life, two episodes of which we nnist not fail to 
 speak — episodes wliich lie turned to the richest account in the investigation of natural science. 
 In 1872 he accompanied the railway expedition, under Sandford Fleming, going from Lake 
 Superior to Edmonton, on the Saskatchewan, with tiie main party, but was sent fifun this point 
 by Mr. Fleming to examine the Peace River Pass, which, in that day, was known to only a few 
 Hudson Bay officers. He and another gentleman and two Hudson Bay officers forced tlieir way 
 through a very difficult country, and reached Dunvegan, on the Peace River, about the beginning 
 of October. Here, owing to the lateness of the season, they were strongly advised to retiun. 
 But being determined to push through at all hazards, they pursued tluir way, although the 
 Hudson Bay officers returned down the river, not daring to face the winter in the Rocky 
 Mountains. With great etlort they reached the mountains by the 24th of October, and at once 
 coiiiinenced a march of one hundred and fifty miles up a stream, whose waters were giiulually 
 drawing to the freezing point. Three days after they started the ground was covered witli 
 snow, and the river margin was frozen, but by the greatest exertions they reachetl Fort McLeoti, 
 in latitude .55 , by the ."ith November. On the next night the river froze up, and in three days 
 they were again on tlie march, accompanied by one man and three dogs, carij'ing tlieir own 
 provisions and bedding. They traveled for ninety miles over fiozi-n lakes and rivers, with the 
 thermometer most of the time 20 below zero, and reached Fort St. James on the 1 Uh, Hero 
 
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 the two men Hei)arato(l, and Mr. Macoun, in company with two Indians, startod for Qiusnollc, 
 on the Fiaser, which thoy rortclied in safety, after a wallc of one liundivd and eighty niileis 
 through the snow. Each niglit they lay under the canopy of heaven without inconvenience, 
 although the thermometer often went 30" below zero. A stage ritle of four hundred miles 
 brought him to Yale, where lie took a canoe and Honted down the Fraser to New Westminster, 
 and took steamboat there for Victoria, which he reached on the I2th of December. Of his 
 .scientific researches during that wild trii) Mr. Fleming, in his report, speaks in strong terms 
 of praise. In that report is embodied about fifty pages of Professor Maeoun's individual 
 report. 
 
 In 1875 he wa.s appointed Botanist to the Geological Survey, which went out under 
 A. 11. ('. Selwyn, F.R.S. Mr. Macoun went by rail to California, and by water to Victoria. 
 After botanizing in the vicinity of Victoria, and examining the country round that city, he 
 proceeded to the mainland, and went up the country by the wagon roail, reaching Quesnelle in 
 the latter part of May. A walk of two hundred and seventy miles lirought him to Fort 
 McLeod, where he with the other meml)ers of the party embarked on board a few frail boats, 
 his being a canva.s one, which was safe enough as long as it struck nothing. In this frail boat Im 
 floated down the Peace for one hundred and fifty miles, and had many escapes in running 
 rapids and passing eddies, )iut whatever came in his way he never forgot his work. The party 
 climbed Momit Selwyn, in the Peace River Pass, and Dther mountains, and their leader was 
 almost drowned by the upsetting of his boat. Mr. Macoun was sent down the river for a couple 
 of hundred miles, and himself and companion, instead of going only a short distance, aftii* 
 nineteen days' Imnl work, reached Lake Athabasca, seven hundred miles from where they 
 started. Their passage <lown the river reads like a romance, as the following extract from Mr, 
 Maeoun's report will show : 
 
 "AuiJUST 2 1st. — Poor food and hard work now began to tell on me. My stomach loathed 
 raw pemmican, and all other food was gone — our giui was useless — and it became painfully 
 evident that from some unaccountable cau.se, the boats had not yet left Fort Chipwcyan, 
 Sixty miles lay between us and safety, and we must either hurry on or starve. We toiled on 
 until after mid-day, when I became .so ill that we had to put ashore. I lay down on the .sand 
 iitterly exhausteil and very sick. A review of the situation brought me to myself, and I rose, 
 determined to struggle on as long as I could hold the paddle. Without a word we worked on 
 anil on, and reached Quatre Fourche River long after dark. Tying the canoe to the bu.shes wc 
 ciawled up the bank and were soon asleep. 
 
 "August 2im\. — When morning broke we found the current flowing steadily into Peace 
 River, antl we knew that twentj'-five miles up stream lay between us and food. We discovered 
 that our united strength would not propel the canoe against the current, so fa-steuing a line to 
 
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 tho Iww, I went on Hhore and liauItHl tlic canw for more than sixteen miles, flonmlering through 
 nuul and water, knowing that the goal was drawing nearer every step. The last eight miles I 
 had to take to the ennoe, the mud along shore being so soft it would not haav my weight. Every 
 hall-hour a fainting spell would come over me, hut hy persistent effort I would overcome it, 
 and at len^jth, weaned and exhausted, we reached the fishery just aa it was getting dark." 
 
 A two months' journey, full of adventure, brought Mi\ Macoun to Winnipeg, and a few 
 days more found him in the Wsom of his family, nothing the worse for his long and toilsome 
 jonrneyings. 
 
 His roiMjrt of that expedition occupies one hundred and forty jmges in Mr. Selwyn's full 
 report. 
 
 Professor Macoun was maiTied to Mi.ss ElliMi Tyrrell of Brighton, January 1, 1802, and 
 they have five children. The oldest son, James, is a student in Allwrt University, and at the 
 head of his cla.ss. The Professor has a pleasant home on a high point of land, near the Univer- 
 sity, with delightful grounds of his own taming and improving. 
 
 JAMES NOKRTS, 
 
 ST. CATII MUSKS. 
 
 TAMES NORRIS, one of the successful business men and leading nianufactui"ei"s of St. 
 ^ Catharines, was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, in February, 1820, his parents being 
 James and Ann (Black) Norris. His father was a farmer on a mod^-rat*! scale. The son was 
 tducatod at a parisli school, finishing at fourteen years of age, at which period of his life he 
 emigrated with the family to Upper Canada, locating in the Township of Calcdon, then in the 
 County of Peel, now Cardwell. There the .son aided his father in farming, until nineteen or 
 twenty years of age, when he came to St. Catharines, .sailing on the lakes and Welland Canal 
 in the .sea.son of navigation, and for awhile s|)ending his winters at home. 
 
 Aljout 18-ti) Mr. Norris formed a partnershij) with Sylvester Neelon, and the firm of Nor- 
 lis and Neelon continued until 1870, they being engaged in the vessel business, lumbering and 
 milling, and, yeara later, also in stove manufacturing. Since the dissohition of the firm Mr. 
 Norris has not materially changed his business, he being engaged in shipping gi'ain, flour, and 
 timber to the foreign markets — mainly to England. 
 
 Mr. Norris is very enterprising as well as public spirited, and has aided in more than one 
 way to build up the lively and growing City of St. Catharines. He was in the Town Council 
 several years, Mayor one term, and represented the County of Lincoln, in the House of Com- 
 mons, for five years, l)eing elected in January, 1874, and re-elected twice in four years. At the 
 
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 general election, held in 1878, ho was defeated by John C. Rykert, the Conservative candi- 
 date, Mr. Norris being a stauncit Reformer. 
 
 Mr. NoitIb was one of the lil)ei-al founders of the Marine Ifo-spital at St. Catharines, and 
 has been a trustee of the same from its inception. He earnestly encourages every enterprizo 
 tending to the pulilic welfare. 
 
 He was first married, in 1847, to Miss Sophronia Neclon, of Port Dulhousic, sister of his 
 partner, mentioned above, she dying in 18G(), leaving two children. His second uiarriiige was 
 in 1808, to Miss Elizabeth Waud, of St. Catharines, by whom ho has had four children, three 
 of them still living, . 
 
 Ml. Norris may justly be cla.s.scd among the self-educated and self-made men of St. Catha- 
 rines. Leaving school at fourteen ; starting in business for himself on a few hundred doUam of 
 liis own earning, nnd coupling with his small capital a liberal stock of energy, perseverance, and 
 pluck, he rose by degrees to a high financial and political, as well as social stamling. Like 
 most prominent men doing business the last twenty-live yeai-s, he has had his reveraos, but is 
 ranked to-day among the successful manufacturers and the most honorable business men of 
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 SAMUEL S. XELLES, D.D., LL.D., 
 
 COIWUIiG. 
 
 SAMUEL S. NELLES, nearly thirty years ago at the head of Victoria ColK-gc, is a son of 
 William and Mary (Hardy) Nelles, and was born at Mount Pleasant, near Braiuford, Ont., 
 October 17, 1823. His paternal ancestora were oiiginally from Germany, and were among 
 the early settlei-s in the Mohawk Valley, New York, William Nelles being born in that State. 
 His mother was also of part German pedigree, bom in Pennsylvania. 
 
 Our subject aided his father in funning until sixteen years of age, having, meanwhile, such 
 literary pasturage as comparatively new clearings in Biant county furnished forty and fifty 
 years ago; in 1839 went to Lewiston Academy, N. Y., where he had the witty poet, John (>. 
 Saxe, for tutor ; at the end of one year v/ent to the old academy at Fredonia, Cliautauqua 
 county, in the same State, and there and at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, at Limn, he spent 
 two more yeai-s. In June, 1842, when the academy at Cobourg, established and opened in 1 830, 
 became Victoria College, with Rev. Dr. Egerton Ryerson as President, Mr. Nelles was one of 
 the first two students matriculated ; and after spending two years in this young institution, 
 and one year in study at home, he wont to the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., Dr. 
 Olin, President, finished his undergraduate coui-se, and then received the degree of Bachelor of 
 Arts in 1840. 
 
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 Hi'tiirnln>j to rJanailn, \\\: Ni-IIon tniij{lit one yoar in tito Nowbnrgli Acnilciiiy ; in .Innc, 
 1H47, «'nti'iv«l tin- niMiisdy of tin- Wfslcyun MetliiKliNt Chiiicli, ]nvncliin)( (»no year at I'ort 
 H<i|K', imil two in Toronto, in tin- old Aiielaiilc Htivot, now Mutntpoiitfln, cluufli ; and after 
 Ix-ini; trnnsffiTed tlioncc t^t L)n(lon, ami pivncliing tliui-c tlirci' months, lit> wan appointi'd 
 to the l*n-Mi(li>ncy of Vit-torlu Collo^^o, nn<i Nincu S<>|it4>nilH'i', 1H50, liax liohl tliat ivi4|N)nMii>lu 
 poHition. Dniinj,' tlic tiiNt yt>ai- IiIh (li>|)ai'tnii>nt wan tin- ( 'la-sNicN, and Nineo tliat tinu> his 
 eliair lias U-cn that of Mt-ntal and Moral Philosophy, with tho addition of Moniih-ticM and 
 A]Milo^'i>tios when thu Theolo^'ical dqiartnient was Ntartud in 1H7:!. Prior to that date, and 
 as oarly a-* lH.>-t tho Faculty of Modicinu was added, and in 1802 tho Facuity of Law. 
 The Faculty of Medioine at Hi-Mt euihraced only one medical college, the Toronto HcluMtl 
 of Medicine, at the head of which wn.i Hon. Dr. llolph ; now there are two medical col- 
 leges, one at Toronto and one at Montreal, which receive their diplonuiN from Victoria 
 College, its Medical {graduates alone numWring more than 8.')() ; its Law gratluates are a 
 little less than 1(K); its Divinity, between .MO and 40, ami its Arts, alnnit 2<m. All these 
 graduations, with the exception of half a <lo/.en in the Arts department, have tJiken i>lace 
 since Dr. Nellcs hecanie President. With him Victoria College tfwik a new departure, and has 
 greatly prosi)ered, having a handsome endowment, a full and strong facidty, and every facility 
 for studying to the hest advantage. In 187(i, " Faraday Hall" was erected at an e.xitense, in- 
 cluding apparatus, of alx)ut JiSjOOO. It is devoted exclusively to the Natural Sciences, with 
 one of the liest scientific scholars in Ontario at its head. 
 
 A gentleman who has long known President Nelles, thus speaks of him as a teacher, 
 scholar, lecturer, and a gentleman ; — 
 
 " For twenty -nine years Dr. Nelles has lieen President of Victoria Univeixity, which is the 
 highest literary position in the apjsjintment of the church to which ho K'longs. He has devoted 
 special attention to the departments of Logic, and of Mental and Moral Philosophy, on which he 
 hasheen for many years as ucces.sful lecturer. He has also compiled a popular text-hook on Logic, 
 and has contrihuted to high-class educational and litemry periodicals. Thnnigli his sermons 
 and writings there runs a vein of lofty thought, and many of his metaphors and analogies are 
 striking and U'autiful. Several of his luucalaureate .sermons, delivered before the graduating 
 class of the university, have been published, an<l fully sustain his reputation as an elof|Ucnt 
 preacher and writer. His discoui-ses appeal rather to the intellectual than to the emotional 
 side of our nature. Asa public lecturer, Dr. Nelles occupies the rostrum much less fretpiently 
 than his friends would like, but always with acceptance. A rich vein of wit is always struck 
 in the.so discourses, and a wide range of reading and familiar acipiaintance with the English 
 poet.s is evidenced." 
 
 The few printed sermons and educational addresses pre|)ared by President Nelles, and 
 
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 wliioh wo liftvo (n't'ii, justify evorytliiiifj will aUtvc om ivganU the iloj>th of his thoughtH, and 
 the richiie»M aiui lit'iiliancy of )m Ntyle, 
 
 PreNi«lent NellcH ha<l the tlegreo of Doctor of Divinity conferred upon him hy 
 Queen's College, Kingston, in 18(10, nnd that of Doctor of Laws Ity Victoria College, in 1873. 
 He repivsented the Canadian Conference at the CJeneral Methodist Conference, lield in Phila- 
 delphia in 18(i|, at the New lirnnswiek Conference in 18(i(i, and iit the KngliMh VVesleyan 
 Conference, at Newcastle, in 187;>. He was President of the Teacheix' AssiK-iation of Ontario 
 two years in succession, and is ludd in very high esteem hy the educators of the Piovince, as 
 well ashy all other classes who know him. As a lecturer on educational subjects, hu has but 
 few iH'ers in the Province. 
 
 July 8, 1851, Miss Mary B. Wood, of Toronto, daughter of Rev. Dr. Enoch Wood, 
 President of the Canadian Conference for ten yeai-s, and long n Superintendent of Wesleyan 
 Metliodist Missions, became the wife of Dr. Nelles, ami they have five children hero, and one son 
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 /'^NK of the Pioneers in what is now the town of Simcoe, and one of the most successful 
 ^-^ business nun that ever resided here, is Duncan ('an>pl)ell, a native of Cireenock, Scofc- 
 Ian<I, dating his birth April 2, 1802. He is a son of Arehibalil and Ann Campbell, both parents 
 being mendKM's of the Argyle branch of the Campbell family. Duncan reeeivetl a modemto 
 Knglish education, and in ISl.'i eunie to Lower Canada, his parents having preceded him. W^as 
 clerk in a store two years, at Montreal, and in 1818 came to Simcoe, then calleil Birdtown, 
 to take charge of a store kept by William Bird. Sulweipiently Mr. Campbell had the namu 
 changed to Simcoe, in honor of Governor Simcoe, who had given Aaron Culver 200 acres of 
 land, — that lan<l being embmeed in the present site of the town. 
 
 Mr. Culver settled at first in the Township of Townsend, in this county. When Governor 
 Simcoe came through this part of the Province, he camped near the site of Col. Campbell's 
 place, and Mr. Culver came to see him, bringing a bag of watei' melons as a present to His Ex- 
 cellency, a-s he ha<l nothing better. The Governor, in reward for his kindness, presented hint 
 with 200 acres of land, now covered by the Town of Simcoe, Mr. Culver having previously 
 hint^Ml that he thought there was a good water power in this vicinity, which he would like 
 some day to improve. He afterwards built a mill on the creek (Lynn River), and died many 
 years ago. 
 
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 Mon, Mr. C'iiIvit'h houw k'ing on the eaHtorn Hiilo of Pattonton'M iVei-k, now callt'd Lynn Rlvor. 
 From the tiini' tliat Mr. Canipltfll took cliargu of the ntoro, which Ird U-on occupiHl by Mr. 
 Mini, he continmnl to nell niun-handiiw for novoral yeirs. For a few yearn iit VieUiriit, tlien tho 
 county Moat, six miles Noiith-weHt, was the nearent post ottice, but at lengtli one was entabliNlieil 
 at Simcoe, and Mr. 1,'ampbeli wuh appointed tho firnt ]XMtnin>tter. 
 
 Wlien he went out of tlie mercantile trade ho was apiminted agent of tlie Oore Bank, 
 continuing thus to act until lie was appointed Oovurnment Land Agent, nn oHice which lie held 
 several yeais. During tliat ])erio<l lie sold tho principal part of the Innds in tho County of 
 Norfolk not previously dis|M>sed of. 
 
 At an early day Mr. Ciinipbell joined tho militia of the Province, wn.s appointed Lieuten- 
 ant, and i-ose. step by stop, till he became Liout.-Colonel. 
 
 Komothing like forty years ago. Colonel Campbell was appointed a magistrate, and still 
 liolils that office, but rarely acts in that capacity. For some yeara he has «U)ne little more than 
 look after his own property, which is (juito extensive, lie was long ago placed in independent 
 circumstances, and is well fitted, by life-long habits of temper and general correctness, to enjoy 
 his wealth. He is a member of the Church of England, and a Christian gentleman of the pure 
 Scotch type. 
 
 Col. Campbell lias fitted up him.self a home (juito central in the town, and l)t>autiful enough 
 in its surroundings, and elegant enough in all respects, for any Campbell of the old world. His 
 ten acre park is the linest private park we have ever seen. 
 
 ABU AM W. LAUDER, M.P.P., 
 
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 A BR AM WJLLIAM LAUDER, Member of the Provincial Parliament for East Grey, is a 
 native of England, and wa.s t)om at Bewcastle on the Gth of June, 1834, son of the late 
 Thomas D. Lauder, Estj., of Durham, Ont., and grandson of the Rev. William Lauder, late of 
 Bewcastle, Cumberland, Eng., one of the most popular preachers of his time in tlie border 
 counties. A collateral ancestor was one of the claimants for the Roxburgh Estates in 1812. 
 His mother was of an English family named Forrester. Came to Canada with the rest of the 
 family in 18.").5, and spent the succeeding two years in the County of Ontario, where ho was 
 very successfully engaged in teaching. His father and four brothers settled in the County of 
 (jirey, where the latter have become leading citizens, especially James and Thomas, the last 
 named being at present Registrar of the county. 
 
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 Our subject w«« ccluoatcd principally atCanobic ami Langholm, ScotlanJ, and after coming 
 to Toronto in 1S.'>7, became a student at law in the oHiee of Mcssi's. Ross, orawford and Crom- 
 bic; after being called to the Bar, U.C, Easter Term, iXii^., formed a law partnership with the 
 senior member of this tirni, the Hon. John Ross, wh .. continued until the death of Mr. Ross in 
 1871 ; and is now at the head of the Hrm of Lauder and Proctor. Mr. Lauder has been in 
 continued practice in Toronto since being calleil to the Bar, and has succeeded in establishing a 
 well-earned reputation as a good and successful lawyer. His work, however, has not been con- 
 ilued to his profession alone, but is as diversiKcd as his abilities. He has been a member of the 
 Ontario Legislature since Confederation (18G7), representing, fii-st. South Grcj', and since that 
 was divided into two ridings, East Grey. Mr. Lauder is one of the very few charter members 
 now left in the House, and it speaks well for his zeal and faithfulness in looking after the 
 interests of his constituents, that ho has so often been re-elected to the same seat. Much of 
 his popularity is doubtless owing to his success in urging the passage by the Handtield Mac- 
 donald Government of an act for the revaluation of public lands occupied by settlers. Mr. 
 Lauder was sucecssful in his first election becau.so of his advocacy of free grants to settlers, 
 and of the measures above alluded to, which resulted in great benefit to his constituency. 
 Since entering public life he has been a Liberal Con.servative in politics, and a strong advocate 
 of railway extension for opening up and developing the resoinces of the interior of the pro- 
 vinces. He has taken considerable interest in educational matters, and was for some time a 
 member of the Senate of Victoria College lliiiversit\', Cobourg. In 186!) was appointed Gov- 
 eriunent Trustee of the jrutiicii)al Bonus Funds of Toronto, Grey and Bruce Ry., dischar"in"' 
 the duties of that office with .satisfaction to his many friends along the line of this railway. 
 Mr. Lauder is also Secretary -Treasurer of the Star Life Insurance Co., for Canada, a very 
 wealthy English corporation, which has invested a large portion of its reserve funds in this 
 country. 
 
 Since residing in Toronto, Mr. Lauder has been identified with the Methodist Church, and 
 was (piite prominently connected with the movement which resulted in building the Metro- 
 politan Church in this city, of which lie is one of the trustees. In conjunction with the Rev. 
 l)r. Ryerson, ho negotiated the purchase of the square in which the elegant edifico is situated, 
 than which a finer site for the purpose cannot be found in Toronto. With others, he organized 
 and was one of the first meudiers uf the Y. JL C Association of Toronto. 
 
 In 18.')(i ilr. Lauder was married to Miss M. E. Toof, of Whitby. Mrs. Lauder is de- 
 scended from an old French Canadian family, and is jw.ssessed of varied literary attainments, 
 and speaks fluently foiu- ditf'erent languages. She has been a contributor to the press, and 
 has published, under her usual i\om <}<• i>liriiii' of " Toofio," a book of travels called "Ever- 
 green Leaves," published by the Rose-Belford rulilishing Co., Toronto. We understand she is 
 
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 also liad considerable experience as a traveler, having visited nearly all the different countries 
 of Europe ; many of them twice. Mr. and Mrs. Lauder have only one child, a son named William 
 Waugh, who promises to become quite celebrated as a musician and pianist. He has studied 
 at Heidelberg, Germany, and is now finishing under the best mastera at Leipsie in the same 
 countiy. Last June he was selected from the many students at Leipsie to play at the annual 
 Gaivand haus Concert, a distinction which many hope for, but few obtain. He is the fii-st 
 from Canada, anil one of a very few from America, who ever acquired this honor, which is re- 
 garded as indicating the possession of very superior musical abilities. 
 
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 TOHN ROBERT MARTIN, County Crown Attorney and Clerk of the Peace, dates his 
 ^ birth in the County of Kildare, Ireland, February 2.'), 1825. He is a grandson of the 
 celebrated Col. Richard Martin of Connemara, County of Galway, Ireland, a laige land owner in 
 Ireland, representing Galway in the Irish Parliament, with such associates as Grattan, Curran, 
 Flood, and that class of statesmen and orators. VVe learn from the " Historical Atlas of 
 Haldimand County," that Col. Martin sat for Galway until the Union, and continued to 
 represent it in the British Parliament, for a long period, and in that body received the appel- 
 lation of " Humanity Martin," for obtaining the passage of an Act for the Prevention of Cruelty 
 to Animals, then, strange to .saj', considered by many people as an infringement on their rights. 
 
 The father of our subject was Richard Martin, junior, .second .son of Col. Muitin, and born 
 in the County of Galway, March io, 1797. He married Emily Sylvia, daughter of John Kir- 
 wan, Q.C., of Dublin, and emigrated to Canada in 1833, settling in the Township of Seneca, 
 County of Haldimand, near York, and there improved a farm, partly opened when he pur- 
 chased it. At that time the Indians had not left this part of the province ; the country was 
 wild ; but few roads were opened ; grist mills and markets were remote, and Mr. Martin and 
 his family had a liberal experience in frontier life. 
 
 When the rebellion broke out in the latter part of 1837, Mr. Martin was prompt to shoul- 
 der his musket and march to the front, joining a company which was .stationed several months 
 at Chippawa. On returning from the " war " he raised a coiniiany of volunteers in Haldimand, 
 and was -ubseciuently appointed Lieut.-Colonel in the local militia. He was for years a meui- 
 ber of the Dis*-'-' Council; was one of the originators and directors of the Gore Bank, and was 
 Sherifl" of I .. ..id from 1850 until the time of his death, April 4, 1878, Vjeing in the 82nd 
 year of his ago. He sleeps in the cliurch-yard of St, Johns Cliurch, York, six miles from 
 
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 Cayuga, His wife died in 1808. In his prime, Slieriff Martin was one of the most stirring, 
 enterpiising men in the county, and one of the best known men in this section of the Province. 
 
 At his denii.se he left five sons, Richard Martin, Q. C, the eldest, and Edward Martin, Q.C., 
 the youngest, l)oth prominent Ijarristers in Hamilton ; Evan Stratford Martin, who was Deputy 
 Sherift' under his father for twenty-.seven years ; Frederick Oliver Martin, a prominent agricul- 
 turist, who owns and occupies the old homestead near York ; and the subject of this sketch, 
 who is the second son. John R. Martin was eight years old when the family came to this 
 country, and has a distinct recollection of the wildness and romantic beauty of the scenes which 
 liere first met liis eyes in the Valley of the Grand River in the latter part of the year 1833, 
 His education, begun in the Old World, he finished in the public school at York ; was first 
 articled as a student-at-law to (jJeorge S. Tiffarry of Hamilton ; finished his legal education with 
 his brother Richard Martin at Hamilton ; was called to the bar in 1853, and practised at 
 Hamilton until 18,')", when he was appointed County Crown Attorney and Clerk of the Peace 
 for Haldimand, and settled in Ca^'uga, now having one of the most sightly and delightful resi- 
 dences in the village, and carrying on a very large law business. 
 
 Mr. Martin is a large property owner in other parts of the county as well as at the shire- 
 town ; is one of the leading agriculturists of Haldimand ; has aided largely in the introduc- 
 tion of blooded stock, horses, cattle, sheep, etc., into the country, and was a Director of the 
 County Agricultmal Society, serving also as its President some years. At one period in his 
 younger years, the chief care of his father's farm was left to him, and he managed it admirabl)-. 
 He is emphatically a self-educated man. In politics he is a Liberal-Con.servative, but holding 
 a (lovernment office for the last twenty-three years, he has taken no active part in such matters. 
 He is doing general law business, and stands well as a barrister. He is a member of St. John's 
 Episcopal Church, and has often served as warden of the same. 
 
 Mr. Martin was married the first time in 1S.")5, and the second time Augu.st 30, 187+, to 
 Sarah Gubbins, daughter of Joseph Lancelot Gubbins, of Limerick, Ireland, a well-known 
 family in that country. 
 
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 r^ EORGE RALPH RICHARDSON COCKBURN, Principal of the Upper Canada College, 
 ^-^ Toronto, for nearly twenty years, is a son of Robert and Margaret (Burke) Cockbuni, 
 and was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, February ].'>, 1834. He received his education in that 
 city, in the celebrated High School, then under the Rectoi-shipof Dr. Schniitz, and passed thence 
 to the University, where, on the completion of a brilliant career, he gratluated with the highest 
 
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 THE CAXADTAX niOGIiAVIflCAf. DICTIOXAIiY. 
 
 classical honors, carrying oft" the Stratton Prize, 1>S,")7. Ho then nioiv fuily prosecutcil his classical 
 studies under Professor Zunipt, one of the most famous classical scholars in Germany, while his 
 residence in Paris enabled him to profit by the instructions of several of the most learned men 
 of f ranee. 
 
 Before leaving the Old Countiy, Principal Cockhiirn took charge of the classes of Dr. 
 Schmitz, Rector of the Edinburgh High School, for a few luMith^i, during the absence of the 
 J)octor. 
 
 In IS.IS our subject came to Canada, having been appointed by the Council of Public In- 
 struction to the Rectorship of the Model Grannnar School for Upper Canada. Shortly after- 
 wards, at the request of the Government, he inspected during two years the higher educational 
 institutions of the Province, and embodied his views regarding them in two able reports. 
 
 Having thus thoroughly accjuainted himself with their condition, and the status generally 
 of educational matters here, he visited most of the higher scholastic institutions in the Ignited 
 States. In 18GI he was appointed by the tiovernment. Principal of Upper Canada College and 
 member of the Senate of the University of Toronto. Probably no man ever came to Canada to 
 teach with higher recommendations than Prineii)al Ci)ckburn furnished. We have before us 
 the " Journal of Kducation," Toronto, for August, IS'iS, which contains very strong testimonials 
 from Leonhard Schmitz, LL.D., and Dr. A. \V. Zumpt, already mentioned ; Professor Kirk- 
 patrick, II.A., of Oxford; Profes.sor John Wilson (Christopher Noith), of the University of Kdin- 
 burgh, and others. We copy entire the testiiiiDMiul <>!' I>r. Selunit/. which is dated at the High 
 School, Edinburgh, September 2!), 1S.")7. 
 
 " Ever since ^^r. Cockburn completed his euniculmii at tlic High ScIkihI and University of 
 Edinburgh, in bcih of wliich institutions he gainecl the highest ilistinetiDHs fur .seholai.ship, ho 
 has been most actively ami successfully engaged as a classical and English tcaeluT, tirst in Mer- 
 eliisten (V.stli- Acatlemy, and afterwards for several years in Montgreenaii Ibnise Acailemy ; 
 and I kiiow that in both these institutions he has been the means of raising le.irning and seho- 
 larshi]' to a point which had been (juite unknown !)efore. During the last year he lia visited 
 ner.riy all the countries of Europe, and made himself thcuoughiy conversant with the languages 
 of Germany, Fi'ance, and Italy — languages wliieh he li;id well studied bid'ore lie entered u[)oii 
 his travels. 
 
 " Mr. < 'dckburn is not an ordinary scholar, but a thorough pliili>|()gi,>t. possessing a good in- 
 sisrht into the structure, the relations and atlinities subsjstin;;- between the ancii'ut and modern 
 languages of Einvjie. He thoroughly understands the art of comiiiiniicating to young peojdi' 
 information in a clear and lucid manner, and of inciting theii' minds to indepeuilent activity. 
 He unites, in short, in an eminent degree, all the (lualities — exti'iisive knowledge, experience and 
 skill — that ought to recommend a man who proposes to devote himself to the higher ilepart- 
 mcuts of education." 
 
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 A few inontlis later, in reply to a special note of iiKpiirv from Dr. Rverson, of Toronto, 
 t'liief Siiix-rintondent of Kdueation, as to Mr. Cofkburn's Latin scliolarship, Dr. Schinitz said, 
 that "all the ])oints stated in Mr. Cockburn's testimonial in reference to his scholarship, apply in 
 the same, if not in a higher degree to Latin as to Greek, and that ho regarded Mr. I'ockburn as 
 one of the best Latin scholars that Scotland has produced." It is enough to say that the expec- 
 tations raised by such testimonials have been fully realized in the successful career of our subject. 
 
 Principal Cockburn is a member of the Chinch of England, and a Christian gentleman of 
 the purest type. In \HW) he married Mary, .sole surviving daughter of Hampden Zaneand Kmily 
 St. Aubert Churchill Zane, and thus became connected with two of the oldest and most influen- 
 tial families in Virginia and Kentucky, many members of which have been prominent Southern 
 jioliticians and leading members of the Legislature. 
 
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 AVID HLAIN. ex -mend per of Parliament fur the constituency of West Vurk, ( hit., is a 
 native of Seotlaml, and was liurn tin Brown (/arrick-hill, near Ayr, on the l.jth of 
 August, IN.S2. Tlie Ulain family were originally Kreneh, but sometime during the early wars 
 lietween France ami Kngland, they settled on the lionler lands between Seotlantl and England, 
 w hence descendants ha\ e spread to diH'erent paits of the world. The gianiH'ather of our subject 
 spelled the name lilaine, and tiie (inal o is still retained by some bianehes of the family. David 
 
 HIain was the b.urth nfsix' 
 
 . his father beintr John Hlain, J. P., a manufacturer of agri- 
 
 cultural implements in Ayrshire, Scotland, but who came to this coinitry in 1S4:2, to engage in 
 farming and obtiiin lands for his boys. He located liist in King, County of Vork, Oiit., but 
 subseipiently removeil to South Easthoite, Perth, and later to Stratford, in the same [irovinee, 
 where he died in 1870. The maiden name of the mother of om' sid.iject was Elizabi'th JIc( 'utcheon, 
 of a wi'll-known Scotch family of that name. Da\id Blain received his ]ninuiry education at 
 his n .tive place, ami at the Provincial Normal School, Toronto, obtaininga tirst-class certiticate 
 
 from the hitter school : afterwards enteral the I'niv<'rsitv of Toronto, whence he was gi 
 
 raduatt 
 
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 l.S()(), takinu- tlir de^iee of LL.M. In ls7() he received from the same institution his degree 
 
 nf LL.l). In ls.j(i, b.' bi 
 
 a student-at-law with Alexander Macdonald, of Messrs 
 
 Macdonaldand Brother, and was called to the Bar, V. C. in Trinity term, iMiO. Innnediately 
 conimenced the iiractice of his profession in Toronto, first alone, and subsctpiuntly in partnership 
 
 lith the late Albert Prince ; later he 1. 
 
 ■ the senior member of the law firm of Messrs 
 
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 ain. 
 
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 m ami Parkinson, and remaim'd such until he retireil from ))ractice in IStiS. At the 
 
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 goneral flection in 1S7:J, Mr. Biain siiccessfnlly contestt'd Wont York, and was ii'tiirncd to tlio 
 Dominion Pailiaiiifiit, dt'tVatin;; Wni. Tviiell. of the Villaj,'!- of Weston, formerly Warden of York, 
 liy a majority of over :i()0 votes ; at tlie next general eleetion he wa« re-elected to tlie same seat, 
 defeating Cajit. N. Wallaee, of Woodhridge, by over 'lOO majority, and continuing in parliament 
 until the defeat of the Mackenzie tiovernment in IM7S, when, as one of its sui)pi»rters, he was 
 unsuccessfid. In politics he is a Liljeral.and while in parliament was an independent supporter 
 of the Reform Administration, though inclined to he more ( Vmservative than that party, in some 
 national measiu'es, favoring a (|uulitie(l protection jjoliey, as the growing industries of the country 
 might reipiire. He also holds moderate views on the National Currency question and favors 
 the withilrawal from the existing hanks, on the expiration of their present charters, the 
 power of issuing liank hills, substituting therefor bills issued by the Dominion (Jovern- 
 iiient, which will be e(|ually good for circulation at their face value in any and all parts of 
 Canada, said bills to be ivileemable in gold by the (Jovernment, on demand. His political 
 views are broad, and his ideas carefully .studied and followed to logical conclusions, which favor 
 the welfare of the whole Dondnion, rather than that of any particular section or political pavty, 
 
 Jn religious views he is of Piesliyterian antecedents, but being unconnected with any 
 ilenomination, he worships v ith his wife at the Evangelical Church of England, of which she is 
 II communicaut. 
 
 January 27, isdli, Mr. Blain was united in marriage to Eliza, daughter of the late John 
 P. Harrington, of Northlamls, Tipperary, Ireland, and grand-daughter of the late CJeneral 
 Robinson, of Bidlynovan. same county. Her father died whih' she was young, and she emigrated 
 with her mother and biother to Toronto, where tlu! latter, John Harrington, E.sq., becamo 
 a sticee-sful hardware merchant, and a highly respected citizen. His death, which resulted 
 from an accident while out riding, was very sudden, ami de.'^iily regretted by a host of friends, 
 wiio honored him for his sterling worth and character. 
 
 
 (U'STANTS \V. WICKSTKKI), (,).('., 
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 y^ rsTAVrs Wn.LIAM WICK.STEED, the present Head Clerk and Chi.-f of the 
 ^— ^ Legislative Department of the House of Commons, ha.s held that oftice and a like one 
 in the Legislative Asscmlily and of United Canada, and in the Legislative Assembly of Lower 
 ('anada as a first assistant, since 1.S41. He was born in Liverpool, England, December 21, 17!)!b 
 His father. Richai-d Wicksteed, was a member of the Cheshire and Shroi)shire family of that 
 name, and his mother, whose maiden name was Tatlock, was of a Lancashire familv. Mr, Wiek- 
 
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 stct'd caiiie t(» Oanada in 1821, liy invitation ol" an unek-, the Hun. John Fletflicr, for twenty-two 
 years Judj^o oftho District of St. Francis, Lower Cana(hi, and an elder hrother of Sir llieliard 
 Fletcher, U. K., who was killeil at San Sebastian. Before leavinj,' England, Mr. Wicksteed hatl 
 studied in"chanical enj,'ineerinj,' for ,s(jino time, and, after settling in Lower Canada, was for sonio 
 time employed in work connected with tliat profession. 
 
 In 182') lie commenced tlie study of law with Col. B. ('. A. CJugy, and three years later 
 entered the service of tin? Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada as Assistant Law Chrk . 
 Years afterwards, wlien the constitution was suspended, and the Spieial Council for Lower 
 Canada was constituted, lie became one of its officers under the Attorney-Oeneral, the Hon. 
 Chaiies Richarcl Ogden. In 1841 he was appointed Law Clerk and chief English translator 
 to the Legislative Assembly of the I'rovince of Canada, composed of the re-uniteil Provinces 
 of Upper and Lower Canada, and in 18(i7, (jn the formation of the Dominion, to the same otHce 
 in the House of Commons of Canada, which he still liolds. 
 
 In 1841 Mr. Wickstoed was appointed one of the Commissioners to revise the Statute-i 
 and Ordinances of Lower Canada, and in 1854, Lord Elgin, then ( lovernor-General, gave him a 
 silk gown. Two 3'ears later he was appointed one of twelve Commissioners to " examine, 
 revise, consolidate, and classify " the Public General Statutes of ("anada. eleven of the be>t 
 lawyers of Upper and Lower (, 'anada being associated with him in the work. 'J'lie ( "ommis- 
 .sioners from U^pjier Canada undeitook the Statutes atleeting their Province, and those of Lowr 
 Canada the Statutes affecting their Province, all the Commissioners jointly taking those atl'ectiug 
 the whole of Canada. The three volumes were n'ported to the Legislature in 18."j!) and 18(J0, 
 examined and passed, the Governor being authorized to canse the Statutes of the Session to bi; 
 incorporated with the work of the Commission ; which was done for Upper Canada by the Hon. 
 Sir James Macaulay, one of the Conimi.ssioners, for Lower Canada by Mr. Wicksteed, and foi' 
 all Canada by tliese two gentlemen conjointly. 
 
 In l8()4-o ho was one of the Commi.ssioners for fixing the remuneration to be jiaid to 
 railway companies for transporting the mails. While a resident of Lower Camida he was one 
 the Commissioners for building the Parliament House at (^)uebee, and for otiier Public Works. 
 
 He was first married in 1834 to Mary, .second danghter of John (bay, first President 1 if 
 the Bank of Montreal, she ilying in ISrJ.j ; and a second time in I83!l, to Anna, eldest daughter 
 of Capt. John Fletcher, of Her Majesty's 72nd Regiment, and at that time an officer in the Im- 
 perial Customs at Quebec. He has five children living, ami has lost one. 
 
 Mr. Wicksteed, like Alexander Pope, seems to have " lisped in numbers,' and to have been 
 addicted to verse-making, at intervals, all his days. In 1S78 his friends persuaded him to 
 print for private circulation, a volume containing some of his metrical compositions. That 
 volume we have been permitted to examine, and are not surprised at the <lesire of his friends 
 to possess this memento of his Mu.se. His versification is easy and Howing.and the humor and 
 
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 patlios of some of tliu piocos nn- I'xcollfiit. Tlio " Prefnw," \( ritton in tlic hk'Umujc of " Hiftwatlin," 
 is H liiv|>])y a|)olo;,'y for tho piililication of tlio voluino. His " Atlvcnt Hymn," and ono or two otluT 
 sacrod poems, are jjood, and the (|iiiut hits at Parliamentiirv doin;,'s iire slinrp and witty. The 
 Now Year Addresses of the several newspapers nuist liave been appropriiite "tnicis for t)it( 
 times," when they were published; and we ajjree with the ojjinion expressed by the late tiover- 
 nor-Oeneral, Lord Dutferin, himself no nien,n poet, that tho " National Anthem," with wliieli 
 tho volume closes, \h excellent. Many friends will treasure this modoiit little work. 
 
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 DONALD (JUTIlini:., Q.C, \r.i'., 
 
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 "T~\()NALL) GT'THRIK, Barrister and repre,sentative for South \VeHin<,'t(m in tiie House of 
 •^-^ . (\)nniions, is son of Huj^di and Catharine (Macgrej^or) (Hutluie, and was born in the 
 City of Ediuburgli, Scotland, May !S, bSK). His father was in business for many years in that 
 city. His mother was a daughter of John Maegregor, of Rannoeh, Perthshire, Seotiand. 
 
 Donald eommeuei'd his education lu his native city; came to Canada in bs.')4; linished 
 hi.s literary studies witii a maternal iinele, Patrick Macgregor, M. A., barrister, Toronto, and 
 author of a system of logic published liy Harper Hiothcrs, Ni'W Voik ; studied law in Toronto 
 with Hon. Oliver Mowat, Premier of Ontario, and John Helliwell, Solicitor for the Hank of 
 Toronto, and at (Juel[)li with Hon. A.J. Fcrgusson IJlair.at ono time President of the Queen's Privy 
 Council for Canada, and Senator, and John J. Kingsmili, now Judge of tho County of Bruce; 
 was ailmitted as an attorney in lN(l."5 ; called to the bar in Trinity term, IStK!, and ereati'd a 
 Queens Counsel by the Ontario (lovernmi'iit in March. I.S7<I. He is senior ])artner in the Hrm 
 of (luthrie, Watt and Cutten, the leading law firm in the city. Mr. AVatt attends to the ( 'hancery 
 department of the busini'ss ; Mr, Cutten to commim law, and Mr. (luthrie is the barrister of the 
 tirm. he being a powerful pleailer, dear and forcible, ami making a tine impression on a jury. 
 His standing is highly creditable to the county bar. 
 
 Mr. (i)itlirie is Solicitor for the County of Wellington and the City of (Juelph, foi' the 
 Ontario and Fedtral Banks, also for the Wt-Uington Mutual Insurance Company, etc. He has 
 bi'cn President of the Guelph f!as Company continuously since lf<70, an<l holils a position in the 
 front rank of public .spirited citizens of that young cit\-. 
 
 Mr. (lUtlnie was first elected to Parliament, July ."). l.S7(l, on tho resignation of the sitting 
 member, Daviil Stirton. who was appointed Postma.ster of (lUelph ; an<l was re-elected at tho 
 general eli'ction held Septendier 17, 1878, being ono of those .staunch Rcformei-s who were 
 not slaughtered in the great Conservative victory in the Dominion, in that great political con- 
 
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 ti'Nt. Hi- w<iM fiuliii'sotl hy his cuiMtituoiitM in tlio Soutlt Hiding of Wi'lliiigtoii liy u very hand' 
 (tonic nmjority. 
 
 Till) religious loiuifrtiuii of Mr. dntiirii' is with tlio I'lvsbytfriiin Oliurch. 
 
 On DoLrmhi-r 17, 180.S, Ik- was marrii'd ut Montival to Eliza Margaret, yoiipgf.st daugliti-r 
 of John Mai'Vii-ar, de -fasod, of Chathaiii, Out., and tlii-y liave six i-liildrun, Mrs. GiithriL' is a 
 sister of l)r. 1). H, Mai'Vicnr, l*riiu-i|)al of tlic I'ri'siiytfiiaii C'olli-ge at Moiitn-al, and of Dr. 
 Malfolm MacViear, Prini'iiial of the Normal School at l*ot.s<luni, X. Y., and thf author of one 
 or two popular niathoniatii-al works, pulilisht'd in the rnitcil States, 
 
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 "T~)KV. ALKXANDKK MACNAH, Uector of the Tarish of Darlington, is a son of Colonel 
 -*~v Simon Fraser Maciiah, many years a (iovernment otHeial in Canathi, and grandson of 
 I>r. James Macnab, who was surgeon of a Kegiment of United Knipiro [loyalists, and wliodied 
 in (Canada in 17^0; and was born at liulleville. County of Hastings, January 2(1, ltsl2, his 
 father's family being one of the tirst to settle in that Town. Our subject is a nephew of 
 Captain Alexander Maenab, for whom he was named, and whose name appears on the early 
 plans of York (Toronto), and who, at the Battle of Waterloo, wa.s on the Stat!, as aide-de- 
 camp to Sir Thomas Pieton — the only native Canadian, probably, who was slain in that world- 
 renowned contest, or that took any part in it. This branch of the Macnab family is also 
 remotely related to the Chief Macnab who, .some time after the brcaking-up of the clan, 
 emigrated to Canada^ and had his home at the Chats on the Ottawa River, the emigrant Laird 
 making poor lieadwiiy in tiying to transplant the ancient customs of the Highlanders to 
 ('anadian soil. The branch of the Macnab family, to which our subject belongs, came from 
 rerthshire, Scotland, when the clan broke up, and settled in the American Colonies before tho 
 Revolution, and fought bravely for the Crown. 
 
 Our subject was educated privately, his tutor being the late Rev. John Grier, M.A., 
 subserpicntly Rector of Belleville ; intended for the legal profession, he studied Law under 
 J. H S".mp.son, Barrister, Belleville, but reliinjuished it for the pursuit of Literature and 
 Theology; was appointed President of Yictoria College, and while in that position acted 
 under appointment of the Oovernor-General, Lord Metcalfe, as Superintendent of Education 
 for Canada West. When at the head of that University, he received from I'nion College, 
 Schenectady, N. Y., the honorary title of Doctor of Divinity. During his Presidency, 
 that Institution, it is believed, had the honor of lirst conferring degrees in the Arts in 
 
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 ( 'f.imdft WoNt. Soon after ivHipiiiig that position, Dr. Mncnub received IiIh nnlinution nt 
 the linndH of Lord llinliop Straclian, at which time — March, IS.'iO — hi> was appointed 
 Asxistftnt to Rev. Alexander Neil Bcthune, tlien Rector at (.'o^onrK, anil later llishop 
 of Toronto; MuliNocjuently had charyo of the Rico Lake parish, with his home at t'ohour;,', 
 mid in tho he^'inninj,' of 18.')2 was presented to the Rectories of Clarke and Darlinjjton, 
 When tho parish was diviiled he remained Rector of Darlington, and still holds that position, 
 his Iiome beinjj in the Town of Bownianville. As a preacher. Dr. Macnah is jilain and 
 practical, dear and logical, and has great skill in clinching an argninv<nt. }Iis discourses 
 are sound and Scriptural, rather than showy, his great aim being to convince tho ruason antl to 
 convict the heart, rather than please tho fancy. As a pastor he is very attentive to the sick 
 and the afflicted, and has the warm esteem of tho community generally. 
 
 Since a resilient of Bownianville, Dr. Alacnab has boon of great service to tho conimunit}' 
 out«ide his church-woik, in which ho has been quite successful. IIo was for nmny years a 
 member and chaiiinan of the Board of School Trustees, and also Superintendent of tho Town 
 Schools, being assiduous in his endeavors to build up and improve the systeuj of public 
 instruction. 
 
 In 18.')8, Dr. Macnab made a trip to Great Britain, in company with his kinsman, Sir 
 Allan N. Macnab, and ten j'oars later (1808), occuncd one of tho most delightful episodes in 
 his life — a second visit to England, and its attending incidents. We have alreaily mentioned 
 the name of his uncle, Captain Alexander Macnab, who fought and died at Waterloo, and who 
 was captain in the 2nd Battalion, 30th Regiment, when he received his mortal wouml. He 
 died before the mcihils for the surviving heroes of that eventful battle were struck, and, con- 
 trary to the army regulations, in his case a medal was struck for the dead. When Dr. 
 Macnab reached the Old World, and news .spread abroad of his relation to the brave Captain 
 Macnab, and that he was the rightful heir to the medal, the otficial.s in the War OtHce caused 
 bis uncle's medal to be re-struck, and it was presented to the Doctor by tho Commander-in- 
 ( 'liief, the Duke of Cambridge, in person. This fact we gather from " Toronto of Old," an 
 iiitevesting volume by Henry Scadding, D.D. Tho writer of this sketch has seen the medal here 
 spoken of, and which Dr. Macnab treasures as a precious memento of his heroic uncle, and an 
 invaluable heir-loom in the family. In addition to the medal, the Chelsea Hospital Commis- 
 sioners, consisting of certain Members of the Cabinet and veteran field officers — notwithstand- 
 \n" an Act passed fifty years ago cancelling all claims for prize-money — finding a considerable 
 sum lying to the credit of Captain Macnab, paid the amount over to his representative, Dr. 
 Macnab. One motive which prompted such an unheard of act was, very likely, the loyalty of 
 the Macnabs during the American Revolution. In 1870, Dr. Macnab and his son. Rev. A. W. 
 Macnab, being in England, applied to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral for 
 permission to place in the cryi)t of that Cathedral a mural tablet to the memory of their 
 
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 undo, ami tlio Chnptur glndly gave such permission, and tlio tablet han sinco Imon pliiced near 
 tlio tomb of tlio decoiwed otticei'd cliiof, Oenoral Sir TlioniiM I'icton, wlio fell on the same 
 ott'a.sion— the uienioniblc iNth of June, IHl'). While ubscnt on leave from this country, in 
 1«{]8-!), foi the henrfit of \\\n health. Dr. Maenab visited numerous jmrishes in Eiijjhuul as a 
 Deputation from the ' Ven. Soeiety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," and, 
 in IS7l', was also its t'haplain at Cologne, in Prussia. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Mnenab was Miss Kliza Doiig-vll, daughter of James Dougall, Esq., an 
 early settler at Picton, Upper Canada, married in May, 1832. They have had six children, two 
 of thorn, Helen and Harriet, dying (juite young, and two others later in life. Mary, the 
 eldest daughter, married Frederick Uoche, Esq., many years in the Crown Land Department of 
 Canada, and died in England, in Febuary, 1870. Allan Napier, the elder son, a namesake and 
 godson of Sir Allan Napier Macnab, of Hamilton, had received a thorough education at 
 Trinity College, Toronto, and was in holy orders, a minister at Hamilton, when he wr.s drowned 
 by ai'cidcnt at Montreal, in August, 1872, in his 2.')th year. His death was not only especially 
 painful to the family and large circle of friends, but was a sail loss to the Churc' and seemingly 
 to the world, for he was a young man of much promise. Matilda, the younger daughter, is\,the 
 wife of John Carter, Esip, of Toronto. Alexander Wellesley, the only son living, was 
 educateil at the Bownmnville Clrannnar School, and Huron College, London, was ordained by 
 the Bishop of Toronto, and appointed as Curate to the Rev. Henry Holland, B.A., Rector of St. 
 Catl.aiines, where he labored nearly three years with great acceptance ; and, three or four 
 years ago resigned his curacy and visited England. There he was engaged on deputation work 
 for the venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and was also one 
 of its Chaplains oi. the Continent. Near the close of 1878, he returned to Canada, and became 
 incumbent of St. Barnabas Church, St. Catharines. He is an interesting lecturer as well as 
 able preacher. 
 
 FRAKCIS L. \VAL8ir, 
 
 !<IMVOE. 
 
 ONE of the oldest " land marks" in the County of Norfolk, is Francis Legh Walsh, who 
 was lx)rn in Hartford County, Maryland, March 12,178!). The branch of the Walsh 
 family from which he .sprang, went from Wales to Ireland centuries ago, with the forces that 
 subjected that countiy under Strongbow. The progenitor in America, the grandfather of 
 Francis, came from the County of Tyrone, Ireland, during the first half of the eighteenth cen- 
 tury, settling in Philadelphia. 
 
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 Tlic parents of our suhjcct wore Thomas and Mary (Mitchell) Walsh, tlie niotlier i)ein<T 
 of English descent. Thomas Walsh was a United Empire Loyalist, and on the breaking out 
 of the reltellion of the Colonies, having refused a comman<l ofl'cred him by the Insurgents, 
 he (through great peril) escaped to the British, and was an officer in a regiment called the 
 Maryland Loyalists, which was sent to West Florida, where he was taken juisoncr by the 
 Spaniards. At the close of the revolution (having lost his property in Maryland), he went to 
 New Brunswick, resided there about five years, and then retunu'd to Maryland and married. 
 
 Early in the year 1793, the famiU' removed to Upper Canada, ami finally settled in the 
 Township of Charlotteville, County of Norfolk; at first a humble log cabin, in the dense forest, 
 being their home. Oiu- subject has a vivid recollection of the wilduess of the scene sun'ounding 
 their honu", eighty and eighty-five years ago, the howl of the wolves in the evening, and gob- 
 bling of the wild t\ukies in the morning, being often heard ; his father's violin was often 
 brought out to atone for the lack of social intercourse, and to break the monotony of life 
 in the wilderness. 
 
 His father was a land surveyor, and not only .surveyed in the Provinces of Maryland and 
 Pennsylvania before the revolution, but, in T'pper Canada, the Town.ship of Charlotteville ami 
 other townships in the County of Norfolk, and also .several in the County of Lincoln, often, 
 while thus empioyeil, .sleeping out in the woods and enduring great hardship.s. In that way it 
 i.s thought that he .shortened his life, though he lived to his 7'>thyear; but several of tht 
 family in Ireland lived to .see a hundred ^-ears and more. He was Registrar of the County of 
 Norfolk, from 17f)(i to ISIO. when his son Francis, whom he had educated almost entirely, and 
 had ke]it in his otfii'c for ten years, as collating and copying eji'ik, and then dei)uty, took his 
 place. 
 
 .Mr. Walsh ha.s been in the registry office from the beginning of this ccntur}', and, if alive in 
 April, IN.SO, will have bt>en registrar seventy years ! It is not likely that the amials of Ontario 
 can furnish another instance in which a man has held the same office an ecpial length of time. 
 The ne.xt oiliest registrai', reckoning the nundier of years in office, is probably Mi-. Inger.sull, 
 of ^Voodstock, whose sketch can be found in tither pages of this volume. 
 
 Four or live years ago the eiti/ens of the Town of Siuicoe, and Coiuity of Norfolk, pro- 
 st'uted Mr. W.ilsh with a costly portrait of himself, an. an elegant .set of silver, as a token of 
 their appreciatioi) of liis long services as a comity ofiicial, and theii- great res[)ect for him as a 
 citizen 
 
 I'ricir to the uuidi) of Upper ('.mada ami l-owcr Canadn l.s41), Mr. Walsli was in Parlia- 
 ment for ti'u yeais. 
 
 Mr. Walsh is a member of the Chiueh of England, and ii man of the purest character. It 
 is perhaps, needless to s.iy. that his habits are temperate, and that he has alwaj-s taken good 
 care of himself. Hi' roails manuseii|)t and piint of fair sized type without glasses, and is very 
 
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 attentive to busiue.s.s, obsorving oHice hom-s with as imich logtiliiiity as ho did fifty yeara 
 ago. 
 
 Ho mnrnod Elsie Faiichild, of Oharlottovillo, in 181S ; tliey havo liiid a family of twelve 
 children, eight of them yet living. One of the decoasctl, AVultei ,n'W up and left a family ; a 
 dangliter also died leaving nine children ; Thomas W., the eldest son, is a Provincial land sur- 
 veyor, living in Sinicoe ; Acjuila (who has boon a member of tin; Legislature), and Christophov 
 Legh are deputies under their father; Lewis F. lives in (/ouneetieut ; Harriet is the wife of 
 Morris Smith, of Vittoria ; and Margaret P., llebecca A., and Sarah A. are living at home. 
 
 .TA"NrKS 'YWOW, Nt.P., 
 
 sruATronn. 
 
 "TAMKS trow, who represents the South Hiding of Perth, in the Dominion Parliament, 
 ^ was born in Newtown, Mcmtgomeryshire, North Wales, December 16, iNi"). His parents, 
 Thomas and Elizabeth Trow, were natives of tlu> same county. He was educated in the 
 common schools of Welchpooi, in his native country; came to Tpper (",\na(ia in IS-H.and 
 followed th(> profession of school teacher for ten or fifteen years, in the Township of North 
 Easthope, County of I'erth. and Bleidieim, County of Oxford. He is now a Conveyancer, 
 Broker, \:c. 
 
 Mr. Trow was first, A.ssessor, ami then Clerk, of the Township of North Eastlio|)o for a long 
 time, and has been Reeve of North Easthope for nineteen consecutive years, being elected every 
 tiuu! by acclamation. He has recently left that township, and resides in the 'I'uwn of Strat- 
 ford ; \-et, being a non-resident, he was elected for the twentieth year lor the Banner Old 
 Township of North Eastlio|ie, iind continues to repi'csent them in tlie ( 'ouiity < 'ouneil. lie has 
 been Warden of Pertii. 
 
 Mr. Trow is Presiilent of the Crown Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; Vii'e-President of 
 the British Nbirtgage Loan ('ompany, and of the Pertli Mutual Insurance Company, and 
 Director of the Ontario Nfutual fjife Insurance Company of Waterloo. 
 
 We .sat for South Perth, in tlie Ontario As>endily, iVom 1N<!7 to ISTI, when he was 
 defi'ated ; was first retmned to tiie House of ( 'onnnons at tlu' general election in l.s72, and 
 was re-elected in 1S7.'? and I. S7S, representing the .same constituency in the Local and Dominion 
 legislative bodies, and being an industrious and faitlifid worker. While a member of the 
 Local Assembly, he caused several amendments of nnniicipal, assessment, and jury laws, his 
 long experience in different township oiKces, giving him an insight into the actual wants of 
 the people in such m.'dters. In the House of (^)nnnons he has ilrafted .several bills, one or two 
 
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 of which Imvo since bt'come laws, notiibly, a bill changing some of the regulations of railway 
 coinpanii'S. 
 
 Ho WHS for three sessions Chairman of the Emigration Committee, and made three 
 long and able reports on the subject of emigration, making that work a s|iecialty. 
 
 Mr. Trow has twice visited Manitoba and the North-West, traveled many tiiousand miles 
 at his own expense, to acquaint himself with tlie soil, climate, itc, of the country, embodying 
 tile fruits of his extensive observation in letters to the Stratford Beacou. Tliose letters were 
 afterwards compiled and printed in pamphlet form, at the expense of the Government, oo.OOO 
 copies being scattered in different parts of the world; also a large edition in French. Probably 
 no man in Ontario has done more than Mr. Trow to acquaint the people with the great resources 
 of the I'rairie Province, and the countr}' further west. His letters to the Beacon are enter- 
 taining as well as instructive, and deserving of the wide circulation which they have had. 
 
 Mr. Trow is a Liberal in politics, and when the Mackenzie administration was in power, 
 gave it an earnest and able support. 
 
 In 1S47, Miss Mary Moore of Blenheim, Ontario, was mairicd to Mr. Trow, and they have 
 Hve cliildren. 
 
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 TN the Etominion of Canada when a man is appointed to a municipal oi' judicial oltice, he is 
 -*- usually allowed to remain in such ottice if he chooses to, during good behavior or life. 
 Hence it is not an unconmion thing to tind a man who has lieM a town, city, or county otHce 
 twenty years or more — sometimes more than thirty years. The subject of this sketch is one of 
 tliat class of worthy otHcials, whom the public like to retain in the municipality of the city 
 because of his faithfulness and his a.ssiduous endeavors to serve the people. The compensation, 
 to sudi a man consists not in dollars and cents alone, but in the satisfaction of knowing that he 
 is (loiiiy- Ills duty, and that his services are appreciated, 
 
 Alcv.uiclev Samuel Abbott, son of Samuel and Mary (Gunning) Abbott, was born neai- 
 Mount Hcliew Bridge. County of CJalway, Ireland, June 30, 1812, the Abbotts being an old Irish 
 family. His uncle. Thomas Alibott, was Justice of the Peace more than fifty years, in the county 
 just iiicntiuncd. His maternal grandmother was a sister of Lord Netterville, an Irish noble- 
 man. 
 
 Alexander received a fair business education ; at thirteen years of age was apprenticed for 
 seven years to the dry goods business in the town of Galwaj'.and contimied in that department 
 of trade until Isi-:}. when he emigrated to Canada, settling in Loudon. Here, after clerking 
 
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 two years in a store, he was appointed (1845) town collector, holding that otticu until 185(i, 
 when ho received the appoiiitment of City Clerk, a position which ho has held steadily for 
 nearly twenty-four years. Ten years earlier lie was appointed Secretary of the School Board, 
 and that office also he still holds. While collector, he was agent for five years of the " CJlobe 
 Insurance Company of England." 
 
 Mr. Abbott has always affiliated with the Conservative party, but has never been an active 
 purtizan, taking no public part in such matters. 
 
 He has been a Free Mason since 1834, and has held every office in the Blue Lodge and 
 Chapter— being at first in the Grand Lodge, No. 209 of Ireland, and now 209 A. of Canada, of 
 ■which lodge, at the time of writing, he is chaplain. 
 
 His church connection is with the Canadiv Methodists, he holding the office of steward and 
 trustee. His Christian life is above reproach, and he has especial sympathy for the i)oor and un- 
 fortunate. 
 
 In 1834 ilr. Abbott was united in marriage with Dorinda, third daughter of William H. 
 Ruxton, of the lloyal Engineers Department, Ireland ; and of eight children, the fruit of this 
 union, seven are living. 
 
 JOIIX L. Mf'DOCGALL, 
 
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 TOHN I.ORNE McDOUGALL, Auditor-General of the Dominion, is a son of the late Ji.lm 
 ^ li. JIcDougall, senior, and Catliarine Cameron, both of Highland pedigree. His fathtu' 
 came from Argj-leshire, Scotland, in 1S21 ; was connected for several years with the Hudson 
 Bay Company ; afterwards settled in the County of Renfrew, Ontario, and was there engaged 
 in the mercantile auti milling business. He sat for RmfVcw in the ( 'anadian Assembly a short 
 time ill l.S.'iS, and resigned ; he died ill liSGO. His widow isstiii living. 
 
 The subjeet of this brief biography v.as born at Renfrew, November G, l.s.'iM. aiicl was 
 educated in the High School at Jlontri'al, and the riiiveisity of Toronto, taking the Gobi 
 Medal in Mathematies, and the Silver Medal in the Modern Languages on the oeeasion of his 
 graduation in l.S.")!l, 
 
 On eomi)leting his education Mr. McDougall became a iiu'iehant, miller and lumberman at 
 Renfrew Village, carrying on these branches of business until his appointment to the oftiee of 
 Auditor-General, August 1, 187'*<. 
 
 Mr. McDougall was at diflereiit times chairman of tln' Sehool Board of Renfrew Village ; 
 was Warden of the County of Renfrew, and for a long period President of the South Renfrew 
 Agricultural S)ciety, taking, in fact, an active, and. we might say, prmninent part in every eii- 
 
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 teipiisL- tL'iuliiiy to promote tlie intt-rests of tln' villii;j;c or county. Hi- Ims at tinu's, also W-vn 
 active in the politics of the Piovinee. Ho sat for Sov;th Keiifivw in the Ontario Assenihly 
 from the general election in 1>S()7 until the general election in 1«71. ami in the House of Com- 
 mons from Septemher, ISO!), until the general election in 1N72, when he was defeated, ami 
 again electeil in 1.S7+. He was unseated hy petition, Septend.er !>, LS7-1', and re-elected by 
 acclanuition on the u*4th of the next month ; was again unseated on petition, January '1\. 
 1X7'). and re-elected thirty days afterwards. He was a Liheral.and supporter of the Mackenzie 
 Administration. He favored compulsory voting and introduced a measure in that behalf in 
 1S74 ; is n thinker as well as a scholar ; has clear and firm convictions of duty, ami will do it. 
 As Auditor-General he has a good opportunity to serve his countiy. and is showing him.self 
 eminently titted for the position assigned him. 
 
 The wife of Mr. ilcDougall is Marion K. Morris, daughter of Peter Morris of Kenfrew, 
 married Septi'mber 7. 1N7(>. 
 
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 nr^AVlD STIRTON, I'ostmastcr at Cueljili, and son of James and Janet (("richtonj Stirton, 
 -*-^ pioneers in the Township of iiuelph. County of Wellington, was born in Forfarshire, 
 Scotland, June liJ, IfSlG. His parents were both natives of that county, and in 1>S27 emigrated 
 to rpjier Canada, and settle(l on a bush farm five miles from where the City of Ciueli>h now 
 stands, At that time, tift3'-three years ago, there was not an acre of the present site of tUielph 
 cleared, nor a tinished house, nor a road formed. It wius simply a dense forest of liard-wood 
 timber. 
 
 The father of our subject timk up 100 acres of land in the Town.sliip of C!uelj)h, o|icned a 
 faiin, an 1 tlu'ie lived for some time, When he settled here, there were no i)ublic schools 
 r>tub!ished^no schools, in fact, of any kind, David had gained some knowledge of the elemen- 
 tary blanches before leaving the old country, and here fini^-lieil by educating liimself,ac(piiring 
 a good knowledge of the suvcial English iii'anclies most nseful to w business man. He farme<l 
 in (luelpli and Pnslinch for forty-live years, including his boyhood labors, in cliopi)ing, logging 
 and picparing the soil for the rei'eption of seed. He early developed u liberal share of nniscle, 
 and was never, we lielieve. leluctant to use it in cultivating the fruits of the eartli, or in any 
 other honorable maimer. 
 
 Mr. Htirton was connected oHicially with educational and nnniicipal institutions as soon as 
 they were organized in liis township: was Reeve of I'uslineh a longtime, a magistrate for about 
 thirty years, and represented South Wellington foi- nineteen consecutive years, under the old 
 
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 Union of Upper ami Lower C'aiuuln, lironi 1857 to 18G7, and under the union of all the provinces 
 from 1807 to 187(5. In May, of the latter year, he was appointed Postmaster, to the duties of 
 M'hich ortice he addresses himself with all the industry of his earlier years. 
 
 Mr. Stirton is a member of the C'halmei-s Presbyterian Church, was an eliler at one time, 
 many years ago, and is now a manai,'er. 
 
 He was first married in 18+2, to Miss Mary Beattie, of Puslinch, she dying three years later, 
 leaving two daughters, Ann, the wife of Peter McGregor, farmer in the Township of Eramosa, 
 and Mary, the wife of James Barday. of the City of Uuelph ; and the ueeond time in 1847 to 
 Mi.ss Henrietta McGregor, a lineal descendant of Rub Roy McGregor. She died in February, 
 187il, leaving two children, others preceding her, in their infancy, to the spirit-world. James, 
 her eldest born how, Manager of the Model Stock and Field Farm at Guelph, for some time, 
 now resides in Manitobii, and Agnes is living at home. William Stirton, a brother of the 
 Postmaster, was the first male child born in Guelph. 
 
 Our subject is as well acijuainted with the rise and progress of Guelph as any man in the 
 county. He saw it start in the dense wtxxls over fifty yeai-s ago, and has lived to aid in, 
 adjusting its city robes. He has been identified, more or less, with its public improvements, 
 and has a right U) take pride in its growth and prosperity. 
 
 THOMAS BKNSOJS', 
 
 roUT iiui'K. 
 
 rr^lHE saV>jeet of this skctcli, one of the most public-spirited and energetic men that ever 
 -'- lived in Port Hope, was Thomas Benson, son of James ami Ann (Robinson) Benson, of 
 Fintona, County of Tyrone, Irelaud. where he was born January 11. 18U+. The family 
 came to America in 1816 ; settled at first at Lansingburgh, N. Y., three years later removed to 
 Kingston, I'pper Camula, and there James Benson died December 24, 1828, his widow dying 
 at St. Catliarines, August 80, 18') k They had a family of ten children, of whom only four are 
 now living. Hon. James Rea Benson, a Senator of the Dominion of Canada, residing at St. 
 Catharines; William Ben.son, Collector of Customs at Wind.sor; Ann, wife of John R. Dickson. 
 M.D., until recently superintemlent of the Lunatic Asylum at Rockwood, Kingston ; and Joseph 
 W. Benson, M.D., a Professor in a Meclical College, Chicago. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was educated at Kingston ; inclined to the legal profession, but 
 was prevented from pui-suing it on account of the prejudice against it existing in the minds of 
 his parents ; entered upon mercantile life, remaining in Kingston until 1832, when he removed 
 to Port Hope, and here traded until 1837. ( »n the breaking out of the rebellion, near the close 
 
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 of tliat year, lie went into the service as Captain of a Company of Volunteers, nnil was on duty 
 tit Chippawa and Navy Island until the disturbances of that yeai und the following' were (|uelled. 
 On the breaking out of the rebellion again, in 1839, Captain Benson returned to duty ; held a coni- 
 niission as Ciiptaiu and Paymaster in the 3rd battalion of Incorporated Militia, and was station- 
 ed at Niagara from the enrolment of that corps until it was disbanded in lM45. This battalion 
 wiw connnanded at first by Col. Thornc, and afterwards by Col. Kingsmill, and Captain Benson 
 was a great favorite not only with them, but with the regiment, lie po.ssessed the fullest 
 confidence of the commanding otfieers mentioneii, and both addressed him very complimentary 
 lettei-s, expressing their high appreciation and admiration of him as an othcer ami a gentleman. 
 
 Upon the disbanding of the 3rd battalion, Mr. Ben.son removed to Peterborough, where la- 
 was engaged in the milling business until 1853. He was the first Mayor of that town; was 
 subsequently, for some years, a momlu-r of the Council, and always took a lively interest and a 
 very active part in public doings of any consecpience. He was especially useful in advancing 
 all matters connected with education in the ct)uuty, and was for some time Superintendent of 
 Public Instruction for the Counties of Peterborough and Victoria. During that period, Mr. 
 Benson contributed to the newspaper press, and aided by his powerful pen all the pulilic, edu- 
 cational, and philanthropic enterprises of the neighborhood. 
 
 In 1853 he .settled in Port Hope, and assumed the duties of Secretary and Treasurer of 
 the Peterborough and Port Hope Railway Company, now the Midland Railway of Canada. 
 In this position his si-rviees were invaluable in promoting and carrying out this important 
 enterprise ; and he was traveling on the business of this Company when he met with his 
 untimely end, He was killed on the 12th of March, 1N57, with fifty-.se ven other passengers, by 
 the breaking of the bridge over the Desjardins canal, on the line of the Great Western Railway, 
 near the City of Hamilton. So awful was the calamity, so jiainfnl to contemplate was his 
 death, and so exalted was the esteem in which he was held in Port Hope, that few persons, 
 that were ever buried there had a greater number of sincrre and profoundly smitten mourners. 
 
 Mr. Benson was a sincere and devoted member of the Chtu'ch of England, but exhibited 
 at all times, the warmest sympathy toward all other churches. He was forward and active in 
 religious work, and was deeply interested in the l'p]ier Ci'iiada Bible Society, whose cause 
 always found in him a prompt supporte- and a zealous and jniwerful advoeate. ]?eing a ready, 
 tluent, and elotjuent speakei', with a well-stored mind, he occupied a foremost place on every 
 filatform where the claims of Christianity, philanthropy, or public enterprise, were put forth. 
 
 In politics he was a Liberal Con.servative, but thoroughly non-]iartizan. Though admirably 
 fitted to fill a high place, and to take a prominent part in political affairs, and with the oppor- 
 tunity at his comniiinil of representing more than one constituency in the Parliament of the 
 Province, he prefurreil the fjuict retircnietit of private life, and never took any very active part 
 in politics. 
 
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 Docciiil)ee 10, 1827, Alice Miiria, only (lau<,'hter of Uicliard Lowe, Esq., of Adolpliiwtown, 
 (bounty of Lennox, hucume the wife of Air. Benson, and tliey had twelve children. The eldest 
 daughter is the wife of Thomas R. Merritt, of Hodman Hall, St. Ciitharine.s ; the eldest mi\. 
 James Binley Benson, died in LS7(i at Hamilton, Bermuda, whither he had gone to recruit his 
 health ; and three otiicr daughters and three sons are still living. One daughter is unmai'rieil ; 
 she is the wife of Calvin Brown, of St. Catharines, and the other is the wife of Thomas Richard 
 Fuller,of Toronto, son of the Lord Bishop of Niagara. The eldest sinviving son is Thomas Moore 
 Benson, Biirrister-atdaw, Port Hope, a Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario, and one of the lead- 
 ing men in his profession in the County of Durhani. His first wife was llary Edith, ehlest daughter 
 of Rov. John McCaul, LL.D., President of L^niversity College, Toionto, ami his present wife 
 is Laura A., daughter of the Lord Bishop of Niagara. The other .surviving .sons are Richaid 
 Lowe Bi-nson, LL.B., Deputy Sheritt" of Northumherland and Durham ; and Lifut.-Col Ficil- 
 I lie Allicrt Beiisun. of the 4i!th Battalion Volunteer Militia. Poit Hnpiv 
 
 HON. LlKl'T-COL. MA("KKNZIK BOAVKLL, 
 
 HEI.LEVlLl.i:. 
 
 TT^KW men in the Province- of Ontario are more thoroughly self-educated and self-made than 
 -*- the Hon. Mackenzie Bowell, Minister of Customs, to which position he was apiwinted on the 
 jstli iif October, l!S7N, after the defeat of the Mackenzie Government in the previous month. 
 He entered a printing oHice at eleven years of age as "devil," and grew up and educated him- 
 self in the same othce, being connected with it in various relations — apprentice, journeymiin 
 ft)reman, joint-proprietor and sole proprietor — from 183^! to IIS7">. Whatever he is he owes 
 l;ugelv to his own industry and economy of time. Tlirown ui>on his own resources early in 
 life, liy peiseveranoe. self-reliance and an honorable course in everything he did, he .soon 
 olitaiued the res|)ect and contidence of his employei' and those l)y whom he was surrounded. 
 I'Vom iioyliooil lie took an active part in politics, and at an eiuly age his aid was always .sought 
 by tlie parly to >\iiich he allied himself, whenever it became involved in any contest, until he 
 was liinked upon as inie nf the leaders of the Conservatives in his county. 
 
 Mr. Bowell is a son of John Bowell, and Elizabeth Marshall, and was born at 
 nickinghall, Sntlblk, England, December 27, 1823. The family came to Belleville, Canada, 
 when he was ten years old, and that pleasant town has been his home evai' since. A 
 small-boned, loose-jointed lad, in his eleventh year he entered the othce of the Belleville 
 lntelli(f(')}(rr ; had charge of it before he was out of his apprenticeship, and was its .sole pro- 
 l)rietor fi'om 1S.")3 until he ilisposed i>f the othce and papi'r in 1.h7-'>, at which time it was pub- 
 
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 lislied daily, ami liail acquired one of tlio most influential ])osition.s among the ( 'onseivative 
 journals in Central Ontario. He i.s well known to every newsjjaper man in the Dominiim, and 
 wa-s at one time President of the Ontario Press Assoeiation, and at another, Vieu-President 
 of tlic Dominion Editors and Koportcrs' Association. 
 
 He is President of the Belleville and North Hastings Railway < 'omjiany ; a Direetor of the 
 Orand Junction Railway ; ami has been Presiileiit of the Hastings Mutual Fin; Insurance 
 Company ; the West Hastings Agricultural Socii.'ty ; the Fari'en Manufacturing (Jompany, and 
 the Dominion Safety (lias Company. 
 
 He is a Lieutenant-Colonel of Volunteer Rifles ; was in active service for four uumths during 
 the American Civil war, heing stationed at the head of Lake Erie after the seizure of the 
 steamer " Pai-sons," by a number of Southerners, in order to prevent a violation of tin; 
 neutrality laws, there being a large n>nnl>er of Southerners who had fled to (.Canada for refuge. 
 Stibsequently he was on duty at Prescott at tlic time of the Fenian raid. 
 
 Mr. Bowell was chairman of the Board of School Trustees of Belleville for eleven consecu- 
 tive vears ; was a member of the Board of A<'ricultiue and Arts for three vears, and one 
 year its Vice-President. Holding decided vitnvs upon the question of Roman Catholicism, he 
 joinefl the Orange Association at eighteen years of nge, and was for eight years Grand Master 
 of the Provincial Orange Grand Lodge of Ontario East ; was Most \Vor>hipful Grand Master 
 and Sovereign of the Orantre Association of Briti>h America from 1870 to 1.H78, when he 
 ileclined re-election and was Deputy Graml Master of the Grand Black Chapter of Ireland; 
 and President of the Grand Triennial Orange Council of tlie World, lun ing been elected 
 to that position at Derry, Ireland, in .Tidy, lS7(i, 
 
 Mr. Bowell was an unsuccessful candidate for the Xmtli Hilling ef Hastings in tlie Cana- 
 dian AssiMiibly in 18(J3, but was returned for that constituency in liS(i7, being the tirst Parlia- 
 ment after Confederation, and was re-elected in LS72, 1874, and 1878, and liy acclMniMtinn 
 after his acceptance of the Portfolio of Minister of Customs in the Dominion Cabinet. 
 
 From hi>5 first taking a seat in the Legislative halls of his country, Mr. Bowel! took an 
 active part in the proceedings of the House. He first distinguished himself by attacking the 
 Government upon its militia policy, and ilefeating it upon sr)me important details of the bill, 
 though at the time the Govennnent liad a majority of between (iO and 70 in a house of bSd mem- 
 bers. After the rebellion in the North-West, the leader lA' the rebellion. Louis l?iel, was 
 returned for a French Parish in Manitoba, and went to Ottawa and touk the oath of oflice and 
 signed the roll. Mr. B<iWell inuneiliately took steps to prevent him from taking his scat, 
 and instituteil an investigation into his complicity in the iiundei' df one Thomas Scott, an 
 Irish Orangeman, whom he, Riel, had taken prisoner for Vicing a loyalist. This investigation 
 Mr. Bowell conducted with nnich .skill, and it resulteil in Riel's expulsion from the House in 
 1874, by a large niajoi'ity, on a motion maile by the subject of this memoir. His most important 
 
THE CAKADIAN H100RA I'lllCAL ItlrTJoXAliY. 
 
 Ill 
 
 moveiiient in the Hcuso wns to attack the Mackenzie (Jovernnient in 187<J, i'or imving in viola- 
 tion of tlie In<U'penil('nce of Parliament Act, given contracts to a number of meniljers of I'arlia- 
 i.iciit, iiK Indiii),' tlie Speaker of the Hou.se, the Hon. Timothy Anglin. The result of tliis was tlu; 
 imMcatiny of seven memheiN, indndinj; tlie Speaker and Minister (;f Militia ; whieli resulted in 
 the introduction and passage? of a mncli more stringent Independ;;nce of Parliament Act. Mr. 
 Howell was an active and hard-working memlter of the most important comniittei-s of the House, 
 and when his part}' returned to pow<M' in the autunui of I87H, he was called u|)on to till the 
 important position of Minister of (,'ustoms. 
 
 In Decemlier, 1.S47, Mr. Howell married Harriett Louisa, daughter of Jacob (J. Moore <jf 
 Belleville, and tlievhave five children living and have !>uried four. 
 
 ITOX. R. M. \\'t<:lt.s, 
 
 To no \ To. 
 
 RUPERT MRAllSE WELLS, a prominent member of the Toronto Bar, and well known as 
 Speaker of the Provincial Parliament since January, 187.'V is descended on the paternal 
 side fi'om an Englisli family, members of which emigrated to America, and setth'd in the 
 old town of Scituate, in the State of Rhode Island, towards the end of the 17th century. His 
 great-granilfather, James Wells, came to Canada during the Rovolutionaiy War. 
 
 Janies Pendli'ton Wells, Esi|., father of our subject, was born in Montreal in LSO:}. While 
 still (piite a young man he removed to Prescott County, Ontario, where lie lias resided for the 
 last fifty or sixty years. He has taken an active and prominent part in public and political 
 affairs, ami up to the time of his accei>tance of the office of Sheriff, which office he still holds, 
 was the recognized leailer of the Reform party in tliat countj'. There are few gentlemen in 
 Kasti'rn t'anada more wiilcly known or more generally respected than Sheriff Wells. His 
 wife, mother of the suliject of this m^m )ir, was Emily Hamilton C'li'veland, a native Canadian 
 of Seotch-Eiiglish descent. 
 
 Rupert Mearse was born in Pie-ic ott County, on the 2Stli of November, bS;).') ; received 
 ) primary education at home and at lirockville, and entered the Toronto University in IS.'jO ; 
 was winner of the Jameson (Jold Medal in History, and was Silver Medalist in Ethics, graduating 
 I5.A. inl.S.")t'; began tlte stuily of law with Alexander McDonald, then representing the old 
 and distinguished firm of Blake, Conner, Morrison ami McDonald ; was called to tlie Bar, U. C. 
 Trinity term, 18.")7, and immediately thereafter removed to L'Orignal, the County Town 
 of the Counties of Prescott and Russell. Mr. Wells remained tin're about three years, 
 during which time, in addition to his professional diitii's. he published and edited a 
 
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112 
 
 rilK CASADLW t.i'h'iliAnilCAL IHCTWS'AKY. 
 
 newspaiier called Thn Economist ; ia 18G0 removed to Toronto and liccanio HHsociated in 
 business witli Hon. p]ihvard ninkc,tlie firm name being Blake, Kerr and Wells ; remained in this 
 firm until IS7(), when ho retired and formed a partnership with Hon. Angus Morrison, Q.C. 
 The present name of his firm is Morrison, Wells and Gordon, one of the leading professional 
 firms of Toronto. 
 
 In 1871 he wivs appointed to the oHiet; of County Attorney, for the County of York, and 
 City of Toronto. This oHice he retained about a yesxr, when he resigned to become tin; Ilelbrni 
 candidate for the SouUi Riding of Bruce, for which constituency he was elected in Octolier, 1872 ; 
 was elected Speaker, January 7, 1873, and being re-elected hold that honorable and responsible 
 office till the close of the Parliament. Mi-. Wells was again elected for South Riuce, at tin- 
 "■encral elections held in 1871*. 
 
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 IJOlJKirr IJEXN18T()UI^J, Q.(\, 
 
 i'/-:T/:i,'Hoj,'ni(,u. 
 
 "TUDGH: DENXTSTOUN, of the County Court of Peterborough. County, was born at Camis 
 ^ Eskan, Duinbaiton, Scotland, January 18, 18l'>. His father, James Dennistoun, of JJen- 
 jiistoun, was a country gentleman, commander of Dumbartonshire Yeomanry, and Deputy- 
 Lieutenant of the county, and the maiden name of his mother was Marj' •)swaK', The history 
 of the Dennistoun family is found in Anderson's " The Scottish Nation," ami shows it to be 
 very ancient. Sir Hugh Dennistoun founded the branch known as " Colgrain," ll'OO, in which 
 branch we find the name of Judge Dennistoun, of PeterVwrough, who is the sixteenth gonera- 
 tinn from Sir Hugh, James Wallis Dennistoun, nepliew of the Judg<\ is tlic present rcprcsen- 
 tHtiv(^ of the family, being in the seventeenth generation. 
 
 The subject of this biographical notice was cdueateil principally in his native county : 
 came to Tpper Canada in 1834; settled in tln' Township "f Fenelon, County of \'ictoria ; 
 farmed there until 184+, then commenced the study of law ; was called to the Bar at 0,-goodi' 
 Hall, Toronto, Kaster TcMin, 1840, and practi'-cil in Peterborough, nearly twenty years, being 
 created a Queen's Counsel meanwhile in I8(i7. The next year he was appointed to the Bench, 
 as already mentioned. When practising at the Bar he was regarded as .sound and perfectly 
 honest, and on the Bench he maintains his chaincter fm- uprightness and integrity, and in his 
 judgment is clear an-' ii^partial. 
 
 While a resident of Fenelon, Judge Dennistoun was connected with the militia, and held 
 the commission of Captain, and .sub.sequently was Lieutenant-Colonel .")tli Peterborough bat- 
 talion. He has been elder in the Presbyterian (Church since 1858, and is much respected for 
 the high tone of bis Christian character. 
 
 In 183!), Maxwell, daughter of Major Robert Hamilton of the 7f>th regiment, became the 
 
rut: CASAUJAS hidgiiai'Jucal DwrwyAitr. 
 
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 wit'o of Jiul^'e Deiinixtuun ; ami of six eliililren, the result of this union, five mo living, ifaiue.s 
 Fri'dciic Dennistoun, Q.C, and Uohert Hamilton Dennistoun, bairistei-iit-law, aro in pviictico 
 toyi'tlifr in l'otcrljoiou<,'h ; Oeoi';,'e Alexander, the other son, is in the hardware business, IVter- 
 lK)rou<,di ; Marj^aret is the wife of Professor McKt'rras, of Queen's College, Kingston, and the 
 younger daughter is seeuring ln-r education. 
 
 " Inverlea," the homo of Judge Dennistoun, a, thirteen nere lot, lying in the northern out- 
 skirts of tlie town, on the banks of the dashing Otonabee, is one of the most delightful spots in 
 the County of Peterborough, and is fitted up with a great deal of neatness. We understand 
 " Inverleii" is a Gaelic word, moaning thv xlifUered oullvy. This is just such a home as a poet 
 Would be likely to choose, were he able to own it. 
 
 C'OUMvLlUt^ V. lUilCK 
 
 KjyasTOK 
 
 OOKNELHLS \ALLEAU PRICE, County Judge of Frontenae, and Surrogate Judge of 
 the Maritime (.'ourt of Ontario, is a son of Thomas Price, a fanner, whose father was a U.K. 
 Loyalist, leaving the Hudson Valley, N. V., about the close of the American Revolution, settling 
 in the County of Lenno.\, Ont. The fa;nily aie of Welsh descent. Cornelius was born in the 
 Township of Camden, County of Addington. the maiden name of his mother being Catherine 
 Valleau. of a U. E. Loyalist family. 
 
 Young Price worked with his father on the farm, more or less, till twenty years of age, 
 receiving his literary education at the Newburgh Grammar School, and Queen's University, 
 Kingston, being graduated at the latter institution in the spring of 1SG3 a B.C.L. He 
 attentled to his legal studies, first in the office of the late Tlionuis Kirkpatrick, and afterwards 
 in the otKcj of Byron M. Britton ; wa-i cdled to the Biiin Juno, liSO.5 ; and was of the firm of 
 Britton and Price until May, 1878, when he was appointed County Judge. In February of the 
 next year he received the ai)iiointinent of Surrogate Maritime Ju<lge. He is a sound lawyer, 
 and on the Bench is painstaking, (juick to discern the points of a case, patient and courteous, 
 and well liked by the Bar generally. His habits are studious, and he is well posted oji many 
 subjects outside his profession — hence (luito agreeable and entertaining in the private circle. 
 
 Judge Price was a member of the City Council about seven years, resigning that office to 
 go on the Bench. He is a trustee of the Collegiate Institute of Kingston, and is a good deal 
 interested in educational and other matters pertaining to the welfare of the city. He was one 
 of the early movers for building the Kingston and Pembroke Railway, and resigned the position 
 <)f Solicitor fr.r the Company to go on the Bencli. He is e.r-officut a Governor of the General 
 Hospital and Police Connnissioner. 
 
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 Jiiiuittry 1«, l«(i«, Miss Kli/.iiU-tli Miirj^nrot Wuiulby, daugliti'i' of Joliu \Vuu«ll>y, lato 
 C'lork of tlio Peace, I'oiinty of Frontyuai-, ami of Klizabuth roia-hotto, wan wmlilt'il to Jmlj^o 
 Price, atul thoy have two girls living' ami have lost two boys. The family atteiul tin; Methodist 
 C'liiiich. 
 
 Mr. Waiulliy, iiieiitioncd above, was a man of jjroat natural ability aiul rare aci[uiremeuts. 
 Leaving the jiastoral car*' of a church on account of his health, ho devoted himself for many 
 years to literature and journalism, at one time editing and publishing the Canatia Ihiudd, 
 Kingston. At the retiutst of Lord Sydenham, he took the supervision of the publication of 
 the Muntlily licrietv, which was devoted to " the Civil Oovernnient of Canada," Among other 
 able writers upon the iftiw'cfc were ; Dr. K. Ilyer.son, U. K. Sullivan, S. 11. Hagarty, W. H. 
 Draper, men who have since occu|)ied the highest positions in the country, and whose lives adorn 
 its most important history. The leading articles upon the " Policy of the Government " and 
 " Our Position," etc., were from the jten of Mr. Waudby. They are [irobably the fullest and 
 ablest ever written uj)on our political constitution. They supply a part of our national history; 
 as wo are told by Dr. llyerson, they accorded with the views of His IvKcelleiiey the (ioveriior- 
 General. Until his ileatli he wrote continuously for various juurnuls. His leisure hours for 
 many years were devoted to the study of military weapons as a means of attack and defence, 
 especially as to cannon and iron-clads. Several of his suggestions, wn iK-lieve, have been acted 
 upon. Sir J()lin Packington conveyed to him his juivate thanks in IS.')!). 
 
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 TUDliK TASCHEKEAU, of the Su)preme Court of the Dominion, couies f rom one of the most 
 ^ eminent families in what is now the Province of Quebec, The progenitor in this country, 
 Thomas Jac(|ues Tasuliereau, came to Canada in the early part of the 18th century, and in 17-ti 
 was aj)pointed Treasurer of the Marine, and obtained the cession of a seigniory on the banks of 
 the Chaudlere, of whicli Judge Taschereau is still in posses:uon. Members of this family have held 
 very high positions in the CJoverrnnentof Lower Canada and in the Dominion. In the judiciary 
 alone, not less than seven of them have been on the Bench, two under tlie French regime and 
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 Henii Elzear Taschereau, is a son of Pierre Elz^ar Taschereau — once a member of the Legis- 
 lative Council of Lower (."anada, and later, of the United Provinces, and of Catherine Henrifdine, 
 daughter of Hon, Amablo Dionne, at one time member of the Legislative Council. He is a 
 cousin of Hon. .lean Thomas Taschereau, late of the Supreme Court of the Dominion, and now 
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 Ho wiis born at Ste. Mario tie la Beaucc, at the Seignorial Manor House, Province of 
 Quebec, Oct. 7, 183G; was educated at the Quebec Seminary ; studied law with Justice Taschereau 
 mentioned above; was called to the Bar in 1857, and practised at Quebec, at first with his cousin 
 Jean Thomas Taschereau, afterwards with William Duval, Esq., and later still with Jean 
 Blanchet, Queen's Counsel. He was creatoda Queen's Counsel in 1807. His pcsitionat the Bar, 
 when hi practice, was exalted, and on the Bench he honoi-s the ermine. 
 
 Mr. Taschereau sat for Beauce in the Canadian Assembly from the general election in 18G1 
 till the Union in 18G7, when he was defeated for the Hou.se of Commons. 
 
 He was appointed Clerk of the Peace for the District of Quebec, on the 30th of September, 
 1868, resigning three days afterwards ; was appointed Pui.sne Judge of the Superior Court of 
 Quebec, January 12, 1871, and Judge of the Supreme Court of the Dominion, October 7, 1878. 
 
 Judge Ta.schereau is the author of "Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts of 
 18C9, 32-33 Vict., for the Dominion of Canada, as amended and in force in November, 1874, in 
 tlie Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Manitoba ; and on the 
 1st of January, 1875, in British Columbia. With notes, connnentaries, precedents of indict- 
 ments, &c. Vol. I., Montreal, 1874, and Vol. II., Toronto, 1875." He is also author of "La 
 Code dc Procedure Civil da Bas Canada, with annotations. Quebec, 1870." 
 
 In May, 1857, Maiie Antoinette, daughter of Hon. R. U. Harwood, member of the Legisla- 
 tive Council and Seignior of Vaudi niil near Montreal, became the wife of Judge Ta.schereau, 
 and they have five children, 
 
 JACOB ILVX^^E]}, :m.i)., :M.r.p., 
 
 cAvraA. 
 
 JACOB BAXTEB, who has represented Haldimand in the Piovincial Legislature since the 
 Dominion was formed, is a sou of Jacob and Susan (Hershey) Baxter, both natives 
 of Canada, and was Ixirn in the Township of Bertie, County of Welland, Juno 0, 1832. Ho 
 is a grandson of John Baxter, who emigrated from Ireland near the close of tlie 18th century, 
 settled in Bertie, and was a eajjtain in the Mar of 1812-14, being in the battle of Fort Erie, 
 and other engagements. Tiio wounded at Fort Erie were taken to the barn of CaptJiin Baxter, 
 four miles awa}', to have their wounds dressed. 
 
 Jacob Baxter, senior, was a former Reeve iif the Townshij) of Bertie, a man of considerable 
 local influence, and a leader In agricultural matters, establishing the first agricultural society 
 in that town.ship, and dying in 1855. 
 
 Our subject was educated in conunon and select schools, and by private tuitiim; studied 
 
 his profession at the Toronto School of Medicine ; became a licentiate of the Provincial Medical 
 
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 118 
 
 THE! CANADIAN BIOGRAVniCAL DICTIOXAIiY. 
 
 Board in 1853 ; the followin}? winter attended a course of lectures in the Medical Department 
 of the University of New York, and in 18G0, a course at the Bellevuo Hospital Medical College, 
 same city, receiving the degree of M.D. from both institutions. 
 
 Di\ Baxter has been in practice in Cayuga for a quarter of a century, and enjoys a high 
 reputation for skill, both as a physician and Surgeon, is surgeon to the.('ounty Jail, and is also 
 Surgeon to the 37tli Battalion Haldimand RiHes. He holds likewise tlie ottiee of Justice of the 
 Peace. 
 
 At the formation of the union already mentioned in I8(i7, Dr. Baxter was elected the 
 first representative to the I ocal Pailiament from Haldimand, and has .serveil his constituents so 
 faithfully, that they still keep him there, ho being re-elected for the fourth term in June, 187t>. 
 He had charge of the Bill which became a law, amending and con.solidating the Acts relating tj 
 the practice of medicine and surgery in the Province ; and rendered much assistance in securing 
 the charter for the Canada Southein and Groat Western Air Line Railways. He secured the 
 passage of several local and other Bills. 
 
 Dr. Baxter has been a life-hmg Reformer, .ind for eighteen or twenty years has been Presi- 
 dent of the Haldimand Reform Association, being a man of great influence in the part}'. 
 
 He holds his religious connection with the Episcojjal Church ; is a man of excellent princi- 
 ples and correct habits, and is held in warm esteem, especially b}' people who know him best. 
 
 January 1^, 18G0, Rose, daughter of Robert V. Griftith, who wa.s Clerk of the Crown for 
 Haldimand many years, was married to Dr. Baxter, and they liave three children, Robert Jacob, 
 Su.san Ellen, and Edwy Sutherland. 
 
 Dr. Baxter has a partner in practice, a younger brother, Dr. Benjamin Baxter, a licentiate 
 of the Ontario Medical Jioard, a graduate of the BuHiilo Medical C'ollege, a gentleman of 
 excellent standing in the profession, and has held the office of Reeve of the village. 
 
 SUEGEOX-iMAJorv AMOS S. BRISTOL, M.D., 
 
 NArANKK. 
 
 AjrOS SAMUEL BRISTOL, son of Major Coleman and Catharine (Way) Bristol, is a descciid- 
 Miit of one of the families that .settled in Rhode Island about two hundred and thirty-five 
 yeais ago. The Town of Bnstol, in that State, was named after the progenitor of the family in that 
 place. Descendants are now scattered all over the United States and Caiiaila. One branch 
 settled in Troy, New Yoi-k, nearly a century and a half ago, the great-grandfather of our sub- 
 ject lieing a clergyman in thateity.priorto the llevoiution. A son of his, Jolin Bristol, grandfatlier 
 of Amos, was in Burgoyne's army when it was captured. At the close of the war this relea.sed pris- 
 
THE CAXADIAN moanAfllWAL DWrtOKAliY. 
 
 110 
 
 onercanio to Oanada, and settled on a farm in the County of Lennox, on the Bay of Quintd. Tlio 
 niateinal jjiandfatlior of Anios was a United Enipiio Loyalist. Several members of the last 
 two yeiierations of the family have been farmers, that bein*,' the calling of Maj<)r ( 'oleman 
 Bristol, of the first Lennox Battalion of Ernesttown, who was living in the Township of Ernest- 
 town, on tho original homu.iDead of the family, when Amos was born, September 17, 182.'). 
 The .son received his academic education in the Village of Bath, in his native town, and his pro- 
 fessional, at McGill College, Montreal, receiving his diploma in 18.50. After piaetising a few 
 months in Bath, Dr. Jiristol removed to the County' of Hastings; was in [)ractiee there seven 
 years, and, in 1857, settled in Napaneo. He soon built up a good general i)ractiee, which ho 
 continues with success, having tho fullest confidence of the community. 
 
 Ho is Surgeon of the -ith ]l(!giinent of Provincial Cavalry ; wivs a member of the School 
 Board, in this corpiiration, for seventoon years, being much interested in educati(jnal mattors. 
 He has a fint; assortment of medical and literary periodicals, a well solectiMl library of solid 
 reading of a miscellaneous character, an<l devotes all his leisure time to posting himself on tho 
 fre.sh developments in medical science, and in general literature. Ho has written some, though 
 not extensively, for medical periodicals. His habits arc very studious, his mental powers 
 active and strong, and his accjuisitions varied and extensive, making him an admirable con- 
 verser. 
 
 J)r. Bri.stol is a member of the Ciiurch of Englan<l; was a warden for .several year,s, and 
 has been a delegate to the Synod since its organization. The purity of his life is unquestion- 
 able. In every respect his standing is high. 
 
 The Doctor has a second wife. Hi . .'irst, who was Sarah Minerva, 'daiighttir of (.'oloiitd 
 Daniel Everitt, of Kingston, was married Junt; 21, 18.").S, and died November 28, 18(1;}, leaving 
 five eliildren, fou'' of whom are still living. His present wife is Amelia Marie, daughter of 
 Thomas J. Robertson, formerly principal of tho Normal School, Toronto, married December 8, 
 1870. She has three children. Catharine Marion, the eldest daughter of the first wife, is mar- 
 ried to W.A. Saunders, M.D., of Kingston. The oldest son, George Everitt, is in a wholesale 
 house at Hamilton. The second son, Edmund Janu-*, is at the University of Toronto. The rest 
 of the children are at home. 
 
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 "ITF there is a .self-made, self-educated man, in the Town of Waterloo, that man is Mo.scs 
 -*" Springer, who never had a year's schooling in his life, who was left an orphan at te>i years of 
 ago, an I thrown entirely up(jn his own resources. He was a son of Benjamin Sprijiger, nier- 
 
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 clmnt, and, afterwards, fanner, and Mary Rykcinan, a prominent nicinlior of the Mennonitti 
 clnucli, and was born in the Township of Wuti-rloo, within five miles of where he now lives, on 
 August 21, 1824. His father was horn near Ponglikeopsie, New York, and died of tlie cholera, 
 at Blenheim, t^ountj- of OxfonI, in l.S3k His great-grandfather was from Stockholm, Sweden. 
 He studied for the ministry, went to Loiulon, Engiiind, to complete his theological studies, 
 against liis father's wishes, crossed tlie ocean, to Delaware, then called New Sweden, built the 
 first chuich in Wilmington, a stone structure, which is still standing, and jneached there for 
 some years. The grandfather of our subject. Rev. David Springer, bom in Wilmington, was an 
 Episcopal minister, and a loyalist, and was shot in his own yard, near Poughkeepsie, soon after 
 the Revolutionary war broke out. 
 
 As good luck would have it, Mose.« early fell into the hands of a Mennonite preacher, 
 Joseph Hagey, a noble-souled man, by whom he w»s reared. Not satisfied with the little 
 knowledge he had piekeil up, at odd intervals, in a jiublic school, he was proHered the gratuit- 
 ous aid of an honest and kind-hearted Scotchman, William T'ollins, to give him night lessons, 
 and Moses made good progress in his studies. 
 
 Mr. Springer farmed until twenty years of age; taught school, off and on, for seven years; 
 was a number of years engaged in surveying; subsecpiently, was a general merchant; and, lat- 
 terly, has been in the conveyancing, insurance and genei-al business. Several j'ears ago he 
 a.ssisted in establishing the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and was its president 
 seven years. 
 
 Mr. Springer was appointed a magistrate in 18.")2, and still holds that office; was elected 
 the first Reeve of the village of Waterloo, in IS.")7 ; held that office si.\ years in succession, and, 
 after btsing out two years, held it four years more ; was then out of tlu' eoiinil for a year or two, 
 was elected Reeve by acclamation, ami held the office for five j-ears in succi.'ssion ; and, when Wat- 
 erloo was incorporated as a town, in lis7<), he waselccteil the first mayoi-, and re-elected the next 
 year without oi)position, and then retired. Nobody takes mure interest in the progress and gen- 
 eral welfare of Waterloo than Mr, Springer, or has done more solid work in its municipality, and 
 that of the county. He has been Secretary and Treasurer of the North Waterloo Agricultural 
 Society since ISUO, and is a member of the Hoard of Directoi's of the Agricultural Mutual In- 
 surance Company, of London, Ontario. He secured the railroad which connects Waterloo with 
 Berlin. 
 
 In 1S07 he was elected to the 0' Lario Assembly, for the North Riding of Waterloo, and 
 continues to represent that constituency, being very popular, and giving gooil satisfaction. He 
 is a Reformer of the indomitable "tlrit" school, and can give a reason for his political faith. 
 
 Mr. Springer is, we believe, a mendier of no church, but cherishes a warm regard for the 
 Mennonites. He is well disposed, in fact, towards all ('liristi.an people, and generous in sup- 
 port of the churches generally. 
 
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 In 1845 lie iiianicMl Miss Bailmra Shaiitz, of Waterloo, and they havo ten clilldien livinj,', 
 and have lost two. Two sons and two diiuf^lituis arc married, Josl'[»1), the only fanner, has a 
 family, and lives in the Township of Waterloo ; Menno has his family at Strathroy, Middlesex 
 County ; Mary Ann is the wife of Henry lloos, of Waterloo ; Kliz vbeth is the wife of Cyrus 
 Mover of Berlin. The other .six are single. <, 
 
 ALEXA^'JXER P. COCKBUPiN, M.P., 
 
 ojrtrnyj/insT axjj HKAyKiirox. 
 
 "TpEW men now living in Ontario have lione more, hy tongue, pen, and pur.se, to aid in 
 -*- bringing settlers into this Province, than Alexander Peter Cockburn, Member of Parlia- 
 ment for JIuskoka. He is a son of Peter Cockburn, who left Berwlck.shire, Scotland, in 
 IS 1 5, and settled at Finch, Stormont County, Ont., where the son was born April 7, LH37. 
 His mother was Mary JfcMillan, of Inverness.shire, Scotland. He was educated in his native 
 place, and was in tlie mercantile and lumber business with his father, until 1800, acting a small 
 part of his time as Reeve of Eldon, (Jounty of Victoiia. He sat for North Victoria, in the On- 
 tario Assembly, from the general election in 18G7 to 1871, declining at the time to longer servo 
 in that body. While in the Assembly he was one of the leading men in aiding to develop a 
 lilieral land and railway policy for the Province. 
 
 Mr. Cockburn was cjne of the fir.st men to move in the development of the Distiict of 
 ^Iusk(jka — putting a steamer on the lakes there in ISGfl. In November, I8(i7, a society called 
 the Settlers' Association of Muskoka, was formed through his instrumentality ; he was elected 
 President, and in April, 1808, he delivered an address before that body, giving an account of 
 tin. charactei-, resources, si/e, &c., of the District, and predicting that in a few yt'ars it would 
 have 20,000 inhabitants. That was twelve years ago, and his prediction proved correct. The 
 agricultural population alone comes up to those figures, there being between 3,000 and 4,000 
 farms under eultivation. The District has about 1, .'500,000 acres, three-fourths of it arable 
 land ; and through tlie energy and public spirit of a few such men as Mr. Cockburn, in a dozen 
 short yeai's it has been lai-gcHy appropriated by thrifty farmers. 
 
 Mr. Cockburn was elected to his present seat in the House of Commons at the general 
 election in 1872, but was not returneil at the time, owing to some unscrupulous and unlawful 
 acts of political enemies in the county. However, immediately on the assembling of Parlia- 
 ment, in March, 1873, the case was ably and clearly presented t(j the House by the Hon. Eilward 
 Ijlake, and Jlr. Cockburn was allowed to take his scat before any business was transacted, ex- 
 cept the election of Speaker. The returning otticer was then summoned to the Bar of the 
 House, and admonished. 
 
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 Mr. Cockbiirii was re-i-lectoil in 1874 niul 1.S78. Ho lias laburctl in Parliament, as woll as 
 out of it, earnestly ami sncccssliilly, to promote a vigorous policy for the development of tlie 
 great northern districts by the construction of railways, colonization roads, and the improve- 
 ment of internal navigation for small steamers, in conjunction with a liberal laud policy for 
 actual settlers, lie is a ves.sel-owner, and forwarder on the lakes of Muskoka, and proprietor 
 of the steamboat lino there. His life demonstrates the fact that continued zealous toil will 
 bring success, and that a pure and honest life brings its reward. His politics are liberal. 
 
 Mr. Cockburn has written largely on the topi(!s just specified, commencing as early as 18(!.'), 
 and his pen is not laid aside yet. He is the author of "A Few Weeks in the North," published 
 in 186(1, and which attracted considerable attention from the (Jovernment of old Canada, par- 
 ticularly from the Connnissioner of Agriculture, Hon. T. D'Arcy McGee. Mr. Cockburn assisted, 
 in 1808, in the preparatiou of the " Settler's Guide," and also in the preparation of the "Toui- 
 ist's Guide to the Northern Lakes, in the years 187-1', 75 and '7<). He is a man of great indus- 
 try and application, and iiiis given much time to the furtherance of the general interests of 
 the Dominion. 
 
 Septendier i\, 1804, Miss Mary Helen Proctor, of Beavcrton, Out., was joined in marriage 
 with Mr. Cockburn, and they have six children. 
 
 .lOUX SWEETLAM), .At.D., 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 T(HfN SWEKTLAND, son <.f Simon and Jane (Nonis) Sweetland, dates his birth at the 
 ^ City of Kingston, Ontario, August \7>, ISS.j. He is a descendant of the Sweetlands of 
 Exeter, Devonshire, England. He was educated at Cjueen's (,'ollege in his native city, and was 
 grailuated from its medical dei)artment in 18.j8. He ojiened an ofiice at Pakeidiam, County of 
 Lanark, Ont. ; |)ractised there foi- eight .years, and in 180U removed to the ca[)ital of the 
 Dominion, which has since been his home, and where lie has an extensive practice in the several 
 branches of his profession. 
 
 Since entering the practice of medicine and surger}', Dr. Sweetland has led an 
 extremely l>usy life. In aildition to tlic duties of his largt; practice, in their usual line, 
 he has had nmch labor to perform otherwise, having held various otHces which absorbed much 
 time. Must of the years while a lesident of Pakenham, he was Coroner of Lanark and llenfrcW 
 counties; and, since settling in Ottawa, he was Surgeon of the Carleton County Jail for several 
 years; also of the General Hospital, and is now Consulting Physician of that institution. Ho 
 was likewise, for a long time, Surgeon of Unity Protestant IJenelit Socii-ty ; for a shorter period 
 Surgeon of the Foresters, and is now Surgeon of the independent order of Odd Ft-llows. 
 
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 Dr. Swcctliind wa.s PrcMiileut of tho Ottawa Medico-C.'liirinxii'al Socioty in 1S77 ; of 
 tlie St. Ocorjro'H Socioty for sevi'ti years; of tlic Ottawa Prott-stant Poor Relief (,'oiiuiiittt'O 
 fdi' two seasons ; was President for tliruo years of the Ottawa llefonii Assoeiation, a political 
 orj,'nniz;itioii ; is now I'rusident of the Heeeliwooil tVnietery, and lias been first Vice-President 
 of tlu- Ottawa Ladies' Collej^e since that jiopular school was orijani/.cd. Ho was Oonunissioner 
 duriii;,' tlio construction of the Ottr.wa Water Works, nnd for years a J)irectorof the 1st and 
 inil Mutual Buildinj,' Societies of Ottawa. 
 
 He is a inenilier of tlio Masonic frateinity, and ft>r four years was Master of Doric Lodgo 
 No. oiS, Canadian Register. 
 
 He is a member of Christ Episcopal Ciiurch ; a man of tho purest (,'hristian charnctor, and 
 in hearty sympathy with tho reformatory movements, in a moral sonso, of the ago. Ho is a man 
 of very noble impulses, and untiring in his eflbrts to aid in promoting tho best interests of his 
 fellow beings. 
 
 Dr. Sweetland has a .second wife. His first was Isalielln, daughter of SheriH" Dickson of 
 Kingston, Out. She died in liS72, leaving two daughters, Klizabeth tl. and Selina Florence. 
 His present wife wa.s Mrs. Caroline Ulasdell Sparks, relict of the late Nicholas Sparks, son of 
 Nicholas Sparks, the founder of Ottawa, their union taking place in August, LsTt. They have 
 t)ne child. .John Blasdell. 
 
 Dr. Sweetlanil has a high standing in his profession and as a citizen, and is not unknown 
 outside the Dominion of Canada. He is a member of the North American St. (leorgo's Union, 
 ami was Vice-President of that society in 1S7!>, and in September of the .same year was elected 
 its President. 
 
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 MALCOLM COLIN CAMERON, who represents the electoral division of South Huron in 
 the Dominion Parliament, has his residence at the " Maples," iii tho Town of Ooderich, 
 the seat of justice of Huron county, bordering <m the eastern shore of Lake Huron. It is one of 
 the largest, most populous, and n\ost wealthy counties in the Province. The land is j)rolific, the 
 climate salubrious, antl the people industrious and thrifty, and the inhabitants of South Huron 
 have an able representative whom they are proud to keep in Parliament. 
 
 Mr. Camenm was born in Perth, County of Lanark, Out., April 12, I. s;M, and is of High- 
 land-Scotch descent. He was educated at Kno.x College, Toronto, with a view of entering the 
 ministry of the Presbyterian ('hurch, of which he has long been a zealous mend ler, and to which 
 he is a liberal contributor; but he changed his ndnd, read law in tho oHice of Judge Deacon, of 
 
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 llcnfruw ; was callud to the Bai- of Upper Canada at tlie Kastor term in l«<iO, and was inado a 
 QiU'i-n's Couasel in 1.S7'). He is the senior nioinbor of the kw firm of Cameron, Holt and 
 Cameron, of Ooderich, who are doing an extensive biisiness. 
 
 In 1856 Mr. Cameron was elected a Councillor of the Town of Goderich, antl rciiiaineJ a 
 member of the civic board for twelve years ; was for one year Reeve, ami for four years iMayor; 
 was actively engaged, and largely interested in opening and improving the salt interests of the 
 Ciiuuty of Hunm ; and has always taken a lea<ling part in develojnng the natural resoureis of 
 the western section of (.'anadii. The excellent harbor of refuge at Goderieh, and tlu' commereial 
 harbor at Bayfield, are largely indebted f<n' their construction to the presence in Parliament 
 and indefatigable energj' of the member of Parliament for South Huron, to which honorable 
 body he was first elected in 18G7. He was re-elected in 1872 and 1874, which latter election 
 followed the formation of the Mackenzie Administration — the result of the disclosures arising 
 out of the Pacific Railway scandal. Mr. Cameron was re-elected a third time in If J^. 
 
 He has always been a pronounced Liberal, and an earnest worker for the party, believing 
 that the interests of the country depend upon its administration of artii^rs. Hence, while in 
 Parliament, he has strongly opposed the general policy of the Conservative (iovernmeut, led by 
 Sir John A. Macdonald. Mr. Cameron occupies a prominent jilacc in the ranks of the Opposi- 
 tion in Parliament. 
 
 May 30, 18.5."), Mr. Cameron marriod Jessie H., daughter of Dr. McLean, mIio, in 
 the early part of the settlement of western Canada, was associated in the survey and explo- 
 rations of the lakes of that part of the Dominion, with Capt. Bayfield, tlie commander of the 
 expedition. They have seven children, and lost one child at Jacksonville, Florida, in 1876, aged 
 .seventeen yeais. 
 
 EOJJEFvT K 110GEE8, 
 
 CHATHAM. 
 
 "OOBERT NAYL<')R ROGERS, l)anker, son of Captain Robert Nayhn- Rogers, senior, and 
 -'-^ Klizabeth, nie Coleman, was born at Bandon, County of Cork, Ireland, May 10, 1832. 
 He comes fiom an old military family, related to Sir Walter Raleigh, who lived in the days of 
 " Queen Bess." Members of the family built portions of Fort Gibraltar, and one of the streets 
 there, called " Rogers' Ramp," was named from this family. A great uncle on the grandmothei's 
 side, ^bijnr Wilkes, invented red-hot .shot, at Gibraltar, where it was first used when the fortress 
 was besieged. 
 
 ( 'aptain Rogers was Lieutenant 2nd battalion 30th Regiment foot, at the battle of Waterloo, 
 June 18, 1815, and our sulject ha.s the silver medal struck for his father, who was one of the 
 
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 survivors of that mcmoralilo battle. Captain Dennis, who was woumlcd at the battle of 
 Qiioenston Heights, October 13, 1813, was a Hrst cousin of Captain Rogers. The latter went 
 into the military service when only fourteen years of age, and was not quite seventeen when 
 the battle of Waterloo occuiTetl. In 1H51 he brought his family to Canada, being still in the 
 service, and was stationed awhile at Fort Maiden, on the Detroit river, where he was drowned 
 in ]8')4. His body was never found. 
 
 Our subject was educated partly in England and partly in Ireland, finishing at Eaton 
 College, Galway, in his native country ; became a clerk in a bank at Toronto in 18.')2 ; was in 
 a similar institution at Hamilton from 18.5-t to 1838 : then managed a bank at Berlin for four- 
 teen years, and since November, 1870, has had the management of the Chatham branch of the 
 Mei'chants' Bank of Canada — the oldest chartered bank in Chatham — is manager of the 
 Federal Bank of Canaila, same place — in all twenty-two yeai-s a manager of such institutions. 
 Few men in the pi'ovince have held such a position longer than Mr. Rogers, and still fewer, 
 jnobably, have shown more prudence and better business capacities. In his management ho 
 has shown a friendly si)irit towards the people, and a disposition to foster local industries, and 
 has thus made the bank very poi)ular. 
 
 Mr, Rogers is a Freemason, and was Treasurer of the Lodge at Berlin during all the time 
 he was there, and lias been Treasurer of the lodge at Chatham from the date of his settling here. 
 His religious connection is with Christ (Episcopal) Church, and his life is consistent with hia 
 Christian profession. 
 
 July 11, 18.'5, Miss Amelia Cook, daughter of Hiram Cook, manj' years a lumber merchant 
 at Garden Island, near Kingston, became the wife of Mr. Rogers, and they have four children ; 
 Hiram William Najlor, Edward 0., Anna Maria, and Robert Harrington. The eldest son, first 
 named, is teller in the Merchants' Bank, Chatham ; the others are single, and securing their 
 education. 
 
 JOni^ r. FEATIIERSTOI!^, 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 "TOHN PETER FEATHERSTON, Mayor of the City of Ottawa in 1874 and 1875, is a native 
 ^ of Durham, England, and was liorn at Mewbus Grange, November 28, 1830. His 
 parents were Jonathan Featherston, M.D., of Her Majesty's 24th Foot, and of Blackball, 
 Northumberland, and Janet Dunbnr Nicolson, daughter of Rev. Patrick Nicolson, of Thui-so, 
 and niece of Sir Benjamin Dunliar, of Hempriggs, Caithness. 
 
 He wfvs educated at Richmond School, Yorkshire ; in 18.^8 he came to Canada and 
 
 settled in Ottawa, where for sixteen years he was engaged in the drug business. He was 
 
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 t'leotod Alcicrman of St. Ooorj^oM wanl in 1807, ami by rciioatotl ro-oloctions sorvod seven 
 or ciglit couHocutivt! years, heinj,' also Water ('oiiiinissiont'r during the same period. While in 
 tho City Council he held, for several yoam, the ChairnianHhip of thu Civic Board of Works, and 
 also that of the Finance Coaunittee. 
 
 In January, 1874, after having served the city faithfully and efficiently in lower positions, 
 Mr. Featlierston was elected Mayor, and at the end of the year had given such un(|ualitied 
 satisfaction, that he was re-elected by acelaniatiim. During his entire official eonnecti(jn with 
 the municipality of the city, Mr. Featlierston was untiring in his efforts to further its interests, 
 being especially active in securing the e.vcellent water works, the drainage system, and other 
 important improvements. For some time Mr. Featherstf)n was Chairman of the Board of 
 Trustees of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute, and when the County Hospital was built, 1875-70, 
 ho was Chairman of the Building Connuittee. His energetic hand hasaided in pushing forward 
 a number of local enterprises to completion. 
 
 Mr. Feathei'ston is a Freemason, being a Past District Deputy Grand Master. He has always 
 hieen identified with the Reform party ; is President of tho City Reform Association ; and at 
 tho election held in March, \H~o, was candidate to represent Ottawa in the Provincial Legis- 
 hiture. 
 
 In August, 1879, Mr. Featlierston was appointed by tho Ontario Government, Deputy 
 Clerk of the Crown, Clerk of the County Court, and Registrar of the Surrogate Court for tho 
 County of Carleton, which position ho now holds. 
 
 KEUliEN S. HAMLIN, 
 
 OSIIA WA. 
 
 nr)EUBEN SMITH HAJILIN, one of the leading manufacturers in tho County of Ontario, 
 -*-*' is a native of Sladison county, N. Y., Iieing born in the town of Fenner, July 12, 1827. 
 His parents, Solomon and Lucin<la (Staniiard) Hamlin, belonged to the thrifty farming com- 
 munity of that county, and his grandfather was a soldier in the Revolution, Our subject 
 spent his youth on the farm, finished his educaticm at tho Cazenovia Seminary, in Ids native 
 county, and for eighteen years was engaged in the patent medicine business, traveling, during 
 that perioil, in all tho New England and Middle States, in most of the Western States east of 
 Missouri river, and in Canada. 
 
 At length, becoming tired of traveling, Mr Hamlin farmed four years near Lockport, Will 
 county, Illinois ; then removed to Buffiilo, N. Y., and from l8G5 to 187.) was engaged in the 
 patent medicine business, being of the firm of Ransom, Hamlin and Co. During this time Mr. 
 
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 Hainliii \\AA cimsidcrivlpli' ntock in tlic A. S. Wliitiiij,' Miimifuetiiriiij,' Company at ri'djuilalo 
 noar Osliawa, ami in tlio sprinj,' of \H^'^ Hettluil in this town, ami lins sincf dt-vott'tl liis tinu\ 
 excluMivcly to tlie intoivsts of this coniitany, the fiixt oMtiililislinient in tlio Dominion that ht'jjan 
 to mainifacttire a compli-tc sot of aj^rieultuml tools. In April, IH70, Mr. Whitiny dioil, and 
 Mr. Hiindin hecamo the owniT of four-fifths of the *10(),000 Mtocl<, nnd Piesidont of the Com- 
 pany. It omph)yH about Hovonty men tho year round ; does a husinuss of ahont ?lftO,000 a 
 year, at wholesale prices, and manufactures usually ahout 1GH,0(»0 tools of every kind used 
 on a farm, 48,000 heinfj scythes. These tools are sold in all parts of the Dominion from British 
 Columbia, on the Pacific coast, to Prince Edward Island, and in Great Britain, Germany and 
 other parts of Europe. A warehouse was established in Liverpool years ago, and an agent is 
 kept there to attend to the European ♦ratle. Some of tho heaviest, steadiest and best cus- 
 tomers are on the Continent of Europe. No better goods of the kind, it is safe to say, aro 
 maile in tlie world, and they do their own advertising : hence the steadiness of the custom 
 and tho certainty of a market. Financial crashes came and otlu'r factories suspend operations 
 lor a season; but this keeps on. Some of the workmen have been in these shops for fifteen or 
 sixteen yeans, and had steady employment. 
 
 In 1878 Mr, Hamlin sent a few .samples of these goods — about half a dozen of each kinrl, 
 to the great World's Exposition at Paris, and he took a medal for the exhibit, and was made a 
 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, These .sarni)les were all purchased by Count do Sansebal of 
 Italy, and placed in the Museum at Rom ProbabU no manufactured articles of any kind 
 made in Ontario arc wider or better known than tiiose turned out by the A, S, Whiting Manu- 
 facturing Company, 
 
 Mr. Ilandin is a director of the Loan and Savings Bank of Ontario, and though but a short 
 time in Oshawa, is pretty well identified with its interests, being ([uite public spirited. 
 
 November 22, 18.58, Miss Cyrenc E. Whiting, daughter of Algernon S. Whiting from whom 
 tho A, S. Whiting Manufacturing Company takes its name, was married to Mr, Hamlin, and 
 they have lost one child, and have one son and one daughter living. 
 
 LEVI YOUNG, 
 
 OTTA WA. 
 
 ONE of the pioneers in the forests of the Ottawa valley, and one of tho conquerors 
 of the cataracts of the Ottawa river, is Levi Yoimg, who, though past his three score 
 years, i.s still active in life, and may yet servo as a pall-bearer to the nineteenth century, whoso 
 birth was only five years ahead of his. He was born September 5, 1805, at Wisca.ssott, 
 
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 Maine, a State noted for its liberal growth of liiinl>ernieii. His jxironts were Levi anil 
 Rachel (White) Young, whose wealth was dug out of the earth in the Pine Tree Couiiuonwealth. 
 Joshua Young, the grandfather of Levi, junior, came from England, and fought against the 
 mother country in 1775-1782. 
 
 Our subject received a very ordinary education in his native town ; aided his father in 
 raising corn, beans, and cabbages until sixteen years old, when he went to Topsnni and clerked 
 for Gen. Samuel Voazie until he reached his majority, at which period he went before the mast 
 in the employ of the same num. He had an experience of nine years in " life on the ocean 
 wave," being all the time in the West India trade, and rising through mate up to captain. 
 Once his sliip entered the Mediterranean sea, and he spent several days at Gibraltar. 
 
 About 1832, Capt. Young went into the mercantile trade on the PenoKscott, near Bangor, 
 in company with his old friend, in whose employ he had made his home for years on " the 
 rolling deep ;" there they dealt in West India and dry goods fifteen or twenty years. 
 
 In 1851 Mr. Young built a steamer, and ran it up the Delaware river as far a« Eastoii, the 
 first craft of the kind that ever pns.sed before or since, above Trenton, N. Y. When his boat 
 landed at Easton, the citizens were almost as astonished as they would have been had a full- 
 grown whale come to pay them a visit ! An ett'ort was made to get a bill through the Legisla- 
 ture of New Jersey, granting Mr. Young the exclusive right to navigate that river, above 
 Trenton, but the " railroad kings" managed to kill the bill by fastening to it some deadly 
 amendment. 
 
 In 1855 Mr, Young started for Canada with the iron for a saw-mill. On reaching 
 Ogdensburg, N. Y., by rail, he took his material by water to Kingston, and thence to Bytown 
 (Ottawa) by the Hide i Canal, In partiiersliip with him were Gen. Samuel Ilerscy, John A. 
 Winn, and Jones P. Vcazie, son of Gen. Veazic, thoiigli none of them ever .settled in Canaila. 
 They purchased a mill privilege and a niill-fiuuie jiartly tinished, and made a small beginning 
 at sawing lumber before the close of that year. Here, for twenty-four roiuid years, Mr. Young 
 has been manufacturing sawn linnber, largely A;r the United States market, cutting usually 
 from 12,00(),0()0 to 15,0()(),000 feet. Several years ago he conuneneed buying out his partners, 
 one by one, and since about 1872 has been alone in the business. He has a large 
 quantity of timber lands leased; has, up to this time, had the charge of his own business, and 
 has been a successful manager. 
 
 Mr. Young is a (piiet, unobtrusive citizen, giving polities largely the go-by, and keei)ing 
 entirely; out of office Willing to do something to benefit the City of Ottawa, he aided 
 generously in founding the Youjig liadies' College and the Protestant Hospital, and in starting 
 the city railway. 
 
 On the I8tli of Se|itember, 18.S2, Miss .Margaret Aim Patten, of Bowdoinham, Jlaino, wa.s 
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 living. Olio of the deuoascJ, Margjiret Ellen, was tlio wifo ofHunry Hamilton, late of Ottawa 
 and now a rCHident of Quebec. The two cliildren living are sons, and both married. Robert P 
 living near Ottawa, and Levi J. is with his father. Both have an interest with their father in 
 the lumber business. 
 
 PROF. JAMKS T. IJKLL, 
 
 liKLI.KVILLK. 
 
 "TAMES THOMPSON BELL, Clerk of the (Jounty of Hastings, and Pn.fe.ssor of Mining and 
 ^ Agrieulturi', and Lecturer in Zoology in Albert University, Belleville, is a native of New- 
 castle-on-Tyne, England, and oidy son of Captain Wm. Bell, of H.B.M. Transport Service, and 
 Mary his wife, ni'C Henderson, his birth being dated January 8, 1811. On the Burgo.ss Roll 
 of Newcastle the name of the Bell family dates back for over 800 years. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was educated at the Ro^al Grannuar School of his native town, 
 and assumed the profession of a private tutor at the early age of fourteen. In January, 1828, 
 he went to reside with the late Christopher Atkinson, Esij., of Linhope, an eminent agriculturist, 
 in the twofold capacity of tutor to the children, and .agricultural student, and remained in that 
 position for three years. In 18.'31 he returned to Newcastle, and resumed the occupation of 
 private teaching. 
 
 In ISS-l he married Isabella, youngest diiughter of George Smith Esq., of Berwick-upon- 
 Tweed, and in 18H removed to that place for the lienefit of his health, which had become 
 enfeebled from over work, with the intention of adopting the profession of a huulscajje painter ; 
 but his sight becoming aflected by theclo.se application necessary to success, ho was obliged to 
 reliuipiish that occupation. In 18." I he sailed for the United States, intending to settle near 
 Peoria, Illinois; but at Chicago Mrs. ik'll took cholera, and died in a few hours, and tUeatllicted 
 husband, after conu\iitting her reuuiins to the grave, took his children, seven in nundier, back to 
 their English home. After reuuiining a widower live years, he nuirried again, and for some time 
 edited the Ikrwick Journal, a political anil literary weekly newspaper. 
 
 In 1859 he removed to Canada, and .-jcttled at Belleville, Outurio, which [dace he has made 
 his home u|) to the present time. His first engagement here was as head master of public school 
 No. 2, which position he held for eighteen months, when he sent in his resignation, and went to 
 assist in the County Clerk's ottice. In 181)2 ho purchased the liellcv'dlc Iiulepmident news- 
 paper, which he conducted till 180.'), when he .sold out and re-entered the County Clerk's otlice. 
 Hurmg the Madoc gold-mining excitement in 1807-8-9, he practised as a Public Assayer, and 
 in that capacity rendered essential service in detecting and exposing the nefarious practices of 
 
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 mining speculators and frauJulcnt assayers. For this lie rucoiveil honorable notice in the 
 public papers, and in the "Hastings Directory for 18G!)-70 ;" and the County Council, in consid- 
 eration of his services, and desiring to make his practical knowledge and skill more generally 
 available, appropriated by by-law, an annual sum of two hundred dollars for the establishment 
 of a Professorship of Mining and Agriculture in the University of Albert College, and nominated 
 Mr. Bell as the first incumbent. This nomination was confirmed by the authorities of the 
 University, and on February !•!•, 1809, Professor Bell delivered his inaugural address in 
 the Chajiel of the College, before the pr(jfessors and students, and a number of friends fioni the 
 town and vicinity. In addition he successively held the situations of Deputy-Clerk and assistant 
 Treasurer under the Corporation of Hastings County, and on the former County Clerk, Thos. 
 Wills, being appointed to succeed F. McAnnany, late Treasurer, who died in 1877, Mr. Bell 
 received the appointment of County Clerk, which office he still holds. 
 
 In 1870 he was again deprived by death of his domestic partner; and in 1873 entered a 
 third time into matrimony with Sarah, second daughter of the late Nathaniel Boulter, of Glou- 
 cester, England. 
 
 Professor Bell is an tx-offi.cio member of the University Senate, College Council, and Board 
 of Examiners of Albert Universitj', and of the Council of the Agricultural and Arts Association 
 of Ontario. lie is also Chairman of the Board of Health of the City ; President of the Mur- 
 ehison Club, a local scientific society', and an ex-president of the St. George's Society and the 
 Workingman's Temiierance Association, in which latter connection he was the first to introduce 
 into Canada the English system of" Peimy Readings," which ho initiated by reading Professor 
 Aytoun's magnificent poem, " Edinburgh after Flodden " 
 
 Although he has never undertaken any literary labor of magnitude, he has been a fre- 
 quent contributor to various literar}-, scientific, ami political publications, and ho has by no 
 means laid aside his pen. 
 
 He has taken a prominent part in the proceedings of the Ontario Dairymen's Conventions, 
 having delivered the Annual Official Address for the years 1874!-73-7<i-77-73 and 70, all of 
 whi(!h are published in the reports of the Association, and have been extensively (puted in 
 Canadian, American, and British journals. In 187<i, theCenteimial year of Ameriean Independ- 
 ence, he represented the Ontario Dairymen's Association at the American Dairymen's Centen- 
 nial Convention, held in the Judge's Hall of the Exhibition buildings, Philadelphia, where he 
 delivered a spirited address, which was printed in the Report of Proceedings of Convention for 
 tliat year, as was also an able jtaper contributed to the adjourned Convention subsequently held 
 at Ingersoll, Ontario, on the establishment of a Moilel Dairy and Agricidtural Station 
 
 In additton to his University work. Professor Bell hiw delivered several public 'ecturos on 
 various subjects ; one of which, oji 'Epidemic iliseases and their prevention, in connection with 
 the Water-supply of the Town of Belleville," has been printed for gratuitous distri jution at the 
 
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 expense of the City Council. His studies embrace Ooolojjy ami Physical Ooogi-nphy, Mineralogy 
 and Metallurgy, Agricultural and genoritl Cliomisti-y, Zoology and Palioontology. Ho pays atten- 
 tion to Entomology, and keeps a collection of Canadian insects, comprising nearly 3,000 species, 
 nearly all of which have been collected by himself in the City of Bellevillo and its immediate 
 vicinity. 
 
 In politics he is a Conservative, and in religion a member of the Church of England. Mr. 
 Bell has always been deeply imbued with the national fondness for field sports, and though not 
 naturally of a robust frame or constitution, and now verging upon the alloted span of three score 
 years and ten, ho can still handle both rifle and shot-gun effectively, and is proficient in the 
 art of angling. By aid of the great physicians, tem[)erance and exerci.se, he retains much of the 
 activity of mind and body which belonged to him in earlier life, and never pursued scientific 
 studies with greater ardor and relish than now. 
 
 Of fourteen chiMren, the fruit of his first and second marriages, eleven are livinf. His 
 three elder sons reside in the United States, following diH'erent occupations. His fourth son 
 edits the Belleville [ntcHiijcncei; an influential Conservative daily and weekly newspaper. 
 His fifth .son is a printer at Toronto. Tho sixth has learned the trade of a tinsmith, and the 
 seventh is learning the printing business. His remaining children are daughters, one of whom 
 is married, and the others are at home. 
 
 
 liJ:.'^ ANSON CJKEEX, 1)1)., 
 
 TO h' ox TO. 
 
 /^ REATNESS being varied in its character, is not confined alone to him whose name stands 
 ^^ high upon the record of statesmanship or military n.'uown, liut may with ecpial jiro- 
 priety be applied to him who preserves a spotless name, devotes liimselFto the welfare of his 
 ft'Uowmen, ami develops in himself a true anil generous manhood. A man's principle is what 
 he lives for, and his life takes its character and coloring from the iirineiples that are born and 
 cherished in his soul. 
 
 The life work of him whose name heails this .sketch, fifty-five yeMrs of which were passed 
 in the service of the Church, is most worthy of record, and we regret that the limited space 
 afforded in this volume will not admit of a more cxtentled notice than the following brief 
 memoir; for a complete history of the life of this eminent divine would be a history of the 
 VVesleyan Church since the Canada Conference was formeil in 1,^:21.. 
 
 Dr. Green was born at Midilleburgh, Schoharie County, New ^'ork, on the 27th September, 
 liSOl. His father was Jo.seph Clieen, who traced his lineage to an old family named Clarke, 
 
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 vliicli formerly rcsidctl in "Wnrwieksliire, Kiifjland. ITis uiu-le, Hviijainin (Ircpn, Hottlfd in 
 Rhode Island where, for U|)wards of twt;nty-tive yeiii-s, lie held the honorahh; position of .Tud<,'e. 
 In the ninnuscript whi h ho has loft, Dr. Green says but little on tlu* suhject of ancestorH, 
 contenting himself with the simple statement of his father's En^'lish descent, and of his wisdom, 
 integrity, and fine personal appearance. His mother was a Miss Vorce, a deseemlant of one of 
 the oldest families, and landed proprietors of the City of New York. His father, who resided 
 near MidtUebnrgh, was not wealthy, and therefore nnalile to give his .son what he so nnich 
 desired, a regnlar collegiate coui-sc of edncation ; but the oj)portnnities afforded at the schools 
 of his native town were improved to the U-st advantage, and, aided by jirivate instrnction and 
 careful reading, our subject qualified himsi'lf for the givat work of teaching and leading others 
 in the faith of Godliness. He was also bli'ssed with the inestimable advantage of the good 
 examjile and earlv training of a pious mother, and there were early indications of the strivings 
 of the good Spirit of God in his heart, which earnestly led liini to study for the ministry. 
 
 In 1.S22 he came to Canada, when he engaged in teaching .school at first, but in bSlJ-t, he 
 was ordained at Ilallowell, and at once began his ministerial work on Smith's Creek circuit, of 
 which Cobouri' was the centre ; in l.Si? was ordained deacon, and three years later received 
 cider's orders. Dr. Green nmst have possessed great energy, and have been thoroughly 
 devoted to the service of his Master, to accomplLsh the task assigned him in tho.se early days, 
 among the i)rivations, dangers, and hardships that accompaiued a backwood's life. t)n his tiist 
 circi'-it he was obliged to travel four hundred miles every month, necessarily on horseback, in 
 order to keep the thirty-thn.'e regular appointments which he had for every four weeks. On 
 his second tireuit, which eiubraced tlit? entire peninsula of Prince Kdward, and his third, 
 the counti'v between the Kiver Credit and the Grand Kiver swamp, his labors were .scarcely 
 less onerous. From IS.Si until liS44, when he sva.s_ electe«l Book-steward, he held the position 
 of I'ri'siding Khli-r. During this period he was successively in charge of all the circuits cast of 
 Kingston— the Bay of Quiut(; district, where his first otlicial act was the opening of what is now 
 Victoria College, C(dK>urg, of which ho afterwards became Bursar; and the Toronto district, 
 which extended from Whitiiy to Owen Sound, and thence to Niagaia Falls, comprising sixteen 
 circuits. He was repeatedly honored by his Church, and filleil, at dilferont periods, all the im- 
 portant ottlces within its gift; in 1841, he was elected Secretary, and, one year later. President 
 of the Conference, and in 1844, took charge of its book and printing establishment, managing 
 its ati'airs with decided ability for the succeeding ten viars, during which time he was the first 
 to introduce printing by steam in Toronto. He again a,s.sunied the duties of this oflice in 185}), 
 and continued in charge until l>S(i.). The Middleburg University, Ohio, recognized liis 
 eminent (pialities by conferring on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. Thrice \)v. 
 Green was elected to the English Conference— in ISW, 1834, and again in 18J(j. In 18(j3, ho 
 
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 was for tlio second time lionorud with tlio appointiiiciit of I'l'o.sidt'iit of the (Jonfcrouco. Ho was 
 fi'i^(Hi('iitly del('f,'ated to trniisiict important oHieial business witli the (ioveiinnent and Parliament 
 of Canada, and always pei'foinieil liis conimissions with (M(nal honor to his ahility, and advaiita<,'o 
 to tlie causes lie seivcil. During Ills ministerial life he attended scsventy-two eonferenees, to 
 which he sustained an otiieial relation ; was appointed (Chairman of the Assoeiation of delegates 
 from the J)ominion to proviile for a Itraneli of the Kvangelieal Alliance in (!ana<la ; was lle|irc' 
 Hentativc of his dhureh ty the (Jeneral Asscndily of the Church of Scotland, to the Free Church 
 of Scotland, to the Congregational (,'hnrcli in Montreal, and to the Primitive Methodist Church ; 
 wiw Vice-President of the Jiihie Society, and for many yeais Chairman of the House of 
 Industry, Toronto, often performing divirK! sorvico to the jwor of that institution. Hi! was a 
 warm friend of all pulilic charities of the city, and devotecl nnich time and energy in support 
 of them. 
 
 NovcMuher 27, l.SiJS, Dr. (Irecn married llachel, siicond surviving daughter of ( 'aleh 
 Hopkin.s, Ksij., of Nelson, Ontario, for nwiny years a mend)er of Parliament for Ilalton. He 
 luul only two children, the late Mrs. I'eter McNal)h, and Mr. Coliunhus H. Groon, Barrister, of 
 Toronto. 
 
 The Rev. Doctor was about si.\ feet in lieight, with a finely developed figure, and a 
 commanding, dignitied preseiu'e ; ami in his younger days, being vigorous and strong in mind 
 as well as in body, was eiipalili' of enduiing great exjjosure and hardships; but for a numl)fr 
 of years previous to his death, he was mueh cnfeelded by eidargemi'Ut of the heart, which 
 abridged his labors and shorteneil his valuable life. Yet, at all times his ministry was faithful, 
 his [liet.y deep, and his friendship lasting. The illness which tinally resulted in liis death on 
 February lit, liS?!', though long, and paiid'ul at intervals, was endured with Christian patience, 
 In great peace and calmness he pa.s.sed away, 
 
 " rtllstuilH'll HImI HootlX'fl 
 
 Hy nil nnfalti'i'iiit,' tnmt, •«••»• 
 liiki! 'iiic that ilriWM tin' ilriipi'i-y "f his cniii'h 
 Aliniit him, .'iMil liiis ilinvii tii |il>':isHiit ihcuiiis." 
 
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 His funeral took place on Hit' folbiwing Saturday, and from a short sketch whieh appeared in 
 th«^ city papers, we condense the following : 
 
 The large cortege proceeded to the Metropolitan Church (of whieh he hail lieeii one of the 
 chief pronuiters), where services were eondncted by the llevs. Dr. Potts, Dr. Ihiggs, Dr. Ryerson, 
 and Rev. K. B. Harper, President of the 'I'oronto Conference. The pul|)it and gallery weio 
 appropriati'ly draped in mourning, and there was in attendance a large audience, rcpre-senting 
 all the Protestant chui'ches in the city. 'J'hen' were also present a laige nmuber of ministers 
 from the dirt'erent cliurclu-s, and the following ennncnt divines were the pall-bcarcrs : Rev. Dr. 
 Wood, Dr. Topp, Dr. Rose, Dr. Yomig, Dr. Potts, ami Yen. Dean (irasett. 
 
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 THE CAXAM.iX JIIOGH.U'HICAL DICTIONAlJy. 
 
 The Venerable Dr. Ryerson, in an eloquent and toiicliing nddross, said " the deceased had 
 been the friend of his youth, the companion m toil of later years ; hud been examined with him 
 as candidate for the ministry, and had stood side by side with him at ordination. His friend 
 had gone to join the others gone before, and he was left behind, the last of that early band of 
 preachers. He, the eldest of over one thousand ministers of the Methodist Church, now stood 
 alone, a thought that deeply aH'ected him." He paid a high tribute of respect to his departed 
 friend, and closed by a most touching reference to the taking of his last farewell of Dr. Green. 
 At the conclusion of the services, the bi>dy was followed by a very large procession from the 
 church to the Necropolis, where, after the reading of the burial service by the Rev. Dr. Young, 
 it was deposited in the family vault, there to await the resurrection of the just. 
 
 ALEXANJ)Ell J. RUSSELL, C.E., 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 A LEXANDER JAMIESON RUSSELL, son of Alexander and Jeanette (Jamieson) Russell, 
 -*--*- was born in Glasgow, Scotland, April 20, 1S()7. His maternal uncle, Rev. John Jamie- 
 son, emigrated from Scotland, and si'ttkd in Ohio soon after the dosu of the American Revolu- 
 tion. An elder brother of Alcxanilcr, Professor William Russell, was for yeais sole editor of 
 the American Journal of A'iIkckHoii, Boston, Mass., and subsequently the Principal of 
 dirterent institutions of learning in that State, standing very high as an educator. He dieil at 
 Lancaster, Mass., in 18T.S. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was cdueatt'd at tin- Glasgow High Sdiool, and by jirivatc tui- 
 tion, paying especial attention afterwanls in Canada to Civil Knginecring. In 1.S22, his father, 
 who was engaged in a branch of the legal profession in the Old World, brought his family to the 
 New, settled at Leeds, Megantic (.'ounty, now in the Province of Queliec, and there opened a 
 backwoods farm, the sons aiding him in denuding the forest and breaking and cultivating the soil. 
 The father at the .same time was L'rown Lands agent, and the sons assisted him in disposing of 
 lands to settlers. 
 
 In 1829, wlien twenty-two years of age, Mr. Russell became a Depiity Provincial Surveyor, 
 and the next year entered the ( "omniissariat Department, .serving two years on the Rideati 
 Canal while it was being constructed. He was then calh'd to Headquai'tcrs at Queliec, where 
 lie was eight jears on the staff of that De2iartment. 
 
 In 1841 he resigned and entered the service of the Provincial Government as a civil engi- 
 neer; was placed in tlie charge of the public works in the maritime counties of Lower Canada, 
 and gave five years to tln' projecting and building of public roads and bridges. 
 
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 In 184G Mr. Ruhsi'U was transfencd to the Crown Timber OHicc at Ottawa, to settle tliHi- 
 ciiltie.s witli luniliermcn, and to grant licenses to cut timber on the Ottawa River and its tribu- 
 taries. To tluvse duties were added those of collecting timber revenues and the inspection of 
 other (Jrown Timber agencies. He has always attended very faithfully to his otKeial duties, 
 and at the same time lias given portions of his leisure hours to literary writing. 
 
 Mr. Rassell contributed a few articles to Johnston's Universal Cyclopedia, on rivers and 
 canals in Canada, and is the author of a work on " The Red River Country, Hudson's Bay, and 
 the North-west Territory, considered in their Relation to Canada," published in 1.SG9. In this 
 work the author shows a great deal of practical research and investigation, and filled it with 
 just such information aw was needed in regard to the vast extent and multitudinous resources 
 of this country — the Russia of North America. There is no part of the Dominion which is not 
 touched upon in this work, and its climate, soil, and productions are clearly made known, with 
 maps to aiil the eye aii<l the understanding. 
 
 Mr. Russell has been married since March, 1837, his wife being Isabella Smollett, daughter 
 of Dr. L. Sims, a surgeon in the Briti.sh navy. They have eight children. Lindsay, the eldest 
 son is married, and is Surveyor-General of Dominion territories, residence Ottawa; David 
 MeCivaiy, also luarriccl, is a skilful machinist, residing in Camden, N. J., Agnes Smollett, the 
 eldest daughter, is the wife of Col. A. G. Forrest, surveyor, of Ottawa; Emily is the wifi- of . 
 iiawrence Fortesciie, of tlie Department of the Interior. Dominion Government, and Isabella, 
 Alexander J. H., Theresa, and Murv are single. 
 
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 TSAAC HKLLMUTH, Bishop of Huron, and founder of the Hellmuth Colleges, was born 
 -*- iii'ar Warsaw, J'olaml, December 14, 1817. He is of Jewisli t'xtraction ; was educated 
 at the University of Bicslau ; in 1 S 11, having abandoned the faith of his family, made a pulilic 
 ])ripfcssion uf Christianity, iiiid three years later, as we learn from the Ch'r'tail << ludc <i.nd Chiirch- 
 whi'k Dirnlori/. he eaiiie to Canada, ' bearing tiie highest eommeiitlations from many eminent 
 men. iiieliiding the Most Reverenil Dr. Sumner, Arehbisho)) of Canterbury. " 
 
 Our subject was onlained Deacon in 1x4(5, and the same year Priest liy the Bishop of 
 Quebec ; served for eight years as one of tlu' Professors in the University of Bishop's College, 
 Leiiiioxviile, and Incumbent of ,St. Peter's, Sherbrooke ; was afterwards (ieiieral •Superinten- 
 dent for the Colonial and Continental Church Society' in British America, ami was successively 
 Archdcaciiii and Dean of Huron, ami Rector of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, settling in 
 this city in lsG2. In 1871 he was elected ity the Synod, as Coadjutor Bislu)p of the Diocese of 
 
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 TIIK CAXADTAX UTOGnAl'IflCAL DirTIOXARV. 
 
 Huron, with tho titlo of Bisliop of Norfolk, ami was consccraU'd in London liy tlic Most 
 Reverend, the Metropolitan of (Canada, assisted by the Uisliops of Toronto, Ontario, Ohio and 
 Miehiyan. On tlie decease in the same year, of the Right Rev. Dr. Cronyn, he became Bishop 
 of Huron. 
 
 Bishop Helhmith has written a work on the Authenticity of the Pentateuch ; one on The 
 D'vme Dispensations, and we believe, a few other works ; but his <j;riindest labors, since settlinj,' 
 in London, have been educational. 
 
 He, together with his predecessor. Bishop Cronyn, established the Huron Theological 
 College, opened in 18G3 ; built the Hellmuth Boys' College, in 186.') ; the Hellmuth Ladies' 
 College, in 1869, and at the time of writinj,' is en<'a<;ed in estal)lishing the Western 
 University, to which he has liimself contributed the generous sum of !?] 0,000. Of these 
 institutions the Ladies' College ileserves especial notice, it being one of the best schools 
 of the kind in the Dominion of Canada. It was opened on the 2;Jrd of September, 1861), 
 the Oovernor-Oeneral and Pi'inec Arthur being ]iresent and making speeches, the school 
 being inaugurated by His Royal Highness. It is locateil upon high lands, on the banks of the 
 Thames, and one and a half miles north of the city, on a 140 acre lot, a portion of which is fitted 
 up and improved with great taste. Nature and Art combined have maile it one of the most 
 lovely and inviting retreats for study of which we have any knowledge in the Dominion. 
 
 The curriculum embraces a broad range of studies, ami the teachers in the several branches 
 are selected from the old world as well as new, and with particular reference to their fitness and 
 competency. The French teacher, for illustration, is a gentlenuui of the highest attaiinuents 
 speaks the most elegant French, and preaches in French every Sunday in the little chapel, 
 adjoining the college building. The language spoken in this college is French, and every ettort 
 is made to perfect the jiupils in this and every other language or branch taught. 
 
 The educational work of Bishop Hellmuth has had a refining influence outside his schools; 
 the whole counuunity feels it ; the thinking ))e()ple of London and vicinity realized it, ami 
 hence the heartiness and liberality with wliich they patronize his schools. "The Western 
 University," says a writer in the London Bail'/ Ath:erttsi'r of Jinie 1,1878, "will probably 
 be the crowning work of the Bishop of Huron's life. The children yet unborn are they from 
 whom the words of thankfulness anil jiraise will coiue for days of toil and anxious thought 
 passed in successfully founding the Institution. With all the advantiiges which London jjds- 
 sL'sses as the centiv of a territory large enougli foi' a kingiloni, success would ajujeiir to the lay- 
 man t(i be a certainty. Tiie pliilantluopist, when a iiishop, expects and I'eceives oppo-sition, let 
 the plans be ever so wisely made. A united Church and the good-will of [)ublic-.spiritcd men 
 should be sutlicient to counteract the obstruction of the malevolent. Men of enlarged and cos- 
 mopolitan views will find much to a])pr>ve in so well devised a plan for eilucation. 
 A learned man, familiar with many languages, the Bishop can at all times find refuge 
 
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 in his books, but tlic daily life of his Lordsliii) is that of a laborious worker in the vineyard 
 ho has selected." 
 
 The same writer then speaks of "Norwood House," the palatial home of the Bishop: 
 
 " Norwood House overlooks the Thames and is approached by an avenue artistically ar- 
 ranged so that none of the beauties of the phico whether formed by nature or the tlesign of the 
 Bishop, may escape the eye. Tiio house and groiuuls are siiirounded by forest foliage and shady 
 beech trees. The terrace and lawn well cared for show to the visitor that this is the home of a 
 gentleman as well as the spiritual head of a great church and a great diocese. It is .said to 
 leciuire courage to take into the country the habits of refinement and intellectual tastes of an 
 Kiiglish gentleman. His Lordship, though a foreigner, luis done this ; and the visitor, whether a 
 missionary returning from the backwoods, or humble or wealthy parishioner, is cheered and 
 encouraged with that proper display of taste and culture sought for and within reach of tlio 
 educated and successful. The safest of many good intluence.s are those centering around a 
 home causing it ever to bo in cheerful and pleasant remembrance. The hospitalities of Nor- 
 wood House are presided over by an accomplished hostess. Nowhere in Canada are life-long 
 ac(|unintances formed in a more pleasing manner than at the At Homes and Ke-unions of the 
 Bisliop of Huron and Mrs. Hcllmuth. Tlie Ciiurch has from the beginning been one of the 
 greatest of all cheeks up(m communism. Those precepts indicating a community of goods were 
 addressed to a spiritual brotherhood united by the bonds of a holy ^aitli anil not to citizens for 
 their guidance. The career of the Bishop of Huron since ha])pi!y be came to Westein Ontario 
 has not been unobserved by laymen. Tiie i)ioneers hail done their work ; siitlieient wealth had 
 accunndated to create that longing foi- intellectual culture and retinement in the family circle, 
 to possess which is so pleasing a feature and so encouraging a symptom in the sueci;ssful 
 emigrant. The country had outgrown bush and back-road ethics, and some one to speak 
 with authority was su))i)lied provideiitiidly to aid in the refoi'nuition. The presence of 
 a liishop with the orilinaiy inlluences for good appertaining to the otliee would alone be 
 an innnediate cause of improvement, but with a trained intellect cai)able of organizing 
 as well as grasping the rerpiirements of a new eonniuinity, added to a wondeiful activity 
 both of mind and body, the Bishoj) of Huron at once became a valuable instructor and 
 guiile to those who <lid not <;ome as well as to those who came and heard. The imjiroved 
 tone in the society of London, the high character of its mercbunts and professional men, the 
 financial ri'pute of its various monetary institutions, may be the result of accident. Jtather let 
 these beneficent changes be attributed to the construction of new churches by every denomina- 
 tion and i-reediby the various schools and academies opened for higher education, enudative of 
 the great work introduced by the Protestant Bishop, and by the natui'al consequence of these 
 reforms. The imitators of His Lordship throughout Canada are evidences of the value anil im- 
 portance t)f a system of education in ailvance of that supjilied in the Ooverinnent Free Schools. 
 
 
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 THE VAX AVIAN niOaJiAPIIICAL DICTION AliY. 
 
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 The Government left leliyiouH training possible. The Bisliop made it a reality. The ("Inn-ch 
 of England has never Injen feared as a proselytising chinch, and its atmosphere of repose is 
 attractive if not convincing to all having a tendency to religious thought." 
 
 In 1847 Bishop Helhnuth married Catharine, daughter of General Thomas Evans of the British 
 Army, and they have two sons and one daughter. The elder son, Isidore, is a graduate, with 
 honors, of Trinity College, Cambridge, England, and a barrister in Toronto; Gustaviis is a 
 banker in London, Ontario ; and Bertha, the Avife of Captain Glancy, of the Royal Engineers, 
 British Army. . 
 
 MAJOR PAI^rON, 
 ToitoNro. 
 
 rpHE LATE ANDREAV PATTON, Major in the 4.1th Regt., was descended from a military 
 -■- rnee, his father and grandfather having been Colonels in the British Army. Major 
 Patton was born at Clatto, near St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland in 1771, and while compara- 
 tively young, and at school in France, received a commission as Ensign in the Cth Regiment, 
 of which his father was Colonel. In 17!>i he was appointed to a Lieutenancy in the lOth Regt., 
 and in 17.98 to aCa)>tainey in tiie 02nd, or Gordon Highlanders ; in the last-montionedyear he was 
 also made A. D. C. to the Manpiis of Huntley, afterwards Duke of Gordon. In 1809 he received 
 promotion as JIajor in the ■t.")tli. 
 
 Major Patton was in numerous engagements in different quarters of the globe. He took part 
 in putting down the Irish Rebellion of 1798 ; served in Holland under Sir Ralph Abercroinbie 
 and the Duke of York in 17.').'), and was in the battles of the Helder, Bergen, and Alkinaar ; 
 assisted in rpiolling the insurrection of the Negroes in Jamaica ; and was again under Sir Riili>h 
 Abercrombie in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, when that gallant commander defeated the 
 boasteil " Army of the East" at Mandora and Ale.vandria, and drove the BVench out of the 
 country. At Mandora, as will be seen by Sir Robert Wilson's narrative, the 'J2nd long bore the 
 brunt of the battle : — " The Gordon Highlanders, being far in .advance of their line, were exposed 
 to a galling tire of grape-shot, and at the same time were attacked by the Gist tlemi-brigaile, 
 but they continue<I unshaken in their advance up to the very muzzles of the enemy's guns, and 
 succeeded in taking two field pieces and a howitzer, completely routing all who defended them. 
 The conduct of the 92nd, whose Colonel was killed, and who lost many officers and men, was 
 splendid on this occasion. Opposed to a tremendous fire, and suffering severely from the French 
 line, they never receded a foot, but maintained the contest alone, until the marines and the rest 
 
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 \n 1807, Major Patton was with Lord Cathcart's army in Denmark, at the attack on 
 C()penhaj,'t'n, and in the division connnandcd by Sir Arthur Wellosley, tlien a llajor-Ciencral. 
 In 1808 he Avas in S[iain umlcr Sir John Moore, whore lie cmlureil the terrible hardships of that 
 ever memorable retreat in midwinter, when the British wereoutninnbered tenfold, and to escape 
 being henuned in, the little army of .SO,O0(> had l,o fail back on Coruima, before (according to 
 Napier's computation) Napoleon's 330,000. " Moore," sayrfanotlier historian, " <lid not begin his 
 retrograde movement until he learned that the Emperor in person was on the march to intercept 
 his retreat towards Portugal and the sea. while another army was advancing against him from 
 the direction of Burgos. At lengtli learning that the whole of the dispo«ablo French armies 
 in the Peninsula were gathering to surround an<l cut him oH' — their cavalry alono exceeding 
 his whole force by 12,000 men — he commenced, on an evening in December, a rapid march 
 towards the coast, through the niountainous rt^gions of (Julliuia, and began one of the most 
 splendid, masterly, yet hara.ssing and disastrous retreats in the amials of Eritish warfare, pur- 
 sued by a swift and active enemy, through defiles dxjcp with snow, across rivers that were 
 bridgeless, for the length of 250 miles, amid suH'erings that were un|)arallelcd, without the loss 
 of a single standard, a piece of cannon, or any military trophy whatever." And yet, with an 
 army reduced to 14,000 men, when in January, 1809, they reached the coast, and confronted by 
 20,000 French veterans. Sir John Moore not only defeated the enemy at (.'orunna, but secured 
 the embarkation of his gallant warriors. The heroic leader however, was mortally wounded, and 
 tlie nation — as with Wolfe at Quebec, Nelson at Trafalgar, and Abercrombio in Egypt — had to 
 mourn his untimely death on the field of battle, and in the very hour of victory. 
 
 For a time, the combined eH'ects of the exposure in Spain and a slight sunstroke in Egypt, 
 told on Major Patton 's health, and he was not allowed to return to the seat of war — the result 
 being that his thoughts were turned to (.'anada, where so many of his old companions in anus 
 were directing their steps. Retiring from active military life, ho came to Canada in 1810, and 
 settled on a fine farm in the Township of Adolplnistown,on the Bay of Quint(? ; but, like many 
 half-pay oflicers at a later period, he soon found out his mistake, and in 1820 accepted the 
 position of Ordnance Storekeeper at Fort Wellington, Prescott, and was the first Registrar of 
 the County of Grenville. In 182!), he was offered the Barrackmastership at York, now Toronto, 
 and held the appointment until IS.'JO. He died at his residence. Queen street, August 1."), 1838, 
 in his 08th year. 
 
 In the true .sen.se of the term. Major Patton was the t3'pe of a Christian gentleman — and 
 while integrity, ur^ited to a keen perception of duty and honor, commanded the confidence 
 and respect of all with whom he was brought in contact, so his goodness, genial disposition, 
 and courteous bearing, endeared him to a wide circle of friends. He married Elizabeth, wa 
 
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 rpHE RKV. Hi':NRV PATTON, D.C.L.. Trinity Colli -,'.• Toroi to, and Archdoaoon of tlin 
 -*- Dioccsi! (»f Ontario, dii-d at HcUfvilli', April ;)(>, IS"!". Hi' was liorn at (,'liclinsford, 
 Ksscx, March 27, lHOd, and received his early education in Knj^land ; canio to Canada with 
 his father, the late Major I'atton, 4.")tli Uegiment, in IMK! ; completed his education at the 
 Brockville Grammar School ; and studied Divinity at ChaniMy in Lower < ,'ana<la. 
 
 In IS2!) Dr. Patton was urdaincil Deacon by tho late Bishop Htowait in the Catheclial at 
 (Jueliec, and the year fipllowinj,' was made Priest by tho samo Bishop in St. James' Chuich, 
 York, now Ti)ront()— the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada then forming onu Dioceso 
 under the Bishop of Qiiohec, while now there aro. seven Bishops presiding over as many Dioceses. 
 Hi' was appi)inted to the mission of Kemptville, in 182!>, at that time omhracing tho Townships 
 of Oxford, Marlliorough, North and South (Jower, W'olford, and the Villages of Kemptville, 
 Burritts' Rapids and Merrickville, where he laliored unassisted for seventeen years, and was 
 so heloveil that when it was .sought to transfer him to the Pailsh of Jh'oekville, a numerously 
 signed petition was forwarded to Bishop Stewart praying that ho might not he removed. Even 
 now, after the lapsi' of over .'{((years, "the swi.'et rememhrance of the just" lingers atl'ection- 
 nttly in the ni'lghhorhood, and tliiough the exertions of the present venerable Rector, tho 
 Rev. Rural Dean Stannage, his name is being perpetuated by the ei-ection of The, Archdeacon 
 I'nttiin Miiii'ifiid Chunlt — a spacious stone editice, which for design and beauty, when completed, 
 will rank among tho best specimens of church architecture in the Province. 
 
 On the death of the Rev. J. B. Limlsay in IK-t.'!, Dr. Pattou was appointed to Cornwall by 
 the late Bishop Strachan, where lie remained until LS7L "'f"*'iating regularly also at Moulimite 
 and Baii'liart's Isliuid. Li the last mentioned year he wa.s ortiMVil the Rectory of Bellevil' l- 
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 which had so long bound him to Cornwall, and where for the previous three years his exei ins 
 hail been untiring in what was to him a labor of love — the erection of "The Bishop Strachan 
 Memorial < 'Inireli. " 
 
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 named ho was made Archdeacon of the whole Diocese. In 1871 he succeeded the late Rev. Dr. 
 Beaven as Prolocutor of the Provincial Synod, and was again elected in 1873 ; for though a 
 High (Jliurchnian of the old school, he was moderate in his views, and was recognised as a 
 sound clnuchnian, thoroughly evangelical in his teaching and opposed to innovations, and 
 being uniforndy atlable, considerate and conciliatory, he proved acceptable to the whole 
 Synod. 
 
 Archdeacon Patton was known as an indefatigable worker all through life. Fifty years 
 since, when the laborers were few, clergymen had difficulties and har<lships to encounter such 
 as can scarcely be realized at this day ; but whether as a travelling missionary or as Archdea- 
 con he was ever ready at the call of duty. His administrative capacity WJis very groat, and 
 while zealous in the discharge of every description of parochial work he yet found time to 
 devote himself to the general interests of the (Jhnrch elsewhere — hence his appointment by 
 Bishop Strachan in 184!), as Rural Dean of the Johnstown Deanery, and V)y Bishop Lewis as 
 one of his examining Cliaplaiiis, and sole Archdeacon of his large Diocese. As chairman of the 
 Missi(jn Board and the Clergy Trust (.,'onniiittee, as well as an active member of all important 
 couunittees his etticieiit services will long be hehl in grateful reC(dlection in the Ontario 
 Diocese. 
 
 He was twice married ; Alfred Mcrwin, of the Trust and Loan Company, being the only 
 survivor of .several children by the first marriage in 18:53, with Harriet Amelia nee Warner, of 
 Geneva, \]. S., and the Rev. Herbert Bethune, of Ottawa, Merriall Lucy, of Lichfield, and 
 Francis Lawrence, of the Federal Bank, by his marriage in 184G with Ceorgiana ?i'/c Dodson, of 
 Lichfield, England, niece of the late Hir John Dodson. 
 
 HON. JAMES PAI^^rOX, (,).C., 
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 r'P^HK subject of this notice, youngest .son of tlie lute Major Patton, 4.jth Regiment, was born 
 -'- it Irosoott, Ont., June 10, 1824. Removing to Toronto in 1830, he was educated at 
 
 U. C. College, and in 1840 entered tlie law ofiiee of the late lb m. J. Hillyard Cameron — at 
 that time in jiartnership with the present Chancellor Spragge. In 1843, on the opening of 
 King's College (now tiio University of Toronto), he matriculated in arts, but graduated in law; 
 and In 18.')8 took the degree of LL.l). Called to the Bar in 184.'), he settled in Barrie, the 
 county town of Simeoe, and in a few years acquired an extensive business. In 1852 he started 
 and for several years was proprietor and editor of the Ilirrle ll<:rahl — it and the liarric Majnet 
 
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 Reform, being the only papers north of Toronto, while now tliurc are between thirty and forty ; 
 the same year published the Canadian Constables' AssisOmf, and in IH'jo was one of tiie 
 founders and editors of the Upper Canada Law Journal. In l.S,")!) he was elected a 
 Bencher of the Law Society, and, having been Sidicitor-General, is a life Bencher, by statute. 
 In 1802 he was created a Queen's Counsel. In 185.'{ ho took into partnership Mr. Hewitt bernan , 
 and the year following the late Mr. Sidney I'osens. In 18.')7 Mr, Wm. J). Ardagh also became a 
 partner — the Barrie firm changing to Patton and Ardagh in 18.")S, on Mr. Bernard's appoim;- 
 nient as I)c))ut3- Minister of Justice. 
 
 In 18(J0 he opene<l a branch office in Toronto, and the year following was joincil 
 by . former pupil, Mr. Featherston Osier, now Judge of the (Jommon Pleas, and subse([uently 
 by Mr. Thomas Mo.ss, now Chief Justice of the Court of Appenls — the firm of Patton, Cslerand 
 Moss obtaining a prominent jiositiou. In lSC,i. liaving been invited b^' Sir John A. Maedonald 
 to tjike charge of his large business, he left for Kingston, but retin'ned in 1872 on the removal 
 of the Trust and Loan Company's office to Toronto — Messrs. Maedonald and Patton being the 
 company's solicitors. This partnership continued until 1878, when he accepted the position of 
 general manager of an P'dinburgh loan company —T//'' Eni/Uxh and Scottish InreHtmmd Com- 
 pany of Canada — and retired from the active practice of the profession in which he had been 
 engaged 'VS years. 
 
 When the Legislative Council, now the Senate, was m;ide an elective body in bS.V], and 
 Upper and Lower Canada mai)pcd out into 48 electoral divisions, with twelve membeis 
 elected every two years, Mr. Patton was one of tlie six returned tjiat year for what is now 
 Ontario, and the first representative of the group of counties consisting of Grey, Bruce and 
 North Simcoe, known a,s the Saugeen Division- the other five being the Hon. John Simpson, 
 and the late Ednnind Jlurney, Dr. Harmanus Smith, Judge Prince, and » 'haneellor Viinkoughni't. 
 In 18(32 he became a member of the Cartier-Macdonald Ministry, with a .seat in the lv\ecutivc 
 Council (now the Privy Council . and Solicitor-General for Cpper Canada— Sir John A. Mae- 
 donald being Attorney-General— but wa.s defeated when seeking re-election. With the fall of 
 the Government, a few weeks later, be retired from public life. While in Parliament he carried 
 through, among other measures, the Debenture Registration Act. ;ind tlic Act which has elevated 
 the status of Attorneys by requiring the passage of examinations in addition to the mere .ser- 
 vice under articles ; aUo amendments of the Grand Jury v ; but was unsueccsslMl in attempt- 
 ing to introduce the Scottish system of doin- away wit/i the re,|uircd unanimity of twelve 
 j,„.,„.s —the Bill, though passed by large majorities in foiii' cinisecutive sessions, being invarial>ly 
 
 voted down in the Commons. 
 
 He assisted in the formation of "The University Association," and was its President 
 for several year.s— holding the otHee until bis electiiui as Vice-Cliancellor of the University 
 of Toronto From 18(i() to bS(i4 he was Vice-Cliancelior, aixl was succeeded by the Hon. 
 
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 Adiim Crooks, now Minister of Edufiition, but is still an cx-officio member of the Senate. In 
 1801-2 ho was f 'hairniaii of tlu) I'^nivorsity (,'oinmission issued b}' the Crown. 
 
 In 18.5;l lie niarrii'(l Martha Marietta, the eldest (laui,'hter of Alfred Hooker, E.sq,, of 
 Trescott. 
 
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 SAMUEL MEIINER, Memliur of the House of Coiuiiions for South Waterloo, and the 
 leading business man at New Hamburg, was born in tlie Canton of Berne, Switzerland, 
 January 2!l, \^'1'\, liis parents being Jacob and Sasan (Sehluchter) Merner. In 1837 the 
 family emigrated to Canada and settled on a bush farm two miles west of New Hamburg, where 
 the parents lived until their ileath, the father dying in 1873, aged 81 years, and the mother in 
 1870, aged 80 years. Samuel received a common school drill, and when fifteen years of age 
 he went to I'reston, County of Waterloo, learned tlie blacksmith trade, and after working at it 
 in different places as a journeyman, came to New Hamburg in 18+4, started blacksmith and 
 wagon .shops, managed them for ten or eleven years, then sold out to his j-ouuger brother, 
 Frederick Merner, and a little later started a foundry, which he ran until 187;<, when he gave 
 it to his eldest son, Simpson, who is still managing it. Air. Merner had also, at the .same time, 
 a foundry at Waterloo, which he gave to his son Absalom. 
 
 In 187i Mr. Merner bought a flouring mill in New Hamburg, and besides cu.stom work, lie 
 is manufacturing from lO.OOO to 12,000 barrels of tlour, the mill having five run of .stone, and 
 doing first-class work. He is also a silent partner in an extensive furniture factory at 
 Berlin. 
 
 Mr. Mernei- has had striking success in his business ventures, and is the principal 
 proprietor of the Vi!lag(! of New Hamburg, owning several business blocks and other i)ro])crty 
 besides his mill and elegant homestead, with pleasant surroundings, in the heart of the village. 
 Hi- has also two tine farms in Wihnot Township, and has at times been fpiite active and 
 pidiiiinent in agricultural societies. 
 
 Ml'. Merner has bei'U a leailing man in the \'illage and County Councils — tJouncilman two 
 years, Heeve seven yeais, Warden one year, and a member of the School Board a long time, 
 being Chairman at tliis time, and doing a good wcjrk for the local schools. 
 
 In 1878 Mr. Merner was an Independent candidate ♦^or Parliamer., for the South Riding of 
 ^\ aterioo, and hand.somely distanced bis competitoi- in tlie race. Ho is a practical business 
 man, a bard woiker, is gifted with solid connnon sense, an<l will, no dotibt, make a valuable 
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 Ho is a Master Mason nml an (^tld Kullow, but rarel}', we lu'licvo, nu-cts with I'ithcr liody. 
 
 In 184') Mr. Mornor nmrrii'd Miss JIary Ann (irasscr, a native of Alsace-Lorraine, and they 
 have buried four children and liave ten living. Four of these are married ; the two sons 
 already mentioned; Annnon, who is a brtiwer at Baden, three miles cast of New Handmrg, ami 
 Judith, wife of Solomon Weaner, book-keeper in New Hamburg. 
 
 VxV.X. T]I():\L\S W. ALLEX, 15. A., 
 
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 THO^rAS WILLIAM ALLEN, Rector of Cavan for the last twenty-si.\ years, is a native 
 of Sligo, Ireland, and was born December 16, 1S21, his pai'ents being William and Anne 
 (Cartwright) Allen, llis father was Recorder of Sligo. This branch of the Allen family — a 
 soldier — went into Ireland with William, Piinee of Orange, and fought at the battle of the Boyne. 
 Our .subject received a ela.ssical educati(m at Sligo, under Mr. Quill, of Trinity College, Dublin ; 
 in his Itith year endgrated to New York City, studied three years at St. Paul's College, Long 
 Islaml, under that saintly man, Dr. Middendiugh; was tutor four years in the priviite family 
 of Albert H. Junes, of Oyster Bay, Long island, studying theology at the same time, and in 
 Novemlii'r, IS-tii, came to Canada. In May of the following year Mr. Allen entered the Theo- 
 logical Institute at Cobourg, under the late Bishop Bethune, ami on the :?Oth of July, hS4iS, 
 was ordained at Hamilton by Bishop Strachan. He was appointed traveling missionary foi' 
 the old Midland District, in the neighborhood of Kingston, laboiing in that iielil with great 
 assiduity, between thiee and four years. Subsei|uently he became Incumbent of St. John's, in 
 the suburbs of Kingston ; ami a year and a half later (I8.");i), was promoted to the Rectory of 
 L'avan, which position he still holds. There are now five good churches, foni' of them erected 
 since he came upon the ground. He has recently built a Smiday School house adjoining the 
 church at .Millbrook, his residence ha\ ing been in this village for twenty-one years. He was 
 made Rural Dean nf Durham and \'ietoria ni'arly twenty 3ears ago ; has had assistant curates 
 for t'liiiteen or tiffeen years, yet his labois are extensive, ami he is untiring, usually preaching 
 tline times on Sunday, aiul tr.-iveling from twentj* to twenty-five ndlcs. As will be inferred. 
 
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 biM'ii limited to the Church. He held tor a long period the ottice of Superintendent of publii' 
 in.'tiuetlon in this township, and was self sacrificing in his efibrts to do gooil in that sphere, 
 As a preacher, he is plain and pointed, and aims to instruct the people and to lead them in tlie 
 right way. He could have had mon; prominent pari'ihes long ago, and better pay, but he is 
 contented to labo;- where he seems useful, and where the people love him. 
 
THE CAXADf.lX nJOflRAPinCAL DICTIOSAIiY. 
 
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 Mr. Alli'ii inarviiMl JesKic, dan^^'litcr of (ioorgo McClellan, of Horguo, Kii'kcu(11m<{lit, Scot- 
 liind, Jamiiiry, Im'jO, and they havo oi,i,'lit sons. (Suorgo Gordon, thu i-ldcst, is in Manitoba; 
 William Cartwricrlit is a dfrgynian and an instrnctor in Trinity College Seliool, Port Hope; 
 I'lioiuas Heibert is practising medieine in New York City; Alexander is a stndent in Tiinity 
 College, Toronto; and John, Harry, Noi'nian and Walter, are at homo. Alexander, who is about 
 completing his studios, holds the position of Senior Man in the Arts coui'so, -whieh position his 
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 \ LE.X ANDER RI^'HARD STEPIIKX, the pioneer Physician and Surgeon,at Collingwood 
 -*--*- is a grandson of Alexamler Stephen, author of "Memoirs of Joliii fforne Tooko," and 
 several biograjihies and obituaries, and son of Thomas Stephen, an Ensign in the First Regiment 
 of Foot or Royal Scots at the battle of Waterloo, and was born at Tunbridge-Wells, Kent, England, 
 February 2+, 1.S27. His father was wounded at the liattle of Waterloo, ami the son has the 
 original letter sent to his father, containing a remittance of twenty-tive pounds, called " blood 
 money," presented to him on account of the wound received. He has also his Commission, 
 dated Septcndier 23ril, IS] -t, he being only sixteen yoais old, yet carrying the colors in that 
 memorable contlict, the result of which wis prace to tlie woild. The son has also the Waterloo 
 mcdiii, struck for his father. The mother of our subject was a daughter of l^i'V. Richard and 
 J.ady Kii/abeth iirickenden, and daughter of Loid Cavan. 
 
 Young Alexander was educated jiartly in his native country, and partly in the island of 
 AntigUM, West Indies ; came to ( 'anada about ISt.") ; was an Ensign and [.lieutenant of a colored 
 company of incorporated militia, stationed on the Wellaud Canal about four years, and at the 
 same time was engaged in the study of medicine. .\t the end of the four years the company 
 was disban<leil, and he continued the stuily of medicine; attended medical lectures at Butl'alo, 
 N. Y. and Toi'onto ; i-eceived the degree of .M.D. at the latter city, and went to Penetangui.sh -no 
 in medical charge of a company of ei\roiled pensioners and a tiibe of Indians. 
 
 At the end of three years. Dr. Stephen settled at Collingwood, tluMi just starting, Charles 
 .Mac(lonnell, ni>w Mayor of the town, and one or two other persons being heie at that time. 
 Hei-e he has jii'actiseil his profession for moie than a ijuai'ter of a century, being the oldest and 
 best known ])hysician along the line of the (ieorgian Bay — having been dixcrted, however, a 
 few times, for a .shoi't season only, by his connection with the military. A few years after 
 locating in Collingwood, he raised a rille comj)any, and hail comnuind of it for two or three 
 
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 yi'ars. Wlion, oil nfcouiit of tlie St. Allmu'.s Kaiil, the lbrce« wont to Niiijjiua, lio accoiiijianifd 
 tlu'in lis Major of tlie battalion lunlfr Col. ])mie, now Assistant Adjutant (li'ninil, icnmininj,' 
 tlaie four niontlis. A littk' lator, lu- went to Port Colborno, in conunand of four companifs and 
 tliu Wi'lland Battery of Artillory. Ho was thoro about two months, returning in April, and the fol- 
 lowing June, in eoniniand of a battalion of ten companies, he joined the force under Col. Lowney, 
 reaching Foit Erie the day after the fight there with the Fenians, The ne.\tyi'ar he went as 
 Lieutenant-Colonel of the Sinicoe battalion under Col. Woolsey, to Thorold, and spent a few 
 weeks in the drill camp. Finding that these military episodes interfered with his practice, the 
 iloctor retired some years ago, retaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He is devoting his 
 attention very elost'ly to his business, which is ipiite lai'ge. 
 
 Dr. Stephen was in the Hvst Town Council ; has been a Coroner of the county for fifteen 
 years, and has been Cliaiiinan of the Uoanl of Trustees of the High School, now Collegiate In- 
 stitute, from its establishment to the present time. He is making himself ijuite useful as a 
 c'.tiziii. irresjiective of _his profession, in which he has a highly respectable stamling. He is 
 I'resident of the Mechanics' Institute, and has always been an active member of that institution. 
 II J is also President of the lA)nservative Association of Collingwood, and takes a deep inteiest 
 in ]iolitics, especially during elections. He is connected with the C'hurch of England; was 
 w.irdcn of All Saints' ('luirch, Collingwood, f()r a number of years ; is a delegate to the Provin- 
 eial Synod, and is (juite active and prominent iu < 'hurch matters. 
 
 In.lulv. I.S.jI, the Doctor married Sarah, daughter of the Hon. Thomas Parke, formerly 
 Siirvevor-(ic'nri'al of Ontario, and afterwards CoUee'tor of Customs, at St. Catharines ; and of 
 nine cliildreu of whom Mrs. Stephen has been the mother, eight are living. Richard Miln is 
 practising mrdicine on the island of Manitotiiin ; Thomas Henry Algernon is in tlie Federal 
 Bank at London, Out. ; and tlie otlier six are sceuring tlieii' education in the local schools. 
 
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 DOCToK COiil'RN.^on of Jolni and K!i/a ^'Walker Colnun, was liorn near Bra<lford, 
 Countv of Sinieoc, Novendn'r 11. ls:{7. His father was born in the City of New York ; 
 hi-, niotlirr. m ar llcjt'ast. lieland. His paternal grandfather was also fi'om Ireland, and movecl 
 from New Vnrk to V y\\v\' Canada wlieii the father of our subject was a youth, settling near 
 the Viilaue (if l')radt'ord. .biln Cobinn became a wealthy farmer, and is still living in the old 
 homestead, bale and rubn.-t. having always been a man of industiious and, in every way. cor- 
 rect habits. His tiu' Dr'> mother died Deci'udier 1, bSIIN. 
 
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 In addition to a Common and Oinmniar Hdiool education, i\w Doctor ivci'ivcd classical 
 private tuition ; during tliat period lie spent three veors in teneliiii^' at Clarksville, in Tecuni- 
 seth, ami at Kislier's Corners, County of Simcoe; studied medicine two years with Di'. Thomas 
 C<)(jk Schotield, of Bond Head ; attended lectures at Toronto in the medical department of Vic- 
 toria Cjilej,'e, \Mider Dr. Rolph, receiving,' the degree of M.D. in the spring of ISOi, and May Gth 
 of that year conunenced practice in the Village of Markham. 
 
 On the 2!lth of Octohor, 1800, Dr. Culmrn settled in Ushawa, a t<nvn of 4,.'00 pi>ople, ami 
 for thirteen years has heen in general practice there, now .sharing, with five other physicians, 
 the ])atronage of the town and surrounding country. It is noteworthy that these .sevt-ral 
 medical men are, without exception, temperate in their hidiits, well educated, skilful in their 
 profession, and among the leading men in the connuunity. 
 
 ]^r. Cohurn represented the medical territor)' termed " King's ami Queen's," in the Medi- 
 cal Council of the (A)Ilego of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, in l.STi, liS7:l, and 1S74, suc- 
 ceeded Dr. MctJill, of Oshawa, has heen .secretary-treasurer of tlie Medical Association of 
 " King's and Queen's " since 1875 ; has heenCoroneiof the County since 1871. and a memliemf 
 tlie local Board of Education din-ing the last nine or ten years, most of that time occupying a 
 prominent position on the Committees of the Board. Th(> Doctor i.s very active in local afi'airs 
 and has a hand in everything tliat looks like progress in educational or social matti'rs. 
 
 October 8, 1800, Miss Marion Augusta Keesor, eldest daughter of Hon. David Ueesor, of 
 Markham, hecame the wife ol Dr. Cohurn, and has had three children, losing oiu' of them Dec. 
 7, InTis. The familv attend the Methoili.st Church of Canada. 
 
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 TTOR.VTIO CHAllLES BURRITT, son of Walter H. Burritt, M. D, an.l Maria wr Scho- 
 -* — *- field, was horn at Smith's Falls, Count}- of Lanark, Ontario, Septcmher "J, 18+0. His 
 grandfather, Daniel Burritt, was the first settler at Durritts R;ipids on the Rideau liver, the 
 place lieing named from him. He was a I'nited Empire Loyalist, horn in Coimectieut. and was 
 the second settler on the river mentioneil ahove. He was a m;igistrate and Cojniii'l of Militia. 
 The family are lemotely related to Elihu Burritt, the •learned lilaek>mitli. ' who died in 1.S7U. 
 Dr. Walter H. Burritt was born in Septend)ei-. 1809, in (irenville. now Cai'leton County, 'hitario ; 
 received his medical education at Fairfield, N. Y., graduating in 18:}."), and practised for thirty- 
 five years at Smith's Falls, removing to Peterborough in 1870. < >n locating he intended to 
 retire from profe.H.sional business, but found himself uncomfortalih' in having nothi?)gto do, and 
 is doing just enough to furnish healthy exercise. 
 
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 Our subject was oJucatod iit Smith's Falls Oniiiiiiiar School, Bishop's C'olloi,'o, Leimoxvillo, 
 Province of Quebec, and McOill University, Montreal, receiving tho degree of M.D.C.M., May 
 3, 18C3. 
 
 Dr. Burritt practised a few months with his father at Smith's Fails ; spent tho winter 
 of IHG.'J-fi-t as Aetin;; Assistant Surgeon at Lincoln Hospital, Washington,]). ('. ; in 1805 located 
 at Morrisliurg, Comity of Dundas, Ontario ; practised there until 1808, and then settled in 
 Peterborough— though his house, 'St. Leoimrd's," is just across the Otonabee river in Ash- 
 burnham, his l)usiness office and post office are in Peterborough. When he located here tho 
 town was .seemingly well supplied with men in his profession, but he soon built up a lucrative 
 practice, and has a business second in extent to no surgeon in the place. He is kind and at- 
 tentive, as well as expert ; keeps well posted in his profession, and is a growing man. 
 
 While in Morrisburg, ])r. Burritt was Surgeon to tho Prescott Hrigadi; of Garrison Artil- 
 lery, and Coroner of IJundas ; has had various positions tendered to him here, but has usually 
 succeeded in keeping out of office, it being ii hindrance to his professional busine.ss. 
 
 He is a member of the St. Luke the Evangelist's KpLseopal Church, Ashburnham ; has an 
 honorable standing amoiij^ Christian people, and has been a delegate to the Synod a dozen years 
 or more. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Burritt was Maria H. Rogers, daughter of the late James G. Rogers of 
 Grafton, County of Nortlunuberland, m.uried October 20, 18G4. They have five children 
 living, and have lost two. 
 
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 DAVID WYLIE, generally calleil " the father of the Press," and certainly a journalist of 
 great experience as well as ability, is a .son of William and Mary (Orr) Wylie, who 
 were married in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, in 180-1', and reared a family of five child- 
 ren, of whom David was the fourth child. Two of his brothers were .sea captains, one of them 
 of the Inman line of steamers. David was born in the village of Johnstone, parish of Paisley, 
 Marcli 2.3, 1811. Fortunately foi' iiim his father, who was a shoe dealer, was very fond of 
 books, and eni:(iuraged JJavid to cultivate a taste for reading, which he did at a very eai'ly ago. 
 
 At fourteen he was apjirenticed to a printer for the period of seven years, the hist half of 
 which ])eriod he .spent in the I'niversity Printing Office, Glasgow, where, at tho .same time he 
 also took lessons in Latin, French, and Stenography. 
 
 On completing his ap[)rentice.ship, Mr. Wylie spent three or four years on the Greenock 
 Advert i'^vr, there writing his newspaper items, and two or three .short .stories for that pjiper. 
 
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 Afterwards lie liiul a sitiiatitni on the (Jlas;,'ii\v (ImirdiiDi, rciiioviii^' at the end of eij,'litccu 
 inoiiths to Liverpool, where he was reporter and proof-reader for the Mail for eight years. Wo 
 next find liim at Maneliester, on {\u^ Anti-Corn-lMW Ciiriilur, tlie niouth-pieco of ('obden, 
 Driglit, and statesmen >>( that ilk. In a short tiinu that (luhlieation wont to London and ho 
 returned to Scotland, takinj,' cliarye of thi^ Fi/f Ifcruld oiWw, in the town of Cupar, a paper 
 owned hy Ocorjije Tullis, and edited hy Mr. Russell, afterwards of the Edinlmrgli SfiitsmiUi. 
 
 While in that plaee Mr. Wylii- puldished ii story called " Life of a Conviet," and several 
 metrical eonipositions \u Dw Ui'ruld. At that period he was invited Vy John C Heeket, of 
 .Montreal, to come to Canada and take charj^e of his printinj,' otKce, he lieing the jmblisher of 
 several monthly periodicals. This otler Mr. Wylii' accepted, arriving in Canada in Septendier, 
 1.S4."). At that time the sulijeet of "Responsible Uovernnient " was claiming much attention, 
 (ind he wrote .several letters to the Fi/i; IJcrutd, earnestly and ably advocating the claims of 
 such tioveriunent. 
 
 In ISi'O Mr. Wylie left Mr. Hecket to aecejit the situation of Parliamentary reporter for 
 the Montreal Hemhl, writing meantime, more or less miscellaneously for the daily papers of 
 Montreal, and a monthly magazine called The Lllcrtirij GarltuxJ. 
 
 When the Parliamentary building was burned in 184!), he came to lJ^oek^■ille and took 
 charge of the Jtecarihr. Pef'ore leaving Montreal, however, and ■while the (lovenunent builil- 
 ings were in hot aslie.s, a "call for the Upper House "was made, and Mr. Wylio wrote the 
 report for the Herald — all his but a single French speech — occupying eighteen columns of that 
 p:il)er. So well pleased were the members of the Mouse with his work during the session, that 
 lit its close they voted him a lionus of .S'lO. 
 
 He nuulc the liccDi'der a staunch Refoi'm paper, and a power in this part of the Dominion, 
 He ailvocated large liberties for the people, and limited powers for the Crown, being early made 
 H Radical from witnessing the tyrainiy of the Government in the old M'orld, when sixty years 
 jigo the spy system was in vogue, and when men who kept tire-arms or evi'n a lUsty sword in 
 their house, and spoke in contemjit of the (lovernment, were imprisoned oi' driven out of the 
 coimtry. 
 
 ilr. Wylie published the l>roi'k\ille Hnonlcr Ufa\\y thiity years, issuing a daily eilitionas 
 well as weekly the last three jcars, selling out in Se|>tember, \^7->. In 1807 he collected his 
 poems and published them in a small volume nmler the title of "Waifs from the Thousand 
 Isles," which vitlume, we understand, Iiad a cordial leception at the hands of the press and 
 the public. 
 
 In 1870, under an (engagement with the Provincial (Jovernment ti> bring the subject of 
 " Canada as a field for Immigration " before the people of Scotland, he visited that country and 
 Jiis childhood's home, and made a successful triji, his expenses only being borne, and he giving 
 four mouth,s' time gratuitou.sly to the interests of his ailoi)ted country. By pen as well as 
 
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 timj^iio ho liiiil tlio .sulijt'ct (if lii-* mission hetorc tln' pcDidc, writing,' ii scries nf Ifttcrs lor tli'.' 
 (ilasgow llcntlil. 
 
 Wliiic ill >[()ntivnl Mr. NVvlii' jninnl a litlc coiniiuiiy. ami from that tiim' has warmly 
 lavDi't'il the volimtccr system of Militia, liaviiif,' passed tlirmi;,'!! overy j^raije fi'om a private ami 
 c'cirporal to major, ami is mnv Lieiiteiiaiit-(_'(iloiiel and I'ayinaster of the Militia Distriet No. 4. 
 
 Colonel W'yiie has lieeii connected with the Sehuol Hoard since KS-ll), ami is cliairman of 
 the Hoard in Brockville, and hasheon so for nearly twenty ymva, N'ohody hero takes a livelier 
 interest in educational matters than he. 
 
 He is a mendier of the I'resityterian ('Inirch, and while in Mnntreal was an eldei' in that 
 body. lie ha> lonj,'lMirne a staMe ( liristian character. His life has heen om' of i,'reat usefnlnes.s 
 as well as activity, ami he is well pivscrved, lieini,' a mini of excellent haliits. His stock of 
 knowled^'o is very lai;;e, his comminiicative powers arc admiraMc, mid lie is a ;,'ood entci'tainci' 
 in the social circle. 
 
 Colonel Wylic has a second wife. His first was Miss .laiiet McNah, of (ilas;,'<iw, miirricd in 
 1S34, and dyiny March IG, I8(i.". She had one child, Christina, a lovely yomii,' lady, who died 
 at 23 years of aj,'c. His second wife was Mrs. Sophronia Craig, danghter of James Holdcn of 
 Angtista, Gronville, married Octohcr .">. 1!S(I,'). 'i'hcy have two children, William David Holdcn, 
 a;,'cd thirteen, and Mary Kstliir, aged elc\en years. 
 
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 /^ KOHdK TrUNKU »>KT().\, who reprcs.iits Centre Wcllinj^ton in tie' iloii.se of Coni- 
 ^-^ iiiniis. is a .son of Dr. Henry Orton. who caiiie to I'ppcr Cana<la from LeieeNtershire, Kng- 
 laml, and settled in (ineljih in IM.'I.'). was County ( 'oioner many years, and died at Keri,'iis in 
 iMilt, and Mary //(^c .Icrraiii. al>o a nativ c of Kiii,daiid ; and was horn in Ciiielph, January J!'. 
 1N.S7. His mother died at Nottingham. Englaml. in 1«0.S. 
 
 (Mir siiliject rcci'ived a grammar school education at tliielph ; studied (icrman while with a 
 private tutor at Bi'ilin, County of Waterloo, ( hitario ; and for the medical jirofessinii at the 
 College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, and at the I'nivcrsity of St. Andrews, Scotland, where 
 he was grailuated M.D. in lS(i(». He was MihsiMiueiitl}' elected a nicinlier of the l{oyal < 'ollege 
 of Surjji'ons. En;ilan'l. 
 
 Dr. Orton jiractiscd a short time in England, and at Ancaster, near Hamilton, with his 
 brother. Dr. Henry Orton. and in August, IfStil, settled in Ferg\is. Hero he. .soon built up a 
 remunerative practice, and hn.-; made a good reputation as a physician and surgeon, being one 
 of tljo oldest men in jjracticc liere. 
 
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 lN(i(i; is Siirjjft.n of till' .SOtli liattalioii " \Vrlliii!,'t(in Uilirs" aii>l was ('.iuiu'ilmai\ ami tlu'ii 
 
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 Ho was appoiiiti'il ('.unity ( 'iir.iiii'i' in 1S7(), luit iu^vit sci'vcl ; w.is an at'tive pinMiotoi' nt 
 tlic Wcllin^'ton, (iri'V aihl linici' lliiilway, wliii'li miw pusses thi'oujjli For},'Us, ulsu of tlif ( 'ii'ilit 
 Valley lloail, wliicli is liciiiif cnmpli'ti-cl to Ferj^iis. 
 
 Dr. Orton was an unsiicci'ssfiil eanirhlatc fur tln' House of Conniions in ls7- ; was sucivssful 
 nt generals election in lH7-t; unseateil on iietition ami iimler protest Novcnilter '\, l.STt; n- 
 eleetod on tlie lUtli of l)ecenilier, lM7+,aiul 17tli of Septenilier, 1,S7,S. He is a Liberal ( 'onserva- 
 
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 yreat interest in ai,'rienltural matters; twiee in tiie House of Coinnions, lH7i and l.S7(), moved 
 for a Connnittee on the Aj;ricultural interests of the Dominion, ami was tlie most prominent 
 advocate of a^jrieidtural jirotection, chii'tiy a- a mean- of olitaininy eipiitidije reciprocity with 
 foreijjn eoiintries, his iiersistciit a;;itation in t'MVor of whieh, may have larj;ely intlueiieed the 
 
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 the people on important sulijccts, pertaining to tlirir mental and jthysical well-lieing. 
 
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 IlKCToIt CAMKliON. ().i\. M.A.. M.T.. 
 
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 TTKCTOR CAMFPv(»\, Memher of Parliament for North Riding of the County of Victoria, 
 -*--^ in the Pioviiui' of ( intario. and one of the leading memliers of the Ontario Bar, is do- 
 sccikIciI, on the paternal -ide, from the Glen Dossary hranch of the Clan Cameron, of Inverness- 
 shire. Scotland, and is the only surviving son of A.ssistant Commis.saiy General, Kenneth 
 CaiMiTon. wdio, at the time of the hiith of our suhject at Montreal. June ;V l!S.'J2, was stationed 
 
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 thcro on dutj connected with Iiis otticc. Otliur members of this briincli of tlie Clan Cnnu;roii 
 liavo boon qiiito proniiiiont in Canada, aiiionji; whom we may mention the hito John Cameron, 
 Esq., uncle of Hector, who was a well-known mendjor of tlie Old Canadian Parliament, trom 
 18")7 until ISOl, for \'ietoria County. On the maternal side our subject is of English descent 
 his mother l)eingChristian Selby, daughter of Robert Selby, Esq , of North Earl, Xortluunberhmd, 
 England. On the return of his father to Kiigland, the subject of this m. uioir, then i|uite young, 
 Accompanied them, and was afterwards sent to King's College, London. Later, while his father 
 was stationed at Dublin. Ireland, he entered TriiMty College, in that city, where he graduated 
 in 1>'"L taking the degree of Bachelor of Arts ; returned to Canada the same year, and subse- 
 quently took the degree of ALA. at the University of Toi-onto. Subsequently, after being 
 stationed in various places in the old world. General Cameron also returned to Canada, assigned 
 to duties connected with th.j Connuissariat Department in Jfontreal, where he died in October, 
 18.5o. 8oon after reaching Toronto in IS.'l, Hector « "ameron began the study of law with that 
 distinguislied leader of the Bar— Hon. J. Hillyard Cameron, Q.C., who. iirevious to his deatli, 
 was probably the most eminent of th(, profession in Canada ; and called to the i?ar of l^pper 
 Canada, in Easter Term, IS.l-t, he at once entered upon ;i jiractiee which has been very success- 
 fully pursued ever since. During 18.)8-.3i) Iw was in p.irtnersliii) with the present Minister of 
 Education, Hon. Adam Crooks. After the dis.s(;lution of that firm. Mr. Thomas (now the Hon. 
 Chief Justice) Moss, wlio liad j>revioiisIy bcon a stntlcnt in his otiice, w;is t,ik(>n into partner- 
 ship by Mr. Cameron ; this connection lasted until b'S(i4, whoi ilr. ]\[(i.ss retii'i'<l. From this 
 tin J Mr. Cameron practiseil alone until iNTti, wlu^n the present linn nf Cameron and .\pplebe 
 was formed, lie has always enjoyed a huge practice, an I liiis done a leading business for many 
 years, not contined to either C Mimon Law or Chinicery. but largely in both courts ; to his 
 many eases in tlie latter, liov.-ever, lie proliably largely owns his reputacioii as one of the lead- 
 ing lawyers of Toronto. In 1872 he was created a Queen'-; Counsel: and ii. addition to his 
 geneml practice, is .standing conn.sel fur the Northern Ruilway of CiniMiia, Dominion TeKgiaim, 
 and Anierican Cuion Telegrajih Companies. He has also Ireen somewhat intereste/l in railways, 
 and for some years was director of the Huron ,ind (Juebee, and is now a director (if the Belle- 
 ville and North Ha-stings Railway, and Counsel foi' that ( oinp;iny and the (Irund .Innction 
 Railway. The political sentiments of .\L'. Cameron ai>' in fa\(>r ol the Conservative party, 
 and he has taken a livi'ly interest iii ]>olities for many years , was an unsiucessful candidate in 
 South Victoria, in I8(i7, for the 'louse of Conunons, and in Ncith Victoria, in 1S7I. In 
 Noveudier, I87"), after Mr, MaeLennan, the inenmlient for the latter coirstituency hiol bei.'ti un- 
 .seatcd, he was again a candidate. Mr. MaeLennan was returned but iqiun u subseipient .scrutiny 
 of the votes, Mr. Cameron Avas declared entitled to the .seat, luid since that time ha.-i continued 
 to hold it, being re-elected at tlie general elections in L878. In I'ariiaMieiit lie has actively sup- 
 
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 ported the Conservativo measures, and lias been Chairman of the Private Bills Committee, 
 Though taking a lively interest in all legislation, he inore freciuently discusses the legal (jues- 
 tions that ni'ten arise, than any otluT, on the Hooi- of the House. 
 
 In religious \ lews he adheres to the Chtnch of Kngland ; is a menilier of St. Andrew's 
 Society, and of tlu; Orange Order. 
 
 Mr. Cameron was married in August, l.SiiO, to Clsira, eldest daugliter of William Boswell, 
 Barrister-at-Law, (.'ohourg, and grand-daughter of Captain, Hon. Walter Boswell, U. ^••, a'"l 
 by this union has two children — a son, horn in 1803, and a daughter, horn 1S7G. 
 
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 TILL! AM JOHNSTON RITCHIE, Chief Ju.stiee of the Supreme Court of the Dominion, 
 son of th(! Hon. Justice llitdiie, of Nova Srotid, and was horn at Annapolis, in 
 
 icr came from Scoiland and sottleil in 
 
 nice, in 
 
 OctolxM', 181:?. His paternal graiidfat 
 
 Nova Scotia, prior to tlie American Revolution. The mother of our subject was Eliza Wild- 
 man Johnston, a descendant of a distinguished V. E. i.oyalist family, her grandfather being a 
 Scotcliman of the Annandale liiu.v }Je married a Mi-:s Peyton, a lady of French Huguenot 
 
 ifoigia, ill the troubled times that preceded 
 
 extraction, fb' \vm-: (Joveriiiirof the Province of ( 
 
 the H(,\iihuioii, and when war comiiieiiced his sons all took up arms f<ir ' King Ceorge and the 
 T^'nited Empire, ' and t}iive of them fell in action. On one occasion, one of them was saved 
 
 in a cottin, and lieiiig niouriied over by sympathetic 
 
 from the furv of l!ie rebels bv takiiu: 
 
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 ■iter of the late lion. James W. Johnston, 
 
 Judgt.> ill Ivpiity of (he Pr()vinee of Nova Scutia, who died in November, IN7M, at the age of 
 
 IS a Cajitain in a Regiment <jf Norfolk Volunticrs, raised by 
 
 .'i'dity 
 
 veils. His fathc 
 
 a grandfatlier of (iie l.-iti' Jiul-i' llaliburton. ^lajor .\le.\aiider ( Irnnt. a well-known Sentch othcer, 
 who fell n;oitally Wouideil ut iho storruiiig of Kent Stanwi.x, and died in the arms of Captain 
 Johnston. The liitter mairieil flie only daughter of Captain Eeicli< nsteiii, of .\ustiian extrac- 
 ti<iii, ami sent all his c'lildren to Scotland lor tln.'ii' education. 
 
 The sidM.ei (if this memoir was educated at I'ictou f'ollege; studi' d law at Halifax with 
 his father, Hmi. John William Ivileliie, the present Chief Judge in Eipiity for Nova Scotia; was 
 called to th<' Bar of New Biiinswiek iii bs:?,S ; practised in the City of St. John from IfS.'itl to 
 KS.'.."), and was eivated a (^>ueen's Counsel in IS.H. When this honor wms protlered to him, 
 Justiee iiitehie refused to aeeept it unless on eoiiditioii that it slmuld not tiamuie! him in his 
 
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 political viows, he bciiif,' nt that time in opposition to the Government. Governor-fieneral 
 Head had some correspondence with him, and with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 
 before the appointment came. The following,' extract from a despatch of Sir Eilmund Head to 
 the Secretary of State, dated November 11, 18."):], will explain itself;— 
 
 " Mr. Ritchie is politically opposed to the existini; I Council. Your Grace will therefore under- 
 stand that this 1,'ontleman's appointment, if made by Her Most Gracioiis Majes'y, is to be 
 considered as offered find accepted, without reference to party or political considerations of any 
 kind. His professional claims are amply sutKcient to justify my reconnnendation." 
 
 The appointment came two months aftcrw.ards, and few liarristers in the Province of New 
 Brunswick, ever created a Queen's Counsel, had the honor more worthily bestowed. 
 
 Judge Ritchie sat for the City and County of St. John, in the New Brunswick Assembly, 
 from 1.S48 to 1.S.">1, when he retired, and fmm IHVl, till he was placed on the 15ench. He was 
 a member of the E.\ecutive Council of New Brunswick from Octolier, 1S.")4. until ap].oint('d a 
 Puisne Judge of L.ie Supreme Court of that Province, on the 17tb of August, IS.")'), remaining 
 in that position until he succeeded Hon. Robert Parker, as Chief .liistice of .Ni \v iirunswick 
 November 30, ISO."). His appointment as a Puisne dudge of the Supreme Court of t]>'! Domi- 
 nion, is dateil Gctober S, 1S75 ; that of Chief Justice, -January, l.S7i). Both as a lawyer and a 
 jurist, his career is brilliant, and now, holding the most cxcrllmt |iosition in the jmliciaiy 
 department of the Dominion, he adorns his v\\\w. 
 
 .Fudge Ritchie has been twice married, first in l.S+:{, to .Miss Martha Strang, of St. Andiew's, 
 New Brunswick, she dying in 1N47 ; second time in 18-')4, to Grace Vernon, daughter of the late 
 Thomas L. Nicholson, E.s(|., of St. John N. J!., and step-daughter of the late Admiral \V. F. W. 
 Owen, R. N., of Campobello. The Judge has one child, a daught.i living by the first wile, an<l 
 nine >hildren bv the second, and lost a son bv bis first wife 
 
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 TT^EW m 'U in the Dominion of Canada have bei'U longer in the public service tlian the 
 -*- preiGnt Deputy Postmaster-Genera i. He iommenced in the ofiice of the Deputy Po,st- 
 niaster-Genernl of Canada before be was nineteen years old, and has held some dtbcial |iosition 
 onnccted with the postal department or civil service, for forty-nine years, lie is still vigorous 
 and active, and evidently does nut regard lalior as a very .serious enise. He seems to diiive 
 .solid comfort from the faithful discharge of his duties, and if a ebeerfnl heart promotes longevity 
 
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 to tlie j^rave. 
 
 Mr. Griftin i.s a son of George Griffin, many yeai-s a sm'geon in the British army, and was 
 born in the City of London, August 7, 1812. He followed his father as l;e marched from place 
 to place, while in tlie service, grazing in such literary pastures as were most accessible — though 
 not always the best — and obtaining a fair business education. 
 
 In 1830, Mr. Griffin cro.ssed the ocean to seek his fortune in the New World, settling at 
 Quebec, where, on the 21st of April, 1831, he entered the Imperial service, by becoming a clerk 
 in the office of the Deputy Postmastei'-Cicnoral. Four years later (May 1, 1835), he was pro- 
 moted to be Sur\ eyer of Post Offices, cast of Kingston, and in 1851, was appointed Secretary of 
 the Post Office Department, on its transfer to Provincial control. 
 
 Mr. Griffin was appointed Deputy Po.stmaster-General of Canada, June 12, 1857, and Deputy 
 Postmaster-General of the Dominion, May 30, 18GS, and in the .same }ear, a Commissioner for 
 the reorganizing of the Civil Service. He was also on the Board of Civil Service Connnissiouers 
 in 18G2. It was Mr. Griffin who negotiated the Postal Convention with the United States in 
 1875. He is President of the Civil Service Building and Savings Society, and Chairman of the 
 Civil Service Board. 
 
 He is a mendjcr of the Church of England, and, so far as we can ascertain, has lived a very 
 consistent Christian life. He is a man of great buoyancy of spirits, and genuine cordiality of 
 nature, and affords his shan^ of sunshine in this " dark Avorld" — dark to those who make it so. 
 
 JACOB F. PETNGLE, 
 
 cons WALL. 
 "TACOB FARRAND PRIXGLE, Judge of the County Court, was boin in the City of 
 ^ Valenciennes, France, June 27. 1M(>. His father, .lames Pringle, was a Lowland Scoteli- 
 nian,of the Torsonce Pringles; was \»<\n near Fdinbuij'ii and wasaii dllicer in tlie British armv; 
 his mother, before her marriage, was Ann M. Anderson, in 1M7, mIuu Jacob was little more 
 than one year ol.l, the family came to Canada, titling near Coiiiwali, the father .serving as 
 Clerk of the I'eaee (in' the United Counties of Dundas, Storniunt and (.Sleugaiiy, for a long 
 peiidd, .bieoli received an English and classical education; in 1833, edUinieneed studving law 
 at Cornwall, and became an Attorney ami l>airi>ter in 1838, practising at Cornwall. In 18.')7, 
 he Was eli'eted a lletieliei oi the Law Sueiety. 
 
 Mr. I'ringle was Clerk of the INaee and ('cuniy Attorney, fitmi January, 1.S5N, to Novem- 
 ber, IMKI; was then a]i]i(iinted junior Jnd^r of the Comity Comt. ami .lune 1 .'. I.s78, senior 
 Judge, which office he pow lioMs, peil'oiniing his (inti-s \ery faitlifnllv, and witli eminent .satis- 
 faction to the puMie. 
 
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 Jiulgc rrin(:fle leana to the Conservative side in politics, but has never been an active [(.u - 
 tisan. He was a School Trustee of Cornwall for several years ; is Past Master in Masonry, and 
 a Trustee and Elder in the Presltyterian t'hurch. His moral and religious standing is far above 
 reproach, and lie is a very useful citi/en. 
 
 In September, 1S4+, Isabella, daughter of Hon. Alexander Fi-aser, of Fraserfield, (Jlengarry, 
 became the wife of Judge Pringle, luid tliey have five sons and five daughters living. Ann, the 
 eldest daughter, is the wife of Arthur Moren, M.])., of Halifax, N.S.; Margaret is the wife of 
 Frank J. Hall, merchant, of Walkerton, Ont. ; Isabella is the wife of Th.omis llitchio, barrister, 
 Halifax ; and two daughters and the five sons are single. One son, Alexander Fraser, is study- 
 ing medicine; another, Tl'^l.ert Abercromliie, law; another son, James the eldest, is Clerk of the 
 Division Court ; George is a druggist at Cornwall, and William is in the Local High School ; 
 Mary and Edith are witli tlicir parents. 
 
 Judge Pringle has a relic of Revolutionary times, an orderly book which belonged to his 
 maternal great-gi-andfathcr, Captain Samuel Anderson, Avho conunanded a light infantry compau}* 
 in Sir John Johnston's Royal Regincnt — the book being a record of matters between ^lay. 177!', 
 and August, 17>S0. The paternal grandfathei- of the Judge was \lso a United Empire Loyalist- 
 
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 LIEUT.-COLONEL JOHN STOUGHTON DENNIS, Deputy Minister of the Interior, 
 was born at Kingston, Ontario, in bS2(). He is the eldest son of Joseph. Dennis and 
 Mary Stoughton, his wife, and grandson of John ])ennis, a United Empire Loyalist, who, living 
 in Philadel[ihia at the time of the American lebellion, cast liis fortun.-s in with the Crown. 
 At the close of the war, Mr. Dennis, with other expatriated Loyalists, settled in Shelbmiie, 
 N. S., whence he moved to Beaver Harbour, N. B., and finally, in 1792, settled in Upper (Janada 
 on a tract of land given hinx by the Government on the Humber, near Toronto. Mary Stough- 
 ion M-as a granddaughter of John Gray, a mendiei- of Frazer's Highhuvlers, who, as part of 
 "Wolfe's firmy on the heights of Abraham, contributi'd their .share towards the glories of the l^th 
 of September, 17i)!>, the day which gave Canada to the British Crown. 
 
 For many years, Colonel Dennis was a wiildy-known and active member of the land 
 surveying profession, and in early life .served the GoviTinnent in making many in.portant 
 explorations ami surveys. In IS.")."), he coimected himself with the active militi': force, raising 
 andconnnanding a battery officii artillery at Toronto; and on the reorgi.iuzation of the 
 militia in LStii, he was appointed to the permanent staff of the active finre aslirigade major of 
 the oth ndlitary district. 
 
 In l«(j!), on the aciiulsition by Canada of the North-west Territories, the subject of this 
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 but tlio work Imd linnlly been coinmcncuil when, in conunon with the Hoti. Win. McI)on;,'all, 
 C.B., who hail boon appointed Lieutenant-Governor, and otiier ofHciais of the Canadian Gov- 
 ernment, lie was obliged to leave the country, in consequence of the lebellious conduct of the 
 French lialf-breedH. 
 
 In 1871, Colonel Dennis was appointed Surveyor-General of the lands owned by tho 
 Dominion. Upon acceding to otHco he devised and initiated, in the newly aci[uired territories, 
 with the approval of the Government, the ailmirable system of rectangular survey and tho 
 comprehensive and liberal land i)olicy, confirmed by Act of Parliament the following year, 
 and now in force — and entered generally, under tho direction of tho Secretary of State, on tho 
 work of administering tho public domain. 
 
 On accejiting tho ottico of Surveyor-General, he resigned his position on the staff of tho 
 militia, and removed to Ottawa. In November, 187S, ho was appointed Deputy Minister of 
 the Interior. 
 
 Colonel Dennis married, in IS'tS, Sarah Maria, second daughter of tho late George Henry 
 Oliver and Harriet Webb Sadler, his wife, of Kingston, Ontario, by whom ho ha.s had nine 
 cliildren, seven of whom aro living. 
 
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 ALEXANDER D. FEPtRlEH, 
 
 FERGUS. 
 
 ALEXANDER DAVID FERRTER, member of the first Ontario Parliament, and a pioneer in 
 that part of the Townsliip of Niehol on which the village of Fei'gus now stands, was born 
 in Edinburgh, Scotland, November i;},181.'?. His parents were Lewis Heiuy and Charlotte (Monro) 
 Forrier. His paternal grandfatiier was a JIajor-Genei al in tlie Driti.sli Army, and had a brother 
 (who took the name of Hamilton), a Lii'utenant in the Navy, and had command of the men who 
 drew the cannon from the river liank to tlie plains of Abraliam, at the time tliat General Wolfe 
 won his great victory. His maternal grandfather, Alexander Monro, was Professor of Anatomv 
 in tlie Uuivei.-ity of Etlinburgh. 
 
 Mr. Feirier was educated at the Edinburgh Jicademy and University, spending three win- 
 ters in the latter in.->titution ; in 1830 came with the family to Quebce, where his father was 
 Collector of Custom.s, and who died in LS.S:}. Alexander, after lieing in a large Conunission house 
 in Quebec four years, came, in 18.'U, to the place where Fergus now stands, bought a little more 
 than 200 acres of land ; improved it from 183.") to 184") ; tlien kept books three years at Elora ■ 
 was appoii\tcd Clerk of tho County Council in 1849, and held that ottico more than twenty 
 years, living the fii-st three at Guelph, and then returning to Fergus. 
 
 D.iring the latter part of the period that JIi'. Ferrier was farming, and while clerking at 
 Elora, he was a member for four years of tho District Council ; was a private during the Re- 
 
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 bellion of 1.S37-.SS; was subsorim'titly piomotoil to Captain aiul Major, mid in 1>S,')G foruiod the 
 Ctli Battalion Wollinytoii ililitla, and was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel. 
 
 Mr. Ferricr wa.s Clerk of the County Council until 1871, when he resi^Micd. Duriii;,' tho 
 last four years that he was in that oHiee lie represented the Centre Hidin;,' of Wellington in the 
 Local A.ssendily. Immediately afterwards he went to Scotland, sjiont three years in that coun- 
 try, and then ri'turned to Fergus, where ho now resides. 
 
 In 1850 he married Magdalene Dingwall Fordyce, of Fergus, who died without issue in 
 Septendicr, 187-. He has a small lait well selected library, and finds comfort and i)rofit in his 
 books. Among them is an edition of the poems of Kobert Burns, dedicated by the author to 
 the members of tho Caledonian Hunt, and published in 1787, which was the property of his 
 mother. Mr. Feriier was appointed J. P. for tho County of Wellington, in LSli; aun was 
 ordained an eider in Melville Church, Fergus, in IS-tk 
 
 JOIIX POWELL, 
 
 ST. CATHARINES. 
 
 TORN POWELL, Registrar of the Coinity of Lincoln, son of John Powell, senior, for many 
 ^ years Registrar of the Counties of Lincoln and Haldimand, was born at Niagara Town, 
 June 1!>, 180!). His fatlu'r was from Norwich, England, and son of Hon. W. 1). Powell, Chief- 
 Justice of Upi)er Canad.a. He received his education at tho Home District Crammar School, 
 Toronto, the Rev. Dr., afterwards Bi.shop Strachan, Principal, studying law in the same city 
 with Wm. W. Baldwin and Sons; was called to tho Bar in 18.S5. His mother, Isaliella Shaw, 
 was a daughterof JIajor-( ieneral, the Hon. .Kneas Shaw, Adjutant-Ooiieral underOeneral Ihock 
 was appointed Judge of tho County Court of York and Simcoe, in I83(i,and while hoMing that 
 office was also Mayor of the City of Toronto in 1838, 1839 and 1840. 
 
 He became connecteil with the Incorporated Militia at si.\teen years of ag(^ ; was in tlie re- 
 bellion of 1837-38, and was taken prisoner by the rebels. He was also in the Fenian raids, and 
 is Major of the lUth Battalion Volunteer Militia, retiri'd. 
 
 In 1844 ilr. Powell was appt)inted Registrar of the Coutity of Linc<iln, and has held that 
 otHce nearly thirty -si.\ years, being vi'ry prompt, faithful, and etticient in discharging its duties. 
 
 He seems to have kejit out of politics; has secured and retained the good will as well as 
 confidence of all parties and all classes of people, and has tho warm esteem of a very large circle 
 of ac(|uaintanecs. 
 
 Mr. Powell grew up in the Church of England, and has .served a,s Waixlen both at Niagara 
 and St. Catharines. 
 
 He was maiiied July 1, 1830, to Elkn, daughter of Henry Drean, merchant, of Toronto, and 
 
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 .Inliii Ocrilvy i.f MoMticiil, aiid l"'l( .1 viici' Is till' wicjdw uf William If. Avorliiij,', Ldii'loii, Kn^;laii<l. 
 Of the .six (ii'ccascii cliiMri'ii. t'oni' smis livi'ij to >^\nw up ami start in ImsiiicsH. Ilciirv was a 
 Jlamst('i-at-la\v, St. ('atharincs ; Mmiay was a Siil)-ins|ii'(ti)r of .Moimti-il Police, Mcllioufnc, 
 Atish'alia : William was Siili-iiis]M.,.t(ir ,,('( 'iisidnis, Cauton, China, ami .lohii was a icsidi'iit of 
 Ihitisli ('oliimliia for scvfial xcais. 
 
 A few months aj,'o Mr, Powoll tiiiishcd Ids tlnvc score years and ten, and thoiij,di never out <d' 
 Imsiness, nor for forty-two years free frcnn the respnnsiiiilitics of olHce, yet he is in comfortahle 
 health, has a clear and active mind, and ohsorves his otUeo hours with almost the .same jimicti- 
 lioiisnevs that he did wiieii in the niid->ummrr (if life. 
 
 Jdhn Pdtt-ell, Honiiir, was licirn in Nniwiili, Kiii,'Iaii(l, (Hi llio L'titli diy nf Aiinust, 17.(1, and wft» tliiTo 
 cihuMtiKl. I'lmM liis V(i,viini' til I'liniidii tliu sliip in wliicli I'o sailed wiih (.'iiiitiirod liy ii Freiii'li cruiaor, and lie, 
 witli iithcrs, was I'limiiuliod tn si'ivn as a sailor. Tills sliip was ca|itur('d liy ii Uritisli iiian-iif-war, and all hands 
 wore rei|nirt'd to hitvo. lie roinainod with tlm shi|i until it reai'lieil the West Indies, when the yellow fuver 
 liroke out, and, with niaiiy otliers, ho was si'iit to the hosiiital. The ship sailed, leaving them to their fate. Mr. 
 I'oWfll rer.'Vcred (aliiinst llu' only inif) from the fuviT, and af'er a loii;^ time snecocdL'd in gettiiii; to Halifax, and 
 thoiieo to Canada. He was then, iipmi the division of the IVovinces, niado one of tho Act of Parliament law- 
 yers. Ills naiiio apiieariii!,' sfeoiel im the list piililislu'd liy Fotlierijill, in IS'J.'i, fol. iii. Ho was oaiitain of the 
 tiist liiiR'olii .\rtillery ('oiiipany in ISl'J, and was takon prisoner at the liatth' of Niagara, and released or ex- 
 iliangod while eontined in old Fort Nia'^ara. He was appointi'd Clerk of the I.cijislativo (,'oiineil, l". i'. ; 
 Ite^istrar of tho Counties of Lincoln and llaldimand ; and, for tho hardships ho underwent in the French and 
 Itritish service, was appointud Naval Oltieer or Port .Admiral, liy tho Uritish Admiralty, of tho then port of Nia- 
 j,'ara, which iiositiou he held until his death. One of his sisters (Anne) was drowned in the ship "Altiion" otl" 
 the coast of Ireland, in I8'_'0 ; his yuiingcr lirothor was 011.1,'iged in the expedition under Mirenda against Spain ; 
 Wiis captured and eontined for life in the Cistlo of Caloa, but throu^dl the exertions of his father at tho Court 
 of Spain and tiefore the Priuco of Peace, the then Prime Minister, he was released ; came in a Piritigh man-of- 
 war to Hidifax and then to York. Heing of nn adventurous dispnsition he left there and engiiged as supercargo 
 on a vossel trading to the West Indies, and was never more heard of. 
 
 The siihject of this sketch has ail the corresiMindence with the Court of Spain in his 
 possession. 
 
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 AMONt! tlic prominent liiisiiiess men nt' l)niimiiiind\ ilie imnc stands higher than .Insipli 
 Clement Woiidrutr. an old citizen who has oinwn up with the town, and liy doino; a le,i;iti- 
 matc trade has won the contideiice "f the ]ie(i]ile. He helnn^s to one of the families that settled 
 at an early day in the Niaj^ara district, ami was lioni iit St. Davids, near Queenstoii, lecemlier 
 !•, INO.S. His father, Richard Wdodriitr, IVuni New England, and at one time a member of the 
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 Clement, and had eight children, six sons and two dauglitera, our snbject being the first born. 
 The five brcjthers all became farniera. Ann Genient was a native of the Niagara District, and 
 tt daughter of Joseph Clement, a pioneer in this part of the Province. 
 
 Joseph received a Common School education ; early became a clerk in his father's stoinj ; 
 served a long apprenticeship at the mercantile business ; and when twenty-five years of age, 
 moved from St. Davids to Dnunniondville ; became a partner of William Lowell in a general 
 store, and since 1833 ha.s been in trade here, Iteing the oldest merchant in the village, since Mr. 
 Lowell retired from business. 
 
 Mr. Woodruff was living here at the time of the rebellion, but was exempt from duty on 
 account of partial deafness, 
 
 He has been Treasurer of the township ever since its municipality was organized, an<l is an 
 eminently trustworthy ofiicial. His political sentiments are Conservative, he being firm and 
 unwavering in them. 
 
 In 1832, Mr. Woodruff married Miss Sarah Shaw, daughter of George Shaw, of Ireland, 
 her birth place being the County of Lincoln, near Queenston ; and they have had five chiMren, 
 four sons and one daughter. One son died in infancy ; Sarah Devaux married William McKay, of 
 Dnunniondville, and died in IS?-"), and the other three sons are living, the two younger having 
 families. George Wellington, the eldest, is assisting his father in the store ; William Walter is 
 Postmaster at Clifton, and has lieen Mayoi- of that town six or seven terms, and Theotlore W. 
 is Postmaster at Dnunniondville. 
 
 110.\. WALTEli n. 1) Clvf.HJX, 
 
 NIA<1M!A. 
 
 WALTER HAMILTON DICKSON, Senator, was born at Niagara, January \, lSO(i, 
 lieing a son of Hon. William Dick.soii, a native of Dumfries, Scotland, and a member 
 of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, and Charlotte, ncc Adiam, who wasUirn in Lon- 
 don, England. William Dickson died at Niagara, February 19, 1840'. His father was a writer 
 to the Siijnct, dying in Scotland. 
 
 Mr. Dickson was educated in the CJramiiiar School at Ni.igara, tjiught by lUv. Joliu 
 Burns ; .studied law with his elder brother, Hon. Robert Diek.son ; was called to the Bar at 
 Hilary tiTin, 1830 ; practised four or five years at Dundas, County of Wentwortli, and in 1830 
 returned to Niagara, discontinuing the practice of his profession. 
 
 When a young man he was connected with the cavalry, commencing as Cornet and was 
 Major at the time of the Rebellion of 1837-38. 
 
 Colonel Dickson has been in public life almost constantly for nearly forty years. In 1840 
 
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 he was returned to the District Council, serving in that body for four years ; in 1844 was 
 returned to Parliament, it lieing the first session of Lord Metcalf s Parliament at Montreal ; 
 in 184H was returned liy acclamation, and in 1852 retired for Sir Francis Hincks. In 18r»4 
 our suhject was called to the Legislative Council, in which he held a life seat until called to the 
 Senate by Royal pnx-laniation in May, 1867. 
 
 In politics Colonel Dickson may be call<jd an Independent Conservative, he usually acting 
 ami voting with that party, but refusing all dictation, and consulting his own judgment in 
 public matters, and acting accordingly. 
 
 He is a memlier of the St. Mark's Episcopal Church, and has served as Warden of the same 
 oft' and on, something like thirty yeai's. 
 
 Colonel Dickson has been twice married ; first, in 1832, to Augusta Maria Oeale, grand- 
 datighter of Hon. William Claus of Niagara, she dying in March, 185.j, leaving nine children, 
 six of whom are yet living ; the second time in September, 1859, to Mrs. Charlotte Armstrong, 
 widow of Captain Armstrong of the COth reginu'nt, and by her he has one child. 
 
 CHARLES v. GILDERSLEEVE, 
 
 • KINGSTON. 
 
 CHARLES FULLER GILDERSLEEVE, Mayor of Kingston, and one of the lea«ling busi- 
 ness men of this city, was born here on the 17th of October, 1833, his parents l)eing 
 Henry and Sarah (Finkle) CJildersleeve. His father cnme from Portland, Conn.; settled in 
 Kiiigston in 1810 ; was a ship-builder and steamboat owner, and an energetic business man. 
 His maternal grandfather was a L^nited Empire Loyalist. 
 
 The subject of this notice received his literary education at the High School of Ontario, 
 better known as the Upper Canada College, Toronto ; prepared for the piofession of law, partly 
 in Kingston and partly in Toronto ; was called to the Bar in 1859, and practised in Kingston 
 for five years. 
 
 Since March, 18(»4, Mr. CJildersleeve has been in the steamlntat business on Lake Ontario ; 
 he owns the steamer Norseman, running between R<jehester, N. Y., and Port Hope, Ontario, 
 and the lldxthiijx, l)lyiug b*'tween Kingston and Helleville. He is, or ha.s been, identified with 
 various public intcn'sts ; has been President of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway Coiupany 
 since the ente.-pri.se was started in 1871, and was for some time Vice-President of the Canadian 
 Navigation Company. Probably no man in Kingstoi. is more active in pushing forward local 
 improvements ; he was for several years in the City Council, and in Januaiy, 1879, was placed 
 at the head of the city government, nuikiiig a very etti'^^^ient Chief Magistratt^'. 
 
 Tlic Kingston and Pembroke Railwiiy mentioned above, and which enterprise he took a 
 
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 chief part in initiatinj^, has iiddt'd largely to the ndvanceinent of Kingston. It eonstitutcH the 
 Hhortest route between the princi|)al lumbering rivera of Ontitrio and the American market, 
 and openH a considerable extent of country for Hcttlcment. No other single enterprise lias ever 
 given such an impetus to the growth of Kingston. 
 
 Mr. Uildersluevv belongs to a family of very enterprising men, prominent in ship-builtling, 
 the »i.\th generation of Gildersleeves being ongagetl in tliat business at Portland, Conn. 
 When the father of our subject came to Kingston in 181U, he assisted in building the Fnmtenac, 
 the first steamboat on Lake Ontario, which boat was launched in August of that 3'ear. Soon 
 afterwards he built the Charlotte for a comp»uiy, he being the principal owner, and was the 
 manager until his death in 18.')1. The eldest son, ()vertt)n Gildersleeve, was Mayor of 
 Kingston several years ; then continued the business till he died in 18G4, when the next son, 
 Charles, took it in charge, and continues it, thus representing the oldest existing steamboat ii\- 
 t.'rest in Canada, if not on the continent. 
 
 In politics Mr. fSildersleeve is a staunch Refonner, and has been Vice-President of the 
 local association of his party. 
 
 He is a Master Mason, and a niemlier of the Church of Englan<1 ; has held the ofliee of 
 warden in the latter body, and his standing in the Church and in the conununity is high. 
 
 The wife of Mr. (Siidei-sleeve was Mary Klizabeth Herchmer, daughter of Charles L. Hei^-h- 
 mer, of Belleville, Ontario. They were married in June, 18(»:l, ami have two children. 
 
 JIUN. .^AMTKL Jl. STJiO.NCJ, 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 SAMUEL HENRY STRONG is a native of Dorsetshire, Eng.,an(l was born in 1825. His 
 father, Rev, Samuel T. Strong, was at one time Rector of Bytown, now Ottawa. 
 
 Our subject was educated in Ottawa and Toronto ; was called to the Bar at Hilary tei'in, 
 1849 ; practised at Toronto, and soon distinguislictl himself as a Barrister. He was created a 
 Queen's Counsel in 18(!3; was electetl a Bencher of the Law School of Upper C'anada, in 18G0, 
 and was a member of the Commission for consolidating the Pul)lic General Statutes of Upper 
 Canada and Canaila respectively, from December 20, l8.")(i, to December .'>, 1859. 
 
 Mr. Strong was appointed Vice-( "hancelier for Ontario on the 27th of DecemK;r, 18G!) ; 
 the'c remained until May 27, 1874, when he was promoted to the Court of Error and Appeal 
 for this Province, and Wiis appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court, October 8, 1875. Prior 
 to this date (in 1871) Judge Strong was ap)M)inted, with four other prominent men, Adam 
 Wilson, now Chief Justice of the Ct)urt of Common Pleas ; J. W. Gwynne, recently place<l on 
 the Supreme Bench ; C. T. Patterson, now Judge of the Court of Appeals, and J. R. Gowan, 
 
TUK CAXADIAy moaRAl'JltCAL toICTIOKA»Y. 165 
 
 Judge of the Judicial District of Siiiieoe— a Commission to irMjuire into the constitution and 
 iurisdiction of the several Courts of Law and E<mity, Superior and Inferior, Apiiellato an«l 
 Original, and into tlie operation and effect of the present seiMiration and division of the juris- 
 diction auiong the Courts, &c , siniilar tt) the English Judicature Commission. Judge Strong 
 has just the stamp of mind to be of eminent service on such a Commission. 
 
 An Attomey-at-law who knew Judge Strong when a stuilent-at-law and during the periwl 
 of his practice at the Bar, sjieaks of him, in a letter addressed to the editor of this work, as 
 follows : 
 
 " At his elevation to the Bench, Samuel H. Strong stood the acknowledged head of the 
 Chancery Bar of Ontario, with only one or two ei^uals, and no suiierior. His high mental 
 culture and legal attainments eminently fitted him for the position he now holds. Few men 
 have his legal grasp and iKirapieuity. He seems at once to grasp all the facts and legal jwints 
 of matters brought liefore him, and rarely, if ever, is wrong in hi? first judgment. He is con- 
 sidered, not only l»y the legal profession, but by his brother Judges, to have a legal mind 
 second in balance to that of no jurist in the Dominion." 
 
 Judge Strong has a wife and two children. 
 
 His 
 
 PIER HE ST. JEAN, .At.D., 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 T)IERRK ST. JEAN, a native of Bytown (Ottawa), and now one of the oldest residents of 
 -*- this City, was born Septemlx-r 'li, 1834, his parents being Sylvain St. Jean and Elizabeth, 
 nie Causabon. His father, who settled in Bytown in alM)ut 1832, was from St. Sulpice, 
 L'A&somption, Province of Quebec, and died at Ottawa in 18G7. His maternal great grand- 
 father was a French military otticor. 
 
 The .subject of this biographical notice wa.s educati'd at the (Ottawa College ; commenced 
 the .study of medicine in liS.">0; obtained his degree of M. D. from the College of Physici.ins 
 and Surgeons (New Victoria College), Montreal, in IS.'io ; i)ractiseil a few months at Ottawa, in 
 company with Dr. J. C. T. Benubien ; three years at St. Denis, Canada East ; in July, 18.58 
 returned to Ottawa, and has here been in steady practice for twenty-one years. He iloes a 
 general business — medicine, surgery, midwiferj-, \'c., making a specialty of the last named 
 branch, and having a good re])utation in all departments. 
 
 Dr. St. Jean is Surgeon to the Nunnery General Hospital ; has been a Director of the 
 French Canadian Institute for twenty-one years and President five times, and of the Ottawa 
 St. Jean liaptisti- Societd foui' times. He is Vice-President of the Ottawa Musical Union ; and 
 is alive to the welfare of Ottawa in all its phases. 
 
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 Dr. St. Jean was returned to the House of Commons, to represent the City of Ottawa in 
 1874, and sat five years, being the first French Canadian ever elected to Parliament from Upper 
 Canadii or in the Province of Ontario. He is a Liberal or Reformer, and gave a htarty support 
 to the Mackenzie arlministration. Among the measures which he favoi's are the i)rotection 
 of the rights of minorities irrespective of religious Ixiiief; a fair reciprocity treaty; the com- 
 pletion of the Pacific Railway on Canadian soil, and all enterprises tending to encourage setlle- 
 mont in the Dominion and the development of iUt agricultural, niin<;ml and other wealth. 
 He could probably have been returned to Parliament on an independent ticket ; but he declined 
 to be a candidate again. During the years he was a member of the House, he was indefatig- 
 able in his eflforts to assist the poor, whose untiring friend he still remains. 
 
 The Doctor has a second wife. The first was Rose Delima, daughter of Levi LaRue, of St. 
 Denis, married in January, 18.50. She lived one year, leaving a daughter, Alphonsine, the 
 wife of L. Laframboise, son of Hon. Judge M. Laframboise, of Montreal. His present wife 
 was Louise, daughter of Antoine Frdchette, Esq., of Quebec, married in November, 1862. She 
 has had seven children of whom one died in infancy, and another, Alixina, died when she was 
 nine years old. The five living are Velleda, Delia, Honorino, Alizia and Marie Louise. 
 
 
 TTOX. AVILLTAM ^tf:MASTET?, 
 
 TOROSTO. 
 
 T TE who posses,sos a good name, a well-eanu'd reputation for probity, integrity, and high 
 -* — •- moral character, and of whom it can l>e said that all he has attained is attributable to 
 peraevorance and pluck, individual enterprise and sagacity, i.s far worthier a place in this 
 volume than he who simply boasts a long genealogical record. In this liberal age and country, 
 ancestiy, no matter how ancient or honorable, amounts to little in coniparis<»n with personal 
 worth. Such a man, posses.sing these (jualities, i.s the subject of our sketch, whose present high 
 positi(m, con\mercially, socially, and politically, is almost exclu.sively due to his own imlomitablc 
 energy, coupled with abilities above the average, and an amount of tact and shrewilness in 
 business aflfairs such as few pos.se.ss. He has U'cn fortunate because he has known when antl 
 how to use to the l)est advantage, that flood in the tide of men's nflairs, which the imntorttil 
 bard has truly .said, comes, sooner or later, to all. 
 
 Mr. M(;Master was born in the County of Tyrone, Ireland, where his fathei-, the late 
 William McMnster, was a linen merchant, on the 24th of DecemlKM-, 1811. He was educated 
 at a private .school, the best the neighborhood afibrded, presided over l>j- a Mr. Halcro, one of 
 the most entinent teachers in the North of Ireland. 
 
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 ■i:t\ riix.irtriiit'Ar. nirTiii\Aify. 
 
 J '•• tb« Ho»m<d C'vinniciis, to rrpnt^'ut tin* <'ilv of nuawn in 
 
 1874, « 'ir^t KiiMich Canadian ovi'i- flwti»<l to Purliniurnl fioiii I '|t|ii'i- 
 
 Cannc .uiimi He is a I/iIhukI .h- lU'foiuit' ami i^iivf m Iiomty wupiwii 
 
 to the .un-n. AMKtaji tin- irifHsunit wliii-h K tattrt* are \\tv j>rwti*ctioM 
 
 of tlio • ■ irn-Hpeotivt) of nlijL'ixuM In-liof, ii fiiir ivripiijoity trijatv, llii; funi- 
 
 pk'tiot ^Jiilwav on t'anatli.in soil, unii nil I'MNiprisis tt-nilin;,' to t*n<:onraj;t wttlc- 
 
 nuMit iJi'ii ami th«' ilfvcli.jjnient of it^ iiu'»it"nltiir(ii, miin.-nil aiiil otliir wi.altli. 
 
 He cou ijbnbly b«v«* >»een lolnrned tt- r.*arliiin«y\t on an in'lfponilcnt ticket ; hut lio di'i-UncU 
 
 to 1k! a ilitliilt' H<,'nio. l)iiriny the ywirs In- wiuh a niciubei of tin- Moiitii', he was inilcltitig- 
 
 aVilc in •'ffort" 1. a-wint \hr- jHwr. vrlu»w unttriitt^ (rit^nd hfi ufill n'iiiBin«. 
 
 Til ' )otor biw a tiwiwiK^ #.■(#* Thu IktM wa<« Itmw iKdiuia. ilfln){i»f<i' of Imm liuHut>. of St, 
 
 Denis, I i-.eil in Jarp>»>-» ! " ,j sIh )»v»d one ymt. V«vtug » duuifhtt'r. Alphonsino tin- 
 
 wife of Lafi-auiltoi*'. vm of H.m Ju<\{^ .\f. l^Aframlioiw of Montreal Win pt-i's.'iit wiJ't- 
 
 was Lot diiu^ditcr <»f Abt'iin^ FnMw>ttc. Jum|., of <^uelM*, n>arri«;d m November, XHi^i Sloi 
 
 has had fn tbildrrji u/ «b«w >•»>» tUi>if In infamt-y and unolbt'i AbxvT>». ii;.*} w'ut, m,, was 
 
 nine yet old Tb.- liv* (i«>n^ ani VciUuia, lAdia. Hi"- ■ •• \ " <> m^j )t«Rt« Irfiui**, 
 
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 nnX. "WKJ.IW! M'AfASTKIJ, 
 Toh'oyro. 
 
 T pK ii" [1. >-i«ew«i>j) a ;»0()d name, « wtU-earn'd n-pnt-ati'w fn }>ro>i4f.y. in**'{:;ritv and bi;;b 
 -*--*- II rid cliatiu'U'r, and ot wbnm it «ftn W* ^siil that nil In- ha« attAim-^i )• atiiiLiitiibli- to 
 pereevem' ' I' i»n«I ]lwi".lt, unUid'tai rn*t'rpii<«- and vk^ity. l^ fai" vnM-tbifi- a plnoc in tl>is 
 vohune tl ii bv who Minijdy b.>a^t» n iun/ g'-iutdiijiTK-al rtx"ord. !■» ibi-* i)}««faJ a^fi- and country, 
 ancestry, : 1 ijftt«>r bivw ancient or h«io tnUJ*- auioont^t U> iit*U iti i-.mfan^'i, witli p^^ixonal 
 worth. S if]\ II luin, [wiMe.sHin^ tb'AHe »|iuvlit4«:i« w tlui ^tuJijtHrt of our skel. b, wbo!3e pri'sent biyb 
 position, c ■uiija'^i«iiv, socially ami jMiii'jcaJiv >* abn'wtexclnsively iluc to Ids own indoniitablc 
 energy, CO ;[)b'd witl> abilities alxivi' th- awrf^p?. and nn aoK-unt of tact an<l sbr>'V buss in 
 business at .ii)!< mD'-Ii as fow {fO'-ses* Hi- has Ut-n fi»rliinHte Iwcaiis!' b" b.v Unown wlien and 
 how to ns ' ' lb. W>»t i«dv6j»i«i;i tb»l flool m tJie tido of /nen s atfain" nl.u-b the innnoi-tol 
 banl lins tl aid. pijui.-s, sooiut < i iiiter, t^) a!!. 
 
 Mr. M i.i was Ikihi in iK*- I'onnty of Tyrone, livlun'!, vtlu-re bi« fmbvi, tbi- late 
 William M M-i n Mmn inef'etnt, lai the :?4ib of Dcfembir. i^ll ib- was I'ducuted 
 
 at a privati .^t ?be nei^librth6<><l atll.rdtd, presidol over b\ n Mr. Hab.ro, one if 
 
 the most en , tli. H>rtb >( It, limd. 
 
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 In 1H33, bidding finvwill to his nntive land, lie Hct sail from Londonderry, bound for inort- 
 pntiiiisiiig fields, whero the fruits of honest industry would bo more apparent. Perhaps he hail 
 high aspiititions, but however groat his liopes, they were certainly below the realizfttion, for 
 long ln'foro reaching the biblical limit of man'r. throe score years and ten, ho succeeded in 
 making his name familiar in almost every housohohl, as one of the greatest of our merchants 
 and bankers. In other fields than finance and commerce, he has also been lionored as few 
 othci-s have been who did not make politics a business, for he has filled, at various times, many 
 important positions of public trust by appointment of the Crown. 
 
 Ho had intended to settle in the States, but was induced by the British Consul at New 
 York, to como to Canada, whero, at the ago of twenty- two, he at once enjbarked in what proved 
 a remarkably successful mercantile career. His first position was that of clerk in the whole- 
 sale and retail house of Mr. Robert Cathcnrt, in which ho was admitted as a partner, after 
 clerking little more thnn a year. He continued in partnership with Mr. Catheart until 1844, 
 when ho instituted a wholesale dry goods house of his own. At that time Montreal was the 
 principal distributing point both for Upper and Lower Canada, and it required time, energy, 
 and the exercise of skill and caution, to secure any considerable portion of the wholesale trade 
 for Toronto. The subject of this sketch was not the first to make the attempt to draw the 
 trade into a new channel, but no one has done more than he to make the effort successful. Mr. 
 McMaster's operations were gradually extended, until the time came when it has been said that 
 there were but few handets in Western Ontario whose merchants were not his customers to a 
 greater or less extent. His rapidly expanding busines.'* soon required more space than was 
 contained in the building in which he started, and he built and removed his stock to the 
 building adjoining the Bank of Montreal. His nephews were at this tinie associated with him 
 iHidor the firm name of William McMaster and Nephews, and within a few years more their 
 business had grown to .siich proportions that they were again compelled to seek more commo- 
 dious (piarters, and they erected the handsome edifice on Front Street, near Yonge, now 
 occupied by A. R. McMiustor and Brother, who succeeded the old firm on the retirement of Mr. 
 McMaster to devote his whole time to other pursuits. Since then his attention has been 
 directed almost wholly to purely financial transaction.s, for which his intellect seems to have 
 been by nature peculiaily fitted, for no matter how varied liavo l)een the interests which 
 demanded his attention they have always lieen withni the scojje of his master mind. Among 
 the many positions which he was called upon to fill, may be briefly mentioned the following : 
 Director of the Ontario Bank and of the Bank of Montreal ; President of the Freehold Loan 
 and Savings Company ; Vice-President of the Confodemtion Life Association, and Director of 
 the Isolated Risk and Farmei-s' Insurance Company. He is one of the organizers and heaviest 
 stockholdei-s of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, and was elected its firet President. During 
 its prosperous career of nearly twenty years Mr. McMaster has retained his responsible position 
 
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 THE CASADIAN nwaiiAVIIICAL DICflOSAUY. 
 
 nml no Rinall Nimro of t)io l^iiik'M siicithh In i]iii> to liifl Uwi, Nhi-owi]m>NH, nml tinnnoml cxporionco 
 — qiinlitioH which aro inoro indispoiiHalih' in banking on a largo Hcnlo than in any other hiisincHH. 
 For innny yoai'M lio was ( 'liainiian of the Canadian Hoard of tiio Ort-at WcHtern Railway, an 
 ofHco l>y no niimnN desirable or satiMfaitory, as his eoIleagueH wen- in a iionition to earry Huch 
 moans as tliey h«w fit, the only oHectnnl way of preventing tlu'ni lieing an appeal to the KngliHh 
 Directors. When tlie growing dissatisfaction of tlie HharelioIderH with the condition of the road 
 led to a eliange of nmnngcnient, the ( 'anadian Board was alH)|islied, and when the Kngliuh B»)nrd 
 waH elected, Mr. MeMa»tt(>r was the only Canadian retained. This lionor indicates that his 
 conduct as (-hairnian of the extinguished Hoard was regav<led with niiieh favor in England. 
 
 In politics he has always been a niodernte Liboral, ami though an interested observer of 
 public events, he took no nelive part in politiinl life until lh(l2, when he was elected to repre- 
 sent the Midlan<l Division, which enibrnced North York and South Siinco«>, in the LegiHlative 
 Council of Canada. The nienibors of that body Inid at first held their appointment froni the 
 Crown, but by a change of the constitution, effected in 18')(1, the elective .system was introduced 
 into the C'ouncil, the menibei-s of which were to hold oftice for eight yeaw. Mr. McMaster was 
 with difficulty persuaded to contest the seat, but having consented, prosecuted the canvass with 
 HUch zeal as to astonish lioth friends and foes by the magnitude of his niajority. Before the 
 time came round for another electitui, Confederation was an nccomplisliod fact, and the Domi- 
 nion Senate was substituted for tln' Legislative Council, and he was one of the Senators, to 
 represent Ontario, called by Hoyal Prodanuition, May, 1.S07. In the Senate, a.s he did in the 
 Council, ho still continued to give the country the benedt of his liberal views and large 
 experience, by attentive consideration of all measures calculated to benefit the public. 
 
 Senator McMaster has also found time to devote much attention to educational, social, and 
 religious interests. In lS(i.3 he was appointed a member of the Council of PuVtlic Instruction, 
 and for ten years represented at the Board the Baptist Church, of which he is a prominent 
 member. Since 1873 he has been a member of the Senate of Toronto Univei-sity, having been 
 nominated by the Lieutenant-Ciovernor. His mo.st practical work in the interest of education! 
 however, was in connection with the Canadian Literary and Theological Institute, at Wood- 
 stock, of which he has been a very liberal supporter. He gave twelve thou.sand dollars to the 
 building fund, and has continued by most generous annual donati( is to a.ssist in meeting the 
 current expenses of the Instituticm. Thi.s valuable Institution is now to lie moved to Toronto, 
 where a building is to be erected for its accommodation, to which Mr. McMasler contributes 
 the further large sum of sixty thotjsand dollars. It remains to be mentioned his liberality in 
 support of religious and church affairs, wherein his f)pen-hearted generosity is unsurpa.s.sed, 
 affording a commemlable example to othei"s. Some time ago the congregation to which he 
 belongs decided to erect a new and more commodious edifice on the corner of Jarvis and 
 Oerrard Streets, one of the co.stliest and hantlsomest in Toronto, which will, a.s long as it stands, 
 
 
rilK r.iS'MU.XS llUtaUAPinrAL DWrioS'MiY. 
 
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 romain a memoriul of Siimt.ir McMast.iM liU-rality, nml <>f tliut i)f tin- .Miually liU'tal-inin'led 
 la.ly who liaH Imm'm liis wif.- hIik- IM7I. Tli.-ir joint eoiitriliiitioiiM to Ww buil.liiiK fuiul 
 anioiintfd to ovfi- #<[(»,()(M), uiul '.,i. for tliU largo miin tin- iiiulcrtiikinj,' would |irol.altly lu'vor 
 liavr l»feii t'(iiiiniunc'L-<l, or MiurcMsfully ourricd out. Oilii-r wortliy olijirtH luivc hIho clainiod 
 H Hliaru ill IiIn iiU'rality : tlu- rppt-r Ciiimda Bil>iu Sm-ii-ty, ft i)Uit'ly iion-wctariaii iiis»itution. 
 of wliifh Im Ih Troamirfr, ivci'ivi'H Idn t'arnt'Ht Hiipport, Ixith l>y lilx-ral coiitribiitioiiM mid pciHoiial 
 st'ivifcM. Till' 8u|H>ratiiiuatcd Mini.HtcrH' Socifty of llic Ha|>tist Clmirliof Ontario, wldili lie 
 wax mainly instrumental in founding;, and of wliicli lie is ProMidi'nt. owch its liiglily prosperouii 
 condition very largely to his liiierality and t-xccllcnt iiiiiiiaK<'niciit. 
 
 Senator MeMiister Iiiim In-en twieo iiinrricd ; first in 1851, to Mary Ilenilei'son, of New 
 Yurk City, who died in \Hi\H; and in 1H71 to Ids iircseiit wife, Susan Molton, widow of thg 
 late James Frnser, of Newitui^di, New Yoik State, 
 
 In stature. Senator MeMaster is somewhat ahove the meiliuni hei^rht, with a physical 
 devulopiiieiit that favorahly compares with his strong mental tietivity ; with an intelligent 
 countenance, friendly and expressive, through which is retleeti-d a mind well stored with u.si'ful 
 knowledge ; and with a disposition generous and lio.spitahle, he dispiiists his great wealth with 
 a free and hounteoiis hand when he dueiiiH the ohject a worthy one, and is alike heloved and 
 respected hy a wide ciixle of friends 
 
 JAMES J011>'SOy, 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 Tames Johnson, Comnii.s.sicner and Deputy Minister of Customs, i.s descended from nil 
 English soldier, who went to Ireland with Cromwell's forces. His father, Thomas 
 Johnson, led a mercantile life in the City of Cork, where the son was born, May 20, 1816. 
 His mother was Margery Parrot, a native of Baiidon, Ireland. James received an ordinary 
 Grammar School training; came to Canada in 1831 ; clerked a few years in a store at St. John, 
 New Brunswick, and was, for fifteen years, an accountant in the Bank of British North America, 
 Frederickton, in the same Province. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was Accouiuint of Construction of the Kuropean and Nortli America Railway 
 — a Government Road — from Augu.st, 18.')7, until its completion, in November, 1800, at which 
 date he was appointed Cliief Clerk of the Provincial Office of Audit, New Brunswick. He 
 became Acting Auditor-General of that Province in January, 1805 , was appointed Auditor- 
 General the next year, and resigned the office in November, 1807, lo accept the Assistant 
 Coniinission.<ihip of Customs at Ottawa. While Auditor-C»eneral, he also held the offices of 
 Assistant Provincial Secretary an<l Registrar of the Records of New Brunswick. In earlier life, 
 
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 before entering Qovcrnment service, he was Mayor of Moncton, N.B., wlicre he resided four 
 years. During part of the year 1872, he was Acting Collector of the Port of St John, N.B, 
 His appointment as Commissioner and Deputy Minister of Customs is dated January 1, XWJo, 
 
 It will be seen that Mr. Johnson has hud numerous offices of trust and responsibility. He 
 is one of tliose reliable men who are always found iit their post, and who are themselves 
 satisfied with nothing less than the utmost faithfulness in the discharge of their duties. He 
 has not only the confidence of the Government, but the high esteem of his fellow citizens. 
 
 In January, 1S42, Miss Amelia B. Wood, of the County of Westmoreland, N.B., was joined 
 in wedlock with Mr. Johnson, and they have six children, three in this world and three in the 
 other. James Albert died when only two years old. The eldest daughter, Annie Qaynor, died 
 in 1870, just before finishing he.' educatiim at the Mount Holyoke, Mass., Seminary. Tlio 
 eldest son. Rev. Thomns Johnson, of the Episcopal Churcli, was killed by accident, in August, 
 1875, being thrown from his carriage one Sunday aftornocm, while on his way to fill .m 
 appointment to preach. Edward V. Johnson, the only son living, is employed in the l^ai-ific 
 Railroad Office, Ottawa, under the Chief Engineer. Minnie R., the elder living daughter, wn.^ 
 educated at the Mount Holyoke Seminary, and luvs cpiite a talent for nnisic, and Amelia B., 
 the younger daughter, has the same for painting. 
 
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 PETER PERRY, 
 
 WniTHY. 
 
 ONE of the pioneer merchants in what is now the County of Ontario, and one of the most 
 prominent and public-si>irited men that ever lived in this county, was Peter Perry, son 
 of Robert Perry, a iTnited Empire Loyalist, who left the State of New York, and settled near 
 the foot of the Bay of Quintd, Count}' of Lenno.K and Addington, soon after the Revolutionary 
 W^ar, being a farmer in that pan of Upper Canada until his ileatli, about 1840. Peter was born 
 at Ernestown, near Kingston, in 17!>3, received such an education as the district .schools eould 
 furnish to farmers' boys in these early days, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits \mtil 18:i(i. 
 In that year he removed to what is now the Town of Whitby, which was soon called, and is still 
 known liy old settlers as " Perry's Corners." Here he became a general merchant and produce 
 dealer ; the tii-st man who dealt in merchandise of all descriptions, and bought farm products 
 of ever}' kind at this point. He was the best known man in this section of the Province, and 
 verj' prominent in public matters until his demise, which occurred at Saratoga, N. Y., August, 
 24, 1851, and was caused by the breaking down of his constitution through over- work in 
 public enterprises. 
 
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 Mr. Perry entered public life in 1828. With Marshall S. Bidwell, as Ins colleague, he was 
 that year elected to the Parliament of Upper Canada, and remained in the House with Mr, 
 Bidwell until 1836. A large portion of the nuniicipal laws of to-day, as atfecting municipal 
 councils, and assessment anil taxation of property, were foreshadowed in several bills introduced 
 by Mr. Perry, some of which became laws and remain incorporated in the unmicipal statutes 
 of to-day ; and, as since enlarged and improved, they are no doubt equal in excellence to similar 
 laws in any country on the glolK\ It was during this period that the agitation of the " Clergy 
 Reserves " question was commenced, and Mr. Peny was among the leading men in trying to 
 effect the settlement of thnt question. 
 
 On settling in Whitby, the whole back country being a dense and almost roadless forest, 
 Mr. Perry immediately addressed himself to the arduous and praiseworthy task of opening and 
 improving the country t!uvu;;li the building of roads and the bridging of streams. About 18 W, 
 through his i !!i.i il",, ,a ^'Uiirt of money from the Provincial Government was obtained for the 
 improvement of Wiiitby liarbor, and the construction of a road from that point to Lake Huron, 
 a distance of nearly 100 miles. Something like #120,000 had been expended, and the road com- 
 pleted about twenty miles, when Mr. Perry died and the enterprise stopped. Meantime he com- 
 menced the agitation of the (juestion of the separation of Ontario from the old Home District, 
 a project which was consunuuated in tlie year of his death, Whitby being selected for the shiro- 
 town. 
 
 Although strongly pressed to go into j)ublic life again as representative from Lennox and 
 Addington, and also for the Riding in which he lived, Mr. Perry declined doing so until 1849, when, 
 iq)on the appointment of Hon. William Home Blake as Chancellor, he consented to become a can- 
 didate for the Third Riding, was elected by acclamation and was a member at the time of his 
 death. Though, during the last two years of his life, he was in feeble health, yet on account 
 of his energy, public spirit and thorough acquaintance with Canadiiin politics, he had an influ- 
 ence on the floor, second, probably, to that of no one outside the Government. He was a 
 iteformer. 
 
 In the troublous times of 1837-38, though a zealous advocate of the groat principles of " Re- 
 sponsible (Jovernment," Mr. Perry did not symi)iithize with William Lyon Mackenzie in the cour.se 
 he took on that memorable occasion. Soon after the rebellion Mr. Perry, with Sir Frances 
 Hincks, made a long and laborious journey to what is now the State of Iowa, with the object of 
 selecting lands for the purpose of finding another home, and starting out in life anew The report 
 then made by these two gentlemen of that western territory, then an almost unbroken prairie 
 countiy, was printed and scattered thio..'ghout the Province, and was regarded at that time as 
 a very important document. Shortly afterwards the famous report of Lord Durham, who had 
 been sent out by the British Goverinnent to examine into Canadian afl'air.s, was published, and that 
 report^ changed the minds of Messrs. Peiry and Hincks, and they decided to remain iu Canada. 
 
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 In private, as well as in public, Mi*. Perry lived an eminently useful life, being kind to the 
 poor and a friend to everybody. His generosity was sometimes imposed upon, but he preferred 
 to " err on virtue's side," rather than stop to inquire into the actual merits and demerits of every 
 applicant's claims for aid. He held connection, we believe, with no church, but was a liberal 
 supporter of the Gospel and of benevolent societies. In short, his life was spent for the benefit 
 of his neighbors, his constituents, and his country, and he knew not what it was to tire in such 
 noble work. 
 
 About 1814 Mr. Perry married Miss Mary Ham, of Lennox and Addington, a daughter of 
 a U. E. Loyalist. She has had eight children, is still living, now in her eighty-fifth year, and 
 sees the foui-th generation of daughtei-s, all living. Her own children were two sons and six 
 daughters, four of the latter being dead. The four living are married and have families. Robert 
 Ebenezer, the elder son, is a miller and a general business man, residing at Bracebridge, County of 
 Muskoka, and John Ham, the youngest son, is still living in Whitby, holding the office of Keg- 
 istrar of the county since its formation in 1853. Though a much younger man than many others 
 in the same office, he is one of the oldest officials in that particular position in the Province, and 
 it is proper to here add that the present registrar law of Ontario, which is as near perfect as 
 any law of the kind of which we have any knowledge, was drafted by Mr. Perry, in 18G3, at the 
 request of the Hon. J. Sandfield Macdonald. Mr. Perry was sixteen years in the Municipality 
 of Whitby, holding every office from Councilor and Mayor to Warden of the county, and his 
 usefulness in the community is second only to that of his venerated father. 
 
 WILLIAM R. MEREDITH, Q.C., M.P.P., 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 WILLIAM RALPH MEREDITH, who represents the City of London in the Ontario 
 Legislature, is a native of Middlesex County, in this Province, and was born in the 
 Township of Westminster, March 31, 1840. His father, John Cooke Meredith, born in the City 
 of Dublin, Ireland, and there graduated at Trinity College, is Clerk of the Division Court for 
 the County of Middlesex. His mother, before her marriage, was Sarah Pegler. 
 
 Our subject was educated in the London Granunar School, and the University of Toronto, 
 being graduated from the law department of the latter institution, and called to the Bar at the 
 Trinity term, 18G1. Mr. Meredith opened a law office in London, in the autumn of the year just 
 mentioned, and in a short time built up a remunerative practice. As a lawyer, he is held in 
 high esteem in the community, and holds a high position in the fraternity. He is good iu 
 
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 common law and consultation, and is regarded by many as the leading Chancery lawyer in 
 Western Ontario. He is Solicitor for th Dity of London. 
 
 He was elected a Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario in 1871, and created a Q. C. in 
 187C. In August, 1872, Mr. Meredith was returned to the seat in the Local Parliament which 
 he now holds, on the resignation of the sitting member, Hon. John Carling, and was re-elected 
 at the general elections, in January, 1875, and June, 1879. 
 
 In politics his affiliations are with the Liberal Conservative party, and hence is opposed to 
 the Mowat administration. He favors compulsory voting. He is the leader of his party in 
 the Province. Ho adheres to the English Church, though not, we believe, a communicant. 
 
 Mr. Meredith was a member of the Senate of the University of Toronto, which conferred 
 u|)on him the degree of LL.B., in 1872. 
 
 The wife of our subject was Mary Holmes, daughter of Marcus Holmes of London, 
 Ontario, married June 26, 18G2. They have four children living, and lost one son in infancy. 
 
 JOSEFII CirAliLES TACIIE, 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 TOSKPH CHARLES TACHE, was born at Kamouraskn, in the Province of Quebec, on the 
 ^ 24'th December, 1820. He is the elder son of Chailes Tacli"^, Captain of Volthjeurs in the 
 war of 1812, and of Henriette de La Broquerie. The subject of this notice lias two brothers, 
 and no sisters, the elder of the fonner being Louis Tacli<;, a Notary, and Sheriff of the District 
 of St. Ilyacinthe ; and the younger. His Grace the Archbishop of St. Boniface. 
 
 Mr. Joseph Charles Tacht? received his classical education in the Seminary of Quebec, and 
 his professional education also at Quebec, he followed the medical courses and attended prac- 
 tice at the Marine and Emigrant Hospital ; he was licensed to practice medicine by the Medical 
 Board of Lower Canada, in 1844, and .settled at Rimouski, where he continued to follow his 
 profession, and remained until the end of the year 18.5(5. He was married in 1847, to Miss 
 Eranqoise Lepage, of Riinouski, from which union six cliildren were bom ; three of whom, two 
 sons and a daughter, survive. During hi.s sojourn of little over twelve years in the County of 
 Rimouski, he represented this constituency in the Canadian Legislature, for a period of ten 
 yeare, till he resigned his scat in the House of Assembly, at the time ot his leaving Rimouski to 
 settle in the city of Quebec, as editor of Le Coarr'ur dii Canada, a paper founded by persons of 
 high .standing, and of which it has been said, "It marked the beginning of a new era in the 
 French journalism of Canada." 
 
 In 1855, Mr. Tach^, the member for Rimouski, was appointed Commissioner to the Paris 
 
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 Exhibition, on the occaision, ami iit the conclusion, nf which he was made Knight of the Legion 
 of Honor. 
 
 Ill December, 1859, Mr. Tach^ was asked by Sir (Jeorge Cartier to accept the situation of 
 Member of the Board of Inspection of Asylums, Prisons, and other Public Establishments, of 
 which Board he became Chairman, at the death of his senior colleague. Dr. Nelson. 
 
 In August, 1864, Mr. Tach<S was made Deputy of the Minister of Agriculture, a situation 
 which he still holds. In 1867, Mr. Tachd wa-s, for the second time, sent to Paris as Commis- 
 sioner to represent Canada at the Paris Exiiibition. 
 
 During his whole life, from the time he left college, Mr. Tach^ followed the career of a 
 writer. Besides extensive current writings in the Pres.s, and various series of lively polemics, 
 he is the author of important Parliamentary ami Administrative documents, of many brochures, 
 and of several books on various subjects. Speaking of Mr. Tachd, as a writer, Mr. Lareau in his 
 "Histoire de la Littdrature Canadienne," saj-s, " The author has attached his name to works 
 which will live as long as the French language is spoken along the shores of the St. Lawrence." 
 
 We .shall content oui-selves here to notice some of these numerous productions, with men- 
 tion of tlie opinions expressed on them by several ruviewei-s and critics, both Canadian and 
 European. 
 
 He is the author of the " Report of the Special Committee on the state of Agi'iculture," 
 (1850). The importance of this document is shown by the fact that it has been quoted, ex- 
 tracted from, and commented upon, by almost every writer, to this very day, who has under- 
 taken to treat, or even to speak somewhat extensively on the subject mentioned ; it is, in one 
 word, a standard book on the question therein propounded. 
 
 In 1854, Mr. Tachd published a book, entitled "De la tenure seigneuriale au Canada, et 
 projet de commutation suivi de tableaux des Fiefs et Seigiieuries du Ens Canada." The first 
 edition of this work was a private enterprise ; liut, at the session subsequent to its publication, 
 the book w.xs thouglit of so much utility and v.alue, tliat the House of Assembly, with the 
 con.sent of the author, ordered a second French edition and an English translation of it to be 
 published at the public expense. 
 
 This last work was soon followed by the publication, in partnership with M. Chauveau, of 
 apolitical satire, calUd, "La Pldiade Rouge," which has been republished in several editions, and 
 is still fresh in the memories of the political men of the Province of Quebec. 
 
 While in Paris, Mr. Taclid published ;i book on Canada : — " Esipii.sse sur le Canada 
 CO' ■ ^rf? sous le point de vue foonomiste." This work, which had two editions in French, and 
 I ,.nglish, has been eulogistically reviewed, both in France and in Canada. The author of 
 
 "L'Histoire de I'Exposition Universelle de 1855," Mr. Robin, says of it, " C'est un ouvrago 
 " concis, nourri de faits substantiels, un tableau animd de ces contiiJes fertiles et pittoresques," 
 &c., &c. 
 
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 Tlie principal work of M. Tachd, as a jwlitieal writer, is tbc book entitled, " Dca Provincea 
 ih I'Anvrlqiie du Nonl et d'uiic Union Fedirule," wliifh was written and first published, in 
 series, in 1857, and subsequently in 185S, rcpublislied in a volume. It is in relation to that 
 book, tliat the late Dean of the French Academy, the illustrious M. Biot, in a letter to the 
 Honorable M. Oliauveau, said : " Veuillez en faire mes compliments h M. Tach^ ; son livre est 
 plus (pi'un bon livre, c'est une bonne action." The author was also complimented by the 
 Count de Montalambert on the occasion of the publication of that book, and M. Ramcau, the 
 well known author of " Acadiens et Canadiens," and of other reputed productions, says of it : 
 " c'est ce qu'il y a de mieux dit et de pluscomplet sur la umtitire." It is interesting to compare 
 the project of Confederation, proposed in this book of M. Tachd, ten years in advance of Conn 
 federation itself, with the general features, and even minute details, of our present constitution, 
 as embodied in the ' British North America Act." It is such comparison which prompted the 
 Honorable M. Blanchet, the jiresent Speaker in the House of Commons, to sav-, in his speech 
 on the occasion of the C^onfederation debate, in Quebec : " il. Tachd wrote a book which wa«J 
 almost prophetic on this ([uestion." 
 
 In the domain of i)urely literary compositions, the principal works of M. Tachd are, "Ti-oif 
 Liijende><" a kind of trilogy on the social and religious state of the Red Indians at three different 
 periods of their history; " Le BraiUard de Id Moiifaijii"," a legend in ver.se; " Forest 14: rs et 
 Vojiageuvs," being a picture of the life, travels, itleas and habits of the French Canadian 
 Lumbermen and Voyageurs, with landscape descriptions of Canadian nature and legends. That 
 work, published in 18G3, is very often republished, en feaiUeton, in French newspapers and 
 periodicals. 
 
 As a polcmist, M. Tachd has had several of the most lively contests which the French Press 
 of Canada has experienced, and one writer of the liberal persuasion, who went under the nom de 
 plame of Placide Ldpinc, says of him : " Quand on nc le lit pas de plaisir, on le lit de rage." 
 
 M. Tach(S has published a number of pamphlets, memoirs and |)apers on pliilosophical, 
 medical, social, economical and scientific questions ; his historical and archeological searches 
 are quoted by M. Laverdifire and Mr. Francis Parkman, in their works on Canadian History, 
 and by Professor Wilson, in his papers on anthropology. M. Tachd is the framer of our 
 Quarantine, Patent, Trade Marks and Copyright Laws, the latter of wliich has been the first 
 successful step toward the final settlement of a long standing and vexed question, and is re- 
 garded, in England, in such high estimation, that Mr. Daldy, a member of the "Royal Commission 
 on] Copyright," and one of the voi-y best authorities on tlie subject at home, says of it (Report 
 of 1878), " I have great hopes that before long, they (the Americans) will be prepared to accept 
 an arrangement on the basis of the Canadian Act. « * » * I,i f^^t^ I should be very 
 glad to sec our Government explain to them the basis of that Act, and tender that basis as tho 
 basis of a Treaty between the two countries." 
 
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 The last adinini.stnitivc and scientific production of the subject of this sketcli is the work 
 of "Canadian Statistics," commonly called "The Census," in five volumes, the materials for which 
 were collected under his direction and supervision by many oHicerH and employds, the principals of 
 whom are mentioned in the letter of presentation of the work to the Minister, printed at the head 
 of the first volume. The order, name, economy, arrangement and c«)ntrol of the wiiole are the idea 
 of M. Tacli^, whose time, for several years, hivs been in a groat part (K-cui)ied in bringing it to the 
 result now attained. These volumes contain the returns of the first Census of the Doimuion, 
 but, especially', the retrospective statistics of the country ; it is, in fact, the numerical History 
 of Canada wliich forms the matter of the two lust volumes of this series. The value of that 
 work can oidy be fully appreciated by those engaged in, and conversant with such subjects, a 
 surmise of which can, nevertheless, bo easily obtained by anyone by the careful perusal of the 
 introduction which begins each volume. 
 
 We have restricted ourselves, in this short sketch, to facts, and given only such opinions 
 as have been uttered by critics of standing — certain that such a course will be more jvccoptablo 
 to all concerned, than any eulogy or commentaries which we could here oft'er. 
 
 IIOX. ARTHUR S. HARDY, Q.C., :M.IM\, 
 
 BRANTFOltl). 
 
 A ItTHUR STURGIS HARDY, momW'r of the Ontario Parliament and Provincial Secretary 
 •*--^- and Registrar, is a son of Russell and Juletta (Sturgis) Hardy, and was born at Mount 
 Pleasant, County of Brant, December 14, 18.17, both parents being descended of United Empire 
 Loyalists. Russell Hardy, formerly a merchant in Brantford, is a native of Canada as was also Mr. 
 A. S. Hardy's mother. Both families came to Canada nearly one hundred years ago. Our subject 
 was educated in the Brant Count}- Grammar School, and at Rockwood Academy, near Ouelph ; 
 studied law at Brantford and afterwards completed his studies in Toronto under the late Chief 
 Justice Harrison, and Thomas Hodgins, LL.B., Q. C. ; was called to the Bar at Easter term, 
 1 8G5 ; has been in practice at Brantford sineo that time, and for some years has Iteen at the 
 head of the Brant County Bar. Since 1807 he has been City Solicitor ; ho was elected a 
 Bencher of the liaw Society of Ontario in 187-5, and created a Queen's Coun.sel in 1870. 
 
 Mr. Hardy is the senior member of the firm of Hardy, Wilkes, and Jones, who do an exten- 
 tensive common law and chancery business, and are the loading firm of the kind in the city. 
 Mr. Hardy is a fluent, animated, and eloquent speaker, a clear rca-soner, a powerful logician, and 
 one of the most successful jury lawyers in Western Ontario. Few men of his profession and 
 his age in this part of the Province, have a more brilliant record. He has also acquired a rcputa- 
 
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 tion in tlio wcsturn suctiun of tlie Province an a very able and succesttful advocate in criminal 
 cases. Mr. Hanly wan first elected to Parliament for his present seat (South Brant) in April, 
 liS73, on the resignation of the sitting,' member, the Honorable Etlmund Burke Wootl, now Chief 
 Justice of Manitoba ; was elected by aeclamation at the general election in January, 1875 ; 
 entered the Provincial Ooveinment, and was appointed Provincial Secretary and Registrar in 
 March, 1877, and was again re-elocted by acclamation ; and after an unusually spirited contest, 
 was re-elected a third time in June, 1879, by a large majority. 
 
 The politics of Mr. Hardy are Lilieral or Ri-form, and he is a leading man in his t)arty in 
 the Province. His Christian membership is in the Church ol England. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Hardy is Mary, daughter of Hon. Justice Morrison, of Toronto, one of the 
 Jud.je8 of the Court of Appeal of Ontario, they having been married on the 19th of January, 
 1870. They have three children. 
 
 ALEXANDER RC)]3ERTt?0X, M.l'.P., 
 
 UELLEYILLK. 
 
 A LF.XANDER UOBKRTSON, Mayor of tlio City of Belleville, and one of its prominent 
 -^-*- biirristei-s, is a native of the Province of Ontario, being born at Trenton, County of 
 Hastings, December .5, 18.38. His father was William Robertson, lumber merchant, from 
 Glenelg, Inverness-shire, Scotland, coming to Canada in 1827 ; his mother, Jane Simmons, a 
 native of Canada, and daughter of a United Emi)ire Loyalist. William Robertson, who died 
 in 18G1, was a descendant of the Robertsons of Strowan, "who were noted for their bravery 
 and fine physique." Wiien James I. was murdered in Black Friara Monastery, in the presence 
 of the Queen and her attendants, by Sir Robert Graham, the murderer made his escape to the 
 Highlands, hiding in the Braes-o'-Mar, where he was captured by Robert, grandson of Robert 
 of Athol, founder of the Clan Robertson. For this bravo deed, and the taking of Graham to 
 the Queen, he was rewarded with a Crov/n Charter, dated in 1451, erecting a large (quantity of 
 lands into a free Barony, and also with a coat of arms — "A naked man, manacled under the 
 achievement, with the motto, Vtftatls yloria mervetf." 
 
 When Alexander was seven years old, the family moved from Trenton to Belleville, in 
 the same county, whore the son was eilucated in the excellt^nt Grammar School, and subse- 
 quently read law with George E. Henderson, Q.C., being called to the Bar in 18G5. Since that 
 date he has been in the practice of his profession in this city, being at this time of the firm of 
 Roljertson and Thomas. Tliey have an extensive practice, but Mr. Robertson, who is a sound 
 and able lawyer, gives much of his attention to investments, partly of his own funds, and 
 
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 largely for other i«rtic8. Great trimt^arc confided to him, people having tinliniit<>d eonfidcnco 
 in his integrity nnd husiness tact. He is a skilful and successful oporutor. 
 
 Mr. Robertson was a nieinber of the Town Council of Beliovilio, before it Iwcaine a city, 
 which was in 1878, and was Mayor of the Town in 1870, and of the city in 1878-79, at tho 
 time of writing still holding that otfice. He is a man who likes to push public onterpri.sos 
 ahead, and to see the city advancing in all its material and other interests, and ho makes an 
 efficient and popular Chief Magistrate. 
 
 Individually ho is doing a great deal to build up and beautify tho city. In 187G ho put 
 up tho elegant brick block known as the Robertson Block, on the east side of Front Street, and 
 in 1879, the block on the other side of the same street. 
 
 He is a large property owner in the city, and no uian takes more pride in fuithering its 
 interests, which he considers identical with his own. It is this class of public-.spiritcd men who 
 have made Belleville one of tiic handsomest cities of tho younger class in tho Province of 
 Ontario. 
 
 In politics Mr. Robertson is a (.'onservativo, and in 1873, was offered, by acclamation, tho 
 memlx>i'ship of the House of Commons for East Hastings ; but he doelined. In 1879 at the 
 nrgent request of his many friemls he became a candidate for the Local Legislature, and was 
 elected by a large majority. 
 
 Ho is a Knight Temjdar in the Masonic Order, President of the St. Antlrew's Society ; a 
 member and tntstee of the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, nnd a man of unbending rectitude 
 of character. 
 
 In June, 1870, Georgiua, daughter of J)r. Robert Stewart, became the wife of Mr. 
 Robert.son, nnd she died in April, 1S74', leaving one child, Ethel Jane, aged eight yeare. Mi-s. 
 Robertson was a woman of kind and genial disposition, having a special talent for nmsic, and 
 being much beloved by a large ciivlo of friends. Her death was a serious loss to society in 
 Belleville. 
 
 EDWIX 1). TILLSOX, 
 
 TlLSONJilliO. 
 
 EDWIN DELAY AN TILLSON, .son of George Tillson, founder of the town of Tilsonburg, 
 was bom at Normandalo, County of Norfolk, March 20, 1825, his mother being Nancy 
 (Barker) Tillson, a native of the State of Maine. His father was bom in Massachusetts, and in 
 1822 moved from New York into Upper Canada, and with Hiram Capron, nnd Joseph Yan 
 Norman, built, at Long Point, County of Norfolk, tho fii-st foundry, it is said, in the Province of 
 Upper Canada. 
 
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 In 1823, when Edwin was a month or two old, bin father cnmo to what is now Tilsonburg, 
 tlicn in the Township of Dorohani, and put up a saw mill and foi'gc on Big Otter Crook, moving 
 hiH family hither tho next year. Horo ho manufactured lumU-r and wrought iron, cultivated 
 land, helped to build roads — acting as County Commissioner on roads for years — toiled hard to 
 open tho country, and dieil in 18G3 ; his wife ilied a year later. Tho town took tho name of Til- 
 sonburg about 183.'). 
 
 Our subjtjct spent one year in his youth at a school in Huron County, State of Ohio, paying 
 for his board by doing chores ; worked much of the time on his father's lands until of age, and 
 when twenty-one yearn old, having raised ?36 by teaching school three months, with that capi- 
 tal commenced nmnufacturing lumber for himself, and is still thus engaged. For tho livst 
 twenty years he has also had a flouring mill, doing custom work only ; and is extensively en- 
 gaged in the manufacture of oatmeal and split peas, sash, door, blinds, and brick, having one 
 of the largest and best brick-yards in the county, if not in the Province. 
 
 He has at least GOO acres of land under improvement, Itesides pasture and timbered lands, 
 his farm being second to none in this vicinity ; he owns GOO acres in town, mostly in lots, and 
 2,000 acres in adjoining townships, ami is doing a large real estate business. 
 
 The greatest undertaking of his life he now has on his hands, the building of a dam ,jOO 
 feet long across Big Otter Creek, right in town. Tt is Sli feet high, will have a water power of 
 abo\it 300 horse, and will cost from .^12,003 to .^l.'),000. It will have a watev-limo cement wall 
 85 feet long, 12 feet thick, and 2.5 feet high. Mr. Tillson is supervising this great work liiiuself, 
 and is doing it in a very substantial and workmanlike maimer. He does not 1>elicvo in slip- 
 shod workmanship ; everything ho does is made to last. Near his house is a sulphur spring with 
 gooil medicinal (pialities, and ho is pr(>paring to make Tilsonburg a watering-place. 
 
 He sold goods in this town for many years, going out of the trade five or six yeai's ago ; 
 has been Postmaster since 18G0 ; was Reeve of the Townsliij) of Dereham two terms, and was 
 the first Mayor of Tilsonburg, serving two years. 
 
 No man in the County of Oxford is more energetic or enterprising than ho, or has done 
 more to develop the water-power ami manufacturing and agricultural interestsof this section 
 of the Province. He has spent more than !?40,<'00 improving the town — grading streets, build- 
 ing roads, water-works, kc. He gave SG.OOO cash towards introtlncing the HoUey system of 
 water works which are operated entirely by water power; ho has also given thousands of dol- 
 lars as a private bonus to railroads which run through the town. 
 
 He is a member of the Methodist Church of Canada, and as far as we can learn, is living 
 an exemplary Christian life ; he holds the offices of steward and trustee. 
 
 July 4, 1850, he married Mary Ann, daughter of Whiting Van Norman, then of Tilsonburg, 
 and they have five children living, and have lost two. Lillie is the wife of Dr. Lachlin C. Sin- 
 clair, of Tilsonburg ; Hattio Adele is the wife of Bailey Harrison, of London ; Fred., the oldest 
 
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 iM)n, is marrioil and livua in Tilisonburg, and the utlior two, Cioorgi' and Edwin, aru young and 
 tcdXo at Iionio. 
 
 Fur ycai-H Mr. Tillson lias lioon one uf rilsoiilmrg's niOHt prominent and sulwtantinlcitiKunH; 
 liaH always advanced nioasuroH favoralile to tliu puliiic interest ; is a man of the liigliest moral 
 eharactor; by earnoitt industry lins aci'umidatt'd considerable property, and is well worthy tlio 
 esttiom in which ho is held by the eiti^iens of Oxford County. 
 
 JOSEPH A' AX XOUMAN, 
 
 riLsoMiuh'a. 
 
 "TOSEPII VAN NORMAN is a native of New Jei-sey, a son of John and Sarah (De Puo) 
 ^ Van Norman, and was born May 12, I7!)t). His mother was of Hiij;uenot descent, lier an- 
 cestor escaping from BVanco ut the time of the peraecution of the Protestants. Wlien lie was a 
 small boy the family emigrated to Canandaigun, in Western New York, where he received a 
 moderate education, picked up some knowledge of the iron manufacturing business, and having 
 a talent, as well as a natural taste, for mechanics, he built a snuill furuMce, and operated it for 
 two or three years ; then went to Manchester, now Shortsville, in the same State, anil worked 
 as foreman in a foundry. 
 
 In 1821 Mr Van Norman came to Noifolk County, then a part of the Loiulon District, and 
 made preparations for the erection of a blast furnace at Noiniamlale, in tlie Township of ( "harlotte- 
 ville. The next spring he was joined by Hiram Capron and George Tillson ; the enterpriso 
 was completed, and proved a success. In a fewyeai-s Mr. Van Norman bought out his partners, 
 and subseipiently, at different times, had for partners, his brother, Benjamin Van Norman, and 
 his eldest son, Romaine. He gave empioyinent to a great many men, and did much towards 
 settling the country. 
 
 In 1847 our subject went to Marmoia, bought out the iron manufactory of lion. Peter McGill 
 founded the Marmora Iron Works Company, and on account of the ditticulty of making ship- 
 ments, the company foun 1 tlio enterprise a losin .j concurii, an 1 abindoned it, Mr. Van Nornmn 
 returning to Norfolk County, and building a blast furnace in the Township of Houghtim. 
 About that time occurred the great financial crash of 18o7, and this undertaking also proved a 
 failure. 
 
 Since 18ti3 Mr. Van Norman has resiiled at Tilsonbuig, County of Oxford, and has been 
 at times engaged in the manufacture of brick, lime and shingles. For the last few years 
 he has a.ssumed light responsibilities only, though still <piite active and smart for a man who is 
 older than this centuiy. llis ujemory is a thesaurus of old annals. 
 
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 Mr. Vftn Noniian was one of tl)o firat Coiincilinon for tlio County of Norfolk ; has boon a 
 Coiini-ilnian for tlio Town of Tilsonlnirjj, and wan nia^istrato for a loiiff tiino. His political 
 iitHliationH have alwayH boon with tlio Kuforni party, whoso cantlidatu ho Wiv» at one time for 
 till) Paiiinnu'iit of ITppcr Caiiaila, prior to the union of 1841. 
 
 Ho is a nicniher of tin- Muthoilist Cliurch of Canada; agood example of a sttiadfast Christian 
 and one of the iiioMt hospitable men that ever lived in these parts, his door standing,' (»pen for 
 fifty yeai's for the eiitiTiice of the weniy traveler, or the agent of benevolent, relij,'ious, and 
 other commendable enterprises. The hnnj,'rv he never tiinied empty away, and probably a 
 more generous heart rai-ely W-ats in any Christian land. 
 
 August 2.'), 1817, Mr. Van Norman married, at Pembroke, New York, Miss Iloxilana Rob- 
 inson, a native of Hertford, Veriiumt, and they ha\e four chil<lrcn living, and have buried seven, 
 three of them, Caiolina, Susan Maria, and Uoxilana, dying after having grown up ; the last 
 two mentioned after they were married. Romaine, their eldest child living, is at Bcams- 
 ville ; Oeorge Robinson is a Barrister and County Attorney for Itrant, residing at Brantford ; 
 l)e Witt is an attorney-at-law at Palmerston ; and Harriet Eliza is living with her parents. 
 All the sons are married. Mrs. Van Norman, l>orn in the last year of the last century, ami at 
 the time of writing this sketch just four-.score years ohl, has the sprightlincss of mind and 
 vivacity of middle life, and has grown old with unusual gracefulnes.s. The writer once heard 
 her des(!ribe her first home at Noiinamlale in 182i, it being one end of bellows-house to the 
 furnace, with a hole in the top to let the smoke out ! " But godliness with contentment is groat 
 gain;" she preserved her cheerfulness, had a better house in a few weeks, with a chimney in it, 
 and still laughs at the humble style in which she commoncod house-keeping in the wihls of 
 Canada. 
 
 .lOITX AFr)()NAGir, 
 riiuuoi.D. 
 
 TOHN McDONAGH is a native of Rivers Town, County of Sligo, Ireland, and was born 
 " February G, 1822. His mother, before her marriage was Elizabeth Carson. His father, 
 William McDonagh, was the 3'oungest of five brothers, four of whom volunteered in the militia 
 at the time of the rebellion of 1798, afterwards joined the regular army, .served under Welling- 
 ton in the Peninsular War, and were with him till after the battle of Waterloo. His father, who 
 was not a whit behind the four brothers in patriotism, .served twenty-five years in the yeo- 
 manry or local militia, removing to Upper Canada in 1840, and .settling in the Township of 
 Tecumseth, County of Simcoe, where he died in 1877 at tho ago of eighty. The mother died 
 about ten years earlier. 
 

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 TtlE CAN AM AS niOaiiANnCAL DICTlOXAKr. 
 
 
 Ill tlio Hpriny of 1840 our siiljoct joined llor MiijoNty's UoyiU llevenuo Police, and Horved 
 tliivo yoiirB, following,' Ids luireiits to tliis country in IH4.S. Aft»'r Hpondin^ one year In the 
 County of Sinicoc, lie roniovud to tlie Niiigiini District, iind lias resided in it for tliirty-Hvo yoai-s. 
 IIu spent a little more than one year in a suw niiil iit Dunnville; then joini>d the mounted ]M)liee 
 on the Welland Canal, under coinniand of Major Kicliardson, serving until it was disbanded a 
 year or two later. 
 
 In the spring of liSjO Mr. McDonagh and other I'anadians caught the gold fever, and made 
 up their minds to see the young Kl Dorado of the Pacific Slope. Karly in May of that year, 
 twelve of them started out with ox teams on the overland route, going via St. Joe, Mo. (where 
 they secured their teams and outfit), Fort Karney, Fort Laramie, Independence Rock, through 
 the vidley of the Sweet river, crossing it si.steen times, and on the ISth of June stood on the 
 South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, where the westward flowing streams take their rise. In 
 the morning of that day they fouml water frozen in tlieir buckets. 
 
 They proceeded aciuss the Hig Sandy Desert a distance of seventy miles, to Oreen river, 
 thence to the Big Bear, and up its fiats to Soda Springs ; followed the Huniholt Valley four 
 hundred miles, to where it disappears in a sandy plain, and thence across to Carson river, sixty 
 miles, where their provisions gave out. They were two hundred miles from Piacerville, and 
 four of the party, with four biscuits each, started on ahead of the teams, Mr. McDonagh carry- 
 ing thirty-six pounds, the others nothing. (,)iie man besides him went through, the others 
 giving out, and waiting for the teams to i)ick them up. Mr. McDonagh reached Piacerville, 
 then called Hangtown, at two o'clock, p.m. of the fourth day, faint, yet would have gone 
 farther, rather than lie down and starvi- to death. He never saw a sick (hiy on the entire 
 route, and walked all the way from St. Joe to Piacerville, a distance of 2500 miles, reacthing the 
 latter place in the latter part of August ; others were sick, and were glad enough to be carried 
 on an ox cart. 
 
 One of their party had a leg broken when eighty miles east of Fort Karney, and the teama 
 never halted, night or day, until they reached the Fort, where he had his limb amputated, and 
 had to remain some weeks. 
 
 Mr. McDonagh commenced mining in Calavera.s County, and was in California nearly four 
 yeaiu During tlie first two he was with Italian, French, Portuguese, Chinese, and Indians, and 
 never hoard a word of English from any lips but his own. 
 
 He had good success, returned in 1854 by the Nicarauga route, and on his way to Canada, 
 halted at Philadelphia, and had his " dust " turned to coin. He has been often heard to speak 
 of the kindness which he received at the Imnds of the officers of the mint. They charged him 
 and his associate nothing for services, getting their pay probably out of the alloy put into the 
 coin to harden it, and politely showing them through the great establishment, &c. 
 
 Since returning to Canada, Mr, McDonagh has resided at Thoiold, and is one of the lead- 
 
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 ingbuNinewi inon of the town, ho Iiiih Iteon ninniifRotiinnf^ nnd dttnling in nliip timU'r mwv 1NA5, 
 nn<i farming Ity proxy and through runtorn. llu hnna farm of thruu humlnMl acnm adjoining tho 
 town, other propi'rty in Thorold and at Mt>rritton and St. CatharinoH, being in very comfortable 
 circunmtancoH. Tho Hiweral buildings which ho han erected in Thorold have been important 
 improvenicntN. He m quite enterprising. 
 
 Mr. M(;Donagh was in tlie Town Council five yearH'; was Reeve and member of County 
 Council four years, and has been magistrate of the county a ilecado or more. 
 
 About tho time of tho Trent affair, t8(il, lie raised a volunteer company, and commanded 
 it for three yeaix, and then resigned. 
 
 Mr. McDonngh is a Conservativt' in politics, and for the last eight years has been president 
 of tho Liberal Conservative A.ssociation for the County of Welland. 
 
 In 18.54 he married Miss Mary Ann Williams, daughter of Daniel Williams, an early settler 
 at Allanburg. The family came hero from New Jersey, and are well A.nown in this part of tho 
 Province. Mr, McDonagh belongs to the Episcopal Church, of whicli ho was warden several 
 years. Ho is a kind man to the poor, and a true friend of those suffering fiom ixny cause ; has 
 always been a hard working man ; had some severe " roughing " in middle life, yet is still very 
 healthy and robu.st, and as a business man he is a fine success. 
 
 IIOK LEWIS WALLBEIDGE, Q.C., 
 
 BELLEYILLK. 
 
 1 1 "IHE subject of this sketch, one of the oldest and most prominent ban'istei-s, and an ex officio 
 -^ bencher of the Law Society, in the Province of Ontario, was born in Eelleville. He is a 
 grandson of Elijah Wallbridge, a United Empire Loyalist, who settled in Canada shortly after 
 the War of Independence of tho American Colonies ; is a son of William H. Wallbridge, lumber 
 merchant, who dieil in Belleville, March 12, 1832. A.sa Wallbridge, an older brother of Elijah, 
 erected the first house where the city now stands. The family were from Doi-setshire, England, 
 and took sides with tlic Duke of Monmouth in the rebellion against King James, and left 
 England on that account. 
 
 Mr. Wallbridge received his education under the late Dr. Benjamin Workman, in Montreal, 
 and at Upper Canada College, Toronto ; his legal education in the office of Hon. Robert Baldwin, 
 of Toronto ; was called to the Bar at Ililarj' term in 1839 ; he was created a Queen's Counsel, 
 when comparatively young. 
 
 Mr. Wallbridge was elected to the Canadian Parliament in 1858, and later, while a member 
 
 of that body, became Solicitor-General, and a member of the Macdonald-Dorion Government. 
 
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 Whilst Solicitor-General he was elected Speaker of the House in 1863 ; held that office a 
 little more than four years, and presided during the debates on the exciting question of Con- 
 federation at Quebec. His polities are Conservative. ' 
 
 Mr. Wallbridge is a member of the Senate of Albert Univei-sity, and takes pride in the 
 growth and prosperity of this local institution. 
 
 His religious connection is with the Church of England. 
 
 COL. DAEBY BERG 11^, M.D., M.R, 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
 I "VARBY BERGIN, son of William Bergin, Civil Engineer, was bom in Toronto, Ontario, 
 -'-^ September 7, 1820. His father, who was a native of King's County, Ireland, came to 
 Canada in 1820, and was a merchant for some time in the city where the son was bom. His 
 mother, before her marriage, was Miss Mary Flanagan, daughter of John Flanagan of Charlotten- 
 burg, County of Glengarry, Ontario. 
 
 The subject of this notice received his literary education at the Upper Canada College, 
 Toronto ; graduated M.D. at the univei-sity of McGill College, Montreal, in 1847, and has 
 since been practising at Cornwall, having an extensive ride and a remunerative business. He was 
 for some time one of the E.xaminers in the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, and 
 recognized as the head of his profession in the United Counties. The doctor was a Trustee of 
 the Cornwall High School, a member of the Town Council, and for many years physician to the 
 Counties Gaol, a position which he resigned upon entering Parliament. 
 
 When the Trent affiiir occurred in 1801, he raised a company with great promptness and 
 had command of it ; was made a Major in 1800, and has since been promoted to the rank of 
 Colonel of the .5f)th Stormont and GIengarr_y battalion of volunteer infantry. 
 
 Dr. Bergin was fiist returned to parliament for his present seat, by acclamation, in Sept., 
 1878. In politics he is a Liberal-Coaservative ; in religion a Roman Catholic. 
 
 He and his younger brother, John Bergin, born July 15, 1829, a banister at Comwall, 
 and four years Master in Chanceiy, own the " Stormont Stock Farm," one mile east of the 
 Cornwall station on the Grand Trunk Railway. This farm is devoted mainly to the breeding 
 and training of roadsters and trotters, an enterprise started about five years ago. They com 
 mencod by purchasing " Ringwood," sired by " Edwanl Everett," the dam being by " Long 
 Island Black Hawk," a golden chestnut 1.5 J hands high, weighing 1,170 pounds ; and not long 
 after, " Midway," a son of " Almont," brother in blood to " Alley West " and " Piedmont." 
 
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 The Canadian llluatruted Ncica of February 2 ^ ^79, contained a portrait of " Midway," 
 and the following reference to both of these splendid sittllions : — 
 
 " The Meswrs. Bergin own two famous stallions, ' Ringwood ' and ' Midway.' A glowing 
 description of the former, with portrait, was given a few months ago in The Spirit of the Times. 
 'Ringwood' is describt^d as 'a horse of grand presence, a model of ec^uine beauty and of 
 power, a style and carriage "at both ends," to use the phrase of Dr. Herr, the Nestor of Kentucky 
 breedera, not surpassed by any horse in the country ; action even and true, Avith the smooth- 
 ness, power, and regularity of a Corliss engine ; afraid of nothing, full of ambition, perfectly 
 broken, of the kindest disposition, he is the very beau ideal, thone^das ultra oi an American 
 trotter and gentleman's roadster. ' Ringwood ' combines in the most direct descent the blood 
 of 'Messenger,' of ' Grand Bashaw,' and of ' Diomed,' the fathers of those great trotting 
 families the Hambletonians, the Mambrinos, the Bashaws, the Clays and the Stars. What may 
 wo not expect from such a sire ? ' 
 
 " ' Midway' is a brown colt, bred by General Whithers, of Lexington, Ky. ; 15 hands 3J 
 inches high. No trotting horse in this country is so closely allied to the Queens of the Trotting 
 Turf, ' Goldsmith Maid ' and ' Laily Thorne,' aij is ' Midway.' Back of his dam, he belongs 
 to the stoutest and fastest running families that ever trod the American turf." 
 
 They also own a small but choice herd of short horns, which will soon improve the present 
 breed of cattle in their neighbourhood. 
 
 Messre. D. and J. Bergin keep an experienced trainer on the premises, and are fully deter- 
 mined to do something towards improving the stock of horse flesh in their section of the 
 Province. 
 
 GEORGE WATSO"^", 
 
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 COLLIXGWOOD. 
 
 a FORGE WATSON, Collector of Customs at Collingwood, was born near Aberdeen, Scot- 
 land, December 2, 1828. He lost his mother when about six yeara old. In 1836 the 
 remainder of the family, father and two sisters, emigrated to Upper Canada, settling on a 
 farm in the Townshij) of Cliinguacousy, twenty miles from Toronto. George finished his 
 education at a grammar school in Toronto ; continued on the farm until 185.5 ; then became 
 a passenger conductor on the Northern Railway, and was in that position between eleven 
 and twelve years, his home beincr at Collingwood. He left the road on account of ill health on 
 the 4th of November, 18G6 ; on the 22nd of t'lo same month was api)ointed Sub-Collector 
 at the out-port of Collingwood, and when the port wjvs made an independent one, he was 
 
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 appointed Collector of Customs, an office which he still holds, and in which ho is very prompt 
 and faithful. 
 
 In politics he is a Reformer, and belongs to a family of staunch Reformei-s, who know no 
 " shadow of turning." Ho has considerable prominence as a politician in that part of Ontario. 
 
 Mr. Watson wits elected Mayor of Collingwood on the firat of January, 1 807, and by 
 repeated re-elections held that office five consecutive years, when he declined serving longer at 
 that time ; but in 1877 he was again elected and served another term. He made an eminently 
 useful chief Magistrate of the town. He is a Justice of the Peace, Surveyor and Registrar of 
 shipping at the port, and Chairman of the Board of License Commissioners for West Simcoe, — 
 and has the reputation of being a man true to every trust imposed upon him. 
 
 In June, 180.5, Mr. Watson married Miss Joanna Watson, daughter of John Watson of 
 Cliinguacousy, and they have one .son, named George, aged twelve years. 
 
 Mr. Watson is a Presbyterian, as firm in the religion as in the political faith of his fore- 
 fathei-s, — a positive man, knowing why he believes in any tenet, and adhering to it with the 
 utmost tenacity. In a word, he is a conscientious, honest, Scotchman, — a true cliaracteristic of 
 "the land of brown heath and .shaggy- wood." 
 
 He has earned for himself a competency sufficient to maintain his independence — a trait 
 in his character. 
 
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 RUFus stepiiexso:n^, M.P., 
 
 CHATHAM. 
 
 T3 UFUS STEPHENSON , member of the Dominion Parliament since the Dominion was form- 
 -^*' ed, representing the County of Kent ; is a native of Springfield, Ma.ss., dating his birth 
 January 14th, LSSo. His parents are Eli and Chloe (Chapin) Stephenson, his father being 
 .still alive, and in his 94th year. His mother is a descendant of Deacon Sanniel Chapin, a 
 Puritan who came to Ro.xbury (now in Boston) Ma.ss., prior to 1(»40, and settled at Springfield, 
 same State, in 1042. His descendants form one of the most nianerous families in the United Stati's, 
 embracing many names of a national reputation. Among them are Hon. Henry Chapin (Juilge), 
 Worcester, Mass., Edwin Chapin, D. D., N. Y. City ; A. L. Chapin, D. I)., President Beloit Col- 
 lege, Wis. ; Hon. Moses Chapin, Hon. William H. Seward, Hon. Solomon Foot, Henry Ward 
 Beecher, J. G. Holland, Roswell D. Hitchcock, D. D., and .scores of other jicriions who might be 
 mentioned. In September, 1802, a meeting of the descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin 
 was held at Springfield, Mass., and between 2000 and 3000 of them were present, 
 
 The grandfather of our subject was from Lancashire, England, and was of that branch of 
 the Ste[)hen.son family from which sprung George and Robert Stephenson,, so famous as railway 
 eugineei's. His grandmother was of the Murphy family, Londondeii-y, north of Ireland. She 
 
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 (lied in St. CnthaiincB in ISo-li, at the advanced age of within a fuw months of 100 years. In 
 till' infancy of lliifus the family moved to St. ('atharines, Ontario, where he wa.s educated in the 
 (jiantham Academy. IIi.s father's youngest brother, tlie late Colonel Eleazer Williams Stephen- 
 son of that place, was prominent as one of the promoters of the scheme for the construction of 
 what is now called the VVellantl C!anal, and was one of the Directors a.s.sociated with the late 
 Hon. William Hamilt<m Merritt, of the Welland Canal Company. He was also connected with 
 many other enterprises which tended largely to develop the interests of the Niagara Distrie./, 
 and especially the now Houri.shing city of St. Catharines. It was Colonel Stephenson who 
 established the fii-st Royal Mail stage coach line through LTpper Canada from Niagara to Detroit, 
 and in later years was intimately connected in business relations with those well-known enter- 
 prising Canadians, Mes.srs. Taylor, Chatham ; Segar, London ; Babcock, Brantford ; Davis, 
 Hamilton ; Haynes of St. Catharines ; Bernard of Toronto, and Weller of Cobourg. CJolonel 
 Ste[>henson wa.s accidentally killed in 18G7 by the running away of a pair of horses he was 
 driving. The subject of this sketch, who was with him in the carriage at the time of the acci- 
 dent, narrowly escaped with his life. It was Eli Stephenson who first developed the manufac* 
 turo of salt at St. Catharines, his works being located on the site now occupied by that 
 magnificent structiu-e known as the " Stephenson House." He learned the trade of a printer in 
 the oHlces of the St. Catharines Journal, the Lomj Point Advocate, Simcoe ; and the Britmh 
 American, Wood.stock. In 1850 came to Chatham as foreman of the oHice of the Kent Advertiner 
 and associate editor of the same ; and in a short time took charge of the Chatham Planet, of 
 which he became [iroprietor in 1857. He conducted that paper until November, 1878, when he 
 disposed of it to his two oldest 8on.s, Sydney and Edwin Fredei'ick Stei)hen,son, who are keej)in<' 
 up the excellent character of the journal, published tri-weekly, as well as weekly. 
 
 Since becoming a resident of Chatham, Mr. Stephenson has held numerous municipal and 
 other offices; has been chairman <if the Common School Board ; Chief Enginefcr of the Fire 
 1 )epartment ; mombur of the County Board of Public Instruction ; member of the Town Council a 
 dozen years or iiunv ; member of the (yOiMity Council one term, and Mayor three terms in suc- 
 cession, being re-elected twice by acclamation. 
 
 He has been Captain of No. 2 Co., 24th Battalion Volunteer Infantry since 18C(J. 
 
 In 1807 he was the successful candidate of the Liberal-Conservatives for the first Dominion 
 Parliament for the County of Kent, and was re-elected at the general elections held in 1872, 
 1874! and 1878. Among legislative measures initiated by him were, the action of the Govern- 
 ment in regard to the sUitus of naturalizeil foreigners in the British Colonial Pos.sessions, and 
 the coasting relations with the Uniteil States and the navigation of inland watei-s, besides a num- 
 ber of general and local improvements of substantial value to Western Ontario. His politics are 
 Liberal-t'onservative. 
 
 He is a Free Mason, and has been Secretary of Lodge iO, Wellington. 
 
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 October 11, 1854, Mr. Stephenson was joined in marriage with Georgiana Emma, eldest 
 daughter of Thomas Andrew, harrister, formerly of London, England, and granddaughter of 
 Joseph Sparks, Esq., of the County of Kent, England, and at one time a director of the East 
 India Company. They have nine children, five sons and four daughtere. The eldest son, 
 Sydney, is married to Georgiana Minty ; Chloc Eleanore is the wife of B. H. G. Vicai-s, of 
 Toronto ; the others are single. 
 
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 willia:m grey, 
 
 WOODSTOCK. 
 
 ONE of the oldest residents in Woodstock, and one of its most prominent citizens, is Wil- 
 liam Grey, Avho settled in Oxford County in 1825, two and a half miles from the 
 present Town of Woodstock, before the place, as a town, had a name, except " Town Plot." 
 The spot on which his house now stands, a (luarter-mile from the Post Office, was a sugar 
 bush half a century ago. He saw a village start here, and gradually expand into a town of 
 G,000 inhabitants, — industrious, thriving, and intelligent ; and no man now living here has 
 done more to build up the place than Mr. Grey. He is a native of West Pemiard, Someraet- 
 shire, England, dating his birth October 18, 1812. His father, Tliomas Grey, a farmer, was a 
 descendant of a family of large property holders in Somei-setshire ; married Jane Carter, of 
 liis native county, and, in 1822, brought his family to Canada, halting two or three years at 
 Nicolet, Lower Canada, and, in 1825, coming as far west as the County of Oxford. 
 
 William received a good stjirt in his education before leaving the Old Country, and, after 
 coming to Canada, availed himself of the best means at his command to complete it ; but never, 
 we believe, grew proud of his store of knowledge. 
 
 Mr, Grey farmed for many years, owning, at one time, three or four farms, all of which he 
 has sold. He has some woodland, and considerable town property, beside his pleasant home on 
 Graham Street. Mr, Grey built the first brick building, for dwelling purposes, erected in 
 Woodstock— the Royal Hotel, still one of the popular public houses iii the place. When it wan 
 erected, in 1843, it was probably the best hotel building within fifty miles of Woodstock, 
 Mr. Grey has since erected various other buildings here, spending, in all, in such improvements, 
 something like 840,000 or $50,000. 
 
 At one period after settling in the town Mr. Grey acted as deputy sheriff, and Wa."* a com- 
 mission merchant, and a conveyancer, dealing very extensively in real estate. At the same 
 time he was also an insurance agent for several of tin; best American companies, and was 
 in the Town or County Council much of the time. He was the second Mayor of Woodstockj 
 
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 191 
 
 Joseph Sitlworth being the first. Ho has since hoUl tlic saino oHico several terms, and must 
 have been in the Municiimlity of Woodstock nltoyetlier, at leivst, 25 yciu-s. He is one of the 
 oldest magistrates in the county. 
 
 Mr. Grey was the first President of the Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway Company, 
 and is now President of tlie Oxford Loan and Savings Society, the Woodstock and Norwich 
 Plank and Gravel Road Company, and the Woodstock Board of Trade. 
 
 Mr. Grey was reared in the Episcopal Chuich, held the office of Warden over twenty 
 years ; has been a mend>er of the Synod since it WJis formed, and has always been very active 
 in Church matters, .showing his public spirit here, as in many other directions. 
 
 Mr. Grey married, ipiite young (October, 1832), Miss Susan Westbrook, of Oakland, then 
 County of Oxford, now Brant, and they had two children, one dying in infancy, and the other, 
 John George, after he had become a practising pliysician. 
 
 TECUMSEII K. HOLMES, M.D., 
 
 CHATHAM. 
 
 rpECUMSEH KINGSLEY HOLMES, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Kent 
 -'- County, Ontario, is a son of Abraham and Jane Louisa (Gibson) Htdmes, and was Itorn 
 at Euphemia, County of Kent, January 17, 185!). His father, many years a farmer, is still 
 living, being in his 8-tth year. The family is of Irish descent, the great grandfather of our 
 subject coming over when the father of Abraham Holmes was a child, and .settling at Montreal. 
 The grandfather of our subject, on reaching manhood, removed to Sandwieh.IIpper Canada, and 
 was there Principal of an v\caden>y many years. The Gib.sons were United Empire Loyalists. 
 The mother of Tecumseh was a granddaughter of General Gates, who fouglit on the side of 
 the colonies. 
 
 In his younger years our subject prepared himself in the public schools of his native 
 country, and by private study, for an instructor, and taught five years. He studied medicine 
 with Drs. Wallen and Askin of Chatham ; attended lectures in tlie Medical Dtspartnient of the 
 Michigan State University, Ann Arbor, in ISfi^; the next year was graduated M.D. at Long 
 Island College Hospital, Fhooklyn ; a year later at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
 New York, and at Victoria University, Ontario, l.S(i7. While in New York, Dr. Holmes also 
 took private lessons in surgery of Dr. Frank Hastings Hamilton, of Bellevue Hospital Medical 
 College, one of the most eminent siirgoons in the United States ; and in atiscidtation and per- 
 cussion of Dr. Austin Flint, senior, of the same college, and the best writer on theory and 
 practice of modiciue in that country. 
 
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 THE CANADIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 With the best of pieparations for his practice, b.;i,h in medicine and surgery, Dr. Holmes 
 opened an office at Chatham in May, 1867, and iins been one of the most successful men in his 
 profession in Western Ontario. He makes a specialty of nothing, but has given a good deal of 
 attention to the diseases of women and children. His whole time and energies are devoted to 
 his profession in its several branches, and his standing is excellent. He has, from the start, 
 been an active member of the Western and St. Clair Medical Association, and was a delegate 
 from it to the International Medical Consrress — Centennial of the United States — held at 
 Philadelphia in 187G. On that occasion he prepared and read a paper on the " Management of 
 Convulsions in Children, depending upon a High Temperature of the Body," which paper was 
 published in the transactions of that Congi-ess. He has also prepared for the same ^.ocal 
 association, several papers, which have been published in its transactions. He is, likewise, 
 quite active in educational matters, occasionally lecturing before teachers' conventions. 
 
 Dr. Holmes is Surgeon of the 24th Battalion Volunteer Infantry, and has held one or two 
 offices in the corporation of Chatham, but evidently has no aspirations in that direction, as 
 civil offices would necessarily interfere with his very remunerative practice. He is a decided 
 and earnest Reformer, and has been urged by his political confreres to stand as a candidate for 
 the Provincial Parliament, but has steadfastly refused to let his name be used in a nominating 
 convention. • 
 
 He is a member of the Church of England, and much interested in religious progi-ess and 
 moral reforms, being an ardent suppoi-tcr of the temperance cause, and fre([uently and zealously 
 advocating it on public occasions. He was the fii-st Worthy Chief of the first Lodge of Good 
 Templars in Kent County. 
 
 The Doctor has been married since January 23, 1873, his wife being Mary E., daughter 
 of Thomas H. Taylor, of Chatham. They have two boys. 
 
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 TORONTO. 
 
 EOBERT HAY, member of the House of Commons for Centre Toronto, is a son of Robert 
 and Elizabeth (Henderson) Hay, and was born in the parish of Tippermuir, Perthshire, 
 Scotland, May 18, 1808. His father was an agriculturist in moderate circumstances, witli a 
 family of nine children ; and at fourteen years of age our subject had to leave school and rely 
 upon his own small hands for support. He became an apprentice to a cabinet-maker; learned 
 the trade thoroughly in the town of Perth ; worked at it as a journeyman in the old country 
 until the sunnner of 1831, when he sailed for the new world, reaching Toronto on the 10th of 
 
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 SeptomUur, Hero linfc boon the homo of Mr. Hay for nhnost fifty years, nnil by hard work and 
 the iiinst careful attention to hi.s businosM in all its details, he placed himself in comfortable, and 
 wo might say independent, circumstances years ago. In the year lS3o ho connncneed businetsN, 
 forming a partnership with Joim Jaccjues, a native of Cumberlandshire, England, and the firm 
 of Jacques and Hay continued between thirty and forty years. They commentod with a capital 
 of about 8400 each, and with a " force" of two a))prentico boys, enlarging from year to year 
 until they had noniething like four hundred men. 
 
 After they had been in business about twenty years, they were burnt out twice, losing, in 
 the aggregate, about ?200,000— the accunmlations of two decades of solid work. Without 
 *' bating njot of heart or hope," they rebuilt, and pushed on to fortune, good luck thenceforth 
 attending them. 
 
 In 1870 Mr. Jac(jues retired from the business, and two worthy men, long in the employ 
 of the firm — Charles Rogers and George Craig — took his place ; and the firm of R. Hay and Co. 
 continues the busines,s, their j)resent store-rooms being at the corner of King and Jordan Streets^ 
 their sales averaging, during the last nine or ten years, about .^$350,000 per annum. It is safe 
 to say that no hotter furniture is manufactured in the Dominion of Canada. Its .sales are not 
 altogether limited to this country : several shipments yearly have been forwarded to (Ireat 
 Britain. Some very prominent families in England have been sup|)lied from the .shops of this 
 firm, among whom are Lord Abinger, and Mr. Bass, M. P., son of the extensive brewer, well 
 known the world over. 
 
 Mr. Hay has a saw mill at New Lowell, County of Sinicoo, cutting 4,000,000 feet of lumber 
 annually ; also at the same place a hair factory and a turning shop, equipped with the best of 
 machinery. Ho has likewise a farm there of 700 acres, which he owns in company with his 
 n?phcw, Robert Patton, which is all cleared and improved. They raised 43 acres of potatoes 
 in 1879, and arc preparing to plant more than twice that number of acres in 1880, the soil being 
 admirable fur root crops. Mr. Hay has recently commenced the breeding of .short-hoi-n cattle 
 on the farm, and has also a few .sheep and swine of choice breeds. Near New Lowell ho has 
 2,.")00 acres of woodland. 
 
 Mr. Hay is a Director of the C'redit Valley Railway, and of the Electric Manufacturing 
 Company of Toronto. In September, 1878, he was elected to Parliament to represent the 
 riding of Centre Toronto, one of the wealthiest and most import»int constituencies in the 
 Dominion. He was formerly, and for many years, a Liberal in politics, but latteily ha,s favorel 
 what is known as the " National Policy," which means a protective tariff to Canadian indtistries, 
 and now acts with the Liberal Conservatives, having received their unanimous and hearty 
 support along with many Libeials at the election just mentioned. He also favors the adoption 
 of a ])rohibitory Liquoi' law, a« soon as the people are educated up to that high standard of 
 morality. 
 
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 THE CASADIAN nWGIiM'llICAL lUCTWSARY, 
 
 Novoiiil)cr 18, 1847, Mr. Hay innrriud Miss Mnry Dunlop, a niitivt) of Oliwyow. Sho wom 
 born Ir. 1827 and diod in 1871, Iciivinj,' six childivn, ono of whom, SopluH, Ims Hince dit-tl Ono 
 son nnd one daugliter Iiiid pn-ot'dt'd lior to the other world. 
 
 Mr. Hay i.s as niucli of a Melf-niade man as ahnost any iirovinee or country can present. 
 Relying upon his own iahor for support sinee he entered upon his teens; applying himself to 
 liis daily toil with an imlustry that never tlags, ho hus wyn this erowu of wv'll-nieritod auU 
 HoUvble success, 
 
 LAMJJKHT K. JiOLTOX, 
 
 rr^HE Bolton family is thoroughly iilentified with tho history of the Township of Albion 
 -■- and tho County of Peel, some of its members having figiued <[uito prominently in this 
 locality. James Bolton, one of the pioneers in Albion, and the grandfather of our subject, camo 
 from the County of .SuH'olk, England, to Ujtper Canada in ISIS; his occupation was that of ii 
 carpenter and builder. Ho settled in Alijion, near the Humber, the next year. We leam from 
 the "Historical Atlas of Peel County," that ho erected the first grist-mills at Weston, New* 
 market, Lloydtown and Tecumseh, and also a number of buildings in tho City of Toronto and 
 tho neighborhood. He was quite a noted man, and active, using his pen as well lus voice in 
 opposing the "Family Compact," and taking a prominent part in politics previous to the Rebel- 
 lion, leavinj' the countrv at the time of tho outbreak, and dvirii' in Indiana in IS3S. 
 
 Ho left six sons, of whom Charles the eldest son, was the father of our subject. He was 
 born in England in 1804; married Catharine Parker, daughter of William Parker of Albioui 
 in 1827 ; bought tho farm that year which covered part of tho present village of Bolton ; was 
 a farmer and subsequently a merchant here, and died in ISO.'] ; held tho offices of School Com- 
 missioner under tho old law. School Trustee, Deacon of the Congregational Church, the latter 
 office he lield till hi.s death, and was a noble Christian man, a valuable citizen of the place. 
 
 His brothers were, George Bolton, a farm r, who died at Fordwich, County of Huron, in 
 1877; Henry Bolton, also living in Albion, ami dying in IS to ; James Cupper Bolton, a miller, 
 farmer, and merchant in Bolton, from 181.5 to lS54, when he sold his property here, removed to 
 tho Township of King, near Newmarket, where he still lives, and was appointed Justici* of tho 
 Peace in 1848, and is now one of the oldest magistrates in this part of the Province ; Samuel 
 Bolton, a carpenter and builder, who ."ottled in Bolton in 184G, and is still residing hero, and is 
 a member of the Congregational Church ; and William Bolton, the sixth .son, a carpenter by 
 trade, who lived alternately in Ontario and Indiana, and died in that State in 180.5. He was a 
 member of the Primitive Methodist Church, ■ 
 
TIIK CAS-ADIAS' HlOdliAVIIICAL l>l(no\AI{\'. 
 
 197 
 
 Tlip mihject of tliis NkoU'li, n leniling IniHincss tiinn in Bolton, was born hero So|itcn>lM>r 
 8, 1.S31 ; I'llucatod in tlio Coininon School ; fanncMl (intil Hixtwn yeai>» of a>,'o ; Horvcd an ap- 
 picnticosliipnt tlic nu'ipiintili! liiisincss in Toronto ; was iv clerk and liook-kcispor in Bolton for 
 Hi'vural yoars ; and iilKint 18.'>() l>ei'ftint! a convi'yam-t'r, whiili occupation lie still follows, doinj; 
 nioHt of till- liusinosM of tliat kitid in this vicinity, and liavin;; an oxcdlcnt mpntation for accu- 
 rate and lionest work. 
 
 Mr. Bolton was appointed r'onnnissioncr of Quocn's Bciu'li in iH.'i.S ; a Justiooof tin- Peace 
 in iHOa, and is also a Notary Public and ('Icrk of the Division Court ; was Clerk of the Town- 
 ship Council six or seven years ; a School Trustee at one period ; and lloeve of the Villa;,'!' for 
 five years, elected every time by acclamation. Jn 1.S7!* lie wa.s elected a Director of the Toronto, 
 Grey and Bruce Railway, 
 
 Mr. Bolton is a Iluformcr, and a leading num in tlie party in Peel and CardwoU. 
 
 He holds the same oiKce in tlie Con<,'rogational Church that his father held, having bc»'n 
 Deacon since alwut IHIJ.') or lS(i4. His heart is enlisted in every good work, and he is tlie poof 
 man'H friend. 
 
 In ISdS he nuirried Maria Warbrick, daughter of James Warbrick of Bolton, and they havo 
 four children: James Warbrick, Grace, Louisa Maria, and John. 
 
 Among tho early settlers in Bolton, is also floorgo Evans, who camo lieru in 1830, oponcil a Hotel in 1842, 
 anilis still its proprietor. Hohasbnona Mat^istrato for no.»rIy tiiirty yjiiM ; wjh a nmnilier of tlio County 
 Council from 1847 to lH.">(i ; has been n Comniissioncr of (Jiieen's Bench for a long period, anil Post Master for 
 the last ten or twelve years. During' the Fenian raid he was Captain of Company No. 4, 30th Battalion, and 
 now holds tho rank of Major of that Battalion, 
 
 "WILLTAM PATETISOX, :Nr.P., 
 
 liltAKTfOliD. 
 
 "TTTILLIAM PATERSON, who represents South Brant, in the House of Commons, is a soft 
 * ' of James and Martha (Lawson) Paterson, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and grandson of 
 Rev. Mr. Paterson, minister for years at Midmar, Scotland. His parents came to Tapper Canada, 
 nearly fifty years ago, and he was bom in Hamilton, September 19, 183!>. He was educated in 
 that city and at Caledonia, in the County of Haldimand; camo to Brantford in 18.)-i, and was 
 a clerk in a general store, imtil 18G3, when he commenced the bakery business, and manufac- 
 ture of confectionery, being for several years in company with Henry B. Leeming. Since 187G 
 he has been alone. His bakery and confectioneiy are operated by steam, witli all the latest 
 and best methods of manufacture introduced into his works, and he is doing a busines.s, in the 
 tlnee departments of industry mentioned, of about $150,000 a year. He has the genuine pushing 
 
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 TltK CAKAMAK nWOlJAPIlTCAL PiCTJOKAIiY. 
 
 disposition, and probably no manufacturer in the city does a more prosperous business. He 
 is a straightforward, liigli-minded man, and lias an honorable standing in the community. 
 
 Mr. Paterson was elected a member of the Town Council of Brantford, in 1SG8 ; was sub- 
 sequently Deputy Reeve for three years — 180J)-1871 — and Mayor in 1872. At the general 
 election, in the last named year, he was elected to Parliament, defeating Hon. Francis Hincks, 
 i^-fi then Finance Minister, and was re-elected in January, IST-t, and September, 1878. He is 
 a Liberal or Reformer, and, so far as we can learn, is popular with his party, and faithfully re- 
 presents his constituency in the House of Commons. 
 
 Mr. Paterson is a member of the Independent Church, and maintains a high character for 
 rectitude and purity of life. He was a member of the Executive Conuuittee of the Ontario 
 Sabbath School Association for three years. 
 
 His wife was Miss Lucy Clive Davies, daughter of Timothy C. Davies, of Brantford, married 
 in September, 1803. They have two children living, and have buried two. 
 
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 t^AUSIA. 
 
 THOMAS W. JOHNSTON, Sarnias pioneer physician, was a n"*'' of Ireland, and was 
 born in Omiigh, County of Tyrone, on the 24th of March, 1813. He was the son of Hugh 
 Johnston, merchant and contractor, of the same place. His early studies were prosecuted at the 
 High School in Omagh, under the direction of Sir William Smith. At the age of fifteen he was 
 apprenticed to John Hamilton, a surgeon of great local celebrity ; and the nature of the duties 
 imposed upon the young apprentice will be inferred from an extract from the indenture executed 
 V)y the parties at the tiuje, the original copy being now in the possession of Dr. T. 0. Johnston, 
 of Sarnia, eldest son of the subject of this .sketch. By the terms of this paper the apprentice 
 agrees : " His master faithfully to serve, his secrets to keep, his lawful commandments gladly 
 to do. He shall do no damage to his said master nor see it to be done of others, but shall to his 
 power let, or faithfully give warning to his .said master of the same. He shall not commit 
 fornication, nor contract matrimony w^ithin the said term. Hurt to his said master ho shall not 
 do, cause, or procure to bo done of others. He shall not play at cards, dice tables, or any other 
 unlawful games, whereby his said master may have loss, with his own or other goods during 
 said term, without license of his said master. He shall neither buy nor sell, he .shall not use or 
 haunt taverns, ale houses or play houses, nor absent himself from his .said master's service day or 
 night unlawfully, but in all aings, as an honest and faithful apprentice, he shall behave himself 
 toward his master and all his, during his said term; and the said master his said apprentice, in 
 
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 till) same art which he uscth, by the best ways and nicans that ho can, shall teach and instruct, 
 or cause to be tivught and instructed with due correction." 
 
 In 1832 young Johnston came to the United States, bringing with him from Dr. Hamilton 
 the best testimonials in regard to the " regularity of his habits," and " his excellent knowledge 
 of his profession." The certificate of Dr. Hamilton speaks highly of the skill of his pupil in " the 
 practice and compounding departments of the Castlederg and Killeter Dispensary," and bears 
 date April 11, 183:;. With his father ami family. Dr. Johnston resided a short time at Niagara, 
 then Upper Caniula ; sub.sequently he removed with the family to the neighborhood of London, 
 where he liecamo the owner of a large tract of land, which he afterward exchanged for land on 
 the River St. Clair. 
 
 In 1834 Dr. Johnston went to New Orleans, where he prosecuted his medical st\ulies under 
 Dr. Stone and at the Medical College of Louisiana. As evidence of the attainments he had made 
 in medical science, he received in 1837 a finely executed diploma on parchment, from the above 
 college, bearing the signatures of the seven meud)ers of the Faculty, and iilso that of E. D. White, 
 Governor of the State of Louisiana. Suffering an attack of yellow fever in New Orleans, he, on 
 his recovery in 1838, returned to the banks of the St. Claii", stopping first at Moore, where lie 
 was f ;aged for several yeai-s in the practice of medicine. Subsequently, Sarnia having become 
 a village ami an important business centre, he removed there, and continued in the practice of 
 a profession which he adorned, and in which he was for man}' years almost without a rival. 
 
 In 1848, in pursuance of an Act of the Canadian Parliament to license practitioners in Physic 
 and Surgery, His Excellencj' Lord Elgin signed a license authorizing Dr. Johnston " to practise 
 physic, surgery, medicine and midwifery, within that part of the Province of Canada, formerly 
 constituting Upjier Canada." This was also in pursuance of certificate and recommendation 
 from the Medical Board of that part of the Province composMig the Western District. 
 
 As early as 1840 license had also been granted Dr. Johnston to practise physic and surgeiy 
 in the State of Michigan. The authorization is in the form of a document bearing date May of 
 that year, and signed by the oHicers of the Michigan State Medical Society : Z. Pitcher, President; 
 Adrian R. Perry and G. B. Russell, Censors ; and J. B. Scovel, Secretary. 
 
 In August, 1841, Dr. Johnston was appointed by Lord Sydenham to the post of Surgeon to 
 the Third Regiment of Kent Militia, the commission bearing date, Kingston, August 1!>. In 
 1857 he received from Governor Head, under date of Toronto, March 10, an appointment a« 
 Surgeon to the Fourth Battalion of Lambton Militia, " taking rank and precedence in said bat- 
 talion from the loth of November, 18oG, and in the militia of the Province from the 17th of 
 August, 1841." 
 
 For a long period of years Dr. Johnston devoted himself faithfully to the duties of his 
 profession in Sarnia and in parts adjacent, and for a considerable period he was the chief, if not 
 the only, practitioner in the place. His calls were frequent and his rides extensive ; but he was 
 
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 THE CANADIAN ntOGnAPIIWAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 ever attentive to the cry of distress, and liad little apparent concern about the ability of the 
 Fuffering to render compensation for his services. Ho was a successful practitioner, and popular, 
 both as a physician and a man. Of genial tompcranient and social habits, ho was a gi'cat favorite 
 with the public. Ho wa,s the fii'st Mayor of Sarnia ever elected by the people, and for three 
 successive years he was chosen by acclamation to discharge the duties of that office. It was 
 during his incumbency that the place was visited by the Prince of Wales, and on tliat memorable 
 occasion he did the honors of the chief magistrate quite to the gratification of Her Majesty's 
 loyal subjects in Samia. 
 
 Dr. Johnstov wa.s appointed Registrar of the County of Land>ton in 18CG, an office which 
 he held until his death, which occurred at Sarnia, March 12, 187<). 
 
 Dr. Johnston was married to CJrace, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Sutherland, of 
 Edinburgh, in October, 184^7. By this estimable woman ho had seven children, four sons and 
 tln-ee daughters ; all save one son survive him. His eldest son, Thomas G. Johnston, i.-'ierits 
 the father's taste for his chosen profession, and is now in the enjoyment of a large practice as a 
 physician in Samia, having qualified himself for his duties by a course of study at McGill College, 
 Montreal. • 
 
 EDWARD :NrGTLLTVRAY, 
 orrA]SA. 
 
 TpDWARD McGILLIVRAY is a son of Donald McGilHvray, a farmer, who came from 
 -*— * Invernesfssliire, Scotland, in 1793, and settled in the County of Glengarry, where Edward 
 was born September 1.'), 1815. His mother was Catharine Campbell, a Highlander. 
 
 The subject of this n otice is one of the loading merchants of Ottawa ; received a very 
 plain education in a coiintry school, but made good use of his time, and early became 
 quite proficient in figures, the Mathematics being a favorite study with him. In youth he 
 profitably employed his leisure time when out of school, and accpiired a fair knowledge of the 
 branches necessary for the prosecution of business. 
 
 When about sixteen yeai-s of age, with ten ponce in copp-rs in his pocket, he entered a 
 store at L'Orignal, County of Prescott ; there served a four years' apprenticeship at the mer- 
 cantile trade ; in 183.5 came to Ottawa and clerked one year for Wells and Mc(^rea, and then 
 commenced business for himself at the same place, Nos. ;}33-.'}:}5 Wellington-street, where he 
 has traded since the autumn of 183(5. 
 
 At first he dealt in dry goods and groceries, and of lato years in groceries and provisions 
 only, wholesaling since about 1873. Ho always has a close ovei-sight of his business, which he 
 manages with prudence and success. For a few years past it has averaged about §30,000 per 
 month. 
 
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 Mr. McGilliviay is a ConHerviitivc in politics, and has as little to do with offices as possible, 
 consistont with his duties as a citizen. He served eight years in the City Council of Ottawa, 
 and was the Hrst Mayor elected (1858) by the voice of the people, serving two yeai-s. At one 
 time he was President of, or a Director in, twelve different societies and institutions, three- 
 fourths of which positions he has given up, turning them over to younger men with moro 
 leisure. 
 
 He is a Son of Temperance, and has been a diligent worker in that good cause for forty- 
 eight years. It is almost needless to say that he is well preser-.ed, and as active as ever in 
 business. 
 
 He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, "lul for iiiuio than thirty years was an office- 
 bearer in that body, Iwing on the Temporal Couimittee. lie tias a very lur j? circle of ac([uain- 
 tances and friends, by whom he is held in high esteem. 
 
 January !), 18tl, Miss Catherine Callint, a native of fieland, beeaiiiJ the wife of Mr. 
 McGillivray. She had two children, and died in 18'J(J. He was agaiu uiarried January 18, 
 1870, to Matilda, daughter of Lyman Perkins, an old resident of Ottawa. She has j>q 
 children. 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 AMONG the earlier class of families that settled in Ottawa (then known as Bytowu), was 
 tliat of Daniel O'Connor, senior, who was born in Tip[)Oniry, Ireland, iu 17i)ti. He was 
 po.ssessed of considerable scholastic attainments, his parents, being iu comfortable circum- 
 stances, having intended him for the clerical profession. 
 
 Lii<e many more of a literary turn of mind, Mr. O'Connor kept a journal through life, and 
 being permitted to peruse it, we are in a posilion to give correctly his early life and history. 
 
 Not feeling tlie necessary disposition to comply with his parents' wishes, he was allowed to 
 follow his own inclinations and took to mercantile pursuits, and in 18l() we find him embarked 
 in the management of a large business in Cloinnel, which he carried on with some success for 
 over three years. At this time, to (piote from his Journal : 
 
 " The South Aniorioau Patriot sorvicu wivs blu/.oned forth through tho |>ubhc press. Suvural regiments were 
 being raised in Irehuid, Knghuid and Scutland, by Sir (tregor McCiregor and (ieiieral Devereux, in 
 aid of (ienural IJolivar, wlio was then at the head of a Hoi>ubliuan .\nny endeavoring to sliako oil" the Spanish 
 yoke. The temptations iield out were so alluring that thousands of line young men were entrapped into this 
 un' I'tunate service. Trade being at this time dull with me, being subject to euorinou.'i rent, and being in the 
 prime of youth, enjoying good health, and rather of an ambitious disposition, [ caught the infectious mania also. 
 I gave up my business on the 2i)th June, 181!), started for Dublin and purchased a commission as Lieutenant iu 
 tho tirst Regiment of Light Infantry, cjminanded by Colonel Power, late Major in thy 18th Koyal Irish. For 
 this commission I paid 4*00 and jg4Q mure fur my regimental dress. It cunsisted u( a supertine green jacket. 
 
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 with light blue facings, guld epaulettes, triple gilt buttons with the wurils " La Leijiim Irelandcsu " round tho 
 edges. The trousers were of light blue, with gold stripes along the legs ; a beautiful sword with brass suabhard ; 
 a handsome crimson sash, and a black cloth cap with the usual surroundings. Had I that dress now, as I wore 
 it in Dublin at a public dinner given by the officers of tho Rugiment to Mr. O'Oonnell and other distinguished 
 men, at Moirison's Hotel, it would not be easy to induce me to part with it." 
 
 After dwelling a while upon his stay in Dublin, and penning many quaint reflections con- 
 cerning the great men of that period, he proceeds to treat of his regiment. 
 
 " The Spanish Ambassador in London used his influence with the Government to hamper our operations. 
 The ' Foreign Enlistment Bill' was introduced in the House of Commons and passed into a law. It declared it 
 illegal for any of Her Majesty's subjects to leave the coimtry on such an expedition, after first day of August 
 following. '' 
 
 For two months the oflicers separated. Sad news from the seat of war was received ; 
 Sir Gregor McGregor's force was killed ofl' by the enemy and horrible diseases. At length 
 good news arrives. The Government winks at an embarkation, and after a variety of difticul- 
 tios, the Regiment embarked in the Xichlod Pulh'wUch, on the 22nd of December, 1819. Storms 
 and mutiny on board, described with fearful accuracy, fill up tha time till the 2nd of Janu- 
 ary following, by which timo they put about and entered the harbor of Belfast. The vessel 
 was there surveyed and condemned, and tho expedition abandoned. General Devereux and a 
 few leadei-s made their way out, but retired in disgust to Now York, where the General carried 
 on an extensive mercantile business. The Republic of New Granada and Venezuela was soon 
 forgotten. We give one or two reflections of the deceased upon its merits. 
 
 " The South American Patriot Service was considered, in its disastrous results to society, nut much inferior 
 to the celebrated Smith Sea Hubble. In its origin it was patronized by some persons of the first rank. A great 
 inunber of young men from all parts of Ireland had joined it with the siuiction and support of their parents. 
 Several British officers on half pay entered (lie regiments. Tho ladies of Dublin supplied all the regiments 
 with flags of the most costly description, ami public meetings were convened for their presentation. Whole 
 families were reduced to poverty by tlie extravagance induced. And, alas ! in the short space of one year it 
 brought many a fine young man to death or desolation, and mourning into tho boiom of many a family for the 
 loss of relatives whose bones lie bleaching beneath a tropical sun. If they still lived it was most likely as w.in- 
 derers upon a foreign shore, with no paternal or fraternal hand to relieve their suiferings, or soothe their woes." 
 
 Mr. O'Connor's adventurous disposition did not permit him to remain quiet long. He took 
 leave of his mother once more, " More grieveil," he says, " at tho many causes of grief I gave 
 her by my roving inclination than at any reverse in my own fortunes." In the ship Atlieitu, 
 bound for Baltimore we next find him, ami he first ptit his foot on tlie American shore on the 
 >Sth of May, l!S2l. American manners and customs were very distasteful to Mr. O'Connor. 
 In Savannah a cousin residing there took him round the city. He says : — 
 
 " Having shown me all the curiosities of the place, he took me to see a new burial ground of sixteen acres, 
 opened the year before, and in which 1,100 persons were already interred. I said to myself, if 1 stop here much 
 longer it will be very easy to provide a situiition for lue, as I fear before J.j first of November I will be in tho 
 sixteen acres." 
 
 After visiting New Brunsv.iek, and traveling about nhie thou.sand miles, and meeting 
 
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 many strange advcntui-es, ho again finds himself at Farrinlaro, boneatli his mother's roof. Again 
 he goes into business, and in 182-t marries Miss Power, the daughter of a neighboring mill- 
 owner. In 182G they emigrated to America to improve their fortunes in a new country. At 
 Utica, New York, Mr. O'Connor was introduced to the extensive firm of O'Connor, McDonough 
 and Co., of which house General Devereux was said to bo a partner. Ho remark.s : 
 
 " My namesnke offered ino my choice of two good houses, and as many gomls as I would want. To obtain 
 a license there I should take the oath of allegiance to <iualify me as a citizen, snd abjure my allegiance to Great 
 Britain. This I would not do at all hazards." 
 
 Many instances of his unswerving attachment to principle occurred. His mind once made 
 up, he was inflexible. In 1827, at the commencement of the Rideau Canal, he made his way to 
 this place, then known a.s Mepean Point by the lumberers. But one house or shanty, then 
 occupied by the then proprietor of the greater part of the city, N. Sparks, could receive the 
 family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor and one child, afterwards deceased. Shortly after 
 their arrival their second child was born, being the first birth within the present city of 
 Ottawa. That child grow with the city, and became the wife of a well known citizen of Ottawa, 
 H. J. Friel, Esq. Born within sound of the cutting of the first tree, in the almost trackles,s 
 forest, it will, no doubt, be a source of pride that she still lives to hear the Vice-Regal Halls 
 resound with eloipienco in the capital of her country. Colonel By, the Commanding Engineer 
 of that day, and Mr. O'Connor became fast friends, the Colonel desiring to mark his joy at the 
 occurrence by a gift of .several town lots to the 3'oung visitor. In after years this friendship 
 was firmly cemented, Mr. O'Connor having it in his power to render the Colonel imj)ortant 
 services. Cn the route between Kingston and Bytown, then an unopened country, Mr. O'Con- 
 nor lialted to rest at Capt. Andrew Wilson's residence in Oloucester, where they were kindly 
 received, Mrs. O'Connor was so worn out witli fatigue that sho excliiimed, "If we could get a 
 few acres of land to buy here we would go no further." The homestead with four hundred 
 acre.s, now a most valuable property, is in possession of the family, having been purchased 
 within a few yeara of the time mentioned. At his death, which occurred May 8, 18.58, Mr 
 O'Connor was the oldest magistrate in the County; the Conunission bears date December!), 
 ]8.S.'{. He was also the oldest milit';'. officer in the 1th Carliiton, coniinis.sion being dated 23i(l 
 of April, 1830. Ho was Major in this regiment at his decease. On the 2nd of July, 1842, on the 
 formation of the County of (.'arleton.he wa,s appointed by the Drajjer administration, Trea.surer 
 of the County, which jiosition ho held until his death, being year after jear re-appointed by 
 the Municipal Council of the ('ounty, .since tiie passing of the Municipal Law of 1849. De- 
 cea-sed was for many years Chairman of the Grammar School Board of this County. He was 
 also chairman of the local Board of Health during the Emigrant fever disaster of 1847, and 
 took an active part in the danger-surrounded charities of that time, a time when .some of our 
 
 most valuable citizens were carried ott' in the midst of their self-denying labors. Mr. O'CoDJior 
 
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 •was a candidnie for Pailiainentary lionors in October, 1834, liaving contested the County of 
 Russell with Hon. Thomas McKay, of New Eiiiiil>urgh. Mr. O'Connor was defeated by seven 
 votes, after a severe contest of eight days. He filled every position with credit to himself antl 
 justice to the public. 
 
 At the time of Mr. O'Connor's death he left .seven children living, of whom Daniel O'Con- 
 nor, junior, the subject of this sketch, was the fourth child. His mother, Margaret O'C^onnor 
 was a very estimable and amiable woman, as we learn from parties who were hor neighbors 
 and intimately acquainted with her during her life time in old Bytown, now the fair capital of 
 the Dominion. She died in 1874. 
 
 Daniel O'Connor, jmiior, was born in Ottawa, Januarj' 2!), 1835 ; grew up in the place, and 
 received his literary education at the Crrannuar School ami College of Ottawa. In 1852, he 
 began the study of the law in the ortice of the late John Bower Lewis, and in 18j8 was admit- 
 ted Jis Attorney and Solicitor, and subsecjuently was called to the Bar. His brother, the Rev. 
 Dr. O'Connor, is the learned and popular Parish Priest of St. Patrick's Church in Ottawa. 
 
 Mr. O'Connor was in partnership for about eight years with Judge Robert Lyon, now of 
 the County Bench, and subsequently with Mr. D.iuiel Wade, now deceased, and at the present 
 time is the head of the well-known and highly respectable law firnj of O'Connor and Hogg. 
 
 Mr. O'Connor is a well-read lawyer, and a conscientious adviser. He looks into a case 
 carefullj', and never advises a friend to go to law uidess he thinks his cause is a good one and ho 
 is likely to win. Once enlisted he is very faithful to his client, and is indefatigable in his cHbrts 
 to gain the suit. 
 
 Mr. O'Connor has taken an active part in |)olitics, and has always been a consistent and 
 steady Conservative. And we may here remark, that we have also learned from old residents 
 of Ottawa, that his father during his lifetime always supported the Con.servative leadera and 
 principals of his day. 
 
 Immediately on the accession to power of the Administration of the Right Hem. Sir John 
 Macdonald in 1878, Mr. O'tJonnor was appointed, by the Minister of Justice, to the importtint 
 position of Solicitor of the Cr'^wn business in Ottawa. 
 
 In 18()() Mr. O'Connor was largely instrumental in establishing that well and favorably 
 known charity in Ottawa, the St. Patrick's Orphan Asylum, of which institution he was Vice- 
 President during the years 18Cti-7-8, and has been President ever since. Through his energy 
 and pei-severance the institution has prospered, and the Asylum building on Maria Street is one 
 of the finest edifices of the kind in Ottawa, giving shelter and a home to over 100 inmates 
 in each year. 
 
 He is a man of the most humane feelings, and of very benevolent impulses. The orphan, 
 the unfortunate, and the suH'ering of all cla.sseshave a strong friend in Mr. O'Connor. 
 
 He is a Roman Catholic in religion, and is married to Catharine ('harlesetta Willis, daughter 
 
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 of William K. Willis, formerly of New York City, and uieoo to the Very Reverend Wm. Qtiinn, 
 the Vicar-Qeneral of tin; Diocese of Now York. 
 
 We give the original of Bolivar's Commission as a relic of the jinst. 
 
 • LA LEOION IKLANUKHA. 
 
 JUAN DKVKKKUX. 
 
 MAYOR GKyERATiPEr, EXEUCtTO DE LA UKPITBLIOA DK VKyEZlfELA Y NUEVAC.RANADA, *o.. Ad 
 
 Toil qimnto ateiidieiiilii h liw »ervici(W iiirritiw de ('ni(U-il(iiii> Daniki. O'C'onnoii, liu vuiiiili) en ndiiiitirlt! al nurvicio <1« In 
 Uc'|iiibli('», uonforiuu hI ixidur niiu me Im diidi> S. E. ol titife Siipieiiii), y iininbrui'lo Heeiiiido 'runiuntn did I'riiiivro llui;iuiit'iitu 
 de ouuuudivrt-H du lii lej,'i()ii Irluiidi-Hn, Iiivkud iid iiiaiido I'lir tniitii, ordein) y iii;inilii h \n iiiiti>ridiid it i|iiit'n eiirru'i|i<iiiditdiS In orduii 
 I'Dttvuiiieiitv, |>nrn(|iiu «u li- |iuii),'U en iiiMesiiin ilel leferido Enipei'i), K<>'^''dnndiiley linuieiiili> nuu nu Ik ^nnrdun y cuinplan Ini* 
 hiinrnN grneinH, exeuui(inen, y iiieenuncneiiw ipie, ci)«ii> ii tnl, le toenn ; -y h»k el Intenilunte del Exereito I'mviucn dundu 
 fuero h Hervir hnjja toninr ouentn y forniur iwienti) de este de.ipnelio eii In Ciintudiiria ilel Ertmli). — Undo, Kiriuadixlu mi mnno, 
 aellaili) con el hbUu de la I-egiDn, y refiendudi> por el Souretniio niilitur Je la J^egiou. 
 
 En Dublin ii ile .Fulie de IKl!). 
 
 DEVEKEUX, 
 {S*af) MATHEW HU'J'TO.V, 
 
 ilitiUtry Secrctari/. 
 
 JOSEPH CAWTHKA, 
 
 NKWMAllh'FT. 
 
 "TOSKPH CAWTHRA, Manager of the Newmarket liranch of the Federal Bank of Canada, 
 ^ is a descendant of an old prominent family in the County of York. His grandfather 
 Joseph t'awthra, a native of England, settled in Toronto, ahoiit the beginning of the present 
 century ; was a druggi.st at first, then a general merch:iut ; became one of the heaviest importers 
 in Upper Canada, and died one of the richest men in the Province. John Cawthra, father of our 
 subject, came from England with his father when about eight years old ; settled in Newmarket, 
 about 1822, and was a prominent man here for many years, being the Hrst representative of 
 the County of Simeoe, immediately after it was set otf from York, in the Upper Canaila Parlia- 
 ment. Here lie was a leading merchant and mamifacturer for a long period, having a llourin" 
 mill and distillery, as well as a store, and being a .stirring and elKcient business man, dying in 
 1H')1. His wife, who had preceded him by nearly twenty years, to the spirit world, was a noble 
 Christian woman, active in religious and benevolent enterprises, and a warm friend of the poor. 
 Although she has been dead nearly fifty years, there arc those still living in North York, who 
 recollect her Christian activity and her many deeds of charity. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, was born in Nev aarket, December 2.5, 1823, and wiw educated 
 in public and private schools, was connected with the stores until about live years after his 
 father's death, when hu removed to Toronto. There he i-emained, looking after his business for 
 
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 seven or eight years, and subsoquontlyspont ayeiir in New York City, acquainting liiniself with 
 the business of banking and conunercc. 
 
 When, in 18(j5, the Royal Canadian Bank was about to cstablisli an agency at Newmarket, 
 Mr. Cawthra was invited to take the management of it. He returned to Newmarket, titted up 
 suitable premises, and managed tliis agency until the early part of 1S7!). In February of that 
 year, the lloyal Canadian Bank, which had amalgamated with the City Bank of Montreal, was 
 withdrawn from Newmarket; and the Federal Bank of Canada being about to establish a 
 branch here, appointed Mr. Cawthra to manage it. That work he is now doing with prudence 
 and success, being eminently trustworthy, as well as pain.staking and efficient. 
 
 He is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. In October, 18C8, he married Charlotte 
 Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Dr. J. Buntley, of Newmarket, by whom he has four children. 
 
 FRANCIS RAE, M.I)., 
 
 OSIIA ]VA. 
 
 "TJ^RANCIS RAE, one of the leading physicians an<l surgeons in Oshawa, is a son of James 
 -*- and Jane (Johnston) Rae, both natives of Scotland, who emigrated to New Brunswick 
 about 1827. James Rae was a farmer. Our subject was born at Fredericton, N.B., July 8, 1833 ; 
 was educated in the common schools of Ontario, and at the Normal School, Toronto, and taught 
 for ten years, most of the time at Prince Albert, County of Ontario, and StouflVille, County of 
 York, studying medicine during a part of this period. He attended lectures at the Toronto 
 School of Medicine, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Medicine in 18G.') at the Toronto Uni- 
 versity, and that of Doctor of Medicine in 18G0, spending a session before commencing practice 
 in the hospitals in New Y'ork City. 
 
 Since 18G5 Dr. Riie has been in practice at O.jhawa, liaving a good run of Itusiness almost 
 from the start. He is a studious and growing man. 
 
 In 1874 he was appointed, by tlic Senate, one of the Examiners in the Faculty of Medicine 
 of the University of Toronto, which position he held for two years, and discharged its duties in 
 a very satisfactory manner. The Doctor is a member of " King's and Queen's" Division Medi- 
 cal Association, and few men among the younger class have so high a standing among the fra- 
 ternity. 
 
 He lias been a Coroner for the (/ounty of Ontario since 18G8 ; has been Reeve of the town 
 of Oshawa during the last four yeai^s, having been Hrst elected in 187G ; was elected Mayor by 
 acclamation for the year 1880 ; is a Master Mason, and also a member of the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fel'ows, and a member of the Grand Lodges of both Societies. His polities are Reform, 
 
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 and locally \w is rather prominent, l*clng u.sually an active worker in the political contests, 
 which take place from time to time, not, however, so much a.s to interfere with his practice. 
 
 llis religious connection is witli the Preshyterian Church, of which he is a trustee and one 
 of the Board of Managers. He is a man of noble impulses, kind to the poor, and self-sacriticing 
 in his efforts to relieve the suffering. , 
 
 In October, 180'), Miss Lizzie Currie, daughter of the late Andrew Currio, of Chatham, was 
 married to Dr. llae, and they have four children living and have buried two, 
 
 HON. WTLLTAM II. BROUSE, M.A., M.l)., 
 
 PRKSVOTT. 
 
 "TTTILLIAM HENRY BROUSE, Senator from South Grenviile, is a de.scen.lant of one of 
 ' ' the United Empiie Loyalists that .settled on the northern shore of the St. Lawrence 
 river, immediately after the American revolution, his parents being Col. Jacob Brou.se, a farmer, 
 and Nancy Parlow, his wife, the latter being also a descendant of a loyalist family. 
 
 He was born at Matilda, Dundas, Ont., June 1.'), 182.'); received his literary education at 
 Victoria College, Cobourg, where he took his degree of M.A. in 184[) ; studied medicine with 
 the Hon. John Rolph, M.D., LL.l)., of Toronto ; graduated at McCill t'oUege, Montreal, 
 obtaining the degree of M.I)., in 1847 ; had charge that year, under the (Canadian CJovernment, 
 of three hundred cases of emigrant fever at Port Irocjuois, Matilda, and in IS+S removed to 
 Prescott, where he has been in the practice of his profession more than thirty ycai-s. He is 
 well known on either side of the St. Lawrence ; has had an extensive practice for many years, 
 and occupies a higli position among the medical profession. 
 
 Dr. Blouse is the chief medical officer of the Toront(j Life Assurance and Tontine (.ompany ; 
 surgeon of the .56tli battalion of volunteer infantry ; Director of the Prescott and Broekville 
 macadamized road, and of the Ottawa Agricultural Society, and is a mendjer of the Senate of 
 Victoria College. He was appointed a mend)er of the Medical E.xamining Board for Upper 
 Canada in 18.50; was elected a niend)er of tlie Medical Council for Ontario in 18GG, 18C!), 1872, 
 and 187G, continuou.sly, since its fonnation ; was President of that body in 1870 ; and in 1870 
 was a delegate from the Dominion to the World's Convention of Medical and Scientific men, 
 lield in Philadelpliia. He has ha<l several strong inducements hold out to him to remove to 
 Toronto, and in 1878 was gazetted Professor of Surgery in the Toronto College of Medicine and 
 Science, but declined to accept. His reputation in both medicine and surgery is excellent. 
 
 Dr. Brouse has been Reeve ami Mayor of Prescott, and identitied himself with every 
 interest of the least importance in the town and vicinity. His heart is in every enterprise that 
 will advance the cause of good morals and the intelligence of the people. 
 
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 Ho was an unHUceos-sful candidate for St. Lawrence Division in tlie Legislative Council of 
 Canada, in 1858 ; was Hi-st returned to Parliament at the general election in 1872 ; was 
 re-elected in 187'1, and in August, 1878, was elected to the Senate — a life ottice. In politics ho 
 i8 a Reformer. 
 
 While in the House of Commons, the Doctor was iiuito active and influential in securing the 
 appropriation of 8.50,000 as a reward to the sin-viving vctcran.s of the war of 1812-14. Ho 
 favored the establishment of a Dominion Sanitary Bureau, and to that end moved the appoint- 
 ment of a committee, of which he was made chairman, the rei»ort of which conunitteo strongly 
 recommended action in the matter. He also favored the introduction of military drill in tho 
 schools of a higher grade, he moving for the appointment of a committee to report on this 
 subject in tho session of 1873, and advocating tlie measure in an able speuch. 
 
 On the 12th of February, 1877, he called the attention of the House of Commons to tho 
 fact that the Imperial Board of Trade ha<l notified the English agents of the Allan line of 
 steamers, that none of that company's ships, carrying passengers, would be allowed to clear at 
 tho British Custom House, unless the Surgeon had graduated at one of tlie colleges of England' 
 Ireland, or Scotland — an act which he declared was " an insult, alike oppressive to the Canadian 
 medical graduates and the universities of the Dominion." The Board of Trade is a branch of 
 the Executive Government of England, and Dr. Brouse moved that that Board be required to 
 rescind that Act ; the resolution was carried almost unanimously ; a despatch was sent to tho 
 English board, and the desires of the Dominion Parliament wore promptly comjiliod with, 
 
 January 28, 18.')7, Frances A., eldest daughter of Alpheus Jones, Esq., of Prescott, became 
 the wife of Dr. Brouse, and they have two children, William Henry, junior, a law student with 
 Hon. Edward Blake, of Toronto, and Fanny Josephine, aged tivo years. 
 
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 IIOX. AV. J. ClffilSTlE, 
 
 BROCKVlLLf!. 
 
 WE first saw " Edgar Place," tho residence of Hon. W. J. Christie, in the month of March, 
 1879. Deep snow still covered the ground, and tho trees, with the exception of over- 
 greens, were destitute of leaves; but it hariUy required a poet's eye, "in a fine frenzy rolling," 
 to picture the beauties of the spot, when clothed in all the pomp of mid-summer. An artist 
 had just been there, sketching " Edgar Place " and other beautiful points of scenery with which 
 Brockvillo abounds, and the Canadian Illustrated iVcw;'* of May 17, 1870, contained views of 
 " Villas at River's Cliff" (Brockville), " Edgar Place," a portrait of Mr. Christie, and a sketch 
 of his life. Most of the sketch we reproduce, it being a good picture of his experience in 
 
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 " roughing it" in hyperltoioun rogioiis, lio ln'iiig long coiincctetl with the Hudson Bay Company, 
 and purft'ctly fiiinilinr with tlio vast coimtiy coniixjsing the " great Noitli-West." 
 
 "The father of our Hubji-efc entered the Hudson Bay Company's scrvieo in iMOll, and rose 
 rapidly, being a Chief Fuetur in 1821, when the Hudson Bay and Nor'- West Companies amal- 
 gamated. He was suhsenuently in cimrge of York Faetory, Moose and Fort Garry, and for 
 many years Governor of the Assiniboine Distriet, now Manitoba. He retired in 1S4!) and died 
 in his native eountry, Seotlaiid, aged eighty -nine, leaving a reputation and name honored to 
 this day throughout the Nor- West. 
 
 " His son, whose eventful life I purpose to briefly sketch, was born at Fort All)any, East 
 Hudson Bay, January 111, 1824. Ho was sent to Aberdeen, S(;otland, to be educated, ami re- 
 turned to this continent with Sir George Simpson, in 1841, almost immediately entering the 
 service at Lake Superior; in 1S43 he went to the Northern Department and was one year at Rocky 
 Mountain House tra<ling with Blackfeet Indians. He was next stationed at York Factory 
 where he stayed four years, being thence promoted to Fort Churchill, H. B., where he remained 
 four years and was transferred to the Swan River Distriet, Fort Pelly ; after six years he was 
 promoted to the charge of the SaskateheM'an District, which he retained fourteen years, when in 
 
 1872, upon the re-organisation of the Hudson Bay Company's business, ho was made Inspecting 
 Chief Factor and Supervisor of the countiy from Fort Garry to the Arctic Regions, comprising 
 Swan river, the Saskatchewan, English river, Athabaska and the ilcKenzie river Districts. 
 On returning from his torn- of in.spection Mr. Christie resigned and settled at Brockville, in 
 
 1873, after thirty-one years' active service. 
 
 " During the Riel insurrection, Mr. Christie was in charge of the Saskatchewan District, and 
 his tact, management and great popularity with the half-breeds and natives undoubtedly .saved 
 the Hudson Bay Company from immense loss. It would have been easy for the disafl'ected to 
 have cut ort" the northern posts, which at the outbreak of the disturbances were almost entirely 
 without supi)lies, but Mr. Christie managed to avoid a blockade and early got out a supply of 
 provisions to Norway House depot for the summer's transport business. 
 
 " In the spring of 1874, the Dominion Gowrnment being about to make a treaty with the 
 Plain District Crees, Mr. Christie was appointed one of the Commissioners for that purpose, and 
 when a Council was appointed to aid the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the North- 
 West he was i-equested to form one of that body. Throughout the acbninistrations of Governors 
 Simpson, Dallas and McTavish, he was a conmii.ssioned officer and member of council, and in 
 various ways rendered conspicuoiis services. His name is mentioned in very flattering terms in 
 Captain Palliser's report of the expedition of 18J8-!), and the .same may be said of all Parlia- 
 mentary papers refeiring to the North- West. 
 
 " A brief account of some of Mr. Christie's journeyings may prove interesting to those only 
 accustomed to Palace cars. In 18G1, having with difficulty obtained leave of absence for six 
 
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 months for the piirposo of viHitiiij^ Scotland, Mr. Christiu sot out from York Kftctory.on thf l!>th 
 ScptcinlMT, ill thi^ lluilson Bay CoiiiiMiiiy's Muiliiiir vcsmoI Prhwr of Wnlfn, '»jO tons, ('a]itiihi 1). 
 J, Hi'ifl. Tlio Hay was crossol in thrw JayH, ami the StraitH elearcil in a wwk, It took or' 
 tt'ii (lays to run from llesohitioii to tho Lixanl, aii<l hut for a thick fo^' in tho Kiifrlish I'iiann 
 wliich <letaiiiu<l the vcmmoI several tiays, the paHsayc from York Factory to tlie Kast India Docks, 
 London, woiihl have hcon iiia<le in twenty days, Tliis achievi-iiient will he interestinj; to the 
 advocates of the scheme ft»r shipi)in}^ the ^rain of the West to Europe i'l<i Hudson's Hay. The 
 route is uiidouhtedly short, hut the early close of navigation is a foiinidahle 'ilwtaele. How- 
 ever, to resume, on the -ttli January, 18(12, Mr. Christie emharki'd on a Cuiiard steamer for New 
 York, tlienco took train for Lacrosse, thence hy four-horse coach to St. Paul, from whence the 
 journey to George Town, lied river, occupied eij,dit days. Hl-ic dog-trnins were ready to make 
 the inn to Pembina, five days, where a hoixe cariolo was brought into requisition for the 70 
 miles to Foit Garry. He was thus eiiabh d to report on the 20th February — the very day on 
 which his leave expired. After a week's rest he started for Fort Kdmonton, 1,()0(> miles dis- 
 tant, and accomplished the trip in twenty-eight da^'s, with dog sleds. Staying here a mont' 
 he left for Carleton, (iOO miles down the Saskatchewiin river by boat, and returned to F 
 UaiTV, 500 miles, on horseback. Remaining a few days, he started with Messrs. Didlas, au 
 Tavish and Graham, for Norway Hou.se, north end of Lake Winnipeg, to hold the North-West 
 Fur Council, after which, having been appointed to t^ike charge of an expedition of two North 
 canoes to convey Governor Dallas on a tour of inspection, he set out, 2Hih June, rla CumlM'r- 
 land House, Isle Laero.s.se, to I'ortage Laloche, 1,000 miles, accompli.shed in sixteen days. Port- 
 age Laloche is nine miles long. One of the canoes was carried across and the other sent back 
 to Montreal. Continuing their journey Messrs. Dallas and Christie went down Clear Water 
 and Athabaska riveis to Fort Chipewyan, thence up Peace river to Dunvegan, seventeen 
 days' paddling against the .stream. Iteturning to Heart River, a clerk, men and twenty pack- 
 horses assisted them across the portage to I^csser Slave Lake, three days' journey, where the 
 ])arty exchanged the canoe for a boat manned by eight men and were rowed via Le.s.scr Slave 
 Lake and River and Athabasca River to Post AssinilKiino, where thirty pack-horses were ready 
 to transport the expedition across the eighty miles to Fort Edmonton. After a week at the 
 Fort, they set out with a light boat and eight men for Carleton House, six days' journey. 
 Here Governor Dallas .started for Fort Gany across the Plains, and Mr. Christie returned to 
 Edmonton to winter, having been traveling in all sorts of ways from September, 18G1, to Oc- 
 tober, 18G2, during whicli period he must havi' covered over fourteen thou.sand miles. 
 
 " Another time he made a tour of in.speotion from Fort Garry to Fort Simpson, about 2,000 
 miles, which was accomplished with the aid of horses, boats and canoes, in forty-one days. The 
 return journey v>.»s made in winter, leaving Fort Simpson, Dec. 5, with a cariole, two dog trains, 
 a clerk, intei-preter and two men. It occupied fifty-four days. Not a mishap occurred cither way. 
 
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 " Til Mr. diiistif's j •iml I liiitl llif I'nll.iwin;,' nitliir diMiiiil entry iiml. r tin' lioadiiig 
 
 'CliristiiiMs Day in t'lunp, AtliiilwiNkii's river, I.S7- ; — Hitter cold. Slmrt ooninnMiM ; dinner, 
 small aliitwanee nf poor Mack dried (.'arilmo ; ni> piiddiii;,', no desHert or iinylliiny of tliat wtrl. 
 Tea without su;,'ar; no hreail ; sujiper the same. Snioki'd our iiijies ; talked of alwent friends 
 and what Ihrir Christnias dinner ini;,dit he. Jlani is liu' life of a fur trader at times.' " 
 
 With all hi.s hardship.s, liowevcr, Mr. Christie left the serviee with a rare stock of roluist 
 lietilth, and he is to-day a.s lieiuty a siKTinien of humanity us you will meet in a day's journey. 
 
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 .V.I/M.V/v/v. 
 
 ONK of the older cla.s,s of residents in the C<mnty of Lennox, ami one of Its most prominent 
 eitizens, lie liaviny been Speaker of the I'rovii.cial Parliament, is John Stevenson, who 
 was born in the State of New Jersey, Auj,'ust 12, I.S12. His parents were Kihvard and Mary 
 (Large) Stevenson, members of the agri'iiitiiral eommunity, and Imth of tjiuiker do.sccnt, his 
 mother <lying in the faith of tliat i uious suet. The Steveiisons were ICnglish, and first 
 settled in Pennsylvania, .soon after William !• nii went there, the jiioneer settler being Surveyor- 
 in-Chief of the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. One brunch of the family went to 
 New Jcrscv, and some of its members to Virginia. Andrew Stevenson of that State, once 
 Speaker of the United States llouso of Uepresentatives, and at another time Minister to the 
 Court of St. James, being remotely relateil to the subject of this sketch. The New Jei-sey 
 branch of this family, as well as those in Penn.sylvania, were staunch Quakers. 
 
 Kdward Stevenson moved from New Jer.sey to Northern New York, when the son was 
 tjuite young, and a little later to C'anada, settling at first in the ('(juiity of Leeds. Our subject 
 received his education mainly at Brockvillu, where he was a schoolmate of Hon. William 15. 
 Richards, late (,'hief Justice of the Dominion of Canada, and afterwards taught a district school 
 one short year, cast of Brockville and near Maitland, boarding with Richard Arnold, a .son of 
 General Hencdict Arnold. 
 
 In 1831 Mr. Steven.son removed to Hatli, County of Lennox, clerked five years for Henry 
 Laahcr, Merchant, and then succeeded him in business in company with his .son, John Lasher. 
 This partnership continued for fourteen years. They had at Newburgli in the same County, a 
 brancli store, which, on dis-solving their connection, '.Ir. Stevenson took charge of, and in 1851 
 removed to Napanee, which has since been his home. Here he was a merchant and lumber- 
 man until 18G8, wlien lie partially retired from business, merely looking after enterprisea 
 which liad been in charge of his .sons, who died while managing them. 
 
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 Mr. StcvenHon was a Justice of tlie Peace for a long period after settling in Napanee, and 
 was for some time a member of the County Council, and Warden for two terms, obtaining, 
 in the latter position, a little insight into the duties of a presiding officer. This was all the 
 experience he had in that line, when, on being elected to the first Provincial Parliament 
 (1867) ho was placed in the Speaker's chair. He soon posted himself thoroughly on the rules 
 and regulations by which legislative bodies are governed, and made a j>rompt and efficient 
 presiding officer, holding that office the full term of four years, and no decision of his during 
 that period was reversed. 
 
 Mr. Stevenson is a member of the Reform party, and has been since it was organized, 
 being, when in his prime, not only active, but very iuHuential in its interests. 
 
 In October, 1841, Miss Phebc Eliza Hall, of New York State, of a Quaker family, was joined 
 in wedlock with Mr. Stevenson, and they have had seven children, losing four of them, two in 
 infancy, and two after nearly reaching middle life. George, an active and efficient business man, 
 having charge of part of his father's property, died at Napanee, in June, 1873. Edward, who 
 was educated at the University of Toronto, and had been prei)aring for the Bar, which he was 
 forced to abandon on account of his health, died in Chicago in October 1874, while the exten- 
 sive piano factory at Kingston was on his hands. He had spent the winters of 1873-'74, in 
 Florida, and though veiy weak, wrote a letter regularly, week after week, for the Napanee 
 Beaver. In the Fall of 1874 he started for Colorado, halting in Chicago to visit friends, and 
 there closed his eyes in death, leaving a wife and one son to mourn their extremely g-eat loss. 
 
 John, tuo oldest of all the children, has a wife and is living with his father; William is 
 also married and lives near Syracuse, N. Y., and Maria, the only daughter, is mairied to Hon. 
 A. W. Archibald ; they reside in Colorado. 
 
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 KEV. JAMES T. BOCJEHT, 3kt.A., 
 
 NAl'ANKK. 
 
 TAMES JOHN BOGERT, Rector of Napanee, and one of the Rural Deans of Lcimox and 
 Addington, is a native of this Province, being born in Broekville, August 2, 183"). His 
 father, John Bogert, Barrister, was a Captain of Cavalry during the " Patriot War " of 1837-38, 
 and practised his profession in Broekville, being known as the " huiR.it lawyer," dying in 1842. 
 The fatlier of John Bogert lived at one time in the ^Tnited States. The mother of ou/ subject, 
 Mary Rjulclitte before her marriage, was a native of Wales. 
 
 Mr. Bogert was educated at Trinity College, Toronto; graduated B.A. in 18.J5 ; received 
 the degree of MA. three years later, and was oidained Deacon liy Bishop Straclmn, in 1858, 
 and Priest the following year, 
 
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 Mr. BogtM't wa.s curate nt Picscott two ycai-s ; was appointed Rector of Napanec in May, 
 1802, and is still serving this parish with the most cordial acceptance. Since he settled here, 
 a fine gothic houac of woi-ship, built of blue limestone, with white limestone facings, has been 
 erected, also a handsome rectory ; and the numerical and financial strength of the church has 
 been greatly increased. A few years ago the parish was divided, and his younger brother, 
 Kev. David For<l Bogert, assumed the pastorate of the rural part of it. 
 
 In March, 1H7.9, the Bishop of the Diocese of Ontario appointed eight Rural Deans, 
 selecting Mr. Bogert as one of them, thus adding to his labors, cares, and responsibilities. It is 
 almost needless to say that he is " diligent in business, always abounding in the work of tho 
 Lord." His greatest joy is in the success of the Master's cause. 
 
 Part of the years 1857 and 18.')8 Mr. Bogert spent in the Old World, visiting more than half 
 of the countries of Europe, and '•etumed with his mind enriched with the fruits of careful 
 observation and research. Material for illustrations, etc., then and there gathered, often em- 
 bellish his literary and religious discoui-ses. He is polished in mind and manners, and a pleasant 
 speaker. ~ 
 
 The -wife of Mr. Bogert Avas Miss Elizabeth Grant Atkinson, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. 
 A. F. Atkinson of St. Catharines, Ontario, their marriage being dated May 31, 1800. They 
 have seven children, three sons and four daughters. 
 
 LOPtEXZO D. RAY^rOXI), 
 
 WELL AND. 
 
 "T ORENZO DULMAGE RAYMOND, Clerk of the Peace and County Attorney, is a native 
 -*-^ of the County of Leeds, Ontario, dating his birth September 28, 1811. Tho Raymonds 
 are a New England family, originally English. His father, Truman Raymond, M. D., coming 
 fiom Massaehu.setts in 1808, settling in tho old Johnston district, acting as surgeon at Ganano- 
 ((ue in the w.nr of 1812-'14 ; was Coroner of Lincoln and Welland when united ; a pioneer in 
 the temperance cause in the Niagara District, and a very excellent man, dying at Welland in 
 18G1. Tlie mother of Lorenzo was Elizabeth Dulmage, whoso father was a United Empire 
 Loyalist, a Lieutenant in the British Army in 177.")-1783, and drew his lands on the St. Law- 
 rence, juHt below Prescott. Lorenzo is the oldest of four children who grew up, two sons and 
 two daughters. The other .son has since died. One daughter is the wife of R. A. Clarke, of 
 St. Catharines ; the other is unmarried. In 1824' the family moved westward to Niagara, where 
 our subject was educated by the Rev. Thomas Creon, and studied law with Charles Richardson, 
 being called to the Bar at Trinity term, June, 1835. , ■ 
 
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 Ml". Raynioiul pinctised liis profession at Chippawa until the close of the rebellion in 1838, 
 acting as a soiilier timing that exciting period, and then moved to St. Catharines, where ho 
 continued his practice and his connection with the military, being promoted, step by step, to a 
 Captaincy in the .")th Lincoln, Lieut. -Colonel John Clark, commander. From 1845 to 1853 ho 
 again resided in Chippawa; and retuniii\gt()St. Catharines he remained there until the separation 
 of the Counties of Lincoln and Wolland in 185(1, when he was appointed Clerk of the Peace 
 for Weiland, and removed to his present homo. Subsecjuently he was appointed County 
 Attorney, and still holds both oflices, continuing, meantime, his legal practice, and doing a good 
 business in the several Courts. He is a careful lawyer, very attentive to his business, prompt 
 and perfectly reliable. 
 
 Mr. Raymond has often served as a trustee of the Grammar School, and has occp^sionally 
 acted as chairman of that Board, being read}' at all times, we understand, to co-operate with 
 his fellow-citizens in jiromoting the educational interests of this the county town, whose schools 
 have a high reputation. 
 
 Mr. Raymond is a member of the Church of England; has served as wanlen a number of 
 years, and has been a delegate to the Synoil at sundry times. 
 
 In October, 185.'), Miss Mary Jane Cochrane, of St. Catharines, and wlicsc widowed mother 
 was from Armagh, Ireland, was joined in marriiigt with Mr. Raymond, and they have four 
 children, three sons and one daughter. Samuel D., the eldest son, is in the Imperial Bank, 
 Toronto ; William B. is in the Engineer's olHce, Weiland Canal, and Lorenzo Clarke and Mary 
 Elizabeth, are pui'suing their studies in the local .schools. 
 
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 \ViLI.IA.M 1{0H1^N^SJX, 
 
 Kixf.sroy. 
 
 AMONG the .self-made men of Kingston, a conspicuous exjiinple is the member of the 
 IVovineifil Parliament for the last eight or nine years, William Robin.son. He had 
 only very ordinary advantages for education in his youth ; learned the trade of a weavei-, an<l 
 followed it until twenty-two years of age, adding, meantime, to his limited stock of knowletlge, as 
 he had opportunity. He is the son of a carpenter, W illium Robinson, senior, ami Martha Flana- 
 gan, anil was born at Ballymon}-, County of Antrim, Ireland, Novendier '>, 1824. Both parents 
 died before he was nine years old, and he was cast largely up(jn his owi resources at that early 
 age, supporting himself by tending for weavers and working on a fai.u till thirteen years old. 
 Commencing to learn the wenvei's traile at that age, he worked at i» mitil 184G, when he came 
 to Kingston, which has been 'nis home since that <late. Here I ■ dropped the weavers, and 
 
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 IcaiTioJ tho painter's trade. Still following the latter, several years ago he added wall paper 
 t<) his other business, and has an extensive trade, being tho lieavicst dealer in the line in tho 
 city. 
 
 For many years Mr. Robinson was kept in the Municipality of Kingston, k-ing Alderman 
 for fifteen years, and Mayor two (IfSOt) and 1870). His practical business tact and talents made 
 him very serviceable in tho city government. Mr. Roliin.sun was first elected to the Ontario 
 Assembly in 1871 ; was re-elected in 187i>. In Parliament he looks well to the interests of tho 
 business men of his cla.ss, tho Mechanics' Lien Law as amended, being the work of his hand. 
 He is a Reformer, and firm supporter of Hon. Oliver Mowat, Premier. 
 
 Mr. Robin.son lias been a strong Orangeman since .settling in Canada ; was at one tinio 
 Master of tho County Lodge, and another Treasurer for the Provincial Lodge. 
 
 Ho is a member of the Brock Street Presbyterian Church, a man of solid Christian cha- 
 racter, and the highest rectitude of purpose. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Robinson was Miss Margaret Dick, a native of the County of Down, Leland, 
 The}' were married in Kingston, September 1"), 18.")(), ami have seven children; two of tho 
 (laughters are married. Isabella is the wife of William J. (Jibson, and Martha married Mr. 
 Cliarlis P. Taft, both residents of Kingston. The other children are Thomas D., William J., 
 Margaret, James S., and Robert Alexander, the youngest ones being engaged in .securing an 
 education at the excellent Kingston Schools. Thonuis 1)., the eldest son, is a partner of his 
 father in business. 
 
 CiEOllCJK C. M'KINDSKV, 
 
 Mll.rON. 
 
 aKOIKIK CUAWKOUI) McKlNDSKY, Sheritf of the County of Halton, and .son of 
 William and Jane (Crawford) McKindsey, was born in tliis county, March Sit, 18:29. 
 Both parents were fnun Ireland. His father, who was a merchant, died in 1844 ; his mother, 
 wlio is asister of Hon. George Crawford, decea.sed, Brockville, is .still living, her home being 
 with her .'^on in Milton. He received a common school education, and luckily had an excellent 
 teacher, and made good progress in his stiulies ; was a clerk one year in the store of his father, 
 on whose demise he went to Montreal, ami was in a wholesale cstabli.shment three years, return- 
 ing to the County of Halton in 1848, and opening a general store in the village of Hornby, 
 where he was in trade four or five years. While there, as .soon as of age, ho was ap|)ointed 
 Justice of the Peace. 
 
 In July, 18.')'), Mr. McKindsey was appointed Deputy Sheriff, and removed to Milton, 
 having been a resident of this town for a quarter of a century. In the Autumn of 1858, ho 
 
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 was appointed S <oritf, which office he still holds. He is also a Commissioner of Queen's Bench 
 to take affidavits. Ho is a fii-st class business man, j>rompt and efficient in performing his 
 official duties, and courteous and obliging as a neighbor. 
 
 Mr. McKindsey was in the Town Council of Milton^ nine or teii years ; was at one period a 
 Trustee of the Grainmnr School Board, and hold a Lieutenant's comnussion under the old militia 
 systen» ; was President of the Halton Agricultural Society one year, and has been thoroughly 
 identified with jiublic improvements and enterprises generally of the county. Ho was one of 
 the foremost men in moving for a lailioad to connect Milton with tlie outside world, and rejoices 
 in seeing two such roads running through the town. 
 
 October 1!), 1859 Miss Teresa Crawford, daughter of John Crawford, Postmaster at Brockviile, 
 became the wife of Sheriff" McKindsey, was the mother of two children, a son and daughter, 
 and died November 21, 1878. The son, George Crawford, died in his 8th j-ear. Effie Edge- 
 worth, aged seven, being the only menibei' of liis family that he has left. 
 
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 I'KOF. .NA'lllA^IEL IJUmVASir, A.M., tS.'IM)., 
 
 Conor RG. 
 
 THE subject of this biographical notice is a descendant of a United Empire Loyalist family 
 that settled in* Vermont, sometime before the American Revolution. Prior to that 
 great historical event, his great grandfather was in the British navy. His grandfather, Adam 
 BiU'wash, senior, moved from Vermont to Lower Canada, about 170O, and settled in the County, 
 of Argenteuil, where our subject was born July 25, 1830. His father, Adam Burvvash, junior, 
 was a volunteer in the rebellion of 1 837-'38, an undo commanding the regiment, which was 
 on garrison duty most of the time. 
 
 When Nathaniel was ton yeai's old tlie family removed to Upper Canada, settling on a 
 farm near Co1)Ourg. At thirteen years of age he was taken from tlie farm, and placed in the 
 preparatory department of Victoria College, at which he was graduated in the Arts in 18o!). 
 After being tutor one year in this institution, Mr. Burwash entered the ministry of the Wesleyan 
 Methodist CInnch, holding pastorates at Ncwburgh, Belleville, Toronto, and Hamilton, .seven 
 years in all ; then spent one term in Yale College, New Haven, Conn., antl returned to Cobourg 
 to take the chair of Natural Science. That post he held for six 3'ears, graduating in Divinity 
 meanwhile (1871) at Garrett Biblican Institute, Evanston, Illinois. Five years later he received, 
 from th(! same institution, the degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology. 
 
 In 1873 Dr. Burwash was appointed Professor of Theology in Victoria College, and that 
 position lie still occupies. He is faithful in his work ; is blest with a strong and tenacious 
 
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 memory, and accuiuulatcs large and rich stores of knowledge ; conibines lecturing and catechis- 
 ing ; is heartily devoted to the religious as well as intellectual improvement of his pupils, and 
 by them is vcr}' much liked as a teacher. His lecture on the " Genesis, Nature and Results of 
 Sin," published in a neat little volume, with a sermon by Pi'esident Nellcs, shows him to be a 
 deep thinker and powerful logician. 
 
 Besides his duties in connection with the chair of Theology, and more or less work in the 
 Conference, the Doctor preaches, ofteiier, probably, than every other Sunday in the year. It 
 is needless, perhaps, to say he is a very busy man. Ho has a little " farm " of somewhat less 
 than an acre of excellent land, and knowing that a mind ever so strong cannot be of much 
 service in a weak body, he so manages as to get a good deal of exercise, thus raising the tone of 
 his physical system as well as potatoes and cabbages; and the con.sequencc is that his mind is 
 usually elastic and ready to grapple with the knottiest theological problems. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Burwash was Miss Margaret Proctor, daughter of Edward M. Proctor of 
 Sarnia, many years a reeve and magistrate of that place — married December 25, 18G8. They 
 have three children here, and four with the Saviour. Mi-s. Buiwash is a graduate of the 
 Wesleyan Fenuile College at Hamilton, Onttvrio. 
 
 DAA'fD KIPJvWOOD, 
 nnA.vi'Tox. 
 
 ~r^ AVID KIRKWOOD, Clerk of the County Council, and a native of this county, was bom 
 -*-^ in Caledon, May 20, 1829. His parents, William and Margaret (McDonald) Kirkwood, 
 were from Scotland, the Kirkwood's being a Renfrewshire family. The father of David was a 
 pioneer in this part of the Province, a farmer after coming to Canada, dying in the Township of 
 Caledon in 1849. His mother died in 1800. 
 
 Schools in the boyhood of our subject, were very poor in his locality, neither grammar nor 
 geography being taught, and he had to attend to such branches outside of the school-room. He 
 was reared on the farm, and in the strictest habits of industry and virtue, his parents being 
 members of the Presbyterian (Jhurch. 
 
 He was engaged in agricultural i)ursuits until 187-5, when ho was appointed Clerk of the 
 County Council, rented hia farm, and moved into Brampton. He has been Clerk of the Caledon 
 Township Council .since 1871, still holding that ofKce ; was in that Township Council four years 
 and Deputy Reeve two of them ; was Secretary of the Caledon Agricultural Society thirteen 
 years; and inuuediately on settling in Brampton was made Treasurer of the County Agricultural 
 Society, a position which he still iiolds. 
 
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 Ho is a Lilieral, always moclerato in his political sentiments, and more so sinco taking his 
 present county oflicc. 
 
 Ho was the first Master of Wullington Lo Igo, No. 271, of Free Masons, in Erin Township, 
 six miles from his home, and when he retired from the Lodge, was presented with a Past Master's 
 jewel. Religiously he adheres to the faith of his parents and ancestors, liaving long been a 
 communicant in the church, maintaining a consistent (/hristian character. 
 
 Mr. Kirkwood has a second wife, being first married in 18G3, to Miss Barbara Smith, of 
 Chinguacousy, she dying childless in 18(i7 ; and the second time in 1872, to Miss Mary Mc- 
 Donald, of Es(|uesing, County of Halton, having by her four children, all yet living. 
 
 TiiEopiirT.rs MACK, :m.d., 
 
 ST. CATllAhlSK!^. 
 
 DOCTOR MACK is a native of Dublin, Ireland, dating his birth April 22, 1820, his 
 parents being Frederick and Frances (Lendrum) Mack. His father was of Prussian 
 descent, and a minister of the Church of England, he migrated to Upper Canada whon our 
 subject was twelve years old, and served at Osnabriick and Wellington Sijuare, and finally as 
 chaplain of the garrison at Amlierstburg, and rector of the same place. The old gentleman 
 is still living, being in his eighty-first year, and making his homo with his son in St. 
 Catharines. 
 
 Dr. Mack was educated at Upper Canada College, being one of the first pupils in that 
 institution. During the rebellion of 1837-38 he was in the service, being appointed Lieutenant 
 in the Provincial Navy, and served two years. Sub.setpiently he studied medicine in the 
 military hospital at Amlierstburg ; graduated at Geneva College, New York, in 1843 ; obtained 
 his Provincial licen.se the same year ; settled in St. Catharines, and has been in practice hero 
 from that date, being eminently successful in his profession. 
 
 Dr. Mack claims to be the first man in Ameiica that treated the diseases of women locally, 
 and we understand that one reason for his making this claim is that, when he commenced such 
 treatment, he could not find a speculum in the cities of New York, Philadelphia and Boston, 
 and was obliged to employ a tinsmith to maiuifacture a temiiorary one for his use. 
 
 Dr. Mack occupied the chair of Materia Medica in the Burtalo Medical College for three 
 consecutive sessions, and was invited to accept that Chair permanently; but he found .such 
 an arrangement incompatible with his residing in St. Catharines, and he gave it up. 
 
 In 18oG, with a .solemn gmuantee that there should be no interference of a non-pro- 
 fessional character, and tliat all charlatanry should be rigidly excluded, the Doctor conunonccd 
 
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 tlio (l('VeIopmoiit of tin.' minural wnturs of St. Catlmiincs, assisting (\)I. E. \V. Stephenson in 
 wiitin},' tlienj up iintl drawiiiy the attention of the profession to them ; ami lie claims that it 
 was wholly duo to his intluenco that the waters l>eciimo so celebrated, that for soveral yeara 
 accommodation could not be had for all persons desirous of visitinj^ the place. Finding that 
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 erected " Springbank," one of the finest thermal establishments in America. 
 
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 an hospital for the jwor, wliicli has since received (iovernment aid, and become a permanent 
 and successful institution, with about fifty beds. In connection with this hospital he started, 
 in 187<'3, a training school for nurses, the first establishment of the kind in the Dominion, and 
 the second, probably, on tliis continent, the first being connected with Bellovuo Hospital 
 Medical College, New York. 
 
 Dr. Mack is devoting most of his lime to "Springbank," tlie hospital and to surgery, 
 especially that branch of it connected with the diseases of women. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Mack is Jane, eldest daughter of Elias S. Adams, first Mayor of St. C'atha* 
 rincs, married July, 184.J. They have no children. 
 
 During 18.'>9 and LsCO, Dr. Mack spent eight months in Europe, making the acquaintance 
 of Sir James Simpson, of Edinburgh, Dr. Paget, of London, and Dr. Nelaton, of Paris, whose 
 friendship he enjoyed during their lives. He deservedly ranks with Dra. Sims and Barker, of 
 New York, White, of BuHiilo, and Horatio Storor, of Boston, as being one of the most advanced 
 gyniecologists of the day. 
 
 n^'LAY :Nt<'OALLUAr, 
 
 MILTOX. 
 
 I1IINLAY McCALLFM, County Treasurer, is a son of Kiuhiy and Christian (Campbell) 
 -^ ilcCallum, and was born in Breadalbane, Perthshire, Scotland, January 12, 1813, and 
 received his education in the parish schools of that county, including the cliussics. He is 
 good in mathematics. He became a school teacher at fifteen years of age ; came to Canada 
 in 18.'}!}, and continued teaching until 18.')3, the first two years in Toronto, and after that mainly 
 in the County of Halton. From 1S.").S to 18.5.') Mr. McCallum farmed in the Township of 
 Nassagaweya ; then became Deputy Registiar of the County, and occupied that position until 
 appointed Treasurer in June, 18G0, which hitter ottice he has held for twenty years. Ho is a 
 good sample of the " honest Scotchman ; " and the people of the county have the greatest confi- 
 dence in his integrity. He is a very faithful county ofiicial, and a member of the Presbyterian 
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 Mr. McCallum \\a» a farm in tliu Towaship of ENquotiing, three inilus from Milton, and thoro 
 makaa hia home. Ho is often called upon to act oh Auditor for the County Agricultural Society. 
 In politics ho ia a Conservative, rather mild of late yeant, owing, probably, to hia oHicial (hmI- 
 iioo in the county. 
 
 Hehn« been married since November 1, 1830, his wife, before her marriage, was Jane Laid- 
 law, n native of Halton County. Kur jvireiitH were from Scotland. Mrs. McCallum is the 
 mother of eleven cliiMrcn, nine of thoiii, si.x daughters and three sons are yet living. Agnes, the 
 eldest daughter, is the wife of John Croighton, farmer, in Cuiross, County of Bruce; the othora 
 ara uamarriod. 
 
 JAMES CATTERMOLE, M.D., 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 ONE of the mast experienced and skilful physicians and surgeons in the County of Middle- 
 sex, Ontario, is Jatnes Cattcrinolo, who hn« been in practice forty-seven years. Ho is a 
 nafcivo of Suffolk, England, son of James Cattcrniole, senior, and was Iwrn October 13, 1807. 
 Hia father was a farmer and belonged to a family of agriculturists, and landed proprietors of tho 
 County of Suffolk, whose record ia traced back to tho roign of "Good Queen Boss " or beyond. 
 
 At thirteen years of ago o\w subject left home for London ; received a fair literary educa- 
 tion ; at sixteen was apprenticed to a suigeon ; was educated for his profession at Guy's Hospi- 
 tal, and Grangers School ; passed a medical examination in 18.30 ; came out to Quebec in 
 1832, as surgeon of an emigrant ship; passed the medical board at Toronto; practised three 
 years at Guelph ; then returned to England, and was for fifteen years at Surreyside in tho 
 suburbs of London, having a largo and successful pructicc. 
 
 In 1850 Dr. Cattermolc again crossed the ocean, this time to the United States, going as 
 far west as the Mississippi river, locating on its western shore at Fort Madison, Iowa. Ther«ho 
 spent five years in the practice of liis profession. The country was now, and not having good 
 health ho determined to try Canada once more. Before leaving ho obtained tho degree ^ 
 M.D. from tho University of St. Louis, Missouri. 
 
 Settling iaLondon, in 185.5, he is still found here, a well preserved man, an f 
 
 for one who has .seen his seventy-two winters. He thoroughly undoi-stands tin s of heali i, 
 and has evidently hiul strict regard for them, being robust in body and elastic in stop, notwitii- 
 standing hia profe.s,sional life is necessarily one of no inconsiderable exposure. 
 
 Since the establishment of tho City Hospital in London, Dr. Cattermolo has held the post of 
 eonsuiting surgeon to that institution. Latterly ho has limited himself almost entirely to office 
 and consulting practice, and gynn'cologieal surgery, being an expert in tho lost named branch. 
 
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 He haa rofrainod from aecoptiiig civil otticcH of any kind ; hoH givon his lifo to thu study 
 and piactico of his profcHsion, and honcu liis succohs ond liigh-Btanding. Ho kuoi* woU read np 
 in raudioal and surgical sciuncu ; is » well informed man on general subjects and a pleasant 
 convorsor. 
 
 He is a member of the Church of England, nnd has a high sUmding in the ooiumunity, 
 morally as well as professionally. 
 
 In May, 1850, Miss Maria Duttson, of Dover, England, beeamo the wife of Dr. Cattormolo, 
 and they have lost two children and have three living. Caroline N. is the wife of Isoiic Water- 
 man, oil refiner, London ; James Kredoriek is a njuilical student, an undergraduate of tho 
 University of Toronto, and Elizabeth is completing her eilucation. 
 
 JAMES STRATTON, 
 
 PETKRUOltOUUll. 
 
 JAMES STRATTON, Collector of Customs at Peterborough, and for years a prominent 
 journalist, is a native of tho County of Armagh, Ireland, dating his birth May 22, 1830. 
 His parents were Robert and Mary (McElwiiin) Strattun ; his paternal ancestors were originally 
 from Cornwall, England ; his mother was a native of Scotland. Robert Stratton was a linen 
 merchant, tho calling of the family for at least two or three generations farther back. 
 
 Our subject was educated principally in the public schools of his native county, and in tho 
 County of Durham, Canada West ; he coming to this country when only fifteen years of age. 
 At eigliteen ho commenced teaching a public school in tho Township of Clarke, and followed 
 that profoHsion for seventeen years. 
 
 In December, 18G0, Mr. Stratton settled in Peterborough ; shortly afterwards purchased 
 the Peterborough Examiner, and conducted it for thiiteen years, making it a strong advocate 
 of tho principles of tho Reform party. In 1874 ho was tho nominee of his party for tho Local 
 Parliament, and was defeated by Dr. John O'SuUivan, by a small majority, the Conservatives 
 previously having largo majorities in the East Riding of Peterborough. Dr. O'SuUivan was 
 unseated for violations of the Election Acts of the Province ; but for political purposes Mr. 
 Stratton did not again allow himself to bo put in nomination. In 187G, Mr. Stratton was 
 appointed Collector of Customs, when ho dropped journalism to attend to his official duties. 
 
 His residence is across tho Otonabee river, in Ashburnham. He has been Public School 
 Inspector for tho town and county for ten years, and for the Town of Peterborough for fourteen 
 years, holding other offices of minor importance. He has a libor.il share of enterprise, and is 
 backward in no local projects of material progress or social or moral reform. He ia among the 
 
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 leaders in the temperance movement — a life-long teetotaler himself, and an advocate of most 
 stringent measures to suppress the liijuor traffic. 
 
 His religious connection is with the Baptists, his membership being in the Peterborough 
 Church ; he is active in benevolent as well as church matters, and warmly sympathizes with, 
 and stands ready to aid, the poor and unfortunate. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Stratton — made so November G, 1851 — was Rosanna, daughter of William 
 Armstrong, formerly of the Township of Cavan, County of Durham, and now of British 
 Columbia, and sister of Hon. William J. Armstrong, late Commissioner of Crown Lands in 
 British Columbia. 
 
 Mrs. Stratton is the mother of nine children, five daughters and four sons, all yet living 
 but the oldest daughter, who wivs the wife of Rev. Isiuic CampbiiU, of Richmond Hill, and died 
 in 1870, James Robert, the oldest son, is the publisher of the Exumlner, talcing that paper 
 when his father became Collector of Customs, and continuing to sustain its high character. 
 
 GEOKGE STEl'nE:^S, 
 conovRG. 
 
 r^ EORGE STEPHENS, late United States Consul at the port o: Cobourg, was a native of 
 ^— ^ Schoharric County, N. Y., and was born December 27, 180'). His parents were George 
 and Sarah (Wood) Steplions, his paternal ancestors being from Englantl ; his maternal from 
 Wales, both great-grandfathers coming from the old world. His grandfather fought for the 
 independence of the American colonies. 
 
 Our subject received a conmioii school education ; at seventeen years of age came to 
 Canada, located at Colborne, and manufactured furniture for several years, till he was burnt out, 
 when he removed to Cobourg. Witii the exco[)tion of two or thi'ce years spent at Mishawaka, 
 Ind., he resided here for forty-five years, being engaged all this time in the furniture and piano- 
 forte business, and was a successful manufacturer and merchant. ■ 
 
 While General Grant was President he appointed Mr. Stephens Consul at this port, and 
 that office he held at the time of his demise, July 20, 1875. 
 
 He served on the Public School Board here for some years, and took pride in aiding to 
 raise the standard of education ; he was also a Justice of the Peace for a long period. 
 
 From youth he was comiected with the Metliodist Church, and was a conscientious, con- 
 sistent member, always found in his place at the meetings of the Church, and usually serving 
 both as Trustee and Steward. He was a man of kindly feelings and generous disposition. 
 
 January 31, 1828, Miss Tryphena Merriman, daughter of Joel Merriman, one of the first 
 settlers in Colborne, was joined in wedlock witli Mr. Stephens, who at his deatii left six chil- 
 
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 dron, two others having previou»iv J!nd. Mrs. Stephens died ten months after her husband. 
 The oldest daughter, Annie S., is the wife of Dr. Newton W. Powell, of Cobourg ; George Joel, 
 the eldest son, has succeeded his father in business and in the Consulship ; Caroline M. is the 
 wife of Allan Bowerinan, Principal of tho High School at Farniersvillo, Ontario. Roe is mar- 
 ried and is a music publisher and dealer at Detroit, Mich., and Harriett B. and Harry H. are 
 single. 
 
 REY. MICHAEL STAFFORD, 
 
 LINDSAY. 
 
 MICHAEL STAFFORD, Priest of the Roman Catholic Cluirch, Limlsay, is a native of tho 
 County of Lanark, Ontario, the son of a pioneer settlei-, Thomas Stafford, and was 
 born Marrh, 1, 1832. His father was from \Ve.\ford, Ireland ; his mother, whose maiden name 
 was Elizabeth McGarry, from West Moath, same country. His family fought for Irish separa- 
 tion, and that was tho reason Thomas Stafford came to Canada. Up to fourteen years of ago 
 our .subject was educated at a district school near Lanark, his teacher, Robert Lees, still living, 
 and filling the ottice of County-Attorney of Carleton. The school-house was an abandoned 
 lumber .shanty ; the seats were made of bass-wood log.s hewn Hat on the ui)per side, and the 
 desks were constructed by boring holes in the side of tlni house, driving in pegs and laying 
 an unplaned board on the jiegs. From that humble school-house he was promoted to the district 
 school in the town of Perth, where he spent two years ; innnediately afterwards gave one year 
 to study at Chambly, then seven years at St. Thereso College, and took his ecclesiastical 
 course at Regiopolis College, Kingston, where he was a pupil of the late V. U. McDonnell, and a 
 schoohnato of Rev. John O'Brien, now Bishop of Kingston. 
 
 Mr. Stafford was ordained Priest in 1S5H, by tlie late Bishop Horan, and was a Director of 
 Regiopolis College three years, tilling meanwhile the chair of Logic and Philosophy. While in 
 Kingston, Father Stafford was Chaplain of the Penitentiary, and on careful inquiry he ascer- 
 tained that ninety per cent, of tho convicts were sent there through the use of strong drinks as 
 the direct procuring cause — a les.son which, it will be seen, was of great value to him. 
 
 On leaving Kingston ho .spent a year in traveling in the United States, and on the conti- 
 nent of Europe. Returning to this country, he spent seven years on Wolfe Island, where 
 he found, on entering upon his duties, that, through the great exertions of his pre- 
 decessoi-, Father Foley, there were only three Catholics in his parish who were not total 
 abstainers. Rest of all, there were no arrests and trials for crimes— a fact which confirmed his 
 judgment in regard to the primal cause of tho great number of convicts in the Kingston 
 prison. 
 
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 In liSGS Fathor SUittbrd was settled at Liiulsay, where his church has nearly doubled in 
 twelve short years. Here he has worked zealously for the cause of temperance, and the result 
 of his labois may he seen, in part, by the decreasing popularity of the county jail, the jailer 
 being at times, almost lonesome for the want of company, formerly having a great crowd. 
 
 Before the temperance reformation conunenced here among the Catholics, they were 
 not spending one-fifth the money for educational pui-poses that they are now, the children for- 
 merly- being neglected, and the parents in many instances not having the means for clothing 
 them and furnishing text book.s. The temperance reform gave anew, a comparatively clean, 
 face to things, and one public school, under Catholic control, doubled its pupils in a single year. 
 
 In liS7() Father Stafford matle a second visit to Europe, to carefully investigate the subject 
 of education and temperance, and lectured in several of the large cities in England. 
 
 8ince he settled hero a Convent school b\ulding of light brick, one of the best modeled and 
 best ventilated structures for educational pin-posos in the Province, has been put up at a cost of 
 ^10,000, with every conceivable comfort and convenience, and now has 300 scholai-s. A build- 
 ing for lK)ys has also been erected costing §.j,()00, and has about 200 pupils. The C(nivent build- 
 ing stands on grounds where thistles rooted ten years ago, and which are now an Eden of 
 beauty. 
 
 Father Stafford has written a good deal for the press, secular as well as religious, mainly on 
 the subjects of education and temperance, his lalnjrs in this direction extending over a field as 
 wide as this Province. With one exception, there is no city and hardly a town of any importance 
 in Ontario where he has not lifted up his voice in behalf of one of these causes or both, he 
 being untiring in his efforts to promote the rause of knowledge and sobriety as well as religion. 
 
 The parishioners of Father Staffci'd have done a very h.indsome thing for him in providing 
 a home, second in elegance, convenience, and in the beauty of its surroundings, to no priest's 
 hous'C, we believe, in Ontario. It overlooks the town and the country, and on every side the 
 jirospect is delightful. 
 
 MAITL AN I ) M<'CAIlTliY 
 
 OHANtJKVILLK. 
 
 MAITL AND McCarthy, Barrister, and first Mayor of the Town of Orangeville, was 
 born at Oakley Park, near Dublin, May .'», ^ 8>tl. His parentage, itc, may be seen in the 
 sketch of his elder brother, D'Alton McCarthy, Barrister, found on another page. He camo to 
 Canada when about eight years old ; was educated in the same grammar school, County of 
 Himcoe ; studied law with his father and D'Arey Boulton, at Barrie ; was admitted to , -actice in 
 IfSGl, and opened au office at Orangeville, and has here been iu constant practice since that date. 
 
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 l)eing called to the Bar at Michaelmas Term, 187G. Ho does business in all the Courts, .nd has 
 had a good practice from tlie start. Ho lias good abiliticH, is studious and well read ; is of quick 
 pcrce])tions, and has gained for himself a high reputation and standing as a lawyer, as also in 
 other walks of life. 
 
 Mr. McCarthy wn.s Reevo of the V^illnge of Oraiigoville four years, and when it became an 
 incorporated town, in 1874, ho was elected Mayor, serving one term and then retiring. While 
 at the head of the Municipality of tho Village and in the County Council, and while chief 
 magistrate of the town, ho gave a good deal of attention to local mutters, and aided very essen- 
 tially in starting and securing the completion of diH'ercnt enterprises of importance to Orange- 
 ville and tho County. 
 
 Mr. McCarthy is a Master Mason, a churchman, and ha.s been for several years warden of St. 
 Mark's Church. He is a gentleman of sterling character. His wife wn« Miss .Tcnnio Frances 
 Stewart, sister of Falkner C Stewart, warden of the County of JJulferin — married November 
 22, 18G(3. They have three children. 
 
 (JEOUGK J. (iALK, 
 
 OMA'A' SOUND. 
 
 /^ EORdE JAMKS GALE, for twenty-seven years Clerk of tho County Council of Grey, was 
 V-^ born in Hampstead, England, August 1 , 1810, being the son of George Gale, a florist. In 
 his fourteenth year he came to Lower Canada, .and to three years' steady schooling in the old 
 country, a<Mo(l a few terms at an Academy ; then clerk-jil ten years in a dry goods stori' in flie 
 city of (^lU'liec, and one season in a store in Kingstoiv ; and w.a.s sulisccjuently a merchant two 
 yoai-s in Montreal. 
 
 In July, bS-t.S, Mr. Gale .settled in the Comity of Gre}', and the Township of Derby, adjoin- 
 ing Ovion Sound, which at (me time was included in that township. At an early day be was 
 engaged in a variety of business pursuits — merchandising, real estate, \:c. He has also held a 
 gi-cat variety of otHces — Clerk of Township of Derby ; niember of the first Town Council of 
 Owen Sound (bSij')) ; Commissioner in Court of Queen's Hench (appointed in 184!)) ; Clerk of 
 the Divisicm Court, Owen Sound ; Official Assignee for the County ; School Superintendent, and 
 Clerk of the Council, still holding the last office ; Lieut.-Colonel Snl ]5attery Grey Militia. 
 
 During the last eleven or twt'lve years Mr. (Jale has bi'en afilietcd with nervous debility, 
 unfitting l:im for manual labor, his (mly son and child living, John Gale, attending to his father'.s 
 official duties. The mind of Mr, Gale is clear and active, his memory especially being strong 
 and tenacious. 
 
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 It was Mr. Gale who, as Aiictioncer, sold the Indian Peninsula after it had lieon ceded to 
 the Government by the Indians, a great crowd being present, and it bringing $200,000. For 
 this act Mr. Gale received the thanks of Sir Edmund Head, and doiible pay. ( 
 
 He was once an active and influential politician of the Conservative school, and mar.y years 
 ago his party nominated liim for the old Canadian Parliament, but he refused to stand. He was 
 also active as an Orangeman, and at one time was County Master for Grey. He was likewise 
 Warden of St. George's Church for jaany years, and very active in church duties for a long 
 period. In 1854 the members of the church made him a present of a Iwautiful copy of the 
 Bible and Church Service, as a token of their appreciation of his services in Christian work. 
 
 February 10, 18-t3, Mrs. Ann Wooirich lu'i' Slmw, a native of Nova Scotia, was joined in 
 wedlock with Mr. Gale, and he lias had two sons by her, losing one of them before he was 
 named. The other we have already mentioned. He was the first male child born in Owen 
 Sound. The father of Mrs. Gale, Isaiah Shaw, was twenty-one y ears a member of Parliament 
 for the County of Annapolis, Xo\a Scotia. Mrs. Gale gave the Hrst Hag on Dominion Day, 
 July 1, 18G7, to the Owen Sound Volunteers, John Creason, Cai)tain. 
 
 GEORGE D. MORTOK, M.B., 
 
 JWADFOL'D. 
 
 /^ EORGE DEANE MORTON, the oldest mclical " practitioner in the County of 
 ^-^ Simcoe, was born in the County of Wicklow, Ireland, August 31, 1822, his parents 
 being Francis and Elizabeth Anne Morton. His grandfather, James Morton, was a Captain 
 in thi^ Britisli Army, with which his great-grandfather also was connected. The Mortons are 
 an old and highly respectable Irish family. Our subject was educated at Trinity College, 
 Dublin, where he also studied medicine, and from whence he graduated. In 1849 he came to 
 this country, took honors kc. at Toronto University, and passed his medical examinations before 
 the old Medical Board of Upper Canada, and located at Bradford, where he has been in constant 
 practice for thirty years. He has been (juite success :' and was long ago i)laced in independent 
 circumstances. Ho is one of the best known men in tnc county, and very much respected. 
 
 Dr. Morton has been for many years surgeon of the Soth Battalion (SiiT)coe Foresters), and 
 acted officially in the Fenian raid of 18CG ; was Reeve for the Municimlity of Bradford at an 
 early day ; and now holds the same office, and has been a Coroner of the County, for the last 
 twenty years. 
 
 Dr. Morton has taken much interest in agricultural matters, and in blooded stock ; was 
 President of the County AgricuUtiral Society something like a dozen years, and has introduced 
 some very fine thoroughbred horses and cereals from Great Britain and the United States, hav- 
 
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 ing ilouoa good deal to create a worthy spirit of cimiktion among ngiiciilturistw and stock raisei-s 
 in tins part of the Province. 
 
 The Doctor is a Conservative in his political piineiples ; is president of the town associa- 
 tion of his party, and is also a strong Orangeman, being master of the local lodge, and having 
 been Master of the 13istrict Lodge for many years. 
 
 His religious connection is with the English Church, in which he has always taken a gi'eat 
 interest and active part. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Morton is Cornelia, oldest daughter of the late Capt. Laughton, of Holland 
 Landing, Ontario, married in September, 1854. They have no children. 
 
 JOIIX A. OEClIAPvD, 
 
 nitU.VMOKDVILLK. 
 
 JOHN ALLEN ORCHARD, Clerk of the Division Court for the County of Welland, and a 
 son of Thomas and Eliza Ann (Medway) Orchard, was born in Devonshire, England, 
 March i, 1815. (Jolonel t)rch!ird, of the Briti.sh army, was a cousin of his father, and John A. 
 Medway, an officer in the British navy, was a brother of his mother. A large ninuber of the 
 Orchards are military- and professional men. 
 
 Young Orchard was educated in common and private schools, farmed with his father in the 
 old country until 1835 ; then came to Upjier Canada with the family, and after spending a few 
 months in Toronto, located at Drummondviiie early in the year 1830, here making his home 
 from that <late. 
 
 At first J[r. Orchard kept books for his father, who Wius a butcher, clerking also a while in 
 the Paviliion hotel. In November, 183!*, his father died, and the son took his place as a butcher 
 for a year or two. The mother lived until September, 1808, dying in her 88th year. 
 
 About 1841 Mr. Orchiird commenced farming, renting at first, and followed that business 
 until 1852, when he became an auctioneer, a business in wliich he is still engaged. On the 
 <lemise of Hon. James Buchanan, Mr. Orchard sold oft' iiis property, and soon afterwards ad- 
 ministered on the estate of Lieut.-General Murray. Fo" some time Mr. Orchard was an Insur- 
 ance Agent; is now dealing more or less in ival estate, ai.d has beeii '.'lerk of the 4th Division 
 ' 'ourt, County of Welland, tlie last fourteen or fifteen years. Prior to taking this office he had 
 been liailiff of the same court for six years ending in 180."). He is also Clerk of the Township of 
 Stamford, Connnissioner for the taking of affidavits of tlie Queen's Bench, Justice of the Peace, 
 appraiser for scveial loan companies issuer of marriage licenses, and chairman of the Board of 
 License Conunissioners for the County, a position he has held from the date of his men>ber.ship 
 
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 of tliat board. He lias ))ee!i been a Conveyancer for tlie last ton or twelve years, and is assisted 
 in this work by his nephew, Joseph O. Cadliani. 
 
 At the time of the rebellion, which broke out in 1837, he slumldered his musket and marehed 
 as a private to Gravelly Bay, now Port ( 'olborne, and the day after reaehing there was appointed 
 corporal. He was made (juarter-mastei' of the 44th Jiattalion when it was organized, and, after 
 serving in that capacity a number of years, resigned. 
 
 Mr. Orchard has been an Odd Fellow for more than a quarter of a century ; formerly of 
 Manchester Unity, now Canada Order ; is Past Grand Lecture Master, and also Treasurer of 
 Lodge No. 17, Drummondville. He is a member of All Saints' Episcopal Church, and long served 
 as warden of the same. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Orchard was Martha Hargrave, of Buckinghamshire, Eng., their marriage 
 being dated December 23, 184i. They have had three sons, and lost all of them. 
 
 WILlJA^kl SCO'JT, M.J)., 
 
 }yOODSTOCh'. 
 
 "TTTILLIAM SCOTT, with a single exception the oldest resident physician and surgeon in 
 ' ^ O.xford Count}', was born in Everingliam, Yorkshire, Pingland, November i7, IHiiO. 
 His parents, Thomas and Dinah (Easingwood) Scott, came to Canada in 1830, and .settled in 
 the (,'ounty of Oxford, our subject aiding to clear two farms in the county, one in Eastwood the 
 other in East Oxford. He may almost be called a born physician, having at nine years of age 
 a great fondness for medical studies ; and while I'Ugaged in clearing and cultivating land, giv- 
 ing his leisuie time to such stuilies, sometimes tarrying a book into the field. At length he 
 articled himself to Dr. Samuel J. Stratford of Woodstock, a member of the Royal College of 
 Surgeons, England ; pa.ssed an examination at the end of five yeai's at the medical de[)artmcnt 
 of the University of Toi'onto (I.S4SJ, and Fi'()m that dati^ has been in practice at Woodstock. 
 About twenty years ago he received the honorary title of Doctor of Medicine from the Medical 
 College at Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Dr. Scott has madi- a specialty of no branch of his art, yet early gave a great deal of 
 attention to midwifery, of wliicli he has IkuI at least (),(H)0 cases in a little less than thirty-two 
 years. 
 
 He has a great deal of inventive talent, and a few surgical instruments of his invention, 
 ha\e been strongly commended by medical faculties. The last instrument from his skilful 
 hands is an Enaneur for removing uteiine tumors regarded by eminent surgeons as an improve- 
 ment on anything of the kind heretofore in use. 
 
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 Dr. Scott wn,s Surgeon in the 22iiil Battalion Volunteer Oxford RiHos for several years, 
 aii'l has licen one of tlio Coroners for tlie county for the last twenty years (»r more. During 
 tlic relieliion of 1S.S7-JW lio serveil in tin- cavalry despatcli here. 
 
 The Doctor was a very zealous Reformer in his younger years, hut has i)retty mucli laid 
 aside politics. He is thoroughly devoted to his profession. He is a nienilier of the Episcopal 
 (.'hurch. 
 
 Dr. Scott has a second wife, his first lieing Jliss Sarah Maria Kakins of Burford, County 
 of Oxford. She dieil in IS,').'). His present wife was Miss Klizalieth E. Martin of Blenheim, 
 same county, marrii^d in 1M.")G. By her Ik^ has two sons and one daughtei-. Thomas Walter, 
 the elder son, is a druggist ; the other .son, William Alfred, is studying for the medical pro- 
 fession. 
 
 FJiKDKrjCK SCITOFIKLl), 
 
 miOCKVII.LK. 
 
 "TT1REDERICK SCHOFFELD, .son of James Lancaster Scliofield, nearly thirty y.ars Trea- 
 -*- surer of the Unitetl Comities of Leeds and ( Jrenville, Ontario, was horn at Smith's Falls, 
 Leeds, January 10, 183(i. His grandfather and great-grandfather wei'e United Empire Loyalists. 
 The mother of Frederick, was Maria Camphell, a native of the County of Leeds, and of Scotch 
 pedigree. Her father was an officer on the British side, during tlie American Revolution. 
 
 The subject of this brief .sketch was educated atthe University of Tiinity College, Toronto, 
 graduating in 1S.')G; read law with Sherwood and Steele of Broekville ; was called to the 
 Bar in LSdO, and practised more or less for a few years, speculating at the same time, and .assist- 
 ing his father in the Treasurer's office. 
 
 Mr. Scliofield was in the Council of nroekvilie several years, and took his present county 
 office, that of Tn^asurer of Leeds and (Jrenville, in liS73. He is I'rcsident of the Conservative 
 Association of Broekville, an active politician and an influential man, u'itli a good share of 
 enterprise. * 
 
 His religious connection is with the English (.'hurch, of which In' was warden for several 
 years. He has also been a delegate to the Synod, and is among the leading lay members of that 
 Christian denomination in the Diocese of Ontario. His stan<ling in society is excelltint. 
 
 He is a Master Mason, not often, however, meeting with any lodge. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Sehofii'ld is Letitia Lockhart, daughter of the late James J. Hargiave 
 chief factor of the Hudson Bay Company, they being married in Septend)er, ^HM, and having 
 five chiMren. 
 
 The father of our subject, whom we have mentioni'd as Treasurer of Leeds and Grenville 
 
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 for a long period, wna born near Boston, Mjuss. ; was a niereliant, miller, and speculatoi', and 
 a man of great ability, public spirit, and influence. He was for some time one of the Coroners 
 and Magistrates of tlio united counties before mentioned, and at one time the candidate cf the 
 Liberal-Conservatives of these counties for the Canadian Parliament, being defeated on acconnt 
 of railway connections, interests, and misrepresentations. He took an active and etticient part 
 in the "Patriot" war (1837-3iS) ; was an officer at the battle of the Windmill ; was a man widely 
 and warmly cstecnjed, and when he died in 1873, the poor lost one of their best friends, 
 
 CUAliLE.S G. CllAirj^EKlS, 
 
 CHATHAM. 
 T I 1HE subject of this sketch is a descendant of a very old Dumfries.shire family. The 
 
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 Charteris, of Amisfield, who are believed to have been originally from France, and to have 
 
 settled in Scotland in the reign of Malcolm IV. (11.53), more than seven centuries ago. A largo 
 tract of land was granted to the Charteris for important services rendered to the King, in Dum- 
 fries.shire, s(jme of which land is still in posse.ssion of the family.* In that County ( 'harles 
 (Jeorge Charteris was boin, July 2.5, 1828, and was the youngest son of ( -luirles Charteris, Escj., 
 of Cullirait Hou.se, Dumfriesshire, by his wife, Diana, daughter of John Reed, Esq., of Craggs, 
 Northumberland, England. His father was a Captain in the 28th Light Dragoons, who, on tho 
 disbandment of that regiment, became Adjutant of the Dumfriesshire Yeomanry Cavalry. 
 
 Our subject was partly educated at the High School of his native County, and partly at a 
 private Academy, in Brampton, England. At eighteen years of age he started out to .seek his 
 fortune in the new world ; came to Chatham, and was for some time in the establishment of 
 Witlii rspoon and Charteris, general merchants, and Agents foi' the Core Bank, his cousi n 
 Alexander Chaiteiis, being one of the partners ; and five or si.\ years later went into the lund)er 
 business with William Baxter, continuing in it until 18.57, when he was appointed Treasurer of 
 Kent County, an office which he still holds, much to the satisfaction of the people. Very few 
 men in the Province of Ontario have licM that position longer than Mr. Charteris, or with 
 more credit to themselves and the County. 
 
 He was in the Town Council one or two terms ; was the second Mayor of (Jhatham (1857) ; 
 
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 * On th3 night of April 4, 1C03, James VI. Blupt at Aniisfield, on liis p-iasage to England. Amisfield has 
 been the seat r)f the Charteris family from lltiS ; repaired, and greater part rebuilt, in 1(500. Tho bed on which 
 the King slept is preserved in the Museum of Anticpiities, in Edinburgh ; also a door on which a hero of Mr. 
 Charteris' family ia represented in the act of tearing the jaws of a, lion asunder, the same being a representation 
 uf an incident vcritied in the history of the family. 
 
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 was a sliort time Clmirinan of tlie Boanl of Rchool Trustees, and in various ways has rendered 
 good service to the conuminity. 
 
 'n jiolitics Mr. Charteris is a Reformer, and has been prominent and ^uitc influential in his 
 party. His religious tenets arc Preshytorian. 
 
 At one period he was Agent for the Banii of Upper Canada, and when it closed its business 
 at Chatham, he was retained in the management and disposal of its real estate in Kent County. 
 
 On the 2oth of December, 1819, Elizabetli, daughter of William Baxter, subsequently his 
 partner in business, became the wife of Mr. Ciiarteris, and she lias had by him eight children, 
 of whom five are yet living, three sons and two daughters. 
 
 ALEXANDER SCOTT, 
 liiiAMrroN. 
 
 ALEXAxNDER FORSYTH SCOTT, Judge of the County of Peel, is a native of this county, 
 and is living on the same lot on which lie was born, July 1, 1828. His father, John 
 Scott, was a manufacturer in Scotland, coining to Canada about 1817, living for a few years in 
 the Township of Dumfries, near wliero Gait now stands, and then settled on land in that part 
 of the Township of Ciiinguacousy wliere Brampton has since risen, here farming until his 
 demise in 1853. The mother of our subject was Mary ii6e Lynch, a native of Vermont. She 
 was the mother of nine chiMren, of whom Alexander was the eldest, and seven of whom lived 
 to grow up. 
 
 Judge Scott was educated mainly by private tuition, the schools in this part of the country 
 being a low grade forty years ago ; devel(>i)ed his habits of industry and his muscle on his 
 father's farm in his youtli ; studied law in Toronto with Clarke Gamble, Q. C. ; was admitted 
 as an Attorney in 18.50 ; commenced practising at Brampton in 18.")7, and was called to tiie Bar 
 at Easter term in 18.')8 ; practised for ten years, and during three of these years .served as Reeve 
 of the Village of Brampton ; was api)ointed County Judge, January 1, 18G7. He is a man of 
 calm, judicial temperament, with broad, comprehensive views of legal principles, and his decis- 
 ions are invariabl}* marked with impartial " common sense," and supported by vigorous and 
 lucid leasoning. He is held in very high esteem V)y the legal profession and the public. He is 
 a Master in Chancery for the County of Peel. 
 
 Judge Scott is a Chaj)ter Mason, liut retiiedfrom acting in that order on being appointed 
 to his present otlice. 
 
 He is a member of the Church of Eiiglaml, and has bi-en for a number of years a lay dele- 
 gate to the Synod. His character stands far above repioach. The Judge was at one time an 
 
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 officer in tho SOtli Battalion VoliintfLT Militia, ami now holds tho rank of Lieut.-Colonul of tho 
 Ctli Battalion, Peel Militia. 
 
 Hia wife is Anna Sophia, danjjhttM' of William Fniliy of Port Hope, many yearn editor and 
 pnblislier of tho Tclfijvdph, and later of the Gti'iilc of that town, his sketch appearing elsewhere 
 in this volume ; they were married May 2(i, IcS.VS, and have had five children, four of them still 
 surviving. 
 
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 WILLTAM BUCK, one of the leading manufacturers in Brantford, and President of tho 
 Board of Trade of this city, dates his hirth at the old town of Ancaster, August 22, 
 1828, his parents being Peter iind Hannah (Vager) Duck. Both are still living, and they reside 
 in Brantford, tho f,.*''"r in his SSth year, and the mother in her 7(5th. Mrs. Buck, as her name 
 would indicate, is of Oeiinan pedigree. Peter Buck was a soldier in tho rehellion of 1837, '.SB, 
 and was wounded at the battle of f!liippawa, still carrying a ball received on that occasion. 
 Both parents of our suljjcct are descendants of United Empire Loj-alists. 
 
 In 1833 the famil}- .settled in the little village of Brantford, then containing perhai)8 7)00 
 iidiabitants, and here William received such mental drill as an onlinary common school could 
 furnish. At an early age he became an apprentice to tlie tinsmith traih'; learned it thoroughly, 
 and worked for his old master as a Journeyman, until twenty-four years of age, at which time 
 the savings of his earnings amounted to one thousand dollars. With that capital, in 18.')2, Mr. 
 Buck started in the tin ware and stove business for himself; in l8oG, purchased a foundry and 
 commenced the manufacture of stoves and farming implements, since making stoves a more 
 especial article, ami enlarging his premi.ses from time to time, initil they cover about throe acres 
 of ground. He employs from 101) to 12.j men, and is doing a business usually from §1.')(),000 
 to Sil75,00() a year. 
 
 A writer in the Comrnerclnf Ri'riin^ Montreal, of May 10, 1879, thus speaks of the Victoria 
 foundry : — 
 
 " Brantford has through its loading representative estahlishnient, the Victoria foundry, William Buck, pro- 
 prietor, won a reputation in the nianufacture of stoves which has made tho rtp\itation of hia products i,i this lino 
 familiar as household words from the extreme east to tho far west portion of tho Uominion ; and for this result 
 it is but just to give credit to his entei-prise. Perfection is hard to reach, and perhaps in no direction has the 
 struggle towards that end been more earnestly contested than th.it of stoves. Season after season our leading 
 manufacturers have brought out new improvements, both in point of convenience and in matter of artistic taste, 
 o ich vyin;; with the other for tho first place ; while the progress has been most creditable to many, yet none 
 liave been able to combine all these <)\ialitiea which are reipiisite to make a perfect stove. The desired points to 
 secure in every stove are thorough ventilation, perfect combustion l)y means of properly constructed flues and 
 
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 (lampuni, simplicity of coimtriiutioii, iiuatnesa of ai>|iuiu'auco, gnoil liuatiiiy and uuukin^ i|iiulitiufi, lilul ocuuoiny of 
 fuel. Ovor 200 diirurniit ntylcs of hIovl'h uro prodiicuil at thin foundry. 
 
 Coukiiig, wood, parlor and hull HtovoH, in almost undluHS variuty, sixu and style, uoniplutu the catalo^uu in 
 this lino. A largo businuss in also donu in tlio nianufauturu of stool plows, wliich aro regarded by ugrieultiirists 
 us unsurpussud for liglitniss, stronijth, and proHtablo c|ualitios for this work. Thusu plows aro a genuine 
 standard with farnuTs in the west. Among tho othor facilities of the foundry which are availed of aro the num. 
 ufacture of hollow ware and castings." 
 
 Mr. Buck is iileiitilicd witli a grout numlier of cnterpriso.s, material, literary aiul religious, 
 and give.s hearty support to any organization tending in any respect to benefit the eoininunlty. 
 He is President of the Board of Trade and of the Philluirnionie Society of Brantford ; Vice- 
 President and Director of the Young Ladies' College, Brantford; a Director of the Brantford 
 Water Works, and of the Royal Loan and Savings Society ; Trustee of the ( 'anadian Literary 
 Institute, at Woodstock, and of the Young Men's Christian Association of Brantford ; Treasurer 
 of the Baptist Church Kdiflce Society for Ontari(j and Quebec, and one of the heaviest con- 
 tril)utors to the support of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, of which he is a nieniber. Ho held 
 at one time the otKce of President of the Ontario Baptist Convention. He is Treasurer of tho 
 Reform Association for the South Riding of Brant. 
 
 Mr. Buck has been married since Octol)er 1, 18.'(!, liis wife being Alice, daugliter of Francis 
 Foster, of Brantford, deceased, a luitivc of Lancashire, England. She is the mother of seven 
 children, all living Init one son, he dying in infancy. 
 
 The career t)f Mi'. Buck is a happy illustration of what can be accomplished by diligence in 
 business and careful management. At the start his snuxll capital was of his own creating, and 
 all his accumulations are the result of energies well applied and funds prudently invested. Nor 
 does he seem to accunuilate for the gratitication of a grasping, sordiil disposition, which he dies 
 not possess; but largely, at leait, for the means it ati'ords him of giving, and the pleasure he 
 derives from .so doing. In short, he is a good specimen of the generous, higli-souled Christian 
 gentlentan. 
 
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 nEI.LEVllJ.E. 
 
 /^ EORGP: SHERWOOD, Judge of thr County Court of Hastings, was born in Augusta, 
 ^-^ County of Leeds, Ontario, May 2!), isll, liis parents boing Levins P. and Charh)tte 
 (Jone.s) Sherwood. His tathor was a .Jmlgc of tlie Court of Queen's Bench, Ontario, and a pro- 
 minent man, dying May 10, l8.")(t. His graudsires on both sides were United Empire Loyalists, 
 and settled in the township of Augusta. He was educated at the Johnstown Grammar School ; 
 studied law at Brockville and Toronto ; was called to the Bar at Mieiiaelmas term in l.S.'}3 ; 
 opened a law office at Prescott ; was in partnership a year with Jhe late Hon. Henry Slierwood, 
 
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 I'nhlic Winks, Scjiteniln-r '), 184.'); was a nu-niln'r of tlio Kxocntivo ('Otuu-il uf Canada from 
 Aii;,'nst (i, liS,")S, to May 23, 1M(!2, during wliich time lie also filled in siu'ccssion tlu' oHici's 
 of Ri'fcivcr-GL'neral and ConnnissioniT of Crown Lantls ; sat for lirockvilU' in tlii' Canadian 
 Assi'inlily from 1M41 to I.S.')1, and from iM.jS to liSli.S, and was an nnsniri'ssfid I'andidati' tor tlio 
 samo si-at in liS.'d and 185 k He was appointed .Tud^'e of the County ( 'oiirt on the I'nd of Sep- 
 tondu-r, 18U5, an ofHee which he is filling; with yreat credit to himself and to the general satisfac- 
 tion of tlio pulilic. As a jurist he is courteous, cool, and impartial. 
 
 The wife of the Judge is Marianne, daughter of the late Dr. Tluuuas 0. Kci'gan, of Halifax, 
 Nova Scotia, married in Jul}-, IS.S;}. They have no children. 
 
 Judge Sherwootl is a mendjer of the Church of England, was wartlen at Brock villo several 
 yeai"s, and is a gentleman of high standing in the ciiuimunity his age, Iuh judicial attainments, 
 and his pure moral character securing for him the warm esti'em of his fellow-citizens. He has 
 a choice miscellaneous lihrary, as well as a large law lihraiy, the former embracing the leading 
 English classics in eli'gant editions. Many of these works, like those of Sluikspeare, Pope, 
 Johnson, Addi.son, Junius, etc., were the propi'rty of his father, whose memory ho venerates, 
 and are greatly prizeil. 
 
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 owKX soi'xn. 
 
 JOHN CllEASOR, twenty-five years a Barrister at Owen Sound, is a native of the County 
 of Simcoe, heing horn near Barrie, January 21 , 18;J3. Ife is a son of John Creasor, senior, 
 farmer, and sub.serpieiitly Division Court Bailiff, and Margaret vi^e Anderson. His father was 
 from Yorkshire, England ; his mother from (Slasgow, Scotland. He was educated at the Barrie 
 (irammar School ; commenced studying law at l?arrie with Hon. James Patton, and finished at 
 Toronto with the late Judge Cooper ; was called to the Bar at Michaelmas Term, 18.')4 ; soon 
 afterwards settled in Owen Sound, and hiw here hecJi in general practice, doing business in all 
 the Courts. He is of the firm of Creasor and Morrison, who are doing a good business, and 
 stand well. Mr. Cieasor is a sound lawyer, a fair advocate, and a strictly honest and honorable 
 man. 
 
 He was County Crown Attorney a while, and rt'signed ; holds theoftice of Solicitor of the 
 County Council of Grey, and of the Town of Owen Sound ; was in the Town Council four 
 yeai-s, and is, and has been for twenty years, a trustee of the Town schools, doing all he can to 
 
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 !'iirtlii'i' tlic iiitcri'sts tit" ciluciitioii. Mr oiciiiiicH tlio position of (iminimii of tlie Kiiucnlioii 
 ('oiiiiiiitti'f of llic lloai'ii. 
 
 Mr. ( Vciisor wan Ciiptiviii uf tin- Owiii Soimd N'oimili'crs mm ral years; was Ntatioiicil willi 
 liis ('oiii]iaiiv lit Siii'iiia alioiil tlini' iiiontlis liiiiin^ tlu' FViiian raiils of l.StKi ; wax Milisn|ni'iitlv 
 a|>|ioiiit('(l Majof, ami retired fiom the military service a lew years ai,'u, willi tlie iani< of <'a]itaiii. 
 
 Ill tlie Mnsonic fraternity lie is I'ast Master, ami is h'irst I'liiieipal of ( leoij^ian ('liapter, No. 
 i)(l, (iiaiid nt'j,'istry of Caiiaila. 
 
 He is eoiiiieeted witli tlic I'lesliyteriaii ( 'liiircli ; is an eliler of tlie same, and is nuieli iiilei'- 
 (vsted in the work of the ( 'hiireh, ami in i(dij,'ions enter|nises ;fenerally. 
 
 .lannaiy '_'•'>, IS.V"), Miss Mary Kiekey, a nativi' of tlie roinity of (iicns illi', (Intario, was 
 joined ill marriaj,'!' with Mr. ( 'reasor, and they luivc lost twoehildreii, and liavisc\en living. He 
 is giving tliein a suiiorior education in the e\ceilent local and other schools. 
 
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 liO.MAS MliJ.l'lh'. .Indite of the Coiintv of llalloii, is tli(> smi of 
 
 'Mliv settler ill this 
 
 I'oiinty. — Thomas Miller, senior, who canie hither fVoiii the ( 'uiiiity howii, rielaiid. in 
 1.S27. 'Phoiiias was hcan in the Township of Nelson, Septeiiilier I '>, iS.SO His mother's 
 
 m;iideii 11:11111' was Mari,'aret McWIia, who was also tVoiii freliiiid. T 
 
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 who was an extensive ai^rieiilturist in Ireland, and I'ariiu'd in this country, died in 1NC7 '. his 
 iiiolher in IS,S7. 
 
 He was educated in the (iranimar Schools of raleinio, in this county, and (,)ueeirs College, 
 Kingston, being graduated in lis.").'} ; studied law in Toronto with Judge Morrison and Hi^ii, 
 Ailaiii Crooks; practised one year in Hamilton ; was called to the I'mr .Ml Kaster term, lN')7,aiid 
 was appointed County Crown Attorney, and Clerk of the i'eaci' tor Waterloo, and removed to 
 
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 iieiiiii he was for ele\cn years Cliairman of the (iiammar School I'loard of Trustees, am 
 all that any man could do to laiild up the schools of that town. 
 
 Judge Miller is one of those cool, impartial, painstaking, and coii.scientioiis Jurists, who aim 
 to render exact justice in all ca.sos. IHs knowledge of law is thoroUL,di : he is clear-headed 
 
 rhurges a jury with great plainness, and hi 
 
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 iieen revoised. By consent of Attorneys, eases are often referred to liiin for decision without 
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 Till .liulgo is Master in (.'imticiTy anil dues a liiir iimoimt oi biisiiK.ss in CDiiiu'ctiuii witii 
 that oflir . 
 
 Ho is a iiit'iiilicr of tlic olil Kirk nf Si-otlaiul, an KKlci' of tiic ( 'liuirii in Miltoi;, ami a man 
 of lii^fli Cliristian, as well as jiiilicial cliaiactrr. He is a man of noMc insiincts, ami very 
 friemliy to the nnfortiinad'. 
 
 TIu' wife of tlie Jndj^o is Kil,«,'c\\()itli Victoria, iliin,t,'litei' of Captain Etlj,'ewoi'tli LTssIrt, who 
 lost his lift' at (.'iilppiwa, limini,' llf Kehi'llion of IS:37-';{S. 'Hicy wiTo marriod at J3eilin in 
 IN.-)?. 
 
 (11. MILKS K. CIIADW ICK, 
 
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 L\(,i:i:.<(ii.i,. 
 
 HAll'.KS r;L! ( "HADWICK. s,)n of Rov. Kli ( lia.lw i>'k. a Hapti-t minist.'i ami sdiool 
 t( (U'lior, «a; liorn at I'rr iioii, Kam-asirnt', luiiilaml, August l:i. IMN. J lis father ami 
 
 indfathcr wcii' hoiMi in li 
 
 |r >.inic i-oil 
 
 ntv. Ills inotlicr was Margin it W'lal, a native of Dui 
 
 fries. Scotland. 
 
 Ill iiS^O the fai'iiiy came to ('a;iM<la, tiie m\t year went i>ack lo Kn^huul, an.l in 1IS:27 
 returned to this eonntiy. and seti led near \'i((oi ia, t 'oinit s of Norfolk I'pi"'! * anada. Theiv 
 oinsnliieci was i'(ineated l.y his fatliei'. wild (nn'^ht a pnlilie seliod seNcial veais. liaxin;;- also a 
 faviii, on which the son was rejiied. In JNt:), Mi. t'liadwick removed t'lthe Township of llcie- 
 
 ham. ( 'oiiitv of t\f( 
 
 iid. I'ai hiIhl;- tluTe lor t'li veac' 
 
 . huldilli;, lue.inl 
 
 mil' >e\ rral towiislni 
 
 hill olilces 
 
 In |N.").'i he -ettled ill inu-ersoli. lieill-- a]ipoinleil I'lisimaster. w hii li •illi<e lie lield for ei;;ht 
 
 years. Soon lifter accept ii.^- it, he luTame ;dso the M,- 
 
 lll"'-er of il 
 
 Nia'-ara I'istrict I 
 
 )anK, 
 
 v\liicli v\ a- ev-iitiialK' iin ri;' 
 
 III (lie imiiel'ia 
 
 I'.aiik 
 
 HP-ltloll Which 111 n''|i| 
 
 OI t\VelltV-t\YO 
 
 ■eiiis, li'MV inu it ill the iiiumei •!' I n77. In •!.!iiiiai_\ , IN7S. Mi 'I 
 
 laow |i, l\ was eiei 
 
 ted .M'lVi 
 
 IV acchiniatiuii, and a vear later, was 
 
 ■ted m till same iiianner, he niakni^- a verv 
 
 •thcient 
 
 Chii \ .Nia-istriite of the t 
 
 own In V Mnoiis wav: 
 
 , and ill dilteri'iil positiniis. ho Ims made himself 
 for till' pnlilie was done in the sel 1 lioMld, of 
 
 .liich he was a nieiiil.ir tor mule than I u eiil v \ e;irs. ;iiid ( 'li.'iirman minli nV the I iine. 'rhri'ii:^li 
 
 a VelV llsel'iil cili/eli. 
 
 rioli 
 
 l\ Ills Ik .sI w .ii'l 
 
 lis intliieiii-e many impn 
 
 taut ilianees in iIm- •.\>irm of inililic iiisirin liiui were Inoii-ht ahoiii, 
 
 he hav i/i:; more to di. In ncuiliiiii^ and iniju'ov iiiu l!ial .-\ ^lein ' haii any other man in the t.nwn, 
 though lie liad earnest co-opoiators in tiiis iinhle wmk, 
 
 Siiiei' he heeanie a lesid.'iit of In^ersnll, .Ml', ( Tiidwic-k has wrilleii I'm the liical pi'cs^, on 
 |iiililieal ediicaliiDial and ^'elieia! siilijeets, and his jh'II is not eiitiiily laid asidi', lie has also, 
 
 111 \ ai lolls onasiwlis i| 
 
 •hver.'d a Id 
 
 resses tn.'io 
 
 redilTereiil oiiiani;..!! iicrs, iv^ricnUnral. literarv am 
 
 ither-,. v\ liich have h ■ ^n vers c iidiallv r-veivei 
 
 1. and lie v\as hiiihiv comiplimented for the ahli 
 
'/'///■; c.iX.tniAy iU(Kii!.\pnic.\L i>uti(>sau\\ 
 
 2sn 
 
 iiiannt'i' in wliicli lu' lias prcsfiitcil Ms \icws to tlic |iiililic. In l.sTlS aiiil li^T!', In- was " oratoi' 
 111' till' ilay" at Ingcrsull, at tlic cclcliratinn of tlic natal day ol' tlir |)oniinioii of < 'imaila, ami liis 
 aililrcsscs on tlu'sc occasions \\itc piiKlislii'il in tlic loi^il ii:i)(crs. Wc take tlic liltcrty of niakin<r 
 a short extract iVom tlic oration last dclivcrcit, on the siiKji , i of Patriotism anil Honu'. Jt is ii 
 tail' sample of his writ in;:;s, ami full of wholesome sentiiMiiit> : 
 
 " I'litiietisni iuuong a 1)imi|i!o in iiMiro cssi'uliiil to a ii.itidii tli:ui wimUIi, hihI piitriiilisni lias its rout in tiic 
 li)Vi' iif limiu! and in tho iiitollineiu'e tliiit cnnnirelioiuls the ex;ilti'it mhcs ami lu'ocssitics of tliat at micc! divine 
 and Immaii creation, the ori;aiiized state, the bleiidod hfe iif men liviiif; in aocic^ty and euustitiiling a nation : 
 and without a nation, without a (ioveiiiiiieiil tliat can look with ecpial eye into tlie face of the whole family of 
 nations, what is wealth or national [iroaperity i Tlio possessor of our country's rights, privilcL;es and iiliertics 
 (luelit to projcjt his views linyoud tho spun of a siie^le life, and leave enduriui; evidences that liu lias lived for 
 country, luankiiid, and after generations. The most aacrinl ainoiej; secular tliiiij;s with the true lover of his 
 country, should lie the lioiue and the hoiiiesfead. ffonie is an Kie^lisli derivative from (ieriiianic ideas and 
 yoiiins ; its accessary [relations hai.lly exist in their completeness elsewhere. No other lan;.,'iiai.!e has a word 
 which translates its kindly authority, its iiencrous eiiualities, its doni(;stic bonds, its sweet charities, its sureno 
 re|tose. Strength there Icarus to rcs|iect the rii^hta of the weak, and thcuce to eiiihody that sentiment in the 
 forms of political ami 'e>,'al justice. Iteneath these ohl L;otliic arches refiuinded and renewed, iii this ('aiia<lian 
 soil, stand tin household jjods, i;iiiirdians over a civil and reii;,'ious liberty, so often rescued ill »i> many dill'ereiit 
 a'.,'cs from the t'liipests of revolution. Here faiih h)oks up to the sky. Mere social virtues and domestic cul- 
 ture sow the precious seeds of public iule^rity, pure palriolisiu and uiispotte<l fame. Here, dose by the bosom 
 of iiaturo. the impulses of honor au'l •ruth have full play. In these retreats is noiirishcd the i;itegrify that 
 frowiis upon corruption. Hire is developed the public co.iscieiice that steadily I'Xpcls vice and viiiality from 
 public Icmptatiou, and hero sprinns \i\i the healthy iuiluence which corrects the demoralization of [lublic life. I 
 say then that tho liniiie and its surroundings deserve the citizen's tirst regard. Kvery improvement, useful or 
 graci'ful, that is within a prudent use of his moans, ought to be iir.de upon tho little umpire over which he has 
 sway, iind in which he trains citizv'iis for society and the State. .^ ml if tliis littler home government be as en- 
 lightened as it may be ; if indiisiry n'igu there ; iT woman give scfipe to her iiistiiictivi' L'ood taste and wilhhtild 
 noi the cuniiiiig of lur liam) ; if a morality higher ihaii the law prevail.-i there, then an improving and beaulif\- 
 iiig iiilliieiicc will go foiMi hand in haiid with tlu' abiiiidaiit im-ie.ise that rewards llie well directed labor there 
 bcsloweil." 
 
 In S('|it"mhcr, 1 's t,'!, Mr. I 'liail\vi(!< manieil .Mi-.-. Jane Met 'arliiry. id' tln' < 'oiiiity of ttxlonl, 
 am! they ha\c fixe chiulicn livino, ami have luiiicii four. 
 
 •loil.V DKWAK, 
 
 TOIIN DEWAil, ''i.uniy .\\i.iiic\ umi Clerk of tin- i'.'ace. is a son of .John ami Kmily 
 *-' Oviii.u'lin i>i'wai, liotli liciiio- IVithshire, Sothiml, faiiiilii ^ He was iiorii in tliat ('oiiiit\- 
 .Vu:,'ilst i'l I.Sl".), and licforc li;' wa^ a y n old the family liiiioratcd to ( 'aiiada .iiid settled on 
 a farm in the 'rowi)shi|i of Ksi|iicsiiio', four miles from ,\li!(oii. 
 
 The siiKject of llii.s sketch was iducatcilin the cuninion and onunniar scliools. atid Krafiktiti ' 
 Colleoe >ii\.' .Vtiicns, Ohio, while he sjn'ii* a few terms: studied law in 'roio>ito w il h .lohn 
 
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2-tO 
 
 nil-: cAXADiAX nioauM'incAL dictioxah)'. 
 
 McNal), at one time ( Vmnty Attorney, and AiiLtiis Moirison, <'X-.Mayor of Toronto, and formerly 
 a member of the Canadian AMsemlily; was admitteil as an Attorney at Michaelmas term, 1S.")H ; 
 called to the Bar at Easier term the next yeai', and has worn a barrister's gown at Milton, for 
 neaily twenty-one yeai-s. During the earlier half of this period he was Supei'lntendcnt of 
 Town Schools; has since been a School Tnisti'c, and is Chairman of the Pnblic School Boanl. 
 He was f(»r several years Secretaiy of the Reform Association for Halt )n, and is and has been 
 for a luniiber of years. President of the Milton ilechanics' Institute. 
 
 Mr. Dewar was appointed to his present oHiee.s of County Attorney and Cleric of the Peace, 
 21st of August, LSfiM. He is also Deputy County Judge, and has had occasion to act once oi- 
 twice in the absence of Judge Miller. As a Crown oHicer he is just and painstaking; as a 
 lawyer, able, reliable and thoroughly con>eientious, endeaxuring to settle tlirteri'ncivs between 
 parties, rather than to make costs hy bringing suits. 
 
 He belongs tothe Uniteil Prebyterian Church, ami, as a ( 'hristian citizen, is highly resjiectcd. 
 His etliciency in school matters and other local interests, is well ajipreciated. 
 
 Octobc) 2iS, 1874, Mr. Dewar married Jane Walkei' Somcr\ille, daughter of Robert \i. 
 Sonierville, then oi" Sarnia, Out., and at o\n' time a member of Pai'liament for the (Jounty of 
 Huntintrton. Pro\ince of Quebec. Mrs. l)ewar has ha<l three eliildren, losjiiijono of them. 
 
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 llENUY J I. COLLI K I J. 
 
 .rj\ CATIIAUlSiy. 
 
 XTKXUV H.MCHT COLLIER. ( Vili.'ctor of Customs at St. Catharim's, was born iuHoward. 
 -* — *- Stridieii Comity, N. V.. November 28, 18LS. His father, Richard Collier, M-as from 
 (been County, ill the same Stati'. His grandfatlni, Isaac ('oilier, ai'd his great-grandfather 
 wrri' originally from Kiiglaml. His niotln'r, Mary, nt'i Hniglit, ua-- of Holland extraction. 
 
 In isy."), oni' >iiliiict came to .'"^t. ( 'atharims, wlicre his cMcr biother. Richard ('oilier, 
 re-idcd, ami sjjrnt two yr;irs in st'.idy at the gi;imm.'ir x-IlocjI ; thru letniind to Striibeii 
 ('ouiity. r.'ad law in llatli. at tiist with KdwanI Ho\m'II, and subsri|Uent ly with Hanunond ;md 
 < 'ampbell, the latter. Hon. Iloliert ('ampboll bi'jng afterwariK I.Hiit.-Covernor of New ^'o|l : 
 but Mi-.l 'oilier never opiiird a law ollice. .Mtrr studying llio profo-ioii two years, in IN.SD he 
 went to Texas, and for six years was c -iniecteil with the State and Treasiny Dejiartments of 
 that loniinonwralth. 
 
 In Is+t; Mr ('oilier ii'turned to St. ( 'atliniiiio o|ii'neil a general store, and was in nu'rcan 
 till tradr here, at first with lii^ brother, until .May, bS77, adding the nuinul'actnre oi'hnnber in 
 I8,"i(), and of agriculturiil imi)|emeut-- in J.sdii, eontinning the Ijitter industry till bS7."i, He 
 built one of the tlrst saw mills on the new cat,. il on Lock No. .'i. in t Ids eit \ . 
 
THE (WAbl.W IIKX.U.irillCAL DlCTIoyAli'V. L>41 
 
 In July, 1.S77, lie was jippoiiited ( 'ullector of Custoiiis, ami tliat otlicf lie still liolds. His 
 \m\tVni life was eoinnienced in liS.")!», as Village Councilor, lie holding that ottice iVoni fifteen to 
 twenty years. He was Deputy Ileevc and member of the County Council two terms, and 
 Mayor in 1S7- and 187.'}, being elected without oi>])osition, ami making a public-spirited and 
 efficient Chief Magistrate. He was Chairman of the Board of Water Commissioners of the 
 city, during the time that the work.s wei'o being built. He has been a Justice of the I'eace f(jr 
 twenty yi'ars or moie. 
 
 The political attiliations of .Mr. Collier have always bei'U with the Ueforni Party, and for 
 manv vears he was verv active in its int<'rests, lie is a conscientious man, i-hciishinir his 
 vicAs with the utmost sincerity, and aiding in their [iromulgatioii because he believes tlidt, 
 faithfully carried out, they are for the best interests of the country. 
 
 Ml'. Collier is a Knight 'reni|ilar in the Masonic fraternity, and an Odd Fellow, 
 
 Jinie 1, liHjN, he married Cornelia, daughter of Mosi>s Cook, of " Westchester Place," St. 
 Catharines, and has a daughter and son. ilary J. is a graduate of the i-'emale Seminary at 
 Haniilton, and Henry Herbert is a student in the Universitv of 'i'oronto. 
 
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 •TAJIKS :\nTciiKrx. 
 
 c.iri'i.A. 
 
 VMES illTCHKLL, Di'imty Clerk of the Crown .id Picas, and R,'g;-:!,ar of the SuiiMgate 
 Court, was born in the parish of i,arbfrt, County of Stiiiini;-, Scotland, .March 22, \HH\. 
 His father w;is .Jaiiics Mitchell, si'iiior, M.l).. a iiatiM' of Liiiiarkshirc, bom in I7ll."> ; a graduate 
 of the Cnivcrsity of (Ijasgow, and a rcsiilciit of the ( '(Hiiity of llaldiinand, from l!S.S7 until his 
 death ill IS(il). On his arrival in tlii^ coiiiilry l)r. Mitchell purchased a bush farm in North 
 Cayuga, and iin]iroved i(,at the same time cuntliiiiinu' the |iraeticc of his ji 'ofcssion, being the 
 first physician to settle in the coiinly. lb- Ih'M the. otlii-e uC Kcexc three consecutive terms ; 
 was a practical business man as vv(dl iw a skilful pli\--ician ; lived an eminently useful life, and 
 was greatly ics|iccled 
 
 The niollii lit' our subject wa>- Kal'clla lUowii. .'i native of ,Stirliiiu. .Scotlniid, maiiii d in 
 I'siN, and tile uioihei' of eight children, dying in Isis. She was an active ( 'hristian and an 
 allc'ctioii.'ite and true mother. 
 
 James, the 1 Illy ,jiic of the eight children iiiw living, liiiished lii> ii|nc;ition at a private 
 sclioiil in Hamilton; worked on his i'atliei s t.irin in Xoiili Cayuga until |S(;7, and while a 
 resident of that tuvvnsliip held for a --hort lime the ulHres of ( 'oun ■ilur, .ScboiJ 'IViistcc, and 
 -Magistrate, still holdine' the last iiained olliee, {''or three vears. c..inmencing in iSdl, Mr. 
 
m 
 
 THE cAXArnAX innanAPiiK'AL DicTWXAnr. 
 
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 Mitfhcll was an assistant in tlio otttees oftlie ( "icrlv of the ( 'rown and Piea«, Clerk of the County 
 Court and Registrar of tlic Surrogate Court ; in 1870 was appointed to these several oftices, 
 and is performing their duties with, the utmost faithfulness. He has heen a License Commis- 
 sioner since the creation of such an ofticc, and is Secretary of the County Board, lie is a Hrst- 
 class business man, attentive, accurate and trustworthy. 
 
 Tlie politics of Mr. Mitchell are lleform, and up to a recent date he has heen very active, 
 doing yeoman's service as a Ciinvasser and sjjfaker during au e.xeifing election. Since accept- 
 ing (loverTimcnt oltice he has not nii.xed in politics. 
 
 He is a Royal Arch Mason, and was for three yi'ars Master of St. John's Lodge, No. 3.">, 
 Cayuga. 
 
 Mr. Mittliell is .-i pleasant iiiitn witii whom tn transact luisin-rss. heing cordial and prompt, 
 and I'.ence is (juite popular. 
 
 •loiiN s^irni, 
 
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 ItUAXTFOIilK 
 
 OHN SMITH, SheriH'cf 'lie County of Brant since this county was separat d from Went- 
 worth and Halton, was born on the "Oraiiil Iliver Tract," <m the present site of the City 
 of Urantford, February 0, ISOS. His grandfather, for whom he was named, was a rnited 
 Kmpiie Loyalist, and taken prisoner during the Revolutionary war, and liberated about the 
 time that a British ship, passing up tlie North for }{udson) river, biok" the chain that was 
 strung across that stream. The parents of our .subject were Jo.sejih and Charh)tte (Douglas) 
 Smith, botli natives uf tlic Kmpirc State. Mrs. Smith is a desei-ndant, in the (ith generation, 
 from William Douglas, who canu' to America near the middle of the 17th centuiy and settled 
 at New London, Connecticut. Hon. Stephen Arnohl Douglas, Vnited States Senator for man}' 
 years, from Illinois, was of the .same branch of the Douglas family. 
 
 John was educated in countrv schoc.ils at Blenheim, County of O.xfoid and Smithviilo, 
 County of Lincoln, losing liis father in the former township about LS.SS. Ho farmed mitil 
 
 about seventeen vear- 
 
 .f a-v 
 
 ami I'le 
 
 rked for a merchant at (Jrimsbv three or four vears ; 
 
 iponed a stm-e forliim>elf at Faris in ls;!l ; removed to Hamilt<in in 1S.S7, and rfter merchan- 
 
 dising tliiri 
 
 e tor tlurc vears, leturniM 
 
 1 to W 
 
 ind 
 
 was 1 
 
 n tiaile tlieri' until l.S.">.S. >»iien i 
 
 le was 
 
 WIS e\-er hail 
 
 appointed Sheriff of tlic newly set-off county, all the Shcritf tlic County o'' Biant 1 
 He is veiy punctual ami etficicnt in disdiargiiig his duties. 
 
 Slicritf Suiitli was secrctaiy of the first meeting held at Hamiltoi; after Lord Durham had 
 made his report on the status oj' the I'lovinces df Cjiper and Lowei- Canada, recommending 
 tlieir union, whicli tool, place two or three years latei' : bS+l). the Hamilton meeting approv- 
 ing 111' the reconunendations of the report. 
 
TJIK CAXADIAX JIlOailAPJllCAL DWriOSAltY. 
 
 243 
 
 SIieiiH'Sniitli is a inoinlifr of ihu C'lnnvli of Kngland, aiitl served at one time as wanleii of 
 Cliaie Cliuivli at Brantford, He is a man much i'esi>ected for liisyood social and moral 
 iHiaiities. 
 
 In lM.'t4lie mairieil Miss Maiy Sheldon, a native of tliis Province, and of six eliildron, the 
 fruit of tliis union, only two ar- li' inii;. Cliarles Edwin, Deputy-Sheritf under his father, and 
 Enuna Jano, wife of Charles brnee Miinnu^, who resides in ]*oit Huron, Miehij,'an. 
 
 LIEl'T-COL. \VJLLIA:M I). POLLAIJI), 
 
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 Mi:.{ I'OUD. 
 ILLL'.Vi KAKLEY I'OLLAKD, the leadin-' l.arrister at Meafoni, is a native of Man 
 
 ehester, Eu^dand, ilatini;- his hirtli .liuiiiMiv :?ii, 1>S27. His i)arent^ 
 
 Will 
 
 lani an< 
 
 Jane iBlair) I'ollard, 1 
 
 OlU" SI 
 
 lis nio 
 
 ther heinij' a descendant of the Maedonalds of (ileneoe, Scotland. 
 
 iliject 
 
 received a ''ood Enylish and classical e(hieatioii, incliidiu'' Hehrew, as well as Latin 
 
 and tireek ; studied law in his native cit\' ; liecanie an Attorney and Solicitor, and Master 
 Extraordinary in Chancery, and liefori' leiivin^ tlie Old World was for years in the King's 
 J-ieiicli Walk, Tenijik', l^ondon. 
 
 In the winter of 1 .S.'),j-.')() Mr. I'ollard caiin' t(j Canaila West: and being the |iatenteu of 
 the Sliiile Oil Works, in tlie 'rowiislii|i of ( 'olliiigwood, he sjieiit three years ojierating there. 
 Meantiiiie, on airi\ iiig in this country, lu' had heeii admitted to practise his jirofession, and 
 w;iN for .iwhile of the firm of Moheilv and I'ollard, then of the tinii of Pollard ami Camon, 
 
 ( 
 
 ollinuwooi 
 
 111 IS(i2 Mr. I'tilhiid reiiMA'ed to hisj)i-esent honii , was calli'd |o the Bar a few y 
 lid is M )ii'oiiiiiieiit lianistei- in this part of Ontario, having a inactice in the sevei 
 ecoiid tu that if no other liarrister in the ('oiintv of (ire\. Hi 
 
 ears a"o, 
 
 al C 
 
 iiirt-^, 
 
 )f the tirm of I'ollard and 
 
 Evans, his |iait'ier lieing Kolieit W. Evans. T'ley ha\e a highly remunerative practice. 
 
 in 1S7'>, when Meaford l>eciime iiii iiieoriiorati'd town. Mr. I'ollard was elet-ted Mnvor, and 
 
 gain iilso in iN77. < 
 
 th 
 
 )e(i|ile liavi 
 
 leir wa\ . lie 
 
 woiilil no doubt have been Chief 
 
 Magistrate of the town still longer, liiit his ]iiiifessional labors .. e too |)ressing to make it eo 
 
 <tent Mitli his duties as a barrister, i. 
 
 ) NCl \ t loiii/er. 
 
 In politics he is a ( 'oiiser\ative : in religion, a ( 'hiirchnijiii ; ;iiid ln' i> a Master Mi 
 
 'I'll 
 
 aft. 
 
 liiiij- to ( 'an 
 
 Ml 
 
 1- I'l.llanl io 
 
 iieil the \()liinleer militia. ( hi settl 
 
 ml. 
 
 Meiioird, he organized a company, and lui held various commissions from Lieutenant ii|iw 
 He \\a,s .Acting .Major of a i'io\iiieial b.ittaiion dining the Fenian raiiU, being stationed at 
 
 Siiiiiia three or four month 
 
 is, and was ga; 
 
 tted iaeutenantColonel on ii'tiirniiig from that raid 
 
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 244 
 
 Tin: r. I, V.I/)/. IV iii()(;ir\riii( M. inrrinsMn: 
 
 ill I.S(1(>. Ill I,s7:.' Ii(> liiid (■Diiuiimiiiiil of n hiii^nili' al Niiiyiird, lln' occasiKii hriii;,' llic a^sfiiilily 
 iil'a lari,'t' camii. lie .still lioiils llic raiii< nl' l-ioutciiaiit -Ci'lniicl. 
 
 Coloiit'l rollani, as lie is calicil tiinni.uli all tliis disirjcl, ami w IwivviT kiidwn, iuis a tliinl 
 wil'i'. 'riic first was Man Siiiitli, niiTc ot' .Iinli^v Siraiii;-. ol' tlu' ncncli <>!' tin- I'nitcil Stales, and 
 uraiiildaiii^Iitof nf llmi. Admii Kanii', of llainiltoii. Slic dird. Icaviiii,' llncf cliildrcii. '.Plic 
 sfcdiid will- was ,Iaii(> Krci-Iaiid 'raylur, dauj^litcr uf Williaiii |). 'I'avlor, ol' 'I'oroiito, slic Icav im,' 
 no issiii'. His lut'si'iit will' is luisi', daiiL^litcr of I'ctcr KiiIKt, ol' Mcal'oni. Slii- lias Imd seven 
 I'liildivp, live ol' tliein still liviii;;-. 
 
 .lOll.N MACLMOD. 
 
 .i.i////-.7,'N/7;/ /,v,'. 
 
 ri^lIlK sulijeet ol' tliis sUeteli is a iialixe of l'",dinlimt;li, Scot land, and was lioni on lie Kitli of 
 "-*-- Se|)teiidiei-. IMil. I lis t'atliei-. .lolm MaeLeod, seiii<ir, was a type t'oiindev. and loreinaii 
 fov years (vf the only foundry of that class in tlie ('it\ of Kdinlmri^li. 'Tin' family were fioiii 
 the lii^Iilaiiils, 'I'lie niotluT of our siiliit'it, Kefoie In r inaniai;e. was .Vim (lordon. lie was 
 educated in part in llie coiimioii scliooU nf Mdiiilun ;,di aiiil Inxcniess; in l,s:;i! eann' to No\a 
 Scdiia. tinisluil iiis literary studies at I'ielou. and there read law ; went t'> New Wnk eily.liav- 
 iiiL;- the K'Lial piol'ession in view, hut chaiij^ed his mind, and at'ler clerking- a while iu a dry ^immIs 
 >tore. came to Petroit. and was in the mercantile trade in that city nntil iNJi.'^. when he -eitlcd 
 in Aiiilierstlaiiv-. Here, for thirty years. Mr. MacLeod wa^ en!:;aued in the merranlilr trade, and 
 in luiilding steamhoat- and -ail \e>sels, hciiiL;' the leadiiiL;' laisiness man i:i llic place, lie huill 
 the first vessel that ever sjiih-d fiom ( hica^'o to l,i\-erpoiil. It is not unlike 1\' thai in a husiuess 
 
 sense, Mr. Mae! d erred on viiiue's side was to.i diligent, f.ii- ten or ide\ en years ,i^o his 
 
 liealtli lu'y;an to !'ail. and his ph\si,i,'in s;iid lie must retire, lie did so. 
 
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 t'ull term of four year-, the se-si,.n-. in those days heinn' held in tjiueliee and Toionto allernalely. 
 He is ,1 ( 'mUsci vativc. 
 
 On the .">(lth of XdMud'cr. |s:!S, Mr. Mac[,eed married, a' Meirciit, Miss Mary Kenyon, a 
 nati\e of JMieland ; .-ind ol' ei^ht children horn to them. "UIn are li\inu-. I'anina wife ,.1' 
 
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 liikcs witlidiit Hndinj; a prosix'ft to nmtcli tliis in jti('tuit'H(|ue lioanty, At tlic roar eml i>f tlio 
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 was elected " long, lonj^ ae;o." On tliat spdt. said to he the liiejlicst ^fiound in tlie eoiinty of 
 Kssex, east n[) as a defenee !i;faiiist tlie tlireatenini,' foe, stand liiiL'e poplars, lilaek waliiutH, 
 inaplus, and the handsoinost Knjflish lime the writer ever saw. JJeantiful shade troe.s in front 
 as well an in the rear, add very miieli to tin; lovidiiiess of the placi'— 
 poet inij,dit eovet, and a prinee he proud to own. 
 
 Mr. MacLeod has a lihrary of ahout ;!,()()(» \oliiines, the works nf the stanilard European 
 and Aiuericmi authors, from l>iiiite and Chaucer to 'runiiy.Hon and l?ryaiit, from Kroissart to 
 Froude, Motley and Parkniiin, nearly all in the liest editions for lihr.iry purposes. It is the 
 liest private collection of liooks which we have seen in nearly a year's travels in ( )iitnrio. 
 It is sjiecially rich in illnstratiwl works — Dante, Shakspeiire, .Milton, !)on Qui.xote, etc., etc,, 
 with such works of .\it as Iloj^rarth, the Wilkie (lallery, lioydell's Shakspoare, and the like. 
 
 .Mr. .MacLeod has the Loiidon Illtisfmlvil Xcifg complete for thirty-two ye 
 
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 "TOHN STORKS ( 'LARK K, Pastor of the Caimda Methodist Chiiicli, O.-^lmwn. and .son of 
 *-' John Mild Hose (Stokes) Clarke, was Imhii in the town of Clones, in the north of Ireland, 
 Fehruary S, LS.SU. His i'ather was a iiieiehaut and Clerk of the I'eace, the jiiicestors lea\ iii'i- 
 Kugland ahinu the time of AVilliaiii 1 II., the i'atiiily holding various civic and iiiiportaiit positions 
 ill tile Cuuiity of iloiiaohan, Ireland. Oiir suhjeit received his literary ediu'atioii in the old 
 country, his tutor heiiig the Rev, William White, a I'reshyterian llinister. 
 
 In his seventeenth year he came to Canada West; studied Theology in the Methodi.st 
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 place. At most of these villnges liis prcacliing htw been attended with large ingatherings, 
 Iwtwcen 200 and 300 nienibei-H having been adde<l to the Oshawa Church since he located here 
 in 1877. 
 
 As a preacher Mr. Clarke i.s earnest and practical ; he does not aliound in figures and illus- 
 trations, but uses both witli g<x»d taste and judgment. As a platform speaker he is easy and 
 forcible, and is an effective advocate of all moral reforms. As a pastor he is very faithful in his 
 iluties, especially to the sick and distressed. 
 
 Preaching has lioen the main work of Mr. Clarke since lie entered the ministry ; he has, 
 however, taken a very active and prominent part in the cause of Temperance, being at one 
 time Grand Chaplain of tlie Independent Order of Good Templars in the Province, and at 
 another time Grand Wortliy Chief Templar, having control of the lectiu'o work of the Order 
 in Ontaiio. His heart is thoroughly enlisted in this good cause, and, besides preacliing on the 
 subject occasionally, he has don<! a goo<l deal of lecturing. In reformatory movements generally 
 he is one of the foremost ni'-n, and ranks among the true humanitarians of the age. 
 
 Mr. Clarke is also a member of tlie fraternity of Odd Fellows, and has usually been chap- 
 lain of local lodges where he was residing. He is a man of much influence, outside as well as 
 inside the Church. \ 
 
 His marriage is dated fSeptcmber IG, 1858, his wife being Maria, daughter of Edward 
 Green, London, Out. They havu five children here and one little daughter in heaven. 
 
 IIEXRY IIAUT, 
 
 PARIS. 
 
 fTTHE oldest and most successful lawyer in Paris is Henry Hart, son of Phillip Dacrcs Hart, 
 -*- who was l(jng connected with the East India Company, and retired in the prime of life 
 witli a competency, living in London, England, where the son was born, February IG, 1827. 
 The maiden name of his mother was Elizabeth Ann Chase. Both parents were Englisli. 
 When our subject was in his eighth 3 ear the family emigrated to Upper Canada ; reached St. 
 Catharines in 1 8.3.1, and the next year settled in Brantford. The father died in 18.».5, the 
 mother in 187G. 
 
 Young Hart was educated in the schools of Brantfoid, and in U|)per Canada College, at 
 Toronto; studied law with Daniel Brooke, of Brantford; jia.ssed examinations at Toronto at 
 East;jr term. May 2.S, 18G0, and has lieen in practice at Paris from that date. He does a general 
 business. Common law. Chancery, Conveyancing, kc, and is one of the most industrious, pro- 
 fessional men in the town. He had a good business almost from the start ; has the utmost 
 
THE CANADIAN HIOGllAl'ltlCA], WvriOAAIlY. 
 
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 confitienco of the people in his integrity as well an his ability, and his profession is (juite rc- 
 imincrative. Whatever he undertakes to do, he does thoroughly, and look^ well to the interests 
 of his clients. 
 
 Mr. Hart lias held but few offices, liis law business Iteing usually about as exacting on his 
 time, we presume, as he cares to have it. He has been a Councilman, Deputy-Ree\e and Reeve, 
 and we cannot learn that he has held any other office. His ambition seems to tic satisfied with 
 being a good and successful attorney-at-law. His character, in a moral as well as legal sense, 
 stands well. 
 
 In politics Mr. Hart is known a.s a staunch Keforiner, and he ai)peai's to be more willing to 
 help his friends to office, than to accept them him.self. 
 
 In IJSSG he married Miss Caroline Perkias, of Brantford, niece of Colonel Charles C. Dixon 
 of that city, and tliey have three children, all sons. 
 
 A(;>"EW J». FARRELL, 
 
 CAYUOA. 
 
 \ • .NEW PATRICK FARRELL, Registrar of dee.ls and County TreH .urer of Haldimand, 
 -^ — ' is Uw son of James Agnew Farrell of Magheiamorne, County of Antrim, Ireland, lieing 
 the youngest cliild in a family of eight children. His father was a land owner near Laine, 
 The maiden nanie of his mother was Letitia Armenella Tunily. He received an Knglish and 
 cla-ssical education, and when a little past his majoritj-, in ISH.S, einigrat»<l to Up])er Canatla, 
 settling in the Township of Dnnn on the shore of Lake Erie, lieirg the tirst permanent settler 
 in that part of the township. The country was then very little cliangeil from its primitive 
 state; good roads were a convenience unknown, and in order to reach the lake shore from Hamil- 
 ton, Mr. Farrell hired two Indians wlio took him from Hrantfonl down the(!rand river in a log 
 eanoe. He purcha.se<l a log cabin and a few acres of cleared laml of a scpiatter, opened a farm 
 and remained on it until 1851 
 
 When the rebellion broke out in 1S;{7, Mr. Farrell and bis U\\ neighbors immediately 
 met, formed a company, and he was eU'cted captain. The cunijpimy was stationed at Fort Erie, 
 under command of Colonel Kerby, and was preparing to storm Navy Island when the reliels 
 abandoned it. On the renewal of disturbances a yeai' or nioii' lati-r. Captain Farrell raised an 
 independent company which wa.s stationed for si.\ months at Port Maitland, then the rendrz 
 vons of armed tiovernment steamers. Some years later he was gazetted _Lieut.-Colonel of the 
 tirst liattalion Haldimand Militia, and now has charge of the Regimental Division of the County 
 (if Monck. ... 
 
 In 1844 Colonel Farrell was appointol County Registrar, an<l in 1851 County Treasurer, 
 
250 
 
 TUE CAKAUHS ntOOIt.tl'UJCAL /J/CT/OAMAT 
 
 wlu'ii ho niovcil to his prt-scnt homo on tlio Omiul river near tho vilhiyo of CayiiyK, niul known 
 as "The Herniitago," a (Hiiet and plea.sant rural retreat. 
 
 In addition to the ottii-os uiontioned, lie has been C'oininissioner of the Court of lletjucsts, 
 Ueeve, Issuer of Marriage Licenses, and is now Justiee of tlie Peace and Notary Public. He is 
 a man of Hue business capacities, and faitliful in tiie discharge of his t)rticial duties ; is a mem- 
 ber of the Church of England, and has often scrvetl as warden of the .same, and occiusionally as 
 a delegate to the Synod, and U-ars a high character for integrity and honesty of purpose. 
 
 March 14, 1S33, Miss Catlmrine Purnell, from Bristol, Kngland, became the wife of Colonel 
 Farrell, and they have had six children and the sad misfortune of losing all of them, two aftt.-r 
 they had become heads of families. Twogran<lchildren reside with their grandparents. 
 
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 OTTAWA. 
 
 ONK of the oldest medical practitioners in Ottawa is Hanmett Hill, .son of John Wilkes Hill, 
 many years a successful physician in the City of London, England, where the subject of 
 this sketch was born, Dei-ember 1"), 1811. The maiden nanie of his mother was Mary Elizabeth 
 Piidiey. He received his literary education at Albion House, Camberweil, a suburb of London, 
 in tho private school of Nicholas Wanostrocht, LL.l)., celebrated for his epitoiue of Black- 
 stone's Commentaries ; and his medical education at the Lonilou Hospital, Whitechapel, receiv- 
 ing his diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1M3+. 
 
 Dr. Hill practised three or four years at Brighton, County of Sussex ; in IM.'JT left England, 
 crossed the ocanand locateil in the Township of Miiich, fifteen miles from Ottawa, in the 
 County of Carletou. where In- reuiuined three or four years. It was a sparsely settled, healtliy 
 district, and the doctor not having faith enough to live on. to avoid starvation, removed in IS^tl 
 to Bytown, now Ottawa ; here he soon liuilt u|> a gootl pvacti<e, ami has made a comfortable 
 living. 
 
 He was surgeon to the C'liunty of Carieton Protestant Hospital many years, and is now 
 co?isulting physician to the same, and of the Protestant Orphans' Home, ami of the Roman 
 Catholic (leneral Hospital ; has been for a groat number of years Magistrate for the ('ounty of 
 Carieton, iiut does no business in that line ; he has been I'lesident of the St. (Jeorge's Society 
 two or three times. 
 
 Dr. Hill delivered the inaugural a<ldress at the Tri-Centennial of the Poet Shakspeare, 
 April 2n, 18(i4i, and has long been an occasional contributor to Canadian medical periodicals — 
 so ni' of iiis papers on professional subjects being reproduced in foreign medical magazines. 
 
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 251 
 
 Tlie Doctor is a lueinlter of the Nfeilico-C 'hinugical Society of Ottawa, and of the Medical 
 Aisociation of Buthurst iind Rideaii Division, holdin<r tlie office of Treasurer in the latter organi- 
 zation. Ho is Past-Master of the Dalhousie Lodgi; of Free Masons, and a member of Manchester 
 Unity Lodye of Odd Fellows. Dr. Ilill has always been in general practice, but his favorite 
 branch is surgery, for which he has an especial taste. He can amputate a limb with great 
 dexterity, and takes exijuisite pleasure in doing so — if ho can thereby save human life. 
 
 The Doctor has made medicine and surgery, and collateral branches, his life-long study ; 
 is well posted on all tliat pertains to tlie healing art, and has had but little to do with politics. 
 Once (l«73) he was beguiled into running for the office of Chief Magistrate for the Cit}' of 
 Ott«iwa, and would have been t'lected had lie had a few more votes cist for him. 
 
 He is cla,ssed anxmg the Liberal-Ctmservativos, who are now in power in the Dominion ; 
 he was in the Municii>al Council tlie second year after the incorporation of the city ; he is a 
 member of the Episcopal Church, and his character has always stood well. 
 
 May IH, \^\\, Mary Anne, .second daughter of the late Hon. Hamnett Pinhey, became the 
 wife of Dr. Hill, and they have lost four children and have three living. Hamnett Pinhey Hill, 
 the only .son living, has a family and is a barrister, residing near his father on the Richmond 
 road. Kmiiy an<l Caroline are living with their parents. 
 
 Dr. Hill has a disposition simny enough to have Itoen born in June instead of December; 
 is a well-read, very intelligent man, a good conver.ser, full of hinuor, ami a sovereign remedy for 
 tiio " blues." Haj)py the social circle of which he constitutes a factor 
 
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 TTOLLAND VENTON SANDERS, Town (Jierk of Port Hope .since 18.J7, is a son of 
 -* — *- Emanuel and Sarah (Venton) Sanders, and dates his birth in the parish of Cookbury, 
 Devonshire, England, September, lM:J.'{. His jjarents and grandparents belonged to the jeo- 
 manryof Devonshire, the family living in the same house more than a century ; his mother 
 died when he was about six years old ; lie was reared in habits of industry ; received a common 
 English education ; at sixtem years of ag.> went to Bucklaiid Hrewei', in his native county, and 
 s'rved his time at the watch and cioekmaker's trade, and in llStS came to Canada, .settling in 
 Port Hope : here he worked at his trade for some timi- in the store of Richard Barrett, who 
 kept a general assortment of goods, and who finally pei-suaded Mr. Sandei-s to give up bis trade 
 anil become his clerk and book-keeper. 
 
 About 1851, our subject went into business for himself, trading in dry goods, clothing, vtc. 
 
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 until the cominenc't-'iimnt of 18.'>7, hu reoi'iviuff the aiipointinent ol'Town Clerk on the l»th of 
 January, and still, as ah-eady intiinatud, lialdin^' that oHil-o, \t the end of twenty-one yearn, 
 80 prompt and faithful hud he been in the di.scharj,'e of his official duties, that his fellow-citizens 
 made up a purse of goM— l>etween one and two liundred dollars - and presented it t« liini, with 
 a neat prt;sentation speeeh l»y Mayor William Crai^'. Other members of tin; ( 'ouncil also 
 Hi»oke, making it a very enjoychle occasion, Ion;,' to he remeinhcred by Mr. Sandeix. 
 
 Mr. Sanders is a Notary Public, Secretary of the School Board, ( Joverniiient Agent for the 
 granting of nuvrriage licenses, and holds <»ne or two other minor offices, making himself useful in 
 various ways. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Sanders was .MLss Maigaret Trick, daughterof William Trick, many years 
 a contractor and builder in Fort ]Iope, they Iteing joined in marriage in OctolK-r, IH.jI. 
 They lost their eldest daughter, Sarah Venton, a blooming girl of nmch ]iromise, at nine- 
 t^-en years of ago, untl two other children in infancy, and have eight living. Their names 
 are, William Holland, Caleb Emanuel, Edith, Gertrude, John Wesley, Henry Bell, Louise, and 
 Walter Venton. 
 
 The family attend the Canadian Methodist ( 'hurch. 
 
 .K)irN (J. .STKVKN.SON, 
 
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 yOHN tlUSTAVUS STEVENSON, Ju.lge of the County of Haldimand, wii.', born in the 
 Township of Niagara, ( ounty of Linoln, June 1, 1818, lieing a son of John A. Stevenson, 
 a native of Dublin, and an otti-er of the K.^th Foot, dying at " Oak wood," Niagara in 1832. 
 The mother of our subjeei, w.is M uy A I lison, d.uigliter of llev. Robert Addison, who was 
 established at Niagara in 17!>2, Iieiug a pioneer in his profession in Upper Canada. 
 
 Judge Stevenson was educated chieHy at I'pper Canada (^illcge, Toronto ; studied law 
 with Judge CamjiU'll, of Niagara : was called to the Bar at Trinity term, 1840, and after prac- 
 tising two years at Niagara, moved to St. Catharines, where he was engaged in his piofession 
 from 18+:{ to 18.')1, holding, ])art of that jieriod, the office of Clerk of the I'nited Counties of 
 Lincoln, Welhiml and Haldimasid, resigning this office in 1851, cm his removal to Cayuga. Here 
 he was appointed Clerk of the I'eaee, and in l8 j.') succeeded Judge Bernard Foley as County 
 Jutlge of Haldimand. 
 
 As a lawj'er, our subject is soun<l ami thorough, and when in practice was one of the fore- 
 most advocates in this part of the I'rovince. As a Judge, he is very careful and accurate in 
 nwkingup his judgments, and in his addresses from the bench he is very impressive and often 
 
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 truly ulu<|ueiit. In nil tliu relations of life liu '\n ati'iililu and courteous, ami cxliilutH all the- traits 
 of tliu polishuilgcntluinan. liis character anil euruer honor the cnnine. 
 
 Judge Stevenson is a member of the Oluirch of Knglaml, ami has the reputation of having 
 lived an unlilemished life. 
 
 Juilge Stevenson has Icen thrice married; fii-st in 18 tl, to Mary Butler, great-grand- 
 daughter of Colonel Hutlcr of "Butler's Hangers, " she dying in 1847, leaving one son, Dr. 
 lloliert Addison Steven.son, of Strathroy ; the second time in 1H48, to Sarah Street, daughter 
 of Samuel Street, of Thorold, she flying in IHGI, leaving three children, Dr. John Stevenson of 
 I/>ndon, Ontario; Agnes, wife of Dr. Charles K. Moor.', of the sanu? city ; and one deceased; 
 and the third time in 18(i3, to Mary (iritlith, daughter of Robert Viuars Grittith, of North 
 Cayuga, having by her four children. 
 
 JA:MKS FLEMING, 
 
 HIIAMI'TOS. 
 
 "TAMES FLKMIN'(i, County Attorney for Peel, is a native of this Province, ami was born 
 ^ in the Townshii» of Vaughan, County of York, June it», I83i>. His parents, Robert an<l 
 Marian (McMillan) Fleming were from Scotland. Ho was educated in conuuon schools, the 
 Normal School at Toronto, and in private ; studied law with Heiny B. Morphy, of Toronto; 
 was called to the Bur in Kaster term, 18(I(J, and since that time has been in constant practice at 
 Brampton. Me doe.s business in all the Courts, and from the start has had a liberal practice, 
 his first experience at the Bar being gaine<l in the defence of the Fenian prisonei-s at Toronto, 
 in I8(i(j-U7. He is of the firm of M<)rphy and Fleming. 
 
 Our subject was appointed Dei^ity Judge of the County in lS7(i, acting in the ab.sence of 
 Judge Scott, and resigned that oHice to accept that of County Attorney, tendered him in Decem- 
 ber, lS7f( Mr. Fleming has hail a good deal of experience in his profession for a man of his 
 age. He has been Crown Counsel on various circuits, taking part in scver.il important trials, 
 and acipiiting himself with great credit. He is a very forcible and impressive speaker, and 
 has great inHuence with a jury. His re[iutation as a lawyer is fast becoming provincial. 
 
 Mr. Fleming is a member of tlie High School Board, and has been for si-veral ycai-s, and 
 not only interests himseU in educational matters, but in local enterprises generally, thoroughly 
 identifying himself witli the progress of the town. 
 
 Mr. Fleming is a Liberal in politics, and l)eing a positive man, and half-hearted in noth- 
 ing, he has labored at times with great zeal to advance the interests of his party, being a good 
 delLater and at home on the " stump." He has lu'en Picsident of the Reform Association for 
 
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 the Riding uf i'oci, niid i.i a iimn of iiiiicli iiiHiii'iio<>, Imt in IiIh present position as a connty 
 otticial, he twkcs no active part in polities. 
 
 Mr Fleming is a Master Mason, and a nioniber of the I'lesliyterinn Chnreli, and tlnds 
 nothing in the practice of the " law" to conflict with tin- teacliings of the "gosp»'l." Mr. Flem- 
 ing \» a man of rare integrity, his whole life exumplifying the saying, " An honest man is the 
 nolilest work of God." 
 
 June 30, 187<), he married Is<iliella, daughter of James Montgomeiy, of Paris, Ontario, and 
 they have two children. 
 
 IIEKRY CAI^LISLK, 
 
 .S7'. CArilAltlSKK. 
 
 HENRY CARLISLK, ^[ayor of the City of St. Catharines, and a resident of the Niagara 
 district since 1837, dates his birth at \Vhitl)y, Yorkshire, England, May 9, 1820. His 
 father, George Carlisle, a i)ianoforte manufacturer, and his mother, whose maiden name was 
 Ann AYalker, were natives of the same comity. His mother is still living, l)cing in her 80th 
 year ; her residence, Montreal. His father died in 18.")(! at Stamford. 
 
 Our suliject wa^- " luciited at a jjrivate .school ; worked a short time at the tailor trade in 
 the old country ; in 1837 came to Cjjper Canatla ; spent a short time at Stamford, near Niagara 
 Falls, (y'ounty of Welland, and a lit*!e later took a jwsition in the store of Whan and McLean, 
 dry goods and clothing merchants at Niagara. In 18.')0 he removed, with the same parties, to 
 St. Catharines, where they opened a whole.side store o.i the site on which his store now stands 
 the " West End Store," Nos. 2G and 28 Ontario Street. 
 
 In April, 1851, Mr. Carlisle started in liusinoss for lumself, locating first in the " Prender- 
 gast Block," on St. Paul Street, in ])artner.ship with Robert Strutheis, flu- firm name being 
 Strutheis and Carlisle. They traded together between fourteen and fifteen years, dis.solving in 
 18GG, when Mr. Carlisle moved to his present double store. He carries a heavy stock of dry 
 goods, carpeting ie., with a tailoring department connected with the establishment, and usually 
 does from .%0,000 to i?7o,000, and has done as high as .^100,000 a year. He is one of the lead- 
 ing dealers in his line, in the city, and a prompt, thoiough-goiiig business man. 
 
 Mr. Carlisle had been in tlii^ country l>ut a few months before he found himself in a sol- 
 dier's dress, in the company of ('aptain James Thompson, under Lieut.-Coloncl Kirbj', stationed 
 at Fort Erie, Gravelly' Bay, it being the exciting winter of 1837-38 ; he served also the follow- 
 ing season ; was afterwards appointed Ensign " .Hh Lincoln," and still later was made Cajitain 
 No. 3, lOtli Battalion Volunteer.s. During the Fenian excitement he was on duty six months at 
 St. Catharines and Fort Erie, acting as paymaster of battalion as well as coiiimander of his 
 
TIIK (ASAVtAS liKHiltAI'lllCAL lUCTIOSAIiY. i.V, 
 
 eoiiipany. WIk-u tliu Prince of Wales visitoil St. ratliaiiiK's in l.S(IO, Captain Carlisle coni- 
 niandeil the only c'»n>pany in the Provinee that was iliesMeil in scaiiot rejjulation uniform — tlic 
 only company tlms uniformed in the Province, and that at private expenne. 
 
 Mayor Carlisle haN been a magistrate for tlie County of Lineoln for the last eighteen or 
 twenty yeai-H ; was elected director of the Niagara District Bank to till the vacancy catiscd hy 
 the death of Hon William Hamilton Mi-rritt in \Mi\ was Vice-President of the same Imnk at 
 its amalgamation with the Imperial Bank ; succeeded John Brown, of Thorold, as director of 
 the WoUand Kail way, and still liolds that ofti<*e ; has been President of the Board of Trade; is a 
 direet^tr of the local hoard of the Standard Fire Ins. Co., Hamilton ; i.s a trustee of the St. Cii- 
 tharines' Collegiate Institute; was for three terms a mend)er of the Town Council, and in lf<7J> 
 wii.s elected Mayor, and also re-elected hy acclamation for liS8(). 
 
 He is a Conservative, but ordinarily not very active giving precedence to business rather 
 than jiolitics. 
 
 Mayor Carlisle is I'ast Mastiiof " Maple lA-af" Lodge of Free Masons; Pasttirand Organist 
 of the (irand Lodge of Canada, Past Grand Principal of " Mount Moriah " Chapter, and Past 
 (.•tticer of the (irand Chapter of Canada. 
 
 In religious lielief he is an Kpi.scopalian. and a man of sterling eharacti-r. 
 
 February 24, "S4.'>, Klizabeth, daughter of John Swint<m,at one time (lovernment contrac- 
 tor at Niagara, became the wife of Mayor Carlisle, and they have lo.st two children, and have 
 seven living, four sons, (Jeorge Clark, John S., Henry H. and William .\. W. Annie }l. is the 
 wife of Dr. William Dougan, of St. Catharines, and Margaret E. S. is the wife of Adolbert C. 
 Tuttle, Naugatuck, Conn. The youngest daughter, Henrietta D., being unmarried. 
 
 LIEUT-CUL. AVILIJAM ALLAN, 
 
 Acros. 
 
 WILLIAM ALLAN, Lieut.-Clonel I'dth lliflcs was born in the Piirish of Halkirk, Caith- 
 ness, t?cotland, Septendter i"), LSI."), his parents being James Allan, contractor and 
 builder, and Diana nc'i' Waters, lH)th of Caithness. His mother was a ilaughter of (leorge 
 Waters, of Broadwell Castle. 
 
 Young Allan n-ceived a jiarish schiK)l education ; at nineteen years of age entered Her 
 Majesty s service in tlie Jt.Srd Sutherland Highlanders; served eight years as sergeant in that 
 regiment, most of the time in Canada, coming over at the time of the rebellion of 18:J7-38, and 
 participating in the engagements at St. Denis, St. Kustace, the Windmill, ttc. He was subse- 
 i|ncntly transferred to a Colonial corps, .-is Knsign-Adjutant, and has continued in the service, 
 and ha.s been breveted Lieut.-Colonel of the !Jt>th lliHes. 
 

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 rilE CASAIUAN JUOClLtl'JiJCAL DICTWNAHY. 
 
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 )fp woH for HOiiie tiinv'ii iiienliaiit nt ( Ii«']t(iilinin, ToAiiisliip of Cliiii^'tincoiiHy, nnd while 
 then- wivH llccve of tlio Townsliip ; and wluii the (irnntl Trunk Railway was Imililing fimn 
 Toronto to Ciu('1|)h, he npre&fnttcl tho Htock of that township a« Director of tlie Boanl. 
 
 Jn liS')!) Col. Allan nniovetl to Acton, County of Halton, continninj; the nicrcantilo InmineHs 
 until IStil, when ho retired, and j;ave liis time exchisively to military matters, it lieinj; at the 
 time of tho Trent affair, when Mamin and Slidell were Heized liy Capt. Wilkes, of the United 
 States Navy. During that period of e.xcitement Col. Allnii was verj' Imsy in raising troops, nnd 
 was on the front during the Feninn raid. He .still holds his commission of Lieut.-Colonel in tho 
 active -service. 
 
 He has held for a long time the (fl'ccs of Mngi.strnte and Commissioner in the Court of 
 Queen's Bench, and is anifticitiit nmn in the discharge of iluty, whether in n civil or military 
 capacity. lie is greatly esteemed by his fellow citizens. 
 
 In 1843 the Colonel marrieil, at Toronto^ Catharine, daughter of John Campbell, a native of 
 the Island of I.sley, Scotland ; and they have lost one son, and have two daughter and one son 
 living. Diana is the wife of Charles Sidney Smith, stock-raiser, at Acton ; John C. is uuirried 
 and a druggist in BuHiilo, N. Y., and Ellen F. is at home. 
 
 JOHN S. LAEKE, 
 
 OSlIAtt'A. 
 
 ~rOHN SHORT LARKE, editor nnd proprietor of The Oshnwa Vimludtor.&n old and strong 
 ^ Conservative paper, is a native of I.rfincelles, Cornwall, dating his birth May 28, 18+0. 
 His ancestors, who belonged to the yeomnin-y of that part of Englaml, were originally from 
 Scotland, his parents being (>harles and Grace (Yeo) Larke. When ho was four years old tho 
 family emigrated to Canada West, settling near Osluiwa, his father farming awhile, and then 
 Ijocoming a miller, being now still alive. Tho mother of John died in 1878, while on a visit to 
 England. 
 
 After pa.«sing through the grammar school of Osliawa, our subject took an undergraduate 
 cour.se at Victoria College, Cobourg ; subs','((uently was in the Bowmanville I'ost ottiee a short 
 time; was then relieving agent on tht? tnand Trunk Railway, and afterwards taught three 
 years, the last year in the O.shawa High Seliunl. 
 
 In June, 18(1.'), Mr. Larke purchased the inteiest of William H. Orr in the Vintindtor, and 
 in October, 1878, the interest of Sanmel Luke, being since that date, its sole proprietor and con- 
 ductor. It is an eight-column folio, neatly printed, and edited with marked ability, being an 
 excellent country journal, a powerful exponent of the tenets of the Con.servative party, nnd the 
 iiltlest paper in the County of Ontario, being in its 24th volume. 
 
riiH r.iSAniAS' nionitM'iiicAL DwrioS'Miy. 
 
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 During; ii lioutcti, |ii>liticul ciuivush, Mr. Liiiku is iisimlly eiillotl uim»u to ciilor into \nihVu- 
 (IJHcuxsions of till! issjies, ami then' an; but fow spoakers in the I'rovincc who can match him in 
 tli'hatc. lie is thor()nj,'lily vcislmI in the ilftails of i>iihlic affiiiw ; is clear, logical, can'litl ami 
 jK-rsmisivi' in arginncnt, without any of tht- tricks of unfair disputants, ami is at times Jccitl- 
 uiily i'lo(|Ui'nt. His tongue, as well as pen, h&s much inHuencu in every political canvass. 
 
 Mr. Larke is chairman of the Local Board of Kilucation, and a director of the Ontario 
 Loan and Savings Company ; is connected with the [mle|)endent Order of Odd Fellows, hut 
 rarely, we believe, meets with the Lodge, but among the Sons of Temperance he is more active 
 having held high positions in the Ortler, being at one time (hand Worthy A.s.sociate of the 
 Grand Division of the Province. lie is a true friend of his fellow-man, and by tongue and pen 
 works for his highest interests. Religiously hois connected with the Canada Methodist Church 
 of which he is a local preacher, and a Bible Class Teacher. He loves Sunday school work. 
 The young have no tmer friend in Oshawa than Mr. Larke. 
 
 On the 20tli of October, 1870, Miss Elizabeth X. Bain, of Oshawa, was united in marriage 
 with Mr. Larke, ami they have three children. 
 
 .TAMES M<'.MAIION, :NLD., M.P.P., 
 
 DIJKDAS. 
 
 "TAMHS McMAHON, member of the Ontario Legislature, is a native of Dundas, Inking born 
 ^ hero July 1, 1830. His father Hugh McMahon, many years a Provincial Surveyor, was 
 from the Comity of Cavan, north of Ireland ; and his mother, whose maiden name was Ann 
 Mc(iovern, was also from that county. James was educated by his "father, who was a classical 
 scholar; at fifteen years of age commenced to study medicine with Dr. James Mitchell, of 
 I )undas ; attended lectures in the medical department of the University of Toronto ; became a 
 Licentiate of the Medical Board of Upper Canada, and received the degree of Doctor of 
 Medicine from the medical department of Victoria College. 
 
 Dr. McMahon commenced the practice of his profession at Ayr, County of Waterloo, in 
 l-SIO; two years later he returned to Dundas, and formed a partnership with his preceptor, 
 which connection was dissolved by the death of Dr. Mitchell, by cholera, in the summer of IS.H. 
 Since that date Dr. McMahon has been alone. He has alwaj's been in general practice ; has 
 usually had a good run of business, and has been quite successful, standing high in the 
 profession. He has made the science of medicine his constant study and is a progressive 
 man, 
 
 Di McMahon, though a busy man in his calling, has rcndei-eJ, at times, important service 
 

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 in tlic iiiiii)i(.-i|iality tif tlir town, lir was roiuirilor mii' nr two tt'iiiis ; Mayor iu IH((7; 
 ('oiiHifr fi'tiiii 1S.'»,'» to \h7'\, anil TiiiNtfc at iliH'crt'ut tinit's, of tin- I'lildie Scliools, 
 
 On till' nnHvatiti^' ot' Tlionias Stoi-k" in 1M7'), tliu Dm-tor wiw olt'ott'il to tlit) Local AKMcnilily, 
 U-in^ o|)|Misci| \>y Dr. Thomas Miller, of Went KlanilM>ro' ; uml in IN?!* lio was ii>-i'lfft«'(l over 
 JanivH McMonifM, jr., having nion- than n thouHaml majority. With hiicIi an i>n<lorHeni<'nt of 
 hlH conHtitiu'iits, he i» now filliii;; his M'cond torm. In i)oliticM hu is a Rcfonner; in rL'li(;ion, a 
 Kuman (.'atholic. 
 
 In January, 1S.'>8, Dr. McMahon inarrii'd MImh Jiilin Maria nail, iliiu);ht(M' of William M. 
 Ball, of Niajfarn. They liavo no i-hihlrcn. 
 
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 r.uAyi'Foiw. 
 
 STEI'HKX JAMKS JONES, Judj^e of tho County Court of Brant, and Master in Chancery, 
 dati's his birth at St^mt-y Cretk, County of Wontworth, Dereinber 21, lH2l,his father 
 In-iny Stephen Jones, son of a I'niti'd Empire Loyalist, and Intrn in Duchesst'ounty, New York. 
 A {,'reat-iinele of our subject, Auj,'ustus Jones, also a loyalist, was (iovernnient Land Surveyor iu 
 the old Niagara District his residence being at Stoney Creek. Tht; mother of our Hubject was 
 Mary Smith, 
 
 He was educated in the distrii-t grammar school at Hamilton; studied law at tir.st with Miles 
 O'Reilly, of Hamilton, and afterwards with S. B. Freeman, Q.C, of the same city ; was called to 
 the Bar in February, Is+O, and piaetised with Mr. Freeman until lM.>n, when he received the 
 appointment of County Judge. He is the only officer of the kind whom the .separate County 
 of Brant has ever had. The apiwintment of Master in Chancery was made in August, 1875. 
 
 Judge Jones is naturall^of a judicial temperament ; has a legal turn of mind ; is not afraid 
 of work, and is a growing man. He is considered, on the whole, outside of the county, as well 
 as in it, one of the ablest and most satisfactory County Judges in the Province. During the 
 earlier years that he was on the Bench, appeals were not unfreipiently made from his decision, 
 but rarely with success, and of late yeai"H, few, if any, appeals have been made. 
 
 While a resident of Hamilton, the Judge held the position of Adjutant of the 3rd Oore 
 Militia, under Lieutenant-! 'olonel Oourlay. 
 
 Judge Jones is a membi'r of the Board of County Judges, which consists of five members, 
 Messrs. Oowan, of Barrie; Jones, of Brantford; Hughes, of St. Thomas; McDonald, of Quelph, 
 and Daniell, of L'Orignal ; he being second in position, he has kept place with his rank. 
 
 He is a member of the Methodist Church of Canada, Recording steward, leader and trustee 
 
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 till' ol'l Ni;';;ar;i L>i-ilrict lii>< i-(";iii"nco Ivin;,' jit Stoiii y ( 'rci'k Tli.- m.itli'M of uia sul.ii"-t «:i.s 
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 till' !)«• ■■ > t>ro.it\. ISKi. tui'- }ii.l.-ti«.;l "ti'". M' Kr, ,a',% -mt'.l '.h:,:) wIi.'H ho liCiUfl jIh; 
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THE CAKADIAS BWGRAl'lttCAL DICTlOXAHr. 
 
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 of tlic Bianfc Avenue Chmvli, Brantford, and n man of tlic nios* solid Clnifstian diaiactor. He 
 lias been a total abstainer from all intoxicatin;jj liiiuors from boyhooil; lias visited other counties 
 in advocacy of the Scott and Duncan ^ N, as the best laws that could be had at the time, and 
 is a stronj^ advocate of a general prohibitory law. On tlie bench, in private, everywhere, his 
 temperance views are well-known, and his influence is felt. 
 
 J\idge Jones has always taken 'in active part in the genuial work of his church, especially 
 in aid of its missionary operations and educational institutions. In 18"!), he, with the Rev. 
 Thomas Stobbs, of Mount Pleasant, took the initiatory steps for forming a i»lan for raising dis- 
 trict scholarships for Victoria College, a seliemo which has now gone into successful operation. 
 The church has appreciated and acknowledged hi-s past services, by electing him in IS"*, a 
 Delegate to the first General Conference of the Church held at Toronto, and again in 1878, for 
 the next Oeneral Conference held at Montreal, of which he was appointed one of the .secretaries. 
 
 In 1847, the Judge married Miss Margaret Williamson, daughter of John Willianjson, of 
 Stoney Creek, and they have six children living, and have lost one son. John W., the eldest 
 son, is a barrister, of the firm of Jones ami McQuesten, Hamilton ; Charles S. is also a barrister, 
 of the firm of Hardy, Wilkes and Jones, of Brantford : Jennie is the wife of (Jeorge Kerr, bar- 
 rister, of the firm of Kerr, Akers and Bull, Toronto, The other three, all sons, are single. 
 
 T)AVT1) D. UA.Y, M.\\\\ 
 
 l.tSTOMEL 
 
 DAVID DONALDSON HAY, nieud.ev of the Ontario Parliament for North IVrtli, was 
 born in Brought Ferry, near Dimdee, Seotlaiul, January iO, iMi'S. His father was 
 Robert Hay, a contractor and superintendent of works, and belonged to an old Scotch family. 
 His im)ther's nuiiden name was Catharine McKiddie. He received a good Engli.sh education 
 including mathematics, at parish and private schools ; at si.vteen years of age erossed the Atlantic 
 ocean to try his fortune in the new world, being alone and depending on bis own resouices. 
 After speniling a few months in a mercantile houso in the City of Montreal, came as far west as 
 Bowmanville, Cotmty of Durham, where he was a clerk foi' Bowman and Simpsim for a few 
 years; and went thence to Lefioy, in the Coinity of Simcoi', where he kept a store imtil 18.").'), 
 when he settled in Elma, ("ounty of Perth. This township then ineludeil the present site of 
 Listowel, which village, at that time, was known as Mapleton. There was only one house in 
 the place. 
 
 Here Mr. Hav, in conjunction with his bi()thers,'built a saw-mill and grist-mill, and opened 
 a far.n, vears afterwards selling the mills, and still retnining and cultivating the farm, being 
 
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 one of tho foirmost Inisincss iiu'ii in tlie village. Hf lias liccii Cloik of tlic Division Court for 
 twL-nty yoai-s ; was Rt-eve of F]Inia seven yoai-s, and lias la-cn Reeve of Listowel an equal length 
 of time, ami has liccn serving at tlifterent times as Trustee of local schools. 
 
 Ill 18G7 Mr. Hay took a leading part in promoting the construction of the southern extension 
 of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railroad, spending iiisiny months in the country working up 
 the entorpiise : and it is generally admitted that but for his indefiitigahle and persistent efforts, 
 the road would n(H have come through Listowel. Again in 1M7.S, IHji, 1870, and 1H78, Mr. Hay 
 gave a large portion of his time in promoting the construction of the Stratford and Huron 
 Railway, which reached Listowel in 187G ; and so valuable, in this enterprise, were his .services 
 regarded by the railway company, that tho board passed a special vote of thanks in recognition 
 of Ills valuable aid. 
 
 Mr. Haj' has also, as municipal representative, secured, in the last fifteen years, valuable 
 improvements in this .section of tiie country, in the construction of gravel roads, etc. 
 
 In 1873 he was sent to Europe by the Ontario Oovernment as its agent, and after 
 remaining several weeks in London, revising the Ontiirio pamphlet for European circulation, he 
 spent sevenil months in Scotland, and in March, 1874, was recalK'<l to take an important 
 position in the home work, in which he continued until January, 187'>, when he resigned to 
 contest the riding of North Perth for the Local Assemlily. He was returned at the general 
 election of that year, and re-elected in September, 1879. 
 
 Mr. Hay is a Reformer, and a man of consideralde influence in his party. His religious 
 connection is with the Christadelphian Society, and he is a man of luuch stability of character. 
 
 In 184!) Mr. Hay married Miss Jane Rogerson, of the County of Simcoe, and they liave 
 nine children. 
 
 ,MJliS FLESUKli, 
 
 ORANOEVILLK. 
 
 TOHN FLESHER, late member of tho Ontario Ljgislature, and on; of tho leading business 
 ^ men of Orangeville, is descended from an old Yorkshire family, and was bora in DrifiieM, 
 that county, June 8, 1833. His father, tho Rev. John Flesher, of Forestmoorc House, near 
 Knare.sbro, was for some years a Methodist minister, a mm of uncommon ability, being a vigor- 
 ous wiiter and eloquent speaker. 
 
 ^'oung Flesher was educated in a Collegiate Institute at Ramsgate, and came to Upper 
 .^.la in 18 47 with his elder brother, VV^ni. Kingston Flesher, who, a few years ago, represent- 
 ed Ea.st Grey in the Hou.se of Commons. After spending two or three years with this brother, 
 he commenced mercjuifile pursuits, first in Bolton, Albion, and later with Walker and Sons, 
 
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 Toronto; after which ho ontoreil business for himself in the County of Grey. One year later 
 he purchased his brother's mill property in Adjala, and for ten years was engaged in the nianu- 
 fiKture of flour and hnnber. In IHGH Mr. Flesher settled in Ornngeville, and again engaged in 
 nieicnntile pursuits. A few 3'ears ago he sold out that business, and is now engage<l in broker* 
 ago and conveyancing. 
 
 While a resident of Adjala, Mr. Flesher served as a School Trustee for .some 3'ears ; sinco 
 removing to Orangeville has been in the Council for four or fiveyeai-s, and in January, 1875, wa.s 
 elected to the Local Assembly to represent the Riding of Cardwell, .serving his full term, and 
 being defeated for re-election by a very small majority. 
 
 Mr. Flesher is a Conservative, a conscientious and earnest advocate of the principles of that 
 party, and controlling its filll vote. 
 
 Ho is a Master Ma.soii ; a Congregationalist in his religious connection, and a man of 
 excellent standing in society. 
 
 In l85o, he married the only daughter of Rev. \Vm. Towler, of Xew York City. Tiicy 
 have had twelve children, nine of whom are living. 
 
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 iiEiiBERT s. :^['^)o^'ALD, 
 
 BROCK VI LLK. 
 
 ERBERT STONE McDONALD, Ju.lge of the united Counties of Leeds and Grenville, 
 dates his birth at (lananorpie, County of Leeds, Ont., B\'bruary, 23, 1S42, being a .son 
 of Hon. John McDoiuiiil, at one time a member of the Legislative Council of Canada, and 
 Heiuietta M. Mailory, liis wife. His grandfather, John McDonald, senior, was from Perthshire, 
 Scotland, and settled at Fort Kdward, N. V. John McDonald, junior, was at one time in busi- 
 ness in Troy, N. Y., coming Ui Cannda in liSl7. 
 
 The subject of this sketch finishe<l his literary education at Queen's College, Kingston, 
 whence ho was graduated B.A.,in l.S.')!t,ant1 received the title of M.A. in ISOL His legal edu- 
 cation ho obtained at Hrockviile and Toronto; was called to the Bar in bS()3. and practised at 
 lirockville until he went on the Bi-neli, lieing appointed Junior Judge in tlie autumn of 1873, 
 and Senior in Dcccmbei', I.S7N, He is regarded as one of the most piomising of the recently 
 a])pointed Judges ; is stu.lious and painstaking, lucid in his charges, and is usually correct in 
 his conceptions of the merits of a case. 
 
 Judge McDonald was returned to the ^'rovincial Parliament in 1871, and resigned to take 
 his seat on the Bench, to which, brief as his career is as a jurist, he has done credit. 
 
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 THE CANAVlAy JUOdJfAl'JJICAJ. JHCTJOyAlU'. 
 
 Hu is a Mjwtor Mason, l>ut raivly attends tho meetings of the order, lioliling liis connection 
 with the lodge at Newboro', Count}- of Leeds. 
 
 He is a nieniber of tlie Cimieh of Kngland, and a delegate to the Synod, being (|uitc pi oui'- 
 ncnt among the laymen of that religious l)o<ly. 
 
 June 13, ISU.'l, Kmma Matilda, daughtt r of David Jones, Kegistiarof the County of Leeds, 
 v/no united in maniagc with Judge McDonald, and they have tv.o thili'iai. 
 
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 "IVyoXON BROTH KUS' Manufiuturing Coiiiiiany. the most extensive industry in the manu- 
 -^ ^ faeturing line at In;,'ers()ll, is coniimsi'd of five brothers, Frt'cman C., James, Samuel, 
 Stephen, and Tiioiiias H., sons of Siimucl Noxon, senior, who was born and spent his days in 
 tho County of Prince Kdward, Ontario, and ^'randson of Jau\es Noxon, a Cnitcd Kmpiro 
 Loyalist from Duchess Count}', \. Y. Thegrandfathei' scittied in Prince Kdward at the close of 
 the American Revolution. The mother of these five sons was Rhoda White. They received a 
 business education in the public schools of their native county, James, the second .son, ad<ling a 
 few terms of study at the Jetterson County Institute, Watertown, N. Y. 
 
 Samuel Noxon, senior, owned a largo farm and saw-mill, and as his .sons had a mechanical 
 txrn of minil, he built a shop for wood-work expressly for their use. Tn that shop they nuide 
 anything to which the}- ajiplied their skill — farm -wagons, Imggies, cutters, threshing machines, 
 vVc., Jcc. Their hands seemed to gain the masteiy, almost by intuition, of nearly every kintl of 
 mechanics' tools, this being paiticnlarly the case? with Freeman, James, and Samuel. 
 
 In 1M.')0 James and Samuel Noxon came to Inger.soll, Stephen following in 1X05, and 
 Freeman C. the oldest, antl Thomas H. the youngest, in isd!). At first the two pioneers h\ this 
 town started a foundry, and made plows and stoves only. .Vf'ter a while they droj)ped stoves 
 and connnenced the manufacture of mowers and leapers, and grain drills, still making them a 
 specialty. The}' usually turn out about 1, .")()() reajiers and mowers, and 1,000 grain-diills, 
 doing a liusiness from ^:i.'!O,0OO to !?2.')0,000 a year ; and employing, in inside work, about 120 
 men, and a large foice outside. No othi'r manufacturing establishment in town has done, or is 
 doing, half so much to build it up, though there are .several large factories ami mills in the 
 place. 
 
 Their buildings eovei- four or live acies, the main building being 400 feet long, and the 
 greatei' j)art 12.") feet wide, and one and two stories high. The location is on Thames Street, 
 directly between the Croat Western and Credit Yalley Railway tracks, with the station t)f the 
 
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 former rotul joining on tho noiih, and that of tho latter on tlio soutli, thuH liaving the best con- 
 venioiici'B jiosMible for Hliipnicnt of mm^hines. In the largo office (2'> by 65 feet) are branches 
 of the Dominion ami Montreal Telegraph offices, ami a branch of the American Express office. 
 
 The reapers and mowci-s nianufiictureil in these shops include the Standard Combineil, tl»o 
 Sttvndard Single Reapei-, and the Standard Light Mower, and arc secontl in (piality to nothing 
 of the kind manufactured in the Province. Tho grain-drills made by Noxon Brothers, are the 
 celebiattiil " Hoosier," which attmcted so nuich attention at the International Centennial Ex- 
 hibition, held at Philadelphia in 1870. It is manufactured also as a combined drill and broad- 
 cast seeder, and includes in its make up, all tho best points found in the latest and l>est 
 Hiuchines of the kind. This company also manufactures hand and power feed-cutters, cultiva- 
 vators, horse-sawing machines, kt.'., but nothing that is cheap and frail. The best timber and 
 iron is put into these machines, and their durability as well as excellence keep the price at fair 
 renmnerative rates. Their reapera and mowers are found in every part of the Dominion where 
 grain and grass glow, and are very popular. 
 
 The Noxon Brothers Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 187'2. James being 
 President ; Samuel, Secretary and Treasurer ; Freeman, Superintendent, the other two brothers 
 having particular charges outside. All have families but Stephen. All have managed to keep 
 out of office except James, who has had responsibilities in the municipalities of the town and 
 county (piite as often and (piite as long as he has desired them. As head mannger of these 
 great manufacturing works, his laboi-s and responsibilities are all, it is evident, that ho covets, 
 
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 LIEUT-COL. IIOX. CHARLES E. TANET, 
 
 OTTA WA. 
 
 ^^HARLES EUGENE PANET, Deputy of tho Minister of Militia and Defence, is descended 
 ^^ from an old Canadian family, his great-grandfather coming from Franco and settling in 
 Lower Canada, more than a century ago, and acting as tho first Speaker of tho Lower Canada 
 House of Commons, serving for twenty-three years. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is tho .son of Philip Panot, late Judge of the Court of Queen's 
 Bench, Lower Canada, and was born in Quebec, November 17, 18.S0. The maiden name of his 
 mother was Luce Casgrain, a daughter of the Seigneur of Ija Bouteiilerie, also an old French 
 family. He was educated in the Quebec Seminary, and tho Jesuit College at Georgetown, D. 
 C. ; studied law in his native city with Hon. T. T. Taschcreau, late of tht> Supremo Court ; was 
 called to the Bar in 1854, and practised three yeai-s in Quebec. 
 
 Mr. Panet was sole Coroner for tho City and District of Quebec for fourteen years — one of 
 
 the largest Districts in Lower Canada. 
 
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 TJIE rA.\ADlA\ nioattAVUICAL DlCTIOSAHr. 
 
 He is Lieut.-C'olonel, coinnmndin}; tlio J)th Battalion Vohinteor Militin, or VoUii/etirH de 
 QuHtec ; a raember of tho Council of tlio Dominion RiHo Association, and a Vico-Prosiilont of 
 tho Dominion Artillery Association. He hold the command of tlic 7tli Military District tUir- 
 injr tho Fenian troubles in ISdS, and holds a first-class certi(icati> of tho Board of Kxaminors, 
 and also of the Military School. 
 
 Colonel Panct sat in tho Sonato for "La Sallo" division, from March 2, 1874, to February 
 .'), 1875, at which latter date he was appointed to the oHico of Deputy to the Minister of Militin 
 and Defence, a position for which ho is peculiarly adapted, and tho duties of which he is dis- 
 charging with unqunliHed .satisfaction. 
 
 Colonel Panet has had two wives and lost both. The first was Miss Lussior, dnughtor of 
 Felix Lussior, E.s<|., Varennes, in the District of Montreal, niariiod in 18.').'>, and tlying in 185!>. 
 She loft two children, both still living. His second wife was Miss Harwood, daughter of Hon. 
 R. W. Harwood, of the parish of Vaudreuil, of the District of Montreal, a member of the Legis- 
 lative Council, married in 1.SG2. She died in April, 1878, leaving eight chiltlren. 
 
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 HON. .lOll.N CVC'ONTsOR, g.c, 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 THE subject of this sketch is descen<lod from two distinct families of tho .sami' name, of Korr\', 
 Ireland ; his parents being John and Mary O'Connor, though not related witliin known 
 dcgives of kinship. Thoy emigrated to the United States in 1828, and settled in Boston, Mass., 
 where our subject was born. January 21, 1824. When he was four years old the family 
 removed to Upper Canada, settling in the County of Essex, in the extreme western part of 
 what is now the I'rovince of Ontario, where the son recoivcd his education in common, gram- 
 mar and private schools. He read law imder W. D. Baby, of Sandwich, same county ; 
 attended several terms at the law school in Toronto : was sworn in as Attorney-at-Iaw, in 
 1852 ; was called to the Bar, Hilary Term, in 18.')4, and practised at Wind.sor and Sandwiili, 
 residing at the former place, till 1872, when he removed to Ottawa. Here he continues the 
 practice of his piofession, and as an advocate has no superior at the Ottawa Bar, and few 
 equals in the eastern part of the Province. 
 
 Mr. O'Connor was created a Queen's Counsel in 1872, ami is a member of tJie Michigan 
 Bar; was at one period Reeve of Wind.sor; was warden of Essex for three years, being elected 
 twice by the unanimous vote of the County Council ; was for twelve consecutive yeai-s chair- 
 man of the Board of Education of Windsor ; was sworn of the Privy T'onncil, ami wa.s its 
 President from July 2, 1872, to March 4, 1873, when he was appointed Minister of Inland 
 Revenue. 
 
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 Uii the 1st i>f July, I.s7."{, Ih" was sworn in lis Postiimstor-lK'Horttl, ami went out on tin- 
 .'>tl» of NoveuiluT followin},', wlion tlu; Oovorninent ivsijjm'd. 
 
 He was an unsuiTCssful cautlidatt* for H seat in tlie Ciiuiulian Assembly, in 1 HOI, Imt two 
 years later succeeiled in unseatin<; tlie sittinjj member, Arthur Rankin, and obtaining,' a new 
 eleetion, wlien Mr. O'Connor was returned, and sat tuitil the dissolution of I'ariianu'nt in May 
 of that year. At the },'eneral election held a few months later in that year, he ajjain contested 
 that seat, when a sj)ecial return was made to the Htmse liy the proper olKeer, and both candi- 
 dates petitioned to bo seated. Mr. 0'(A»nnor's petition was thrown out by the Speaker upon 
 preliminary objections, and Mr. llankin was seated, 
 
 Mr. O'Coinior was returned to the House of C'onnuons at the general elections, in 1807, and 
 I.S72 for the same county ; was defj^ated for the County «>f Essex in IHT-t, his opponent, Mr. 
 McGregor, being declared electeil, but Mr. O'Coimor contested his scat on the ground of brilicry 
 and corruj)tion, and unseate<l him, then declining to lie a candidate again for Essex County. 
 At the election held in I.S78 he was a candidate for Uussdl, and was elected l>y a large 
 majority over his competitor, Ira .Morgan. 
 
 Mr. O'Connor was sworn into thf new Cabinet of the Ut. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald, 
 on the 10th of October, 187^, and was President of the Privy Cotnicil until the 17th of Jan- 
 uary, 1880, when he again became Postmaster (Seneral, which position he now holds. 
 
 Mr. O'Connor is an able writer as well as speaker, and is the author of " Lt-tto A'ldre.sscd 
 to the (iovcrnor-Ocneral on the subject of Fenianism," published in 1870. 
 
 In Apiil, 1.S40, Mary, eldest daughter of llichard Barrett, Escj., formerly of Killarney, 
 Ireland, became the wife of Mr. O'Connoi-, and they have had nine children, of whom five art- 
 living. 
 
 ADAM C^irAliLTOX, 
 
 L YSEDOVII. 
 
 A DAM CHARLTON, was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, February lit, 1800. At the 
 -*--^ age of eigliteen he wa.s sent by his fatlier to America to report whetlier the prospects would 
 warrant the family in leinoving to that coinitry. He left England, Apiil -t, 18i+, and arrived 
 at New York after a stormy pa.ssage of sixty days. His father and the family came tin- fol- 
 lowing ^ear. He was mariied to Miss Ami (Iray of Caledonia, N. Y., I.S2M. For some time he 
 had eharg(! of a store at (Jarbuttsville. and then at Mamfordsville, N. Y. In July, \KV1, he 
 removed to Cattarangus County, and settled upon a new farm, three miles from Ellicottville. 
 After being about two years in Cattarangus, he entered upon the emiiloyment of the Holland 
 Land Company, and remained in their service and in the service of the successors of that com- 
 
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 pany in tlieir proprietory rights in Western Now York — thu Farmer's Loan and Trust Com- 
 pany of New York, till April, 1849, when he removed to Canada and purchosed a farm one 
 mile south of Ayr, Ontario. He moved from Canada to Columbus City, Iowa, in April, 1855 ; 
 returned to Canada in 1876. 
 
 He is a (juiot, unassuming man, but posso.ssed of remarkable tmits of mind ; noted, when in 
 the employ of the Holland Land Comi)any,for busine.ss ability ; ho is possessor of a great and 
 varied fund of general intelligence. Hi.s education was Academic. At the ago of forty he 
 took up the study of Greek and Hebrew, and attained to a good knowledge of both. His 
 studies from that time were chieHy directed to biblical research, and in that line liis attainments 
 are such as to entitle him to a high rank among scholars. 
 
 Mr. Charlton was an eorly abolitionist, liaving been among the first to associate liimself 
 with that party in the United States, at a time when the .social and business consciiuences of 
 such a step were vexatious. He is sjwnding the evening of his days peacefully in Canada, ten- 
 derly cared for by loving friends ; but not without longings, at times, for the beautiful prairies 
 beyond the Mississippi, where some of his children with their families still remain, and where 
 he spent twenty years of liis l)Ianieless and worthy life. 
 
 JOITl!^- CHABLTON, M.P., 
 
 LYNEDOCU. 
 
 TOHN CHARLTON, member of Parliament from Norfolk, is a descendant from the Charl- 
 ^ tons of Northumberland, England, whence his father, Adam Charlton, emigrated to the 
 United States, in ISS-t, settling at Caleilonia, Livingston County, N. Y., and engaging in teach- 
 ing and store-keeping. There the son was born, February 3, 182!), the maiden name of his 
 mother being Ann Cray, a native of the Empire State. In the infancy of John, the family 
 removed to Ellicottville, Cattarangas County, same state, where Adam Charlton was employed 
 by the Holland Land Company ; its lands, known as the " Ilelland Purchase," once embracing 
 most of Western New York. 
 
 The subject of this brief biogi-aphy was educated at the Springville Academy, Erie County, 
 N. Y. ; came to Canatla with his father's family in April, 1849 ; located on a farm in West 
 Dumfries, near Ayr, County of Waterloo, and four years later removed to Lynedoch, on Big 
 Creek, Norfolk County, his home since March, 1858. He formed a partnership with George 
 Gray, and the firm of Gray and Charlton opened a store with a combined ca]>ital of $1,000, 
 out of which they built their store and dwelling house, mainly with their own hands ; added, a 
 little later, the lumber to general mercantile trade, and their business giew in a few years to 
 
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 libornl proportions. In 185!), Mr. Charlton solil out to his jMirtner, and aasuinod tho manuKe- 
 niont of tho extensive hiisinoss of Mossrs. Sniitli and Wcstovor, In Canada. Two years lat^'r, in 
 uoini>any witli Jainos Ilanisdull, of ( 'laroneo, Va-'w County, N. Y., lie pint'lm.scd the Canndimt 
 interest of Sniitli and Westover, and continued tho lumber husiness four years, when Mr. 
 Cliarlton liouf^lit out his partner, and eontinued in the same line of trade alone. Success 
 attended him, he liein^ especially fortunate in the hazardous business of towing timber on the 
 lakes. A few years later, he tcnik a younger brother, Thomas Charlton, into |>artncrship, and in 
 1873, extended his operations into Michigan, where, as well as in C'aiiada, ho is still trading. 
 Ho is an energetic, .stiaight-forward business man, beginning business in Canada, as has l)een 
 seen, on but little capital save pluck and perseverance, and plaeiug himself years ago in inde- 
 pendent eii'cumstances. 
 
 Mr. Charlton had but little to do with politics, except to vote, until 1872, when he was 
 returned to Parliament from Nortli Norfolk. He holds that seat yet, having been twice re- 
 elected — liS7-t and 1878 — his third t<'rm not expiring until 188.3. He is an unwavering Liberal, 
 and was a firm .supiwrter of the late Mackenzie Government. He was the tii-st memlier of the 
 House to move in the matter of securing a Geographical and (ieological Survey of the North- 
 West, oH'ering a resolution to that efl'ect as early a.s April, llsT-'l, and repeating it the next year. 
 He made the Government defence of the Brown Diaft Reeii)roeity Tieaty, in March, 187.'>, a 
 speech for tho ability of which he was complimented very highly even by the Oppasition ; 
 and had charge of Secret Service Investigation in 1877, nwiking an able report, showing a waste 
 of funds in the management of affairs, and insisting that all sums illegally expended should be 
 ref\m<lcd. 
 
 In the .session of 1878, Mr. Charlton secondeil the address to the speech from the Throne, 
 and sub.sequently defended the Government policy of a Revenue Tariff I'ersui' a Protective 
 Tariff, in an exhaustive speech which was puV)lislied in full in nearly every Reform pajjcr in 
 tho Dominion, and wiw extensively circulated in pamphlet form as a campaign document. An 
 edition of 50,000 copies of the Hansard report of this speech was ordered by mend)ers of Par- 
 iiament during the session for ciiculation among their constituents. That speech, which we 
 have examined with some care, indicates most thorough investigation of the Tariffiiucstion,and 
 splendid argumentative powers. Mr. Charlton is universally recognised on both sides of the 
 House, as one of the best authorities in the country upon the Trade q\icstion. As a debater, he 
 is not only powerful, but keen, being especially .sharp at i-epartve. When he is on the Hoor, it 
 is not safe to ask him a taunting (|uestion or to throw out an ironical hint. His answei-s are 
 always ready, and like a "two-edged sword," somebody gets cut. * 
 
 November 1, 1854, Mr. Charlton was united in marriage with Miss Ellon Gray, daughter of 
 George Gray, of Norfolk, his former partner in business. They are members of the Presbyter- 
 ian Church, of which ho is an elder. He is an energetic Sunday School worker, a strong advo- 
 
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 rAt4> of l«'iii|)ornntv, mill It goiuMDUs Hiipportur of local Iwnuvdiont niul eiliicutiuiml itiHtitutiuiis, 
 Noinutiiiiu)! Iirtiiriiij;; on moral iiiU'HtioiiH and literary Htibjueti*. 
 
 Mr. ('Iiiultoii '\H coiiiiNU'tly Imilt, alioiit tlvu fctit »ii<l eight tiiclius tall, ami liiis n dark coiii- 
 |iluxi(iii, a gwy cyt>, and an uxprcssiun uf the countt>iian*:i! wliicli indiuatuM tiniinu.'M cuiiplud with 
 kindiioHH and ImmiovoIi'Iio'. 
 
 ZACIIKLTS ]IUUN1IAM, 
 WIHTH r. 
 
 f^Af'HErS BTTRN'HAM, son of John Hurnhain, elsewhere mentioned in this vuliinic, wa.s 
 ^-^ liorn in the Townnliiji of Hamilton, County of Xortluinilierland, Ontario, March 31, 
 18l!(. Ili.i father was a native of New Ilamiishire ; his mother, whose maiden name was 
 Hannah Harris, was from New York. He received hi.s literary en. leation at the Cohourg Gram- 
 mar .School ; studied law a while with his elder luother, Klias Burnhain, at Peterborough; fin- 
 ished his legal studies with lion. Uidiert Baldwin, in Toronto; commenced practice at Port 
 Hope in 1842 ; removed toWhitliy the next year; was called to the Bar at Easter Term, 1847, 
 and continued to practise until 1852, when he was ai>poiiitedirunior Judge of the Uniteil Coun- 
 ties of York, Ontario and Peel. In 18.'>4, when Ontario was set oft' he was appointed Judge, 
 and still holds that position. In the discharge of his duties ho is pain.staking and conscientious' 
 
 In politics the Judge is a Reformer, like the larger number of the Burnhams in the Pro- 
 vince, and before going on the Bench, took an active part in political matters. 
 
 For many years hi.s religious connection was with the Churcli of England ; lie is now tt 
 a member of Christ's Bod}-, commonly known as Brethren. 
 
 Judge Burnham was first married in October, 1848, to Sarah, daughter of John Borlase War- 
 ren, of O.shawa. She liad one son, John Warren Burnham, C'lerk of the Court, at Port Perry, 
 and died in August, 185(3. His present wife is Helena, sister of his first wife, married in June, 
 1870. By her he has had three children, two yet living, Arthur Warren and Clarence Hurd, 
 
 •lOIIN BIRRKLL 
 
 T(!)HN BiRRELL, a successful merchant, doing a business in London foi' about thirty-five 
 ^ years, and dying on the loth of February, 1875, was a native of Lerwick, a town on the 
 Shetland Islands, and was born Ajiril 12, 1814. His father was a Collector of Cu.stoms at 
 Oban, Scfitland. He n^ceived a good bvisiness education ; spent some years as a merchant's clerk 
 
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 In ()la.i^<>w, ami about ls;)7 caiii<< to Onnadii, lialtiii^n Mlioit tinin in n Mton* at Montreal, and 
 then pnsliinji wost as fur as HatniltoM ThiTu hi' flt'r!<''d two<»r throe wasons for haai- Biich' 
 anan, and Yoin% Law and Co , and in IHW) Motth'd in London. 
 
 Ho was a partner of Mr. An;,Mis, the (inn naino lit-inj,' Birrt-ll and An},'UM, until IHM, when h(« 
 WON alono in tlic dry ^^oodx liusint'Ns for ahont two yars. SiihH(>(|ut'ntly lie formed a partnei-ship 
 with Adam \\^^\^^\ who had removed hithur from St. TIiomihn, a third person joining' them, and 
 tht' Hrm of Hope, Binell and Co., did liUHinesM for tive or.si.x yeaix 
 
 M>'. Birrell then opened, on Diindax street, a retail store, which was eventually merged into 
 a wholesale house, on the south side of North, now Carliuj,' street. He was there hurned out 
 in I iSliO, an«l removefl across the street to the hui,'e Craij^ Ituildin;,', wliirh he snon pinihitsed 
 and where he traded until his demise, He was a man who watched his husincNH very (larufuUy 
 and pusheil alu-ail, his trade expiinding as the oimtry settled up H • w.is strictly honorahle in 
 his di'alin;j;s with retail merchiints, and UMially made fast frii-ndsof parties with whom he had 
 business transactions. At the same time, thouj?'* vi'ry nuieli uIkoiIiciI in his Imsiness, he found 
 time to give moral and material support to various local schemes o. .,n impoitant character. 
 
 He was President of the London, Huron and Bruce Haihvay, and was a leading supporter 
 of that enterprise from its origin to its completion ; was President also of the t{uron and Erie 
 Savings ami Loan Society, and a Director of the Isolated Risks Insurance Company. Probably 
 no man rejoiced more than he in the growth of the city of his adoption, or did more to encour- 
 age that giowth. 
 
 Mr. Birrell was at one time President of the Liberal Conservative Association, and took 
 much interest in politics, but was always more ready to hel|» others into office tlian to urge his 
 own claims. 
 
 His religious ccmnection was with the Presbyterian (,"hurch, he being a Deacon of St. 
 Andrew's for a long period. He wo-s generous hearted, kind to the poor, anil highly respected 
 by all classes. 
 
 While a resident of Hamilton, Mr. Birrell married Miss Maria Sunley, a native of Eng- 
 land, and she has been the motlicr of ten children, seven of them surviving their father. The 
 two sons, CJeorge S. and William H. Birrell, were early and carefully trained in the dry goods 
 traffic, and are carrying on and extending the trade of the old firm of John Birrell and (.'o., 
 favorably known throughout Western Ontario. 
 
 Two or throe years after th.e death of Mr. Birrell (August 7, 1879 . the London Daihj Ad- 
 wrtiser spoke as follows of the old firm an<l the present managers: 
 
 " For forty years Mr. Birrell had been connected with the dry goods trade of London, and he lived to see 
 the wholesale interests he established grow with the growth of the city ; to see it attain vigorous manhood, and 
 he left in it a monument tu his untiring business energy. The tirm style remains the same, the co-partners 
 being two sons of the founder of the house, Messrs. George S. and Wm. H. Birrell. The first named gentleman 
 

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 has been with the house for fifteen years, live years as an employee and ten as a partner ; the latter has been a 
 co-partner for nine years. These gentlemen are thus thoroughly versed in the business ; they have taken an 
 active part in its development, and they now continue to give it their personal attention," 
 
 Still later (April 12, 1879), tlif Commercial Bev'nm- of Montreal thus spoke of the trado, 
 growth, kc, of this highly reputable house : 
 
 " The trade which no«' reverts to this house has been the steady growth uf years of cloao application. In- 
 creasing their facilities for supply with the increase of the population and wealth of the country, their splendid 
 modern premises, located on Carling street, west of Talbot, have been but recently acquired. They consist of 
 a substantial white brick ediKce three stories and basement in height, and t( compact appearance, having a 
 frontage on the above street of about 125 by 100 feet deep, which gives four large flats for the storage of the 
 large stock of goods they require to carry, and which comprises ample and complete departments of every ma- 
 terial classiKed under t\i8 heading of general, fancy and staple dry goods, and comprising an extensive and 
 varied assortment which lacks nothing which would enable them to execute the most varied order which the 
 retail dealer, who is wont to cater to the most fastidious class of customers in any metropolis on this continent, 
 could require. The bulk of the goods are purchased personally by the buyers of the tirm from first hands in 
 the English, French and German markets, from which importations are constantly arriving, as their trade 
 necessitates constant importation in order to maintain thuir departments complete. A well matured system of 
 correspondence and traveling connections, who are ever on the alert to purchase all the latest stj'les of goods, 
 enables them to keep their departments supplied with the newest patterns of fancy and staple dry goods, simul- 
 taneous with their appearance in the London and Paris markets." 
 
 After readiiii; the above e.\traets from the couiments of commercial '.vriters in regard to 
 this house, it is almost neoilless to saj' that both of these sons have first class business habits 
 and (jualifications, and are managing with marked success one of the leading jobbing houses in 
 the city, Both^are married, and have tine brick residences just across the river Thames, in the 
 Township of Westminster, half a mile from their place of business. The widow also resides on 
 the same street, and nearly o[)p()site her sons, in a stately mansion, with umbrageous surround- 
 ing, unsurpassed in this part of the Province. 
 
 REV. W.LLIAM COCHRANE, D.D., 
 
 BRANTFORIX 
 
 ^TTILLIAM COCHRANE, pastor of Zion Presbyterian Church, Brantford, dates his biith 
 ^ ^ in Paisley, Scotland, February 9, 1832, his parents being William and Mary (Mc- 
 Millan) Cochrane. The family is from Ayrshire, and descended from Thonuis Cochiane, of the 
 Dundonald branch, afterwards Earl of Dundonald or Lord Cochrane. The mother of our sub- 
 ject was fiom the Island of Arran, Scotland. He attended the parish schools of his native 
 town until twelve years old, when he was placed in a bookstore, where he remained between 
 ten and eleven years. So great was his thirst for knowledge during the latter part of that 
 
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 mltf. prt « iM flt>T«loi.motii, aii<l they ikuv oontmuo to givv it tln'ir {Mntoitsl .•iltoiition." 
 
 Mtili later (April 12. Iii7i>}. thi^ ComrMrciit/ Jleriiir vi Muntivjtl tlius sjiokv of tli<- tiiiilf. 
 i^i' M th. tVc , of tills liij^'hly rt])iitAl'Ii.' Ijoinc . 
 
 •' TliP trTidi! H'hii'it n* i.'Tfft* to tl.'U houso has l)ei>l> thi' ateinly ijrfwth »f years cf tlose Ajiilioatiiiii Id 
 crca»iH}< tliuir facilinw '■■:': -nijiru wifh lhi> iiK-reuau of the pi'[iiihiti.>n itnd wetiltli of tho cuuniry, thiiv si>U'n<iiil 
 iii<<>li>rn iirfiiiit.-«, ifi.H!-«' "n > 'irilttg <Tif ft, wcat of Tal!>ot, hiive Tri't-ii l-ut rccpiitly aciiiiiii'<l. They ;'i-ii«isl nf 
 ;i Hiibat.viitiiii whiti' Wr.<-k i.-Ji'i. • thnc 8tiirii><« ati'l biiscinent in hiiglif, and nf tiinpHt'( atilieainiuf, having a 
 f'ontngu .•:! the iili'/vo utrifCt of »t-mt i'J5 liy l'>,) feet <U'pp, which .jivcs four i;irt(i' tlata l'"i- tlio at'.rist' "f tht- 
 largi' utoi-k 'f i;iii) !« tliny re<|iiir« In carry, and which ii'miiriae-i aiii| le anil otiini'Uilo ilcpanmtnt.i of ivcry inn.- 
 terial c!.Visi(ii',i liiiilov thi* iioad.iiif of ^t-nornl, fancy and utaii' dry jj.mdw. and oimi>ri«in|» an txt.'nxivii and 
 varii'd asimrtim'iir wluoh Is'An Hith'iii; which wmiM . iinbln thru tn c\(>citt'- ih'.< nwtt varicil ntdir «liuli thw 
 r.'i.»il 'icrtlj!-, wh" IS «■■ .■'.f:- t I tiiij at-t't '»-»•■•.•>.»» >:Um <f <^hI"u.*t* in any .(•• ;<• *!i. --w thii' coiuiiunil, 
 
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 ; .. Kii'.dish, Kr. ' w. • ' < '.<-■'! nu»>(t*«'o(K. *r- <'n!>i-;uiMy ^urivinjr, iis their trade 
 
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 iiiii! .jUJilitiiari'iiis mitl an- niHiiaying witJi niarkt-il siioc-.'ss mic (>( the !• n.-liiii; joid-iuL; !ioiise< in 
 tlifcity, Biilli jiie miUTi'il.niiil liavi- tine driiik rv-.i.KiUW.s ju.si acni-'i tli- rivii Tlmnn-^ in tlic 
 Tii\viis*iiji iif \Vi>tiio:isU-r. hnir u iiiilu fntia tin'ir plai-e of Inisiiiu.-.-;. Tlu' wiijow aisu ri'.-.iJos nn 
 tin- sitiiiv.' Ti'n •■(; i.Hii lii-arly (ippusjii' lior .ynis, hi u stately maii.--i >ii, with iiiiibrr.gfwii'; i-'iMuiiii 1- 
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 Millan, ( '(ii-hr.iiii- Tin family i.s I'ruui AviNhin-, aiol *li— "n-k'! tt .m riioHiu.s < ncliraiu'. uf thi- 
 Itiindi.tial'l lifa!icli,t»ft'!\Mirils Kill lit niiinioiuild 'ir L'.ini Onhr-vnr. Tlu- niidhoiid' oiiv 'uli 
 \i\'. \\ '•> t.ijiii the l.nliin.l uf Anaij, !Si;otl;iii.l. He aiti-tidt-i.i tlu parish .^thoul.s .if his imtivi' 
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 pi'riod, that ho gave all his leisure time to .study, taking up the clasHJcs, and going from Paisley 
 to Glasgow University to recite, starting at 5 o'clock in the morning. 
 
 When Mr. Cochrane was in his i3nl year, two gentlemen in Cincinnati, Ohio, of the name 
 of Brown, liearing of tlie eti'orts which he was making to secure an education, wrote to him 
 and ottered to aitl him, if ho would come to the United States. With a glad and grateful heart, 
 lie complied with their reijuest; entered the da.sses of Hanover College, Indiana, and was 
 graduated B.A. in I8,j7. He immediately entered the Princeton (N. J.) Theological Seminary ; 
 pursued his studies there for two years under Rev. Dr. Hodge, Alexander, and other very able 
 instructors; was licensed by the Presbytery of Madison, Indiana, in February, 18.')0, and was 
 settled as pastor of the Scottish Presbyterian Church at Jei-sey City, N. J., on the 7th of tl\o 
 next June, .so continuing for three years. 
 
 In May, 1802, Dr. Cochrane was settled over Zion Cluirch, and has .served this people witli 
 all faithfulness for eighteen years. During this long period he has had n-peated calls to churches in 
 other and much larger cities — to Boston, New York, Detroit and Chicago, but he feels the duty 
 imine.s.sed upon him to remain in Canada, and does so. Jn so doing he has great encouragement 
 in his work at Brantford. When he settled here, Zion Church numbered a little less than 150 
 members; now they exceed (100. 
 
 In addition to this pastoral work, Dr. Cochrane has been President of the Young Ladies' 
 College of Brantford, since it was started in 187 1-, teaching the more advanced clas.ses in some 
 of the higher branches. For nine years he ha.s tilled the otHce of Clerk of the Synod of 
 Hamilton and London, and recently resigned the Clerkship of the Presbytery of Paris, which he 
 held for fourteen years. For tfU years he has been Convener of the Home Mi.ssion Board of 
 the Presbyterian Church, Canada ; has been President for eight years of the Brantford 
 Mechanics' Institute, and fully identities himself with educational and literary enterprises, as 
 well as I'cligious, thus making himself of very great service to the public. 
 
 In ISG-t, his Ahii'i Mulir confernMl up<m him the degree of Master of Arts, and in 1875 the 
 degree of Doctor (if Divinity, he having the otfer of the latter degree from another college at 
 the same time. 
 
 Dr. Cochrane is an indefatigable worker, especially with his pen. Within the last five yeai*s 
 he has published three volumes of his sermons, which have been well received on the part of 
 tlie public, — " The Heavenly Vision, " " Christ and CIn'istian Life," and " Warning and Welcome." 
 As a writer he is clear, terse and vigoi'ous ; ami his published sermons, while totally devoid of 
 the ornate in style, yiossess many of the literary gi'aces of the polished scholar, and deserve more 
 than a hasty perusal. In addition to these three volumes, he has also published several papers 
 in Canadian and American periodicals. 
 
 Dr. Cochrane is a ])opular preacher in the best sense of the term. Though a speaker of 
 great readiness and fiuency, his sermons are prepared with extreme care, and, as a rule, written 
 
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 in full. Ht^ use.s liis notes very littlr in the |iulj)it, ami hin delivery is animated and iui|)ressiv'. 
 His arrangement is logical, his style clear, his positions are well taken, and his illustrations are 
 often vivid and striking. Thoroughly despising sensationalism and claj)-tra)> of all kinds. Dr. 
 ('oehnine pleaches the gospel in its siiuplieity and imrity ; and, l>y his clear exposition of truth 
 and earnest appeals to the heart and conscience, seldom fails to make a good impression upon 
 his hearers. 
 
 Dr. Cochrane was first married iluiy 24, IKliO. t«) Miss Mary Neilson Houstoun, of Paisley, 
 Scotland, she dying January 8, 1871, leaving a son and a daughter ; and the second time, Octo- 
 ber 2, 187.'}, to Miss Jennette Elizabeth Baliner, of Oakville, Ont. 
 
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 YRON MOFFATT BRITTON. one of the leading barristers in the eastern part of the 
 Province of Ontario, is a son of Daniel and Nancy (MoHatt) Britton, and was born at 
 ttanano(|ue, Count}' of Leeds, September U, 1S33. His father, a merchant in that place, was 
 l)orn in New Hampshire, as was likewise his grandfather. His mother was a native of the 
 State of New ^'urk, 
 
 Byron was educated at Victoria College, Cobourg, where he was graduated in 1856. He 
 read law at first with Hon, P. M. VunKoughnet of Toronto, afterwards Chancellor, and finished 
 at Belleville ; was called to the Bai' in September, 18o9, and on the first of December of that 
 year opened an oftiee in Kingston, where he has liecn in steady practice for twenty yi^ars, his 
 business having become years ago, (|uitf extensive. Hi- practises in all the courts of the Pro- 
 vince and in the Supreme Court of tin- Dominion, and possesses in rare combination, those 
 (]ualities requisite for a first class solicitor and counsel — a fine mind, an a<ute percei)tiiin, 
 strcmg nervous teinpfiument, thorough accjiiaintance with law and general literature, great 
 energy and wonderful industry. As a speaker he is fluent, and strikes one most by .an earnest 
 interest in his client's welfare. His strength in this resiieet miglitbe said to be almost his only 
 weakness, his earnestness and nervousness sometimes jn'oducing irritability of temper. When 
 called to the Bar he almost immediately took a front position, and may be raukeil as one of 
 the soundest lawycra, and most successful hihI />*■/»•>>■ counsel in Canada. 
 
 Mr. Britton was created Queen's Counsel in 1875 ; and was elected a Bencher of the Law 
 Society of Ontario the same year, and re-elected in 1877. 
 
 He was Chairman of the School B<mrd of Kingston, for some years : a little later repre- 
 sented Sydenham Ward in the City Council, a few teiins, and was Mayor in 1870, He is a 
 
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 Director of thu Dntiuio Loan and Savings Society ; ho is thoroufjlily identifiotl with the general 
 interests of the city. 
 
 In polities Mr. Britton is a Liheral, finn, unwavering, and has much iuHuence with the 
 party. He is an adherent of the Methodist ("liurch of Ciinatla, and a Trustee of one of the 
 loeal bodies of that denomination, bcai'ing a liigh moral, a.s well as professional character. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Britton was Miss Mary Hoiton, dauglitor of the late Hon. L. H. ilolton, 
 M.P., Montreal. They were united in mirriage, December 22, 1803, and have eight childniii. 
 
 PAN'JI) EOBKPvTSOX, Af.!)., M.P.F., 
 
 MILTOS. 
 
 T V AVID ROBERTSON, the leading physician and surgeon in Milton, and a member of the 
 -*— ^ Ontaiio Legislatine for Halton, is a native of this county, and was liorn in the Town.ship 
 of Escpiesing, July i), 1841. His father, Alexander Robertson, was from Perthshire, Scotland ; 
 his mother, who.se maiden name was Nancy Moore, from New England. The father of our sub- 
 ject, born in Perthshire, 1785, was the grandson of Colonel Donald RobcrLson, of Woodshiel, who 
 commanded the Clan Robertson at the battle of Culloden, April lO, IT+O, in which ho was 
 severely wounded. ( )u reeovering he made his escape to France, and saved his head but lost 
 his property. Prince Charles thought so highly of him that he procured a Colonel's commis- 
 sion for him in the French Army, in which he served for moi-e than a quarter of a century. 
 While in tint country he married a French lady, great-grandm)ther to our subject. 
 
 Alexan<ler Robertson entered the British Army when iiuite young, and obtained an otHcer's 
 commission, .servingin the Peninsular war, where he was .so seriously wounded that he was obliged 
 to retire from the service. After a few years" residence in the West Indies, he came to Canada 
 and .settleil in Es([uesing in the County of Halton, among the i)ioneers in this locality. At first 
 ho followed surveying and school teaching, and subsequently farming, and was one of the first 
 magistrates in the Townshi|> of Esipiesing. He did business for the early settlers for miles 
 round, by whom he wu.s known as '■ Sipiirc Robertson." He was the father of eight children, 
 and died at E,squesing in is.'):}. His wiilow is living with one of her daughters, ^^rs. Hocking, 
 in Milton. 
 
 l^r. Roliertson was ediicate<l in Ligney (Jonnuon School, and Milton (irammar School ; 
 studied medicine with Dr. William Hume, of Milton, and at MeGill College, Mcmtreal ; received 
 the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and .Master in Surgery in 1804, and practised three years at 
 N'assagaweya, twelve miles from Milton. While a resident of that town.ship. Dr. Robertson was 
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 Teachers for the county. Duriny that period tlic Fenian mid of 18GG occurred, and he aideil 
 in raisiny a company of Volunteere (No. 8), of which lie wa.s made Captain, resigning that office 
 wlien he took up his al)oile in Milton in 1807. He is now Captain of a company of Reserve 
 Militia. 
 
 On locating at the county town, Dr. Robertson soon built up an extensive and highly 
 rennmcrative i)ractice, .so much .so, that in 187.5, having more bu.sine.s.s than ho could attend to, 
 he took into partnership, Dr. John H. Bennett, the firm's name being Robertson and Bennett. 
 They do the larger i)art of the medical and surgical practice in Milton and vicinity. 
 
 Since settling in Milton Dr. Robertson has been a town councilor three years, and then 
 Mayor four years in succession ; and ho has also been Treasurer of the School Board and of the 
 Mechanics' Institute nine yeais. 
 
 In June, 187!>, the Doctor was elected to the Local Parliament, and is representing the 
 Riding of Halton in that liody. He was President of the Reform Association of this Riding 
 for eiglit years, resigning whoii nominated by his party for his present office. He is veiy firm 
 in his political sentiments, and earnest in advocating them, both in private and public, believ- 
 iug them to be for the best interests of the country. He is a man of sterling common sense, 
 and will be likely to make a valuable legislator. 
 
 The Doctor is Past Master in the Masonic fniterity, and an Odd Fellow. 
 
 January 27, 18G7, he married Miss Jeannette Sophia, eldest daughter of the late Samuel 
 Morse, of Milton. They have had si.v children, two being dead and four living — three daughters 
 and one son. 
 
 Dr. Robertson has always taken a deep interest in the welfare of the town and county, ami 
 has done everything possible to promote the interest of both. He owns considerable real 
 estate in Milton and al.so a valuable farm of 2iO acres — 120 in E.sipiesing — the old homesteail 
 — and 100 in Xassagaweya. 
 
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 LONDON. 
 
 TOHN CARLING, mendjer of the Dominion Parliament, representing the City of London, 
 ^ was born in the Town.ship of London, Middlesex County, January 23, 1.S28, his father 
 being Thomas Carling, a native of Yorkshire, England, coming to Canada in I81(S, and .settling 
 in London Township the next year. His mother was Margaret Koutledge, aho a native of 
 England. 
 
 Thoma.s Carling was a farmer in middle life, and subsequently a brewer, dying in 1880. 
 Our subject received a common school education; did more or less farm work in his youth ; in 
 
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 1849 coiuiucncctl this biewinjj business in cuiiipany witli his elder lirotlier, William Curling, 
 till- firm name being W. and J. Carling. Since July, 187'), the firm has been (Jarling and Co., 
 Messrs. J. and D. Dalton, Jong connected with the management of the old brewery, and Thomas 
 H. Carling, son of our subject, being then added to it. 
 
 On the night of the l.'Jtli February, 187!), the brewery was destroyed by fire, and by ex- 
 posure and hardships on that occasion, William Carling lost his life in the course of a few weeks, 
 leaving John Carling as the senior mend)er of the firm. The loss liy fire was upwards of 
 I? 100,000, of which $05,000 was covered by insurance. The walls were not destroyed, and on 
 the 2i)th of April, two and a-half months after the conflagration, the great manufactory, tin; 
 largest of the kind in the Dominion of Canada, was once more in operation. The malt hoii.se 
 and brewery are built of stone and white briek ; is 2.")0 feet long, by I.jO wide, and has five 
 main stories, increased to seven in the malting range. In its walls are 500 cords of stone and 
 2,.}00,000 biick, its style of architecture being Norman. In the basement are four large com - 
 j)artments, known as the working cellar, the stock cellar, the bottled cellar and the vaults, with 
 a central pas.sage fourteen feet wide, aH'ording accommodations for a railway passing from end 
 to end. The entire building, in all its internal arrangements, is admirably designed for the pur- 
 poses for which it is u.sed. It has a capacity for 50,000 barrels a year. A lager beer branch 
 was addetl in 1877. 
 
 The Toronto Mn'il of June 2, 1879, after speaking of the disaster of this Company of the 
 13th of February, and the speed with which the brewery was rebuilt, adds that " between April 
 20, and May 2!), of that year, no less than 150,000 galls, of ale, lager and portei' were manufac- 
 tured, and the brew constantly increa.ses. These results are, we believe, without precedent, and 
 the}' att'ord proofs of the highest courage and commercial enterprise. A country which can 
 show an i .sample like this is surely to be congratulated, and Mr. Carling, much as he was 
 honored and esteemed before, has gained a still higher place among Canadian business men. 
 He and his partners suffered heavy pecuniary loss it is true, but the ultimate result is gain, for 
 the brewery becomes more celebrated than ever throughout the Dominion and the Uniteil 
 States, wherever is toM the history of its destruction and innnediate revival." 
 
 Mr. Carling was returned as a member of Parliament from London to the Canadian Assem- 
 bly, December 18, 1857, and held that seat constantly imtil the Confederation, ten years later, 
 when ('August, 1807) he was re-elected for the House of Commons, and held that position up to 
 thegcneral election in 187 1'. He was also returned for the Ontario Lcgishiture in 18G7, and 
 held the portfolio of Minister of Agriculture and Public Works in the Sandfield-Macdonald 
 (Jovernment from July, 1807, until Decendjer, 1871,when, the Government being defeated, he re- 
 tired from office. He was Receiver-General in the old Government of Canada, in 18G2. He now 
 represents the city of London, being elected by the Conservative party, to which he has 
 always- belonged, in Septendier, 1878. 
 
SAO 
 
 Tin: C.tXAhlAS ItliKlUM'IIKWI. lUdlOSMlY. 
 
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 Mr. ('iirliii;r Iiiih liffii ii Scliool Tnistt'o ami AMiTinan ; a Din^ctor of tlu> (iivat VVrst^>rii, 
 Ldiuloii, lliiroii mill nnict', mill LoikIiui ami I'mi Staiiioy Uiiilwuys, ami is Ciiairiiian of tlio 
 Boaril of Water < '((uniiissiomTs, iii-inu; om- of tlio imist I'liti'iprisiiif^ ami piililir s|iiiiteil i-itizt^UH 
 of Lomliin. 
 
 In IS4!) \w iuai'i'i<>il Huiniali, i>lilt<st ilMii^litor of llriiry Daltuii, nf Loinliiii, Out., ami t)ii>y 
 liavt! six cliilili'oii living,'. . 
 
 Wliilu ill tlio (Jiitariii Lri^'islatiin-, Mi', ('ailing was proiiiiiuMit in l)riii^'iiig fnrwanl a lilioial 
 I'liiij^nition hcIiuiiic, ami for ii|iriiiii^ iVco grants ut' lamls to settlurs in Miiskoka ; also a si'licnu' 
 fur an afj;rii'iiltnral oolli';^i>, now ostal>lisluiil at (im'l|ili; aiiil an Ai-t lor tlic iliaina;;« of low 
 lamls. 
 
 HON. TKLKSIMlOh'K KOI' RNIKW, 
 
 o/'/M ir.(. 
 
 rpKLKSPHORK ForilNIKR, who took his .s.>at on tlii" Snpivnic Bench of tho Dominion 
 -*- in Octohcr, 1S7.>, is a son of (iniilamm' Fonrnior and Maria A. iifc Morin, ami was horn 
 at St. Francois, Rivifie du Sml, Montmai,'ny, I'rovinci! of t^iichtr, Anj,'ust '», iSi'.'J. \\v was 
 t'lhu'ated at Nioolct 1^)1Il'j^i', fi;radnatiiig in liS42; stndii'd law at Qm-hfc witli tiu' Lii-ntonant- 
 (jovernor I'aron; was called to the Rai of Lower ( "anada in I.S-Ki, and created a <j)iieeirs 
 Counsel in I.SG;?. 
 
 As a lawyer, Mr. Fournier was admitted liy liis colleagues to have won his |ilacc at once 
 in the foremost rank, and in IStiT he was elected hy them Ihiliiiniifr or President of the Har 
 of the District of Quehec. It is .said that the late Sir L. H. Lafontaine, Chief Justice of the 
 Province of (Juehec, looked uj)on him as the most eminent lawyer in the I'rovince, and always 
 selected him as his counsel when he had any hiisiness before the Courts. At one time he was 
 President of the Cicncial Council of the Province of <>>m'hee. 
 
 From lS,')ti to IJS.')N .Mr. Fournier was an associate editor of /.c .\(iliiiii(il of Quehcc, a |)aper 
 devoteil to the interests of liiheralisni. Previous to hciiig elected, in l.S7(>, a memher of the 
 }h)use of Commons, representing 13eilecha.sse, he was defeated several times, «)nce hy five 
 votes, at another time hy seven. However, ahoiit that time his popularity increa.sed very 
 m; ■'• .ind in I.S71 he was elected to represent Montmagny in the Quehec A.ssemhly hy nearly 
 •SOU majority, and he became the acknowledged leader of the Lil)cral party in the District of 
 Quebec. He remained a member of the local Ass(!iiibly until 1S7I?, when dual representations 
 were abolished. At the time of the I'acilic Railway Scandal, when the Macdonald-Langevin 
 Ministry resigned, Mr. Fournier was sworn in as a member of the I'rivy Council, and appointed 
 
77/ a; r.i,v.( /»/.(. V ni(Kii!.\viiir.\i. vtcriosMtv. 
 
 MiiiiMtur of liiliiiiil Kcvi'inii'. 'I'liat oflicc In- lu-lil from NovoiiiImtT, 1M7H, tn •lulv 1^, IH74, wlu-ii 
 lie Hiic('t>ciU>(| Ifnii. Aiitoiiii' A. (now ( 'liii'f JiiNtico) Dorion, hh MiiiiHtt'r of Jiistico. wliicli |)ONitioii 
 III' held until tinnsft'iTctl to tlit- I'o.st (•Mice |)c|mrtni<nt on the l!>tli oC May, IH7.'». l-'ivi- 
 niontim aftciwiii'ilH, Octolicr S, lie was a|i|ioinl<'il a I'liiHiif .Iml^' of tlit> Sn|ir<'iii(' Cuiitt 
 
 Anion;; tlit> inipoi'tant ni-'iiHiiit's wliicli .liiil;,'(' lAminii'i' iiitroiliiccil an<l caniiMl tliroii^'li 
 I'urlianii'iit, as Minister of .liisticc, was tlic Sii|iiinic ami Kx(lii'i|iicr ( 'oiMts Act, ami the 
 liisolvencv Act Willie Minister of InlamI Keveniie, the ('oiitrovertcij IClectioiis Act of IS74, a 
 measure which he had foii^rht lor when in o|)|iiisition, was eaiiieil tliroii;;li l>y him. 
 
 Since his appointment to a seat on the Iteiich of the Supreme Court, the Icariieil .Imlp- 
 has delivered some very able jiidgmi'iits, which arc to he t'oiind in the Suprenu- Court of 
 Canada Ucport.s. 
 
 Jn 18r»7, Miss M. Ilernilne II. Dcnieis, daughter of Wilhrod Dcnicrs, hecamc the wife of 
 Judge Kournier, and tiny have nine children. 
 
 JOHN I'lKLI), 
 
 iinunitd 
 
 
 
 NK of the oldest men in Cohourg, and for more than thirty years prominent in liiisincss, 
 
 ami III iiiiiiiiei|i,'ii allai 
 
 I a till 
 
 is John Field, who was liorn at Wivili.sconilie, Soiiier.setshiri 
 
 Kiigland, .Iiily 10, I7!l'<, hence at the time of writing he is in his .Slith year. His |)arents were 
 Joliii and Myra i'< 'ollardj h'ield, his father heiiig eiigageil in the general mercantile trade in Som- 
 ersetshire for many yi-ars. 
 
 'I'he siiliject of this iiiitice received an academic education; then served an apprenticeship 
 of .si.\ years at 'rauntoii in the mercantile husin-'ss; was siili.sequitntly an assistant in stores at 
 I'Actcr, Hath, Hiistol and liOiidon, and was .•iftcrwards in traile for him.self at Wivilisconihe, 
 Tiverton and Tavistock. 
 
 About IS17, Mr. h'ield married Mis.s Harriet Chorley of his native town, and she <lied ten 
 months afterwiirds in childbed, leaving a daughter, Harriet, now the wi<l()w of Thomas Hill, of 
 Kii<;laii<l. 
 
 I'oiir or live ve.iis aftei w.irds he manied .Martha Woodlmiv, and in |.S."!4 
 
 dit 1 
 
 lis 
 
 I'aiiiily to Canada, he having visited ( 'obomg two years before, and concluded to settle here. 
 He opened a general variety store, and managed it until a little i 
 
 than tweiitv years atro 
 
 when he turned it over to two of his .sons. He was a very prudent and careful manager of his 
 business, and was (piite successful, accumulating a handsome property, some of it being in farms, 
 some ill town buildings and a considerable sum invested in mortgages oii real estate. 
 
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 run CASM>IAS lUOdUM'IIK Al, DUTIOSAUY. 
 
 Mr, Field waH ill till' Town I 'oiincil ft lotij; time ; wns clmiramn (»f tlio finnnrf c<niiii)ittut 
 lour w five yt'iirn, aiul Iium \n'\<\\ .Iimtifc of tlic I'cace tlif last twcnt}' years or iii»ri>. 
 
 Hi' lias lit't'ii a nu'inlH'r of tlie ('oii}^ri'j,'ntiiinai Cliunli lor a ^'rcat lnnj,'tli of tiiiii', and lias 
 lived a ronsistant Chiisliaii life, eoiiiiiiandiii;,'tlie eonlidence and warm esteem of liis neigldiors. 
 He lias been anil tttill is em|iliatieally a "jiiiler" of the (.'liureli, buing one of itH most liboral 
 MUj)|iorters. 
 
 Ill |h01 lie visited Kn<;land after an absence of tw.nty-eii^lit years, and in tlie eemeteiy of 
 his native town, rend tlir names of his ancestors, one of whom lived to be a hniidied years old. 
 
 The secoml wifo of Mr. Field died in 1N.'>7; she was the mother of eleven children, ei;,'lit of 
 whom, four suns and four daughters, are still IInIiij,', all niariiod but Franeis Woodbury and 
 Sarah. John ('., the eldest .s(m, and Cjielli Care in trade to;,'ether, bein;,' the sueeessors of 
 their father, and amon^' the leadinj,' merchants in town. William and Franeis W., the two other 
 brothers, are assistants in the .same store. John C. was for many year-s in the Town Council, 
 and C'orelli is now a nienibei' of that body. 
 
 Mary, the eUlest daughter, is the widow of John A. Hamilton, of Cobonig. Myra Jane is 
 the wife of William Kerr, bivirister, and ex-momber of Dominion I'arliament, also of Cobourg; 
 and Arabella is the wife of Arthur Jaijues, forwarding merehant of Montreal. 
 
 doiTx II. WTT.SOX, :\r.D., 
 
 ST. riioMAs. ' 
 
 JOHN HKNHY WILSON', who for many years has been recognized as one of the most 
 eminent physicians and surgeons in the County of Klgin, and for eight years a member of 
 the Ontario Parliament, was born near Ottawa, Canada, February 14, IfS.S.S. His father, Jere- 
 miah Wilson, was from Vermont, and his father was a T'nitcd Kiii[)ire Loyalist, ami a veteran 
 of the Ameriean revolutionary war. 
 
 When our subject was two years old the fainily moved to the Township of Westiiiinstei', 
 Cimntj' of Middlesex. He supplemented a Common and (Jrammar School education with a 
 liberal drill at the Normal School, Toronto, and subserpiently taught public .schools for four or 
 Hve years. 
 
 Dr. Wilson commenced his medical stmlies with his eliler lirother, Dr. Jes.se K. Wilson, of 
 Westminster; attended a course of lectures in Toronto, a second course in New York City, 
 where he received the degree of M.D. in 18.')7, and, returning to Toronto, attended a third 
 course, receiving the degree of M.D. in 18')8, and there teaching anatomy two years. Ho is a 
 thorough medical .scholar and a skilful practitioner. 
 
77/W /(.VJ/'/.I.V niix.H.U'lllcM. lUrrioS'AlfV. 
 
 Ill \HW, Dr. Wilson HcttU-fl in St. Tlninnw, wln'ic lit> lui-s Ihtii in ntoady |)mctioo, cxcopt 
 iliiriii); tilt' liricf I'ltisoilos wlu'ii iitti-mliiij^ to li';;is|iitivc linticH. He ii'iircsfiitt'il tin' VmM Iliilin^; 
 (if Kl;,'in fi'Kin 1871 to 1N7!>, ami iiidcd in ImciiI lailioails tiinl otlifr iinportiint niattt-i-H. Hi- in 
 LilMTiil in liiH politics, iiikI soincwliat mlvanci'il or Uailical in liis \ icws Ho floes liis own 
 iliinkin^, anil a jjooil deal of it, aiul is nrvcr at a loss to fjivi' a reason lor liis political or any 
 
 otllt'l' iM'licC. 
 
 Tlionj,'li a luisy man in liis prot'i'ssion, tlic Doctor is doiiij,' a j,'oo(l dual, in a very qnict way, 
 ill tlic line of real estate, ami iiiakiii<; some tirst-eiass iinprovements. Ho has laid olf, in St. 
 'I'liomas, a linndrcil acres into lots, and one lirid^c wliicli lie Imilt across a lavino cost ?.'»,()()(). 
 He is a stirriiifj, enterprising man ; is tlioronj,'lily ideiititied willi tlio interests of tlie town, and 
 is doiiijf more tlian liis Hliaro to promote its projjivss, He was at one period a meml)er of tlio 
 (Irainniar Sdiool Board, and would, no doiiht, l)e ;r|ail to iri\e more time, liad lie it to spare, to 
 educational matters. 
 
 May Jl, lH(i!), Amelia, daii;,'liter of fleo. Ryersoii Williams, of Toledo, Oliio, liecame tlie 
 wife of Dr. Wilson. Tliey worship at Trinity Kpiscopal (/'liiirch. 
 
 The Doctor is a little lielow tlio avera;,'e lieij^'ht. In weiLfht not iiioi'e than i;i.'> ]>onnds. In 
 intellect, however, lie is ahove the niediiim. 
 
 .TAMKS STF'IPJIKNSON Nr.i)., 
 
 lli'0(/l(HS. 
 
 "TAMKS STEPHENSON, twenty-one years a inc<lical jiractitionor at Iroqnois, Comity of 
 " Diimliis, is a native of Aiiijustii, (Ireiivillo County, Ontario, and was horn Novemlier 1!), 
 liS34. His father, I.saii.h Stephenson, a farmer, was a native of the ( 'ounty of Monafjhan, Ireland, 
 coming to Canada ahout I.S20, His mother, whose maiden name was Sophia Martin, was born 
 ill Anifusta, Ontario. 
 
 The siiliject of this lirief sketch received his literarj* education at Victoria College, Cobonrg, 
 where he spent two years, not taking a full course, and his medical education at McOill College, 
 .Montreal, where he received his diploma in ].H.')!). He immediately settled in Iroquois, wlieiv 
 he lia.s been in steady and successful practice since graduating, building up, years ago, a lucra- 
 tive business. He has made medicine and surgery and collateral branches his life study, an<l 
 no nian of any profession in thi.s county has attended more faithfully to his calling, turning out 
 at all .sea.sons of the year, in all kinds of weather, and at all hours of the night, to visit the sick, 
 rich or poor, with or without the likelihood of <;ompen.sation. He has ridden hundreds of miles 
 to administer to the wants of destitute families, and has been their rcgxilar physician for five 
 
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 THE CANADIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 ten, and fifteen yeai-s, without asking for a dollar; finding his reward iu relieving suffering and 
 aiding in restoring health. He is a man of very kindly feeling and generous impulses. 
 
 Dr. Stephenson was Coroner of the County of Dundus several years ago, and resigned to 
 accept the office of Reeve, which he held for seven consecutive years, and which, after an 
 interval of two or three years, has again been thrust upon him. He was for some time chair- 
 U)an of the E-vamining Board for Teachers, and is alive to educational ami other interests. 
 
 Dr. Stephenson is a prominent member of the Masonic Order ; has been First Principal of 
 Grenville Chapter, and is Past Grand Scribe N., and Past District Deputy Grand Superintend- 
 ent of the Central District. 
 
 He is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and of the St. Law- 
 rence and Eastern Division Association, having an honorable standing among his medical 
 brethren, Jis well as in the community. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Stephenson was Mary, elder daughter of James Keeler, E.sq., of Spencer- 
 ville, Township of Edwardsburg, their union being dated March 28, ISGO. Her father was born 
 in Augusta, Ontario, in 1810, and has always lived in this vicinity, being a descendant of a 
 United Empire Loyalist. He has a thousand-acre farm in Edwardsl)urg, and was for man}' 
 years a lumber merchant near the village of Spencerville ; has been a Justice of the Peace for 
 Jnore than thirty yeais ; was a member of the Township Council for thirty-four yeai-s, and for 
 twenty-five of those years was in the County Council, two of them warden of the County. His 
 mother was Lizzette De Lorimor, whose father was a French officer, and fought under General 
 Montcalm at Quebec. Li November, 1838, Mr. Keeler was Acting-Sergeant of Militia, and par- 
 ticipated in the conflict at Proscott, aiding to capture 130 " r„,.;.>ts " at the Windmill, on the 
 16th of that month. He still holds a captain'.>i commission unlor the old military system, prior 
 to the Union. 
 
 GEORGE GEAIIAM, 
 
 liRAMPTON. 
 
 aEORGE GRAHAM, County Treasurer of Peel, is a son of Thomas and Ann (Dixon) 
 Graham, both from the north of Ireland, and was born in the City of Toronto, Octcbei- 
 1.'), 1820. His father left Ireland in 1812, ju.st in season to reach New York as war was declared 
 between Great Britain anrl the United States, and he was obliged to remain there until the war 
 was ended. 
 
 In 1820 the father of our subject came into Upper Canada via Niagara, -in a procession of 
 twenty-seven teams, the property of parties who had drawn land through the British Consul at 
 New Yoik City. Thomas Graham left his family in the City of Toronto ; came into what is now 
 
THE CANADIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 285 
 
 the County of Peel; selected his land at what is now known as Grahamville, in the Township 
 of Toronto ; returned to New York with his fair'Iy a few months after George was born, and 
 in 1826 came back to Canada, opened his farm and cultivated it until his death, in 1844. His 
 wife died four or five years earlier. 
 
 George was educated in the common schools of Toronto township, and in the public schools 
 of the Citj' of Toronto, where the family spent one year ; and farmed on the old homestead until 
 186(), when he was appointed County Treasurer, and settled in Brampton. That oftico he still 
 holds, and is attending to its duties with the utmost promptitude and vigilance. The funds of 
 the county coulu not be placed in better hands. 
 
 Mr. Graham is a member of the Provincial Agricultural and Arts Association, and has been 
 its treasurer for the last eleven or twelve years. His reputation for trustworthiness extends far 
 outside this county. He rejjresonted the Township of Chinguacousy two years in the County 
 Council. 
 
 He has been a member of the Methodist Church of Canada, formerly known as " Wesloyan," 
 and has been for yeara an official meniber of the Church. He liberally supports the Gospel, and 
 ha.s a kind heart and an open hand for the poor. 
 
 Mr. Graham Wiis fii-st married in 1847 to Miss Jane Neelands, of Toronto township, she 
 dying in 18C8, leaving one son and one daughter ; and, in ISfiO, to Miss Mary McFadden, daughter 
 of R . William McFadden, more than forty years a circuit preacher, still preaching occasion- 
 ally ; and by her, he also has a daughter and a son, 
 
 PETEE E. EA:N1)ALL, 
 
 rORT HOVE. 
 
 "PKTER RICE RANDALL, Mayor of Port Hope, is a descendant of a United Empire 
 -*- Loyalist family on his mother's, the Ferguson, side, and was born near Cobourg, in the 
 Township of Hamilton, July 7, 1822. His grandfather, Robert Randall, a Highland Scotch- 
 man, was temporarily in the United States, when the father of our subject, John P. Randall, 
 was born, and subsequently returned with his family to Great Britain. The father of Peter 
 was an officer in the British Navy, .serving on a man-of-war ve.s.sel for four years ; was taken 
 prisoner by Napoleon's forces, and kept a prisoner one year on the Island of Martinicpie, then 
 exchanged, and came to Canada about 1811, settling in Northumberland County, where, as 
 already announced, our subject was born. He fought one year agaiast the United States, 
 tlie first year of the second war. Israel Ferguson, the maternal grandfather of our subject, left 
 Vermont about the time of the tii-st outbreak between Great Britain and the United States, and, 
 
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 THE CANADIAN JiJOGJiAlUlCAl DICTIONARY. 
 
 after lit'.lting a short time in Montreal, settled on the Bay of Quinte, west of KingHton, on lan<l 
 granted by the Crown, some yeai-s afterward removing to the Township of Hamilton, North- 
 umberland County. 
 
 John P. Randall cultivated his farm for many years, and taught school during the winter 
 season ; and in that school, in his youth, the subject of this notice received the rudiments of an 
 English education, supplementing it, wlien a little older by private study, and obtaining a good 
 practical, business outfit. He lost his father when he was fifteen years old, and took care of him- 
 self after that age, learning the carpenter's trade, and working at it until about 1848. At that 
 period he located in Port Hope, und v as engaged in contracting, building and running a machine 
 shop, a sasli factory, and a planing mill until 1850, when he went to Toronto and for ten years 
 was there in the book-publi.shing business. 
 
 In the Spring of 18GG, Mr. Eandall returned to Port Hope, and was a bookseller here until 
 he went out of business a few years ag(}. 
 
 For the la.st six or seven yeai-s he has been in the Connuon Council, anci la January, 187!l, 
 was placed at the head of the municipality, making an efficient Chief Magistrate. He was for 
 some time a member of the Public School. Board, and of the Harbor Board, and is ex-o_§ii'io a 
 member of the Gas Company ; he is also a Directt)r of the Cemetery Comiiany ; is quite public- 
 spirited and disposed to push public enterprises calculated to benefit his adopted home. 
 
 Mr. Randall is a Baptist in religious sentiment, and has been deacon of the Port Hope 
 Church for years. The purity of his life is unquestioned. In whatever cause ho enlists his 
 energies, he .shows himself a " live man." 
 
 May 12, IS+O, he married Miss Elizabeth Webster, of the Township of Hamilton, and they 
 liave had three children, only one of them, Charles Frederick, now living. He has a family, and 
 is Inspector of Weights and Measures at Port Hope. 
 
 GEOKGE MACLEAN EOSE, 
 
 TOJiONTO. 
 
 "TTN the inteiesting biography of Robert Chambers, the Edinburgh publisher, from the loving 
 -^ pen of his brother William, we are told that their father had strong convictions as to the 
 importance of allowing children to think and struggle for them.selves. To the parental deter- 
 mination of many a Scotti.sh father on this point, Scotia's sons owe much in enabling them 
 successfully to battle with the world, and in many lands to achieve distinction. Beginning ut 
 the l>ottom of Fortune's ladder, the rugged tutelage of an early ami unassisted start in life has 
 ever been the young aspirant.s best incentive to a.scend it. With no patrimony, .save that 
 
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 THK CAKAPljy moGllAVHtCM VICTloyAUY. 
 
 aftijr ^Mitiiig a «liort limi.' in Moiittciil, HeliK-il on tlu' 14ay of Quint<'>, w<.'.st of Kiiij^bton, ■,!. liiu.l 
 gt'ttuU-«J }>y the (.'n'wii, somt; yoars ;d'tt'i\varil n'laoviiig tu ttir 'I'uwiisliip of Hamilton, 2*»ortli- 
 tunbcriaud County. 
 
 John P. llflndiill I'liltivati'il hii' faiin fur niiiny yciirs, uinl tiuigiit scliool Iming tlio winUT 
 soawm ; ami in tliat scIh'oI, iu liis youth, the sulijoct. of this noliw rc'coiM;il tlio luiIinH-nt'* of an 
 Kti/;']ish C(iuc«tiiui,.supjii> iiinUJjii; it, wlicn ti little oliler by inivAf".- stuily, ftiul olituinin;,' a g\)inl 
 prm;ticul, liUMincKS outftt Hu Uwt liib father >vlicn lie was (h'ti-en years oi<l, :in<l took canj of hini- 
 solf iiftm' tlmtatC"', Icainiu;.' tlif c'nr|H'nli.'i's tr.id.v and wnrkinir nt it until aljout ISIS. At tlmt 
 [leriod he located in Tort 11('|:h', und was cnga.t,'ed in cunU'aciinij, liiiii<lin^and rniiiiin;,' .'. niai;hino 
 sl.iiji, a sash fitcti ry, and a i-lfuiin;; mill until l>>,'>fi, when he went tu Toionto and for ten years 
 
 W»s tlicli' in the lnjok I'llViii.-rhinj.'' '»it«iV"''»Wi- 
 
 In tlie Spiinir of i'^O'l. Mj H. !<•*»»»! r'-.-fn,*! >> ; ,.rt H. ;'^ t^y • *iif » (••••'kwMer here until 
 he went <'Ut "t li'i».;ii''.>a fv* _\ uu^ 'ik'" 
 
 t'tii- till-' l.ist nix or seven y«n>- tu' has li«tH lu the ( 'onnii'/n (.'onneil. and in Janinny, 187!!. 
 ■sv)i,< ])hiee.l at th*^ head of the nii:ni«:i(>'i]itv. mjtknij^ .ui i.Mt-'.'*i i Virf M»;rist.rate He wa.s f..r 
 .■^'Une time a inenilicv of tiie I'uiiiu- S,-}ii.<i|, .'■'k„ird n.-.i| -..f ihi HHiuir lioanl, and Im <a-(»(/ii;'o a 
 lueml'cr of th..> Liu-* t'..>ni|mny . l.e if-als<t :i l»nvet^>r <.f the. < 'enietefy I'oniiiany ; i-< ouite [iiiblie- 
 .-^liivitod ami djt<|)0^i'd to jiusii pMhlie enterjirises calculated t^i hmelit his adopted hom<' 
 
 Mr. Ramlall im a i'aptisL in religious sciilnneiit. "ud has heen deaeon of the f'urt lh«|»e 
 t'hureh forbears. Tin [lurity of Iuh life is un'|uestioned In whatever .•anse he euh-l,s his 
 entrtrii -^^ h'. show.^ Iiiiiiseit" a "live man." 
 
 Mav 1*2, l^^f^ lie tu&rrl.'l Mi.ss Kli/-.Hl).-tii \V"liwter of ttie 'I'.iwn'^hip <A' ffjuuih m, and tiiey 
 liavi K. vM'-.j'oeeru: Ir f., "ulv on ' iif .l\"r. i 'hiii ;■ s Kredciirk ,,..*• livini, lie luisfi family, and 
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 which a self-ieliant nature could win for itself, and no lieritage but that of healtli and a fair 
 nanif, tlie career of Scottish youth has generally had little of adventitious aid to favor it, Suc- 
 cess most often has had to be wrested from a seemingly unwilling Divinity, whose gifts in the 
 end rarely fail, however, of being won by conscientious persistency, and tenacious purpose. In 
 the career of the subject of the present sketch, what we have said finds ample illustration. 
 
 Born in the Royal Burgh of Wick, Caithness-shire, on the 14th of March, 182i), the unprom- 
 ising surroundings of the early life of Ckohoe Maclean Rose were such as have tutored many 
 of his countrymen to hardy endurance and inspired them with the national auibition to rise in 
 life. Now at the head of the firm of Messi-s. Hunter, Rose and Co., one of the largest printing 
 and publishing houses in the Dominion, the callow beginnings, now almost forty yeai-s ago, 
 of Mr. Rose's apprenticeship, in the oHice of the celebrated John D'Groat Journal, present a 
 contrast as striking as it is significant. The step from the one position to the other was attain- 
 ed at no single bound, but has been wearily reached by toilsome and assiduous labor and an 
 unflagging will. With no pecuniary subsidy to start life upon, and with but the scant educa- 
 tion which falls to the lot of most Scottisii youths, our young apprentice reached his majority 
 after passing seven years in the printing ottice already referred to. In 1850, he took a position 
 in the ofiice of the Kurthern Enshjn, a Reform journal just then started by Mr. John Mackie, 
 a leading temperance advocate and political writer of North Britain, who had, during the full 
 period of Mr. Rose's apprenticeship, acted as editor of the John O'Grout Jounml. Here he 
 only remained for about a year, as his father, Mr. Donald Rose, conceiving the purpose of emi- 
 grating to Canada, was about to leave Scotland to come hitlier, and desired the subject of our 
 sketch to join the family in their resolve to set out for the New World. Reluctantly consenting, 
 Mr.G. M. Rose joined the party and bade faiewell to the e()mj>anions of liis childliood.and especially 
 to his friend Mr. Mackie, for whom lie ha<t tiie warmest att'ecticm, and whose teaching, Mr. Rose 
 gratefully acknowledges, has powerfully influenced him in his after-life. Taking ship, the 
 EmprtsH of Jiaiiff, at Scrabster Roads, Thurso, the family set sail for America, and after a pass- 
 age of over six weeks, ariiveil at Quebec, whence they proceeded to Montreal, where they were 
 met by Mr. Rose's elder brother, Hemy, who had como to Canada in 1848. In these early 
 days, employment was scarce in the Colony, and after eageily searching for it for about two 
 weeks, and having meanwhile nearly exhausted the small store of money he had when he landed, 
 Mr. Rose ultimately found work in the ofiice of Mr. John C. Becket, who was then publi.shing 
 the iilontn'-Sil Wit iidif', thi' Canitdi in TimpTunce AdcovdU^simX otiier semi-ieligious paj)ers. 
 After working for Mr. Becket fur some months, he was engaged by Mr. George Matthews, the 
 Engraver, to number and prepare for signature the first issue in Canada of the Bank of Montreal 
 notes, just then being printed by liim. After some montlis, Mr. Rose, though conscious of the res- 
 ponsibility of the work entrusted to him, did not find it congenial to his tastes ; ho therefore 
 resigned his position, ami again entered the office of Mr. Becket, where he remained for some 
 
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 months longer. At this time (18'>3,) his father died, leaving in hia charge, his mother, two 
 sisters, an<l two brothers, both of whom, with one of his sisters, being yonnger than him- 
 self. After meeting the expenses of his father's funeral, Mr. Rose found that he had very little 
 money left of his slender saviiigK ; but, with charaeteristie determination, he resolved to make 
 the most of what remaineil. With this end in view, he formed a partnersliip with his 
 brother Henry, und»'r the firm name of " H. and O. M. Hose, Book and Job Printers." Their 
 capital being small, their establishment was of eorres|ionding extent. Hut they were industri- 
 ous, and succeeded in a modest measure in obtaining business, in the beginning of 185(i, the 
 brothers dissolved partnership, and (.Jeorge, and)itious of more rapidly making his way in the 
 world, directed his steps to the Western Province. Sliortly after this we find hiui in the village 
 of Merickville, assisting Mr. John Muir to establish the Mcrickullle C'hivniclc. After a brief 
 interval, he U'uioved to London, and took charge there of Mr. H. Neweomb's printing ofhce, a 
 position he occujiied mitil he was induced by Mr. Hamilton Hunter to join hiiu in the pub- 
 lication of The Aflif* ~t\w Hrm being known as that of " Hunter and Rose." The hard 
 times of 18.'>7 just then condng on, it was deemed advisable to discontinue The Atl<is until 
 business revived, awaiting which he was offered, by the late Mr. Marcus Talbot, M. P. for East 
 Middlesex, the position of city editor and reporter on the London Profuti/jx', which he accepted, 
 and helil until the following year, when he was pres.sed by Messrs. CJeorge Sheppard and Daniel 
 Morrison to join them in Toronto on The Cufonint newsjiaper. Mr. Rose now removed to the 
 present Provincial capital, but instead of coming to terms with those well-known journalists, 
 he accepted in pri'ference the position of manager of the printing oflice of Mr. Samuel Thomp- 
 son, for whom he publishe(l, during the pi-riod of itjs existence, the Toi'onlo Atldn. This journal 
 was started to take the place of The Cnhriiist, whicli had begtm to oppose the CJovernment of the 
 day, leailiii" oH" in opposition with the striking and long-remembered article, " Whither are we 
 Driftin*' f " Mr, Thompson having obtjiined the printing contract for the Legislative As.sembly 
 and Lc'islative Council of Canada, it bec.ime necessary, on the removal of the Ooverninent to 
 Queticc, to establish a Parliamentary printing office in that city. To take the practical manage- 
 ment of this office Mr. Rose wa.s clio><en, and in the Fall of 18.M>, he removed to the ancient capital. 
 About a year after thisJL-. Tiiompson, unfortunately, found himself iti financial difficulties, and 
 was compelled to make new arrangements for the prosecution of his business. This necessitated 
 the fornuition of a company with Mr Robeit Hunter, an ex|)ericnced accountant, and Mr. (S. M. 
 Rtse, its practical head, as partners. In the following year, Mr. Thompson retired, and tlie 
 business fell into the hamls of the chief members of the company, Mr. Hunter and Mr. Rose, wlu), 
 under the firm name of Hunter, Itose and Co, completed Mr. Thompson's five year,s' contract, 
 and secured it« renewal for a further period in their own names. When the Government, in 
 18(!r», removed to Ottawa, the Parliamentary printing office neces,sarily had to follow. To that 
 city the plant and business of the firm were transferred, an<l with them Mr. Rose, who now 
 
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 l)i!cainc a citizen of the new capitul. While at Ottawa, CoiifLMleratioii was accoinpiislied, and 
 tlic b!isin(\s.s of Mr. Uost-'s Hi in was largely nugnicnti'd. A year later, and after tlie formation of 
 the IVovineial Leffj.slatures, the late Hon. John Handfield Maedonald, Hiidin;,' himself in diilieiilty 
 with the ( Sovernment printers he had eontraeted with at 'J'orcmto, arranj,'cd with Mr. Ko.se's tirm to 
 open a braiieh at the seat of the Loeal Lejri.slatnrc, which they did, in I MliS, havinj,' received a ten 
 years' lease of the Parliamentary printinj;. To take chargt; of this Toronto ((stalilishmont, Mr. 
 Hunter removed to the Provincial capital— Mr. Roue remaining at Ottawa until the contract 
 with tlie J)ominii)n Parliament, in 1S71, was comph^ted. At its expiry Mr. Hose then made 
 'J'oronto his residence; liis firm consoiidatinj,' tlieir husiness at that city. 
 
 At this time with commendahle andiition, Mr. Hose's tirm entered upon a brunch of com- 
 mercial enter|)rise, in the publication of ( '.madian reprints of Kn;.{lish coj^yrij^lit works, which 
 for many years laid the readiiif,' public of the Dominion luider ijreat obiif^ations to the house of 
 Hunter, Hose an;l (\). These reprints consistt^d principally of works of fiction from the pens of 
 the notable novelists of the day, among whom were Wilkie Collins, Charles Heade, Lord Ly tton, 
 and a number of writers of lesser note. The republication of the.se pojudar works of the time 
 was spiritedly and intelligently made for a number of years — their authors receiving handsome 
 recognition of their labors by the enteiprising firm issuing their works. The undertaking, 
 while enabling the publishers to do an int(!llectual .service to the reading community of the 
 country, and to honoi'ably recompense the English authors whose books were reproduced, was 
 very helpful in stimidating the nascent printing and publishing industries of Canada, which, 
 tliotigh without otherwise bearing much fruit, proved the practicability, under favorable legisla- 
 tion, of Canadian j)ubiishing houses supplying their own book-market. In these cntei'j)ris(!S of 
 the firm, Mr. Hose's practical skill and good taste were of nuich .service in the mechanical manu- 
 facture of the issues of' the house, which to-day easily leads, in the artistic character of its 
 book -making, and the facilities with which work is turned out, the trade of the country. The 
 connection, foi' many years as printers and now as owners and publishers, with our national 
 magazine, The Canadian Monthlv, testifies to the |)ublic-spirited character of Mr. Rose's 
 firm, and to the liberal ciicouragement which it has always given to Canadian literature and its 
 dis.semination among the i)eople. in 1877, Mr. Robert Hunter, for si.xtoen years Mr. Rose's 
 partner in his business operations, died, leaving him the sole member of the firm which, since 
 INtiO, had industriously, and successfully toiled on the weary road to fame an<l to fortune. A year 
 later, he took into partnership with him a younger brother, of large experience also as a printer, 
 and the two now compose the firm which has been so long and favorably known as Hunter, 
 Rose anil Co. • 
 
 Ho far, we have only dealt with Mr. Rose as a man of business. Let us now, before closing, 
 say a brief word or two with regard to the distinguishing traits of his character which have 
 marked his public and .social life. Although for many years industriously occupied in liuilding 
 
 
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 tip a proHpui'otis and iiiiportaiit I)iisiiic8.s, lie has fDiiiul time to take an active and prominent 
 part in sclieines tiniding to elevate Ium follow-nion, and to iK-nefit tlie <'ominunities ainonj^ whom 
 Ids h)t lias Ih'jh cast. In this respect, he has loyally followed in the footsteps of his early 
 frieiKJ, Mr. Mackio, of Wick, whose devotion to the interests of humanity and brotherhood, in 
 the home of his childhood, nmde so powerful and lasting an inipressiun on his youthful mind. 
 The chief sphere of his active philanthropy and self-sacrifieinj^ interest has been that of the 
 Temjierance lodge-room ; and many and varied are the organizations, in the citi<(s of which he 
 has been a resident, which have had i\w l)enefit of his sago counsel and felt the inspiritin<T 
 effects of his intelligent, practical zeal. At an early age circumstances led him to take the 
 total -abstinence pledge, and when he came to Canada, ten years later, he eagerly joined the 
 working army of his warmly-espoused cause, the Sons of Temperance, and has ever since occu- 
 pied a prominent position in the brotherhood. While a resident of the Province of Quebec, he was 
 elected to the highest position in the gift of the Order, and when leaving the eastern capital 
 the fraternity presented him with a handsome gold meilal as an ac vnowledgment of the work 
 he had done in their interest. Since he canie to Ontario, he has filled, for a double term, the 
 ofticeof theliead of the Order, and was presented on his retirement with an elegant and costly 
 piece of plate. At Ottawa he was also the recipient of a gold medal for services rendered to 
 the temperance cause ; and from an Orange Lodge in Quebec he received another gold medal 
 for his championship of Protestantism. 
 
 Devoting himself so earnestly, as he has done, to the cause of temjierance, ho has escaped 
 in gi'eat measure the seductive wiles of political life ; biit he has ever taken a lively interest in 
 (pu'stions of political government, though subordinating his party predilections to loyal interest 
 in the cause he has had most at heart. When questioned as to what are his politiiul principles 
 he has always replied by saying that he is a " Kuformer of the Reformers," and that, as a 
 Prohibitionist, his fealty would \m> given to the party who would pass enactments in suppression 
 of the Liquor traffic. 
 
 In religion, Mr. Rose styles himself a Liberal-Christian, and is an active member and 
 office-bearer in the First Unitarian Church of Toronto. In early years he was connected with 
 the Congregational liody, but feeling restive under the doctrinal beliefs of that Cliurch, he 
 joined the Unitarian communion, under Rev. Dr. John Cordner, at Montreal, and has since re- 
 mained in that denomination. 
 
 Mr. Rose was married in 18.')0 to Margaret ('.J. L. Manson, daughter of the late Mr. William 
 Manson, farmer, O.xford county, and the union has been blessed with a family of ten children, 
 nine of whom are alive— si.K sons and three daughters. 
 
 In personal appearance, Mr. Rose is of medium stature. Ho has a robust frame, a ruddy, 
 plea-sing countenance, and a manner urbane and kindly. Besides the distinguishing accent of 
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 inucli naturni penetrntion ami sagncity, liis progress tliroiiyl\ lifo lias ilowercdliim with a shrewd, 
 practical knowledge of the world, and given him an intimate aciiuaintanco with his fellow-men. 
 With a conscientious sense of his ol)ligations as a citi/.en, he is easily influenced by appeals to 
 his sympathy and to his purse. If he has a fault at all, it lies in the direction of being 
 ovor-swayed by his heart ; but ho can bo stern to those who forget the necessity of " living 
 well and worthily." Usually of (juiet and unaasuming address, he is capable, on occasion, of 
 tiring into veliement outbursts on behalf of his favorite topic — abstinence. In this cause ho 
 has been a life-long and worthy champion, and for his services in its behalf, if in nothing elao, 
 he deserves well of his kind. 
 
 NATIIAX Clio ATE, 
 
 POUT HOVE. 
 
 ONE of the highest authorities on agricultural and horticultural matters in the Township 
 of Hope, is Nathan Choate, many years a member of the Council of Agriculture in the 
 Province of Ontario. lie is a son of Jacob Choate, farmer and lumber merchant, who was bom 
 in the Shaker town of Enfield, N. H., moved to Glandford, Upper Canada, in 17!)8, and a little 
 later to the Township of Hamilton, County of Northumberland, where our subject was born, 
 llarch 9, ISO.'). Seven years later the family removed to the Township of Hope, Coimty of 
 Durham. 
 
 Nathan picked up such an education as a new country could furnish fifty-five and sixty 
 years ago, and has .spent his life in cultivating the soil and raising blooded stock, and the best 
 varieties of fruit, being a vorybu.sy man till five or .si.K yeara ago. 
 
 He has a farm of .ISO acres joining tho town of Port Hope, part of it, in fact, in the coi'pora- 
 tion ; has long been an extensive grain grower : has also given a good deal of attention to fruit, 
 such kinds as do well in this latitude, and has been quite enterj)rising as a stock-raiser — Devon 
 cattle and fine wool and Southdown sheep being a specialty. As a farmer, stock-grower, and 
 horticulturist, he has been a leading man in this vicinity. 
 
 Mr. (.'hoate was President of the County Agricultural Society for fifteen or twenty years ; 
 was in the Provincial Council of Agriculture, as before intimated, for some time ; a Reeve about 
 twenty years ago, and Justice of the Peace about thirfy coasecutive years. In his township 
 and wherever known, he is much respected 
 
 Mr. Choate has had four wives and eight children, three by the fii-st wife, who was Miss 
 Charlotte Bedford; two by the second, who wavS Miss Milliceiit Boyce; and three by the third, 
 who was Mrs. Martha Ayrc. His present wife, was Miss Mary Ann Lukey. Five of tho child- 
 ren are living. Charlotte Elizabeth is at home ; Martha Achsah is tho wife of Dr. Herriraan, of 
 
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 Port Hope; Lucy Elli-n !» tho wifi> of Williatii Moekinf,', of Hope township ; Nathun B., i» a 
 farmer and stock-raiser neivr Watcrlix), lown, ami Asa works most of tlio homestcail. Both wins 
 have families, and arc enterprising,' num. 
 
 When Mr. Choate eame to Smith's Creek, now Port Hope, in 1.S12, it was an cmhryotic 
 town, in tho rough, with many more rod men than white in this vicinity. Ho ha.s seen a town 
 of 7,000 inhabitants grow up liore — as solid in its appcarancu as many towns in the Province 
 which have put on city airs, and have more people and perhaps less wealth. 
 
 Another very early settlor at Port Hope, was Marcus Fayette Whitehead, who was I in 
 Nova Scotia in 1795, and appointed ('ollectorof Customs in liSl!», and held that office till 1M72, 
 Mr. Furby, in liis " Reminiscences of Port Hope," speaks of Mr. Whitehead's character in very 
 strong terms of commendation. Ho was very courteous and obliging. In dealing with .smug- 
 glers, ho tried to do his duty faitlifull}', and had ample opportunities for cultivating tho virtues 
 of patience and forbearance, not to mention " long-suHering " in a lifty years' e.\perienco in a 
 single office of a somewhat trying nature. In his younger years Mr. Whiteheatl studied law 
 with Tlioraas Ward, elsewhere mentioned ; and at one time ho was Deputy Sheriff of the Mid 
 land District. Ho died at Port Hope, April 27, 1«7''). 
 
 WILLIAM IIUSSELL, 
 
 DUNDAS. 
 
 WILLIAM RUSSELL, Manager of the Manufactory of Gurney, Russell and Co., of Dundas, 
 was born in tho Township of Ancaster, within one mile of Dundas, May 18, 1837. 
 His father, John Rus.sell, was born near Ula.sgow, Scotland, coming to Canada in 18.'}.'). His 
 mother, whoso maiden name was Janet Smillie, was al.so froni Scotland. When William was a 
 small child tho family moved to another part of Ancaster, eight miles from Dundas, where our 
 subject aided his father in clearing two farms in the dense forest, in wliat is now known as tlio 
 " Scotch Block," picking up, meanwhile, such knowledge of the elementary branches as tho 
 country schools could furnish. Subse(iuently, by private effort, he secured a good practical 
 education. Continuing to faiin until twenty-two years of age, lie then commenced traveling 
 for agricultural houses, and continued to follow that business for sixteen years, his field of 
 operations being what is now the Province of Ontario. 
 
 From 1874 to 1877, Mr. Russell was a member of the firm of For.syth and Co., manufacturoi-s 
 of agricultural implements and machines, on tho same grounds and buildings, since enlarged, 
 now owned and used by Gurnoj', Russell and Co., which latter firm connuonced operation here 
 in the last year just mentioned. It is connected with the firm of E. and C. Gurney and Co., of 
 
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 }faiiiilti)ii, tlio Ini'jfOHt Mii)V(t innniifactuiur hi tliu l)i)iiiinii)ii. At diio tiiiio thoy manufacturod 
 ffmiii ilrills, Hulky luiy mkoM, straw ciittt'is, ami Ikii-sc powci-s, as wi-ll as mowers and roapt'iM, 
 but thoy liavd i!iit off ('Vl•l■ytllill^,' Imt .siiii,'Ii' ii'him'Ix ami .siii;,'lc imtvvi'rM, ciiiployiiijj alxitit fifty 
 iiit'ii, and diiiii^' u IttiMiiii'Ms from 97'>,UU(> to ii^HO.OOO a your. Tluii' inadiiiKs an* known as tlio 
 " HarvoMt Quciu Ui-apor," and "I'lanct Mdwit," Ix-inj,' of tlifir own invention, and very popular 
 nmim),' farmers. Tliey Moum to lie aiming,' to maintain the Hiipcrior tpiality of tlieir harvestin;,' 
 machineH, and will not put out an inferior article on the market for the sake of cuiiipetin^' with 
 the eheaj* and frail ulass. Their uiaehines («mliody a yreat many prime <|ualitieH, ami are ahoiit 
 as near perfect, senmin^'ly, as anything,' of tho kind found in the hay or harvest Held. Ah they 
 are tho original inventors of the Harvest Qiietm, and liold letten* jiateiit lor it, and warrant 
 their work, thei'e is no opiioitunity for piii-chasei's to j(et deceived or eiicjited. The same may 
 lie said of the I'lanet Mower, which is >^<^tting to he a stronj,' favorite with the farmers. Hoth 
 machines have received tho stronj^cst testimonial of numerous parties, who have used them. 
 The .shops and yar<ls of ( Jurney, llussell and Co., cover about three acres of j,'rountl on Halt Street, 
 and are usually the scene of great business disjtatch. Tho best of workmen are employed, tho 
 best of material is put in their machines, and bunco the durability and e.vcellence of their 
 work. Few men in the Province of Ontario are more extensively acipuiinted among the farmers 
 or know better what they need in the lino of reapei's and mowers than Mr. Rus.sel!, and he Hmis 
 a ready market for the machines, mainly in Ontario, Manitoba, and Prince Edward Island. 
 Mr. llus.sell has the entire maniij,"iuint of the Duiidas liusiness, and having the disposition to 
 " push things," the sale of the mo. lijues here Juanufactured is increasing steadily from year to 
 year. 
 
 Ho married Miss Sarah Kli/abetli Blain, of Kast Flamboro' in February, 1808, niid they 
 liave two children. The family attend the Caiuida Methodist (.'hurch, of which body Mr. ami 
 Mrs. Russell are membei-s and liberal supporters. 
 
 TII0MA8 I^. A^s^D WJLLTAM ][. CJ1B33S, 
 
 OSUA WA. 
 
 rpHOMAS NICHOLSON and William Henry Gibbs arc sons of Thomas and Caroline (Tate) 
 -*~ Gibbs, who emigrated from Kingsbridge, Devonshire, England, in 1819, and .settled at 
 Terrebonne, Province of Quebec, where both of tho sons mentioned were born, Thomas Nichol- 
 son, March 11, 1821, and William Henry, November 2!), 1.S2.S. In 1832 tho family removed 
 to Oshawa, where tho father of our subjects engaged in the grain and flour trade, dying liere in 
 July, 1871. They are cousins of Frederick W. Gibbs, C. B., formerly tutor to tho Prince 
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 Tliomas N. Gibbs was educated in England ; and since his return from school there, has 
 been continually engaged in the grain and flour trade and mnnufaetorics of Oshawa. Since 
 18-42 he has been at the head of the firm of Gibbs Brothers, dealers in produce and proprietors 
 of the Oshawa Mills, manufacturing as high as 100,000 bfirrels of flour a year. 
 
 He is a Director of the Confederation Life Association ; President of the Standard Bank 
 and of the Dominion Telegraph Company, and Chairman in Canada of the English and Scottish 
 Investment Company of Canada. Mr. Gibbs was the first R(>eve of Oshawa, elected in 1850, 
 and the firet warden of the county, elected in 1854. He has been very' active and influential 
 in promoting the progress of the town and county. 
 
 He contested North Ontario unsuccessfully at the general election in 1854 ; sat for South 
 Ontario in the Canadian Assembly from January, 18G5, until the Union (18G7), when he was 
 returned to the Commons, contiiuiing to ri^present South Ontario until the general election in 
 1874, when he was defeated. June 1, 1876, upon the death of the sitting member, Hon. 
 Malcolm Cameron, he was again leturned from South Ontario, and was defeated in the same 
 constituency in September, 1878. 
 
 He was sworn of the Privy Council, Juno 14, 187.'J, and was Secretary of State for the 
 Provinces from that date until July 1, when he was transferred to the Inland Revenue De- 
 partment, where he remained until the resignation of the Government on the 5th of November 
 of the same year. He is a Conservative. 
 
 He is a member of the Canada Methodist Chiu'ch, and a Ti ustoc an<l Steward of the same. 
 
 In August, 1843. he married Almira, youngest daughtei- of Joseph Ash, Es(j., of Cobourg, 
 Ont, and they have seven children, 
 
 William H. Gibbs came with the family to Oshawa in 1832 ; was educated in a private 
 schoo. at Montreal ; worked in the mills at Oshawa a few years ; has been in the produce and 
 manufacturing business since 1840; went from O.shawa to Columbus, six miles north, in 1845 ; 
 returned in 185G, and has bjon a resident of this town since that date. He is President of the 
 Oshawa Cabinet Company, which usually employs from 200 to 250 workmen ; has been Reeve 
 of O.shawa, Deputy-Reeve )fWhitl>y township. Warden of Ontario, and is now (1870) Mayor 
 of the town — the first that O.shawa has had, making a very eflieient chief magistrate. He is 
 a Director of the Confederation Life A.ssociation. 
 
 Mr. Gibbs was first returned to Parliament from North Ontario at the general election 
 in 1872 ; was defeated in 1874 ; re-elected in 187G on the death of the sitting member, Adam 
 Gordon, and again defeated at the general election in 1878. J^ike his elder biother, he is a 
 Conservative, and, as will be seen above, the political fortunes of the brothers have risen and 
 fallen together, according to the ups and downs of parties. They are both practical men of 
 most industrious habits, ami make valuable legislators. 
 
 Mr. Gibl« has long been a member of the Wesleyan, now Canaila, Methodist Church, is 
 
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 Recording Steward of the same, and has been Superintendent of the Sunday school for seven- 
 teen or eighteen years. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Gibbs was Frances, second daughter of George Wells Colton, Esq., West 
 Whitby, married December 23, 1843. They have four children living, and have lost three. 
 
 Oshawa is a solidly built brick town of nearly ."),000 inhabitant^, indebted chiefly to the 
 energy of a few public-spirited and sterling men for what it is to-day; and owes, among others, 
 much of its growth and present stuttis to the Gibbs Brothers, who, it is seen, are foremost men 
 in almost every enterprise having a tendency to advance the material and moral interests of 
 the town. 
 
 iiox. OLIVER :^rowAT, (.,).c., ll.d., 
 
 Ton ONTO. 
 
 /^ LIVER MOWAT, member of the Ontario Legislatiire for \orth Oxford, and Premier and 
 ^-^ Attorney-Gene '•al of the Province, was born in Kingston, Out., July 22, 1820. His father 
 was John Mowat, from C ani.sbj', Caithness-shire, Scotland, a soldier in the Briti.sh army during 
 the campaign in Portugal and Sjiain, under Lonl Wuilington, coming to Canada in 1810, and 
 settling at Kingston, where he died in LSdO. His mother, before her marringe, was Miss Helen 
 Levack, of Caithness-shire. Professor Mowat, of Queen's University, Kingston, is a brother uf 
 our subject, who was educated in that city, and commenced the study of the law there under 
 Hon. (now Sir) John A. Macdmiald. He was ealled to the Bar in November, 18-tl. 
 
 Mr. ilowat has been engaged in the praetiet> of his profession from the date given, except 
 during eight years, during Avhich he was Viee-Chancellor, and he is now at the head of the 
 firm of Jlowat, Maclennan and Downey, of Toronto. 
 
 Mr. Mowat was created a Queen's Counsel in 18.5G ; and is a bencher cx-offic'io of the Law 
 Society of Ontario. He has been President of the Canadian Institute, Toronto; was a Com- 
 missioner foi consolidating th(! Public ( Jeneral Statutes for Canada and Upper Canada respective- 
 ly from 18.).') to 18.)" ; was a member of the Union C(mference for tlie Confederation of the Bri- 
 tish J'rovinces, held at Quebec, in 18(34; Provincial Secretary in the Brown-Dorion Administra- 
 tion in LS.")8 ; Postmaster-General in the Sandtield Macdonald-Dorion Administration from Maj*, 
 18C.S, until March. 181)4; held tlu' same ])osition in the Coalition Government from Jimc, 18()4, 
 to November 14 of the same year, when he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Upper Canada, an 
 ottice which he resigned October 2o, 1872, on being called upon to form a new Administration 
 in the Government of Ontario. Six days afterwards he was sworn in as a member of the 
 E.Kocutive Council and Attorney-General. 
 
 Mr. Mowat sat for South Ontario in the Canailian Assembly from 1S.')7 until November, 
 
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 1864, when ho retired nwliilo from public life ; was an unsuccessful candidato for Kingston, 
 against the Hon. John A. Macdonald, in 18G2 ; was elected to his present seat by acclamation 
 in November, 1872, ro-olouted in 1875 by acclamation, and re-elected after a contest in 187!). 
 
 He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has a high standing in the community. 
 He has been President of the Evangelical Alliance of Ontario for the last fourteen or fifteen 
 years. The honoraiy degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the Univui-aity of 
 Queen's College, in April, 1872. 
 
 In 1 84G Mr. Mowat married Jane, second daughter of John Ewart, of Toronto, and they 
 have buried two children and have five living. 
 
 As a lawyer, Mr. Mowat very early acquired the confidence of the profession and the Court 
 in which he chiefly practised. He ro.se rapidly in his profession, nnd when he entered political 
 life stood in the front ranks of the Chancery Bar. He was forcible and energetic in argmnent, 
 fertile in resources, and withal consciencious to a degree. He possessed in an eminent degi-eo 
 the power which the few in any profession possess, — of " thinking out " the subject upon 
 which ho was engaged. Perhaps ho was stronger in his ability to go to the bottom of 
 any subject than any of his cotemporarios. To those quaiitications ho added exhaustless 
 patience antl untiring industiy. No subject was too complicated for liim ; no details too 
 minute. 
 
 As a judge, ho carried all these (jualifications with him to the Bench, and he ad<led to them 
 a dignity of (loiiioanor, gentleness of maimer and a polished courtesy which won for him not 
 mcroly the respect and esteem, but the positive liking of every one who came in contact with 
 him in his judicial ca])acity. His capacity for work and great industry was .soon apparent upon 
 the records of the Court, in its improved machinery, and in the despatch of Itusine.s.s. By nature 
 endowoil with a judicial temperament and a logical mind, no man in the profession could have 
 been chosen wiio would have biought more learning and industry to tlio woik of the Bench 
 than Mr. Mowat. His retirement from judicial labors was iniiversaily admitted as a loss to the 
 Courts of the Province, but by his accoptanee of the portfolio of Attorney -General, and of the 
 position of leader of the Government of the Provinco, ho placed himself in a position toaccom- 
 jilish more for tho people as a " Law Reformer " than though ho had reached the place of 
 liighest tlignity among the judges of the land. 
 
 It is one of the most remarkable features of Attorney-General Mowat's career, tliat sur- 
 rounded in early life by Conservative influences, both family and professional, ho luis neverthe- 
 less developed a libenilism both of thought and action, which has placed him in the very front 
 rank of those who claim the political designation of Koformers. 
 
 This, however, has not been the result of impulse, nor has it arisen from any violent 
 estrangement from old political connections. It would probably b; hard to find any one with 
 whom Mr. Mowat hns ever had a serious diH'erenco, except upon < he broad ground of opinion, 
 
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 and his tendency in all political matters is to an extreme caution, approaching, as his opponents 
 say, to timidity. His convictions are evidently the growth of deep deliberation and cabn reflec- 
 tion, controlled hy a profound conscientiousness. His conclusions are certainly not arrived at 
 instinctively. Every point and bearing of a proposition must be well thought out, the merely 
 plausible or doubtful rejected, and the strong and the true alone retained. Then, finding his 
 position invulnerable, he auhores to it with unwavering steadfastness, It is this habit, which, 
 to a large extent, gives him his power in the Legislatui-e. His own followers' confidence in the 
 correctness of his views is stn.'ngthened, and his opponents' liopes of successful attack are pro- 
 portionately diminished, by the knowledge that nothing is proposed by the leader of the House 
 wliich has not been previously well considered from every point of view, in the study and the 
 Council Chamber. Under a pcditieal system where all depends on confidence in the statesman 
 at the liead of affairs, such qualities arc most invaluaVile. 
 
 While not by any means an orator, and occasionally displaying a nervous hesitancy in speak- 
 ing that mai-s more rhetorical effect, Mr. Mowat possesses faculties a,s a debater that would secure 
 for him influence in any legislative body. His manner is courteous, while his speech docs not 
 lack in aggressiveness or that pungency which is necessary to effectiveness in party conflict. 
 He has a pleasant voice, cheery in its tone, puts his case clearly and succinctly ; wastes few 
 words, and impresses the listener with the belief he is thoroughly in earnest. He has, too, the 
 faculty of application to business, even to its minutest details, that is indispensable to great 
 success in a politician, and without which (ither brilliant (jualifications arc often deprived of 
 much of their usefulness. 
 
 As Premier of a Government that deals largely with local and material interests, Mi-. 
 Mowat has njccisarily to listen to numerous applications afflicting the public treasury, and of 
 great importance to those who urge them upon his attention. Few men have the art of sending 
 away a deputation in better humor, while no one deals more sparingly in fair promises than the 
 Attorney -General of Ontario. He enjoys, too, one high privilege, not often permitted to any 
 public man, and rare indeed in the experience of new world politieians. For twonty-five 
 years in some public capacity or other he has been before the country. As a candidate for 
 parliamentary honors, as a city alderman, as a member of the Legislature, and as formerly a 
 member of, and more recently a member and head of, a Government, he has escajied a single 
 charge against his integrity or honor. This immunity even from slanders that are false is 
 almost unique in Canadian history. The invitation to Mr. Mowat to accept a portfolio in the 
 short-lived Brown-Dorion Administration of ]8.}8, only a few months after his fii-st election to 
 the Legislature, shows in how high esteem his talents and influence were then held. The short 
 but honorable career of the Sandfield ^lacdonald-Dorion Ministry in LSOU-+, in which Mr. 
 Mowat was Postmaster-General, gave him an insight into departmental business under circum- 
 stances which demanded the utmost vigilance and prudence, so evenly were the two parties at 
 

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 tluit time balanced in the Assembly. Mr. Mowat's retirement from the Coalition Government in 
 1804, some six months after its formation, in order to take a seat on the Bench, was no doubt 
 fully jistified by the large personal sacrifices he had already made in the interest of his party. 
 But it was, nevertheless, a most serious blow to the Liberal leader in the Cabinet, Mr. George 
 Brown, to whom the value of Mr. Mowat's legal knowledge, cautious temperament, and sound 
 judgment, could not be over estimated. It was a happy thought that suggested his return in 
 1872 to political life, to till in the Province of Ontario the void created by the retirement of 
 Messrs. Blake and Mackenzie at one and the same time from the Local Legislature, a step forced 
 upon them by legislation which made the holding of a .seat in the Local Hou.se incompatible 
 with one in the Dominion Parliament. The Provincial general elections that have since taken 
 place have testified not only to the wisdom of the arrangement then made, but to the growing 
 popularity of Premier Mowat with the electorate. 
 
 His government of Ontario since 1IS72 has been distinguished by many public measures of 
 the greatest value, as well as by a liberal and most beneficial system of administration. Among 
 the legislative acts that his name is most closely identified with are, the extinction of a heavy 
 amount of municipal indebtedness, coupled with a just and eijuitable distribution oj surplus 
 moneys in the Trcasur^'jthe revision and consolidation of the municipal and school laws, the revi- 
 sion and consolidation of the whole body of public laws affecting the Province, and a great reform 
 in the administration of justice by the fusion of the two systems of law and equity. The Elec- 
 tion Laws, V^ote by Ballot, and indeed every vexed question of importance coming within the 
 power and jurisdiction of the Provincial Legislature, has been dealt with by him since his re- 
 entrance into political life. The settlement of a difficult domestic boundary question, in a man- 
 ner highly favorable to the territorial importance of his own Province, has been another event 
 in the history of Mr. Mowat's administration. 
 
 IT. AX ( ^I S T5 AliCL AY, 
 
 OKOllGKruWX. 
 
 "TT^RANCIS BARCLAY, one of the loading merchants in Georgetown, is a son of Matthew 
 -'- and Mary (Fleming) Barclay, and was born in Paisley, Scotland, May 15, 1822. His 
 father in early life was a soldier in the British army under .Sir John Moore in Spain, and was 
 at the taking of Coi)enhagen in Denmark ; and in middle life was a silk and nmslin manu- 
 facturer, largely in the line of shawls. In 1832 the family, consisting of the parents and 
 six children, came to Upper Canada, and the father was engaged in farming at Markham and 
 Trafalgar, dying about 1807. His widow is still living, and is in her 84th year, and remark- 
 ably active for a person of so many winters. 
 
 
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 Frnticis received a Coniuion School education largely in the old country ; farmed with his 
 father until about eighteen years of age, and since that time has lived a mercantile life. He 
 opened a store in Georgetown in IH^S, and is the only merchant now living hero who was in 
 business at that time ; he was for several years in company with William McLeod, the firm 
 name being Barclay and McLeod, Mr. Barclay selling out to his partner in 1871, and removing 
 to Toronto, where he w)v.s a manufacturer and wholesale dealer in boots and shoes, in the so- 
 called "Iron Block." The ne.\t year that block was destro3'ed by lire and he lost about 820,000. 
 Soon after the fire Mr. Barclay went to Milton, the County town of Halton, and was in 
 the dry goods trade there until 187C, when he returned to Georgetown, and continued the same 
 line of mercantile business, doing a business from 825,000 to $30,000 a year. There is not a 
 more straightforwaid, conscientious merchant in the County of Halton, or one that ha.s a better 
 reputation for fair dealing. Wherever known his reputation stands high. He has been a man 
 of much usefulmss in the county. 
 
 While Mr. Barclay was at Milton, he was in the village Council all the time, after the first 
 year, and Reeve one term ; and he was a member of the first Council of the village of George- 
 t(jwn and its second Reeve. He is now a School Trustee, and seems to be willing to bear his 
 share of nuinicipal burdens for the sake of helping on the place. He held at one time the 
 office of Captain of the Sedentary Militia. 
 
 He is a Liberal, always very decided in his political view.s, and ready to give a reason for 
 cherishing them. 
 
 5Ir. Barclay is a third degree ilason, a member of the Presbyterian Church, a man of bene- 
 volent impulses, and ready to help in any good cause. 
 
 He was first married in 1848, to Miss Isabella McKerlie, of the Township of Nelson, County 
 of Halton, she dying in 1863, leaving four children ; and the second time in 18G4 to Miss Helen 
 JIcKerlie (a relative of his first wife), of the Township of Westminster, County of Middlesex, 
 Ontario, having by her three children. 
 
 RICH A ED BLAIN, 
 
 GALT. 
 
 I )ICHARI) BLAIN, for the last four years Mayor of Gait, is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth 
 -*- ** (Little) Blain, both natives of the County of Cumberland, England, where the .son was 
 born January 26, 1821. His father was in general business. In 1830 he came to Upper 
 Canada, and at Dundas learned the millers' trade with James B. Ewart, for many years a pro- 
 minent manufacturer in that town. Mr. Blaiii worked for him five years in Dundas and ten in 
 Gait, .settling in the latter place in 1844. In 1854 he commenced milling with his brother, James 
 
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 Blain, leasing and afterwards purchiisiiig the Dickson Mills, whioh ho is still running. They 
 have four run of burrs, and turn out from 2.'),()0() to 30,000 barrels of merchant flour annually. 
 Its brand is unsurpassed in this part of the Province, and it finds a ready market largely in 
 the lower Provineos. 
 
 During the thirty-five ycai^s that Mr. Blain has been a resident of Gait, he has been in its 
 niunicipaiity the greater part of the time. He was in the Council twenty-one years and has 
 l)een Mayor since 187C; has also served as School Trustee, and has held, instead, nearly every 
 office in the gift of the people. 
 
 He has been President of the Mechanics' Institute, and is now President of the Grand 
 River ilutual Fire Insurance Coiiipanj', with headquarters at Gait, and of the Merchants' Line 
 of Steamboats, with headquarters at Hamilton. 
 
 He seems to take great [)leasure, not to say pride, in engaging in any entcrpri.se which will 
 advance the interests of tlie town or etmnuunity at large ; no man, in this respect, in Gait, 
 showing more public spirit. 
 
 He is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church ; has been warden, and has iieid other otticcs 
 in that religious body, is delegate to the Synod. He is a kind-hearted man, and a true friend to 
 the poor. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Blain was Margaret Gillesby, of Hamilton, married in August, 1847. They 
 liavo four sons and four daughters. 
 
 JAMES II^GEESOLL, 
 
 WOODSTOCK. 
 
 JAMES I>J(;ERS0LL, for forty-five years Registrar of the County of Oxford, is a son of 
 Thomas Ingersoll, from whom the town of Inger.soll was named, and Sarah Whiting, sister 
 of General John Whiting, of Great Barrington.both natives of Berk.shire coimtv, Mass., and was 
 born in the townsliip of West O.\ford. now Ingcrs'ill. September 10, IhOl. In the Seitfuid 
 Envlov, of Woodstock, in January, 187i), Mr. Inger.soll published a sketch of the early settle- 
 ment of the Count}- of O.xford, and from that sketch we learn t!iat his father came to Uppi'r 
 Canada in !"!>;$, being induced to come hither partly by the ])i-offor made by Governor Simcoe, 
 in his proclamation of certain tracts of land to parties who woidd come to Canada and .settle, 
 and partly by the account given of the country by Capt. Brant, Chief of tlie Six Nations, 
 whom Jlr. Inger.soll met about the same time, while the Chief was on a visit to New York. 
 The result was that Mr. Ingersoll and a few others made application for a township, — Mr. 
 Ingersoll being selected to present the petition. A council was held in March, 1793 at Niagara, 
 then the seat of Government ; the grant of a township was made, and the selection was on the 
 
 
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 Thames rivur, wlierc Ingersoll now stnndH, Mr. Ingersoll cutting the first tree, which went into 
 the first log-liouse, or white man's building of any kind, at that place. In that rude structure 
 our subject was born — probably the first white child that saw the light of this world in Oxford 
 County. 
 
 The condition of the grant of the township was that Mr. Ingersoll and his associates should 
 finnish forty settlers, who wore each to have a farm of one or two hundrcrd acres of land on 
 paying to the Oovernnient a fee of sixpence, sterling, j)er acre ; the families were furnished, and 
 their names are publi.shed in the Wood.stock paper mentioned above. About that time some 
 evil minded persons reported to the Home (government that Governor Simcoe was likely to 
 injure the country by encouraging Americans to settle here, as they might hold the land in bulk 
 and thus prevent discharged Loyalist soldiers and their poUtictil friends from procuring grants. 
 The result was that an order from Knglaiid canceled several grants, that of Mr. Ingersoll among 
 the number; he became disgusted, removed to the Township of Toronto, on the Credit river 
 anil there died in 1812, leaving a widow und seven children, Charles Ingersoll, the eldest .son, 
 was in the war of 1812-14, raising at the start, with Mr. William H. ilerritt, a troop of Light 
 Dragoons, of which Mr. Merritt was Captain, and he a Lieutenant. The company served 
 through the war. 
 
 Born in the woods, and there spending most of his youth, the subject of this brief bio- 
 graphy, browsed, as best he could, on the underbrush of knowledge, doing much more, in the 
 line of mental drill, out of school than in, securing in fact a good business education. His 
 brothei-, Charles, came into posses.sion of the original Oxford farm in 1817, and the next year 
 James was sent there to take charge of it. In the sketch referred to he thus speaks of nuitters 
 in those days : 
 
 " On arriving at the old place which I left wlien only five years of nue, I hail no recollection of it. Dnrnig 
 tlie war all the fencfs were ilostroycil and all the boards on the ohl ham had been removed, but the log house 
 in which I was born was standing and occupied by an old man named Ebenezer Case. The tirst improvement 
 undertaken was the building of a .saw-mill, which v>as put in operation on the 14th of April, IHlil, after which 
 we commenced the building of the old Ingersoll House, having sawn our own lumber. Fn IISL'O we began to 
 erect a small grist-mill with one pair of stimes, and buildings for a store, distillery, and ashery. My brother 
 removed his family to Oxfiird in 18^1. Soon after this he was appointed a Magistrate, Postmaster, and a Com- 
 mi.ssioner in the Court of Kecpiest. He acted with the late Peter Teepio, Esip, in this Court. Soon after this 
 he was ap))ointed Lieutenant-Colonel of tho Second Oxford Militia, was returned to Parliament in 1824 and 
 again in )82!)-30 ; and he was a member at the time of his '"eath in August, 1832." 
 
 At twenty-one years of age, (1822) Ifr. Ingersoll opened the first store in what is now the 
 town of Ingersoll, with its five thousand inhabitants. He traded for ten years, commencing on 
 a very moderate scale, and having a general variety of articles, including of course, pipes and 
 tobacco, popular articles always in a frontier settlement. His recollections of his commercial 
 life in a backwoods settlement are quite vivid, and it is amusing to hear him relate some of 
 the incidents of those times. 
 
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 During tho Rebellion of 1837-38, Mr. IngersoU was Major of Colonel William Holcroft's 
 Regiment, serving to the close of tliat ill-conceived contest. He is now Lieut.-Colonel of the 
 Regimental Division, South Riding of Oxford. 
 
 Prior to that date, as early as 1834, Mr. IngersoU was appointed Registrar of O.vford, and 
 that office he still holds, being one of the oldest County Officers in the Province. In IS-tS, the 
 office was moved to Woodstock ; since which date Mr. Ingei-soll has been a resident of this 
 place. Though, at the time of writing, he is in his seventy-eighth year, his slightly bent form 
 is seen every day at tho office, lie having a vigilant eye — though he ha'; never worn spectacles 
 — and being a model of correctness in business. He is a accommodating in his disposition, and 
 lias great urbanity. 
 
 He was baptized into the Church of England, steadfastly adheres to its faith and tenets, 
 and is warmly esteemed for his exemplary life. In January, 1848, Mr. IngersoU married Miss 
 (-atherine MacNab, a native of Ireland, and they have o\w. daughter and three sons, and have 
 lost one son. Mary Blanchard is the wife of William A. Campbell, County Clerk of Kent, 
 residing at Chatham ; James Beverley is clerk in the Registrai's office, Woodstock ; John Mac- 
 Nab is a merchant's clerk in Montreal, and George is at home. 
 
 Mr. McClenahan, Postmaster at Woodstock, in a scries of articles on the history of Oxford 
 County concludes the introductory jiaper as follows : 
 
 " If Thomas Horner was the first white sottlur in this section, with equal triitli may it be said that James 
 IngersoU was the first white child born in the county. Tlio liistory of the section it will be seen covers few 
 decades of tho past. What w.is a howling wilderness at tho birth of our present Registrar, is now an expanse 
 of towns and villages, traversed by three important lines of railway — a county possessing all the luxuries of life, 
 and in agricultural wealth, and in the comfort and costliness of its farm residences, its roads, churches and 
 schools, not a whit behind tho most interesting of English shires, and surpassing in tlie matter of remuneration 
 to the tact and care of the husbandmen, tho much lauded valley of the (jenesee in the neighbouring State of 
 New York." 
 
 SAMUEL SMITH MACDOKELL, 
 
 ^yIKDsoIi. 
 
 A person hapjiening to go into the Court room at Sandwich, in court time, will find the usual 
 ai'ray of legal gentlemen looking after the interests of clients, and engaged in sharp 
 .■ncounter for the defence of their rights. The Ontario Bar, as represented here, embraces nieni- 
 licrs who would be an ornament to the professicjii anywhere ; men Ixjth wise to counsel and 
 gifted in forensic display. Among tho foremost and busiest of those in Windsor, who 
 own allegiance to that " austere mistress," the law, and who may justly be claimed as an orna- 
 ment to the Par, is Samuel Smith Macdonell, County Crown Attorney for Essex, Master and 
 Deputy Registrar in Chancery, and Clerk of the Peace. 
 
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 Dimagtho IleWllion of 1837-38, Mr. Ingoi-soll wu.'< Miijoi- ..I* (.'oloucl Williaiu Holerofl» 
 R'> ti.i'>,((. ««^rviii|; Iaj thi' cii)se <if tluii ill-cdiiooiveil cmitt'si. Hi; i< now liiout.-l lolonul of tlr- 
 K-'L' inentnl Divi tion, Si)utl) Iliiiiii;^ • f Oxfon!. 
 
 Prior to that liutf, as iMnly us |f<:U, Mr. Iiurorsull W)u» appoi'iiod llfgivUiir of IJxfi.nJ, un>i 
 rh»t i)rt)c>« lu' still hoiuM, being one nf dc olile^t <".V)iujty UHii;t'r:< in tlio I'lovinei'. In lH+f<. \h< 
 oltifti W)i» moved to Wiioilst.x'k ; !»»>>' which date Mi'. laj^ciJicjll has been a n.'sidvut ut' tiii-. 
 j)!iu''i\ Tlioii^'h, lit till, time uf writing bo ii in his si;venty-i>i;j[litl) ycir. Inn ^ii^fhtly iK'iit furm 
 is Hyirii every day at the ofiice, lio hftvmjy a vigilant eye — t.hou}^li hi' Ims nevi r worn .s]M!t uu-lih 
 — and I'f.'ing a nioiicl of" corn;ctncs» in bu«ine.x.s. Ho i.s a acconiiii'«intin;Lf in his diH|'.j.sil.iiin, an>i 
 has great urbanity. 
 
 He was bajitlzi'd intD fh^ Ohirrx-h »f iitijU)"' .»n.(fn*Hv ulln iv* to it.v faith anil Uiiot^ 
 and i.i wariiilx ■ i - • ' •' iu it,- t^-' i **" "'l* • i.. - • ' niarried .Mi— 
 
 Ctitheriue MacN .,»■..,,,., ■! .i ^ c,.- ,.-v ■. h. u / > NfJ Mtt '<.,ii-. .md huvi 
 
 lu.st •.;'!' > <!i. .\Urv nUu- hnid i liw! wil'" 'A V lUt.int A Caiupbiil, (jn.ni) Ci'ik <'f K'MH 
 runidittii it r'lKtJiam ,fanii»< BevijiUj h* flerk iu the R";.'i>.ir»r'i jfiiiv, VV'iofLitoeU J"lin Mu" 
 Nab IN 'I nu'fhniil.? ciiil: Ui Mijntn-HJ, iuv»1 Omirff'. wat h"jue 
 
 .Ml .Merioji.ihuii, l''..stir.asti'r ai WnjilsUirk. in u serlo-s of artieles .11 ihi iu-l.'iv mC ( J.sfui'l 
 ( 'iinnty C(inelMd.'> iho. introduptory piipiT ».- t'liiow.s : 
 
 " fi' Dii.iii.is Humor wai' the fiMt wliitf nottkr in this Kccticii, «ith pqiiiil truth may it bo uni.l lli.it ,(,111.. « 
 liiijdf.ill V IS ttio lii-Bt whito ihild born ill tin- cmity. Tim )ii.<t"ry of thi' gouti^n it will bo sim'ii cnviiis f. .■ 
 i1l'c;iHii.i nf tlu> }Hwt. NVhfit was a howling iMUl'TncHu .-it tho hinh if .•ur i/ro.>"nt Uc^i.iUw, w n<iw .in ox|>.i;i 
 ■ if (■•wn* iiii'l villttg-Ja, trnvorscil by thron ifninrtaiit lines of rnilw.i^ ii (Miinly pussossiiii,' nil the 1u.mm:i .i of lif.' 
 anil in iviicicii'uirul «ea lib, anil in iVic O'mifurt and custlinusR uf iis fartu ri'iiiiliiiues, its ruails. cliiiictn;H at,- 
 RCiiutiln. II ft ,» tthil. bulunti llio in >•<>. ;iiiiir.>s'iin{ of Etii'li.'th oliirfu mul fMii'ttHdiiii; I'l 'hi- iiKUtor of iTininKiiati- 
 Up ll.r ',v! J-' ctr- ■)! till' liii.ibiinilnn I., th'.- lui il !.<ii 'n.t v..'!.-. f tKr li-neiiw in the lu-ijlilrivinng .<t»U 
 N..-Vf ^•.rl. 
 
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 A ]i"'r.si.n li;i|i]'eiiinj,' to ;;o iain tlir ('•■'nri lo'iiii at Sandwich, in eunrt time, will liml tin' ■■ ■■ it 
 
 ■i-^ airav I'l" joj^a' gei.tliiiien )n.)kiir^' ■ilVi'i' the iim ri'st.- nl' riient>, aiiii ii^.-a^.'-od in si up 
 
 • •in'iiiinter {'■'\ the defenee ofl1u!ir ni,'ht.-<. Tl;-- Uiitiiii." J'.iir. as leine^.-uti'd lu're, I'liiiir.H-i- iw m- 
 
 I'.ix wlio would lir an 'irnameni to Ihu prfife.ssii.n niiy\^'l'i-i' . nun biiUi -wi-c tu fi>;:ii' ■ i and 
 
 ;rit'i-d 111 foronsic; di.-^play. Anioti^r i,h,. toie.nii-'"t ami iiiiuiiv-t r,! tln.'si; in Wind ■■!■, w) ■' 
 
 '•wn alle'.rianeo to tluii. " an.stcie iiii.-.tri'.iis, " tho law. and '..hn niav justly bi' elainied ,i- an ..;ii.a- 
 
 >i. nt lo tht I'ar, i.s Samuel Smith Maedonell, Connty t 'rown Attorii.,\ liir lif.,<e.\ Musti r and 
 
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 Oiir Mubjoct i« tlio yomi^ffst sou of Hon. Alcxaiitler Mat'iloiu'll ; was liorii in Toronto on tint 
 •Jlst of Fiilmiaiy, iNl'.S, and in named aft.-r liis niatt-inal nnclc, tlu' Honorable C'oloncl Sinitb, 
 tlion Administrator of tlic Oovcnnufnt of lJii|i.'r ( 'anada. His j,'ian.ifatlifr, Allan Macilonidl, 
 was a son of the ( 'hii-f of Olenj^ary, and having; f()u>,dit at ( 'ullodcn in the cause of Prince Charles 
 Edward, lli«d to France, where he lived for about twelve years as a Captain in the French army. 
 On the relaxation of the severe measures adopted by the House of Hanover a^jainst the Scot- 
 tish Chiefs, he returned to Scotland. Havin;,' jj;atliered a company of 2.)() followers, he embarked 
 with them to the new worM, and took up lands for himself and his people in Sclioharrio 
 County, New York, on a portion of Sir William Johnson's tract. On the breaking out of the 
 American Revolution, Allan Macdonell, with his ])eople, as mic,dit have been expected, took 
 sides with the Royal cause. He, with his mother and brothers, wero lield for a time as hostji),'es, 
 but escaping eventually, he reached Canada, where his followers hail jjone with Sir William 
 Joluwon's retainers. After reachiii;,' Canaila, Allan Macdonell, with his son Alexander, served 
 in the Royal Hi^ddaiid Kmi^rant Re^jiment, duriiij^ the Revolutionary war, and were enj,'a^'ed in 
 many of the skirmishes and battles which took place duriu)^ that stormy period. Alexander, 
 then a very youn^' Lieutenant, was at the Battli- of Onskany, in New York, an important 
 enj^aijeinent of the jierittd. Afterwards, he was at the Battle of Monmouth, New JersejC', under 
 Sir Henry Clinton, who was opposed by CJeneral Wa.shinyton in jjcrson ; and he was sent as 
 the bearijr of despatches from General Clinton to Sir Ouy Carlton at Quebec, giving an account 
 of the battle. In carrying these despatches, lie had to pa,ss through the enemy's lines, wliieh \w 
 succeeded in doing by the aid of Indian guiiles, though the attempt exjiosed him to great dan- 
 gers and hardships. At the clo.sc of the war. Captain Allan Macdonell purchased a property at 
 Quebec, where he spent the reniainderof his days, and was buried in the chinch of St. Foy. 
 
 After the death of his father, Alexander Macilonell was induced by (General Sinicoe, who. 
 having himself served in tlu! Revolutionary war, desired to surround himself with old and genial 
 C'.mpanions-in-arms in the new Province then created, to accompany him to Upper Canada, 
 anil to settle at York, now Toronto. He was tlie first Speaker of the Parliament of Upper 
 Canada, and was appointed first Sherift'of the Home District. In the war of 1812 he .icted as 
 I'aymaster-Gcnoi'al of the Militia of Upper Canada, aiid was on intimate terms with General 
 Brock, until that hero was killed at the battle of Queenstown Heights. The County of Glen- 
 gary, in which the followers of his father had settled, was represented by Alexander in the 
 Legislative A.s.sembly for twenty years. }fe was afterward appointed to the Legislative ( "ouncil. 
 now known as the Senate. 
 
 Samuel Smith Macdonell, was at a very early age sent to Upper Canada College, where he 
 remaineil for eight years. On the opening of the University of Kings College, now the Uni- 
 versity of Toronto, he was matriculated there. He graduated with the fust class, receiving 
 degrees from that University, and rated second in the first class in University honors. Two 
 
 
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 yoiiix liitiT lit> i,'ni(luiiti'(l from tlio Law School of that UnivciHitv. Imiiiiuliatfly aftt-r grmhiatiiijf 
 in law, lie left Titroiito for tlio Wostcin Di.strict, si-ttliiif,' in Samlwith in 184U. Tho year aftor, 
 lie was appointed Clerk of tin- District Oonncil of the Western District, tiien eoniposetl ol' the 
 (!oMMtiosof Kssex, Kent and Land iton, and also Solicitor to tho Conncii. 
 
 On the openinj^ of the (.iioat Westein Hallway in l.S,'>;{, it becominj,' evident that this ter- 
 niinns opposite Detroit would become a town, Mr. Macdonell i)ecame the purchaser of the farm 
 known as the (loyeau r'anii, opposite Woodwanl Avenue in Detrt)it, and had it laid out into 
 lots, at the same time widening and improving the front, which at that time was a niirrow, 
 winding, and irregular road. Resigning his ofliee as Clerk of the District Council, Mr. Mac- 
 donell took active measures for the incorporation of Wind.soi as a village, and came into the 
 t^iunty Council as Keeve of Windsor. In l.S.")5 and I8,".(; In- was elected warden of ihoCinnity 
 of Es.sex, The huilding then used as a gaol 'tnd Courtdiuuse being out of repair, and insullicient, 
 the ileeve ot Windsor succeiled iu pniciniiig the building of a new gaol and C'lurt-house, which 
 is sidistantially the present structure, some additions having sinci' been nuide. On ceasing ti' 
 be warden, the Comity Council presented him with a testimonial for his zeal in tho promotion 
 ol ihi- public interests, ami the useful mea.sint's introduced by him during his wardenship. 
 For eight years he was elected Mayor and Keeve of Windsor, antl during that period he was 
 active in promoting measures atfecting the prosperity of the town, su;'h as tho building of the 
 'I'own Hall, the sclu;oldiouses, the pureliase of the property on which the I'lnon School building 
 now stands, as well as other measures atfecting the muiiiciiial government of the town, lie has 
 also been active in |)romoting tlu^ interests of the i>ublic schools, having occupied the position 
 of S(^cretary of tho Ho.ird of Public Instiuction for several years, and having served as Trustee 
 (if the .schouls in Windsor more than twenty years. 
 
 In ISo-t Mr. M.icdiPiiell.witli siuue associates, purchased the Cuthbertson Farm, oppositethe de- 
 pot of the Dt'troit and Milwaukee Railroad, consisting of -li."> acres, from whii'h a successful .sale of 
 lots was uiade the next yeai'. There being at that time no road suitable for travel, leading from tin: 
 coiuitry directly into Windsor, farmers were obliged to go around by way of Sandwich. Mr. 
 Macdonell ju'ojecteil a gravel road, leailiug from Windsoi- to the Talbot road, the main road 
 through the interior of the comity. This gravel road of (I] miles was coinph'ted in lS(it>, .•cil 
 had the cH'ect of compelling the ivmoval ot' the leading merchants of Sandwich to Windsor, and 
 of cimsiderably increasing the trade of the latter pliu'c. 
 
 The British tb)vernment having taken a high stand as to the surrender of Mason and 
 Slidell. in the Trent atl'air, teleirraiilieil tiie commanding otlicers of districts alony; tho frontier 
 to call out f(U- active service, from tiie Sedentary Militia, (Uie company, with the o[)tion of the 
 commanding otUcer to serve in tlu- capacity of Ca])tain. In respon.se to this call, Mr. Mac- 
 donell, then lately gazetted Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Regiment of Ehhvs. Militia, raised 
 a company of "•'5 men in three days, who were inspected and accepted for .servici- under his 
 connnand as ( 'aptain. 
 
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 HIh father aii<l inotlicr hciiig what arc generally known as " U. K'h." — those wlio either 
 wen^ eiij^iif^tul in the Revolutionary war on tlu' British side, or cianie in from tho United Ktattis 
 (() live under tho Ihitish (!;'-•— Mr. Maedonell has always heen id(!nti(ied in polities asa (-'ons4'r- 
 vative. Iiavin<^ heen lirou<^ht u{) in the lioinan ('atholie faith, his intereour.'^e with the worhl. 
 his general reading and independent thinking, have contrihuted to make him liU^ral in rt^ligious 
 matters, - 
 
 In I.S,">() Mr. Maetlonell waH married to a daughli'r of ('oi. i). I), iiioilhead, of Boston, 
 throuirh whieh eonneetion he has had the a<lvantages of a large aei|uaiiitanee with many lead- 
 ing pt-rsons in the United States. 
 
 As a lawyer,' Mr. Maedonell ranks deservedly high, as might lie inferred from tlu^ large prae- 
 ♦ ice he enjoys. His stan<ling at the Bar illustrates the advantages of u lihei'al education to the 
 lawyer. His eouiisel is sought and <M)nlide(l in, heeause hi.s ju<lgment is the fruit of study and 
 reseai'ch. Weighed in the halanees of truth and sound learning. As a pleader he ranks with the 
 liest on the circuit ; is argumentative, cleai' and convincing, and not unfre(|iu-ntly rises ti> 
 heights of im])assion(>d eloipienee ; with a pleasing hearing and address, his manners aie strik- 
 ingly MUggestiv(! of the gentleman of the old school. 
 
 As a man and eiti/en, Mr. Maedonell is held in high esteem by all classes, hoth lieeause hi' 
 has hdiioreil all the ri'lations of life hy the strictest fidelity, and lieeause of his ellicient and 
 successful etforts to improve the material, intellectual, ami moi'al interests of the (;onnmniity in 
 wliieh he lives. 
 
 WKLLINCiTON .IKFFMKS, D.D., 
 LiynsA y. 
 
 "TTTKIJilNin'ON .JKKFKIIS, one of the liest rea.l clergymen and nio.st ehxpient preadiers 
 ' * in the Mcithodist (.'hnrcli in Canada, was horn in the (lity of Cork, Ireland, .Iiinc! 22, 
 liSl-t. His father heing Hev. Rohcrt Jeffers, a merchant in the old country, and a prea<'her ami 
 teacher in ( 'anaila. The family eame to this eountiy in the summer of I.H17, and after pi'CMieh- 
 ing a few years, in eonn<H*tion with tlu! Conference, th(! fathei' of our suhject settled as a teacher 
 in Kingston. He was a man of almost universal knowledge, excelling in the malheniatics, and 
 showing great ahility, hoth as a writer ami speaker. The son, who was drilled hy him in the 
 ludiments of knowledge, seems tohiive inherited his fatliei's love of study. Since ten yeais of 
 age, he has heen a literary gournmnd, and as early as twelve, was noted for his e.\)iertness in 
 ligures, school teachers sometimes visiting him from ipiite a distance', trying, usually in vain, to 
 puzzle him with dilKcnlt i)rohlems in the arithmetic. 
 
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 branch of knowledge, and not to fall into the eiTor, as ho called it, of spen<linf5 most of his time 
 indirect preparation for the pulpit ; but to devote much time to general yet solid study, so that 
 the mind should be always fresh and always yoimg. 
 
 The son seems to have followed this advice for it is well known that he is never more 
 happy than while exploring new fields of euipiiry in science, or metjiphysics or some other branch. 
 To him every excursion in unbeaten tracks of knowledge opens enchanting vistas to the mind's 
 eye, an<l fmnishes fresh illustrations to embellish and beautify his discourses. 
 
 He studied divinity mainly in j)rivate ; connm^nced preaching in the Conference in b'ebru- 
 ary, 18.S7, and among the places at which ho has been stationed, are Hamilton, Ottawa, Toronto, 
 Montreal, Belleville, London, Cobourg, Oshawa, Hrantfonl, ami Lindsay. Meanwhile he has 
 done a great deal of solid home mission work. 
 
 For nine years Mr. .Tellers was editor of the Clirixt'mn Gnariridn of Toronto, the organ of 
 the Methodist t'hurch in Canada, and many of his editorials attracted great attention in the 
 United States ami fiivat liiitain, as well as Canada. He was in the editorial chair during the 
 progress of th(> civil war in the United States (18(il-'C.'>) and took a bold, and fearless stand 
 on the side of the Nurth, and for Kmaneipation. He championed the cause of the oppre.s.sed 
 in such a powerful manner, that the Northern papers often copied and commented (m his 
 " leaders, " giving him the strongest praise for his aid in the cause of humanity. 
 
 In hSO-t, while in the editorial chair, the honoiary degree of Doctor of Divinity was con- 
 feri'cd upon him by Victoria College. 
 
 As a prea(;her. Dr. .Tetters has very few peers in the Methodist Church in Canada. Though 
 abounding in illustrations he u.ses them in his di.sconrses, as reconmiemled by old Dr. Thomas 
 Fuller, the witty divim-, to improve the light. His words, always well chosen, flow of their 
 own accord, like a stream down an inclined plane, and they are used .solely to communicate 
 thought, with which every sentence is thoroughly charged. He employs his learning to shaipen 
 the .arrows of truth, and not for sIkjw, and his sernxms are invariably pointed and often pi- 
 quant. It is, 'in intelhictual as well as spiritual treat to listen to his jiulpit efforts. 
 
 One feature of the preaching of Dr. JetTers is its purely extemporaneous character ; he; 
 never took a scrap of paper into the pulpit. In jirivatehe reads, and thinks, fills up and prays ; 
 then goes into tin- pul[)it and empties his mind — in part, ior it is never dry. Sometimes, after 
 getting into his pulpit, and looking round, he discovers that he ha.s a wrong text, an inop|)or- 
 tune suliject, and changes text and all. 
 
 Ho has preached a great many dedicatory and anniversary .sermons, and is often importuned 
 to let them be printed, and also to prepare books on various sulijects, but in that manner \w 
 rarely appears in print — never, wo believe, except through tho ubiipiitous and irrepressible 
 reporter. 
 
 Dr. Jeffers has lectured more or less for thirty years on literary, scientific and moral sub- 
 
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 jects, and his etforU of this charactor, always inado uxteniporaiiuously, show tlie wide extent of 
 his reading and research, tlie gieat reach of his thoughts, the analytical power of his mind, and 
 liis rich stores of knowledge. 
 
 The greater part of his ministerial life. Dr. Jeflers has hecn Chairman of the District, and 
 was one year Secretary of the Conference ; two years Vice-l'resideiit and one year President. 
 
 Dr. JeH'ers was first married July 6, 1841, to Miss Jane Frith, of London, England. She 
 had four children and died in IS-tti. Three of the children are living. The eldest son, James 
 Frith Jetfers, M. A., is Principal of the Collegiate Institute, Peterborough, and author of two 
 School Histories of Canada ; Wellington Coleman Jotters, M. D., is practising medicine at Oak- 
 wood, County of Victoria; and Emmn is the wife of Rev. James Graham, of Seaforth, Ontario. 
 His present wife was Jane Dougall, of Picton, married June 21, 1854. By her lie has one 
 daughter, Helen Jane, wife of Kev. K. C, Wilkinson, of Coboconk. 
 
 WILLIAM A. WILLOUGHBY, M.D., 
 
 VOLliOHNE. 
 
 rriHI'>.suiijt'ctof this sketch is a descendant of that branch of the WilloughViy family that went 
 -*- from Somersetshire, Kiigland, to Ireland, about the time of Cromwell, his father Oeorgo 
 H. Willoughliy, coming to ('anathi, and settling on a farm in the Township of Essa, County of 
 Simcoe, about 1m;>7 Tluie William Armson Wiiloughby was born, February 2, IS**, his 
 mothei', before her marriage, being Sarah Armson. Shu died at Elmwood, Illinois, in ISflti. 
 Ceorgf II. Willougldiy is now living with his sou inColborne. 
 
 Our subject received a grammar schot)! education at Bradfonl, (.'ounty of Simcoe ; st> i'.'.m'i 
 medicine with Dr. Alex, llainilton, at Han ie, and was graduated at the medical department 
 of Victoria College — that depaitmeiit then being located at Toronto — in May, 18U7. He 
 practised at Orafton, County of Noithumberland, foi' eight years, and then setthHl in Colborne, 
 where he has built \\\) a practice second in extent and success to that of no one in this part of 
 the county, lie makes his profession his exclusive study ; has an excellent medical lilirary, 
 and the leading periodicals of the day in his line, and is a reatling, thinking, growing man. He 
 does a great deal of surgery, but in a town like Colborne, his pi'actiee is necessarily general, and 
 he has all the business any one man could desire, who wishes to get any time for study. He is 
 Surgeon of the -tOth battalion Northumberland volunteer infantry. 
 
 The Doctor always had a taste for fine horses, and has the best by far in Northundierland 
 County. He has two stallions which are unsuipa.ssed in this part of the country for quality of 
 blood: " Aberdeen, Jr," who.se dam was by"Hetzel;" " Hambletonian," and "OrandDuke," 
 won of " Iron Duke," with the fanious " Black Hawk" and "Bftslmw" blood on the mother 'a 
 
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 side. The Doctor keeps these horses and others exclusively for breeding purposes, and has 
 never tested fully their speed, Ho is doing much to improve the quality of horse-flesh in these 
 parts, and in many respects is an enterprising man. 
 
 He is a member of the Town Council and School Board, and takes a lively interest in local 
 affairs — is a Conservative in politics, and quite active, being Vice-President of the County Asso- 
 ciation of his party, not, however, letting such matters interfere with his professional duties. 
 
 He is a Master Mason, belonging to Lodge No. 17, (Cobourg) and holds his .'eligious connec- 
 tion with the English Church, Morally as well as professionally his character stands high, 
 
 ( ' IIAELEJS CAMEKC )N. 
 
 COLLINGWOOD. 
 
 CHARLES CAMERON, warden of the County of Simcoc, and Tresident of the Coorgian 
 Ray Transportation Comimny, is a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating his birth 
 February 24, IS.'i'). His father Donald Cameron, was a native of Appin, Argyleshiro, descendant 
 of the Lochiel Clan, was a slate manufacturer; his mothei, before her marriage, was Isabella 
 Harper, a native of Marnoch, Scotland. 
 
 Charles received an English, Bantlshire, education in the schools of his native county ; learned 
 the joiner's and in part the mill-wriglit's trade; came to America in the Spring of 1853 ; spent 
 one season at Cleveland, Ohio, and in Toronto, 18.)4, working at the joiner business, and Febru- 
 ary 7, 18o;j, landed in Collingwood, and has been a resident of this place ever since that 
 date. He aided in building the first railroad station herj, working at his trade between one 
 and two years; then kept livery stables, hotel, and was stage proprietor until 1871; was 
 engaged a few years in speculations, and in 1877 became President of the Georgian Bay 
 Transportation Company. Latterly he has devoted his energies and executive abilities largely 
 to the prosecution of this important mai'ine enterprise. During the sea.son of navigation this 
 Company runs steamera from Collingwood to Sault Ste. Marie, to Manitoulin and St. Joseph's 
 Island, Parry Sound, Penetanguishene and Mi<lland City, attending to the entire business of the 
 (leorgian Bay. The Company has very fine steamers; and runs them through the most de- 
 lightful section of " Pictures(pie Canad, ' and thousands of jjcople visit this section of the 
 Dominion every sunmier to enjoy the charming scunery, and the healthy and bracing climate, 
 
 Mr. Cameron has a half interest in the Collingwijo*' foundry, and in tugs and barges, 
 and is doing all he can to build up the town, being o.ie of its most public-spiriteil citi- 
 zens. The town has often availed itself of his prompt and eflicient services in advancing its 
 interest through the municipality. He has been in the town Coiuicil constantly since 1871, 
 
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 having been Councilman, Deputy Reove and Reeve, and is now warden of the County. There 
 are fifty-four members in the County Council — it being the fourth largest deliberative body in 
 the Dominion of Canada. Mr. Cameron was chosen warden by that large body l»y acclamation, 
 a compliment to abilities well-meritod, He has also boon a member of the Board of Trustees 
 of the Collegiate Institute during the last eight or nine y'"*"". "•"d takes a lively interest in 
 educational matters, as well as everything which is for the benefit of the town. 
 
 In politics Mr. Cameron is a Conservative ; in religion, a Presbyterian, and a man of ster- 
 ling character. 
 
 He is a Knight Templar in the Masonic order, holding the office of Eminent Preceptor. 
 
 In February, 1800, Margaret Barron, daughter of George Lunan, formerly of Lower Canada, 
 was married to Mr. Cameron, and of seven children resulting from this union, only four are 
 living; Isabella H., Alexander P>., Chcstena C. and Charles 11. M., all receiving, or have receiv- 
 ed good mental drill in the l)ost educational instiutions in the Province. 
 
 Mr. Cameron is understood to be the largest property holder in CoUingwood, success having 
 attended him in nearly every enterprise in which lie has engaged. Whatever he possesses is 
 the result of great energies shrewdly applied, and first-class business talents. 
 
 ANDREW H. BAIRD, 
 
 PARIS. 
 
 ANDREW HUGH BAIRD, Mayor of Paris for the last three years, is a .son of Nicol Hugh 
 Baird, Civil Engineer, and Mary Telfer j?/c' White, ami was born in Montreal, March 
 1st, 1834. Both parents wore from Scotland. His father spent some time in Russia, as a Civil 
 Engineer, coming to Lower Canada three or four years before Ancirew was born. The latter 
 was educated in private ; at fourteen years of age left Montreal for Paris, where ho became a 
 clerk for Charles Whitlaw, the leading flour and grain dealer in tiiat town. While the Buftivlo 
 and Lake Huron Railway was being built, about lS.")(J-.">0, Mr. Bainl was for about three years 
 paymaster for that Company. Fi'om 1870 to 1878 he was in the lumber business, mantifactur- 
 ing fvs well as selling, ami since October of the last named yeai", he has boon in partnership 
 with Mr. Whitlaw, already mentioned, in the manufacture of flour and in the grain trade, they 
 Ijcing the leading men in town in that line. The}- manufacture aliout fifty thousand barrels 
 annually. 
 
 Mr, Baird is a very active and cfllcient business man, and has done a great deal of solid 
 work in the municipalities of the town if Paris and th" County of Bratit. He was in the town 
 council for sixteen years and has been diputy-ree\.,, reeve, and warden (1872); was eight or 
 ten vears in the School Board ; has been Mavor since 1877, ami has had much to do with 
 
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 shaping tho municipal laws an'l enforcing them, ami witli improving the Public School system 
 of that town, Paris being aomewliat noted for the high gnule of its schools. For several years 
 lio took an active part in the Volunteer system ; attended the Military School ; took a first class 
 certificate, and retired in 1870 with the rank of Captain. He was at one time President of 
 the Paris Mechanics' Institute, and has a hand in all local enterprises of the least consequence. 
 
 Mr. Bainl was the candidate of the Conservative party for the House of Commons in 1872, 
 and of the Local Assembly in 1879, but living in a strong Reform district, was defeated both 
 times. 
 
 His religious connection is with the Congregational Church. His moral character is un- 
 questioned. 
 
 He is a member of the Masonic Order, and was Master of St. John's Lodge, No. 82, in 1877. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Baird is Cynthia, daughter of Horace Capron, of Paris, and niece of Hiram 
 Capron, founder of the town. They were married October 24, 1858, and have five children, 
 two sons and three daughters, Charles, the elder son, is a clerk in Toronto ; the other four are 
 at home, receiving a good drill in the local schools. 
 
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 MATTHEW S^MilETXAM, 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 IjiOR more than a quarter of a century the subject of this sketch has been intimately 
 -*- identified with the Postal System of Ontario, and during that time he has given such 
 evidence of possessing high executive abilities and business qualifications as entitle him to a 
 place in this record of eminent and self-made men of this Province. 
 
 Matthew Sweetnam, Post Office Inspector of the Di.strict of Toronto, as we are informed 
 by that book, " The Irishman in Canada," is of Irisli descent, and first saw the light of day in 
 Little York, now Toronto, on the 17th of October, 1831. His parents were Matthew Sweet- 
 n.am, senior, and Elizabeth Reilly, both natives of that beautiful Isle to which Canada is 
 indebted for so many of her stalwart sons and men of mark ; tho former was from Biimlon, in 
 the County of Cork, and the latter from Dumreilly, County Leitrim. 
 
 Mr. Sweetnam was educated in the city of Toronto, and after leaving school spent nearly 
 two years in the North American newspaper office. In 18.')2 he entered the .service of the 
 Dominion Government as Assistant Postmaster of Toronto, and five years later was appointed 
 Post Office Inspector of the Kingston Postal Division ; retained this position until July 1st, 
 1870, when he was transferred to the Inspectorship of the Toronto Division, and since that time 
 he has honorably discharged the duties of this responsible oflice. In 1802 Mr. Sweetnam 
 was commissioned by the Government to examine into the management of the Post OflSces at 
 
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 Montreal, Hamilton and London, in which connection he ivndored good service to the Depart- 
 ment. He is now one of the srnior Inspectors in this branch of the Government service, and 
 in addition to the advantajjes incident to a long period of active peisonal management and ex- 
 perience, he is jnstly credited with possessing great foice of cihanicter and excellent adminis- 
 trative abilities. 
 
 With the many changes and improvements which have taken place during the past twenty- 
 five years in the management of postal aftiiirs, Mr. Sweetnam has had an intimate relation, and 
 to his personal efforts much of their u.sefulncss is duo. 
 
 In addition to the important duties incidental to his office which have claimed his attention, 
 he has found time to take an active interest and a leading part in various literary and 
 educational societies, in hospital management and other kindred atfairs associated with the 
 iiiteresis and welfare of the citizens of his native Province. At the present time ho is a Vice- 
 President of the Upper Canada Bible Society, and for four years was President of the Toronto 
 Mechanics' Institute. In advocating his opinions of right and justice, in whatever cause, Mr. 
 Sweetnam is an earnest and fair speaker and a vigorous writer. 
 
 On the 14th day of May, IS.jT, he was married to Sophia Caroline, third daughter of Arthur 
 McClean, of Brockville, Ontario, by which union he has four surviving children — two sons and 
 two daughters. 
 
 A fair type of those sturdy intelligent Irisii-Canadians from whose ranks so many useful 
 citizens have sprung, imbued with that honesty and integrity of purpose in the dischai'ge of his 
 duties, which ever insures eminent success, a man of strong and active public spirit, and pos- 
 sessed of those social qualities which have won for him so many friends. Mr. Sweetnam is 
 well calculated to play a useful and leading part in any enterprise to which b(^ may devote 
 himself. 
 
 COL. ADIEL STIEinVOOD, 
 
 nnOCKVILLE. 
 
 ADIEL SHERWOOD, wlio was born near Montreal, May IC, 1770, and died in Brockville, 
 March 2.>, 1874', was for many years a loading man in the Comity of Leeds, having 
 been Sheriff of Leeds and Grenville from June .SO, 182!), till his resignation of the office in 
 18(54, and hold the responsil)lo office of Treasurer of the Counties from 1814 till 1842. His 
 father, Thomas Sherwood, was a subaltern officer in one of the Provincial Corps in Lower 
 Canada, under Sir John Johnson, and was stationed at St. John's, twcnty-tive miles from 
 Montreal, where he and his family resided until the spring of 1784 — the year after the American 
 Revolution closed, when he was discharged and placed on half-pay. He removed to Upper 
 
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 ('anada, tlu-n a " waste howlinjf wilili-rncss,' and Hcttled in Elizabetlitown, Oounty of Loed», 
 tlnoc miles from Brockvillc, there dyinj;; in December, 1826, in his eighty-first year. 
 
 Adiel grew up in the woods, aiding to clear land and till the soil, thus developing his 
 physical system, hardening his constitution, and preparing for a long and useful life. When in 
 his seventeenth j'ear ho received a connnission as Ensign, and eventually rose through every 
 grade, step by step, to Colonel, receiving the latter commission in 1830, and resigning in 1847, 
 having served fifty years. He was gazetted as retiring with the fidl rank of Colonel. 
 
 Mr. Sherw(wd was Treasurer of the District of Johnstown from 1814 to 1842; was 
 appointed Paymaster of the Eastern and Johnstown Districts in June, 1812, and servcil during 
 tlie war with the United States. 
 
 In August, 1815, he was appointed Clerk of the Crown for the Johnstown District, now 
 the united Counties of Leeds and Grenville, and in the following year a Justice of the Peace 
 the duties of which office he discharged until his appointment as Slieriff in 1829. He resigned 
 the latter office in 1804, in tlie eighty-fifth year of his age. 
 
 Mr. Sherwood was made a Free Mason soon after arriving at age, and rose till he took the 
 degree of Mark Master Mason ; was at one time High Priest of a Royal Arch Cliapter at 
 Brockville ; in 1837 was appointed senior warden of the Grand Lodge of Canada, and at his 
 death was prol)abIy the oldest Mason in Canada. 
 
 About the year 1829 Mr. Sherwood joined a Temperance Society, and a few years later, 
 when a Totid Abstinence Society was formed in Brockville, he joined that, keeping his pledge 
 to the end of his days, and working zealously for the cause. 
 
 Mr. Sherwood was President of the first Bible Society established in Upper Canada ; that 
 Society being formed at Brockville ; was a member of the first Religious Tract Society of this 
 Province, also formed at Brockville ; was a teacher in the first Sundaj* School formed in this 
 part of Canada (1811), and was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church during the la.st thirty or 
 forty years of his eminently useful life. 
 
 In a little sketch of his own life, written by Mr. Sherwood in 1808 — in his ninetieth year 
 he states that in 1837 '38, during what was then known as "The Patriot War," he was employed 
 by the Oovernment, and on one occasion sav(.>d Brockville from being pillaged by brigands from 
 the United States. 
 
 He lived to see this part of Canada become a thrifty agricultural district, the log huts dis- 
 placed by elegant frame and brick houses, and Brockville, without a name in 1784, grow into a 
 beautiful town of seven thousand inhabitants, who almost as a body wept when the patriarch of 
 the place, Adiel Sherwood, went to his rest. 
 
 Mr. Slierwood was married in 1801, to Mary, second daughter of Stephen Baldwin, of 
 Litchfield, Connecticut. They had one son and seven daughters. Mrs. Sherwood died in May, 
 18.54. All the children are living but two daughters. William Sherwood the son, lives in the 
 
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 liouHo in which his father died. He was called to the Bar, in 1854, and is a harristor of hij^hly 
 creditable character and stjindin*,'. Before Mr, Sherwood died his eldest yriinddatif^'htcr brouf,'ht 
 her grandson to visit him, representing the fifth generation of his descendants. Twenty yeai^i 
 ago he had descendants in Huason's Bay Territory, Australia, British Columbia, Halifax, 
 Bombay (India), London (England), and Capo Town (Africa). 
 
 THOMAS JULL, 
 
 OIUNGEVILLE. 
 
 rriHK subject of this brief notice is a descendant of a family of Engli.sh agriculturists, and 
 -■- dates his birtli in the County of Kent, February 17, 1817. His parents were Heiuy and 
 Harriet (Harris) JuU. The name is not very common either in England or Canada; there are 
 few families of that name in this Province. 
 
 .Thomas received an ordinary English education ; did some farming with his father in boy- 
 liood; learned the trade of a millwright, and then abundoneil it; in the autumn of 183.'), left 
 his fatherland ; came to Trafalgar, in the County of Halton, and farmed and ran a saw mill for 
 twenty-one years, having a liberal experience of fiontier life and of hard work. When he tir.st 
 settled in that county, much of the soil was covered with .standing timber, an<l he furnished the 
 material for many a pioneer's luunblc frame house. 
 
 In the spring of IS.IC, Mr. Jul! settled in Orangeville, then a snuill hiuidet; built a grist 
 mill that year ; bought a saw mill the next, and is still engaged in the manufacture of lumber, 
 agriculture, and other pursuits. The gri.st mill he sold in 187C, after running it for twenty 
 years. 
 
 Mr. Jull has been a Justice of the Peace more than thirty years; was a councilman at 
 one time in the township of Carafraxa (which includes part of the town of Orangeville), and 
 was the first reeve of Orangeville, serving in that position for several terms. He has long 
 been chairman of the local School Board, and is also one of the Licen.se Commissioners for the 
 county. Mr. Jull was President of the Tramway Company, which finiiliy culminated iti getting 
 the Toronto, Ore}- and Bruce Railway, which came to Orangeville in 1871. The Credit' Valley 
 Railroad reached this town in December, 187!). He aljounds in public spirit, and no man 
 here has done more towards furthering the interests of the place. 
 
 Until the County of Duflferin was formed, Garafraxa was in the County of Wellington ; 
 and Mr. Jull was at one time President of the Reform Association for the Centre Riding of that 
 county. 
 
 He is a Communicant in the Methodist Church of Canada ; foia long period has been an 
 
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 THE CANADIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 official mombur of that religious buily, antl is ii man in whose integrity and general uprightness 
 of life the most implicit conHilence is placed. He is a kind neighbor, and a true friend to the 
 needy and industrious. , t 
 
 In October, 1839, ho married Miss Mary Liwrence, daughter of Orange Lawrence, founder 
 of Orangeville, and after whom that place was named ; and of nineciiildron resulting from this 
 union, only four are living. All are married b>it Cyrus, who is at home and in delicate health. 
 Sarah, the only daughter living, is the wife of Joiin Lindsey, of Shelburne, County of Dufferin ; 
 Bennett is a merchant at Ridgetown, Kent county, and Orange resides in Orangeville. 
 
 Orange Lawrence, a native of Conucctieut, came to the Niagara District, Canada, soon 
 after the second war between the United States and England ; a few years later removed to 
 the township of Trafalgar, County of Halton, and farmed and manufactured timber there till 
 about 1842, when he came to the place where Orangeville nosv stands, and purchased the site of 
 most of the present town, together with a saw-mill and small grist-mill. At that time there 
 were a log house and an empty shanty here. He was the first permanent settler ; kept a 
 store as well as farmed ; at one time had an inn ; was captain of a militia company in the re- 
 bellion of 1837; and was postmaster many years, holding that othce at the time of his death, 
 which occurred in 18C1, 
 
 CHARLES RAYMOND, 
 
 aUELPII. 
 
 CHARLES RAYMOND, one (jf the leading manufacturers in Guelph, is a son of Daniel 
 and Sarah (tireene) Rayniuiul, and was born in Ashburnham, Mjiss., January C, 182(i. 
 He ac([uired his education in the district schools of his native village and Fitchburg, and the 
 Dracut (now Lowell) Academy. His father was a carpenter and joiner, and Inter in life a car- 
 riage maker, and the son early .showed marked skill in handling tools. Specimens of his 
 juvenile manufacture, exhibiting decided mechanical talent and ingenuity, are still i)reserved as 
 keejisakes, by his friends in his native town. 
 
 At the age of .seventeen, Mr. Raymond engaged with the Massachusetts Cotton Mills Com- 
 pany, Lowell, as machinist apprentice, and after serving his time out, worked three years as a 
 journeyman for the .same Company. From Lowell, as we learn from a sketch of Mr. Raymond, 
 l)ublished in The World, Toronto, in October, 1877, he Avent to " Bristol, Conn., where, after a 
 few yeai-s, he engaged in business on his own account. While thus employed his attention was 
 called to the efforts of others to bring out a practical sewing machine. He constructed one for 
 himself in the spring of 1852, and had brought it to a considerable degree of perfection, when 
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 devices. His first patent wn-s granted in 1S,")7, since wliieh time he received several others in 
 the United States, Catiada, and Great Britain. In the year lS,j8 he gave np the business of a 
 machinist and eoinmeneed manufacturing sewing machines. In 1800 he made an etl'ort to start 
 business in Montreal, but the diHicullies to be overcome were too great to admit of its being 
 iiwide a success, and he had to yield, sacrificing one-third of his capital. Nothing daunted. 
 Mr Ilaymond determined to try another point in Canada, and in 1SG2 he located in G.ielph, 
 and b'>gan to turn out his little hand sewing machines, now known and .sold all the world over. 
 After locating at Guelph the business increased very rapidly ; new and different patterns of 
 machines were added to his list, until now he manufactures fom- distinct kinds, and cases them 
 in all styles known to the trade. 'J'lie small slio|) of 18U2 lias given place to two large factories, 
 with facilities for turning out from si.x to seven hundred machines per week." He is doing a 
 business of from i? 1 .")(),()0() to S2(IO,()Ol» per annum. 
 
 On settling in Guelph, Mr. Rnymoiid took at once a lively interest in the prosperity of the 
 place, and Ikis never ^hrrnk from any resjionsibility placed upon him. In the School Board and 
 MS Chairman of the Building Connnittee, he labored long and untiringly in overseeing the erec- 
 tion of the Central Sclu)ol Building, now s(> nnich of an orn;iment as well as lu)nor to the city, 
 in tlie building also of the General Hosjiital he had a libeial hand, and has funds in more 
 than one church in the city — in sevi'ral for that matter. Says the Umlpli lleruld: 
 
 '• It is ti) Ills personal efforts tliut the iicoplo of (iiioliili iin- l;ir,'cly iiulebtnl for the ailv.inced public school 
 nystum, wliidi wo now have, ami wo ilo no injiistici' to othors who luattily co-cinenitecl with him whon wo st:ito 
 th.'it tlic inoveruciit which rosiiltod in our li:iiiil»oiiio ccutriil hcoouI migiiiiitoil witli him. Tho siiUK' istruo of tlie 
 O'ltiiity Poor Huuso — a cri'ilit to tlio sireat County nf Wolliiiglon, ami whioli w.hiM iloubtlosa imt liavu boon 
 souiii'O'l Iiad it not boon for liis oll'orts wlii'o in tho cnunty council. Wo dun't niako tlioao stalomont!) aa a 
 liioro niat(or of iamlatory writinj.', but as a mattor of fact, and to sliow tliat, whiio inunorsod in tho cares of a 
 s;reat busineH.s onterpri.se, Mr. Raymond had n^il forgotten h)s8 material interests. Tho largo sum lio contributed 
 towiinis the bniloiiig nf tlio C'oiigre.;ational Church tishored in a new era in cluirch-buiKling liero, and to other 
 thu'vhes ho lias alan contributed generously." 
 
 The large and elegant Baptist house of worship owes its existence largely to his liberality. 
 Without his aid no such a lion.se could have bun built. 
 
 A few years ago, after being ileputy reeve (wo years, .Mr. Ibiymoiid was obligeil U) nsign 
 on account cf ill health. He does not st'em to have sought otiiciiil [ rerermcnt. yet in otlice or 
 (lilt of it hi> inllucnce, as a local paper rem;d'kcd nut long ago, '" has been telt in everything 
 tliiir hits bir its obi- ct Ihr gHudof bis elnisen home." Kvangelists, ti'mpcr.incc loctiiitrs, morid 
 ivfoniKi'i. of every kind — the high and the jow — lioin tiie PriiU'css Louise to the humblest 
 Sunday Scbool v orker, lia\e littd a wekoiiie recejitiim in bis hospitable mansion. 
 
 Mr. Raymond is a nieuiber and Deacon of tho Baptist Church, and Superintendent of the 
 
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 Sunday Seliool, and i.sone of tlie live christian workers of the city, giving his time and spend- 
 ing his money freely to advance the cause of religion. He has long been connected with the 
 Baptist Missionary Societies of Canada ; has been President of both the Home and Foreign 
 Jlissionavy Conventions, and is now an active member of the Executive Board for Foreign 
 Missions. 
 
 Mr. Raymond was fir.st mamed August 9, 1847, to Mis.s Mary C. Marston Sharon, Vt., she 
 dying in June, ISGO, leaving two daughters, a son iiaving died in infancy. The second marriage 
 took place August 17, 1870, to Miss Helen J. Gill, of Bi'attleboro, Vt. The elder of the two 
 daughters, Emma A., is the wife of John Crowe, foundr>man, Ciuelph, and Ada F. the younger, 
 is the wife of John B, Miner, confectioner, Brantford. 
 
 JOHJs" WHITE, 
 
 MILTON. 
 
 ~J~OHN White, one of the leading men in the County of Halton, and for years a member 
 '' of the Canadian Assembly and Dominion House of Commons, was born near Omagh, 
 Count}' of Tyrone, North of Ireland, June 8, 181 1. His father, Thomas White, was a carpenter 
 and joiner and farmer. His grandfather was from Perth, Scotland, anil his ancestors on both 
 sides were Scotch. Wlicn our subjoct was eleven years old the family came to "Little York," 
 and settled on a farm in Etobicok'^. He was educated in a conunon school in the old country, 
 and a Grannnar School in Toronto, taught by Mr. Padfiekl, who afterwards took holy orders in 
 the English Church. 
 
 In 1834 Mr. White left Etobicoke, and settled on a farm of :i()(» acres near Milton, clearing 
 the larger portion of it, and making additions from time to time. He i^ now working two 
 farms near the town of Milton, and has other farms rented, being one of the most pushing men 
 and enterprising agriculturists in the county. 
 
 In 1841 Mr. White built saw-mills near Bronte, and wasengagecl in mainifacturing lumber, 
 disposing of this business and settling in the town of Milton, in Octolier, Ifs.')."), and has hei'e 
 resided all these years, although the land which he cultivates, 300 acres are inside tho cor- 
 poration. 
 
 Mr. White was in the District Council of the Gore District for niiit- years ; and lias been a 
 magistrate since l.s44. 
 
 In 1851 he contested th"' < 'ounty of Halton with Dr. Hamilton, of Flandmro' W(>st,and was 
 elected; was defeated by > olonel George K. Chi.shohn, of Oakville, in ls.">4 ; defeated him in 
 return in 18.37, and continued in the Canadian As.sembly and House of Commons, representing 
 this riding constantly until 1874, when he was defeated. 
 
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 Mr. White isau out-and-out Roformer, ami a niiin of great infUionee in the councils of the 
 partj. During the civil war in the United States, his synii)athie.s were stronyly with the 
 North. 
 
 Mr, White was an otHcer under the old militia law, being Captain and Adjutant ; was a 
 long time connected with the township and county Agricultural Societies, aiding all he could 
 to further their interests ; ami to a certain extent was instrumental in promoting tlie railroad 
 system of the county and country. He is a man of much public spirit, of indomitable energies, 
 and is wonderfully active for one who is so near his seventieth year. 
 
 Mr. White entered the Masonic Order in 1S44, but has never gone above the Master of a 
 lodge. He also joined the Odd Fellows in 18.51, but soon discontinued meeting with the frater- 
 nity. His religious membership is in the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Mr. White was fir.st married in 183G, to Miss Mehitable Post, of the town.ship of Trafalgar, 
 County of Halton, she dying tlic next year, leaving one son, who is still living ; and the second 
 time in 184t), to Miss Louisa Kniglit, of the city of Hamilton, and he has three children by 
 this union. 
 
 
 DAYIT) CAXFIELD, 
 
 TNGEliSOLL. 
 
 THE subject of this brief sketch is a grand.sonof Samuel Canfield, senior, a United Empire 
 loyalist, who resided in Connecticut nt the time of tlie An; ' "■ 'n Revolution, and 
 who subsequently moved into the Mohawk valley. N'.'w Yoik, and thence into the Genesee 
 valley, .same State, settling in the town.ship of East 0.\ford, Cor.iity of Oxford, Upper Canada 
 in 1794 ; and son of Samuel Cantield, junior, who was boiu in Connecticut, and accompanied 
 his father to tiiis part of Canada. The mother of David was Catherine Lick. He was born in 
 East Oxford, a; tlie old homestead, Novemliet 12, 18()(), the family moving to West Oxford near 
 Ingcrsoll in 1811. Prior to his majority he obtained such an education as could be had in the 
 log school houses of Oxford County sixty years ago ; then attended a private .school a few 
 terms, and farmed .steadily ilntil forty-live years of age. He still owns his farm, most (if which 
 is in tlie corporation of Ligcr.soll. Whilr Piigiigcd in agrieultiir.il imisuits he served in the 
 townshi]! eouiiiil, and was Clerk of the t(iwns]ii|i, and lias since been in the town council. 
 When the Rebellion broke out mar tlie elosr of IN.'}?, hi' cnlistiMl ;is a private ; was appointed 
 Liiutmant the ne-t year, and Captnin a year or two late r, holding the latter commission until 
 the cliiinge in the militia laws, several years ago. 
 
 Mr. Canfield has hold the otlice of Clerk of the Division Court, since 1847, and that of 
 Magistrate a longer period, and is active and etlicient. tliough in his seventy-t'ourth year. 
 There is no truer, more reliable business tuan in ingt-rsoll. 
 
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 Mr. Ciuitiflil lias long been a uieinbor of the Church of EnylanJ, and has held the oHice of 
 w.mlcn of St. .fames' Clmrch for many years. He lias evidently not only found " honesty tlic 1)e.st 
 policy," but lias pi-aitise 1 it with.out any reference to "policy," which should in all ca.^cs be 
 commended. There i.s satisfaction in doing right, as every honest man liiids — Mr. Cantield 
 among the number. 
 
 He was first married in 1884, to Miss Maria R. Dorchester, of IngersoU, she dying in 18-tG 
 leaving one son, James Canfield, who is Clerk of the County Court of Oxford, residing at 
 Woodstock. In 1851 he married Miss Susan Grannis, of London, Ontario, and by her has had 
 two sons and one daughter, the latter being dead. Georg<. S. the elder son, is clerk in a bank 
 at Simcoe, and Frederick D. the younger, is a medical student with Drs, Hoyt and Williams, 
 IngersoU. 
 
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 ICEXNETH CHISHO1.M, M.P.P., 
 
 BBAMrTON. 
 
 'T7~ ENNETH CHISHOLM, of the firm of R. Chisholm and Co., mcnbcr of the Ontario Lcgis- 
 -'--^ lature for th.e County of Peel, and one of the leading merchants in Brampton, i.< a 
 descendant of an ol i Highlaiul family, originally lioni Invernessshire, Scotland. His fatlicr, 
 Alexander Chisholm, being born in the County of Glengarry, removed to Toronto town.ship, 
 in what is now tlie County of Peel, in 1818. His mother, whose maiden name was Mary Mc- 
 Donnell, was tlic daughter of a United Enijire Loyalist, who movcil from the State of \i w 
 York to Glengarry at the time of the revolution, She drew lands in the County of Peel, and 
 that property, after being out of the liamls of the family for nearly fifty ynrs, has recently 
 been purchased by the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Mr. Chisholiii was educated in the .schools of tliis county ; in his youth was a clerk in a 
 Brampton stor"\ and has been in mercantile trade for himself a little mon; than a qu,-.rter of a 
 century, and doing a heavy l)usiness. They have also a fioui'ing niili, with four run of stone, on 
 the Credit river, four miles from town, and in connectini with it a farm of five hundred acres ; 
 and they deal heavily in grain, Hour and provisions, as well as in general merchandise. Their 
 business amounts to about S1,()0(),()()() a year, including their business at Orangeviile. 
 
 Mr. Chisholm has probably tloiie more work in the town and county councils than an}' other 
 man in Peel, he having been a meinljer of the town council tweniy four years, reeve half of 
 that period, and warden tliree terms. Many of the improvements, village, town, and county, 
 were suggested and largely engineered by him, lie being a thorouglily entcr])ri&ing and progrcs- 
 wive man. 
 
 Mr. Cliisholm was tirst elected to Parliament, for his present .scat, in 1873, to fill u vacancy 
 
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 caused by the death of John C >yn ; was ro-elo^tud in ii^T'), and unseated, on petition, on the 
 l-tth of June, of that year, hut the judgment was reversed on appeal ; and he was again rc-ele';ted 
 in June, 1870. He i.s a strong lliifornier, and one of tlie strongest niun of his party in the 
 ( 'ounty of Peel. 
 
 lie belongs to the Primitive Methodist Clmreh, and is a liberal supporter of religious and 
 benevoient organizations. 
 
 The resilience of Mr. Ciiisholm — "Alderle.v" — on South Main Street, Brampton, is the 
 finest in .,. c County of Peel ; and shows tliat he has good taste as well as business talent. 
 
 The firm have also a large mercantile business at Orangeville. 
 
 WILLIAM CANE, 
 
 NEWMARKET. 
 
 WILLIAM CANE, son of Samuel and Nancy (Martin) Cane, dates his birth at Albany, 
 N. Y., October 8, 18:23. His father, who was a boot i'ud shoe merchant, was of Irish 
 descent. When the .son was ten or eleven years old, the family moved to Upper Canada, and 
 settled in the township of Cavan, fifteen miles from Port Hope, both parents dying three or 
 four years afterwards. Our sultject received a very ordinary country school edtieatio!i ; finished 
 l>y private study, and early learned the wood-working business — turning, carpentering, ite., 
 having a taste and natural aptitude for the niecli:niie arts. He wt)rkeil iit liis trade at Mariposa, 
 Lindsay, and in one or two other towns, and in l^t-O, located near QueoMs\illi', in tlie township of 
 East <iwillindjuiT, seven miles from Newmarket, where lie had .vliops for tlii' manufacture of 
 pu\nps ami all kinds of turning work, running also a saw-mill during the last sixteen years that 
 he was in that towiLship. While there lie held the several offices of Justice of the Peace, 
 deputy-reeve, reeve, and warden, and for fourteen eoiiseentive years was a School Trnsfei', 
 being, in fact, tlien and now a leading man in Nortli York. 
 
 In 1874, Mr. Cane settled in iNCwmarket, where he is engaged, witli four of his .sons, in the 
 manufacture of tindicr and dressed lumber, including flooring, siding, dressed stock, wainscot- 
 ing, batons, fence pickets, and mouldings of every description, also doors, blinds, wa.shing 
 machines, churns, pails, tnbs^ wheel-barrows, (juilting-frames, and wooden wiire generally. 
 They also carry on iron machine works. They employ from sixty to seventy-five men, and are 
 the most extensive and enterprising manufacturers in the place. Their mills and yards are very 
 near the Northern Railway Station, and they have every conveiiiiMiee for filling orders witli 
 dispatch. They are heavy dealers in lath and .shingles, as well as all kinds of lumber. The 
 four sons in the firm are Henry Styles, Chailes Edwin, Ambrose Milton, and J. Eugene, 
 the two oldest ones i^iirst nientiimed) being married. There are three other sons living, and two 
 
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 daughters, the older daughter, Joanna, being tlie wife of the Rev. Thomas Grandhy, of the 
 County of Sinicoe. The other children are single. The wife of Jlr. Cane wa.s Mi.ss Catharine 
 Belfry, of Ea.st Gwilliuibury, married in 1^44. They have buried three children. 
 
 Mr. Cane has al\Viiy.s been a hard-working man, and whatever he lias of this world's goods 
 he ha.s earned with toil-hardened liands. He is in eoinfortable circumstances, but he seem.s to 
 find industry, like "virtue, its own reward, " and few men or meadow-larks in North York are 
 astir in the morning before him. 
 
 In politics he is a Reformer, is President of the North York Reform Association, and has 
 been inged by his party to be a candidate iov the Local Parliament, but his taste does not seem 
 to run in that direction. He finds no ditticulty in obeying laws already made, but doej not 
 incline to aid in multiplying or amending them. 
 
 Ho is a member of the Canada Alothodist Church, and of the Official Board of the New- 
 market body of that name. 
 
 EPHEAni COOK:, M.D., 
 
 EPHRAIM COOK, the ol.lest phy.sician in the County of 0.\ford, is a native of Hadley, 
 Ma.ss., dating his birth, June 14, ISO.i. His father, John Look, a farmer, was born in 
 the same town. His mother was Sarah White. In his yo\ith he aided liis father in tilling land, 
 and attendeil a district .school, linishing his literary education at Hopkins Academy, in ]ii> 
 native town. There also he coinnienced the study of medicini' ; attiinled lectures in llnston 
 Mass. ; in 1>S30 came to Up|)er Canada. Hnished his professional stmlies at .St. Thomas, and in 
 the spi-ingof 18.'J1, located in a farming district one mile north of whcMi^ the village of Noiwich 
 now stands. There was then no sign of a village within a duzc a miles of this point, anil ni> 
 physician nearer than Tilsonbuig, twenty miles away — none lietween herf and Simcoe and 
 Brantford, each twcnty-tive miles di?jtant ; none on the road t.> St. Thomas, fifty miles, and to 
 the northward, none pmbably this side of thi' North Pol.'. \ tVw years later, Dr. Tunpiand, 
 mentioned elsewliere, settled at Woodstock. 
 
 Leaving the plain liaekwoods house about l.Si", Dr. (.'ooke mnved to his present home in 
 the eastern end of the village of Norwich, then ha'-" in the embryotic state, here .still living 
 for years in the plainest farm house, and farmer's st_ Fur more than forty years his profes- 
 
 sional labors were exceedingly hard, and up to less tna; iree years ago there was little abate- 
 ment. He fairly wore himself out in the service of the sick, now lieingcpiite feeble, and doint^ 
 little more than otHce- work —none outside the village. He has been in imlependent cir 
 
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 Htances for many ^'eare. but some of the older families want no other physician, and he trios to 
 accommodate them, 
 
 Js'ytwithstanding the busy jirofossional life which Dr. Cook lived for nearly fifty years, 
 he was often almost forced into ottice, and has lu'ld nearly every civil position in thi- gift t)f 
 the people of the township and county. In 1854-1 S.'S he served the constituency of the 
 South Riding of Oxford in the Cniadian Parliament. He carried through the charter for the 
 Canadian Literary Institute, now a Hourishing school at Woodstock. He was the first bank 
 manager at Norwich, and is a Director of the Port Dover and Lake Huron Haiiway, which he 
 iiided liberally with his funds in building. 
 
 The Doctor was Postmaster at No. ivich at an early day, wiien there was only a weekly 
 mail from Burford, arriving on Saturday and making Sunday a delivery day. His recollections 
 (if those times are quite vivid. The best pulpit talent could not be commanded at that period ; 
 the supply of teachers was rather meagre, and sermon or no sermon, the people who came five, 
 ten ami fifteen miles f(jr their letters and papers, were moi'e earnest to get secular than gospel 
 news. It was glad tidings when they had a letter from far away friends ; and a newspaper a 
 month old, or il from the old country, three months old, was fresh and refreshing. 
 
 Dr. Cook holds no church connection, but is a Presbyterian, and a Christian believer, and, 
 in his ]iliysical weakness, finds a start" and ,support in the Divine promises. 
 
 His wife was Phebe English, native of Ireland, and daughter of John English, who died at 
 London, Ontario, in July, 1870, aged 9(1 years ; married in January, LS.'H. They have three 
 sons, all living in Norwicli. (icorge A is a barristei ; Ephraim C, is a medical student, anil 
 .(ohn If. a student at law. 
 
 VERY REV. MICHAEL BOOMER, LL.U, 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 T~XEAN BOOMER, son of fieorge Boomer, a linen manufacturer of Huguenot de.scent, and 
 -*-^ Mary Knox, of Scotch ancestry, was born at Hill Hall, near Lisburn, County of Down, 
 I icland, January 1, l.slO. The name was originally sjicit Buhner, and the progenitoi' of the 
 family in Ireland was R^'ue Buiuier. who with his wife tied from France about the time of tlu' 
 revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and settled at Lamhcg. in a house now called the Priory. 
 The name was rtnallv changed from Rdne Buhner to Rainev Boomer. An interesting anecdote 
 is told of him in the " L'lster Journal of Archeology." As King William (of Orange) passed 
 through La.mbeg on one occasion, about l!)0 years ago, he was met by Mr, Buhner, who ad- 
 dressed him in French After explaining to the King the cause of his being in Ireland, as His 
 Majesty was about to pass on, his humble subject asked permission to emlirace him. The King 
 
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 ponsonti'tl, and linvin^ roceivi'd a saliitiMHi tlio I'lu'ck.lic. st(><)|iiii;,' townnl BuImut's wilV, a lovoly 
 Kifiu'li wiiinaii, saiil ; "ami the wife also," and lie saluted licr lioartlly. 
 
 Our siiliji'i't was cdtu'ated at tlio Bi-ltast IJoyal Aeadi'inic Institution, of which lio was a 
 t'ouiuhitiou scholar for tive ycais. and at 'I'rinily C'olli'i,fi', |)ul>lin, havin<^ f^raduated from the 
 latter in IN.'W, and there reeeivint,' the lionoraiy di';;nv' of Doctor of Laws, in IHdO. 
 
 He came to Caniida in 1N40 ; wns onliiined Deacon the same year l>y IVisliop Straehan, and 
 Priest the foUowlni,' year, as a missionaty for the rro]iaj,'ation of the tJospel ; and was apj)ointed 
 to the mission of (ialt. a iiositii.n which lie retained for more than thirty years. When he 
 entered upon his mis>ion work, there were luit three K[)iscoj)al families in the parish, and neither 
 •school house nor ehni'ch ; when he K'ft, a lai'_i,'e stone ehurcli and line j)arsonaj,'e wi're u]>, and 
 there were nearly a tliousand mendiers of the cliun-h. and an endowment of !?l,()()(). 
 
 In liS7*J the siilijeet of this notice was called to London hy the Bishoi) of Huron, and ap- 
 pointed Dean of Huron and I'lincipal of Huron ('oIIcl;!', an institution foumled liy Bishop llell- 
 muth in IStiS, for preparing; youni,' men lor tlii' ministry, and which is ijuite llourishin<| under 
 the ])rincipalsliip of the woilliy Dean. 
 
 His present wife was Mrs. Hai'riet Ut)che, of Kngland, an authoress who has written a very 
 pojmlar work on South Africa, " t)n Trek in the 'rransvaiil." 
 
 J ION. 'rilO^L\S GALT, 
 
 roiiOXTo. 
 
 rpiHK suliject of this skitcli a .lu<lj;e of the C'oint of Coiumoii Pleas for Ontario, is woithy a 
 ~*~ place in these annals, aside from his distinction as an eminent .ludi,'e, as an old settler in 
 Toronto, havinj; resided there continuously siiu'c IS.'i-S. IK is a native nf London. Knj,dand, anil 
 was born Aufjust 12th. 1S1,">. He is descemleil IVom an old Scotch family, and some of his an- 
 cestors were well-known men of eminence in their day. His father was John (Ialt, Esq.. whose 
 name many will recoj,mize as that of a well-known and popular novelist. Some of his best 
 known works were: "The Kntail,""LaurieTodd,"" Sir Andrew \\'ylie,""The Annals of the I'ari.sh. ' 
 John Oalt had married I'',li/.alieili Tilloch, dau^diter of Alexander Tilloch, a prominent man 
 of Ayrshire, and they lieeame the ]iMr.iits nf Julin (Ialt, Thomas (Ialt, and Alexander Tilloch (Ialt. 
 The eldest son, John, for many yiars piinr tn Ills ilealli. in lS(!(l. was lu'<,nstrar for the county 
 of Huron, and was widely- known and res[)eeted as a sterling num, and a genial companion. 
 Alexander, the youngest son, now 8ir Alexander tlalt, (I.C. M.(I., has for many years been one 
 of Canada's leading pulilic men, more particularl}' distinguished for the marked ability which 
 he has displayed as Finance Minister. 
 
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 Tlionins (liilt spent Ills curly life and ivci^ivcd liin scliudl I'lliicalinn in Kn^'liind and Scot- 
 land ; in liis oi|,diti'('iitli year lie cniii^riitcd to Caniula, and scttli'd in 'rornnto, wlicn lu' ontcrcd 
 tlif employ of till- Canada Company; ri'maincd in (licir otlicc alioni six years, a( the end of 
 whieli time lie lieeanic a .stndent at law with the late lion. Chief .Instii'e Hraper; Mas called to 
 the l?ar 1', C. Kaster Term, 181."), ami innnediatcly cntercil npon the praeliec of his profession, 
 {''or nearly a (pnirter of a century he occupied a jirominont position at the l?ar, and from an early 
 period in his pi'ofcssional cari'cr, was enliusted with the solicitor.ship t)f vai'ious railways, in- 
 suranci- companies, \'c. As a crimiiuil lawyer, he stood in the front rank, haviui,' hocn env^a;,'ed 
 in very many of the most celelirated cases during; his iiractico at tho Har. 
 
 In l.S."),S he was made a Queen's Counsel, and in Kaster Term, IHIl!), his distini^uishcd abili- 
 ties were further n'coijni/cd l>y his elevation to the Hench as a.Iud<,'c of the Court of Common 
 I'leas for Ontario. That his appointment was a judicious i.ue, has lieen tuliy verilied liy the 
 cX])oricnce of tlic ten yi'ars which have intervened since then. .ludijc (iidt helon^fs to the 
 Ciiinch of Kni^land, ami is a constant attendant at the services in St. James' Catheilral. lie 
 was marrieil in Octolier, I.S47, to Frances Louisa, dan^diter of James Marshall Perkins, anil from 
 this union there are nine surviviii'' children, live sons and four dan^'htors. 
 
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 "T7)(>I5KRT JOHN (iUNN, thirty-seven years a JMiysician andSur;,'eon in Whithy, was luirii 
 -*-*' in the pari.sh of Watton, County of Caithness, Scotland, Kehruaiy IK iNl.'., his father 
 heiii!,' llev. Alexamlcr Ciuini, a Minister of the Kirk of Scotlan.l, and his mother, Kli/.aheth )irr. 
 Arthur. His maternal i,'randfathcr, JJohert Aithur, was also a Minister of the .same denomina- 
 tion. Ilohertwas educated at a private school and at the University of Kdinliurirli ; studied 
 meilicinc in that city ; l.eeame a Licentiate of the Hoyal Cuilcire of Sur^.•oIl^ of Kdinliuri,'h ; 
 l)ractised two ye.-us at Thur.so, in his native comity ; in the autiniin of IS+'i he eMiii,'rated to 
 Canada West, now Onlario.and settled in Whithy, and has practised here steadily, witii the e.v- 
 eept ion of three or foiu' months, from that date, heing a Liceutiale of llie Medical I'.oard of 
 Ontario. Wiicn he tirst located in this towiivhip, what is now the town of Whitl.y. with its 
 three thousand tivc hundred inhahitants, was uotliinu' more than ii four-corners, with tw.) or 
 tlirei' stores, ;i post ottice, ;md a few mech.uiics' shop.. The country was thinly populated, 
 tlie roads were ],ou\\ the streams ranly i.ri.l:,'e,l, physicians .scar.v, and the Doctor had, 
 from necessity, veiy long and tedious ridus, often extending thirty miles northward 
 through half-clearod forests. In a work like tliis we cannot enter into the details of tho 
 
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 Imnlships of a piDiicoi ]ili_vsiciMM's life ; it imist .siiHice to say tlint uiir muIijccI liiid a lilicral t-x- 
 jHM'ii'iicr in Miicli lianl,sliij)s, ami tliat In- sliraiik from none fif tliiMn \\\w\\ duty calliul him to 
 ailiniiiisttT to the wants of tlio sick or injurt'd. He promptly olnycd ovciy sninmouM, icjjard- 
 losa of tli(> state of tlic weatlier or roads, tlio seasons of the yeai' or the liour of the nij^lit. 'I'o 
 
 many an hiiml)le caliin, fur back in the little openiu<,'s in the w Is, his coming was like that 
 
 of a messenger of mercy, allordiiig relief to the distressed, and strengthening restoi'atives to 
 the weak and feehle. 
 
 Dr. (lunn has lieen of no iiieonsideraiile service to the pulilic outside of his profession. 
 H(! was trustee of the local schools sixteen or seventeen years, and chairmiin of that hoard 
 j)art of the time ; has heen a Justice of the Peace eipially as long ; and after heing in th(> town 
 <'ouneil several years, was mayor two terms. He has heen Surgeon to the jail since Ontario 
 became a separate county in ls,").S. 
 
 The Doctor is a niemher of tin' I'reshyterian Church and served iis elder of the sanie for a 
 long jieriod. Once or twice he ha^; heni ap|iointi;il a delegate to theOei •••al Assembly. Ho 
 is a mend)er of thi* Masonic Order. 
 
 Di-. Oumi was mnrried on t!ie '1\{\\ of October, IHH), to Miss Agnes I'ringle, a native of 
 Edinburgh, Scotland, then residing in the township of Whitby; and they have had foui' 
 children, two dying yoimg and two still living, Klizabeth Arthur is the wife of Mr. Angus 
 McKay, a farmer in the townshij) of Pi<:kering, and Mary Ann is the wife of Mr. John Ball 
 Dow, barrister, Whitby, 
 
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 TTENRY OUNNTNCmAM, son of James Cunningham, farmer, ami Margaret Ward, was 
 -' — *- Viorn in th<' County of Mmiaghan, Ireland. He Is descended from a Cunningham 
 family that went from England about the time of the connnotion connected with thot'oinmon- 
 wealth. Henry received a connnon school eilucation ; at fifteen years of age became a clerk in 
 a hardware store at Monaghan, lieing apprentice for five years ; then became a salesman ; in 
 1S.')2 went to MancliC'^ter, England, and in IS.jG crossed the ocean and settled in Kingston, 
 The next year he went into busini'ss with Edwin ( 'hown, they purchasing tlie interest of 
 Luther Hamilton, in the firm of Hamilton ami Chowii, stove and implement manufacturers: 
 and the firm of Chown and Cimningham, formeil in l.S.")7, remains unchangeil. Their business 
 has grown from time to time, keeping pace with tlie jirogress and demanils of the city ami 
 country, mitil they give employment to about seventy men. They manufacture a great variety 
 of cooking, parlor and office stoves-, and implements of vari<i\is kinds and the best styles, anil 
 
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 aro quiti! wuucossfiil iijii'mtdrH. Fac-toiiuH liko tliciiN liiivr aiilitl mtv luudi in luiililiiig iii) tin- 
 city. 
 
 Ml'. ( 'iiiinin^'liiun was a ('a|»taiii of V'oliintoiMs diirliiLt lln' b'ciiian raiiU, liiM<iiii^' tliatotfii'O 
 t'lr livi' yours ; was AUlt'iiiian sovcii (»r cicflit ytars ; Mayor in \><7',\ ; I'ltsiilt'iit of tiio Board of 
 Tradu tliri'c years; lias l.iccii Mimistnitc siiioo iMi'J. and < '(iniiiiissioni'r for tai\in;,' atHdavits 
 Nince alioiit IMJO, and is I'lvsidfiil of tin' Irisji rrotchtant IVncvolfiit Society, and of tlic Mid- 
 land CVntral Ai,'i'iciiltiiral Association, lie is ii Trustee ol' three .Methodist ( 'hiirches in Kinjjs- 
 tuii ; llcconline; Stuwiird of the Kingston Ciiiiiit nf the Methodist ( 'liiiirli <if < 'iiimda, and a 
 stiiing, eiiei'netic man oi'tlie highest eliaracter for |iioliit\, reiuly to leiiii a iiand in any I'liter- 
 juise that will lieiietit the city ot' his adoption. In jiolitics lie is ii ( 'onser\ativu. 
 
 Mr. ('iii.ninghaiii has a socoiid wifo, his first wife lieing Miss Catharine .\iiniiig, daughter of 
 Saiiiiiei Alining, of Kingston, niarried in |!S.")7, and dying in ISd.S. His present wile is Marga- 
 ret, eldest (laughter ol .lolin Hredeii, e.\-Mayor of Kingston, married in Mareh, l,S7<>. lie has 
 had three children hy each wife, all of them, three hoys and three girls, still living, 
 
 The partner of Mr. (.'unninghani, Kdwiii Chowii, a native of England, came to Canada in 
 1N.S2, and has been in husiiiess in King'stoii since \^\'t, part of the time with his hrother, 
 Arthur Chown, and other parties, and part of tiie time alone lie was running the city 
 Foundry, when it was destroyed hy fire in Fiiiriiary, iS.")I, ami after that calamity for a few 
 years confined him.self to the tin-ware and stove Imsiness. lie has heeii in the city council, 
 and hehl other local offieus, being a man of much public spirit. 
 
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 "TTTILLIAM STKRNHKRC ('AMrHMLL, son of Arehibald I )ougall and Catharine (Stcrn- 
 ' * berg) t.'amiibell, who came from the l^iited Slates at the close of the Revolution, and 
 settled ill the County of tJleiigarry, where the fatheiof our subject lived until IMIS, when he 
 came westwanl to tlii' County of Kent, where he had drawn land on aeccmiit of the loyalty of 
 his mother, afterwards moving to Hamilton, In IKiH Archibald Campbell settled in the town- 
 ship of R>raiitfor<l, on a farm of 17<) acres, four miles from the present city o*" Brantford, where 
 William was born, February -'>, IN+O. His mother was from the State of New York, 
 
 He received an ordinary Knglisli education ; w.is reared on his father's farm, which the son 
 still owns, and has it in a tine state of cultivatii'ii, with a good orelianl, ami well stocked, includ- 
 ing thoroughbred cattle \e., and having first-clas>. barns and other biiiklings. 
 
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 in 18U3 ; fur suiue time I>c tried iii-e insurance and other business of a more sedentary nature, 
 but such habits did not agree with him, and he continued farming. 
 
 Mr. Campbell has been a school trustee of the t4)\vnship of Brantford for the last tiftocn 
 years or more, and has Ijeen councilman, deputy-reevo, reeve and warden, serving in all in the 
 township and county councils at least ten j'ears, resigning in 1875 to accept the Treasury- 
 ship of the county. He is also Treasurer of the Municipality of the township of Brantford ; 
 Treasurer of South Brant Agricultural Society, and is one of those faithful and trustworthy 
 uien, in whom the citizens of the county have unlimited confidence. He has always pioved 
 himself true to every trust, and a very useful citizen. 
 
 His politics arc Reform, and he has held the Presidency of l»oth the township and county 
 Refonn Associations. In his present position, he takes, we believe, no active part in such 
 matters. 
 
 Mr. Campbell is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; has pns.sed all the 
 chairs, and i-epresentcd his lodge for a ntunlier of yeai-s in the Grand Lodge of Ontario. 
 
 September 18, 1871, he married Mi.ss Mary Ellen Hawley, of Brantford town.ship, and they 
 have four children living and have buried one son four years of age. 
 
 DANIEL CLAKK, M.l)., 
 
 TOKOyTO. 
 
 DANIEL ('L'.RK, .M.l>., was born in CJranton, Tnvernesssliiri', Scotland, August SJ), 1835. 
 His father, Alexander Clark, was a native of Knockando, Morayshire, Scotland, and 
 a larmer by occupation. He died in IH74', at the age of seventy-four ytars, luar Port Dover, 
 County of Norfolk, Ontario, on the old homestead. His mother, whose maiden name was Anne 
 Mcintosh (or Riiuh in Oaelic) was bo' i near Tomintoul, Banffshire, Scotland, in the year 1804, 
 and is still living on the old farm near Port Dover. The family immigrated to Port Dover from 
 the city of Dundee, Scotland, via Quebec, in 1841. I>r. Clark remained on the farm iintil 1850, 
 He was obliged to educate himself with the exception of three months at school, until on the 
 25th day of April, 1850, he lift home for California, which he reached on the 3rd day of August, 
 in the same year, by crossing Central Ameiica, and reached San Franci.sco aftc a voyage of sixty- 
 three days in a small crazy old vessel on the Pacific Ocean. He went to the placer diggings on 
 the North and South branches of the American river, and worked in the beds and on the bni-s 
 of these streams until October, 1851. Having made a sufficient sum of money by hard work 
 and constant exposure — not knowing the luxury of a bed during all this time — he returned to 
 Canada and immediately went to the Grammar School at Sinicoe, Norfolk county, m this 
 Province, where he remained until Septemlier, 1853. He then wont to Toronto, and attended 
 
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THE CANAVIAy BlOGRAPllICAL DWTJOSAllY. 
 
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 classeH in clasHics, luathcinatics and philosophy for fuiir yeaix, and commenced Iiis medical studien 
 in the Toronto School of Medicine, except the last session whicli was attended at Victoria 
 University Medical Department, where he graduated in April, 18i».S. Not beinj^ satisfied with 
 the medical opportunities and facilities ottered at that time in Toronto, he went to Europe in 
 April, 1858, and remained until the summer of the following year. He attended a winter course 
 of lectures in the Univorsity of Edinbuigh, under Sir J. Y. Simpson, Drs. Syme, CJregory, 
 Henderson, Miller, Bennett and Layeoek, and was also n dresser under Dr. (iordon, at the Royal 
 Public Infirmary. During the summer mcjnths he visited the London ami Paris Hospitals, 
 endeavoring as far as possible to gain an insight into the practical work of his profession. 
 His health failing he visiti-d many of the countries of Southern Europe, including Belgium, 
 Holland ami (Jermany to the West. In the summer of 18')8 he rettnned to Canada, and 
 couunenccd the practice of his profession in Princeton, County of Oxfonl, Ontario. 
 
 In November, IXj!), he was marrieil to Jennie Elizabeth Gissing, a native of Princeton, 
 but of English parentage, her mother, Mary Ilersee, being a native of Sussex, and lier father, 
 W. A. Gissing, being a native of Suffolk. There were three children born to them, one of 
 whom died a few months after birth. 
 
 Dr. Clark practised his profession in Princeton continuously until 18G4, when he joinetl 
 the Union Aimies of the Potomac and the James, operating before Richmond and Petersburg, 
 Ix'ing attached to the Surgeon-General's Department, as a Volunteer Surgeon. After returning 
 t(. . .incoion he resumed his practice. During the years intervening be* .veen ISG-t and lb75, 
 and cven before that time. Dr. ( 'lark was a fre([uent contributor to the periodical literature of 
 the Dominion, espeeiallj' writing for the Mcdlfal JoudkiI, Stfivart'n Qaartcrlif, The M«ritiiit<'. 
 Monlhly,Tlic CauuilUm Monlhli/ (intiynlionalUti^uir ixawMnsthe weekly press. He originated 
 in conjunction with F. J. Gissing, his brother-in-law, and edited for three years Tlie Primrfon Rf- 
 rii'iv, when he letired from its management. He is the author of a book of 320 pages consisting of 
 sketches of men and places seen and visited by the author. This book was designated "Pen Photo- 
 gra|)hs." He is the author of monographs on " The Insanity Plea, " " Medical Evidence in 
 Courts of Law," " The Animated Molecule and its Nearest Relatives," " Medical Manias," 
 " Laughter and its Causes," " Canadian Poetic Literature," " Heavyseage and His Poetry," 
 "The Scars of a Recent Conflict," etc. He also wrote a romance founded on the Canadian 
 Rebellion, of 1837, called " Josiah Garth." He has been an extensive reviewer of new works 
 in leading magazines, and from much reading as well as acute observation has been found well 
 qualified for this literary critic^il work. In 1872 he was elected a member of the Medical 
 (.'ouncil of Ontario, and at the expiration of his term of olHce he was re-elected in 1875, and still 
 remains a mend)er of that body. In 187t» he was elected President of the council and re- 
 elected in 1877. He has l»een appointed on successive occasions Examiner in Chemistry for 
 the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. He is also, at the present time. Examiner 
 in Obstetrics and Medical Jurisprudence for the University of Toronto. 
 
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 THE CANADIAN BlOUItAl'UlCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 In the Humuer of 1875 a vncancy occurred in the Supeiinteudency of the Provincial 
 Lunatic Asylum. The univers4il wish of the iiiudical profession throughout the Province was, 
 a» cxpn>ssed individually through medical societies, and the unanimous i-ecommendation of the 
 Medical council, ivpresenting us it does all the Medical Colleges, Universities, and the Profession 
 of all the schools (numbering 1701) Medical Prnctitionei-s) that Dr. Clark was eminently well 
 (jualified by education, professional acquirements and executive ability to till this important 
 ])osition. This induced the Uovernnient to appoint him to this resi)onsible position. After 
 four years' trial the ex{)ectations of the Profession have been more than realized. Although 
 comparatively a young man he stands at tiie head of the medical profession, in the specialty of 
 insanity, of which he was such an ardent student, as an amateur investigator, before his 
 appointment. He is often called upon by the courts to give evidence in crown cases, and his 
 judgments are received witli that deference and respect which is always given to matured 
 judgment, and cautious, thorough investigation conducted by an acute observer. The procuring 
 of a good education is comparatively ea.sy now-a-days ; l>ut when, over twenty years ago. Dr. Clark 
 had to learn the principles of a common school education unaided ; and was obliged to study 
 Kuclid, Algebia, English and classic literature by the side of burning log-heaps, in lonely back 
 fields, when most of his neighboi-s were a-sleej), and after a day of boyish toil, to be educatetl 
 meant indomitable pluck, untiring energy, love for books, and aptitude for a student's work. 
 Such a checkered life of |»hysical and mental activity, when honestly and honorably conducted 
 is, as in Dr. Clark's example, nearly always crowned witii success. 
 
 
 FKEDERICK MEltNER, 
 
 SEW IlAMItriK;. 
 
 "rj^REDERlCK MERNER, a prominent manufacturer, is a brother of Sanmel Merner, M.P., 
 -*- mentioned on preceding pagi's, and was born in the same place. Canton, March 22, 1829. 
 In 1837, when the family settled near New Hamburg, the country in this part was almost a 
 dense forest; .schoolmasters were scarce, and not of the liigliest gratle, and Frcdi-rick accjuired 
 the best education hecouUI, uiidci thecirciiiiistaiurs, at literary browsing. By ailditional appli- 
 cation to books out of .school, hi- obtained a fair knowlcilge of the .several brancli«!s neee.s.sary 
 for the transaction of ordiuiiry business. His father raisid no children to till .spheres of idleness, 
 and Frederick, after faiining until seventeen years of age, was .sent to Preston ttj learn the 
 trade of a wagon maker, .spending three veal's tlurr as an apiaenticc doing thence to (trimsby, 
 he there worked as a journeyman until of age ( 18-5(1 j, when he settled in New Hamburg, and 
 engaged in business in company with his brother, he doing the wood work and Samuel the 
 iron. 
 
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THE CANADIAN lit /GRAPHWAL DICTION ART. 
 
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 About 18.10 our suhject l)<)Uglit out his brotlier, nud has since been carrying on basiness 
 by himself, making carriages and sleighs, as well as farm wagons anil buggias, having shops 
 Iwth here and at Waterloo, and usually giving employment from twenty to twenty-fivo skilled 
 workmen. He manufactures a good substantial article, and finds his principal market in this 
 Province, but has sent wagons to Australia and V^an Dioman's Lanil. 
 
 Mr. Merner is an enterprising man, and sometimes has more than one iron in the tire. In 
 187.') he commenced flax growing ; sowed from 300 to .S.IO acres, and raised some years as high 
 as ?l.'),(K)0 worth of this article, discontinuing the business at the close of 187H, Init likely to 
 resume it again before this work makes its appearance. In 1S78 he opened a store, and keeps a 
 large stock of general merchandise. As a business man he is a success ; and he has made him- 
 self quite useful, as a citizen outside his several pursuits. 
 
 Mr. Merner was in the village council for fifteen or sixteen years; was reeve two or three 
 terms, and is, and has been for sometime, a trustee of the common school. Like his brother, ho 
 thoroughly identifies him,seif with all local interests. 
 
 He is an Odd Fellow; a member of the Evangelical Association, ami a Reformer, and is 
 now Vice-President of the Reform Association of the village. 
 
 The mari'iage of Mr. Merntir is dated November 1!), 18.")3, his wift; Ix'ing Philipina Young, 
 from (Jermany. They have nine children, three daughters and six sons, all the former being 
 married: Jattate to Henry Ernst, Darissa to Jacob Ernst, and Lovina to Louis S. Zoeger, all 
 residing in New Hamburg. 
 
 REV. r.KORCJE BUIINJMKLT), [Nf.A., 
 nnocKvii.LK. 
 
 ONE of the best scholars and ablest sermonizers of his age, connected with the Ontario 
 l)u]pit, is George Burnfield, a native of the city of Perth, Scotland, his birth being 
 dated February 1!>, 184.'). His fiitluM- wns a nieclmnie ; his mother was a daughter of David 
 Keir, of Bank foot, Scotland, one of the early contractors of that country. In 18.").t the family 
 landed in the city of New York, where our subject attended school for a short time, the family 
 removing to Hamilton, Ontario. There young Burnfield continued his .studies, first in the public 
 and then in the High School, finishing in the latter, under .T. M. Buchan, M.A., Jind entering the 
 Tniversity of Toronto in 1804. 
 
 While in college the career of Mr. Bin-nfield wns nmrked with great brilliancy and success. 
 He took honors in English, Latin 'and Greek ; obtained the scholai-ship, value ?12(), for two 
 consecutive years, for Latin and (Sreek, and also the silver medal in the same department in 
 18()0, whenhe obtained the degree of B.A. He was also prizeman in ('haldee, Hebrew and 
 
 
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 TltE CANADIAN lUnGnAPIItCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 Syriac in that University, nii<l Iiiih boon a|>|)ointo<l for fuiir yonrs, hy tlio Sonate of that iiiHtitii- 
 tion, Kxaniincr in ('haldou, Hohrow anti Syiiac ]jan^iin^oHan<i iiitorature. 
 
 Mr. Hnrnfielil Knislieil his tho()loi,'ioal ooinno at Knox CoHojjt', Toronto, In-inj,' ;jra<Uiat«Ml in 
 1^70, and was orthiinoil on tho .'inl of Jannaiy, tho foMowin^ y(;ar. J>iirinf; iiis tuxlcr ^raduato 
 ooursc in tliooioyy, ho was a siiooossful oonijiotitor with his olassniatos and oonipoors in varions 
 dopartnicnts, obtaining a piizo for an ossay on tho ()ri;,'in, Natiiro and Krrors of Plyinuutliisni, 
 anotlior for jronorai [iroticionoy in tiutuiogy and gonoral literature, and still another for EngliHh 
 reading. 
 
 Mr. Bunifiold'.s first call was a utianinioas one to tho Sooteli I'rosliytoriiint^'hnrch, west side, 
 Cliioago, as siiccos,sor to Flov. Dr. Hums, now of Halifax, lie declined that call, and wa.s shortly 
 afterward ordained as pastor of a ehargo in the Presbytery of Barrio. He was afterwanis in- 
 vited to booonio tht^ pastor of one of the largest and nuist flourishing rural oongrogations in tho 
 I'rosliytorian t'luiroh in Canaila, the congregation of Soarboro', in the Presbytery of Toronto; 
 when? he rein:iino<l about thioe years and then aoooptod a call from tho l.st Presltytorian Church 
 of Brook vilio, poninioni'ing his labors hero in l<S7<l. This is tho oldest I'losbyterian organization 
 in Canada, its date being about 1811 — tho exact date of tho first Sunday .school in Upper Cana- 
 da, it iM'ing formed at Brockville. 
 
 Soon after Mr. Burnfield settled Iiere, tho old house of worship wiw found to be too Nniail, 
 and ill many ways unsuitable fur a oongrogation of tho size and position of this one; so he 
 lM>gan to agitate the (piostion of rebuilding, and at the time of writing, a .stately and elegant 
 stone structure, costing fully 1?.S4,()0(>, is nearly ready for dedication. It will seat 1 ()()(( people, 
 and is an ornaiiioiit to tiie town. 
 
 Oil June fi, 1S()8, Miss Sara YoUiig. diiughter of a prominent aiohitoet, of Londonderry, 
 Ireland, was married to Mr, Buriitield, 
 
 .lA.MKS MKTCALKK, 
 
 TonosTo. 
 
 TAMKS MKT(^AFjFK, oiie of tho leading citizens of Toronto, and ex-monibor of Parliament 
 '-' for the Kiist Hiding of York, is an Knglishnian by birth, and was born in C'limborland in 
 the year iNii. The Metcalfe family, though very numerous, are all of the same stock and 
 descendants of a very ancient family, justly entitled to the compliment paid them by the com- 
 piler of the life of l.,ord Metcalfe, a gentleman of our time, well-known in Canada, viz., that 
 they were industrious, honest, and unassuming people, whose integrity was a iR-ttor inheritancu 
 than titles. One of them was knighted at the fanioiLs battle of "Bosworth Field," by Hichaid 
 the Third, for bravery. The father of our subject was James Metcalfe, a prai^tioal buihler and 
 
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 Mr R>u iticld Hnished liix UifH)h<t,-«< «' ■uti: <•• lit Kiu>x Collogc, T'Totiic, lioiii'; >,Miiiluiii<"<l in 
 1.^7*'. and wn ; ordained i»ii th<> .'i»d >( .faiu-n' t, t\u' I'lilluwini^ year niirin^ liis ui>dpr jip-aduaU' 
 cour.so ill t,l\o<) ogy, In- was ii .mi>'i-fH*«fi'l ••.|i«iit<)i- witli liis ciashHiutcN iiiid compeers in vanuiiA 
 depjutiuonis, o >tjuriii)g a jiiize !'<>• i>n the Orij^in, Naturo and Erroi-s of Plymouthisrii, 
 
 anotlu'r for gui ml proficiency in 1 general litorntmv, and still iiiiothor for Eni^rwh 
 
 rondin^, 
 
 Ml Durnfii I'^ lli-st call wm a tiiikniiixiua one to tin- Scntidi Pri\sl>ytfrian(.'lniri.di. west 8id>', 
 Cldciyo, as Hi,ic<;o tor to U<v IK-. Bm 'i^aHfa-i:. H«' dtnlincd that t-nli. and was shortly 
 
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 t -tliH oxa^t tJ*" !!n»t elumiay ^^hool in Upper Carvu - 
 
 da, iit Ix-iii^ fornu'd at ockvillu ., 
 
 Soon after Mr. Kur. «ld settled ht»n\ tin? old hmwc of vvornhip was found to l)e too small , 
 and ill luaiiy ways unsui- >lc for a cougri'gation of tlif> siae and position of thin one; so ii. 
 began to a^jitiii. the quest! , of rcKuildintr, and at the time of writing, a stately and idogai;' 
 stone Htructure, fowtbicr fuUi 134,000, i.-, nearly n adv for dedication. It will saxt lOdo pi-.ipj. , 
 and is an om.tuient to llu; t^^ 
 
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 Ir^Uan*), wa* mtrriiii !• y. Kun, dd. 
 
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 "TAMK.S METC.\LKK, .ii<> of the it»^'{i& ' citizen* of Toronto, and ex-niomber of PHrliani«-i»- 
 
 '-^ for th'j Kait Kidin;,' of Virk. i>4an Eni'ishmati by'l'irlli, jiiid was liom in «.?undjerian ' w 
 
 tlio year lH2'i The Metcalfe fanoly tltotit,'i vcrv numerous, aiv all of the saiuo stock •. 
 
 doMCcndaut.H of :< . i v ne icnt family, justly fa.'Ued vutl»»> compliment p;iid them V>y tli« i . u 
 
 piler of the lift fioi Metc.iUV, a gentloman ol our tinw w«jll-known in <."ana<la, viz .Ma* 
 they were indti.-'trioql, homst antl iina«.suining fooj io, w1h>«! intejfi'itywaa a IxitUu- inher.uMV'' 
 
 than tul.-i < hic nf them wax '•ni^ihted at the famou* liattle of "Boswirth Field," by liUtliord 
 
 tUti Third, for iravpi-y. The father of our subjcet wa< James Metcalla a piwtieal hwrlder and , 
 
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TIIE CANADIAN BIOGRAriUCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
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 contractor in Curaberlnnd, but who removed to the city of Manchester to cngnge in the Mame 
 business, shortly after the birth of his son James. The mother of the latter was Anne Finiin- 
 Bon, of an old North of England family. 
 
 Our subject was sent to school in Maneiiestcr, where ho obtained an ordinury education, 
 His studies were devoted chiefly to mnthematies, for which branch ho seeiued to possess an 
 aptitude, which with the knowledge he afterwards gained of men and their affairs, peculiarly 
 fitted him f(U- the business to which ho has principally devoted his attention — contractor, 
 builder, and real estate. After leaving school ho entered his father's office in Manchester, and 
 under his direction studied architecture and other practical branches of the builder's art. When 
 about nineteen years of ago his attention was attracted to the new world tus offering more 
 inviting fieMs and better chances for a young man, and before the end of the year (1841), ho 
 had emigrated to Canada and settled in Toronto. Being a young man of energy, pluck and 
 integrity, and not afraid to work, Mr. Metcalfe soon established for himself a favorable reputa- 
 tion. Forming a partnership here, the business of contracting and building was actively and 
 entensively engaged in. After the dissolution of the partnership in 1851, Mr. Metcalfe again 
 decided to emigrate with the desire to better his fortunes, this time to Australia, then tho 
 centre of attraction to large numbers on account of recent discoveries of gold. He reached 
 Melbourne in 18-52, and remained there about four year.^, engaged in building on contracts. 
 During this time he made several important building contracts, and was emjiloyed by Sir 
 Rcdmund Barry (now Chief Justice of Victorin), to build tho Public Library, of which ho was 
 tlie Couunissioner. He also built the Bunk of New South Wales, the London Chartered Bank 
 of Australia, and the Hall of Commerce, all of wliicli were at the time the best buildings in Mel- 
 bourne. After a very .successful career, especially from a financial point of view, Mr. Metcalfe 
 returned to Toronto in 1858, and since that has reside<l in Yorkville. His attention has been 
 chiefly devoted to real-estate transactions, especially of late years, but he has also been promi- 
 nently connected with many of the monetary institutions of the city. The evidence of his skill 
 as a builder will remain as long as the following mentioned buildings, with miiny others, are 
 seen in Toronto : St. James Cathedral, the old Post OflBce on Toronto Street, Trinity College, 
 the Normal School, and St. Lawrence Hall. 
 
 Mr. Metcalfe's usefulness has not, however, been confin 'd to private business, for at the 
 fii-st general election after Confedeiation, he was induced to contest East York for the House of 
 Commons ; was successful, and, b}' re-elections continued to represent that constituency in Par- 
 liament till 1878, when in common with the Reform Administration, he was defeated. His 
 career in the Hou,se was a creditable one, and the confidence of his constituents in his ability, 
 was shown by their returning him by acclamation in 1872, and again in 1874. 
 
 Mr. Metcalfe was married in the County of Peterborough, Ontario, in 1843, to Ellen, daugh 
 ter of John Howson, of that county- By this union he has one surviving son. Rev, James Fin- 
 
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 THE CAN API AS ItlOCRArmCAL DWTIOSARY. 
 
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 UntMJti Metculft', wlio re.sidcfi in Ka«t York, luitl is inanitMl to a ilaiiglitor of the iatu Rev. H. W. 
 Wilkinson. Mv h a Miui8l«r of tho Mi-thodiHt C'luueli uf C'anaila, but has retiix'tl from active 
 pastoral iluticH. 
 
 In the foivgoing Nkctch wo have given a brief notieu of th(^ wirecr of one eminently worthy 
 of being clotMcd amony the self-made men of Ontario, and one who by honest industry, integrity 
 and uprightness, has won his way from a small beginning to a recognised jwsition among tho 
 solid and respected citizens of Canada. 
 
 ROBERT BEATT, 
 
 roiiOKTO. 
 
 rriHE subject of this brief sketch is truly one of the representatives of the self-made and sue- 
 -*- cessful business men of Toronto, and an eminent example of the rewards of indu.'^try ami 
 perseverance, when sujiported by upright and manly (|iialitie.s. 
 
 Robert Beaty, banker, broker, anil leal estate dealer, is a native Canadian of Irish descent, 
 and was liorn at Ashdalo Farm, township of Trafal,'ar, county of Ilalton, Ontario, on the 
 2Sth of July, 182*. His ancestors, parents, .ind items of interest rchiting thereto, will be found 
 in the sketch of his brother, Mayor James Beaty, jr., Q.C., D.C.L., which appcai-s elsewhere 
 in this volume. 
 
 The early life of Robert was .spent upon the old homestead, and the intluenco of his homo 
 was eminently titted to prepare him for a prosperous and honorable career. As stated previous- 
 ly in his brother's sketch, habits of irulu.stry and strict morality were rigorously enforced, and a 
 continued and careful educational training was kept up by well <lirected reading and conver- 
 Biition. 
 
 When of .suitable age, Robert attended the common schools in Trafalgar, and in 1S1.2 ho 
 entered Upper Canada College, where he spent three years in accpiiring a good Inisinoss educa- 
 tion. On leaving college in 184..>,hc entered commercial life in the employ of his uncle, James 
 Beaty, ex-M. P. for Toronto, who at that time was engageil in the leather Imsincss. In 18.'>L', 
 ih^ Toronto Lender was started by liis uncle. The arduous task of managing and comlucting 
 the paper devolved upon our subject, and the success which crowned the enterprizo during his 
 management, attested the faithfulness and assiduity with which he performed his responsible 
 duties. In 1807 Mr. Beaty severed his connection with the Leader, and established the present 
 firm of Robert Beaty and Co., doing a banking and brokerage business. To this Mr. Beaty has 
 added a real-estate business which has grown to be the most important branch of the tran.sac- 
 ticns, carried on principally upon his own responsibility, buying and selling for himself Uo 
 gives to his business personal supervision directed with energy and integrity, and has therefore 
 
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 boon HiicccMful. Tliougli n iiultlic-NiiiiiUnl citiKcn, niul intorcslod in tliat wliicli poitnins to tlio 
 public woal, he lias cvcravoiiltnl otfico of all kinds, tliotijjh fieijuently solicited to allow liis nauie 
 tu 1)0 Niibniitted to tlio votoix. 
 
 He has been eonncctod with several commercial enterprises, lint at present is interested with 
 none outside of his own, except the Western Assurance Company, of which lie was one of the 
 stouk-holderd when it was incorporated in 18.>l, and in wiiich he has been a Director sinc^ 
 IM02. 
 
 In politics he has always lieeii a Conservative, tiking an active interest in the affairs of 
 that parfy, and lirmly believinj^ in its jtrominent tenets. He is, however, far from beinj^ a par- 
 tisan, and counts amon^ Ids wannest fiiends, mnny who arc opposed to his own views politically. 
 But this fact is owinj^ doubtless to his honesty of j)urpose, for with him principles are fixed by 
 convictii>ns of duty, and that which he believes to be right, be advocates openly and fearlessly. 
 Ileligiously ho is a Disciple of Christ, and a zealous worker for the cause of Christianity ; and 
 thougli a firm believer in his own views, ho is characteristically tolerant of the opinions of 
 otliers. 
 
 Mr. Beiity was married in March, IS "iO, to Miss Sarah Carroll, a native of Ireland. The 
 result of this union was three chihlren, of whom but two survive, John William, who begins a 
 connnercial caieer in his father's ofKce, and Elizabeth Eleanor, wife of Dr. R. U. Nevitt, a prac- 
 tising physician in Toronto. 
 
 KICnOLAS W. BKOWjS^ M.P.P., 
 
 WIHTBY. 
 
 ~FF iinybody, in the County of Ontario, is self-educated or self-reliant, it is Nicholas Wood 
 -*- Hrown, mendter of the Provincial Parliament, from tluO'outh Riding of Ontario. He is 
 of Scotch descent, though both parents, Abrnm and Hathslu-ba (Wood) Brown, were from Ver- 
 mont. They moved froui Ferrisburg, in that State, to Whitby in the Spring of 1.S21, and oiw 
 subject was born on the 8th of August following, first seeing the light of this world in a half- 
 finished, doorloss shanty. Fifty years ago literary privileges in what is now the well-settled, 
 well-improved county of Ontario, were of a meagre and very ordinary character, and Nicholas, 
 living in a little opening in the woods, browsed as best he could on the tree of knowledge, 
 making no attempts to reach the highi'r branches. His education, however, did not end with 
 his few school days ; be has been a reader and thinker all his days, and has always had a dispo- 
 sition to 'cipher in his head," otherwise bis cal'ulations would have been missed, and he been 
 left out of Parliament. 
 
 Mr. Brown farmed until eighteen years old ; tlien learned the carpenter and joiner's trade 
 
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 at VVliitby ; svorkoil at it soveii or eight years, aud then stai'ted a carriage shop. He soems to 
 have been a barn wagjn-maker, turning out one with his own hands without ever liaving seen 
 one made or being shown how it was done. Ho has a buggy of his own make which ha.s run 
 eighteen years, and which having had a little repairing, now and then, looks "amaist as weel's 
 the new." 
 
 For nearly twenty years Mr. Brown has been engaged in the manufacture of agricultural 
 implements and machinery — reapers and mowers, fanning mills, plows, &c., employing about 
 sixty men and doing ^80,000 a year. He is of the finn of Brown and Patterson. The " Whitby 
 Harvester," invented by Mr. Brown, is a favorite nuchine in Canada, about six hundred being 
 sold annually. It has a wrought iron frame, with tlic least possible gearing, a broad-faced drive- 
 wheel, aud as the frame and table tilt at the same time, the pitman is always in line with the 
 knife. It is no doubt one of the most perfect machines of the kind ever invented. 
 
 M;. Brown was a school trustee five or six years ; was in the common council fourteen 
 yeai-s ; has been deputy-reeve, reeve, and mayor, and on the 17tli of Januar}', 187o, was 
 elected to the Ontario Legislature. While in that body the first term he introduced and secur- 
 ed the pas,s<age of a bill of great importance to his section of the Province — an Act authorizing 
 the building of a Railway from the town of Whitby to Georgian Bay. In June, 1879, Mr. 
 Brown was again the candidate of the Conservative party for the South Ontario Riding, and 
 was defeated. 
 
 October 28, 1845, Susan, daughter of Joseph Chapman, of the township of Pickering, 
 county of Ontario, was married to Mr. Brown, and they have three children living and two 
 dead. 
 
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 THOMAS C. PATTESO:^, 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 HOMAS CHARLES PATTESON, Postmaster of Toronto, is a native of Patney, Wilt- 
 -■- shire, England, where he was born on the 5th of October, 1836. He is the son of Rev. 
 Thoijias Puttcson, and Rose Sewell Deane, his wife, and nephew of Rt. Hon. Sir John Pattoso' , 
 a Judge of the Queen's Bench, and afterwards on the Judicial Couunittee of the Privy Council. 
 Judge Patte.son was father of John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia, who was mur- 
 dered by the natives in 1870. Mr. T. C. Patteson was educated in England, being a King's 
 scholar at Eton, and captain of his division. From that school he went to Oxford, where ho 
 obtained a Postinastership at Merton in 18j4, and took his degree with honors in ISjH. The 
 same year he came to Canada, and after traveling through this country and the United Stfites, 
 was persuaded by the late J. Hillyard Cameron, to remain and study iiiw in his oHiee. He re- 
 
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 mained in that gentleman's office about two j'ears, but finished his time under articles to Hon. 
 James Cockburn, Q. C, then practising at Cobourg, Ont. In 18G2, Mr. Patteson was celled to the 
 Bar, and admitted as an Attorney and Solicitor the same year. During the ensuing four years 
 he was one of the firm of Ross, Lauder and Patteson, of which the senior member was Hon. John 
 Ro.ss. In 18G6 ho left this firm and joined Mr. F. \V. King.stone in practice, with whom he 
 remained about a year. In 18G7, he was chosen the first Assistant Provincial Secretary, undtsr 
 Hon. M. C Cameron, a position which he filled until 1872. In this year the leaders of the 
 Conservative party, feeling the need of a representative journa/ in Toronto, determined upon 
 establishment of the Mail new.spaper. Mi'. Fatteson's fitness and ability being well-known, 
 he was induced to accept the management and chief-editorship of the new sheet and to him wa."j 
 intrustetl the task of carrying out the enterprise. This position was one that he was peculiarly 
 fitted both by education and natural talent to fill, and his arduous duties were discharged 
 earnestlv, thoroughly, and creditably, though at much personal sacrifice of his own inteiests, 
 imtil the paper was taken possession of by the mortgagee, and passed into the hands of its pre- 
 sent proprietor, Mr. C W. Bunting, M. P. Under Mr. Patteson's charge it became one of the 
 leading journals of the Dominion, giving able support to Sir John A. Macdonald's Government. 
 In February, 1879, he was appointed to the Postmastership of Toronto, in recognition of his 
 services, and as some reward for the sacrifices he had made in the interests of the Conservative 
 party. The duties of this important otfice ho is performing with zealous skill, and to the pul)- 
 lic satisfaction. 
 
 Though all of Mr. Patteson's writings are characterized as vigorous and forcible, he pro- 
 bablj' excels as a correspondent, aiul he has few supeiiors as a descriptive writer. He has been 
 the English correspondent both of the Globe and Moll new.spapers, over the signature of 
 " Quartz," a name which was accidentally conferred upon him b}- a printer in the Globe office. 
 Being ein])loyed by the Hon. George Brown to give a description of the then much talked of 
 Madoc gojdfields, one cf his letters ended with the assertion that, " if the precious metal is 
 ever to be profitably mined in the count}- of Hastings, it will only be by the employment of 
 the proper machinery for crushing Quartz," and the last word was printed as a signature. He 
 has taken a prominent part in most out-door sports ami amusements ; lias lieeii a frequent visi- 
 tor to the western prairies, and has hunted and shot in Kansas and California; has imported a 
 considerable number of thoroughbred mares and horses from the oM country, and his 
 animals during a short and somewhat fortunate career on the turf, carried off many 
 valuable prizes. He is interested in stocU-raising ami faiiuiiig, owning a laigi- farm at East- 
 wood, county of Cxford, and has been a constant e.xhiliitor at the Provincial shows, taking 
 ijuite his share of the good things in the prize list. Ho played for several years as captain of 
 the Canadian Cricket Eleven, and brought out the lliigli^h Twelve who visited Canada under 
 Mr. Fit-' "'raid's cnnimaml, in 1872. 
 
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 Mr. Pattcson's writing* in tlie English press were among the earliest arguments published 
 to prove the possibility of sending horses and cuttle across the Atlantic, and he demonstrated 
 the sincerity of his opinions, by personally making lurgd shipments of both horses and cattle to 
 the old country, when freights and insuranee premiums were double what they now are. 
 
 He was instrumental in organizing the company which built the Kossin House, after the 
 disastrous tire of 18(')2, and also aided in the foundation of the United Empire Club. 
 
 In 18G7 he was married to a daughter of Mr. Ralph Jones, of Port Hope, nephew of the 
 late Mr. Justice Jones. 
 
 Mr. Patte.son posses.ses great energy and capability, and his life, so far, has been one of 
 cea.selcss activity. Whatever he un<lcrtake.s, lie seems to believe in doing thoroughly and well, 
 and that his career, when completed, will have been a successful one, seems assured. 
 
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 JAMES THOEBURX, M.D., 
 
 roRoxro. 
 
 "T~\R. JAMES THORBURN is a native of Canada, and was born on the 21st day of No- 
 ■^—^ veiiiber, 1 830, at Queenston, Ontario. The iimuk's of his parents were David Thorburn 
 and Isabel lii'c Tiiompsoii. Mr. Thorburn came from Scotland to this country, where he en- 
 gaged for many yeai's in merchandising. He also entered politics and became a prominent an<l 
 intluential lender of the Reform Party, holding various positioiis of honor and trust. For about 
 sixteen years he sat for the Counties of Welliind and Lincoln in the old Canadian Parliament, 
 in which body he took a leading and active part during tlie stormy times of the rebellion ; he 
 was also warden of the Niagara District for .several years, and Cominissioner for the Si.\ Na- 
 tion Indians. He died in ISd'J. The Doctor's motlier is a diuigliter of a I'nittd Empire Loyal- 
 ist, whose family were proinini'ntly and actively eiigageil in the war of iJSl'J. She was born in 
 Canada, ami is still living at the advanced age trf 7(i yenrs. He has also living two bi'others and 
 four sistei-s. One of his brother's is a practising physician in CoHiorne, Out., and the other is 
 interested in mining in the State of Nevada. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was educated at the Toronto, and Edinburgh I'niversities, gra- 
 duating from the latter in l8.V')and taking his degree of Medical Doctor. Returning to Toronto 
 he immediately established himself in a practice which has continue<l ever since. He has de- 
 servedly taken a high rank among medical men, and enjoys a large and responsible j>ractice, 
 In addition to his regular practice may be mentioned the following positions which receive time 
 and attention from Dr. Thorbuin : Physiiian to Toronto General Hospital, Roys' Home, Home 
 for Incurables, Sick ( 'liiMreiis' Hospital, and other charities; Lecturer on Materia Medica and 
 
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 Therapeutics in Toronto School of Medicine ; Lecturer on Materia Medica in the Ontario 
 Veterinary College, and Medical Referee for the ^tna Life Insurance Company for Ontario and 
 Manitoba, and for the Commercial Assurance Company. lie has been Vice-President of the 
 Canada Medical Association, and is at present a member of the Senate of Toronto Univei-sity ; 
 is also a Director in the Imperia' Loan and Investment Society. 
 
 Dr. Thorburn has always tiVKcn an active interest in the Militia force of Canada, and since 
 18515, has been a member ; has always participated in whatever service the force has been called 
 upon to perforin since that time, including the Fenian troubles ; at present he holds the position 
 of Surgeon Major in the Queen's Own lliHes. 
 
 In religious views he is a Presbyterian, and in politics may be denominated a Liberal with 
 Hcform tendencies. 
 
 The Dr. was married in 1858 to Jennie McTavish, daughter of Donald McTavish, formerly 
 an advocate in Inverne.ss, Scotland, but who came to this country about forty years ago and 
 engaged in milling. 
 
 Hy this union the Dr. has tliree cluldren living — two daugliters and one son. 
 
 REV. JOSE I'll E. SAK1)EES()>;, M.A., 
 
 wiiiTnr. 
 
 "TOSEPH EDVVAKD SANDERSON, Ciuvernor of Ontario La.lics' Colieg.-, Whitby, a d.- 
 ^ scendiint of an old English family, was born in Toronto, January 13, IJ^IM). His father, 
 John Sanderson, shortly after his arrival from England in LS'iO, purchased twelve acres on 
 Yonge street, built a cottage and planted an elm tree in front, which gave name to "Elm Cot- 
 t^ige" and Elm Street, and remained, until a few years ago, a marked memento of early begin- 
 nings in "York." In 1S22, ho married Miss Margaret Crawtbrd, then recently arrived from the 
 County of I'yroue, Iieland. 
 
 After a time they disposed of the city farm and invested in extensive farming lands in the 
 townships of Toronto, Chinguacousy, anil CJare of Toronto, where some of the early years of our 
 subject weie spint. Leaving the eomniou school of Streetsville, he entered Victoria College, at 
 the age of fourteen, and subseipiently attendeil the Baptist Colk-ge, Montreal, Toronto Aca<lemy, 
 Upper Canada College, and I'niversity College, wiiuiiiig a Toronto University Scholarship, and 
 graduating in IS.").'). 
 
 From what wo have bccii ablu to asi-iMtain in regard to tlic career of Mr. Sanderson while he 
 was pursuing his studies, it is evident that he was a very ambitious student, if we may juflge 
 by his success in winning prizes. While in the Toronto Academy, he gained prizes in natural 
 philosophy, scripture, history, Latin, Greek, algebra, ami general'knowledge ; in Upper Canada 
 

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 College, for dinwing, English verse and English prose ; and in Toronto University, in addi- 
 tion to a scholarship of 1?120 per annum, and first class honors in history, Euglish literature, 
 &c., prizes in metaphysics and ethics, a special prize of !?2') by Wm. Matthie, Esq., for agricul- 
 ture, including chemistry, mineralogy, geology, botany, &c., and the English poem and English 
 essay prizes at graduation. 
 
 It is quite evident that his student life was a period of hard study. During that period he 
 laid a firm and broad foundation, on whirli he is still building — " better," perhaps, " than he 
 knows." 
 
 Previous to his matriculation in Toronto University, Mr. Sanderson had entered on his 
 probation for the Methodist ministry, and was ordained in 18.')G. He was stationed successively 
 in Brampton, London, Montreal, Kingston, Aylmer and Ottawa, Trenton, Sheftbrd, Compton, 
 Perth, and Whitby. His I.iboi-s as pastor were very acceptable and successful. 
 
 Leaving the Whitby circuit in 1874, he was appointed the first Principal and (Sovernor of 
 Ontario Ladies' College, the founding of which was through his suggestion and early efforts. 
 This institution is located on elevated and beautiful grounds in the eastern part of the town of 
 Whitby. The buildings, for appropriateness of design, for school purposes, perfection of finish, 
 and neatn"ss of arrangement, it woidd be difficult to match in this Piovince, A complete 
 and efficient statt'of teachers is maintained, and under the careful and wise general manage- 
 ment of the Governor, the school has proved a marvel of success. Though only five years old, it 
 has grown into a first class ladies' college, and is doing a noble work in fitting young women 
 for spheres of givat usefulness in lifi'. Almut one hundred pupils are enjoying its excellent op- 
 portunities for mental diill. and its uiu'i|ualli'd advantitges for health. 
 
 Mr. Sanderson was married in iNliO, to .Miss .Maggie E. Uiehmond, daughter of the late 
 James Hichmond, Esii, < Mv. of Miteliellstown, Ireland, and has si.x ehjldren livin;;. 
 
 Gl'X^RGE \V. KOSS, M.P., 
 
 STHATllROY. 
 
 r^ EOROE WILLLVM ROSS, member of the Hou.se of Commons for the West Riding of 
 ^^ Middlesex, and one of the leading tenii)erance men in that legislative body, dates his 
 birth on the 18th of September, 1S41, in the township of Williams, county of Middlesex, his 
 jiarents being Jan»es and Ellen (McKinnon") Ross, both natives of Ross.shire, Scotland. His 
 father canie to I'pper Canada in 1S:J4. 
 
 The subject of this notice was educated at the public schools, and the Provincial Normal 
 School, Toronto; taught school in his native county for ten years, ending in 18C7; was editoi- 
 
 
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 of the Stmthroy Age and the Scaforth Expositor for four or five yeiii-s; founded the Ontario 
 Teacher, a strong and popular education periodical, which has been merged in the Canada 
 School J oar mil of Toronto; in 1871 was appointed Inspector of Schools for the County of 
 Lainbton, and held that position until 1 877, when he was appointed Inspector of the Model 
 Schools of Ontario, an office for which he has admirable fitness, and the duties of which he is 
 discharging with great satisfaction. The Province is indebted to him for having worked up 
 unusual interest in this class of schools, and for having elevated their grade. He is a member 
 of the Central Committee of Examiners for the Piovinco. 
 
 Mr. Ross has long been an earnest worker in the temperance cause, and has an exalte<l post 
 among the Sons of Temperance. He was Grand Worthy J'atriarch of that Order in 1870 and 
 1871, and for the last two years has beeu l]h> Most Worthy Patriarch for North America. It 
 wiis Mr. Ross who succeeded in obtaining the appointment of the Commission to the United 
 States, and the meeting of the Dominion Convention in 187j, at Montreal. At the ujeeting of 
 the National Division of the Sons of Temperance, held at Wa.shington, 1). C, in 187!), a visit 
 was made to the tomb of Washington. Among the speeches made on that occasion, in resjionse 
 to call, was the following by Mr. Ross : 
 
 " I wish, on behalf of the Canadian visitors particularly, to reciprocate those feelings of respect which 
 touched the hearts of Canadians so much at the time tlie National Division met in the city of Ottawa. t)n that 
 occasion the Representatives frimi the United States formed thomselvea into a group, around the statue of Her 
 Majesty the Queen, that occupies the position of honor in the Senate Chamber of our I'urliamt.nt liuildings, 
 and united their voices in singing, nu>8t heartily, our national anthem. To-day the Representatives from 
 Canada are standing on the most sacred spot, to the American citizen, within the boundaries of this great Re- 
 public. Nowhere on this continent does the mind revert ho forcibly to the origin of this great nati(m as it does 
 here. Here sleeps the founder of Republicanisui — the true Republicanism of the nineteenth century. His 
 genius, his forethought, and his courage laid the foundation stone of what, since his time, has grown to be a 
 mighty Nation. He loved his country, therefore he was prepared to light her battles, and although, to all ap- 
 pearance, the odds were against him, although his forces were very limited in number and inditft-rent of eipiip- 
 nu'ut, he was borne up by the conviction of dnij-, and by the desire to liberate his people froiu what he could 
 not help but regard as foreign encroachment. And although we, the subjects of tint very nation over whom 
 the fcmnder of this Republic achieved such a victorj-, might feel that we stood in the presence of the man who 
 huniiliiited our people, j'et when we regard the fact that Wdsliiugttui's work wa^ to widen tlie liberties of man- 
 kinil, to make i,'overnment by the i)eoplc, constitutional government as we miw understand it, more secure, wo 
 cannot help but siiy, that in lighting the battles of his own country, he was lighting the battle of liberty every- 
 where. In this sense we do him lioncr ; in this sense we claim the 8|i(iils of viclnry ; and in this sense we say 
 tliathe has done a work in which every nation can rejoice, and of which all kiiiilitMls, aiul peoples, and tongues 
 may reap the fruit. He may be the founder of your Nation, but the s[)irit which he infused into his own peo- 
 ple permeates everywhere. Although you have peculiar claims upon the honor of his nniue, like the great men 
 of other nations his labors were, in a certain sense, cosmopolitan, and all the world has felt the inlluence of the 
 institutions which he foinuled. As a Can.idian, aiul on behalf of the Canadians present, I wi.th to recogni/e the 
 sacred character of this spot, and to say th.it so long as Freedom is appreciated by the human race, so long as 
 courage, virtue and loyalty to country and kindred are ranked among the (piaiities of true heroism, so long will 
 the name of Washingtiui be lumored alike by American and Canadian, and the record of his deeds valued as 
 evidences of the good that one man, inspired by a lofty spirit, can do for his fellow men." 
 
 Mr. Ross was first elected to I'ariiamont at tlie general election in lS7:i; was re-elected at 
 
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 the general eluction in 1874 by acclamation ; after a severe contest, in 1878, being one of those 
 stitf Reformers whom the political toniiido of September, 1878, did not sweep down. 
 
 Calton, in " Lacon," says that, "the man of principle is the principal man." Mr. Ross be- 
 longs to that class ; carries his temperance principle into Farliament, and if not the principal 
 advocate of prohibitory mt^asures, is one of the foremost men in proposing, advocating and 
 oecuring the paasage of bills bearing on that point. 
 
 He matricniated in law at Albert University in 1879, and is now pursuing the course of 
 studies requiret^ for a barrister and attorney. 
 
 He is an Elder of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church ; an ardent christian as well a.s tem- 
 perance worker, and a very valuable mendier of society. 
 
 He was first married in 18(12, to Miss Christina Campbell, of the township nl' Kast Williams, 
 County of Middlesex, she dying in 1872, and in 187">, to Miss Catherine Boston, of Melrose, 
 Bame county. 
 
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 KlXaSTOX. 
 
 TOHN ROBINSON DICKSON, one of the leading surgeons in the Province of Ontario, 
 ^ and son of David and iHiibdla (R()binson)'Dickson, was born in Dungainion, County of 
 Tyrone, Ireland, November l.l, 181!). David Dickson wixs a prominent merchant in Dungan- 
 non for many years. His oldest son, David Dickson, jr., was Major of the !)">th Regiment, and 
 William Dickson, ani'thcr son, was Surgeon in the British Navy for a long time. 
 
 Our subject was educated at a Belfast Institution ; rend medicine with Dr. McLean, of 
 Dungaunon ; caino to Canada in 1837 ; attende<l lectures at the University of New York, and 
 there received the degree of M.D., in 1842. His diploma was the first ever granted by the Medi- 
 cal Faculty of that Institution — he beitig the senior alumnus. Twenty-<me years later he 
 received the same degree from Queen's College, Kingston. In 1 8.')4 lit? assisted in forming the 
 Medical School in Kingston, which afterwards liecame the Royal College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons, for which, in 1800 he obtaineil tlie Charter, and of which he was appointed Presi- 
 dent, a position he still hold.s. He has also held the position of Profes.sor of Surgtny since 
 the formation of the Medical School in 1854. The most of his large collection of anatomical 
 casts he presented to the Royal College. 
 
 Dr. Dickson became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London, in 18(53, a 
 member of the Royal College of Surgeon.s, England, in 1803, and a Fellow of the Royal College 
 of Surgeons of Edinburgh, in 1807. He was at one time Vice-President of the Canada Medical 
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 tJppt'r Canada ; was ainciiibor of the Association of Hospitals for the Insane, of North America ; 
 was for sixteen years Surgeon to the Kingston General Hospital. In 1802 ho was appointed 
 Surgeon to the Provincial Penitentiary, located at Kingston, and was Medical Suiierintendent of 
 Rockwood Lunatic Asylum, Kingston, from l^Sli'J until 187<S, when ill iiealth compelled him to 
 resign. 
 
 Tiie entire professional life of Dr. Dickson has been devoted to solid work, and he has evi- 
 dently had too few vacations. In 1861 he puhlished three papers in the Britinh American 
 Medictd Journal, on "Removal of tlie Inferior Muxilla," "Vaginal Hyserotomy," and "Resec- 
 tion of the Eiliow Joint ;" and since that time has contributed various other articles to diHerent 
 medical periodicals, showing a mastery of the " King's Knglish," and of his several subjects. 
 His " Pri.son lleports " ami "Asylum Reports " are marked with unusual ability. He has always 
 been a strong advocate of temperance, and abolished alcohol and beer from Rockwood Asylum, 
 This was thought by many, a bold reform, but he very ably sustained his views on this subject 
 before the Parliamentarj' Connnittee in Toronto a few years ago, and since his report on that 
 occasion, other Asylums have adoj)ted the same principle. 
 
 The Doctor has been an Klder of the Presbyterian church for nearly thirty years, and has 
 lived an eminently t-xempliuy life. 
 
 In l.S;}!) he nnirried Ann Ben.son, of Kingston, ami has three sons and three dauiThtera 
 living, and has lost two children. William K., thr eldest son, is tclhir in the Toronto branch of 
 the Hank of Montreal; Edwin Hamilton is a barrister, Kingston, and Charles Ilea is a medical 
 student in the Royal C!olIegc, Kingston, the three ilaughtcrs and youngest .son being with 
 their parents. The two older .sons are mairied. 
 
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 lUiANrt'oin). 
 
 r^ EORGE ROBINSON VAN NORMAN, County Crown Attorney and Clerk of the Peace, 
 ^-^ is a son of .lo.seph Van Norman, whose .sketch appears on preceding jmges, and was bom 
 in Caniuidaigua, New York, March 12, 1821, the family removing to Canada before he was a 
 year old. He finished his literary education at Cobourg Ae.idemy, now Victoria College; 
 studied law two years with William Salmon, of Simcoe, and three years with Hon. Robert B. 
 Sullivan, of Toronto, afterwanls Juilge of the Superior Court ; was called to the Bar at 
 Hilary term, 1847, and creuteil a Queen's Coun.sel in February, 1873, 
 
 Mr. Van Norman conmienced the practice of his profession at Toronto, being alone one year, 
 and then in partnership with Daniel McMichael, Q.C., LL.D., removing to Simcoe in 18.'>3. 
 
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 In the autuinii of 1858, Mr. Van Norman ML-ttleJ in Bnvutfonl ; tlic next spring was ap- 
 pointed County Orown Attorney, and a few years later, on the demise of John Cameron, Clerk 
 of the Peaee, succeeded to that oHice. He is well read in the principles of law ; has a good 
 command of language ; is a candiil and foreible speaker, very influential with a jury, and is 
 (piite successful in his profession. In Chancery business he probably leads the liar of the 
 county. 
 
 In December, 184G, he married Miss Margaret Anne Berry, of Toronto, daughter of one of 
 the old and much respected pioueeis of " Little York," and of nine children resulting from this 
 union, only six are living. Frederick, the eldest son, is a barrister at Welland, and bids fair 
 to rise to eminence in his profession ; Uoorge Rjbinson is a law student with his father, and 
 Henry Clinton is a physician at Oceanus, Long Island, N. Y. The younger membei"s of the 
 family are still under the parental roof 
 
 ,1A:MES IJETnUNE, IX.D., 
 
 rOJi'OKTO. 
 
 ONE of the fir.st, if not the first, among the prominent UKMubers of the Toronto Bar, is Mr. 
 Bethune, of whose career we give an epitome in this sketeli, — a man of decided talent, 
 distinguished in his profession, and an acknowledged leader in his chosen sphere of usefulness. 
 James Bethiuie is a native Canadian, and first saw the light of day on the 7th of JuK-, 1840, 
 at Glengarry, Ontario. He is descended from two old and well-known Scotch families,-*-pater- 
 nally, from the Bethunes of Fifesliire, and maternal!}', from the MeKenzies of Ingle.shire, Scot- 
 land. His great-grandfatlier, Angus Bethune, was a U. E. Loyalist, and settled in CtK-ngarrv, 
 Ont., in the year 1778, where were born Duncan Bethune, our subject's grandfather, and Angtis 
 Bethune, his father, who became a farmer and a well-known man in Stormont, Dundas and 
 Glengarry, being for many ycai-s Deputy Sherifl' of those united counties. The mother of 
 James was Ann McKenzie, daughter of John McKenzie, of Glengarry. 
 
 At an early age our subject was sent to the Univei"sity of Queen's College, Kingston, where 
 he spent two years, going tliiiiice to University Col K'ge, Toronto. He graduated in 1801 in 
 the University of Toronto, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws. While piii-suing his 
 University studies, Mr. Bethune was also a student-at-law, first with Judge Pringle, of Corn- 
 wall, and afterwards with the lion. Edward Blake, Toronto ; was culled to the Bar, U. C, in 
 Easter Term, 18(i:i, and also to the Bar of Quebec, in 18G!). He first began practice at Cornwall, 
 in 1802, alone, and three years later was appointed County Crown Attorney for Stormont, 
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 fit 1870, ho rusijjticd liis office of County Attorney to become a candidate for Storinont in 
 the general elections in 1872, for the Ontiirio Provineiiil Parliament. In this contest Mr. 
 Bothune was uiisuccessfid, luit upon the sitting nicndjcr being 'inseate<l, and a new election 
 taking place in January, 1872. he was returned ; ami being re-elected at the general elections in 
 1873, continued to represent this constituency until June, 187i>, when he declined to again 
 become a candidate, owing to his extensive practice and the importance of devoting to it his 
 whole time and attention. In November, 1870, he had removed to Toronto, and in conjunction 
 with Hon. Edward Blake, the present Vice-Chancellor Blake, and Mr. J. K. Kerr, established 
 the law firm of Messrs. Blake, Kerr and Bethuue. 
 
 Upon the elevation to the Bench of the late Chief Justice Harrison and Cliief Justice 
 Mo.ss, ho associated himself with their former partnera — Messrs. F. (now Justice) Osier and 
 Charles Moss — and formed the well-known law firm of Messrs. Bothune, Osier and Mos.s, which 
 continued until the appointment of Mr. Osier to the Bench. The name of the firm then became, 
 as at present, Messra. Bothune, Moss, Falconbridgo and Hoyles, one of the largest and most im- 
 portant in Toronto, and doing a very extensive business. 
 
 Mr. Bothune was elected a Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario, 187.'), and previous to 
 that time was for some years its Lecturer on General Jurisi>rudence. 
 
 Mr. Bothune was one of the Que»n's Counsel appointed by the Ontario Government, and 
 when the constitutionality of tho appointment was ques' ' nod in argumimt in a recent case in 
 the Supi'onie Court, he resigned the silk and resumed the stuff gown. While there have been 
 dittering opinions as to tho wisdom of tliis course, there has been none as to the high sense of 
 honor that would not permit him to retain a distinction, the validity of which was open even to 
 the slightest imputation. His action in this respect is more fully explained in the following, 
 from the Globe, of Nov. 21, 1879 : 
 
 At the r)peiiing uf tho Court of Common Plena yesterday morning, Mr. Bothune appeared habited in a stiitf 
 gown, and took his seat outside the Bar of the Court. Upon liis rising to make a motion, 
 
 Chief Justice Wilson said : — Mr. Bethime, I dare say some gentleman within the Bar will lend you a silk 
 gown if you have forgotten yo\ir8. 
 
 Mr. Ucthunu, in reply said , — My Lords, I think it is due to tho Court that I should state why I am not this 
 morning within the Bar. I was present in the Supreme Court when the judgment of that Court was dulivered 
 in tho cose known as the Great Seal Case. All the judges agreed that tho (iovernor-Uencral had the sole prero- 
 gative right to appoint Queen's Counsel in Canada. Three of the judges held that the statute of Nova Scotia, 
 which is the same as that in Ontario, if it attempted to invade the prerogative right in question, was void, and 
 that persons aiipointod by the Lieutenant-Governor in pursuance of tho statute of tlio Legislature were not 
 Queen's Counsel properly so called. Justices Henry and Owynno wiid that tho Act of the Legislature was ultra 
 rifes. Mr. Justice Taschereau hold that the Provincial Legislature might establish an order of precedence as 
 between barristers who were not Queen's Counsel, so created by the Governor-General, but that tho members of 
 that order were not Queen's Counsel any more than a nobleman who was created sucli by a statute of the Mani- 
 toba Legislature would be a lord. Inasmuch as this judgment was from a judgment in a Provincial Court, it 
 seemed to nte, and I am still of that opinion, that I ought not to wear an honor my title to which is said to be 
 doubtful. 
 
 Chief Justice Wilson — I am very sorry, Mr. Bettuuio, that you ore not within the Bar, but after hearing tho 
 
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 judgment of thu Si:prunio Court in tlio matter, I think you act <iiiite right, Huwovur, if we cannot hear you in 
 your old placo we shall bo glad to hoar you without the Itar. 
 
 Mr. Bethune then proceeded to make his motion. 
 
 Shortly afterwards Mr. Thomas Ferguson, who holds his patent as Queen's Counsel from the Lieiitenant- 
 fiovenior, desired a further expression of opinion from the Court as to the propriety of Queen's Counsel so 
 created remaining within the Bar. 
 
 The Chief Justice said : — We think Mr. Bethune has acted quite properly in declining to wear a silk gown 
 when the judgment of our highest Court has questioned his right to wear that hoi.or. We do not intend this 
 to be a decision of the Court, but merely an expression of our opinion in the matter. Were I in Mr. 
 Bethune's place I should have acted precisely as he has done. 
 
 Mr. Justice Gait remarked that he also considered that Mr. Bethune had taken a proper course. 
 
 Mr. Bethune'.s staiuling iw a lawyer is briefly summed up as follows, by one afforded good 
 facilities for observation : He holds a distinguished position at the Ontario Bar, and his ready 
 perception of the salient points of a case, his clearness of statement, the skill with which lio 
 applies the legal principles applicable to it, the candor with whicli ho admits the indefensible 
 points of the case, and his firmness to the other side, have cond)ined to cause his assistance to 
 be sought for in important matters, and give the judges before whom he appears, a sense of securi- 
 ty from mere ad t'(r/)?aH(/«»i arguments. His practice is an extensive one, and ranges over all 
 the Courts in which judicial matters are presented — from the A.ssize (/Ourt upwards — in Connnon 
 Law, and Ecpiity, to the Supreme Court. He has been engaged in many of the inqxjrtant crimi- 
 nal trials, election trials, ca.ses involving constitutional (juestions, and ca-ses of magnitude in 
 equity, that have arisen during the last tenyeai's, and in all, he has so borne himself as to make 
 liim a reputation for ability, honor and integrity. 
 
 In politics Mr. Bethune has always been a Reformer, supporting that party while in Par- 
 liament, and advocates the expediency of compulsory voting, having intnxbiced a measure in 
 favor of that reform, in 1872. 
 
 In religious views he is a Scotch Presbyterian, and is an Elder in St. Andrew's church in 
 Toronto, taking an active part and a lively interest in the promotion of" its welfare. 
 
 Oct. 13, ISdO, at Cornwall, he married Klizabeth, daugliter of Dr. Rattray, of that place, 
 and by this union has foUr children, 
 
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 TOHN 0'1)0N0H(")K, liarristei-at-iaw, and ex-meml)er of the Dominion Parliament, just- 
 ^ ly occupies a prominent place in the foremo ;t rank of those Iri.shnien, who, adoi)ting 
 Canada as their home, and closely identifying themselves with her manifold interests, have, 
 through the exercise t»f inilustry, perseverance, and personal integrity, atttiined to considerable 
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 He w fourth son of the late Maliu-liy O iJonohoe and Margaret O'Neill, and was born at 
 Tuam, Oouiity Ualway, Ireland, in Juno, 1824'. The family on the paternal side are a branch of 
 the ancient family of the name known as O'Donohoe of the Glen, having their chief scat at 
 Gionflesk, in County Kerry, but the branch of the family mentioned, settled some generations 
 ago, in County Galway. Our subject was ed ucated at St. Jarlath's College, in his native comity, 
 and in 183!), came to Canada, and luis res' '"d in Toronto ever since. For nmny years ho was 
 engaged in commercial pursuits in eonnecti> :i with his brother, who had come to this country 
 son»c years previously. Kut finding this business uncongenial to his ta.stes, he took up tho 
 ■study of law in the office of the late Dr. Skoffington Connor, afterwards a Justice of one of tho 
 Superior tVurts of Ontario ; called to tho Bar, Ontario, in Hilary Term, 18G!), and since that 
 time has practised law in Toronto, as head of several law firms in succession. 
 
 Mr. O'Donohoe has always taken a great interest in political, municipal, and .social affairs, 
 and in fact in all matters afl'ccting the public weal. In 1807, ami again in ISGO, he was a mem- 
 ln-r of Toronto city council, from St. David's Ward, and during the latter year wati chairman 
 of the Finance coniinittee, and represented the Corporation on the Board of Trustees of tho 
 (icncral Hospital; was Secretary of St. Patrick's Benevolent Society during the Presidency of 
 the late Hon. Robert Baldwin, and was that gentleman's successor in the office, holding tho 
 position for many years; in 1871, on its formation, was elected President of tho "Ontario 
 Catholic League," an office which he still holds. Mr. O'Donohoe has taken a leading part in 
 this lussociation since its formation, and has uhihI his liest endeavoi-s since he initiated it to fur- 
 ther its objects and elevate its stamling. In the dedication of a pamphlet on " The Political 
 Standing of Irish Catholics in Canada," published in 1872, Mr. J. L. P. O'Hanly.thus speaks of Mr. 
 O'Donohoe 's connection with tho " Catholic League:" "As the architect of this good edifice, 
 'lus the artificer of this noble structure, accept this slight tribute of esteem from one who has 
 ' watched your zeal, devotion and patriotism, from oni' who is glad to be able to bear testimony 
 '' to your worth, to your abnegation of self, and your numerous sacrifices for the good object of 
 " promoting the amelioration of your race in this colony, and elevating them to that position 
 "to which their numbers and intelligence so justly entitle them. " He ctmducted the criminid 
 busini'ss as ( 'rown ( 'ounsel on Circuit for several years, and was Crown Attorney for the ( 'ounty 
 of York and city of TorDuti), from 1872 until January, 1n7(I', when he resigned the office to 
 become a candidate for Parliament, and at the general elections of this year he was elected to 
 tho C!ommons to represent the I'onstituency of Fast Toronto. In 1871, for Kast Peterborough 
 in the local elections, and in 1872, for Fast Toronto in the Dominion eU'ctions, he was an un- 
 successful contestant. For many years Mr. O'Donohoe has taken an active part in politics, in 
 the interests of the Ueform party, and whilt; in Parliament was an earnest and i)ronoiniccd 
 supporter of Mr. Mackenzie's tiovernment ; but at the general elections in Sept., 1878, he wa.s 
 compelled to support the Conservative cause, being a conscientious advocate of tho " National 
 
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 Policy," or a qualified protection to Canadian industries. In addressing a political meeting, or 
 indeed any other assemblage, few men surpass Mr, O'Donohoe, either in style or effect ; earnest 
 and eloquent in manner, persuasive and conciliatory, though sound and logical in argument, ho 
 possesses the power of the true omtor, to win, and hold when won, not only the attention, but 
 the hearts of an audience. 
 
 In addition to his many other public services, he has been interested in militia matters, 
 holding a Captaincy in the active Volunteer force at one time, and retaining his rank when he 
 resigned ; was also Solicitor for the Toronto Savings Bank for many years, and held that posi- 
 tion at the time when the law relating to Savings Banks was so changed as to oblige the Trus- 
 tees to wind up its affaii's. 
 
 In 1848, our subject was married to Ciiarlotte Josephine, since deceased, eldest daughter of 
 Dr. Bradley, of Toronto. By this union there wore four children, only one of whom, Margaret 
 Josephine, the youngest, .survives. 
 
 TnOMAS DRIFFILL, 
 
 IlRADFOItD. 
 
 rriHOMAS DRIFFILL, a pioneer .sittler at Bradford, is a nativo t)f Linoolnshire, Kngland, a 
 -*- son of Samuel and Ann (Morwood) Drittill, and was born January 27, 180t). He received 
 an ordinary education for business ; learned the tmde of a blacksmith with his father ; came 
 t« Canada in 1830, and the ne.xt year settled where the village of Bradford now .stands. At 
 that time there were only two families on the site of the pliice, and no eleurings, ami no roads 
 except such as had been extemporized among the trees. Farms, liowever, had been opened in 
 various parts of the township, and a blacksmith was needed, so Mr. Drittill i)ut up a small log 
 shop, ami commenced work, December 13, 1831, following his trade here for more than twenty 
 years, adding carriages after a few years. He then went into the mercantile trade, .selling 
 hardware, books and stationery, paints ami oils. He has been ((uite sticcessful as a merchant, 
 having, however, one serious set back, when in May, 1871, the village was almost totally ties- 
 troyed by fire, and he lost fidly !*i'0,0()0 above his insurance. lie is now in comfortable circum- 
 stances, and a good .sam])le of the self-made man, pushing on to success in a straightforward, 
 honest, industrious manner. 
 
 Mr. Driftill was the fii-st reeve of the village ; has since held the sami' office one or two 
 terms, making a useful member of the coanty council. He has also been in th(> village coun- 
 cil, ami has held the office of Magistrate for twenty-five yeais, being f'aithfid in the discharge of 
 »'very duty. 
 
 In politics Mr. Drittill is a Reformei', very firm, but not raliid. His religious connection is 
 
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 With the Methodist Church of Canada, and he has been Recording Steward of the circuit for 
 nearly thirty ycare. He has also been a cla.ss-leader a long time, and is living a consistent 
 christian life. • 
 
 Mr. Driffill first married in 1831, Miss Mary Sampson, of England, she dying the next 
 year. In 1833 he married Miss Jane Hill of the county of Simcoe, and they reared eight 
 children, besides losing three or four in infancy and youth. One son, Thomas, is a stenograplier 
 living in New York City, and the two other sons, Joseph Hill and James, are with their father 
 in the store. Mary is tlie wife of Edward Jeff, farmer, and member of the township council 
 of West Gwillimbury ; Ann is the wife of Tliomas S. Graham, member of the Bradford council ; 
 one daughter, Jane (Mrs. Strong), died, leaving three children ; and two others, Clerinda and 
 Charlotte M. are living at home. 
 
 IIOX. VICE-CHAXCELLOR PEOUBEOOT, 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 IjROMINENT among the names of eminent men at present occupying the Judicial Bench 
 -*- in the Province of Ontario, is that of the subject of this sketch. William Proudfoot is 
 a native of Perth.shire, Scotland, where he was born in the year 1823, and is the third son of 
 the late Rev. William Proudfoot, of Lomlon, Ontario. His mother was Isabella Aitchison from the 
 vicinity of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Rev. William Proudfoot was one of the first mis-sionaries 
 to Canada, of the United Secession Church, and came to this country in 1832, settling near 
 London, Ontario, in 1833. Here he organized a church, and later instituted several others in 
 the adjoining neighbourhood. These latter churches, as the population increased, obtainerl 
 pastors of tlieir own, but Mr. Proudfoot remained in charge of the one in London until his 
 death in l.S.'il. In Scotland he had been a Wliig in politics, and after a .short experience of the 
 state of afi'airs in (^anada, he adopted the views of the Reformers, to which he continued 
 steadily though unostentatiously attached. During the troublous time of 183J), his well-known 
 opinions on public matters exposed him to some annoj-ances, but did not change his views. He 
 was succeeded as pastor of the church in London, by his second son, now the Rev. Dr. Proudfoot. 
 The present Vice-Chaiuellor received his education at home from his father, in the intervals 
 of other occupations, and in 1844, ho entered tiie Law Society as a student, and .studied in the 
 ortice of Messrs. Blake and Morrisnn, the former of whom was the late Chancellor, and the latter 
 is the pre.^ent Mi'. Justice Morrison of the Court of Ajipeal. He was called to the Bar in 184!), 
 and practised his profession in Toronti) for about two years in partnership with tlielate Charles 
 Jones. In 18.')1 he was appi)iiited the first Master and Deputy-Registrar of the Couit of 
 Chancery in Hamilton ; resigned this position three yeai-s later to enter into partnersliip with 
 
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 Messrs. Freeman and Craigie — a connection which continued until 1872, after which he practised 
 alone until he was appointed Vice-Chancellor, in the room of Mr. Strong, transferred to the 
 Court of Appeal, in 1874. In 1872 Mr. Proudfoot was appointed a Queen's Counsel with 
 several others by the Ontario Government, but he was one of two who declined a confirmation 
 of the appointment by the Dominion Government. 
 
 ' • The Vice-Chancellor has been twice married, first in 18.53, to Miss Thomson, daughter of 
 the late Mr. John Thomson, of Toronto, by whom he has surviving five daughters and one son. 
 She died in 1871, and he was married the second time, in 1875, to Miss Cook, daughter of the 
 late Mr. Adam Cook, of Hamilton ; .she died in 1878 leaving him one son. 
 
 At the time of his appointment as Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Proudfoot was and had been for 
 many years a Refonner in politics, but since tlien he is attached to no party. In religion he 
 has adhered to the faith in which he was brotight up, and has followed the secession church in 
 its various unions and coalitions, being at present a member of the Canada Presbyterian 
 denomination, and worships in Knox Church, Toronto. 
 
 Although enjoying a fair practice while at the Bai,it was chiefly confined to the Court of 
 Equity, which docs not give occasion in general for suits of much public or general interest, 
 and therefore Mr. Proudfoot's career as an advocate was not such a one as was calculated to bring 
 him very prominently before the public as a great law3'er. He had an extensive knowledge of the 
 law, being particularly well-versed in tliat bearing upon his practice, and many of the cases in 
 which he wjis engaged, were important enough to those concerned but not such as excite public 
 interest and conunent. From one well acquainted with his career, and capable of judging 
 of his merits, we gather that he was a very diligent student of the laws, particularly 
 devoting himself to the study of Ecjuity and the Roman Civil Law. Although not so often 
 before the Court as were many of his predecessors, yet no Judge in the Court of Ciiaiicery in 
 Ontario, ever, while at the Bar, more thoroughly mastered the principles of Equity Jurispru- 
 dence. Being an excellent classical and Fiench scholar, he read with as much ease as though 
 printed in English, those treatises in the Latin and French languages, which deal with the 
 principles which underlie every system of Law, but more particularly that wiiieh is called in 
 question in Courts of Equity. His appointment to the Vice-Chancelloiship was well received 
 by those of the profession who knew the sterling (pialitics which characterized him while at 
 the Bar, and since his ascension to the Bench, he has not given over tiie study of the laws, but 
 has applied himself with renewed vigor to the perfecting of his knowledge of the many subjects 
 with which he as Vice-Chancellor has to deal, and has (piiti' justified the choice of the Hon. 
 Edward Blake upon whose recommendation his appointment was made. While his want of 
 experience as leading counsel sometimes leads him to hesitate in dealing with qiiestions of fact, 
 he is never at a loss to expound a legal proposition or to apjily it to the facts, when these are 
 ascertained. He is very careful in his examination of the authorities bearing upon a question, 
 
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 and the counsel engaged in a case before him know that their arguments will always receive 
 the best consideration of the Judge, to whom they are addressed. His style in the writing of 
 his decisions is excellent. Seldom in any country and from any Bench are heard more beautiful 
 or lucid judgments. Indeed it is not too much to say, that, among the many masters of our 
 language who have from time to time presided, and who still preside, in our Courts of Justice, 
 Vice-Chancellor Proudfoot occu|)ies a very high place. His manner upon tbo Bench is quiet, 
 but dignified, and very courteous, and he is respected and honored alike by his associates and 
 the members of the Bar. 
 
 tJEOEGE P. :M. ball, 
 
 ST. CATHARINES. 
 
 GEORGE PETER MANN BALL, treasurer of the county of Lincoln, a descendant of 
 the Ball family who came from Saxony, in 1092, is a grandson of Jacob Ball, a United 
 Empire Loyalist, who left the Hudson river country, New York, with four sons, Jacob, Peter, 
 John and George, and four daughters, at the time of the struggle of the Colonics for indepen- 
 dence, settling in the Niagara District ; and son of George Ball, in his day successfully engaged 
 in farming, milling and lumbering, and was born in the township of Louth, county of Lin- 
 coln. September, 19, 1815. 
 
 His mother before her marriage, was Catharine Overholt, of Buck's county, Maryland. 
 Wlion he was five years of age the family moved into the town of Niagara, where he finished 
 his education in the high school. The winter of 1837-'38, he spent at Chippawa, as a volun- 
 teer, it being the opening of the rebellion. Immediately afterward he went into business 
 in the township of Louth, and was there engaged in fanning, milling, lumbering, anl 
 manufacturing woollen cloth for many years. During that period he served, at different 
 times, in the township council, and was reeve and justice of the peace a long time, being six- 
 teen years in the county council. 
 
 In January, 1807, Mr. Ball became treasurer of the county, moving to St. Catharines with 
 his family in Noveniber following. He has a gooil reputation for business habits, and trust- 
 worthiness of character, and these (jualitications secured him the ottice which he now holds. 
 He is a strictly reliable man, belonging to the church of England, and was warden of the 
 church at Louth, and has the same office in St. Catharines, being a man in whoso Christian in- 
 tegrity the community has the utmost confidence. 
 
 In Januar}', 1842, Catharine Ann, daughter of Ralph Morden Long, of Niagara, was joined 
 in marriage with Mr. Ball, and they have had nine children, losing three of them. The two 
 sons an<l one daughti'r are marric'l. Mortiuar Augustus, is a barrister, residing in St. Cathar- 
 
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 ines ; George William is deputy treasurer under his father ; Mary E. G. is the wife of William 
 Merritt Ingersoll, of North West tenitory, and Funny A. Laura E. and Kate M. are at home, 
 Mr. Ball is a man who interests himself in local matters, and has usually shown a good 
 degree of public-spirit, He was a Direct( '■ many yoai-s in the County Agricultural Society ; 
 has held other offices in that organization, and, as far as we can learn, has done what he could 
 to encourage a spirit of emulation among the members of the agricultural class. He is a direc- 
 tor of the St. Catharines Loan and Savings Society, 
 
 DANIEL :N[ACKENZIE, 
 
 SAHNIA. 
 
 /^NE of the oldest and mo.st substantial merchants in Sarnia, county of Lanibtwn, is Daniel 
 ^-^ Mackenzie, who has been in business here more than thirty years, and has weathered 
 every financial storm, He is a native of the village of Campbelltown, parish ol Ardersier, 
 Inverness-shire, Scotland, an<l was born on the 4th of March, 1828. His parents were John and 
 Margaret (Cameron) Mackenzie, his father being a druggist. Both families were military. 
 
 Daniel receiv^ed a parish school education ; lost his father about 1833, and in 1843 came 
 to Canada with his mother and two sisters locating at London, where he learned the mercantile 
 business. His mother is yet living, being with her son in Sarnia, and in her eightieth year, still 
 having the use of all her mental faf ultics. 
 
 In 1847, Mr. Mackenzie settled in Sarnia, and two years afterwards went into the gen- 
 eral mercantile trade, in company with Thomas Houston, the firm name being Houston and 
 Mackenzie, the former retiring from the business in 18.")4. Since that date our subject has been 
 alone, and for several years has confine<l himself to dry goods, doing a stead}-, safe, and success- 
 ful business. Thousand of others have bowed before the fierce tornadoes which swept over this 
 continent, commencing in 1857 ; but by the e.xercise of a little foresight, and by prudent man- 
 agement, he has kept his head above water, and is still pursuing "the even tenor of his way." 
 He has access to the best markets in Europe and America — one secret, no doubt, of his splendid 
 success. The oqdian boy who came to Caniuia thirty-seven years ago to seek his foitune, has 
 not made a failure ; and ail he has is the accumulation made by his own hands and by honest 
 means. 
 
 While carefully attending to his own business, Mr. Mackenzie has not neglected his duties 
 as a citizen. He was for twenty-one consecutive years connected with the Local Scliool Board, 
 closing with the chainuanship of that Board ; and was tiiirteen years in the town council, in 
 the several capacities of councilor, deputy-reeve, reeve, and mayor, holding the latter office in 
 1878-79. 
 
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 Probably no man in the town has done more valuable service in its municipality than Mr. 
 Mackenzie. He is quite public spirited, and hns taken great pleasure in aiding to push forward 
 public improvement. A town cannot have too many of such a class of citizens. He is Presi- 
 dent of the Lambton Permanent Building and Investment Society. 
 
 He is an elder of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church ; for many years wa.s a faithful 
 worker in the Sunday school cause, and his sympathies are enlisted in every enterprise tending 
 to improve, in any respects, the condition of the people, young or old. 
 
 His politics are Reform, and at one time he held the office of President of the West Lamb- 
 ton Reform Association. 
 
 In 185G, Mr. Mackenzie married Miss Margaret Flintoft, of the County of Lanark, Ontario, 
 niece of the late Sheriff Flintoft, of Sarnia, and she is the mother of seven children, all living 
 but one son. 
 
 IIO:>^. ^LLEXANDER YIDAL, 
 
 SARNIA. 
 
 A LEXANDER VIDAL, Senator, is a descendant of a family originally from Spain, remov- 
 -*--*- ing thence to England in the 18th century. He is a son of Capt. Richard Emeric Vidal 
 of the Royal Navy, and Charlotte Penrose n&c Mitton, and was born in Berkshire, England, on 
 the 4th of August, 1819. He was educated at the Royal Mathematical School, Christ's Hos- 
 pital, London; accompanied bis father to Upper Canada in 183-t; settled in Sarnia the next 
 year; practised the profession of a Provincial Land Surveyor from 184.3 to 1852; was Manager 
 of the Sarnia branch of the Bank of L^pper Canaihi, from the latter date until the failure of 
 that institution in 18G(i; and held the same position in the service of the Bank of Montreal, 
 from that time until 187o, when he resigned. lie has held the office of county treasurer since 
 18.53, being the only Treasurer that Lambton has ever had. 
 
 Senator Vidal has long been connected with the military of the Ontario Province, and hold.s 
 the rank of Lieut.-Colonel of the Lambton Reserve Militia. 
 
 He .sat for "St. Clair" Division in the Legislative Council of Canada, from September, 
 1803 until the Union (1807) ; was an unsuccessful candidate for the House of Commons at the 
 general elections in 1807 and 1872, and was called io the Senate on the 1.1th of January, 1873, 
 He is a Conservative and a Prohibitionist, and the leader in the Senate on all measures having 
 reference to the temperance iiuestiou. He was Chairman of the Dominion Prohibitory Conven- 
 tion, held at Montreal, in September, 1875, and is President of the Dominion Alliance for tho 
 Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic. 
 
 Senator Vidal is President of the English Loan Company, London, Ont,, tlio Canada Royal 
 
 
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 Benefit. Society, tlie Sarnia brand) of the Bible Society and the Tract Society, He is also an 
 elder of the Canada Presbyterian church, and one of the foremost men in the county in religi- 
 ous and benevolent enterprise. He was the first Presidfnt of the Sarnia Young Men's Christian 
 Association, and is now Vice President. Ralph Waldo Emerson has well said : " The earth is 
 upheld by the veracity of good men; they make the earth wholesome." 
 
 In December, 1847, Senator A'idal married Catharine, eldest daughter of Capt. William 
 Elliot Wright, R. N., of Moore, Lambton, and they have six children living, four sons and two 
 daughters, and have buried one son, a promising youth, in his seventeenth year. The eldest son, 
 Emeric Alexander, is married, and is deputy county treasurer; Charlotte Jane is the wife of 
 Thomas W. Nisbet, Manager of the Bank of Commerce, Sarnia ; Elizabeth Mary is the wife of 
 David B. Gardner, of the Bank of Montreal, Chatham, Now Brunswick, and the others are un- 
 married. 
 
 AETHUR MEIGnEJJ", 
 
 VERTU. 
 
 A RTHUR MEIGHEN, many years a prominent business man in Perth, and now deceased, 
 -^-*- was born near the City of Londonderry, Ireland, in December, 182G. In 1839, having 
 lost his father, he came to Perth, County of Lanark, clerked awhile in n store, and in IS^S 
 went into business for himself. He traded alone until 1SG7, when he associated with him two 
 younger brothers, William and Roburfc Meighen, who are still in business here, and among the 
 leading commercial men of the town. He died on the 3()th of Ma}', 1874. 
 
 As a merchant and general business man, Mr. Meighen was eminently, if not pre-eminently 
 successful. From a sketch of him which a|)peare(l in the Perth EjcpunitovioY June, 4, 1874, wo 
 learn that he was clear-headed, shrewd, keen and methuilical, being of a .somewhat rare race 
 of merchants, who, in the face of every difficulty that may ari.se, are bound to succeed. His 
 character for probity stood high. He was a fair dealer ; was never guilty of driving a hard 
 bargain with any one, and ret;iined the confidence and good-will of the hundreds of peojde with 
 whom he had business transactions. His accpiaintance was very extensive, and he had tho 
 resjiect of the whole connnunity. 
 
 Mr. Meighen was publie-spirited and backward in no enterprise that would further tho 
 interests of tho town or county, in which he resided, lie was for many years a Justice of the 
 Peace; a Director of the Tay Navigation Comjiany; a member of the School Board at Perth, 
 and treasurer of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church of which he was an active and .stable 
 member. H is christian character was irreproachalde, and he sought the good of all, bcin" a wise 
 adviser, both as regarded moral and business att'airs. 
 
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 In politicH he was a Conservative, not seeking office for himself, but laboring zealously to 
 elect his political frientLs who were CJindidates. At his death he was President of the South 
 Riding Conservative Association, and for many years had much influence and weight in the 
 party councils. He was very firm in his political tenets. 
 
 When Mr. Meighen was buried more than a thousand people were in attendance, and in the 
 procession which went to the grave, coming from far .as well as near, showing how wide was 
 the acquaintance with the deceased and how warm the esteem in which he was held. 
 
 I)a:niel c. ciitsiiolm, 
 
 UA.VILTOX. 
 
 "T^ANIEL BLACK CHISHOLM, barrister, ex-meniber of Tarliament for Halton, and for 
 -*-^ many years one of the leading citizens of Hamilton, is a native Canadian, as was his 
 father before him, and was born in the township of E. Flamboro', County of VVentworth, Ont., 
 on the 2nd of November, 18S2. He is a grandson of George Ciiisholm, a Highlander, who 
 emigrated from Inverness, Scotland, as early as August, 1772, to New York, whence he after- 
 wjirds removed to Nova Scotia, where he lived for about seven years. In 1781 he settled at 
 Niagam, but removed thence in 1794, to the north shore of Burlington Bay, neai the present 
 8it« of Hamilton, when he continued to reside on land granted him by the King, (as a U. E. 
 Lo^-alist) until his death in 1842, at the age of 100 years. 
 
 This fann was for many years the h(jmestciid of this branch of the Chisliolm family, and 
 was the birth place of our subject. His father was the late Col. George Chisliolm, who partici- 
 pated in the war of 1812, though but little more than just entered on his teens, and also in the 
 Rebellion of 1837, being a Colonel of Militia in the latter. One of the e.vclting incidents of 
 which he was a witness in the stormy times of 1837-38, was the sending of the ill-fated " Caro- 
 line" over the Falls of Niagara. On one occasion he had a narrow escape with his life, the liall 
 which wiis fired at him lodging in the stock of his inusket, which is still preserved as an inter- 
 esting heirloom in the family. He died at Oakville in 1872. 
 
 By the death of his mother, a native of New Brunswick, in 18.')0, our subject was left 
 almost wholly depemlent on himself. Possessing but a limited conunon school education and no 
 money, he decided to adopt f.arming. Renting some land he followed agricultural puj-suits suc- 
 cessfull}- till the winter of 1857, when he sold out, and went to Victoria College, Cobourg, 
 where he remained two years. While there ho made up his mind to study law, and in 1S,")9 
 entered the oHive of Miles O'Reilly, Q.C., at Hamilton, as a student-at-law. After pursuing a 
 
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 regular law course, he was admitted an attorney, and called to tlic Bar of Upper Canada in 
 Eastor Term, Ibdi, since which time he hat resided and practised his profession in Hamilton, 
 being at present the senior member of the well-known law firm of Messi-s. Chisholm and Hazlett. 
 He enjoys an enviable reputation as a lawyer of recognised ability, and has atttiined a high 
 standing in the profession. One of his leading characteristics is to throw his whole energies 
 into whatever he inidertakes to accomplish, and Iving an indefatigable and untiring worker, 
 and possessing morethan ordinary powers of ondiiranee, his labors have been as exacting and 
 multifarious as his talents are diversified. Never having been ill, he has been, and still is 
 able to endure great fatigue, even to working twenty-four hours a diiy if necessary, and it 
 is doubtless largely owing to these qualities that he has been enabled to undertake, carry 
 on and succeed in so many enterprises, and still .seem, to the wonder of many, alwnj's fresh 
 and vigorous both mentally and physically. 
 
 Mr. Chisholm has always taken an active interest in municipal affairs, and was elected a 
 member of the city council in 1800, and again in 1870. In the following year he was 
 elected Maj'or, and re-elected in 1872, filling the office of Chief Magistrate with marked 
 ability and satisfaction. In politics he has lieen ideniified with the Conservative party, though 
 reserving independence of action. At the general election in August, 1872, he was elected to 
 the House of Commons, for Hamilton, and retained that .seat until the dissolution of Parliament 
 in January, 1S7-1', when he retired from that constituency, and was elected for the County 
 of Halton as an independent candidate, though under the auspices of the Lilieral-Conserva- 
 tive party. He retained this seat in the Commons until 187^), when, the election having 
 been contested, it was declared vacant, and at the subseipient election, Mr. Ciiisholm was 
 defeated, since which time he has taken no active pait in pt)litics. 
 
 He has long been identified with many prominent financial and other institutions, and 
 is President of the Standard Fire Insurance Company, the Alliance Insurance Company, and 
 the Canada Loan and Banking Company ; a Director in the Mutual Life Association of 
 Canada, the Ontario Camp Ground Company, and tlio Navy Island Fruit Growing Associa- 
 tion ; and has been President of the Burlington Literary Society of Hamilton, and Chair- 
 man of the Provincial Board of Directors of the Hamilton and North Western Railway 
 Company. He has also taken .some interest in militia matters, and is a Major in the 
 Sedentiiry Militia of Hamilton. 
 
 The great cause of Temperance has always held in Mr. Chisholm an active, earnest 
 advocate. He favors prohibition and toUd abstinence, and never having used intoxicating 
 drinks in any form, ho has been a consistent worker for this great moral reformation. As 
 an able speaker and a ready writer, as well as by his exemplary habits, he has uncpies- 
 tionabh' done much to advance the work of temperance. He was the first President of the 
 Hamilton Gospel Temperance Reform Club, whieh position he still holds, having been elected 
 
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 seven times in .succession, and lia.s lieen connectfd with and licid oHioes in nearly all the various 
 temperance societies. 
 
 Since IS.')-* Mr. ("liisliolm lias lieeii a niend)er of the Weslevan (now C^inadii) Methodist 
 church. Althoujfh hoth hi.s parents were Preshyterians, his mother was a frei|uent att^-ndant 
 at the Methodist church, and from her example and tlie interest awak(>ned by attemlinj,' services 
 with her, his religious impressions were early in favor of the chureh with which he afterwards 
 united. He is and has heeii for many years a class-lea<ler in Centenaiy church, and fortho 
 past seventeen year;^ has been Sujierintemlent of its Sunday school, which is the largest, in 
 llannlton. 
 
 In 18fi4, Mr. Chi.sholm wm.s married to Adilie, dau;jhter of Milton Davis, Es(|., of Hamilton, 
 liy whom he has had two children, oidy one of whom, a son, survives, the otln'r havinjf died in 
 infancy. 
 
 In personal appearance Mr. Chisholm is nearly six fict in heij^ht, with dark complexion, 
 Itmij heavy heard, and wuighinjjf ahout ItiO Ihs. His rine physical developuu'nt and great men- 
 tal activity is a remarkably strong argument against the specious ])lea that the stinudant of 
 drink is requisite to the sustenance of a man's jiowers, and he is one of whom it may well he 
 said that his whole life is worthv of enudation. 
 
 (JKORCiE W. r>An(JET?OAV M.P.l'., 
 
 TOliOyTO. 
 
 rriHE sidiject of this short .sketch, (Jeorge Washington Badgerow, very jirojierly ranks among 
 -*- that younger class of Ontario'.-' deserving men. Just entering public life, but who.se pre- 
 vious career, though brief, gives promisL' of ultimate success. He is a native of the Province, 
 and was born on the 2(Sth of May, lS+1, in the towiiship of Markhitm. His parents were 
 Martin and Klizabeth (HarringtoiO Badgerow. 
 
 Mai'tin Badgerow was a native of tlie State of New Vork, but ciune to Canada with his 
 ))arents about the year INIO. and st>ttled in Markham, engaging in farming. They were a well- 
 to-do fannly, and followed agricultural pursuits successfully for many years. Jn 184:? Martin 
 Badgerow removed to Scarboro', where he cngage<l in woollen manufiuture as well as fanning, 
 He died in liS7^i at tlie age of .seventy yi>ars. 
 
 Oursubjoet was educated at the .M:irkhatii giiimmar .school, where by elose attention to 
 his studies he took a high rank, receiving a first-class certificate. After leaving school lie 
 taught for three years in the district sehool of York, and was for one year mathematical 
 teacher in the Bowmanville Union school. He then bceamn a student at law in the office of 
 
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 Messrs. Patorson, Ilarii^nn, and Bain, whero lio reniiiincd for five yenrs. He wns called to the 
 Bar of Oiitivrio, at tli'' Etuster term, 1871, and inunedlately entered npon the practicj of his 
 profosHioii in Toronto. Ho is now at the head of tlio firm of Badgerow and Fulkrton, l>arristors, 
 solicitors, etc. 
 
 Mr. Badgorow is a Lilieral in political .sentiments, as were his father and grandfather before 
 him. At the general election held Juno 5, 187!), he contested the East Riding of York in 
 the interests of the Reform party, and obtivined a seat in tho Ontario Parliament, where ho 
 has pa8,sed ono session, during which he took a very conspicuous stand in support of Toronto 
 University. He is a fluent speaker, and bids fair to become a prominent memlier of the House. 
 
 January 23, 18G7, Mr. Badgerow was married in Toronto, to Rachel, daughter of William 
 Mulholland, Esq., of the township of York, by whom he has three children. 
 
 JAMES SOM EH \' 1 LLE, 
 
 LUCK NOW. 
 
 ONE of the early settlers at Lucknow, and a leading business man, is James Somervillo, 
 who was born in Dunferndine, Fifeshire, Scotland, January 31, 182(). His parents 
 are Rolx'rt and Christian (Bennett) Somerville, his father being a builder, and yet living, his 
 home l»eing in Dundius, Ontario. Janies received a gooil high school education; at .sixteen, 
 came, with the family, to Dundas; there worked one year in a cabinet .shoj); ran an oatmeal 
 mill two yeai-s ; learned the trade of a millwright ; worked at it, with liead-(piarters at 
 Dundas, until 18,')1 ; then removed to the township of Wawanosh, five miles from whero 
 Lucknow stands, and there built a saw-mill ami grist-mill for himself, subse([uently adding 
 other mills in the vicinity, for other parties. He built the first grist-mill, not oidy in Wawa- 
 nosh but in the town.ships of McKillop and Kinlo.ss. Tiie marks of his energetic spirit atid 
 industrious hands are seen in many places in this part of the Province, but most deeply in 
 Lucknow, to which place he removed in IHIH, surveying the site and laying it out. Here he 
 built a saw-mill and grist-mill, and, eventually carding-mills and a fainiing-mill factory ; and 
 has driven business of various kinds for more than twenty yeai-s. He disposed of his .saw-mill 
 and grist-mills a few years ago, and still owns the othei"s, renting the carding-mills and factory'. 
 Latterly he has been a conveyancer, and is doing an extensive business. 
 
 Though a very bu.sy man in his own att-iirs, Mr. Somerville lias held various offices, and 
 done some valuable work in such situations. He was at first councilor in Wawano.sh (IS.'')3), 
 when it was a bush town.ship; has since l)een in the council of Kinloss townsiiip ; has been a 
 magistrate since 1854, and a notary public nearly as long. He is also a conuni.ssioner for the 
 Court of Queen's Bunch, and is a straightforward, prompt and efficient business man. 
 
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 Mr. Soiiiervillo is a Hut'oriner, and in 1872 was tho cnndidato of Iuh party in tlio North 
 Ridin<,' of Huron in tho Dominion Parliament, but tlio Kidin<r i.s Consurvativu, and )iu failod of 
 hi'iiij,' olnctt'il. Wo bi-'lit'vu ho does not loolt upon his defeat as a serious calamity, either to tho 
 world or himself. 
 
 Ho has Itecii an Odil Fellow about tliirty years, and was the fii-st Noble Grand in Lucknow; 
 lio is also First Principal in the Royal Arcli Chapter of Free Masons. 
 
 September 2:J, lS+0, ho married Miss Mary Bennett, of Dundas, dau<,diter of Huyli 
 Bennett, and of eight children, tho fruit of this union, only five, three aons and two daughters, 
 are living. 
 
 Mr. Somervllle has had his sliaro of the rotigh and tumble of pioneer life, and knows what 
 liardships arc. The year ho came to Lucknow, tho crops in this part of the Province failed, 
 and in tho .spring of 18.i9 there was a dearth of provisions. Wheat, ninety cents in Toronto, 
 was worth nearly throe dollars a bushel here. The people subsisted mostly on corn-meal, Mr. 
 Somerville keeping his mill running night and day. His reminiscences of early days here are 
 quite amusing. He is a goo(l talker. His exterior has never suffered from over jiolish, but his 
 feelings are tender and kind, and ho is especially friendly to tho suli'oring, his heart bein^ as 
 large as one stout man can well carry. 
 
 AVILLIAM TATEICK, 
 
 lUWCKVILhE. 
 
 1 ITILLIAM PATRICK, Sheriff of the united counties of Leeds nndCrenville, is of Scotch 
 descent, his grandparents being on their way through Massachusetts to Canada, when 
 Ids father, Asa Patrick, was born. The family settled near Newmarket, Upper Canada, open- 
 ing a farm there. In the war of 1S12-'15, Asa Patrick was connected with the Commi.ssary 
 Department, with boad-quai'ters at Toronto. 
 
 William was bom in "Little York," now Toronto, February 21, 1810, the maiden name of 
 his mother being Belinda Gilbert. Ho was educated ])y Dr., since Bishop Strachan, then Rector, 
 and the Prineipsd of the grammar school at Toronto ; there scrve<l an apprenticeship in tho 
 mercantile business, and then traded for himself two ycais at Kemptville, and about forty at 
 Prescott, being ipiite successful in his mercantile operations. 
 
 In his younger j'ears Mr. Patrick attended exclusively to his busines.s, having very little to 
 do with politics except to vote, being finally led into them in a singular manner. When, in 
 1840, the Parliament House at Montreal was entirely destroyed by fire, and tho Govf-mor- 
 General was driven out of the Province, a delegation was sent down from Prescott, Mr. Patrick 
 among the number, to present an address to His Excellency, and our subject was designated at 
 
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 the last luunient to roiul tlio adtlress. Tliis he did, ami one or two points boing overlooked by 
 the Coninuttee who prepared the address, he received their pernussion to add a few words ox- 
 teuiporaneously, there being no time, when the detieieney was discovered, to put anything on 
 paper. The remarks which he made alter reading the written part of the adtlress, wore so 
 admirable and so pleased the other mendiers of the delegation, that they insisted on nomhiat- 
 ing him, when the proper time came, for Parliament. He was elected foin* times, an<l between 
 18") 1 and 18(j4 attended fifteen sessions, becoming quite a prominent member of the House. 
 He was the first man tt) move in the matter of making Ottawa the capital of the Dominion. 
 On a fifth trial at the polls, in 18U4, he was defeated. Had he been returned, he would havt; 
 been made Speaker, having that promise from the Government. It was his strong opposition 
 to tiie endowment of religious in.stitutions, nunneries, etc., by the Oovernment, that defeated him, 
 the Catholic* turning against him. In May, 187.S, Mr. Patrick was jippointed Sheriff, an oflico 
 which he holds for life. 
 
 While a resident of Prescott he served as mayor two term.s, and was for a long time chair- 
 man of the board of school trustees. He is public-spirited, an<l likes to sec a town progressing. 
 
 He is a mend)er of the Wesleyan or Canailian Metiuxlist church ; was for thirty years 
 superintendent of a Sunday-school ; and 1ms lived an active, irrei)roachabIe christian life. Tiie 
 people seem to have unlimited confidence in his integrity, and his worth as a citizen is well 
 appreciated. 
 
 May 31, 1835, .Mi.ss Abigail Ann Broiise, of Inxpiois, County of Dundas, became tlie wife of 
 Mr. Patrick, and tliey had one child that died in iufanc}'. George Brotise, the father of 
 Mrs. Patrick, was a pioneer at Inxpiois, building a steam giist mill there more than sixty years 
 ago. He was a member of the Up[)er Canatla Legislature, and (piito a prominent man thirty 
 and forty years ago, being one of the oldest pc ;tmasters in the Province, holding this office 
 forty-eight years. 
 
 WJLLIAAI GLAS!^, 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 TTTILIJAM GLASS, Sheriff of the County of Middlesex, descending, on the paternal side, 
 from an old, well-known family of the County of Armagh, Ireland, the old farm 
 liomestead being still owned and occupied by his cousin, Samuel Gla.ss. 
 
 In the ycfir 1819, Samuel Glas.s, father of the Slu'rill", at the age of l!> years, left his home 
 to seek hi.s fortune in Canada, having for his point of destination the township of Westminster, 
 in the London District, where his sister, wife of the the late Lieut.-Colonel Orr, had settled two 
 
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 the Uot moment ti> r*.ui tli<! vMrt'ss. Tlii* In; 'iiil, aii<l out- or two ji<iint>, boing overlooked liy 
 tli»> t'oniiiiittct! whf proimri"! tlit' HJiiivit.>. Ik- received tlieii jieiiuission to add a few wonls ex- 
 t-i-s»i}.f.'r»iiu'(>usly, 'ficre l>»iii^; no iii<ti'. .vlir-n t!u; iloiieicney was disc'>vered, lo put, any tiling on 
 1 :i|.'cr. Tlie ii'inarks wlu^r )i. liiiiiie afti r rending' the written i>firt of tlio aildn.'s-!, were so 
 juiuiii'iiblo ai'd sKi |.'i^-a-.d tin- >tlier iiicnilKTs of dn' delejj;atitin, that they insi.steil on nominat- 
 ing him, \v':i''n tin ].!v.-}H 1 -iui«- eanii', fur I'arli.'iineiit.. Hi- \va< ••lecttd four liuiis, and In tweeii 
 ISr'l an<'. ISht aueii'l <i tiCteon sessions, U'eoniiiiLr ijuiti' a jiniuiincnt ui"!iih.r of tlic Hoiis<'. 
 II' w- ■ the rir«l iiKin •>• muve in the matter o!' making IHtjtwa the e;ii'ital (,t th<' Dominiuu 
 On : idtli trij'i al (In poiJM, .n l^(j^, he was defealr.l, find h" lieen returned, he would have 
 be' n made Si'eaker, havinx that promise tV.un tho (Jovei-nment. It was his strong .jpposition 
 1 1' tile endowhi' lit of re!i^ioTi.> iuitituti'tn'- ;.> ■*!■ -nc* ••*. . bvtic (;.iv»TiHhi-nt, that defeated him, 
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 •.H't.-rinton'Ient of a Sund?ty*'hool . and Ii.im !ivud an a<?tive, irreproiu ha bio christian lib.. 'I'he 
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 years previously. Crossing the Atlantic lie made at'(iuaintanee of Mr. Owrey, a well-to-do 
 retired inerehant from the town of Donayhadee, Irelaml. Young tiiass induced Mr. Owrey to 
 accompany him to the township of Westminster, and there they hoth settled in the year 181!». 
 Seven years subsequently, Mr. Glass married Eliza, daughter of Mr. Owrey, p\ncha.sed and 
 settled upon the heautiful farm known as Mount Pleasant, now owne<l by Benjamin Davis, 
 in Westminster. On this farm William and David were born. In the year l>s;}0 Mr. Glass sold 
 this farm and moved to the Township of London, and the following year, removed to the 
 village (now city) of London, where for nuiu}' years he cariied on the tlt)ur and grain business, 
 and where he resided up to tlu; time of his death, in l«77, having a short time previously 
 celebrated his GoMen Wedding, his Kvc sons, William, David, Sanuiel, James, and Archibald, 
 with their wives and children, being present. 
 
 William, the subject of this notice, was born on the 2()th of May, in the year 1827. At 
 the age of 18, in company with his brother David, he commenced the flour and grain business; 
 two years afterwards the partnership was dissolved, William continuing the business, greatly 
 extending the same, having buyers in Chicago, Detroit, and various points in Canada, to which 
 wa.s added the wholesale and retail grocery business, and dealing extensively in real estate, 
 all of which were carried on with due caution and profitably. 
 
 In 1S.")4, Mr. Glass was elected city councilor, which position he held for two year:*, and 
 then refused re-election. 
 
 Ill ly.")"), he married I'lielii-, daughter of John Guernsey, Esi[., of tjueenston, Ontario, by 
 whom hi' has four suns living. About the same time lu' received a conunission in the Militia 
 force of (.'anada. 
 
 In September, 18.").S, he was appointed by the Government, Sheriff of the county of Middle- 
 sex. At tho time he was cidisideied very young for apiiointment to such an important ofhce, 
 but he has given great satisfarf ion in the discharge of his onercjus duties for the past 21 yeai's, 
 during which time he has been ably assisted l)y his brother Samuel, who has, during the 
 same period, filled the position of Deputy Sheriff. 
 
 The Sheriff now owns and occupies, as a summer home, the I'aiiii, in London township, N. 
 part of Lot l!t, 3rd Concession, ■ ii which his father lived fifty years ago. The scenery on this 
 farm is said to be uuNurpassed in Western Ontaiio. The gruurids have been ornamented and 
 laid out with tastt-, making altogether a most charming spot, where his many friends are 
 hospitably and plea.santly entertainid. 
 
 The Sheritl has a well establisheil reimt.ition for kindness and generosity, his name being 
 connected with many undi-rtakings calculated to advance the interest of his native county. 
 
 lie is one of the foiniders au'l trustees of tlu; Protestant Ch'phans' Home; trustee and 
 treasurer of the Voung .Men's Chiistian Association; one of the trustees of tho Methodist 
 Church of Canada, of which he is a member ; one of the trustees and pioprietors of tho Oregon 
 
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 Silver Mining Company ; one of the foiindei"s, and presitlont of tlic Agricultural Savings and 
 Loan Company. 
 
 The Sheritl" is reputed to be a man of largo means, and an extensive landholder, strictly 
 hf nest and upright in all his dealings. Temperate in his habits, of robust constitution, and great 
 activity, he bids fair to spend many more years of usefulness, and (h) much by his well matured 
 judgment and large experience, to benotlt the community among which he is so well known, and 
 highly respected. 
 
 PATRrCK WIIELTIIA^', 
 
 ST. MARY'S. 
 
 T)ATRICK WIIELIHAN, Registrar of the South Riding of the County of Perth, was born 
 -*- in the County of Tipperary, Irelaml, April 2.*), 1832. His fivther, James Whelihan, a 
 farmer and land agent, died when the son was two years old, leaving the widowed mother, 
 whose maiden name was Elizabeth D'Arcy, with a family of eleven children, of whom he wa.s 
 the tenth child. He was brought up on a farm until sixteen jears old, receiving, meanwhile, 
 a national school education. . ^ 
 
 In 1848 the family' came to America, landing at New Orleans, La., where ihe mother and 
 an older brother caught the yellow fever, dying at Cincinnati, Ohio. This wivs a tr^-ing period 
 in the life of 3'oung Whelihan, The great calamity nearly exhausted liis means, and he found 
 himself, at sixteen years of age, with small means and a younger sister on his hands to educate, 
 Afflicted, but not disheartened, he pushed forward as far northward as London, Ontario; soon 
 afterward.'; returned to Ohio, made an engagement to work for an English railway firm, Ciiam- 
 berlain. World and Walker, and had charge of a supjily store while they were building rail- 
 roads in Ohio and Peimsylvania. Wiiile thus tailoring, he i)urehased and paid for 200 acres of 
 land near the village of Lucan, in the JLuon district, Ontario, and on which his brother now 
 resides. 
 
 In 18.>1 Sir. Wlielihan went to Kingston, Ontario, and spent tv^o yeare in ae(iuiring a 
 knowledge of the dry-goods business; in tlie .spring of Is.j.'J removed to London, and .spent a 
 short year in a grocery store; settled at St. Mary's in ]8.')-l', ami was a genei'al merchant here 
 imtil October, 1871 (except two years spent at Stratford , when lie was ajipuinted registrar. 
 
 In 1807 he rarchased the business of Mr. Corcoran, wholesale and retail giocer at Strat- 
 ford and conducted it successfully for fifteen mouths, while carrying on his farming operations 
 in the township of Blanshard, at the end of which time he resold the business back to Mr. 
 Corcoran. 
 
 At twenty -one yeais of age he was ajipointed a justice of the peace, ami that office he 
 
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 still holtls. He is also one of the license commissioners for the South Riding of Perth ; and as 
 Canadian magistrate, is registered at Washington, D.C., to facilitate the drawing of pensions of 
 soldiers engaged in the late civil war, and residing in Canada. Mr. Whelihan represented the 
 south ward of the town of St. Mary's in the nninieipal council for several years, and has proved 
 a faithful worker for every public interest which has been confided to him. 
 
 He is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and has lived an unblemished life. 
 
 In June, 18o5, Miss Anne Amelia Wells, of London, Ont, was joined in marriage with Mr. 
 Whelihan, and of fourteen children, the fruit of this union, twelve are living. Charles Edward, 
 the eldest son, has been his father's deputy between three and four years, and has excellent 
 business talents : two daughters have been educated at the Sacred Heart Academy London ; 
 another daughter and a son are attending the (Collegiate Institute, St. Mary's, an<l tlu^ younger 
 children are in the local .schools of lower grade. Mr. Whelihan is giving all his children a good 
 mental drill, and rearing them in the ways of temperance, viitue and industry. 
 
 During the seventeen years that he was in mercantile pursuits in this town, he was also 
 engiiged in farming, and now has 130 acres in the corporation, his home not being more than 
 five minutes' walk from his office, his specialty being stock-raising, principally cattle and sheep. 
 On that first class farm his smaller boys are learning habits of industry, and seeking their 
 amusement. One boy has his pony, another his poultry, a third his goats, a fourth his rabbits, 
 and so on — the several children playing among themselves, and thus being kept free from the 
 vicious influences of the rougher class of town children. They can also enjoy l)oating in sum- 
 mer on the classic Thames river, which passes along the northern boundary of .said farm. 
 
 OfULVIES AND IIUTCITISOX, 
 
 GODEIUCII. 
 
 1 1 "llIE largest flouring mill in Ontario is that of Ogilvies and Hutchison, Goderich, the mem- 
 -*- bers of the firm being John and William Watson Ogiivio, of Montreal, and Matthew 
 Hutchison, of Goderich. The Ogilvies are the leading millers in the Dominion, and among the 
 very wealthiest men in the Piovince of Quebec. The sketch of their lives is more appropriate 
 for another Canadian Biographical woik. 
 
 Matthew Hutchison is a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, dating his birtli May 17, 1827. His 
 parents were James and Mnrgaret (Miller) Hutchison. In IS.S.S, when Matthew was six years 
 oiil, the family came to Lower Canada, and settled on a farm near Montreal. He aided his 
 father on the farm until nearly of age, then went into the flour business in the city of Montreal, 
 and several years afterwards was apiwinted Dej)uty Inspector, ami, for a short time, Inspector 
 of Flour. 
 
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 In 1874 Mr. Ilutfliison came to (Joileiidi, and built the flt)ileriirli lliulior Mills, with four- 
 teen run of stone, they are capable of grinding 000 barrels in twenty-four liours. 
 
 Mr. Hutchison is a member of Knox rresbylerinn clunch. 
 
 In October, IS,')-!, he married Miss Helen Ogilvie, sister of his partners, and she is the 
 motlier of five children, all still living. ■ 
 
 JAMES llAIJ., C.E., 
 
 VETF.nnonoidii. 
 
 JAMKS HALL, late member of the Dominion Parliament, dates his liirth April H, 1800, 
 County of Clackmannanshire, Scotland, beiiig a son of James Hall, senior, merchant. He 
 was educated in the grammar school of his native town; .spent some time in the othce of his 
 older brother, Francis Hall, civil engineer, and in 1820 came to Canada, with the family, 
 locating in the township of Lanark, then in Carletoii, now in Lanark c )iin(y. His father built 
 the first liou,se in that towaship. There the son farmed a while, then had a store and distillery, 
 doing more or less surveying at the same time. 
 
 In 18.S0 Mr. Hnll disposed of his stock and distillery; went to Halifax, N.S., and practised 
 liis professicm as civil engineer and land surveyor; returned to Lanark in about two years, 
 and went into the tamiing business. In 18:U he sold out; went to Peterborough; started 
 a tannery and store, and continued in trade until 1848, and in the tanning business till 18.')(). 
 He was the first man who bought wheat at Peterborough, and that sent floiu' to Montreal and 
 lumber to the American side — Albany and Troy, N. V. 
 
 Mr. Hall was Sheriff of the united Counties of Peterborough and Victoria from LS.'O in 
 1803, when the counties were separated, and of the C.)unty of Peterborough from the last date 
 until November, 1872, when he resigned. 
 
 Mr, Hall represented Peterborough and Victoria in the Canadian Parliament from 18+8 to 
 18.')2, and in the Dominion Parliament from ).H7.S to 187N, representing Kast Peterborough, 
 While in the latter body he succeeded in getting the Trent ('anid bill through. In politics he 
 is a Reformer. He bus been a town an<l county councilor, was mayor two or three terms, 
 and in many ways has made himself a useful citizen. He has (piite a literary taste; has a 
 library of about l,o;)0 vulinnes, inclinling some of the Ihitish Classics, Jind was at one time 
 President of the I'eterborough Literary Club, and also of the Mechanics' Institute. 
 
 He aided in starting a Sunday school in Peterborough, in iN.*}."!; was its superintendent 
 many years, and has been an elder in the Presbyterian church for more than thirty years. 
 
 In 18:10, Jane Albio, daughter of Sanniel Albro, of Dartmouth, Nova Seotia, was joincil in 
 marriage with Mr. Hall; she died in 1808, while crossing the ocean with her husband and other 
 
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 iheinl>er.s of the family, who were intending to make witli her tlie tour of Europe. She left 
 eight cliililren, five sons and three daughters, all yet living. James Albro, the oldest son, 1ms a 
 family, and has been sheriff of the county of Peterborough .since his father ri signed, and has an 
 e.Kcellent record as a citizen. Jane, the eldest daughter, is tlie wife of Sanford Fleming, Chief 
 Kngineer of the Pacific llailway, residing at Ottawa ; Martha is the wife of liingham Higginson, 
 of Liverpool, England ; Eli/a is the widow of Alexander Smith, foiiueily a hnidier ineichant of 
 Peterborougli ; Frank is a hardware merchant, Walkerton, Out. ; Frederick is deputy shei'ifl", 
 and Henry is i'. barrister, both in Peterborough ; and Charles is in the Civil Service Department 
 at Ottawa. The present wife of Mr. Hall was Miss Jane Oifford Fergu.son, eldest daughter of 
 Fergus Ferguson, of Edinburgh, Scotland, by whom he has one daughter, Alice Mary, aged 
 eight ycais. 
 
 JA^klES BROWN, 
 
 KINCAItDINK. 
 
 ONE of the oldest settlers in Western Ontario, now living, is Janus Brown, the fii-st Mayor 
 of Kincardine. He was born in Nova Scotia, October \o, )7!>7, an<l hence is in his 
 83rd year. His father, Alexander Brown, came from the City of Perth, Scotland, and was at 
 one time chief engineer of tlu' King's Works at Halifax, dying wlien Jiiincs was three years 
 old. 
 
 In 1811 our subject, in company with four families, started for Upper Canaila, going by 
 boat from Maine to New York ; and drove a team for Klias Moore from Elizabethtown, New 
 Jersey, to the County of Norfolk, in this Province. There were three other teams, and he led 
 the van through the (!rand Riv(;r Swamp, tl»e first team that ever went through after the 
 brush Wiis cleared away. The party reached Noi-folk county in July. He was eiigageil in 
 farming in the township of Norwich, until ISl.S, when he lemoved with Mr. Mt)or(.' to Yar- 
 mouth, then in the ('ounty (jf Middlesex, now Kigin, wheie he continued to farm until I.SO-, 
 when he .sold out, and the next y«'ar settle(l in Kincardine, wheri' he was the means of getting 
 the first salt well under way. Latterly he has done little more than work his garden, simply 
 for exercise ami health. He was mayor in is?.'), and maile an excellent chief nuigistrate. 
 
 Mr. Brown is a B.iptist in religious belief, and was for many years a mendier of such 
 church; but on settling in Kincardine, there being then no organization here of tluit name, he 
 joined the English church. He is nnich esteemed for his exemplary christian character, and his 
 go<jd qualities as a citizen. 
 
 May 1!>, 182!>, lie nuirried .Miss Lydia Carpenter Kipp, a native of New York State, and of 
 eight children, resulting from this union, only live, all sons, are now living. John K, the eldest 
 
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 son, is a banker at Jackson, Minnesota ; James Hiram is in California; George Fox is in a store 
 at Honeoye Fails, N. Y. ; William Penii is a lawyer in Kincardine (sketched on another page), 
 and Granville is a physician in New York city. 
 
 Though past his four score yeais, Mr. Brown stands erect, is active for a man of that age, 
 and has a wonderful gi asp of memory. His conversation in regard to jjioneer life in Canada, 
 and indeed regarding all his early experiences, hardships and adventures, is decidedly entej'taiu- 
 ing. No man in Kincardine is held in higher esteem. 
 
 DAYIl) GLASS, Q.C., 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 DAVID GLASS born on the 20th July, l.S2(), at the township of Westminster, in the 
 County of Middlesex, Province of Ontario. His parents are from tlie North of Ireland. 
 He is a brother of Sherift" Glass, mentioned in a preceding sketch of this volume. 
 
 At the ago of sixteen he, in partnership with his brother William, opened a branch of the 
 grain business, in which their father had for many years been engaged. 
 
 At eighteen, having accumulated .some money, he dissolved partnership with his brother, 
 and for about a year attended the grammar .school (of which Benjamin Bagley, M. A., was 
 Princii>al), with a view to the study of the law. At this time, howevei', the discovery of gold 
 in California having been made, he suddenly left .school and set out iw that distant El Dorado. 
 This was in December, 1848. Upon reaching New York he, with twenty others formed a 
 company, chartered the schooner "John Castiner," and on the lOth Januarj', 184!), sailed for 
 Brazas Santiago, Texas. The party, after great privation and the loss of some of their number, 
 managed to cross the continent on horcsback and on foot thiough Mexico, and to reach the 
 Pacific Coast at Saul Blass, where they separated, young Gla.ss with two others arriving at San 
 Franci.sco on the lOth Jul}-, 184!>. In the winter of the same jear he returned to Canada 
 where he has since )■ niained. 
 
 On the 22nd of December, 18.')2, Mr. Glass was married to Sarah Dixon Dalton, second 
 daughter of the late Henr}' Dalton, E.sq., by whom he has two children, a daughter and a son. 
 
 After his marriage, following up the cherished ambition of his life, he studied law, and 
 was called to the Bar in Easter term, 18U4, when he at once entered upon a large and lucrative 
 practice, holding many important briefs, including the defence of Thomas Coyle, in the cele- 
 brated Campbell murder ease ; the trial lasted five days ; Mi'. Glass's defence was a very earnest 
 and able effort. Coyle was acipiitted. Amongst other similar cases he defended Smith in the 
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 to the Privy Council in England. Mr. Gla.s.s was created a Queen's Counsel in the Spring of 
 186C, and continues to practise his profession in partnership with his son, Chester Glass, bar- 
 rister-at-Ia\v. 
 
 In 18G.), he published a pamphlet and caused a vote to be taken in the old Parliament of 
 Canada, ou the subject of the Canada Company. He pointed out the injustice inflicted upon 
 settlers, whereby considerable reduction was made in the price of their lands. 
 
 When (juite young Mr. Glass took an active interest in municipal and political matters. 
 In 185;j, '50, and '57, he represented one of the wards in the city council of the city of 
 London, Ontario, and in 1858 was elected maj'or. During the year he also di.scharged the 
 duties of Police Magistrate and Recorder without salary, the fees being given by him to the 
 poor fund of the cliy. At the end of the year the Hon. Frank Smith and Alderman Block, 
 on behalf of the Corporation, made him a valuable presentation of silver plate. In 18G4 he 
 again contested the city with Mr. F. E. Corni.sh for the ofttce of mayor, and was elected. The 
 first day of the contest the voters' booths were broken up, and Colonel Shanley's battery called 
 out to preserve o iltr, which it did during the whole of the second day. In 18G5 he was again 
 elected mayor witl'out opposition. 
 
 In 18G7, as a supporter of Sir John Maedcmald's Government he contested the County of 
 Bothwell for a seat in the House of Connnons v ith the Hon. David Mill.s, and was defeated. 
 In 1872, asasuj)porterof the same Gov rnmcnt, he contested the East Riding of Middlesex and 
 was elected for tin- term of five years, but during the first session the Government was charge<l 
 with having been orilied by Sir Hugh Allan, the latter having paid the Government and others in 
 their interest over !?;15(>,()()(». When tlu' charges were first made Mr. Glass and other supporters 
 treated them with contempt, and ridiculed the idea of their Iieing true, but upon a commission 
 of enquiry, made under oath, both Sir Hugh Allan and Sir John, in sub.stance admitted the 
 charges to be true, then it was that Mr. (Uass and other former supporters of the Government 
 refused to express confidence in the leader.-: of the Const'rvative ])arty. After the holding of 
 the connnissicm of enijuiry and the close of the I'videiice, the House of Connnons convened on 
 2.'h'd of October, 187;), when a motion was Ujadc disiipproving of the conduct of the (iovern- 
 ment ; the debate on the motion was very earnest, Imt not marked by much violence. The 
 former supporters ol' the (loveriuuent held consultations from day to day, and to the number of 
 sixteen resolved to support the vote of want of eonfidenci'. Mr. Glass was the first to .speak ; 
 this took place on the 'J.Stli October, ami the (iovernment resigned othee the week following, viz., 
 on the 5th November, \>t~',\. The Hon. Alexamler Mackenzie came into |iower, and the six- 
 teen former supporters of the old (iovernment continued to support the Reform party. 
 
 The Parliament hail then fmii' years more to run, while Mr. (Jlass and other suj)} ortei-s 
 advised an innnediate dissolution in order that the people mieht i)ninoiince vipon what was 
 then known as the " Pacific Scandal Resolutions ; the House was dissolved, and a new election 
 
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 took place on the 29tli January, 187-1', when the new Government was sustained by a majority 
 of over seventy out of a liouse of 200, whereas the former CJovcrnment had a majority bofoi'e 
 the charjfes were mach' of over thirty, thus reversing,' about one ([uarter of the aj^gregate num- 
 ber of tlie constitucneies. While Mr. (ilass, representing a strong Conservative Riding, was 
 defeated by a majority of foity-four. He was again unsuccessful in the same Riding in 1878. 
 He is a mend>er of the Masonic order of long standing ; Past-Master of Kilwinning Loilge, and 
 in July, 187!), was elected by the Cirand Lodge of t'anada, a member of the Board of General 
 Purposes. 
 
 Mr. Glass was one o'f the founders of the Agiicultural Loan Company, and c(mtinued with 
 it until lu^ resigned his position there upon the fornuition of the English Loan Company. 
 
 In 187'),duiing the ab.sence of Judge Elliott in England through ill health, Mr. Glass dis- 
 charged the duties of liis office. 
 
 In addition to liis professional duties he is a Director of the English Loan Company. 
 
 JOHN rACK, 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 1 1 1HE subject of this sketch, the Chief Engineer to the Department of Public Works, is a 
 -'- native of Fifeshire, Scotland, where lie tirst saw the light of this world, on the !)th 
 Jidy, INK!. His father was John Page, a contractor. He received his early mental training in 
 the Tiuversity of (Jlasgow, not, however, completing the full college cour.se. He was bred an 
 engineer, ami, before leaving his native land, served a while as Kngiueer of the Northern 
 Lighthouse Hoanl, under Robert Stejihenson. 
 
 Mr. Page crosseil the Atlantic Ocean in iS.'is, and was engagetl fur four years on the Erie 
 Canal, in the State of New York, entering the service of tlie Canadian Government on the 
 Welland Canal in IS+i', and being still <'ngaged in that service. 
 
 Me was ajipointeil Chief Engineer to the Department nf Public Works in l.S.").S, and ten 
 years later dediiieil tlie oll'cr of Deputy to the Minister of Piiblie Works. iMigineering has 
 lieen his life stud)' and his life wmk, and li.' is a tlioroni^li e\pert in his profession. 'J"he 
 principal lighthouses in the Strait of lielle-lsle, jis well as on Lake Huron, and a great nundier 
 of the lake harbors in the l'i-ovince of Ontaiio were constructeil nndci- his direction. The en- 
 larged system of canals between Lake Erie and the city of Montr.'al, involving great profes- 
 sional ami jiractical knowledge, ai'c now being carried <nit unde him. On these subjects ho 
 has written many full and elaborate reports — !)ne litely issue 1 is looked upon with deep in- 
 terest by those familiar with, or reipiiring information on, such matters. The Government or 
 
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 the public lias no jnoie faitliful servant, as fully evinwd by the numerous arbitrations and 
 commissions with which he has been intrusted — no one more capable or cHicient in his own 
 peculiar work. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Pn^'e was Elizabeth Clrant Wylic, daughter of ])r. Alexander Wylic, of 
 the County of Dundas, Canaila, their union bein^' dated Juno 15, is.lij, Thisy have seven 
 chilihen, four sons and thiee dau{,'hters, the family making their home in Broekvillo, seventy 
 nules from Ottawa. The ohiklron are receiving an excellent education. Tlie famil}' are 
 Presbyterians, worship at the First Church, Broekvillo. Their house, a little out of town, is 
 one of the finest in this locality, standing on a sightly ten acre lot, and almost buried in a 
 forest of evergreen, with niaj)le, mountain ash, chestnut, and a few other kinds <»f trees, 
 intei-spersed. The view on all sides, excepting on the cast, is bioad and charming. Any 
 iiriuce of the old world might be delighted with such a rural and romantic liome. 
 
 malc()i.:m campbei^l, 
 
 LVCKNOW. 
 
 rilllK lirst merchant in Lueknow, was Malcolm Campbell, from Inverness-shire, Scotland, 
 -*- where he was born on the -Ith of April, 1819. His parents were Donald ami Ann 
 (Mc(iregor) Campbell. Muli-olni was educated in the parish schools of his native town ; aided 
 his futlier on the farm initil lS4(i, and then came to Canaila, locating at Krst in the town.ship 
 of Uleiilie''n, (bounty of Oxford, where he taught s(,'hool two years, and then kept a store 
 one year. He sold out, w<'nt to Kirkwall, in the County of Wentw(.rth, where he dealt in 
 mereliaiidise until 18'>!t, when he settled at Lueknow. When lie opened liis store here, the 
 country was almost a dense forest ; and in twenty years he lias seen this seution of Huron and 
 I5ruce counties converted into a very thrifty agricultural district, and liiicknow become a smart 
 \ ill.igi> with more tbiin a dozen inerchants in ditri'ieiit brandies of busini'ss, ami various miinu- 
 factories. Mr. Campbell was not only the first, but is the leading merchaut in the place, being 
 iiithegener.il trade, and doing a highly remunerative business — about ^(iO.OOO a year. His 
 custom comes from ail points of the compass, and in .some directions from a greatdistance ; and 
 his reputation for honesty and fair dealing stands high. 
 
 With the exception of one year, Mr. Campbell has been postmaster since he first settled in 
 Kirkwall, and has been a justice of the peace and an issuer of marriage lieen.ses for fifteen or 
 twenty years. He was in the coiiiieil of Kiiiloss, and reeve of that township .several times; 
 was the first reeve of the village of Lueknow, and sMved three successive years, and then de- 
 clined to servo longer. 
 
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 Mr. CampLoll is a Reformer, one of tlie leading men in the party in tliis part of Bruce 
 county, and has been President of the County Reform Assoeiation. 
 
 He is a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, a liberal supporter of relij,'ious and 
 be evolent societies, and a worker in the Sunday school. He is a fine sample of " the honest 
 Scotchman." 
 
 In August, 1849, Miss Margaret Armstrong, of Kirkwall, was joined in wedlock with Mr. 
 Campbell, and they have ten iliildren living, and have buried two. 
 
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 lajJRlDGE A. lir:HIJBIAN, M.D., 
 
 LINDSA Y. 
 
 A MONO the best read and mostskilful physicians and surgeons in Lindsay is Elbridge Al- 
 bert Horriman, .son of Luther Hei'riman, also a physician, who is still living, and a resi- 
 dent of Port Hope. At the time of Elbridge's birth, August 27, KSS^, the family were residing 
 at Haldimand, County of Northunibeiland, Out. His mother, before her marriagj, was Abigail 
 Dean. He received his literarj' education at Toronto, his medical, in the medical department of 
 Victoria College, Toronto, being graduated M. D., in 18G0. After practising two years in Dur- 
 ham comity, the civil war being in progress on the American side, he crossed the line and en- 
 tered the United States service as acting a.ssistant surgeon, being .some time surgeon in charge of 
 the 18th New York Volunteers, operating in Virginia, and was at length appointed surgeon of 
 the regiment, but his health failing, he was obliged to tlecline the position.* After a few months' 
 rest, and a visit to his friends in Canada, the Doctor returned to the L^nited States, entered th j 
 service once more (18()4) and renuiimvl until the close of the war in April, 1805, having, the 
 
 * When Dr. Hcrriman fiviiii<l it rocessiiry tn clcdino the pDsition of aurgonn, the lino oflii'ers aiUlresaeil tn 
 liiui tiie fiillciwing tL'stiiimiiiiil lottor, cu.'eil at I'lirtsmimtli, Va., Xovunibtr 7, IHCU : — 
 '' Dr. K. A. Uiriitiian, Assisliiitt-Suriji'iin '' ^'. Anmi, 
 
 " Dkak Sir, — Tho ini(loi'8iL;iioil line ulliiors nf tho llStli ri'^iiiu'iit New York Voluntoora ileeply rojj;rettinj{ 
 tlie neceaaity wliicli removes you for the preaoTit from our cirele, (io.siro to niiivoy to you some expression of our 
 hiyh esteem for your profe.ssiimal and social charaeter, and also on behalf of tliH men in our respective commands, 
 to tender to you tlio sincrro thanks for tlie uiiiforni kindness and liih'lity with whicli your professional services 
 have l)een ren<lered in the season of general and almost \inprecedentod niokneHs with wliieh the reyiment haa 
 been atHieted durinjj the few months of yonr cunnectiun with it. It has been to you a season of severe mental 
 and physical labor, and an occasion to test severely your mor.'il character as well as professional skill ; and wo 
 bear cheerful testimony to the elevation of the one and the aucceas of the other. And be assured, Sir, that you 
 bear with you the warm rejjards of the entire rejjiment, and our moat eiirnest ilesire for your future prosperity 
 and hapi iness. And should a kind Providence so order events as to render consistent your return to and per- 
 manont connection with this regiment, you will meet with a most hearty welcome from us all." 
 
 The above was signed by every Captain and First and Second Lioutunants of the Company, and subse- 
 <|uently eiidoraed by tho Major and Chaplain. 
 
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 latter part of the tijue, charge of the Prison Hospital at Camp Douyhis, Cliicuyo. He was also 
 on the Board of Medical Examiners. ; 
 
 Returning to Ontario, Dr. Herriinan located, the .same spring, at Lindsay, wliicli has since 
 been the radiating point. He has at times done a great deal of .service in the line of consultation, 
 not unfre(]uently going from forty to fifty, sometimes sixty or seventy, miles from home. He 
 has had a liberal share of surgery, but in a country like that in which he is located, no branch 
 of tiie healing art can be made a specialty ; hence his jiractice is general, and at the same time 
 liberal and lucrative. 
 
 In 187(>, Dr. Herriman went to New York city, and spent some time at Bellevue Hospital 
 Medical College, and in several hospitals there, paying particular attention to surgery and the 
 diseases of women. He is now reaping the benefits of that walk among the hospitals, in the in- 
 creased confidence of the people in his skill and in his enlarged practice. He is a man of great 
 nrbanity, very cordial, and his presence alone, on some occasions, is as good, perhaps, as any other 
 medicine. 
 
 Dr. Herriman is a Reformer in politics, a man of decided views, but lets nothing interfere 
 with his professional diities While in Durham county, he was appointed coroner of the United 
 counties of Durham and Northumberland, but in Lindsny, we cannot learn that he has held an 
 office of any kind. The demands of his profession are evidently all the tax on his time that he 
 desires. 
 
 His religious connection is with the I'.inadian Methodist Church, and his "walk and con- 
 versation " indicate the christian gentleman. 
 
 Dr. Herriman has been married since Februaiy 'll, 18.5(1, his wife being Miss Annie Maria 
 Stickle, of Orono. 'J'hey have four children, Stella May, Albert Rollen, Lizzie Maud, and Wil- 
 fred Devere, all pursuing their studies at home, Lindsiiy having first class schools. 
 
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 (;r:nK(;E KE^rPT, 
 
 jj.\ns.\ )'. 
 
 EORCiK KEMPT, sheriff of the county of Victoria, Iwru in the town of ("romarty, Scot' 
 land, in llS'22, is a son of Kenneth and Anne (Willianison) Kempt, members of the agri- 
 cultuial class. The family emigrated to Canada when Cieorge was ten years old. and settled in 
 the townshiji of Dummer, Peterborough county, where our subji'ct finished his education in the 
 jiublic schools. At thirteen he connnenced learning the nieicantile business, and was in ti'ade 
 for himself in the county of Peterborough until l.Sj3, when he removed to Lind.say, the scat of 
 justice of the county of Victoria. Here he was a general merchant, an extensive lumber dealer 
 
as* i'lin c.tx.ihi.ty luoait.wmcM. DicrioswitS'. 
 
 niul graiu bii^'or, till uppoiiitod Mlit'iiH' in IST'i. Mr. Koinpt hiul inoviiMisly Imon a town anil 
 county I'linni'illor, and was inonilicr t'lii- tlio soulh liilini; of N'ictciiiii, ol" (lio lirst Dominion I'ar- 
 lianicnt, lirinj; eliTtt'tl in IStlT.anil scivinj,' tlic full (imui of livi> years. His politics aio hihoral; 
 lio \va.s fhairnian of tlio Hcforin Connnitttf for (lit- cminty at one tinio; wa.s fonneiiy very 
 Hclivo (US well as inllucntial in liis party. Imt latterly has paiil little attention to politie.s. 
 
 His relif,'ious eonneetion is with tlu- IVesliyteriMU ehmeli, in whieh he was rearoti, tiiul 
 when' his standing is ;^oo(l. 
 
 In Septeiiilier, iSHt, Mr. Kempt inanied Miss .\nnii' tiane Maeaulay, of Trenton, eounty of 
 Hastings, and danj;hter of Denis Maeaulay, meiehant. 
 
 Our sulijeet has a very solid huild, is live feel nine inches in height, and Weiglis 2M) pountls. 
 Ho has a llorid complexion, a face that smiles easily and ofti'U, a vi'ry cordial address, and as 
 much boitliomir as tlesh. 
 
 THOMAS II. i»ai;kki{, 
 
 ti()til>STtl('K. 
 
 rpiU)M.\S IIAUUISON rAllKKU, Mayor of WoodNtock, an.l one of its most successful 
 -*- husiuess men, was hoin in Cundicrland, iCnglaud, ['"eliruaiy ID, IS-S. Mis parents an' 
 John and ilane (Harrison! Tarker, nu-ndieis, for a long peiioil, of the industrious farming com- 
 niiuiity. Hotli the Parkers and Harrisons are old t!umlieiland families .lane Harrison was a 
 niece of Jonathan Walton, a wealthy proprietor of coal and lead mines in that part of Knghind, 
 In IS.'M the family emigrated to Tpp'''' Canada, and selth'd in I'eterliorough, where oui' suhjeet 
 .spent lifteen yi'ais in farming, and attending a pnhlie school part of the lime. 
 
 In l.s4() tlu' family removed to the townshipof Zorra, county of Oxford, where .lohn I'aiker 
 pinrha.sed a farm, and eulli\ateil it for some years, lie is now living in Woodstock. His 
 wit'e died many years ago. She was an earnest christiiiu, very domestic in her haliits, and 
 thoroughly di'votcd to the interests of her l'amil\. 
 
 At the age of twenty years oi;r sulijeet ii'tuiiu'cl to I'eterliorough, and engaged in the 
 lumber Imsiness ihiring the sunnuers.and attended the Itev. Mr, Taylor's granunar .school in tlu* 
 winters. From I>S.">0 to IS,").') he was at Brantford auil Hamilton a merchant's apprcnlici-, wheu' 
 having actpiired a knowledge of dry goods, he came to Woodstock, and set up for himself. 
 At the end of one year he formed a partnership with ilolin D. Hood, and he continued in the 
 mercantile trade until IN"-"!, when, hasinij; realized a condortuhle competency, he .'■old out, 
 and retired from active liusine.ss. 
 
 While in trade, the excellent husiui'ss habits of Mr. I'aiker were patent to the |)idilic, and 
 he was fieipiently called to perform various duties in the nmniciiiality of Woodstock, being in 
 
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 ns,- 
 
 tlio ooiiiicil l,W(» or tliici' tcniiH, iiml .siiltHi'(|iii'hlly liMiii;^ llii- tdllci' of hi'coikI niitl (iist (l(i|>iil.y 
 icM-ve. Ill IH7S, iil'titr a wiinii «'iiiil,(«t, Ih^ was clcctcil mayor, ami diil mo well tlui lirst year, and 
 liccaiiK* MO |io|iiilar, lliat lio was r(^-idi-('ti'il liy acijiimaliiiii, ami is slill lioliliii;^' IIkmjU'ici', iiiakiii;r 
 a viiiy oHifii'iit cliicr iiia^iMt.ralti, lie is also I'risiiiiiit oi' lln^ Miiiianics' liisliliitf, an oHlco 
 vvliicli 111' lias licid for seven (•oiiHcciilJvi' yiars. lie was llie lirst rresideiil, n|' (lie Woodntock 
 IJoard of Trado, and is l.licir(»iij^ldy identilied wK.li all tlie inlcnvsls ut' (lie tdwii. 
 
 Mr. I'arker is a Lilieral in |iolit,ies, a jteruniier fn>m |irim'i|ile, liein^r in e\i>iy Metise a pro- 
 uressivc man. He evidently lielieves llial till' " world ino\es," and lliii( iiiiiii (jnii;lil not to do 
 less. He is a Master Mason, Iml we cannot, learn tlial. lie lias lieeii scry active in l.lie mder, 
 
 June I, IM.V.I, Miss Annie Hooil, daiiL^liter of .lalie/ llooil, l<',.s(|., of Newcastle on'ryiie, anil 
 Hi.sler of •loliii l>. ilooil, already iiienl.ioned, was niarried to Mr I'ai'ker. 'I'lieir fumily consisl.s 
 (if two <laii''lilei-s, twins, Annie Louisa and .les^ie j'lleiiinpi. 
 
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 ie slleillls liUli^esI in iilliee III 
 
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 lovilice 11 
 
 I' ( )lll.,irio, is a di'seen 
 
 diinl. of a very aiieieiit. I'lii^li.sli I'ainily, wliuse indj^'eniti 
 
 lit. Ill I'lii'daiid from Ni 
 
 inaiidy willi William tlie ( '(iiii|iieror, and M'tlled ne.ir ll.islin^^fs, eoiinly ni' Sussex ; meinliers of 
 tlie family still Imldin^ |iro|ierty tliere. 
 
 Our sniiject was Imrn in tlie city uf l.ondiiu, Miiy HI, IsHi, liis fat.lier lieiiiL; Roliert Mercer, 
 II tiinlter mercliant. Tlie mnideii inime uf Ids iiiullier wns Sar.ili Ihilliawiiy Treaclier. Me was 
 
 educated at, a jirivale sclioul in Kent, wliere liiild jieMciillslield was mice II |iu|iil ; ill iM.'t.'t aeciilii- 
 ]iaiiied tlie family lo ( 'anadii, lliey sctllin^r on a I'ai in at .Viiilieisllnii^^li. I n tlmse diiys eiiii;^ri'a 
 
 lion was nineli im 
 
 if a task tlian it is m 
 
 'I'lie faillil\ were tllil'tecM 
 
 'ks on till' Athllltii! 
 
 cr, si\ ilav: 
 
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 iiiir sullied, \ isitid J'liiL'iaiid, ami was just 
 
 e iiee.'in. 
 
 Ocean, nearly two days on tlie lliiilhiin ri\ 
 
 I'lrie. Twenty -.seven yeiirs afterwards I lie uiullier of 
 
 as many ilays in inakin;j; tlie wlmle tri|i, as slie was weeks in Is.'l.'t, in ciossin;,' lli 
 
 In iMIt.'i Mr. Mercer and family, twelve in all. went to Windsor. Our siilijeet spent two 
 yeiirs in i'liiladelpliia, I'li., returned to Windsor; liec'ime postmaster lliere alioiit I MM) I lie first 
 ollieer of tlie kind in tlie pliice, lieiiit; ile|iiity colleclor of ciislniiis at Ilie same time ; \Nas deputy 
 .slieriir of the Western liistrict* iiicludiii;,' I'lssex, Kent, iind Laiiil'toii coiiiilies, from LSK) to 
 
 * Tliu nlii'l'iir itl Hint, liiiiii was IIimii'){ii W'ailn Kmil.t, rrmii llie cjt.y mF Cuk, Irrl.unl. itml iil miit tiiiie ^lu.•rill' 
 iif lliitt city. 11(1 uiiiiKi'titi'il III ('iiiiiulii itliiiiit |.s;ili ; liiiiMim) Hlinrill'iif llei WchIim'ii DiHlricl in IK4n, itml liiilil tlio 
 oMu't) ualil IHIH. III! I'cHiili'H iil 'I'linniliiiry fmir iiiiIi'H lirlnw t 'liallnuii, - liiiiiiiliriil niiiiitry Hciit ; iiiitl in IH","! Iin 
 anil liiit wife liitd lluiir ({nliltiii »(Mliliii){. Mrs. Fnull wns li iluii^litur ut i'.ii- .Viillmiiy I'liriitr, uf Curk. Mr. I*', 
 
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 ipun liiiiiHi) " III) tlid yeiu' ruiiml, ami iliHiiiHiHe.t lioH|iilality with a iiMiiiili(.'uiiui,' liecui'iiiig a |iriiic<!, 
 
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 1851 ; and on tlic division of the conntio.s removed to Chatham, Shiietown of Kent, and in 
 1853 was appointed shoritt", nn office wliicli he has lield for nearly twenty -seven yeare, discharg- 
 ing its duties with great acceptance to tlie conuniniity. 
 
 Sheriff Mercer is truly, we ma}' say intensely, loyal to the Crown of his native country, in 
 politics calling himself a " Tory," and glorying in the name, lu religious belief, he leans towards 
 Uuitarianism, but attends the Episcojml church. 
 
 After being in Canada half-a-dozen years, Sheiiff Mercer returned to England, an<l on the 
 15th of June, 183!), at Norwood, near London, was joined in wedlock with Miss Bathia Sarah 
 Morrison, a playmate of his early yeare. There are four children, all married and settled in life, 
 two daughters and two sons. Bathia S., the ehlest of all, is the wife of Rev. F. G. Elliott, 
 piustor of the Episcopal church, Sandwich ; Ellen Morrison is the wife of A. CJ. McWhinney, 
 of the Post Office Department, Ontario ; Robert is the governor of Kent county jail, and Harry 
 is deputy sheriti" of tiie .same county, botii residing at Chatham. Mrs. Meicer ilied March 17, 
 1879. She was an e.\emi)lary ciiristiau mother, a member of the Epi.seopal church, and her 
 death was a great lo.ss to the family. 
 
 Sheriff Mercer has long been a resilient of Ontario ; is well read in its history ; and is a ready 
 and interesting converser. 
 
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 THOMAS nOI)CVi:S'S, M.A., Q.O., 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 HE subject of this .sketch is a native of Dublin, Ireland, where he was born on the Gth of 
 -■- October, 1828, being tiie fourth son of the late William Hodgins, Esc]., of that city, and 
 formerly of tlie County Wicklow. His mother's maiden name was Frances Doyle, daughter of 
 the late James Doyle, E.s(i., Newcastle, County Wieklow, Ireland. 
 
 Mr. Hodgins was educated in his native citj', and at Bristol, England ; and in ISW emigrated 
 to Canada, coming to Toronto, where he entered the public service as a clerk in the Eilucational 
 Department, In 18.)2, he matriculated in the University of Toronto, where ho gained the 
 University Scholarship in Civil Polity and History ; he also obtained first-class honoi-s with the 
 degree of B. A., 185G, receiving al.so the degrees of LL.B., in 1858, and M.A., in 1859. Having 
 flecided to adopt the legal profession, he entered the Law Society and was called to the Bar of 
 Jpper Canada, Hilary Term, 1858. He has since practised in the Connuon Law and Eijuity 
 Courts, and is fretpiently engaged as Counsel in Parliamentary Election cases. In 1878 he was 
 associated with Attorney-General Mowat as Coun.sol for the Province of Ontario in arguing the 
 question of the Northern and Western boundaries of the Province of Ontario before the arbitrators 
 appointed by the Dominion and Provincial Governments, viz: Sir Edward Thornton, Sir Frunci.s 
 
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 Hincks, and Chief Justice HarrlKon, The award of tlu pvbitratois gave to Ontftrio 62,000,000 
 acres of land in addition to the 04,000,000 acres formerly owned by her, and extended hor 
 northerly limits to the shores of Hii<lson's Bay. 
 
 In February, 1873, Mr. Hodgins was crentc<l a Queen's Counsel by the Dominion Govern- 
 ment on the recommendation of Sir John A. Mucdonald, then Minister of Justice. In Enster 
 Term, 1874, he was elected a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and again in 
 Easter Term, 1870. In Michaelmas Term, 1875, he succeeded Mr. (now Chief Justice) Moss, ns 
 Chairman of the Legal E<lucation Couunittee of the Law Society. Prior to this ho had acted 
 as Senior Law K.Yamincr in the Faculty of Law, of the University of Toronto, for some years, 
 imtil elected by the Benchers as the Representative of the Law Society in the Senate of the 
 Univereity, as successor to the late Hon. J. H. Cameron, Q.C., M.P. In 18G3 he edited, in con- 
 nection with the late Chief Justice Harrison, a volume of Municipal Law Reports, and since then 
 has published Law Manuals on Education, Parliamentary Elections, Voters' Lists, and other 
 works. Mr. Hodgins was also for some years a contributor and etpiity reporter to the Upper 
 Canada Law Journal, &\v{ is still an occasional writer for the Periodical Press on Parliamentary 
 and legal questions, chiefly under a nom de plume. Ho was one of the originators of the 
 Toronto University Association, and of the present University College Literary and Scientific 
 Society (founded in 1854), cf whicli he afterwards became Presiilent. 
 
 Politically Mr. Hodgins is a Liberal, and was returned to the I'lovincial Parliament at the 
 general elections held in March, 1871, as member for West Elgin. He resigned his scat in the 
 Ontario Legislature in September, 1878, to coii^ost West Toronto for the House of Commons, 
 on wliich occasion one of the leading journals thus referred to the public services of Mr. 
 Hodgins : — 
 
 " Having a decided tante fur I'arliiimeiitnry life, ho hag devoted much time to all legal iioints connected with 
 elections, as well as to constitutional iiiiestiona, and is well i|nnlilied to deal with these matters as a member of 
 the House of Commons. Mr. Hodgins was in 1874 niHH)inted a IJencher of the Law Society, and has been an 
 iiiHnential member, paying much attention to tlio subject of legal education, and after the death of the late Mr 
 Hillyard Cameron, was appointed by the Bar their representative on the Senate of the University of Toronto. 
 In 1871 he was chosen by the electors of West Elgin to represent them in the Parliament of Ontario, and was 
 ro-elected in 1875. Mr. Hodgins h.'w taken an active part in legislation, and is a <lignitied and iierMiiaaivu 
 speaker. Ho is one of the most imbistrous and persevering of men, and has an important career before him in 
 the House of Commons if ho is elected for West Toronto. His personal character is without reproach, his public 
 reputation is without a flaw, and ho is one of the few men who are alike willing and able to undertake work for 
 tho public in a self-sacrilicing spirit. The electors of West Toronto who desire an honest, straightforward, and 
 useful representative, should give their votes witli unanimity for Mr. Thomas Hodgins, convinced, lis we are. that 
 his conduct will never canse them to regret the act." 
 
 Another journal thus referred to him : 
 
 " West Toronto would do itself very great honour by electing Mr. Hodgins. This gentleman is a man of 
 exceptional ability, and would have been before this time a Minister of the CVown had it not been felt that 
 Toronto had already its full ((uota among mumbers of tho Cabinet. His abilities are of that substantial character 
 
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 888 
 
 Tin: cAN.ii'iAS liiouiiAniU'Ai. victios'ajiy. 
 
 thiit wiiiilil k'ivo liiiii H Umiliii^' iiimiliiiii iicil mily in tlix coniiiiiKtui romiiH, lull uImo <i|i tliu Hour <>( thu Vloiino of 
 (.'iiiiiiiioiiii. IIJH rotiirii sluiiilil bu nmdu ii imtttur of |iri(lu uiid ll|o oltjuct of t|iu iiursoiinl uxurtion of ovvry 
 olovtur in lliu Killing. 
 
 lit' was tli'liiiti'd at tlmt olcction. lli.s parliiinuMitiiry iiicasnivs iiuliidc amoiulmciits to the 
 law of Property and Tnists, C'Ikws in Actlnii. Kiision of tlic Cuiiiis of Law and K(|iiity, 
 Finality of (lio Vott-is' Lists in I'ailiaiiiontary ElcctioiiH, Sliort-liand lloportinj^ in tiu' CourtH, etc. 
 
 On tlic "Ji'n.l Novcndit!!', IS-'tS, lie was niairifd to Maria huixoync, daii;^litt'r of tlie lati' 
 Joiin Si'oi)K', Ksij., >vlio ifjirt'scnti'd Wist Ki^'in in liic Canailian I'arlianient from ISti;}, until 
 t'onfiiU'iation. 
 
 WILLLAM LKKS, M.IM'., 
 
 FAI.I.IIUOOK. 
 
 "TTTILIilAM LKKS, tlic new M( ndur of Paiiianicnt for tlu' Sontli Uidin^j of Lanaik, is a 
 ' ' son of William Lcos, senior, wlio came from Scotland in l.S|7 anil settled at liatliursl, 
 County of Lanark, in tlu' followiiiLj yeai'. Tlie conntiy was then called the liathurst I )istriet. 
 The mother of oni' snhjei't. het'ore her mariia_i,'e, was Itarhara 'I'ait, who gave hirth to him 
 Novend)er -\, 1N2I. William Lees, senior, was a pioneer farmer in the (.'oiinty of iianai'k.and 
 ti> th" same oeeiipation his son was hred, he receiving a common school education, having, 
 luckily, most of the lime, a good teacher. 
 
 Mr. Lees continued to farm almost exclusively until l.S.'>L when he liuilt a saw-n.ill, and 
 ten years ago added a llouring-mill, and is now engaged in manufacturing lumher anil lloui' as 
 Well as in farming, lie has ahout live hundred acres of land, largely imjirovi'il, in the neigh- 
 liorhood of Hathursl, and other lauds in other parts, lie is one of the leai'iiug husiness men in 
 this part of the riding. 
 
 Ml-. Lees has heeii a m;igistrate nearly forty years, lieing appointed when lu' was a ^oung 
 man; hecame a townslup councilor iii Ls.'id, and held thatoHice for twenty years, and has Im'CU 
 a leeve fourteen (U- lift ecu years, ami \\ allien three years. No imiii iu the ( 'ounly of Lanark 
 has prohahly had more to do with its miinieipal matters than Mr. Lee-;, lie has given much 
 v.dii.ilile time to the iiitciots of the township iiiid county, lieiiig an industrious, practical and 
 fiiithfiil liusiiie.ss man. 
 
 He was connected for nuiny years with the militia under the old .system, and wa.s promoti^d 
 from the rank of ensign l>y degrees to that of captain. 
 
 Mr. J..ees was elected to the local Legislature on the "itli of .lime, Ls?!), and has just attended 
 the first se.ssion of the fourth Parliament, paying very close attention to legislative duties. Ho 
 is II C'onservative, ipiite liheral in his views and feelings, and stands well, as far as we can loam, 
 with all parties. For several years he was Pii'sideut of the Conscrvfttivo Association; 
 
rilK CANADIAN lllOdUAI'mCAL DIVTIONAUY. 
 
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 Ims taken an activtt part in af,'ri('iilttiral inattiMs, and was for two yuars pn'sidcnt of tlio 
 a;,Mi(iiltnral .society of liis ridiny, an<l 1ms houii a di'Iugatu two or tlircu tiinus to tlic I'rovincial 
 Agricultural Association. 
 
 lie is a Free Mason, a third dt'^rcf incmlicr of Kvt-r^jrcon Lcidgo, No. 20!>. 
 
 Mr. liCc s lias liccn nmrriwl three times, (irst t<. Mary, .lan;,'hter of ( 'ol. Tiny fair, of Bathnrst, 
 formerly a mendier of the oh! Canadian Asseiul.iy; the .secon<l time to Mi.ss Marj,'aret Ward, of 
 the same town.shij), and the third time to Miss Annii- Irvine Laurie, of I'ertli. He has ninu 
 I hildren livinj,', and has lost one daii'diter. 
 
 TIIOMA.S I.OiNd, M.IM' 
 
 coi.i.ixauooiK 
 
 rilHK snhject of this l>ioj,n'aphical sketch, is descended from (ierman ancestors on his fathi 
 
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 lie, tlie pro^'enitoiiif the family settlinj^ in the County ol' l/imerick, Ireland, aliout th 
 
 coiinnencement of the I7lh century. In that county oursuhject was horn, An;,Mist 7, IH,'!(i, his 
 parents lieinj,' Thomas anil Marj,'aret (harrel) liony. His i'alher who was an ai,'riculturist, died 
 in the old country in liStT ; his niothei- is still lisiiij^ there. Mr. Low^ was educated in part at 
 the national school at Hhanaj;i)lilen ; came to ( 'aiuida iu ls,")(t, w ith his wardrulie carefully done 
 
 up in a small cotton handk*>rchief, and without an ovi 
 
 it ur inider cluthes foi- the followill! 
 
 winter; appienticed himself to a merchant at, Mono ( 'rnlre, ( 'ounly of ,Siiiicoe ; at the end of 
 three years (!S,';)j went to Miitralo, N. V., and tiiiished his education iu one of the graded 
 
 chools ; returned to the Countx' of Simcoe, and took a siluatiun in 
 
 ^tore at Xott 
 
 awa VII 
 
 lage in the township of Nottawa.sa 
 
 nd held it for four \rais; iiiid iu \n'>7 ninved to Col- 
 
 lingwood, and took charge of the mercantile laisiness of Messrs. liuist and Mehille. 
 
 In the autumn of I.S.IM, Mr. Long commeiiced the mercantile trade for liim.self, taking his 
 Ill-other, John .fo.seph Long, into partnershijt iu LS(i(J. At ('oliiii:; 
 
 ml they have a dry goods 
 and clothing stori' and adjoining it a grocery and jirovision itoie. and are al.-o engaged iu pork 
 packing and steam-hoating. They have likewise a store and llouriiig mill at Stayner, in the 
 .same county, and a liraneh store at Thiunliury, in the County of < Irey. Their merchandising 
 and milling husincss in the aggregate amoinits to ahout !*4ft(),(Hi() per annum. They are au:ong 
 the leading business men in the County of Simcoe, and their energies and careful management 
 have boon crowned with brilliant succes.s. 
 
 Mr. I. 
 
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 was in the town council of CoHinuwood from 18(il> to ISTO inclusive; and was 
 
 elected to the Ontario Legislature for the West Hiding of Simcoe in 1S7'), and re-elected in 
 LS7t), and is an earnest worker in that body. His politics are Liberal Conservative; in 1.S77 
 
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 TUK UA NA PI A A' JUOdllA I'llWA /. DWTIONA II V. 
 
 ho wn*4 I'ri'siiK'iit of tlu> Collinjjwood ( 'oiiHcrviitivc Clult, ami i» a man of imu'h iiitliu'iico in tlio 
 jmrty oh well oh in tin; foinnuinityj^ciiciiiliy. 
 
 His rolijj^ion is lloniiin Catlidlic^ and lie lias always niaiiitaincil an (<xc*>llont cliaractcr. Ilix 
 corri'ct, n\(>ral and business Imliits, and strict integrity liavu inadu liini many friends, and liiivo 
 iMJon no drawlmck to liis success. 
 
 May IS, 1S(!1, Miss Ann J'atton, of ('ollinjj;wood, was married to Mr. Long, and nlio is tlio 
 mother of thirteen chililreii, only six of them now living. 
 
 Mr. Long was for .soiue years a ilirector of tho Lako Superior Navigation Company, leav- 
 ing that position in 1874, and sinco ISTT has hoen a dircM-tor of tlui (iei)rgian Hiiy Transjiorta- 
 tion Company. He is a thorough going, puhlic-spiritod, plucky mnn, ])ushing ahead in every 
 enterprise to which he juits his hands, and his fortimate ventures placed him years ago in very 
 comfortable, not to say independent circumstances. He rccogiuses the good hand of Providence 
 in giving health and prosperity, and is gratef\il, no douht, for tho improvement of his wardroho 
 nuule in the last thirty years. 
 
 MINTO. 
 
 "TOIIN PllAIN, warden of the county of Wellington, is a native (»f Perthshire, Scotland, 
 ^ and wa.s born May 20, 18H0, his parents being (Jeorgc and Aim (Sim) Prain. Prain is a 
 rare name in Scotland, c.vcept in some jiarts of Perthshire and Forfarshire, it there being 
 conunon. John waw educated at a pari.sh school in his native coimtry ; faruu^d until ali<)ut 
 twenty j'ears of age ; worked for a few years for a company engaged on public roa<ls, and in 
 tlie spring of 1H")S came to (.'anada West, and settled in t]w. township of Miuto, four miles from 
 Harriston, where he has been engaged in farming since that date, having on(! hundred and fifty 
 acres largely under improvement. lie has one of the best orchards in the township, and his 
 fnm is well stocked with cattle, horses, .sheep and hogs, a poition of them lli.Tnughbiwds, 
 He is ranked among the thrifty agriculturi.sts of Minto — indiistriouH, v in A $, 
 
 prudent manager. He hius been president of both the township r"* W'"* 4iilUt '^ttSU' 
 
 ties, and is now a director of one or both. 
 
 Mr. Prain has been a scliool trustt>e, deputy reeve ami reeve, and is waidiiiof tho comity 
 — a position which he has merited by his excellent business habits, ami tli interest which Iio 
 takes in county as well as town.ship matters. His politics are Conservative. 
 
 Mr. Prain is a trustee and one of the managers of tho Guthrie I'reshyterian cliurch, at 
 Harriston, and his character stands high in the connnunity. 
 
Tin: CANAhlAN IIKXJltArniOAlj DICTIOSAIlV. 
 
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 Ddccinbor 12, IM.'d, liu iiidiiird Miss Hclwy Kcitli, of Kuifiirsliin^, .Scollaml. Tlicy liiivr 
 no cliilili'cii. 
 
 Our Miil>ji!ct Ih very iiiiicli of a Hclf-mailo iimn : was rally put <»ii a fiirin — liin fatlinr lioin^ 
 a l)0(it anil NliiMMnaker ;— took caro iil" liiin.si'lf aftrr Ih! was nino ytjiiiH old, and attrndcd lar^'idy 
 to liis own odueutiun. Wliatcvor lie liasof tliis world's ;,'oods, i.s the losult of liis own hard 
 uarninL'D. 
 
 ItEV. KinVAlil) I{. liYCKMAN, D.I)., 
 
 llllANTFOItlt. 
 
 -TT^DWAllI) |{KAJ)SIIAVV IIYCK MAN, pastor of the First Mcithodist (Jhuich, Fkantford, is 
 -*—* (jf United Knipirc Loyalist stock on lioth sides, his patcrtial yrandfatlier cominj,' to Oanada 
 from DiK'hcsH county, Ni.w V'ork, and his nuitcrnal ^grandfather from New Jersey, tlie llycknians 
 s(!ttliny at first in I'icton, on the Hay of tiuinto, wlicro Almiliani W. Ryckman, tlie father of our 
 Hiiliject was born. In 1812 the family caine to FlanilxW West, where, on a farm near Hamilton, 
 Edward first saw tlie light of day, March 'li, l.S.'JO. The maiden name of his mother was 
 Margaret liradshaw, whose mothei- was a Vanderlip, slie being of Uerman lineage by both 
 parents, " The fact of race," one writer bas suggested, " may to some extent account for Ium 
 healthy constitution, and patient love of work and study." 
 
 Our subject was reared on bis father's farm ; at twenty years of age lie became connected 
 with the preparatory department of Victoria ('ollege, (.'obourg ; entered the Freshman class at 
 the end of one year ; took the highest honois of his cliuss every year, ami was graduated in 
 iS.j."), registering the highest number of nuirks, and eonseipiently being valedictorian of his elas.i. 
 The Prince of Wales hail not then visited Canada; tliere wa.s no gold medal *'or the best scholar 
 at " Victoria," and therefore young Ryckman was not gold medallist. A gentleman who was 
 ])resent, wrote as follows for the Ihu'ij lieainlrr, Toronto, nineteen years afterwards, " the 
 writer well remembers being present at the Convocation that year, when he (Ryckman) won the 
 red rose as the token of being the best student of the year. I lis es.say on ' Rich and Poor ' showed 
 a somewhat democratic .sympathy with the toiling children of poverty, and youthful contempt 
 for the prctenKions of wealth." 
 
 Mr. Ryckman remained one yearat Cobourg, as tutor in the College; entered the ministry the 
 next year ; and the Rev. \)r. Carroll in the .'itli volume of his work "Case and his Cotemporarics," 
 referring to our subject at that period, says that " this worthy descendant of a worthy Ccrnian- 
 Canadian Motliodist family, wius destined to become oneof tliea])lest con.sciencc-.stirring preacbers, 
 efficient administrators in circuit and district, college profe.s.sors and governors and city pastors of 
 the body." The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by his Alma 
 Mater in 1879. 
 
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 Dr. Ryckman held pastorates steadily for several years, in Yonge Street, Montreal, 
 La Colle, Huntingdon, Kingston, Stanstead, Ciiatham, and before the end of his term of three 
 years at the last place, was selected by the church to organize and open the Dundas 
 Wesleyan Institute, of which he was Principal during its firat three years, resigning 
 to enter again upon the regular work of the ministry. Since leaving the Institute he 
 has been pastor three years at Guelph, and is now in his first year at Brantford. His 
 pastorates everywhere have been greatly blest in the strength of the churches. A gentle- 
 man who sat under his ministry during the term that he was at Guelph, thus writes : " Durng 
 Dr. Ryckman's ministry at Guelph, his congregation increased. In the pulpit he excelled. His 
 sermons were logical, eloquent, j)rofound and yet simple, carrying conviction to the humblest 
 capacity ; and in his pastoral and official duties he was laborious and successful." 
 
 Dr. Ryckman was Secretary for two years of the old Wesleyan Conference of Canada ; was 
 succes.sively Chairman of the Stanstead, Chatham, Guelph and Brantford Districts, and since 
 the division has been President of the London Conference— ^being the youngest minister, we 
 believe, that has ever held that position in that Conference, 
 
 In 1878 he was elected by the General Conference of the Dominion, as delegate to the 
 General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Cliurch of the United States, to be held in 
 Cincinnati, in May 1880. 
 
 Touching the character of Dr. Ryckman as a diplomatist and thinker, etc., the writer already 
 quoted, thus remarks : 
 
 " He has little of the tact of the diplomatist, being frank and out-spoken in the expression of liis sentiments 
 with no deficiency of moral courage when circumstancL's reijuire. He is not ready to agree with the last view 
 of a uase he has heard, but is an independent thinker, and not easily moved to change his convictions after they 
 have been formed. Ho is a good specimen of frank, honorable, independent manhood. '' 
 
 In September 18G0, the Doctor married Miss Emmeline E. Baird, of Montreal, daughter of 
 Edmond Baird, many years a prominent business man there, and they have four daughtei's and 
 one son. 
 
 JAMES SAUXDERS, 
 
 PMSLEV. 
 
 JAMES SAUNDERS, reeve of the village of Paisle}-, and postuiister, is a son of Robert 
 and Jane (Wynn) Saunders, and was born in the township of Beck with. County of Lan- 
 ark, Ontario, March li, 1839. His parents came from Kilkenny, Ireland. James was reared on 
 a farm ; finished his education in the Normal School, at Toronto ; received a first-class Provin- 
 cial certilicate when twenty years of age, and taught between twelve and thirteen years, all but 
 part of a year, in the C uty of Bruce, and more than half the time in Paisley, During the 
 
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 period that ho was thws engaged, he spent two years in logging and clearing land, and had a 
 moderate taste of backwoods life. Teaching was more congenial, and he returned to it with a 
 keener zest. 
 
 Mr. Saunders was appointed postmaster in 1869, and still holds that office, making an atten- 
 tive and obliging Government official. When Paisley became an incorporated village, in 1874, 
 he was chosen reeve, and has held the office stea<lily from that date, and, as the head of the 
 municipality, he is prompt in the discharge of his duties, and painstaking in looking after the 
 welfare of the village. 
 
 He was secretary-treasurer of the township Agricultural Society three years, and of the 
 society of the same name for the north riding of Brace four years. 
 
 On being appointed postmaster, Mr. Saunders dropped polities, being prior to that time a Con- 
 servative, and secretary at the time of the local Conservative Association. His relig'ous con- 
 nection is with the Church of England. He has a stable character, and is a valuable citizen. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Saunders was Mary Ann Rowe, of Paisley, daughter of Samuel T. Rowe, the 
 original proprietor of Paisley, south of the river. She has had nine children, losing one of 
 them. 
 
 WALTER LAMBERT, M.D., 
 
 AMUERSTBURG. 
 
 WALTER LAMBERT, mayor, and the oldest and most prominent medical practitioner 
 in Amhei-stlmrg, his birth taking place on the 10th of April, 1832, in the township of 
 Niagara, Ontario. His father, Robert Lambert, a farmer, was the son of Cornelius Lambert, 
 one of the United Empire Loyalists, belonging to " Butlci's Rangers," and living in New Jersey 
 at the time of the Rebellion of the American Colonies. Walter .spent his younger years exclu- 
 sively in stmly. After receiving a grammar .school education, he .studied medicine with Dr. 
 Theophilus Mack, of St. Catharines ; attended lectures in the Medical Department of Trinity 
 College, Toronto, and received the degree of M.D., in 185G. While in college he was very .studi- 
 ous, and was one of the principal prize men, bearing off such honors no less than live times, 
 and being one of the honorary clas.s of thiee at the final examination. 
 
 Dr. Lambert settleil at Amherstburg, and has been in practice here for nearly twenty- 
 four years, being the leading man in his profession in this part of the County of Essex. His 
 standing among the medical profession is highly creditable, he being President of the Western 
 and St. Clair Medical Association, whiili embraces fovn- counties in the south-western part of 
 the Province. He is a studious, ambitions, growing man. 
 
 Though having an extensive ri<k', and usually very busy in his profession, the Doctor 
 
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 finds some time to devote to local, particularly educational, interests, and has been a member of 
 the school board seven years, and chairman part of tlie time. 
 
 Dr. Lambert is a member of Ciirist (Episcopal) church, and has served as warden of the 
 same. As far as we can learn, he is a well'wishor to his race, and a christian gentleman. He 
 has been for several yeai-s troasiner of the Amhci-stburg Branch of the Upper Canada Bible 
 Society. He is also receiver of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, in which order he 
 holds a membership. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Lambert was Elizabeth Clement, daughter of John B. Clement, of St 
 Davids, township of Niagara, married May 12, 1858. They have one son, Walter Clement, 
 born in 18G3, and lost a daughter in infancy. 
 
 JOHN 3^1'JIAE, 
 
 POUT COLBORNE. 
 
 XOHN McRAE,thool(lest merchant in Port Col borne, was born in Poolewe, Ross-shire, Scotland, 
 
 September 1.'>,1 MOO, being the son of Donald and Julia Ann Mcllae, and the seventh child of a 
 
 family of ten children. It is a family remarkable for its longevity. The mother of John, whoso 
 
 surname was McRae, lived to bo ninety-three years old; the gi-amlfather of our subject was 
 
 nearly 100 at his death, and his father was drowned by accident at si.\ty-five. 
 
 During the boyhood of John, the family made one or two moves ; he secured a district school 
 education ; farmed and licnled, until in his twentieth year, when he contemplated going to Cape 
 Colony, but being disappninted in some of his arrangements, decided to come to Canada, with 
 the intention at first of simply seeing the country. He was twenty-one days in making the 
 voyage, cm a brig, to Quebec, and that was not a slow trip from Scotland si.xty years ago. Just 
 before leaving the old worlil (11^20), looking at a steamer on the Clyde, he predicted that if ho 
 lived fifty years, he should see steam usi-d as a motive power on the land. Scarcely a lustrum 
 had passed before (Jeorge Stephenson had the railway system of England pretty well developed 
 Our subject spent a few years in the eastern part of Upper ( 'anada, in manufactining potash 
 and in working cm the Rideau Canal, and about lK3-t foiind his way as far west as Fort Erie, 
 and Port (."olborne, permanently settling at the latter place in 18,39, when Port Colborne had, 
 jierhaps, 2.')0 peopK'. At the opening of the rebellion near the close of 1837, he, with others, 
 oH'erod his services to aid in suppressing it, but the rebels soon abandoned Navy Island, and S.oX 
 ended his military career. At tlie time of the Fenian raid, in 1800, Port Colborne was for a 
 short time full of British soldiers, and the house ami store of Mr, McRae were opened to shelter 
 them, other merchants and Iioiise-keepers generally <loing the s-me. The village was literally 
 packed with the defendei's of the coiuitry, and for a short time the excitement was intense. 
 
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 Oilly two or three families that wore in Port Colborno forty years ago, arc seen here to-day. For 
 a great many years he was the leading merchant in the place, and at one time furnished supplies 
 for nearly all the boats which passed through the Welland Canal, being a successful business 
 operator. 
 
 Mr. McRae had several offices offered to him years ago, but he declined to accept any one of 
 them, and has lived a very quiet life. He is an elder in the Presbyterian church. 
 
 He has been twice married : the fii-st time to Miss Barbara McRac, of Glencoe, Upper Canada, 
 she dying in 1847, leaving tliree children, all now dead ; the second time he was united in 1848 
 to Miss Mary Graybiel, of the county of Welland. By her he has two children, John C, a medi- 
 cal student, and Edgar, who has charge of his father's store. 
 
 DANIEL E. MflNTTEE, }kLD., • 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
 DANIEL EUGENE McINTYRE, sheriff of the united counties of Stormont, Dundas 
 and Glengarry, came from an old family in Argylcshire, in the west of Scotland, aiul 
 Avas born in Oban, in that county, February 5, 1812, liis parents being James Melntyre, a sea 
 captain in the commercial service, and Mary McLaclilan. The Mclntyies figured more or less 
 in the early wars of Scotland, particularly those in the age of feudalism. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was a graduate of Glasgow as an M.D., and a week later Injcainc 
 a Licentiate of the Medical Board of l^ppor Canada. t)n the 7th of May, 183.J, Dr. Mclntyro 
 left Glasgow for the Ni-w World, locating in the village of W'illiamstown, Glengiir.y, and there 
 following his profession for lifteen yeai-s, with success, and gaining great respect in the com- 
 munity. 
 
 On the 10th of May, 1850, he was appointed sheriff of the imited counties of Stormont, 
 Dundas and Glengarry, and at the time of writing has held that othce neaily tliiity years. 
 He has made an elKeient and jiopuliir ottieer, and commands the esteem of a wide circle of 
 acquaintances. On being ap]>ointed to this office, he gave up the practice «f medicine, in which 
 line he had won a good reputation. 
 
 Sheritf Melntyre is a member and trustee of St. John's Presbyteiian church, and has a 
 good standing in the community, as well as in that religious body. He is a man of excellent 
 inq)ulses. 
 
 He was an Odd-Fellow bi-fore coming to Canada, and is among the oldest niembers of that 
 order in this part of Ontario. His wife was Ann Fraser, of Fraserfleld, (Jlengarry, daughter uf 
 Colonel the Hon. Alexander Fra.ser, mariied July 4, 1837. They have had seven children, and 
 lost five of them. William U., the eldest son, was an under-gratlunte of arts of McGill Col- 
 
 
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 lege, Montreal, and in law of the University of Toronto, and died at the age of twenty-tWo 
 years. Mary died in her twentieth, Catharine in her twenty-seventh, and Christine in her 
 twenty-fifth year, all having been thoroughly educated at the Convent of Villa Maria, Montreal. 
 Jessie died when only five years old. Alexander Fraser Mclnfyre, the only son living, is a 
 barrister, of the firm of Walker and Mclntyre, of Ottawa ; and A.nnie, the only daughter, is 
 the wife of George S. Jarvis, clerk of the town of Cornwall. Lil:e three of her deceased sisters, 
 Mrs. Jarvis was educated at the Convent of Villa Maria. Mr. Mclntyre has given all of his 
 children most excellent opportunities for mental culture. 
 
 GEORGE ELLIOTT, 
 
 GUELl'H. 
 
 /~^ EORGE iiLLIOTT, formerly one of the leading merchants in Guelph, and largely identi- 
 ^-^ fied witli its municipal history, is a native of Rochester, county of Kent, England, dating 
 his birth February 27, 1819. His father, George Elliott, senior, a country gentleman, was 
 descendant from an ancient Scottish family ; his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth 
 Moulden, descended from an old Kentish family. 
 
 Our subject received a good education, including the mathematics and classics ; came to 
 Canada with the family in the autuism of 1832 ; was in business in Toronto and Cinci-inati, 
 Ohio, for several years ; came to Guelph in 1850, and was a general merchant here until 18G5 
 when he retired, having been eminently successful in his business. Here his father died only a 
 few years ago in his ninety -fifth year, nmch lamented by many friends. 
 
 Mr. Elliott has served in the town, city and county councils, at sundry times, in all more 
 than twenty yeai's, having been town councilman, deputy-reeve, reeve, warden and mayoi'. 
 He has done a groat deal of valuable labor in the interests of Guelph, and the County of Wel- 
 lington ; was chairman of the building connuittee when the Town Hall and other public 
 buildings were erected ; was chairman of the old Board of Public Instruction, and for six years 
 was a member of the High School Board of Trustees, taking great pleasure in aiding in the 
 elevation of the standard • public instruction. He found earnest and efiicient co-operators 
 in this noble woik. When ni the council he was almost constantly chairman of the finance 
 committee, having line business talents, and being eminently trustworthy. He was arbitrator 
 on behalf of the city upon the adjustment of 'he indebtedness between the county and Guelph, 
 when the latter became a city. He is a justice of the peace. When the Guelph General 
 Hospital was organized ami opened in 187.') he was made chairman of the Board of Directors, 
 which position he still holds. 
 
 Mr. Elliott is a Reformer, and (piite an influential member of that party, being now, and 
 

 
 
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 legiv Monfcroal, and in l(uv of the Urii'oi.Mtv of 'roionto, aii'l iVwA at tltc .I'.'c of twenty-tw'o 
 yt.y»rs. Mary tlioil in Iu:r cwvuttofh, Cs'.iiii-ino in Ikt Lwuiity-sovonth, iiiiri ('iiristino in her 
 twenty-fifti! yeur. all having boiin t^>»K.,.Lfiily oiucatcil at tlie Convent of V'iila Alaria^ ^[ontn'al. 
 Jtwii.' died wlicn only five. yoa>v .1 . ,\.l(«xaudei' Fraser Mclntyie,, tbe only son livin'f, is a 
 barrister, of the (Lrni of Walker aii-l Mclntyre, of Ottawa ; and Annie, tin; only daughter, in 
 the wife of (ieorge S. Jarvis, elf.-* •■/ vhe tosvii of CMrnu-all. Likr three of ln.'i- decoised si.sters, 
 Mr.-,. Jarvl.s was educated at th*' > invent of \ ilia Maria Mr .MedUyre has i,'iven all of lii.s 
 ehildrtii niost excellent oj.ji.jr ^ for laeutal eulture. 
 
 (~^ KdR'f}'' K!,i h'T" f ..I, I V •<■»•• •»' ihe IfarVing ir.erclmuw in Ciiieii^i.. aii'. Iftr.miy i lenti- 
 '^- *^" i will* i- ii)iriici[iai iii.-'toiy, is anativeof Ro<'i>'«tiT, comity of Kont, England, dating 
 'ii.^ Kir.li Kehmarv 27, l>*lli. Hi-} fathei. <H*ofa;8 Elliott, -.unior, a country gentleman, was 
 il«>.^cx:ndaiii fr.iui a,n aneiwut •Scottish family; his mnliei, wliijie nuiidi-u name waii Elizal'eili 
 Moulden, dt.H'eudod f?om an old Kentish family. 
 
 Our subject received a good edneation, inehnling the uiatheniatio.s and cla.s.^ie.s ; came to 
 Canaln vith tin famiiy in the autumn of LS3:ij w.is in bu.-ine.s.s in Temito and ('ineinnali, 
 K.Auo. for .•^twral years ; came to l.!uelj)h in 1850, and w.i.-j a general iU'-rehant here until l8tJ.'> 
 whc!) lie retired, having been eminently succes.sfnl in his Imsinrs.;. Here his father dicl only a 
 few yoaiN ago in lii.s ninety -fifth \iar. much lanuMited Ly many friends. 
 
 Mr. Elliott iiaa seisei! in tii- town, eity and county council* at .sundry tliiie.s, in all more 
 ti(;i.: ;»-,-r'IV j-'a!"-, having beiu i-wn .■i:)iii<i''ian di ]>uty ii^vvi', reeve, Miirden unii mauii'. 
 He ita.- •>' 'i* . ^rvi.\\ ,i.'Hl ..f valnal'le lain., ju r i. u*--' ■ -f • i'.. ifh a'ul the Oouuty "f Wel- 
 lington ; «*• .'j...-'Hi,fi of r' 1 buit'liii;, .'. nuiJiMe' wii- it tin Tutt'ii iM.;ll aini otlur jiililic 
 huildingh were •reett.d w,- ■'l)i/'v-»i(Ui oi tii.^Mli l>unrd of I'ui'lie liistruetiou, and for si.v year,- 
 Wii , a iiiemhei (»f till; IJigli *^'i,m>i li-.io * )l iVu^ttee-^, l.iVing ^eal pleasure in aiiling in tin- 
 elvvation of the itandurd of jtnolic u t..(4ii...n He found ••arne.--t and eHicient co-o|iera.tor 
 in thi.s nolile woik. When in the council ie v.l- nlmo»t exMiantly ehairiuiin of t!ie tinan.' 
 couuiiittee, lui\ ing line biiHiue.>ts t^'d'-ntH. and hejy ♦•niinent'y trustworthy. He wa.s arliitr.-ito! 
 on ^ ', . 'ti.e city upon the adjust un-nt of the indelitedness Letwecn the county an<l (Juel|»l. 
 ii ., '!.• I. 't»'r lieeame a eit^- He is a justiet; of the pence. Wlu'ii t^lie (lueli'h Geui-r.-. 
 > ; ' ' rganized and i')pene<l in Ih".") he wa.s made ehairiuan of ?)■•■ I.i«>ttrd of Direct^n 
 Wu ' ' ' ii ■ '. • e Htill hold.s. 
 
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 having Ixjen for some time, president of the Reform Association for the south riding of 
 Wellington. He is president of the St. George's Society, Oiielph. 
 
 Mr. Elliott is a memh'T of the Church of England ; was warden of St. George's church, 
 Guelph, for several years ; and is a lay delegate to the Diocese of Niagara, and also to the 
 Provincial Synod which meets at Montreal. He was a mcmher of the Building Committee and 
 treasurer, when the St. George's magnificent house of worship [was erected, and is indefati- 
 gable in church and other work. The poor find a warm friend in Mr. Elliott, and his equally 
 benevolent wife and his si.-iter, who resides with him. His residence " Vinehurst," on the 
 PaLsley Street hill, Ls one of the most sightly and pleasant homes in this young and beautiful 
 city. 
 
 LOUIS BREITHAUPT, 
 
 liEIiLIN. 
 
 "p GUIS BREITHAUPT, mayor of Berlin, and one of the most successful business men in 
 -*-* the town, was a son of Liborius and Catherine (GcBtze) Breithaupt, and born in AUen- 
 dorf, Kurhes.sen, Germany, on the 8th November, 1827. He received a common German 
 education; partially learning his father's business, that of a tanner, in the old country, and in 
 November, 1843, came with the family to the United States, settling in Buffalo, N. Y., the 
 next spring. There they built a small tannery on Seneca street, at the " Hydraulics," 
 making it of slabs, and commencing to tan .sheep-skins on a very moderate scale, subsequently 
 purchasing other lands, and rebuilding and enlarging from time to time. Thus father and son 
 continued to operate together until 1851, when Liborius Broitliaupt died, and Louis carried on 
 the business awhile alone without changing the firm's name, which was simply L. Breithaupt. 
 In 1852, Jacob F. Schoclkofl" became the partner of our subject, and in 1855 they purchased a 
 tannery at North Evans, sixteen miles from Buffalo, and managed both tanneries until 18G1, 
 when Mr. Breitliaupt .^old out his entire interest, and settled in Berlin. Four years before this 
 date he had started a tannery here, in company with liis brother-in-law, Jacob Wagner, who 
 died in the .spring of the next year (1858). Finding it difficult and unsatisfactory to manage 
 his business in Canada while residing in Buffalo, he concluded to concentrate all his capital 
 here, and to make Berlin his home. 
 
 Mr. Breithaupt commenced operations here with thirty-two vats, adding from time to time 
 until he has one hundred and forty-four vats ; and while we are writing this sketch he is pre- 
 paring to double this number, and is erecting a drying-house, with a capacity for 1,000 sides a 
 week. 
 
 With his pre.sent facilities he is doing a business of about ?120,000 a year. There is no 
 
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 more enterprising manufacturer in the lively town of Berlin — none whose excellent business 
 capacities have been better rewarded. 
 
 In addition to liis tannery and his large briek house in a six-acre lot, on the outskirts of the 
 town, Mr. Breithaupt owns the great three story American House block, which has ten stores 
 besides the hotel, and several of the finest residences in town, not to mention other property 
 scattered here and there. 
 
 He takes much interest in any public enterprise calculated to build up the town, and holds, 
 at this time, the office of provisional director of the Waterloo, Wellington and Georgian Bay rail- 
 way, projected continuation of the Grand Trunk road from Waterloo. 
 
 He has held successively the office of t'nvn councilman, deputy reeve, and mayor, being 
 at this time at the head of the municipality of the town, and having an eye watchful of its 
 interests. 
 
 Mr. Breithaupt is a member of the Evangelical Association, a trustee of the same, and one 
 of the most liberal supporters of religious and charitable organizations in town. 
 
 February 8, 1853, he married Miss Catharine Hailor* of Berlin, and they have had ten 
 ch'Mren, nine of them still living. The parents are taking great pains to educate the children 
 and to fit them for spheres of useful labor. 
 
 ♦Mrs. Breithaupt is a daughter of Jacob Hailcr, a native of Baden, Oenuany. He loft the old country in 
 1829, and after spending one year in Baltimore, Maryland, came to Canada, and settled where the town of 
 Berlin now stands. That was just fifty years ago. He built the fifth or sixth house in the place, and fol- 
 lowed the wheelwright business till a few years ago, his specialty being spinning-wheels and reels. Ho is in his 
 7Cth year, and somewhat deaf and infirm. His wife is also living, and quite smart and active. Mr. Hailer is a 
 prominent member of the Evangelical Association, ami has long been an ofticer uf the same. 
 
 JAMES DICKSOX, 
 
 GODKIUCII. 
 
 JAMES DICKSON, registrar of the county of Huron, and a pioneer in the county, is a 
 native of Roxburghshire, Scotland, and was born on the 2tith of May, 181G. His father, 
 Archibald Dickson, was the youngest son of lliibert Dickson, farmer of Glatlswood, near 
 Dryburgh, on the River Tweed. His mother, Elizabeth Rutherford Turnbuli, was the eldest 
 daughter of James Turnbuli, an enterprising and leading farmer in Teviotdale. 
 
 Mr. Dickson, the subject of this sketch, was educated at the Jedburgh grammar school, and 
 his education there was supplemented by one term at the Edinburgh University. In Augtist, 
 1833, he with his father, came to what was then Upper Canada, now Ontario, and settled in the 
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 two brothers ami five sisters, all younger than himself, also canio to this country, and joined 
 himself and his father in their wilderness home. 
 
 On arriving in Huron, Mr. Dickson, senior, purehnsod from the Canada Company, three 
 hundred acres of land in the township of McKiilop, about two miles from where the flourishing 
 town of Seaforth now stands. At that time the whole of the " Huron Tract," excepting a few 
 small clearings on the Huron and London loads, and in the township of Coll)orno, near 
 tJodcrich, was an unbroken forest. Mr. Dickson's father was the first actual settler north of the 
 Iliver Maitlnnd, which fiows through the township of McKillop. Ho erected a log house and 
 commenced to clear hi« land in the month of September, 1833. Here, with his young family, 
 he had many difiiculties to surmount, and hardships to endure ere he succeeded in hewing out of 
 the forest a comfortable home for himself and them. For many years Ooderich was the only 
 market for the Huron Tract, and even here it was frequently difficult to dispose of farm pro- 
 duce at any price; while the labor of transportation over the roads in those days, — if roads they 
 could be called, — can scarcely be imagined by the people of the present generation. But, indus- 
 try, combined with perseverance, will enable a man to overcome difficulties which seem actually 
 insurmountable, and these excellent qualities Mr. Dickson, senior, posses.sed in an eminent degree. 
 He was ultimately rewarded, for himself and his ])artner in life lived to .see all these pioneer 
 difficulties overcome, and were vouchsafed the privilege of viewing what had once been a 
 " forest wild," converted into fruitful fields and a highly cultivated farm. But his time was not 
 entirely occtipied ])y clearing and tilling his land. He took an active part and prominent in- 
 tei'est in the public affairs of his neighborhood. In 1843, he was commi.s.sioned a Justice of the 
 Peace, and was for many years a member of the old district council, representing theiein the 
 united townships of McKillop, Hibbert and Logan. He was also associated with the late Dr. 
 Chalk and Henry Hansford, E;s(|., as district conimissioneix for settling small debt cases. In 
 18(52 the partner of his joys and sorrows, .she who had shared with him in adversity and in 
 prosperity, departed this life, and in three years afterwards he followed her to the tomb, his 
 death taking place in 18G5. Their memories will long live green in the hearts of many, 
 especially of the older settlers, and their acts of kindness and generosity will never be forgotten. 
 Tlieyare interred in the Harpurliey cemetery, one mile west of Seaforth. 
 
 In 1839, Mr. James Dickson left the family homestead in McKillop and purchased 200 acres 
 of wild land in the township of Tuckersmith, one mile .south of Harpurliey. This farm, now 
 highly improved, he still owns. It is beautifully situated on the banks of the River Bayfield 
 and is at present ablj' managed by his two youngest sons. In 18ol Mr. Dick.son also commenced 
 business as a merchant in the village of Egmondville. This business he canied on successfidly 
 for eleven years, when he .sold it. While a resident of Tuckersmith, Mr. Dickson was elected 
 to the position of reeve of tlie township, in which capacity he served from 18.1.5 to 18C0. He 
 took an active interest in the affairs of his township and instituted niany needed public improve 
 
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 menta. Ho also hooh took a leading position in tlio county conncil. During his incumbency 
 jio loss a sum than !?400,()00 was e.\pen<leJ hy that body for public improvcnionts, and Mr. 
 Dickson had the honor of drawing up and moving in council the motion upon which the vast 
 gravel road Hchomo which has made Huron mo famous throughout the Province, was founded. 
 He also served for many years in the militia, having held several commissions, and was 
 allowed to retire retaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Ho received his first commission 
 while in active service on the St. t!lair Frontier during the troublous times of '37 and '38. 
 He was also the first clerk of the Division Court, established in Hiirpurhey, the Division em- 
 bracing the townships of McKillop and Tuckersmith. 
 
 In 18G1 Mr. Dick.son was elected to the Canadian Pavliiimcnt, as the representative of the 
 united counties of Huron and Brueo. Here, he soon develojied special ((ualities a-s a Legislator. 
 He was a fluent, foicible speaker, a good rcnsoner, anil an indefatigable, tireless worker. His 
 genial, jovial disposititm, also made him a universal favorite with his fellow members, and be- 
 fore the end of his fii'st parliamentary term, he occupied a position among the leading and most 
 influential members of the House. His popularity with his constituents may be judged from 
 the fact that at the general election of 18C3, he was returned by acclamation. At that time 
 the population of the united counties of Huron and Bruce was at lea.st ninety thousand. Soma 
 idea of the labor which Mr. Dickson efficiently ])erformed in his rcpresentive capacity may bo 
 judged from the fact that his then constituency, of which he was the sole representative, is now 
 represented in the local and general Parliament, by ten representatives. 
 
 In his address to his constituents in 1803, Mr. Dickson pledged him.self to support any 
 administration that would introduce a measure giving Representation according to Population. 
 This was one of the burning questions at that time. Mr. Dickson, among others, believed that 
 the Upper Canada majority was being governed by a Lower Canada minority, and that it was 
 only through representation according to population that his Province, as well as the large and 
 populous constituency he represented, would receive their just .share of the public expen- 
 diture.* This princi])le having been recognised in the scheme providing for the Confederation of 
 the Provinces, Mr. Dickson gave the Coalition Government, formed for the carrying out of 
 
 * Mr. Dickson will long be remembered for the active part ho took in promoting the best interests of the 
 new settlers in the backwoods. He knew, from personal experience, the many difticuUies and discouragements 
 they hatl to contend with, in clearing away the forest and making homes for themselves and families. He also 
 knew that the Province at large would be greatly benefited by their success, and therefore warmly advocated 
 in Parliament a more liberal policy towards them. At the sale of " Crown Lands," wliich took place at 
 Goderich in September, 1854, many of the lota upon which settlers had entered a year or two previously and 
 improved, were purchased by speculators, who had no intention whatever of complying with the conditions of 
 Bale requiring " immediate and continuous settlement." In most cases of this kind brought under his notice, 
 Mr. Dickson succeeded in getting the Commissioner of Crown Lands to cancel the sales to the speculators, and 
 the actual settlers, to their great relief, left in undisturbed possession of their lands. Mr. Dickson also material- 
 ly assisted in obtaining a large amount from the "Improvement Fund," which he drew and transmitted to the 
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 that Hcliemo his unHinching support until Coiifetloiation wns an accomplished fact. At tho 
 close of his parliamentary career in 1800, Mr. Dickson was appointed Registrar of the County 
 of Huron, in room of the late Joiin Oalt, E.sq., which important otlice he still holds. 
 
 In addition to his many other achievements both in public and private life, it may ho luon- 
 tioncd in conclu.sion, that Mr. Dickson has clone unich, hoth by precept and example, to en- 
 courage the improvement of the flocks and herds of his adopted county. He now keeps on his 
 farm in Tuckersmith, a remarkably fine herd of thoroughbred Durham cattle, and a good flock 
 of Cotswold sheep, and as a breeder and exhibitor he enjoys much more than a local reputation. 
 
 In 1839 Mr. Dickson married Miss Jane Cariiochan, a native of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scot- 
 land. Of their family of eight children, onlj* five are now living. Her fathei, Sanuiel Car- 
 nochan, M'as one of the first settlers in Tiiekersmith, having emigrated from Scotland to that 
 township in 1832. 
 
 CEORGE LEYS, 
 
 SAHNIA. 
 
 /^ EOROE LEYS, Mayor of the town of Sarnia, and son of James and Ann (Williams) 
 ^-^ Ltiys, is a native of Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating his birth, August 12, 1S.3()- 
 He received a thorough parish school education ; learned his father's trade, that of a tailor, and 
 worked at it in the old country until 18')3, when he emigrated to Canada West, and settled in 
 Sarnia, the county town of Land)t()n, where ho has resided since that date. Here at first he had 
 charge of the merchant tailor's shop of liis uncle, Alexander Leys, Esq., J. P., buying him out 
 in 18.^)8, and carrying on the busino.s.s for himself. In 1872 he took into partner.ship his covi.sins, 
 William and George Williams, and the firm of Geo. Leys and Co., does, on an average, a busi- 
 ness of about 830,000. It is the leading tailoring and gentlemen's furnishing house in the 
 town, and its standing is second to none heie. 
 
 Mr. Leys is a first-class business man, and his services have often been recjuired in the 
 municipality of Sarnia, and in other positions of trust. Ife has been councilor and deputy- 
 reeve two or three terms, a mcmbor of tho School Board a period of 3"ears ; Treasurer of the 
 West Lambton Agricultural Society the last seven or eight years ; cx-President of the St. 
 Andrew's society, and is a Provisional Director of the Sarnia and Petrolia Railway, and mayor 
 of the town for 1880. 
 
 Mr. Leys is a con.seientious man, having .scrupulous regard to his duties, in whatever posi-* 
 tionhe is placed, and, as chief magistrate of the town, looks well to its various Interests. 
 
 In politics he is a Reformer ; he is Secretary of the West Riding Reform A.ssociation, and a 
 man of decided influence in the party. 
 
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 Mr. Leys is a member of St. Androw'.s Presbyteriiin Church ; ha.s been Treasurer and a 
 Trustee of the same for fourteen or fiftee.. years, and is a man of sterling character. 
 
 In 1855, he was joined in marriage with Miss Jane Skeen, third daughter of the late 
 John Skeen, Esq., merchant, Slieriff Clork Depute, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and she 
 has had six children, only four of them now living. Tiie eldest daughter, Annie Isabella, is 
 the wife of Alexander Watsor of the "Detroit Seed Comjiany," Mich. ; theothe-.i are single. 
 
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 ONE of the self-educated and eminently successful clergymen of Ontario, is James Elliott, 
 D. D., a native of Kingscourt, County of Cavan, Ireland, dating his birth October 12th, 
 1819. His father, David Elliott, and a man of powerful mind, a farmer, preached the gospel 
 largely, and not without rich fiuits, tlirough the silent eloquence of a godly life. His mother, 
 whose iiaiden name was Martha Young, was also a very pious woman, an Elizabeth and a 
 Zachanas. In 1812 the whole family came to Canada — the pious member^ bringing their 
 religion with them — and settled on a farm in the township of Fitzroy, thirty miles west of 
 Ottawa, where our subject farmed until about twenty years of age, devoting, meantime, all his 
 spare time to his education. The hist part of his school privileges was enjoyed in the old 
 country, the backwoods of Ontario being unfavoraVile for mental culture, so far as it regards 
 institutions of learning, forty and fifty years ago. James ha<l an older brother, Thomas Elliott, 
 many years a school teacher, who was a classical scholar, and rendered much valuable assistance 
 to our .suV)ject. 
 
 Dr. Elliott was converted when only twelve 3-ear3 of ago, and in prayer-meetings, clas,"*- 
 •ueetings, and other religious gatherings, ear!'- showed power of mind, in the rough, of no 
 inferior order, and Avhich, %vith a little polishing, would bo likely to become of great .service to 
 the world. He was cncfiuraged to exercise his gifts, and in spite of much innate modesty and 
 consi>icuous bashfulness, was earl^- pushed forward into the itinerant work, commencing on the 
 old Richmond Circuit, near Ottawa, 1-S41. He gave seven years to such thinly populated 
 circuits a.s L'Orignal, Matilda and Kcmptville, and was three years at Prescott, five at Hamilton, 
 six at Quebec, thrive at Montreal, three at Lomlon, and tliive at King-ston, being stationed at 
 Bioci-.viiie in 1M77. 
 
 • While at Hamilton, in bS.'.4, hi< 1 ).<t the wife of his earl) nuinliond, who was Miss Harriet 
 Klvnn, iif '/Orignal, jnarricil in l^'l'4. Site and one of lier two children died of cholera, and 
 wi re buriol "ii the same day, in the same grave, the ftnieral being delayed for three houi-s, with 
 tlu' e.spectation every mument that tlie husband and father would alsy die. 
 
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 Dr. Elliott went from Hamilton to Quebec as secretary of the Canada Conference ; and was 
 appointed to the chairmanship of that district, an office which he has held in different districts, 
 to the present time. In 18G6 he was nominated president of the Canada Conference, and 
 appointed by the British Conference, taking the presidential chair the next year, and discharg- 
 ing the duties of that office, we are told by a writer in the Ciiwida Methodist Magazine, March, 
 1875, " with remarkable efficiency." Ho has since been President twice of the Montreal 
 Conference. The writer just quoted says of Dr. Elliott, that "he owes his standing to the 
 safety of his judgment, the weight of his character, and his efficiency as a preacher. He is not 
 a declaimer nor critically expository, but his preaching is original, sage, and satisfying. He is 
 entirely devoid of finesse, and never condescends to any device for eliciting popular favor. If 
 there are any circuits that desire smooth things to be prophesied to them, they are not likely to 
 send for Kev. James Elliott ; but if any circuit should get into complications, and require a 
 strong, steady hand to hold the reins, there are a great many churclies that our subject would bo 
 asked for." 
 
 Ho received the title of Doctor of Divinity from the authorities of Victoria College, in 
 187G, but we doubt if he feels any more learned, or wise or self-important. Tiie honor was as un- 
 exiiocted as unsolicited. Although he has seen his three score years, and has been a very hard 
 worker, he has great physical force and unabated menta' vigor, steadily pressing on in his 
 arduous laViors, a stranger to " blue Mondays." For his p;i,storal " -.-acation" he may wait till 
 the next world. Such .\ faithful worker must lujoy with especial zest, the " rest" which re- 
 mains "for the people of God." 
 
 The present wife of the l)oi tor was Lydia Jane Malcy, of Kemptville, daughter of Thomas 
 Maley. They were married in 1 H.")(), and have four children. He has one child living by the first 
 wife, whose father was from Vermont, and was a relative by maniage of the celebrated painter, 
 Benjamin West. 
 
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 DAVJD .T. IirCillES, / 
 
 yi\ THOMAS. 
 
 '1~\.\ VIl) JOHN HUGHES, Judge of the county of ElL,nn, was born in Kingslnidge, Devon- 
 -■--^ A\\n\ England, May 7, lH20,liis father bciuir the Hiv.I)a\id Hughes, a liis.senting minister, 
 aii(' of a very old family from the SouHi of Wnlis. His molln'i', whose maiden name was Jane 
 Morrish Higman, belonged to an old Cornish family. In 1S32 the father of our subject came 
 with his family to Lower Canada, and two wicks afti r reaching Montreal, died of cholera at 
 Coteau du l.nc, and the widow rcturni'd to Kiigland with a dnuirhter The son then twrlve 
 years of age, wan afterwards adopted and educated I'V bis I'l-otl,, i in-law, Hon. John Wilson, an 
 
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 eminent lawyer in London, Ont., and sub.seqnently one of tlie Judges of the Court of Common 
 Pleas. After going through the London granuimr school, young Huglios commenced the study 
 of law with Judgo James Civins, then a barrister-at-law, residing in London; in 1837 bouamea 
 member of the LaAv Society of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and near the close of that year, with 
 other students, volunteered to aid in putting down the rebellion. Tliough oidy in his eighteenth 
 year, lie was on guard during live consecutive nights, with no opportunity to lie down. 
 
 Mr. Ifughcs was called to the J?ar in August, IS42 ; practi.sed at Woodstock from December 
 of that year until September, 1X47, having the leading business there in his profession, and then 
 entered into partnership with his brotiier-in-law at London, practising there until October 1, 
 1853. At this date, the county of Elgin having been set otf fiom the county of Sliddlusex, ho 
 was appointed judge, and removed to St. Tliomas, the county town. He is the only county 
 judge thai Elgin has ever had, having bi'cn on tlie Bench nearly twenty-seven years. He is an 
 unusually well-read lawyer, and possesst's a great deal of legal aeuinen; on the Bench he is 
 dignified and impartial, ami is very hieid and clear in his eharge to a jury. He is highly 
 esteemed by his associates on the bench, and lias been called upon to hold assizes for ditt'ereut 
 judges of the Superior Courts in ditferent counties uii aljout twenty occasions. 
 
 Since becoming a resident of St, Thomas, Judge Hughes has taken much interest in educa- 
 tional and othor local matters, and was for tifteen years in succession chairman of the board yf 
 school trustees. 
 
 The Judge was a member of the Chureli of England, until 1871, and held a prominent 
 position in that church as a lay delegate to the Synods of Toronto ami Huron, and also of the 
 Provincial Synod up to the time of joining tlu' Uefornn'il Epi.scopal Church, throwing in his en- 
 tire and warmest sympathies on the side of 15islio|i Ciuiiniins of Kentucky ami his coadjutors 
 in the formation of that eluireh. 
 
 We liotice, by the published pmeeedings of the fointh Cieiieral Council of the Reformed 
 Episcopal Church, held at Ottawa, Ontario, in July, IS7(>, that tludge Hughes was in attendance, 
 and took a prominent jiart in its proceedings, iiis most notewurtliy act being the presentiition 
 of the following resolutions : — 
 
 " WiiK.HK.vs tile I'mteRtant K|iisi'i)iiiiliaiiH of tlio I iiitcil Statis i.f Aimiii'a iuul nf (iiiiit liiilaiii, livlaiul, ami 
 her culuiiit'8, althoiigli pnifcHBiii);; thi' gaiiii> Ktandaril of faitli, ami uiaiiilaiiilii^ <' ' Haiiic form of W(inilii|) for tlio 
 greater jiart of the [mst coiitury, liave lioeri m'paratcd into iihU'iieiidi'iit cliureh ii<aiii/,aiions . - 
 
 Hi it tlii'iiimr ii'i .sii'ii •/ — 1st. Tli.it this ("oumil (k'siri's to rreoiii its llianktiiliicss tn .Miiiii'lity (iod tliat, ill 
 lii« good i'riivi, .'o, tluTO '\» now r\istiiig one body of I'rotostaiit Kiiiscopaiiaiis wlm ackiiowliMlijit tlm one i;ni«t 
 Head of the Church, .lesns Christ ; brethren wlm sit in Council, invHjioctivo of territorial divmions, under the 
 presideney of the same biKhop, indillerently ehosen from unions; the bishops of either cuiintry. 2nd. That while 
 we yield iiiithiiiy in tiir ■oibjoot of l.iyaliy to our national s in rci'^ntiefi, or in tlio iliilien or oliediemo wo owe, 
 or the ties which bind lis to tlio nations wo iiihalut, wo drclari> that in matleiH of ichgion we are one, and 
 recoitnisu no ^eo^niphical or iirtillc'al limits ur boundaries, niid that they are unknown to our cinirch in spiritual 
 matters. Urd Whilst we yield nothing in a proper lovo to oiirohmch, we hold mit llio right hand of christian 
 tulluw»hil' to all who love the Lord Josii'i in sincerity, tlh Kej>rL>stuitutive» iuul mumbcm uf dilleren' national- 
 
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 ities, and Provinces iind States, wo meet hero on British soil— brothrou of tho same communion, animated by 
 the same hopes, aiming at tlie same ends, seeking ' Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, good-will to men.' 
 Wo thus ofler wliat we believe to be tho best pleilge of a Christian Church, that best hope of nations, that 'wara 
 and rumours of wars shall soon cease, and that men shall learn war no more.' " 
 
 Tlie above resolutions, offered on the 12tl), were taken up the ne.\t day, and unanimously 
 adoi)ted by a rising vote ; and on motion of Gen. Buckingham, of Illinois, Judge Hughes was 
 elceteil and enrolled as a permanent member of the General Council of tho Reformed Ejiiscopal 
 Church. He has also been a member of the Committee on Doctrine and Worship ever since 
 that meeting of the General Council. 
 
 In politics the Judge has always been a Reformer, being of the Lord John Russell and 
 Baldwin school, and in l.S(!9 was appointed by the Snndfield Macdonald Ailministration a 
 member of the board of county judges, under the chairmanship of his Honor, Judge Gowan. 
 
 December 1.'3, 1843, he married Miss Sarah Richardson, of London, Out., ami they have 
 eight children living, and have buried two. Enuna Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, is the wife 
 of John A. Kains, barrister, county treasurer, and deputy judge of Elgin ; Alice is the wife of 
 Hezekiah Bissell, civil engineer on tho Eastern Railway, Massachusetts; Edward, his eldest son, 
 is an ollicer in the Ontario Bank, Toronto, and the rest of the children aie at home. 
 
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 JOHN I'liiLi', :M.i)., 
 
 LISTOWKL 
 
 O'.IN PHI LP, the leading physician and surgeon in Listowel, and the first person ever 
 licensed to practise here, was liorn in Cobourg, in this Province, Novendier '24, I8;}8. His 
 father, Rev. Samuel ('. Pliilp, seiiioi', a Canada Methodist minister, was IVom Cornwall, Englaiui, 
 preached many yeais in llit^ oiniiit, and is still living, his home luring at Piinci' .Mhert, Ontario. 
 His nioflii r was Mary I'ollins, aKo English. She died at Frankford, County of Hastings, in 
 1M72. Ourl^ubjict finished his literary studies at Victoria College, in his native town; studied 
 medicine with Dr. James \. Whiting, of Herlin ; atteniled lectures in the medical department 
 of Vi'toria < 'iHege, Toronto ; reeeived the degree of Ml), from that institution in 18G0; pi'c- 
 tised ,1 tew months at the then new town of Dr.'iyton, — the first physician there — and iii 
 February, I.S(il, .settled in Listowel. 
 
 In 1>S()*2, the civil war in the United States In iny in progress, and knowing that a good 
 o|i|)ortunity j>resented itself for aeipiiiiMg additional knowledge of surgery, Dr. Philp went to 
 New York city, and s])ent several months in Beilevue hospital medical college, the leading insti- 
 tution of the kinil in that country. In ]><1'\ lie visite(| Euro]K', spent some time in Edinburgh, 
 
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 Scotland, in stuilying lii.s profession, and in December of that year was elected a member of the 
 Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, During the same time ho spent a few months in 
 London, visiting the liospitals, aiul by other means greatly enlarging his store of knowledge in 
 medical science and collateral branches. 
 
 Mr. Philp had from the start a good practice in Listowel, and in skill as well Jis in tho 
 extent of his practice, has kept in the front rank. He is a coroner of the comity. 
 
 His political views are Conservative, but he has little time to give to politics. As far as 
 AX' can ascertain, his ambition seems to centre in his profession; he is satisfied to excel in 
 that. 
 
 May 23, 18G1, Mar}- Ann BloorDain, of Yorkville, Ontario, was married to Dr. Philj), and 
 they have two children; Minnie Louisa iid John 1, lain, who are at present pursuing their 
 studies in the local schools. 
 
 THE CIIISJI()I.:N[ FA:MILy, 
 
 OAhVn.J.K. 
 
 r I iHE Chief of tho Clan, James Sutherland C'hisholm, of Strathgia.ss, who, in Gaelic, is cnlhul 
 -*- Chisalick. This family, we learn, is of Lowland origin, yet has long been in po.ssessicm of 
 estates in the Highlands, and has been for centuries (piite assimilated to the manners and cus- 
 toms of their Celtic neighbors. The memorial of (Jharles Forbes ranks them among the friends 
 of Prince Charles Edward, and est'mates their foi'ce at two hundr. d men. The Highl.md pos- 
 .sessions of the family consist of Comer Stratliglass, etc., in which is situated their castle of Erch- 
 l«'?s. The original seat of the family was, in all probability, in Roxburghshire, as the onl\' jier.son 
 of the name who signed Rajnian's Roll is "Richard de Chisholm, del County de Roxbury," 
 and in that county the family still remains. 
 
 The branch of the Chisholm family which eventually s('ttl"d m Oaicville, came to Up]»ei' 
 Canada in 1701, the jirogenitor being (ieorge (.'hisholm, who was Imin near Invernes-s, Scotland, 
 in 17+">, wlio settkil first in Nova Scotia, where the late Col. William Oiisholm was born, 
 October L"), 17H8. The former died at Builington, in K-^+S, uged !)H years ; tiie latter was edu- 
 cated in Klandioro, East ; was lieiitenant in No. 1 think cc.iupany, Lincoln militia, in the war of 
 LSI •2-1+, one of the companies that stormed and captured the Foit at Detroit; was al.so at 
 Queenston Heights ; after that war settled (181(i),on his farm in Nelson, County of Halton, 
 where, in atldition to agriculture, he carried on merchandising for more than twenty years, being 
 also {lostmaster, settling iti Oakville in 1838. I'ol. Chisholm was apjwinted Captain 2nd Core 
 Militia, in 181(5; colonel of the Kh Hcginient (iore Militia, in LSl't; colon. 1 of tlu; i'lid Regi- 
 nifut in jiS.'U); cominiindeil oni' y^^ the divisions of militia in LH37-3X, and was in the engage- 
 
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 ment at Moiitgoiiiciy's Inn, on Yonge Street (December 7, IH!}?), and was at C'hippawa while the 
 rebels oceupied Navy Island. 
 
 Col. Chishohn was a Liberal Conservative, and represented Halton in Parliament for six- 
 teen years ; was apjtointed collector of customs at Oakville in 1834, and held that office until 
 his demise, May 4, 1842 ; and he was one of the commissioners for building the IJurlington Bay 
 and Wetland Canals. He was an enteiprising business man ; built and owned the fiist vessel 
 that passed through the Burlington Bay Canal ; also built at Oakville, the steamers " Constitu- 
 tion," "Oakville," and " Burlington," as well as several sailing vessels, anil the Oakv"" • harbor. 
 Although he has been dead nearly forty yeai's, he is well remembered by tlio surviving jiioneers 
 in this part of the Province, an<l to all of them his memory is precious. 
 
 In 1812 he nuirrieil Miss Rebecca Silverthorne, of Ktobicoke, county of York, and she 
 bore him si.\ sons and four daughters, of whom one son, Robert Kerr Chishohn, and two daugh- 
 ters, Mrs. Wilii.ini F. llomain, and Mrs. Peter A. McDougald,are now living. She died in 180.'). 
 
 Of the four sons, two should have mention in this connection, Col. (Jeorge King Chishohn, 
 and Robert Kerr Chishohn. The former was 1 lOrn in Nelson, Septendier 4, 1 814; educated at Upper 
 Canada College; Sergeant-at-arnis of the Upper Canada Parliament after the union of the Pro- 
 vinces ; in active .service during the rebellion ; colonel of the 2()tli Halton Battalion foi' several 
 years, and an enthusiastic promoter of the volunteer militia; aiiled with a company' to form 
 three provisional battalions and stationed them on the line, immediately after the St. Alban's 
 raid of Southern sympathizers (18G4) ; and during the Fenian raitl (18G0), his old Oakville 
 company, now No. 1 in the Halton regiment, with him in conunand, was stationed at Fort 
 Eric. Colonel Chishohn was reeve of Trafalgar in 1850-I8.j2, mayor of Oakville for eight 
 years, and was elected to the Canadian Assend)ly by the Liberal Conservatives in 1854, 
 being for years a prominent man in this liding ; marrieil in 1840, Isabella, daughter of 
 Colonel Robert Land, of Hamilton, by whom he had four sons and a daughter, who all sur- 
 vive him, he dying in April, 1874. He was a prominent member of the Ma.sonie order; at the 
 time of his death was Master of White Oak Lodge, No. 1!)8, Oakville, and a great concourse of 
 the fi'aternity attended his funeral, and assisted in p.aying the last respects to the remains of the 
 greatly lameiiteii b. other. 
 
 Robert Kerr Chishohn, the only surviving son of Col. William Chisholm, senior, and col- 
 lector of customs at Oakville since his fatlu'r's demise, was born at Nelson, on the 20th of May. 
 181!); linisbed his education at the (lore District school, at Hamilton ; settled permanently in 
 Oakville in 1S.'{4; was reeve of Trafalgar in 18."4 and in I8.")(l, and of the town of Oakvillo 
 from 18(i2 to ISO'i ; was mayoi- in I8(ili, and a member of tin' town council from 1S.")7 In 1871, 
 and in IS"!' ami 1880, and has held the olliee of eolleetoi- of customs stea<lily for thirty-ei;,dit 
 years. His politics accord with those of his venerated father. lie is n Royal Arch Mason, an 
 Odd-fellow, and a mendier of the Presbyterian church. 
 
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 In 1858 lie married Flora Matilda, daughter of Sliubael B. Lewis, of the State of NeW 
 York, and tlioy have one daughter and four sons. 
 
 The name of no family in Oakville is so fully identified with its history as the Cliishohn, 
 or has a more honorable record. 
 
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 CHAELES nUTCIIIXSON, 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 CHARLES HUTCHINSON, County Crown Attorney, since 1858, a Son of Francis Hut- 
 chinson, a Physician and Surgeon, and Frances nic Losh, and was horn at Newcastle- 
 upon-Tyne, England, June 22, 182G, His grandfather, Charles Hutchinson, fii>ni whom he was 
 named, was an officer in the East India Company's sei-vice, there spending his life. Our suhjcct 
 was educated in the Royal Grammar School of his native town ; came to London, Ontaiio, in 
 184G, and the next year was articled to Henry C. R. Becher, barri.ster ; wa-s called to the Bar at 
 Michaelmas Term, 1852 ; was a partner of Mr. Becher for three years in the Jaw ; then alone for 
 a short period, and in March, 1858, was appointed Crown Attorney' for Miii-llesex. la 18()!), on 
 the death of John B. Askin,* who held the office of Clerk of the Peace, Mr. Hutchin.son was 
 appointed to that office also, and still holds both offices. 
 
 Mr. Hutchinson is a member of the Church of Enghunl, and a iiian wiio.se integrity and 
 general uprightness of character are unipiestioned. 
 
 He has a second wife, being first married in August, 1858, to Mary, <laughter of William 
 Warren Street, of London. She died in 18G1, leaving two children, since deceased. His pre- 
 sent wife is Annie, daughter of H. A. John.son, of the London Post Office Department, mai-ried 
 December \, ISOO. By her ho has five children. 
 
 *Mr. Askin was ono of the oarly settlers in London, iiul lioUl thooftk'u lioro inontioned about half a century. 
 
 .FRANK TYRKEr.L, 
 
 MonnisiiVRG. 
 
 /^NE of the best representatives 'e legal profession in the county of Dundas, Ontario, 
 
 ^-^ is Frank Tyrrell, a young man v. i..i has risen with great rapidity since he became an 
 attorney and was calleil to the Bar, an>l wlio is suceessf\d in every branch of his profession. He 
 was born in the town.ship of Williamsburg (which iiieliKles Morrisburg), October (i, 1 845, his 
 parents being Francis and Mary (Plant/.) Tyrrell, meniiiers of the agricultuiul class. His father 
 
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 came from Ireland about 1835, and settled in this country, <ind died in IhGl. His mother, who 
 is of Gorman descent, is still living. 
 
 Frank received only a commercial-sehool education ; read law in the office of A. G. Mac- 
 donnell, Esq., of Morrisburg; was admitted to practice as an attorney and solicitor in 1865, and 
 called to the Bar in 187C. Since commencing the study of his profession, Morrisburg has been 
 his home. As far as we can learn, he seems to have irjnored politics, and devoted himself e.K- 
 clusively and closely to his profession, stinlying very lii-d during the leisure time which he has 
 been able to connuand, and he jp the rapidity of his growth and ri.se. As a criminal lawyer, 
 his career is very brilliant. The first brief he held was a murder case, he being on the defence in 
 tlie famous " Corry mystery," in which two Keelers, brothers, and their sister, Mrs. C'orry, were 
 accused of mur< luring Mr. C'orry. The Crown finally broke down, andaftera while tlie prisoners 
 were released. In this whole trial Mr. Tyrrell accjuitted himself with great credit, and .showed 
 himself to be niastor of the art of cross-examination. Mr. Tyrrell was a member of the town 
 council of Morrisburg for three years, and deputy registrar of the county of Dundas about 
 the fWiiue length of timi-, all the offices, we believe, that ho would accept. He is thoroughly 
 wedded to his profession, and offices woulil no doubt be a hindrance to his progress and success. 
 
 He is a member of the Church of England, and bears an irreproachable moral charactiT. 
 
 On the Gth of Ocio\m; 1870, Mi.ss Gertrude Mo.ttJiews, datighter of S. 11. Matthew.s, of 
 Morrisburg, was uniteil in marriage with Mr. Tyrrell. 
 
 ALEXA^NDEU METKLEJOIIX, 
 
 IlARRItiTON. 
 
 ALEXANDER MEIKLEJUHN, first nrve of the village of Ilarriston, first mayor of the 
 town, and its oldest merchant, was born on the field of Iknnockburn, near Stirlintr, 
 Scotland, Apiil Ibd, liS.'JO, bis jiiirciits being Jolin and Janet (Muirhead) Meiklejohn. He was 
 educated at a parish sdiool ; servcci apprenticfship to the grocery trade ; in 1(S51, when of age, 
 came to Canada ; deikeil two years in a groeei-y store at Toronto ; went to Stratford, and Mas 
 in a store one year with 1'. C. Lee, then went to ( 'arrenbrook (now Dublin), in same county, 
 and ha<l charg.' of a branch st(.re for the same party until ISGl, wl.eii he settled at HaiTi.ston. 
 Here Mr. Meiklejohn was a grU' ral merchant until i.s7S, when he changed to hardware, in 
 which he is now dealing exclusively, being the leading merchant, in his line, in the town. He 
 does about !*2(),0<K) per annum. lie has been (jniti' fortunate in his mercantile operations, and 
 is (me (it the most successful men in this part of Wellington county. Between bS71 and 1S74. 
 he put up a iirick block with live iiusines.s fronts, an adornment of the town. 
 
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 When the village of Haitiston was incoi-jiovnted in LS7S, Mr. lleikUJohn was elected 
 reeve, and held that office several years ; and when it bccaine a town in January, 1870, ho 
 was elected mayor, and at the time of writinj,', is serving his first year in that office. Some 
 years before being elected reeve, he was a school ti'iistee, and held that position ten or eleven 
 years. He was, for some time, secretary and treasurer of the townshij) of Minto Agricultural 
 Society. 
 
 Mr. Meiklejohn's political affiliations have always been with the Reform party, and two or 
 three times his friends have nominated him for the local Assembly, but he refused to contest 
 the election. He .seems to be more anddtious to elevate bis friends to office than himself. He 
 is an earnest worker for the Reform cause. 
 
 His religious connection is with the Outlirie Prosb3-tt'rian Church, in which he holds the 
 office of secretary-treasurer. He is a kiiul-heartt'd, generous man, and very good to the poor. 
 In 1S.51 he married Miss ElizaVieth Hall, a native of (ilasgow, Scotland. They have no children 
 of their own, but are raising two nejihews of Mr. Meiklejohn, the children of his widowed sister. 
 Tliey find in him all that a father could lie. 
 
 NoTK. — Another early iiierclmnt in Harriston was Alexander McCre.idy, .1 native of Kirkcudbright, Scot- 
 land, settling in this jilacein 18r)!>, where there wore only live or six shanties here. He was a general merchant 
 for thirteen years ; becoming asaistant-iiostniaster at an early day, and has been postniaater since about 18G4. 
 He was one of the first scliool tnistees in the townshij), and secietary-treasurer of the boar<l several years ; 
 was auditor of the township of Minto until the village of Harriston was incorporated, and is now auditor of the 
 town. He is a member of the Guthrie Presbyterian clnirch, and a man of good moral and business habits. He 
 has a V. ifc and seven children. 
 
 PirrEij A. ]\r'i)0U'vALi), 
 
 OAK villi:. 
 
 ~r)ETER ARCHIBALD McDOUCALD, mayor of Oakville for the last six years, was born 
 -■- at Port (ilasgow, township of Alboio", county of Elgin, .l.'inuary 4, 182;S. lli> father, John 
 MeDougald, a native of Scotland, came to Canada in l.Sl 7, and was a fanner in t lat county, 
 and also held the office of jiostmaster a long time, dying in l.S.'xS, The mother of Peter was 
 Sarah Campbell, wIkj was born and learetl within eighty rods of the seat of the J)nke of Argyle, 
 Inveraray, she connng to Canaila in l.Sl 7, and dying in lS(i4. She was the mother of eight 
 children, our subjoet being the tliiid ehild. 
 
 He received bis jirimary instruction from his fatlii r: a little later he atteiideil tlie pidilic 
 school, " such as it wa^/'and finisled jiis oilneatiou, in |irivate, under the Hev. Mr. Ross, Pres- 
 byterian minister, obtaining .1 'jood kno\viei|o(. of till' most important jMiglisb branches. He 
 also stiiilied viMA earefully tiie (.iaelic language, and speaks, and talks, and writes it fluently. 
 
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 At fourtet'ii years of age youny McDoiigald eoinmcncod Hcrving his time witli James Bloek- 
 woucJ, ill a dry goods store at St. Tlioiiias, in liis native county ; in 1<S44 lie came to Oakville, 
 and for four years liad tliarge of the business of Alexander Pioudfoot ; in 1848 he started a mer- 
 cantile business for himself, at Georgetown, in company with Francis Barclay, but shortly after- 
 wards, at the solicitation of IJunn and Co., of Quebec, commenced purchasing timber and staves 
 for them, his field of operations being on lake Krie and the river Thames. 
 
 In 1854 Mr. McDougald formed a partnership with William F. lloinain, of Oakville, in 
 general merchandise, grain and luoduce, continuing to thus operate until \S'u, when the firm 
 \\a» dissolved, and our subject has continued the .same business up to the present time, doing, 
 on an average, about S'30,00() a j'car, irres|)ective of grain. 
 
 lie is a first-class business man, and success has, as a genend rule, crowned his varied 
 business ventures. 
 
 During the rebellion of 1S37-'.'18, Mr. McDougald was a volunteer in the 3rd company, 1st 
 battalion Middlesex militia, stationed at Elliott's Point, at the mouth of the Detroit river. In 
 18(J1, at the time of the Trent ati'air, a company was raised in Oakville, and while our subject 
 was absent he was ajipointed captain, and held that position until the excitement had passed 
 away. 
 
 In 1857, when, by special Act, Oakville became an incorporated town, the subject of this 
 notice was elected to the town council, and has liceu there ever since, serving as reeve eight 
 years of this period, warden in 1871 and 1N7-, and mayor since January, 1874. 
 
 He is a reformer in his ])olitiiiil creed, but nut in full accord with the part}-, but very 
 popular with all parties, being elected chief magistrate of the town every time by acclamation. 
 He gives unriualitied satisfaction, guarding well, as ho does, the interests of the town ; but it is 
 against iiis wishes that he has thus long lieeii kept in that ofiice, His fellow' citizens seem deter- 
 mined to keep him in that position, and both |)Hpers in t(nvn speak in high terms of prai.se of 
 his administration. When he luul been re-elected the fifth or sixth time, the Standanl thus 
 spoke of him : 
 
 "The noiniiiatiuns fur inuiiicipiil Imncrs resiiltnl in the eleetinn, liy acclaniiitinii, of P. \. MoDimgalil, Es(i., 
 for aiiolhtT term ipf iilliiv, as iiiajiv vl (IjiKvillo. This lias resultt'il fmin a luimuidusly .sigiioil ro(|iiiaitiiiu in this 
 ){i'ntleman".s favor, wliicli has fully exunn)lilii'il tho conlidciico tho citizens of this neijfhborhood liavo in that 
 gentlciiian and his supervision of tho affairs of tho corporation during liis past terms of ofHoe. Mr. McDougald 
 has several times expressed a desire to retiiu from the position as head of municipal atl'airs here ; hut the rate- 
 payers, believing tliat their interests iiave been so will guarded and cared for under his administrations in tho 
 j>;i8t, deemed it their duty to urge him to accept nomination for another year. It is a healthy sign when a com- 
 munity have hueh conlidence in any man, and in Iiis public acts, as to place him in a [josition of trust and 
 represent:ition for seviral a\icces9ive terms, and, although the duties at times may be onerous and somewhat 
 irksome to a business man, yet we feel sure that Mr. McDougald has accepted otHcc again, and has acceded to 
 the wishes of his townsuien in the same spirit in w'aicli their conlidence lias been oH'ered to him." 
 
 The E.I- lire"", the other local jiMper, has uniformly spoken in e(pially as laudatory terms of 
 the public .services of Mr. McDougald, The public fully appreciates his work as a citizen. 
 
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 He is an official member of the Presbyterian church ; an active man in religious matters, 
 and highly esteemed for his excellent moral qualities. 
 
 On the 21st of May, 1857, Miss Mary Jane Chisliolm, daughter of Colonel William Chis- 
 holm, founder of Oakville, was joined in marriage with Mr, McDougald and they have two 
 daughters and one son. The latter is a student in the university of Toronto ; the former are at 
 liome. 
 
 WARRI:NG KENis'EDY, 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 T IKE many othei-s who have made their mark in Can-'.da, the subject of our sketch, Mr. 
 -J— ^ Warring Kennedy, is an Irishman, having been born in the County Down, in 1827. When 
 young in years Warring Kennedy was taken to Londonderry, and placed in a school, where ho 
 received an ordinary education sufficient to qualify him for a business career. He commenced 
 life in a dry goods store in the town of Kilrea, but at the e.Kjjiration of his apprenticeship ho 
 went to Belfast, where he lived many years, earning for himself a reputation second to none for 
 intelligence, undivided application to, and thorough knowledge of business, and enjoying such an 
 exemplary character that several positions of trust were conferred upon him. 
 
 Finding that the harvest was not plenteous, and that the laborers were far from few, Mr. 
 Warring Kennedy's natural inclinations, animated as they were by the laudable ambition of se- 
 curing a prize in the race of life, prompted him in 18.57 to emigrate to Canada. The young man 
 arrived in Toronto at a time when not only the Dominion itself, but the neighboring States were 
 passing through a crisis of unparallelled distress, and the prospects of employment for a stran- 
 ger were far from cheering. To one of Warring Kennedy's stamp, however, the gi-eater the 
 difficulties, the stronger was his determination not only to surmount, but completely overcome 
 them. We find him, therefore, at the earliest moment, accepting a situation by no means com- 
 mensurable either in .salary or position with what his business qualifications fairly entitled him 
 to expect. The opportunity thus seized hiia never been lost, and Mr. Kennedy's subsequent 
 career has been one unbroken success. " Doing with all his might what his hand has found to 
 do," " never putting off till to-morrow what he could do to-day," he has more than fulfilled the 
 promise of his early youth. His indomitable energy, his untiring industry, his exemplary char- 
 acter, his devoted attention to, knowledge of and regularity in his business, his abncgatitm of 
 self in his studious zeal for the interests of those v.diom he served, soon attracted the notice of 
 conunercial men. His services were eagerly sought for, and he received rapid advancement, 
 passing in succession from one employer to a more lucrative appointment undei- another, until at 
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 Finding that tlu' liarvi'-»t wa.s not i)lontcous, and that the laborers wcic far from fow, Mr. 
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 curing a prize in tlic nic of life, prompted him in IH.)7 tvcmigiatt! toCana.la. Tin; voung man 
 anivod in Toronic ai a lime whon not only thr Dominijii it.solf Imt tlio noighhoring Slatex wi.-nj 
 pas^iing tliroiigh a crii^^8 of unpan'.ll<'lli>d distress, and the prospt-ct-^ >f i'tni)loymitit for n strnn- 
 ^er 'Avrt' ftti- froiu • h«9i»< tajB Ti one of W.>rring K'Tinrdy's staJiip. liosv vir, ihc great <r tho 
 JiiBcultMS, the strviiigv -« »« hwi d.*, rH>iB.it,ion not ordy to surmonnt, Liii compl tvly owrcomu 
 th. hi. W> tiud hm. iliercforr ai tia vA4- >(? 'n 'iwai aif«>|itint{ a nituat.ion hy no ntoans com- 
 mt'nsunil'I. lith^ri. «Jary ttr f>fi«i!ion with «l»it )•.>* !*( tt«JK> .^^julti 'atjcm.s fairly entitled hijn 
 to "Xpcct. 1 i»u op|<«-'rti.uity thu'* m: ,m 1 ht* i«.vct been lu^t. aii<l Mr. Kt-nncdy'-^ sul'sequ*>nt 
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 do,"" never putting otl" till t>i-morrow whi^.t he could lo t" Uy ,' In- hn^ ni -n- tlian fultilh'd t)u< 
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 s> '( in hi.>< viudiou.i zeal fot tlu.- intcicstji of thi>s<j whom hi.^ .Huivi'd, soon attracted the notit;*- vf 
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 top of !iho ladder in the subordinate grades, Mr. Warring Kennedy, in 1869, secured the co-opera- 
 tion and partnership of two of his former fellow- workers (in the store of John Macdonald and Co.), 
 and with them established in Toronto a wholesale business, known as the firm of Messrs. Samson, 
 Kennedy and Qenmiel, and such is the estimation it is held in, and sa groat tho confidence re- 
 posed in its management by retail merchants that in less than ten years the annual sales 
 amounted to nearly one million dollars, a result as unprecedented as it is well merited. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Warring Kennedy has identified himself with the party of Reform ; he 
 has also been a candidate for civic honors, and been repeatedly solicited to accept nomination to 
 a seat in Parliament. He Wiis elected Alderman in 1871, and unsuccessfully contested the 
 mayoralty in January, 1877. The unsolicited requisition to allow liimself to be put in nomin- 
 ation, and the amount of support ho receive 1, clearly indicate the public opinion enterUiined of 
 the man. 
 
 High as Mr. Kennedy's i)ositlon is in the buiinoss world, he occupies no less a conspicuous 
 place in the circle of religion, for, irrespective of being a leading member of the Methodist 
 Church, he is also a local preacher, sabbath school superintendent, class-ieaJer, and trustee 
 therein. He is also on several conference committees, and was a delegate in 1874, and again in 
 1878, from the Toronto district to the General Conference of the Methodist Cliurch in Canada, 
 and took a prominent part in the debates of that important legislative body. 
 
 He was, in 1872, ai)poiiited Presidijnt of the Irish Protestant Benevolent Association ; in 
 1873, on the organization of the Canada Coinuicrcial Travelers' Association, he was chosen as 
 its first president, a position to which he was for several years subsecjuently elected. He is also 
 a trustee of the Necropolis and Mount Pleasant Cemetery, a Director of the Upjoer Canada 
 Bible Society, and a director on the Board of the Real Estate Loan and Debenture Company. 
 
 Mr. Kennedy married tlic daughter of his first employer, the late Mr. James Macaw. Being 
 only in his 53rd year, lie is a comparatively young man ; a long period of vigor and usefulness 
 is, we trust, still before him, and should he decide on entering the political arena of public life, 
 and turn his attention to matters of " state," it is not too much to expect for him a success eciual 
 to tliat he lias already achieved in the " church " Metho jist, and the " world " of commerce. 
 
 In a condensed sketch it is impossible to do adequate justice to, or point out the many les- 
 sons to be learnt from a study of the character of a man of Mr. Warring Kennedy's calibre, 
 suffice it to say that his name and exami)le will ever shine forth to the emigrants, salesmen, 
 shop boys, and young men of the future as a brilliant beacon, towering high above and always be- 
 fore them in their voyage through life, warning them by the brightness of its light to give a wide 
 berth to the " rocks" of " idleness," the " shoals " of " procrastination," and the " troubled waters " 
 of " dishonesty," encouraging them to steer through the calm seas of industry, diligence, perse- 
 verance and integrity, a continuance on which course will, after carrying them safely past all 
 dangers, guide them at length, as surely as it has him, into the haven of success, 
 
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 In a biography of self-niiulu men, Mr. Kunn(><Iy fully dosorvos a (U.stingui><lie(l place ; lie may 
 truly be said to have been " the architoetof his own fortune ; " gratifying as this reflection must 
 be to him, it pales before the consciousness he enjoys that thiough the whole of his career ho 
 has carried himself suns reproch^ and the knowledge he possesses that among Toronto's many 
 wortliy citizens no one to-day stands more deservedly honored, respected and esteemed by his 
 fellow men than the whilom young apprentice boy of a dry goods store in an obscure Irish town. 
 
 
 HOX. GEORGE W. IJURTOX, 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 rpHE HONORABLE OEORGK WILLIAM IJUIITON, the senior Justice of Her Majesty's 
 -*- Court of Appcid for the Province of ()nUui(), is a native of Sandwich, in the County 
 of Kent, England, where ho was born on the iJlst of July, 181S, being the second son of the late 
 Admiral George Guy Burton, R. N., of (.'hathani, Kent, England. 
 
 He was educated at Rochester, in his native shire, under the late Dr. Winston, the able 
 author of a work on Cathedral Trusts and their fidlilnient, which resulted after manyyeai's of 
 litigation in the removal of the abuses which he so ably exposed. 
 
 Our subject came to this co\nitry in 18."17, and at once began the .study of law under the 
 late Mr. Edmund Burton, then practising at Ingersoll, in the County of Oxford, Upper Canada. 
 He was called to the Bar in 1841, and began the practice of his profession at theli'ity of Hamil- 
 ton, then a small town at the head of Lake Ontario, where he contiuueil until his appointment 
 to the Bench ; having built up one of the most successful practices west of Toronto, then and 
 now the capital and the seat of law and learning. 
 
 He was created a Queen's Counsel about the year 18()2, and was noniinateil as a Bencher 
 of the Law Society from about the year 1S5<), and wa.s re-electeil when that body Injcame 
 elective by the profession in 1871. His legal ability received further recognition by his ap- 
 pointment as Judge of the Apj)eal Court, upon its constitution in 1874, with the late Hon. W. 
 II. Draper, C.B., as Chief Justice, since which time his residence has been at Oak Lodjfo 
 Toronto. 
 
 During his professional career Jutlge Burton hud great expeiienee as a railway lawyer, and 
 wa.s engaged as Counsel in a nundn-rof important railway cases atHetingthe interests of tlie city 
 of Hamilton ; and was also Cit}- Solicitor for that city for a (piarter of a century, ami legal ad- 
 viser Ui the Canada Life Assurance Company, one of the most successful Fiife Companies on 
 this Continent, forabontthe same perioil. Shortly after his elevation to the Bench, that Com- 
 pany paid him the compliment of electing him as a Director. 
 
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 He was always a most prunouncoil Ucfoiiuer, with libonvl views in both politics ami 
 religion. 
 
 The Hon. Justice was ninrrluil on the !»th of Juno, 1830, to Elizalieth, (laughter of the lato 
 Dr. Perivins, of Kin;{8ton, Jamaica, and niece and adopted daughter of the late Col. Chnrleu 
 Cranston Dixon, of the 90th llcgt. 
 
 A^'GTS ^ilOliRJSON, Q.C., 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 r I "iH K Bulject of this skctdi was horn in Edinhurgh, Scotland, January 20th, 182'1', and canio 
 -*- to this country when but eight yeai-s old, in company with his father Hugh Morrison, and 
 other mond)ers of tlie family. Mr. Hugh Morrison was killed by an accident at the ohl Market 
 Stpiare in Toronto, while taking pait in a pt)litical meeting in 183(!. He had been erne of the 
 famous 42nd Highlanders and .served with his regiment through the Peninsular War. 
 
 Angus Morrison was ediicatetl partly in H<'lfast, Ireland, an<l partly in Upper Canada College, 
 Toronto, but after a short attendance at the latter institution, he left it to enter a (irannnar 
 Sehool where he Hnished his studies. During this time and for several years after leaving 
 school Mr. Morrison took great interest in all manly out-dcor sports, but his forte was in the 
 UNO of the oars. Strong in body and thoroughly trained in exercising and developing his 
 inuHCular powers, ho won and held the ch'impioiiAhip of Toronto liay in 1840-'4l ami '42 and 
 still j)o8scH.se8 the trophies (,f his victories, and continued President of the Toronto Rowing 
 Club for fourteen years. Curling, shooting, cricketing, aiitl kindred apoi-ts, he also excelled in ; 
 was first Secretary and afterwards Presitlent of the Toionto Curling Club for two years ; was 
 Secretary of the St. Anilrew's Society for eleven years, and two years President. Discontinuing 
 all conncctiori with sporting matters, he devoted his time to the study of law, in the office of 
 Megsi-s. Hlake i*t Morrison, and was called to the Bar in l8+(). He at once entered uptm a most 
 successful practice, and for about five years worked indefatigably about eighteen hours a ilay. 
 His business was a lucrative one, and in this time Mr. Morrison amassed considerable money. 
 In l85;j-4 sat in the City Council for St. James' Ward ; in February, 18.")4 was elected to the 
 Canada Parliament fir North Simcoc, representing that constituency mitil !.S(i3, when he was 
 defeated. After being defeated in Simcoe he went to Niagara, and contested that constituency 
 successfully, in 1S(I4, and continued to iej)iesent it in Parliament initil the Covcriuuent wasdc- 
 fi-ated in 1873. 
 
 In 1874 he deelined ofhring himself for Niagara <livision, juefering to contest Centre 
 Toronto for the Dominion House but was defeated by Robert Wilkes. Three months after t!ie 
 election, however, Mr. Wilkes was unseated, and Mr. Morri.ion was solicited to take the scat, 
 
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 but, after a successful Parliamentary career of twenty years, his inclinations prompted a refusal. 
 In 1875 he was a candidate for mayor, but withdrew from the contest owing to its being made a 
 political one, and Mr. Medcalf was elected. In the following year Mr. Morri-son again entered 
 the field and defeated Mr. Medcalf by 1980 of a majority, and was re-elected in 1877, defeating 
 Mr. Warring Kennedy by 1100 majority ; again in 1878 was again elected, but in 1879 he 
 refused to be a candidate ; Mr. James Beaty, junior, was elected. In the chief municipal 
 office of the city, Mr. Morrison was always very popular, and administered the affaii's of the 
 office in the interests of the whole city. He effected niany improvements in the conduct of 
 matters connected with the Mayoralty, and always in a dignified and strictly non-political 
 manner. He was mainl}* instrumental in getting the Exhibition giounds from the Government 
 at a nominal price, which has proved so great a success, established here. It was during his 
 administration that Lord DufTcrin made his official \\At to Toronto, and it was doubtless largely 
 owing to the handsome way in which Mayor Morrison entertained him, that he formed so 
 favourable an opinion of the city. 
 
 Mr. Morrison was made a Queen's Counsel in 18G7, and is at present senior member of the 
 noted law firm of Morrison, Wells and Gordon. He is not now in active practice owing to the 
 effects of injuries received in the Credit Valley Railway accident, in May 10th, 1879. 
 
 In politics he is a Conservative, and during his long service in Parliament was a prominent 
 and popular member of his party, and a continued follower of the Right Hon. Sir John A. 
 Macdonald. 
 
 Mr. Morrison was married Augu..t 5th, 185G, to Janet Gilmor, daughter of Commissary- 
 General Gilmor, of Three Rivers, Canada, a veteran of 1812. By this union they have six 
 children, — four sons and two daughters. One of the latier is wife of Capt. Dickson, of the 3rd 
 Hussars, now residing in England. 
 
 Generous almost to a fault, naturally genial and pleasant in manner, possessing a courteous 
 and hospitable disposition at all times, and withal a true gentleman, Mr. Morriuon is a man 
 who has many warm and sincere friends throughout *\\c wide circle of his acquaintimces. 
 
 JAMES SMART, 
 
 BROCK YILLK. 
 TAMES SMART, a leading manufacturer in Brockville, dates his birth at Cupar, Fifeshire, 
 
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 Scotland, August 15, 1820, his father, Robert, being a linen manufacturer, and at one 
 
 period an officer in the Scotch milit'a. Tlie mother of James was Margaret Crawfonl, daughter 
 uf Thomas Cmwford, miller, of tlie same place. When he was thirteen months old the family 
 
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 moved to Aberdeen, and when he was twelve years of age, they came to Canada, settling at 
 Clarence, on the Ottawa river, below the city of Ottawa, the son there aiding his father to open 
 a bush farm. The la'i attended a private school before leaving his native country, his school 
 days ending before he was thirteen years of age. He had some taste for study, and educated 
 himself in subse^iuent years sufficiently to enable him to transact business. 
 
 In 1841 Mr. Smart came to Brockville, and apprenticed himself to the tratlo of a tanner 
 and currier ; worked his full time of three ycai-s ; and then started in pursuit of a situation ; 
 found work near Kingston, and two years later, in company with some newly-made friends, 
 notably Alexander Mackenzie, recently Prime Minister of the Dominion, ho went to the western 
 part of Ontario, purchased a tannery of Hon. Malcolm Cameron, at Sarnia, and carried on busi- 
 ness there about six years. 
 
 In 1851, Mr. Smart went to California, by the Isthmus, and was absent three years to a 
 day, having, in that short period, no inconsiderable experience of the " ups and downs of life." 
 He started a tannery at Sacramento, the first one in California, and went into the manufactur- 
 ing of Mexican saddles and harness, making money rapidly. At length, in the early part of 
 1853, a great fire destroyed nearly everything he had, and what the flsmes spared a flood soon 
 took, making clean work, as it is the nature of water, when liberally ap|)licd, to do. The whole 
 country, for a short time, was a fresh-water sea. Mr. Smart had his clothes and his pluck left, 
 but not his health, nor much money ; so when the waters had subsided, ho went into the moun- 
 tains, soon regainctl his health, and mined with fair success. In the autumn of 1854, he started 
 for home in the " Yankee Blade," which was shipwrecked when twenty-four hours out from San 
 Francisco, and two hundred lives were lost. Mr. Smart's satchel, with a great variety of gold 
 specimens, and other valuables, sank with the ship, but he was saved, with a belt around his body 
 containing a thousand dollars or more in gold dust. The steamer " Brother Jonathan " took him 
 and the other passengers saved, back to San Francisco, and after returning to the mountains and 
 mining two months, he took a steamer and returned to Canaila, locating at Brockville. He had 
 acijuainted himsolf with a certain style of weighing scale, made in the United States, and secur- 
 ing a contract from the Grand Trunk Railway Company, in 1855, ho went into the manufacture 
 of scales and stoves, which led hiui into the iron business, and he built a foundry in 185G. Ho 
 supplied the stations with stoves, etc., nearly all the way between Sarnia and Montreal. Hav- 
 ing filled his contract with the railway company, and losing his foundry by fire, Mr. Smart re- 
 moved to Gananmiue. Two yearn later, in 1858, he was induced by Benjamin Chaffey, who was 
 engaged in ship-building, to return to Brockville. He leased a foundiy ; his business increased 
 rapidly, and in 18(j8 he built his present foundry, known all over the Dominion, as the " Novelty 
 Works," which are quite extensive. There arc two moulding shops, one 150 by 60, and tho 
 other 00 by 70 ; the machine shop 100 by GO, and the warehouse 110 by 40 feet, and two 
 and a-lialf stories high, A fifty-five horse-power engine drives the machinery. Between 
 
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 three and four hundred kinds of articleH arc manufactured in this great cstablishiuont, 
 and, in brisk times, employment is given to about 200 men. At present (1879) the work- 
 ing force is very much reduced, all kinds of business being sadly depressed. Whatever 
 work is turned out by Mr. Smart, is of thorough finish, he having his reputation as well 
 as pocket at stake. In 1878 he attended the International Exposition at Paris, exhibiting 
 a very large number and splendid variety of articles of his own manufacture, making one 
 of the finest exhibits of the kind there. So pleased were the French juroi-s with his enter- 
 l)ri8e and skill, that they conferred upon him the Legion of Honor — the greater honor from 
 tlie fact that such a distinction is rarely conferred upon foreigners. 
 
 No man in Broekvillo attends more closely to his business than Mr. Smart. He has often 
 been solicited by his political friends, the Liberals, to stand as a candidate for Parliamentary 
 lionors, but he has steadily refused to turn aside from his business. The "Novelty Works " have 
 been an imix)rtant agency in building up Brockville, and when better times shall return, he 
 hopes to again completely till his shops with workmen, and perhaps expand them, and thus help 
 still more in the growth oi his adopted home. 
 
 Mr. Smart is a member of the Baptist church, and i.s a liberal supporter of religious and 
 benevolent societies. 
 
 On Giristnms day, 18-50, he married Miss Ann Boyue, of Westminster, near London, Ont, 
 an estimable lady of great energy of character, to wliose symjiathy and co-operation Mr. Smart 
 himself would be one of the first to acknowledge his indebtedness. Five children are the issue 
 of this marriage. 
 
 JOSEPH FLEURY, 
 
 AinoRA. 
 
 TOSEPH FLEURY, the principal manufacturer in Aurora, and warden of the county of 
 ^ York, is a native of the same county, being born in the township of King, December 7, 
 1832. His father, Joseph Fleury, senior, a farmer of French descent, was also a native of 
 Canada. His mother, who was Mary Sipes, before her marriage, was likewise born in Canada. 
 Joseph received an ordinary district school education ; learned -be blacksmith's trade, and 
 followed it about fifteen years, including a few yeai-s of the time that he was manufacturing 
 plows, which business he connnenced at Aurora, in 18j!). The first rude plow which he made, 
 presented a striking contrast with the elegant implements which he now makes — regarded as 
 second to nothing of the kind manufactured in the Province. He began with one hired man, 
 and continued to add one improvement after another, increasing his force from year to year, 
 and also the size of his shop.s, until, when burnt out in 1870, he was giving employment to 
 
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 Bovonty men, and doing a buHiness of abciit Jl 20,000. He inuniMliatfly rebuilt, and his simps 
 and yards occupy between two and three acres of ground. Among the implements and 
 machines which he manufactures are, reapers and mowers, single and combined, plows, grain 
 drills, cultivators, horse-rakes, clover hullers, hoi-so-powers, road scrapers, etc. His specialties 
 are the " Meadow Lark Reajwi-s and Meadow Mowers" (Hubbard's patent), so popular in the 
 United States aa well as in Canada. Probably they have no superior in excellence made any- 
 where. They find a market in France and Italy, as well as all over the Dominion. Mr. Floury 
 evidently works for a good roptitation as well as for fair profits, and ho would gain nothing by 
 turning out an inferior article of any kind. From the numerous strong testimonials of fanners 
 who have used his implements and machines, it is evident that they are giving unciiualled 
 satisfaction. Prior to the fire of 187G, Mr. i'leury manufactured sewing machines, but none 
 since. 
 
 He has been and still is, in many ways, a very useful citizen. He did at one period ex- 
 cellent work as a school trustee ; was a member of the council a few years ; reeve from 1873 to 
 1879, and is now warden of the county. 
 
 In politics Mr. Fleury is a Reformer, and is usually quite active during a political canvass, 
 but at no other time. The work he docs for his party he no doubt thinks is for the good of the 
 country, and whatever cause he espouses he maintains with earnestness while he thinks he can 
 be of anj' service, then drops it. 
 
 He is a third degree Ma.son, an adherent of the Canada Methodist Ciiurch, a generous con- 
 tributor to church building and religious and benevolent causes, and a man of probity and 
 eminent trustworthiness. 
 
 Mr. Fleury has been twice married, first on July 7, 18.59 to Miss Ann \V. Hughes, of 
 Aurora, she dying October, 18, 1871, and the second time to her younger sister, Sarah. W. 
 Hughes, March 18, 1874. He has three children by the first wife, and two by the second. 
 
 ROBERT ARMOUR, 
 
 noyVMANVILLE. 
 "OOBERT ARMOUR, Registrar of the West Riding of Durham, is a native of Doune, Perth- 
 
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 shire, Scotland, dating his birth Man-h 10, 1818, his parents being Samuel and Margaret 
 
 (Douglas) Armour. The Armours were Huguenots, driven from France in the times of Catholic 
 pei-secution. His mother's branch of the Douglas family descended in a direct line from "Black 
 Douglas," who figures conspicuously in Scottish history. 
 
 In 1820, the father of our subject, with his family, emigrated to Canada in company with 
 the father of Sir John Alexander Macdonald, and one or two other families from the same part 
 
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 of Scotlantl, and succueJeil the lato BiHliup Stracban as tcaclior of the diNtrict xchool iit Vork, or 
 Toronto. Ho was a Cliui-cli of Knglaml clergyman ; in 182C removed to Peterlwrougli, and for 
 sevonyeaj-H served thereas a church miHsionnry ; in 1833 removed to the townsliip of Cavan,county 
 of Durham, and there preached until his death, in 1853. He was a self-denying, hard-working 
 man, toiling in a new country to build up the Redecnier's kingdom, ami during his faithful 
 labors in the parishes mentioned above, established two or tliree churches. Among his children 
 still living, are John Douglas Armour, of the Queen's Bench, and the subject of this sketch. 
 
 Robert finished his education as a private pupil of the Rev. Dr. Bcthunc, of Cobourg, late 
 bishop of Toronto : studied law a while in Cobourg ; finished in Toronto, with Hon. Henry Sher- 
 wood, late Attonicy Oonernl of the Province ; was sworn in as an attoniey-at-law in 1 840, and 
 after practising a few years in (.'olwurg and Port Hope, settled in Bowmanville, 1851, being 
 called to the Bar at Michaelmas term, 1847. He is still in practice here. On the 2nd of Decem- 
 ber, 185}(, he was appointed registrar, a life office which he is filling to the satisfaction of the 
 public. He is also returning officer of elections. For a number of yeai"s he was a commissioner 
 of the Lunatic Asylum at Toronto. 
 
 In 1837, on the breaking out of the rebellion, he volunteered as a private in a Cobourg 
 company, and in January, 1838, aided in cutting out the steamer "Caroline," and sending her 
 a blaze over the Falls of Niagara. 
 
 Mr. Armoin- is a memlter of Jerusalem lodge of Free Masons, Bowmanville, and has been 
 warden of St. John's Cliurch, of this place, and a delegate to the Synwl. 
 
 May 8, 1848, Marianne, daughter of Rev. Mr. Burton, formerly of Lower Canada, was 
 maiTied to Mr. Armour, and they have six children living, and have buried tw x 
 
 JA3kIES BEATY, Jk., Q.C, D.C.L., 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 nnHE subject of this sketch, Mayor of Toronto for 1879 and 1880, was Imjiti at Ashdale Farm, 
 -*- township of Trafalgar, County of Halton, on the 10th of November, 1831. His 
 father, John Beaty, emigrated from the County of Cavan, Ireland, to Canada, and engaged in 
 agriculture, residing at Ashdale Farm for over fifty yeara. He died at the age of eighty years, 
 in 1870. The mother of our subject was Elizabeth Stewart, and early in the present century, 
 while still a young woman, she came with her father, George Stewart, from Bundoran, Ireland, 
 to New York. Mr. Stewart, after accumulating considerable property, left the landed portion 
 of it to be confiscated, and during the war of 1812 came to Canada in consequence of his attach* 
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 The family of John Beaty consiated ot four sons and nine daughters, of these, one brother 
 and two sisters of our subject are dead ; his surviving brothers are Robert and William C, the 
 former a banker in Toronto, of marked financial ability, and director in various public com- 
 panies, and the latter a farmer i iding on the old homestead, and a public man of great useful- 
 ness. The remaining sisters are all married except the youngest. The parents wore intelligent 
 people, and the children were well educated according to the times, in public schools and col- 
 leges and by private tuition. Ashdale Farm, as was the custom in the country in an early day, 
 was almost constantly the home of clergymen and travelers, and a careful educational training 
 was kept up by well directed reading and conversation. Habits of industry and strict morality 
 were rigorou.sly enforced, and the practice of religious duties never allowed to be forgotten. 
 
 James Beaty was educated, first at the common school and afterwards at a grammar 
 School at Palermo, in Trafalgar, the latter being a well conducted school under a Mr, Andrew 
 Hall, a thorough .scholar and disciplinarian, from under whose training many active men went 
 forth to find the advice he so kindly gave them, of valuable assistance in the battle of life. 
 Judge Miller, of Milton, Rev. John Langtry, M. A., of Toronto, Rev. Mr. Campbell, of Clifton, 
 Mr, Winters, a P, L, Surveyor, Mr. Sproat, M, P,, Mr, Livingston, P. I.. Surveyor, of Hamilton, 
 Dr, Anson Buck, of Palermo, and many others were all educated in tiiis .school. Mr. Beaty 
 was also iastructed by private tuition in Toronto, preparatory to entering a.s student-at-law in 
 Trinity term in 18.jO ; was called to the Bar in ISa-j, having studied in the office of Mr. Adam 
 Wilson (now Chief Justice), and Dr. Lairatt W. Smith ; and in July 185G, entered into partner- 
 ship with Mr. Wilson and Mr. C. S. Patterson, at present one of tlie Justices of the Court of 
 Appeal for Ontario. The firm of Wilson, Patterson and Beaty continued until the elevation of 
 Mr. Wilson to the Bench in 18C3, and subse(juently with tne addition of his pro.sent partner, 
 Mr. J, C, Hamilton, M.A., LL.B., under tlie name of Patterson, Beaty and Hamilton. Mr. Pat- 
 terson having been elevated to the Bench in 187-t, the business continued under the name of 
 Beaty, Hamilton and Ctussels, Mr. Allan Cas.sels, B.A., a student in the office being added to the 
 partnership. Since then Mr. Daniel W. Clendenan, B.A., has also entered the firm. Tlieir 
 business has continued in succession from Dr. William Warren Baldwin, through Hon. Rol)ert 
 Baldwin, Hon. R. B. Sullivan, John Hector, Q. C, and the gentieiiicn nam^.'d, for over fifty yenrs. 
 Mr. Beaty was created a Queen's Counsel by nomination of the Dominion Government in 1872, 
 Sir John A, Macdonald being Minister of Justice, and afterwards by the Ontario Oovurnment, 
 Hon. Oliver Mowat being Attorney-General. He was entitled to the degree of B.C.L. in Trinity 
 College in 18')C, but in consc(iuenco of difilrences as to a religious test, did not receive his 
 degree until 1872, and in 1875 the degree of D.C.L. was conferred upon him. In 1877 he was 
 elected Aldernuin for St. James' Ward by a vote of all parties ; introduced what is known as 
 the "Beaty By-law," changing the wliulo managemont of civic aH'airs ; ran for mayor in 1878, 
 against Mr. Angus Morrison, Q. C, who had been mayor for two years, and was defeated 
 
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 througli strong influenci', after leaving tlie matter to the citizens almost entirely without work, 
 organiaition or canvass ; ran for the same office in 187!) and was elected by a majority of 035 
 over the largest vote given to rive of the strongest inon the city aflfordetl in municipal affiiii-s — 
 ex-Mayors Medcalf and Manning, and Aldermen Turner, Britton, and P. O. Close. So satisfac- 
 torily was his administration of muniei|mlafiairs conducted during tiS7!>, that he was re-elected 
 for 1883, by over !>00 mnit)rity over ox-Mayor Morrison. 
 
 Mayor Beaty's professional career has been varied, but more as an office lawyer than a 
 public one ; he has, however, conducted many important cases from the CWrt of Appeal down, 
 including the Criminal and Election Courts ; has always had a large and responsible business, 
 especially in the management of property, having at times clients' pn)perty approximating in 
 value to three-tjuarters of a milliim of dollars under his care as trustee and otherwise, and for 
 all the time having every year over half a million dollars worth to invest and manage in some 
 form or other. 
 
 Mr. Beaty took an active part in conjunction with the late John M. Trout, founder and 
 Editor of the Mondavtj Timi'f>, and who had also been a law-student with him, and with the 
 present managing director, Mr. John K. Macdonald, in establishing the Confederation Life 
 A.ssociation, which in a few years has reached great importance under the ))residency of Sir 
 Francis Hinck.s, and latterly of Sir W. P. Howland, as a life insurance institution. His firm are 
 Bolicitoi's for the Association and have been since its organization. They are also solicitor for 
 the Commercial Building and Investment Society, one of the oldest institutions of the kind in 
 the city. His late partner, Mr. Justice Patterson and he, with the co-operation of Dr. L. W. 
 Smith and others had much to do in the formation of the Building am'. Loan As.soeiation which 
 is now one of the most flourishing societies of that class in Toronto. Mr. Beaty's firm are 
 solicitors for this, and also for other societiis and companies besides those named. He is a 
 director in the Scarboro' Heights Hotel Company, which recently built a hotel east of Toronto 
 a few miles on the "Balmy Beach" property on the shore of Lake Ontario. He has refused 
 other directorships for various rea.sons, principally on the principle aetiuiting him through life, 
 not to undertake any more than he can well perform. For n\any years he has refused all solici- 
 tations for piiblic life, chiefiy for professional and personal reasons. He was waited upon by 
 various deputati(ms to run for Kast Toionto at the last election, conse(pient upon the elevation 
 of Mr. Ju.<tice Cameron to the Bench, and it \.'as generally believed he would have had no 
 opposition, and that even if he had he could have carried the riding by a huge majority. The 
 Ctmtest for the mayoralty was then actively progressing, and he ha<l pledged hin)self to citizens 
 interested, as he himself was, in economy and faithful administration of civic business, to go to 
 'le polls, and therefore he rel'used to step aside and become a candidate for what seemed a far 
 better opening for a public man. 
 
 The subject of this .sketch never engaged in military training, although ofl'ered in the 
 
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 volunteer force a lioutenancy, first by the lion. Robert Baldwin, and afterwards by Hon. Mr. 
 Justice Moirison, who were connnandei's of battalions. 
 
 In religion he claims to be only a christian, taking no creed but the Bible. Although 
 educated a churclunan — his parents being then of the Church of England — he soon began to think 
 for liiinself, sun-ounded as he was by various .sorts of religion.s, and happily as he thinks was 
 saved from infidelity by finding out that there was only one Divine religion in the world at one 
 time, and that religion at the present time was the christian. To this lie adheres since youth 
 and has taken an active part in spcakitig and writing in advancing those views. 
 
 He has written occasionally for political and ro'i;,'! ms papei-s, literary magazines, law and 
 commercial journals, articles which have been often under hoow /c /)h» me, as efforts of ta.sto 
 and recreation and with the special object of combating sonie error or stating some truth. 
 
 Politically ho is a Conservative, as was his father all his life. His uncle, James Beaty, sen., 
 cx-M.P. for Toronto, and proprietor of the Li'U'let; being for a time a Reformer of the Baldwin and 
 Hincks school. The mayor has often been looked r.pon as a moderate party man in consequence of 
 his associations and personal connections, and as such has received sujjport from both parties. As 
 counsel for contractors to build the Pacific Railway, he took an active part in the negotiations 
 which resulted in the downfall of the Sir John Macdonald (Jovernment in 1.S73. He regretted 
 the fall of the Macdoiiald Administration and did his .share in restoring. Sir John again, in every 
 way ho could. He sacrificed his own prospects to the views of otliers so as to not disturb the 
 current of events, although he was generally umlerstood to bo the candidate for Centre Toronto 
 in the interests of the Conservative party at the last election until neaily the last moment, and 
 it was generally conceded that ho was about the only man who could have carried it, the con- 
 stituency being so eijually divideil. 
 
 Mr. Beaty was nmrrieil on the lOth of Novendier, 18.58, to his cousin, Miss Fanny Beaty, 
 and tnere were two children of the marriage, lioth daughtei-s, only one of whom, Katie, is 
 living. 
 
 Mayor Beaty, although a clear and forcible speaker, from constitutional temperament 
 unwillingly speaks in public, unless impelled to it by a strong sense of <luty or force of circum- 
 stances. 
 
 In personal appearance he is about .'> fiict 8 to inches in height, with brown hair, reddish 
 whiskers ami llorid com|>lt'xion, looking healthy and robust now, although in early life he was 
 rather delicate ; is very temju'rate and alisti'mious in his habits ; has done a great ileal of work 
 and is eapabk' of doing much more ; modi-rate in his views n{ things, and temperate in lan- 
 guage and argument ; lie is regarded by his friends as usually safe and more than likely to be in 
 the right course. He possesses the confidence of his fellow-citizens, who, as a rule, believe he 
 
 means rightand will coi ut right. Hi' lias eiiiivictions of his own on most subjects of public 
 
 interest and carries them out without fear <u' favor, being persistent rather than demonstrative, 
 
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 and determined to maintain his own views with firmness, tempered with courtesy and considera- 
 tion, however, for others. 
 
 On the occasion of the official visit of His Excellency the Governor-General and Her 
 Royal Highness the Princess Louise, to Toronto, in September, 1879, their reception and enter- 
 tainment devolved very largely upon the Chief Magistrate of the city, and the manner in which 
 Mayor Beaty managed his part of the affair was creditable alike to his tact, good sense and 
 judgment, and to the city of Toronto. 
 
 HENRY W. DAY, M.D., 
 
 TRENTON. 
 
 TTENRY WRIGHT DAY, son of Calvin W. Day, a farmer, and Elizabeth Wright,hi8 wife, was 
 -* — ■- born in the township and near the city of Kingston, Ontario, September 6,1831. His 
 ancestors were United Empire Loyalists, his great-grandfciher, Barnabas Day, once living on the 
 present site of the city of New York. Near the close of the American revolution, this ances- 
 tor came to Ujtper Canada, selected Government lands four miles west of the present site of 
 Kingston, on the Lake shore ; then returned to New York State and brought his family in a 
 canoe from Sackett's Harbor. Barnabas Day, junior, grandfather of our subject, was then only 
 nine years old. The original Day homestead, selected and settled about 100 years ago, is 
 still in the hands of the family, the present occupant being Sidney W. Day, a younger brother 
 of our subject. His mother was of Scotch descent, her mother being of a U. E. Loyalist family. 
 
 Dr. Day received a thorough academic education at the old Newburgli academy, including 
 mathematics and classics, and his medical education at Queen's University, Kingston, receiving 
 his degree of M.D., in 1859, settling immediately in Trenton, and now being the oldest physician 
 in the place. He has always been in general practice, and has had a good run of business, both 
 in medicine and surgery. His acquaintance is quite exteiusive, stretching back from the Bay of 
 Quints twentj' or thirty miles, and the people have great confidence in his skill, and great respect 
 for him as a man. In 18C9 he was elected a member of the Council of Physicians and Surgeons 
 of Ontario, for the Quints and Catnra(iui Districts, holding that position three years. 
 
 Many years ago the Doctor was surgeon of a battalion of militia, and in 18G6, when the 
 firet Fenian raid occurred, organized a conipany — a garrison battery of artillery — was made its 
 captain, and still commands it. 
 
 He was a member of the school board of Trenton for fourteen or fifteen consecutive years, 
 ami assisted in building up the excellent system of graded and grammar schools here ; and was 
 also in the town council four or five years, striving to promote the best interests of the place, 
 
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 481 
 
 being a public-spirited man. In 1800 he was appointed coroner for Hastings, and in the united 
 counties of Northumberland and Durham, still holding that office. 
 
 Dr. Day is a Knight Templar in. the order of Free Masons ; has been Master of the Blue 
 Lodge, the Chapter, and the Encampment, and is a Past District Deputy Qrond Master, and 
 Fust District Superintendent. 
 
 December 31, 1857, Miss Eliza Ann Purdy, daughter of Samuel D. Purdy, of Emot-town, 
 became the wife of Dr. Day. Her father was a native of Canada, her mother of the State 
 of New York. 
 
 The successful and remunerative practice of the Doctor placed him in comfortable circum- 
 stances years ago ; yet his old patrons insisting upon employing him, his ride is still exteasive. 
 
 HON. JAMES C. AIKIiNS, 
 
 OTTA WA. 
 
 TAMES COX AIKINS, Senator and Secretary of State of Canada, is a son of James Aikins, 
 ^ who left the County of Monaghan, Ireland, in 1816, and after residing in Fhiladelphip,, 
 Pa., four years, came to Canada and settled in tlie township of Toronto, now in the county of 
 Peel, where our subject was born on the 30th of March, 1823. His mother's name, before her 
 marriage, was Ann Cox. James Aikins was a hospitable christian man, and his backwoods 
 house, half a century ago, was the frequent resort of evangelists and the centre wherefrom radiated 
 strong religious influences. 
 
 Our subject received an academic education at what has since become Victoria College, 
 Cobourg, and has followed the occupation of his father, that of an agriculturist, and made 
 his business a success. 
 
 Mr. Aikins has held a few civil offices in the township in which he resided in the county 
 of Peel ; is Major of the 3rd Battalion Peel Militia, and has been in some legislative body al- 
 most constantly for a quarter of a century. He sat for the county of Peel in the Canadian 
 Assembly from 1854 until the general election in 1801, when he was defeated ; was a member 
 for the " Home " Division of the Legislative Council from 1802 until the Union, and was called 
 to the Senate by proclamation in May, 18G7. He was sworn into the Privy Council on the 9th 
 of December, 1807, and wns soon afterwards sworn in as Secretary of State of Canada, and held 
 that office until the resignation of the Macdonald Government, November 5, 1873, organizing 
 during that period the Douiiiiion Lands Bureau ; and was ngain sworn into the Privy Council on 
 the 19th of October, 1878, and once more accepted the portfolio of Secretary of State. 
 
 Senator Aikins lived the life of an independent yeoman, in Peel, until 1809, in which year 
 ho joined the Oovernment of Sir John A. Mai'donold, and removed to Toronto, In changing 
 
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 his party affiliations at that time, from a Liberal to a Conservative, no one who knows him 
 thoroughly can doubt his sincerity or his honesty of purpose. That change on his part was the 
 result of a change of front of the leaders of the Liberal party immediately prior to Confedera- 
 tion. He is president of the Manitoba and North-West Loan Company, and vice-president of 
 the National Investment Company. 
 
 Hr.'Aikins is a member of the Methodist churoli of Canada : and holds the offices of trustee 
 and steward in that connection ; was at one time Vice-President of the Ottawa Auxilliary Bible 
 Society, and is a man whose christian integrity is uncjuestioned. It is fortunate for any 
 Government to have this class of statesmen at the head of its departments. 
 
 In 1845 he married Miss Mary Elizabeth Jane Somerset, of Toronto, and she had eight 
 children, seven of them yet living. His eldest son, John S. Aikins, is a member of the Legisla- 
 ture of Manitoba, and his second, Jas. A. M. Aikens, is .1 practising barrrister in the city of Win 
 nipeg. 
 
 Mr. Aikins has two younger brothers, who are physicians and surgeons, Dr. William T, 
 Aikins, a prominent physician in Toronto, and Dr. Moses H. Aikins, who lives on the old home- 
 stead in the County of Peel. 
 
 HUGH FINLAYSON, 
 
 PARIS. 
 
 TTXITGH FINLAYSON, late member of the Ontario Legislature, is a native of Edinburgh, 
 -' — *- Scotland, a son of Hugh and Isabella (Black) Finlayson, and was bom December 12, 
 1810. He received a parish school education ; learned the trade of a saddle and harness- 
 maker in the old country ; and emigrated to the new world in 1832, reaching New York city 
 on the 4th of July. The cholera was just paying its first visit to the Western Continent ; 
 people were dying at a fearful rate in the city, and in about a month Mr. Finlayson pushed 
 westward as far as Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked at his trade between two and three years, 
 removing to Brantford, Upf>er Canada, in 1835. Tiie next year he settled in Paris, and has 
 been a resident of this place for thiity -three years. 
 
 Mr. Finlayson had a harness and saddlery shop until 18.i5, adding a tannery in 1843, being 
 in partnership in this branch with other i)arties. His partner since 1854 has been Samuel 
 Qua ; the film name being Hugh Finlayson and Co. They usually do from ?25,000 to $30,000 
 a year, and are ranked among the leaders in local entei'pri»'e. 
 
 Mr. Finlayson has held nearly every office in the municipality of Paris, from pathmaster to 
 mayor, holding the lattei- office first in 1858, Iming the first chief magistrate of the town ; and 
 sat for East Brant in the Canadian Assembly from 1858 to 1801, taking the place of Hon. 
 
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 David (Christie, who, after serving one year in that Parliament, was elected to the Legislative 
 Council. On the Federation of the Provinces in 1867, Mr. Finlayson was elected to represent 
 North Brant in the Local Assembly, and was re-elected in 1871 and 1875, his third term expir- 
 ing in 1879. He is a Liberal, gave a firm support to the Mowat administration, and was a 
 faithful worker for the interests of his constituents. 
 
 Mr. Finlayson holds his church connection with the Presbyterians. He brought his reli* 
 gion with him, and we cannot learn that it suffered by emigration. 
 
 He has been twice married; first in Scotland, to Miss Elizabeth Russell, in 1831, she dying 
 in 1845. His second marriage was in 184ti, to Miss Johanna Miller, of Paris, she dying in 
 1865. Two children by each wife are living, and he lost seveml by each. 
 
 WILLIAM ELLIOT, 
 
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 "TTTILLIAM ELLIOT, one of the founders of the village of Iroquois, is a son of Wiliianl 
 ' " Elliot, senior, whose calling was a shepherd, and Mary Cranston, both natives of llo.x- 
 borough, Scotland. William was the third child in a family of four sons and four daughter. 
 He came to the United States in 1828, locating at Lansingburgh, N.V., on the Hudson river, 
 where he learned the maltin>' and brewing business with E. Parmelle and Son, and afterwards 
 had charge of their business. In 1840 ho came to Mouliuette, County of Stormont, Ontario, 
 commenced brewing there on his own account, operating a little less than four years, when he 
 lost his brewery by fire, and discontinued the business. 
 
 In 1844, in company with his brother Andrew, he commenced work on the St. Lawrence 
 Canal, having three contracts, one each at Williamsburg, Iroquois, and Galops, being engaged 
 in that business four years. Several 3'ear8 afterwards, in company with Benjamin Chafiey, he 
 built the Grand Trunk Railway through Dundiw, a distance of twenty miles. In 1848 Mr. 
 Elliot purchased a mill site at Iroquois, and erected a stone grist and Houring mill, an enter- 
 prise which constituted the beginning of the village. Five yenrs later he had his mill property 
 destroyed by fire, but immediately built and continued the biusiness extensively and success- 
 fully until 186S. During all this time he owned and cultivated a farm near town, and still has 
 farms which he leases. He was one of the first men in this part of the Province to introduce 
 blooded stock, and has done much to encourage enterprise in this direction. 
 
 In 1832, six years prior to settling in Canada, Mr. Elliot bought a farm in the County of 
 Chateauguay, Lower Canada, and a few years later persuaded his parents to come out from the 
 old country and occupy and own it. There they lived and died with the youngest son, George 
 
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 Elliot, who still occupies the place, and is a leading farmer and stock-raiser in that section. 
 Another brother. Rev. Joseph Elliot, is a resident of Montreal, where he was for several years 
 pastor of a Presbyterian church. The father of our subject was an elder of the Presbyterian 
 church from the time he settled in Canada until his demise. 
 
 Mr. Elliot held the office of town councilor before the village of Iroquois was incorpor- 
 porated (which was done in 1857), and the same office afterwards, being reeve at the same 
 time, and also warden of the united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. He served 
 as one of the trustees of the High School Board for more than twenty-five years. He has 
 been identified with the industrial, educational, and moral enterprises of the town from the 
 start, and has been, and still is, an eminently useful citizen. Mr. Elliot has been an elder in 
 the Presbyterian church for more than a quarter of a century, and the christian character of 
 no man in the community stands fairer. 
 
 February 2, 1848, Emma, daughter of Peter Bowen, of Matilda, Dundas, was joined in 
 marriage with Mr. Elliot, and they have had four sons and four daughters, losing two of the 
 sons in infancy. 
 
 W. E. SANFOED, 
 
 HAMILTON. 
 
 "VTO "Portrait Gallery of eminent Canadians," would be considered complete without a 
 -^^ sketch of the gentleman whose name heads this article. For several years he has stood 
 in the front rank of the " Merchant Princes " of Hamilton, and by his remarkable career of 
 business success has filled a place in the public attention so large as to constitute him, to .some 
 extent, a Provincial character and public property. So without fear or favor, and almost forget- 
 ting to say, by your leave, we attempt our sketch. 
 
 Mr. Sanford was bom in the city of New York, in 1838. His mother dying shortly after 
 his birth and his father duvinghis childhood, he was loft without the moulding influence of 
 parental afiection, or parental example. But on reaching his seventh year, and shortly after his 
 father's death, he was sent to his uncle, Edward Jackson, Esq., of Hamilton. In the beautiful 
 christian home of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, he was bro<!ght up under all healthful influences and 
 trained in those sterling qualities of mind and heart which he has since so conspicuously 
 displayed. He was educated in one of the Academies of New York, and in his sixteenth year 
 entered the employ of the well known publi.shing firm of Pratt, Woodford and Co., New York, 
 in whose service he remained up to his twenty-first year, his remarkable business ability being 
 rewarded by an offer of partnership! The death of the senior partner, however, prevented this 
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 AnoUitr brotltor, Rov. Johc])1> Elliot, in a ri-sujnnt of Montroil. whore hu was for wvi-ral ycnrs 
 ftftHf'Or of a Pnwbyttirinn ohiirch. The f»tWr of our flulijcct wL^mi older of »hc I'rcsliytcrian 
 thiirch from tin- time Ik- s. tih-ij in Chuh'U luilil I. in lioinise. 
 
 Mr. KlJiot held the ortioe of town ^■'ounfii it hoforo tho vilin,'-' of froi^vioiK wa.s ineorpor- 
 j/orated (which wius done in 1837), aid thtt "loc tdHco aftcrwaids, heiri^ rwvp at tho .same 
 time, mid al.sn warden of the united 'unintio- I'f Stormont, Dund.w and Olon^jarry. He served 
 a.s one of the tnjstee.s "f the Hij{h Schoni Bonrd tor more than twcnty-rtve yeiuv. He ha.s 
 been ideritilied with tlie iniliistriul. .'dui'fttional, and uiorid onterjirises of thc^ town tVom the. 
 start, and h.is been, and Htill is, an eunnnntiy. iioeful citizen. Mr. Kliint ha.s lit rn an elder in 
 th" Preshyterian ehurch for in"re than a qii;»ti«r of a c»;ntur>', and tlte chrintian charaetvir of 
 no man in the comnninity .s»«nils_f*'r«f, * 
 
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 "X "ro " Portrait Clallery of eminent C.Tna<lians," would he considered coi.ij)Iete w-ithout a 
 -^ ' .sl<et<h of the gentleman who.^e nnine head.s thi.s article. For several years li<.' ha.** ntood 
 in the front rank of the ' Merehant Prince,'*" of Hamiltfjn, and by hi.s n'niarkable -'aree'- of 
 business .succe.-<.-i ha^ tJllcd a place in the public attention so large a.s t.> con.^titiii''- him, to "ionie 
 extent, a Provincial elmraetir and publie property. So witliotit fear or favt»r, and almost forget- 
 ting to say. by your leave, we ntumpt onr ."keteh. 
 
 Mr. Sanford was born in tb<' iivof Nev* Y.rk in 18.38. Hi.s moth, r dying .-shortly after 
 his birrh and !tis father duiing hii childhood, he sva^ h-ft withi)ut i lie moulding inllm ncc of 
 [larental affeition, or pn.re»t<<i "<«ni]'!e liut vi rea<ddv*' h* st-v.-mth yt>ar gnti shortly after his 
 fiither'.s de.ith, he was sent to hi.'» nneie, Edward Jat-k.-iiin iiw«i , <if ILimilton In tht btjautifn! 
 chiistian hotne ui Mr. and Mrs. Jaeksnn, hi- wa.s Vironght up under all healthfid influences and 
 trained in tl)o.se sterling (,iialitif.s of ni^nd and heait which hi- hiw since so eonsp'enously 
 displayed. He was cdu(:at«*d in one of tlie Aeadivnies of New York, iind in his sixt<>enth yar 
 entered the employ of the well known publlsliing tirm ''f Pratt. Woodford and Co., Now York, 
 'ii whose service he remained nj) to his twenty-fir.st yenr, Ida remarkable business abilit}- In-ing 
 - "rded by an oti'er uf ]>art(ier.ship; The death of the senior jinrtner, however, prevented this 
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 Shortly after he married the only daughter of Mr. Jackson, when he removed to London, 
 entering into partnership with Murray Andersoii and Edward Jackson ; and this firm under 
 the name of Anderson, Sanford and Co., carried on one of the largest foundy businesses in West- 
 em Canada. One short year of wedded happiness and his beautiful and accomplished wife 
 was taken from him. Smitten and disheari ed by this crushing blow Mr. Sanford withdrew 
 from the London firm and returned to hi3 Hamilton home. But his active temperament would 
 not suffer him to be idle, and we find him engaged with the firms of John Falcon> r and Co., 
 and Butterfield Bros., of New York, handling a large proportion of the entire Wool Clip of the 
 Upper Province. Such was the energy and enterprise with which he pushed this business that 
 he was widely known under the sobriquet of the Wool King of Canada. 
 
 In 1861 Mr. Sanford entered into partnership with Mr. Alexander Mclnnes. This con- 
 nection was maintained under the firm of Sanford, Mclnnes and Co., for ten years, when Mr. 
 Mclnnes withdrew to enter the business relations whicii he now sustains with his brother. Dur- 
 ing this partnership the firm purchased the large wholesale boot and shoe manufactory of R. 
 Nesbit and Co. 
 
 In 18G6 Mr. Sanford was united in marriage to Sophia, youngest daughter of Thomas Vaux, 
 Esq., of Ottawa, the cultured and dignified lady who presides over his household, and whose 
 christian heart and open hand of charity shed a glow of sun.shine into the homes of many of 
 the poor and distres.sed of the city. 
 
 In 1871 the firm of Sanford, Vai! an<l Bickley was formed, of which Mr. Sanford, although 
 the youngest in age is the senior partner. 
 
 This wholesale clothing firm has completely, revolutionized the ready-made clothing trade. 
 It has so raised the standanl of ready-made cloth'ng that it can now be purchased in no way 
 inferior in qualit}' of fabric in cut or finish to custom work. Mr. Sanford's policy haabeen to 
 employ first-class workmen in every department, and to use the very best materials in the 
 market. As the result of this wise business course he has built up a trade which employs a 
 ca.sh capital of over half a million dollars and gives emyloyment to over one thousand persons. 
 His Hamilton establishment is continually forwarding largo consignments of clothing to all 
 parts of the Dominion — Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Briti.sh Columbia ami the Maritime Pro- 
 vinces as well as to distant countries, and yet the groat bales of cloth reaching from fioor to 
 ceiling, and the stacks of overcoats, coats, pants, vests and children's clothing, on the several 
 floors seem to grov/ no smaller. Sixteen commercial travelers are in the employ of the estab- 
 lishment. A Toronto branch has been established and this also is doing a very prosperous 
 busine&s. 
 
 It will at once be .seen that Mr. Sanford deserves to bo ranked among the representative 
 business men of this continent. He is (me of our commercial magnates, and has won the golden 
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 "lucky hit ;" for the man who in tliis clay, amiil the tierce competition found in every pursuit 
 and calling, acquires success, must possess intellectual and business qualities of more than ordi- 
 nary attainment. Shakespeare says : — 
 
 "It is not in our stars, 
 But ill ourselves that we are underlings." 
 
 So it is by the force of jx-rsonal character that men, amid the competitions and jealousy of life 
 attain to wealth and emolument. Mr. Sanford's success is largely owing to his energy, discre- 
 tion, decision of character, shrewdness and tact, and that crown of all business faculties — com- 
 mon sense. With keen-sightedness — that comprehensive grasp of mind which takes in objects 
 in all then bearings and relations — he saw at once what was needed in the brancli of tratle to 
 which he had devoted himself, and the reputation of the goods manufactured by his establish- 
 ment soon commanded customers. He possesses in a remarkable degree that which so many 
 lack — purpose. lie started meaning to get on, and has bent all his powei-s to that end. Hia 
 working power is tremendous. Small in body, with not tlie fullest health and vigor, yet he has 
 a vital power which enables him to endure fatigue, and the enormous mental wear and tear of 
 his busy life. Whatever engages his attention absorbs completely all the energies of his being. 
 His attention to details is surprising, and he is master of all the minutiiv of his business. His 
 concejitration of energy is not more striking than his remarkable versatility. He will turn his 
 attention from one .subject to throw himself with all the enthusiasm of his nature into another. 
 His sharp, shrewd, enterprising spirit has been .shown all tluough his business cai-eer. He h.as 
 been the pioneer in introducing into new fields western manufactured goods. His instinct wiught 
 the idea of tlu United Provinces of British North America, and with the first whisper of a pros- 
 pective opening he was in tlie Lower Provinces in advance of Confederation, arranging for an 
 active business canvass. He has nuule two visits to British Columbia, and penetrated far into 
 the North-West in the interest of trade. 
 
 Nothing that we could write would more fully justify tlie above estiiiiato of Mr. Sanford's 
 energy and amazing business ([ualifications than a simple recital of the facts coinieeted with the 
 terrible fire tiiat tliis year (1879), vi.sited Hamilton. After ilestroying the magnificent block of 
 Mc(jinnes and Co., it leapt the street and seized upon the etjuaily towering block of Sanford and Co. 
 In a little whde the western half was in ruins, and clotiiing enough to have stocked the stores 
 of an ordinary city was either C(jnsuiiied or, so damaged as to be rejected from the ordei-s ol 
 he hou.se. Orders to the amount of hundreds of thousands of dollars must be filled for the fall 
 and winter trade, and these stocks of clothing were just waiting shi|)ment to nearly every 
 business centre l>etween the Etistern 1 rovinees and Biitish Columbia. 
 
 As the spring and summer's labor of over one thousand hands was thus being licked up 
 by the fiames, and the hope of saving the innnense building was abandoned by all, Mr. Sanford's 
 
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 generalship was fully called into play, and into the twelve horn's succeeding the cry of fire was 
 crowded as much of clear-headed successful planning as often falls to the lot of any man to 
 execute in such a time. Suitable places must be found to receive the goods that the dozen 
 drays all niglit long taking from the building. Twelve hours from the first cry of "fire," 
 the Crystal Palace is engaged, one of the largest breweries, and a large warehouse on James 
 Street, and all of them officered and manned. That being done in the light of the still increas- 
 ing flames, an architect is consulted ; plans for a much finer building are ordered ; contractors 
 are advised with, and already, ere the crowd have withdrawn from the ruins, a block superior 
 in every respect to the old one is guaranteed to the city. It might have been expected that 
 long and tedious delays must postpone the consummation of the plan, for, when thirty-eight 
 Insurance Companies are interested, complications may be expected. Not so inth" ; case. For, 
 although smoke still rises from the ruins opposite, so thoroughly systematic had been the arrange- 
 ments of the establishment, and so clear every claim, that weeks ago the hist Insurance Com- 
 pany had completely settled, and in no case was theie a solitary ground of complaint or causa 
 of contention. 
 
 A few such men make a city, and their presence in a business community is invaluable, 
 not merely for the financial activity engendered by them, but also for the business example 
 they set and the hopes they inspire. Mr. Sanford could well afford to retire, and spend the 
 rest of his days in liberal travel, or in his own magnificent, palatial home, a home that in elegance 
 of equipment and gracefulness of style, as well as beauty and richness and surroundings, is fit 
 enough for the accommodation of Vice-Royalty, and was generously ten<lered for that purpose 
 on the occasion of the recent Vice-Regal visit. 
 
 But habits so thoroughly interwoyen are not to be thrown off" in a day, and Mr. Sanford is 
 istill in his prime. There must also be a fa.scination bordering in a charm in examining the 
 correspondence and directing the opeiatlons of a house who.se ramifications form such a net- 
 work. 
 
 Well is it for Hamilton that his days <if activity promi.se to be many yet, for certainly the 
 withdrawal of such a man from active business would leave a blank which years might not fill, 
 would indeed be a public calamity. 
 
 In social life Mr. Sanford is(|uii't and unobstruslve, frank and cordial in his Iwaring, and 
 able gracefully to adajit liiiiisclt' to his snrroundinj,'s. Ho is genial, full of humor, has a fine 
 conniuiiul of diction, and arouiul his own tea-table or in a circle of intimate friends it is a posi- 
 tive enjoyment to listen to his cxliaustle.ss fund of humorous incidents or hidicrous adventures. 
 
 Mr. Sanford is a juominent nicnibcr of the Methodist church, the Secretary of the Board of 
 Tru.stees of the Centenary church, and a Steward of that church. He is one of the most 
 liberal supiwrters of the great Missionary Society of the Methodist church, and the Chinese 
 Missi(m on the Pacific Coast is known as the " Sanford Mission." He is the Trea-suror of sev- 
 
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 eral important Conference Funds and a member of several Conference Committees, and was a 
 member of the last General Conference in Montreal, and will, no doubt, be often similarly 
 honored again, for his thorough acquaintance with all mutters of business and finance will be 
 turned to good account by the church to which he belongs. 
 
 As a citizen Mr. Sanford is characterized by great public spirit. He is a warm advocate of 
 every scheme to promote the interests of his city and country, and while he has no hobbies he 
 generously sustains every public enterprise that commends itself to his confidence and dis- 
 cretion. 
 
 He has been President of the Board of Trade, is Vice-President of the Hamilton Provident 
 Bank, and a Director of the Exchange Bank. He has always been identified with the Reform 
 interest, but is moderate in his political views. Though a very young man, and though now 
 absorbed in business he may one day make some figure in political life. 
 
 In wishing for the subject of our sketch a long and happy life, we are assured of an amen 
 far wider than the limits of his own city — from thousands, who through business or social 
 intei'coux'se have found it very ca.sy to respect and esteem him. 
 
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 REV. GEOllGE SMELLIE, 
 
 F ERG in. 
 
 ONE of the clerical landmarks in the county of Wellington, Ontaiio, is George Smellie, 
 nearly thirty-seven years pastor of the Presbyterian church in Fergus. He is a native 
 of the LMiunty of Orkney, Scotland, a son of Rev. James Smellie, of the Free church, and 
 Margaret, nee Spence, of the siuiie county. 
 
 Our subject was educated by his father, and at the Edinburgli University ; wiw licensed 
 to preach in 183.'3, and after being pastor for eight years at Lady parish, came to Canada in 
 1843, and settled at Fergus, then containing, perhaps, one hundred and fifty people. For a 
 short time he was the (mly minister in the place, anil the only Presbyterian preacher between 
 Fergus and the North Pole. The village now has four Protestant churches, and one Catholic 
 church, and nearly 2,000 inhabitants. Since the union, his church, known as Free before, 
 belongs to the PreHbyterian church in Canatla. Its local name is " Melville " church. 
 
 The long continued and eminent .services of Mr. Smellie at Fergus seem to be well appre- 
 ciated by the conununity, of which he is one of the spiritual overseers. In 1857 he wa.s 
 Modeiator of the Supreme Court of the Free church in Canada, which met that year in 
 Kingston. 
 
 Mr. Smellie has always taken a deep interest in the local .schools, and has been, at different 
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 In June, 1843, he married Miss Logie.of Kirkwall, Orkney, and often children of whom 
 she is the mother, seven are living, four of them settled in life. Thomas S. T. is a phy- 
 sician at Prince Arthur's Landing, Ontario ; Robert S. is a barrister in Toronto ; George is 
 an inspector for the North British Canadian Investment Company, with headcpiarters in the 
 city, and Elizabeth is the wife of Rev. J. D. Macdonnell, pastor of St. Andrew's church, also of 
 the same city. Two sons and one daughter are unsettled, one son not having completed his 
 education. 
 
 There are very few clergymen in Ontario of any denomination, who have been preaching 
 as long in a single pastorate as Mr. Smellie ; and most of his ministerial brethren who were 
 pastors in this province in 1843, have gone to their reward. His health is still good, and 
 although Hearing his seventieth year, bids fair, seemingly, for another lustrum or more in the 
 Fergus pulpit. He is very much endeared to his people, and is highly esteemed, if not 
 beloved, by the whole community. 
 
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 WALKERTON. 
 
 TOHN JTJCHEREAU KINGSMILL, Judge of the county of Bruce, born in the city of Que- 
 ^ bee. May 21, 1829, is of Irish descent, and belongs to a noted military family. His grand- 
 father was Major Kingsmill, of the 1st Royal Regiment, and served in the war against tlie 
 American colonies ; and his father was Col. William Kingsmill, bom at Kilkenny, Ireland, in 
 1794; educated at Kilkenny college; served in Spain during the Peninsular war, being in the 
 (itith regiment, and was present at Busaco, Torres Vedras, Badajoz and the Pyrennees, and was a 
 member of that regiment and a Lieutenant when it was sent to St. Helena to guard the "Corsican 
 Lion." We gather these facts from Davin's " Tiie Iiishinan in Canada," from which we also learn 
 that early in tlie .second (juarter of this century, Colonel King.smill came to Canada and retired 
 from the service as .senior captain ; that he raised two regiments of volunteers to serve in the re- 
 bellion of 1837-'3>S ; and that he subsecjuently had connnandof 3rd Regiment Incorporatetl Militia. 
 He wait sheriff of the Niagara di.striet for twenty years; moved to Guelph in 18G2, and was 
 postmaster in that town (now city) at the time of Ids death, May G, 1870, being eighty-two yeare 
 old. He was buried at Niagara with military lionor.s. He was one of those loyal and brave Iri.sh 
 patriots, whose memory, to the true friends of the British crown, " smells sweet and blos.soms in 
 the dust." 
 
 Colonel Kingsmill married Hatmali Pinnock, a native of Hampshire, England, and had four 
 sons, only two of them now living: NicolKingsmill.of the tirmof Crooks.KingsmillandCattanach, 
 barristers, Toronto, and John J., the subject of this sketch. 
 
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 Jiidge Kingsmill was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, from 
 which he received the degree of B.A., and '^rinity College, Toronto, from which he received the 
 degrees of M.A. and D.C.L. He commenced the practice of law at Guelph in January, 1853; 
 was for many years partner of the late Hon. Ailani Fergusson-Blair ; was County Crown- Attor- 
 ney from 185G until the close of LSliO ; and during his residence in that town was very active in 
 Volunteer matters, raising one of the first companies under the old system, retiring with the rank 
 of major, which he still hoUls. 
 
 On the separation of Bruce from Huron, our subject was appointed Judge, and has held that 
 office since January 1, 18()7. He supports, with a great deal of ease and urbanity, the dignity 
 of the Bench, is cool and impartial, and his charges to a jury are very clear and emphatic. 
 
 Judge Kingsmill is a member of the English church ; has been for years a delegate to the 
 Synod of Huron, and also a delegate to the Provincial Synod, held at Montreal. 
 
 The Judge was married the first time -in 18.")-t, to Ellen Diana, eldest daughter of George J. 
 Grange, deceased, formerly sheriH" of the county of Wellington, she being killed by accident in 
 18G0; his second marriage took place in lHGl,to Julia, eldest daughter to Hon. W. H. Dickson, 
 Senator, Niagara, she tlying in 1869; and the third time in 1871, to Caroline Louise, eldest 
 daughter of Samuel Penn Stokes, of Windsor, Ont. The Judge had two children by his first wife, 
 both yet living, and the elder, Charles E, is a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy; four by the se- 
 cond wife, three of them still living, and three by the third. 
 
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 "ji /T ATTHEW WITHERSPOON MACLEAN, pastor of St. Andrews church, Belleville, was 
 -^'^-^ born at Glasgow, Scotlaml, June 11, iM+i'. While studying at the University there, 
 his father, who had filled several positions of tiust and respdnsibility, died in the prime of life, 
 after a long illness, leaving behind him little more than tlic heritage of an honest name. Our 
 subject, notwithstanding, continued to attend college for a considerable time afterwards, holding 
 a good position among his fellow students, taking the whole arts course, eom|irising classics, 
 mathematics, and philosophy, and, passing the rei|uisite exfimiimtion before the established 
 Piesbytery of (Jlasgow, became a student in divinity. 
 
 Mr. Maclean visited relatives in Canada in the summer of I8(i2, and was so impressed by 
 the representations made of the church's need of labourers, that he decided to remain and de- 
 vote himself to the cause in this country. With this intention ho entered the Divinity Hall of 
 Queen's College, Kingston, where he studied two years. He then spent a session in Princeton 
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 Canada, he was examined by the Synod in connection with the cliurch of Scotland, which met 
 at Toronto in June, 18GG ; was licensed by the Presbytery of Niagara in the same mouth, and 
 ordained and inducted into the pastoral charge of St. Andrew's church, Paisley, county of 
 Bruce, by the Presbytery of Guelph, in August of that yeitr. 
 
 The country was new ; the church had lieen vacant for a considerable time, and, jus a con- 
 sequence, the membership had dwindled down to a mere handful. As he was the only minister 
 belonging to his section of the church within forty miles, and us the lands were all settled, he 
 had a large Held to cultivate, and he set himself willingly to work to make the most of it. 
 During his pastorate there his laboi-s were abundant. Besides week-day visiting, kc, extend- 
 ing over large portions of five townshi|)s, made on horseback and afoot, he traveled every Sab- 
 bath between twenty and forty miles, preaching three times a day. 
 
 Hard as the work was, it had its alleviating and gratifying results. The church building 
 at Paisley had to be considerably enlarged to accommodate the rapidly-increasing congregation, 
 while throe promising missionary stations were starteil anil organized at various points, so that 
 within a few months after Mr. Maclean removed from Paisley, he had the happiness of knowing 
 that three pastors had settled over as many self-sustaining, vigorous congregations, in a section 
 of country where, not long before, there had been only one church, and that one small and weak. 
 
 After five yeai"s' hard, yet successful and therefore inspiriting work, the subject of this 
 sketch accepted a call for the Mill Street Presbyterian church, at Port Hoi)e, a beautiful town 
 on the shore of Lake Ontario, where he had a comfortable and prosperous pastorate of two 
 years, the church and Sundav-school both bt \\v' enlarjied ami yfreatlv strenifthened. 
 
 In 187;}, Mr. Maclean accei)teda call t.> St. An Irews church, Belleville, where he is labor- 
 ing with zeal and success. The house of worship is a large, gothic brick structure, seating O.jO 
 people, and located in an .acre lot on Church street. Its membership eujbiaees a large i)erceiitage 
 of the older and most substantial families in the city, and an unusual amount of intelligence 
 and culture. In influence it is probably the leading religious boly here, having a strong work- 
 ing force, and supporting two Sunda^'-schools. It is the oldest Presbyterian church in Belle- 
 ville, and for a long period represented the Kirk or Church of Scotland in this city. Since 
 settling in Belleville, Mr. Maclean was clerk of the Presbytery of Kingston, in connection with 
 the Church of Scotland, holding that oHice up to the tinis' of the union of the Presbyterian 
 churches in the Domiinon. While in Paisley, he was a member of the Board of Public 
 Instruction for the County of Bruce. 
 
 Mr. Maclean is a clear reasoner, a deep thinker, and has an earnest persuasive maimer, de- 
 lighting in preaching "Christ and Him ci'ucitied," rather than in purely doctrinal diseour.ses, 
 though liy no means leaving o.s.sentials untoticheil. Whatever he undertakes in the pulpit, 
 shows a thorough knowledge of his subject, and most painstaking effort to bring wliat he has 
 to say within the comprehension of all his licirers. He has an easy, graceful delivery, and cn- 
 
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 eels as a platform speaker. Ho is sclf-sacrificiiig in his devotion to liis people, and in pastoral 
 work, is untiring— always ready to visit the sick and to comfort the mourner and the broken- 
 hearted. 
 
 Mr. Maclean has been married since September 29, 1868, his wife being Isabella Elizabeth, 
 daughter of George Davidson, c.\-Mayor of Kingston. They have four children. 
 
 EDWAIID D. MORTO^\ M.D., 
 
 BAH II IK. 
 
 "TpDWARD DAVID MORTON, a very successful physician and surgeon, was born in the 
 -'— ^ county of Wicklow, Ireland, June 18, 1835, his father being Francis Morton, a gentle- 
 man farmer. 
 
 He was educated in the ordinary schools of his native country and by private tuition ; 
 came to Canada in 1850 ; studied medicine with his brother, George Dean Morton, M. D,, 
 Bradford; attended lectures in the medical department of the University of Toronto; was 
 graduated in 1860, and after practising two short years in company with his brother at Brad- 
 ford, settled in Barrie, soon building up a lucrative practice. 
 
 He has a large farm two miles from town, stocked with blooded horses and cattle, and 
 under fine improvement. It is managed by an experienced farmer, and the Doctor gives only 
 such time to it as he needs for recreation, letting nothing divert him from his professional 
 duties. He owes his success entirely to the close attention which he gives to his professional 
 studies, and the promptness with which he attends to professional calls. 
 
 January 7, 1863, Miss A. A. Laugliton, of Holland Landing, county of York, was married 
 to Dr. Morton, and they have six sons. 
 
 IvEXXETII ^lACKEXZIE, Q.C., 
 
 rOIiONTO. 
 
 TT^ENNETH MACKENZIE, Judge of the Miuitime Court, the County Court of York, and 
 '^ * two or three other courts, is a son of Kenneth and Janet Mackenzie, members of the 
 agricidtuial class, and was born in Ross-shire, Scotland, in the early part of this century. He 
 leceived a parish school education at Dengall, can\e to Canada alwut 1832, and after clerking 
 between one and two jears in a store at Montreal, ciime as far west as Cobourg, where he engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits for himself. Shortly afterwards he abandoned that life, and commenced 
 
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 tho study of law with Judge Qoorg.i M. Boswcll of Cobourg, tini.sliing his studios witli Mossrs. 
 Sherwood and Crawford of Toronto. ■ 
 
 Judge Mackenzie was called to the Bar at Michaolinn.s term, 1843 ; was created a Queen's 
 Counsel in 1853, and elected a Bencher of the Law Society in 1871. Ho practised his pro- 
 fession at Kingston for some years, and while there was appointed Judge of the County Court 
 of the United counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, liolding that office from October 
 15, 1853, until March 21, 18G5, at which latter date he resigned and removed to Toronto to 
 continue his practice. 
 
 Before leaving Kingston, the members of the Bar there presented him with tho following 
 address beai ing the signatures of Thomas Kirkpatrick, Q. C, Sir Henry Smith, Q. (/ , the Hon. 
 Alex. Campbell, Q. C, James A. Hendei-son, James O'Reilly, C. F. Gildei-sleeve, and nearly 
 every other member on the Kingston circuit : 
 
 " Tho niemben of thu Kingston Bar avail thoiuaulvus of tho prcsont opportunity of tendering to you thuir 
 respectful acknowludgitients of tho kindness, uourtosy, and attention wliich you at all times exhibited towards 
 them, during the many ye.irs wherein you have presided over the courts of these counties. 
 
 While meeting yuu olticially as a li.ir, for the last time, we do assure you that yuu will carry with you to 
 tho City of Toronto, where we undorstjind yuu are about to return to tho active dutios of your profession, our 
 warmest wishes for your professional success and future prosperity, resuUs which wo conlidently anticipate 
 must follow from tho integrity, impartiality, and zeal which have always marked your judicial career." 
 
 The county council also presented to him a highly complimentary adtlress. 
 
 Soon after settling in Toronto ho was employed (l8G(i) by tho United States (lovernment 
 to defend the Fenians, of whom twenty-two were acquitted and nineteen convicted. 
 
 During his practice in Toronto, he conducted, for tho Ontario Qovernment, nearly all of tho 
 important Crown business at the Vork assizes, and held briefs in nuvny of tho most noUvblo civil 
 and criminal cases before the courts. He was prosecuting Attorney in the celebrated case of 
 Ph(«be Campbell, «f London, who was tried in that city, c<mvicted of the murder of her hus- 
 banil, and hung ; and was also retained as the prosecutor in the case of Dr. and Mrs. Davis 
 who were tried for the crime of abortion and murder of Jennie Oilmour, and are in tho Poni- 
 tentiaiy for life. 
 
 While at the Bar Judge Mackenzie was engaged in a large number of important cases, and 
 among criminal lawyers had very few peers in the Province. His practii e was (piite extensive 
 in the several courts, and he gained a position in tho front rank of advocates in tho county of 
 York. 
 
 He was appointed County Judge on the 7tii of October, 187(1, and Judge of the Maritime 
 Court of Ontario, cm the 12th of July of the following year. He is also Judge of the General 
 Criminal Sessions, of the Surrogate Court, of the Court of A.s; essment Appeals, and of the 
 Insolvent Court. He is likewise Judge of ten Division Courts, the duties of which are dis- 
 charged by the Junior Judge, John Boyd. 
 
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 No other man in Ontario is Judge of so many courts as our subject, whose labors are very 
 great, and lie is performing them with marked ability. The Globe of October IG, 1876, thus 
 spoke of his appointment to the York County Judgeship : ■ 
 
 " We are happy to learn that Kenneth Mackenzie, Q. C, has consented, though with some rehictance, to 
 accept the Judgeship of the York County Court, rendered vacant by the decease of Judge Duggan. The posi- 
 tion is one of great responsibility, and places in the hands uf the incumbent an influence for good that few 
 other ofticial posts in Ontario confer. 
 
 The Judge of the Metropolitan County Court has necessarily a larger amount of business before him, involv- 
 ing heavier interests and more diversified issues than can well come before any other Provincial Judge ; and a 
 considerable portion of his work is of a character that eminently ruiinires a well-trained lawyer who can bring 
 thorough practical knowledge of the business of the country to bear upon it, and give his decisions with efli- 
 ciency and promptitude. He has, moreover, as Police Commissioner, duties entrusted to him, the discharge of 
 which deeply effect the moral well-being of our city. In the Surrogate Court also, and in the Insolvent 
 Debtors', and Revision Courts, he has to deal with a multiplicity of matters of very great importance. For the 
 discharge of all these varied duties Judge Mackenzie is pre-eminently 'the risht man in the right place.' He is an 
 able, upright lawyer of great experience ; conscientious, painslak iig, and earnest in all he undertakes, and ho 
 has the courage and firmness to do right under all circumstances. He has the peculiar iiualification for the posi- 
 tion of having held for ten years with distinction the County Jiidi^eship of Kingston and Frontenac, and he 
 now re-assiimes his judicial duties with twelve years of fresh and valuable experience ac(iuired as a leading and 
 successful counsel of largo and varied practice at the Toronto Bar. 
 
 In 1859 Judge Mackenzie married at Kingston, Isabella, daughter of Captain Robert Lang 
 Innes, of the British army, and they have had two children, I.sabella Catharine, still living, and 
 a twin sister, Janet ilary, who died before she was a week old. 
 
 WILLIAM X. HUTTOX, 
 
 sr. MAnrs. 
 
 WILLIAM VEAL HUTTON, one of the most successful business men in St. Mary's, is a 
 .son of George Jfartiu and Ann Austin (Veal), Hutton, and was born in Ringwood, 
 Hampshire, England, April IG, 1825. He belongs to an old Somersetshire family. His father 
 was a linen draper, and a successful business man. 
 
 William received an ordinary education in a pi-ivate school, acquired a knowledge of his father's 
 business, and in the autumn of 1850 emigrated to Canada, and settled at St. Mary's, then a very 
 snaall village. Here he purchased a mill, and was engaged in the manufactme of flour imtil 18G!>, 
 ■when he retired from business, his operations having been attended with marked success. While 
 engaged in manufacturing flour, Mr. Hutton had a careful oversight of his business, and man- 
 aged everything with prudence; hence his good luck, retiring in the prime of life, with a com- 
 petency, and in a condition to enjoy it. He has a large and elegant stone hou,se on the outskirts 
 of the town, centrally located in an eightecn-acre lot, embellished with shade trees, and fitted up 
 
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 with a great deal of taste, and there is spending the quiet afternoon of life with much pleasant 
 surroundingH. His conservatory it wouhl be difficult to match in the country. 
 
 During his business years Mr. Hutton did not live wholly to himself; far from it; he did good 
 service in the municipality of the town, and in other positions of trust and responsibility ; was 
 in the council several years; was mayor in liSGG ; a trustee of the grammar school a long time 
 and has been a magistrate since 18')G. 
 
 In politics he is a Conservative, but has never been very acti^'c. His religious connec- 
 tion is with the Church of England, and, as far as we can ascertain, he has lived an exemplary 
 life. 
 
 Mr. Hutton has three brotliei-s residing in St. Mary's.all belonging to the most successful and 
 best class of citizens ; Joseph Osman Hutton.a retired speculator in real estate, Theodore Hutton, 
 a leading dry goods merchant, still in trade ; and Albert Hutton, a retired miller. No family in 
 the town is more prominent or more highly respected. 
 
 THOMAS MURRAY, :Nr.P.P., 
 
 VEMimOKK. 
 
 rriHOMAS MURRAY, member of the Local Parliament for North Renfrew, Is a native of 
 -*- the county of Carleton, Ont., dating his birth in the township of Gouldbourn, January 
 IS, 183(j. His father, James Murray, from King's county, Ireland, came to Canada about 1825, 
 and was engaged in commercial pursuits and afterwards farming, <lying at Gouldbourn about 
 184G. The mother of our subject was Elizabeth Burrows, who died in 18')4. Mr. Murray 
 received his education in his native township, and at Smith's Falls ; and when fourteen years 
 of age became an apprentice to the mercantile busine.ss with tlie late W. R. R. Lyon, of Rich- 
 mond, county of Carleton. Mr. Murray married Miss Jane Copeland, of Richmond, in \HT^o, 
 being about that time in business for himself in Ottawa; in IS.'iO removed to Pembroke, where, 
 in company with his late brother Michael, under the firm of Murray Brothers, he commenced 
 and did an extensive business as general merchants, for about five yenis, when Michael, who 
 was a shrewd business man ami very popular, died of brain fever, lonving a young widow and 
 one child, now Miss Elizabeth Murray. He then took his ne.xt youngest brother, William, as a 
 partner, and changed the name of the firm to T. and W. Murray, and has since carried on a 
 large general business, dealing in lumber, and extensively in proiluce and raw furs. They 
 have had their set-back in the last four or five yeai-s, like hundreds of other lumber dealers, 
 liut reuiembering the good luck of former years, tiiey are pushing on, full of hope and good 
 cheer, fortune alreaily beginning to turn a friendly face toward them once more, the depression 
 
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 of business gradually passing away. They own a large amount of real estate, which, in their 
 section at least, has a buoyant tendency, 
 
 Mr. Murray was a councilor and reeve of Pembroke for several years, ana, at the time of 
 the Confederation (18C7), contested the North Riding of Renfrew and was defeated. He sat 
 for the last two sessions of the first parliament of the Ontario Legislature, succeeding John 
 Supple, who resigned and has since died; was defeated for the same legislative body in 1871, 
 by Thomas Deacon, Q. C, and in June, 1879, contested the riding again and defeated his old 
 opponent, Mr. Deacon, by more than a hundred majority. His brother, already mentioned, was 
 elected to the House of Commons, in 1874, over Mr. White (who was unseated), and sat one 
 session, when he was also unseated, and was defeated at the next election by his old opponent, 
 Mr. White. 
 
 Mr. Murray is a Liberal, an independent thinker, and stands well witii all parties. In his 
 religion he is a Roman Catholic, and is a man of sterling integrity. Both he and his brother 
 have the fullest confidence of the farming community and of all classes with whom they have 
 dealings ; and they owe their success in life, no doubt, in a largo measure, to their strict regard 
 for their woitl, and their straightforward course in all business transactions. 
 
 A few years ago, the Murrays, in connection with Judge Doran, i)urchased a large tract of 
 real estate in the corporation of Pembroke, laid it out in town lots, much of it in prosperous 
 times having been disposed of to good advantage, and is being rapidly built up, that section of 
 the town being known as the Murray ward. 
 
 LARRATT W. SMITH, D.C.L., 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 T" ARRATT WILLIAM SMITH, of Sunnnerhill, Yonge street, in the county of York, 
 -'— ^ barrister-at-la w, of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, wiis born at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, 
 England, on the 29th day of November, 1820. His father, Larratt Smith, Es(i., in early life re- 
 ceived a commission in the Royal Artillery, but subsecjuently entered the Field Train depart- 
 ment on its organization, and rose to the head of it, and was for many years previous to, and 
 during, the war of 1812 with the United States, and subsequently, stationed at Quebec in charge 
 of the whole department in Canada, as chief commissary. After retiring upon half-pay, and re- 
 moving to England, he, in 1833, returned with his family, consisting of four children, of whom 
 the subject of this notice was the eldest, to Upper Canada, and was induced by the then Lieut- 
 Governor, Sir John Colbornc (the late Lord Seaton) to settle in Oro, in the county of Simcoe, 
 where some of his old military a.ssociates had preceded him ; he soon afterwards removed thence 
 
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 to Richmond Hill, Toronto, and finally to England, where he died at his residence, Cumberland 
 Place, Southampton, on the 30th of January, 1860. 
 
 Mr. Larratt Williiim Smith, on his arrival in Toronto (then York), with his parents, in the 
 summer of 1833, entered Upper Canada College where he remained until July, 1838. While 
 there he obtained a fair share of its honors, including the prize poem foi- 1837, on the subject of 
 " The Accession of Queen Victoria;" entered the Law Society as a student of the senior class in 
 Michaelmas term, 1838, and was articled and served five years with the late Chief Justice 
 Draper ; admitted an attornej' in Michaelmas term, 1843, and called to the Bar in Hilary term, 
 1844. At the opening of King's College, in 1843, he matriculated in Arts, and passing on to 
 law, took his degrees of B.C.L.andl).C.L.,th flatter in 1852. Soonafter being called to the Bar, he 
 purchased a partnership interest in the legal firm of Messrs. Smith, Crooks and Smith, of Toronto, 
 and became the junior partner thereof. Since that time Mr. Smith has practised his profession 
 in partnership, at diH'erent times, with the Hon. Adam Wilson, present Chief Justice of the 
 Court of Common Pleas, James H. Morris, Esq., and Samuel George Wood, LL.B. ; at present 
 is .senior partner in the firm of Messrs. Smith, Wood and Bowes. 
 
 Since 1833 Mr. Smith has resided in Toronto and its vicinity, and during that time has htld, 
 and still holds, many important positions of honor and emolument, But howexer vario<l the in- 
 terests that require his attention, it .seoms to be fully within his grasp to bring to the discharge 
 of his multifarious duties the requisite business ability to ensure success. He has acquired an 
 enviable reputatioii as a good financier, an able manager.anexct'UentofHci' lawyer, and a. shrewd, 
 straightforward business man ; and his various positions in the management of different finan- 
 cial institutions indicate that these (|ua]ities arc ai>pret'iated and called into use. Amongst the 
 multitudinous duties \a) which his attention has been, and is still devoted, may be briefly men- 
 tioned the following : Clerk of the court of Appeals for Upper (^anada ; pro-vice chancellor, and 
 sub.se(iuently vice-chancellor of the University of Toronto ; president of the Building and Loan 
 Associaticm since its incorporation in 1870; vice-president and director of the Toronto (^>nsum- 
 er,'-' (tivs Company for over twenty years, and al.soof the Canada Bolt Company for several years; 
 director of the Bank of Upper Canada ; of the London and Canadian lioan and Agency Co. ; of 
 the " Haml-in-Hanil," " Sovereign " and Isolated ilisk, Fire Insurance ( •ompanies ; of the Anchor 
 Marine Insurance Co. ; of the Merchants' Building Society ; of the (irand Trunk Telegraph ( 'o. ; 
 of the Ontario Peat Co. ; and a local director of the Life Association of Scolland ; life .senator 
 of the University of Toionto, and Heiicher of the Upper Cauada Law Society. During the re- 
 bellion of 1837, Mr. Smith servo<l m lieub-nnnt in tiie 4lh North York, and subsecpiently became 
 senior major of the Oth battalion of Toronto (se.lentary) militia. In ls7t; he was chairman of 
 th(> royal conmiission to investigate certain cliaiges in connection with the Northern Railway. 
 In addition to his other numerous associations, he is a life member of many of the Toronto per- 
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 In political views Mr. Smith is a Reformer, but has never taken an active part in politics, 
 though frequently solicited to »lo so ; and in religion is a member of the Ciuirch of Knghiml, 
 being at jnesent churchwarden of Christ thurch, Yonge street. 
 
 Tn December, IS^','), he married Eliza Caroline, dauglitor of stiiH-surgeon Thom, of Perth, 
 half-sister of Mrs. Spragge, wife of the present Chancellor. Siie died si.\ yeais later, leaving 
 two children, the eldest of whom dieil from the cttects of neglect and exhaustion incurred by the 
 Fenian raid, and especially from the affair at Ridgoway, in 1800, ami was buried with military 
 honoi-s by the 13th regiment, to which lie belonged, a comjiain' of the regiment attending his 
 funeral from Hamilt(m. The second .son died at Barrie, wliilst attending the grammar schocd 
 there. Our subject was married a second time, at Toronto, on tlie 19th of August, 1 808, to 
 Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late James Frederick Smith, Es(|., for many years a 
 well-known merchant of Toronto. Ry the latter marriage he has had eleven children, ten of 
 whom survive. 
 
 JOIIIS' CEOEGE nODCilNS, M.A., LL.J)., F.RCJ.tS., 
 
 TOliONTO. 
 
 WITH the single exception of Dr. Ryerson there is no other who has had as much to do 
 with the development of the educational systems of Ontario as Dr. Hodgins. For 
 nearly forty years he has been at the helm of the educational sliip, and while all agree (and 
 none more heartily than the subject of this sketch) that to his great captain, Dr. Ryerson, the 
 credit is maiidy due, it is certain that the i)erseverance, the faithfulness, and especially the ad- 
 ministrative ability of Dr. Hodgins contributed very laigely to the triumphant .success which 
 they so harmoniously accomplished. 
 
 .lohn (leorge Hodgins, brotherofThonuvs Hodgins, (J.C., whose sketch appears elsewhere in 
 this volume, was born in Dublin, August I -J, 1,S:!I, and came to Canada when twelve years of 
 age. He A\as educated, therefore, in this rrnvince, and few of her sons, eiiher bv birth or 
 adoption, have .sti well repaid the debt which they owe her. He attended the I'pper ( 'aimda 
 Academy, and Victoria College, Cobourg. He received the degree of M.A. from Victoria 
 University. Altlmugh his duties were very nuerous, he found time to graduate in the faculty 
 of Law in Toronto rniviisity, from which h,' reetive<| the degrees of LL.IJ, in 18(i(), and of 
 LL.I>. in IS7(>. He was called to the l?ar uf Ontario in the year 1S7(J. 
 
 His connection with the Kdiiealion Department began in 1844, when he was ajipointed 
 senior clerk. In lS+(> he beeame Secretary of the Hoard of Education for Upper Canada, after- 
 wards called the Council of Public Instruetioii. Hi was elevated t(i his present responsililo 
 position in |8.'».">, and has now tilled it for a <|UMrter of a eent'iry with very nuich credit. Ho 
 
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 left nothing inuloni' wliicli lie could possiMy do to fit himself fully for the perfoiinnnec of tho 
 duties of his ottice. He spent a year at his own expense in DuMin after his appointment in 
 familiarizing himself witii tho details of the management of the oHice of the National Board of 
 Education in Ireland, and in learninji: the workin'' of the normal and model scliools under their 
 charge. Such zeal could only have one result. That result, in tho case of Dr. Hodgins, is hest 
 expressed in tlie language of Dr. Ryemon, in his letter to Hon. Edward Blake, on his proposed 
 resignation of the position of Chief Superintendent of Education, in 1S71 : 
 
 " In tho prnotical adiiiiiiistrutitiii nf tlio Eiluciitinii Doi)nrtineiit an alilcr, niore judicious and roliablo man 
 cannot be found than Dr. Uudgins, who has been in tlio Dopartuiout twonty-sovt'n yoara — who was first oduuated 
 to business in a retail store in (ialt, and afterwanls in a wholesale establishment in Hamilton with the Slinsons 
 —clerk in the same establishment with Chiirli'S McGill, M.l'., and was otlered to be set uji in business by 
 the Stinsons, or admitted as a partner within a year or so if ho would remain, but ho chose literature and 
 went to Victoria College, in 1840, where I foinid him ; and on account of his punctuality, thoroughness, neatness, 
 and excellent conduct, 1 appointed him on trial lirst clerk in my olticein 1844 ; and having proved his ability, 1 
 wrote to him when I was in Europe, to come home to his widowed mother in Dublin, and spend a year in the 
 great E liication Ollico thoru, to loam the whole system and management— I having arniuged with the late Arch- 
 bishop Whately and other members of the National Hoard, to admit Mr. H. into their olhce to study the 
 principles and details of its management and of the Normal and .Model Schools connected with it. Mr. Hodgins 
 did so at his own expense, and losing tho .salary for the year ; at tlie end of which ho returned to my otKco with 
 the testimonials of the Irish National Hoard, as to his diligence and the thorough manner in which he had 
 mastered tho modes of proceeding in the several branches of that great Education De|)artment. He also brought 
 drawings, of his own make, of tho Dublin education otiices. Normal and Model schools. Then since you know 
 that Mr. Hodgins having taken his degree of M.A., has proceeded regularly to his degree of law in tho Toronto 
 I'niversity, and has been admitted to the Har as Harrister-at-Law. He is, therefore, tho most thoroughly 
 trained man in all Canada for the Education Deparlment ; and is the ablest, most thorough administrator of a 
 l)ublic department of any man with whom I havo met. t think he hivs not boon apiireciatod according to his 
 merits; but should you create and till the oHice of Minister of I'ublic Instruction, you may safely conlide the 
 ordinary administration of the Education Department to Dr. Hodgins, with the title of my otiiee." 
 
 This tribute from a man under whom he had labored for thirty years, briefly summarizes 
 the history »)f a record of which any man miglit be justly proud. 
 
 Dr. Hodgins is the author of several works, cliiftiy text-liuoks, which have lieeii extensively 
 used in the i»ublic and high schools of Cauaila. Tiiosc best known are Lovell's (ieiieral (ieo- 
 graphy, Ea.sy Lessons in General (Jeography, First Steps in (Jeneral Oeography, School History 
 of ('anada, and of tht^ otlu-r British North American Provinces. lie also published the t'ana- 
 dian School Speaker and Reciter, the School Manual, Lectures on Scliool Law, Sketches and 
 Anecdotes of tlie Queen, and The Scliool Hoii.se. One of tlie most important of his publications 
 is the Report of the Kducational Features of the Centennial Kxhibition at I'liiladelphia. This 
 is a most exhaustive and able work, and it received on its publication the mo.st llattering 
 testimonials both in America and Furope. 
 
 Besides these he bus written very largely ibr the jieriodical press on cihicational, historical, 
 commercial and social iiuestioiis. lb' was editor of the .loarmil of h'lliicaltoii during tho 
 whole of the long period of its issue, lirst lus the associate of Dr. Ryerson, and afterwards an 
 sole editor. All his works give evidence of great care, correct tivste, and wide research. 
 
 

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 In social life Dr. }[uilgiiis is well-known to be a kiml-lieaited, genial, and cultured man. 
 He luis iUwnys taken a very active interest in many schemes of i)ractical benevolence and 
 christian work, and has been frciniently called upon to occupy honorable and responsible 
 po.sitions in connection with them. He has been for many years, and is now, Hon. Secretary 
 of the Bible Society, and of the Anglican Synod of the Diocese of Toronto. He is fre- 
 frequently called upon by his Alma Mater to occupy positions of honor and responsibility, and 
 on all occasions jierfornis his duties with ability and courtesy. He has permanently connected 
 his name witii Victoria Universiiy by founding the llyerson, Webster and Hodgins Prizes, and 
 he has also graven it on the history of his adopted country by his long career of honorable labor* 
 When the history of the educational progress of Ontario is written, the name of Dr. Hodgins 
 must occupy a prominent position in it. His legal knowledge was of good service in arranging 
 a school law which is tlie basis of the whole .sjstem, and he will merit the gratitude of posterity 
 for aiding to establish the magniticont art museum of Toronto, and for his succe.s.sful efforts in 
 disseminating literature so widely through the agency of the People's Depository. 
 
 Since the time of the Rebellion, Dr. Hodgins has been a staunch Conservative, and in 
 religious views, is connected with the Episcojjal church. 
 
 In 184'J he was married in Dublin, Ireland, to Frances Rachel, eldest ddUghter of James 
 Doyle, Escp, of Cloyne, County of Cork, by which union he has four sons living, two of whom 
 are barristers, one practising in Bowmanville, and the other in Toronto. 
 
 PETER K SHAVER, M.D., 
 
 STh'A Tl'Oin). 
 
 PETER ROLPH SH.VVER, one of the leading piiysicians in the county of Perth, and a 
 county coroner, was born near Hamilton, Ontario, July 27, 182L(. His graiulfather, a 
 United Empire Loyalist, from Pennsylvania, was in the war of the colonies, and his father, John 
 Shaver, a native of the county of Wentworth, was in the war of 1S12-I4, and the rebellion of 
 lls;{7-'38. The nioth'ir of I'eter was t'atharine Hess. He received most of his literary educa- 
 tion at Victc.ia College, Cobourg, wlieiv he .spent three years in study in the department of 
 arts ; and subsecjuently gave fonr \eai's to medical studies at MeCiill Univei'sity, Montreal, being 
 graduated May !), iS'i-l', with the degrees of doctor of medicine and ma.ster in surgery. 
 
 Dr. Shaver came directly to Stratford, and has been in steady practice here for a (juarter 
 of a century, being, with one exception, the oldest practitioner in the town. Helms always 
 had a good reputation both for skill and care of his patients, and has made his profossiou his 
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 A year or two after settling in Stratford, Dr. Sliaver Was appointetl a coroner of the 
 county, and still holds that office. He has also been surgeon to the county jail nearly as long. 
 The Doctor was in the munici|)al council of the town a short time, but has avoided civil offices 
 as much as he could, consistently with his duties as a citizen, on account of the press of profes- 
 sional business, and his desire to keep read-up in medical science as well as in the news of 
 the day. 
 
 He is an adherent of the Methodist church of Canada, a man of noble impulses, and kindly 
 and humane feelings, carrying to the sick chamber a cheerful disposition, which has healing 
 power next to medicine. 
 
 He is one of the oldest Free Masons in Stratford, being a member of Tocumseh lodge. No. 
 144, A. F. andA.M., G. R. C. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Shaver, is Eliza Jane, eldest daughter of James Sheppard Ryan, hardware 
 merchant, Toronto, and a native of Dublin, Ireland, married June, 1856. They have six child- 
 ren, all sons. William John, the eldest, is at the Pliarmacuutical College, Toronto ; Charles 
 Beaumont, is at the Agricultural College, Guelpii, and the other four, Arthur Roljjh, Horace 
 Gregg, Sydney George and Harry Ernest, are pursuing their studies in tlie local schools of 
 difterent grades. If they live, all arc destined to have a good literary outfit. Mrs. Shaver is a 
 grand niece of the Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop Gregg, of Cork, Ireland. 
 
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 GEOlfGE S. IIEROT), M.D., 
 
 GUELI'H. 
 
 /^ EORGE SAMUEL HKROD, Guelph.the senior medical practitioner in Guelph, was boril 
 ^^ in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, May 8, 1827, being a son of Rev. George Herod, 
 of the Primitive Methodist church. He was educated at private and boarding .schools in Mans- 
 field and Birmingham ; in Novcmbei', ISlO, came to Canada ; studied medicine in the University 
 of Toronto; was licensed to practice in 1847, by tiio meilical board of the Province, and after 
 practising a few years at Georgetown, Halton county; settled in Gueiph in April, 184.'). 
 
 In his earlier years in his profession, Dr. Herod had many very hard rides. The country 
 was thinly settled ; tliere were but few villages and towns, and tliey wide apart ; physicians and 
 surgeons were scarce, and at one period his circuit extendcil over a radius of thirty miles. He 
 has always been in general practice, and has iiad a liberal share, being the leading physician in 
 Guelph for a quarter of a century, His acquaintance is extensive, and he is greatly esteemed 
 for his excellent cliaracter as well as skill. 
 
 The Doctor has been a county coroner and jail surgeon since 1834 ; was appointed surgeon 
 
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 of the Wellington battiilion on its orgnnization, anil held that position until lie resigned ; was 
 in the town council several years ; a member of the school board some time, and mayor of the 
 town two tenns. 
 
 He is returning officer for Snugeen and Brock districts for the Medical College of Physi- 
 cians and Surgeons of Ontario ; is a Master Mason and an adherent of the English church. 
 
 In 18G3 he married Miss Margaret Sandilands, daughter of Thomas Sandilands, for many 
 years manager of the Gore Bank at Guelph, and they have two children living, and have buried 
 two. 
 
 The Doctor has reported a few interesting cases for medical periodicals, but has not pub- 
 lished much in the form of essays. His time seems to be well taken up with his extensive 
 practice and his readings. He is a well posted man in medical and surgical .science. 
 
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 WILLIAM REYNOLDS, 
 
 GUELPH. 
 
 "TTTILLIAM REYNOLDS, tieasurer of the county of Wellington, and notary, was bora in 
 " ' Achill, on the west coast of Ireland, on the 9th of February, 1831, At the early age 
 of eight, shortly after the death of his father, he was sent to London, England, to be educated 
 under the eye of his uncle. Rev. Henry Rej-nolds, rector of Henley-on-Thames. It being 
 determined that he should enter the royal navy, and having passed a satisfactory examination, 
 he received a cadetship in the year 184.5. After cruising a short time in the Channel, lie was 
 ordered to India. The inactive life at that time on board a war vessel, did not .suit his adven- 
 turous spirit, .so he gave up his comnii.ssion, with a determination to see as much of the world 
 as possible. During the years 1840, 1847, and 1848, he visited Calcutta, Bombay, China, Japan, 
 Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, St. Helena, Ascension, the Sandwich and Society Islands, 
 and Mexico, and in 184!), California, where he remained until 1852. During that period he 
 served as a volunteer in the Oregon war, in which he received several, but no seveie, wounds. 
 
 In the year just mentioned, Mr. Reynolds sailed for England, but, as we once heard him 
 remark, the old .sod haj in a great measure lost its charms for him ; so he again set sail for 
 California, and on his way called on an uncle and a brother, living in the county of Wellington, 
 Ontario. 
 
 Having received a severe wotmd in the ankle in California, in 1854, Mi\ Reynolds retraced 
 his steps to Canada, and the next ^ear entered the office of Col. James Webster, of Guelph, 
 who, in 1858, was appointeil registrar of the county. At the same time Mr. Reynolds was 
 appointed deputy registrar, and held that office until 18G8, when he was elected county trea- 
 surer, an office which he still holds. Having seen much of the world, and the ups and downs of 
 
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 life, he quietly attends to the duties o^ his otlice ; and while an ardent adniiior of the Conserva- 
 tive .party, he seldom takes an active part in the turmoils of elections. 
 
 The subject of this notice is a member of the Church of England ; was warden for a num- 
 ber of years, and during his term of office took an active part in the construction of St. George's 
 church, which, for architectural beauty, has few e([uals in the Dominion of Canada. 
 
 Mr. Reynolds married Catharine, third daughter of John Patterson, Puslinch, county of 
 Wellington, on the 1st of October, 1863, and 1ms six daughter and one son. 
 
 The father of Mr. Reynolds was Fiancis Reynolds, captain in the royal navy, and, wlien 
 midshipman, was at the capture of Washington, D. C, during the war of 1812-14. Captain 
 Reynolds was born in Wales. His father, Owen Reynolds, was rector near Bangor, Wales, and 
 married one of the Playford.s, of Northumberland. Captain Reynolds, while stationed in Ire- 
 land ai chief officer of the coast guards, married Margaret, daughter of Cior, a descendant of Cior 
 O'Doherty, who will be remembered by every student of Irisli liistory. 
 
 Mr. Reynolds has sailed through many latitudes and longitudes, and visited many countries 
 and numerous islands, and he prefers the climate of Ontario to any place lie has ever seen, ex- 
 cept, perhaps, one or two of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. lie always traveled with both 
 eyes open, lias a good memory, and is a rich entertainer when he narrates the fruits of his ob- 
 servation and experience, and especially his perils liy sea and by laml. 
 
 EOBEKT GlBJiO:XS, 
 aoDKRicn. 
 
 ~n)OBERT GIBBONS, sheriff of the county of Huron, belongs to an old Birmingham, (Kng- 
 -*- •^ land) family, where his father, William Gibbons, and the ancestors for several genera- 
 tions, were born, though he himself dates his liirth in Glasgow, Scotland, December 24, 1811. 
 His father was an ingenious mechanic or michinist, engaged for years in turning, finishing ami 
 fitting up machinery. The maiden name of Robert's mother was Margaret M. McDonald, 
 who wa.s born in Scotland. 
 
 In June, 1820, the family left the old world for Canada, landing at Quebec in August, and 
 settling on land in the county of Lanark. About four hundred per.sons came nut on the .same 
 vessel from Glasgow, and settled in the same county, eaeli head of a family having the offer of 
 ]()() acres of land from the Government, on condition that they would occupy and improve it. 
 Robert aided liis father in opening a farm there; in 1827 went witli the family to Pottsdam, 
 St. Lawrence county. New York, where he spent five years in cultivating land, and where lie 
 received most of liis education ; and on tlie Kith of May, 1832, reached Goderich, walking all 
 
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 the way from Toronto, al)out 13.') miles. The town then contained, perliaps, 250 inhabitants, 
 anil he lias seen it expand into a town of nearly ."i.OOO. 
 
 When Mr. Gibbons reached tliis point, lie had only a very few dollars in money, but ho 
 had the wealth of a sound constitution, two hands, already toil-hardened, and a di.sposition to 
 ii.se them. After working a few months at farming, he opened a moat market, and for sixteen 
 years was a butcher and cattle drover— a very stirring, energetic business man. After a short 
 time he also carried on farming and stock-raising, continuing in agricultural pursuits until a few 
 yeai-s ago. 
 
 When the rebellion broke out he went into the service as Sergeant, First Hurons, Company 
 1, and came out in March, 1838, as Lieutenant. 
 
 In l.S(57, Mr. Ciibbons was elected to the Ontario Legislature to represent South Huron ; 
 h)st his .seat during the second .session ; was re-elected in LSTl; served two sessions, and in 
 November, 1S72, resigned and accejited the shrievalty of the county, still holding that position, 
 and making an ettieient officer. 
 
 In politics he is a Reformer, and has spent much time and money in disseminating the 
 principles of the party. 
 
 Mr. Gibbons has done an unusual amount of work in the town and county nnmici^lalitics, 
 connnencing in the district council in 1S4S. He was r(>eve nearly twi'uty years and warden 
 thirteen years in succession, first of the united counties of Huron and Bruce, then of Huron 
 alone. lie was elected mayor in ItS.lS, 1.S.34 and IfS.')."), and his labors in tin; town and county 
 liave been of great value to the community. In l.SUHhe was elected a member of the Board of 
 Agriculture and Arts Association of Ontario, and served in that situation nine jears. He was 
 vice-president in 1873, and president in 1874, and his address the latter year was ordered to bo 
 printed in pamphlet form, and was widely distributeil.* 
 
 He is an adherent of the Presbyterian church — one of the most liberal supporters of the 
 gospel in Goderich, and has funds in many houses of worship in the county, as well as town. 
 
 •Tlio nddreas touclicd on a variety of tnjiios coiKliiiliiii; with (ho fiillcuviiii} remarks on Pisciciilturo : 
 " Our agricultural iiiiil othur journals do well to call public atteiitinii to this matter. A few years ago our 
 creeks, rivers, ponds and lakes teemed with lish. Fmni various causes — chiefly neylect of nature's laws of re- 
 production and increase — all this ia changed, so that where there wasOnce excellent ti.shing, now there is none. 
 Means are being taken very etl'ectively in J^ritain and tlu; I'nited States to re-stock the exhausted waters with 
 their tinny population, and yon are all familiar with the praiso-worthy efforts of Mr. Wilmot, of Newcastle, to 
 bring about siniil.ar results in this country. Hut what I have mainly in view, in the introduction of this topic, 
 is not so much goverinnental action in re-stocking public waters as iiidiviilual enterprise, in turning to good ac- 
 count springs, creeks and lakes, privately owneil. (Ireat attention is now being turned to I is matter in the 
 United States, and many farmers, whose places are suited to the purpose, are making it their business to raise 
 fish for the market precisely as others do flesh and fowl. Artificial propagation of fish can bo cheaply and 
 re.idily carried on, and the rapid growth of young fry, fed on the same principles as farm stock reared on land, 
 renders the business as fairly remunerative as the production of other kinds of human food. I beg to suggest 
 that to stimulate effort in this direction, premiums bo offered by this Association for fish of artificial propaga- 
 tion. No country is better suited than this, from its abundant water siipply, for going Successfully into this 
 branch of rural industry." 
 
 
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 Mr. Gibbons has been twice marriod, first in Novcinbnr, 1835, to Jano Wilson, from Cum- 
 berland, England, who <lied in May, 1«7.'}, leaving five ebildn-n, one of tliem soon following 
 lier to the spirit worM, and one, the only son, dying in February, 1H79. His second marriage 
 took place in June, I)S74, to Alice Roddy, also from England. 
 
 Though pressing close upon his three score years and ten, iMr. (Jiblions is quite active; and 
 although he has usually been a hard-working man, ho is well preserved. lie has a cheerful 
 disposition, and a good share of bonhomie, and they shorten nobody's days. 
 
 JOHT^ Mf^LAY, 
 
 WALKKKTON. 
 
 "FOHN Mc'LAV, the pioneer journalist of the county of Bruce, and now registrar of the 
 ^ county, was born in the city of Glasgow, Juno 11,18.'M. His father, who was a manufacturer, 
 died of cholera the following year. His mother was Ann Kerr Hell. His paternal grandfather 
 who was a stock farmer in Argyle.shire, iR'Ionged to an old family of agriculturists. The subject 
 of this sketch received hLs early education in St. Enoch's school, and afterwards at tlus Hutche- 
 sou.s' institute. At an early ag(( he entered his uncle's oHice, and learned the tratle of a com- 
 positor. At twenty-one he commenced business for himself as book printer, and shortly after- 
 wards combined with it lithographing and engraving, which he carried on successfully for five 
 years, when the state of his health nei-essitated his I'enioval to a dryer and mon^ bracing climate. 
 December 4, 18.5'), he marrietl Helen Cox Watt, daugliter of John Watt, wine and china 
 merchant, Glasgow; and in the summer of 1857, having contracted with parties in the county 
 of Bruce to publish a newspaper, came to Kincardine with his wife, child, and mother. On the 
 4th of August of that year he issuetl the first number of the " Commonwealth," the first pap(!r 
 [lublished in the county, bringing his printing material with him from Scotlan<l. He continued 
 to publish and edit that j)aper between six and seven years, during which time he resided on 
 his farm in the township of Huron, about two miles from the then village of Kincardine. 
 During that period he held at sundry tin»es the offices of councilor, deputy-reeve, and reeve of 
 the townsliip, and was a member of the united counties, council of Huron and Bruce, as also 
 of the provisional council of the county of Bruce, in which he took an active part in the long 
 contested county-town (piestion, as well as in the constructi<m of gravel and railroads and other 
 public works, which has maile the county one of the most advanced in that respect, for its 
 age, of any county in Ontario. In February, 18(54, he was appointed registrar, untler the ad- 
 ministration of the late Hon. John Sandfield McDonald, and looks as if ho were likely to 
 enjoy his ottice for a great many years to come. His appointment necessitated his severance 
 from journalism and public life. Immediately afterwards he removed to Southampton, where 
 
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 the registry offirc was temporarily located and wliere lio reiiHiiiied until the completion of the 
 county liuiidings in Waliierton, in ISIicS. Fur scvi'ra! yeiii-s Mr. McLay was chairman of tho 
 lioard of public school trustees, Waikeitoii, ami is at present a member of the high school 
 board. He is also president of the Saugicn Valh y llaihvay Company, and president of the 
 Northern Agricultural K.xhibition Company, In addition to his otKce, he hivs been a juirtner 
 in several speculations and contracts, that have resulted successfully to him. adence, 
 
 " Hillside House," and surrounding groumls, are an ornament to Walkerton, 
 
 The " Commonwealth," which Mr, MiLay conducted was a reform paper, and for some 
 yt-ars was the only newspaper of any kind in the county. Now then' are thirteen weekly 
 nev,si)apei-s— a fair index of the rapid progress of Bruce in twenty-three years. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. McLay are members of the Presbyterian chunli, and, with their family, 
 worship at St. Vo.\\\ s church, of which the Kev. Geo. Bell, LL.D., is the scholarly and much 
 esteemed pastor. 
 
 Mr. McLav has had nine of a fauiilv, sevon of whom still survive. 
 
 JOllX NICIIOL, M.D.. 
 
 I.ISTOWKI.. 
 
 TOHN NICHOL, a practising pliysjcjan and surgeon in Listuwd for the lust iMghtcen 
 ^ years, dates his birth in Glasgow, Scotland, November lU, l^i'l. His father was Hugh 
 Nichol, numufaeturer, and at one p^rioil a Biitish soldier, a mendierof the 7lst regiment, receiv- 
 ing a wound at the Battle of Waterloo. His mother's maiden name was Mai'y Caldwell, who 
 died when he was about eight years of age. He wa.s educated at a parish school : came to Can- 
 ada with the family in 184.S, and his father took up 200 acres of land in the township of Peel, 
 county of Wellington ; but the son did not incline to agricultural pui-suits, and i\\\) years after 
 coming to that county, went to Auburn, N.Y., attended a grammar seliool, and there met !)i'. 
 Joseph Marcus Morris, who was f'nuii Bartliiiluuiew's Ho.spital, London, England. At his sug- 
 gestion Mr. Nichol took up the study of medicine, with the doctor for preceptor— a man of great 
 learning and much skill in his profession. 
 
 Our subject attended lectures at the Jetlerson Medical College, I'liiladelplda, United States, 
 where he received the degree of M.D., in the spriijg <>f IS.j.") ; returned to Canada, and practiced 
 six years at or near St. Jacobs cfiunty of Waterloo; went to Toronto in the autumn of ISGl ; 
 was graduated in .\|Mil. 1S(12, and on the 2nd of June following, .settled in Listowel, then a 
 very small place. Here he soon built up a good practice, and has done a very prosperous busi- 
 ness, placing himself in a few years, in very comfortable circumstances. 
 
 l)r. Niehol has been a county eoroner more than a dozen years, iiinl a mend'cr of the village 
 
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 antl town council for nearly an ctiual lon),'th of tiuio, or since tlie village was incorporated 
 ami the first council met in January, lN(i(i. He has been tendered hijjher iiositions in the 
 municipality, but their duties woidd interfere essentially with his practice, and he guarded well 
 the interests of the village, advocating all important iniprovcuients yet a prudent expenditure 
 of public nionej's. The town hall and othvi' public buildings were erected while he wa,s in the 
 council. ■ - • 
 
 In polities Jlr. Nicliol is a Refornur, but takes no part in such matters, except to vote ; and 
 has l)een for a nundier of years, master of the Bernard Lodge, No. 22.'), of Free Masons, and is a 
 member of the Presbyteiiaii church. He bears an irreproachable character. 
 
 In Jainiary, 1S23, he married Mi.ss Isabella Mc(iregor, daughter of Rev. Robert McGregor, 
 then pastor of the Congregational cliurch of liistowel ; and she is the mother of eight children, 
 four sons and four daughters, all living but one <laughter. 
 
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 HOMKK p. TJIUnVN, 
 
 WOODSTOCK. 
 
 OMER PRATT JilJOWX, treasurer of the county of Oxfor.l, and a native of Cattaraugus 
 county, New Vorl- was born February 13, 1S22. His parents were Henry and Sarah 
 (Pratt) Brown. His fatli i vv.i- in the second w.-ir with England, fighting on the American side 
 and sub.scquently beuoming a British subject. In the infancy of Homer, the family moved to 
 the Genesee valley, and spent several years at Avon, Livingston county, and Mendon, Monroe 
 county, removing to Paris. Upper Canada, in }Ki'>. There his mother died in 1S37 ; his father 
 at Wooflstock, in JiMKI, Young Homer received an ordinary jiublic school education, limited 
 to the rudimentary branches ; farmeil till eighteju years old ; then learned the trade of a 
 moulder at Paris, and after working two years as a journeyman, came to Wooilstock in ]SH. 
 Here he started a foundry for himself, ami followed that liusiness. with fair success, until the 
 spring of l.SO?, wlien he sdM out. While thus employed he was in the town council several 
 terms, a reeve ecpially as long, and mayor in ISGl — was also connected with the volunteer 
 militia; and a Lieutenant of the 'Oxford rities," He has been a magistrate during the last 
 sixteen or eighteen years, and ticasurer of the e(.iunty since June. 18(j!). He is a careful and 
 eminently trustwoitliy otheial, in whom the iniblie have unlimited confidence. A county cannot 
 be favored with too many such staliie men as till the offices in Oxford. 
 
 Mr. Brown is a reformer in politics, and a royal arch in the ma.sonic fraternity, and has 
 lield most of the offices below the ehajiter and one or two in it. He attends the Canada Metho- 
 dist church, and maintains a high character for correctness of liabits and integrity. 
 
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 Mr. Browa is director of the Oxford Loan and Savings Society, having held that office 
 from the formation of the association, and has long been identified intimately with the progres- 
 sive elements and important enterprises of the tow n. 
 
 On the 2Cth of January, 184G, he married Miss Jennet McDonald, of Ingersoll, and they 
 have had twelve children, ten of them, six sons and two daughters, st'U living. Two of the 
 sons, John H. and Honiei A. are married. The former is engrossing clerk in the Registry 
 office, and the latter is a mechanic, both residing in Woodstock. 
 
 willta:m gukn, 
 
 WALKER TON. 
 1 1 iHE clan Gunn, to wliicli the subject of this sketch belongs, is of Scandinavian origin, and 
 
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 traces its ancestry back as far as Heiti, father of Suadi, and the brother of Gore-Nor, 
 
 from whom Norway had its name, in A.D. 090. The progenitor of the clan was Gunn, the 
 second .son of Olav, of Gairsey, a descendant of the Earls of Orkney, and the Norse Kings, after- 
 wards Olav the Black, King of Man, and the Isles, and brother of Swein, the last and greatest of 
 the riorse Vikings. Gunn was born about A.D. 1090. The country of the Gunns, after they 
 attained to numbers and strength, was in the heights of the counties of Caithness and Suther- 
 land, in the north of Scotland, ami the seat of the chiefs of the clan, was at Braemore. 
 
 William Gunn was bcirn at Thrush Grove, Glasgow, Scotland, Ma} 30, ISIG. His father 
 was John Guim, a native of Kildonan, and his mother, Janet Murray, a native of Rogart, both 
 in Sutherlandshire. William the eldest son, received a fair English, education, thorougli and 
 substantial, so far as it went, at the public .school of Melvich, a small village in the extreme 
 north of Sutherlandshire, seventeen miles west of Thur.so, to which the family had removed in 
 182G, and where William ac(iuired a knowledge of the Gaelic language. He worked on the small 
 farm, or croft, until he was eighteen years nf age, whcTi he taught school for a year in Strath 
 Melness, in the pari.sh of Tongue, in the same county. He came to Canada in 1830, and was 
 employeil for two years, at Prescott, as shipping cleik in the old forwarding house of Hooker, 
 Henderson and Co., of which firm liis uncle, Donald Murray, was a partner: and while there, 
 he shouldered his nnisket in defence of king and country, during the rebellion of 1837-'38, as a 
 .olunteer in the company raised at Prescott at that time, and conmianded by his uncle Captain 
 Murray. 
 
 He removed to Kingston in 1838, whem he acted as managing agent of the new forwarding 
 house of Murray and Sanderson, until 184G, when the firm gave up business. During tlio 
 excitement along the frontier, which followed on the suppression of the rebellion, he Joined a 
 
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 Scottish volunteer company, raised at Kingston, and commanded by Captain Alexander McNabb, 
 the present popular crown land agent of the county of Bruce, imJer whose wise and judicious 
 management that county has been so successfully and sj satisfactorily settled. In 1846 Mr. 
 Gunn removed to Lachine, near Montreal, as freight agent for the Upper Canada Royal Mail 
 Line of Steamers, that being the first year they ran below Coteau du Lac. In 1848 he removed 
 to Napanee, where he wa.s engaged in general mercantile business until 1852, when he removed 
 to the new county of Bruce, the population being, at the time, about three thousand, and located 
 on the government town plot of Inverhuron, close to which a large colony of Highlanders had 
 settled, in the townships of Bruce and Kincardine. Mr. Gunn continued to be engaged in mer- 
 cantile pursuits there for thirteen years, during eleven of which he was postmaster ; he was 
 appointed local superintendent of schools for the county in 1853, assisted the local school and 
 municipal bodies in laying out nearly all the school sections in the county, and held the office, 
 after the division of the county into school districts, until 1850, when he was elected reeve of 
 the township of Bruce, in which capacity lie served several years, taking an active part in the 
 public business of the county, and in promoting every means for developing its public improve- 
 ments, its material interests and resources. 
 
 In conseiiuence of a serious failure in the crops of the county in 1858, and the almost 
 total destruction of the remaining small quantity of grain housed and stacked, by an extraordi- 
 nary invasion of the county by an army of red squirrels and chipmunks, which overran the 
 greater portion of the county, especially the lake shore townships, moving in immense numbers 
 from south to north, devouring everything in their way, a very serious destitution took place, 
 extending over the whole county in 185',). 
 
 The provisional council of the county had to borrow a large sum of money, 834,000, from 
 the government, repayable in ten years, with interest, for the purchase of seed grain, and bread- 
 stuffs for the niaintenance of the settlors, then struggling under the privations incident to all 
 now settlements, and Mr. Gunn was appointed chairman of the county committee on destitu- 
 tion, in which cajiacity, as well as in that of reeve of the town.ship of Bruce, and member of the 
 provisional council, he performed substantial service during that trying year. Under a mo.st 
 judicious scheme, devised by Mr. Gunn, for the distributitm of relief in his own town.ship, 
 warmly supported by an enterprising and harmonious council, consisting of Messrs. N. Burwash 
 senior, Alexander MuKinnon, Capt. A. M. McGregor and Duncan McFarlane, no less than 
 seventy-eight miles of loads were ojiened in the township of Bruce, alone, during the summer 
 of 1859, on forty miles of which, not a tree had bi;en previously cut, and on the remaining 
 tliirty-eiglit miles, except in front of the clearings, little more than an ox .sleigh track had been 
 operied. The whole seventy-eight miles were chopped out the full width, four rods ; two rods 
 were cleared in the middle, the timber thrown to each side, and one rod grul)bed in the centre, 
 the entire length of mileage. The amount of work thus performed in tlie townshij) of Bruce 
 
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 exceeded all tlmt was done with the Relief Fund, in all the other townships of the county, 
 together — a gi'eat publit; work of general utility accomplished mider very severe and trying 
 circumstances, when about two hundred families in the township were dependent on the council 
 for bread, and highly creditable, alike to the pioneer settlei-s, and the then council of the town- 
 ship of Bruce. The allotment to the township of Bruce, of the S*34,()00, was ^4,000, to which 
 was added ?8()0, borrowed from the St. An<lrew's Societies of Toronto and Montreal, through 
 the instrumentality of Mr. Ounn, repaid with interest, in two yt'''*''s. being iii all the sum of 
 ?5,40(), less freight charges and other incidental expenses, invested in seed grain and bi'cadstufl's, 
 out of which, on the orders of the overseers, as the work progressed, those performing the work, 
 weie paid. 
 
 The crop of 18.')0 was an abundant one, no doubt duo in a great measure to the general 
 introduction of jiew seed, of the veiy best descriptions. 
 
 Mr. (Junn was appointed census commissioner for the county of Bruce, in the census of 1 801 , 
 when the population nuiid)ered 27,41)4 ; and again, for the North Riding of the county, in the 
 census of 1871, when the population of the county nnmberoil 48,. 5 1.'). He was appointed a com- 
 missioner for taking atlidavits in the Queen's Bench in 1853, and made himself verj' useful in 
 taking atlidavits in the laml di.sputes, in cases in which the Highlandei-s were concerned, as 
 principals or witnesses, many of whom could imt speak English, and when Mr. Clunn's Gaelic 
 did good servic(^ 
 
 In 18(i7, on the separation of the new county of Bruce from the senior county of Huron, 
 Mr. Gunn was appointed clerk of the County Court of the county of Bruce, deputy clerk of the 
 (Common Pleas, and registrar of the Surrogate Court, for the county, which otlices he is still 
 filling. 
 
 In 1842 Mr. (Sunn married Susan, foui'tli daughter of the late ('apt. George Douglas, in his 
 lifetime a merchant of Kingston, and they have had four children, all sons, only two of whom 
 are now living; William A., the second, who is a druggist and chemist, in Kingston, and John 
 F. II., the youngest, who is assistant with his fathei', in the otHce. 
 
 In politics Mr. Gunn has always been a ( 'oiiscrvativc, strong ami tirm in his convictions 
 but mild and moderate in his assertion of them, and ever since be has taken any |iart in public 
 artiiirs, school or miniii-ipal. he has enjoyed, in a I'l'in.'irkable degree, tim respect, friendship, and 
 eontideiu'e of those opposed to bis political views. This v as notably manifested in the council 
 of the united counties of Huron ,ind ISiiice, wliidi. in .Mr. Gunn's time as reeve, lunnbered some 
 fifty-five mcndiers, in whose deliberations, in committee and cli ludier discussion, lie always took 
 n leading ])art, and when? he secured the esteem and respec: of the leading Reformers in the 
 council, which he has ever since retaincil ; and afterwanls on the .sepaiation of Bruce from 
 Huron, when the leading Reformers of the comity of Bruc joined in reconmiending him to the 
 Coalition Government of l8(i(I, for lii.s present oHiee. Mr. CJunn, on several occasions, was 
 
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 appointed returning officer for tlie Nortli Hiding of tlic county, in Parliamentary elections, and 
 always discharged his duties as such, with strict impartiality, and to tiie entire satisfaction of 
 ail parties concerned. As well in defeience to the n(Mitrality whicii should charaeteriso his official 
 position, as frcmi his religious convictions, he refrains from all participation in political affairs. 
 
 Mr. (Junn heloiig.: to the religious body called Christadclphians, which he joined in \H'y\), 
 when he withdrew from the Presliyterian faith, in which he had been carefully trainetl from 
 infancy ; and, also, from the order of Freemasonry, which he joined in 184;?, and of which, in 
 Blue and Royal Arch Masonry, he had been a very active mendicr and otlicer. 
 
 Mr. Gunn has rigidly abstained from ail use, even medicinally, of alcohol, in any shape or 
 form, except in wine, .sacranientally, since June, IJSoC, a period of over twenty -three years. 
 
 JOIIiV B. T.EWIS, 
 
 UTTAWA. 
 T I 1HE late John Hower Lewis, a mcnd)ci' of the House of Commons at the time of his death. 
 
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 was a very prominent man in Ottawa tor many ycarj 
 
 md a bodk (jf this kind woidd In 
 
 imperfect without some mention of him. 'riiougli without, Kicndi blood, lie was born in France, 
 March LS, lfSl7, being the eldest son of ( Sipt. J. H. Li'wis, of the .S.Sth light infantry, known as 
 the " Connaught Hangers. 'I"he family came to Canada in the early youth of oin- subject. 
 
 ill. studied law at Toronto ; was called to tlie Bar at the Easter tei'm in l.S4(); settled at 
 Ottawa in 1)S4I ; was creatiMl a t^ueen's Counsel in l!S(i7, and elected a Heucher of tli<,' Law 
 school of Ontario in 1871. 
 
 Mr. Lewis was president of the Ottawa Agricultural Scjciety at one period ; was recorder of 
 Ottawa until the extinction of that office, and niavor of the eitv two oi' three ncjus. He was 
 
 closely identified with the iMter(st of this plii 
 
 d cheerfully lent a helping band in v 
 
 enterprises of importance to it 
 
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 ts weltaii 
 
 ItV 
 
 Mr. Lewis was returneil to Parliament by aeilaniation in 1.S7-. anil <lied on the :J4th of 
 Januarv followiii'', miieli lamented by his f'ellow-citi/.ens, and tlie i^rc>;it Canadian boily of leiris- 
 lators. His death created a felt vacuum in politics, yet very independent, frank and outs|)iiken 
 in his views; conscientious and honest in all his acts. He liu<l no patience with di.s.sendjlcrs 
 and tricksters. His politii's weii' ( 'onsei\ ati\e. 
 
 Mr. Lewis was an i'lpiscopaliau, a nirinber of ('liiist eliuicli, and for miny yeirs a warden 
 of the same. He lived a blameless life, ami at bis demise, the poor lost their best friend. 
 
 Mr. Lewis was lirst married in < )etobi'rl7, ISI-',), to .\iiiia, daughter of ('apt. Kccles, ofToronto, 
 she dying in February, LS4I ; the secoml lime, to Helen, daughtei- of ('apt. lienjamin Street, i)\' 
 
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 the Royal Navy, August 31, 1843, she dying May 2, 1856, being preceded by two of her children, 
 and leaving four, three of whom are yet living; the third tinic,toElizabethSusan,daughter of Hugh 
 Wilson, Esq., of Gloucester, Canada, October 14, 1856, having by her five children, all yet living. 
 Of his three chiklren still living, by the second wife, Olivia Henrietta is the wife of Dr. K. B. 
 Hunter, of Chicago, 111. ; William H. Lewis is connected with the Public Works department of 
 the government at Ottawa, and Bower Lewis is in a wholesale store at Montreal. The children 
 of his third Avife are, Anna Eva, Hugh Bower, Lillian Mary, Charles Albert and Winnifred 
 Miriam. 
 
 JOHN H. SANGSTEE, M.A., M.D., 
 
 PORT VERRY. 
 
 TOHN HERBERT SANGSTER, many years a prominent educator, and now one of the 
 " leading physicians and surgeons in western Ontario, is a native of L^.idon, England, 
 dating his birth March 20, 183L His grandfather, Alexander Sangstor, was an officer in the 
 Briti.sh army, and served under Wellington in the Peninsular war; and his father, John Alex- 
 ander Sangster, is a fanner, who man-ied Jane Hayes, and emigrated to the United States in 
 1832, locating in the city of New York. In 1837 the family removed to Toronto, where our 
 subject was educated in Upper Canada College and subsequently in the L^niversity of Victoria 
 College, having graduated in Arts in 18G0, and in Medicine in 1804. 
 
 Long prior to the.se dates Dr. Sangster became identified with the educational interests 
 of the Province, and held prominent positions as teacher, author of school literature &c. He 
 became connected with the Provincial Model school in 1848; organized the public schools of 
 Hamilton in 1853, and superintended them from that date to 1858 ; became First Master of the 
 Provincial Grammar School, Toronto, at the latter date; lecturer in science and mathematics in 
 the Normal School in 185!),and was elevated tothepo.sition of Head Master of that school in 1805, 
 and conducted it with distinguished ability until isTI, practising the inedical profession inter- 
 currently. As an educator he is still regarded by the nmjority of Canadian teachers as almost 
 unrivalled in the Dominion. 
 
 Between 1858 and 1871, Dr. Sangster prepared and published ten or eleven school books, 
 with an aggregate of about 2,500 pages, and iluring that perio<l they were the exclusively au- 
 thorized text-books for the public schools of the Province, Many of them are now superseded 
 by newer books, but very much of the school training of the present generation has been 
 moulded on his treatises. It would, in fact, be difficult to over estimate the extent or depth of 
 their influence in developing the vigor and tone of thought among living Canadians. 
 
 Dr. Sangster yfon for twelve years (1850-1871) professor of Chemistry and Botnny in th« 
 
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 407 
 
 Medical Department of Victoria College, filling that chair with great ability; and for three years 
 of this period also Lecturer on Renal and Vesical Diseases ; also for seven years was a member 
 of the Board of Examiners of the Council of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. He is well 
 and favorably known all over the Province. 
 
 Prior to the holding of some of the.so positions, Dr. Sangster removed in 1871 to Chicago, 
 where he spent one year, and it proved a very unfortunate one, as he had at least 88,000 worth 
 of household goods, books, apparatus, and valuable manuscripts destroyed in the great fire of 
 October 9th, of that year. While practising his profession in that city he was offered the 
 chair of chemistry in the Chicago Medical College. 
 
 He returned to Toronto in 1872, and while engaged in the practice of his profession there, 
 was, in 1874, a candidate for teachers' representative in the then existing Council of Public In- 
 truction, being opposed by Mr. Goldwin Smith, M.A., who succeeded in securing a majority 
 of votes. 
 
 In 1874 the Doctor removed to Port Perry, where he is engaged in medical and surgical 
 practice, and has a large and highly remunerative business. He is a man of eminent abilities 
 and great skill, and has the almost unlimited confidence of the community, He is thoroughly 
 devoted to his profession, and zealously attends to his duties. 
 
 He is a member of the (.'hurch of England, and a generous supporter of religious enter- 
 prises and benevolent objects. 
 
 Dr. Sangster is making himself one of the most beautiful homes in the County of Ontario. 
 " Beechenhurst " is situated on high grounds, directly on the shore of Lake Scugog, overlooking 
 the whole town from the north, and having a charming south-east view of that lively .sheet of 
 water. He has a large brick house, with the front grounds laid out with taste, and adorned 
 with shrubbery, a conservatory attached to the house on the south side, filled with a great 
 variety of plants and flowers, and a grove in the rear, rapidly being converted into a scene 
 of unsurpassed sylvan beauty. ^ 
 
 1]e:ni{y MicniE, 
 
 HE.NUV MlCItlE, the oldest merchant in Fergus, and one of the leading citizens of tiie 
 place, was born in the parish of Aberdeensliire, Scotland, November 18, 182.5. His 
 father, Janifs Michie, who was a farmer for many years, is still living, being about ninety years 
 oM. The mother, whose maiden nanu' was Sophia Stuart, died a few years ago. Henry was 
 educated at a parish school, and while securing his education, which was maiidy during the 
 winter .season, he worked at farming, and as shepherd, teaching, also, two or three terms, lu 
 
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468 
 
 THE CAX.miAS' moORAI'inCAL MCTlOKAIii. 
 
 [ \ 
 
 1840 he came to Caiiiula, ami spent sovoral years at Lontlon, learning the mercantile business 
 with an uncle, John Mieliic, wlio was for yeais a lca(lin<!f man there aniong the merchants, anil 
 in the B'ree Church of Seotiaml. 
 
 In 1X50 our suhject came to Ferjjus, connnenceil l)usiiiess for liimself as a general trailer, 
 and hivs continued to tiius ojiorato for nearly tliirty years, he heing the oidy man that was in 
 trade here at that date. He has kept steadily along, contented to do a moderate and safe 
 business. Before the advent of a railroad, he was accustomed to buy pork in bulk and 
 hauling it, by teams, to (iuelph; but the Wellington, Orey and Hruce Hail way brought a 
 market to the door of Fergus ; some time ago, and as we write, the Credit Valley llailway 
 is knocking at the doors of this village. 
 
 Mr. Michie is quite public-.spirited, and 1ms a hand in local enterpri.ses generally ; was a 
 mcnd)er of the village council a nund>er of years; has also been on the school board, and was 
 reeve one term. He holds a lieutenant's commission from Lord Dutferin, in the local militia ; 
 has been secretary-trea.surer of St. Andrew's Society, of Fergus, a long time, and holds the same 
 offices in the Free (or Presbyterian) Church. He is a man of soliil business (pialities, and gives 
 character to the counuunity in whicli he resides. 
 
 Mr. Michie heartily supports the reform party, to which he has ahva\-s belonged, and i.s one 
 of those mi'u who can give a reason for tluir political as well as religious belief. 
 
 ilune .'}, 1S(!!*, Miss Annie .Vrgo, daughter of Adam L. Argo, a prominent citizen of Fergus, 
 was joined in wetllock with Mr. Michie, and he has three children living, and lost one daughter, 
 also his wife, in May, ISTN. She was a noble chiistian mother, and her loss was fi'lt oiitside the 
 familv. 
 
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 WILLIAM JAMKS PARK HILL, tlie member of the Provincial Parliament for South 
 Simcoe, is a son of Matthew and .Margaret Parkhill, dating his birth in the county of 
 Tvrone, Irelanil, Novemher 27. LS.'l'.l. His mother is still living in the old country; his father 
 died between thirty and foity years ago. His mental drill in youth was limiteil to a eonuiion 
 school; he was employed at farming until sixteen yeai's old ; ii\ 1 M.").'>, came to Canada ; worked 
 two years in a saw mill at Pine (hove, to\vnshi|) of Vauglian, county of ^'o^k ; then removed 
 to the township of King, in the same county, and continued to ujanufaetui'e liniiber, that being 
 still his business. He removed to the township of Muhuur, county of Simcoe i^now in the new 
 county of DuHeriu) in lH7r?. 
 
 While in King, Mr. Parkhill worked for the firm of William and Robert Henrv, of Toronto, 
 
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THE CAXADIA\ JiJOOllAPJIlCAL DlcriOSAHY. 
 
 4()9 
 
 ftndthe firm of W, ami II. Hemy ami Vo. still continues, Mr. I'aikhill niannginj^ the entire 
 bmsini'ss. Tliey cut about 2,.')00,000 feet per annum, their principal market licinj^ Toronto. 
 
 Mr. Parkhill is a Hrst-class l)usine.s.s man, and besides his operations in lumber, ha.s done 
 some valuable work in the nnuiieipiditles of Mulmur and Simcoe, having,' -served as deputy 
 reeve two years, and reeve one year, beinj,' eleeteil every time by acclamation. 
 
 On the 'M)i\\ of October, 1878, Hon. William Macdou<.;all, havinjj resigned his seat in the 
 Ontario Legislature, Mr. Parkhill was elected in his place, and was re-elected by acclamation at 
 the general election, held on the 5th of June, 187!). He is a strong Conservative, represents a 
 strong Conservative district, and is a party leader in his riding. During the last live years he 
 has been president of the Conservative Association of Muluuir, still holding that position. He 
 has much infiuenee in party councils. His religious home is in the Presbyterian church, and 
 he is a generous supporter of christian enterprises. 
 
 Ill IS(J;{, Mr. Parkhill was join' d in marriage with Mi.ss Ann Jane Ciossley, of the t<jwn- 
 ship of King, and they have six children, three sons and three daughters. 
 
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 OlIN LKCKIK. banker and reeve of the village of Hrusseld, is a son of Robert and Mar- 
 garet i^(iardm'r) lA'ckie. and was born in the township of Dalhoiisie, county of Lan- 
 ark, June '17, 18.'{4. His grandfather, John Leckie. came froiu Scotland and settled in that 
 township something like sixty years ago. and died in tiie cnunty of Lambton. near Saruia, tliree 
 or four years ago. at the advanced age of !),"> years, his wife dying a little earlier, aged l»;l 
 years. 
 
 Ill the early youth of our sul>i''.t, school-houses in tin' grcMtt r pjiit of the couiitv of biin- 
 ark, were few and far apart, tin- first one wle re he attemled liciiig tlvc miles from bis father's 
 house. It was built of logs, with a stone ehimney of huge dinieiisinu-^ at our ciiil. split .slabs 
 
 for Seats and rough boards for desks. In that house | 
 
 le eoiuiucrei 
 
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 anil won Is 
 
 of a minor number of svllables. His gr,inillather lived not far off and in stnrm 
 
 ly wea 
 
 ther h 
 
 found .shelter tliere foi a few days, instead of returning every niglil tiie live miles to his 
 father's house. The other log binises, nt wliieh he sulise(|llelitlv attended seliool. were verv much 
 
 if aieliiteetuie indicated a sliidit advance, thoiieh tl 
 
 lere was 
 
 more accessible, and their st_\ 
 
 nothing IJothic or Corinthian about (•ither of them. The tiist teacher which our subject had 
 
 was John Doual 1, th 
 
 I'coiiil. John Li\ iiiijston. 
 
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 iisin of the ci 
 
 ite.l 
 
 missionarv aiK 
 
 African explorer. 
 
 lu his younger veins .Ml. Leckie did a\ariety of work— farmed, aided in getting out 
 
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 THE CANADIAS lilOGBAVlllCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 square timhor, woi-king in a lumber slmnty, rau a tliroshing niacliinc, vte. ; was always ready, 
 like Wilkins Micawber, for " .soinetliiiif,' to turnup," and unlike VVilkins, had the faculty, in 
 case of (>:noryency, of turning soujethiug up. So far as we can ascertain, there does not appear 
 to have been any laziness in the Lctkie family ; if there was, he failed to inherit it. 
 
 In July, ISr)^, Mr. Leekie came into the county of Ilunm, his father's family following 
 three months later, and located in the township of (irey, six miles from the present village of 
 Bru.ssels, there being at that time not more than a dozen families in the township. There ho 
 took up for himself and father iOO acres of land; sub.seipiently disposing of his half of it; 
 and experienced some of the hardships of backwoods life. The nearest grist null was eighteen 
 nules away, at Ko.xboniugh ; there were no roads ; traveling was done through the forests, with 
 blazed trees for a guide, and more than once, Mr. Leckie, in comj)any with other pioneer set- 
 tlers, brought sixty pounds of flour on liis back from the mill, making the eighteen miles in si.x 
 or seven hours. 
 
 There he helped builil a saw mill, and in IS.'SG put up a log store for himself, hewing the 
 logs and making the shingles with his own hands; and he drew liis first stock of goods by 
 teams from Woodstock, they coming by lail from Ifamiltitn, wh(u-e he made his purcha.ses. 
 There he traded betwee!i eight and nine ye.us, and was postmaster the last half of that time, 
 the name of tlie othco being ehanged from Ore}' to Cranbruok. It was live miles from 
 Brussels. 
 
 In July. bS(iI., Mr. Leekie settled in this place, which iiei'iime an incorporated village in 
 1873. Here he trailed in genera! merchandise and grain for twelve years; contiinied in grain 
 and produce two years longer ; built a cheese (iietory in \XW,\ and managed it till 1<S78, and in 
 August of that ye.ii', was appointed manager of the Kxehange Hank, closed — and now carrying 
 on a private liank, called Leckie's Ilaidc. 
 
 Ill' is one of the most energetic, pnblic-s|iiiitc(l men in this section, being foremost in 
 every enterprise of the least impoi'tance to the eonnnunity, no man fought more bravely or 
 perseveringly than he to .secure the railroad which now runs thrimgh P)russel.s — the southern 
 extension of the Wellington, (irey and Hrnce branch of the (Ireat Western Uailway. He repn - 
 seiits the Freehold Loan and Savings C'<iiii]iany, the WestiTn ( 'anada Permanent boan and 
 Savings Society, th(.( National Investment Coiiipany, the North Ihitish Canadian Investment 
 <'omi)any, all of 'I'oronto, and the Hamilton Provident and Loan ( 'onipany, and two or three; 
 other leading money saving institutions of Ontaiio. 
 
 Mr Leckie has been reeve, first of (irey, and then of Ihu.ssels, for tlut last fourteen or fifteen 
 years; was warden one year; has been a magistrate nearly twenty years, and is ( 'aptain of a 
 volunteer company. No. ."), .'13rd battalion. Huron. 
 
 His afliliation in politics are with the so-called " (irits," or Reformers; was president of the 
 Reform Association of (irey for somi; time ; is a leader of his party in this part of Huron, and 
 
THE CANADIAN JUOGIIAI'JICAL DICTION AltY. 
 
 471 
 
 was their cnndidati' for the House of (,'oinnions in tlie North Uidiny of Ifuron, 1874, j,'reatly 
 re(hieing tlie usual Conserviitivc uia jority. 
 
 He is 11 Master Mast)n, an O.id Fellow, an adherent of tlit* Preshyterian cliurch, and a 
 liberal i)atron of reIif,'iou.s and ehaiitalde enterprises. 
 
 Noveniher .">, hS.")!», Mr. Leekie married Miss Annie Underwood, dau^diter of .lohn I'nder- 
 wood, then a re.sident of Whithy townshij), county of Ontario. 'J'hey have no children. 
 
 AIMM IJOWLHY, 
 
 liKliLlN. 
 
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 DAM ItOWLliV, a re.sident of this rrovince 
 
 SIIK 
 
 '(• l.Sl.l, dates his liiith in Wilinot, county 
 Aiuinpolis, Nova Scotia, March ^I», 17!»2. His father, Richard Bowlby, a native of New 
 Jersey, was a V. K. loyalist, and a volunteer for a short time durin^fthc rehellion of tho Amori- 
 
 [itain in the war of l.sl:i II. His i^nandfatlier was from Nottin^ham- 
 
 olc 
 
 can coloines 
 
 and 
 
 was a ca 
 
 shire, Enj,'land, and his mother from ShcHicld. Adam reeeivi'd a (.'onmion l']n;,'hsh education ; 
 came to Upp<'r Canada in LSI.') against his father's wishes, who, und<'r the eiicumstam-es, svoidd 
 
 render the son no assistance. He made his ',iomi' t\ 
 
 wo or three vears wi 
 
 t,h I 
 
 lis unc 
 
 le, Tl 
 
 lomas 
 
 Bowlliy, in Norfolk county ; took up land on lake Krie, two miles from Otter Creek, doinj^ 
 settlei's duties on it; tiaded it fur land at Windham, which he sulisecpiently disposcil of, and 
 l(ou<;ht ):')() acres in Townsend, where hi^ livecl for twenty-one years, ad<lin;r tohis land from tiim' 
 to time, until he had between I'.OOO ami .'t.ttOO acres, and was richer than his father. He served 
 
 ma'ri.'-trate and district c(iun<-i!nr 
 
 s( vcral ycai 
 
 wa 
 
 s (ird( i!v sergeant under his father in 
 
 1812-14, and ( 'aptain of the Wat'-rfonl company din-ing the reliellion of 1.S37-.S.S. 
 
 About liS44 Mr. Howlby gave his |)i(iiierty in Townsend largely to his second son, the oidy 
 farmer in the family, and bis only daughter; removed to Waterford, same coinily, and bought 
 fifty acres of Ijind adjoining tlie village, disposing of it some yiMi's afterwards, giving most, t\\' il 
 to his .sons. He svas for seventeen consecutive years treasurer of a masoiiie lodge, in the county 
 of Norfolk. 
 
 Of late v<'fii'^ Mr. iJowlliv has lived with bis cbildicu, liisl oni 
 
 d tl 
 
 lell iinotliel 
 
 Tb 
 
 climate at IJeilin M<;rees witli bim best, and it is not unlikelv that be mav end bis davs ben 
 
 11 
 
 e IS iipjiroacb 
 
 his ilOth VI 
 
 mil does not like to travel, lie 
 
 IS sli 
 
 ,ditly deaf, yet clear 
 
 beade(l for a man of bis years, and ipiite interesting in con\ersati<in. He was piaeed in iiide- 
 jiendent circumstances years ago. 
 
 His wife, wlioiii he chose in I. Si it, and who was Klizabeth Sovereign, from New Jersey, 
 ilied in lH(i(i, leaving six cliilclreii, all well settled. Alfred, tin- eldest son, is a physician and 
 
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 THE CAXADIAX lilOGRAFHlCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 surgeon nt Waterfonl ; William Im.s the old homuHtoail at Townsend ; David Sovereign, is a physi- 
 cian and surgi'on in Berlin ; Ward Hamilton is a barrister, and LL.B., and county attorney and 
 clerk of the peace for Waterloo ; John Wedgewood, is a banister and LL.B., at Brantford, and 
 Mary Ursula is the wife of Col. Walker Powell, of Ottawa, Adjutant-General of the Dominion 
 of Canada. 
 
 KKLBETs^ S. PATTERSON, 
 
 liKLLKVlLLK. 
 
 "T~)KUBKN SPAULDIX(J PATTBniSOX, mayor of theiityof Belleville, is descended from a 
 "'- ^ family which was among the original settlers in Londonderry, N. H., emigrating from the 
 north of Ireland in VI'M't. Peter Patterson, the progenitor of the Pattei'.sons in New Hamp.shire, 
 was from the county of Antrim, born in 1710, and dying in 1800. The colonists who came 
 with him brought their minister and doctor, and e\t'rything which they thought would be ne- 
 ces.sary in starting a colony. 
 
 The grandfather of ReubcTi was Thomas Patterson, who fought for the independence of the 
 American colonies, and who was in the third generation from the pioneer in Southern New 
 Hampshire. 
 
 Tlie parents of our subject were Robert and Ksther (Spiiulding) Patterson, his father 
 being at one time a member of the New Ham[ishire Legislature and a merchant in Londonderry, 
 wlierelie was born; and his mother was a second ccmsiu to Franklin Pierco, President of the 
 L^nited States in 18o.'3-liSo7, and was born from English parentage. 
 
 Reuben was born in Londomli iiy, llareh iG, 1<S20, and was the sixth eliild in a family of 
 ten children, eight sons and two daughters. Li liS29 the family emigrated to western New York, 
 tettling in Perry, then in Cieiiesee, now in Wyoming county, where Reuben was educated in the 
 district school and the Perry Cent;e ai-ademy, his father there settling on a farm. Both parents 
 died at an advauce<l ago at AVesttield, New York, resiilingat that time with their son, Alfred S. 
 Pattei'soii. 
 
 Hon. (leni'ge W. Patteison, of WesttieM, at one tiuie Lieut. -tJovernor of -New Vork, was a 
 brother of Robert Patterson. Another brother was at one time representative in Congress from 
 Genesee county. New York. 
 
 Our subjt'ct, like some of his brotln'r.*, had a taste for mechanics, and learned, with two 
 older brothers, James and Alfred, to manufacture agricultural implements, working in Rusli and 
 Canaiulaigua, N. Y. 
 
 In 1H+>S Mr. Patterson came to Dundas, Canada West, whither his brother Robert preceded 
 him, and there they engiiged in the m.uiufacture of agricultural implements, removing to Belle" 
 ville in the spring of 1.S51, and here continuing the same busines.s. The firm of R. and R. S 
 
ri!K CA KADI AN lltOGtiAVlIlCAL DtCTlONARi. 
 
 47n 
 
 Patterson continued until ISOS, whun, the iieivlth of the senior member failinjj, he rcmoveil to 
 Michigan. 
 
 Prior to this date they liad purclmsed a foundry and machine shops iit Wliithy, and in 
 company with Nicholius W. Brown, hite member of tlie Ontario Logishitiu'e, started a brancli 
 business at that plane. Before leaving tlic Province, Ilo1)ert Patterson disposed of his Canadian 
 busines.s to our subject, who discontinued tlie manufacturing department at Belleville, but re- 
 tains his interests in the factory at Whitby, tlic firm-name being tlie Brown-Patterson manu- 
 facturing company, wliich is doing a heavy business, the particulars of which may be found in 
 the sketch of Mr. Brown. Mr. Patterson has a <lepot at Belleville for the distribution of the 
 company's articles in that section, and manages the business in tlie eastern Provinces, and in 
 Quebec and the Maritime Provinces. 
 
 On settling in Belleville, Mr. Patterson promptly and thoroughly identifieil himself with tlie 
 interests of the city, then a town, he having been in the council fourteen years. During that 
 period many important improvements were projected and carried tlirough that body. He is now 
 (1880) chief magistrate of the city, and is untiring in his efforts to promote its welfare. He was 
 at one time a director of the Belleville and North Hastings Railway, and is now a director of 
 tile Grand Junction road. 
 
 Mr. Pattereon has been vice-president and president of tlio Reform Association for the 
 west riding of Hastings, and in 1872 was the candidate of his party for the House of Commons, 
 and was defeated. The riding is usually Conservative. 
 
 Mr. Patterson cherislies the religious belief of the progenitor of the family in XewHaiuf- 
 shiro ; being a member of the John street Presbyterian church, and has at times served on the 
 managing committee. As far as known, he has lived a very correct liu It is a noteworthy 
 fact that neither he nor any one of his seven brothers, have ever used either tobacco or liquor. 
 
 In May, 1852, he married, at Niagara Falls, Miss Anna (.'ahill, of Duiidas, and they have 
 lost one child, and have two sons and a daughter living. Robert is book-keeper for the Brown- 
 Patterson manufacturing coni])any, Whitby, and Jenny, Frank, and Peter Wallace, are at home. 
 
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 JA^IES M'JvIHlJIX, 
 
 j.isDHA y. 
 
 'T'AMKS McKIBBiN, a resident of Upper Canada, now Ontario, since LS.'W, and Clerk of the 
 ^ Division Court and Crown Land Agent since 1803, was born in Belfast, Ireland, July 4th, 
 1808. His father Hugh McKibbin, was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy; the maiden name of 
 his mother was Sarah Bailey. 
 
 Our subject was educated in the Belfast Academic Institution ; was for some years in a 
 
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 TtlE CAS'ADIAX nlnanAt'IIWM DlCTWSAnV. 
 
 cotton iniiitinj,' estalilinliineiit owned liy liimsi'lf and older Inotlier, .lulni Tlioniiis MeKililiin, 
 until 1830, wlien lie eniignvted to ('ivnatla, and located at first in the townsliii) of Hi>j)o, 
 county of Durliani. After farming there awliilo, he moved into the town of Port Hope, where 
 lie was connected with the Upjier (^anaila Hank for several years. During tliat jteriod he hoM 
 various oflices of trust and importance; at one time he had charge of the (iovernment works 
 for tlie County of Durham ; \s'as Secretary and Treasurer of the Ciravel Road Companies, and 
 when he removed from Port Hope to Lindsay in 18)3, he wasllevenue Inspector of the County 
 of Durham. 
 
 Mr. McKilihin came here to take the Agency of the Limlsay branch of the TTppor Canada 
 Bank, which position he held for three years. In 18()3 he was appointed to the oftices mentioned 
 at fii-st, and the duties of which he is discharging witli the utmost faithfulness. He is also 
 Liecn.se Commissioner for Victoria, and was maytir of Lindsay one term. He is accurate and 
 systematic in his business, and .sliares largely in the esteem of his fellow-citizens. 
 
 In 1838 Mr. McKibbon married Miss Louisa Dean, of Coliourg, and thoy have lost one 
 child, and have three sons and two dau'diters liviny. 
 
 C^IAPiLES WITITLAW, 
 
 I'AlilS. 
 
 CHARLES WHITLAW, flour manufactiner in Paris since 184(!, and one of its most enter- 
 prising men, was born in Montreal, Lower (Janaihi, Xovendier 11, 1823, his parents being 
 John and Janet (White) Whitlaw, l)oth from Scotland. His father was a carpenter and builder. 
 and died at Montreal in !8tJl). Our subject was educated in the private school of Dr. Black, 
 forty years ago, one of the best educators in Montreal ; was trained for tlie dry goods business in 
 his native city ; in 1844 came to Hamilton, Canaila West; and clerked two years in the dry 
 goods store of Archibald Kerr; tlieii formed a partner.ship with llr. Keri', and settled in Paris,, 
 managing a flouring mill, store ami distillery. Ids partner remaining in Ilaniilt"" 
 
 AVtout three years later Mr. Whitlaw bought out the interest of bis p \ i lill, and 
 
 was alone in the manufacture of flour from 1849 to 1878, wh"!- Ar ' .m lune a 
 
 partner in the business. They are among the leading manut i-rs in , fill up with 
 
 manufactories, having a second, nnich smaller flouring mill, tlin knitting lactorios, stone and 
 earthenware works, metal spinning woik.s, oil cloth works, foundrj- and nieultural works, a 
 tannery, plaster mills, .sheet metal and Jajjan works, and half a dozen other manufactories — all 
 introduced, except a small jjlaster mill and grist mill, since Mr. Whitlaw located here at the 
 confluence of Grand River and Smith's Creek, in 184G. 
 
TUB CANADIAN niOGRAPIfTCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 47 •! 
 
 s McKibbin, 
 lip of Hope, 
 \w\w, wlicre 
 ii'iod lie liolil 
 incnt works 
 ipanii's, ami 
 ■ the Comity 
 
 ppcr Ciinada 
 
 s mentioned 
 
 He is also 
 
 ccnrato and 
 
 avc lt)st oiio 
 
 most ontc)'- 
 nts liciiiu; 
 d bniidiT, 
 )r. Jilacl<, 
 
 tisinoss in 
 II tbo dry 
 ill Paris,. 
 
 ! Mild 
 
 anil' ii 
 
 iji witli 
 
 stoiu! and 
 
 woiks, a 
 
 Dries — all 
 
 10 at tlio 
 
 Mr. Wliitlaw has been n couueilinan, reeve and mayor, in all more than twenty yeai-s, hein^j 
 in the last named otKee, atone jicriod, for seven or ci^jlit consecutive terms. He has also served 
 Hsa .school trustee. No man has taken more interest in the villa^'e of Paris, or done mire to 
 place it on a solid basis. When tlie HiiHiilo and Lake Huron llailway wa.s built ho was a direc- 
 tor of that road, and has identitieil himself with every movement tending to promote the growth 
 and general welfare of his adopted home. 
 
 In politics he is a llefuriiier; in religion a t'oiigregationalist, being deacon of the I'aris 
 ehuieli. 
 
 In 1848 he married Mi.-ts Celesta Morse, daughter of Collins Morse, a prominent citizen 
 of Painesville, Ohio, she then being in Paris. They have four chililren, John is a commission 
 merchant in Woodstock ; Kate is the wife of K. L. Bond, son of Bishop Bond ; Charles is a clerk 
 in Toronto, and Maud is at homo. 
 
 WEY. JOHN lAl^'Ci, ^^r.A,, 
 
 i>ixi>.ts. 
 
 TOHN LAING, pastor of Kno.\ Piesbyteiiaii church, Diindas, and oih' of the best scholars of 
 any profession in the town, is a native of Uo.ss and Crtniiaity, S((jtlaiiil, and was bom 
 March 24, 1S2S. His father, .James Laing, was, in middle life, factor for Lady Hay Mackenzie, 
 and his mother, I.sabella Thoiiii-on, was a daughter of John Thomson, of rii<ir rA'tbam and 
 Waterluss, Fifeshire, a contractor for tlii' Biitisli navy at Leitli, during the war of the allied 
 powrs against France. This branch of the Thom.son family is very old. 
 
 Our subject was fdueatcd in part at the high .school of Kdiiibiiigb, holding a high place in 
 his class, in 1842 ; came with the family to Canada in 184.3; and tiiiished bis education at King's 
 College and Knox Collfge, Toronto, holding a distinguislied jKisitioii in bis classes. While a 
 student at Knox College, be also taught in the Toronto Academy, and was sub.seiiuently tutor 
 in Hebrew ami the classics in that college. He received the degree of V>.\. fnjiii Victoria Col- 
 lege, Cobourg, in 1871, and that of M.A. in cour.se, 
 
 Mr. Laing was onlained at Searboro' in 18.")4 ; preached there five and a -half years, and 
 twelve years at Cobourg; spent one year at Ottawa in connection with the Ladies' College, 
 which be commenced, and in 1873 settled in Duiidas, being pastor of the strongest Protestant 
 church in the town. He is a hard worker, has great power and elHcieiicy as a minister, and there 
 are very few pulpits in the Province which he is not ca[iable of tilling. He is noted for the 
 plainness of his preaching, being outspoken and fearless iu denunciation of wrong and sin of every 
 kind. 
 
 Mr, Laing has always taken a leading part in educational matters in tlie several towns where 
 
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 he has been located, and has also been prominent in tlie work of the church with which he is 
 connected. 
 
 He has written a good deal for newspapers and religious periodicids, including a paper 
 in the Princeton Review; has had several sermons and a small catechism for children pub- 
 lislied, and is the author of a snuill work entitled, " The Second Coming of Our Lord," To- 
 ronto, 1877, He has poetical taste and talent, and occasionally indulges in this class of composi- 
 tion. An unpublislu'd scriptural drama, " The Betrayal," he has read in public in many places, 
 with great acceptance. It is a work of decided merit. 
 
 Tiie wife of Mr. Laing was Eliza Smith, daughter of James Smith, Toronto, niarritd in 
 October, 18.H. They lost four children by diptheria, and have eight living. 
 
 AKDEEW ELLIOTP, 
 
 A LMONrE. 
 
 ANDRKW ELLIOTT, a pioneer manufacturer of woollen cloths in Ontario, hails from 
 Dumfriesshire, Scotland, his birth being dated April 3, 1800. His father, Willinm 
 Elliott, was a farmer mider the Duke of Buedeuch. The maiden name of his mother was lane 
 Jardine. Botli paiviits died in the old country at a good old age. 
 
 He was partly educated, by a private teacher at home, until ten years old, ami since eleven 
 has " paddled his fiwn eanoe." He worked a while with a fiirmer ; was elerk in a store a few 
 years ; and in ].s;U eaine to Canada, locating at Gait, in the township of Dumfries, county of 
 Waterloo, where lie was a grocer fur fourteen or fifteen years, and during two thirds of that 
 period, he was cnuiicilor for the (!ore District, bjjug subse(iuently reeve of (Salt for a few 
 terms. 
 
 In 18.")3 Mr. Elliott In came connected, at I'reston, with Robert Hunt, in the manufacture 
 of woollen goods, tjieirs being the second faetoi'y of the kind, it is stated, in Ontario, the 
 Barbers leading off at Ceorgetown, now at Streets\i!!e. They liid well and were thus engaged 
 about ten years, when they were burneil out, and our subject, soon after tliey Iiad rebuilt, 
 went into the tiax I'Usiuess in company wit'i (ieorge Stephen, of Montreal, an entcrpri.se crowned 
 with anything but brilliant success. 
 
 In iMiD .Mr. I'illiott disposed of his interests at I'reston, removed to Almonte in the 
 autumn of that year, liought a woollen mill, now known as the " Victoria," and in company 
 with Samuel Slieard, is manufactuiing from SlOO.dOO to !*ii(),()()0 worth of tweeds annually. 
 The mill eoiisistsjif two large sfnue buildings joineil by an elevated, covered way. This mill 
 and that of the Rosaiuoud Woollen Company, employ souiethin,' like DOO hands, and arc, in 
 
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 ^11 
 
 fact, the " main stay" of Almonte— though there arc two other mills of the kin J, both small, in 
 the village. 
 
 Since becoming a resident of this place, Mr. Elliott has atteniled very closely to his busi- 
 ness, the only civil office that he has held, we believe, being that of trustee of the high school 
 While a resident of the county of Waterloo, he was persuadeil, in 1857 to contest that riding 
 as a " Baldwin Reformer," for the Canadian Parliament, and was defeated. He is now a Con- 
 servative, and an earnest advocate of the " National Policy" of the present Dominion Adminis- 
 tration. His successful competitor, at the time mentioned, wa.s William Scott, now iu New 
 Zealand. 
 
 In christian faitli Mr. Elliott is Presbyterian. 
 
 In 18.S9 he married Miss Mary Hanle}', a native of Ireland, and of eight children of whom 
 •she is the mother, only two are living. Four died in infancy ; Hemy was a physician and died 
 at Almonte in 1870, and Jennie Jardine was the wife of John G. Hayes, merchant ut Almonte, 
 she dying in 1879. The two living children arc sons. John, the elder, has a family, and is 
 cashier and bookkeeper for Elliott and Sheard ; and Andrew is a medical student at McGill 
 College, Montreal. 
 
 Although thrown upon his own resources at eleven years of age, Mr. Elliott has succeeded 
 well ; with one exception has Ijeen lucky in his business ventures, and was long ago placed in 
 very comfortable circumstances. 
 
 STANLEY SCOTT, ^^r.D., 
 
 NFAVMAUKKT. 
 
 STANLEY SCOTT, one of the leading pliysicians in Newmarket, is a son of Charles and 
 Mary (Hodge) Scott, and was born in Wiiitby, county of Ontario, January 20, 1SI39. His 
 father, who was a native of Lowir Canada, is living in the town of Whitby — his home for 
 neiivly fifty years, and is a man nuieli respectcil. His grandfather was in the army under Wel- 
 lington, aim dieil wlien past eighty years of age. Our subji-ct was educated in the common and 
 liigh sclioolsof Whitby; studied medicine with l)i-. I'.radfird Patterson of that town ; attended 
 nii'diciil lectures at Cincinnati, (thio ; is a lii'enti.tte nf tlir dllt';;-!' of Pliysieiiins and Surgeons, 
 Ontario ; commenced practice at Noiwood, county of Peterborough, in lH(i2 ; contiiuied there for 
 five years, holding meanwhile the oflice of coroner of the county ; and in ISOS, attended another 
 course of lectures, this lime in Philadelphia, anil then settleil in Newmarket, where for nearly 
 twelve years, he has had a good ruu of business, and pecuniarily, as well as profes.sionally, is a 
 succes.s. 
 
 Dr, Scott has been in the village council, and is now a school trustee, Init avoids ofhce as 
 
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478 
 
 THE CAKADIAN BtOGtiAl'lItCAL DICTtOKAIiY. 
 
 much as he can consistently with his duties as a citizen. He is a Reformer in polities — in his 
 social habits hiyhly exemplary. He never drank a glass of intoxicating liquors, and has never 
 used tobacco in any way. He is a Master Ma.son, but rarely attends the lodge meetings, he pay- 
 ing very close attention to his profession, which with him seems to be paramount to all other 
 duties, outside his own family. On the first of October, 18C2, he married Lydia B., daughter 
 of Levius Churchill, a prominent farmer and magistrate, of 'he township of Pickering, and they 
 have one son, Charles Stanley Winfield, aged tifteen yeav, a medical student with his father. 
 
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 WILLIAM TASSIE, LL,D., 
 
 GAir. 
 
 "VTTILLIAM TASSIE, one of the most successful educators in Western Ontario, is a native 
 ' ' of Dublin, Ireland, dating liis birth May 10, 1815. His father, James Tassie, an 
 Engineer and Contractor, descended from a Scotch family that wimt to Ireland about a century 
 ago ; and his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Stewart, was also a descendant of a family 
 which made a similar migration a little earlier. She belonged to the GarUi family. 
 
 Our subject spent his lioyhood in study in his native city ; in 18.'}4! came with the family to 
 Upper Canada, and taught and continued his studies at Oakville and Hamilton until 185.S, 
 when he settled in Gait and took charge of the Grammar School, which was some years later 
 merged into a Collegiate Institute. 
 
 While at Hamilton, where he taught fourteen j-ears, Mr. Tassie took up the studies laid 
 down in the curriculum of the I'ollege and I'niversity of Toronto ; pa.s.sed terminal and annual 
 examinations, and iwis graduated from that institution in 18.">.'5 as Bachelor of Arts, and in due 
 course of tinn! icteived the degree of Master of Arts. In 1871, Queen's Universit}-, King.ston, 
 conferred ui)on him the honorary' degree of Doctor of Laws— a distinction larcly granted by 
 that in.stitution. 
 
 Dr. Tassie hits been at the head of the Collegiate Institute — the oldest school of the kind 
 in the Province — since it was (ipeneil, and has built up an in.stitution of unusual pnpidarity and 
 of high standing, rsually about three bundled students attend it annually. Tliej' come from 
 every part of the Dominion of Canada, and from nearly every State in the Ainericnii riii(jn, 
 including Texas at the extreme south, and Oregon on the Pacific Slope. In looking over the 
 list of pupils, we notice that .several of the leading men, particularly jiolitieians in the 
 se/eral Provinces, send their sons licre for tlnir mental drill. 
 
 This school is Well kiio\.r., not only in Canada and the Tnited States, Imt also in Great 
 Britnin, and not unknown on the Continent of Knro|ie, parties from time to tin\e writing t> Dr. 
 Tassie for situations as teachers, from Germany. France and Switzerland. 
 
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THE CAKAblAN HlOGliAPntCAL DICTtO^TAtii'. 
 
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 Tlie course of instruction in the Institute embraces the Englisli, French, Gerinnn, Latin and 
 Greek Languages, History, Geography, English Composition, Book-keeping, Arithmetic, Algebm, 
 Physiology, Trigonometry, LTse of Listruments, ( 'liemistry, Natural Philosophy, Natural History, 
 Mensuration, Geology, Musie, Drawing, and Drill. Pupils are prepared for Competitive Examina- 
 tions at theUnivorsities, for the Law Society, the Medical Boards, the Army and Navy, tlie 
 Civil Service, and for Mercantile pursuits. 
 
 Dr. Tassie has an extensive acquaintance among the leading men of all clas.ses in the 
 Dominion, and they thoroughly appreciate the noble work which, with the aid of a competent 
 corps of masters, he is doing in a quiet way at Gait. The people of this town seem to appre- 
 ciate the merits of the Institute, and are liberal in their patronage and very free in their com- 
 mendations of its learned Principal. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Tassie was Miss Sarah Morgan, of Dublin, married in 18:^7. They 
 have no family. 
 
 JAMES noroii. 
 
 aUEIA'll. 
 
 "pAMES HOUGH, a resident of Guelph since the first of June, 18SC, and holding the ottice.s 
 ^ of clerk of the County Court and deputy clerk of the Crown and Pleas, is a Derbyshire 
 man, born July -i, ISOi. His father was James Hough, senior, and his mother, before her 
 marriage, Avas Mary Brooks. When he was about twelve years old the family moved to Not- 
 tingham, Ids father being a lace manufacturer. The son received a good English education ; was 
 apprenticed to the joiner and builder's trade ; worked at it in the old country until 1835, when 
 lie sailed for the new world; halted in Xew Jersey from September of that year until A]/ril 
 1836, and two months Inter " pitched his tent," evidently for life in the little town of Guelph 
 then containing, perhaps, .')()() or (i(tO inhabitants. He has seen it grow into a city of between 
 10,000 and ll.OOO. 
 
 Here Mr. Hough worked at his trade a .-ihort time ; subsequently taught a [lublic school 
 ten years; and in bS.io was ajipointed to the ottices already mentioned. He is a hale old 
 gentlemen, an Englishman <>! the best type of character, high-niimled, industrious, faithful, and 
 though seventy -five years old at the time of the writing (jf this sketeli, is (juite regidar at 
 his post, and pvouqit ill disehargiug his oHieial duties. Ho was town clerk and treasurer of 
 Guelph for eighteen years, and resigned that ofliee on aeeount ot the death of his second son, 
 Geori'e (18(i!)\ who attended to the duties of that double office. Hv has been magistrate since 
 1858; was on the first board of trustees under the new (^)mmon Sehool Act, and at the time of the 
 great ilood of innnigration in the year ISIT, he was appointed one of the conunissioners to look 
 
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 after their wants and interesti, Mr. Hough was first married in 1820, to Miss Aune Kemp, of 
 Farmsfield, near Newstead Abbey, England. She had six children, all yet living but the son 
 just mentioned, she dying in 18+S. John, the eUlest son is a Methodist Clergyman ; Henry, the 
 third son, a graduate of \ ietoria College, is editor and proprietor of The Wurlil newspaper, 
 Cobourg ; James, who went through the civil war in the United States, coming out as a Lieu- 
 tenant, was in both battles of Bull Run, and biully wounded at the seeond battli^ ; was for a long 
 time connected with the Freedmen's Bureau, and is now residing in Detroit, being very low 
 with paralysis ; Elizabeth, the eldest daughter is the wift? of Charles Adsett, of Gueljih, and 
 Mary lives at home. Mr. Hough has no children by his second wife, who was Mary Amelia 
 CoUi.s, from Norfolk, England. 
 
 Mr. Hough ha-, been a member of the Methodist church nearly fifty years ; has held every 
 lay ortice in the gift of his fellow members ; has shown himself steadfast in the ehristiun faith 
 and is a well-preserved speeimen of the working disciple. He organized the first Sabbath 
 school in Ciuelph, ami has been either president or secretary of the Ciuelph Bible Society con- 
 stantly since 1840. 
 
 Note. — .\nother e.irly settlor in Ouelph is S.imuol Wright, ii ii.itive of Suffolk, England, born in 1800. He 
 worked at milling until about twenly-aoven years of age ; then, on account of poor health, learned the bilker's 
 trade ; came to Guelph in 18;!2 ; set up the first bakury here, and followed that business until 18G!), when he 
 retired. He never held but one or two civil offices, but attended carefully to his own concerns. He joined a 
 Baptist church in 18;lO, and for fifty years has liveil a consistent christian life. He has been treasurer of the 
 church in fSuelph for twenty years, and ia also serving as deacon. Probably no man in Guelph is more highly 
 respected. In 18'.}(> he m irried Harriot G.irrard, who is still living, together with three of the nine children of 
 whom she is the mother, the throe being all daughters. Two of thoui are married, the other lives with her 
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 "TTTILLIAJl WARREN T)HAN, county judge of Victoria, is a descendant of an English 
 * * family that emigrated to the now world, ami settled in one of the Provinces long be- 
 fore the American Revolution. On his mother's side the family were United Empire Loyalists, 
 moving at first into Nova Scotia and thence into Upper Canada, in 1707. His parents were 
 Horace and Ruth (Tisdale)Dean, living in London, Ontario, at the time of his birth, October 
 25,1830. His fatlier was a Methodist minister, pleaching for more than thirty-.seveii years, 
 and dying in 18(j7. His mother died in 18(j2. 
 
 Judge Dean was educated at Victoiia College, Cobourg, whence he was graduated in 18." 4. 
 He studied law, in the first place at Guelph, with Hon. Adam Fergu.ss(m-Blair and Judge King.s- 
 mill, the present Judge of the County of Bruce, and finished at Belleville, with Hon, Lewis 
 Walbridge, and was called to the Bar at Michaelmas term, 1850. 
 
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 From that date until IHTi, Mr. Di'aii practised at Huiieville, liolding also, durinj,' nearly all 
 that period, tlie office of Master in Chancery. At the date last inontioiicd he wa.s appointed 
 Judge of the County of Victoria, and removed to Lindsay, the county town. Here also he i.s 
 Master in Chancery. The Judge is a man of pleasing aildross, and exhibits on the Bench all 
 the instincts of the gentleman, and the several (pialities necessary to do credit to his dignitied 
 profession. 
 
 Judge Dean is a member of the Canadian Methodist church. Jn his integrity he is as 
 firm as the hills. 
 
 Married Anna Bogart, eldest daughter of the late Gilliert Bogart, of Belleville, by wluim 
 he has a family of six children, all living. = 
 
 HEV. WlLLiA:\[ T^LEASDELL, M.A., D.C.L., 
 
 Til EN TON. 
 
 "TTTILLIAM BL?]ASDELL, Rector of St. (!eorge"s church, Trenton, for more than thirty 
 ' ' years, and one of the most learned men in this ])art of Ontario, is a son of James 
 Bleasdell, a cotton numufactiirer and meiehant at Preston, Lancashire, England, where he was 
 born on the li'th of March, LS17. Ills mother, wliose maidi'U name was Marv Ilodson, was 
 also a native of Lancashire. James Bleasdell was from one of tlie old Lanciishire families, and 
 MMs a lineal descendant from Sir Thomas Tyldesley, Knight, who was killed at the battle of 
 Wigan Lane, fought August 2-"), Kj.'iI, with the foices of Ci'omwell. the celebrattd Jitmes, Earl 
 of Deiby, being in connnand of the Royalist forces, and Sir Thomas, as Major-Ceneral, his second 
 in connnaml. He fought under King ( harles 1, at the battle of Edge Hill ; was at the storm- 
 ing of Burton on the Trent, and was tiovernor of Lichfield, Stafibnlshire, for the King, duiing 
 its siege. A monument was erected to his memory in ItiTl*, on the spot where he fell, and 
 
 where it has stood fiir two centuries. 
 
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 The father died when William was thirteen years old. and he had ipiitea struggle to secure 
 
 his Collegiate education, lie early had a great fondness for study, and managed to push his way 
 along, preparing for college in his nati\o town, gi-adn.iting B.A., from Trinit}" College, Dub- 
 lin, in jiSt."), and M.A., in iNl-N. While in the granuiiar school of his native town, he 
 was Librarian of l)i. Hhepherd's Library, a noble foundation of the last I'entury ; and U'fore 
 entering college, at the age of nineteen he became a teacher, following that profession nine 
 years, eight of his pupils being ordained Clergymen of the Church of England. While pie- 
 [laring for college, he held also the position of master of a grammar .school for a time. 
 
 Mr. Bleasdell was ordained deacon in 1S45, and priest in 18l(i, by lit. Kev. Dr. John Bird 
 
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 Sumner, Bishop of Cliester, afterwiuds Archbisliop of Canterbury ; was liceusod, first, Curato 
 of St. Margaret's Hollinwood, Manchester, then of St. Mieliael's chui'ch, I'ollyliurst, Manchester, 
 ami in August, 1848, came to (.'anacla. He was lieensed at Toronto by Bishop Strachan, ami 
 received tlie appointment of first Hector of St. George's church, Trenton ; began his labors tliero 
 August .SOth of that year, and still continues ; being now tlu' oldest persistently resident 
 Pastor of an English church, in the diocese of Ontario. 
 
 He was appointed Examining Cliaplain to the Lord Bishop of Ontario, in 1SU2^ and senior 
 canon of St. George's cathedral, King.ston, in ltS74. 
 
 Thougli steadily engaged in pastoral work here for over three ]t)ng decades, Canon Blea.sdell 
 lias found time to devote to .seientirtcand ''terary, as well as theological subjects, and has written 
 a number of essays, addres.ses, .sermons and historical sketches, which have been published. 
 Among these are (1) " The Indian Tribes of Canada," published in the Jhd volume of the 
 Canadian Journal; ('2) "The Great Trent Boulder, its Geological and Botanical Association," 
 published in the transaction of the Botanical Society of Canada; (3) " Papal Supremacy," a 
 sermon, Belleville, 18')3 ; (4) "History of Trenton," in Hant'avjH D'lvedovy, l.S7i)-'8() — 3rd edition ; 
 ;.')) " Modern Glacial Action in Canada," (two pajiers) published in the Qaartcrbj Joarnal of 
 LivohxjivaJ S(icicti/,Loiu\oi\, 1870-72; (G) " First or Senior Pari.she.s, Diocese of Ontario," (six 
 artidesj in Cliarch Jnurnal; (7) "Miracles and the Immutability of Natural Law," a Sermon, 
 before the Synoil of the Diocese of Ontario, 187.'> ; ami (8) " Recent (ilacial Action in (Canada, 
 and the Drift L''plands in the Province of Ontario," QaartcrJ ij Journal of Geological Scirncr, 
 London, 187.^. At the timt; of writing this sketch,, he was engaged in prijiaring a controversial 
 and historical paper on a Dineesau matter of dispute, entitled, "Jrissi'jn of Erankford, in Township 
 of Sidney and its endoivim nt," and now published. 
 
 As a preacher he is plain, foreiiile and practical, and aims to do good rather than make a 
 display of learning, thougli his scholarly attainments will crop out in his sermons. 
 
 Jn Ls77, Canon Bleasdell had conferred upon him by the T'niversity of Trinity College 
 Toronto, the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law — an honor well meiit((l. 
 
 Daring hisover thirty long years' residence iuTrentoii, Dr.Bleasdell has steaililydedined pre- 
 ferment offered to him elsewliere, and of a more lucrative charac-ter, and at the same time he hiis 
 not .sought that which was legitimately within his reach, and intrinsically more valuable in a 
 financial point of view. He loved his Canadian parish and his people, and no such external 
 inducement co(dd imluce the thought of going elsewhere. h\ this iiiterim he has succeeded in 
 securing a fair endowment for it, and in fact for two parishes, as time and the growtli of Tren- 
 ton may recjuire it, and the foundation of the .sccoml one is being laid in the incipient erection, 
 in West Trenton, of a School-church and Parochial Hall, to be named "Canterbury Hall," He 
 has also charge of an adjoining parish, that of Trinity church, Erankford, township of Sidney, 
 ftn old mission station of his, in which a good stone church has been recently erected. A small 
 
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 Endowment lias been sucureil for it at his iiiHtii^ation, with a viow to its being an inilepondent 
 parish. It is eight miles from Trenton. 
 
 In January, 1838, Miss Agnes ( 'owell, a native of Preston, Lanca.shirc, Englaml, was united 
 in marriage to Canon Bleasdell, and they have had eleven ehildren, three of them dying in 
 infiincy, and one after arriving at manhood. The other seven are living. The son who died, 
 Charles Edward, was an M.D., and surgeon of the Allan lino steam.'jhip "Nestorian," dying at 27 
 yearfj of age. He was a young man of great promise and talent. 
 
 HON. JOIIIS^ 8IMPS0N, 
 
 noWMASVlLLK. 
 
 TOHN SIMPSON, Senator, was a son of John Simpson, .senior, who came from Scotland 
 ^-^ in 1815, and settled at first on the "Scotch Line " in the county of Lanark, subse(piently 
 removing to Brockville. The family in the old country — county of Forfarshire — were largely 
 traders, builders, and physieians, our subject being a .second cousin of the celebrated James 
 Simpson, so eminent in surgery. 
 
 Mr. Simpson wa.s boi'u at Rothes, near Elgin, Scotland, on the 12th of May, 1812, his mother 
 being Margaret Petrie Simp.son, a native of the town of Elgin. He received a common school 
 education ; when between twelve and thirteen years of age, entered the store of Charles Bow- 
 man, after whom Bowmanville was named, and was connected in business with him and his 
 family for thirty-seven years, taking charge of and settling up his estate after his death, in 1848. 
 In that year Mr. Simpson opened a branch of the Rank of Montreal at Bowmanville, and not 
 long afterwards another at Whitby ; assisted in 18.')? in founding the Ontario Bank, of wliieh 
 he became president, holding that position until 1878, being still a director, and for more than 
 forty years has been one of the leading men in Bowmanville in encouraging local enterprises. 
 He served in the capacity of a magistrate for many years ; was at one peri(jd a member of the 
 district council, and a commissioner to manage the Insane Asylum, Toronto, being appointed 
 to the latter office by the Hon. Robert Baldwin ; represented the Queen's Division in the Leg- 
 islative Council of Canada, from 1850 until the Union in 1867, and was called to the Senate by 
 royal proclamation in May of that year, having been connected with legislative bodies constantly 
 for twenty-four years. Senator Simpson is a lifelong Liberal. 
 
 In religious lielief he was originally a Baptist, joining when thirty-four j'ears old ; after- 
 wards joined the Disciples, and for j-ears was a local Evangelist. His interest in religious 
 matters does not moderate with age, no news to him being more gratifying than that of the 
 spread of the Gospel. He is a man of warm and kindly feelings, in whom the poor find an un • 
 
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 Senator Simpson lias a second wife, tlic first boiiijj Annie, ilaughter of David Burke, a 
 Baptist preaclier of tlie eonnty of Durliani, married in 1M44 and dying in 18-tG ; ami tlio second 
 is Sarah liurko, sister of iiis tirst wife, mirrie I in iSlS. By the hitter he luvs had nine chil- 
 dren, eight of them yet living. 
 
 Senator Simpson was for many years very actively engaged in business with milling as a 
 specialty. He competed at the exhibition helil in London in 1851, again.st the whole world, in 
 the article of tloiir, and obtained the highest awaid and a diploma; he also obtained a gohl 
 medal oflered by the Eail of Durham for the best flour produced in Canada. 
 
 Having retired from active interest in the bank mentioned above. Senator Simpson is 
 spending his time with his family on his farm, two and a half miles east of Bowmanville, on 
 which farm he has a snuill herd of Durham cattle, which he thinks are as fine as the country 
 can produce. 
 
 JOim S. E0S8, M.P., 
 innQroK. 
 
 JOHN SYLVESTKR ROSS, member of Tarliamont for Dimdas, is a son of Michael Ross, 
 a soldier in the second war with the United States (1S12-1.")), and afterwards Captain of 
 militia, and grandson of Jacob Ro.ss, a United Empire Loyalist, who was an old scout, and had 
 charge of an especial duty under Sir John Johnson, for which he received thanks and the otter 
 of a command, but declined, and received a large land grant in recognition of his valuable ser- 
 vices. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born in the township of Osnabruck, county of Stormont, 
 Canada, July 16, 18:21. He was educated at the district schools, and by a private tutor ; was 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1801, and is now a miller ami proiluce broker, and a suc- 
 cessful business ojierator, 
 
 Mr. Ross was a municipal councilor for ten years; was for some time reeve, justice of the 
 peace, and clerk of the Division Court, and has been chairman of the high school board for the 
 last sixteen or seventeen years. He is a commissioner in B.R. and president of the Iroquois 
 Jtlilling Conipau}-. 
 
 ■ Since 1801 Mr. Russ has been almost constantly in cither the Provincial Legi.slatiiro of 
 Canad.a, or the Dominion Parliament. In that year he was elected to the Province of Canada 
 Legislature for the county of Dundas ; was re-elected in 18C3, and by acclamation to the Do- 
 minion Parliament in 1807; was defeated in 1872, and once more elected in 1878, his politics 
 being Liberal Conservative. He is a strong member on that side of the House ; is a thinking 
 and positive man, very decided in his views, and inde[)endent in his action. 
 
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THE CAXADIAS lUOGHAVIlICAL DlCTlOSAltY. 
 
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 Mr. Rohm early t'spoused tlio cause of ( 'onf'edtsration, aiul, an is seen by tlie Confi'deratiou 
 (IfbateH, lie was a strong advocate of that Act. Ho spoke earnestly and powerfully ajfainst tlie 
 littnkruj)t law, and lias, we bcdievc, seen no rea,son to change his views on that subject ; is a tirm , 
 unHinching advocate of protection to Canadian industries; is in favor of limiting the rates ot 
 intere.st ; is opposed to tlio building and nianaging of railways by the tiovernment, an<l holds 
 that Canada must become thoroughly identified with the mother country in her commercial in 
 terests, and receive Imperial encouragement in so doing, otherwise, the tendency, he fears will be 
 to weaken the connection. 
 
 December 'A, 184o, Mr. Ross married Charlotte, second daughter of Peter Carman, of Iro- 
 ipiois, and grand-daughter, on the mother's side, of Peter Shaver, who represented the County 
 of Dundas in the Upper Canada Legislature for sixteen years. They have seven children liv- 
 ing, and have lost two. 
 
 EEY. GEORGE .M. IXNKS, M.A., 
 
 LOKDOX. 
 f^ EORGE MIONON INNES, Canon an.l Rector of St. Paul's Cathedral, Lon.lon, is a sen 
 
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 of John Boutet Innes, clergyiuiin, and Jbiry lu'c Evans, and was born at Weymouth, 
 
 England, January 21, 1H2(5. The Inneses are of Scotch extraction, the father of our subject, 
 being a cousin of the late Duke of Roxborongh. It is an old military family. The Mignons, 
 (Mignon is the family name of the grandmother on the fatheivs sido), were Huguenots, Count 
 Mignon de Chasseau, escaping from France in 1GS8, concealed in a soap band ! 
 
 Canon Innes was educated at Millhill grammar school, stmlied and passed examination for 
 thearmy at Sandhurst Militaiy College, and was appointed to a commission in tlu' army in 1849. 
 He served for twelve years and retired as C'aptain in 1801, being in the Royal Canadian Ritles. 
 He studied theology and was ordained Deacon, nt London, by the Bishop of Huron, in 18()2 ; 
 priest by the .same Bi.shop the following j'ear, and was appointed Incumbent of Christ's Church, 
 London, In 186.S he went to the city of Quebec, as assistant minister of the Cathedral; in 
 1808 returned to London, as assistant minister of St. Paul's Cathedral; and in 1871, became 
 canon and rector of the .same, a position which he still holds, being a very deligent worker for 
 the Master. He is very attentive to the wants of his parishioners, making fre(iuent visits, and 
 being especially attentive to the sick. In bis piciicliing he is strictly Evangelical ; has a clear, 
 full and very pleasant voice, and a remarkably pointed way of " putting things." He has a 
 strong and influential parish, including many of the leading families in the city, ami they are 
 warmly attached to their pastor. 
 
 Canon Innes received from Bishop's College, Leniioxville, Province of Quebec, the degree 
 of Master of Arts. He has a large, well selected library, of which ho makes good use. 
 
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 Mr. Innes has been twice married ; first in Octubcr, 18.J4, to Elizabeth Ann, only daughter 
 of Col. John Clarke, of the 76th regiment, she dying in 1865, leaving one son and three 
 daughters, all yet living; his second marriage was May G, 1867, to Ann MacCallunj, daughtei" 
 of Daniel MacCallum, Quebec. 
 
 a:xdrew iryiin'g, 
 
 rFMBItOKE. 
 
 ANDREW IRVING, the pioneer school teacher in what is now the town of Pembroke, and 
 registrar of the county of Renfrew since 1866, in a native of the Province of New 
 Brunswick, his birth being dated at Miraniichi, December 14, 1820. His father, Andrew Irving, 
 senior, a second cousin of the celebrated Edward Irving, was burn in the parish of Middlebeo 
 Dumfriesshire, Scotland ; came to New Brunswick in 1816 ; \va.s a fanner many years at 
 Jliramichi, and died in 1864. His mother, whose maiden name was Margaret Henderson, also 
 a native of Dumfriesshire, came to this country in 1820, and died in 1871. Her grandfather 
 John Henderson, owned Cleugii Bi'ae. He married Clarinda Douglas, the daugliter of Sir 
 Archibald Douglas, of (Aistle Milk, and hatl the Cleugh-Brae farm presented to him by Sir 
 Archib"'.,'. on the day of the maniage. He died at the ago of about fifty-five years. His will 
 was made only eight days before his death, ajid was declared by the courts to be illegal. It ap- 
 pears by the laws of Scotland tliat tht; testator must attend both kirk and market after tiie 
 making of his will, and be alive six weeks. A\'lien the ehlest son, Dr, John Hendei-son, arrived, 
 home from Antigua, in sean-h of health, he ilis.'nvered the mistake obout the will, and com- 
 menced a suit to break it, and enter upon the possession of the estate himself, which was even- 
 tually sold and eaten almost wholly ui> in costs, ea'.ii tpf the family receiving only one bundled 
 pounds. The Doctor died about a mouth afb'i' tlii' sale uf the estate ; so he di<l not live li^ng 
 enough to enjoy the SKtinfiuliiiii which his conduct was so well fitted to pro<lure. 
 
 Ml. Irving was educated in the grammar .schoo' f his native town; there stmlied medi- 
 cine three years with Dr. Key, but, finding that so (dose application to mental pursuits diil 
 not agree with him, abandoned the idea of l>eeoming a i»hysitian ; came to Pembroke in the sum- 
 mer of 1842, and ofii-red his si'ivices as a tearhiT. A log sehool-house w:is put up for his use, 
 aboul 1 4 by 16 feet, the logs being chinked instead of ph'.sterid ; and tradition has it that on 
 ills enteriiii; the lioiiso tbr tiist morning lit,' founii sixteen children there, the younger half of 
 whom iiiiiiiediately eoniuienced crsing. On (|iii'-^tiouiiig theiii, be aseirtaiiied that they wcii' 
 afraid of lilm ! He was the iiist sehool-iiiaster tluy had evn- seen; had probably been told 
 about the stinging (|ualiiies of the ferule and the cruelty of some Wackford Sipieers, and wen- 
 almost a-i imieli fiightne'd, n i •i.)ubt, as tlioiigh soiur white bi-ar had ventun.d ilowii from by- 
 
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 " monarch of all he suiveyed ; " but the annals of Pembroke contain no record of his being a 
 cannibal or even a tyrant, He taught three years ; then became manager of the business of 
 Peter White, lumber merchant, and the first white; settler in Pembroke, being appointed regis- 
 tiar of the county, as already mentioned. 
 
 Mr. Ir\ing has been clerk of the Division Court since 1853 ; was a school trustee for fifteen 
 or sixteen years, and has been chairman of the Board of Education the last three years ; was 
 1 ocal superintendent of education for a district embracing four or five townships for some years, 
 and has been intimately connected with the educational interests of this |)lace from the date of 
 his settlement in this county. In this particular department of public work his labors have 
 been invaluable, and the people are not in.sensible of the debt of obligation which they owe him. 
 
 Mr. Irving has been an ardent politician — a Reformer of " tlie strictest sect," and, before 
 becoming a county officer, had few peers as a worker for the party in the county of Renfrew. 
 He has written a good deal for Canadian newspapers, and when anything spicy appears any- 
 where in print, dated at Pembioke, it is attributed to his facile pen. 
 
 Religiously he inherits and wanuly cherishes the faith of his forefathei-s, being a staunch 
 Presbyterian, and having held the office of eldei- and been a delegate to the Synod. He takes 
 much interest in thf progress of christian enterprises. 
 
 ilr. Irving was first married, in IS^^-t, to Miss Jane Reid AViiite, 'laughter of Peter Wiiite, 
 deceased, already mentioned. She had four children, and died in 1851' only two of her children 
 surviving. His .second n arriage was in 18G0, to Miss Mary Cannon, daughter of Dr. William 
 Cannon, of the Royal Navy, having by her four children, and losing one of them. 
 
 Mr. Irving is one of the best posted m^n in the county, and has the happy faculty of com- 
 numicating matters in a racy manner. He eudiellishes his Cdiiversatioii with choice bits of 
 ]>uetry, and pat and sparkling anecdotes, and is a sumptuous entertainer at the convei'sational 
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 rrillK -subject of lliis lirii'f bingraphic sketch is a Uiitivi-of DuikKi', St'.illaud, a smi of Al('\- 
 anli'i- iind Iblen (iiobcrts) Keith, ami dates Lis biiili Si'pt.inbrr 17 IM-I. He rcci'ivcd 
 a palish scIhmiI education, including the classics; came to ('niiada Wi>t in l.'s")!*; taught pulilic 
 mIiooN ii slmrt time in the comities of Hruce and (irenville; leariiod the printer's traiie at Pres- 
 cott ; started tl>i' Sniith's Falls livviiir, a Heforni paper, afterwards called tlie N'cirx, in ISO.'J, 
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 opened a book and fancy goods store, which he still keeps, and is doing a moderate and safe 
 business. 
 
 Soon .after settling in Smith's Fulls, Mr. Keith was elected clerk of the village, and held 
 tliat office a dozen consecutive jx'firs; for the last seven years he has been clerk of the division 
 couit; has also been for a long period secretary-treasurer of the village school board, and is 
 notary and commissioner, and United States consular agent. He is a careful, conscientious 
 and strictly reliable man, and discharges all public business with dispatch and to the complete 
 satisfaction of the people. 
 
 He is a Freemason and treasurer of St. Francis Lodge No. '1\, Smith's Falls. 
 
 On the I7th of August, 1SG5, Mr. Keith married Mary, daughter of George Sanderson, of 
 Kemptville, county of Grenville, and they have six children. Mr. and Mrs. Keith are members 
 of the Union Presbyterian church, S.nitli's Falls, and both active in Sunday school and other 
 christian work. Their hearts and hinds are enlistod nnre or less in benevolent enterprises, in 
 which they find faithful and efficient co-operation in their pleasant village. 
 
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 I \ANIEL Mt.l)ON.\Ll), one of the 3'ounger class of coutity officers, and a very capable man, 
 -^^ is a native of Huron county, and wiis born in the township of Stanley, August 1!), IS-tt. 
 His father, Donald McDonald, is a native of Inverness-.shire, Scotland, and came to Canada in 
 the year LS.Sl. He settled on the London road in the township of Stanley, wiierehe has since 
 lived, linking the vrry earliest settlement and pioneei- hardships of the " Huion Tract " with the 
 now highly deveiopecl and tlnurishiug ( 'nunty of Hnrun — and being one of the very few renuiin- 
 ing witnesses who can lefnsh and iinbcllisli the incidents, associations, and vicissitudes of early 
 bush life, and give it a irpntation almost as enduring as histoiy itsilf, 'j'ln' mother of our sub- 
 ject was .Tanet .Muni'o, who was also Scotcli, She is thr mother of tlir(^e children, of whom 
 Daniel was the second child. He received his education in the ;,'rannnar .school of tioderich ; 
 studied law here with John I>, Gordon; w;us admitted as an litlorney in IMTI ; practiseil two 
 years at Hrusseis, co\inty of Huron, in eompany with W'ilmot 11. S(pi. r, now Senior Judge of 
 the County ; an<' in October, LS?'), was appointed Clerk of the Crown, Registrar Surioi'ate 
 Court, and Clerk of the County Court, which offices he still holil.s. He is prompt in discliarg- 
 ing liis duties, coiu'teous and obliging, and heinc vi'iv popular. 
 
 In the summer of LsT") the subject of this sketch tiaveled on the continent and fliKniifh 
 liritain. His nuvnners an> ingrp.tinting and easy, and in conversation he is jileasingand instruc- 
 
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 tive, Imving a mind well stored with the treasures of learning, and being particularly familiar 
 with the political world. On all occasions ho i.s highly gratified by the charms of converaation 
 and the pleasures of society, of which lie is very fond. 
 
 Mr. McDonald was roared in the Reform school of polities, and before taking his present 
 offices, was quite active, serving for years as secretary of the County Reform Association. 
 
 Prior to his appointment to office, he, on all occasions, extended to the Reform party an un- 
 swerving and devoted loyalty, and to the Conservatives he extended a fearless and uncompro- 
 mising opposition. His political speeches were idways eloquent, and contained .sufficient of the 
 scorpion for the tastes of his opponents. 
 
 He is an Odd-fellow, and has bei>n Noble Grand of the Order ; is a member of the Presby- 
 terian church ; and from what we can learn, has alw.ays 1)onie a character far above reproach. 
 
 A'EXERABr.K APvCnDEACOX LAUDER, 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 TOHN STRUTT LAUDER, Rector of Clirist chnrcli, is descended from an old Scotch family, 
 ^ some of whose membeis emigrated to Ireland, two or three centuries ago. He was born 
 in the town of Moate, county of West Meath, Ireland, March 22, 1829, his i>arents being Thomas 
 Bernard and Harriet ((iilland) LandiT His father was a Captain in the 11th i(>ginient of Her 
 Majesty's army. 
 
 The subject of tills short sketch came to Cana-hi in 1S40; wns educated at Trinity Col- 
 lege, Toronto, where he gta<liiated B.A , and M.A. ; was ordained Deacon by Bishop Straohan, 
 of Toronto, Octobers, ISoU, and iniest October h, 18")+. 
 
 He loeame curate of St. (ieorge's church. St. Catharines, Octobei- .'!, l.S.jS, rector of Ciilton 
 Place, November 10, I.S.-)+, (.r Merrickville, in August, ISliCi, and of Christ cluiivb, Ottawa, 
 October 1, lS(i7, still bolding the last position. In Is74lie\\iis nppoiiitnl .Vivlideacon of 
 Ottawa, by his Lordship, (lie liisliop of Oiit,irit). whose sketch is elsewhere given in this volume. 
 In lH7<)tlie degree of D.C.L. was roiit'etied upon him by liis nl ma mati'r, Trinity College. 
 
 Since settling in Ottawa, Anbdeaeon Lauder has been very iinlustrious in bis Master's 
 work. In addition to bis laliois in bis own cliuicli. it was under him 'hat the congregation of 
 St. John's church was gatbeivd, .uid o!gaiii/ed. lie bas also done mneli 'iiissionarj' work in tlie 
 vicinity of Ottawa, being indefatigalile in liis elforts to advance the Reileemer's kingdom. 
 
 In iNd.) be raised the funds Ibr building the parsonnge, a tine .stme liouse, which he now 
 occupies; and in LsTI? < 'brist chnrcli cditi<e was lelmilt, on a greatly enlarged .scale, nearly all 
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 boautiful houses of worship in Ottiuva. Of this work of rchuiUliiig, also, tliu Archtleiic'on hfid 
 the oversiijfht, givinj;; a great deal of time to raising money, hoing heartily supported by his 
 congregation. 
 
 In 1856 Henrietta S., daugliter of Captain John H. Lewis, of Her Majesty's 88th regiment, 
 became the wife of Archdeacon Lauder, and they Iiave tlnco eluldren ; Tiionias Bernard, Alfied 
 Ernest and Fredericl< Heiuy. 
 
 Tlie Archdeacon has a full, clear ami well-modulated voice, and is a beautiful reader ami a 
 forcible speaker. As a preacher he is alwa} s earnest and at times very pathetic. His faithful 
 lalwi-s in Ottawa and elsewhere, evidently have, in large measure, been very sucee.s.sful. 
 
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 ONK of the first men to have faith in the feasibility of converting the large lakes and furious 
 and foaming water-falls of the Ottawa river into a chaiuiel for the driving of saw-logs, 
 w:i-s Henry F. Bronson, a pioneer manufactuier of sawn lumber at Bytown, now the city of 
 Ottawa, and the (.'apital of the Dominion of (Canada. He is a native of the Empire State, and 
 was born in the town of Moreau, Saratoga county, Febrr.ary i\, 1817, his parents being Alvah 
 and Sarah (Tinkei) Bronson. He is of Scotch tlescent on his father's .siile, and Wt'.sh on bis 
 mother's. The Bronsjns early settled in New England. They are now found in most of the 
 northern State;< of the Union. Hon. (ireene ('. Bronson of tli'^ New York Bench, and the Rev. 
 Asa Bronson, fo'' many ^'eiirs pastor of tlie First Baptist churcli, Fall River, Mass,, being 
 members of this braneb of the family. Our subject, was, we believe, one of the lirst of the 
 Bronsons to find bis way into Caiuicla, and t) lead oti'in the lundier business. 
 
 He .spent his youth at Queensbuiy, Warren county, N.Y., in the family of John J. Harris, 
 tini.shing his education at the Poidtney Aeailemy, Vt., win le be att(>nil( d one sliort year. Mr. 
 Harris, like tin- father of our subject, was a farmer, and also a lumberman, "after the manner 
 of men, " fifty years ago in northern New York. Young Bronson became an apt scholar in 
 agricultural sciences, but soon slioweil a preference for woodland foraging, predestined, as he 
 was, to become a great mai'auder of pine foi-ests. 
 
 In 1840 Mr. llaiiis enlarged Iiim liimbe-iug operations by purchasing pine liiuds and 
 erecting mills on one of tiie lakes on the Fpper Hudson, at the .same time foi-uung a partnership 
 with his young and faithful friend Mr. Bi'on.son, whose assets at that period consisted of a soinid 
 constitutidii, a resolute will, uidtemling integrity, skill with the hand, and " a mind to work." 
 
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 forcil.lo .siv.iktT. As apnaul.ur iu- ..< A^.-rAy. . ai-m>»L and at times vory patliotic Hi^' fairhlVii 
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 and chief responsibility devolvinj,' largely on the junior nienjber of the firm, owing to long 
 periods of illness to which Mr. Harris was subject during the last decade or more of their 
 association in business. After lumbering a few years in the valley of the Upper Hudson, it be- 
 came evident that the supply of pine would ere long be exhausted ; Mr. Bronson therefore 
 tliought it would be wise to seek a field of ampler scope, and in the sunnner of 1848, made a 
 prospecting tour into Canada. Striking the Ottawa valley, and ascending it as far as Bytown, 
 where the famous Chaiidiere Falls are located, he made up his mind that here was a favorable 
 spot for the manufacture of sawn lumber on the most liberal scale, the quality of the pine in 
 this region being excellent and its supply seemingly inexhaustible. He saw also, at a glance, 
 that the motive power of the Chaudiere Falls was abundant, and that it would be no miracle 
 to utilize it. 
 
 Returning to the State of New York, Mr. Bronson spent thiec more seasons in operations 
 at the old establishment, his thoughts all the while wandering back to the vast forests of the 
 Ottawa district, and the superior hydraulic privileges of the Chaudiere. At length in the spring 
 of 18o2 he persuaded Mr. Harris to accompany him on a .second trip to the Ottawa valley. 
 Explorers from Maine, and other States engaged in lumbering, had preceded them, and after a 
 thorough investigation of the " lay of the land " — more particularly of the water, had pro- 
 nounced the Ottawa river, with its large lakes and angry water-falls, entirely unmanageable for 
 the safe driving of saw-logs, the tributaries only of this stream, having, up to that date, been 
 used for such a purjiose, and those simply for the running of logs used in tiie deal trade with 
 CJreat Britain. In spite of this judgment of old and experienced lumbermen, Messrs. Harris 
 and Bronson, after visiting Bytown, and looking it over very carefully, decided that this was the 
 j)lace in which to centre their future operations. At that time Mr. Horace Merrill was ( leneral 
 Superintendent of the Ottawa River Woiks, and they urged him to recommend an early sale of 
 hydraulic lots at the Chaudiere Falls, then held by the Crown. At the same time tliey signified 
 their intention to be purchasers at sueh sale. The superintendent complied with their wishes, 
 with the result that a sale was ordered for the following autunm. When it took place, Mr. 
 Harris was present, and bought the lots on which one of the mills now owned and operated by 
 the firm of which Mr. Bronson is .senior partner, is situated. Mr. Bronson innnediately re- 
 moved his family to Ottawa (Mr. Harris's family remaining in New York); and in i8.j;}, Jlessrs. 
 Harris and Bronson began to build their mill, and in 1>S.").3 cut their first lumber north of the 
 St. Lawrence. This wa the first movement in this pait of Canada, for tlie manufacture of 
 sawn lumbei for the United States market, and now the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, not 
 to mention the other Provinces of tiie Dominion, aie .sending hundreds of millions of feet 
 annually across tlie boundary line, wlieie the chief market for Canadian lumber is found. 
 
 A p( rtion of the original mill put up under the eye of Mr. Bronson is still standing. It 
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 gates of Jiovel modfl, constnictoil nfter designs prepnreil liy Mr. Bronson, niul which Imvo 
 since been introiluceil and are now nscd in most uf tlie siani' sa\v-nii!is on the Ottawa liviT. 
 
 Messrs, Harris and Bronson wciv soon followed to tliis [loint hy Alunsun II, Baldwin, uf 
 New York, and Levi Young, of Maine, and the suveral gentlemen began the putting in of a 
 series of co.stly river improvenu'nt.s, whieli, says a writer iu the X(irth-ur.*t(i'ii Lumberman, of 
 Chicago, " have made the driving of saw-logs on the mighty Ottawa a matter of greater safetj' 
 and certainty than upon many a smaller stream which has no large lakes to act as reservoirs for 
 checking the fury of the spring freshets," 
 
 Since settling in Ottawa and starting the lirst mill her>, Mr, Bronson has been constantly 
 engaged in the manufaettn'e (jf sawn lundier, being one of the most enterjirising men in that 
 lino of traffic in this part of Ontaiin, Mr. Harris retii'ed frmu the tiriii in December, LSU4'. 
 
 The present Ottawa tirm, known as Dionsons and We^tim. is composed of Mr. Bronson, his 
 son, Erskine H. Bronson. and Abijali Weston, of I'aintel Post, \,''.also one of the most ex- 
 tensive lumbermen in the United States, interested in the various bi'auches of the trade at nine 
 or ten dillercnt points in the States of Wisconsin, Jlichigan, New York and Yermont. They 
 own two mills at Ottawa, ruiniing ten gates, and having a capacity of ftjrty-five million feet per 
 season, for the su]iply of which they also own extrusive and valuable jiine lands upon the upper 
 Ottawa and its tributaiies. The Ottawa tirm, in connection with ifi', John W. Dunlmm, of 
 Albany, New York, and Harvey K, Weaver, of Burlington, Wrmont, also own and opeiate, at 
 Burlington, the second largest, and in many respects the tinest mills for the dressing and rosawing 
 of hnnber, in the New England States, and have established a yard at Albany for the sale of 
 lumber in the rough, which, says the Xurth-irr^d'ni Lnmhcnnan, "gives them, with their 
 Ottawa mills, the necessary facilities for converting the standing timber into all the varieties of 
 manufactured lumber re(iuired for the buiUler's use, and placing it directly in the consumer's 
 hands, without the intervention of middle-mi'n" The style of the Burlington tirm is Bron.son.s, 
 \Yeston, Dunham and f'o,, and of the Albany liiiu J, ^Y. Dunham and Co. 
 
 Ml. Bronson has a wifi; and four childien, the maiden name of Mrs. Bronson being Kditha 
 E. Pierce, of Bolton, N.V. They were marrieil Novendier .">, bS4(). Oertrude, their only daughter, 
 is the wife of Le\ i Crannell. cmtidential clerk for i'.ronsons anil Weston. The eldest son, 
 Erskine Henry, <jf this tiiiii. is also married. l''r;ink P. and Walter (1, are single. Mrs. Pronson 
 and her four children aie mcndn'rs of the Presbyterian Chinch, 
 
 Mr, Bi'onson has lived a life of great industry, thoroughly devntcil to his business, which he 
 has managed with great [niidence anil care and with success. He is president of the Board of 
 Managers of tlie Ottawa Ladies' ( 'oliege, and may have held some otliei' non-salai'ied office in some 
 bene- vol ent orliteiary institution, but has managed tokei p ■ learof all political offices, leaving them 
 to men whose ambition runs iu that direction. His principal aim in lile seems to be to aid in 
 building up the material interests of his adoptod home, tlu' beautiful city of Ottawa, to which 
 
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 liu gave its grainiest start, \s\w\\ liu coiiiiiiciK'od utiliziii-- tlio svatcis of the Ottawa, at tlir falls 
 of the Cliau(lii)rf ; ami at tlio .same time to jilaci' liiinself ami family in iik'puiulent circuiu- 
 staiu'cs. It is a few luiiilifniini like .Mr. Bronsdii who, in -iili(liiiiiL,Mi mail eataraft like tlie 
 Ciiaudicyre, ami converting it into a grand centre (jf hniiher traffic, have given tliu nohlest im- 
 pulse to the growth and prosperity of Ottawa, and to wliom, un that account, tlie citizens owe 
 the heaviest deht of gratitude. 
 
 ltE^^ AviLLFAAi WILLI a:ms, 
 
 avKi.pii. 
 
 "TTTILLIAM WILLIAMS, pa.stor of tlic Norfolk Street Methodist C'liurch. Ouelph, dates Ids 
 ^ ^ liirth, in Stonehouse, Devonshire, England, January -1'^. 1S.3(!, his parents heing Wil- 
 liam and >[argaret Williams. Ilis mother was a daughter of Uol)crt I'ear.se, of Cornwall, 
 member of a numerous Jlethodist family in that place. .Mr. Mark Ciuy Pearso, author of 
 ''Daidel Quorn," and othei- works, is a uiemher of the fanuly, and liev. William Burgess, 
 deceased, was connected with it hy marriage. In 18-42, William Williams, senior, lirought his 
 family to Canada, settled in Toronto, and was there enga;^ed in mercantile pursuits, lning still 
 alive, and residing near Owen Sound. 
 
 Our subject received his literary eilucation maiidy in the preparatory th-partment of Tapper 
 Canada College Toronto; studied iliviinty. at a l;iter perioil ; entered the ministry of the New 
 Connexion Methodist Church in 1S.')4, and held pastorates in Lomlon, Montreal, Toronto and 
 other iilaces. He was chairman for four years, of a district in the New ( 'onnexion church ; was 
 one yeai' president of the New Connexion ('(jnference, and acted the greater part of the next 
 vear in the same capacity, on account of the death of the president. Rev. Sanuiel 1!. Oundy, of 
 Toronto. 
 
 Mr. Williams took a leading pait in the union of the New ('onnexion and We'sli^yan 
 Methodist Churches, being on both committees, and, in I.S74, was seiu i'V the New Connexi(jn 
 Confi/rence, with Robert Wilkes, M.I',, of Toronto, as a deputation to the New Connexion Con- 
 ference of Kngland, to obtain the consi'iit of that body to the contemplated uni<jn in Canada, 
 and the deputation was completely successful. In IS?'), after this union had been consummated, 
 and while he was pastor at Simcoe, Mr. Williams was sent, with William H. (Jiblis.of Oshawa, 
 by the Central lioard, as a missionary deputation to tJio churches in the ^[aritimc Provinces of 
 Canada. 
 
 After serving the Church one year at Simcoe, by -[leci.il invitation of the Hamilton Cen- 
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 follows of his work in that city, his style of preaching, ic. 
 
 " His diicotiraes showed him to be a man of culture, of extensive reading, of careful thought, and of sound 
 judgment. The Centenary Church never, I believe, had a better expriunder of the Word of Ood, or a mora 
 faithful preacher of the Oosiwl. Conscientious in the discharge of his duty, whatever he seemed to feel should 
 be said, he spoke boldly, whether it was likely to please or displease. At the same time he evinced such qualities 
 of htart, such sympathy, such desire to do his people good, as secured for him their affection, and made him 
 Very influential. As a man Mr. Williams was liked by all who knew him. He was pleasant and unassuming, 
 easy to approach, and fiver ready to lend a helping hand." 
 
 Mr. Williams became pastor of tlie Norfolk Street Church in June, 1879, and is serving his 
 fiist year. It is a strong and influential Iwdy of Christians, thoroughly united and enthusiastic 
 in support of their pastor, and having a rapid growth. 
 
 Mr. Williams has had one or two sermons and a few abstracts of sermons published, but 
 does not seem to be ambitious to rush into print. In that respect he is rather chary of his 
 pulpit efforts. He has written several articles for magazines, and frequently lectures on literary 
 subjects. 
 
 May 24, 1859, he married Miss Mary Brennan, niece of Rev. James Brennan, deceased, of 
 Hamilton. They have five children living, and liavc lost their eldest son and daughter. 
 
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 SAJVIUEL RICIIARDSOi^, M.D., 
 
 GALT. 
 
 AMONG the old "land marks" in the medical profos-sion, in the county of Waterloo, is Dr. 
 Samuel Richardson, forty yeai*s a practitioner in Gait. He is better known than * 
 almost any other man in the town, having been up and down the valley of the Grand river 
 for a long period, a distance of twenty or thirty miles, and at an early day, much farther; and 
 even now, with all the comjiaratively now settlers, there are very few families in a radius of 
 ten or fifteen miles, that do not know the Doctor. He is a native of the county of Longford, 
 Ireland, and was born Februarys, 1800, his pari'nts being Eiichniuty and Jane (Moffatt) 
 Richardson. He was educated at a clergyman's .school and Trinity, Dublin ; there studied 
 medicine, ami was graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in that city, n> 1834. In the 
 autumn of the saine year he cmbarkeil for the western world to follow his profession in Upper 
 Canada, locating first at Guel|ih, and there jnactising for five years. Many of his ridis at this 
 date were not only long, but extremely tedious. In 18.S9 the Doctor removed to Gait, then a 
 small village ; and in forty years lias seen the country settle up with thrifty farmers, and Gait 
 become a manufacturing town of perhaps r)0()0 inhabitants. Other doctoi-s had preceded him, 
 or soon followed him hither, but they have gone, some to other parts of the country, one, a 
 
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 pioneer, Dr Rubeit Miller, back to Enj>:land, and others to " that undiscovered country from 
 whose bourne no traveler returns." 
 
 Dr. Richardson has been in general practice, and made a comfortable living by his profession. 
 He was seventeen years in the town council; has been deputy reeve and reeve; is holding the 
 office of justice of the peace, and has long been a valuable citizen of the town. He is a member 
 of Trinity Episcopal church, and has served a,s warden at different times. He is a Master 
 Mason, but pays little attention to the meetings of the lodge. 
 
 The Doctor has been twice married, first in 1834 to Miss Mary Ann Brereton, of Dublin, 
 Ireland, she dying in 1849 ; and the second time, in 1850, to Miss Annie Orr, of Gait. He has 
 two children living by each wife. 
 
 ARTHUR C. POUSSETTE, M.D., 
 
 SARNIA. 
 
 A RTHUR COURTHOPE POUSSETTE, was born in the parish of Newington, London, 
 -^-*- England, on the 7th of December, 1835. He emigrated to Canada in July, 1839, with 
 liis father, Peter Taylor Pousscttc, who in England practised as a solicitor, and settled in the 
 township of S., w'-!'.. county of Lainbton, where the family resided until the spring of 1852, 
 when Mr. Pouss^ti^ d^'ii HpjM.iuted postmaster of the village of Port Sarnia, (now the town o*" 
 Samia), necessitated the -omoNal of the family to this place, where they have since resided ; 
 Mr. P. T. Poussette, up to the tim.^ of his death, held the positions of clerk of the peace, Master 
 in Chancery, clerk of the fiixt Division Court, for the county of Lambton, and town clerk of 
 Samia, after its incorporation. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, deciding to enter the n>edieal profession, selected McOill Col- 
 lego, Montreal, and entered as a student of medicine, in Novemlier, IS.*?. After attending three 
 six-months courses of lectures, luul passing successfully the necessary examinations, he received 
 the degree of doctor of medicine in May, 18(j0,an<l commenced the practice of his profession in 
 the village of Krrol, county of Lambton, in August of the same year. Li January, 1801, the 
 doctor removed from Errol to the village of Mooretown, in the same county, and on the 3rd 
 day of April, ISGI, he married Alicia, sec id daughter of Captain (Jeorge Hyde, R. N., of Plymp- 
 ton, Ontario, by whom he has issue, now surviving, one son and three daughters. In Decem- 
 ber, 1803, on the ileath of his brother-in-law. Doctor Edward Horatio Bucke, Dr. Poussette re- 
 movetl to Saniia, the county town of Lambton, where he has since continued to practise his 
 pnjfession. 
 
 In politics Doctor Poussette is a stiiunch Conservative, active, intelligent an<l conscientious, 
 and, neces-sarily, a strong sMpi)orter of Sii- John A. Macdonald. For the |>ast ten yeai-s the 
 
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 public affairs of tlte town have engrossed a gooil deal of liis attention and time, greatly to tho 
 advantage of the numicipality, of which he is still a leading member. 
 
 Three years, viz : 1871-72 and 73, he sat for the North Ward as councilor, and in 1877-79 
 and at the present writing, the reeveship of the town of Sarnia is held by the doctor, thereby 
 giving him prominence in the government of the affairs of the county generally. 
 
 The Church of England, (of which communion Dr. Poussette is a member), so far as the 
 diocese of Huron is concerned, has received the Ijenefit of his experience and time, he Iiaving 
 served as lay delegate in the Synod ever since its incorporation under the present law, and a 
 member of the standing committee of the Synod for the same perio<l. 
 
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 ALEXANDER WOEiaLAX, 
 
 OTTA WA. 
 
 f 1 1HE oldest iron merchant in Ottiiwa is Alexander Workman, a native of Lisburn, county of 
 -*- Antrim, Ireland, where he was born May 2S, 1798. His father was Joseph Workman, 
 who emigrated to America when a young niiui, and was a mathematical teacher in an institu- 
 tion in Philadelphia a few years, and then returned to his native place, and married (,'atharino 
 Gowdey. 
 
 Young Workman received his education at an institution which has since become Belfast 
 College, and wlien about seventeen became a clerk in an iron store. 
 
 In April, 1820, he came to America, landing at Quebec ; and proceeding westwanl to what 
 is now the Province of ( hitaric), he settled on a farm in the town of Huntley, twenty miles west 
 of By town, since named Ottawa. In 182;{, be left Himtley, at the invitation of bis brother, 
 Dr. Benjiimin Workman, at that lime principal of an academy, then calleil the Union School, in 
 the city of Montreal, the two becoming partners in that literary enterprise. On the retirement 
 of the doctor, a few years later, our subject eontiiuKjd tlie academy on his own account until 
 184'>. That year he removed to Ottawn, and on the spot on Rideau street, where he still trades, 
 opened the present iron store in company with Edward Gritttn, wlio retired in 1808. 
 
 Mr. Workn)an is now alone in the l»usiness, and although in bis 82nd year, maintains his 
 business habits and pursues liis calling energetically. 
 
 He has held various local orfices, discharging their duties with great faithfulness, and he has 
 always been regarded as a valuable citizen. 
 
 Mr. Workman was married on the 20th of April, 1820, just before leaving the old country 
 choosing for his wife Mary, tlaughter of Lieut. Francis Abbott, Irelaml. She was Scotch, on 
 her mother's side. She had four children, and died in 187-Ii. 
 
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 Mr. Workman attributes liis lengtliened and successful life to his uncompromising detesta- 
 tion of intoxicating liquors, and his own strictly temperate habits ; and the writer once heard 
 him remark that he should like to leave this motto for his posterity : "Our ancestor, Alexander 
 Workman, did not use strong dvink, not even wine, neither will we ever do it." His history, 
 briefly told, leaves its own wholesome lesson, 
 
 ARCHIBALD MACD02^AL1), 
 
 GUKLI'H. 
 A RCHIBALD MACDONALD, senior judge of the county of Wellington, is a native of this 
 
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 Province, being born in Cobourg, county of Northumberland, on the 7th of August, 1833. 
 
 His father was Captain Macdonald, who was in the war against Napoleon, serving ten years in 
 the British atniy. He was educateil at Victoria CuUego, in his native town; commenced the 
 study of law there in 1840; practised his profession there from 1845 to 1854, when he was 
 appointed judge of the county of Wellington, and settled at Guelph. His knowledge of law is 
 very extensive, and when sitting on the bench he brings to bear on the decisions of cases a rich 
 fund of common sense, and an intimate knowledge of the laws. He is a patient investigator, 
 and very courteous to suitors and the Bar, and lias had for yeai-s the loputation of being one 
 of the best judges in Ontario. 
 
 Judge Macdonald was chairman of the board of education here for many years, and while 
 in health took much interest in imi)roving the character of the schools, and in trying to promote 
 the general welfare of the town, now a city. Latterly he has been laid aside from official and 
 all other duties, being a confirmed invalid, never leaving his room. He is very much respected 
 in the county of Wellington, and wherever known. 
 
 In 1854 he married Jane Ann Wright, a native of Canada, and has four children. 
 
 a])a:m j. bakePv, m.p.p., 
 
 METVALFK. 
 
 A DAM J. BAKER, who is serving his second term in the Ontario parliament for the riding 
 -^^ of Russell, is of Holland descent, grandson of William Baker, a United Empire Loyalist, 
 and son of William Baker, junior, formerl)- a merchant at Osnabruck, county of Stormont, where 
 our subject was born Septeinbi-r 22, 1821. His mother was Ann Eve \\'aldorff'. He received 
 8Ui;h a preliminary education as the country schools furnished fifty years agi), adding to it by 
 
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 his own exertions, after going into lmsines«. When ten years oKl he lost his father; hi.s older 
 brother, John W. Baker, eoutinued the mercantile business, and Aduin Iwcaine a clerk for him. 
 
 In 1843, lie commenced business for himself in the villngo of Metciilfe, township of Osgoode, 
 county of Russell, and traded there for thirty years, Wing engaged also, much of the time, in the 
 manufacturo- of luraUu- and penrl-ash, making 200 or 3(H) barrels of tlic latter a year, and being 
 eminently successful in most of his ventures. 
 
 Mr. Bilker retired from the mercantile and manufacturing business four or five years ago, 
 but for twenty yeara has been engaged in farming, and continues that occupation. 
 
 Mr. Baker has always been a hard working, painstaking man, and a prudent manager, and 
 Ids intlustry has been liberally rewarded. 
 
 He has held a gieat variety of ortiees — was pustnmster of Metcalfe twenty years ; has l»een 
 a justice of the peace fi r a tjuarter of a century ; has been in the township and county council ; 
 holds a Captain's commission in the sedentary militia, and is a commissioner for taking afiida- 
 vits, doing a good deal of business in the latter line. 
 
 In liS75, the Conservative party of Kti.ssell elected Mr. Baker to the provincial legislature. 
 He was unseated June 4th of that year, on petition ; was re-elected on the 12th of August fol- 
 lowing, and was returned in 1«70, and he makes a good common sense worker in that botly. 
 He favors a well-digested prohibitory liijuor law. 
 
 In 1849, Mr. Baker married Miss Janet McDonmll. nf Hii.-selJ. and she has had .seven 
 childivn, losing one of them. 
 
 JIAMMKL ^[. DEHOCIIK, 
 
 SAP AS El-:. 
 
 "TTAMMEL MADDKN DKUOCHK, a uiendur of the rn.vincial railiament for upwards 
 -■ — '- of eight yeai-s, dates his birth at Xewburgb, county of Addiiigton, Augtist 27th, 1840. 
 His father Pascal Deroche, a French Canadian, was born in Lnwi r Canaila ; his mother whose 
 maiden name was Elizabeth Jane Madden, is a dcseendant of a family of United Knipin- 
 Loyalists, who left the United States about the time of the Revolution. Both parents are still 
 living. Ho was educated at tlie Ni-wburgli granunar scIumiI and in the art ilepaitnicnt of the 
 University of Tomnto, having graduatt'd in l.sdH, as prize spcakrr, and with HiMt-cla.ss honoi's. 
 He taught as secoinl master of tlie high sclmol at Newburgh fi)Ui yiars. and a.s principal of the 
 Najwni'e high school two years ; read law with |). II. I'reston, of Napanee, and James Bethune, 
 Q.C., of Toronto ; was called to tlie Bar at Kaster term, in I.S74, and since then has been in 
 piactice at Naj»anee. He is well read in his profession, keen in argument, clear and forcible, 
 and in pleading a case, not unfreiniently rises to a high degree of eloipience. He has great 
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 Mr. Deioclio wa« elected ♦o the Provincial Parliiunent of Ontario in 1871, and re-elected 
 in 187'^, serving eight consecutive sessions in that body. Ho moved the reply to the speech 
 from the Throne in 1871. 
 
 In polities he is a Reformer, a stirring man and quite influential. 
 
 Mr. Derocho was a inemlwr of the Council of Public In.struction of Ontario from 1873 
 until the office was abolished, and his fine scholarship, excellent literary taste, and his progres- 
 sive disposition made him a valuable memlter of that body. 
 
 He is a Free Ma.sun, being a Royal Arch in that Onler, and belongs to the Church of 
 England. Ho is unl>cnding in his christian principles and high purposes. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Denwho was Sarah Ann Christian Pile, a native of BarlNidoes, and the 
 daughter of Thomas G. Pile, many yeara a planter on that island, and now a resident of the 
 village of Mill Point, County of Hastings, Out. They were married on the iith of December, 
 1872, and have three children, Eleanor Elizal)eth, Sarah Ann Christian Pile, and Hammel 
 Madden. 
 
 Mr. Deroche was re-elected for the riding of Addington, at the general election in 1879, 
 for a further term of four years. 
 
 WILLIAM I). ARDAGII, 
 
 RARRIK. 
 
 "TTTILLIAM DAVIS A1U)AGH, mayor of Banic, is a son of Sti-phen Anlagb, who is 
 ' * descended from a Welsh family that settled in Ireland about the time of Edward I. 
 He was Iwrn in the county of Tipperary, March 21, lHi8, but spent most of the fii-st twenty 
 years of his life in the county of Kilkenny. In 1.S4S he came to Barrie, ami finished bis 
 education in the graiiunar .school ; studied law with John Strathy, of this town, and was called 
 to the Imr at Hilary term, 18.').'). Mr. Ardiigh eommeuced practice in Toronto, in partnership 
 with Hon. John Crawford, since Lieut.-Govemor of the Province nf Ontario, and Ibm. J. H. 
 Hagart\', now chief justice. Two or three years later when Mr. Hagitrty went on the Bench, 
 the firm was dis.solved, antl Mr. Ardagh returned to Barrie. For a time ho wivs in partnei-ship 
 with Hon. James Patton, at one perioil a member of the Legislative Council of Canada ; and 
 at another time practised in company with bis brother, John A. Ardaj^li, now junior judge of 
 the judicial district of Simcue. Latterly nur subject has paid but little attention to the law, 
 being engaged in private banking and bnikerage biisiness. 
 
 At one period he was joint editor and proprietor, with the late fliief Justice Harrison, of 
 the Canada Law Journal, and was at one time publisher of the Xi>rtlii'rn Advavvi; a weekly 
 ' newspaper printed at liarrie. He lias a gocnl deal of ability as a jotirnalist. 
 
 Mr. Ardagh w.is deputy judge ol the county of Simcoo for a few years ; was reeve of Barrio 
 
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 for eight years ; and warden of the county tlu> last three of tlieni, and lias been mayor since 1877. 
 
 In 1871 he was elected to the Ontario Legislature ; was unseateil on petition ; returned in 
 January, 1S72, and served that term out. His |M>lities are Literal Conservative, and he is 
 rather indepen<Ient in his views. His religious connection is with the Refonued Episcopal 
 church. He is a Master Mason, 
 
 In 18.5H Mr. Ardagh married Martha L., third daughter of Ilcv. Samuel 6. Ardagh, tirst 
 Rector of Bairie, and they have two children living, and have buried two. 
 
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 REV. J0U:N^ DAA'ISOX, 
 
 TOliONTO. 
 
 "OEVKRKND JOHN DAVISON, minister of the Primitive Metho.list church, Toronto, 
 -*- * the venerable cli-rgyman whose name heads this sketch, is a native of Newcastle ujwn 
 Tyne, England, and was born November 2.S, 17!)D. In his early manhood he became much in- 
 terestctl in home mission work, and at the age of twenty-four was called to the ministry in con- 
 nection with the Primitive Methodist church, in the north of England, and was stationed for 
 several yeai-s chiefly in the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire. During this period he pur- 
 sued the study of the classics and acquired a knowledge of Rubliinical literature. 
 
 In the j'ear 1847, he was sent to Canada by the Missionary Society to superintend tho 
 Cana<lian missions, and settled inlhecity of Toronto. The following nineteen yeai"s were .spent 
 in active service in the interest of the society, having been elected president of the Canadian 
 Conference, and selecteii to occupy the pulpit of the church at Toronto for three years. In 
 18G<i, Mr Davison was appointed by the general conference to the charge of the mission office, 
 and the editorial charge of the Chrixltmi Jt/tirnal (the organ of the church in Canada), and 
 which was organized under his su[)ervision, lemaining in this capacity nine yoai*s, when at tho 
 age of sixty-seven, after forty-three years' continuous labor, ho was superannuated, he has how- 
 ever taken an active part during his retirement in filling the pulpits as occasion rendered hi.s 
 ministrations necessary. 
 
 In ad<lition to his labors as chief editor of the ChvlxtiiDi Ji)n.rn<tl, Mr. Davison's literary 
 works enibraced contributions to the eliurch magiizines. published in Lon<lon, the journals and 
 life of the Rev. Willliam Clowes (one of the founders of the Primitive Methodist church), a 
 most valuable contribution to the records of the parent church ; he also compiIe<l a book of dis- 
 cipline, which received the sanction of the Conferences of England and Canada, and was 
 adopted for the geneial use of the church. 
 
 In tho year ISG3, Mr. Davison wius ajippiiited by the Canadian flovernment to the Sonato 
 of the University, of which boily he remained a member for a period of ten yeai-s. 
 
 
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 At the age of Mevonty-Hix the veneiaWe gentli'innn, witli liis I'XcelK'iit wife, cclebrat<Hl liis 
 golden wedding, surrounded liy a large and devoted family and troops of adniiring friends. 
 
 At the present time having con',>assed his four score years, his " eye is not dim " though his 
 natural force is somewhat abated. 
 
 JAMES BONFIELT), IsUW., 
 
 KGAyVlLI.K. 
 
 "TAMES BONFIELD, the representative for South Renfrew in the Ontario Legislat<nc, 
 ^ descends from an old ngriculturni family in Ireland, and was horn in Oortniore, county of 
 Tipperary, in 182.), his parents being John ami Eli/aU-th O'Meara BoiiKeld. A maternal undo 
 of James', Father Morgan O'Mearn, was a Catholic priest. 
 
 Mr. Bonfield received a gocwl English education, including the higher nmtliematies, attending 
 scliool most of the time until iS-tS, in the spring of which year he came to ('anaila, luid settled 
 at Eganville, township of Cirattan, where he has resided for thirty-two years. He connnenced 
 work in this Province as a clerk for John Egan, from whom the village of Eganville was 
 named; in 1803 opened a general store for him.self, and not long afterwards connnenced lum- 
 bering and discontinued merehandlNing. 
 
 Mr. Bonfield was at one period reeve of the township of Clrattnn ; in 1875 was elected to 
 the local Parliament for the riding of South Renfrew, by acclamation, and at the expiration of 
 his term, after an animated contest, was re-elected by a handsome majority. His political 
 affiliations are with the Reform party. 
 
 Mr. Bonfield was reared in the Roman Catholic church, and earnestly adheres to the faith 
 of his parents, and a long ancestral line. His marriage is dated November 20, 18.14, his wife 
 being Mi.ss Catharine Tracy. 
 
 BEXTEIt irEVEP.ATMK), 
 
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 ipvEXTER D'EVERARDO, Registrar of Dee.ls an.l Registrar of the Surrogate Court, wa.s 
 -^—^ born in Paris, France, December 28, 1814, his parents being Charles Aug\istus Cecil and 
 ElizalMith Theresa (Dexter) D'Everardo. The D'Everardos are an old French family of the 
 province of Evremont. The Dextei-s are also French. 
 
 In 1817 the family emigrated to Nova Scotia, settling in the township of Aylesford, where 
 the father wa-s engaged in farming. Our subject received a thorough classical and mathematical 
 
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 education ; studied law botwccn three and four years in tlio Province of Nova Scotia ; in 1834 
 moved to the Niagara District, and was, for a wliile.a clerk in the Custom House at Chippawa, 
 under the late James Secord ; was afterwards clurk in a store and grist-mill establishment at 
 Dunnville, where he was also deputy collector for a time ; and moving to Pelham, now in the 
 county of Welland, he was a merchant there several years, serving, meanwhile, as town- 
 ship clerk. 
 
 Altout 1842 Mr. D'Everardo wa» elected a member of the old District Council, and served 
 six years ; was subsequently Superintendent of Education for the Niagara District for four or 
 fiveyeare ; in 1852 was appointed county Registrar, and in 185G Registrar of the Surrogate Court 
 for Welland, on separation of Lincoln and Welland, and was also appointed county clerk, which 
 office he held until 1873. The offices he now holds were mentioned at the start. 
 
 Mr, D'Everardo is a member of Welland Lodge No. 3G of Free Masons, at Fonthill, and of 
 Wilson Chapter of Royal Arch, at Welland. 
 
 In 1844 Mr. D'Everardo married Mrs. Eliza Ann Brown, n^. Sharp, of Horton, Nova 
 Scotia. 
 
 Though doing business at Welland, and usually coming to town six days in the week, Mr. 
 D'Everardo retaias his beautiful homestead of, perhaps, thirty acres in the village of Fonthill, 
 four miles from the county town. It is one of the most pleasant homes in the county, and is 
 fitted up with taste and elegance, and yields an abundance of almost every kind of fruit which 
 grows in this famous fruit district. 
 
 IIENRT niLKER, 
 
 PORT ELGIX. 
 
 "I TENRY HILKER, of the firm of Ruby and Hilker, general merchants and graindcalei-s, 
 -* — *~ wns bom in the city of Blumbergor, PniH.sia, December 24, 1824, his parents being 
 William and Henrietta (Beckman) Hilker, both natives of Prussia. In 1834 the family went 
 to the I.^land of Jamaica, and in June, 1837, came to Canada, and settled in the county of 
 Waterloo, where his father bought land, near Guelpli, and settled. 
 
 In 18.53 our subject came to the site of Port Elgin, then an unbroken forest, the nearest 
 family being two miles oft". He took up 200 acres, on much of whicii land the village of Port 
 Elgin now stands ; cut the first tree here, and commenced preparing to farm. Some years ago 
 he added a hundred acres more to his landed property, all now in the corporation of the village, 
 and he is still engaged in cultivating portions of it. 
 
 In 180G Mr. Hilker commenced the mercantile and grain trade in company with William 
 H. RuVjy, noticed on another page, witii the particulars of their business. Mr. Hilker was in 
 the township council three or four years, and has been reeve, fii-st of the township, then of the 
 
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 village, for ton or twelve terms, Htill holding that oHice, and making a jiidieiouH member of the 
 county council. Ho was a school trustee for seven terms, ami then declined to servo longer. 
 His education, though picked up in Prussia, the West Indies, and on the frontier of Canada, is 
 fair, considering the circumstances ; and he has done nohle service in helping to elevate the 
 grade of the local schools, 
 
 Mr. Hilker has been and still is a very industrious man, and his well spent time and pru- 
 dent habits placed him years ago in very comfortable circumstances. 
 
 GEORGE MCDONALD, 
 
 CLIFFORD. 
 
 aEORGE McDonald, the first merchant in Cliflbrd, and the leading business man of the 
 place, was born in the county of Peel, Juno 14, 1835. His parents, John and Catharine 
 (McDougall) McDonald, were from Argylcshiro, Scotland, his father being a builder and contrac- 
 tor. Hii mother died when he was one year old. Partly on account of tiiis loss, George 
 received quite limited school privileges in his youth, but sulwequently attended night 
 schools, and acquired a fair knowledge of the elementary branches. He worked on his father's 
 farm until fourteen years of age, then spent four years at Brampton, in learning the carriage 
 maker's trade, and after working ono year as a journeyman, commenced the business for him. 
 self at Cheltenham, in his native county. The next year his health beginning to fail, by the ad- 
 vice of his physician, he sold out, and abandoned the carriage business. Going to Culross, in 
 the county of Bruce, he opened a store, traded two years, and in IS.jS, settled where the village 
 of Clifford, in the township of Minto, now stands, the only person hero then being Frank 
 Brown, who had a little saw mill, and was keeping an inn in a little log cabin. This part of the 
 county of Wellington, and that part of the county of Bruce in which Mr. McDonald had just 
 resided, were almost a complete wilderness twenty-two or twenty-four years ago, with none but 
 the poorest apologies for roads. Gravel roads have since boon made, railroads have been run 
 through the country, and this part of the Province is filled up with thrifty farmers, and dotted 
 with smart young villages and towns. A few years afterwards he was intiueiitial in securing 
 better roads, and getting a railroad into town, working very hard for both enterprises. 
 
 At the time Mr. McDonald settled hero, emigrants were beginning to come in rapidly ; he 
 opened a store in a small building ; had a fair trade from the start, and two or three years later, 
 put up a much larger building, which he used for a hotel as well as store. In those days he had 
 to haul his goods by teams from Guelph, a distance of fifty miles, being sometimes eight or nine 
 days in making the round trip. His wife tended the store while he did the teaming. At ono 
 time he had three or four branch stores at other points in this vicinity, 
 
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 Mr. McDonald built a store twice after liis first start liure, each time on a larger scale, and 
 tradetl in general merchandise for sixteen yeare. Diirinjj most of this time ho also dealt in 
 grain, which he is still purchasing and shipi)in;^ in largo quantities. He also built a flouring iuill 
 at an early day, and run it until 187C, when ho sold out. 
 
 In 1878 he built the McDonald house, which stands on tho corner of two streets, with a 
 hundred foot on each street, the building being of brick and three stories high. It has five 
 stores in it, besides the office, dining-room, reiuling-room, sample rooms, etc., which arc on tho 
 ground floor. Tho whole structure is put up in modern stylo, very high in the ceiling ; has 
 about forty rooms of all kinds, and is heated with hot air. Its cost was ?1 2,000 and it is rare 
 that tho traveler finds as elegant and excellent a public house in a town five or six times tho 
 size of Clifford. 
 
 Mr. McDonald has done some public work as school trustee, and was reeve of tho village in 
 1877 and 1878. 
 
 He is a Reformer, firm and untlinching, ami (Juringan exciting canvass usually works very 
 hard for his political friends. He is a man of much influence, a leader, in fact, in this respect, in 
 the place. 
 
 November 11, 18.'37, Mr. McDonald marrieil Mrs. Sarah Jane Haines, daughter of George 
 Patterson, of Toronto, and she has had six sons and one daughter, losing one of the sons. The 
 family attend tho Presbyterian church. 
 
 :martin cgaha, 
 
 OTTA WA. 
 
 "Ti ^ARTIN O'GARA, one of the leading barristers in Ottawa, was born in the county of 
 -^~-*- Mayo, Ireland, October 2H, iMSG, being the son of Patrick O'Gara, a farmer. Tho 
 maiden name of his mother was Catharine Duffy. Mr. O'Gara received a classical education in 
 his native country; came to Canada in 1857; read law with Me.ssi-s. Mowat and Maclennan, 
 barristers, Toronto, and was graduated LL.H., at the University of Toronto in 18GI, being ad- 
 mitted to the Bar, and made a barrister the same year. 
 
 Mr. O'Gara settled at Ottawa, and has here been in steady practice nearly twenty yeare. 
 He is the senior member of the firm of O'Gara, Lai)iere and Lemon, wlio do an extensive law 
 business in all its branches. Mr. O'Gara practises in all the courts of the Dominion. For a rtian 
 of his age, he is very thorough in his legal studies, ami extensive in his attainments, and he is 
 a growing man. Ho has a logical mind, reasons clearly and strongly, and is an excellent 
 advocate. 
 
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 Ho wa8 apiiointcd Polico Miigistratc in 1HG3, ami still hol<l.s that ottlco. 
 
 Ho waH bom and roaiod in tho Iloinan Catholic chinch, and adheres to tho faith of hU 
 forufathcrs. 
 
 In Aiignst, 18G4, Margaret, daughtor of John nowcs, architect, Ottawa, becamo the wife of 
 Mr. O'Oara, and they have seven children living and have lost one child. 
 
 iiOK JOiiiS^ w. gwy:\ne, 
 
 OTTA WA. 
 
 TOHN WELLINGTON GWYNNE, who was recently appointed one of tho puisno Judges of 
 ^ tho Supreme Court of the Dominion, is a native of Ireland, and was bom in 1817, being a 
 son of tho Ilcv. Dr. Owynnc, minister of tho Church of England, of Castle Knock, Dublin. 
 Judge Gwynno came to Canada in 1S32, the year that tho cholera first visite<l this continent ; 
 subsequently returned to his native country, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Ho 
 road law witli Thomas Kirkpatrick, barrister, of Kingston, and was called to tho Bar, Trinity 
 turm, in 1837. He was elected a Bencher of tho Law Society in 1840, and created a Queen's 
 Counsel the next year. 
 
 At tho general election in 1848, Judge Gwynno was an unsuccessful candidate for Huron, 
 in the Canadian Assembly, and wa-s appointed to the Bench, to succeed Hon. Adauj Wilson, in 
 the Court of Common Pleas, on the 12th of November, 18(i8. 
 
 He was a member of the Law Reform Conunission in 1871 ; wa.s appointed a member 
 of tho Senate of tho University of Toronto in April, 1873, and to tho supreme Bench of the 
 Dominion, in Jamiary, 187!). For tho data for this sketch wo are imlebtod to tho Canadian L('<jaL 
 Directuri/, edited by Henry J. Morgan, barristor-at-law, Ottawa. The wife of Judge Gwynno 
 was a daughter of Surgeon Durie. 
 
 IlENllY O. CALDWELL, :M.r.P., 
 
 LANAHK. 
 
 "TTTTLLIAM CLYDE CALDWELL, mumbcr of the local Legislature for North Lanark, 
 ' ' and a prominent business man in that ri<ling, is a son of Alexander and Mary Ann 
 ( Maxwell) Caldwell, both n;)tives of Scotland, and both dying in 1872. He was born in tho 
 village of Lanark, Ontario, May 14, 1843, and received his education at Queen's College, Kings- 
 ton, whence ho wa.s graduated in 18(54. His father was a luniboriiian, which business our 
 subject also makes a .specialty, cutting about (>,000,00() feet annually, and .shipping nurst of it to 
 
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 Oswego, New York. He also manufactures flour, doing custom and merchant work, and has a 
 farm of souething like 4()0 acres, partially under improvement. 
 
 Mr. Caldwell has held the office of village councilor, reeve, school trustee, etc., and has de- 
 voted considerable time to municipal and other lowil interests. He possessing a large share of 
 public spirit as well as entei-prise. 
 
 In 1872 Daniel Galbraith, member of the Ontario Parliament for North Lanark, resigned 
 his seat, in order to run for tlio House of Commons, and Mr. Caldwell was elected to take his 
 place. At the general electio t in 1875 he was again i candidate, and was defeated. In 1879 
 he contested the seat once more, and received a majority of more than two hundred votes ; it 
 being a Reform constituency, and he drawing out the full strength of the party. 
 
 E013ERT P. JELLETT, 
 
 PICTON. 
 
 ROBERT PATTERSON JELLETT, Judge of the county of Prince Edward, was bom in 
 Belfast, Ireland, March 15, 1827. His father, Morgan Jellett, left Ireland in 1832, 
 settled at Port Hope, was a merchant there several yeats, afterwards clerk of the old Court of 
 Commissions, and at the time of his death was clerk of the county council of the united 
 coi' >tios of Northumberland and Durham, with residence at Cobourg. Tlie Jelletts are an old 
 and prominent family in the county Down, the great-grandfather of our subject, Morgan Jellett, 
 was for many years a magistrate in that count}', ilying at Moira, in 17!*7. The chroniclers of 
 that period spoke of him as the oldest magistrate in Down, and as "an upright and honorable 
 gentleman, zealously attached to tlio King and Crown." 
 
 The mother of Jutlge Jellett was Hophia Harding, who liad eleven children, ho being the 
 second child. When thirteen years old, having received his mental training in the grammar 
 school >;t Port Hope, he became a clerk in a (hy -goods store, holding that situation six years, 
 and then farming for two seasons. He was afterwards a chain bearer and assisted in laying out 
 a road from Port Hope to Peteiborough. 
 
 Judge Jellett entered the law office of Hon. Sidney Smith, of Cobourg, on tt small .salary, 
 and while thus engaged, as: we learn from the county atlas of Prince Edward, he in.structed 
 himself in the cla.ssies and mathematics and other higher branches of education, to enable him 
 to enter the Osgoode Hall, Toronto, which he did in 1851. He finished his legal studies with 
 Messrs. Ro.s^; and Bell, of Belleville, wa.s admitted to praeti.se as an attorney on the 23rd of 
 November, 1852, and called to tlie Bar on the 17th of November, 185(i. He practised awhile 
 in company with Messrs. Ross and Bell, ami sub.se(|uently with his brother, Morgan Jellett, as 
 
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 nn advocate liaving no superior at the Hastings Bar ; and in 1873 lenioved from Belleville to 
 Picton, being appointed County Judge on the 12th of July of that year. 
 
 The store-boy, the chain-bearer, the connnon sailor, wears the ermine with modesty, and 
 yet his legal attainments, his fine natural abilities, and his fii-st-elass judicial qualities do honor 
 to his position. He shows himself thoroughly able to grapple with the most difficult cases. In 
 every instance his judgment has been iipheld. In cases coming up under the Temperance Acts, 
 his judgments, although differing from the pt)pular belief as to the law, have been upheld by the 
 Superior Court.s. Since the Confederation, no class of cases has given the courts so nmch 
 trouble. 
 
 Judge Jellett has been twice married ; the first time in IS.j^, to Miss Kate Macncider, of 
 Quebec, she dying in 1869, and the second time in 1873, to Lilian, daughter of Rev. John Grier, 
 Episcopal minister, of Belleville. He has two .sons and five daughtera. 
 
 REV. EDWARD L. ELWOOD, A.M., 
 
 GODKlilCII. 
 
 TT^DWAKD LINDSAY ELWOOI), Rector of St. Ceoige's church, (Soderich, and archdeacon 
 -*—' of Huron, was born in Cork, Ireland, December 13, 1810. Hit: parents were Edward 
 Elwood, Captain 7th Royal Fusiliers, and Esther tivf Lindsay. Tiie Elwoods belong to tiie gentry 
 of Roscommon, Ireland. Our subject was educated at a i>rivate school in Dublin, taught by the 
 Rev. T. P. Huddart, Chief Justice Hagarty being a pupil in the same seliooi, and Trinity Col- 
 legi', Dublin, being graduated A.R, in 1831, and receiving tlie degree of A.M., in course .seven 
 years later. He was ordained deacon October (i, 1833, by the Rev. Dr. Knox, of Kellaloe, and 
 Priest on Ascension Day in 183(), by the Bishop of Liiii' rick. His fii-st curacy was in the 
 parish of Skreen, diocese of Tuam ; his second, Tanderagee, diocese of Armagh, and his third, 
 Drundjanngher. also diocese of Aruuigh. 
 
 In 1848 Mr. Elwood came to Canada, and was lorion lotnia at York Mills, diocese of To- 
 ronto, a few months, and then becnme rector of St. Oeorge's cliuieh, (iodericli. In September, 
 1875, he was appointed arclideacon oT Huron, and chaplain to the Lord Bishop. He is a scho- 
 larly an able preacher, and uinisually pleasant reader, and nnieh beloved in his parisli. 
 
 Archdeacon Elwood wns a m.stee of the (Iodericli high school for sevi-ral years, and takes 
 a deep interest in educational matten, and everything pertaining tu the mental and moral wel- 
 fare of the town. 
 
 September 15, 1830, he married Ellen, daughter of Rev. John Yeats, of Drumcliffe, Ireland, 
 
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 and she was the mother of eleven children, seven of them yet living. She died August 7, 
 1870, greatly lamented by a very large circle of friends. 
 
 Of the seven children who survive her, all are married but two, Mary Jane and William 
 Butler, who are at home. Esther, the eldest daughter, is the wife of Rev. Isaac Middleton, B.A., 
 of Oshawa ; Ellen S. M. is the wife of Horace (Conquest, of Clifton, Ontario ; Rebecca is the 
 wife of Philip A. Holt, barrister, Krm Cameron, Holt and Cameron, Goderich ; George Vesey is 
 in the inland revenu' office at Stratford, and Henry Taylor is in business in Chicago. 
 
 Archdeacon Elwood is a stout built, thick set man, hardly up to the average height, but 
 not quit*^ small enough and sufficiently adipose to answer to Thomson's portrait in the "Castle 
 of Indolence : " "A little, round, fat, oily man of God." He has a very cheerful disposition ; a 
 cordiality and whole-heartediiess which put a stranger on good terms with him at once, and is, 
 in short, a sunny-.souled christian. His face is full, open and broad, and on it, as Sydney Smith 
 said of Francis Horner's face, are written the ten commandments. 
 
 EZRA A. BATES, 
 
 ARNPIilOU. » 
 
 TT^ZRA ALBERT BATES, lawyer, and postmaster at Arnpiior, i,s, like his parents, Joshua 
 -' — * and Tamson (Bigeluw) Bates, a native of Canada, he being born at Farmcrsville, county 
 of Leeds, April H, 183!). His branch of the Bates family is of Scotch lineage, and its progeni- 
 tor in this Province came from the I'nited States nearly a century ago. Wlien E/ra was eight 
 years old the family moved to Brockvillc, where lie was educati'd in the graiinimr school. Sub- 
 .sequently the family lived near Smith's Falls, whtre Josliua Bates had a Houring mill and a 
 custom carding mill, the son having for a time tharge of both. 
 
 In 18j9 Mr. Bates commenced the study of law with William H. Treniayne, of Whitby, 
 county of Ontario; finished with Jolin Deacon, then of Perth, now Judge of the county of 
 Renfrew, and was admitted to practice at Ka-tcr tenn, in 18(17. He settled in Arnj)rior ; be- 
 came po!-tmaster in June, 1870, ami has a great vari<'ty of labors on his haml, being a convey- 
 ancer, notary public, solicitor in chancery, itc. 
 
 Mr Bates has a fine taste for music, n good deal of talent in that lim-, and leads the choir 
 n Emanuel clunch, of which he is senior warden. Outside the church, on public occasions, 
 when music is in ilemand, he is a sort of " reserve force," and ran always be relied upon. In 
 many ways he makes himself useful as a citizen, and is <iuite popular. 
 
 Mr. Bates takes an interest in educational matters, as well as public enterprises generally, 
 serving for a period of four yeni-s as a member of the .school board, and he was one of the first 
 
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 directors and earnest promoters of the Arnprior Agricultural and Horticultural Society. He is 
 chaplain of Madawaska Lodge, No. 196 of Free Masons. 
 
 In September, 18G4, he man-ied Miss Matil H. Sache, of Perth, daughter of Charles H. 
 Sache, a half pay officer in the army, and they have two children, Florence Julia aged fourteen, 
 and Harry Walter, aged ten years. 
 
 REV. ALEXAIS^DER CAMPBELL, 
 
 MOREISBVIIG. 
 
 T I iHE trito saying " Truth is stranger than tiction" finds its fulfilment in the life of the Rev. 
 ~ Alexander Campbell, who was born in a log cabin in the Province of Quebec, three nules 
 from any house, and nine miles from a settlement. His parents were puritanical enough to believe 
 in v/ork as a means of living — in " Honesty as the best policy," and in religion as essential to 
 success in life. Hence his father, a farmer and a sturdy Presbyterian, taught his boys not only 
 the " Decrees of God and His eternal Purposes," but also the use of the spade, the hoe, and the 
 woodman's a.\e. 
 
 Mr. (Tampbell's early days were spent in the rude rough work incident to clearing a farm 
 and making a home in the backwoods of a poor country. He le.arned to read, but it was by 
 earnest effort and by the light of the fire on the old hearth-stone. He never even saw a .school- 
 house or a schoolmaster until he had attained his maji>rlty ; and the only books which he 
 remembeis having seen were the Bible, the Confession of B'aitli, and boston's" Fourfold State." 
 But though thus utterly devoid of opportunity, evun while very young, he had strong desires 
 for education ; and these desires continued to increase until they became the ruling power of his 
 soul, and led him against his mother's entreaties ami his father's counsels, to seek in a strange 
 land, that which he esteemed so dear, but which he could not find at home. 
 
 His struggles ami privations for education were protracted and great. Funds being refused 
 at home, he had to depend on him.self and his (iod. At one time he had to trade his hat; at 
 anothei' to sell his dictioiuiry ; and at another to travel hundreds of miles to college, living on 
 biscuit and water, tlint he might be able to proseeute his studies. But he persevered and suc- 
 ceeded, having, before entering the ministry and coimneneing his theological eour.se, spent two 
 years in earnext study at Derby Center, Vermont ; one year and a ijuarter at Fort Edward, New 
 York; and a little more than two yeais at Vietcjria College, Ontario, and these but sufficed 
 to lay the foundation upon which Mr. Campbell has been assiduously building. 
 
 His theological difficulties were almost as great as his educational. At the time of his 
 conversion to (Juil, he was a firm believer in all the five points of Calvinism. And that he 
 
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 might lie able to give a reason of the hojie that was in him, ho began to study the Bible for the 
 purpose of proving his creed. 1 or a time hesucceedeil qnito to his own satisfaction, and became 
 jealous indeed in propagating his faith. But doubts arose. He read, he thought, he prayed; 
 renounced Calvinism, and entered the ministry of the Methodist church of Canada. After the 
 usual probation, he wa.s married to MissClommie Abbott, a lady of rare amiability and goodness. 
 Her society lie enjoyed but two lirief years. She fell a victim to C.madian cholera. He lived 
 for nearly seven years a widower, and then n)arried her sister. Miss Hattie Abbott, who now, 
 with two little girls, " Florrio " anil " Gertie," adorn liis home. 
 
 He has lalxjred with acceptance and success on such important circuits as Napanoe, Corn- 
 wall, Sherbrooke .street, Montreal ; and Ottawa, west. 
 
 He is yet in the prime of life, and bids fair for years of usefulness — a man of pure pur- 
 poses, of strong convictions, of earnest effort and of indomitable courage. His motto through 
 life has been: " Bo sure you are right, and then go ahead." And his own life illustrates the 
 oorrectnoss and value of the motto. He has alroiidy accomplished more than most men ever do. 
 May his faith, friends, and success be multiplied ten fold. 
 
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 TORONTO. 
 
 TOIIN GILLESPIE, wholesale manufacturer and importer, was l)orn in the County of Wick- 
 ^ low, Ireland, on the 14th of July, 1830. He is a son of John Gillespie, senior, and Mary, 
 his wife. 
 
 John received his early education from liis fatlier, and spent about five yi-ars at an academy, 
 or "boarding .school " at Dundalk, Ireland. It being the desire yf his father, he commeucfl 
 studying with a view of entering the ministry, but his own inclinations being in favor of com- 
 inercial life, he chose tlie latter as offering the best field for the exercise of his natural abilities. 
 His practical mercantile eilucation he obtained in the employ of the cele'Drated commercial 
 house of TotM, Burns and Co., in Dublin. Tliey were at tliat time one of tlio most extensive 
 mecantile esUiblishments in the world, and the knowledge, iliscipline and business habits which 
 young Gill >,spie ac<piired while with them, were of great value, and no doubt he owes his sub- 
 serjue -^sful business career to the lessons then learned, 
 
 III ihSl', soon after the death of his father, he resigneil his position with Toild, Burns and 
 Co., and emigrated to Canada, settling at tiuelph, in the Province of ( )utario, Here he engaged 
 in the dry go<^ds business, but sold out in 1858 to enter the employ uf the well known firm of A, 
 
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 usii&l prubatiiHi, he wm* n,. , i t,. Mis.tCU'mmio Abbott, a lady of ran.- ainiabihly and gtiodixaa. 
 Her society ho onjoyod !■ yaaw. She fell a vic*im to t-madian diolora. He lived 
 
 for m.arly .seven years R »J<i»)»Hv and then WAiTioil hor aislei, Mis» Hattie Abbott, who no wr, 
 with two little jK»irl^ '' Fkwnw" «ml " tiertie," adorn hJ!4 home. 
 
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 wall .S!ii-rl.r<»kf street. Montraal ; and Ottawa, Wf?st. 
 
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 honw of 'r.«ld. 15urii>« 'ind Co.. in i^i'iu Thf\ >*»?«• at tint tim< 'nt- of the most extt-nsivo 
 mcrtantile estalilishnicnts in thi' M'-rld and the kii 'rtlcdyi- di.v:ipli'!''i>nd liMsini>«i* h.ibits whirli 
 yomig <lillt'*4j'ie acquired w hit" with them, v.ere «>f gn-.-it valut\ an<l no doubt he owes his sub- 
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 In 18.H, .>»o«)n after the dviith of his fatlter, he rtwininl hU ponition witli Tt/thi, liurns and 
 Oi , and emigrated to C'ajiada. settling at (Jaelph, in the Proviinje of ()ntario. Her*; he enip^d 
 i< '•wis b«>»in«sH, but »i!.i out in 1S58 to enter the employ of the well l.tiown firm of A, 
 
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 T. Stewart ami Co., in Nijw York city, ns a j,'onenil .salesman. Ho i-cniaincd with them iintil tho 
 broakinj,' out of tho Soutliorn Kebclliou in IStil, whon ho accoi)teil a situation with tho whole* 
 sale Fur house of Foster and (ialbraith, of Montreal, Canada. Thoir principal house was at 
 llaniiltun. Ont., antl thither Mr. llillespio was .soon transferrotl. Two years later he enj^ajjotl in 
 business for himself, opoiiinj,' a dry floods commission house for the sale of American fancy goods. 
 This business he carried on succossfully until liSGCi, when it was merjjjed into the wholesale hat, 
 cap, fur and straw goods business, opened at .S!) Yonge street, Toronto, under the tirm-nnnie of 
 J. (jillespio and Co. ; in this busino.ss he was joined by D. Ualbraith of the tirm oi Foster and 
 Ualbraith. 
 
 In 1809, tho Inisiness had enlarged so that a larger store was necessary, and the stock wa-s 
 removed to (il-US Yonge street. 
 
 Mr. (ialbraith only remiiined in the firm abouta year, when Mi. flillespie continued alone 
 until lf<70, when, on opening a branch store in New Y<irk city, ho was again joined by .Mr. 
 (ialbraith. On rolini|ui.sliing this bram^h tho two houses .I,(iille.spie and Co., of Toronto, and I), 
 tialbraith and ('«., of Hamilton, wore united, taking in Mr. T. Christie of the latter hotise. Tho 
 two houses were successfully maintained until l!S7i>; the one at Hamilton under the name of 
 T. Christie and Co., and the one at Toronto, under the name of J. (iiilespieandCo. Tlie partner^ 
 ship was then dissolved, since which time Mr. (lillespio has been alone. He is ]>robably tho 
 leading representative of his line of trade in the Dominion, importing and mimufacturingoxten- 
 .sively every description and ([uality of hnts and caps. ] )uring tlie season of I NT!* ho removed his 
 business to a new nnd sj)acious building, put up expressly for his use on Wellington street, 
 and i.s one of the finest stores in tho city. 
 
 Establishing and maintaining a large business is not all that .Mr. (iiilespie has done lor 
 Toronto; he is actively interested in all matters that tend to benellt or eidianee tiie pn»sperity 
 and well being of the city. He is one of the Directors of the Hristol, West of England Mort- 
 gage Investment Company, the Hand in Hand Insurance Company, and on tho consulting 
 board of the Commercial Union ; has been Treasurer of the Hoard of Trade for the last six 
 veal's; is (iovernnient Trustee of the Toronto (Seiu'ral Hospital; of the Cliureh of St. James' 
 Cathedral; is Secreiary of the Church Association, and Director of the Hiblo .Sueiety, and the 
 Tract Society, of the House of Industry, and of the Newsboys' Lodgings. Flo has alway.s 
 taken a great interest in Sunday .schools, and for the last ten years has been the Superintendent 
 of the St. James'. Under his able mtmagement the school has increased during that time from 
 two hundred and fifty, to over twelve hundred scholars. 
 
 ..Mr. tiillespie was marrieil at (iuelph, in i.S.").")^ to Miss Ksther Cunningham, of that iilaee. 
 She died in 187(1, leaving four children. — one son and three daughters; Louisa, tho eldest 
 daughter was married in Septoiiiber, IS7('>, to Mr. Jofl'rc}- H. Brock, a wholesale merchant, and 
 respected citizen of Toronto; Frederi<'k (leorge is a student in Dr. Tassie's School, at (lalt, 
 
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 Ont., and Fannie nnd Eva me nt home. Mr. (iillos])ie was niaiTie(l again, on the 11th of 
 December, 1878, to Miss Julie Howlnnil, daughter of Henry S. Howland, E-stj. 
 
 Tlie early lessons of Mr. Gillespii''s life must have been, not only excellent, but well learned 
 and never forgotten. Never discounting the future, he hnsju.stly earned an enviable repuUition 
 for reliability and probity. He has always been careful, but at the same time prompt and 
 lionorable in all his transactions, and bis business career has been uniformly successful. 
 
 WILLIAM 1\ YAllWOOD, 
 
 I'KTOX. 
 
 TTTILLIAM THOMAS YARWOOD, forty years iu busine.ss at Picton, and one of its leading 
 citizens, is a native of Lee, Oneida county, N<'W York, bis parents being Samuel nnd 
 Jane (Allison) Yarwood. His father was from England, and the .son of a I'nited Empire 
 Loyalist, who was in the British anuy at the time of the revolt of the American colonies ; his 
 mother wa-s from Ireland. In 1822 the fan.ily came to Picton, where both parents died, the 
 mother in 1858 ; the father in 1870, the latter bi'ing, at the time of his death, a retired farmer. 
 Our subject had meagre school privileges, ami mainly educated himself ; learned the tailor's 
 trade, and in 1840 went into business for himself, being in partnershi]) with another man until 
 18.")0. In that year tliev were burnt out. since which date Mr. V'arwood has been nm.st of the 
 time alone. He has a large merchant tailor clothing establishment, ami has long been doing a 
 profitable luisiness. He owns the three-story brick store which he occu|>ies, and considerable 
 real estate in town, mostly in dwelling houses, all being the accumulations of his own hands. 
 His success is owing to his industrious and economical habits and his careful oversight of his 
 business. 
 
 Mr. Yarwood was in the town council a dozen years ; a trustee of the high school a longer 
 pei'iod ; a mend)er of the county council one terui, and he has bei-n a magistrate since 1870. 
 Olenwood cemetery, adjoining the town of Picton, owes its existence largely to him, he being 
 the prime mover in selecting, .securing, and fitting up the grounds, and he is ])resident of the 
 Company. He also took a vi'ry active part in getting the by-laws pa.^sed, [lermitting the 
 building of the Pi'ince Eilward railway, and was one of its provisional directors. The road 
 was completed and opened in the autunni of 187'J. Mr. Yarwood has always been public- 
 spirited, and took much pleasure in witnessing, a-s well as aiding in the jirogre.ss of the town. 
 
 In politics ho is a Reformer, decided in his views, and zealous in advocating them iu a (piiet 
 way. He has been a member of the Methodist church more than forty years ; holds the offices 
 
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 of trustee and .stewiiiil, and is one of tlie leading men in town in religious enterprises and in tho 
 temperance cause, being a strong proliiliitioiiist. 
 
 In October, 1841, Miss Kliza A.Bristol, of Picton, was joined in wedlock with Mr. Yar- 
 wood, and she has liad six children, only two of them now living; lluth A. tlu, wife of George 
 W. McMiillen, and Ida C, the wife of William C. Dwight, both residents of Chicago. 
 
 LAWKi: N CE LAWIi ASOX, 
 
 LOS DOS. 
 
 TN 1788, five years after the close of the Revolutionary War, liawrence liawrason, who was 
 -*- born in 17C0, in the Province of New Jersey, then a Hritish colony, emigrated to tho 
 Niagara district of Upper Canada, accompanied by lii < wife and Judge Nathaniel Pettit, her 
 father, who was afterwards a member of the first Upper Canadian Parliament, which as.seml)led 
 in 1792 at Newark, now Niagara, then the capital of the Piovince. 
 
 The family .settled upon lands in the township of Aneaster, and had seven children, one of 
 whom wa.s Lawrence Lawutson, junior, the subject of this sketch, wIjo was born at Aneaster 
 August 10, 1S03. 
 
 When the war with the United States broke out, in 1812, our subject was too young to en- 
 list, but two older brothers and his father engaged in the service during the war, and his bro- 
 ther Thomas, who was a volunteer at the taking of Detroit, was afterwards granted a medal for 
 that service. 
 
 In his fifteenth year, after a little taste of hanl svoik on his father's farm, Mr. Lawrason 
 left home and engaged as a clerk in a couuuercial establislniunt at the mouth of tho Cirand 
 river on T^ke Erie, antl continued with the parties, removing with them to Queenaton and 
 thence to St. Thomas. 
 
 In 1810, Mr. Lawrason returned to his fathers farm, and three ^uars later (in 1822) re- 
 moved to the townsliip of London, then a new .settlement, where he continued farming for ten 
 years. He then removed into the town, now the city of London, where he carried on an exten- 
 sive and successful commercial business for nearly a (piarter of a century. 
 
 At an early day Mr. Lawi'asun was appointed an ensign, and was [iromotod from time to 
 time until lie became lieutenant-colonel, wliieli otiice lie now holds in the Ueserve Militia of 
 Loudon. He has been an acting justice of the peace for upwards of forty years, and during the 
 troubles of 1837-38, he assisted in the suppression of that rebellion. 
 
 In 18414, Mr. Lawra.son was elected to the Canadian Parliament, after the union of Upper 
 and Lower Canada, and as a repi'csentative for the city of London served a session, retiring the 
 following year. 
 
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 Mr. Lawinsuii was a lueinljvr of tlio imiiiicipal council at an cnily day, ami in 18GG was 
 appointed police niagistrato, nn office whidi lie still liolds, and the duties of which he is dis- 
 charging with the utmost faithfulness. 
 
 He is a member of the Church of England, and for more than twenty years was warden of 
 St. Paul's church, Lontlon. Mr. Lawrasoii 1ms lived an exemplarj* life, and commands the re- 
 spect and esteem of the whole community. He has been married since May 21, 1827, his wife 
 being Abigail Lee, a native of Thoroid, near Niagara Falls, daughter of the late William Hooker 
 Lee, M.I). They celebrated their golden wedding in May, 1877, when the three living children 
 and a number of grandchildren and other friemls were present, the occasion being one of 
 much joy. 
 
 William Lawrence Lawrason, their only son, is married, nn<l living on his lands in the 
 Miiskoka district ; Louisa, the elder daughter, is the widow of the late Lionel Ridout; and M. 
 A Phoebe is the wife of Edmund Baynes Reed, barrister, London, the secretary-treasurer of 
 the Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huion. 
 
 ]{0]iEl{T EDMOI5DS0N, ]\LD., 
 
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 TT is safe to say that no physician ever living in Brockville, was more generally beloved than 
 -*- the late Robert Edmondson, the skilful physician and surgeon, and the christian gentleman, 
 whose death occuried May 7, 1H71. He was boin in Hallymena, county Antrim, Ireland, Sep- 
 teml)er 22,1802, was cduented at the Tniversity of Glasgow, Scotlan<l, gradiiating as master of sur- 
 gery, in 1827, and was in surgical practice in the county of Down, Irelan<l, until 1829, when he 
 came to Canada, and shortly afterwards settled at Brockville, then a very small village. Here he 
 practised his profussion more than forty years, having a veiy extensive ride, and winning the 
 universal respect of the people for his scholai'ship and skill, the kindness of his heart, and his 
 self-sacrificing disposition, and his labors, especially to the poor and unfortunate. The.se have 
 not forgotten his generous offices. He received the degree of M.D. from Victoria College, 
 Cobourg, and was at one time president of the Meilical Alumni Asssociation of that institution. 
 
 Dr. Edmondson belonged, for many years, to the incorporated militia of Canada; was a 
 Captain during the " Patriot War," particiimting in the battle of the Windmill, at Prescott, 
 November, 1838, and he afterwards held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and doing all he could, 
 at all times, to keep up the military spirit of the town. At the time of the " Trent affair," in 
 1861, he stood ready to take a front position, if necessary, 
 
 When the Doctor died, the London Lancet spoke very highly of his scholar.ship, medical 
 and surgical skill, strength of moral character, and usefulness as a citizen. 
 
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 Tho Doctor was, for a long time, nn elder in the Pivsliytorian churcli, and was president of 
 the Brockville Bible Society when he died. No peraon in town bore a higher (ihristian character, 
 or worked harder for the moral welfare of the community. His interest in young men was 
 marked and untiring, and his influence over them powerful and, in many cases, abiding. More 
 than one middle aged man, now in business in Brockville, can testify to the worth of the coun- 
 sels of their departed friend. 
 
 He was identified with almost every enterprise of tho least importance ; was at one time 
 president of the Lyn Plank Road Company ; at another, of the Johnstown Mutual Insurance 
 C/ompany, and was mayor of Brockville one term. The interests of the town weie his, and he 
 was assiduous in his ettbrts to promote those interests. 
 
 The Doctor was a man of lemarkable literary application, and actually translated tho entire 
 Old Testament out of the Hebrew, while the rest of the family were having their earlier hours 
 of sleep. It is a monument to his industry, sacredly treasured by one of his daughters, Mrs. 
 Foster, from whom we learn that ho always hiul a great interest in the Jews, and had a strong 
 desire to visit Jerusalem. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Edmond»ion was Eliza Sarah Cunnuing, of Antrim, ^ land, married in 
 1828. She had four daughters and one son, the latter dying young. The mother and the four 
 daughters ai'e living. Emily, the eldest daughter, is the widow of Charles TurnbuU, whose 
 home was in Belleville ; Annie is the wife of Dr. H. A. Gordon, of Leicester, England ; Cath- 
 arine Louisa is the widow of Colley W. Foster, of Brockville, her home being with her mother, 
 and Helen, the youngest, is the wife of H. Drummoml, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. 
 
 THOMAS RUSSELL, 
 
 ALTOX. 
 
 rFlHOMAS RUSSELL, a pioneer settler in the township of ('aiedon, county of Peel, dates his 
 -*- birth in Edinburgh, Scotland, May Kl, 1802. His father George Russell, was a mining 
 engineer. His mother, before her marriage, was Euphemia Tweedie, both parents being Scotch. 
 Thomas had a high-school education, including Latin; learned tlie b.iker's trade; was two years 
 in business for himself in Edinburgh, and subseijuently a merchant in tho same city, leaving 
 Scotland in 1834, and emigrating to Canada. He took up land in Calodon, adjoining the village 
 of Alton, where he opened a farm, which he still owns and on which he resides. 
 
 At that time there were no clearings in sight, although there was a farm slightly improved 
 a little west of him. What is now Alton contained a single unoccupied log-house, into wliich he 
 moved, after becoming its proprietor, and lived in it with his family for three years, being on- 
 
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 gajifcd, meanwhile, in clearing anil improving his land. Bears, deer and other wild animals were 
 abundant and neighborly. 
 
 Mr. Russell has been a farmer for forty-five j'ears, and hivs lived to see the county of Peel 
 well-filled with thrifty agriculturists, manufacturers, &c. During these years he has been 
 called upon to fill various offices. Some of which he still holds. He has been a justice of the 
 peace since 1H.')3, first for York and Peel, and on their separation, for Peel alone; he is also a 
 commissioner for the Queen's Bench and an issuer of marriage licenses ; was a school trustee 
 rnany years ago ; and was in the township council six years, and reeve three of them. 
 
 On coming to this couiitiy, Mr. Russell joined what is known as the Liberal or Reform party, 
 and has never seen any reason why he .should change his politics. 
 
 He became connected with the Presbyterian church when sixteen years olil. On coming 
 to Caledon he transferred his connection to the ('onsrrefrational church, there bein<' none of his 
 faith here, and was clerk and deacon of that church for thirty years. A few years ago ho aided 
 in forming a Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder. The christian character of no nmn 
 in Alton stands higher. His light, .shining in this part of the Credit Valley for more than four 
 decades, has never become dim. He is a noble-liearted old gentleman, full of good deeds, and 
 greatly esteemed b}- all who know him. 
 
 In June, 1835, he opened, in a barn, the first Sunday school in the i)lace, and young and 
 old came in from a distance of four miles to attentl it. Ho is now teaching the grfiud-children 
 of his first pupils. 
 
 In LS2G Mr. Russell married Miss Je.ssie Thomson, of Leith, Scotland, and she became the 
 mother of six children, five of them still living, and all married but Euphomia, who lives with 
 her father. Her mother dieil in June, 1871*. Hugh V., the elder .son, is a farmer at Alton; 
 George resides in London, Out.; Catherine is the wife of Archibald McKiunou, farmer of Cale- 
 don, and Janet is the wife of James Burns, of Bolton. 
 
 HON. .MALCOLM CAMEROX, 
 
 SAh'SIA. 
 
 NO citizen of Sarnia filled so large a plaee in the public eye while living as the Hon. 
 Malcolm Cameron, ami no one who has pa.s,sed away is more ati'eetionately and proudly 
 remembered. This would be readily infeiied from the marks of public eoiifiilence placed on 
 him while in active life, and from the eulogies which yet linger on the tongues of his survivors. 
 Malcolm Cameron was bom at Three Rivers, Province of Qucliec, April 'i.'), 1808. Ho was 
 the .son of Angus Cameron ami Euphemia {mr McGregor) Cameron, Victh natives of Scotlan<l, 
 tho former of Argyleshire, the latter a <hnighter of Duncan McGregor, Es(|., of Sttaniie, Loch 
 
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 Liibnaig, Pertlisliiic. His parents came to Canada about the jear 180G. His mental tniining 
 was such as could be gained from the schools in the connnunity in which the family lived, and 
 his early experiences, tastes and habits were not unlike those of any active and healthy boy, 
 subject to like influences. 
 
 In early life, however, Mr. Cameron developed a capacity for business, as in more mature 
 years he showed a taste and fitness for public affairs. He came to Sarnia about 1837, which, 
 for tlie greater portion of his life, continued to be his home, though he resided eleven years in 
 Ottawa, and tempoiarily at King.ston, Toronto and Quebec. At Sarnia he was for years 
 actively engaged in mercantile pursuits, and had large transactions in wheat, flour, lumber, and 
 other commodities. His business ventures were characteristic of the spirit of enterprise which 
 animated him, and if they were not always successful, they left no stain upon his honor or 
 integrity as a business man. 
 
 Mr. Cameron became a member of the Upper Canada Assembly in 1836, and occupied a 
 seat in that body until the union. Al.so, after the union, he represented Kent in the Assembly 
 from 1848 to 18.')1, Huron from 1851 to 1854, and Lambton from 1S58 to 18U0, when he re- 
 signed, but was immediately chosen to represent St. Clair Division in the Legislative Council, 
 which lie continued to do until his appointment as Queen's Printer in lS(i:}. 
 
 In ISil, under Sir Charles Bagot, he was made an inspector of reventie, and his adminis- 
 tration resulted in an augmentation of tlie reveinie.s to the amount of more than ?50,000. He 
 was a member of the Executive Council from March 11, 184S, to Bebruary 1, 1850, and also 
 from October i8, 1851 to September 10, 1854, during which period he also served as assistant 
 conuni.ssioncr of Public Works, President of the Executive Coinicil, Minister of Agriculture, 
 Postm.aster-General and a member of the Board of Railway Commissioners. He was al.so a 
 government director of the Grand Trunk railway' during the peiiod of its construction. In 
 1854 he was a delegate to Washington in behalf of the western mercantile interests, to aid the 
 Government delegate in the negotiation of a Reciprocity treaty, and rendered important assi.s- 
 tance in that work. In 18(32 he visited Ih'itish Cohaiibia, and was there ajipointed a delegate 
 by the people to go to England in tli.' interests of .self-government for the colony. His mission 
 was successful and led to the presL-ntation of an address to tlie secietary of State for tlie 
 Colonies from b(jth Houses of the Canadian Parliament, recommending him for the oHice of 
 Lieut.-Governor of British Coluinliia. 
 
 Mr. Cameron held the ofliee of Queen's Printer from 1803 until October 1, 18(11). He was in 
 the Parliament of Canada from 1S;{(J to 1>S()3, excej)t during the period from the general election, 
 of 1854 to the next general election. He was first nturned to the Commons at the general 
 election in 1873, and held a seat there until the time of his death. He also held other im- 
 portant positions, such as a directorship in the Ontario and Quebec railway, and a life member- 
 ship, from its foundation, in the Agricultural Association of Upper Canada. 
 
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 In all humane, Lenevolent and religious organizations, Mr. Cameron was active and efficient. 
 He was a governor of the Cnrleton Protestant Hospital, vice-president for thirty yeai-s of the 
 Upper Canada Bible Society, president of the Ottawa Reform Association, and he had been an 
 active worker in the temijerance reform movements, and an officer in various leagues and 
 associations designed to promote that cause. 
 
 He was also a member of the Masonic Society. 
 
 In politics Mr. Cameron was an advanced Liljeral. As such, he ably advocated the seculuii- 
 zation of the clergy reserves, the abolition of imprisonment for debt, homestead exemption, the 
 vote by ballot, munic\al institutions, the canal system of the late Hon. Hamilton Merritt, and 
 the construction of the Intercolonial and Pacific lailways. 
 
 In 185.5 Mr. Cameron wius an honorary commissioner to the first Paris exhibition. 
 
 In his religious views and asst)ciations Mr. Cameron was a Presbyterian, and a liberal 
 supporter of that church. 
 
 Mr. Cameron was married April, '2!), 1833, to his cousin, Christina, daughter of Robert 
 McGregor, cotton spinner, Glasgow, Scotland, by whom he had one child, a daughter, who yet 
 survives him. 
 
 Ml". Cameron died on the first day of June, 187(5, at Ottawa, at the time a member of the 
 Canadian House of Commons. 
 
 Though honors came thick upon him, Mr. Cameron was not an office-seeker, and he was 
 more ready to decline than to accept office. His modesty was .so incompatible with political 
 aspiration, anil bis generosit}' so characteristic, that he would seek a friend's advancement as 
 readily as his own. He was of a social ami companionable disposition, of pleasing and courteous 
 manners, and Ihient and vivacious in conversation. His benevolence was a trait of character, 
 which is yet held in grateful remembrance by multitudes, for he was ever ready to lend a hand 
 to the neetly. 
 
 JAMES GILLESPIE, 
 
 I'ICTOX. 
 
 "yAMKS GILLESPIE, second son of James and Jan') (Montgomery) Gillespie was born in 
 ^ Kingston, Ontario, January G, 1824. Hoth parents were from Relfast, Ireland. His 
 father was a baker by trade, and often changed liis residence, living at diffinvnt places in this 
 Province and in the State of New York, settling in Pieton in 1831, where James obtained such 
 mental discii>line, as the local schools of that period furnished. He workwl with his father 
 until fifteen years old ; then learned the traile of a cabinet maker, and followed that business 
 for biuLself until 1800, when he became a grocer and baker. 
 
 In 18G.') Mr. Gillespie renteil his premises, and was in the morocco leather business for five 
 
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 years, the firet three witli anotlier man. During all this period he was also an auctioneer, doing, 
 at times, a good deal of business in that line. He was appointed sheritt' of the county of Prince 
 Edward, in April, 1871, and that oHice he still holds. He makes an efficient public functionary. 
 
 Sheriff Gillespie was a member of the public school board of Picton for eighteen years, and 
 was an early champion of free schools; and he was in the town council several terms, and in the 
 county council one year, showing, in these municipalities, a liberal dispo-sition as it regarded 
 public improvements. He is a valuable citizen. 
 
 He is a life-long Reformer of the grift icit class, and before becoming sheriff, was a very 
 active partisan, working conscientiously, and with zeal to promote the interests of the party. 
 In his present position he keeps quiet. 
 
 Sheriff Gillespie married in May, IS^-t, Mrs. Sarah M. Patterson, ii»'c Morgan, and has four 
 children living, and has lost two. One son, Thomas G. is married, and in the hardwaie business 
 with a younger brother, Charles S. at Canipbellford, Ontario ; James F. is a clerk in his father's 
 office, and Emma M., the only daughter, is living at homo. 
 
 Mr. Gillespie had two brothers, one of whom was the late ])r. George Gillespie, who 
 practised many years in Picton, established the I'lcloii Tiinvfi, and edited it for some time, and 
 was greatly respected, dying a dozen years ago, or more, His brother is Benjamin Gilles|iie, a 
 merchant in Picton, and a successful business man. 
 
 ANTIIO^^Y LACOURSK, 
 
 liERI.IK. 
 
 A NTHONY LACOURSE, junior judge of county of Waterloo, was born in Berthier, Pro- 
 -^-*- vince of Quebec, Se[)tember ii, l.S3(). His father, Anthony Lacoui-so, senior, was 
 from France. The mother of our subjcet was Mary »(*(■ Dame, a native of Montreal. 
 
 Judge Laeourse was edueatcil in the arts at the Picton granunar school, and Regiojiolis 
 College, Kiiigstctn ; stuilied law in the same city with the late Thomas Kirkpatrick, Q. C. ; 
 was called to the liar at Faster term in l.S.")."> ; practiscl (>ne year at Picton, and then re- 
 moved to Limlsay, now county town of N'ietoria, wheie he was in |iraetiee for seventeen years. 
 ])uringthat jH'i'iod he held the offices of superintendent of Nclmols, mayor of the town for three 
 consecutive years, and count}' crown attorney and clerk of the peace from 18U3 to 1H7.'{. In 
 October of the lattei' year he was appointed judge of the county of Waterloo, by Sir John A. 
 Macdonald's Administration, and is faithfully discharging i\\v <luties of that office. He has a 
 liigh sense of what constitutes light and true manhood, and is very severe on acts savoring of 
 fraud. Probably nojudgeinthe Province is more desirous of meting out e.iiict justice to 
 
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 parties arraigned before liini. lie grasps the points for decision in a case very leailiiy and pre* 
 sents tiiem to tlic juiy with great candor and clearness. He is master in chancery, 
 
 The judge is a Roman Catholic, and a man of high moral character. 
 
 He was fii-st married in September, 1S53, to Mary, daughter of John Dormer, M.D., late 
 of Kingston, deceased, she having six children, and dying in 1S74. Five of the children survive 
 her. He was married the second time, December 28, 187s, his j)resent wife being Fannie, 
 daughter of Col. Baldwin, deceased, of Toronto. 
 
 GKORGE DAATDSCW, 
 
 liKIil.lX. 
 r^ EORGE DAVIDSON, sheriff of the county of Waterloo, is a son of John and Margaret 
 
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 Davidson, and was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, May 15, 1.S14. Both parents belonged 
 
 to Aberdeen families. John Davidson was a merchant, and burgess of Aberdeen, retiring from 
 business in 1833 and dying in 1853. Our subject was educated at Aberdeen ; studied law for 
 al)out fom- years in the same place ; came to Canada alone in 183.5 ; and took up 200 acres of 
 land partially cleared, in the township of Woolwich, county of Waterloo; and improved it until 
 about 18-41, when he moved into Berlin ; here bought out a mercantile establishment ; traded 
 alone a few years, then took into partnership his yoimger brother, William Davidson ; went 
 himself to New Aberdeen, six miles from Berlin, and there built a saw-mill and grist-mill, 
 opened a store and a farm of 500 acres, and remained there until the spring of 1852, when he 
 retired from business and returned to Berlin. The ne.\t January he became sheriti" of tlie 
 county, and has held that otficc for twenty -seven years. 
 
 Sheriff Davidson was the first postmaster at Berlin, receiving liis appointment from the 
 British dovermnent; he was also the first postmaster at New Aberdeen ; and held many years 
 ago, at sundry times, the offices of township and county councilman and .school trustee. 
 
 He went into the military service as a Lieutenant, on the breaking out of the rebellion 
 near the close of 1837, and has been Lieut. -Colonel, commanding the .second liattalion of 
 Waterloo militia, for nearly a ipiarter t)f a century. 
 
 Col. Davidson is a lloyal Arch Jlason, a member of the Presbyterian church, an elder of 
 the same for more than forty years. His circle of friends is ([uite extended, and he is much 
 esteemed for his tine social ami other good i[Uiditi(s. 
 
 In 183G our subject married Miss Margaret Oarden, of Aberdeen, Scotlaml, and they have 
 buried six children, and have six living, all settled in life. George, the eldest son, is managing 
 a woollen factor}' at Waterloo ; William is a barrister in Toronto; Robert ( larden is in a hard- 
 Ware store, same city ; Alexander is head physician and surgeon of the Leith hospilal, Scothuul; 
 
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 Margaret in the wifo of Irvine Keiiipt, assistant manager of the Caledonian Railway, Glasgow, 
 and Elizabeth is the wife of William Rose, miller and merchant in the town of Waterloo. 
 
 Since settling in Waterloo county, forty-five years ago, Col. Da\idson has never ceased to 
 cultivate the soil. At one time, while at New Aberdeen, he had 300 acres under improvement, 
 anil still cultivates about one thiid of that amoinit. Though usually having, as is here seen, 
 a variety of irons in the fire simultaneously, lie has done, either with his own hands or by 
 proxy, a great deal, for a single per,s()n, towards dcveloiiing the agricultural re.sources of this pai t 
 of Waterloo county. He has been an energetic, pushing business man,— just the kind needed 
 in a new country— men having backbone and " a mind to work." 
 
 ISAAC WATEiniAN, 
 
 LOMXIX. 
 
 "TSAAC WATERMAN, of the Atlantic Petroleum Works, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, a 
 -*- .son of Jacob Waterman, and was born August 10, 18t4. Ho was educated in a common 
 school till eleven years old ; then spent two years in a mercantile college in the city of Kuerth, 
 and in October, I.S-kS, reached London, Ontario, his present home. Here, after clerking in a 
 store for one year and attending a night .school, he was sent by his employer to take charge of 
 a store in Kingston. In 1.SG4, after spending a few wieks in Watertown, N. Y., Mr. Wateiinan 
 returned to London ami engaged in the oil business, with his brother Herman W^aterman, the 
 Hrin of Waterman Brothers being one of the leading houses in the Province engaged in refining 
 petroleum, and manufacttning parattine wax candles. They are di>ing a very large and exten- 
 sive business, and the " Atlantic Petroleiuu Works are known far and wide." Our sidyect 
 attends particularly to the manufacturing departnuiit, and has made many very important 
 improvements in the methods of nuvking oil and its products, for which imi>rovements the tirm 
 ha.s received a number of gold medals. 
 
 In 187ti he wa.s a member of the Advisory Board for the Province of Ontario for the 
 International E.\hiliition at Phihublpliia. 
 
 In iMTiS Mr. Watern)jni attended the International Kxposition held at Paris, and renderetl 
 important services during the progress of that gram! exhibition of the world's industries. That 
 service was thoroughly appreciated by the French Goveinmeiit, which, as a token of its 
 appreciation, bestoweil upun him the decoration, ami made him a chevalier of tin; Legion of 
 Honor. 
 
 Mr. Waterman has been Vice-President and is now President of the London Board of 
 ■ Trade, and for five years has represented that bmly in the Dominion Boartl of Trade. 
 
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 served two years in its council nnil tlirce years as re i, being elected in tho latter oflico for 
 the third term by acelaination. Largely through liis ettbrts, gas and other improvements Imvo 
 been introduced into that town, where, taxes being low and the corporation out of debt, many 
 mechanics and persons of moderate means have secured themselves homes. The Atlantic 
 Petroleum Works and some other large manufactories are located at London East, and Mr. 
 Waterman has made especial ettbrts to have his workmen and others provide themselves with 
 comfortable homes while land can be had at a moderate price. The result is that the town has 
 about ■i.OOO inhabitants, with its school-houses, churches, mercantile houses, mechanic shops, 
 street cars, railioail station, and every facility for doing business, and only one short mile from 
 the city of London. 
 
 As reeve and member of the county council, Mr. Waterman used his best endeavors 
 with others, to get a poor house, together with the present splendid new court house and 
 beautiful common. In various ways his great energies and public spirit have been shown. As 
 a member and president of the Thames Navigation Company, he was one of the foremost men 
 in building steamers and putting them on this stream, which is a great source of pleasure to 
 the citizens of London. lie is a director of the London Street Railway Company, the Lon- 
 don Life Association, and the London Real Estate Association, ami is counted among the ener- 
 getic live men of Middlesex. 
 
 Ml'. Waterman is a mason, and Past (irand fiodge Ottieer of the Order in the Province ; 
 also a director of the London Masonic Mutual Henetit Association. Whatever tends to i)ro- 
 mote the material, social, and the general interests of the public, seems to have his hearty 
 .sympathy ami co-operation. 
 
 His wife is Carrie N., daughter of Dr. Cattermoli-, of London, whose .sketch appears on 
 another page. They weic married on tho 20th May, LS7!). 
 
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 THOMAS HARINtiTON McM.VHON, judge of the county of Norfolk, was born in the 
 town of Dundas, county (>f Wentworth, Out., Jime 1."), 1S:57. Ills father, Hugh MeMahon, 
 many years a provincial land surveyor, was from Ireland. 
 
 Judge McMahon was educated by his father, who was an English and classical scholar; 
 studied law at Dundas and Brantford, and at the L^nivcrsity of Toronto, and was grailuated at 
 that institution with the degree of LL.B., in 18G2. He practised in Rrantford from that date 
 until l.S7'), holding the office of Crown counsel three or foui- yi^ars, and eondiu'ting .several 
 criminal cases, one or two of them for murder, and a libel case against the Stratford Herald 
 
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 In July, 1875, our subject was apjtointed to tlie Bench, na iiheiidy nientioneJ. During the 
 few years he l>a.s tilloil the position of judge he has earned an cnviaMc reputation both with the 
 legal profession and the general public. His judgments show him to be not only gifted with 
 excellent natural abilities and thoroughly well read in case law, but to be jK)ssessed as well of 
 an invaluable fund of strong common sense. Of a genial temperament and never failing urbanity 
 to all who come into contact with him, exceedingly conscientious and painstaking in the dis- 
 charge of his duties he has well merited the respect and esteem in which he is universally held. 
 
 June 17, 18(52, he njarried Miss Emma Watts, daughter of Charles Watts, of Brantford, 
 and they have eight children. 
 
 tiio:n[as WILSON, 
 
 DUNDAS. 
 
 rriHOMAS WILSON, late mayor of Dundas, and one of the leading machinists and manu- 
 -*- facturei-s of the town, was born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, May 27, 1828. His grand- 
 father was a manufacturer in (llasgow, and his father, Charles Wilson, was a distiller in the old 
 country, and a farmer in Canaila. His mothei- was Margaret McGregor, a descendant of the 
 McGregors and Grahams of Stirlingshire. 
 
 In the early youth of om- subject the family move 1 to Lanarkshire, where he received a 
 pari.sh school education, and in IS^:) they all came to Cniiada West. Thomas learned the trade 
 of a machinist with John Gartshore, of Dundas, conmiencing at sixteen years of age, working 
 twenty-five years for the same man, and managing the machinery department of his shops 
 for sixteen years. Mr. Wilson then purchased the foundry and machine works, and for thirty- 
 six years he has been working in tho same buildings, with some enlargement and alterations 
 from time to time. 
 
 Business in their line is a little depressed just now, liut ordinarily tluy give employment to 
 seventy-five skilled mechanics, and do a business of about .'j'12."),()()() annually, their speei.dtics 
 being steam engines, boilers and mill machinery, thoegh they nuike all kinds of machinery. 
 Tiieir market is mainly in Ontario and Manitoba. They do a great deal of marine work for the 
 latter Province, and the firm of Thomas Wilson aiuK'o., is nearlyas well known in the valley of 
 the Red River of the North, as in almost any part of Ontario. The old " Dundas Foundry and 
 Engine Works," establisheil more than forty years ago (1838), were never in better hands or 
 turned ont more excellent work. 
 
 Mr. Wilson was coiuiected, many years ago, with an artillery force, being Sergeant-Major of 
 the same, and was Cjiptain of a company of home-guards during the Fenian raids, but has never 
 
 had occasion to deal in a seiious manner with " villainous saltpetre." Some of his most useful 
 
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 work has boon done in the niuiiicipality of Dundas, lio being in the council n number of years, 
 and mayor in 1870, 1877 and 1878. His practical good sense and working (lualities cropped out 
 there as well »i8 in his own sliops. lie has also been of g(jod service at times on the scliool 
 board, and is a justice of the peace. 
 
 Though not a rabid politician, nor in this respect very active, Mr. Wilson is an unwavering 
 Reformer, and is president of the local association of his party, and has a high standing in its 
 councils. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and has been one of the nianagors of Knox church 
 for years. His character stands well, and in religion as well as secular matters is active and 
 efficient. 
 
 His wife was Miss Agnes Jardine, a native of Renfrewshire, Scotland. They wore married 
 June 13, 1851, have lost two children, and have eight living. Charles, the c-ldest .son, is marrie<l 
 and lives in Dundas ; Mary is the wife of John A. McMahon, of Kingston, and the rest are 
 single. 
 
 EOBINSOX LYON, 
 
 Ml N PRIOR. 
 
 ONE of the best known men in the county of Renfrew, is Robinson Lyon, more than forty 
 years a hotel-keeper in the Province of Ontario. He is a son of (Jeorgc and Klstet 
 (Phillip) Lyon, and was born in Invonny, Aberdeenshire, Scotlaml, Jainiary 13, 1811. His 
 father was bailie of that place for 4!) 3'ears. In 1830 our subject married Miss Mary Ann 
 Bank, of Bath, Eng., and six years afterwards came to I^pper Canada, settling at Richmond, 
 county of Carleton, where he was a faiiner and hotel-keeper for four years. The next fourteen 
 years he was in hotels in Ottawa and at Chaudiere Fails. In 18.')4 he was burnt out in the 
 Exchange hotel at Ottawa, having no insurance, and losing not only his house, but stables and 
 several valuable horses. For a nund)er of ^ears while keeping a hotel, Mr. Lyon, in company 
 •with John L. Wilkinson, ran a tri-weekly stage to Montreal and a daily one to Prescott. He 
 had also the mail contract for .seven years from Ottawa to Franktown. 
 
 After the great loss l)y lire, Mr. Lyon removed to his present home, purchasing his present 
 house, known far and wide as Lyon':; hotel. In IS.')!), on the completion of the railway from 
 Brockville to Almonte, he lan a daily stage to tliat point, and was appointed the first ticket 
 agent at Arnprior, holding that situation a year or two, never, however, relinc^uishing his hotel, 
 which has always Vieen a favorite resort of travelers. 
 
 The first wife of Mr Lyon dietl before he removed to Arnprioi', after giving birth to ten 
 children ; and, in 1847, ho married Miss Flora McMillen, fronj (ilengarry, Ontario, by whom ho 
 has eight-children. Only three by the first wife and six iiy the second are now living, 
 
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 Mr. Lyon is ii warm admirer of Ilobort Burns, a thoroufjli apprcuiator of his songs, and 
 can play tliem all on tlio violin, of which lie is perfect master. His execution on that instrument, 
 which is .solely by the ear, is simply astoni.shini.'. In 180(5 eleven of the best players met at 
 Montreal on Hallow-eve night, to contest for a prize for the best Scotch violinist, David Kennedy, 
 the famous Scotch vocalist, being umpire in that matter, and Mr, f^yon was the winner. A 
 gold medal was awarded him, and this inde.\ of the triumph of Iiis musical talent lie prizes 
 very highly. 
 
 TIMOTHY T. COLEMAN, AE.D., 
 
 SKAFOJrr/r. 
 
 rpiMOTHV THKOBALD COLKMAN, a pioneer pliysician at Seaforth, and a promin.'iit 
 -^ manufacturer, was born in the county of Kerry, Irelaml, February 11, 1.S2H, his father 
 being Thomas Coleman, a farmer, who died when our subjtict was four years ohl. Young as he. 
 was, Timothy was the oldest of three chililren, left to the care of the widowed mother. He 
 was kept at school until eighteen years old, receiving an English and classical (education, being 
 obliged to drop his .studies at that age on account of the famine in Ireland in IK-tO, when he 
 had to resort to manual labor to keep the family alivi^ 
 
 In 1848 Mr. ('olcman emigrated to America ; tauglit two years in an acadeni}' at Le Hoy, 
 Genesee county. New York ; came to ( 'anada West in 18.j0, and taught two yeais in the town- 
 ship of ScarlMirough, studying medieinc at the same time with Dr. Hamilton ; attended medical 
 lectures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where Ik; received the degree of Doctor of 
 Medicine in March, 1H.">7 ; was licensed the next yiiar by the Medical Board of C!anada ; and 
 practised at Harpurhey, one mile from where Si-aforth now stands, from bS.'i? until 1S(!1, wlmn 
 the latter place began to show signs of becoming a village. 
 
 Whi'n Dr. Coleman settled in this neighborhood, and opened an othce (1857) Seaforth had 
 OTily two houses, the country was sparsely settled, and roads in soiru! directions were — unmade. 
 Many a long horseback ride he was forced to tak(! through the old primeval forests, part of the 
 way without even a dim path to guide him. Moving into tiie village of Seaforth, in 1801, he 
 continuetl the practice of medicine ami surgery until 1872, having, however, sUirtiMl salt works 
 here three years earlier. In addition to salt he is now manul'actiu'ing lumber, staves and barrels, 
 having for a partner his step-son, Dr. William ( '. f iouiiilock, They make from 05,000 to 7'),000 
 barrels of salt annually; cut 2, •100,000 feet of linnbcr ; make their own staves ami barrels, 
 having an extensive cooperage, and supply other parties with barrels, tliere being three salt 
 nianufacLuring establishments in Seaforth, aggregating about 200,000 barrels. 
 
 The Doctor has dealt a great deal in real I'state, and with marked success. Like Midas, 
 his touch seems to turn everything to gold or its e(piivalent, an<lhe had a competency years ago. 
 
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 Dr. Coleman was county coroner from 1837 to about 1 8(JC, wlien lie re.signed on being 
 appointed a Miiyistrate, an otHce wbicli he still holds. He was the first trustee of the public 
 school here, when only one teacher was required, and where eiyht are now employed ; was the 
 first reeve of the town, and the second mayor, hoMing the latter oHice in 1S77 and 1878. Ho 
 is a public-spirited citizen, and under his administration, improvements were multiplied and 
 marked. 
 
 He has been very active at times in politics, being quite independent, and voting for such 
 men as he thought would carry out the best measures. Usually, but not always, he has attiliated 
 ■with the Conservatives. 
 
 In 18(51, at the time of the Trent affair, he raised a company of Volunteei*s, and is now a 
 Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel of the MSrd Battalion. 
 
 He is a Chapter Mason, having been a member of the order since 1857. 
 
 In 18.')8 he married Mrs. Hannah Matilda Oouinlock, daugiiter of Dr. William Chalk, of the 
 village of Har[iurlu'y, and by him .she has four children. 
 
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 TOHN PHILIP WISER, member of Parliament from South Grenville, is a native of Oneida 
 ^ county, New York, dating his birth at Trenton, October 4, 1825. He is a .son of Isaac 
 J. Wiser, who settled in that county in 1809, and opened a farm in the dense forest. The 
 grandfather of Isaac was aid to General Herkimer, at the battle of Oriskaney. The mother of 
 our subject was Mary Egert, a native of Philadelphia, his parents on both sides being of remote 
 German descent. He was educated in the common school of his native county, and at Hobart 
 Hall Institute, Holland Patent ; farmed until twenty' years of age ; then clerked several years 
 at Gouverneur, New York, and in 18.')7 removed to Prescott, Canada, a.s manager for Egert and 
 Averell, succeeding to their business in 18G2. His distillery has a capacity for 900 bushels of 
 grain dail^', and for feeding 1,200 cattle. 
 
 Mr. Wiser has a farm of 000 acres, known far and wide as the " Rysdyk Stock Farm," 
 which has no superior in beauty of location in Ontario. It lies opposite Ogdensburg, New York, 
 only half a mile above Prescott, and directly along the shore of the St. Lawrence, with a com- 
 manding view of the great river. Tlie generally ascending character of the ground makes the 
 view frr"' 'he rear as well as the front very pleasant. 
 
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 by high cedar worm fences, strongly and compactly built. About one-sixth distance from the 
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 sand head of cattle, amountin^r to ahout ."i.tKtO loads yearly, has beun useil on the lanu. This 
 aliundance of fertilization accounts lor the richness of the soil. This enrichinj,' process, ho has 
 carried on lor the last ei^dit or ten years, nuikin^ the farm unsurpassed in fertility in this part 
 of the country, In lS7o, his hay crop of 'I'M) acres aveiajfed three aiul a half tons to the aero, 
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 Mtahle for liorsi's. We helieve, in Ontario, lie usiudly has a sale every other year, disposinjj of 
 alioiit fifty horses at each sale. In this line there is nothinjf .superior to his stock in the Domi- 
 nion, it heing in fact, the liest liloods in the woild -llambletonian stallions, with the highest 
 dcyrei' of tlu! " trotting iustiiu't," and lirood nuires of the noiilest stiain. Among his stallions 
 of the host class are " llysdyk," which cost him S!l(>,i»()t) ; " I'hil Sluriilan," which cost 5>l2,l)tt(»; 
 and "Chosnut Hill," sireil liy ' Rysd\k,' and although hut si\ years old, has acipiitted himsilf 
 handsomely on tho tuif, actpiiring a record of 2. 'J'!,'. " I'liil Sheridan's" record is •J.L'tl.l. 
 " Kysdyk " is an untrained trotter anil has no reconl, Imt is a mar\el of powi'r, and in a private 
 trial has shown 'l'M\\. 
 
 .mong the liest lirood mares are " l'"liiia," " lielle," ' l,:iily I'oleliiii, ' ".Icunie Kyslyk," 
 
 '■ Lady .Mo.\le_\ ," and " .lessie, ' Ulii.-,t of tliclil hasing a pedigH'C unsuipas-u'd lor escellence. 
 
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 "like liege'.s like," and that liy carefid lullivatinn the ipialities of an ancestor can he trans 
 mitted to his posterity in an inipro\ed condition or a higher degree of perfection, he .started in 
 this line with the hest stock to lie fdiind in the I'nited Stales, and has gone on improv ing until 
 his lii-anmial sales of hrooil maiis and young stallions are i-iled lor tlieii lallness of liguros. 
 
 In In77, Ml'. \N isrr sent three carload-- o\ ,'i uses to the I'ldN incial Kaii held at London, and 
 took tliu lirst premium and a diploma for the stallion ' K\sd\k,'aiid (he liist premium on colls 
 of dillcient ages, lie has an e_\ e not only lor l'aiic\ stm k, Imi lui its iiii|iio\eiiienl, and no 
 man in Ontario is doing more to eiiconiage the raising of the hest class of hor.ses. His success 
 in this liranch of his husiness has created a iiulilc spirit uf emiil.itioii among slm-k raisers in 
 
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 Mr. Wi.ser was liist returned to I'.iiliaiiient at the general election held in Septemliei, I.S7.S, 
 
 lind hasjust selAed his second sessiull ill that hody. Mis politics are Lilieral. 
 
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 Hallow llodard, Uicli\ille, St. Lawrence county. New York. She is the mother of si\ childieii, 
 uU of them li\ ing, hut John Abel, wliu whs drowuvil when fyur yuuiM old. Tho father id Mfn. 
 
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 THE CAS'ADIAN ntOGRAPincAL bICTlOKARY. 
 
 Wiser was for eight years a member of tlie Assembly of New York, and has been elected a 
 Justice of the Peace annually for fifty years, still hokling that office. His wife, who is also 
 living, and whose maiden name was Mary Rich, was the first female child born in the town of 
 De Kalb, St. Lawrence coimty. Of the five living children of Mr. and Mrs. Wiser, Harlow G. 
 the eldest son, was educated at Terrebonne (in French), Quebec, Hellmuth College, London, 
 Ontario, and Mount Pleasant Military Academy, Sing Sing, New York. He is an orticer of the 
 Canadian Garrison Artil'ary, and ca.shier for his father. Eugene Frank, the second child is a 
 student at the Mount Pleasant Military Academy, and the three youngest, Isaac Philip, Mary 
 Kate and Maud Alice, are pursuing primary and preparatory studies at home. 
 
 ROBERT BELL, 
 
 CASLKTOX VLACK 
 
 ONE of the oldest families in the County of Lanark, Ontario, is that of the Bells, tl e fii'st 
 settler here of that name of any prominence being the Rev. William Bell, a native of 
 Leit'n, near Edinburgh, Scotland, his father, Andrew Boll, owning at one time most of the present 
 site of the city of Airdrie. William Bell prepared himself for a missionary and was about to 
 start for the Isle of Cevlon, when, at the sui'trestion of Lord Bathurst, then Colonial Secretarv, 
 Mr. Bell changed his mind, and came to Canada, in LS17, settled at Perth, and was forty years 
 pa.stor of the fiist Presbyterian eliureh. He came out in a semi-oftieial eapacitj', as chaplain to 
 the disbanded soldiers, who had settled in and near Perth. He died about twenty-two years 
 ago, much lamented by a viry wide circle of warm friends. His son, the subject of this sketch 
 has the cojiy of his Bible which the old gentleman used i!i his pulpit for forty years. He was 
 the author of "Hints to Emigrn;)ts," a volume jmblLshed in Kilinburgli, in 1>S24, and whieh was 
 of great use to hundreds of emigrants who came to this Province about that period. 
 
 William Bell married Mary Black, a descendant of the Huguenots. She was the mother 
 of nine children, eight sons and one daughter, all born in the old country, Init the two youngest. 
 She died a few years after her husband. Both are burie<l at Perth. 
 
 Robert Bell, fourih son and fouitli child, was born in London, England, March 1(1, \HOH. 
 He received a limited education, such as the school at Perth could furnish fifty and sixty years 
 ago; learned the mercantile tiade at Perth, with two older brothers, William and John Bell 
 and about 1830 settled in Carleton Place, and had a mercantile fstabjishment here thirty years 
 Iteing successful in business. 
 
 In lS(l(i Mr. Bell was appointed inspector of canals, and held that office till a few weeks ago, 
 having the whole |)ominion for his field. He was post master of (,'arleton i'laet' for twenty veal's : 
 was in the old district council, ami subsetiuently in the county council, and was warden for two or 
 
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 three years; went into the Canadian Parliament in 1847, representing the united counties of 
 Lanark and Renfrew, one term, when the counties were separated; and witli the exception of 
 one term l>u represented tiie north riding of Lanark until 18GG, when he resigned. He has 
 always been a Liberal, and a free trader. 
 
 Mr. Boll has been connected for a long time with the militia ; was Major of a battalion at 
 one time, and for some years has held the rank of Lieiit.-Colonel of reserve militin. He has 
 always been <|uite active in local enterprises and improvements, and was one of the first men to 
 move for a railroad, since completed and connecting Carleton Place with Brockville in the 
 south, and Pembroke on the north. He was a director of the road, now known as the Canada 
 Cential railway for some years. He has been a magistrate between fcrty and fifty yeara, and 
 lias done and is dning most of the business in that line. He was chairman of the board of 
 education for twenty-seven \-cars, until 1878. 
 
 Col. Bell is a member of the Presbyterian church ; has been an elder for about a third of a 
 century, and has served for several yeais as a delegate to the presbytery, synod and general 
 assembh". The solidity of his christiiin character is undoubted. 
 
 In 183!) he marrietl Miss Emmeline S. Jones, daughter of Josiah Jones, of Brockville. 
 She died in IS',8, leaving three children, all yet living. Josiah Jones, the elder son publishes 
 the Pidon Times : Robert William is a physician at Peterboro', and Isabella is living with 
 her father. The sons are both married, and all three children have a first-class education. The 
 colonel lias a hu-ge and well selected library — the largest private collection of books in this 
 vicinity, and has nuide the best use of tliem possil)le, being like his fiither when alive, an ex- 
 tensive reader and a man of much general knowledge. He has a taste for horticulture, ami 
 gratifies it to a liberal degree in the cultivation of flowers. He also keeps well posted iu the 
 progress of the younger physical sciences. ' , 
 
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 "pOHN DORAN, stipendiary magistrate, registrar, and judge of tlie Division Ci>urt in the 
 ^ District of Nipissing, dates his hiitli at Perth, county of Lanark, Out., Jaiuiary l(t, l!S:i(i. 
 His parents were John Doran, si-nior. who came from Wexford, Iiclaiul, alone, when (piite 
 young, and was a merchant at Perth ; ami Mary McGarry, wlio was IVoin the county of West 
 Meath, Leland. His father died at Perth in 18.")0; his mother is still living, being in her 7*ith 
 year. 
 
 Judge Doran was edncattil in the Perth grammar .school ; at an early age became a clerk in 
 h' father's .store, holiling that situation for 1+ vears, and when the latter died, the son mr- 
 
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 ceoded him, and had a successful business career, retiring at the end of a dozen years. While a 
 resident of Perth, he took an active part in niunicij)al matters and public enterprises ; was for 
 nineteen years in succession a member of the town council ; was also reeve for several years, 
 and was warden of the united counties of Lanark and Renfrew, in ISoi and in 18G8, after the 
 separation of these counties, was warden of Lanark. Few men have over done more or better 
 work in the municipalities of these counties while united, than Judge Doran. He was appointed 
 magistrate in 18.") 4-. 
 
 In 1809 the Hon. John Sandtield Macdonald appoin ■ i him to the oftiees which he now 
 liolds, his residence being at Pembroke, county of Renfrew, since 1870. His courts are held 
 quarterly, at Mattawa, a hundreJ miles from Pembioko. 
 
 The Judge is chaii man of the Roman Catholic separate school trustees, and of the General 
 Hospital committee, and was chairnun of the building committee, when the Roman Catholic 
 church, at Pembroke, was in the process of erection. He is a man of much public-spirit, being 
 at one time a director of the Brockville and Ottawa, now Canada Central railway. His politics 
 are Reform, and he was an unsuccessful candidate, some ycare ago, for Parliament. 
 
 In 18G7, the Judge married Miss Mary Philomena Lynn, of Eganville, county of Renfrew, 
 and they have four children living, antl have buried one son. The Judge is a man of very kind- 
 ly disposition, generous-hearted and a warm friend of the poor. 
 
 AVALTEK ]^^ACIvE:NZlE, 
 
 I'lcTOX. 
 
 WALTKR MACKKNZIK, registrar of the county of I'linee Edward, and a native of Ross- 
 shire, Scotland, is a mmi of Alexander ilackenzie, architect, and Christina Ross, and 
 was born February 15, 1.^3J. His father has been dead for many years; his mother is still 
 living. 
 
 Walter received a parish ; chool education ; came to Canada alone in 1851, and located in 
 Picton, where he had and still has a mati'rnal uncle, Walter Ross, who was at one time a 
 member of the Canadian Assembly, and nut long ago of the House of Commons of the 
 Dominion. 
 
 For this tinele. who was a general merchant, our subject clerked a few years, then went 
 into the mcicantile business for himself, and after trading a few years alone, became a partner 
 of his uncle. 
 
 In May, 187G, Mr. Mackenzie was appointed registrar of the county, and retired from 
 jnercantile life. He is attending to the duties of his office with the fidelity of an honest 
 
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 Scotchman, and as"he liolds the post during good beliavior, wc believe that nobody, who knows 
 him, expects to live long enough to see him ousted. 
 
 Mr. Mackenzie is a Refonner, but was never a bitter partizan, or a very active politician ; 
 and, as far as we can ascertain, seems to have received the appointment, not as a reward for ser- 
 vices rendered to his party, but simply on account of his trustworthiness and capabilities. He 
 is a true mau. 
 
 Mr. Mackenzie has long been a member of the Scotch Pre-sbytorian church, and for years 
 hits been an elder of the same, and a commissioner to the general assembly, having a high 
 standing among the laymen in tliat strong and influential body of christians. He is a Master 
 Mason. 
 
 October 19, 1805, Miss Lydia Jane Chapman, daughter of Dr. R. J. Chapman, of Picton and 
 niece of Gideon Striker, M.P.P., became the wife of Mr. Mackenzie, and they have two children ; 
 Jessie Jeraldinc Chapman, and Jerold Striker, both attending the Picton .schools. 
 
 TnOMAS S. SHEI^STOK, 
 
 BRANTFORD. 
 
 rilHOMAS S. -SHENSTON, registrar of the county of Brant, and .son of Benjamin and Mary 
 -■- (Strahan) Shenston, was born in London, England, June 2.'), 1822. Two uncles on his father's 
 side were clergymen : Rev. William Shenston, twenty-five yeara pastor of a Baptist church at 
 Little Aile st., Whitechapel Road, London, and Rev. John B. Shenston, a Sabbatarian Baptist, 
 Shoreditch, London. His maternal grandfather was a Congregational minister. Tiiis branch of 
 the Shenston family is remotely related to the poet Slienstone. 
 
 Wiien our subject was about nine years of age, the family emigrated to Upper Canada, and 
 after halting one year near the town of Dundas, county of Wentworth, went to the township of 
 Woolwich, county of Waterloo, ton miles north of the town of Ouelph, being t./o and a half days 
 in making that distance with two yoke of oxen. There Thomas had ample opportunities for ex- 
 ercise in swinging the axe in a compact woodland, and no opportunity to hunt up a school-house, 
 the nearest being at Ciuelph, Two years later the family removed to the township of Thorold, 
 in the Niagara district, near the " Dccew falls, " on a 100 acre farm, purchnsed from Nicholas 
 Smith. This farm proved to be a heavy clay, unproductive one, and Mr. Shenston became dis- 
 couraged, and prevailed on his father, in 1837, to allow him to go to St. Catharines and leani 
 tlie saddle and harness trade, and while there became a volunteer during 1838, to fight the re- 
 bels, being in Capt. Mittleberger's company, under Col. Clark. 
 
 In LS+l, Mr. Shenston went to Chatham to locate and start inbu.sine.ss for him.self, but the 
 
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 climate not agreeing with liini, he settled in East Woodstock, where he did an extensive busi- 
 ness at his trade, and built, among other buildings, the east half of the three-story brick block 
 known as the "Elgin Block." In l.S+H he had his dwelling house, shop and the Elgin Block 
 destroyed by lire while uninsured. During 184G, 1S47 and 1848, he was a member of the coun- 
 cil of the District of Brock as the representative of the township of East O.\ford. For several 
 years he was school trustee for the town of Woodstock. 
 
 September 3, 184!) — when 27 years of age — Mr. Shenston was appointed magistrate, and 
 the Return of Convictions showed that during the last two years of his residence in that county, 
 he did more magisterial business than all the other seventy-five magistrates in the county. 
 In 18.")1 he published the "County Warden and Municipal Otticer.s' Assistant," which had a con- 
 siderable circidation in every county of the Province. In 18o2 he publisheil the " O.xford 
 Gazetteer," a volume of 21G pages, ctmtaining a neat map of the county, drawn by himself. 
 
 In 1849 Mr. Shenston sold out his premises and business. For a year or two before ln' left 
 that county, he was secretary-treasurer of the Woodstock and Norwich Road Company ; county 
 clerk of O.xford, and secretary of the board of education for that county, and a school trustee for 
 the town of Woodstock. In 18.52 he was census commissioner for the county, and received a 
 notification fiom the Statistical Department that his return was the best that had been received. 
 
 While in that county he was somewhat active in politics, being a zealous and influential 
 Reformer, being for some years the medium of connnunication between the electors of that county 
 and their member the Hon. (now Sir) Francis Hincks, who never resided in the county. 
 
 On January 21, 1853, when the county of Brant was formed, he was appointed Registrar, 
 and has held that oftiee ever since. This appointment nece.ssitjvted his removal to Brantford, the 
 county town. In 18.')3 he was apjiointed a magistrate for the county of Brant and commissioner 
 in Queen's Bench. In con.seijuence of soiiio most unexpected turn in .some business matter, it 
 become necessary for him to assume the responsibilities of the editorship of the Tri-WrrUij 
 Herald for eight months, during the year ]8.')7. 
 
 From January 1, ]8(i!(, in a house furnished rent-free by Ignatius Cockshutt, he sustained 
 an orphans' home for twenty to twenty-two orphan girls, being, however, aided to the extent of 
 one-half by Jlr. Cockshutt for the last five years. 
 
 In 1804 he set up the type and printed, entirely with his own hands, a <mall work of 13."i 
 pages on the subject of Baptism. He is senior deaon of the first Baptist church, and with trif- 
 ling exceptions, has been superintendent of the Sundiiy-school of that church for nearly twenty- 
 five years; he is president of tlie Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of Ontario and Quebec; 
 and of the Religious Tract Society for the city of Brantford, and has been secretary of the 
 Brantford Bible Society for several years ; is local director for tht> Bank of Counnerce; presi- 
 dent of the Royal Loan ami Savings Company, and one of the largest land owners in the city, 
 
 Mr, Shenston is emphtttically a self-educat -d man, and ever busy with his pen, lie has just 
 
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 published a volume of i'iii pages, called " The Sinner and the Saviour," which doubtless will tind 
 its way into many a Sunday-school and family. He worked out a most ingenious perpetual cal- 
 endar, by which, without any movable figures, the day of the week on which any day of the 
 month will fall for hundreds of years past or to come, can bt; ascertaint'd. 
 
 December 30, 1843, Miss Mary Lazenby, of East Oxford, was married to Mr. Shejiston, and 
 they have four children, and buried two in infancy. Naomi Ann is the wife of Richard II. 
 Donnelley, an extensive publisher, Ciiicago; Reuben Strahan learned the drug business, l)ut it 
 did not agree with him, and he is a printer in Chicago ; Joseph Newton is deputy registrar, for 
 his father, and Ruth Davidson is the wife of Rev. Klmore Harris, pastor of the Baptist cluuch, 
 at St. Thomas, Out. 
 
 LIEUT-COL. THOMAS -I. W BOG, 
 j'wrox. 
 
 THOMAS JOSHUA PELTON 1500, deputy registrar of the county of Prince Edwar.l, and a 
 resident of Pictim, the shire town, for thirty-eight years, dates his birth at Montreal, Nov- 
 ember 20, 1820. His father, 13avid Bog, a native of Edinburgh, Scotlaixl, aiul an officer in the 
 British army, letired on lialf-pay, \\u>\t' than a half century ago, and died at Montreal, of cholera, 
 in 18.S2; and his motiier, who was English, and whose maiden name was Xfary VVilkes, died at 
 Picton in LS-IG. 
 
 Thoniiis supplemented a connnon school education with one term at tlii' Potsdam, New 
 York, Academy ; came to Picton in 1842; clerked in the store of Miller and Brothers, for some 
 time, and was subseipiently in the mercantile liusiness for himself f(jr a dozen years. He then 
 became a storage and forwarding merchant, dealing largcl}- in grain, and folhjwing that busi- 
 ness until 1872, when he became deputy-registrar. Soon afterward, on the demise of John P. 
 lloblin, the registrar, .Mr. Bog had the entire charge of the olliee tmtil the succi'ssor of Mr. 
 Roblin, (Mr. Mackenzie), was ap|)ointed in 1870, Mr. Bog still holding the post of deputy. He 
 is an efficient business man, a good neighbor much esteemed by the community. 
 
 In Deeendier, 1802, Mr. Bog raised the first company of volunteers for tlu! Kith liattalion, 
 and was appointed Captain of the same. He assisted in forming that lialtaiioii, and in 1803 was 
 apjtointed its Major, still holding that position, with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. 
 
 At the time of the St. Albans raid, in 180.'), he was with the 3i(i administrative i)attalion, 
 stationed two months at Hemmingford on the frontier, the commander of the battalion Ijeieig 
 Dr. Blanchettc, now speaker of the Dominion House of Connnons. tJol. Bog was also on duty 
 a short time during the Fenian raiil in the following year. 
 
 He has l>een in the town council of Picton; is one of tin; trustees of the high .school, being 
 
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 much interested in educational and other local matters, and is a member of St, Mary Magdalen 
 church, and a delegate to the Synod of Ontario, being a man of excellent moral and religious 
 standing. 
 
 On the 19th of February, 18:)8, Col. Bog was united in mamage with Miss Adelaide 
 Hubbs, of Pict^n, and they have two sons: Edward A., who is in the Standard Bank, Picton, 
 and William A., who is in the legistrar's office, with his fatliei-. 
 
 WILLIAAI MfCRANEY, 
 
 OAKVILLK 
 
 "TTTILLIAM McCRANEY, leading business man of Oakvillc, and a member of the House 
 of Connnons from 1875 to 1870, was born in the township of Trafalgar, two short 
 miles from Oakville, on the loth of December, 1831. His grandfather, William McCranoy, 
 for whom he was named, was a U. E. Loyalist, leaving the States about the time of the Revo- 
 lution, and settling at first at Caledonia, in the county of Haldiinand. 
 
 The father of our subject was Hiram McCraney, who was born in 1801, in what is now 
 the county of Brant, came with the family to Trafalgar, county of Halton, in 1805, and died 
 here on the 10th of January, 1878. He is described by persons wlio knew him, as a noble 
 specimen of the frontiersman, full of pluck and courage, endtning the privations and trials of a 
 pioneer life with a resolute will and a cheerful heart, — frugal, economical, hospitable, kind to 
 everybody and trusting in God for rest in a better world. 
 
 The mother of our .subject was Loui.sa English, born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1800, and 
 is in her 80th year. She is the mother of eight childri'n, six of them, two sons and four daugh- 
 ters, still living. The other son is Daniel McCraney, M.P.P. for Blast Kent. 
 
 The subject of this notice was reared on his father's farm, receiving, meantime, such men- 
 tal discipline as an ordinary country school could furni.sh thirty and forty years ago, subse- 
 quently adding largely to his stores of knowledge by i>rivate study, and thus fitting himself 
 for his diveraified pursuits and the several official positions which he has held. 
 
 With the exception of throe years spent in mining and lumbering in California — 1852-'55 
 — he has been engaged in farming, manufacturing lumber, and building. Mr. McCraney has 
 cleared and improved something like five hundred acres of land in the county of Halton ; he 
 has erected three saw-mills in this county, and one in North Simcoe, two of which he still runs; 
 also planing mills at St. Catharines, which ho continues to operate, and a large number of farm 
 houses and other buildings near Oakville, and nearly twenty dwelling hou.ses in the Corporation. 
 
 He embodies the true spirit of enterprise ; is dis|)osed to push business, and has done a 
 liberal .share of work in building up the town. He is a christian man, a member of the Metho 
 
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 dist oluircli of Canada, and Rocording Steward of the same, and has been a generous contribu- 
 tor towards tlie building of several cliurches, both in the town and country. His heart is also in 
 the temperance cause, in which ho is an honest worker. In 1875 lie was a delegate to tho 
 Dominion Prohibitory Convention. 
 
 Since 18G8 Mr. McCraney has lived in Oakville, selling his last farm in 1878, and ha.s been 
 constantly in some civil office commencing with the next year, when he became a town coun- 
 cilor and liigh .school trustee, holding those positions until 1872. He then held the office of 
 mayor two years, being elected by acclumation ; after which he went into the county council, and 
 was there until January, 1870. Prior to this date, January 2;"), 1875, ho wa.s elected to tho 
 Dominion Parliament, having contested the riding of Halton in the Reform interest, and 
 receiving a handsome majority. Ho was defeated for the same seat in September, 1878. 
 
 He ha.s always taken a deep interest in county matters, encouraging enterprise tending to 
 develop resources of every kind, and is an influential and popular man. Ho has been President 
 of the Trafalgar Agricultural Society, and Director of tho Trafalgar and County Societies at 
 sundry times, taking a very active part in agricultural concerns. At one time he owned three 
 or four farms. 
 
 On the 24th of May, 1857 — the Queen's birth-day — Mr. McCrancy married Mi.ss Elizabeth 
 Coote, daughter of Cliarlos Coote, of Trafalgar, and of ten children, tho fruit of this union, two 
 sons and six daughteis are living, most of them being engaged in .securing an education. 
 
 Daniel McCraney, spoken of above, was born at Trafalgar, July 1, 1834 ; educated at the 
 Oakville granuiiar .school ; studied law, and was called to the Bar in 1871, and is practising at 
 Both well. He was first elected to the local Parliament in 1875 to represent Ea.st Kent, and was 
 re-elected in June, 187!>. Like his brother, he is a Reformer, thorough-going and unswerving, 
 and ably .supports tho Mowat Administration. 
 
 GEORGE DUVAL, 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 aEOROP] DUVAL, precii^ writer and .secretary of the chief ju.stice and the judges of the 
 Supreme Court of tho Dominion, was born in tho city of Quebec, on the 10th of Decem- 
 ber, 1843. His parents were Jo.seph Duval, merchant, and Adelaide Dubuc, the latter now being 
 the wife of John F. Duval, late chief justice of the Province of Quebec. George was educated 
 at the Jesuits' College, Montreal, graduating in IHGl ; studied law first with Mes.srs. Holt and 
 Irviiu', then with L. B. Caion, ailvocate, being called to the Bar in 1805. Ho innnediately 
 entered upon practice in partnership with Mr. Caron, who has since been appointed judge of 
 the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec, 
 
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 Mr. Duval practised in his native city until \^1\, wlion he was ai)pointed private secretary 
 to the Hon. Antoine A. Dorion, minister of justice. Subsequently Mr. Duval was appointed 
 private secretary of Hon. T. Founiier, minister of justice, and chief clerk in the department of 
 justice, receiving his appointment to his present position in the Supremo Court, in January, 1876. 
 As i^i-ecia writer, Mr. Duval is the official law reporter of the court. The Supreme Court's re- 
 reports are published in numbers, making yearly a volume of over 750 pages. He is also a 
 Commissioner under the great seal of Canada, f<jr administering oaths in the Sujtremo Court 
 and in the Exchequer Court of Canada. 
 
 In June, 1872, Isabella, fourth daughter of Hon. William Power, one of the Judges of the 
 Superior Court of Lower Canada, and of Susanna Aubert de Gaspt?, and gran<l-daughter of the 
 lat« P. Aul)ert de Gasp<S, became the wife of Mr. Duval, and they have one child. 
 
 REV. JOHj^ I'OTTS, D.D., 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 EEV. JOHN POTTS was born in 1838, at Maguire's Bridge, county Fermanagh, Ireland. 
 After an uneventful childhood, John Potts determined at an early age to leave the land 
 of his birth, and try his chance in the New World. We accordingly hear that when only 
 seventeen, the young man started for the Southern Status of America, taking Kingston in 
 route. 
 
 As a straw will of times influence the current of a stream and direct it from its original 
 course, young Potts' sojourn amongst his Kingston relations, associated as it was with the pleas- 
 antest reminiscences, induced him on his return from the South to select Canada as the land of 
 his adoption, and (many enticements to go elsewhere notwithstanding), forsaking all others, he has 
 kept only unto hei-. Originally an E})iscopalian, John Potts' intercourse with the Wesleyans of 
 Kingston, at that time under the sjiiritual guidance of the Rev. George Douglas, was not without 
 its effect upon him, and he became a Methodist. The young niiin's fir.st step in life was trodden 
 in the path of commeice, and we find him engaged in mercantile pursuits at Kingston and 
 Hamilton. 
 
 Work of this kind was, however, uncongenial to his tastes, it is no matter of surprise, 
 therefore, that yielding to the earnest solicitations of his friends, seconded as they were by his 
 own natural desires, young Potts at the ago of 10, and prior to the expiration of his Arts co use, 
 at Victoria College University, Cobourg, wius induced to study for the Ministry. 
 
 His period of proljation was passed on Circuit at Markham, Aurora, 'Newmarket, and 
 lastly at Thorold, during his residence, in which place the young man completed his theological 
 studies, and was leceived in full connection. 
 
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 Norter Street Chm-eh, London, as assistant to the Venerable Richard Joni'S ; from thence, at the 
 expiration of his time, lie was appointed to a charge in Yorkville, and was associated with the 
 Rev. E. H. Dewart, then at Elm street. 
 
 Such was the estimation in which this vouns worker in the Lord's vineyard waH held, that 
 in 18G(), he was chosen (no small compliment for a man of only 28) to be the first pastor of a 
 new church erected in Hamilton, to commemorate the centenary of American Methodism, and 
 thus became within the short space of ten years the minister in a congiegation of which he 
 had formerly been a member, and Sunday school teacher, ilr. Potts' acceptance of tlie Hamilton 
 charge was at first opposed by the Stationary Conference Committee, but their misgivings as to 
 the ability of the young clergyman to fill the church, soon proved to be groundless, for such 
 were his talents and popularity, and so forcible his preaching, that Sunday after Sunday, multi- 
 tudes flocked to hear the Word sjioken by his mouth. While at Hamilton, Mr. Potts was invited 
 to come to Toronto, to the church in Adelaide street, but fearing the time he would have to 
 devote to the superintendence of the building of the Metropolitan church, then in coui-se of 
 erection, would interfere with what he considered tobestrictly ministerial work, he declined this 
 charge, and accepted that of St. James street, .Montreal, which had been sinniltaneously placed at 
 his disposal in succession to the Rev. Dr. Douglas. E([nal .success attended Mr. Potts in this his 
 new field, and after a space of three years he returned to Toronto, and was placed in charge of 
 the Metropolitan church in that city, where he rapidly increa.sed the number of the congre- 
 gation. The elo.se of his ministration there saw him again removed to Elm street, and he is at 
 the present moment for a secoml period in charge of the Metropolitan. 
 
 Mr. Potts is a staunch supporter of Temperance, having first advocated its cause when only 
 15. He is also connected with the Young Men's Christian Association and Bible Societies. He 
 and the Rtiv. W. Mac Vicar of Montieul are the Dominion representatives on the International 
 Committee, which select the Siindaj- lessons for all .schools all over the world. 
 
 The subject of our sketch is a member of the Board and Senate of the Victoria University. 
 He is likewi.se a member of the Board of the Montreal Theologit^al College, and also a member 
 of Committee, and has charge of the publishing interest of the church. In 1878, he was elected 
 the first President of an Association which was formed in Toronto, embracing ministers of all 
 denonunations. In July of that year, the Weslcyan University, Ohio, in due appreciation of his 
 merits, admitted him to the degree of D.D. On the death of Dr. Topp, he was appointed in 
 1879, to succeed him as Ciiairman of the Home for Incurables, an institution likely to pi'ove of 
 incalculable benefit to the people of Toronto, the foundation stone of the new buildings of 
 which was laid by Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise, on the occasion of her first visit to 
 Toronto, in September of the same year. 
 
 Never doing anything by halves, luiostentatious, strictly imbued with a consciousness of 
 
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 tlio resiumsibilitios of his saciod ofKco, Dr, Potts rarely tiikos n leading part in Icctiircs or meet- 
 iiiys of Conforenci), but prefers to thoroughly identify himself with his ministerial work. Oiftod 
 with no ordinary power of elocpionco, possessing a tongue as it were the pen of a ready writer, 
 with a complete mastery over the suliject he handles, and a splendid voice in Ids delivery of it, 
 Dr. Potts Is unsurpassed in the pulpit, and rivets the attention of his hearers. Of a commanding 
 presence, having the advantages of a superior intellect and an eipially poised mind, and posse: 
 with great physical strength, Dr. Potts is never weary in well-doing. Ever rea<ly to asi 
 by his counsel those who are trying to lead a christian life, lie fearlessly denounces in no 
 measured language of condemnation and warning, those who are walking in tlie ways of wick- 
 edness and vice. 
 
 Combining in his por.son the aanvikr in modo with the fovt'der in re, Dr. Potts is known far 
 and wide beyond the limits of his own denominations. Ho is beloved and revered by his own 
 congregation ; honored, respected, and esteemed by those outside its pale. 
 
 A Methodist of tlie Methodists, he is a man of the most liberal views ; believing that true 
 religion is hedged in by no sectarian prejudices, he willingly assists to the utmost of his power 
 all fellow-workers, irrespective of creeil, in the service of the Great Master, and cordially holds 
 out the right hand of christian fellow.ship and brotherly love to all, who like himself, go about 
 d(jing goodj and arc endeavoring to ameliorate the spiritual and temporal condition and welfi' 
 of their fellow-men. 
 
 The eager desire of Ids several important charges to retain him amongst them, and their 
 rehictanee to part with him, amply testify to the success of his labors in the past ; being in 
 the full vigor of his manhood, should Ins life be spared. Dr. Potts has a long career of usefulness 
 and work before him in years to come. 
 
 The historian of the future, wlusn lecording the progress and growth of Christianity in 
 Canada, will not fail to place Dr. Potts in the foremost rank ; a tower of strength to his own 
 denonunation, he by his example indicates to all the way in which they .should walk, and 
 generations after he shall have passed away, his memory will be blessed, and his works will 
 follow him. 
 
 JAJklES MOERfS, 
 PEMnnoKE. 
 
 THE subject of this sketch, sheriff of tlie county of Renfrew, was bom in the county of 
 Renfrew, Scotland, March 4, 1818. His father, James Morris, senior, was a merchant in 
 the city of Glasgow before coming to Canada; and his grandfather was from the county of 
 Ayr. His mother was Mary Wright, also Scotch. James was educated at the high school in 
 Glasgow ; came to this country with his parents in 1830, and they .settled on land in the town- 
 
 
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 hhip of McNal), Wliore our subjoct furiiiud until 1«.')3. Tliero lio buried luiH mother in IHM, and 
 lii.s father in 1S(J2. 
 
 Prior to 1853, Mr. MtH-rishad been rooVo of the township of MeNab for four or five years ; 
 tliat year was warden of the united counties of Lanark and Renfrew, anil in the same year 
 was appointed registrar of the county of llenfrow, hoiiiing that ofKce for thirteen years. Since 
 1800, he lias been alioriffof the county ; is faithful in cVery etlicicnt trust, and has an excellent 
 reputation. He has been returning olKeer for the comity since 18.'»4 : was Oa|)tain of the first 
 company, first battalion of Renfrew militia, and was superintendent of (,'ducation for the town- 
 ship of McNab for a number of years. Few citizens of the county have made tliemaelves more 
 useful. 
 
 Mr, Morris belongs to the Presbyterian church, and so fas as we can learn, has always 
 maintained a good moral character. He has the fullest confidence of the people of the county. 
 
 In 1858, he married Mi.ss Jane Young, daughter of James Young, of MvNab, and of seven 
 children, of whom she is the mother, all are living but one daughter, 
 
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 CIIATTNOEY WARD BANGS, 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 rr^HK subject of this sketch, a mjh -/f Benjamin and Deborah (Smith) Bangs, was born at 
 -*- Stanstead, Lower Canada, now the Province of Quebec, January 10, 1814. His father 
 was a native of Massachuesetts, his mother of New Hampshire. They moved to Canada in 
 1812. When Chaunccy was about four years old the family removed to Montreal, and a little 
 later to L'Orignal, county of Prescott, Ontario, the business of tlie father being that of a 
 hatter and fur manufacturer. The opportunities for an education in that pait of the Dominion, 
 fifty years ago, were very limited, and our subject did little more tlian master the rudiments. 
 
 He early learned his father's trade; moved to Ottawa in 1847, and contiinied in the hat 
 and fur business until 1875, operating in the meantime more or less in other lines. Li 1807 he 
 aided in forming the "Buckingham Manufacturing Company," which purchased six hundred 
 acres of timber lands and erected a saw-mill eighteen miles below Ottawa, in the county of 
 Ottawa, on the Du Lievre, a tributary of the Ottawa river. He is President of the Comi)any, 
 which, owing to the depression in the lumber trade, has not done much business during the last 
 four or five years. 
 
 Mr. Bangs represented Wellington Ward nine consecutive years a.s alderman in the city 
 council, and was mayor in 1878. At the general election in that year, he was the candidate of 
 the Reform party for the Dominion Parliament, and was unsuccessful, the Conservatives having 
 
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 a strong majority in tlie district — though the majority against him was quite small. He was 
 defeated for re-election to the mayoralty in the same year, party spirit running very high. 
 
 Mr. Bangs is a Free Mason, but rarely we believe attends the meetings of the Lodge. 
 
 He and his family attend the Presbyterian church, he being a liberal supporter of religious 
 and benevolent enterprises. 
 
 His wife was Elizabetli Kirby, daughter of William Kirby, of Hawkesbury, county of 
 Prcscott, their union occurring on the 17th of September, 1849. They have eight children, four 
 sons and four daughters. Elizabeth Jane, the eldest daughter, is the wife of David Gardner of 
 Ottawa, no others are married. Their names are William Chauncey, Thomas Jefferson, John 
 Adams, Cliaimcey Ward, Emma Smith, Lucy BurnUam and Maria Louisa. All the children 
 were born in Ottawa. 
 
 ALEXANDER PATTULLO, M.D., 
 
 BRAMPTON. 
 
 ALEXANDER PATTULLO, for twentj-^-tive years a practising Physician and Surgeon in 
 the town of Brampton was born on the 2Gth of March, 1830, in tlie township of Oaledon, 
 in the county of Peel. His father, James Pattullo, was a farmer in that township, and his grand 
 fatlioi was Alexander Pattullo, at one time a corporal in the " Loyal Tay Fencibles," under 
 Colonel Anstruther, and afterwards of the Forfar and Kincardine Regiment, under the Hon. 
 Archil lahl Douglas, and subsecpiently a nou-connnissioned officer in the 4'2i)d Highlanders, better 
 known t the " Black Watch," and saw much service prior to his emigration to Canada and set- 
 tlement in Caledon, 1820. The Doctor's forefathei>i, on the paternal side, were from Scotland, 
 but the family history is traceable bacV. to the time when they were citizens of France, under 
 Louis XIV, who with singular fatality, in the year 1(J8.), revoked the edict of Henri V, grant- 
 incr reliirious freedom to tlie Hujfuenots, and in the strujijiles which ensued, the founder of the 
 family who then held a high position under the Crown in one of the Rhenish Provinces, pre- 
 ferred rather than abjure his religion to bo an e.xile from his native land, and tied to Scotland 
 with his fellow patriots and much of the best blood of the Kingdom, escaped to Germany ami 
 oti) countries in Europe, ami have since enjoyed that much prized freedom which was denied 
 them at home. The exodus being much to the enrichment of the British Isles, as well as those 
 other States which afforded a shelter to the.se refugees, but greatly to the loss of France, in arts, 
 sciences and many ways, but particularly felt l)y the large nundiei-s of descendants of the per- 
 secuted Huguenots, who have from time to time re-visited France as oHiccrs and .soldiers in the 
 many armies which have invaded that country from the time of Louis XIV down to the de- 
 thronement of Louis Napoleon at Sedan. Doctor Puttullo's mother was Mary Campbell, 
 
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 daughter of James Campbell, an officer in one of the Niagara Volunteer Regiments, which 
 served during the war of 1812, and diil much to susttiin the valor and honor of the British anus 
 during that trying period ; he was son of Alexander Campbell, a United Empire Loyalist, who 
 emigrated from Argyle, in the Highlands of Scotland, to the State of Pennsylvania, then a 
 British Colony, and on the Independence of the United States being established, preferring 
 British rule, left his possessions, and with his family settled on the Niagara frontier, where he 
 died early in the present century, much esteemed, and leaving a large family, most of whom re- 
 moved to the township of Ohinguacousy, where the family name is well preserved to the pre- 
 sent time. The Doctor received his medical education at Trinity College, Toronto, was a licen- 
 tiate of the Provincial Board, in IS-ji, and since that date has been in continual practice at 
 Brampton, and has for years maintained a well-acknowledged position as a leader in his pro- 
 fession, and enjoys a large and lucrative practice. He was one of the first members of tho 
 Medical C'ouncil of the Province, representing the Electoral Divisions of Home and Burling- 
 ton in that body for three ycar.s, is well known and in excellent standing with his professional 
 brethren. 
 
 The Doctor has done much valuable work outside of his profession ; for the past 1.') or 20 
 years he has filled the ))osition of Chairman of tho High School lioard of Trustees, and has 
 done nmch to improve the standard of education in the county. The Doctor is well posted, not 
 only in medicine, science and politics, but in i ar rent events and literature generally. He is an 
 extensive reader — nor is his pen always idle. About the time heconunenced tho practice of his 
 profession, he took editorial charge of the Brampton Timot, wnA managed that i)art of the paper 
 with ability and much skill for over two years, when his continued increase of practice obliged 
 him to relimpii.sh all work outside his profession. The experience thus gained has bi-ena .source 
 of valuable discipline as well as literary recreation. 
 
 Tho Doctor is a Reformer of the most pronounced character, feaiicss and o\itspoken, hold- 
 ing in utter contempt those professional politicians and political demagogues who so often by 
 intrigue acijuire an ephemeral position of prominence in all'vtlitical parties of the present age. 
 While ho has never sought Parliamentary honoi-s, his name has often \kv\\ mentioned in connec- 
 tion with that position, but he has always preferred lending his intlueiice in favor of the candi- 
 date who supported the party with whom he has always acted. 
 
 The Doctor has a well selei'ted miscillanooiis as well as medical library, end)racing many of 
 the standard British and American authors, and is well nad in all the best literature of the day, 
 and his study is a centre for the large numlicr of students and of the literary interest of the 
 town and county. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Pattullo is Hebecca, daughter of the late Barth. Bull, one of the early 
 settlers of York township, and sister of John P. Bull, of Downsview, a pronunent agriculturist, 
 Dr. Edmund Ihill, of Toronto, and Tlmmns H. Bull, clerk of the peace for the county of York. 
 
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 They were married in 1857, and have four children, two sons and two daughters, both sons being 
 now in attendance at University. College, Toronto. 
 
 The Doctor has several brothers, with one exception, famous, and three sisters ; his mother 
 is dead, but his father is still alive and resides with his sons in the township of Garafraxu, 
 county of Wellington, 
 
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 JOSEPH GOULD, 
 
 UX BRIDGE, 
 
 fTHHE subject of this biographical sketch was born in the township of Uxbridge on the 20th 
 -*- December, 1808. About 1720, his ancestors emigrated from Ireland, and settled in 
 Germantown, a suburb of Philadelphia, where they reujained until after the war of Indepen- 
 dence. His father, Jonathan Gould, removed thence and settled in Uxbridge, in the spring of 
 the year in which Mr. Gould was born. The township and those surrounding it, were then 
 covered with the primeval forest. In due time other settlers arrived from Pennsylvania, all 
 like Mr. Gould's family, adherents of the Society of Friends ; in which faith Mr. Gould was 
 carefully trained. His education was very limited, owing to the great difficulty in maintaining 
 schools. However, he was early taught those habits of economy and industry, which he has 
 practised with the utmost care throughout life. Having assisted his father to clear up his 
 farm, he afterwards acquired a knowledge of building, which has been of the utmost .service to 
 him. Soon after coming of age, he boldly struck out, resolving, imaided, to push his fortune in 
 life. He bought a farm and a saw-mill in what is now the village of Uxbridge. At first his 
 lumber enterprise wa.s not very successful, as he met with a series of reverses ; but he persevered, 
 until by virtue of energy and foresight, it became a most lucrativu business. As was to be 
 expected of one possessing his ability, and being a close observer of passing events, he early 
 took an active part in politics. Every scheme, liberal ami progressive, secured his most hearty 
 support. 
 
 He took jiart in the Reliellion of 1837, being in hearty sympathy with W. L. Mackenzie 
 in his ettbrts to break up the " Family Compact," and secure for this country the priceless boon 
 of Responsible Government. He was present at the battle at Montgomery's. After the battle 
 he was apprehended, and spent ten m<mths in coiiHnemunt— seven in Toronto jail, and three in 
 Fort Henry, after which, on the recommendation of Lord Durham, he was liberated. He often 
 alludes to his prison days with some degree of pride, and expresses himself perfectly willing to 
 leave the matter to the judgment of posterity. 
 
 On the tii'st of January, 18.S!>, two months after his return fron Fort Henry, he married 
 Mary, daughter of Ezekiel James, who, with Mr. Gould's father, was one of the fii-st sittlers in 
 U.\bn«lge. She proved to him a helpmeet in the best sense of t le term. To her frugiUity, 
 
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 Tlwy wen: umrrieU lu ISj?, ami havo foui iliildrcu, two "ons aii'l t.vo liiiijybti'rs, both sou-s being 
 BOW JH fttwndancv at l^niversity t^'lU-gC', Toronto. 
 
 'tl><! Doctor hHH several lirothvrH, wiiii Ofi'5 excfptiou, taniiius, und iliree sistoi-s; his mother 
 U (Itsul, lilt his ftithiT IS still nlhx- wi'{ cesiihw with his sous in the ti>wn.sliip of Oarafraxi), 
 Cyiintv of WoUiiiirtoii, 
 
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 TM\Y. iiibjeot uf'fhLs hi' .::iai'-i''val !(k*-iih wis Ixiru in th«. tnwrwhip of Uxhriilf{<: un the I'Oth 
 .DeiH'uiiier, 180(s. \' .uil fi-iu Irvltijul, atui hi-UIi'I in 
 
 (JiTTiiantowm, a snh" ' IL... f. •.^^;;<.il uuiil «?*«•. U>i- war of Iiulopen- 
 
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 jjiivirr-l H(i'.. il,. I'fi'-.fV!!.! fore-tt. In <hu- u- ;*iuii^ylviHi' % aU 
 
 !ik.' Ml (liiuKls tiituily, adhc'^'nt.'' i>f U.<' .%• lel) of l'>ioii<l» ; iti .vhieh faith ilr. (.io'iM \v;i,s 
 I'ui tiiily ti-ait.o-L ni^-'isiaition wr« very liinitot-i, owiny to the gn;at JiriJ'.-LiIty in laanitainin;^ 
 »chi.">U, JI^.w.'u-i, hi.' w:»« .-arl}' langht thuso hn'its of u< ijnoiuy an-l ijuhnstiy, wliich h<: han 
 ]iiai't:m-d with th" ntimmt care throughout life, liming assiHtetl his futhi<r to ck'ar up his 
 fiirni, h' afti^i".var<li ficnuiifd a knowli'dge of hniMing, which hiw bf-n of the ut.inii/«t .^crvice to 
 hull. iS'.'tni art<-r eouiinj; of aj^jo, he hoMiy strucl; out, resolvint;, un.'ii'h'd, to \suy\i his fi.'ittini; in 
 jiff. Ijir liiMiylii 1. firm ail'! a saw-mill ill wlir<l is now llio vilia^o of Ux'^rid^'n. At lii^r hi- 
 huiiher vnlvrpriio WIS not vvrv siivocsMfo!, a."- he mot with asoriosuf ruwrsos ; hut lit' pcrsi.'Vciod, 
 ui;til by \ Jruii' f eiioru.' an. I fiii<T.ij,'ht, it, b<<:aiiu' a uiost lui'iatis'c hti^'.iK'ss. As wu;-. t-o h« 
 »x{'««.-U!(i i}i iiuv \ >'^-- ■■ .1 ■ ■ t^ •■■ Ml' ;. . «i 1 '"•il;; a cImso uk^u'vi^r <<f" (>a-«ii.g (jvi-ntjj, ho oarly 
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 Hy ' !• \*r: 10 'in lO'Vlli lu i>f iH;>7 t'-iu;? in h»uity -Mn| ailiy with \V. I,. Mai k<>n/ic 
 ill liis (>Hoils u> t)i-'«i if- i;."^> Ktiuily * •»i«»f«i(i an.! »i»'.nii f ,i liu.< f'.m.try th<^ pricilosi Lo-/ 
 of Uisji.iimibh' <''>vi rn'iu'Ut. M" na- pr-"<<.iii at tj «• V.atll- u M'Piit;^. tic ry's Aftir tin- Iwtl' 
 III' vis apprfhiiidi'd, and vpont tvii ^^<:ilth« ii' 'uulioi'ini lit - .i v.jo lii T iri'iit^i jiiil, and i!o'''t . 
 I'.'it Hi'iirv , lifter whuli. ou tla- rwiKiiiii-odatiiiu nf L>rd lUiiInun, he «h hbi'rut>'<J Mi- nU 
 ulludih to Jii- pii>>on <ltty^ V'th SMiiio df;.'r c of pridf, and i-Aj i< -hc-' hini.srif p«>rftH'tiy wiiliii; •• 
 h-a\f Ihr 'iii'ttr III the judpixiil i;f pu-tt fil_v . 
 
 (to tht* Itrnt of danuaiy, Inlt!). iw.. m./iulis afttr Ids rul'irn from Fort Hcuiy, ho ni»r- -d 
 Mnrv. ihiughtei- "f l'>."'kicl Ja'.n.a, who. with Mr. iiitddN fnthor, wu>« oiu- uf tlx.' HrHt xotfli •* in 
 I'sl'i'd^t^ *>l>o pr.>v.'\l to liim ft hf'lpnioot in iho hcsf .siu-so of the (vnii 'I'l h' r fni^iiliij, 
 
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 industry, energy, wise counsel in liis most trying experiences, and her great moral worth, Mr. 
 Gould confidently ascribes much of his success in life. 
 
 Mr. Gould's history is inseparably bound up with the history of his native county. J. H. 
 Beers and Co., in their Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, speak as follows 
 of the prominent part he took in its municipal and political affairs : 
 
 "Mr. Gould represented the township municipiility in ]83G-'37 tinder the 'Township Commissioners' 
 Act' ; was district councilor from 1842 to 1854 ; was the tirst reeve of Uxbridge ; the first warden of Ontario ; 
 the tirst member of Parliament for North Ontario, and finally the first reeve of the village." He was among the 
 earliest advocates of municipal institutions, and few men in the Province have done more to secure and popu- 
 larize them. His long experience and close attention to their working, fitted him in an eminent degree fur 
 working out the details of many important measures. Through his instrumentality tlio county obtained a 
 separate existence from York and Peel, after a severe and protracted struggle. In order to effect this he acted 
 with great boldness, at the same time with strict legality, in voting as the representative of his own township, 
 and then gave a second vote as warden. The same authority quoted above speaks of the " heroic fortitude of 
 Joseph Gould, of the noble township of Uxbridge, who, amidst the whirlwind of rage and disappointment of the 
 enemies of this county, and every species of abuse that malice could invent, with the lirm and unwavering spirit 
 of a man who can be relied on in any emergency, braved the storm, and by his casting vote on the Ist of June, 
 1852, according to the provisions of the Municipal Law, founded this county." 
 
 Mr. Gould represented Nortli Ontario in the ParlianRiit of Canada for seven years, He 
 was first elected in 1854, polling almost as many votes as his opponents, Hon. T. N. Gibbs, and 
 0. R. Gowan together. In 1801 he was defeated by Hon. M. C. Cameron, since which time l>o 
 has remained in private life. His defeat was due to the firm stand he took to preserve intact 
 the endowment of Toronto University, thereby alienating many of his friends, who were strong 
 advocates of the distribution of the fund among the other Universities of the Province. He 
 hiis been frequently asked since by many of his friends to offer hiuiself as a candidate, but has 
 uniformly refused, affirming that polities had become too mueli a trade, and that .he considers 
 his own more productive of honor and profit. Throughout he has, politically, been a consistent 
 and pronounced Liberal, ami is yet foremost in promoting the interest of his party in the llid- 
 ing.s, being President of the Reform Association for many years. Since retiring into private 
 life, he has used his influence in securing the passage of .several important measures. 
 
 He was an active promoter of the Toronto and Nipis.sing Railway ; and has been, since 
 the formation of the company, to the present time, a shareholder and director. He has always 
 taken a ileep interest in etlucation, and although the largest ratepayer in the township, was 
 throughout, a strenuous advocate of free schools. He early secured a j^rammar school for the 
 village, and for many yi'aix, at a j,'reat sacritice, maintained its existence. He took an active 
 part in prcHiioting and securing the .secularization of the Clergy lloserves, ami has ever been an 
 uncompromising ojiponent of everything that had the semblance of State Churchism. 
 
 Mr. Gould is possessed of great business ability, and thnjugh energy and close application, 
 has ama.sseda large amount of property. In 1.S43 he built a woollen factory ; in 1844 a saw- 
 mill ; in 1845 a flouring-mill, and some years later a second, together with a large amount of 
 
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 valuable property in Uxbridge. In 1854, with his usual foresight, he bought three hundred 
 acres of land, upon which the larger portion of the village of Uxbridge has been built. Largely 
 through his liberal policy in encouraging improvements, Uxbridge has reached the proportions 
 of a town, being the most important station of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway. In addition, 
 he possesses considerable landed property, extensive timber limits in Parry Sound district, and 
 many valuable investments of different kinds. Altogether he ranks among the first of the 
 wealthy men of the county. 
 
 Mr, Gould has five sons and four daughters, all married and living in and about Uxbridge, 
 with the exception of one daughter, residing in the city of Brantford. He has given them a 
 liberal education. On his sons becoming of age, he gave each a valuable farm in the imme- 
 diate vicinity of Uxbridge, His oldest son, Isaac, has been for a number of yeai-s reeve of Ux- 
 bridge village, and Charles is a deputy-reeve of the township. Uxbridge, and the county of 
 Ontario in its infancy, owe more to Mr. Gould than to any other man. For a period of nearly 
 forty years, he has performed the duties of a magistrate, in a fearless, faithful, and satisfactory 
 manner. He has taken a leading part in everything calculated to advance the material, social, 
 and moral welfare of the community. His success is a striking illustration of what can bo 
 accomplislied by industry, economy, perseverance, and strict integrity. His watchword has ever 
 been promptness and punctuality in every act of life. In this way habits of the utmost value 
 to a public man are accjuired, and the confidence and respect of all with whom there are busi- 
 ness relations secured. Did these principles prevail more widely, a healthier tone would per- 
 vade business circles, and the commercial interests of our country would be established on a 
 sounder basis. Young men, who.se advantages have been the most limited, will find Mr. Gould's 
 career and success in life a most interesting and valuable study, and discover much that is 
 worthy of imitation, Mr, Gould is still living ; his physical strength is much impaired, partly 
 owing to the very active life he has led, and partly to asthma, from which he has been a great 
 sufi'erer for many years. His intellect is yet clear and vigorous. 
 
 JOIIX E. SMITH, 
 
 ST. THOMAS. 
 
 JOHN ENSLEY SMITH, mayor of St. Thomas, and one of the leading merchants of the 
 town was born near Grimsby, in the old Niagara District, December 29, 1830. His father 
 William Smith, a farmer, was also a native of Canada. His mother was Ann Ensley, who.se 
 family were from New Jersey, her grandfather being one of the adherents to the Crown when 
 the rebellion broke out in 177', and was a Captain in the n.yal army. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was reared till near nianhood on his father's farm, in the town- 
 
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 ship of Yarmouth, county of Elgiu, receiving an ordinary ort-.nmon scliool education ; learned 
 the trade of a carpenter, joiner and builder ; followed that business for several years ; was a 
 lumber dealer at St. Thomas for a period of eight years, and, in 1872, became a hardware mer- 
 chant, his store being in the ea«tern part of the town, formerly the village of Millersburg. He 
 has a remunerative trade, and has the name of managing his business with prudence and care. 
 He built the Beaver block, the Smith block, and other buildings in St. Thomas east, and is very 
 enterprising. He is a heavy stockholder in the Masonic block, and a director and stockholder 
 in the Dexter and Whitwam Manufacturing Company. 
 
 Mr. Smith was a trustee of the village of Millersburg ; was a member of the town council 
 of St. Thoma-s for six or seven years, and in 1879 was elected mayor, receiving the largest vote 
 ever cast in the town. He has first-class business talents and habits, is watchful of tlie interests 
 of the town, and makes a very useful chief magistrate. He is a director of the Alma Ladies' 
 College, and vice-president of the London and Port Stanley Railway Company. 
 
 In politics he is an out-and-out Reformer, and was formerly quite active as a partisan. As 
 age progresses he gi'ows less enthusiastic, but no less firm in his political sentiments, ifcc., belongs 
 to the Connnandery in the Masonic order, and has been master of the Blue Lodge, No. 44, St. 
 Thomas. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Smith was Miss Melissa McAfee, of Yarmouth, married in April, 18.58. 
 They have two sons, Eugene D., aged eighteen, and William H., aged 12 years. The family at- 
 tend the Baptist church, of which Mrs. Smith is a meiv.ber. 
 
 IIOK. TIMOTHY B. PAEDEK, 
 
 HAKSIA. 
 
 HONORABLE TIMOTHY BLAIR PARDEE, Commissioner of Crown Lands for Ontario, 
 is a native of this Province, and wa-s born Dec. 11, 1830, in the county of Grenville. His 
 parents are A. B. Pardee and Jane n^n Elliot. The name would indicate that the Pardee family 
 were originally French, but the grandfather of our subject was from the Eastern States. The 
 subject of this sketch was educated partly in his native county, and afterwards at Brock- 
 ville, Ont., at wliich latter place he began the study of law with the Hon. \V. B. Richards. Be- 
 fore finishing, however, he broke oft' his studies and departed for California, where he spent two 
 years, going thence to the gold fields of Australia, where he remained for about five yeai"s. Re- 
 turning to Canada, he settled at Sarnia, Ont., and revived his law studies, finishing at the oflSce 
 of Joshua Adams; was calleil to the Ear at Hilary term, 1801, since which time his home and 
 practice has been at Sarnia. He is a forcible and fluent speaker, a sound and cautious lawyer, 
 possessing a remarkably keen insight into human character, with accurate, quick, and discrimin- 
 
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 afcing perceptive powers. These qualifications, combined with indomitable energy, shrewdness 
 and tact, soon secured him, after his call to the Bar, a large practice in the county of Lambton, 
 and gave him a leading position in that county. His " magnetic " temperament and genial, 
 kindly disposition made him many warm and constant friends. He was elected a Bencher of 
 the Law Society of Ontario, in 1871, appointed Q.C. in 1876, and was County Crown Attorney 
 for Lambton for several years, resigning in 1867 to enter political life. 
 
 At the first general election after Confederation he was elected to the Ontario Parliament 
 for West Lambton, a seat which he has retained ever since, being one of the few charter members 
 now left in the House. In 1871 he was returned by acclamation, as he also was on accepting 
 the office of Provincial Secretary in the Reform Government, Oct. 25 1872. He held this office 
 in the Executive Council until December 4, 1873, when he was appointed Commissioner of 
 Crown Lands, in which office he still remains, and m the discharge of the duties connected 
 therewith Mr. Pardee has displayed signal ability. He is a good parliamentarian, a strong de- 
 bater, and an influential member whose opinions always claim the attention of both friends and 
 opponents. His politicid views have always been Liberal, and he has been a member of the 
 Mowat administration since its formation. 
 
 The wife of the Hon. Commissioner was Emma K., daughter of J. K. Forsyth, Esq., of 
 Sombra, Lambton county, Ont., by whom he has six children. 
 
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 ST. CATHARINES. 
 
 JOHN MARJORIBANKS LAWDER, late Judge of the County of Lincoln, dates his birth 
 at Greenock, Scotland, August 10, 1824, his parents being John Lawder, Custom House 
 officer at Greenock, and Jane Hervey, a native of Glasgow. Both died while he was young, and 
 in 1837, an orphan boy, he came to Upper Canada, having completed his school studies before 
 leaving the old country. 
 
 He studied law at Toronto with Robert Hervey, now of Chicago ; was called to the Bar at 
 Hilary term, February, 184.5 ■ practised at Niagara a little more than twenty-two years ; wa.s 
 appointed coimty attorney and clerk of the peace in 18,')0, and on the death of Edward C. 
 Campbell, Judge of the county, in 1860, was appointed to that office, which he held until 
 November, 1877, when he resigned. 
 
 The Judge is a man of fair abilities ; has a good knowledge of judicial duties ; was ever 
 temperate on the Bench, and pleasant, affable, and easily approachable, and hence was well liked 
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 Since leaving the Bench, Judge Lawder lias been engaged in general business, and is living 
 an easy and independent life. 
 
 He is a member of the Presbyterian church. 
 
 August 24, 1848, ho married Mary Catharine, daughter of John L. Alma, a very early 
 settler at Niagara, and one of its leading merchants, being still in business. Mrs. Lawdor is 
 the mother of six children, five of them still living. Emily, the eldest daughter, is the wife of 
 Charles Hunter, of St. Catharines, Insi^ector for the Standard Insurance Company ; the other 
 four are single. . ' • 
 
 THE IBL^RKHAM FA^^IILY. 
 
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 A MONO the early and prominent families that settled In the vicinity of Cobourg was that 
 -*— *- of the Burnhams, four brothers, some of whom came to the Province of Upper Canada 
 when it was little more than a " waste, howling wilderness," with dense forests, red men and 
 wild beasts. The pioneer of the family was Asa Burnham, senior, who came in the last decade 
 of last century, and aided in surveying some of the townships in Northumberland county. He 
 settled on a farm in the township of Hamilton, near what is now the town of Cobourg, and 
 died there in 1813, while the second war with the United States was in progress. His son, Asa 
 Burnham, junior, who died at Cobourg in May, 1874, was county treasurer several years ; at 
 one time a Member of the House of Commons of the Province of Canada, an<l a Senator of the 
 Dominion of Canada from its formation, in 18C7, till his demise — a man of spotless reputation, 
 and generally, and warmly, esteemed. 
 
 John Burnham, a brother of Asa, senior, came to Canada a j-car or two late.', settled on a 
 farm between Cobourg and Port Hope, and died in 1840. His son, Zaccheus Burnham, is a 
 judge, residing at Whitby, and another son is a lawyer, and atiotlier a doctor, both residing at 
 Peterborough. 
 
 Zacclieus Burnham, a third brotluT, and an early settler in tlie townsliip of Hamilton, 
 born in 1777, lived near Cobourg, on the Port Hope Road, was a meuiber of Parliament and of 
 the Provincial Council, and died in 1857. He had one son, Mark, who was educated at Oxford, 
 England, and was an Episcopal Clergyman, dying a few years ago at Peterborough. Jolin 
 Burnham, son of Rev. Mark Burnham, is now a member of the Dominion Parliament. 
 
 Mark Burrdiam, the fourth brother of the pioneers, born in 1791, came to Canada in 1812, 
 just before the war with the United States bi'oke out, and settled near Cobourg, where the old 
 court room and jail stood forty years ago, and engaged in the mercantile business, moving into 
 the village of Cobourg when it was started. 
 
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 In 1880 he removed to Port Hope, continuing the mercantile trade till about 18-tO, dying 
 in 1864, in his 74th year. 
 
 Ho married Sophronia Gilchrist, sister of the four physicians and surgeons elsewhere 
 mentioned in this volume, and had four sons and one daughter, one son and the daughter dying 
 in infancy. Perogiino Maitland was an attorney-at-law, and is supposed to have died in the 
 United States during the civil war of 18(iI-'C5; Robert Wilkins, a physician, died at Detroit, 
 Michigan, February 21, 1880, and Henry Hamilton is living with his mother in Port Hope 
 Mark Burnham was a very successful merchant, and also a music teacher and author, i)ub- 
 lishing a number of musical books for church use. At the time of bis death ho had another 
 musical work nearly ready for the press. 
 
 REV. MARK BURNHAM, 
 
 ASniiURKIIAM. 
 
 1 1 IHE subject of this sketch was a son of Zaccheus Burnham, and was born at Cobourg, 
 -^ county of Northumberland, July 12,1804, his father being a pioneer in that county. 
 Zaccheus Biunlmm was born in Dunbarton, N. H., February 10, 1777, while the American revo- 
 lution was in progress, and emigrated to Canada, with his father, Asa Burnham, in 1798, reach- 
 ing Halilimand in May of that year. In the autumn of 1800, he returned to New Hampshire, 
 and on the first of February, 1801, married Elizabeth Choato, reaching Canada again on the 
 28th of the same month. Zaccheus Burnham was a very prominent man in the county of 
 Northumberland for many years. He was elected member of Provincial Pa»liament for North- 
 umberland and Durham in May, 181G, and for Northumberland alone in 1824 ; was called to 
 the Legislative Council In 1831, and held that office until the union of the Provinces which was 
 consummated in February, 1841. He was Treasurer of New Castle District for several yeare, 
 commencing in 1814. As early as 1801, ho entered the Northumberland regiment of militia 
 as a private, and rose through every grade until he obtained the rank of Colonel, when he re- 
 signed his commission. Ho died about the }'ear 1857. 
 
 Beside the subject of this sketch, Zaccheus Burnham hadfoui; daughters, Elizabctl 
 than Mark, and Achsa, Maria, and Att'a, younger. The son received his eaily cdv 
 Cobourg, under the late Bishop Strachan ; completed his education at Qucei ^ wi, 
 
 England, and choosing the clerical as his profession, was ordained in 1829, an pointed ior 
 of St. Thomas in the western part of the Province of Ontario. There he labund wit'i great 
 faithfulness for twenty-three years, when in 18.")2, he was appointed to the Rectory (n iV'ter- 
 borougli, hero serving in that position until 185S, when he retired from immediate parochial 
 duties, continuing, however, to preach at Otonabee, Norwood and Warsaw, until about a year 
 
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 before his ilcatli, which occurred May 17, 1877. Before this sail event toolt place, as a result of 
 his Holf-iinposed hibors at the places just mentioned, ho saw a parish formed, and an incumbent 
 placed in its charge. 
 
 We learn from an obituary of the Rev. Mr. Burnham, in the Peterborough Examiner, May 
 24, 1877, that he inherited a largo amount of property at his fathers death ; that on that ac- 
 count " he had a gi'eat deal of business with people in this town and county, ami in these rela- 
 tions was pre- eminently respected for honorable dealing and for a generous and obliging dis* 
 position." We learn from the same source that he never put any person to extra costs in 
 making settlements, however complicated ; that he " was a wise counselor, cautious and pains- 
 taking in all his relations ; " that he did much good work on the Peterborough grammar school 
 board, and that he was " quiet, unassuming and beneficent, charitable and kind to the dis- 
 tressed, ever ready to bestow, when by so doing he could do good." 
 
 Three sermons were preached at the time of the death of our subject, one of whicli we find 
 in n copy of the Examiner of the date already given. It was preached in the church of St. 
 Luke the Evangelist, Ashburnham, by Rev. W. C. Bradshaw, incumbent of A.shburnham. In 
 that diiScoui-se the preacher pa} s a well-merited tribute to the memory of the deceased — to his 
 eminent scholarship, his steadfast and warm attachment to the beloved church, on whose roll 
 for nearly half a century Iiis name appeared as " one of her faithful and devoted servants." 
 From this sermon we learn that Mr. Burnham was ordained by Bishop SteM'art, " that saintly 
 and venerated man, whose apostolic labors are gratefully remembered by the Canadian 
 church." 
 
 The widow of our subject was Miss Hetty Bostwick, daughter of Col. John Bostwick, of 
 Port Stanley, Ontario, married January 4, 1831. She has five children living and has buried 
 three. Zaccheus is a farmer at Otonabee ; John is a barrister in Peterborough, now holding the 
 offices of reeve, warden and member of the Dominion Parliament ; George is a physician and 
 surgeon in Peterborough ; Charles resides in the county of Elgin, and Amelia is the wife of 
 Robert Revell, of Woodstock, Ont. 
 
 GEOKGE BUIIKHAM, M.D., 
 
 VETERnOUOtTGII. 
 
 atlORGE BURNHAM, more than forty years a medical practitioner at Peterborough, is a 
 son of John Burnham, who came from New Hampshire, and settled on a farm between 
 Port Hojie and Cobourg, wliere the son Was born September 4, 1814. Reference to his father is 
 elsewhere made in tliis volume in a sketch of " The Burnham Family." George was educated 
 at the Port Hope grammar school ; studied medicine in the same term with Dr. McSpaddin ; 
 attended lectures at the Bellevue Hospital iledical College, New York ; there received the 
 
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 degree of M.D., and subsequently the same degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons 
 of Ontario. 
 
 Dr. Burnham settled in Peterborough about 1836, and since that date has been in practice 
 here, doing an extensive business until two or three years ago, when trouble with his eyes com- 
 pelled him to partially retire from practice. For several years after first settling here, his rides 
 extended over an area of thirty miles in all directions, and sometimes even forty or fifty miles, 
 fic had the utmost confidence of the people, and many of the older settlers, still living in this 
 vicinity, have vivid recollections of his hardships in reaching their homes, in their times of sick- 
 ness, and of his kindly disposition, as well as of skill in curing them and their friends. 
 
 Dr. Burnham was for many years a member and chairman of the Peterborough school 
 board, and did a great deal to elevate the standard of public instruction, often lecturing on 
 scientific and other subjects pertaining to education. 
 
 He has been a member of the Baptist church for a long period, and has maintained a con- 
 sistent christian character. He is a Freemason, and has been master of the Peterborough 
 Lodge. 
 
 January 23, 1847, Miss Adeline Humphries Spalding, of Haldimand, Ont., was joined 
 in marriage with Dr. Burnham, and had eight children. She died October 17, 1869, and four 
 of her children are with her in the world of spirits, Ueorge Herbert, the older son living, is a 
 physician, and connected with the London Ophthalmic Hospital ; Helen Seymour is the wife of 
 Dr. Robert P. Boucher, of Peterborough, and J. Hampden and Georgina Samanthe, are at home. 
 
 JOHX GILCHRIST, M.D,, 
 
 POUT nui'K. 
 
 "|l /TORE tlian sixty years ago, John Gilchrist moved from New Hampshire into Upper 
 -^'-'- Canada, and practised his profession in Northumberland, Peterborough and Durham 
 counties about forty years, educating meanwhile two of his younger brothers for the same 
 profession. Thirty, forty and fifty years ago, he was one of the best known men in this part of 
 the Province, and as widely esteemed as known. He is a son of Humuel and Sarah (Aiken) 
 Gilchrist, who, at the time of his birth, February 5, 17!>2, were living in Bedford, N.H. His 
 father was a farmer and miller, and aftei wards moved to Goflstownin the same State, where he 
 died in I. Sis. 
 
 Our subject received his medical education and diploma at New Haven, Conn., practised a 
 few montlis at Goffstown, and in 1818, came to Caiiaila, and located two miles northwest of 
 where Cobourg now stands, two or three years later moving down to the lake shore on the 
 jnesent site of the town just mentioned. Sometime afterwaids he removed to a new town in 
 
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 Peterborough county, wliich lie named Keenc, for Keene, N. H., but did not practise there 
 much on account of ill health, but engaged in the manufacture of flour and lumber. 
 
 A few years prior to the Canisdian Rebellion of 1837-'38, Dr. Gilchrist removed to the town 
 of Peterborough, and at the time of the rebellion was serving his constituents in the Provincial 
 Parliament. In 1849 he settled in Port Hope, and here practised till near his death, which 
 occurred in September, 18.59. 
 
 The wife of Dr. Gilchrist wa.s a daughter of Dr. Jonathan Gove, seventy and eighty years 
 ago a noted physician at Gotfstown, N.H. ; she had nine or ten children, and died in 1847i 
 Three sons and three daughters are yet living. 
 
 Dr. Gilchrist had three younger brothers, who were physicians and surgeons. Samuel and 
 James Aiken studied with him and received their medical diplomas at Dartmouth College, 
 Hanover, N. H. Samuel practised at Port Hope, and died in 1849 ; James Aiken, at Cobourg, 
 and died in 1871. Hiram Gilchrist, the younger of the four, studied with his brother Samuel, 
 received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Hanover, practised at Port Hope, and died in 
 April, 1852. The four brothers were all well educated, and had a good reputation for skill and 
 
 success. 
 
 D'ALTOK MCCARTHY, Q.C., M.P., 
 
 BARRIE. 
 
 THE subject of this notice, son of D'Alton and Charleszina Hope (Manners) McCarthy, was 
 born at Blackrock, near Dublin, Ireland, October 10, 1836. The McCarthys arc an old 
 Irish family. His mother was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Hi.s grandfather was a member of 
 the Irish Bar, and his father was a solicitor of Dublin, anfl of Canada, coming to this country 
 in )S47. The family located on a farm six miles from Barrio, two years later settling in 
 town. Our subject was educated in part in two clergymen's schools in Blackrock and Dublin, 
 and the Barric! grammar sfhool ; studied law with D'Arcy Boulton, of Barrie ; was called to 
 the Bar at Hilary term, 18.')(l, and has practised at his profession for twenty yoara in Barrie, 
 adding also an office in Toronto in 1 877. 
 
 Mr. McCarthy is of the firm of McCarthy, Boys and Pepler, one of the leading law firms 
 in the county. He is a sound lawyer, a good counselor, and an able pleader, making a 
 powerful impression before a jury. Ho excels on cross-examining witnesses, there being few 
 barristers to match him in thin respect in this part of the Province. 
 
 He was created a Queen's Counsel in December, 1 872 ; was elected a Beneher of the Law 
 Society of Ontario, at Easter term, 1871, under the new Act, making the benchers elective, and 
 was re-elected at the end of thi; term, still being a nieniber. . 
 
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 THE CAKADIAN BtOGRAl'HtCAL DtCTtOKARY, 
 
 Mr, McCarthy contested Nortli Simcoc for tlic House of Coiiimons, unsuccessfully in 1872, 
 and also in January and December, 1874; in December, 1876, on a vacancy being created by the 
 death of Hon. J. H. Cameron, he contested the election in Cardwell, and was successful ; at 
 the general election in 1878 he declined to run again for Cardwell, but stood for the North 
 Riding of Simcoe, and defeated his old opponent, H. H. Cook. Ho has been President of the 
 Liberal Conservative Association for the North Riding of Simcoe, since its format'on in 1873. 
 
 Mr. McCarthy takes a good deal of interest in agricultural matters, and was President, 
 fiist of the North Riding, then of the West Riding of Simcoe Agricultural Society, for many 
 yeare, up to 1879, when a pressure of professional business compelled him to decline serving in 
 that position any longer. He has done much to encourage a spirit of emulation among farmers. 
 
 He is a member of the Church of England. 
 
 Mr. McCarthy was first married October 21, 1867, to Emma Katharine, daughter of Edmund 
 O. Lally, of Barrie, she dying December 24, 1870, leaving two children : the second time, 
 July 15, 1873, to Agnes Elizabeth, relict of Richanl B. Bernard, of Windsor, having two 
 children by her. 
 
 " Caernaver," the residence of Mr. McCarthy, an enclosure of nine or ten acres, overlooking 
 the town and the bay, is one of the most plciusant homes a traveler finds in this section of 
 Ontario. It is fitted up with great neatness, with cedar and spruce hedges, and a groat variety 
 of trees and shrubbery, making such a place as a poet might covet. 
 
 DUNCAN ^tf^LARTY, M.D., 
 
 KT. r NOMAS. 
 
 ONE of the best oducato<l and most successful physicians and surgeons in the county of 
 Elgin is Dr. McLarty, who took more than ordinary pains to prciiare himself for bis pro- 
 fession. He is a son of Duncan McLart}', senior, wlio came from Scotland with an uncle when 
 quite young, and became a farmer in the county of Elgin, M-liere our subject was born on the 
 3rd of February, 1830. The maiden name of his mother was Sarah Mclntyre, wlio was also of 
 Scotch birth. 
 
 Dr. McLarty received a grammar school education ; taught four or five years in liis native 
 county, and thus secured the funds for furthei- i)rosecution of his studies ; connected himself 
 with tlie medical department of Victoria University, Toronto, from which he received the degree 
 OfM.D. in 1807; and thence proceeded to Europe, ^pending noiiriy two years there, walking 
 the hospital!* and attending lectures, becoining a nieniber of the Kovid ('i)ilege of Singeons, 
 England, and of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Thus thoroughly e<i\iii)ped for 
 
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 professional business, Dr. McLarty returned to Canaila, opened an office at St. Thomas in 
 February, 18G9, and soon had a remunerative practice. 
 
 Dr. McLarty was a member of the town school board for six or seven years ; was in the 
 town council for one term, and mayor in 1877 and 1878, making a popular chief magistrate of 
 the town. lie is a Royal Arch Mason, and has been master of the local lodge, and first prin- 
 cipal of the Arch ; is also a member of the Odd Fellow Fraternity ; usually attends the Pres- 
 byterian church, and in moral as well as professional character stands high. 
 
 The Doctor has an unusually fine physicjue ; is six feet two inches in height ; well propor- 
 tioned; stands perfectly erect, and weighs 220 pounds. His bearing is dignified, yet ca.sy, 
 and his address that of a polished gentleman. 
 
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 LIEUT-COL. ALEXANDER B. BAXTEil, 
 
 CHATHAM. 
 
 LEXANDER BROWN BAXTER, chii-f of police, and Colonel of the 24th Battalion 
 volunteer infantry, was born in tlie city of Edinburgh, Scotland, June 7, 1831, his 
 j)arents being Alexander and Elizabeth (Hogg) Baxter. His father was Lieutenant in the 25th 
 and 4;5rd infantry ; served in the Light Division of tlie army (under the Duke of Wellington), 
 in Spain, and twice in the invasion of Franco, in the Netherlands and Ireland, and was rewarded 
 with a medal for his seivices. lie retiied on half pay after the battle of Waterloo, but was 
 subse'piently appointed second oldest Captain of the \'enczuela regiment of Horse Lancei-s, raised 
 in Holland for service in South Ameiica, yet did not serve. In 1835, he brought his family to 
 Canada ; had granted to him lands on the river St. Clair and at Chatham ; served in tl>e rebel- 
 lion of 1837 '38, conunanding the Bear Creek Rifies, and died in Chatham in 1871, aged eighty- 
 one years. lie married Elizabeth Hogg, of Jedburgh, Roxburgshire, Scotland, and a relative of 
 the " Ettrick Shepherd." One of liis ancestoi-s once owneil the pioperty, afterwards purchased 
 by Sir Walter Scott, and named Abbottsfonl, so called because at au earlier period tlie Abbotts 
 of Melrose Abbey there had a ford across the Tweed. 
 
 Col. Baxter received a common scIkjoI edueatioii while the family were residing on the St. 
 Clair river; clerked in a dry goods store in Ciiatham until 1851, when ho went into business 
 for himself, and has trailed oH' and on until a reeent date. He was a school trustee at one 
 period, and part of that time cliairman of the board, and in 1S77 was appointed chief of police. 
 
 As it regards his militaiy record, he was gazetted Lieuteiuvnt of the 5th battalion infantry, 
 iti February, lS5(j; was appointed Captain of tin; same in 18(i0 ; Lieutenant 1st volunteer 
 company in 1.S(J2; Major 24th battalion in ISiKJ ; l>roveted Lieut. -Colonel of volunteer militia of 
 Canada in 1>S7<*<, and Lieutenant-Colonel coiumanding 24tli, in December of the same year. Ho 
 
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 served on the frontier at Sherbrooke, Canada East, during the St. Albans raid, in 18G5 ; was 
 second in command of provisional battalion at Windsor, during the Fenian raids of 1866, and 
 has attended all the brigade camps of instruction since that date. 
 
 In October, 1855, Col. Baxter married, at Cobour^, Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Richard 
 Brooke, of Toronto, and niece of Sir Allan Macnab ; and of nine children, the fruit of this union, 
 eight are living. 
 
 JAMES TRASEPv, 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 ~FAMES FR ASER is a son of the late Col. Alexander Eraser, formerly of the 49th regiment, 
 ^ and afterwards of the New Brunswick " Fenciblos," was born at Perth, county of Lanark, 
 April 23, 1825. His father took an active part in the war with the United States, in 1812-14, 
 and fought against General Scott, at Queenston Heights and Stony Creek, distinguishing liim- 
 self especially at the latter place. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was educated at the Peith grammar school ; left there at twenty 
 years af age; settled at By town, now the city of Ottawa, and fii-st had an appointment with 
 Messrs Z. .nnd H. L. Wilson, who were then largely engaged in the lumber and dry goods and 
 grocexy trade, he acting as accountant and general manager. He left that firm in 1847 ; became 
 de[)uty-sheritt"of the county of Carleton, and held that jiosition a little more than four years, 
 and then enlisted in the mercantile business, continuing it until LS-IS. 
 
 On the 21st of January of that year, Mr. Eraser received his commission from the Govern- 
 ment of Canada as clerk of the County Court, registrar of the Siu'rogato Court, deputy clerk of 
 the Crown and Pleas, and clerk of Assize, of the courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail 
 Delivery, and of Assize and Nisi Prius in and for the count} of Carleton. These respective 
 orticos hi.' holds to the present time, anl celebrated his 21st anniversary by giving a dinner to the 
 Bar of Ottawa and practising solicitors in the city of Ottawa and county of Carleton ; on which 
 occasion the Bar thought proper to present him a very handsome silver service, composed of a 
 silver salver with a beautiful inscription engraved tliereoi.; nn epergne, and a tea and coffee set, 
 consisting in all of ten pieces, as well as an illuminated address suitable for such an occasion. 
 The Ottawa, Toronto, and other Canadian pai)ers ve a full account of that pleasant meeting, 
 and we give, slightly condensed, the report which appeared in the Toronto Mall : 
 
 " On Mimilay evening an exceedingly iiloiisant re-uniou took placB at the I'idean Club. Mr. James Frasor, 
 thn clerk of Assize and Appeals, had invited the Bar of Ottawa and a portion c' the Hunch to dine on the anni- 
 versary, the twenty-first anniversary, of his odicial appointment. The nnaniniity of the response to Mr. 
 Fraser's invitation showed the nnaniniity of kindly feeling which prevails among the Har for their faithfnl.pnnc- 
 tilious, indnatrious and learned clerk (pf Ooiirt. The dinner was, of conrse, in the very heat style posHibleat the 
 Hi l«au CInl) ; ami tlio wines were of a chaructur that showed th« jxirfoct sincerity of the host in asking !iis 
 
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 1, in 1863 ; was 
 lids of 1866, and 
 
 Captain Richard 
 lit of this union, 
 
 I 49th regiment, 
 unty of Lanark, 
 itos, in 1812-14, 
 inguishing liim- 
 
 thore fit twenty 
 pointment with 
 Jry goods and 
 n 1847 ; became 
 han four years, 
 
 om the Govern- 
 Joputy clerk of 
 id General Jail 
 hoso respective 
 
 II dinner to the 
 L'ton ; on wliich 
 composed of a 
 and coffee set, 
 li an occasion, 
 isant meeting, 
 
 r. James Frasor, 
 lino on tlio luiiii- 
 esponso to Mr, 
 r faithful, punc- 
 
 |iosHil)lo«t Hio 
 '8t ill asking iiiii 
 
 giieglB to drink her Majesty's health. During the evening a great number of speeches were made. Mr. Fraaer, 
 in drinking so^iis the health of his guests, made a most pleasing and alfectiiig speech, which was warmly ap- 
 plauded. Sir John A. Sf acdonald was called upon to reply for the guests, which h^ did in his customary style 
 of happy lightness, combined with touching remombrances of the youth of his host, and of the manhood of his 
 host's father, who had borne arms for his country in the old times. Sir John made more than one speech in the 
 course of the evening, and in eacit he expressed the pride he felt in having had the happiness of appointing to 
 office a man who for twenty-one years could retain in so cordial a manner the good will of the Bar of Ottawa. 
 
 " Speeches were made in reply to the toast of the Bencli by Mr. Justice Gwynne and Mr. Justice Bourgeois; 
 in response to the Bar of Ontario, by Hon. Mr. Cockburn ; in response to the Bar of Quebec, by Messrs. Doutro 
 and Carter ; and in response to the Bar of Nova Scotia, by Mesars. Haliburton and Grittin. The festivity was 
 prolonged to a late hour ; but the last act was the most pleasing. At some time after midnight Mr. Robert 
 Lees, Q.C., asking for silence, made a speech in which he said that the Bar had no idea of permitting Mr. 
 Fraaer to do all the kindness on the occasion, and that they desired to show their appreciation of Mr. Fraser by 
 an address and a testimonial. The address was read, and the testimonial was produced. Of course the address 
 was kindly eloquent, and the testimonial wits beautiful. It consisted of a most elegant epergne and a silver des- 
 sert service of many pieces, of great value, and of chaste design. Mr. Fraser was, bona fide, taken by surprise ; 
 he was confused ; he was affected. He made a speech which was most affecting, and which, in its broken pathos, 
 was more eloquent than any rush of words could be. We hope that Mr. Frasur may recover his health and see 
 many happy returns of his official anniversary." 
 
 Mr. Fraser was first married in October, 1851, to Miss Bill, of By town (Ottawa), she dying 
 Decumlier 2, 1857, leaving two children, Anna Maria and Alexander James. The son is in the De- 
 partment of Justice. His second marriage was on the 26th of August, 1869, to Gordon Fraser, 
 granddaughter of Abraham A. llapclje, the late sheriff of the district of Talbot, Upper Canada, 
 nnd daughter of Henry Van Allen Rapelje, of Slmcoe, late sheritl'of the county of Norfolk. By 
 lier he h.as four cliildron : Mabel Gordon, Henry Van Allen Alexander, John Alexander Macdon- 
 ald, and Murray Nairne. 
 
 The above sketch was written in February, 1879, and on the oth of the next month Mr. 
 Fraser died of the disease with which he had long been afHicted. His loss was deeply felt in 
 Ottawa, of which city he had long been a useful citizen, and where he had many warm friends. 
 
 JOHN IIOKS:NtAN, 
 
 TOHN HORSMAN, the oldest and leading hardware merchant in the city of Guelph at this 
 ^ writing (Nov., 187!)), is a native of Birmingham, Englaml, dating his birth July 18, 1827. 
 His father was John Hoisman, senior, many years a miller, and afterwards holding a Govern- 
 ment office; ami his mother, before her maniage, was Frances Pliilii). The son received a 
 good English education, sufficient for all prat'ical business ^lurposes; served an apprentice- 
 ship at the hardware Imsiness in his native towu; in 1843 came to Canadn, and after halting 
 a sliort time in Toronto, located in Hamilton, where he remained as a clerk in a hardware store 
 until 18.')5, when he settled in Guelph. Here he has been in constant trade for ncaily a tjuarter 
 
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 of a century. It is not a long period, and yet, besides him, there are not more than two mer- 
 chants now in Guelph, who were in mcrcdutile liusiness here in the spring of 18.")5 — a good illus- 
 tration of the mutations of the time and changes of this changing age. 
 
 Mr. Hoi-sman began business on a moderate scale ; has expanded it from time to time, until 
 it amounted to !?1 25,000 per annum. He has done a wholesale as well a.s retail business from 
 the start, and has withstood every financial storm, during all this trying period, commencing with 
 1857, in which year, and immediately following it, thousands of merchants in Canada and the 
 United States, went down. The last three or four years have been e<[nally as disastrous. There 
 is no more prudent, straightforward, and successful merchant in this city than Mr. Horsman, 
 He has done some public work in the to /n council, and the board of education, and has been a 
 magistrate for twenty years or more. He is a member of the Church of England, was for some 
 time warden of the same, and is a man of sterling christian standing. 
 
 His political attiliations are with the Conservative paity, in the welfare of which he takes 
 much interest and has a high position ; being president of the Conservative Association for the 
 south riding of Wellington. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Horsman was Miss Elizabeth Worsfold, of the township of Eramosa, county 
 of Wellington, their mairiage taking place in September, LSliO. They have four children: John 
 Edward, Frances Alexandra Wliitton, Enuna May and Laura Louise. 
 
 IIOX. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, 
 
 TO HON TO. 
 
 TN a book of this character, where our .space is liiuiteil, we can only bricHy sketch the princi- 
 -*- pal events of Mr. Mackenzie's life, laying tli3 foundation for the more extended notice 
 which will occupy an important place in the liistorv of Canada. 
 
 He was born near Dunkeld on the -8th of January, 1822, beinif third son of the late Mr. 
 Alexander Mackenzie, of Logierait, I'erthshire, Scntlaml, by Mary, second daughter of Mr. 
 Donnld Fleming, of the same parish, both Well-known families in Athol and Strathtay. Mis 
 paternal grandfather was Mr. Malcolm Mackenzie, of Strathtumna'l. 
 
 Our subject was educated at the public .schools of Moulin, Dunkeld, and Perth, enjoying 
 no higher facilities, owing to the death of his father, which left him, at the age of fourteen, to 
 push liis own way in life. Mr. Mackenzie, however, has maile up for the lack of a University 
 course, by being a hard student ever since, and has accjuired not only an accurate knowledge of 
 general literature, but of political, constitutioiuil, industrial, and social history, such as few 
 pos.sess. Previous to emigrating to Canada, in 1842, he learned the business of a builder and 
 contractor, and after settling at Sarnia, Ontario, where he first made his home in Canada, lie 
 
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 li two incr- 
 Igood ill US- 
 time, until 
 lincss from 
 Incing with 
 ■la niul the 
 |iis. There 
 Hoi-suian. 
 Ilias been a 
 Ls for some 
 
 li he takes 
 on for the 
 
 'sa, county 
 hen: John 
 
 lie princi- 
 eil notice 
 
 2 late Mr. 
 •r of Mr. 
 ■ay. His 
 
 enjoying 
 irteen, to 
 lliversity 
 vleilgeof 
 1 as few 
 Mer ami 
 nada, iie 
 
 engaged in the liusincss of a contractor. There was, however, something in Mr. Mackenzie's 
 nature which destined him for other spheres of usefulness than pursuing private attiiirs. Liberal 
 in sentiment, and thoroughly imbued with the spirit of reform, a good speaker and a logical 
 and ready writer, he took a prominent part in the political movements of the Reform party, 
 under the leadership of Messrs. Baldwin and Lafontaine. For some years he very ably con- 
 ducted at Lambton, Ont., a Reform journal, called the Ltimhtoa Shicltl, and in every way ho 
 could largely contributed to the successful results of the exciting political movements, from 
 1850 to 18()-t. In 18G1 Mr. Maekenzii; was elected from Lambton to represent that constit- 
 uency in the Canada Assemlily, and held his seat until Confederation was accomplished, after 
 which, at the first general election (I8(i7) he was returned to the Commons for the same seat. 
 By repeated re-elections, whenever an election UmjIc i)lace, he still continues to serve in this 
 capacity. He also represented West Middlesex in the Provincial Parliament of Ontario, from 
 the general election in 1871, until Octob^-r, 1872, when he resigiusd. In Parliament ho at onco 
 became a recognized leader of the Reform party, simply by individual force of character and 
 natural ability. From the time he entered the Commons until 187U, he was the leader of tho 
 Ontario opposition, and in this year was elected leader of the whole opposition party. Novem- 
 ber 5, 187.S, upon the resignation of Sir John Macdonald, Mr. Mackenzie was called on to form 
 a new administration, which he succeeded in doing within two days, when he and hiscolle.agues 
 were sworn of tho Privy (!ouncil, Mr. Mackenzie takin.i,', in addition to the Premiership, tho 
 office of Minister of Public Works, an<l continuing in office until his resignation after the defeat 
 of the Reform party at the general flection in September, 1878. 
 
 Several important public measures owe their existence to Mr. Mackenzie as a privatt; mem- 
 ber, viz: the Act ameiuling the Assessment Act of U. (A (1803); that consolidating and amend- 
 ing the Acts relating to the As.sessment of Property, U. C. (LSOd) ; and the highly useful 
 measure for providing means of egress fri)m Public Buildings (18(3(1). As chairman of conuaittee 
 on municipal and as.sessment laws (I8(i()), he wrote; and framed the greater part of the General 
 Act on Municipal Corporations, vVic .\il the measures of his (lovernment, inchiding the enact- 
 ment of a stringent election law, with the trial of election petitions by judges, and vote by 
 ballot; the abolition of tiu; u :v! e-itate ((ni>!ificatiou of members, the inspection of produce and 
 weights and measures; the better administraticn of penitentaries; the enactment of the marine 
 telegraph law, whieb virtually aliolishes the monopoly .)f tlie cable company; Oie establish- 
 ment of a Dominion militaiy college, and t\w ijuprov inent of the militia system; the eidargi;- 
 nient of the canals; the pernuvnent or;;ani/ation of the civil service ; tho establishment of a 
 Supreme C'ourt for the Dominion; the reduction of postage to anil from the United States; the 
 free deliveiy of postal matter in cities and towns ; the opening of direct mail communication 
 with the West Indies; the construction of a transcontinental telegrapii line; the better ad- 
 ministration of (ioveiinnent railways; an impioveil eopyriglit law; the adoi)tion of a (inul 
 
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 route for the Pacific Railway ; the opening of negotiations, conducted on our behalf by our own 
 delegate in person, between Canada and the United States, for the establishment of an equitable 
 reciprocity treaty between the two countries ; a new Insolvent law ; and the establishment of 
 a territorial government for the groat North-West, liave all been more or less moulded and 
 directed by him. In addition, two very important questions, which for some time agitated the 
 the public mind and threatened the gravest complications — the Manitoba amnesty and the New 
 Brunswick school ([uestions — were satisfactorily adjusted during Mr. Mackenzie's administration. 
 He is a member of the Baptist church, and holds his religious opinion conscientiously and 
 finnly. Mr. Mackenzie has been twice married. His first wife was Helen, daughter of the 
 late William Neil, Esq., of Irvine, Scotland, who died Januaiy 2, 1852. His second wife is 
 Jane, eldest daughter of the late Robert Syne, Esq., of Perth.shire, Scotlanil, to whom Mr. 
 Mackenzie was married June 17, 1853. He has only one child, who is the wife of Rev. John 
 Thompson, Presbyterian minister of Sarnia. 
 
 LIEUT-COL. ALEXA:JnDER M. EOSS, M.P.P., 
 
 GODEIilCH. 
 
 rriHE subject of this sketch, who is one of the oldest settlers still living in Goderich, was born 
 -■- in Dundee, Scotland, April 20, 1829. He is the .son of Colin and Elizabeth (McLagan) 
 Ross, natives of Dun>lee. Mr. Ross came to Canada and settled in Goderich, in 183.3, au<l Mis. 
 Ross followed with her .sons in IXS-t. 
 
 Here Colin Ross, who had been in the Linen Conqiany's Bank in the old country, entered 
 into the mercantile bu.siness, which he followed for some years. He died about 1850. His 
 widow, mother of Col. Ross, died in 1878. 
 
 Alexander a\ as educatetl in the couniion schools of Goderich. At the age of 14 his i)arents, 
 believing all young men in Canada should learn a trade, apprenticed liiin to a carpenter and 
 joiner, at which trade he worked for about six years. He then, at the age of 20, entered the 
 Bank of Ujiper Canada as a clerk, in which he remained until 1850, when he received the 
 appointment of Paymaster on the Buff'ali) and Lake Huinn Railway, under construction, and 
 remained in that position initil the road was citiiqileted two years later. In June, 1858, he 
 was appointed ti'easurer of the county, and still holds that office, his financial knowledge and 
 abilities having been of material advantage to the county on many important occasions. 
 
 In 18C(! an agency of the Royal Canadian Bank was opened in Goderich, and Col. Ross 
 was appointed manager, which position he held until 180!), when, (tn the suspension of the 
 Bank, the agency was closed. 
 
 In 1870 the Canadian Bank of Conunerce took up the vacancy cieated liy the closing of 
 
tialf by our own 
 I of an equitable 
 kablishinent of 
 ^s inoulded and 
 jne agitated the 
 |y and the New 
 idniinistration. 
 pientiously and 
 laughter of the 
 (second wife i.s 
 to whom Mr. 
 of Rev. Jolin 
 
 iiic'h, wa.s born 
 til (McLagan) 
 ^33, and Mi-.s. 
 
 intry, enteied 
 It 1850, His 
 
 .i^. ■■ "'I 
 
 •ihisjiarcnts, 
 arpcjiter and 
 enteied the 
 received tJie 
 ■ruction, and 
 lie, J.S5.S, Jio 
 iwledgo and 
 ions. 
 
 1 ('')J. Ross 
 sion of the 
 
 V^ 
 
 closing of 
 
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 route fiji thf Pacific llallway ; tlu' oijoiiing of m-ijotiatuins, oomi ;k"l on uur bth;ili' by our own 
 
 cl>;.l-'ffat(^ in jievson, bttwii-n t'aiiwla and tlio Uniteii Slates, lor ' e ciitabli.^luuent of an e<|iiiUbli! 
 
 n'ciprtxity treaty betwef.ii the (wo couutries; a new Ji.solvc law; and tlii< establisbrnonfc of 
 
 a teiTitorial govcrnmont U't tlie groat North- West, have / , hcun more or loss raouldcil and 
 
 >.iirect(.il by him In adii<tt.>n, tKo very inipiirtanf. ijuffctio' vsliich for soniP time aj.'iliit<.Ml ihi> 
 
 til.' |>ublic mind and tlir. ■ 'onud thr j^-iixvfKt coniplioalii ns- Uio Manitoba amnusty and the New 
 
 Brunswick -school (jtHwtwn* — wiresatiNfactorily adjusted vring Mi. Mackc^nzif's administration. 
 
 lb> iji a iiit>nib«r of tli<> Bftjiti'^t church, andhuUi-s I s rcdit^Iou.s (>[)iniun conscientiously and 
 
 linidy, ilr. Mack' nzie has been twii'u niarn-.-J. II * hr.-il v ifn was Helen, <huij,ditiir •.[ the 
 
 Jatc William Neil, Ksi^., of Irvine, Scotland who Id .laauary :i, lHoi. His second wit'e it 
 
 d.inc, eldc'it daughter of t)ic lal» 1K>.ttr,tl ^^i-iv f of IVrlli.shire, fccthinil, l.o wh.>hi Mr. 
 
 M.'K'kenzit! wa.« (ii-i-»).-! .i.im. 17 y^'-li i ■••; child ■who Is llic wife ef Rc\. John 
 
 Thomp^'.fi". Vr- ^ 
 
 t, t 
 
 J.ii:':T-C()L. .\I.hX>-M>l/.U M. RUSS, .M.IM'., 
 
 boDElilCII. 
 
 rjflHK hulijeet of thi.i .skeleh, who is ■ nc of theoliicst "^'d tiers sti!! iiviiiifin (.ii'derich, \va.« I nn 
 -»- ill Dundee, i^eolland, Apt il 20, l-<20. Ho is the .>oii of Colin and l;:;ii>cai.i-th (.McLji-an) 
 fl 1-i.s, nat's-i ^ of Dundo.!. Mr. Iloss cun'.- to t'anada and .--ettieil in GoilerieK. in i>^'^'^^, .ind Mis. 
 Rosf> followed M-ith lier ,ions in l.SA*. i 
 
 .\UiW Colin II1.S.H. who had Iw-.-n in the Li'-wn ('.nnpany'^ Bank in tlie kill cuuntiy, entered 
 into file iii'Tiautili; 1n>sine.s.s, wli'ch he followed for -onie years. He di. d idxiit 1S.J0. His 
 wiil'iM, iiu.iher of C"l Ho.s.s di il in IST^- 
 
 .MeA.itjih- ■wa.- deeut-'i /li 'li. imiuno i sili.i.ils of Giidi lich. At the riuc id' 1 * hi.« imretits, 
 belie\in^- rtii ^ I'l •« ^n '.'i/r d." iho'ild lonn 1 ti'(>«i.-, iipjn enticed )''ii: to ii carjieiitei and 
 
 joiner, at which iKi.ii '• -vt:.., ■ ' ' i'.-.* >...! He tie u, at the aj,'e of 'iu, entered 'lie 
 
 Uiviik .•; f ,1"' ' inailu ..■ » , •, e. ; , 1. maiicil uu'd IS.^O. wlien lie reCeivid^ the 
 rtji;ioininient iif Pave < on 1 \n*l>l - I -i^.. Hii .n iLiilway, under eon.st met ion, juid 
 remaitu'd in lluit [MsitK.;. mtil u -.■■,'■ m,, cirijii-tv-J "wo \ears later, In .lun<', IV.M, he 
 wa.s appoiiued trensur.i of th.i..ia.i; wA >.ti:i ii..ld.-( tli>vt ofhc, his finflJieial knowledp: and 
 iibilitie« having,' been of nniteria! adccnuige tii I he county on many iji)|iiiiuuit uccasinii.s. 
 
 In IS^iO an aj,'encv of the lv>ya' < 'aimdinn Baidi waKojHiud in tl'nleiieii. and Co], H.i,^^ 
 was apjiointod mat!:i;4er which jlo.^it ion he held until lSij!>, when, on the ^u.^l>en,u.'n uf the 
 Haiik, the iijjroncy w t.; close<l. 
 
 in lb70 the * '.inadiaii Hank <-f (.oiiuncrce t-jok u]> the Nacaiu y created by tlie cl"'.inj» of 
 
|i <'h>i!f by oiirown 
 ■■■'■ of ii:ioi|iiikilii<> 
 e.stHlilisliiiiorU ,,{' 
 '>ss raoiiJ.Jcd and 
 ' iino fl.jL'it;it.>(] ilu> 
 "-'ty Hn<\ tlio Now 
 '^adniinislmtioii. 
 ■■cit.'iif.i(>iisly and 
 l.'Ui;,'ht.or ot iho 
 
 !S SitC-OIld \v|f,. i, 
 
 l""l, i«) M)i,.t,i Mr. 
 [wife ...f K,,v. Jyl.u 
 
 '■i'.'h, vv.is iM^rri 
 izai.,-!), (McL-ijaii) 
 '" l^n and M-^ 
 
 1 ciiuntty. cnN-jid 
 ai'ciit 1850. ijj., 
 
 f ''f 14 1m>'. |.))roTi(s, 
 ' i< r-uijiriiU-r find 
 f -20, <tit.T.d '!,„ 
 I III* ivc.'iv.d tlie 
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 I kiidvlcd^',; nnd 
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 the Royal C'ana<linn, and Col. Uosh was askoil to take tlio inauagement ; he accepted, and Htill 
 HUm the re,si)tm.silile jioHitioii of nianaj,'t'r of that institution. 
 
 At the time of tlie Trent aH'air, in 18G1-2, when war looked innuinent hetween the United 
 States and Great Britain, ('n\. Ho8.s oiMjanized an Artillery Company in ( Joderich, and was 
 appointed its Captain. He and the eompany were out on the frontier on serviee for several 
 months in IMtifl, during the Fenian raid. In the autumn of that year the volunteer eompiinio.s 
 in the county were organized into a liuttalion, and Captain Hoss was made its Lieut.-Colouol, 
 which rank he still liolds. 
 
 In the general election for the Ontnrio Parliament in 1S7."), he was nominated as the 
 Liliei'al candidate to contest the West Hiding of Huron, then tirst formed into a .separate 
 Hiding, and was elceted over his opponent, Mr. Davison. He was re-elected in June, 1.S70, liy 
 a largely increased jnnjority. Ho is a staunch Reformer, and has taken a prominent position 
 in the Hou.se on financial and municipal ipiestions. 
 
 He is a member of the Church of England, a libeial supporti.'r of St. George's church, 
 Goderich, and of benevolent societies generally. In November, 18-52, he marrie<l Agnes, daughter 
 of Thomas Kydd, formerly postmi ster in Goderich, by whom lie has ha<l .seven children, all yet 
 living. The eldest, Helen, is niariied to H. W. C. Meyer, banister, of Wingham. Col. Ross 
 stands high in the estimati(jn of the people of Huron, as evidenced by the man}' responsililo 
 ))ositions lie continues to fill ; and the esteem and respect of the peoph' has bt-en .secured 
 through their confidence in his sound judgment and good common sense, and by a eonsistent 
 course of strict integrity and tiuthfulness, a high sense of honor, and a courteous demeanor. 
 
 JAMES I). E])GAR, 
 
 ronoNTo. 
 
 JAMES D. EDGAR is a native of Lower Canada, and was liorn August 10, 1.S41. His father 
 was James Edgar, one of the family of Edgars of Kcitliouk, Forfarshire, Scotland, who in 1.S40 
 married in his native land a daughter of the Rev. Dasid Fleming, of Linlithgowshire, and 
 with his newly -married wife emigrated to and settled in Canada in the .same year. Our subject 
 was educated at Lennowille grammar selioDl, and at piivate schools in tlie city of Queb(!c and 
 in Ontario ; studied law witii the late Jbrn. J. II. Cameron; was admitted an attorney in Easter 
 term and called to the Bar, Cpper Canada, in iMicliaelmas term, isGi; began practice in part- 
 nership with the present Judge Strong, of the suitremo court in Toronto, and later, with Mr. F. 
 Fenton, now county crown attorney of York ; at j)resent is head of the law firm of Messis 
 Etlgar, Ritchie and Malone. 
 
 In 18CG, Mr. Edgar was elected for St. George's ward in the city council. In 1871 he was 
 
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 nominated \)y the Refonneis, in the county of Monek, for the Local House, but at the subsequent 
 election was defeateJ by only five votes. At the general election held in the following year he 
 contested tlie same constituency for the C'onuuons, and aitliough a Conservative township had 
 been added, he secured the seat by forty-one majority. Wliilc in Parlian'cnt he was elected the 
 party-whip for the Opposition and took an active part in the overthrow of the Sir John Mac- 
 d(jnald Government on the Pacific Scandal qtvstion. At thegeneial election in ls7-t Mr. Edgar 
 was defeated for the same seat, Mr. L. McCallum defeating hiia by thirty-one votes. In the same 
 year he was sent by tlie Government on a mission to the Province of IJritish Columliia to nego- 
 tiate for a modification of the terms of Union. His negotiations resulted in his presenting to 
 the Provincial Government proposals with reference to the construction of the Canada Pacific 
 railway, which were afterward adopted by Lord ( 'arnarvon, the Imperial Secretary of State 
 for tlie Colonies, and which have been known as the " Carnarvon Terms." 
 
 During his absence in British Columbia, he was nominated by theReform convention in 
 South Oxford, but owing to certain parties refusing to abide tlu' nomination, the Reform vote 
 was divided and Mr, P2dgar defeated. On Ids n't.irn .''ion -h." North-West, he contested the new 
 election held in Monck, on account of Mr. McCallum being unseated for bribery, and was again 
 defeated, though liy only four vote-^. In 187(), wlieii the srat for South Ontario became vacant, 
 by the deatli of Hon. Malcolm ('amerc^n, ilr. Edgar was nominated by tlie Ri'form party to con- 
 test the county against the Hon, T, N Gibbs, Of his nomination the Toronto Ulohc spoke as 
 follows : — 
 
 " The Keformers nf South Ontario have our heai-ty oonj^nituhitinns for haviiis* sneuivil a ataiidaril bearer so 
 well mialified to ri'iireaeiit them either oii th« public iilatl'orm or in t)io Houao of Oonimoiis. Mr. Edgar's re- 
 peated gallant ci'ntests in the co\iiity of Munck — which was gerrymandered exprosslv to secure it against hia as- 
 saults — have shown gre.it energy of ehaiacter and thorough devotion to the political [lartj <vith which he has 
 been so long and so prominently allied. In the House of Connuois. v,hile one of ifs nienibera, his services were 
 heartily reci>gnized by all his aseociates ; and his character for fairness, ami honorable cinduct towards his op- 
 ponents in the House and in hi.i election contests, won the good will and respect m'eii of those who ditleredwith 
 him." 
 
 .\fter 1! \ery warm contest, in whuii the Primo Mlui-dor and proniiii'nt mrmliers of 
 till' Opposition rook part, Mr, Edgar was boaten by a small majority in South Ontario. At tie- 
 ueneral election in 187'^ be was again defeated in Mom.-k b\- iho saine (ipi>oniMit as formorlv. He 
 has aiwavs b( III ,in earnest Reformer in polities, ai.il was soeretaiyof tbt- Provincial Reform 
 Association from ls«17 until 1h7<>, tiiking an aetivr part in neuily every general election up to 
 the present :,ime ; was one of tlie orgiiuizers .-ind first presid-nt id' the Tor<into Rel'oini Literary 
 and Di'bating ( 'hib, and was formerly i)r"'sident of tin' Ontario Literary Society, a well-known 
 society at <ini time In addition to his otln'f labors, Mi', Kdgar has \\-nv eoiisidirablc work with 
 his pen , in IHti.S he was li'gal editor of the Toronto lUvhi'. and also of the Montreal TiK'lr Re- 
 rii:u: lu ISiJi- <i!) and '7'», pubji.slied annotated editions of tlie Canadian Insolvent Law; iu 
 
THE CAKAblAN JilOGSAPlIlCAL DtCTtOXAItY. 
 
 573 
 
 t tlio subsoqiiont 
 lowing year ho 
 'e township had 
 was elected tho 
 '■ .Sir John Jrac- 
 1N74 Mr. Edyai- 
 ■^i. In the same 
 unibia to iiego- 
 is presenting to 
 Canada Paciric 
 letary of State 
 
 convention in 
 Reform vote 
 osted the new 
 md was again 
 oeame vacant, 
 
 party to con- 
 Hohe spoke a.s 
 
 ndanl hciror so 
 Mr. Kiluui's If. 
 t agiiiiiat his iis- 
 111 wliich Iiu h.18 
 is services were 
 lowiirils iiis op- 
 ^o ditfereil with 
 
 mnnliers i.f 
 rio. Atth.' 
 jrmcrly. Ho 
 icial Reform 
 ection iij) to 
 II ti liiterary 
 W'.'II known 
 ■ uiirk witli 
 
 Trnlr Rr. 
 " l-tw ; in 
 
 186G, pul)ll.shed a brief work on contracts and sale.s of real estate, entitled a '■ Manual for Dealers 
 in Land ; " was a frequent contributor to the Canadian Monthly, Bel/onl's Matjazine, and other 
 periodicals, and at Montreal in 1874, took the prize for Canadian national songs, his prize poem 
 being " This Caiiada of Ours." In 187H he published a political pamphlet on " Agricultual Pro- 
 tection," which Iiad a liirge circulation, in favour of free trade. 
 
 On tlie organization of the Ontario Pacific Junction Railway company, in December, 
 1870, he was elected its President. Mr. Edgar was married September ."), 1S().% to Matilda, 
 daughter of the late Thomas G. Ridout, cashier of the Bank of Upper Canada. 
 
 HENRY MlTTLEBErvGEPv, 
 
 sr. cATi[Ainxj:s. 
 
 TTENRY MITTLEBERtJER, an early .settler in St. Catharines, was born in Montreal, 
 -•--*- January 20, INO:^. His father, John Mittleberger, a German by descent, and a Royalist, 
 h'ft Philadelphia for Canada, pi'ior to the outbreak of the colonies in 177">. In 1817 Henry, 
 came into the Niagara district, and four years later, at the reipiest of William II. ilerritt, came 
 to St. Catharines to take chai'go of the post office, Mr. Merritt being postmaster at that time, 
 A few years afterwards ilr. Mittleberger became a merchant, and also, in a shori time a banker, 
 being, at first, iigent for the City B;.nk of Montreal, then for the Commercial of ivingston, and 
 finall}' manager of the Bank of .Nfontreal. 
 
 When lie first located here there was orly one store and a few houses, maiidy on St. Paul 
 street. He bought fifteen acres where he now resides, corner of James an<l Duke streets, and 
 at that time it was covered with tindier, largely pine. SubM('([uently he purchaseil .seventy-five 
 or eighty acres north of Wellaml Avenue, laid it out in lots, ami it was settled long ago. 
 
 Ho retired from business in comfortable circumstances nearly twcnty-fiNo years ago. On 
 llie 21st of .Nbiy, \X'.\'\, tighiy-four Uiagistrates were uppointi'd fov the Niiigara district, which 
 ineluiied wliat is ouw the counties of Lincoln, Wdhmd joid Halibiiiaiid, and of tliose eighty- 
 foiH' officers, Mr. Mittleberger is tin' I'uiy one now livin-. in Keele's Justice" lie has u 
 printed list of these ei:,'lity-f iiu' men, and ebeckcd oll'theii' names as tbev dieil bis only remain- 
 ing uncliccked. 
 
 hi tlie rebelMon ol' 1S"7-'1''^ In' eommautled tlie ".'iili iiincolii,"' and has siiHT be(>n an 
 arlillery oliieer, forminj;- a battery \vitli two guns. 
 
 Mr. MittleiMMger uiay be said to Iiave (U'igiiuited tlu' 'ire department of St ( 'aiiiarines, and 
 was for years liic leading man i?i tiiat department, spemling bis own money in purcliasing and 
 cipiipping nuichincs. 
 
 He was one of ti.e lir;4 (i>c members o( llie \iilage eouneil. and was a reeve in the days 
 
 ! 1. 
 
 ii 
 
 1 1 
 
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 when tlie county council met at Niagara. He has a vivid rccolluction of the condition of the 
 roads between St. Catliarines and the then county town, at certain seasons of the year. 
 
 Mr. Mittlebcrgcr was first married to Miss Ingersoll, county of Oxford, she living only one 
 year. Kis present wife was Eliza Ann Adams, daughter of George Adams, an old settler in the 
 Niagara district, and a soldier in the war of 1812-'14, six children being the fruit of this 
 union. Only two of them, both sons, are living. William Adams, the elder, is treasurer of the 
 city of yt. Catharines, and clerk of the Division (/ourt, and Charles A. is in the Imperial 
 Bank of Canada, St. Catharines. 
 
 The above sketch was written in August, 1879, and on- the 2.5th of December, Mr. Mittle- 
 bei'gcr died. 
 
 S' 
 
 GEOEGE A. CLE^tEXT, 
 
 MA<1M!A. 
 
 (CON after the close of tlie American revolution, several families of the name of Clement, 
 being Un'ted Emi)ire Loyalists, moved into British Provinces. The names of two of 
 them, both Lewis Clement, are mentioned in Sabine's " Loyalists," though neither of them 
 .settled in Upper Ciuiiida. Another man of tliat name, John Patman Clement, of German 
 descent, an officer on the royal side in the wai' of the revolution, and born in the District of 
 New York, July 21, 175'J, came from the Mohawk Valley, and settled in the township 
 of Niagara, and married Mary Ball, who had thirteen children. He died in IS.kS. These 
 children, in the onUr of their birth, were Lewix, Margaret, Catharine, Jemima, Ma'y Eliza- 
 beth, James, Margaret, Ann IJutler, Caroline, Pe'i'r Ball, Josc[)h and George B. Augustus. Of 
 these thirte:n children, two or three liveil to a great age, and four are yet living. Lewis the 
 first born, mentioned elsewhere more fully in this work, died at !)2 years of age; Catharine — 
 Mrs. Ball, of Thorold— born May Ix, 17!M, is still living, and ucMiing lier!»Oth year; and Mary 
 Elizabeth — Mrs. Aikman, of Windsdr — liorn Oti'ier 10, ITlMi, is also li\iiig. Of tlie .sous, 
 Peter B. and (ieorge A. are living. The former burn l'\liruary 7, bS()(>, Hist nuirried Mi.ss 
 Elizabeth Di iisk'r, of Niagar", wlio bad thirteen eliildren ; his present wife lieing Caroline 
 Clayton. He lives at Virgil, foiu' miles west of tlw town (jf Niagara, ha vii lately become 
 blind. In his printe he was ipiite an active and inllueiitial man, and tbr years was collector of 
 customs at <-(!ueenston. 
 
 Our sulject, the youngest of the thirteen children, was liDn: in tlir township ol Niagara 
 BIX miles from the old town of .Niagara, Apiil .'JO, I Ml. 'i. He reeeiveil a ver^' moderate educa- 
 tion, !iiiiite<l to reading, spelling, writing am! arithmetic ; spent from fourteen to nineteen 
 \ears of age in a store in the town of Nia-ara ; fanned, from 1832, all but two years when out 
 
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 Ota 
 
 ndition of the 
 
 year. 
 
 iving only one 
 
 settler in the 
 ; fruit of this 
 eawurer of the 
 
 tlio Iniperia! 
 
 '-, Mr. Mittle- 
 
 of health, to 1851, and since that date has been in the mercantile trade in town, all but two or 
 three yeara. 
 
 Mr. Clement has been a magistrate for thirty years or more ; has also held the offices of 
 town clerk, councilor and roevc, and in many ways has made himself useful. 
 
 January 4, 1837, Mr. Clement married Hannah Ball, daughter of John C. Ball, in his day a 
 prominent citizen of Niagara, and she is the mother of five children, only two of them, a sou 
 and daughter now living : John Mowburn, who has a wife and two children, and is in the store 
 with his father, and Fanny Amelia, who is deaf and dumb, and resides with her parents. 
 
 The family have their membership in St. Mark's E|)iscopal church, of which the father and 
 sou have both been wardens. There is not a more respected family in the town. 
 
 of Clement, 
 ics of two of 
 her of them 
 of German 
 le District of 
 lie township 
 S.kS. These 
 Maty Klizn- 
 
 gUStllN. Of 
 
 Lewis the 
 Catharine — 
 ; and .Mitiy 
 f tlie .sons, 
 arried Miss 
 y Caroline 
 e'> I'ecDiue 
 coll.jctnr of 
 
 'I' Niagara 
 ■ate ediica- 
 > nineteen 
 ' when out 
 
 GEORGE IITLLIARD, M.P., 
 
 rFTEimoiiovaii. 
 
 aEORGE HILLIARI), lumber merchant and manufacturer, and member of Parliament for 
 the west riding of the county of Peterboro,' is a native of the county of Dundas, 
 Ontario, and was born at Morrisburg, on the 28th of May, 182G. The family went into Great 
 Britain from Normandy with William the Conqueror. Christopher Ililliard, the father of our 
 suliject, was a native of Ireland, born the 2.")th Di reiuber, 17M!), at Tralee, county of Kerry. Ho 
 had three brothers, all of whoiri, with himsell', obtained coMiiiissions in the army. William, the 
 eldest brother, had a conuuission in the CSrd regiment ; Robert, the second, in the 81)th. Both 
 died in the West Indies. Christopher, the third son, and Morgnn, the fourth, went into the oth regi- 
 ment. Morgan was killed in the first battle he went into, viz, Tal.ivera. (.'hristopher entered 
 the British army at the age of 18 years as Lieutenant and siived in tlie following general en- 
 gagements; all between July, 180!>, and April, ISH : — Talavcra, Badajos, Busago, Almedia, or 
 Fuentes D'Onoro, Salamanca, ( 'uidad Tlodrego, Vittoria, Nive, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse. He was 
 also engaged in several hard fought battles in the Pyrenees. The noble oth regiment, to which 
 he belonged, occupied the left wing in the battle of Talavera, which witlistooil the spirited attack 
 of the French light dragoons. Tlie brniit of the battle fell upon the left wing, wliieh held their 
 ]u)sition for eight hours, \intii lelieVL'd by the 4Nth regiment, and ioiit(>d the enemy. hi 1814 
 the regiment was ordered to Aineiiea, and leturmd tlie Miiiie year (o the eontinent ; remained 
 there five years, and was then ordered to tiie Wi>t liidie,-,. Not caring to take a wife ami two 
 children there, he retired on liaU' pay, tin ii letunied to Canada, and settled in William><burgh. 
 Ill' married Catharine, seeoml d.ui'.'litei' of I);inie| Mver, in the veai' 1H14, while the reirinumt 
 wa,s ill ( 'auada. lli r ancest(jis, on her fat In is sidi , crniie from Darmstadt, in (lei many, and first 
 settled in the Mohawk \ailey in Sccliaiie euunty, New Yerk. Ibr mother's ancestors were also 
 
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 of Gei man descent ; came to the country about the same time as the Myers ; also settled in 
 Schoharie county. Both families were Loyalists. The Mj^er family, upon the breaking out 
 of the Americiin revolution, came to Canada and settled in Williamsburgh, preferring to sacrifice 
 their property in the United States, than to give up the old flag. By so doing, their property, 
 which was very valuable, being composed of mills, in two counties, was confiscated. "Williams- 
 burgh was at that time little better than a wilderness, and exposed them to great hardships, 
 necessitating them to twice endure the inconvenience of pioneer life. 
 
 CI ristopher and Catherine Hilliard had eleven children, six sons and five daughters, of 
 wliom three sons and four daughtei-s are still living. The youngest son, Arthur Wellesley, now 
 dead, WAS named after the noble Uuke of Wellington. 
 
 Mr. Hilliard received an ordinary English edication in the common school of Morrisburg ; 
 at fifteen jcars of age became a clerk there in a store; in LS-t? moved to Peterboro,' where 
 he continued in the situation of a clerk until 18.")2 ; had the management of the lumber busi- 
 ness for another man from the last date until 18G1, when he w^nt into the same business for 
 himself, and still continues it, manufacturing from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 feet of sawn lumber 
 annualh'. 
 
 Mr. Hilliard has attendel very closely to his business, with the exception of being a trus- 
 tee of the Collegiate Institute at Peterboro', he has helil no civil oftice, we believe, until he was 
 elected to the Hoiise of Commons by the Conservative party, in tue autumn of 1878. He is 
 <in the committees on railways and telegraphs, and banking anil commerce, and is a rather rjuiet 
 memVjer of the House, doing more work than talking. 
 
 Ml'. Hilliard is a steward and trustee of the George street Methodist .hurch, Peterboro,' cf 
 whieh he has been a communicant, and is a man if solid christian character. 
 
 He was marri( d, in 18(J2, to Miss Eliza 0. Gove, of Ackwoith, New Hamjishire, daughter of 
 Hon. Jonatha!! Gove, for years a member of the New Hamp:diire legislature, the Goves for 
 more than half a century being one of the leading families in that State; they have five 
 children and have lost two. 
 
 LEWIS CTJCMENT, 
 
 Sr. CATJLIIUNKS. 
 
 LKWIS CLK.MENT, who died at St. Catharines (m the 3()th of Manh, 1879, in his Oi'nd 
 y.'iir, was Imrn at Niagara, Sfptember 24, 178(i, being a s(m of John Clement, a United 
 Empiiv Loyalist from the Mohawk valley. New York His father owned slaves in that State, 
 and broil, 'lit them with him at the close of the revolution, aii'l liberated them, settling on a 
 farm si.\ niilei I'njm Niagara. The family is of German pedigree. Lewis worked on the fann 
 
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 also settled in 
 
 till past his majority, and then became a merchant at Niagara. The last fifteen or twenty 
 years of his life he spent with relatives at St. Catharines and Thorokl. 
 
 He was Lieutenant of artillery, under Lt.-Col. Kerby in the war of 1812-'14; had com- 
 mand of battery guns at Queenston, October, 13, 1812, and was wounded three times at the 
 battle of Chippawa, July 5, 1814, where he commanded a company. He served six months in 
 the rebellion, 1837-'38 ; offered hi.s services at the time of the " Trent Affair," 18C1, and at that 
 of the Fenian raid, 18GG ; walked .seventeen miles on the way to Fort Erie, at the age of seven- 
 ty-nine years. 
 
 Mr. Clement was twice married — the first time to Margaret Crysler, of the county ot 
 Lincoln, and the second time, to Mrs. Frances Fish, widow of Capt. Fish, her maiden name being 
 Peter.s. He had four sons and one daughter by his first wife, and no children by the 
 second. Only one child, the daughter Elizabeth, survives him. She is the wife of Charles Peters 
 Camp, bookkeeper for Hunter, Murray and Cleveland, St. Catharines. 
 
 No truer patriot ever lived in the Niagara District than Capt. Clement. He was ready, at 
 any time, to march in his country's defence, and when nearly eighty years of age, shamed the 
 young men by his su[)erior promptness in offering his services to defend the land of bis 
 adoption. 
 
 He was a life-long member of the Episcopal church, and a true christian patriot, and his 
 memory is cherished most tenderly by a veiy lai'ge circle of friends. 
 
 ABSALOM 8. ALLAK 
 
 CLIFFOnD. 
 
 A BSALOM SHADE ALLAN, one of the leading inorchants and citizens of Clifford, and 
 * * reeve of this village, is a native of Waterloo county, Ontario, and was born near Preston, 
 November 2G, 1S43. Hi?* father, Ale.vander Allan, was an advocate in the city of Aberdeen, 
 Scotland ; married Ann Davidson, sister of the late John Davidson, of Gait; came to Canada in 
 the spring of the year our subj(!ct was born ; was for .several years superinteudimt of schools 
 for Wellington district, and ried in IS.)'). 
 
 Our subject attended the comuKju school at Preston for several years, and afterwards gave 
 four years to study in the grammar .school at Elora ; finished his education at the normal school, 
 Toronto, where he obtaiii'.'d a first-class certificate, teaching meanwhile one year during this 
 perioil, at the village jf Alma. He then entered as bookkeeper iho establishment of J. M. 
 Fraser, of Elora, where he remained four years. 
 
 In 18G8, Mr. Allan came to Clitlbrd ; went into trade as partner in the firm of CJeo, 
 
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 : 
 
 McDonald and Co., in 18U9, afterwards in the firm of Allan and Biggar, and for the last four 
 years ha.s been alone in general merchandise, being a straightforward, popular man. 
 
 Ho was ai)pointcd a commissioner for taking affidavits in 1874, and a justice of the peace 
 in 1877 ; was the first reeve of the village, when it was incorporated in lS7-t ; served two con- 
 secutive years, and after being out three years, is again (1879), holding the same office. As the 
 head of the nmnicipality of the village, he looks well to its interests, no other man in the place 
 having its welfare more at heail. 
 
 He is a member of Knox Presbyterian church, an elder and the treasurer of the same, and 
 nn earnest christian worker. At one period he superintended the Sunday school of his church 
 in the village, and now holds the same position in a mission school in the country. He is a 
 strong temperance man, and an untiring advocate of total abstinence principles. Mr. Allan is 
 a Reformer ; verj- liberal in his political views, but a strong ailvocate of tlie claims of bis poli- 
 ticjil confreres when they are up for office, and is treasurer of the West Riding Reform Asso- 
 ciation. 
 
 He is Past Master of the Cliflbrd Lodge of Free Masons, and an Odd Fellow. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Allan was Kato, .second daughter of Noah Bullock, deceased, of CliHbrd, 
 their marriage being dated June t>, lb71. 
 
 f iii .,i ! 
 
 :: :!: 
 
 '•i: I 
 
 IIE^^EY CEOTTY 
 
 IXGEnSOLL. 
 
 A MONO the few men now living in lugorsuU who have had a taste of pioneer life, is Henry 
 -*--*- Crotty, one of the first men to locate on the north side of the Thames river. He was 
 bom in the county of Tipperary, Ireland, January \i, 1^1:2, Ids parents heing Ifenry Crolty, 
 gentleman farmer, and Mary Antony. His patiriial grandmother was a Cashol, a somewhat 
 noted Irish family. In 1S31, Henry ("rotty, senior, Liiii;;raltil with his family to Canada, com- 
 ing directly to Ingersiill. There was then a small \ illa^e here on the south side of the Thames 
 river, but only two log cabins on the north side, just east of Thames street. The family reached 
 here in November, and the winter f(jllowing young Henry and his older brother, Richard, made 
 an opening of eight or ten acres in the fores'- I'udken liefore. A small begiiuiing at farming 
 was made the next season : new openings an e extensive sowing and planting were made 
 
 from year to J'ear, and fmm that humble start i. 83:2 our subject has carried on farming to 
 this datf. He had two huiulred acres in what is imw the town of Iiigi'rsolj, and another hun- 
 dred outside the corporation. No inconsi lerable portion of the original faiiii in the town was 
 divided into lots, and sold long ago ; and l.itterly tlie disposing of such property, and the build- 
 ing and care of houses and simps on other lots has absoibeil niuch of Mr. Crotty 's time. The 
 
 pw^j*ri.ii iiawjii iinwwiwpii "wj^iM 
 
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 679 
 
 r the last four 
 an. 
 
 ce of the peace 
 erved two con- 
 office. As tliu 
 m in the place 
 
 r the same, and 
 1 of his church 
 ntry. He i.s a 
 Mr. Allan is 
 in.s of lii.s poii- 
 Rcforiu Asuo- 
 
 Clittbrd, 
 
 life, is Henry 
 ver. He was 
 lenry Cro! fy, 
 a .somewhat 
 Canada, coni- 
 f the Thames 
 imily leachud 
 Richard, made 
 ig at fanning 
 g were made 
 II fanning to 
 mother hun- 
 lu; town wa.s 
 id the build- 
 ^ time. The 
 
 natural rise of his property and his careful handling of it place<l him in very comfortable cir- 
 cumstances years ago. 
 
 He has been a magistrate for a quarter of a century or more ; was chairman of the school 
 board a long time, and in the town council several terms, and is deputy returning officer, both 
 for Provincial and Dominion elections. 
 
 His politics have always been Conservative, and lie has taken a lively interest in Govern- 
 mental fiffairs ; is firm in all his views, political and religious ; is a member of the Church of 
 England, and has been a delegate to tb'> Diocesan Synod of Huron for the last twenty years, 
 and is also a delegate from the diocese of Huron to the Provincial Synod held at Montreal. He 
 was warden oi Si/. James' church, Ingersoll, a number of years, and bears an excellent character. 
 
 In October, 1840, Mr. Crott}' was joined in wedlock with Miss Margaret MucNab, a native 
 of Limerick, Ireland. They have lost two children and have ten living. William, the eldest 
 son, has a family, and lives in Chicago ; the others are unniairicd. 
 
 J0II2^ COOK, 
 
 NK]VMAliKKT. 
 
 TOHN COOK, clerk of the DivLsian Court for North York, is a son of John and Hannah 
 ^ (Winter) Cook, and was born in Portsmouth, England, March .5, 1817. He received a 
 fair English education ; at thirteen years of age went to sea ; sailed for six years on the 
 Atlantic Ocean, and in the Mediterranean Sea ; crosseil to Canada in 183(), and was for seven 
 years on thi' fresh water lakes. 
 
 In the rebellion of 1837-'o8 he was a voluiiteei' ; was at the Windmill, and was one of the 
 men srlected to reconnoitre by daj-liglit around Navy Island, and was fired at a hundred times 
 or more. Previous to starting-, a shell burst over the heads of himself and associates, and 
 scattered its contents around tlieir boat. 
 
 Mr. Cook taught school -• veral years at Oakviilc, Ilednersville and Tyendinaga, being six 
 years of tliis time among the Itnlians near the Bay of <^uinte. 
 
 He sub.seijuently kept hotel two or three years at Shannonville and Belleville ; was a book- 
 keeper a'jout the .same length of time at Mill IslainI, on the Bay of Quintd, and Rome, N.Y. ; 
 had a tl(nn- and feed store in tlie latter place until the jianie of 18.39, when he paid a visit to 
 his native country, and upon his return to Canada, held a position at Toronto in the registrar's 
 office, first as dork, and then as deputy. In isd.'} Mi' Cook settled in Newmarket, being 
 deputy-registrar for six years, and clerk of the Division < 'ourt since 18G!). 
 
 Mr. Cook is a mendxr of the Methodist chiMvh of Canada, a trustee of the same, an ex* 
 
 if! 
 
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 hortcr and an earnest christian worker. He is also a strong temperance nian, a leader in that 
 cause in Newmarket, and untiring in \m efforts to have the traffic in intoxicating liquors done 
 away with. 
 
 December 15, 183G, Mr. Cook married Miss Ann Jackman, who was from Sussex, England, 
 they have lost four children, and have five living, all of whom are settled in life. 
 
 RICHARD :MARTIN, Q.C, 
 
 HAMILTON. 
 
 RICHARD MARTIN was horn in 1.S24, nuiir to, and paitly educated in, the city of Dublin, 
 Ireland, is eldest son of sheriff Martin, and eldest giandson of Col. Richard Martin, of 
 Conneniara, both of whom receive more detailed mention on page J)2 of this volume. But for 
 the barring of the entail by his gramlfuther and uncle — the late Thomas Barnwall Martin, who 
 was at the time of his death, and for many years previous, member of the county of Galway in 
 the Britisli parliament — the subject of this sketch would now be the owner of the extensive 
 estate of Connumara in Ireland, the inheritance from time immemorial of the Martins of Galwa}', 
 in which event he would probably never have seen Canada, remaining in.steud simjdy an Irish- 
 man whose operations would be confined to a small island instead of being, as he now is, a Cana- 
 dian with rather more than half a continent to operate in. As it was, however, when nearly 
 ten years old he came with his father to Canada, settling near York, on the Grand river. After 
 spending .some few years there, he was .sent to school in the winter of 1840 to the late Dr. Rae, 
 of Hamilton. Later, he began the study of law with the late Samuel Black Freeman, of the 
 same place, and finif^hed with Judge Sidlivan, of Toronto; was call- 1 to the Bar in 184G ; and 
 inunediately began practice in partnership with the late George S. Tiffany, in Hamilton, and 
 soon became a prominent member of tlie Ear, a position he has ever since retained, first as junior 
 partner of the legal firm of Tirt'any and Martin, afterwards as senior partner of the law firm of 
 R. and J. R. Martin, and of R. and E. Martin, and at present of Martin and Carscallen. 
 
 Shortly after being admitted to the Bar, Mr. Martin was appointed a crown prosecutor, be- 
 ing the first outsider to receive tliat honor, ami at once entered upon his duties, unsuspicious of 
 the ill-feeling created amongst the favore<l ones of the Toronto Bar, who had previously had a 
 monopoly of all such government patronage, they rightly conjecturing that an outside appoint 
 mont might prove a dangerous [)reGedent, injurious to what they considered their rightful penjui- 
 sites. Mr. Martin s circuit extemled as far as Goderich, which was then considereil to be in 
 the wildernes.s, and almost wliolly cut ofi' from communication with the rest of the world. 
 U})on his return, he found himself for awhile the best abii.sed man in Cana'la, his name paraded 
 in various newspaper.-*, accouipauied by all imaginable imputations of inexpeiience, ineapa- 
 
ssox, Eiiglaml, 
 
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 city, etc., but ho soon quashed the " tempest in a teapot " effectually, and in a manner that some 
 of his contemporaries very likely still remember, 
 
 The subject of this UKjinoir, commenced his political life as a Baldwin Reformer, which 
 he continued to be until that party was broken up, and its leader, the late Hon. Robert Bidd- 
 win, driven from public life by the crisis which converted what was left of that party into what 
 is now known as the Grits. When that occurred, many, and among them the late Hon. Robert 
 Spence and the subject of this memoir, left that jiarty and became and evei- after remained sup- 
 porters of Sir John Macilonald. While Mr. Spence remained in public life, the .subject of this 
 sketch was continued 1>y Sir John's administration as one of its crown prosecutors, and as such 
 was engaged in the conviction and dispersion of the notorious Towasend gang, the first aggre- 
 gation of dangerous tramps known in (,'anada. Some of that gang were shot while resisting or 
 evading arrest, two were hanged at (Jayuga, and one imprisoneil for life in the penitentiary for 
 the robbery and murder of Mr. Nelle.s. In tho.se days the stream of justice was not impeded or 
 diverted by the influence of party partizans, nor by the mawkish skim milk and water senti- 
 mentality from which we at a later date have suffered .so much, and the coasequence was that 
 for several years after tho.se executions that species of crime was unknown in Upper Catiada. 
 W^hen Hon. Mr. Mowat's administration came into power, although politically oppo.sed to that 
 ministry, Mr. Martin's name appeared at tlie head of the long list of Queen's Counsel for Onta- 
 rio, then published. 
 
 Mr. Martin was married in IS.jiS to Miss Cunningham, of Donegal, Ireland, by whom he 
 has a family of four sons and four daughters. 
 
 GEOKGi: li. s:Mrj'ii, 
 
 TO i; OS TO. 
 
 AMONG the younger wholesale houses in Toronto which are yearly growing in importance, 
 and which, judging by their constantly increasing trade, are I'ivalliiig the old establislied 
 firms in pushing business with energy, foresight and success, tlu; importing ilry goods house of 
 Messrs. G. H. Smith and Henderson is deserving of mention in a work which treats of self-made 
 men. George Byron Smith, the senior membi.'r, very justly ranks in this class of citizens. He 
 is a native of Ontario, ami was boiii in the village of Newtonville, county of Durham, on the 
 7th of March, 1S39. His paternal grandfather came fr^m the State of New York many years 
 ago and settled near Cobourg, Out., where; was born the father of our subji-ct, N. ('. Smith. 
 The latter was for some time engaged in tilling the sdII, but afti.'r his removal to Newtonville 
 his business was that of general merchandising. The maiden name of the mother of G. B, 
 
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 Smitli was Sarnh W. Bates, whose grandfather on her father's side came from the State of Ver- 
 mont, sometime (hiring the hitter part of the last ei-ntury, since which time the family have 
 been loyal Canadians, her father serving the Crown in the war of 1S12. 
 
 Like many other self-made men of to-diiy, our suhject received but a limited education, 
 such in fact as could bo oljtained in the public school of his nativ(^ village. At the age of thir- 
 teen be entered his father's store as a clerk, and remained there for nine years. Here under 
 his father's care he early learneil habits of industry, thrift and steadiness, which have been in- 
 valuable in after years. This experience also gave him a practical business education, and a 
 knowledge of men and affairs, such as cannot be learned at school. In 18(11, desirous of start- 
 ing in business for himself, he selected St. Mary's as a promising site, and purchased a stock of 
 goods in Montreal and opened a retail store at this |)lace. If to start with nothing and become 
 succes.sful, constitutes a self-made man, then no one more properly deserves the distinction than 
 Mr. Smith. His tii'st stock of goods was obtaineil on credit on the strength of 1.. . father's well- 
 earned reputation among the Montreal wholesale merchants. But it was speedily paid for, and 
 many others in succession, i»\- his business in St. Mary's rapidly increased, an<l within three 
 years he controlled the largest retail trade within the place, his name being a familiar house- 
 hold word throughout the country for twenty miles or more around. This prosperous yearly 
 increase continued until 1875, when he took into partnership two of his former employ(;es — 
 Duncan Henderson and Jeremiah White. Sometime previously he had added a whoh'sale 
 branch to his business, and he now deciiled to remove this dcpaitment to Toronto, which he 
 did, opening a store on Wellington street under the firm-name of Messrs. G. B. Smith and 
 Henderson. Since then his home has been in Toronto, and the sales of the firm have been con- 
 stantly increasing up to the present, showing a constant, healthy development. They are now 
 located at 43 Yonge street in much more connnodious (piarters than previously where tliey keep 
 on hand a general assortment of imported and domestic dry goods. They have, by fair dealing, 
 gained for themselves an enviable reputation as a relialile firm to do business with. Mr. Smith 
 continues in the retail business in St. Abiry's where it is conducted under the name of 
 White and Co., being the laigest in that part of the country. Jli. Smith is purely a business 
 man, giving to the management and oversight of his store personal and constant attention, with 
 no ambition to be other than a practical, energetic and go-ahead merchant. He has worked 
 his own way in the world, and, by his untiring zeal an<l activity, has won success and position. 
 While in St. Mary's he identified himself with the interests of the place, being well known as a 
 public-spirited and influcfntial citizen, and serving two years in the town council. Feeling that 
 it was robbing his business of valuable time, he has ever since avoided outside matters. 
 
 In politics Mr. Smith is a thorough Reformer, and takes an actin.' interest in i)olitical 
 affair.'*, but is never an otficc-.se(;ker, and in religious views favours the Pivsbyterian clnirch, 
 where he attends with his family. 
 
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 lu 18()1 ho was nianied in Port Hopo to Miuia, diiuyhtor of William Alk'ii, a Car iicr of tho 
 township of Hope, and by this union linn two chiMicn. 
 
 In social as well as in commercial circles Mr. Smith has many friends. Uc is well informed 
 on all the leading questions of the day, havinj,' l>y juiliL'ious reading and study amply made up 
 for any lack of early .schooling. 
 
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 JOPIN AVI^KR, 
 
 HAMILTON, 
 
 "TjlEW men are as conversant with the rise and <;rowth of the city of Hamilton, (hu'ing tho 
 -*- last half century, as the suhject of this notice. For fifty years he has hecu in liusi- 
 ness here, and of all the astoni.shing changes whicli have taken place in that time hi- has been 
 an interested witness, and has contributed his share to make the city what it is. When ho 
 first camo here, most of tho land on which the city is built, was farming property. There wei'e 
 but two stores and one tavern, and very little business lor even them to do. >«orth of the Hay 
 was a considerable tract of timber, throuijli which but one road h'd from the village to tho 
 water. As one of the "old settleis" who has lieen and still is activi'jy connected with Hamil- 
 tonian progress, John Winer may well be ranked as one of its representative men. 
 
 He wa& born in the township of Durham, (Jrecii county, New York, in August, 1800. Ho 
 is of Gorman descent on the side of his father, who was Dr. Andrew Winer, a well-known 
 physician in his time. InlMlI the family moved to Auburn in the same State, when' our sub- 
 ject was principally e(biciited, and where he lived until 18:21. In this year he visited tho 
 Niagara District, U[)per Canada, where ho sptmt the next nine jcars, living in ditt'erent places 
 engaged in no particular business. In 1.S30 ho settloil in Hamilton ami opened a drug store. 
 Here his home lias since been, and with gratifying success (though once burned out) he lias 
 continued in the same business. There are none others in Hamilton, and probably few in tlie 
 Dominion, who have run a business for a similar period |)rosorving throughout a reputation un- 
 tarnished, anil a credit uninjured. All others wlio were in business here even ten ^'cars after 
 (lb40) have either failed, died, or .sold out. Mr. Winer conducted his business alone until 18."j3, 
 wlien a partnership was fornu'd with Mr. I.yiiian Moore, which continuoil for fcir years, and 
 was tlieii di.ssolved. ^Fr. tieorge Rutherford a former appri^ntiee and clerk w.is tlusn taken into 
 liartnership, and tho lirm of John Winer ami Co., as it exists today, was formed. Since 18C2, 
 the retail department has Ijceii wholly discontinued in favor of tlie wholesale, and they have 
 built up an immense and protitabli> l)usiness. In l.sd:^ they started a gla^^s manufactory which 
 has since become an important liranch of tlieir business. Kspecially during the last j'ear or .so 
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 In 1876, Mr. Wiuer became president of the Canada Fire and Marine Insurance Company, 
 a position he still holds. Although it lost heavily in the great St. John fire, the company is a 
 successful one, and it is largely owing to his being at its head that it has secured the confiden'.'o 
 of the people. 
 
 Always interested in the affairs of the city, Mr. Winer was for many years an active parti- 
 cipant in municipal matters. For eight years previous to obtaining the city charter in 1844, he 
 was charman of the Board of Police, the then governing body of the city, and has spent about 
 twenty yeai-s altogether in the council, in addition to being a magistrate for a (juarter of a 
 century. 
 
 In politics Mr. Winer has taken little interest until within a few years and is a firm ad- 
 herent of the Conservative cause. In religious views he is an Episcopal, and worahips in 
 Christ's church cathedral. 
 
 In 1822, he married Sarah Ryan, daughter of a farmer living near Beaver Dam, Ontario, 
 by which union there were one son and three daughters. The son studied medicine, and in 
 1854, took up his residence in Chicago, where he became a physician of considerable distiu'Jtion. 
 He was a surgeon in the Union army during the rebellion, and died in Chicago in 1873. 
 
 Mrs. Winer as well as her husband has a vivid recollection of the exciting events and 
 stormy times oi 1812-'14. It was near her . ""iC that Col. Fitzgibl)on with about one Imndred reg- 
 ulars and a few Indians, captured by a sucecMful . se, nearly seven hundred Americans, and it 
 was Sarah Ryan who volunteered to carry the despatches to Niagara. It was a long and perilous 
 ride for a young girl to undertake on horseback, but she accomplished her mission successfully, 
 though several times pas^iing in view of American soldiers, wlio regarded, unsuspiciously, a girl 
 apparently taking a ride for pleasure. 
 
 WILLIAM IL IlU]iY, 
 
 roKT ELGIN. 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY RUBY, merclmnt and grain dealer, is a son of Adam and Elizabeth 
 (Stein) Ruby, and was born in Essex county, New Jersey, September 20, 1880 
 Both parents were from Bavaria, Germany, and his father is yet living. When William was 
 nine years old the family came to Canaila, and settled on a farm in the county of Waterloo, the 
 son reeeiving a common school education, and the literary advantage of three years' work, 
 from twelve to fifteen years of age, in a printing office at Berlin, attending school two years 
 after leaving the office. Ho taught public schools until of age ; then clerked two years in a 
 store at Conestoga, county of Waterloo, and in the spring of 185.') settled in Port Elgin. Here 
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 Ruliy until 18G4, and since that date of the firm of Ruby and Hilker. They are 
 duing a business of 8<>0,()0() a year in general merchandise, and handling about 100,000 bushels 
 of grain ; they are the leading business men in the village, and are known far and wide for their 
 good business habits, integrity, and solid financial standing. In 1878 they put up what is 
 known as the Commercial Buildings, a double store 50 by 107 feet, and tliree stories high. It 
 is built of brick, with hewn stone front, and is the Iiandsomest commercial block in the county. 
 They oc-cupy one lialf of it and Thomas Dunlop, general merc-hant, the other half. Rul>y and 
 Hilkor have a brancn store at Underwood, ten miles south. 
 
 Mr. Ruby was in the township council at an early day ; was reeve a number of years, 
 and is now a member of the village school Iward, justice of the peace, and Comniis.>iioner of the 
 Queen's Bench. The interests of the place he makes identical witli his own, and takes great 
 plcjisure in trying to advance them. He is President of the Conservative Association for the 
 north riding of Bmce, and a prominent man in the [Mirty, gladly Iielping his friends, if worthy, 
 to office, but asking nothing of the kind for himself. He is living a quiet, yet bu.sy life, and is 
 successful as a merchant and produce dealer. In religious belief Mr, Ruby is a •Swedenborgian, 
 but there is no church of that onler in the village or toivnship. He is an upright and true man. 
 He has been married a second time: first, Decemlter, 17, liS.")7 to Miss Mary Ciregory, of 
 Port Elgin, she dying, May 1, 18(!7, leaving three children, two of them still living; and the 
 second time, August 4, 18(J8, to Mi.ss Catharine McKellar, of the township of Bruce. He has 
 four children by her. 
 
 HON. \\. W. SCOTT, 
 
 OTTA yVA. 
 
 RICHARD WILLIAM SCOTT, late Secretary of State .luring the Mackenzie Covernn.ent, 
 descended, on his father's side, from an influential family in the county of Clare, Ireland. 
 He is a son of the late William Jnines Scott, M.D., who, after serving on the medical sUiff of the 
 British army during the Peninsular war, came to Canada and afterwards became registrar 
 of the county of Grenville, Ontario. The wife of Dr. Scott was Sarah, dnugliter of the late Capt. 
 Allan McDonell, of Matilda, Dundas, Ontario, at one time an officer in the " King's Royal 
 Yorkers," in which regiment he served during the American revolutionary war. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born at Prescott, Ontario, February J4, 1M2.5; was educated 
 by William Spiller, late of Prescott; commenced reading law with Marcus Burritt, of Prescott ; 
 finished his law .studies with Messrs. Crooks and Snuth, of Toronto, and wa>* calleil to the Bar 
 of Upper Canada at the Easter term, in 1848, settling in Ottawa. 
 
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 elected speaker of the Ontjirio Assembly, December 7, 1871, but resigned on being appointed 
 two weeks later, a member of the Executive Council and Commissioner of Crown Lands for 
 the Province, which office he held until November 7, 1873, when he was sworn of the Queen's 
 Privy Council. He was appointed Secretary of State of the Dominion, January 9, 187'1', and 
 held that position unt;l October, 1878, being, during that period, ex-o^eio Registrar-General of 
 Canada, and a member of the Railwaj' Committee ; also. Government leader with Hon. C A. P. 
 Pelletier, in the Senate. He was culled to the Senate, March 14, 1874. 
 
 Mr. Scott acted as Minister of Finance during the absence of Mr. Cartwright in England, in 
 1874, and again in 1875; as Minister of Internal Revenue, during the illness of Mr. Geoffrion 
 in 1875-70 ; and as Minister of Justice, during Mr. Blake's absence in England, in 1876. 
 
 Mr. Scott sat for Ottawa in ihe Canadian Assembly from 1857 to 18C3, when he was de- 
 feated ; and for the same seat in the Ontario Assemblj- from the general election in 1807 until 
 November, 1873, when, on being appointed a Privy Councilor he resigned. Among his important 
 legislative achievements are two, at lca.st, which should be noted. In 1803 he prepared and 
 carried through as a private member, the present separate school law of Ontario "a measure," 
 states the i\<)'/(«»u'H^(c^ Cony)a«(OH, " which was the means of removing a vexed question 
 from the political arena, and of allaying umch irritation." He prepared the Canadian Tem- 
 perance Bill, which liecame a law in 1878, introducing it into the Senate and successfully 
 carrying it through after much discussion and opposition from the liquor interest. Under its 
 provisions a city or county may, by vote of the i)eople, absolutely prohibit the sale of liciuors 
 within itn area. 
 
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 NIAGARA. 
 
 ONE of the prominent families at Niagara, is that of the Clenches — Ralfe Clench, senior, and 
 sons. He was of Irish pedigree, a native of Lancaster, Pa., and was born in 1700. The 
 war of the colonies for independence broke out when he was fifteen years old, and being loyal 
 to the Mother Countr}-, young as he was, he enliste<l as a cadet of the 4th Regiment ; had a 
 commission in the 8th, soon after the capture of Burgoyne, and subsequently held a Lieutenancy 
 in " Butler's Rangers, " serving to the close of the war in 1783. Shortly afterwards he came to 
 Canada ; settled at Niagara ; was a member of the fii-st Parliament which met at Niagara, under 
 Sir John Graves Simioe, in September, 1792, aiul served in that body until 1820. He held 
 the offices of clerk of the peace under the Government at Quebec, judge of the district court, 
 and registrar of the surrogate court. 
 
 He was Colonel of Militia, commanding the 1st Lincoln Militia Regiment ; was taken 
 
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 two wet-k«< lat^i, n iiit'iulior of thr Kxceiitive Council ami ('miiini!».si()nfr of < 'rowji i.iuulsf>i 
 th') Pio\'in''o, whii.li office h« liehl 'ititil Xovpiiitjer 7. lS7;>, when lie wn^ rtwoin uf tl»f (^uceiiV 
 Privy (Aiiincil. He wai a|irfiim.'if Scciftary of StaU? of tin- Doiuiuioii, Jiiniuiry !>, 1X74, ami 
 held Unit i>isitioii until l>«t.4«:^r IH7H, Ifin;;. Juring tbn,t perioil, f.r-ojjicio lit'gistrnr-(iiniMia! of 
 Cauailtt, and ft imuidHT of the U»ilway CouiniitU'e , ul.so, (tovcrnnient loadtT witli Moti. < . A V. 
 Pfllitit-r, in the S<'n8lo. tin Wi« aiUul to the Senate, Mai\?!i 1+, 1874. 
 
 Mr Scott acted as .M'liister of I'iuance Juiiug the Hh'.onee of Mr. t'arlwriglit in Kiiji^/Uid. iii 
 1.S74 , and again in lM7i» , as Minister of Internul Uevoiine. during the iliuesi uf Mi' (i('<ittVi"n 
 in 187i>-'7(); and as Mini-terof Justice, Jurinj,' Mr. UlakeV absence in England, in 1S76 
 
 Mr. Scott sat for (Ottawa in th.' < lui.'dUn Axwinbly (rorn I**.')? to l.StiS. wln-n \t» ^\a •• 
 feated ; and fur t)i'- sjime '»<'ai in ih' >hitanf ' ''t-om the ^••i.teni-! t^leelion in l!Sfi7 until 
 
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 i-u»u-- .. , ..■ ..„.■■. ./ \.i..iitjiiicitiiiit, ,. ii,i ', . ,.~ the iiii-an.-* of rcJnovLri;; vi vexed <)ii...-,tion 
 from iho jiolitieal arena, and •!" allaying nuich jnitiition." He prejia-red the Canadlim 'IVjii- 
 jHirarice, 13ilf, wliieh liceanie a law in 187S, introdticing it into tlio Senate and sueeessfully 
 carrying it through after niueii diseu.ssion and opposition from the lii^uor intere.st rnd»'i its 
 provislon.s a city or county may. by vote of the people, absolut' iy prohibit the .'*ale of li<)Uors 
 witiiin it.s ai'ea. 
 
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 TllK CI.EXril FAMrLY, 
 
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 OSV. of the pio' tMfut faniiiit- r«» Ntvi^/wrft IhUkiI of* tiio Ch.mche.s— llalfe flench .senior, and 
 SKiit lU' was ot Jr'.-«|« p^digo, , i uRtu- i fr.'^ittvuiter, Pa., and was l)oin in 17'i". J'li" 
 war of the colonies f >r indepoiidiU*;* Woke Out «rU«-n ht wa* tifteen years old, and Ix uig Una! 
 to th<- Mother tountry, young iw li- wa-s, (.'• • iilisied <w a cadet of the 'ith Kegirnent ; had a. 
 couiuii.-i.sion in the8th,.so<jnalt4 r tht wipluiv of Hurgoyiw. nnd suWciuentlj held a hieut^nancy 
 in ' Batkr's Rjingers,' serving to the close of th.' war ia I7s3. .Shortly afterward.^ he came t- 
 Canada ; settled at Niagara . was a member of thr lU>t Parliaui'-nt which met at Niagara, t,.. ' 
 Sir John Uraves i^iiueoe, in Septenilor, 17»2, and Nerved in that body until iMiC He ^ 
 the olhi'e.'< of clerk of the fieace under the Govci-nment at Quebec, judge of the di-^trict c ', 
 and registrar of the sunxjgiite ci>urt. 
 
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 prisoner wlu'n Niiigam was captured nntl hiirneil by the Americjins, Docoinlior, 1813, wan kept 
 as a hostage at Greenbush, New Ycrk, releaseil at tlie close of the war, and died at Niagara in 
 1828, aged GS ycara. 
 
 I'olonel Clench married Elizabeth Johnson, grand-daughter of Sir William Johnson, and she 
 had twelve children, six sons and six daughters, only three of tlieni now living, Two or three 
 of the sons decea.sed were quite prominent, as well as two of the living. 
 
 Johnson Clench, born Deeenjl>er 31, 1808, and dying Septeinl>er 5, 1803, was clerk of 
 the Niagara District courts embracing what is now Lincoln, Wolland and Haldimand counties, 
 hohiing that office until his death ; was a Lieutenant in the incorporated militia at tlie time of 
 the rebellion (1837-'38), taking a very active part in suppressing it ; was uppointetl to a ( 'aptaincy 
 of the active force in 1840 ; three yeai-s later was <lirccted to (piell the riot on the Welland ( 'anal, 
 and did it promptly, tlius saving many lives and receiving the thanks of the authorities. 
 
 Tlie year before he died he was appointed Lieuti-nant-Colonel of Militia. He left a widow 
 and .seven children. Colonel Clench was a man greatly esteemed, ami much respect wa? shown 
 for him at his funeral, the business houses in Niagara being closed, and hundreds followed the 
 remains to their resting i)lace. 
 
 Another of these sons, Joseph B. Clench, born in 17s!), and dying in February, 18.57, was at 
 one time associate Judge of the Superior Court ; was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 5th Middlesex 
 at the time of his death, and Superintendent-Oeneial of Indian Affairs, with head-(piarters at 
 London, K'ing for years one of the most prominent citizens of that city. He left two sens and 
 throe daughters. 
 
 Of the living, Ralfe Clench, junior, born October 22, 1800, was a druggist here for several 
 years, and had charge of the ferry at Niagara for twenty-tive years, retiring from business in 
 1878. He was at one period iiostmastei', magistrate, member of the town council, and as,se.ssor, 
 and was clerk of the county court, a short time immediately before his brother Johnson took 
 that otficc. He has a wife wluwe maiden name was Catharine Prior, of Rochester, New York, 
 and three sons living, all married, and all photographers, two in Western New York, and one in 
 Wisconsin. Although past seventy years of age, Mr. Clench has never used glas.ses, and reads 
 fine type with great ease. 
 
 Another son living in Niagara, is Francis A. R. Clench, born January 1!), 181.'). He was 
 town councilor for seventeen yeais, and mayor of the town three terms; has been deputy 
 clerk of crown, clerk of the county eoiu't, and n'gistrar of the surrogate court ; and for the 
 last twenty-Hve years has been county clerk of Lincoln and jtistiee of the peace. 
 
 He was connected a long time with the Militia; Was Lieutenant in the Queen's Niagara 
 Fencibles, under Colonel James Kirl >y, in the rebel) i( )n ( 1 837-38), and retired some yeai-s ago with 
 the rank of LieutiMiant-Colonel for life. Born and reared in Niagara, he was always a resident 
 of the place. Colonel Clench, as it is seen, has been the recipient of many official honors; has 
 
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 fnithfully iliHelmrgcil Iiis tlutioH to the piililic, and like lii.Holder lirotliei* Iliilfe, liearH nn excellent 
 chnracter, niul is held in high entecm l>y his ni'ii,'hl>orH. Thf father and the sons have received 
 many well-merited favors at the hands of tlie nuinici|mlity of Niagara, and the Oovernmcnt of 
 the Province, and the name of the (Mench fiunily is induliltly and honorably connected with the 
 history of Ontario. 
 
 Colonel Clench lives in the house built in 1S22, in which his father lived and died. It is a 
 little quaint in its exterior, is solid in frame-work, like its sturdy occupant sixty years ago, and 
 stands in a two acre lot, embellished with maple, pine and other trees, planted by the brave 
 pioneer anil primal legislator of Upper Canada. 
 
 IIOX. T3ILLA FLINT, 
 
 RKLLKVILLK. 
 
 A MONO the self-educated and remarkably successful busine&s men of Ontario, the subject 
 -^-*- of this notice lias a front rank. He never went to school but six weeks after he was 
 ten years old ; was put to work at eleven, and by his imlustry, pluck and perseverance jilaced 
 himself yeai's ago, among the independent "foiiimoiicrs " of this Province. He is a son of Billa 
 and Ph(L'lie (Wells) Flint, and was Wn in Elizabethtown, county of Leed.s, Ontario, February 
 9, 1805. His paternal grandfather was from Cornwall, England, and emigrated to New Eng- 
 land a century ago, where both parents of o>n' subject wore born. Pluvbe Wells was of Irish 
 descent. 
 
 Billa Flint, senior, came to Canada about the beginning of this century ; in 181C, our 
 subject left Elizabethtown for lirockville, an<l there, at eleven j-ears of age, we Hnd him in his 
 father's store, learning the art of selling goods, he remaining iu that situation until March, 
 1829, when he left Broekville, and in the suunuer following settled in Belleville. Here he has 
 been a lumber and general merchant for fifty years, doing, much of the time, a very heavy busi- 
 ness, some yeare as high as $300,000, though the average for the last fifteen or twenty years 
 would not exceed ?200,0()0. His centre of luml)ering operations is at the village of Bridge- 
 water, township of Elzevir, thirty miles north of Belleville, and he has usually employed from 
 1(K) to 200 workmen — sometimes as high as 300 ; and the writer once heard Mr. Flint remark 
 that he was never ha]>pier than when he had a strong force of men around him. 
 
 In addition to lumbering and merchandising, Mr. Flint has done a gieat deal of building — 
 houses, stores, mills, 1)ai-ns, &c., probably a hundred structures in all, not inclutling log cabins 
 and less pretentious .sh:intie.s. He has just retired from business. 
 
 While pu.shing his work with almost astonishing energy during these many yeara, Mr 
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 of Bellevillo in 183G, nnd luailo justice of Uio (loaee the Mainu year ; wa.s roovo of Elzi-vir for 
 twenty-one yoai-8, an*l of Belleville throe years ; mayor of the town of Belleville in 1800, and 
 warden of the county of Ila-stin^rs in 187.1. 
 
 Mr. Flint sat for the county of Hastings in the Cnnadiiin Assouihly from iH-t? to 1851, 
 when he was defeated, and for South Hiwtings from I8.'i4 to 18')7. H» was an unsuceessful 
 candidate for "Trent" Division Legislative Couneil in 1801 ; represented that Division from 
 1802 until the Union, and was called to the Senate in May, 1807. He is a life-long, intle.xiblo 
 Liberal. 
 
 Mr. Flint is a member of the Methodist Church of Canada, ; a I literal supporter of the 
 gos|Kd ; a kind-hearted man to the poor and sutt'ering of all classes, and exemplary in all tho 
 walks of life. Ho has been a "teetotaller" for fifty-three yeai-s, and opposes the use of tobacco 
 in any form. 
 
 His wife is Phiebe Sawyer, second daughter of Philip Clement, deceased, of Brock villo, 
 they being joined in wedlock in September, 1827. They are a hale couple, fully realizing the 
 Me.ssings of a life of moderation in all things, and abstainers from whatever is injurious to the 
 physical system. 
 
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 ONE of the rising young men of nuich promi.sc in the 1 1 ovince of Ontario, is Joseph Tass^, 
 one of the meml»ei-s of Parliament for Ottawa. He is a native of the Provin<^e of Que- 
 bec, son of Joseph Taasil, senior, and Adelina, **'>' Daoust, and was born in Montreal, on the 2.'lrd 
 of October, 1848. He received a comjiiete classical education at Rigaud, county of V'autlreuil ; 
 studied law one year, (180"<-'G0) with lloudr Hoy, Q.C., Montreal ; . short time with Messrs. Pal- 
 mer, Weed and Holcomb, of Plattsburg, N. V., and one year at ( Htjiwa, and then abiindoned the law 
 for journalism, which is evidently more congenial to his taste, he having a decidedly literary 
 turn of mind and remarkable facility with the j)en. 
 
 In 1808 Mr. Tass^ lM;came the editor of At- Caiuula, a tri-weekly Con.servative |>aper, pub- 
 lished at Ottawa, and, a year later, associate editor of La Mlnerve, of Montreal, the lea<ling 
 French organ in the Province of tiuebee, where be began to .show his great versatility of tidents 
 as a journalist. It is not unlikely that he worked too hard, for in 1872 his health failed and he 
 resigned the editorial chair. He was very so.)n afterwards offered a situiition as one of the 
 French translatoi-s in the House of Commons. 
 
 In the same year Mr. Tass(5 was appointed president of i\w, French Canadian Institute of 
 Ottawa, a literary as.sociation.and \wis re-elected the following year. He it wa.s, who, as presi- 
 dent of that prominent institution, took the initiatory steps towards the erection of the splendid 
 
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 building whicli .stands on York street, and which cost ?20,()(K), a property of which the institu- 
 tion may well he proud. A few years afterwards he was the prime mover in orij{iiiatinj,'a liter- 
 ary convention, which met at Ottawa, and which opened with great eritit under the auspices and 
 in the prosoneo of His Kxeelloncy r..ord Dufferin, being composed of delegates from various 
 literary societies of Canada— the first meeting of the kind ever held in the city. It was a 
 perfect succes.!, calling together the leading siK-akei-s and litterateurs, most of whom took an 
 active part in its delib<".'ntions. 
 
 In 1S73, Mr. Tas.s(? visited France^ England, B.'lgimu, Switzerland and Italy, and published 
 a graphic and higldy interesting account of his extended tour through those countries. Just 
 prior to his departure for the old world he published two pamphlets, one on the Ottawa valley 
 and the other on the Canada I'aciKe railrond — the latter being the first French essay on that 
 trans-continental highway. His es.si(you the Ottawa vidley has bci-n partly reproduced in the 
 book recently published at Paris by M. II.de Lumothe : CIiki Mninchc: leu Frau[-(ih d'Aineriiinc. 
 
 On the following year Mr. Tassd was elected president of the St. J<'an Baptiste society the 
 national society of the French element, and was rc-cleetcd the next year. He was also a del- 
 egate to the grand French convention, held in Montreal in 1S74, in which he t(X)k an active 
 part, and at which were present a great many delegates from the various French societies of Can- 
 ada and the United States. 
 
 In 1878, Mr. Tassd published his chef (Vimrrc, Lea CuiKuJhui* ila VOncat, in two volumes of 
 400 pages each, with more than twenty engravings — an elaborate woik, the fiuit of ten years' 
 careful labor ami indefatigable research. It is full of fresh material and all-important facts in 
 the discovery and settlement of the west, and shows in a very clear light the important part 
 played by the French element, in what Wa.shingtou Irving long ago called the " Far West."' The 
 work hiis l»een received with lemarkable favor, twoetlitions being already exhausted. The press 
 everywhere has given it a cordial greeting and a splendid introduction to the reading public. 
 The best European notices of the work have been given by such French publications at Paris as 
 the JvxriKil Ojficiel <tf In RepuhrKini' Frdnrnis)', iv J/o/«/<', and in Americ;in magazines such 
 as the Maijnzinc of Aiacrlctiii ///.-Vo/'^, and Tin' Aineriani CnilinHc Qntirtcrh/ It vii'n: This 
 last review (October, 1879) had a twenty page notice of the work over the signatuie of a well- 
 known American author, (tilmary O. Shea. VVc make an extract : — 
 
 " What Ferland, li..riiumi, Dikiiiul, ('asj;raiii, (Jasic, Lavonlit'i'o ilid for tho earlier porioti, tliu Wisconsin 
 Society began ti> <lo fur the vuyageurs and iiiimeeri of thy west. A State Historical Society, limited in its scope, 
 treated only of the tield embraced by its territorial limits, but Mr. .Joseph Tasse, in his recent work. Lea Cmia- 
 ilifii.1 lie I'Oiieat, has taken up the whole subject in a series of biographies which embrace the most distinguished 
 uf these westuni pioneers. Mr. Tasse writes well, and has treated his interesting subject with skill and literary 
 tact. We are not surprised that his work has already reached a second edition. It has all the charm of a ro- 
 mance, and yet he does not exaggerate. lie paints his characters to the life, avowing their faults as frankly as 
 he describes their actions o! merit. The CuniHliiiiia uf (he Went must, ere long, be reproduced in English, and 
 will then fuid a permanent place in our historic literature, far more attmctivo reading to tlu) general public than 
 most of our lo«al histories." 
 
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 Tho main biography foniul in the work horo inontioiictl, ami which contains over one hun- 
 ched pajrtM, that of CharK's (K> Ijan^'1a<k', the pionocr .settlor ami foumlerof what is now the State 
 of Wisconsin — has been translated by Mrs. Fairehild Dean, for the Collections of tlic Wisconsin 
 Ilintorlc'il Si)i'it:ty. The Hon. M. riiauvean, the leadinij literary p>ntleman of (.^leln-c, has 
 published in the Heciiah MontrAt/, nn extended and exhaustive review of this work, which it 
 is understood he is soon to issue in |>ainphk>t form, and which will make a volume nearly one- 
 third as larjje as the two volumes revi(!wed. 
 
 As early as 1874, when twenty-six years of aj^e, Mr. Tas.se was invited by his Conservative 
 friend:* in Ottawa to iR'come their candidnte for the House of Commons, but declined. Four yeai-s 
 Inter, however, comi»lying with their more urgent solicitations, he was elected by a majority 
 of moiv than .')()() votes. In the fii-st session of Parliament, of which he was a iMend>er, he was 
 selected to second the address in answei- to the speech from the throne (February, 1H7!)) -the first 
 French speech delivered in the fourth Parliament, it was a brilliant effort, and all parties con- 
 gratulated him — none more heartily than his political opponents, the lea<ling liberals, who 
 pressed around him at the close of his .speech to give him their haml. The press, too, was quick 
 to discern the merits of his oratorical effort, and lavish in its praise of the same. The Cuiin- 
 (liitn llliintrdtnl Newa.'m speaking of his speech, said that "anew star had risen in Parlia- 
 ment" — by no means a random or mcimingless assertion. Time will be likely to prove its cor- 
 rectness. We translate a short extract of that speech, in which Mr. Tassc describes the brilliant 
 future reserved to the North-west coinitry in connection with the buililing of the Pacific rail- 
 way. It is a fair specimen of his elegant style : 
 
 " Thu Pacific railway will !)u the best engiiio i>f culdiii/kliiin in tliuBu iiiiniunse solitinleA, l)y drawing in its 
 truin, as by ningic, thonsaniU of eniiisrnnts, and tlio day is not diittant when tliu huntinj{ ^roiindx of the biill'iilo 
 and antul<i|)os will licconm vast cuUiva cd liuldn 8n|ipi>rting iiininnuraldu liunUuf dumvsticated animals. On the 
 shiTus uf our great lakes, rvnl inland .icas, will arise great oitit-s rivalling St. I'anI, Milwaukee, and Chicago ; and 
 these watery wastes which have hitherto borne only the frail bark canoe of the Imlian, will be furrowed by 
 thousands of vessels freighted with the products uf that inexhaustible region. Then, when borne on the wings 
 of steam, the locomotive will climb the Itocky Mountains, and make its powerful voice heard for the Hrst time in 
 the pine forests of Itritish Columbia among the dixtant electors represented by the right honorable the leader 
 of the (iovernment, wo shall then be able to coiigratnlale ourselves upon having established Confedt.ation 
 niHtn a solid basis, secured its couunercial independence, and executed the mo.st gij^antic work that a people of 
 our numbers ever had the boldness to conceive, and still more the g.md fortune to accomplish. We shall then 
 have completed nn enterprise whose effects upon the connnerce of the world itisdithcult to foresee, for we whall 
 have constructed the shortest route between Kurope and Asia ; we slir.ll then have realized the dream of Chris- 
 topher Columbus, of ,)aci|ues Cartier, and nniny other discoverers, and pursuing their idea, we Hhall have reached , 
 nwtrching always towards the West, that ancient ttrient wlu>sn riches, ever covited by Europeans, constitute so 
 large a portion uf the wealth and |iower of England." 
 
 Mr. Ta.s.s<? has since made, in English, other able speeches, .specially on the tr.ritl' (jues- 
 tion ; he Ix'ing a strong protectionist. He is at ho:-ie on almost every subject that comes 
 up in the House, Iwiiig remarkably well read in jwlities and on collateral subjects, for a man of 
 his age. He often lectures on literary and historical topius, and has a highly creditable standing 
 
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 among litleratcui's. He is tlie chief edittn- of Lc Cawula, a daily paper published at Ottawa, 
 since 187'J, and which occupies already a prominent rank in the French press. He has just pub- 
 lished, in French, a neat little pamphlet, on Lord Beauonstield and Sir John A. Macdonald, en- 
 titled " Un Paranoic," with the portraits of these political celebrities vis-H-i'is ; and the pamph- 
 let shows the resemblance of the parties in more than one respect. It is a beautiful tribute to 
 the stiitesmauship of the two eminent men. 
 
 On the Slst of August, 1870, ho married Miss Ale.vandrinc Victoire Oeorgiana, daughter of 
 J. P. M. Lecourt, Esq., Arehitoet, Ottawa, and they have three daughters living, and have lost one 
 son. 
 
 HOX. ELIJAH LE0:NARD, 
 
 LONDON 
 
 THE family, originally consisting of two brothers, emigrated from Wales, England, to the 
 colony of Massachusetts Bay, in the year l(i32, and have ever since been identified 
 with the production and manufacture of iron. His grandfather, Samuel Leonard, of Taunt<m 
 Massachusetts, is said to have maile the first spade or shovel manufactured in the U^nited States. 
 His father, Elijah Leonard, settled in Onondaga county, State of New York, in the early part 
 of the pr-isent century, where he engaged in the production of iron, and subse<iuently married 
 Miss Mary Stone. Senator Leonard was born on the 10th September, 181.3, on a farm adjoining 
 the city of Syracuse, where he received a good connnon school education, and in 1830 removed 
 with the family to Long Point, Upper Canada, where he and his father went to work in the 
 then celebrated Long Point Iron Works of Joseph Van Norman. Subsequent!}', in 1834, he 
 and his father settled in St. Tiiomas, and with P. C. Van Brocklin, entered into partnership for 
 the manufacture of agricultural implements, consisting chiefiy of [jIows and other casting 
 suitable to the primitive circumstances of the country. This firm possessed a cupola furnace, 
 it being one c? the '.ive such existing at that period in Upper Canada. The year following he 
 bought out liis father and Mr. Van Brocklin, and continued the business on his own account. 
 In 1839 he removed to London, then a town of some 1,200 inhabitants, and now a city of 
 nearly 30,00(»^as offering a wider field for his particular line of business. Upon the construc- 
 tion of the Great Western railway, he built extensive shopd for the manufacture of railway 
 rolling stock, and with upwards of one hundred and fifty men employed in the works, he 
 Eucce.ssfully filled .some large contracts for the Creat vVestern, and the London and Port 
 Statdey railway companies, but latterly has confined himself to the manufacture of steam engines 
 and boilers, which he has continued to make a specialty of. The business is now corried on 
 under the firm-name of E. Leonard and Sons. 
 
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 He married loth Juno, 1847, Erameline Woodman, daughter of Mr. Elijah C. Woodman, 
 originally from the State of Maine. 
 
 He was an alderman for London from 1853 to 1837 inclusive, and for the latter year, was 
 elected by the council as mayor of the city, and requiied also to act at the same time as reconler ; 
 when it was observed by those who were his eotemijorai ics, that whether in a charge to the 
 Grand Jury, or in summing up the evidence for the Petit Jury, or passing sentence on convicted 
 prisoners, his remarks from the bench, were everdistinguislied for clear, practical common sense, 
 and a thorough appreciation of the high duties he was called upon to dischaige. 
 
 He took a prominent part in originating the Great Westein an<l London and Port Stanley 
 railway companies. V)eing for the latter one of its first directors, and at one time vice-president 
 of the same. He was one of tiie original inc orporators of the Huron and Erie Savings and Loan 
 Society, in 1804, and has remained continuously a director to the present tiuje. 
 
 He was en unsuccessful candidate for the reiiresentation of London in the House of 
 Assembly at the general election in 1857, and successfully contested the "Malahide" division 
 which consisted of East Middlesex, the city of London, East anil West Elgin, for a seat in the 
 Legislative Council in 18(i2, and was returned by a majority of two huntlred and nineteen out 
 of a total vote of 7,!>C1), and sat for tliat constituency until the Confederation in 18(i7, when he 
 was called to the Senate by Koyal Proclamation in May of that year. In politics he is a 
 Liberal. 
 
 WILLIAM GEAAELEY, 
 
 CVliOlRd. 
 
 "TTTILLIAM GRAVELEY, son of John Graveley, surgeon, and Martha Locock, cousin of 
 * ' Sir Charles Locock, physician to the Queen, was born in Yorkshin', England, May 
 17, 1814. In 1819, the family citme to Canaua, and settled in Quebec, and there the father 
 died four years afterwards. William received a connnercial education, .spent two or throe years 
 in a merchant's counting-room, and leaving Quebec in 18:U, settled at Cobourg, and has be"h 
 a resident of this place from that date. Here lie formed a partnersliip with his brother-in-luw, 
 J. Yance Boswell, and was a mercantile tradir until 18(i.'>, and was (juite successful \v his busi- 
 ness. In 1868, Mr. Graveley was apiwintcd collector of inland Revenue, and that office he still 
 holds, discharging its duties with great faitlifidness. 
 
 During the long period he has been a resident of this town — almost half a century, ho has 
 shown a good degree of public spirit, iind has held various nninicipal and other offices. He was 
 in the town council and the school board a few terms each ; and was one of the tii-st directors 
 of the Cobourg and Peterborough railway, a director of the Harbor for several years, at a 
 
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 poriod wlion most of \i» iiiiprovi'iueuU were iiiailo, ami was the leailcr in projecting and organ- 
 izing tlie NortlnniilH'rIand and Durliani Savings Bank, of wliicli lie was a director for twenty- 
 two years, when the law was ciianged and the institution closed. For the Ifl eventeon years 
 he has been a town eoniniissioner, succeeding Hon. Ebenezer IVrry. He has always had the 
 welfare of Coliourg at heart, regaiding its interests as identical with his own, and hius iVeely 
 and cheerfully given nuich of his time to advance tho.se interests. 
 
 When the rehellion broke out in liS.'i", he volunteered as a private, was on duty several 
 months, being stationed mast of his time at Chippawa, in the Cobourg ritle company, and 
 retired from the militia yeai-s afterwards, with the ranl^ of Major, the title by which he is still 
 known among his neighbor.s. 
 
 Major Graveley is a nunnber of the Knglish church, served as warden for.a nuii.ber of yeai-s, 
 and has lived an exemplary and eminently useful life. The poor and unfortunate have always 
 found a friend in him. 
 
 His wife was a daughter of Hon. Walter Hoswell, Captain in the Koyal Navy, and one of 
 the Hi-st settlers in this part of the country — niiirried December 17, 1830. They have five sons 
 and two daughters living, and have lost two children. John Vance, the eldest son, is a barrister 
 in Cobourg ; Henry is a surveyor, an<l has been engaged in two or three North-western exploring 
 exjieditions ; William is a bank-teller at Halifax, N. S. ; Walter Edward is connected with the 
 marine departnu-nt of the Western Insurance company, Toronto ; (.Jeorge is a clerk in the 
 Cobourg branch of the Dominion Bank, and Martha C. is the wife of Charles Arnold, manager 
 of the Imperial Bank at St. Catharines. Maude lives at home. 
 
 KICIIARD :NL\IRICE lUC^lvE, M.I)., 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 E MAURICE BUCKE, medical superintendent of the Asylum foi the In.sano, at London, 
 • and i>ne of the iK'st eilucated medical nu'ii of the younger class in the I'rovince of 
 Ontario, was born at MethwoM. county of Norfolk. England, March bs, KS.S7. Dr. Bncke is a 
 great-great -gi cat-grandson of the celeiiintt d riiiiir Minister, Sir Kol'dt Walpole, first Earl of 
 Crford, ami grand-nephew of Charles Ihnkr, author of works on tlic ■ Beauties of Nature," 
 and the" Ruins of Ancient Cities," works still pulilished by Harper Brothers. New York ; and 
 son of l{ev. Horatio W. Buckc. a minister of the Chuieh of Engl.ind, who moved with his 
 family to I'pper Camula when .Maurice was one year old, niid who ilieil in 18.').'). His mother 
 was Clarissa Ambews. of Mildenhall, Sutfolk. 
 
 The family settled three miles east of London, and our subject was bmiight uj)on a farm not 
 ti hundred rods from tlic Asylum which he now superintends. 
 
THE CAS A 1)1 AS HIOGRAVUHAL DlCTIOSAliY. 
 
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 He was eiiiicaU'J at the Loiulon ^rraiiiniai- school ; in 18.13 ho started on a travelin.; tour 
 goin;j; to (California by the overhuul route, ami returning liy Panama in IfSlM ; spent four years 
 in nioilical and sin-^ical stmlies at MeGill University, Montreal, wliere he was fjfraduated a-s tirst 
 prize student in the spring of l,S(5"i ; tlien gave two additional years to professional studies in 
 London and Paris ; and on reti:rning to this eountry,niade, in l.Sl)4, a second trip to California, 
 this time in the interest of the tiould and Curry Silver Mining Company. 
 
 Returning to Canada in the summer of l.S(>.'), Dr. liucke settleil in Sarnia, and was there in 
 the practice of his profession ten years. On the 1st of January, 1.S76, he was appointed medical 
 superintendent of the Asylum for the In.sane at Hamilton, and in February of the next year, on the 
 tiemise of Dr. Landor, medical superintendent of the similar institution at London, Dr. Bucke was 
 ]>romoted to that othce. He .seems to be a<lmirably adapted to the position, and the institution 
 is under excellent management throughout. Additions in the line of buildings, vVe., arc made 
 from time to tinu-, ami the grounds are being improved from year to year, and everything .seems 
 to be done that can be to render the patients comfortable and happy. 
 
 The writer is acipiainted with several institutions of the kind, particularly in the United 
 States, and knows of none better iminag.'d, or b.'tter arranged for tl»e convenience and health 
 of such unforLunates, than the L >ivlon Asylum, which is the largest in the Province, 
 
 The thesis whit'h Dr. Bneke wrote on graduating, and which to )k the first prize, was on 
 " The Correlation of the Vital and Piiysical Fores." It was so able and so valuable that it was 
 ]iubli.shed in pamphlet form and had a wide circidation. 
 
 He is the author of a work on " Man's Moral N'atur.'," pubiisheil in the suinm -r of LS79. 
 A work on which he expended a great deal of time and thought, ami which has been well re- 
 ceived on the |iart of the public and the press. 
 
 The following are a fi'W extracts from notices of this book :- — 
 
 II 
 
 Wo rocenimcnil all wlm ln.'lii)vo witli I'opo tliat "(lio iiriijier stiuly of iitankiiul, ii man," ti> roail this hook. 
 — llnmiUiity Sfurtiilni: 
 
 It la siicli troatisuH at tlii.'<, wliioli awaken nil I i|uii'k('ii tliDiight, ami upon nj) alimist bnuiulioss liolJs fur 
 8]iociilatii>ii. - Hiiiitilliiii Kri'iiimi Tiiiiis. 
 
 1 1 in a work of tlioii;.;ht, and aUojjotlior roinarkalilo. It is an ori'^inil work, ilitplaying a wiilo range of 
 infoniiation, a power of acute and indepomleiit tlion,^ht, hiuIi an a pliilosoplior on,'lit to ikihsosh, and no ooii- 
 niin ability to oinlmily eonelnsi ms in .simple w.ir In, so as to awaken relleolioii in the mind of tli.«o who may 
 poiidor over its eliaptors. — Luiiilnii Frfc /'/c.w. 
 
 WImtovor opinion may bo hold lus to the soniidiie.s.s of the viowH advanoed by Dr. Iliieke, tliero in iiii i|ii08- 
 tion that tho book is an intoreHting coiitribiiti. n to the dis^MLSMoii of iiii important Hiibjoet. — Lumim IhtiUj 
 Adriiti.irr. 
 
 Without attempting an iinaly.sis of the argument, wo may deseribe it as the work of a man who writes with 
 iiitolligenoo and in a charming spirit of candor. Tho stylo is clear and str.iug, and thu mural tone pure. — r/c 
 (Vii i.ifidii lityiatir, lloston, Mass. 
 
 At ovory page wo arc struck by tho originality of tllon^ht, and tho felicity of s niie unoxpocted illustration, 
 and by those a H.tsh of light is thrown on many a subjuct which before sooniud ijiiito obscure. --Of ^ikii t'nv 
 
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 It will iinduiibtedly attract attention ami give rise to discussion, for it is not at all one of those compila- 
 tions BO common at the present day, but a fresh, original, and suggestive work. — Canada rnsbyterian, Toronto. 
 
 It is full of suggestive ideas. — Detroit Free. Presa. 
 
 There is no small gratification in reviewing a book so ntpleto with substantial, cl»ver, and courageo.is writ- 
 ing, as tha little vohime now before us. — The Canada Lancet. 
 
 The book is worth reading, even should the peruser differ from the writer, and all must admire the ingeni- 
 ous yray many facts are brought in to uphold this material theory of the origin of man's moral nature. — The 
 Canadian Jvurnalof Medical Science. 
 
 The volume is a treat to the lover of good sense, good science, and good English. — New Preptiratiuna, 
 Detroit. 
 
 In 1805 Dr. Bucko manieil Miss Jessie Maria Giird, of Moore, Ontario, and they have six 
 children living, and buried their first-born. 
 
 iitm. s. c. WOOD, 
 
 LINDi>AV. 
 
 "TTON. SAMUEL CASEY WOOD, a member of tlie Executive Council of Ontario, tmd 
 -' — *- Conunissionor of Agriculture and Provincial Treasurer, is a native of the village of 
 Bath, Ontario, where he was born on the 27th of December, 1830. In his veins there flows 
 English, Iri.sh and Scottish blood, the two former tlirough his loynl father, and the latter on the 
 side of Ids mother. His father, one of the few surviving veterans of the war of 1812, is 
 Thomas Smith Wood, a native of New York, having been born near Saratoga in that State, in 
 the year 1790. When cjuite a young man he came to Canada, where his home has since been. 
 For his service to the Crown, in the war mentioned, he is drawing a pension. The mother of 
 our subject is Frances (Peckins) Wood, of a Highland Scotch family, and still living at the ago 
 of eighty-six, being only four years younger than her husband. 
 
 The early years of our subject were passed at ditferent places, owing to successive removals 
 of the family from one place to another in Ontario, and his education was received at the com- 
 mon schools, From being a seluilar he became a teacher, and followed that occupation for 
 several years, in the comities of Ha.stings and Ontario. Subsequently lie settled in Mariposa 
 town.ship, Victoria county, where he engaged in mercantile business for some years. On the 
 separation of the eotuities of Peterborough and Victoria, he removed to Lind.say, where his 
 home ha.s since been. He soon became known as one of the leading citizens, public-spiriteil 
 and interested in all matters afl'ecting the welfare of the jKJople, especially educational affairs. 
 Ho is chairman of the board of high and public school.^ of Lindsny, and, in 187 -t, was elected a 
 meudierof tl>e Council of Public Instruction to represent the .school inspectors, holding this 
 position untilJuly of tlie following year, when lie resigned. In 1S(!0, Mr. Wood became official 
 assignee for Victoria, and latei', county clerk and treasurer, performing the duties of those 
 
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 offices until his appointment as member of the Executive Council, in 187'>. At the general 
 election, 1871, he was retumeJ to the Ontario Parliament for South Victoria, re-elcctetl at the 
 next general election, again on his appointment as Commissioner of Agriculture, and I'rovin- 
 cial Secretary and Registrar, July 24, 187.5, and again at the last general election. In 1877, 
 when Hon. Adam Crooks took charge of the Educational I)ep:vvtn>ent, Mr. Wood was given the 
 port-folio of treasurer, Hon. Mr. Hardy relieving him of the duties of .secretary and registrnr. 
 In the Ooveniment, Mr. Wood has conducted the att'airs of his different departujcnts with de- 
 cided ability and praisewortliy zeal, and has taken an active part in the various legislative 
 mea.sures carried through since he entered the council, being very successful with the various 
 bills which come under his charge. 
 
 In politics he has always been a Libeial, giving a hearty support to the Reform party, 
 though some of his views on national cpiestions are broader and more liberal than the platform 
 of that party. 
 
 In religious views he is a Protestant, anil attends, with his family, the Episcopal church, of 
 which his wife is a member ; is a member of St. Andrew's Society, and of the Masonic Orvler. 
 
 The wife of the Hon. Commissioner and Treasinvr, is Charlotte M., daughter of John 
 Parkinson, of Mariposa township, eoimty of Victoria. Their marriage took place June 17, 
 18.')(j, and they have a family of nine children living. 
 
 Joiix r.riiNHA^r, :m.p., 
 
 MiiuintyiiAM. 
 
 rriHE subject of this brief sketch is a son of Rev. Mark Hurnbain, and grandson of Zaeheus 
 -*- Rurnham, both of whom are elsewhere mentioned in this vt)lmue, and was born at St. 
 Thomas, county of Elgin, Ontario, on the .Srd of Oecembor, l.S^:^. He was edu'-ated at the 
 grammar sehools in Pi'terboro' and (Jalt, at the latter town under Professor Ta.ssie, now at the 
 head of the Collegiate Institute at the same place; read law with t^liarles A. Weller, county 
 attorney of Peterboro'; was called to the Bar at Hilary term, 18(l.'>, and fronithat date has lee n 
 in practice at Peterboro'. his home being in .Vshliurnham, which is separated from Peterboro' 
 by till' Otonal>ee river. He does busini'ss in tli;- sevi'ral courts of the Province and Dominion, 
 and had a liberal practice almost from the start. .Mr. Burnbani has good legal attainment.s 
 and excellent abilities, is a close student, a solid thinker, and a!i amliitious and growing man. 
 
 Mr. Burnham beeam • coiinecte 1 with the volunteer service in 1802, being Captain of a 
 volunteer company for a numlier of years, resigning to take the position of paymaster with 
 rank of Captain of the o7th battalion ; was a uieml)er of the Ashburnham sehool board at one 
 period; has been in the villaj(e council since 18C8, and reeve aiuce 1872; wtis warden of the 
 
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 coJinty in 1877, 1878 and 1870, and elected for 1880, but resigned. His scrvieos in the county 
 council have been (juite valuable, and his election for a fourth term of oftice as warden, shows 
 his standing in that body. 
 
 He is a director of the Peterlwro' horticultural society ; takes nn interest in ptiblic enter- 
 prises generally and promptly, and lemls a helping hand in such mattei-s. 
 
 In Septemlter, 1878, he was elected t<» the House of ('ommons, to represent the east riding 
 of Peti'rboro', and is a member of the Committee on Standing Orders ami Innnigration, and very 
 ntt' ntive to business. His politics are Conservative. 
 
 His religious connection has always been with the Church of Kngland, and for the last 
 four years he has been warden of St. Luke's churcli, Ashburnham. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Burnham was Maria McGregor Rogoi-s, daughter of Roljert Y). Rogers, of 
 Ashburnham, married on the 11th of February, 18(>8. They have buried two children and have 
 four liviniT. 
 
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 OTTAWA. 
 
 "OICHARD JOHN CARTWRIC.HT, who represents Centre Huron in the House of Com- 
 -'-•' mons, and was Minister of Finance from l87;l to 1878, is a son of the Rev. 1). Cart- 
 wright, chaplain at one perioil to the forces at Kingston, where he was born, and grandson of 
 Hon Richard Cartwriglit, a rniteil Empire Loyalist, who came to Canada from the United 
 States about 177<), afterward fought for the Crown, and was a memln-r of the first Parliament 
 of Upper Canada, which met at Niagara in ITIVJ, and continued to hold a seat in that body 
 until his death in 1M.5, 
 
 Otir subject was born in Kingston, on the 4th of December, 18S.^ the maiden name of his 
 mother iH'ing Harriett I)obl)s. She was the niother of four children, of whom Richaid was the 
 eldest child. He was eilucated at Trinity college, Dublin, and entered jjublic life in 18G3, for 
 Lennox and Aildington, which riiling he representeil in the Canadian AssembK vnitil the Con- 
 federation. In that year Mr. Cartwriglit was returned to the House of Connnons for Lennox, 
 representing that constituency untd bS7s, since whieb time he has sat for Centre Huron. 
 
 Mr. Cartwriglit was sworn of the Priv}- Council and appointed Minister of Finance, on 
 the 7th of November, l.s7n, and held that position until October 1 1, 1878. Three times during 
 that period — 1871-'7'>-'7(! — he was called to visit Kngland on public business. 
 
 On all political subjects, Mr. Cartwriglit shows deep study and great breadth of views, and 
 he has a pleasant way of presenting his well matured o|>inions. As a speaker, avoiding all 
 
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 retlunJnncy of words, he is concise, clear, tei-sc, anJ logical, and secures the close attention of 
 his audience. 
 
 Mr. Cartwright was formerly an Indepomleiit Conservative, but of late ycai-s has acted 
 with the Liberals or Refi)rniers, and is a very prominent man f n that side of the House. He 
 has evidently made finance his study, ami has very few peers on either side of the House in 
 that branch of science. He seems to have completely mastered the question of free trade versus 
 a protective tarit!'. 
 
 Mr. Cartwright has heM a few oftiees and done some public work outside of Parliament ; 
 was President of the Comnicrcia! Bank of Canada, which closed up a few years ago ; was a 
 director of the Canada Life Assurance Company, and is author of a pamphlet on the Militia 
 question, published in LS()4. He was created K.CM.CJ., May 24, 1870. 
 
 Mr. Cartwright is a member of the Church of England ; and although he has been in pub- 
 lic life for seventeen years, ami has had his character conspicuously exposed to the scrutiny of 
 public adversaries, not a blot has been fotnul. 
 
 In August, !«.>!}, he married Francos, eldest daughter t)f Colonel Alexander, of Chelten- 
 ham, England, and they have a large family of children. 
 
 BAKUdl TUCKER, 
 
 .M.i.AMirnau. 
 
 ONE of the " landmaiks " of Allaiiburgh, still living here, is Baruch Tucker, who came to 
 this place in \HtH, from Dorsetshire, Kngiand, where he was born l^eeember 2.'5, ]iS12. 
 TIkJ Wellaml canal had lieen opened five years before his arrival, in the year mentioned, tlirect 
 from the old country. Farms were thick along the line of the canal. A llanburgh was springing 
 lip ; there was a fair demand for carpenters, he had learnetl that trade, fotnid work at once, and 
 having no disposition to " tramp," has never left the place. He worked at his trade until 183!), 
 when he rented, of the (.Joveriunent, a giist and saw mill, and was milling until 1872. when ho 
 retired from business. 
 
 In 1837, when the rebellion broke out, he shouldered a nnisket ancl servctl a short time, 
 being however, in no skirmish or battle. 
 
 Allanburgh is in the town.ship of 'J'boruld, and when the village council was organized, ho 
 was a mend)er the fii-st term. He was afterwaids treasju'er of the township ; served at one time 
 as constable, and was appointed magistrate two or three times, but declined to act. He appears 
 to have jueferred the quiet of private life. He is a man of exeellent character, an<l highly 
 esteemed by his neighliors. When the Port Itohinsnn and Allanbmgh macadamized roatl was 
 built, he became a director, and Iwis since been picsident of the company. 
 
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 In November, 1830, Mr. Tucker niiuried Miss Ann Ciirtcr, of AUanliurgli, niul tliey liavo 
 buried four children, and Imve four living. Kninia, John, and Haruch are living in Allanburgli, 
 Barueh Tucker, junior, being jjostniaster ; and Jane is the wife of Kev. Thomas Caidu.'<, of Lyn- 
 donville, Orleans county, N. Y. 
 
 Note.— Ono of the very first fninilies in Allnnburgh, wore the Uppers, United Einpiro Loyalists from Now 
 York, coining here near tlio close of the Hevoliition, the Oovcnimont granting thoni 200 acres of land. Tlio 
 township of Thorold was a complete wilderness then. The original farm is now in the hands of Walter and 
 Joseph Ui)per, sons of Joseph Upper, senior, and grandsons of the U. E. Loyalist, The Uppers are ouo of tho 
 leading families in Allanbnrgh and its vicinity. 
 
 UZZIEL 0GDE:N^, Ikl.D., . 
 
 • roiioyTO. 
 
 r I ^HE Ogden family in America is a very large one, branches of it being found in almost 
 -■- every State in the ITnion, and throughout Canada. Tboy are de.scendeil from a Scotch 
 family, early members of rt'hieh removed from son»e of tho central cotuities of Englnnd, to Scot- 
 land, at a very early period. There it became in time a thoroughly Scotch famih', some mem- 
 l>ers of which spoke only the Gtilic language. Dm-ing the 18th centurj' some of tho Ogdens 
 emigrated to Maryland. At the time of the revolution there were twenty-one brothers of this 
 name, who .settled in various parts of the countr\'. It was from one of them that Ogdensburg, 
 New York was named, he being one of the first settlers there. Joseph Ogden, a son of ono 
 of these brothers, being what is called a U. E. Loyalist, came to Canada a .short time after 
 the Revolutionary War, engaged in agricultural pursuits near, and afterwards in, the township of 
 Toronto. Hero was born William Ogden, who also became a farmer in the same township, and 
 who married one Rebecca Ward, a native of Ireliind. Of the famil}', three .sons became physi- 
 cians, two of them being now in Toronto, and the other being .settled in practice near Goderich, 
 Ont. A fourth son is a practising lawyer in Toronto, in tho firm of McMichael, Hoskin, and 
 Ogden. 
 
 Fz/iel,the subject of this brief memoir, was born on the farm, on the Gth day of March, 
 1823. The only facility enjoyed by him for receiving an education was attending the district 
 school in the intervals between his farm labor. His .subsequent educational ac<piirement.s he 
 derived without the aid of teachers, from books diligently read and studied whenever opportun- 
 ity offered. He began and finished his medical studies, under the late lion. Dr. Rol|)h, in the 
 Toronto School of Me<licine, and began practice in 18.')l,at a place culled Aylmer, near Port 
 Stanley, remaining there about two years. Dr. Ogtlen then returned to Toronto, and has been 
 there in practice ever since. After his return, in 18j3, he attended lectures on general sub- 
 jects at the Toronto University, and, in 18.'>5, became conuocteil permanently with the Toronto 
 
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 School of Mt'Jicini', as one of its Faculty. For about twelve years ho was lecturer on MaUt'la 
 Afedica, ami for about the same leiiyth of time has been, and still is lecturer on Midwifery and 
 Diseases of Women, having made these branches a special study. 
 
 Dr. Ogden, witli others, originated and started the Canad'mn Journal of Medical Scie>u't\ 
 an admirable publication, devoted to the interests of the profession, and ably conducted under 
 his editorship, he having sustained that relation to it since the first, contributing freely to its 
 colunms articles on various subjects. Previous to the publication of t\ia.tJounuU, he was con- 
 nected with the Dominion Medical Journal. 
 
 For several years Dr. Ogden has been a member of the Toronto ifedical Society, and among 
 the relations he maintains to public and charitable institutions nuiy be mentioned the follow- 
 ing: — Consulting physician to the Toronto General llosiiital, consulting surgeon to the Child- 
 ren's Hospital, and physician to the House of Industry, Protestant Orphims' Home, and Homo 
 for Incurables, With the Orphans' Home he has been com- jcted since 18,")3, and with the 
 others, except the Hospital, since they were started. 
 
 The Doctor is looked ujion as one of the leaders in his profession, and for many years has 
 occupied an eminent position as a physician ; has always cnjoj'cd a large practice, but of late 
 yeai's he luvs felt it imprudent to tax liis energies to so great an extent as formerly. 
 
 He is a member of the Canada Methodist Church, and politically, a Reformer, as was his 
 father before him. 
 
 Dr. Ogden was first married in June, 1S.")2, to Miss Nellis, of Mount Pleasant, wlio died about 
 a year thereafter; was married again in October, 18.')l,to Miss Caroline, daughter of David See, 
 of Prescott, and formerly of Sorel, Lower Cniuula. He has one child, a daughter, who is living 
 at home. 
 
 ANDKEW :N[''KENZIK, :Nt.T)., 
 
 l.ltSDOX. ' ■ 
 
 1 1 1HK subject of this sketch is a native of !.,')wer Canad(,a son of Daniel and Margaret 
 -*- (Cray) McKenzie, and was born at Terrebonne, on the ir)th of September, 1810. Dr. 
 MeKen/.ie has had an ofiice in the city of London, fur forty lound years. His father was from 
 the Highlands of Scotland, and was engaged for years with the North-west Fur Compariy. 
 
 Anilrew finished his education at the granniiar school of Perth, county of Lanark ; at 
 seventeen commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Robert Gilmour, of Prockville; attended 
 lectures at MeUill College, Montreal, in 182!) and 1830, and at Glasgow University, Scotland, in 
 1831 and 1832; practised a short time at St. Thomas, Ontario; served one year in the rebellion 
 (1837-'38) as surgeon to the ith Middlesex regiment volunteers, Col. Ball commanding, and in 
 1839 settled in London, which has since been his home. In a few years he built up a good 
 
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 practice, aiid held it for a long period. Though nearing his seventieth year, ho keeps his ofHco 
 open and waits upon a few families whoso physician, in some cases, ho has been for twenty or 
 thirty yeni-s. Among the older class of citizens of London, few are more warmly esteemed 
 than Dr. McKenzie. 
 
 Ho wjis an early adherent of the I rco church of Scotland, now known as the Presbyterian 
 church, and although not a conuiiuuicant, bears a good character for correctness of habits and 
 purity of life. 
 
 In 1837 Dr. McKenzie married Isabella, daughter of John Shore, many years a resident of 
 Middlesex county, and of eight children, the issue of this union, only four, three daughters ami 
 one son, are living. 
 
 REV. ALFRED B. DEMILL, 
 
 OSIIA WA. 
 
 ALFRED BYRON DEMILL, founder of the Ladies' College at Oshawa, dates his birth at 
 Northport, Prince Edward county, Ontario, July 10, 1831. His father, Isaac Demill, a 
 farmer, was also a native of this Province. His grandfather, Isaac Demill, senior, was a Loyalist 
 during the American Revolution, and came from New York soon after the close of that war, 
 settling in Northport. The family was from Germany. The mother of our subject was Amelia 
 Mills, from Herkimer county, N.Y. Alfred was with his father on the farm, until fifteen years 
 of age, and was subsequently in the tin, stove and hardware business for himself at Shannon- 
 ville about five years. He took a partial course of studies at Victoria College, Cobourg, his 
 health not allowing a full course, and entered the ministry of the New Connection Methodist 
 church in 18C1, i)reaehing for ten or eleven years in the counties of Prince Edward, Haldinmnd, 
 and Ontario. His last charge being at Brock, in the last named county. In all of these charges 
 he was very successful in building churches and adding to the membership, as the records of 
 the church fully testify. During these years that Mr. Demill was on circuits he gave much 
 thought to the sulject of female education, and was maturing plans for starting a school such 
 as he has since founded at Oshawa. Prior to commencing this enterprise, he visited many 
 schools for the education of women in Canada and the Eastern and Middle States, spending 
 nearly a year in nwiking careful observations of their workings, the best methods of conducting 
 them, and the best style of building for such purposes. Having fully completed his plan.s, ho 
 selected a high and pleasant site in the fiourishing town of Oshawa, overlooking Lake Ontiirio, 
 commenced the building on the 1st of May, ISTt, and opened a ladies' college on the 1st of 
 February, 1870, the structure being four stories high, with a capacity for accommodating 110 
 students, none being taken except those who board in the college. The building is 50 by 150 
 
"•, lio keeps liis office 
 
 been for twenty or 
 
 le warmly esteemed 
 
 as tfie Presl)yterian 
 :tness of liabits and 
 
 ' years a resident of 
 'liree daugliters and 
 
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 , dates his birtli at 
 ler, Isaac Deniill, a 
 lior, was a Loyalist 
 close of that war, 
 uliject was Amelia 
 until fifteen years 
 nself at Shannon- 
 legc, Coljourg, his 
 lection Methodist 
 vard, Haldiniand, 
 1 of these charges 
 as the records of 
 ts he gave much 
 ng a school such 
 '»o visited many 
 States, spending 
 Is of conductinrr 
 ted his plans, he 
 g Lake Ontario, 
 on the 1st of 
 nimodating 110 
 ng is 50 by 150 
 
 
 
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 pmct'ur, luxi lull! It for t\ latij? iwmxl. 'riiouyh noariug \\U seventieth year, Iiu keijis liisdlieo 
 ojicn atj<l waits Ujxir; i' fi w faiailitis vliose jihysicinii, in sutiit! fiiaes, ho Iuih boeii for twenty or 
 lliiity ytjiiiN. xXiiion^ tht' 'rJilor ijIxah of citizens of Ltnnloii, fuw aru iiioro warmly estooino'l 
 tlian Or McKcu/.io. 
 
 He v,n» ftn • »ii iy tulJwn ^^. o'.' tbo Fryo churcli "( Seotiniul, now liiu'Wn iw the l'r«-!«l>ytcriftn 
 chii eh, aijtl alUu)u>»h not & cnf/tinuuieiint, bears a f.'i-iixl ehuneter ("r e.urrectnesH of Jmbits and 
 pH ity of life 
 
 111 1-S.'l7 l)r McKenaie iniiniod l»ttl»lb, tUiiglit. r of John Shore, many years a rftsulent of 
 'li'hllesex county, ami of ei;;! t chiliiicn, the issuv of this uiuun, only four, three djinirlit^.-rs and 
 ^ne Hon, aif 'iviiiir. 
 
 i{F\ alvUed 1'.. i»:.;miij,, 
 
 AI FKP!D H\ !». '.N iM-y •"liT .»(' thi Lrt'lies' (VilU-jLje at Uxlmwa, 'iates his hirth at 
 
 iNr tiiiMirt, frnee i-.Jwai>i ewunty, (hitario, July 10, ls:Jl. His fatliei, Isaac IVmill, a 
 farnik."-. wn.^ uJsj x na ive of this IVovinf.'. Hi-i giamlt'iither, Lsaac I 'emill, seiiin-, was n. Loyali>t 
 (luring the Anierican Revolution, and canio from New York soon after tho dose of that war, 
 ■iottlincr ill N -tlipoit. The family was ft'oin Germany. The mother of onr suhjcct wft-M Amelia 
 Mills, fiviu Herkimci (•.niiity. N.Y, Alfivd wiv<,\Mth hi« father on tlie fiirm.uniil fifteen yeni'^ 
 of Rjje, an.i wrm suKse'iiMUly in the tin, stove and hardwai. Im^imss f'O- hiin!.elf at ,->hanno.M 
 vilie ahoiit five years. Me leek a jiHiti;ii eom-so ol' studies at Vietoria ('olle,'j;e, (JoLoiirg. 'i)n 
 health not aliowin;.' a full r,.iii-se, and eiU>'ied the ministry of ttic New < 'oiineetion Metiiodi.it 
 church in I'^'il, pieu'.'hing for U>u or eleven \ears in the I'ountii;-; of rriuco Kdward, Ifaldininiid. 
 OU'I Oni'xrio Hin 'a«T ■ I, -rj^c tx-in^ a' Bro.k. in tl <■ la.st named county. In all of these char;|es 
 he wm ^ V'jv. •»«-•• •^■' fit! 'U i'.'iiin,,' ehui-'ti-- .xnd a<l<iinv; to il\i uiemheisiiip, aw the r^'eorils of 
 the ehuii.h ftil.'_\ o .ii;i. !' •o'lisf thes<t >■-.--, i' ii .Vii Hemiil wa.>^ on cii-cuit.^ he i,;ftve muci'. 
 tlu-iight to Ui« xuhj'-et of fv.'M«.'. edufftiion, Ml I M">, - ni.iuuin^' jii.in.s foi starting a school nucIi 
 (IS he. hivs sinee t'i>nii,led at '.)sii»i'v.a f'rior to eommvuein;,' thi- enterpi ise, he visited iniiijy 
 schools for the edieation of women in < 'nnada nnd tlie Ensteni and Mid.ih- States, speiidin.,' 
 U'arl\ a y.ai in uiakinj: caref-.d o''-ervations of tiieir workings, the hcc methods of eonductiug 
 theni, and ihe li"-st style ol liiiikii ii;^ for sueh )iurj,o.sc.s, Having l'u!l\ eoi.i|)lelfd his pli<n«. he 
 selected t\ hiyh and ph-ixsant .site in tl.c doinishiug town of Oshawa, overlooking T^ike OntJirio, 
 cominoneed tlje huildimr on ih ■ I ' of Muy. 1871, ar.d opened a ladie-, collcgi) on the l.st of 
 February, lisT'!, llu^ wtrncture hiiiis^ four >iories hig)?, with a eMpaelty for Mcoinniudating IH^ 
 Btudent.i. none being taken except those who board in the colk^a% The buil-.iing if oU by loO 
 
kt'ijw his ullk'tt 
 I for twuMly or 
 riiil) cstouiuo'l 
 
 If I'li'tfliytoriftii 
 I of habita luiii 
 
 rs IX iv.sident of 
 
 iI.iiUjllkTS /Ul<) 
 
 ti'H lii.s liirth at 
 I-ijtftc Dfiiiill, ,1 
 was ;\ Loyaii.-t. 
 f of fhni war, 
 cl wns Aiii..'!ia 
 I ^''t':en yi.ni-s 
 . at .Sliaiinn.'i- 
 
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 il. }f:il'liiu;iii'i. 
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 tlic ii>c.>rils <A 
 h: js'.avi' unui'. 
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 vi^itt'il iiiiiiiy 
 
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 >.f inniliiciin^ 
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 f^efc, with high ceilings, oinbraeing all the modern improvements for ventilating, lighting, 
 heating, airing, etc., the physical health of the students being a prominent consideration. In 
 the school the ancient and modern languages are taught, a.s well as the higher English branches 
 and the fine arts, affording superior facilities for thorough mental and iesthetic culture. Another 
 feature if. the school is the domestic training which the pupils are subject to, thus titling them 
 to perform the duties of any position in life. In the introduction of this branch many persons 
 predicted a failure, as it was altogether new, but Mr. Dcmill was not a man to be easily turned 
 from his purpose when convinced that it Avas likely to meet a great want, rendering those 
 attending his institution practical and accomplished in the domestic and household knowledge 
 which is .so generally neglected, but which atlds .so greatly to the comfort and happiness of after 
 life. The school is conducted at rates that are regarded as extremely moderate, and ha.s been a 
 success from the start. It was a herculean task to undertake, to build up alone such a noble 
 enterpri.se, which not only established a new feature in female education, but being free from 
 sectarianism, was without that denoniinationalassistance so usual in most ca.se.s, but the indom- 
 itable energj- of President Demill has successfully accomplished the task. From eighty to one 
 hundred pupils are usuidly in attendance, and it is not to be womlered at that the institution is 
 giving unqualified satisfaction, with the able management it receives. The wife of Mr. Demill, 
 who was Miss Lucelia llurd, of Raglan, and to whom he was married in August, 1S.")4, is a well 
 educated lady, and has a remarkable adaptation to the sphere of usefulness in which she is 
 placed, she being the principal of the school, and her hu.sband the president. The school owes 
 its success largely to her earnest and untiring assistance. They have one child, Frances Amelia, 
 ten years old. The talent and |>erscverance which President Demill has shown in building up 
 such an institution in so short a t'uie, entitles him to great praise. The work has already 
 become a monument to the best (pialitics of the num, and its results, already achieved, will last 
 long after he ha- passed away. 
 
 We call attention to p notice in the Onliirin lii'/'irDur, of March 20th, 18>S0 : — 
 
 " As to tho 811CC083 whicli has iitteiuU'il tlio ttl'iprts of the fmiiuliT d Douiill Cdlliwo to estiiWish in tliis 
 Ciiuntry, unaiiled hy iiDwerfiil (l.'iiomiiiiitiiiiiiil inlliionot'S, iiiul uii3i\[ii>iiiten I)y ii liirge emlowiiicnt fiinil, irn 
 institution for tlio thorough oducivtiou of young ImUus. Tho coUogu has just entered iiixm tho tiflii yt'iir of its 
 existonco and it will not, wo think, lio doomed iuopportuno to nfor, at tho [irosent tiiiio, to its history, past suc- 
 cess and future pnapects, fiMiii wliicli it will readily lie seen that, uulo.ss aoiuo i^reat and uuforeseon ealauiity 
 befalls it, thtre is a brilliant future in store for it, and that it is ilesliiu'd to niaintaiii the proud iiosition it now 
 holds, in tho front rank aniiui,' the in uiy excellent institutions of tho Province. To many persons the schemo 
 propounded by tho Kev. Mr. Uomill, in 1H74 for tho erection of a coUoijo here for tho education of females was 
 deemed a folly so |)alpable as to deserve only to be treated with the niost profound contempt. It is a furtunate 
 circumsliinco, however, that there are men, wlio, instead of being turned aside by tho opposition, gloomy pre- 
 dictions, or sneers of others, from tho path which they have marked out for tliemsolves, iiro incited by such 
 means to greater oH'orts to achieve tho object of their ambition and press forward with persistent eiieryy, with 
 but a single object in view, over or throiiijh dilliciiltics, which, to weaker men, would apiiear insurmountable, to 
 ultimate triumph and deserved success. JNIr. Demill has clearly demonstrated to tho entire satisfaction of this 
 oumiuunity that ho is not easily diverted from the work to whicli he has devoted his life and talents ; and he Imi 
 
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 furtlter "'.town, thnt ho possosses a suuiul nnd discriiuiiiating jiulgnient, and adininistriitivo abilitius of n hij|h 
 order ; in tlio suloctiou uf tUo buatitiful iind cuiumanding site fur tlio collego ; tho pruparatiou of the plans ; in 
 carrying out tho design of tho architect ; tho seloction of an etlicient stafl' of teachers— ten in number — in meet- 
 ing tho financial demands incident to an uiulertakiiig of this magnitude during a period of almost unexampled 
 financial distress and cominorcial cc-aiplieationi ; in socuring by hii own unaided etforta a steady but rapid 
 increase in the mnuber of pupils in attendance — frum 2i) in 1870 to more than 100 in 1880— in the inception of 
 the scheme as well as in carrying it out— even to tho minutest detail— he has displayed a correctness of judg- 
 ment, an earnestness of purpose, and complete devotion t > his self-imposed task, deserving of tho very liighest 
 praise. The steady increase in tiie number of pupils in attendance is, of itself, pretty conclusive evidence that 
 the public acknowledge tho soundness of the basis np,)n which tlio institution was established ; to furnish tho 
 greatest possible educational privileges at the minimum of expense, and, while avoiding denominational and 
 sectarian intliiences over the students, to enable th jni to enjoy all the advantages of a retined christianjiome. 
 The iucroa^iing popularity of the college will necosiitate the erection of additional buildings at an early da^e ; 
 the plans for the additions are already prepireJ, a:id thj work will be proceeded with as soon as practicable. 
 One feature in the management of this institution, deserving of special mention, is tho exclusion of diy pupils. 
 It has been dem mstrated to tho satisfaction of nearly all educationalists that the intermingling of boarding and 
 day pupils in institutions of iliis kind usually operates to tho disadvantage of the Ixiarders. Day pupils are 
 more irregular in their attendoncc and to some extent the irregularity of their attendance, and tho consequent 
 interruption of their studies, re-acts upon those members of the class who are boarding, preventing them making 
 the progress they otherwise would and, beyond this, there are other intliioncos, of a social nature, which will 
 readily occur to anyone who will give tlie matler a moment's consideration which do not tend to develop in 
 students a fondness for the studies they are pursuing. It is more than probable that the absence of day pupils 
 h 18 had no little influence in inducing parents at a distance to patronizj this college ratlier than send their 
 daughters elsewhere," 
 
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 WILLrA:M ^roFFAT, 
 
 VKMliliOKE. 
 
 ONK of tlu' iiroiniiu'nt families nt IVinhrolxe is tliat of tin- MotlatH, who came fi'om Had- 
 tliiigtonsliire, Seotlaml, in 183 1, and after sjieiulin^' .six yt.'ars at New Ediubingli, adjoiiiing 
 Bytown, now Ottawa, moved to Pembrol<e in tho antiimn of 1!SK). At tliiit date tho piincipal 
 settlers here were Peter White, ( 'a'lipliell, Arhima ami .lohn Dunlij), James Jardiiie and Hugh 
 Fraser. Hero Alexander MoHat built a o;iist mill and laid out the village of IVmbroki' into lots, 
 and was engageil in manufacturing Hour until his death in .Viuil, I.S72. He also built a woollen 
 mill. He was tho first postmaster here, being appointed b\ the liritish (iovernmont when Lord 
 Landsdowne was I'ostmaster-CSeneral ; was a justice of the peace for a long j>eriod, and did a great 
 (leal of valuable service in lioth the villagi' and count}- eouneils, serving for one or two terms as 
 warden of tho iniited counties of Lanark and Renfrew. He was once nondiuvted iiy the Keforni 
 party for the Canadian i)arliament, but for satisfactory reason.s given, declined to contest tho 
 riding. Ho was nevei- a strong party man, and was iiUeil by men of ail politieal shades of belief. 
 He was an eldei' of ( 'al vin Piesbytorian church, of which he was a foinidcr and liberal su|iporter. 
 Alexander Moflat nmrrieil Miss Slaigaret Dickson Purvis, of Ediiduirgh, who was the mother 
 of five chihhoii, foin- sons and one daughter, tin- mother dying at (Jrosse Isle, on the St, Lawrenco 
 river, on lu-r wav to Canada in 1m:U. 
 
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 Williiun Mottnt, the oMest sun of Alexander Moffat, was bom at HadiUngtonshiro, Novem- 
 ber 29, 1825, and came to Canada in his ninth year, finisliing his education at Bytown, Hugh 
 O'Hagan being his last instructor. When he came to Pembroke with liis father forty years ago, 
 this ininiediato section of Upper Canada was almost an unbroken wilderness. Here he worked 
 with his father in the mills until twenty-tliree jcars of age, when he conmienced the Juinber 
 business, and continued it until 18G.'). Since that date lie has been manufacturing Aowy, his mill 
 being on the original site where his father built in 1840. 
 
 Mr. MoH'at was Captain of militia some years ago, and now holds the rank of Lieutenant- 
 Colon"! of sedentary militia; was four years reeve of the town of Pembroke, and four years 
 warden of the county of Renfrew, and was one of the first diivetors of the Kingston and 
 Pembroke Railway, being the projector of that enterprise. Of no man can it bo said with 
 more propriety than of Colonel Moffat, that he is " liberal to a fault." It is too true of him. 
 He is too generous to become rich. He will accommodate others to his own financial detri- 
 ment, so kind, .so accomnuxlating, so noble is his nature. 
 
 Colonel Mort'at is a Reformer, and has been twice a candidate to represent his party for the 
 north riding of Renfrew, once in the House of Comnu-ns, once in the Local Legislature, but was 
 defeated both times. 
 
 The Colonel is a member of the Presbyterian church and of the Masonic fiaternity. 
 
 In IS+i) he chose for his life companion Miss Isabella Ambrose Kennedy, who was from 
 l)innfries-shiie, Scotland, and they have had six children, throe sons and three daughters, all yet 
 living but one of the latter. One son, .Mexamlci', has a family, and is in the foundry busines.s 
 in Pembroke; the others are single. William is in the Quebec Imnk, at Quebec, the rest, 
 Thomas, Margaret and Isabella, are at home. 
 
 .lAMKS A. AUSTIN, 
 
 lil.'AMl'Tny. 
 
 JAMKS AUGUSTUS Al'STl", clerk of the county court, etc., is a son of James Austin, 
 one of the yeomanry of the county of Peel, ami was Imrn in the town^llip of Toronto, in 
 this county, February .">, IS.'l'). The maiden name of his mother was Kleanor Aikins. Both 
 parents are dead. 
 
 James was reared on the fiinii, atteiidiiiga coniiiiuii scliniil in his yoiniger years, ami subse- 
 quently spending three years at Victoria < 'ollege, < 'oliourg, intending at one time to study for 
 the medical profession, but not completing his ("ojlege course on account of failing health. He 
 eontii\ued farming in tlie township i>f Toronto until 18(i7, wheTi he was appointed clerk of the 
 i:ounty court, deputy clerk of the ( 'town, and registrar of the Surrogate ( 'ourt, at which time he 
 
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 leinoveil to Brainptoii, the county town. His variety of clerkships ho is attending:; to with the 
 utmost care, heinj,' always at his post. While on the farm, he acted part of the time as a direc- 
 tor of the local Agricultural Society. Before taking a county otKce, Mr. Austin interested him- 
 self a good deal in the success of the Reform party. He belongs to the Methodist church of 
 Canada, and sustains a consistent christian character. At times, when his health would admit 
 it, he has been a good worker in the Sunday school. 
 
 November '), 18lj8, he married Miss Susan Uraham, of the township of Toronto Gore, and 
 tlicy have three children and have buried one son. 
 
 JOim Tl'llQUA^'D, :m.i)., 
 
 )V<>(H>STi)VK. 
 
 T I iHK subj(>ct of this notice, one of the best known physicians and surgeons in this part of 
 -'- Ontario, is of Ilugncnut extraction, his ancestor (leeing from France at the Revocation 
 of tlie Edict of Nantes, and settling in the city of London. His lather, Rernard Turijuand, was 
 connected, in early life, with the British navy, and subseipiently with the connni.ssariat depart- 
 ment, being stationed on the Island of Malta, duiing the jilngue, our subject being there born, 
 February' 2'), ISl,'). His father did valuable service during thi^ reign of the plagu(>, and 
 received the thanks of Sir T. M.iitland, iiieut.-tiovciiior of the island. His mother was Kliza- 
 beth Bennett, of ( lloucestershire, Eiigl.ind, boiii near the Korest of De.ui. In ISJO, the family 
 came to Canada, and located at YoiU (now Toronto), where hernard Tnn|uand was chief clerk 
 in the Receiver-denerai's otlice, and aftei' the union of C|)|iei' and Lowei' Canada in 1841, he 
 was Receivei'-Ceneral for a short time, dying in Montreal in 18.")(J. He was a man of great 
 amiability and generosity, ami he and his noble wife wei'e noted for their good otliees to 
 inuuigrants, who were pouring into ( 'annda, fifty ami :<isty years ngo. 
 
 Dr. Tur(|uand commenced his edueation at Toronto, in a district school, taught b}- Rev. 
 Hr., afttrwartls Bishop, Straelian; among his schoolmates being Rev. Canon (livens, Rev. 
 Henry Seadding, lili.l)., and Bishop Fuller of the Niagara District. In BSIIO, when Upper 
 Caiuida College, Toronto, was opene(l, be entered it and spent three years there. He studieil 
 medicine with Dr. dohn King, of the same city ; attemled lectures at Mctiill College, Montreal; 
 
 connuenced practice at Woodstock, in September, iN.'t", and has 1 n in constant and general 
 
 practice hero from that date. At an eaily day, iiefoic gravelled and stone roads, or any othei' 
 gooil roads were built, he had not oidy extensive, but very hard rides thi'ongh the; wild woods, 
 covering an area ol twent}' miles in nearly eveiy direction, and in .some cases extending nmch 
 further. No man in the county is iietler known than "oM Dr. Tnr<(uand," as heisgene- 
 rttlly und n;spuctfidly called. The families, to the medical wants of which he lia.s administered, 
 
THE CAKADIAjK litoaliAPniCAh DlCTtOKAUY. 
 
 fill 
 
 onto Gore, ami 
 
 ni"o nuniborud by tlio thousamls, ami ho is venorati'd for his kiiully counsels ami gentle words 
 in the sick room, as well as for his skill. For several years ho has hail a large consultation prac- 
 ti*.e extending over several counties. 
 
 Pr. Tuniuand has been county coroner and jail surgeon ever since Oxford was .set off from 
 the London district, and he became one of the medical oHicers of the Oreat Western Kaihvay, 
 soon after it started. Ho was a member of the medical council of the College of Physicians 
 and Surgeons of Ontario for three years, and president in lS(i7. In IS7H he was at the hcail 
 of the 0.\ford county medical as.sociation. Ilis standing in the fraternity is high. 
 
 He is a Royal Arch mason, ami has held some high oHiees in the order, including that of 
 jiuiior warden of the grand lodge of the Province. He wiw reared in the Church of Kngland, 
 and maintains, so far as we can learn, a consistent ehri.stian character. 
 
 In June ISW, Miss Elizabeth Hott, of Zorra, Oxford county, was joined in marriage with 
 Dr. Tunjuand, and they have '>ad .seven children, losing one of them. 
 
 Ho is of the firm of Turi|uand and Mackay.his partner being Hugh Munro Mackaj', a native 
 of Oxford county ; born in 1H;17; educated in Canada; received llie degree of Ml), fiom the 
 medical department of Victoria College, Toronto, in lS(i.S, and is a memlier of tlie lloyal College 
 of Surgeim.s, Kngland, and of the College of Physicians, Edinburgh, liike his senior partner, 
 he is thoroughly wedded to his profession, and has the highest contidence of the conununity in 
 his skill. 
 
 JAMES w. s1M':^vov^rl^ 'm.\\ 
 
 roiiT i>()vi:n. 
 
 TAMES WATERFORl) STEWART, a son of James Waterford Stewart, senioi', was born in 
 '-' the township of Toronto, county of Peel, Ontiiiin, Septendier 2S, lS3k His father was a 
 native of Waterford, Ireland. His grandfather, (leorge Stewart, formed a company of emi- 
 grants in New York city, in I71KS, and came to " iiittlo ^^>rk " (now Toronto), ami thence cut a 
 road through for teams to the township of Toronto, and .settled in the valley of the Etohieoke 
 river, and opened farms. Penjamin Stewart, a brother of oiu' subject, occui)ies the oiiginal 
 homestead, made by his grandfather and father more than three i|uarters of a century ago. 
 
 Dr. Stewart was reareil on the faini till eighteen yeai's old ; I'eceived his literary and medi- 
 cal eilucation in the University of Toronto ; was graduated Doetoi- of Medicine in Aiiril, iMiiS, 
 and has been in steady {)ractice, at Port Dover, from that date. lie has devoted his time very 
 attentively to his profession ; had from the .start a liberal run of business, and is a reading pro- 
 gressive man, still growing in popularity. 
 
 He has been a county coroner for ten or twelve years, and was at one time a deputy-reove, 
 
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 but seonis to have shunned civil offices sa much as he could, his time being well taken up with 
 his profession. 
 
 He is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Grand Lodge of the Dominion, and has been 
 Master of Erie lodge, Port Dover. 
 
 In May, 18G7, Dr. Stewart married Lucy M. Jones, daughter of Col. Thomas Jones, of the 
 city of Toronto, and they have three daughters, Erie, Lulu, and Eva. The family attend the 
 Presbyterian church. 
 
 UOX. EDWARD BLAKE, Q.C., 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 ~TT\ DWARD BLAKE wius born in the township of Adelaide, county of Middlesex Ontario, 
 -'— " in 1833. He is the eldest son of the Into Hon, VVm. Hume Blake, himself a man of 
 marked ability, and grandson of the late Rev. Dominick Blake, rector of Killegan and Lough 
 Richland, Ireland ; his mother was the daughter of Wm. Hume, of Humewood. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was educated in his earlier years, by Mossiu Weddand Brown, 
 and later at the Upper Canada College. 
 
 In his youth, Edward Blake showed signs of possessing in the bud the talents of eloojtion 
 and a retentive memory ; the former of which, in its full blo.ssom, has gained for him the repu- 
 tation of being one of the most elo(iuent speakers of the day, whilst the latter has in no small 
 degi'ee contributed to his success in his profession. lie graduated at Trinity College, Toronto, 
 and concluded a brilliant Univci-sity career, by being Chancellor's Medalist, and taking first- 
 cla.ss honors in classics. He was called to the Bar of LTpper Canada, in Michaelmas term, 185G, 
 and took his degree of M.A., in l.S,")8 ; received his .silk gown within the first decade of his 
 legal career, having been created a Q.C. in ISGl; became a Bencher of the Ontario L9,w Society 
 in 1871 ; was for a time examiner and lecturer in equity for Upper Canada; at present is 
 chancellor of the Toronto University since 1876, and head of the well-known firm of Messrs. 
 Blake, Kerr, Boyd and Ca,ssels, of Toronto. His ability as a lawyer is probably unexcelled in 
 Canada, and the highest judicial appointments have been within his reach, but ho has declined 
 promotion when it was ottered him, first in the chancel loi-ship of Ontario, in December, 18(}!(, 
 and subsecjuently in the chief ju,stieeship of the Supreme Court of the Dominion, in May, 
 1876. 
 
 Mr. Blake's professional success has been prineipidly achieved in the Courts of Eipnty, but 
 his unsurjiassetl power of cross-examination has secured for him considerable practice in Com- 
 mon Law. Thoroughly mastering the salient features of his cases, he is concise in his argu- 
 ments, and confines himself to the points at i.ssue. In the conduct of his suits he is apparently 
 
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 diffident and anxious to a degree (juite incompatible witli liis undoubted ability, arising possibly 
 from a conscientious desire to promote to the utmost of his power, the interests of his clients. 
 Mr. Blake enjoys nt this moment, the highest reputation amongst all classes of his brethren 
 at the Bar irrespective of their political creeds and opinions. 
 
 Mr. Blake commenced his political career in 18G7, having been elected for West Durham, 
 to the House of Commons, and for South Briice in the local Parliament, at the first general 
 election after the Confederation. In 1H71, he was returned to the local House from South 
 Bruce, and by acclamation to the Commons from West Durham, but decideil to sit for the former 
 only. At the opening of the ensuing session, he moved an amendment in reply to the speech 
 from the Throne, which was carried ; the Ministry in power did not resign without accepting a 
 defeat on a motion of dismissal, upon which they vacated office, and Mr. Hlake became Premier 
 of Ontario ; and President of the Council (without .salary), but resigned Itoth, as well as his 
 seat in the Ontario Assembly, in October, IST-t. At the electi<m in 1872, was re-elected as 
 member for West Durham, and simultatuonsly to the House of Commons for Soutli Bruce; 
 preferring the latter seat for special reasons, by repeated re-elections, represented that constitu- 
 ency uninternipt^'dly until the general election of liS7iS, when he was defeated ; but at the 
 special election in Nov., 1879, he wa.s again returned by acclamation to the Connnon.s. 
 
 Hon. Edward Blake wius sworn of the Privy Council in November, 187.1, and was a mem- 
 ber (without office) of Mr. Mackenzie's administration fron> that date, until February, 1874', 
 when he resigned. In May, 187">, he was induced to accept the portfolio of Minister of Justice 
 in the same Government, and in 187G went to Kngland on political business ; in June, 1877, 
 exchanged this portfolio for the office of President of the Council, which ho was compelled to 
 relin(|ui.sh in January, 1878, on account of ill health. 
 
 Mr. Blake is a member of the Anglican church, and President of the Young Men's Chris- 
 tian Association, of Toronto. 
 
 His wife is a daughter of the late llcv. Dr. Cronyn, Lord Bishop of Huron. 
 
 JAMES G. CRANSTOK, M.D., 
 
 Ah'yrjnoR. 
 
 "TAMES GOLDIE CRANSTON, the leading physician and surgeon at Arnprior, was born 
 ^ in Madri<l, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., March 21, 18.17. His parents were William and 
 Jane (Coldie) Cranston, both from Iloxboidngh, Scotland. His mother died in the State of 
 New York, and when ho was eight years old, his father, with two daughters and three s(ms, 
 came to Canada West, and settled in Huldimand county, where he died in 1855. 
 
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 Dr. Cranston finisher] his education in the ai"ts at the Grammar School in Toronto ; entered 
 the Toronto Medical School, then under the presidency of Dr. Rolph, spending two years there 
 in study ; in 185G-'57, took also a courae of studies in the Buffalo Medical College, walking the 
 hospitals and attending lectures; in the spring of 1860 was graduated M.D., from the University 
 of Queen's College, Kingston, and after practising a short time near Hamilton, settled in the 
 county of Renfrew, which is still his home. He had a fair amount of business from the start, 
 and soon built up a remunerative practice, which he continues to hold, with increasing reputa- 
 tion for skill and success in his profession. His standing in the pi'ofession is fii'st-class, and 
 he is vice-president of the Ridcau and Bathurst Medical Association, 
 
 Dr. Cranston identifies himself with local interests, and docs all he can to advance them ; 
 has been chairman of the Board of Education for eight or nine years, was a member of the 
 village council from 1876 to 1879, and has been president of the Agricultural Society the last 
 three yeai*s, and a director since 1873. Such public-spirited citizens are very valuable to any 
 community. 
 
 The Doctor is a Reformer, a Master Mason, a member of the Church of England, and a 
 man of excellent character, holding a high position in the community. 
 
 In ISGO he married Miss Louisa A. Shillito, of Iliagara, and she died in 1873, leaving six 
 children, all of whom are surviving. 
 
 THE BAEBER FAMILY, 
 
 GEORGETOWN AND STREETSVILLE, 
 
 "TTTILLIAM and ROBERT BARBER, proprietors of the woollen mills in Streetsville, and 
 ' ' James and Joseph Barber, are natives of the count}' of Antrim, north of Ireland, and 
 are sons of Joseph and Jane (Dunkin) Bar1(er. Account of the early history of this family wo 
 glean from Davin's " The Irishman in Canada." It appears that, " May 12, 1822, Joseph Barber, 
 with his wife, four sons and a daughter, sailed for Quebec, arriving there July 10, being nearly 
 two months on tlie trip. Proceeding up the St. Lawrence river, to Prescott, the father of the 
 family found emplo3'uient and worked at his trade, that of a mason and bricklayer. The season 
 for bricklaying being over, in December of that jear Mr. Barber took his family to Niagara, and 
 thence to Flaniboro' West, at the .solicitation of Hon. James Crooks, who was a miller, distiller, 
 tanner and cloth manufacturer, in that township, and who needed a mason, and pronusod 
 employment for some of the children in his woollen factory. There William Barber, the eldest 
 of the sons, served an apprenticeship at the woollen manufacturing business ; the second son, 
 James, the paper-making business; the third, Jo.seph, the mill wright business; and the youngest, 
 Robert, the same business as William. The father died in 1831, and about that time two of 
 
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 insttnly; in lS.">G-.")7, tookniao a course of stuilics in ilf> Butlalo Mi'dieal (.'ollejfe, walking the 
 h is[>ita!saa<l attundiit^' IceiuMss; iu Um sprintrof 18(ii) was jfracluatoil M.]).,friun tlie UniviTtit)' 
 (if Qu'.Jcn's College, Kini,'st-.>n, and ivi'tor {irn^-tisinfj a short time near U.niiiltoii, si.ttlod in tho 
 county of ll-nfrt-w, wiiich U still his home. Ke had a fair aniuUJit of busiui'sa from the .start, 
 and soon liuiit upa rt-muiurrfttive praotiw. whicli he p.ontinues to hold, with inereasinjf reputa- 
 tion for skill and Micoess in his prof'^i-idii His standing in the |H-ofe.ssion i.-j' tirst-ela.s% aiid 
 he is vico-prc-i'lent lit the Rideau and Buthursit Medical .•\s^ol■^ation. 
 
 I)r. Cranston identifies liimself with local interests, and dties all he can to advance thftui ; 
 has boon chairman of tho Board of Education for eight or nine year.s, was a laemlier of tho 
 village council from lS70 to I&7t; »)i i h»-. U-cn president of the Agricultural .Soeiety the last 
 three yeai-«, and II dij-KUw wincit 1h73, H«rh pnWic-spiritod citizen-s an vwy s-aluahle to any 
 commanitv, 
 
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 m«n "'f e'l'-wUkfnt chara«'<<.tr, holdintr a hi><}i jvaition in tho counnunity. 
 
 Ifn JH«><» iiemaniwl Mi.ss Louisa A. hihillito, of Iliayara, and she died in 1873, leaving .six 
 children, all of whona arc surviving. 
 
 THE BAEliEli FAMILY, 
 
 CKOKGKTOWX jyji fiTuyElUVlLLE. 
 
 'Y\7 ILLIAM and ROBLIiiT B.VRBHR, proprietors of the \roollen mills in Streoi.sville, and 
 ' ^ .timiv^ a/id .Iose]ih Bai-Ler, are natives of tho e;ionty of Antrim, nurlh i^f Tivland, and 
 ara kon.' of .I'lsoph and Jane (Dunkin) Bariier. Aecottnt I'f the eatly history of tiiis family w 
 glean iVon; Davii ' "The iii-hman ji. 'Voada" U appears that, " May 12, 182"2, Joseph Barljei, 
 with hi.".; vvife, f ■■".r sou-i 3«d a iJjiuBhter, •»».l!ed for Qaebee, arriving there July 10, being nearly 
 two nu>nth.s on th< Ivip ii <v»ding >jj> the St. I^vArenc- river, to Preseott, the father of tht 
 family found evnploymeii nnd wo'V. •! at hi tiad.- t'i,itof a mason and bricklayer. Tho sea-Hon 
 for brieklayin>j being ov* r. in Decetnbci .,f that j-or Mr. Barber t<»ok his family to Niagara, nnd 
 thence to F!anib.*ro' West, at the ;»olielt.,'>tion'(if lion. James Crooks, who was a miller, di.'^t:llet■. 
 tanner and cloth nianufaetuier, in that town.ship, and who needed a mason, and proniis»'d 
 employment for some of the children in bin woollen fiu-tory. There William Barber, the eldest 
 of the sons, sci-ved an apprenticeship at the woollen raanufaetoring bu.siness ; the second son, 
 c 'tea., the paper-making business; the third, Jo.scph, the niiil wright business; and the youngest, 
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 the brothers, William and Robert, reutoil tiio woollen factory of Hon. Mr. Crook.s, nml ran it until 
 1837, when the four brothers bought n small woollen factory at Georgetown, in the township of 
 Esquesing, county of Ualton, the place then containing only three families." " The four brothers," 
 writes Mr, Davin, "were in the wilderness, and never could have got on hud they nut had quick 
 brains.fertile in resources. Anything they required in the way of miicliiiiery, they had to make. At 
 that time all the farmers manufactured their clotl) ; but when the Barbers had their machinery 
 going, the farmers giadually began to exchange tlicir wool for the machine-nuide cloth. * * « 
 Business increased. A second mill was started at Streetsvilie, Later on, the water power at 
 Georgetown failing, the two woollen mills wore consolidated, and the largo mill, now known as 
 the Toronto Mills (Streetsvilie being in the township of Toronto), were erected in 18.')3." 
 
 About this time the Grand Trunk llailway was under i)roce8s of construction, and James 
 Barber being a pap' ■ maker, it was decided to erect a mill on the Credit river, whicli runs on 
 the north side of Ge. i j i >wn. The first freight carried by the railway to Toronto was three 
 car loads of paper from Miismill. A second paper mill was erected in l85iS, and since that time 
 largo additions and inijuovements have been made to increase the quantity and (|uality of paper 
 manufactured. The first serious reverse experienced liy the family occurred in LSGl, when the 
 woollen mill at Strt'etsville Avas destroyed by fire, with a lo.ss of ^^70,000 above insurance, and 
 the explosion of a boiler at the paper mill caused a loss of S^S.OOO more. These mills were again 
 running, and turning out goods as u.sual, within three months from the date when the accidents 
 occurred. The old firm was dissolved in 1870, thirty-three years after its formation "without 
 any deed of partnei-sliip, or any division of profits, each one drawing according to his re(iuire- 
 ments." 
 
 William and Robert Barber took the woollen business, and under the firm-name of Barber 
 Brothel's, are employing from 125 to 150 men, women and children, are making all wool tweeds, 
 riannels and some over-coating broad cloths, tweeds being their specialty. They have eight sets 
 of the most improved machineiy, and their articles of manufacture are second in excellence to 
 none made in the Province, and there are but three or four mills of the kind more extensive in 
 the Province. 
 
 William Barber, the senior member of the firm, though past seventy yeai-s of age, being 
 born in 1809, is one of the most energetic and active men in Streetsvilie. While a resident of 
 the county of Halton, he was for some years a membc r of the county council ; ha.s been a justice 
 of the peace since the first commission was issued in that county, and representcjd the riding of 
 Halton in the first and second local Parliaments, being a Reformer of the indomitable class. 
 
 Robert Barber has been a magistrate for a number of years, and has taken a prominent 
 part in many public enterprises, both in his own county and in the Province at large. 
 
 Joseph Barljer, the youngest member of the family, retired from business on the dissolu- 
 tion of the old firm, and now enjoys himself as a gentleman farmer and collector of interests and 
 
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 CIS 
 
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 rents. He has not been ambitions for public honors beyond the chairmanship of the school 
 board, and acting magisti'ate for the locality. 
 
 James Barber, the subject of our steel engraving, was born in 1811, and marr^^d in 183!). 
 He has three sons Joseph jr., John R., and Janio.s, jr. ; and three daughtei-s. The sons have for 
 years asssisted in carrying on the business of paper-making, Joseph, jr, having charge of the 
 manufacturing department ; John R., of the financial ; and James, jr., of the agency in Toronto, 
 James Barber is the senior coroner for the county ol Halton, and ha.s been a member of the 
 township and village school boards, and also of the village council. He is not only a papir- 
 maker but practical machinist and woollen manufacturer as well. The entire machinery of the 
 first Toronto woollen mill was constructed at Georgetown, under his supervision. 
 
 After the fire he was enabled to construct the mill, just as it had been, from memory alone. 
 A considerable i)ortion of the machinery in the paper mills was either constructed or improved 
 by him. After the Toronto woollen mills were stiuted in IS.'iS, he tot>k charge of them until 
 the paper mill, — which Wcxs leased for a couple of years, — again came under the management of 
 the firm. 
 
 He has always been of a retiring disposition, taking little or no part in political conven- 
 tions or meetings of a like character, and consequently is less known to the public than the 
 other membei-s of the family. There is no name, however, which stands so high for commercial 
 integrity, or social and moral worth in tl '^ county of Halton, as that of James Barber. 
 
 SIR CHARLES TUPPER, K.C.M.G., C.JJ., A1.JJ>., 
 
 OTT.m'A. 
 
 SIR CHARLES TUPPER, xMiiii:,ter of Railways and Caiuils, and member of Parliament 
 for Cumberland, Nova Scotia, is descended from a family originally from He.sso (.,'assel, 
 and which settled on the isle of Guernsey, going thence to Virginia, long prior to the outbreak 
 of the American colonies. At the close of that war the family being loyalists, moved to Nova 
 Scotia, where members of it continue to reside. It is connected with Major-General Sir Isaac 
 Brock, K.B., who fell, bravely fighting, at Queenston, in October, 1812. Our subject was born 
 at Andierst, county of Cund)crlaud, N.S., on the 2nd of July, 1821, his parents being Rev. 
 Charles Tupper, D.l)., and Miriam ne'e Loekliai t. If is father, who was born at Cornwallis, N.S. 
 has been an ordained Baptist preacher more than si.\ty years; is eighty-five years of age, 
 and the oldest minister of that denomination in the Dominion of Canada, his residence being at 
 Kingston. N.S. The mother of Sir Charles Tupper died in 1854. 
 
 He was educated in the arts at Horton, and is an A.M., of Acadia ( 'ollege, and in medicine 
 at the Univei'sity of Ediuljurgh, where he took the degree of M. 1) , and also received the 
 
THE CANADIAN JilOGIfArntCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
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 p of the school 
 
 imrritd in I83i). 
 le sons have for 
 g cliaige of tho 
 ncy in Toronto, 
 member of tlio 
 t only a papir- 
 laehinery of the 
 
 memory alone, 
 ed or improveil 
 ;e of them until 
 management of 
 
 )olitical conven- 
 public than the 
 for commercial 
 iarbcr. 
 
 of Parliament 
 I Hesse CasscI, 
 
 ) the outbreak 
 iiovcd to Nova 
 neral Sir Isaac 
 bji'ct was born 
 its being Rev. 
 
 )i'nwallis, N.S. 
 
 years of age, 
 
 ilcnce being at 
 
 n<l in medicine 
 ) receive<l the 
 
 diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843. He conunenced the practice of his pro- 
 fession in his native town ; removed thence to Halifax in 1857, and has been in practice in 
 Ottawa and Toronto. He has long stood high in the medical profession, and was president of 
 the Canadian Medical Association from its formation in 1807 until 1870, when he declined re- 
 election. 
 
 Sir Charles Tupper entered public life in IS.'io, when he was chosen to represent the county 
 of Cumberland in the Nova Scotia Assembly, which he did until the Confederation ; and since 
 that important act has represented the same county in the House of Commons, having been re- 
 elected ten times in his native county, and served that constituency steadily for a quarter of a 
 centurj', making a brilliant record. He was a member of the Executive Council and Pro- 
 vincial Secretary of Nova Scotia, from 1857 to 1800, and from 1803 to June 30, 1807; and 
 prime minister of that Province from ISGli until he retired from oHice with his Government 
 on the Union Act coming into force July 1, 1807. He was a delegate to England on important 
 public business from the Nova Scotia Government in 1858 and 1865, and again from the 
 Dominion Government, respecting the Nova Scotia difficulties, in March, 1808. 
 
 He took a very prominent part in the work preliminaiy to Confederation ; was the leader 
 of the delegation from his Province to the Union Conference at Charlottetown in 1804, to the 
 one held at Quebec the same year, and to the final colonial conference held in London to com- 
 plete the terms of Confederation, 180(!-'07. lie is the author of " A Letter to the Rt Hon. the 
 Earl of Carnarvon," on the union ([uestion, publi.shed in Lomlon in 1800. 
 
 Ik'fore speaking of his public services since the Confederation, and in connection with the 
 Dominion Governn cnt, we will mention a few of the most important nieasuies which the 
 honorable member for Cumberland introduced into and carried through the Legislature of Nova 
 Scotia, they being enumerated in the Ptn'iiinwiifanj Co}»ihiiiit»i : The jury law, the educa- 
 tional Act, providing free schools and assessment ; the e(|uity judge Act ; the Windsor and Aima- 
 l>olis Act ; the bill providing for a quarantine station antl hospital ; the representation bill ; the 
 executive and legislative disaliiliti-^ Act ; the first Act pa.ssed liy any of the Provinces pro- 
 liiliiting dual representation ; an act reduiing the number of members of the Assendily from 
 fifty-five to thirty-eight on entering the union, and an act rcgiirding certain public offices and 
 their salaiies, which act abolished the offici's of financial secretary and solicitor-general, and 
 likewise largely reduced the expenditure for salaries. 
 
 It was Sir Charles Tupper, who, in 1804, moved in that body, the resolution for the union 
 of the Maritime Provinces, under which delegates were sent to the Charlottetown conference 
 already mentioned, and also the resolution authorizing delegates to be sent to London to arrange 
 the terms of the union of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, in ISOO, 
 
 Sir Charles Tupper holds a jjatent of lank and precedence from II u Majetwy, the Queen 
 of England, as an executive councilor of Nova Scotia, and was createtl a civil C.H., bv Her 
 
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 Majesty in 1867. In that year he was offered a seat in the Canadian Cabinet, but declined to 
 accept; and the next year declined the chairmanship of the Intercolonial railway board. 
 
 He was sworn of the Privy Council of the Dominion Government in June, 1870, and was 
 president of that body, from that date until July 1, 1872, when he was transferred to the 
 Inland Revenue Department, where he remained until the 22nd of February, 1873, when he 
 took the portfolio of Minister of Customs. The latter office he resigned with Sir John A. 
 Macdonald and the ministry generally, on the 5th of November, 1873, when the Conservative 
 party went out of power. On its return again to power in the Autumn of 1878, Sir John once 
 more became Premier, and Sir Charles Tupper was appointed Minister of Public Works, and 
 under an Act inti-oduced by him, and passed, dividing that department, became Minister of 
 Railways, a position which he is filling with the highest credit to himself and the country. 
 
 Since Sir Charles Tupper has been a member of the Dominion Parliament, he has made a 
 great number of speeches, all of them showing marked ability and thorough familiarity with 
 the Canadian resources, and wants of Canada. Among the abkst speeches, perhaps, we might 
 mention his gre.it .speech, made in defence of the Canadian Confederation, delivered in the 
 House of Commons of Canada, on the first day of its opening in 18G7 ; his two .speeches on the 
 Canada Pacific railway, made on the 21st of April, 1877, and the lOth and 12th of May, 1870, 
 and his last .speech on the finances of Canada, delivered on the 9th of March, 1880. Any one 
 of these speeches will show his broad grasp of mind, and lui' powers as a debater, as well as his 
 thorough knowledge of every matter on which he speaks. His second railway speech was con- 
 cluded with the following splendid panegyric on the Dominion of Canada : 
 
 " Mr. Tupper said that 10,000 of the best men in Canada were at this moment pouring into the North- West 
 to create a great fertile and prosperous country, and a demand would shortly be fek here for every class of labor 
 that could b'i brought into this co\intry. Ho had stated that the Oovernuiont hud proposed no additional obli- 
 gation, that in those rei^olutions were propounded the means by which those obligations now before us could be 
 met. There was no Canadian wkh a spark of patriotism within his heart who could look without prido at this 
 great Canada of ours, or who co\ild dwell without enthusiasm, upon the fact that here in Canada, washed by the 
 two great oceans, was a country below the arctic circle as groat as Europe, if they took the small countries of Spain 
 and Italy out of it. Wo not only had this magnificent country, but we had itemlowodby nature with all those 
 natural features which were necessary to make a country great and )iroapurou». We had within our country over 
 200,000,000 acres of the most fertile land in the worlil, inhabited by a people who, though only numbering 
 4,(K)0,000 now, were as industrious, as intelligent and a.i enterprising a population ns could be found on the face 
 of the globe. Under these circumstances, what Canadian statismau was there, with tlie responsibility of 
 developing this magnitlcent cuuutry thrown upon his hands, who would not be a traitor to the best interests of 
 his country if ho did not put forward every etl'ort to construct a great n.itioiud highway that was to bo a bond of 
 union from one end of this magnificent country to the other f They ought not to appeal in vain to the honorable 
 gentlemen opposite. Instead of raising an old exploded cry, instead of exciting a single feeling that was 
 calculated to dam.igc their etl'orts, it was their duty, it was the duty of every patriotic Canadian, to unite im this 
 grand (piostion ; and, dill'or as they might upon questions of personal or jmrty politics, on this great cpiestion of 
 a great national highway for C.mada, to which all parties in this country had been committed in the most solemn 
 manner, they sboiild all unite in one steady patriotic effort to bring to consinnmatiou a scheme ou which the un- 
 doubted prosperity %nd rapid progroar jf the country depended." 
 
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 t, but declined to 
 vay board, 
 le, 1870, and wfts 
 ransferred to the 
 r, 1873, wlien he 
 kith Sir John A, 
 the Conservative 
 78, Sir John once 
 ublic Works, and 
 came Minister of 
 the country. 
 lit, ho has made a 
 1 familiarity with 
 )erhaps, we might 
 , delivered in the 
 speeches on the 
 !th of May, 1879, 
 I, 1880. Any one 
 iter, as well as his 
 J speech was con- 
 
 into tho North-West 
 
 every class of labur 
 
 nu additional obli- 
 
 before us could be 
 
 itliDUt pride at this 
 
 nada, washed by the 
 
 11 countries of Spain 
 
 iture with all those 
 
 lin our country over 
 
 gh only numbering 
 
 e found on tho face 
 
 lie responsibility of 
 
 lie best interests of 
 
 was to be a bond of 
 
 lin to the honorable 
 
 lo feeling that was 
 
 an, to unite on this 
 
 lis groat ipiestion of 
 
 in the most solemn 
 
 10 on which tho un- 
 
 The speech of Sir Charles Tupper on tlie finance question is a very able vindication of the 
 protective policy of the Liberal Consei-vative I'arty, now in power — a speech second in ability 
 to none which we heard while the debate on the Budget sjieech of Sir Samuel L. Tiliey was in 
 j)rogi'e88. 
 
 He is greatly interested in the cause of education, and since 1862 has been a governor of 
 Dalhousie College, Halifax, an appointment made by Act of Parliament. 
 
 In 1846 he married Miss Frances Moi-se, of Amherst, and they have four children living, 
 and have lost two. Emma, the only daughter, is the wife of Major Donald R. Cameron, C.M.O., 
 of the Royal Artillery, now in command of a Field Battery in Ireland ; James Stewart is a 
 barrister in Toronto ; Charles Hibbert is a barrister at Halifax, and William Johnston is a 
 student in Upper Canada College, Toronto. 
 
 LIEUT.-COL. ARTHUE T. H. WILLIAMS, M.P., 
 
 rORT HOPE. 
 
 ARTHUR TREFUSIS HENEAGE WILLIAMS, member of the House of Commons for 
 East Durham, was born in Port Hope, Ontario, June 13, 1837. His father was John 
 Tucker Williams, who, when a j'oung man, was an officer in tho navy ; came out from England 
 during the war of 1S12-'15 ; had comman<l of a vessel on the lakes during that contest ; after- 
 wards located in Cobourg, going thence to Rico Lake, ami finally settled in Port Hope retiring 
 on half pay. He commanded the Durham regiment during the rebellion of 1<S3T '38 , repre- 
 sented the county of Durham in the Parliament after the union of Upper and Lower Canada, 
 and when the territory of the county included what is now divided into two or three counties ; 
 was the first mayor of Port Hope, and was thoroughly identified witli local and provincial in- 
 terests, especially in agricultural matters. At the time of the great " Corn Law " agitation he 
 was sent to England to represent tlie agricultural interests of Canada. 
 
 The writer of this sketch knew Mr. JohiiT. Williams as early as 1844', Avhen he was in his 
 prime. He was an admirable specimen of the " fine old English gentleman," and his boautiftd 
 home, " Penryn Park," pdjoining the corporation of Port Hope, on the west, was greatly ad- 
 mired by all visitors at that town. He died in \%'A, greatly lamented by friends uU over 
 Canada. 
 
 His wife was Samh, datighter of Thomas Ward, of Port Hope, many years ago judge of 
 the Surrogate Court and registrar of the county of Diuham ; and he had by her seven child- 
 ren, five of them still living. The subject of this sketch, the eldest son, was educated at Upper 
 Canada College, Toronto, and tho University of Edinburgh, Scotlaml. He Is one of the most 
 public-spirited men in the county, and a leader in more than one Imiiortant local enti'ii^rise ; 
 
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 was at one time chairman of the harbor board, and a director of the Midland railway ; is presi- 
 dent of the Midland Loan Company, and of the Central Agiicultural Association, which in- 
 cludes four counties, and is doing mucli to further the interests of the farming community, in 
 his section of the Province. 
 
 He is Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4Cth Esist Durham battalion, active militia, said to be one 
 of the best rural regiments in Canada; and has just been appointed commander of the Canada 
 Rifle Team for the Wimbledon competition for the present year* — an honor unsought, and we 
 venture to say, unexpected, yet well merited. 
 
 The Colonel is a strong politician of the Liberal Conservative class, and has been in some 
 legislative body nearly all the time since the establishment of the Confederation in 18G7. That 
 year he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and represented the constituency of 
 East Durham two terms; and in September, 1878, was elected to the Dominion Parliament. 
 He pays strict attention to his pai'liamentary duties ; is very unassuming, yet social and cordial, 
 and one of the most popular men of the younger class in the House of Commons. 
 
 Col. Williams is a member of the Church of England, and has frequently been a delegate 
 to the Synod of the diocese of Toronto. His wife is Emily, daughter of Hon. Benjamin Sey^ 
 mour, senator, of Port Hope. They were married in 1851), and have five children. 
 
 THOMAS KIRKPATEICK, (^).C., 
 
 KINGSTON. 
 A MONG the early settlers in what is now the Province of Ontario, few men in a semi- 
 
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 public capacity have filled a more honorable place that the subject of this brief sketch. 
 
 Upper Canada was still a country in its infancy, when, as a youth of 17 years, in 1822, Thomas 
 Kirkpatrick made his home in Kingston. 
 
 He was born in the parish of Castleknock, in the county of Dublin, and was led to think 
 of Canada as a field in which to seek his fortune, by the fact that a connection of his own was 
 already there in the service of the King. On his arrival, he entered upon the study of law 
 under Christopher Hagerman, Esi^. Kingston wasat that time the chief town of Upper Canaila, 
 though not the seat of Government. On the appointment of Mr. Hagerman to a provincial 
 judgeship, Mr. Kirkpatrick naturally succeeded liim in his professional position, and (juickly 
 won, by a faithful discharge of bis duties and by strict integrity, that place in the connnunity 
 which he retained until his death. 
 
 Various municipal and provincial offices, from time to time, were conferred upon him by 
 his fellow-townsmen and by the Government of the day. He diil not, however, take any 
 place in the public councils of his country, until the erection of the Dominion of Canada in 
 
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 18G7, when he was elected member for tlie county of Frontonac in the first Parliament. Here 
 he faithfully fulfilled his duties, but only lived for three years after his entrance upon political 
 life, dying in his 65th year, in March, 1870. His name will be long remembered in Kingston 
 as that of an upright man, A country can have but few leaders ; quite as necessary for its 
 welfare are the class of influential private citizens, of whom Thomas Kirkpatrick was admitted- 
 ly one of the most worthy. 
 
 GEORGE A. KIRKPATRICK, M.P., 
 
 KINGSTON. 
 
 AMONG the sons of Thomas Kirkpatrick, a brief sketch of whom we have given in another 
 article, George Airey, his fourth son, succeeded him in his position as member for 
 Frontenac in the House of Commons. He was born in Kingston, in 1841, and was educated at 
 Trinity College, Dublin, tiiking his degree in 18G1. On his return to Canada, in the same year, 
 he entered on the study of law with his father, and by his diligence and urbanity of manner 
 ([uickly gained throughout the comniunity a host of friends. His connection with the volunteer 
 regiment of Frontenac, as well as his professional duties, brought him much before the sturdy 
 yeomen of that electoral division, and pointed liim out as a suitable candidate for its represen- 
 tation in Parliament, on the death of his father in 1870. On that occasion, as well as on several 
 sub,«cquent elections, he carried the county with large majorities, and has, by his diligent atten- 
 tion to his duties, already earned for himself the reputation of a useful legislator, before whom, 
 probably, lie opportunities for serving liis native country. 
 
 Mr. Kirkpatrick married in 18C3, the daughter of the late Hon. John Macaulay. He was, 
 however, deprived of her, by her early death in January, 1877. Mr. Kirkpatrick alreaily has 
 taken in King.ston, the place long held by his fatlier. He can wish no better example of fidelity 
 to his duties than that left to him by liim whom he has thus succeeded. 
 
 TALKNEU 0. STEWART, 
 
 OHANGKMI.LK. 
 
 Tj^ALKNER CORNWALL STKWAUT, one of the leading nu>rchants of Orangeville, and 
 -*- wardon of the county of Duflerin, is a native of the county <>f Monaghan, Ireland, his 
 birtli bearing date Atigust 21, 1833. His parents, Robert Cornwall ami Ann (McVittie) 
 Stewart, left the old country when he was si.\ months old, and .settled at Hawkestone, on lake 
 Simcoe, in the county of Sinicoe. 
 
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 THE CANADIAN BlOORAPBlCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 Our subject was educated in the grammar school at Barrie, where he clerked a while in a 
 general store, afterwards holding a like situation in a store in Toronto. 
 
 In 1853, Mr. Stewart commenced the mercantile business for himself at Cookstown, in the 
 county of Simcoe, removing from that place, and settling in Orangeville, in 1859. Here he 
 has a genernl store, and in that line usually does from S20,0()0 to S25,000 of trade a year. He 
 also deals in grain and produce, his business in the aggregate being quite extensive. 
 
 Mr. Stewart started in life with no capital but a sound constitution, a willingness to work, 
 and a desire to accumulate by honest means ; he has been prudent in managing his affairs, 
 economical in his habits, and hence successful in liis ventuivs generally. He is the largest 
 dealer, in his line of business, of any man now here and no on»; has a better financial standing. 
 
 Mr. Stewart was in the township council one year ; was the first reeve of the village of 
 Orangeville, serving at different periods for five or six years, and was warden in 1879, holding 
 the latter oflice at the time of the i)reparation of this sketch. He is Vice-President of a local 
 Building society. In politics he is a pronounced Conservative, and is Vice-President of the 
 Conservative Association for the county of Dufferin. 
 
 Mr. Stewart was reared in the English church, is a communicant in the same, and has 
 held the office of warden of St. Marks, Orangeville. His success in life is the natural result 
 of his own persevering energy, indomitable courage, and genuine worth. 
 
 His wife was Esther Olive Rutledge, daughter of Henry Rutledge, an early settler in 
 Streetsville, county of Peel, They were joined in wedlock in 1800, and have six children 
 living, and have lost one daughter. 
 
 THOMAS WILLIAMS, 
 
 .Sr. THOMAS. 
 
 "TT^EW men now living are more worthy of a place in this book, as a pioneer in Elgin county 
 -'- and a self-made man, whose self-reliance, perseverance and industry in life made him 
 successful, than Thomas Williams. He was born in Manchester, Eng., April 5, 1803. His father, 
 a silk manufacturer, was Richard Williams, and the maiden name of his mother was Mary Rice. 
 The latter died at the great ago of ninety-three, and then from the effects of an accident, and 
 the former lived to be seventy-eight. In 1810, the family left the old country, and came to 
 New York, where they lived until the spring of 1817, when, Mr. Williams wishing his four sons 
 to obtain lands in British possessions, they removed to Upper Canada. June 7th, they reached 
 Southwold, near the Dunwich town line, and not far from the home of Col. Talbot, with whom 
 our subject was well aciiuainted. The country was a wilderness at that time, and none of the 
 family knew anything about farming ; but Mr. Williams was a man of n''?ans, energy and intel- 
 
! cloiked a while in a 
 
 at Cookstown, in the 
 'i, in 1859. Here lie 
 )f trade a year. He 
 xtensive. 
 
 willingness to work, 
 lanaging liis affairs, 
 He is the largest 
 r financial standin<r. 
 ve of the village of 
 len in 1879, holding 
 President of a local 
 ice-President of the 
 
 the same, and has 
 the natural result 
 
 an early settler in 
 have six children 
 
 % 
 
 i-^i 
 
 ■lit 
 
 er in Elgin county 
 in life made him 
 1803. His father, 
 er was Mary Rice, 
 f an accident, and 
 "try, and came to 
 liing his four sons 
 7th, they reached 
 ilbot, with wiioni 
 , and none of the 
 energy and intel- 
 
 r-^.. 
 
 ■N, \\ 
 
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 TJIK CAHADlAh' niOQKAVaiCAl VlCTtoyAnY. 
 
 ' Out subji^ct wa* eiliKMitinl in tlu' gTaniinar sclic'i at llanio. whon- he cK^iketl a whili? in a 
 fjenemJ ^•toro, aftorwHiU hul'linga like situation in n store in ToruiiKi. 
 
 Ill IS.i.'l.Mr. Hitfwart couiniencfii tin- nKirantili' busincsti for liiuisolf at t'i>ikbt<.)\vn, in the 
 county of SinK"AH\ iiiuuviii^f JVoni that place, and seitling in Oranj^vvilh.', in \HT^'^. H< iv lie 
 has a iicnoral .-ifn-. ami in thai line u.siuiUy Uvms from i:<20,0()0 U, .'525.000 of tra.ir a j oar. Ho 
 ai.so Jeals in grain \u\ pntduce, liis ba^^ine.^-t in the nj;gre;.jate being quite exti.-usive. 
 
 Mr. Stewart starie<l in life witli no cnijital but a soun'l ctm.'^titution, a willingness to work, 
 and a i1e,sire tj> accuiuulat** by lione.sL means, he h.i.« been pvuilent in managing; his affairs, 
 economical in Ins habits, and licnce 8Ucoes;..tiil in hi.s venture.-" generally, lie is the large-it 
 dealer, in his line of liusincss. of nnv man now Immv aixl le. lOie ha^ a bi tter tiiwneiai standing 
 
 M;. Stewart wa.s in tlie township council one year: wai the first reeve of the villnge of 
 Oi-angoille, serving at differ n' ' ,>.. rM >*b.s ward-n in 1S7S<, holding 
 
 the latter ofKe.i at tl. v'u He i^ Vie-' I're.sident of a local 
 
 Building so«-:t'iv In \y >. . .. ;- I. .(V.ii-. I . itfcrvatjvr, and w Vio' Fre.^ident of the 
 'v on.Mfi \ aUv*' .A^s-xiatn.n for tin count y of Dafforia 
 
 W» !4tt'\vart was Cleared in the Kugiish church, w a eonjiuunieant. ni ih-^ same and ha* 
 In id iJic v)rtice of wanien of iSt. Maik<, Ofiingeville. His snteeas m life i^ the natural rtsult 
 ufhis own persevering energy, indoniitable courage, and genuine worth. 
 
 His wife w:i.- Kvth 1 Oliw llntledge, daughter of Ibnry KutKdge. :ui enrly setilvr in 
 8treeL''ville, county of Peel, They were joined in wedlock in isrn, imd have sis ehiKbcn 
 living, and I'vi- lost one dauijhter. 
 
 TlI():NrAS ^VIIMAATJS, 
 
 ^r. rii(i.VM^\ 
 
 1 
 
 I^EW men now living are nvn'r worthy of « plaef in ihis book, as a pioneer in El^in county 
 
 and a jieb'-ma'i" man, wietee :Mdf-.ii-,.inee, perseverance and industry i" lifi made bin 
 successful, ti;. in 'rhoiiifct N^ (HiRi'W. He wrt»i born in .Manchester, ling., .\pril 5, Xi^O'A, His i':itht^r. 
 a silk inanufiietiircr, v*.^.- Ki. iini'l Wt'tiiamin. and the maiden name of his mother was Mary Uiee. 
 Die hater ilie<l at the giv^it np' 'f ninety ihrei', and tlie.n fr >m thf eifeets of an aeeident, uni 
 the foi iM.->r livc'l to be s.venty-eigbt. la ISliJ, th-- fandly h ft tlie old country, are! efttne to 
 New York, where tlipy livi-d until the spiing of 1817, when, Mr. WilliniiH wishing his four j<on> 
 to obtain liinds li: Uilti-ili possessions, they reinovi'd t^» t/p|>er (,'jiriada. .iiine 7lh, they reaohetl 
 Soiithwold. near the Dnnwieh li>iiv n line, and not far from the home ■>( Col. Tall)ol, with whom 
 our subj'ct was well ac(iuaiiiteil. The country was a wildenies.s at that time, and none of tin- 
 family know Hn> thing about farming , but Mr. Wiiliunis \^a^ a man of moans, energy and intel- 
 
ikoil a wKiU III h 
 
 ''H.kaUiwii, in llu' 
 ls-;>. Fi,!,. 1„. 
 
 ■>iii' a ;i oaf. Hi- 
 
 nsivi'. 
 ingiuss to work, 
 
 igi.iL,' lii.s affairs, 
 
 ii- is tiic largc'it 
 ixiiciai staiidiuj', 
 of the villiigi' of 
 in 1870, lioliiiiij^' 
 
 ■sidciit ol' a local 
 Pi. si.li'iU of tie 
 
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 licence — one wlio could probably have done K-tter el.sowhero for hinisolf, but who whrowdiy 
 foresaw the advantages to be derived in the future, and for the sake of his sons he preferred the 
 log-house and 200 acres of wild lands. He taught thoni that stability of character, peisistent 
 cftbrt, economy and honesty were the necessities of a successful career. Our subject had received 
 a limited elonientary education before leaving England, and with that he had to be content as 
 far as schooling was concerned. But oven had there been schools in the neighborhood of their 
 new home, he would have had little time to attend, for a large share of the work incidental to 
 clearing and improving the liomestead devolved upon him. When twenty-one years old lie left 
 home and cleared a farm for himself, about ten miles from where St. Thomas now stands. Here 
 he made his home, and successfully prosecuted the business of fanning until 18G0, when he 
 retired with a handsome competence, and has since lived in Port Stanley, and latterly in St. 
 Thomas. Here he has done much for the improvement of the place ; was the original owner 
 of the Canada Southern Park, which he laid out and planted with trees, and which is now an 
 ornament to the city. 
 
 If space would permit it would be interesting to give some of the personal reminiscences of 
 Mr. Williams. His fund of experiences, as well as observations, are extensive, and he is a very 
 entertaining converser, especially on tlie subject of the early settlers. Possessing a remarkable 
 memory he can give the entire histoiy, almost of nearly all the pioneers with whom lie was 
 acipiainted. A few of the incidents which serve to illustrate the privations endured by those 
 who made their homes in Western Canada more than sixty years ago, which were observed and 
 often participated in by our subject, may proj)erly leceive brief mentii-n. Such hardships as 
 men being without boots all winter were not unknown ; of going all the way to Long I'oint for 
 flour ; of paying, in work, ten dollars for an axe ; of a family having to cut their wheat croj) — 
 about an acre — with table knives, sharpened for the purpose, when the one sickle of the neigh- 
 borhood could not be borrowed ; of settlei-s traveling sixty miles to Long Point on foot to serve 
 as jurymen ; and the roads were so bail that it once took Mr. Willian\s from daylight till dusk to 
 travel eight miles, while teaming jnovisions to the first settlors of Aldboro'. As we have said, 
 he wa.s well aeijuainted with Col. Talbot, and in speaking of that celebrated pioneer says : — 
 " He was a middle sized man, stoutly built, but not corpulent. His manner was stern and pene- 
 trating, and his firat words to anyone who went to him always were, 'Wiiat do you want?' His 
 questions were invariably brief, and he would have brief answers in return, and to the point. 
 He was not the tyrant he is sometimes represented to have beijn. Though naturally brusque, and 
 having no sympathy for lazy, thriftless |)eople,yet he was a true and sterling friend to all indus- 
 trious men." 
 
 Mr. Williams has always Injcn a thoroughly practical man, of decided conviction and a will 
 strong enough to adhere firndy and unehangeal)ly to what he considered right. At the age of 
 twentyone he was a constable, and to fill that position satisfactorily at that time required 
 
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 rauch strength of clmrncter. Later lie was a Captain of volunteers, and in 1851) was appointed 
 magistrate. 
 
 Our subject was first married Oct. 18, 1825, to Martha White, who, dying, nineteen months 
 therea" '»ft one child, a daughter. Mr. Williams Avas married the second time Oct. 20, 1829, 
 to Ma ..sh, who died in March 1875, leaving ten children. His eleven children wore all well 
 educated, and carefully brought up to become iiseful men and women. His present wife is 
 Charlotte Ryall, of St. Thomas, married June 30, 1877. 
 
 "VERY REV. JOSEPH II. TABARET, D.D., 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 ^TERY REV. JOSEPH HENRY TABARET, president of the Ottawa College, and a mem- 
 ber of the Congregation of Oblates of Mary Imnmeulatc, is a native of the Department 
 of L'Isdre, France, and wa-s born on the lOth of April, 1S2S, his parents being Antony and 
 Adele ' "'vt) Tnbaret, His religious and missionary training began in the Novitiate of Notre 
 Dam 'Osier, a miraculous sanctuary and pilgrimage of Our Laily in the Department of 
 
 L'I8^re, ..^o far from his native plaee ; and Wiis completed in the schola-'tiu house of the Con- 
 gregation at Mai-seilles. 
 
 In the Autumn of 1850 our subject came to Canada, spending, at first, a few months with 
 the Right Rev. Joseph E. Ouigues, Bishop of Ottawa. He then gave two years to mission work 
 in the diocese of Ottawa, and in September, 1853, was placed at the head of the Ottawa College. 
 That responsible position he has held from that date, with the exception of two years^lSGU- 
 18()7 — when he was absent from the eity, being Provincial of the Oblate Fathers, and visiting 
 the many establishments in Canada and the United States. In February, 1854, he was nomi- 
 nated by his Excellency, the Ailministrator of Governmenl, to be a member of the Senate of 
 the University of Toronto. 
 
 His approved prudence, capacity, and integrity reconunending him as well qualified for the 
 oflice of Vicar-General of the diocese, he was in June of 1802 promoted to that dignity, by the 
 Riglit Rev. Bishop Guigues. 
 
 The year 1800 formed an era in the history of the College of Ottawa. Having been in- 
 corporated by Act of Parliament in 1849, it now received its University charter, conferred by 
 the unanimous voice of the Federal Legislature. Li virtue of this charter, the University 
 College has the right to elect a member of the Council of Public Instruction for Ontario. It 
 confers the degrees of " Bachelor of Arts," and " Mastei- of Arts." 
 
 Under the able management of Dr. Tabaret, the college has acquired a foremost place among 
 the etlucational institutions of the Dominion. In the year 1874, he introduced a new programme 
 
TUB CAN AD IAS HIOGRAI'UWAL VIcrWSAIiY. 
 
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 of atiuIiuH of a liighor order and more comprt'lionsive rango than tliat previously followed ; and 
 at tlio Httnie time lio inaugurated the Univereity method of tenehing liy lectures. He has lately 
 enlarged the laboratory and pliysical eahinet of the College, [ami furnished them with the 
 necessary apparatus. In the elegantly furnished nuiseuni the visitor will find nnich to gratify 
 his curiosity. 
 
 In audience of His Holiness, Leo XFII, in January, 187!), the llight Kev. J, J. Duhamel, 
 liishop of Ottawa, submitted the programme of studies to the Holy Father, who approved of 
 and blessetl it, and as a mark of his ajjpreciation of the valuable services renden-d to the cause 
 of etlucation by the president of the College, delegated his lordship to confer upon him the 
 exalted title and privilege of Doctor of Divinity. His Kirdship fullilled this pleasing duty in 
 the presence of several hundred .students and alumni of the College on the IJHh of June, 187!l. 
 
 It is almost supertluous to .say that, under the ethcient management of Dr. Tabaret, the 
 College is very flourishing. It has students from all parts of the United States, a.s well as 
 Canada, and its popularity is well known in Euro]>e. 
 
 0ELA:ND0 S. S'lllANCJE, M.U., 
 
 KISGSTUX. 
 
 ORLANDO SAMPSON STRANGE, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of King- 
 ston, and a native of this city, was born Juno 13, 1<S2(>, his father lieing John Strange, 
 of Glasgow, Scotland, and for several years a merchant at Kingston. His mother wa.s Mary 
 McGill, who was born in Albany, N. Y., and was of Scotch descent. 
 
 The subject of this sketch supplemented a grannnar .school course of education with two 
 years at Queen's College; studied n\edieine with Dr. James Sampson, of Kingston; attended 
 leitures at the University of New York, in 1847-1H4'!), and there received the degree of M.D., 
 in March of the latter year. The next year Dr. Strange openeil an ofHcc in this city, and has 
 been here in steady practice for thirty years, soon Imilding tip a remunerative practice, and an 
 excellent icputation for skill. 
 
 Dr. Strange was surgeon to the General Hospital in 18.')4,and again in 1«G0; was surg" on 
 to A Battery from 1871 to 187 !•, from which position he was removed on account of bis poli- 
 tics; was alderman from 1852 to 18,51.; mayor in 18r)9 and 1800, and previously ha<i been 
 chairman of the school board for two oi- three years. Considering the demands jf his p;"o- 
 fession, the Doctor has been liberal in the bestowment of time to municipal and other local 
 matters. His interests are thoroughly identified with tho.se of his native ( !y, and no man 
 takes more pride in its growth and prosperity. He was a member of the medicid council of 
 the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario from 1872 to 1875, and is one of the gov- 
 
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 ernors of tho Kingston General Hospital. In politics he is a Conservative, but allows nothing 
 to interfere with his medical studies and practice. His religious connection is with the St , 
 Andrew's Presbyterian church. 
 
 June 13, 184!), Miss Emily Maclean, daughter of Neil Maclean, was united in marriage 
 with Dr. Strange, and is the mother of eight children, six of whom are yet living. Emily 
 McGill, the eldest daughter, is the wife of Rev. Carney Jones, of Arnprior, Renfrew county, 
 Ont. ; the others are single. 
 
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 JAMES M. WALLACE, M.D., 
 
 HAMILTON. 
 
 "TAR. JAMES MACLAREN WALLACE, medical superintendent of the Hamilton Insane 
 -'--' Asylum, was born February 5, 1837, at Kirkintill-jch, a place situated about six miles 
 from Glasgow, Scotland. 
 
 Ho is a son of Robert Wallace, a merchant and manufactuier, and Margaret nSe MacLaren. 
 His primary education was derived from the parish school in his native place, afterwards at- 
 tending the grammar school, in Glasgow, passing thence to the University, wherf after passing 
 a course of medical study ho took the <liploma in 18.59. Very soon thereafter tho Dr. left 
 Scotland, and spent about a year in practice in the north of England. 
 
 In 18G1, he bade the old country farewell and made Canada his home, settling in Sponcer- 
 ville, Grenville county, Ontario. Here he rapidly acquired a large practice, and soon had the 
 lield all to himself. To show how (juickly ho came into favor, it is only necessary to mention 
 the fact that when he settled in Spencerville, he found throe physicians already in practice, 
 but within the lirst six months ont» of them left, and within tho year tho other two followeil 
 his oxamplo, leaving Dr. Wallace to do tlie work of all three. Young, strong and capable of 
 enduring great fatigue, ho continued his arduous duties for about fifteen years, establishing a 
 rejtutation second to none in tliat part of the Province for ability. He took the degree of M.D. 
 at the University of Trinity College, Toronto, in 1873. 
 
 In 187(5, when the asj-lum for idiots was opened at Oriilia, Ontario, Dr. Wallace was ap- 
 pointed medical superintendent by the Government. As it would afford him more time for 
 reading and study, as well as a desirable respite from over-work, ho accepted the office and at 
 once set to work to organize the institution into good working onler. He remained in Oriilia 
 but little more than seven month.s, owing to the death of Dr. Lander, superintendent of tho Lon- 
 don A.sylum, in 1877. This event, through the .system of promotion ob.servcd in the govern- 
 ment of those institutions, took Dr. Buoke fi'om Hamilton to London, and Dr. Wallace from 
 Oriilia to Hamilton, whore he has since renuvined. The asylum which he has in charge is u 
 
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 lenfrew county, 
 
 Hamilton Insane 
 I about six miles 
 
 et nSe MacLaren. 
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 tling in Spencer- 
 
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 ady in practice, 
 
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 largo, finely built s*nicture, beautifully situated on top of the mountain over-looking the city 
 of Hamilton and Burlington Bay. It was originally intended as an asylum for inebriates, but 
 after the advent of Dr. Wallace, it was enlarged to accommodate over 500 patients, and placed 
 on the same footing as the insane asylums at Kingston, Toronto and London, drawing Hs in- 
 mates from ten counties, the same as each of the others. There arc now in the institution over 
 400 patients. Dr. Wallace, previous to his appointment, never made any specialty of the study 
 of insanity, but since his connection with the asj'lums, he has been a hard student of all pliascs 
 of that dread disease, sparing no pains or trouble to improve his ability, if possible, for the 
 responsible duties of his office. He is very fond of reading and is an occasional contributor to 
 medical periodicals. 
 
 In political and religious views the Doctor is respectively, a Reformer and a Presbyterian. 
 
 Dr. Wallace was married in 18.59, at Glasgow, Scotland, to Jane Agnes, daughter of Richard 
 Craig, of Newcastle on Tyne, England, by whom he has six children living. 
 
 The Doctor is a man who does not look his age, though that i ; only forty -three, by 
 several j'cars, and is the jiossessor of a remarkable constitution, never having been sick an hour 
 in his life. 
 
 HON. DAYID CHRISTIE, 
 
 PARIS. 
 
 SENATOR CHRISTIE, son of Robert (Jliristie, of tlie Cluisties uf Dun.', Fif.'sliire, Scotland, 
 was born in Edinburgh, in October, 1818. His mother was Jean McGeorgo, daughter of 
 Rev. William McGeorge, minister Iff Mid-Calder, near Edinburgh, and granddaugliter of Rev. 
 John Hepburn, mentioned in Scotch church history. He was educated in the high seliool, 
 Edinburgh ; came to Canada in lK\i), with his fatlni', and after living twent\'-tive years in 
 South Dumfries, removed to the townshi[) of lirantfonl, liaving been long engaged extensively 
 in farming and stock-raising. He has been a member of the Board of Agriculture and of the 
 Council of the Agricultural As.sociation since its formation, thirty years ago; is chairiiianof the 
 Commission of Ontario School of Agncultnro ; president of the American Short-horn Breeders' 
 Association, and was man)' years ago pri'sident of the Agricultural Association of Upper Canaila. 
 He is one of the best known agriculturists and cattle-breeders in the Province. 
 
 Mr. Christie sat for many years in the senate of the Vu\\ i-sity of Toronto, and was vice- 
 Iiresident of the constitutional reform association, Toionto, in l.Sj',). He sat for Wentworth in 
 the Canadian Parliament from IS.M to 1 8.5+, and for East Brant from 18.5.5 to 18.58, when he 
 resigned, and was elected to the Erie division, L. C, wliiili he represented until the unitm in 
 1807, being called to the senate l>y royal proclamation, in May of that year. Senator Christie 
 
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 was sworn of the privy council November 7, 1873, and was secretary of state from that date 
 until njipointed speaker of the senate January 9, 1S74. During the illness of Lieut.-Governor 
 Crawford, he was appointed administrator of the government of Ontario, May, 1875, but was 
 not sworn in on account of the death of that officer. 
 
 He is a member of the Presbyteiian clniruh, and a high-toned christian gentleman. 
 
 IIOJs\ WILLIAM II. MEREITT, 
 
 ST. CATIIABINES. 
 
 A BIOGRAPHY of William Hamilton Merritt, of more than four hundred pages, has been 
 -^^ published by his eldest son living, J. P. Merritt; therefore wo propose to give only a 
 brief sketch of his life in tliis work — briefer than would otherwise seem to answer our purpose. 
 His father, Thomas Merritt, a Loyalist of the revolutionary time, and a cornet in the regiment 
 known as Simcoe's " Queen's Rangers," married Mnry Hamilton, of South Carolina, left tho 
 United States with other Royalists for New Brunswick in 1783 ; removed to Canada in 
 1703, and it was while on this journe}' that our subject was born in the State of New York, 
 on the 3rd of July 1793. The family .settled on the Twelve-mile Creek, in (he ohl Nia- 
 gara District. Here the boy, then three years old, grew to manhood, and made his historj'. 
 He commenced his education under Mr. Cockerell, at Burlington, now Hamilton, continuing his 
 studies at Niagara, and received a slight classical \ ilisliiug at the hands of Rev. John Burns. 
 At fifteen years of age ho visited St. John, N. B., where he had relatives, and where he studied 
 surveying, algebra, trigonometry and other useful branches. 
 
 In June, bSl2, when the United States deciared war against Gieat Britain, he immediately 
 drew his sword, having just received a Lieutenant's conuiiission. Three months later he was a 
 Major; and, at the battle of Queenston Heights, October 13, 1812, holding the position of com- 
 mandi'r of militia cavalry of Upper Canada, he was ileputed by Gen. Shcafe to receive the 
 swords iif the American otheers capture(l. He was in other engagements, including those at 
 Stony Creek and Lundy's Lane, and during the latter engagement was taken prisoner. 
 
 At the close of tlie war Mr. Merritt returned to St. Cathaiines; went into the conuncrcial 
 traile in company with another man, and contiuucil in trade until 1819. 
 
 In 1818 he ha<l a survey made of the laud from the south branch of the Twelve-mile 
 ( 'reek, now Ailanl)urgli,due south two miles to the Chippawa, in order to see if it was feasible 
 to siijipl}' his mill by means of a canal with a full supply nf water from the latter stream. This 
 apjiarently trifling undertaking, finally suggested to Mi'. Merritt the more gigantic enterprise of 
 connecting flie wati-rs of Liki- Krie and l^ake Ontario, by means of a canal, This grand idea — 
 the Welland eimal, which he conceived, was eounncnccd iu November, 182+, ami completed in 
 
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 November, 1829. It was the pioneer enterprise of the kind in Upper Canada. But Mr. Merritt's 
 spirit was indomitable ; he liad noble coadjutors in the work, audit was done, giving Mr. Merritt 
 a red-letter page of unsurpassed brilliancy in the history if Cimadian enterprise. 
 
 In 1832 Mr. Merritt was elected to parliament for Haluimaiid; was placed on the finance 
 connnittee, and served several years in that body, becoming chairman of the committee just men- 
 tioned in Januaiy, 1838. As a legislator he looked well to the interests of the Welland canal ; 
 was a strong advocate of internal improvements generally ; took broad and statesman-like views 
 of all subjects coming up for consideration, ami was one of the most industrious and u.seful 
 members of parliament. lie was a strong advocate of tlie union of Upper Canada and Lower 
 Canada, a measure which was effected in 18 H, 
 
 During the period of his legislative career, the rebellion occurred (1837-'3S) but Mr. Merritt 
 entered into none of the military projeedings, designating the attemjjt at revolution as the 
 " Monkey War." 
 
 In 1840, Mr. Merritt, who had long been a director of the Welland canal, was again elected 
 president of the company, and continued to work with the utmost diligence for its interests 
 He was rightly regarded an the father of that grand public work, lit; favored the building of 
 the Welland railway, which now runs along beside the canal, knowing that both would aid in 
 the development of the country. He took a liberal and comprehensive view of all such matters, 
 and labored untiringly to promote the welfare of Canada until his ileatli, which occurreil on the 
 5th of July,18C2. 
 
 Thomas Rodman Merritt, tlic youngest of the three sons who grew to manhood, was edu- 
 cated at Grantham academy and Up[)er Canada college; was a mcrehant at St. Catharines from 
 18-t4 to 184G ; a miller for the next twenty-three years; a director of the Niagara District 
 bank for more than twenty years ; a member of the Douiinion parliament from l.SGS to IfS74 ; 
 and is now managing director of the Welland railway, viee-piesident of the Imperial Bank, 
 and president of two or three local corporations or societies. " Rodman Hall," his home, is one 
 of the most elegant residences in the Niagara peninsula. 
 
 tiio:mas oijver, m.p., 
 
 woonsrocK. 
 
 ri'THOMAS OLIVER, who represents North ().\l'ord in the Dominion Parliament, is a native 
 of Sutherlandshire, Scotland, the .si m of Thomas Oliver, senior, whose calling was that 
 of a .shepherd, and Janet vfe Walkur, and was born in March, 1821. He was educati'd in jiai t 
 in a parish school, and with adilitionid private study fitted himself for an instructor. After 
 teaching a parish school two years in his native county, he came to Canada in 1840, and located 
 
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 TBS CANADIAN! BtOORAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 in the township of Zona, now West Zorra, county of Oxford. There he taught school three or 
 four years ; then settled in Woodstock ; sold goods twelve years for W. C. McLeod, general 
 dealer, and subsequently was in the dry goods business for himself for eight years, when he 
 sold out. Since that time he has speculated a little now and then, but being in comfortable 
 circumstances, is inclined to moderation in his labors. 
 
 Many years ago Mr. Oliver held the offices of school trustee, councilman and reeve, and 
 was warden in 18G6. In the same year he was elected to parliament, to fill a vacancy caused 
 by the death of Hope Mackenzie, brother of the late premier, and was re-elected at the general 
 elections in 1867, 1872, 1874, and 1878. His constituency is strongly Reform, and backs him 
 up at each election by more than the full vote of his political confreres. 
 
 The religious tenets of Air. Oliver are Presbyterian, he having long been connected with 
 that church. He married Miss M. C. Clark, of East Oxford, on the 29th of September, 1857, 
 and they have one son and two daughters. 
 
 ? I I 
 
 JAIVIES COOPER, 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 ONE of the leading manufacturers in the Dominion— a self-made man in the fullest sense 
 of the term— a man of the people, and one held in the highest esteem by those who 
 know him. is the subject of this sketch, senior member of the firm of Messrs. Cooper and Smith, 
 wholesale boot and shoe manufacturers. Mr. Cooper is a native of Gainsboro,' Lincolnshire, 
 England, where he was born in 1828, the thirteenth of a family of fifteen children of whom 
 twelve are still living. 
 
 He received but a limited education, such n.s was attainable forty years ago in the mother 
 country, by children of people in ordinary circumstances, and at an early age was apprenticed 
 to learn the .shoemaking trade. Not satisfied with home prospects, he, in 18-t7, emigrated to 
 Canada, and is the only one of the family who ever cros.sed the Atlantic with the single 
 exception of a younger brother who came on a visit a few years ago. When he landed in this 
 country his worldly possessions were only sufficient to meet his immediate wants, but he was 
 endowed with a wonderful amount of energy, courage, and pei-severance, and these traits of 
 character, added to his knowledge ot the shoemaking business, laid the foundation of his suctess 
 as one of the foremost business men of Canada. 
 
 After working for a short time in Quebec ho removed to Toronto, where his home has 
 since been. For several years after his arrival in Toronto, he worked at his trade as a journey- 
 man until having by close industry accumulated sufficient capital he was enabled to engage in 
 the retail business. But this occupation not being suited to his active temperament he, in 18G0, 
 
ught school three or 
 C. McLeod, general 
 M years, when he 
 Jing in comfortable 
 
 lan and reeve, and 
 ' a vacancy caused 
 icted at the general 
 rm, and backs him 
 
 en connected with 
 ' September, 1857, 
 
 im¥'^^ 
 
 n the fullest sense 
 !em by those who 
 Cooper and Smith, 
 oro,' Lincolnshire, 
 children of whom 
 
 igo in the mother 
 was apprenticed 
 ^47, emigrated to 
 ' with the single 
 lie landed in this 
 ■ants, but he was 
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 on of his success 
 
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 led to engage in 
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 TIJE CANADIAN JilOfih'Amir A], DlCTlONARy. 
 
 in the townsliijj of Z.'na, iiuw Wost Zorni, county of Oxfovl. Tlicic lie tautflit sclmol thr.'o or 
 iour ypiirs , thi-ii suttleil in Woodstock; sold ^'oods twelvi' yi;ais foi W. V. M(d,...d, ,L'*'neml 
 dealer, and subsetfUi.-ntly iva.s ill till' diy j,'<Mid.s business for liiiiisclf for eight yars, ^lii'n lio 
 sold Diit. Since that time hu has specuiatod !i littlt now and then, but boing in oonifortaliie- 
 circu?nst4UK'i's, is incliiiftd to nioderaticn in bis labors. 
 
 Many years a^«i Mr, Oliver lield tho ofKces of solniol trustee, councilman and roe\« , and 
 was warden in IStiti In the same year be was elected to imrliauient, to till a vacancy eau^ed 
 by the dcKtb nf H-ji.- Mackenzie, brother of the late iiremier, and was re-cdocted at tho general 
 elections irr LSfi7, J 872, IST-t, and 1.S7.S. Ilis constituency i^ strouijly Reform, and backs him 
 Uj) at eaeli el<'iiion by more than the full vote of hi.s political confreres. 
 
 'rile i(digion.«i tenets of Mr. Oliver are Pre.sbyterian, he having luiii; been connected with 
 that church. lie marrierl Miw» M. »'. CWt. of !R»»t Oxford, on the ^Otli (><" Septenibei, 18,'7, 
 and thev have cmt \f>p 
 
 i I: 
 
 Toiuixro. * 
 
 /^"\ XE I'f the leading maind'acturers in the Doniinii>ri— a self-made man in the fullest scnso 
 ^^ i)f thetenn — a man of tbi' people, and one held in the highest estec in by those who 
 know hini. i.s the subject of thits sketch, senior member of the firm of Messrs, Cooper and Smit)'. 
 •wholesale bout and .shoe inanufncturers. Mr. Cooper is a native of Oainsboro,' Lincoln.shitrt, 
 En<;Iand, where he was born in ]>s2s, the thirtxenth of a faiiiily of (ifteeu children of whom 
 twelve are still living. 
 
 Ho received but a limited education, snch i\s was attainable fort}' years ago in the raoth.f r 
 country, by children of people in ordinary circiiin.staiH'C.s, Hn<l at an early age wa.t npprentic«}<l 
 tt> leiira the shoeinakiiij^ tra<l«. Xot natihtieii with home prospect'i, he, in l«+7, emigrated f.t 
 Canaila. und L* th«' •nly .ir.« i«t 'he fumilj vhn v,v erocised the Atlantic wth tho singk 
 exwption of » yctmger brotliwr who came on a visit a few yenrs ago. When he landed in tl?i« 
 count' y bis worhiJjf },>ri^i«uMt<«i» WvA »»{♦ sutRcient lo meet his iminediate want.s, but he -.vrj^, 
 endo\v-d witli a wimdwiiii tunuiiDt it eattgy, courage, and pci-severauce, ami these t.r«it.> it 
 character, added to his knowledge ol the .shoeniaking business, laiii the foundation of liis sucwj«e= 
 as otii of the foremost business men of Canada. 
 
 After working for a short time in QuoWe he removed to Toroi;tn, where his home )ifls 
 since been. For several years after his arriv.vl in Toronto, hi worked at hi* trubas a jounioy- 
 man until having by close indu.stry accumulated HulLici-nt capiud be w(i.s mabled to engage in 
 the retail business. But this uccu[,ation not liciriir suited to hi^ active temperament ho,in lt>OU| 
 
i^'lit school tlir.'o ui' 
 
 M'-f, .■,>,), >,r,'rn:nil 
 
 It ycarx, wlion lio 
 
 Hi,' in conifortaM..' 
 
 ill mill lucni , and 
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 m, an.l hacks him 
 
 !i •-•'iiuioeted with 
 September, lh,'7, 
 
 I the fiiili'st senso 
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 ro,' IJiicoliLsJiirw. 
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 mts, but he -.vn^ 
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 !ea,s a jourtioj • 
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 commenced to mnnufacturc for Messrs. Sessions, Caiijcnter and Co., which ho continued until he 
 became a member of the firm. It is worthy of record as showing tlie untiring industry of T*lr. 
 Cooper that, at the time he was manufacturing for this firm, he was in the habit, at tlic con- 
 clusion of his day's labor, of adjourning to a retail store on Yonge street to superintend the 
 getting up of the custom work, and not content with the severe labor of the day, it was his 
 custom to work at home many times till after midnight. 
 
 When Mr. Cooper first commenced manufacturing for Sessions, Carpenter and Co., his en- 
 tire force consisted of one sewing machine and seven operatives ; but radical changes were soon 
 made and additional help secured, until the reputation of the goods made by him gained a 
 firm footing" in the market, and he became recognized as one of the leading manufacturera. 
 From that time to the present his facilities have increased, and he now controls one of the best 
 business plants in Canada. In 1867 he was admitted a full partner in the firm mentioned which, 
 by the retirement of Mr, Carpenter, became Sessions, Turner and Cooper. Two years later Mr. 
 Sessions died, but his name has been retained in the firm out of respect for his memory ns the 
 founder of the business, although his interest in it ceased at his death. In 1871 Mr. John C. 
 Smith became a partner, and the following year Mr. Turner retired, since which time the busi- 
 ness has been conducted by Messi-s. Cooper and Smith. The business of the firm is the most 
 extensive in the Dominion. They furnish employment to about six hundred hands, of whom 
 nearly two hundred are girls, and their large factory, on Front street. West, in Toronto, is a 
 model of perfection in every detail, all branches being conducted systematically, under the 
 watchful and experienced eye of Mr. Cooper. In addition to the large quantity of goods manu- 
 factured by this firm, they are heavy manufacturers in Montreal and Quebec, and also import 
 extensively from the United States. They do a large business with the merchants in all parts 
 of the Dominion and also in the West Indies and Australia. 
 
 During his entire business career Mr. Cooper ha-s retained the esteem and confidence of his 
 business associatesand fellow citizens, and the fact of his extreme popularity with the working 
 classes is well known. In 1872 the presiding officers of the fifteen trades' unions of the city 
 presented him with a beautifully illuminated address, " expressive of the deep sense of re- 
 spect they felt for one who has the interests and welfare of their class at heart." The address 
 was the highest mark of approbation that could have been conferred by the societies and is 
 rarely bestowed. He is i)ast President of St. George's society, and has received at difierent 
 times testimonials attesting the high esteem with which he is regarded by those in his employ. 
 
 The habits of Mr. Cooper are as regular as clock-work, and he has not missed more than 
 half a dozen times during the last twenty-five years of being down to his place of business at 
 seven o'clock in the morning. His disposition is open-hearted and generous, giving freely yet 
 advisedly to needful and deserving charitable institutions, with a face expressive of that firm- 
 ness of purpose and determination of will which have been characteristic traits of his career, 
 showing at a glance that he is a shrewd, thorough-going, pushing business man. 
 
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 There is much to be learned from tlie record of a man like the subject of this sketch. It 
 clearly demonstrates what energ)', prudence, and integrity will accomjilish ; it also shows that 
 a person may advance in wealth and position, and yet retain the confidence and affection of 
 those whose lot is constant toil. It conclusively proves that there is not the slightest occasion 
 for that marked distinction between the master and the man that is so often seen. It proves 
 that the kindest relations can exist between capital and labor, and it also proves that tliis 
 pleasing condition of things serves to advance the interests of both parties. To the industrious 
 young mechanic this brief sketch otters many valuable suggestions, as it forcibly illustrates that 
 honor, wealth, and position are often attainable even when the outlook is most discouraging ; 
 that industry, temperance, and persevei-ance will eventually win success. Let the workman 
 who, at times, bemoans his lack of fortune or education, think of Mr. Cooper, and remember, 
 that wliere there is a will there is a way. 
 
 JAMES LISTEE, M.D., 
 
 BELLEVILLE. 
 
 TAMES LISTER, a surgeon and physician in Belleville for thirty-seven years, and one of 
 ^ th'.) l)est educated professional men in this part of the Province, was a son of Captain 
 Lister, long a commander of the Coast Guards, at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, and was born in 
 London, England, Juno 30, 1811. When he was twelve years old, the son was placed in a 
 large private school near Cork, where ho received an English and classical education. He then 
 went to Dublin, took a tliorough course of study in surgery ; received his degi'ee in that branch 
 of the healing art, and thence repaired to London, taking a medical course and there receiving 
 the degree of M. D. He also became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. 
 
 Thus thorouglily equipped. Dr. Lister entered upon the active and responsible duties of his 
 profession, practising six years near Barnstable, Devonshire, and in 1841, emigrated to Upper 
 Canada, now Ontario, settled at Belleville, and was in constant practice until his demise March 
 23, 1878. He had an extensive general practice, yet always had predilection for surgery, in 
 which he was an expert. In this branch he often went a long way from home to attend to 
 difficult cases, and in consultation has gone as far as Montreal and New York. 
 
 He was greatly esteemed for his kindness as well as skill at the sick bed, and for his 
 generosity to the unfortimate. He did an immense amount of practice among the poor, for 
 which he received and expected to receive nothing. He never thought of asking that class of 
 patients for a pennj' ; and if he had any one fault, it was carelessness in making collections of 
 those abundantly able to compensate him for his services. It is doubtful if he received fifty 
 per cent, of his annual charges ; and yet he left his family in comfortable circumstances. 
 
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 Ho was a self-sacrificing man, never reliising to lespontl to a call while he was in good 
 health, whatever might be the weather. The result was that overwork anil exposure partially 
 undermined his constitution, and he was an invalid for some yeai-s before he died. Of his death 
 the Belleville Free Press, of March 30, 1878, thus speaks: 
 
 " Few of oHr citizens were more widely known and none more highly respocted than Dr. Lister. Ho was n 
 type of that character which wo are acciiBtomod to cull ' a gontlemnn of the old Hchool ' — suniewhat hliiH' in out- 
 ward demeanor, but lionorablu, courtuous, iind open as the day in all his interconrao with his follow men, a faith- 
 ful and generous friend, a kind and indulgent htisVmnd and father. His loss will lio lamented by many who owe 
 their lives to his skilful hand and patient attendance ; but the blow will fall most heavily on his family and 
 intimate friends, who, best knowing him, loved iiim most. A sketch of the deceased gentlenuin's life has already 
 appeared in the daily papers : it is ours merely to ofi'er an hnnil>lu tribute tu the high character he has burno ; 
 and we offer it the more willingly because, in these days, thu words of Tennyson can but rarely be applied with 
 truth, as thoy can be to hi)u : 
 
 ' And still he bore without abuse » 
 Thu grand old name of gentleman. ' 
 
 " At the funeral a detachment of the 15th Uattalion, of which he was surgeon, mnrchod in the procession, 
 and the band of the battalion was also in attendance. The rcnutins were taken to the cemetery by the steamer 
 ' I'rince Edward ' and buried with military honors." 
 
 Dr. Lister grew up in the Cluuch of England ; was a constant attendant of divine worship 
 all his days, and lived a ptu'o, exemplary and noMc life. 
 
 His professional duties were so burdensome that he rarely, if ever held a civil office ; but 
 during the Fenian raids he acted as stafl' surgeon of the 1 ")th Battalion of Militia, and was a 
 true patriot, ready at any time to aid in defending his country. 
 
 October 4, 1843, Miss Alargaret Cowper, daughter of Dr. George Cowper, of Belleville, 
 became the wife of Dr. Lister, and is the mother of eight children, only four of whom sur- 
 vive their father. 
 
 EDEN A. JOimSON, 
 
 VOniGNAL. 
 
 TpDEN ABBOT JOHNSON, one of the leading business men of L'Orignal, is a native of 
 -'— ^ the county of Prcscott, dating his birth at West Hawke.sbury, Augu.st 18, 1838. His 
 father, Eden Abbot John.son, senior, was the fir.st white child born in that county, and a local 
 Wesleyan preacher, and active christian worker and most estimable man, dying at West 
 Hawkesbury in 1839. His grandfather was a United Empire Loyalist from Ma.s.saehu.setts. 
 His mother, before her niairiage, was Hannah Bill, lielonging to a prominent American family, 
 though born herself at Cumpton, Lower Canaila, receiving her French education, at St, Eustache 
 convent. 
 
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 Our subject was cthioateil in tlio nvts at common niul gmiiunar ncIiooIs, nt Vankloek Hill, 
 L'Orignal ami BrookvilU', ami in military drill at Toronto, under tlio 47th regiment, ami 
 receiveil a first class certificate there ami also at Jfoiitreal. 
 
 In 18(>G, at the time of the fii-st Fenian raiil, he went to the front in comnmml of a service 
 company from the comity of Prescott, ami with the aid of the Mayor of Cornwall, arrested 
 Murphy and nine of his associates, including Col. Wheeler, at that pliice. He also commanded 
 the guard of honor at the opening of the first Dominion Parliament (18G7) at the time tho 
 reply was niatle to the address in the House of Commons. 
 
 Since 18G2, Mr. John.son has been a resident of L'Orignal, where he is engaged largely in 
 real estate and conveyancing, also acting as agent for a loan company, anil farming. Ho has 
 140 acres of cleared land, one mile from the village, and most of it in a high state of cultivation. 
 He is a fii"st class business dispatcher, always on the alert — one of the live men of L'Orignal. 
 
 Ife is clerk of tho Division Court, and of the corporation of L'Orignal ; was ofiicial 
 a.ssignee of the united counties of Proscott and Russell, under the Insolvent Act, imtil it was 
 repealed on the first of April, 1880; has long been very active in educational mnttcj-s, being 
 one of the leadei-s, yeara ago, in getting up tlie high school at his adopted home, serving for 
 some time, as chairman of the high school boanl. He is still a .school trustee. 
 
 Mr. Johnson is secretary of the Conservative Association of Prescott, and takes a lively 
 interest and very active part in politics. In 187!), he was a candidate for the local Legislature, 
 but there were four candidates in the field, and in the (piudrangular fight, he was one of tho 
 three defeated ones. He is (juite a prominent man in his party in tlie county. 
 
 He is a Royal Arch Mason, a member, and has been Master, of St. John's lodge, the only 
 one, we understand, in the Province, working under an Irish charter. 
 
 On the !>th of November, 18C0, Mr. Johnson cho.se for his life-con)panion, Miss Laura Jane 
 Workman, of Montreal, daughter of Samuel Workman, formerly a hardware merchant in 
 Toronto, and niece of ex-mayor W^orkman, of Montreal. She is the mother of four children, 
 and has lost otio of them. 
 
 RE\^ JOHN THOMSON, 
 
 SAItXIA. 
 
 f 1 1HE subject of this ketch was born in Norham, England, December 31, 1834. Situated on 
 
 -*- the banks of t1 wt-cd, the town is celebrated for the beauty of its location, and it is 
 
 also in the heart of f the finest agricultural districts of Great Britain. Norham, like all 
 
 the border land, is i tIc, and crowded with the memory of the olden time. Tlioiighbuta 
 
 small village, it stam ^"ii cla.ssic ground, and has its feudal castle, the ruins of which are still an 
 
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 olijoct of interest to tlio traveler. Tlie wliole jtliice liiis been gloiitiod by the iimgic pen of the 
 " Wizard of the North," in the ojioning stanzii of " Marniiun " : 
 
 " Dny Mt on Norhiiin's ciutlml gtooii, 
 And Tweuil's fiiir livur, brcmil hikI ilucp, 
 
 Ami CMiuviot'H lunuiitiiina Inim : 
 Tho liiittli'd ti>woM, tlio iloiijoii ki't'p, 
 Till) liHii)luilu ;!riiti'M, wlioro ciiptivi'S wut'p, 
 Till' tliiiikiii^ wiilU tlmt rduiul it awi-op, 
 
 III yullow liistru shown, 
 Tlio wivrriors on tlio liirrutH liigh, 
 l^Iovinj,' iitliwart tho uvuuinj? sky, 
 
 SoLMuud fmiiis (if giant hi'iylit ; 
 Thoir iirnior, iis it oiuight tho rnyg, 
 FliiBhod back again thu wciiturti blazu 
 
 In lines of dazzling light." 
 
 His fatlicr, Mr. John Thoin|).s()n, who now nsiiU's in tlio Kustoru Townships, in tho Pro- 
 vince of (Quebec, to whii'h he eniigrnted in IMliI, was in his jounj^or days a man of j^ieat 
 energy and |)ersevenince, and loniarkablo for elieorfulncss of dis|iosition. lie was a pioneer in 
 the locality where he .settleil, and has always taken an active part in its welfare, and t'specially 
 in its religions life and character. He was once what is caliecl "Precentor," Norhani Secession 
 chnrch, antl has held the same honorable position in his adopted land. Since bSH. he has been 
 an elder in tlio chnrch, and his minister, who lias recentl}' jiasscd away, after a pastorate of id 
 years, acknowledged in his last days that he hail always placed gi'cat reliance on .Mr. 'i'liompson's 
 judgment, and that his relianci' had never been misplaced ; that many a time, iiiuiil the trials of 
 j>ioncerlife, he w-onld have itist heart had it not been for his judicious friend and advi.ser. He 
 was somewhat given to theory and invention, but, like others of this school, he found not 
 much "money in it." His mother was a woman of great force of eharaeter, and her cousin was 
 minister of the Dumfermliiie church, where King l\obort Uruee lies buried, and was (piitc cele- 
 brated in his day. He was married to a sister of James Thompson, author of "The Sea.sons." 
 For ]ireaeliing a sermon on bribei-y, during a hotly contested election, he was liroiight into tho 
 Court by the Laird whom lu' had oti'eiided. lie was difeuded in ilic trial, iiy lioswell, the well 
 known author of the life of Dr. Johnson, but judgment went against him. When Boswell 
 reported the ease to Johnson, the "great moralist" expres.scd an opinion in tavor of the minister, 
 and the reasons for his judgment in the case are also set forth in his lit"e by Doswell. 
 
 Rev. John Thomps-DU was but a child w lien, with his parents, he came to the new world, 
 and settled in Leeds, Lower Pi'ovince. Here he spent his early days, and received such educa- 
 tion as could be gained at the common schools. One of his teachers, however, was a man of 
 great learning, and had been educated i.ir the (,'liurch of Kngland. He was also a doctor, but 
 lacking " pu.sh," he became a teacher inn poor country school. His last country-teacher was 
 an Irishman, and had his own notions about progres.s, as well as punctuatiou. When the 
 
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 Inspector, on a day, visited the school, he complained that the scholars paid no attention to the 
 " stops." The " dominie," by way of apology or justification, said : "Sur, as I had only a few 
 months to takh, I tliought it would be a gieat loss of time to make them stop at every little 
 word, and I wished to push them along an fast as convaynient." But among his early teachers 
 was also the Rev. Alexander Young, the present able Minister of Napanee, who was first to 
 turn the young lad's attention to the ministry which he was himself about to enter. Young 
 Thotni^son then began to take lessons in Latin and Greek from his minister, the late Rev. J. 
 McConechy, and after teaching for a year the school where he had himself been taught, he went 
 to Quebec to attend the High School, then under the Rectorship of the late Dr. Smith, whoso 
 attainments in classical learning had given the school a fine reputation. 
 
 Having prosecuted his studies here for some time, Mr. Thompson, in the Fall of 1833, 
 went to Toronto to enter upon his college course, and his education here was partly at the 
 University, and partly at Knox College. During the first year he competed for a prize given 
 for the best examination in Greek, Latin, and Englisli Grammar, and stood highest in all, but 
 according to the rules, he could leceive but one. The Greek prize was awarded him, and the 
 honor of the other two. During a seven years' course, he applied himself closely, and main- 
 tained a high standing in all the classes. In the second year of his course he was appointed by 
 the College Board a Mathematical Tutor, a position which lie held until his own course in col- 
 lege was completed, and he has now many pleasant memories of his days and labors there. 
 Committing Latin to memory, had been a favorite itxercise of his at the High School, and 
 during his first days at college, when a few students would be gathered together in a room, he 
 would, by wa}^ of amusement, recite to them the .speeches of Cii'sar, as given by Sallust, and 
 once, on the stake of an oysti-r-supper, that lie could recite the whole of the First Book of Vir- 
 gil's yEiioid without a mistake ; he succeeded in the efibrt and gained tl;e supper. 
 
 On the completion of his college studies, Mr. Tliomjison was licensed liy the Presbytery of 
 Toronto to preach the Gospel. Before accepting a pastoral charge, however, he was appointed 
 by the Board of Directors of Monin College, Quebec, to the Chairs of Mathematics and of 
 Nntural Philosophy in that Institution, a position which he filled for three years. Some of the 
 students who there came iindi'r his pers(mal instruction, have attained good positions. Among 
 these, Mr. McKenzie gained the Gilchrist Scholarship in the London University ; and Mr. R. 
 Cassels is now Registrar in the Supreme Court of Canada. 
 
 But Mr. Thompison, having (pialified himself for the Chnreli, considered his connection with 
 the College only temporary, and voluntarily resigneil in 18G."). Me was immediately calleil to 
 St. Andrew's church, Sariiia, his ordination ami induction over the congregation taking place, 
 April 23, 1«()0. He has since then remained the pastor of that congregation, which has, undei' 
 his care, grown to be one of the most prosperous in Ontario. Its membci'ship has increased 
 from 73 to 300, notwithstanding many removals and the organization of a congregation in tin' 
 
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 ntion to the 
 only a few 
 every little 
 
 ,ily teachers 
 was first to 
 
 ter. Young 
 late Rev. J. 
 
 [;ht, he went 
 
 Imith, whose 
 
 'all of 1853, 
 artly at the 
 , prize given 
 at in all, but 
 him, ami the 
 , and main- 
 appointed by 
 course in col- 
 labors there. 
 School, and 
 in a room, he 
 Sallust, and 
 Book of Vir- 
 
 Presbyteiy of 
 as appointed 
 
 mtics luid of 
 
 Some of the 
 
 ons. Ainiinj^ 
 
 ; and Mr. K. 
 
 iinectidn witli 
 tcly ciilli'd to 
 taking pliici', 
 L'li has, undir 
 has iiicroasi'd 
 (•■'ntjiin in tluj 
 
 suburbs, which took away 45 at one time. His Sabbath school is one of the largest and most 
 efficient in the church, with about 300 on its roll, while the bible class numbei-s about 200 
 young men and women — probably the largest in the church. Mr. Thompson has been particu- 
 lai'ly attentive to bible-class teaching, and his instructions are highly prized by the young 
 people of his charge. The utmost harmony has existed between the congregation and their 
 accomplished pastor, and although he has often been solicited to preach in vacant congregations, 
 with a view of being called, he has never seen it liis duty to leave, and, with one exception, he 
 has never, during the thirteen years of his pastorate, preached in a vacant pulpit. 
 
 Eight years ago, when the Presbyterian Church was about to organize a college in the new 
 Province of Manitoba, Mr. Thompson was unanimously chosen by the General Assembly of his 
 Church, then meeting in Quebec, to be its Principal and First Professor ; but as the appoint- 
 ment was unexpected, and contrary to his wish, and as his removal met with the strenuous 
 opposition of his congi'egation, he declined the appointment, and the present Principal, Prof. 
 Bryce, was appointed in his place. 
 
 Mr. Thompson is most conscientious in his pastoral work, and laborious in his duties, hav- 
 ing a higli ideal of ministerial character and efiicioncy. But while fulfilling all his pastoral 
 duties to the satisfaction of his people, his labors have not been confined to his own parish. 
 He was for several yeai"s Convener of the Assembly's Committee on Sabbath schools, in which 
 position he rendered good service, and his annual reports received the endorsement of the 
 Assembly, and helped to mould opinion on this important subject. He has also given courses 
 of lectui'cs on Philology and English Literature to the students of the Ladies' College in Brant- 
 ford, an institution which is exercising a great intluence in the country. Last winter at the 
 roipiest of the Principal and Board of Directors, he gave a full course of lectures on Homiletics 
 and Pr -aching to the Theological students of Queen's College, Kingston. These lectures were 
 highly appreciated by the students, and Mr. Thompson has been requested to publish them. 
 Mr. Thompson prepares most carefully for his pulpit duties, and preaches, sometimes, from a full 
 manuscript ; sometimes from notes more or less full, often without notes in any form, but 
 always as the result of careful study and analysis of his subject. He is the author of an elabor- 
 ate article on "Justification by Faith," contained in a volume of the "Canada Presbyterian Pul- 
 pit," and is a fretjuent contributor to the papers and magazines of the day. 
 
 Perhaps a better idea of Mr. Thompson as a preacher may be gained from his own idea of 
 preaching, ns contained in a sentence taken from one of his own lectures given to the students 
 of Queen's (,\)llege : 
 
 " The world bulinigs to Christ, ami you must teach mon the s;icreilii«as and si^Miiticanco of all wirk. I look 
 to a time when mon will not dividu their duties into two classus, suuular and religious, but when suiunoe, :-rt, 
 coniuiurco, liiw, medicine, politics, literature, and thu ciuumiom toil of men's hands, will acknowludgu and rejoice 
 in the law of Christ, and advance His kingdom on tlie earth. I look for a time when the kin^'dom's of this 
 World will have become the kingdom of uur Lord and of hi* Christ. Therefore, oi>eii up tlie .Scriptures, and 
 
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 briiiK their full Hignificancu to bo.ir on overy-diiy life iiiul duty. Bring Christ near as a prenent Simour. 'Lo, I 
 am with you always.' 'Wliorever two or thrue aro gathered,' \-c. Yon aro not oxiilaining a history, but 
 preaching a Saviour who lives in tliogospuls, and who i)ours the fulnu.43 of his redumption into them ; a Saviour 
 not seated on the throne of His glory in some far away, unknown place, surrounded by angels, but as the Shep- 
 herd still seeking the lost sheep in the wilderness, an oom[jaHsionate and as loving as ever, and that the men of 
 our day are as dear to Him as were any of those who were His coteniporaries. Hold up the same Jesus who took 
 the little children in His arms, that talked with the wonnm at the well, that saw the sorrow of the poor widow ; 
 around whom the helpless and the desi)airing clnn^, the fountain of A'hose feelings often overtlowed. Preach 
 Jesus as Saviour, I'hysician, Shepherd, (Juide, Kriend, and Ihother, and give the pe(H)le such a concepti(m of 
 Him as sliall draw them. Jiaul llif hfnit, and teach the actual condition of your hearers. ISring the truth to 
 bear on man's daily burdens, as the sunlight on the cold groun<l, and seek to open their life (iodward that they 
 may bo tilled with His love and power. In all yMiv preaching, jirodnce the impression that (lod is at hand, and 
 still rules the world, and has a direct personal relation to every event, and that His hand is still laid on the 
 head of His people. ShoA- them that the heart of Jesus is as near His Church now as ever, and that His 8)>irit 
 still works on the hearts of men, and that the subject of all <iur praise is not merely a history, but a revelation 
 of the living (!od, who is the same yesterday, to-d;iy and forever, and never preach as if Uod had left the atfairs 
 of man to Himself, and is no longer an agent on the earth." 
 
 Mr. Thompson was inanictl, November l.S, 187-, to Maiy Miiekonzio, only child of the Hon. 
 Alexander Mackenzie, late Premier of Canada. Tlie fiuit of this union is two children, but 
 one of whom is now liviiiL'. 
 
 JOHN lirTTEliFlELD, 
 
 L'oiiiasM.. 
 
 JOHN BITTTERFIELD, liarristur, editor and proprietor of tlie Wrcliij Nen')i,&\M\ warden of 
 the united counties of I'reseott and Russell, is a native of Glengarry, this Province, being 
 bornin thetownt-liip of Lancaster, May 4,1^44. His parents were Richard Butterfield, a school 
 teacher, from England, who died on Ciood Friday, 18,)3, and Elizabetii, ndr Tracy, of Irish des- 
 cent, she dying in ISOT, leaving eight children. Two others liad precededher to tlie spirit-world, 
 and one daughter has since joined her. Our subject was the eightli child. He was educated 
 at the public schools of Lancaster and the high school at Vankleek Hill. He studied law in 
 the ortice of Messi-s. Cameron and Scott, Toionti), entering that olHce in 18G2; was adnutted 
 to practise in Hilary term, ISGS, having iinislied his law studies at L'Orignal, wliere ho settled 
 in 18G4 ; and was calle<l to tlie liar in Eiister term, 187"). He was appointed Master in chan- 
 cery in June, 1809, and hold tliat ufliee until he resigued, in 1S7.">, to enable 1dm to practise in 
 that court. The legal business nf .\ir. Uuttcrfitlil extiiids to all the courts of the Province, and 
 to the Supreme Court of the Dominion, and Ids I'i'putation as a lawvt'r, like his business, has a 
 steady increase. He is comparatively young in the jirofcssion ; pos.scsses stmlious habits, and is 
 aml)itious enough to apply himsill' closer to his studies, ami will be likely to grow and distin- 
 guish himself as a lawyer. 
 
 in August, I87<i, Mr, Uutturlield bought the oHice of the Xacn, which he is editing with 
 
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 marketl ability, as an indcpciulont paper. Ho seems to be rather proml of the pen, and the 
 editing of the paper afibrds liim a fine Held lor literary recreation during his leisure moments. 
 
 Mr. Butterfield ha.s been connected with the militia for several years, and holds the rank of 
 Major 18th battalion volunteer infantry. lie is serving his first yci-r as reeve of the villnge of 
 L'Orignal, being elected by acclamation in December, 1879, and he had a siiuilar honor confer- 
 red upon him })y the united counties of Prescott and Russell. The latter being an honor rarely 
 bestowed on anybody. With the exception of Hon. John Hamilton, senator, Major ButterfieM is 
 the only member of the county council who was ever chosen warden on first entering that body. 
 Ho is its youngest member in years ; ho, no doubt, fully ai)preeiates the compliment paid him 
 for his fine business talents and executive abilities. 
 
 In July, 18C.S, Mr. Butterfield \'as united in marriage with Mrs. Fraiici's Kvelina Freel, 
 widow of Judge Fieel.and youngest daughter of the late John L'hesser, of Plantagenet, at one 
 time a member of the Canadian parliament foi' Prescott. 
 
 NELSON G. KEYNOr.DS, 
 
 WIllTHY. 
 
 ■VTELSON (ilLBKIlT IIKYNOLDK, high sb.iifr of Ontario county, since it wa-s organized 
 -*~ ^ in 1853, is a son of Ilev. John Reynolds, many years a Bishop of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal church, and a nativ:' of the north of Irelaiul, and was born at Kingston, Upi)i'r ('anada, 
 January, 2.'J ' '14. His mother was Mary /(cc Ciiibert, whose father was i>m Knghmd. 
 
 Young Reynolds was ediuatnl at Upper Canada Cullcge, an<l Cazurovia (New York) 
 seminary ; at fifteen years of age went to iMigland, and beaime an otlieer in the lith Lancers, 
 afterwards Huzzars ; in 18;j.S returned to Belleville, Caiuida, wlieic his parents were resicling ; 
 shortly afterwards went out to what is now Manitt)lia, as Lieutenant of a company of the .") Hh 
 regiment, contingent troops, in the service of the Hudson liay eoinpany, going as far west as 
 Jasper House, \y\\X way up the Rocky Mountains, a?id enduring many privations, li.inlshiiis, 
 and perils. Returning to Belleville, he was elected to the Upper l^'anada Parliuneiit, from the 
 county of Hastings, before he was of age, taking his seat as soon as legally entitled to it. The 
 Parliament, however, was soon ilis>ulved. 
 
 For several year.< Mr. Reynolds was President of the celebrated Marmora foundry, av 
 smelting company ; was also at one time at the bead of a steamboat company, and interested 
 in Imnking, mercantile business, railroading, and other enterprises, this period of his life being 
 Bubse(iuent to the rebellion of l8:)7-'y8. 
 
 At tlie breaking out of the so-ealled "Patriot war," Mr. Reynolds was an ofiicer ' ty, 
 and during all that trying period, waspeifectly loyal to the parent (Jovernmen ao 
 
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 desire to see a separation of Canada fiom the mother country. But he did not believe in any 
 ' family compact," as it was called ; thought the Local Government was under the control of an 
 oligarch}', and wished to see a change. In short, he heartily sympathized with those who 
 advocated the jirinciples ol " Responsible Government," and wivs a bold and strong advocate of 
 such government. 
 
 During those times he was in several skirmi.shes ; received three wounds, still carrying a 
 ball in his right thigh, and was falsely accused of being a traitor. During the excitement, 
 when at its highest pitch, he crossed to the American side ; soon afterwards returned and 
 voluntarily suirendered ; was tried for con.spiracy and treason before Judge McLean, at Kings- 
 ton, at a special court ordered by Lord Durham, who visited him while in prison, and forty- 
 four witnesses were examined on the part of the Crown, and not one in his defence. He de- 
 clined to have any lawyer to plead his case ; made, himself, a clear statement of his views ; 
 explained the niotive which had prompted his every act, and was ac<iuittcd without the jury 
 ever leaving their seats. Then was witnessed such a scene as a court room rarely furnished. 
 Men of all political parties rushed to Mr. Reynolds ; in their joj' and excitement almost tore 
 his clothes off, and canied him out of the court-house, and through the streets, making the 
 welkin ring with shouts and huzzas, the troops on duty saluting him as he passed. 
 
 Mr. Reynolds held almost every municipal office in the town of Belleville, and the county 
 of Hastings ; and has been sheriff of Ontario for twenty-six j-ears ; he is not the oldest sheriff 
 in years, but the lon<j;est in that office, probably, of any man in the Province. In fact, from the 
 time that he became a military offic.'r at sixteen years of age, he has held .some official position, 
 either under the Government of Great Britain, the Province of Ontario, or some municipality, 
 and nearly all his life, many of such offices conjointly. 
 
 He is a man of universal business talents, and executive abilities, and great force of character. 
 Until quite recently he has been a man of great physical endurance ; in his younger years, was 
 known as " Iron Reynolds, ' and though nevi. a professional athlete, has always been blest 
 with great activity ami muscular strength. He has been a good sportsman, a great horseman, 
 and has often ridden in steeple chases. 
 
 Mr. Reynolds is a member of the Church of England, and was warden of churches at Belle- 
 ville and Whitby for seventeen or eighteen years. 
 
 He was tlist married in l.s:H, to Hannah M. Eyre, a near descendant of Sir CJiles Eyre, of 
 Eyre Court, in the north of Irelaml, and by her he had twelve children, she dying in September, 
 18.')0. Most of the children died young, only two of them now living. Florence Mary Hast- 
 ings, wife of Frederick Casey, V)arrister, Smith's Falls, and Charles Bagot, who is 1 1 Bellevill\ 
 His present wife wiw Frances Eli/a Arinstiong, daughter of James R. Armstrong, of Toronto, 
 at one time member of Parliament, married March 10, 18.32. By her he has also had twelve 
 children, nine of them vet living. Frances De SauUus, the eldest daughter, is the wife of 
 
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 Harvey L. Hendeison, of Montreal ; the others are single, most of theiu young. George Nel- 
 son Armstrong, the eldest son, is deputy-sheriff, under his father. 
 
 In 1859, Sheriff Reynolds built a remarkably fine residence, called " Trafalgar Castle," in 
 which he has resided for years. It is not only a manmioth structure for a rural town, but most 
 elaborately finished, with the Reynolds and Armstrong coats of arms, and other devices in the 
 wings — a building of liis own planning — showing nmch taste. Finding it too large for iiim to 
 take care of, it is now occupied as a Ladies College, he retaining a large interest i'.i it, and 
 residing more centrally in Whitby, in a house quite spacious enough for his use. For three 
 years he has been afflicted with paralysis, which confines him most of the time to the house. 
 
 Sheriff Reynolds matured at a remarkably early age, and has had an eventful life, which 
 will, no doubt, some day be written in full. 
 
 .'lies at Belle- 
 
 EOBEET M*'KECHINE, 
 
 Dl'XDAS. 
 
 1) OBERT Mt'KECHNIE, a leading business man of Dundas, was born in Glasgow, Scot- 
 -'-*' land, June IG, ISS-t, and is a son of Robert McKechnie, senior, who was from Ireland, 
 and ^largaret Waters, a native of Scotland. In 18^2 the family emigrated to Canada West, 
 and .'.ettled at Dundas, where our subject was ecncated in a school taught by Robert Spenco, 
 afterwards Postmaster-General of the Province of Canada. Hero young McKechnie learned 
 tlio pattoni-makcrs' trade of John (tartshore, of the old Dundas foundry ; worked forhim several 
 years as a journeyman mechanic after fiiiisliing his appriniticcship, and in 1861 started in busi- 
 ness for himself, in the manufacture of machinery. He is in company witli John Bertram, an 
 ingenious mechanic, who came from Scotland to Dundas in 1852. The name of the firm is 
 McKeclinie and Bertram. Tliey make all kinds of machine tools and wood-working maciunery, 
 and in times of ordinary briskness employ I'rum 140 to KiO men. Tliey are botli skilful 
 mechanics, are good judges of work, and turn out none but first (piality. 
 
 Mr. McKechnie is ver^' public-spiiited, and has had more calls for his .services in the nmni- 
 eipality of the town of Dundas and count}' of Wentworth, than he could well comply with, 
 though he was reeve three consecutive years, tlien mayor two terms, and is again reeve, serving 
 his fif til year. He was President cf the Mechanics' Institute .seveial years. In LS72 he was 
 the Conservative candidate for member tf the Dominion Parliament for North Wentworth, and 
 was defeated by Thomas Bain, the tlistrict being strongly Reform. Mr. McKechnie has long 
 been a leaduig man in tliis lociility on tlie subject of Protection ; has been connected with the 
 Manufacturers' Industrial Association from it. iiiccji*' and liolils the position of Vice-Presi- 
 dent of the Dominion Board of Trade. He is a zealous laborer in any cause which he 
 
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 like ;ioo inliabitaufcs; clerkod in a store a few months ; fhon w.-nt into i\v Imtoheriu^.; .lud gro- 
 cery liUKiness, in partn(!!sliip with Robert Ui.'(hI ; and they Miba(^Micntly Ujuk coot ra'-ts f ji buiM- 
 ing bridges, I'oads, and harltors. 
 
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 Since aUiOt 1.^04 hi* h.i.s lioughl for him.self, and luw been the lieavi.:.st {nm.diii.s.:r in the county, 
 p»ying GUI iiu au avenij,"-. from 8250,000 to ?^7r>,(i00 |ier annum for tjrain n'"'ie. Ho li(^s al* 
 dt>ait in hnab t wood, ua) ehint.-, farm mortgage-;, etc., '-jm':-. n!M'!n^' in iuiyihiR:/ that turn-d u 
 au'l b'^ing w-ually quite successful iu Ids viiitur''-s. He owe . h g<Hi'l deal of ]iro|i"rty in i ' 
 pfiuiitv HM well as iw., and haw nu>.' of the niwsi. r- iidHne<:>j in Kineardinc — his aecumulati"..^ 
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 since '187:i, having been oleoted to botli oHiee.s most of the ti.ne, by a<'.clam.'ii.i«*ii. His ser 
 in the munici{ialiiies of the town and county, Inivf been nf very ^o-eat value, he boin^^ fub •« 
 pid>lic spirit. He wa.s very active in the adoption of mex.suies tu biui.i, « milroad to thi» y -m, 
 and in neeuring harbor improvement-?, both so iin])ort.int to tJie i'lwu ; and wa^ one of tbv n^-vi- 
 ■sers of means tor the ereetion of tlie town hall, .seh.jol hou>«i% and [iubb>' bidldings g>-ti. t.illy, 
 being inclined to jMish municij)al .is well as li.s own piivatr busim'.H-^ X" man takes m'..> pain* 
 to further the interests of the towa than Mr. Baird. 
 
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 He Is a iiieinbur of the Church of England ; has held for years, and now holds, the office of 
 warden of the church of the Messiah, Kincardine, and is one of those staMo men who honor 
 the christian name. He is kind to the poor, and a friend to everybody. 
 
 His political affiliations are with the Conservatives, and twice he has been their candidate, in 
 the South Riding of Bruce, once for the Doniinion rariiauient and once for the Local, but the 
 district is Reform, and he was defeated both times. 
 
 Mrs. Baird was Miss Louisa Newconibe, of Kincardine, formerly of Paris, Ontario, a young 
 lady who wa,s highly respected by all who had the pleasure of her ac(iuaintance. They were 
 married Octolier 22, 18GL Their family consists of two children, a boy and a girl, both rela- 
 tives of theirs, who are being well educated and highly cared for in every way that parents can 
 bestow upon children. 
 
 THOMAS EACEY, 
 
 MILTOX. 
 
 rr^HOMAS RACEY, registrar of the county of Halton, was born in the city of Batli, Sonier- 
 -L setshire, Eng., December 24, 17!) 1, and hence is i!» his 81)th year. His parents were James 
 and June (Sumption) Raccy. He received a plain Engli.sh education ; came to Canada in 1805, 
 being engaged before leaving, as a clerk for Thomas Dickson, of Queenston, Eng., where he 
 remained three years ; and then went to Ancaster, at the " Head of the Lake," and was a mor- 
 cliant's clerk awhile for Samuel Hatch, and sub-setpieiitly his partner at an outpost at Mount 
 Pleasant, near Brantfonl ; and while there took part in the war of 1812-14, volunteering under 
 (n'u. Brock, wlio put him on detached service in the expedition against Gen. Hull ; subse(iuently 
 holding a Lieutenant's, and afterwards a Captain's commi.ssion, and being in the engagement at 
 Beaver-Dams, Chippawa, and Lundy's Lane. 
 
 After the war ho went to Niagara and was there en<;a<'ed in the mercantile and lumber 
 business, going thence to Springfield, in the Credit valley, where he built a grist mill and saw 
 mill. Subsequently he spent a year or two in the city of Quebec. Returning to LTppor 
 Canada, he acted for sonie time as emigrant agent for the Government, with headipiarters at 
 Hamilton. 
 
 In 1883 Mr. Raccy became county registrar, taking up his residence at Dundas ; and on 
 the separation of the counties of Wentworth and Halton in, 18.33, he was appointed registrar of 
 Halton, and removed to Milton, this county having then only four townships. This was for- 
 merly a part of the Gore district, which was set apart in 1810. 
 
 Wiien the rebellion of 1837-38 occurred, Mr. Racey went to the front and offered his ser^ 
 vices, but was in no engagement. 
 
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 In 183 ) ho inanieil Miss Helen P. Nolles, of Grimsby, daughter of Hon. Aram Nollcs, and 
 tlicy have five children. Helen M. is the wife of William Patriarche, of St. Louis, Mo.; Frances 
 W. is the wife of Col. J. M. Youny, a barrister, residing in Jasper county. Mo., and the othera 
 are unmarried. Mr. Racey is a member of the English church, and has the reputation of hav- 
 ing lived an unblemished life. 
 
 JAMES SPEIGUT, 
 
 MAEKUAM. 
 
 TAMES SPEIGHT, the lai-gost wagon manufacturer in the Province, and a very entei-prising 
 *-' man, has always lived in Jrarklmm, being born here August 30, 1830. His father, 
 Thomas Speight, from Yorkshire, England, left the ohl country a little more than half a century 
 ago, and after spending a year or two in the Southern States, in 1830 came to Canada, settling 
 in Markham, and carrying on the wagon business many years, dying in 1875. James' mother, 
 whose maiden name was Martha Drake, is still living. 
 
 Mr. Speight attended the district .school until in his fifteenth year ; learned the wagon- 
 maker's trade, and has carried on the business since 1852, enlarging his force from time to time 
 as his business demanded. For several years he has usually employed from forty to fifty skilled 
 workmen, and turns out about 600 wag(ms a year. The best of material goes into them, and 
 in point of durability and excellence they have no superior in the Province — probably not any- 
 where. The reputation of Mr. Speight is a part of his capital ; he i)rides himself on the charac- 
 ter of the work which he puts on the market, and owes his great success to the high grade of 
 his class of farm wagons. They find a market in Ontario and Manitoba, a very brisk demand 
 having recently sprung up in the latter Province. The difticulty is to fill the orders. 
 
 Mr. Speight has a saw mill and a planing mill, and not only manufactures his lumber, but sash 
 and blinds as well. His several f.ictories give steady employment to his men, and have drawn 
 into the village an excellent class of mechanics, and his works have added very much to its life 
 as well as growth. Take his mills and .shops awny, together with two or three other parties, 
 and Markham would soon have a forsaken look. 
 
 In November, 1877, he had his entire buildings destroyed by fire, and thirty days afterwards 
 had the brick walls of his shops up and the roof on — a fair sample of his energy and go-ahead- 
 tiveness. He is the live man of the place. 
 
 Mr Speight is very public-spirited, and his good business qualities are in constant demand 
 by his fellow citizens. He was in the township council one year ; has been reeve ever since 
 the village was incorporated in 1873; was warden of the county in 1875, a high school 
 trustee one term, and for several years secretary-treasurer of the Township Agricultural 
 Society. 
 
THE CANADIAN BIOGRAPJllCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
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 In politics, wo understand lio calls liinisolf a " Orit ;" cortiiinly in tlmt rospoct ho is solid, 
 tmmovablo, and he is one of that class who can give a reason for their political tenets and ad- 
 herence to party. 
 
 He is a Master Mason, a nieniher of Markliani Union Loilgo, No. 87, and is also an Odd 
 Fellow. 
 
 Mr. Speight was first married in I810, to Miss Mary Jano Crosby, of Markham, she having 
 nine children, and dying in 1875, two of her children being also dead; and the second time in 
 1877, to a sister, Miss Ellon Crosby, 
 
 SAMUEL BURDEN, 
 
 ' ISOWMANVILLE. 
 
 SAMUEL BURDEN, the present warden of the unitdl counties of Nortlnunberland and 
 Durham, is a native of Devonshire, England, a son of William and Ann (Sanders) Burden, 
 and was born January 1, 183.5. The name was originally spolt Bourdon, and traced back to 
 Normandy, being as old as William the CoiKpieror. The family emigrated to Canada in 1843, 
 and settled at. Bowmanville ; William Burden being a nurseryman. He and his wife are still 
 living, his age being seventy-seven, hers seventy-six. 
 
 Our subject was educated at the Normal school and Upper Canada college, Toronto, taking 
 care of himself since ten years old, and earning the funds for his education by work in a cooper's 
 shop. 
 
 He taught two schools in the township of Darlington an aggregate of eleven years, ending 
 his career as an instructor in 18G9. Since that date his business has been that of produce 
 dealing, buying butter, cheese, poultry, fruit, etc., and shipping to the United States, England 
 and Scotland. Durham county is a fine fruit-gi'owing country, and one autumn he shipped 
 10,000 barrels of winter apples to the United States. He lias sold Northern Spies in the Lon- 
 don market as high as two guineas a bariel. 
 
 Mr. Burden held various offices before becoming warden, as already mentioned — was town 
 councilman, deputy -reeve, reeve, and trustee of the public schools, being now in the last named 
 office, and holding it many j-ears. Being a teacher for a considerable period, and nmch inter- 
 ested in educational matters, he makes a very v'aluable member of that board. Every official 
 duty which he assumes he discharges promptly and with efficiency. 
 
 Mr. Burden is connected with two secret orders, and has been Senior Warden in the Masonic 
 Lodge at Bowmanville, and Grand Conductor of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Ontario 
 He belongs to St. John's Episcopal church. 
 
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 five of them in infancy. The other six arc still living. Sir. Burden has a cozy home, and a 
 greenhouse in which he amuses himself in the winter time. He seems to have a passion for 
 flowers, and a lovo for the beautiful, — no dispa)-agement to anybody's character. Tlu; most 
 finely fitteil up garden and grounds in Bowmanville are those of David Fisher, banker, though 
 .scores of others, like Mr. Burden, .show decided taste in that direction. 
 
 MICHAEL TLA^'AGA^", 
 
 KIXGSTOX. 
 
 MICHAEL FLANAGAN, Kingston, clerk of Kingston for thirty-six year.s, is a native 
 of Eljihin, county of Ro.scommon, Ireland, dating his birth, September 28, 1823. His 
 father was Loughlin Fl;xnagan, a merchant ; his motlier, Mai-garet Murray. In his youth our 
 subject .spent five years in a diocesan school, receiving a good Kngli.sh and classical education ; 
 came to Canada in 1N41, and settled in Kingston, residing here since that date. He was art' ■ 
 cled to Charles Stuart, barrister, and subsequently to Francis Manning Hill, of the same pro- 
 fession, serving meanwhile as assistant town clerk. In 1845 he was appointed town clerk, and 
 till' next year, when Kingston was incorporated, he became city clerk, which oitice he still 
 liol(U. He is faithful and efficient in his duties, and commands the respect of the entire com- 
 munity. He was (\r-t)fu''.o clerk of police for some time, and for nineteen years clerk of the 
 Recorder's Court — until it was abolished. 
 
 In politics Ml'. Flanagan is a Conservative, verj- firm in his .sentiments, but rather tpiiet ; 
 and is conscientious, holding his views of every kind, not from policy, but priuciiile. He was 
 reared in the Roman Catholic church, and venerates and adheres to the faith of his fathers. 
 
 Mr. Flanagan was married at Kingston, in I84(i, to Mi.ss Mary S. Boyd, a native of the 
 county of Tyrone, Ireland, and they have nine cliihlreii living and have buried two. 
 
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 A MON( I the Ifgid fraternity, (he nlili'st resident in C'lliiigwoid, is fleorge Moberly, a 
 
 -^-^- native nf Yorkshire, England. His I'irth is ilii'-d Sipt,.|nber 1(1, IS.'K). His father 
 
 was ( 'iiptain .lohn Moberly, (if the Hoyal Navy, who was m soM'rid engagements under lionl 
 
 .Ni'Isi.n; and his mother was Maty Toek, of Polish descent, la r- being also a military family. 
 
 Whi'u (ii'iiigi' wn,s about four \ears nld, the family eaiiie to l'|>per Catuida, living a short 
 
rilK CANADIAN lilOGRArillCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 
 time in CoLourg, Toronto and PiMietangnisliono, ami a longor period at Barrie. At tlio last 
 named town our sulgcct received a grammar school drill and studied law with Hon. James 
 Patton, and was called to the Bar at Hilary term in 1.SG2; when he opened his office, and he soon 
 had a good rini of Imsiness, which has kept up a steady flow. Mr. Moberly practises in all the 
 Courts of the Province and the Dominion, and is regarded as a sound, and eminently trust-, 
 worthy banister. His business is general and includes a good deal t)f convej'ancing. 
 
 At an early day in CoUingwood, Mr. Moberly liii'l an interest in steamboats running to 
 Sault Ste. Marie ; was also a stockholder in a Hax mill, and has now an interest in a foundry ; 
 also in tugs, barges and wrecking material, and shows in numy ways his public spirit an<l 
 enterprise. 
 
 Mr. Moberly liad at one period three years' e.Npcrience in the town council, and subsequently 
 was mayor for five consecutive years, when he peremptorily declined to serve any longer. He 
 has been a school trustee at sundiy times, and is now chairman of the public school board. He 
 seems to have Vteen very gent'rous in the amount "f time lie has given to tlie interests of the 
 town. 
 
 He is President of the West Sinicoe Conservative A.ssuciation, and an influential nuin 
 among his party, but we have no knowledge that li ever craves an office. In this respect he 
 seems to stand ready to help others rather than himself. 
 
 His religious connection is with the Church of England, and at siuidry times he has been 
 warden of All Saint's churo]\, ( 'oUingwoo I. Ife l)ears an irreproachable character. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Mobeily was Miss Fanny Maria O'Brien, of Shanty Bay, married October 
 15, 1. SCO. They have tiu'ce children. 
 
 i{()j5i:irr scon; 
 
 (i.M.r. 
 
 I )()nERT SCOTT, one of the leieliii-- iniiniitiKtiiieis in (iait, is a nativi' of tlii-. tuwii, 
 
 --*- '^ iliiting his Knth .Vin^iist t't, \S^.V^. His Dither, .Fii s SeotI, eanie frnin Seotlanil. nearly 
 
 lifty veins aL,'o ; is a buiMer, li\ini;- in (lull, mid is one ol' the oMest iisidnits i.f the town. 
 
 Itobeil hail a eiiiiiiiion sel j eiliieation ; li .nneil the liiisniith tiaile ; worked at it two or tliret^ 
 
 3 ears ill AHiany New ^'o^k, jiml ;i!'oiii the -.Miie leiiulh of time in (liielph Oiilaiio; ivtiiiiied 
 to ( lalt, aiiil foiiiieil ji paitiierslii|i w itii William Tmlter, In the t in, s(ii\e jimi ! ml low- ware Imsi- 
 ness, inidei' the fiiiii name ot' Tiotter and ^eott . w ho were tdgitliei f n t<ii years, and ilid a sery 
 sllccessfiii business. 
 
 in lM(i.'> Mr. Scott sold oiil to his p.ntiier, and si\ mouihs afti'iwards bou^dit the ' \'ieti,ria 
 
 Work.s." and since that date has I n engaged in manulactining IiiiIim, spokes, rinis, A;c. — o, full 
 
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 lino of cama<,'o woiks, liy stcaiii iK-iulinj,', Imviiii^ one i>f the laifjjcst. factories of tlio kiixl in tho 
 Province. Ho usually lias a staff of al)out tliirty-five men. The market for his wares, wliicli 
 are second to none of the kind made in ("anaihi, extends into all the I'rovinces, and Mr. Scott 
 is well-known amonj,' wlieel\vrij,'hts from Nova Scotia to Jhitish Colnndiia. 
 
 He wa.s in the town council of Oalt four or five years, and has lieen deputy reeve since 
 ahout 187"), still holdiiii,' that oftiee, and .seems to be willing to bear his .sliaro of the lalior in 
 the town and county munici|ialities. 
 
 He is a steadfast and earnest Reformer, and treasurer of the lleform Association for the 
 south riding of Waterloo. 
 
 His religious connection i.s with the Jfethodist church of Canada; is a member of th(\ board 
 of trustees i)f the same, and took a jtiominent part in building the new Methodist church in 
 Gait, a house of worship of which the town may well be proud. 
 
 In April, l.S7(i, Mr. Scott married .Miss .Maigaret White, of Seaforth, comity of IFuron.and 
 they have lost one daughter, and have three children living: Jaiucs Herbert, t'atherine Iilizal>eth 
 and Jennie. 
 
 A 
 
 JOn>»^ Tl 881 MAN, 
 
 (7/.I77/.I V. 
 
 AI()\(J the middle agi'd m mi roared in Chatham, a witness of its growth, and long ar. 
 official of tho town, is John Tissiman, who was born in Mount Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, 
 August !l, W.W, and came with bis parents, Joseph and Kditli ('reller) Tissimtin, to Chatham in 
 INST. Both paients were from Yorkshire, Kngland. Josepli 'I'issini.in was in llie mercantile 
 and brewing busjni'ss heie until his death in 1S|(I. lie irt'l lii-^ wife and three chililren in 
 moderate eircuinstances, tlie w idow clii.l about ten yenrs at'tir lui bn^band. Jolii! w.'is educated 
 in the common sehool ;it ( 'liiitbaiii ; w;is an nssistatit teacbri ,i slmrf tiiin' wlien sixteen vears 
 of age ; and tlu'U clerk in the store <il' .lames linrns, geiieial merchant; and in 1n.">.'(, when be 
 nrrived at liis majority, engngcd in the mi'rcantile trade in eoniiection with Col. .\. 15. Haxler. 
 Fi\( oi nIx yeais later .Mr. Tis'^imaii discontinued tneliug, not being successful in that line, and 
 for a few years was employed by wholesale liipii-.cs in winiling up banknipt ostato.s, spenilingono 
 .season, during this period, ;it St. Mary's. 
 
 In iMil .Mr TissiMLUi was appointed town clerk, ind llmt ollice In ^till holds. I'nvious 
 to this aj>]ioinliiicnt be iiad Im. n in the town council one term, lie is a pr.icliciil business nuin, 
 and perb'ctly reliable, having always maint.iincd ,ui cxcill.iit ch.aractcr for integrity. 
 
 Hi' is ( 'aptnin of what is know n as the lescrvc militiu of the town of ( 'liatham, having he n 
 jtromyted fiom linieto time nil appointed Captiun in Mnnli, I.SOi». 
 
 »M 
 
i of tlio kind in tlio 
 or hi.s waros, wliieh 
 nccs, and Mr. Scott 
 
 deputy ivi'vc xineo 
 uv of tin; ialior in 
 
 Association fur the 
 
 iciiilpi'i' of tlie board 
 ilotliodist flmrcli in 
 
 nnty of Hnmn.aud 
 L'atlieiino Kiizal)eth 
 
 rowtli, and loni; ai'. 
 Knox county, Ohio, 
 
 um, to Cliatiiain in 
 s in till' mercantile 
 tlirce diildrcn in 
 
 Iiilip. was educated 
 wlieii sixteen years 
 
 ill l.'^.").'), s\ lien lie 
 
 Cm!, a. r.. ISiixIcr. 
 ii in tliat line, and 
 tates, spcMldillL,' oni: 
 
 I liiilds. i'li-viiius 
 ie.il linsiiiess nmn, 
 
 I'ejriily. 
 
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 Tilt: CANADIAK JUOGIiAl'HWAL DICTIONARY. 
 
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 Ho sccnis to ignore all political alliiiation, entirily independent of party alliances. Religi- 
 ously Ids connection is with tho Cliurch of England, and, ho far lus we can leurn, ho has Used a 
 Manieless life. 
 
 Me lias always taken most interest in agricultiual and horticultural niattcrs, and is secretary 
 of the West Kent Agricultural Society', and secretary and treasurer of the (Chatham Horticultural 
 Society. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Ti.ssinian wa.s Mary H. Andrews, daughter of Thomas Andrews of Chatliani, 
 their marriage being (hi ted Dcceniher 17, liSlltJ. 
 
 SKNKCA IMTCrilKli, 
 
 SENKCA PITtMIKll, reeve of Norwich, was born in Warren county, N.V., December :27, 
 ISi."), his parents being Alva and ( Iiarlotte (Cunningham) Pitcher, liotli of New Yurk. 
 Losing his father when he was eight years uM, his mother moved to I'pper Canada, and settled 
 in the township of Ihnford, county of Oxford, formerly in the l>istrictof iJrock, Seneca 
 having iin older brother who accomiianiecl them, lb- ac(|niiinteil himself with the elementary 
 bianelies (if know ie<Igi' in tiie eoninion schools of that day, siippleiiieiitiug it wiili private 
 study ; farmeil \ lo.st of the time in his iniilli ; cli ikecl ji short tiiin in tiie village of Norwieji, 
 liieii iii.innfaclured lumber I'lir nbont ten ye:iis, (iH'iiiid on, inniiing saw mills on shares, and, in 
 1S.")4, comiiieiiecil tJKMnercaiit lie trade at Ncivsiiii. I■^l^ tliiei years lie was in company witli 
 Cliailcs Saekiidei, the (iiiii name being I'iteher and Sackiid. r, .'iMil linn traded alone mil il 
 l.s7(i, when he retired from mercantile life. 
 
 Mr. I'iteher is now busying liimself in taking care of his |iropcrty, and attending to the 
 duties of his olliee as ii>eve, in wliieh he is sei\ iiig his .second term, lie !-• also justice of the 
 lieace. lie lias also done some service to the communil}' as tlUstee tS the jiublic schools 
 of Noiwieh. lie was one of the [niivisioiial directors of the I'oit lloMian.l Lake llnmn 
 Hail way. 
 
 Several years ago Mi. I'iteher connerte. I liiniseif w llli the Sedentary Militia; held in sne- 
 eesslon the otUces of Kiisigii, l.ieiiteiiaiit and ( 'apt. '1 111, and abiiit that time I lieic was a change in 
 the military system, .iiel lie ivtind. 
 
 Mr I'ilehei- has alwaysatliliated with the Heform p;irty. and is \cr\ decided and linn in his 
 political views, ile and his familv alleiid the Canada Methodist, rliiirch. 
 
 Tlu; marriage of Mi I'ilelnr is dated .laniiary \'.\, bS.'Hj, his wife being i'ho'be Lossing, 
 daughter of Solomon Lossinj;, of Noiwieh, and granddaughter of I'clcr liossing, one of the iiist 
 
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 THE C.lKADIAn litOGJiAPJlICAL DlCtlOKAIiY. 
 
 settlers in the township of North Norvvii-h. The Lossings are a prominent family in this 
 of Oxford county. Mrs. Pitcher is the mother of three children, losing the first-horn. 
 
 A pleasant little episode in the quiet life of Mr. Pitcher occurred in February, 1879, wl 
 the citizens of Norwich presented him with a largo and elegant tilting silver pitcher and cl 
 as a token of their recognition of his valuable services as reeve. The present will long seil 
 as a reminder of the friendship of kind uud appreciative neighbors, and aprocioas keep-sakel 
 the family. ^ • 
 
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 RICHARD n. GATES, 
 
 TOliOXTO. 
 
 T)ROMINENT among the names of the pioneer settlers of Toronto, or " York Pioneers," aj 
 -*- they are now termed, is that vhich heads this .sketch. His birth and life up to the a^ 
 of eight were i-ather evi'ntful. Some little time aCter the mariiage of his parents, his father lie-| 
 ing commander of a merchant vessel, they started for the West Indies, and on their )'cturn tripl 
 to London were obliged to put into Belfast, the 27th fif July, 1809, on which day Richard wasj 
 born. In 1810 Richard accompanied his father and mother to Malta. Couiing out of the Medi- 
 terranean sea, his iallier's vessel, the Unnifc, was captured and carried by a French privateer 
 into Algiers, where they renuiineil prisoners of war. Owing to the British consul being an old 
 school-mate of Captain Gates', the tedium of their captivity vas relieved by a visit at his resi- 
 dence tintii exchanged. When Richard was two years old, his father, being in the connnis.sary 
 dej)artment, was ordered to Onorto, and while there a Portuguese nobleman seeing the child took 
 a fancy to him, and had hiui carried off to 'in .ouuciy residence, where he had Richard con- 
 cealed for some weeks. When found, he was well, and could prattle .somewhat in Poi'tuguese. 
 In 1812-l.She traveled with lii.< father and mother through Spain and France, and in 1814 
 returned to Falmouth, his mothei's native place, and his father was ordered to Quebec ; and 
 ■while Captain Gates Avas in (''(nada, he visited Toronto, then Little York, to see his cousin, 
 Miss Russell (sister of President Russell) who induced him to return to England, in 181(1, and 
 bring out to this country his family, in 1817. 
 
 Here Capt. Gates became a well known man in consecpience of building and .sailing the 
 packet " Richmond," between this city and Niagara for many years. 
 
 In Dr. Seadding's " Toronto of GM, " the mime of Richard Gates appears as one of the 
 students of the famous school of Dr. Strachan. After leaving this .school he .spent two years at 
 Niagara, about one 3ear at St. Catharines and about a year at Brockville, attending the school 
 of Ro.ssingti)n Elms; after thi.s came back to Toronto and .served two years' apprenticeship at 
 the drug iiu.-iness; in 1828 went to England, and spent two years finishing his study 
 
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 miinunt family in this pai-t 
 iiig tlie tiist-liorn. 
 (1 in February, 1879, wlien 
 ng silver pitcher and cup, 
 le present will long servo 
 nJ aprucioas keep-sake in 
 
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 to, or " York Pioneers," as 
 
 lirth and life up to the age 
 
 f his parents, his father be- 
 
 !s, and on their return trip 
 
 !)n which day Richard was 
 
 Coming out of the Jledi- 
 
 lied by a French privateer 
 
 •itish consul being an old 
 
 icd by a visit at liis resi- 
 
 being in the commissary 
 
 nan seeing the child took 
 
 •le he had Richard con- 
 
 soinewhat in Poi-tugucse. 
 
 and France, and in LSI 4 
 
 ordered tu Quebec ; and 
 
 York, to see his cousin, 
 
 11 England, in 181 (!, iind 
 
 building and sailing the 
 
 |ai)pears as one of the 
 
 he spent two years at 
 
 le, attending the school 
 
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 wttletu iu the tow iinhiji of Noitli Nurwicli. Tli.: Lu.sMiiiy^ inv a I'loniim.'nl family in thi.-s \mf 
 of t>xf(ir«) c<)unt\-. Airs. ]'iU'.li<r is the mother oC tluve cliiliiitii, losinj^ tlm lirst-iiorn. 
 
 A plcasittii liilli. ««|)i^<Ml(« in tla- -(tiiot lifi' ol Mj-. rilcliiT owmri'i.! in I'Vbvuary, 1K70, wlui, 
 the fiti/ciis <.f Nurwicli prowHitfd liitii witli ii largo aTid tfli'gaiit fiUiiig «ilvc'i- piUiluT and vu]<. 
 OS a token of tl'i/ir ncogi'iUon of l()» valnnhlc hcrviris a-s rcevi', TLf pif-'-'iit will long yoiv< 
 ft.s a K'niiii'U'i- of ih« iriendHliifM.f Ivind ;m(I aftiH" cijuive nfii^'hlors, nnd a I'leciuU'. keop-sake in 
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 ■ -ki'mIi Hi'- >>ir*h ii'-l !il'.' t.ji in ihe a;," 
 
 (•1 i-i>;ht vvntv ii., Im 1 •.■\fntfu). J^oiix? lifct!" feu»»» 
 
 ^•,r ..1 )ii»* ii(ir'-ii!..< liis fiithef '' 
 
 i<tL' i'»uiiuniili I ,< a tr.-n -(H'tct (.i uit; '>^i-<t ludt-' and "h ilirir a>tnrn ii.j 
 
 |.. ;4M«d.p .vif ..Kli^.'d U. (.Ill int.. H^lfft-t tl«.- 'J7tli "f -Inly, iMi'.i, ..n wliiili -lay Hidiard was 
 I'l.rn. In \>\U Hi- nard necom|«iiii«vl ^i>' iaili' .^nd niutlicr t>> Malta. ■ <)Uini',"'nt of (Ik Medi- 
 t .■iiiiin'an >oa. '; s fallierV v.'.«sid Xht: Vhh''. v/n* (Wjituivd iUid eanii-tl > « Kren. ii ))ii\atk'. 
 iiii<! A1-!«T< vlu-iv tli.y ii-niaiiied pi-iso-; y\ >d' war. Owintr i" tde Hfiu-fc « 'snl '.•ui:.' ^^\ "Ir 
 MJi.xil-ni.irc uf ( „i lain (>.(•■<', Mie H'.ii'.xn of lin'ir captivity wa- .i li<'V<'d 'i<y a sifi! at In- iv 
 iliuv until « \(lian.^'«ii. \\ li^n I'.iciianl waatv\" yi-ai old, liis liitln i I .Mni.' in «^<- (vntuii-sHi 
 (il I'l. Iliii III, Wil'- ■it'll li I. < >|i<iHii. ani| xvliiii- tiitiv a I'.irtiij'iie;-.' nnlili-H iui sci-inj, ill' iliJd t> • 
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THE CANADIAN DlOGRArillCAL VWrWNAliY. 
 
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 for a druggist, after which ho retunind to Toronto niul commenced business for Inmself Not 
 meeting tlie success anticipated in the drug business, he abandoneil it and went into a 
 foundi'y, with one Christoplier Elliott. Another change found him interested in the mill stono 
 business. After carrying on this industry for some time Mr. Gates built a grist mill at Brad- 
 ford, in which enterprise he lost about 818,000. Returning to Toronto he again started in the 
 mill-stone business, and this branch of industry still receives his attention, having been 
 moderately successful. 
 
 In 181)0 Mr. Gates conceived the idea of organizing an ns.sociation of the pioneers of this 
 city, and to his indefatigable efforts more than an}' others, is due the existence of the now 
 popular " York Pioneer Societj'." The society has been a very successful one and is doing a 
 g(jod work in preserving relies and historical mementoes ami associations of the "olden times." 
 The niembership was confined to those who lived hero previous to March G, 1834, when the 
 name was changed from York to Toronto, but subsequent action has changed their constitution 
 £0 as to admit direct descendants of the pioneers, after they attain to tlie age of forty years, 
 August 17, 1872, the society presented Mr. Gates witli a handsome gold medal, " In token of 
 his untiring and disinterested zeal in promoting the well-being of this Society." He is now 
 chairman of the Standing Connnittce. At the Exhibition in 1879, the society made an excellent 
 showing not the least attraction i>f which was a primitive log-cabin which, owing to the energy 
 and force of character of Mr. Gates, was erected on the grounds. 
 
 Mr. Gates is pn-sident of the United Canadian Association, a position which he has filled 
 for the last five years, having succeeded the late Col. R. L. Denison. 
 
 In political views Mr. Gates associates with the Conservative party, and in religion is a 
 Unitarian. 
 
 At the municipal election in January, 1880, he was elected to the city council as alderman 
 for St. James' Ward, a positicm which he i.s well qualified to fill. 
 
 MICHAEL 8ULLI\AX, M.D., 
 
 KL\(.i!<T(i.\. 
 
 ny yT"lCHAEL SULLIYAM, professor of surgery and histology in the Royal College of Phy- 
 "^ sicians and Sui'geons, Kingston, is a native of Killarney, county of Kerry, Ireland, and 
 
 a son of Daniel and Joanna (G'Connor) Suliiviin, bis biitli being dateil P'ebruary 13, 1838. 
 AVhen he was four years old fhf t'ainily emigrated to Canada, settling in Kingston. Here 
 he received :in Knglisli and ilassical cdueation, at tlie Uegiopolis College, and his medical 
 tinining in the medical dejiaitment of (^Mieen's Uni\ersity, being graduate from the latter insti- 
 
 74 
 
THE CAXADIAX BlOGRArillCAL DICTIOSARY. 
 
 tutiou in 1858. He hns been in general practice fur t\venty-on(? years, liaving a good run of 
 business, botli in medicine and surgery. 
 
 At an early day in liis practice. Dr. Sullivan was appointed professor of anatoiii}' in tlio 
 Royal Colle;L;e of I'liysicians aiul Surgeons, and for the last fifteen or sixteen years has occupied 
 the chair of surgery and histology. He has also been surgeon to the Hotel Dieu for many 
 years, and its success is owing largely to his efJbrts. He is a trustee of the Kingston Hospital 
 metlical examiner on anatomy to the medical council of Oufario, and is a member of the medical 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Province. 
 
 Dr. Sullivan was an alderman for eight or ten years, and mayor in 1874 and 187o, looking 
 well to the interests of the city, and giving all the timo ho could spare from his professional 
 duties, to the promotion of those interests. He had the honor of welcoming Lord DiiHerin on 
 his visit to Kingston, being chief magistrate that yeai'. 
 
 In politics the Doctor is a Conservative ; in religion a Roman Catholic. His wife was Mary 
 Brown, of Kingston, their union taking place June 7, 18G7. They have had seven children, 
 and bulled three of them. 
 
 JOHN W. LOUCKS, 
 
 MORRlSBina. 
 
 JOHN \V. LOUCKS, clerk of the Division Court, is a son of William Loucks, a United 
 Empire Loyalist, from the State of New York, settling in the c(junty of Stormont, Ontario, 
 Sdon after the American Revolution, and afterwards purchasing land in the township of Wil- 
 liamsburg, county of Dundas, where he died at a great age in 18G3. There our subject was 
 born May lo, 17t>G, and reared a farmer with very few opportunities for ac<[uiring an education. 
 At sixteen, when the second wai- with the United States opened, he eniiste<l in the Provincial 
 cavalry; was at the battle of Cry sler's Farm, and was rewarded hy the Crown with a silver 
 medal for meritorious conduct. He served under Captain Richai-d D. Fraser, afterwards 
 Lieut.-t'olonel. Mr. Loucks also took part against the rebellion in 1837-'38, and was in the 
 battle of the Windmill, at Prescott, in November, 1888, being ensign in Captain John P. 
 Crysier's company. He now holds a Captain's commission in the 1st regiment Dundas militia. 
 
 Mr. Loucks has always been a farmer, and since IS-tfi has held the office of clerk of the 
 Division Couit for the united counties of Dunda.s, Stormont and Glengarry, and is also a justice 
 of the peace, peiforming all his duties faithfully at the age of 83 years. He is a wondeifuliy 
 , well-pre.<ei ved man — clear-lRadcd and strong, and elastic in body for a iiian of that numlicr of 
 vt ai*. Iff was warden of the Chinch of England for thirty-three years, and has always borne 
 ii most excellent character. 
 
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 fion 
 
 aving a good run of 
 
 n- of anatomy in tlio 
 Jen jeai'H has occupied 
 lok'l Dieu for many 
 le KingHton Hospital^ 
 iieniber of the medical 
 
 S74 and lS7o, looking 
 From liis professional 
 ling Lord DuHerin on 
 
 July 27, 1817, Alta, danglitcr of Dr. John Mowelcy, of WilliamHburg, was joined in wedlock 
 witli Mr. Loucks, and they had six children, five of thein still living. Tiie eldest sun, John 
 William, represented the county of Russell at one time, in the Dominion I'arliament, Ids homo 
 hcing in the township of Rus.sell. Allen is married and lives on Williamsburg. Cluy N., the 
 other son, is with his father on the homestead. The two daugliters arc married. Guy liolds 
 a Lieutenant's commission in Captain T. V. Rubridgu's company of artillery, formed at the time 
 of the Trent atikir. *, 
 
 Mr. Loucks has a good memory, and his recollections of early times in Canada arc full and 
 instructive. He is very communicative, a pl(>asant talker, and as cordial as a politician, when 
 before the people soliciting votes. 
 
 His wife was Mary 
 had seven chiMren, 
 
 im Loucks, a United 
 
 of Stormont, Ontario, 
 
 he township of Wil- 
 
 lere our .subject was 
 
 [uiring an education. 
 
 d in the Provincial 
 
 Vown with a silver 
 
 Fraser, afterwartls 
 
 Sis, and was in the 
 
 in Captain John P. 
 
 lent Dundas ndlitia. 
 
 thee of clerk of the 
 
 , and is also a justice 
 
 le is a wondeifully 
 
 n of that mnnlier of 
 
 id has always borne 
 
 REV. GEORGE BELL, LL.D., 
 
 WAi.Kh'irrox. 
 
 aEORGE RKLL, [lastcir of .St. Paul's Presbyterian church, Walkerton, was born in Perth, 
 Ontario, September M, 181!). His father, Rev. William Rell, a native of Airdrie, .Scot- 
 land, was a pioneer preacher at Perth, and pastor of a Presliyterian church there from 1817 to 
 18.57 — just forty years, and there died in August, 18.')7; and his mother's name was Mary 
 Black, a lineal descendant of one of the first Huguenots w ho tied from Fiance at the ma.ssacro 
 of St, Bartholomew, in l'u'2, and she was born on the farm on wliiuli the progenitor of the 
 family settled in Scotland, moie than .*U)() years ago. 
 
 Our subject was educated partly in private, and at the grannnar school, Hamilton, and 
 Queen's College, Kingston, he being the first student that entered the college — March 7, 1842. 
 He finished his stuilies in 1843 ; and was licensed to preach Septendjer 8, of the same year ; was 
 ordained at Cumberland Jlay 30, 1844; preached at Cundjerlan<l and Buckingham until the 
 autumn of 1848; at Simcoe until February, 18.57, and at Clifton until Jidy, 1873, when, on 
 account of ill health, he resigned his pastorate, and hail tlireo or four months' rest. 
 
 From November, 1873 to February, 1874, Dr. Bell lectured at Queen's University, Kings- 
 ton, and has since lectured there on two or three occasions, for a shorter period, his .specialty 
 I'jing science and theology. He received the degree of B.A. fi'om tliat institution in 1847, and 
 LL.D. in 1874. 
 
 In February, 1874, Dr. Bell came to Walkerton to establish a mission, there being at that 
 time no Presbyterian church in the place ; he has workeil with unremittins' zeal, and out of 
 that mi.ssion has grown a church of fair strength, organized in May, 1874. An elegant brick 
 house of worship, costing with furniture, kc, ^8,000, was dedicated in March, 1877. 
 
 Dr. Bell was local superintendent of schools most of the time while residing at Simcoe and 
 Clifton, and is inspector of schools in this town ; has been a trustee of Queen's University for 
 
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 many years, and has held the office of convener of the GenenU Assembly's committee on church 
 polity. 
 
 Dr. Bell prepares his sermons with great care, and they are logical, scholarly, pointed, and 
 full of religious instruction, calculated to make his congix'gation grow in knowledge as well as 
 grace. 
 
 Dr. Bell was first married in 184G, to Miss Mary WH'iteford, of Montreal, she dying in 1851, 
 leaving three children, two of them still living ; and the second time in 1855, to Miss Ellen 
 Chadwick, of Sinicoe, by whom he has two children. His eldest son, William Whiteford, is a 
 royal engineer in the employment of the Bombay government. 
 
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 DIXIE WATSON, 
 
 WINGUAM. 
 
 ~r\IXlE WATSON, dork of the Division Court, dates his birth in the township of West- 
 -'-^ minster, adjoining London, Ont., November 14, 1842. His father, Dixie Watson, senior, 
 was a barrister, one of the first members of the profession in Huron county, and a member 
 of the first town council of Goderich, *vliere he died in 185(5. The mother of our subject 
 was Charlotte Williams, daughter of Judge Rowland Williams, of the London Di.strict. She 
 died in 18G8. 
 
 In 1845, the family moved to Goderich, where young Dixie received a grammar school 
 education, and studied law with Mr. John Bell Gordon, pur|)<i.sing, ut one time, to enter that 
 profession ; but in 18G7 he became official assignee of the county of Huron, and abandoned his 
 legal studie.', He held the office of assignee until 1875, when it was made a Government 
 appointment, and the |)arty in power wanted the place for one of its own members. Mr. Wat- 
 son was councilman and reeve of the town of Goderich four years. 
 
 When the new Division court was opened at Wingham, in 187(5, he was ajipointed clerk, 
 and still holds that situation. He is attentive to his duties, obliging and courteous, and hence 
 quite popular. He was connected for .several years with the volunteer force of the Province ; 
 went througli the Fenian mid of 18(5(5, and came out Ensign of the Huron RiHes. The politics 
 of Mr. Watson are Conservative ; at one time he was vice-president of the Conservative Associ- 
 ation of Goderich ; and prior to accepting his present office, wai <iuite an earnest worker in that 
 direction. 
 
 He is a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Huron and Lebanon Chaptei-s. August 
 18, 1873, Miss Louisa Carroll, daughter of John Carroll, of Thorold, Ont, was married to Mr. 
 Watson. They are memWrs of the Episcopal church, and both very fond of music and good 
 singers, he leading the choir in St. George's church, Goderich, for several years. 
 
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 Miss Ellen 
 
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 Mr, Watson has very dark bi-owa eyes, dark cumplexion, a stout build ; is six feot one inch 
 high, and weighs 250 pounds. He is frank, cordial, and very come-at-able; is a man of excel- 
 lent habits and good taste, and enjoys the more refined pleasures of life with unalloyed and 
 keen zest. 
 
 p of West- 
 
 
 tson, senior. 
 
 
 i a member 
 
 fc.>f 
 
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 strict. She 
 
 
 mar school 
 
 
 ) enter that 
 
 
 ndoned his 
 
 
 lovernmcnt 
 
 
 Mr. Wat- 
 
 
 iited clt'rk, 
 
 
 and hence 
 
 
 Province ; 
 
 
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 ive Associ- 
 
 
 :er in that 
 
 
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 PllOF. E. E. V. R. HAA^'EL, PII. D., 
 
 COBOVRG. 
 
 TnUGENE EMIL F. R. HAANEL, Professor of Chemistry and Physics in Victoria College, 
 * ^ and one of the best educated men in the Physical Sciences in Ontario, is a native of 
 Breslau, Silesia, a son of Franz and Ann (Herde) Haanel, and was bom May 2-1', 18+1. His 
 father is a Government officer, occupying the position of Secretary of the Council. The Haanels 
 were originally from Sweden, the gieat grandfather of Franz Haanel, leaving that country on 
 account of his politics. 
 
 The subject of this sketch commenced his sladies at ')Ur years of age, and was gr-duated 
 at the (Jymnasium in his native city in 185S. Soon afterwards he went to the United States ; 
 was in Baltimore, Md., when the civil war commenced between the Northern and Southern 
 States in the spring of 18G1 ; he joined the Union army, and si)ent three years as a hospital 
 steward, and one year as First Lieutenant, Company K, Second Regiment Maryland Veteran 
 Infantrj-, serving in that cajjacity when the war closed in April, 18(>5. 
 
 Soon afterwards he became a student at tiie Michigan State University, Ann Arbor ; in 
 )86(i, became Assistant Professor of Natural Science at Adrian (Michigan) College; the next 
 year held the same situation in Hillsdale College, same State ; in lH(i8 was appointed Professor 
 of the same dej)artment in Albion College, also in that State, and occupied that chair for four 
 J ears. 
 
 While in the United Stute.^ Professor Haanel became naturalized, ami repeatedly exercised 
 his civil rights at the polls. 
 
 In 1872 he returned to Germany, and on the 7th of June, 1873, took the degree of Doctor 
 of Philosophy at the Royal University, Breslau. He came directly to Cobourg to fill the chair 
 already mentioned. His coming caused the erection of Furaday Hall, in 187(>, a brick ijuilding 
 50 by 100 feet, admirably arranged for his purposes, and which is used exclusively l)j' him. It 
 is no doubt the ln-st buililing of the kind and was the first in the Dominion of Canada, and 
 thoroughly equipped with apparatus selected by the Professor himself in the cities of London, 
 Paris, Bonn, Leipzig, Dresden and Berlin. 
 
 During Prof Haanel's residence at the Univeixity at Breslau for the purpose of graduating, 
 he took for his thesis "the galvanometric method for the determination of the earth's mngnetis'u 
 
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 ami its oscilations," for which he had constructed in ncconlance with his original designs, nn 
 instrument termed the "galvanic bifilar magnetometer," which at this day constitutes the 
 principal instnnnsnt for observation at the magnetic observatory connected with tin University 
 of Breslau. 
 
 Though a Geniian, Professor Ilaanel speaks the English language with elo(pience as well 
 as fluency ; is clear and concise, as well as accurate, in his enunciations ; and an attractive 
 lecturer, a successful experimenter, and laborious, untiring and enthusiastic in his work. 
 
 Though thoroughly wedded to science, Professor Ilaanel " took a notion " on the 5th of 
 November, 18C6, to wed Miss Julia F. Darling, of Lake Ridge, Mich., a graduate of Albion 
 College, and they have five subjects for education. 
 
 THO^fAS WAKD, 
 
 roitT novK. 
 
 ONE of the very early settlers in the township of Hope, was Thomas Ward, a prominent 
 citizen of the place for more than fifty years. He was a son of Thomas Ward, senior, 
 and was l)orn in London, England, June 20, 1770. WhenCohmel, afterwards Governor-General 
 Simcoe and Attorney-General White came out tt) Canada (about 17!) I), Mr. Ward accompanied 
 them, and when Governor Simcoe, in search of a site for the capital, dec!. led upon removing it 
 from Newark (Niagara) to the old French fort Rouili*?, now Toronto, Mr. Ward was among the 
 numlier who saw the .soldiers clear away the laush and trees, and lay the foundation of " Little 
 York," he assisting to organize the fii-st government of Ujiper Canada, and, with Attorney -Gen- 
 eral White, built one of the fii-st dwelling houses there. The historian records that, in 17!*') 
 there were only twelve houses besides the Imrraeks, wliere the city of Toronto now .viands. 
 
 Mr. Ward had studied law with Attorney-General White, In-fore coming to this country, 
 and was made a st4>tutc lawyer, erne of the fii-st in Upper Canada, and was one of the first 
 Wnchers of the Law Society of the Province. 
 
 About the close of the last century, he went to Brighton, Nortlnimberland county, and not 
 long afterwards settled in what is now Port Hope. Jonathan Walton and Elias Smith settled 
 here in 17f>7, and Mynert Harris a little earlier. 
 
 In March, 1 SON, as the records show, Mr. Ward was appointetl registrar of the county of 
 Durham, and he held that ofiiee stea<lily until l>S-t7, when he resigned an<l one of his sons suc- 
 ceeded him. He took the first census of New Castle District, now embracing the counties of 
 NorthumU'rland, Durham, Peterliorough, and Victoria, and there were then forty heads of 
 families, four yoke of oxen and one hoi'se. 
 
 Mr. Ward was at one time Judge of the County Court, and was Judge of Surrogate when 
 
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 i!^titut«s the 
 It University 
 
 ence ns well 
 
 m nttractive 
 
 work. 
 
 n the 5th of 
 
 ite of Albion 
 
 a prominent 
 
 Wiuil, senior, 
 
 rnor-General 
 
 nceonipiinied 
 
 removing it 
 
 iix iiinong the 
 
 m of " Little 
 
 ttirney-Cen- 
 
 lint, in 179"i 
 
 slamls. 
 
 liis I'onntry, 
 
 of the lir.st 
 
 nty, anil not 
 in it!) settled 
 
 le ennnty of 
 lis Hon.s suc- 
 i counties of 
 ty heatls of 
 
 rojjate when 
 
 he (lied, February 27, 1801, being in his 92ud year. He was also clerk of the peace, at the 
 time of his death, having held that oftiec thirty or forty yeai-s, it being f )r the united counties 
 of Nortlmniberland and Durham. He was true in every trust. 
 
 Mr. Ward served through th.e war of 1812-14, holding a Ciiptiiin's coinniission, his comjiany 
 being stjitioned along the lake shore between Toronto and rresi^uu Isle (Brighton). Part of the 
 time he was paymaster for the troops. 
 
 Capt. Ward was one of the foundei-s of St. John's now St. Mark's Episcopal elnnch, Port 
 Hope, and warden of the same for a long period. He was a liln-ral supporter of the church and 
 of benevolent sm-ieties, and generous to the poor and unfortunate. 
 
 Aliout ISOG Miss Mary Playter, of Toronto, who was born December 13, 1782, became the 
 wife of (.'apt. Ward, and died February 20. 1847. She was the mother of eight children, five 
 daughters and three sons, all now dead but one daughter and twi) sons, these three living in 
 Port Hope. Sarah is the widow of John Tucker Williams, Lieutenant in the British Navy, and 
 many yeai"s a mendier of the Canadian Parliament ; (ieorge Charles succeeded his father in the 
 otHce of registrar, anil has held it for thirty-three years, being a very faithful otticer. He has 
 a wife ami four children, an<l has lost three. Kly W., the other son, ha.s also a family. He was 
 an Kiisigii in the 3rd incorporated militia from 1.S.'57 to I.S43; was in the rebellion of 1837- '3S, 
 and in the battle at Navy Island, and witnessed the burning of the steamer " Caroline." He is 
 not in any business. 
 
 DAA'II) ir. IIATIHI80X, MW, 
 
 ~r\AVlD HOWARD HARRISON, a prominent phy.sician and surgeon of St. Mary's, ami a 
 -*-^ coroner of the county of Perth, was born in the townsh.p of London, Ontario, June 1, 
 1M43. His father, Milner Harrison, a native of Yorkshire, Kngland, came to Canada in his in- 
 fancy with his parents, who settled on a farm in the township just mentioned, in 1810, and 
 where he grew to manhood, and in 1841 married Miss Catharine Howard, a daughter of Thomas 
 Howard of the same township. She was the Hrst female chiM born there, and her mother was 
 the tii-st woman buried in that townsliip. 
 
 In ]84.'», when our siibjeit was two years old, the family removed to St. .Mary's, and here the 
 father was engageil in the dry goods traile for several yeai-s, liciiig, in fact, a pioneer in that line 
 of business in this place, continuing in the trattic, with nuirkeil success, until 1800. While en- 
 gaged in mercantile pui-suits, he lieKl various utlices, such as school tru.stee, councilman, justice 
 of the peace, \e. Since retiring from tr.ide he has lived at his ea.se, enjoying, with his vife, 
 his coinp«'tency, and the good wishes of his large circle of friemls, 
 
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 THE CAKADUy BIOGIIAJ'JIICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 Dr. Harrison wns educated in the arts, at the University of Toronto, and in medicine at 
 McGill College, Montreal, being graduated M.D. in 1864. He commenced practice at St. Mary's, 
 and is still engaged in the profession. Of late years he has also done m ire or less in the real 
 estate business, being a successful operator in that line as well as in his profession. He is also 
 an extensive manufacturer and denier in flax. He has been a county coroner since about 186G ; 
 is a member of the Dominion Medict'l Association, and stands well in the fraternity. 
 
 The Doctor has been in the town council a few terms, and has done valuable service as a 
 trustee of the Collegiate Institute, a prosperous and growing institution, which he takes pride 
 in aiding to build up. The excellent public schools of St. Mary's owe their present high stand- 
 ing to the laudable efforts of a few such public-spirited men as Dr. Harrison. 
 
 He is a Conservative in politics, but we cannot learn that lie is very active in that direc- 
 tion. He is a Ciiapter Mason ; and is President of a Gospel Temperance Society, being a strong 
 advocate of the latter cause, and a well wisher to society in all respects. 
 
 In April, 1800, Kate, third daughter of George Stevenson, deceased, in his day a prominent 
 citizen of Sarnia, was joined in wedlock with Dr. Harrison, and they have four children. 
 
 coLix :mu^'^iio, 
 
 ST. TllOM.iS. 
 
 r I "IHE .subject of this .sketch, the slu-rirt" of the county of Elgin for moru than a (piarter of a 
 -*- century, and one of the most stirring men of the county, is a native of Argyle, Scotland, 
 and born in February, 1819. His jiarenls, Neil and Nancy, (McPherson) Mnnro, belonged to 
 the agricultural class, and when the son was eight years old, came to Canaila and settled on 
 800 acres of bush land in the township of Southwold. They were landed from a sailing vessel 
 at Port Stanley (1827), and at that time, a round half century ago, this part of the old London 
 district, was very sparsely settled. Here and tiiere a farm had been partly ojiened in the town- 
 ship of SouthwoM, when Ni-il Muuro began to swing his axe in the dense forest. 
 
 Gur sidyect, who had receivetl a little schooling in the old country, continued his studies 
 here as Uist he could in those early days, and being ambitious to learn, and apjilying himself 
 out of school as well as in school, at seventeen he was prepared to teach, and conuuenced that 
 lionorable vocation. Soon afterwards his father gave him a faini, which he cleared in the 
 coui"se of ten or twelve yeaix, contiiniing to teach inure or less every year during this i)eriod, 
 farming usually in the summer seasim. It is doubtful if any young man in this section of the 
 country was more industrious or made a In'tter use of his time, than did Mr. Munro. This alter- 
 nation of mental and physical labor, and these early habitc of close application and unwearied 
 
, and in medicine at 
 ■actice at St. Mary's, 
 re or less in the real 
 ofcssiou. He is also 
 or since about 1860 ; 
 nternity. 
 
 valuable service as a 
 rhich lie takes pride 
 ' present high stand- 
 in. 
 
 active in that direc- 
 uiety, being ii strong 
 
 his day a prominent 
 four children. 
 
 than a (juartor of a 
 if Argylo, Scotland, 
 duiiru, belonged to 
 |a<la and settled on 
 ini a sailing vessel 
 |of the old London 
 lened in the town- 
 
 Lst. 
 
 Itinucd his studies 
 
 applying himself 
 
 commenced that 
 
 Ihe cleureil in the 
 
 liring this period, 
 
 Ids section of the 
 
 |nro. Thisalter- 
 
 aiid unwearied 
 
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 I)i'. Han-isoa wii% oiltjcuteil m Th< »f^>», at lUo fniviTKity • TDiuiito, ami in uwiUeiiic ni 
 Mcf'till Collo^i'. Montr.Mil, iKjiij-jgrjAliml. I V iv ii, i^tU H iOiaiiiem-od juactici" at St. Miiiy's, 
 timl is still onfjtd'foj in tli» inof«>*5oi Of Ut» y^am li' iias also lionfl ui >tt> or lu.s.s in tli< n-al 
 I'stato business, b«'in^ a ^iicrwwftil o\^) ,tii- i« in»t I'ln- «w well as in Ins praf«s.iiitti. Uo is also 
 im t!\li'iisi\T luanufacturor lu.l • •alci- ..r Ho Be Km Jwod u oounty corviiier since aliout l!S<»G; 
 ia a member of th" Dotiiiiiiou il J-^l v«it^'iMi»,i', mi'l stamls will in the iVnternity. 
 
 Tlio DoHiT liasl'wii iu hi< t<nvn i.L.unll a fow Unus, ami his dono valuabio strviw as tt 
 tinstoi' uf th.u Collcjiiait ltiBti».»M', » jir .Hivrm* in;! >;rciwiu^- insritiiiimi. wliich h<' takes |<ii<lo 
 b aidinjj; to buikl up Tlic i'Xii«>U''f<t piil.iio nKhtwilaof St. Mary'.-> owe tlioir pivsent hi^'h .staiij- 
 iiig to the laiiilalilu »;(roit>i >..f a f'«' such pikilii- sp ntt-d men as Dr. !fairi.»;on. 
 
 Hi? is a CWservativc in ii.»!iMi'>, Vwrt w.- ca- oi Wm that hft i.s very active in that tUroc- 
 tion. He is .'1 I 'hiij)t.'i M ■ iv P K<n! • tU' '••'U'}! I imc-- S..cifity, beiaif » sLronjj; 
 
 atlvDoalL' of th»! Uttr-r CT»' ,<.>). S :[[ r'\»[fH%\. 
 
 In April. IK'W^ K.«W , • "wed, iw his i|»y a lirnniin'-nt 
 
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 rTlIlK '■ubit'cl <-r ihi., Kketch, th^ sh.'riH' of the couuU of ii\a\u for op^rc than a i|Marlyr . f" a 
 -*^ <•• niury, ami one of thei.iosst ^tirriii'.; men of tho .ouaty, !« a native .jf Argyle, Scotlan<l 
 anillii/nt In Kobniarv, IM!). His |iiirenis, Neil and N/.ney. 'McPhei-on, Munm, l.:-loiij,'Bit I; 
 the Hijneiii'.nfal ihiKs, and w lien the son was eipht ytn«- K.d, cann^ to t;ana<tn ami settlecl (. 
 S(Ki aeivs f Imsli land m the io\vn.yhi|» of Sonlhwclvl. T'l" y weie lamhd lian a sailing' ve.ss 
 at Tort i">l*iilg\ Ini?-, aid rt that tiaie • totsnd half 'xi.; i.y svtc". thi.s part of the ohl Lond 
 disfrirt, wa.s . tv xpaiwiv v>»t*.li«d. H '• «'»d jLlieiv a fitnii »« I b'-Mt paitly oiiened in (h« t-n 
 ship of Siimli wold w»ri«ni Neil Mum Iss^pan to swing U^s i«. n the d"ns« foie«l. 
 
 i Ini snlijeet. \\ho liad received « little ,sehi>olinn m th" 'li 1 eounlry. oontimitd hi.s atv 
 hotv as Ix'st he e'.uid in th.we early days, Mtd luiiiig auibiti nis to lv«rn, and applyin« bin 
 out of school a.s well as in .seho'il, at svvontwn he was pivpjweu to teaeh. an<l e..iiiineno4>l ■ 
 hoii.'iabh v<M.'atioii. Soon afterwards Ids father gju- hin. ii fiinn, which lie elearwl t 
 ooni-se of I'll or twelve \eai-s, euntiniiin^' to tiiwh iiK-re oi i.-«H every ^••ar during thi- • 
 farniin;" nsiiallv in the siiiomer sea- on. It is doubtful if any young tiian in this si>cti w 
 
 eonntrv v/'.v more indiistrions or inaile a liett^i nsi> of his timf. than did Mr. Mnino ;w 
 
 tMt)t>ii u( iiivutal and phyHical laWr, and thcso early lialitji ul clu.'se ajiplicatiou and «.»• aiicxi 
 
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 euntiiuics to build. 
 
 He carried on hit* farm until 1S53, nctinjj, niennwliile, as tii-st assessor of the townsliip of 
 Southwold, and afterwards as a niemlicr of tlie district council for a iuinil>er of years. He 
 was in that council when the county of Kl<rin was set otl' from Middlesex, and was a leading 
 man in forwarding and consununating that nietusure. 
 
 When the Great Western Uailway cauie through this part of the Province, ho took the 
 contract for fencing in one hundred and ten miles of it, and did it with dispatch. 
 
 In 1853, Mr. Munro was appointed sheriH" a life oftice, in performing the duties of whieli, 
 as in everytliing else to which he has put his hands, he .shows himself a liusiness dispatcher. 
 Whether fencing in a railroad or a rascal, his ste))» are quick, and he "means husiness." 
 
 In 18.'>!), Miss Alma Moore, of Malahide townshiji, daughter of Lindley Moore, Es(j., ft>rmerly 
 of Nova Scotia, was joined in marriage with Sheriff Munro, and died in October, 18G.'>, leaving 
 one daughter, Alma Agnes, to whom her father is giving a first class education. 
 
 IIORATK) YATES, .M.D., 
 
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 1 1 "iHE .subject of this brief biogi-aphy has been in th(^ practice of medicine and surgery at 
 -*- Kingston for thirty-seven yeaix, and has occupied tlie Chair of Medicine in Queen's 
 University, now the Royal College of Piiysieians and Suigeons, Kingston, since 18.'>+. He is 
 the .son of a physician, William Yates, a native of Derbyshire, Kng., and was born in Otsego 
 county, N. Y., February 11, 1S21. His mother's name, before her marriage, was Hannah 
 Palmer. 
 
 In 1833 he came to Kingston to live witli an uncle ; here he read nHMlieine witli Dr. dames 
 Sampson ; attended lectures at the Pennsylvania Metlieal College, Philadelphia ; was there grad- 
 uated in 1842; then spent a year in St. George's Hospital, Londcui, Eng., and since 1843, lias 
 been in the constant practice of his profession, standing second to no one here in any department 
 of the healing art. He has had a great deal of surgical business, some of it at points remote 
 from his home. His skill and success are well known over a wide area of country, and he com- 
 mands the highest respect of the medical fraternity as well as of the comnuniity. 
 
 Besides his general practice, and his duties i;i the Medical College already mentioned, the 
 Doctor is surgeon, in full pay, of the School of Gunnery connected with the Canailian Artillery, 
 and has been Surgeon to the Kingston General Hospital for a quarter of a century, and chair- 
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 havinjf alwftys taken superb t-aie of liimsolf. He Injlop^rs to the Chuivh of England, ami haH 
 liveil nn unMemished and eminently praiseworthy life. He is a very mwlest man, devoid of 
 vanity, pretension or show, and very (luictly and unostentatiously attends to his manifold duties. 
 In September, 1846, Dr. Yates married Jane Bower, daughter of Rev. Joseph Bower, of 
 Chester, England, and they have had three children, all girls, losing one of them in infancy. 
 Agnes, the younger of the two living ehildien, is the wife of William H. Foitl, of Montreal. 
 Stella lives with her parents. • 
 
 ADA3^I HUDSPETH, 
 
 LINDSA v. 
 
 A DAM HUDSPETH, a leading barrister in the county of Victoria, is a son of Robert 
 -^-*- Hudspeth, formerly of Cobourg, for many years master of the Grammar School there, 
 a native of the county of Northumberland, Eng., who emigrateil to Canada in 1834. Soon after 
 Robeit Hudspeth had settled at Cobourg, Adam was born, December 8, 1836, his mother, before 
 her marriage, l»eing Marianne Cairns, daughter of Rev. Adam Cairns, of Loughforgan parish, 
 Scotland. He was educated by his father in English and the" cla-ssics; in* 1851, was articled to 
 a merchant, Thomas Harvej-, of Cobourg, and .spent four years as clerk in his store. 
 
 In 18.')5, Mr. Hudspeth came to Lindsay, and, with the exception of a short time spent the 
 next year in his native town, he has been a resident of Lindsay for twenty-four yeara. At the 
 date of his coming here there were no railroads; the town was verj* small, and the country but 
 spai-sely settled. He has seen Lindsay grow to a town of GOOO inhabitants, with broad streets, 
 beautiful brick blocks, most of them three stories high ; three railroads, affording prompt and 
 easy communication with the outer world, in many directions, and with .school and church pri- 
 vileges of a high grade, calculated to attract thoughtful people to settle in the town. 
 
 He commenced his legal studies with his older brother, Thomas A. Hud.speth, in 1857 ; 
 was admitted as an attorney in 1802 ; was called to the Bar at Michaelmas term in 1807, and 
 has practised here from tl.it date, being thoroughly established, and having a lucrative business 
 second to that of no one of his profe.s.sion in the county of Victoria. He is living a very busy 
 life, and is having an extensive and successful practice, the result of talents well applied, and 
 business carefully anil conscientiously done. There is not a more reliable man of any profes- 
 sion in the county. 
 
 Ml-. Hudspeth has held one or two town offices, doing exceedingly good Work on the school 
 board, and has been deputy judge of the county since July, 1872. 
 
 He is strongly and firmly Conservative in his political tenets, and in 1875 was the candi* 
 
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 tiate of his party for thu local |>arlinmciit in tho riding uf South Victoria, and was dufuated 
 by Hon. Samuel Cnsoy Wood, by a very snmll iimjurily. At tbt; last general election, held in 
 1870, he was urged by his political friends to try it again, but declined. His inlluence in tho 
 jmrty is very strong. It is rare to find a man of his ago of the same weight of character. 
 
 He is warden of St. Paul's Episcop'il church, a ilelegato to tho Synod, and a man of tho 
 highest integrity. 
 
 Tho wife of Mr. Hudspetli was Miss Harriet Miles, daughter of Rolwrt S, Miles, Es(|., of 
 Brockville, retired chief factor of tho Hudson Bay Company. They were married in July, 1808, 
 and have had six children, five of them still living. 
 
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 "fjlLLIS WALTON HYMAN, one of the most successfr.l merchants and best business 
 * ^ men who ever traded in Lomhm, was born in Wiiiiamsport, Pa., Decemlwr 2, 181.), ho 
 being a son of Jacob Hy man, an architect. He received a business education in his native 
 town, learned the trade of a tanner and currier, and in 1834 came to Canada and settled in 
 London. He went into business for himself at the old Morrill tanm-ry on Ui<lout .street, three 
 or four yeare later removing to Talbot street. Shortly afteiwards he adtled a large tannery at 
 Tilsonburg, ami at the .same time enlisted in various manufacturing and other enterprises, shoo 
 factories, leather store, pork-packing houses, &e. His business talents weiv sjtlendid, and ho 
 made a success of every branch in which be engaged. Everything he touched, seemed to turn 
 to goM. Yet he was fair in his dealings, doing everytliing on strict and honorable business 
 principles. 
 
 Mr. Hyman was prominent in more than one monetary institution, being president many 
 yeai-s of the Huron and Erie Loan and Savings Societj'. In public t'uterprises for the benefit 
 of the city of London, lie was never backward ; was one of the commissioners of the Water 
 Works, and one of the foremost men in establishing the Protestant Orphans Asybnu, and 
 securing its liberal endowment. His heart seeme(l to be in all such noble undertakings. 
 
 He was rather retiring in disposition, and seemed to have a distaste for public offices, 
 serving one term in the town council, and then leaving it. 
 
 Mr. Hyman had two wives, the first being Miss Frances L. Kingsley, of New York. She 
 died in 1848, leaving one .son, Walton F. Hainan. He was married the second time, October 
 1.5, 1850, to Miss Annie Maiia Niles, daughter of William Niles, for whom Nilestown, Middle- 
 sex county, Ont., was named, and who was at one time a member of the Canadian Parliament. 
 Mr. Hyman died April 12, 1878, leaving two sons by his second wife, Charles Smythe and 
 
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 Jesse Willett Hynian, who assumoil their fatlier's entire business on his demise, managing tho 
 tannery, and having a large wholesale shoe and leather trade. 
 
 The " London Daily Ailvertiscr" thus spoke of Mr. Hynian at the time of his deatii : 
 
 " Mr. Hyman niotle many friends ihiring hib lung Btay in London, and his name will long be remembered 
 08 that of a wull-egteemcd and popular citizen. In his death the city loRes an upright, conscientious man, and 
 the Slid news will be received everywhere with universal regret. Few if any have done more to build up tho 
 city of which we are all so proud ; and it is seldom we tind in one man the tinancial ability Ui carry on an 
 immense business, combined with the reijuisite degree of enterprise and commercial skill. These iiualities were 
 found in Mr. Hyman in an eminent degree." 
 
 EGBERT TIIOMrS027, 
 
 GUELl'H. 
 
 r 1 1HE oldest settlor in Guelph, still living here, is Robert Thompson. He first saw the site 
 -*- of the place in 1827, the year it was started; and has been a constant resident here 
 since 1828 ; has witnessed the rise of log shanties, the laying of tl'.e foundation-stone of tlic 
 first two stone buildings, the first celebration of the King's birthday, the roasting of the first 
 and only ox, and the first May Fair, when three cows and one yoke of oxen constituted the 
 whole "show." Most of these scenes were witnessed in 1828, when o\n' subject was twelve 
 yeai-s old, and he is a " walking Cyclopiudia " of the annals of Guelph from that date. 
 
 Mr. Thompson was born in Belfast, Ireland, March U, 181G; his parents wore James and 
 Mary (McKibbins) Thompson, both of Scotch descent. In 1823, when he was in his .seventh 
 year, the family camo to Upper Canada, and located on land near where Paris now stands, the 
 only person there then being " Sijuiro Holmes." In 1825 the family removed to Oalt, where 
 JIi-s. Thompson taught a school, with her son Robert for one of her pupils. His firat teacher 
 was Miss Gadd, now the widow Squires, still living in Paris. 
 
 In 1827 tho father of our subject came to Guelph, and aided in starting the town, removing 
 his family here in May of the next year, and opening a farm, which he liad of the Canada ( 'om- 
 pany ; he and his wife both dying in the .sununer of 1834. 
 
 Our subject was engaged in fanning until ISS.") ; then learned the carpenter trade, and was 
 engaged in biiilding for himself and others for something like twenty years ; afti'rwards had a 
 book and stationery store for two years, and latterly has been a conveyancer and land, loan 
 and general agent, doing a thrifty business. 
 
 Mr. Thompson was in the town v^uncil three years; was town collector in 18.')4'; has been 
 magistrate for nearly twenty year.s, and is a commissioner for taking affidavits, itc. &c. 
 
 He is a member of the Congregational church ; has been a deacon of tho same for a 
 (juarter of a century, and was for equally as long a period superintendent of the Sunday schoitj. 
 
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 On his retiring from tho last niunod office, in the autumn of 1870, ho was presented with a 
 beautifully embellished album, containing photographs of the teachers and pupils, the inscription 
 on the album reading as follows : — 
 
 " Presonted tu Robert Tliumpion, by tlie teachers and scholars of the Sabbath school in connection with 
 the Giielph Congregational church, in rt'cognitiun and in niuniorial of his nearly 20 years faithful service as 
 superintendent, with tlieir besi wishes and fervent prayers fur his future prosperity, happiness and usefulness." 
 
 The Rev. W. F. Clarke, pastor of the church, made the presentation, and paid a high and well-merited 
 compliment to Mr' Thompson's zeal on behalf of the cluu-eh, and the great good he had accomplished during 
 the long period of his service ai; the head of the school. Mr. Tliompson made the following reply : — 
 
 " Most thankfully, sir, do 1 uccept this handsome gift at your hands. Not so much on account of its 
 intrinsic value, nor because I am ready to admit the merit to which it points, but because it brings with it 
 unfeigned and unmistakable tokens of tho good will and kind regards of those who present it. Although 
 unmerited, as unsought and unexpected on my part, I cannot but reciprocate tho spirit that prompts it, nor 
 will it fail to lay me under lasting obligation to those who must ever hold a high place in my esteem, and for the 
 advancement of whose well-being for time and eternity I shall ever feel the deepest solicitude." 
 
 Mr. Thompson was first married in April, 1(S47, to MissEleonorMatilda McCrea, of Guelph. 
 She died in 18G2, leaving two children: XFary, now the wife of W. H. Masters, of Melbourne, 
 Australia, and Chailes, who is married and an engineer on tho New Yiirk and Erie railroad. 
 Ilis present wife was Mrs. Elizabetli Henry, n^c Mclntyre, of Woodstock, Ontario, then a 
 widow with one daughter, Jennie. 
 
 In 1877 Mr. Tliompson published, in pamphlet form, "A brief Sketch of tho Early History 
 of Guelph," which contains much valuable information, and some amusing reminiscences ot 
 incidents wliieh took place here forty-five and fifty years ago. 
 
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 ONKof tlie most prominent and successful business men in Paisley, is Robert Portcou.s, 
 banker and grain dealer, and manufacturer, a native of tliis Province. He is a sim of 
 Robert Porteous, senior, a native of the I.sland of Hoye, one of the Orkneys, and was born in 
 Kingston, January 13, 182.'). His mother, before her marriage, was Jane Anderson, who is also 
 Scotch. His fatlier died at Fullertim, in 187^ ; his mother in IHTH. Our subject was educated 
 in private, by his father, who was a teacher in middh' life, ami afterwards a farmer; worked at 
 tarmiiig at Dalhousie, county of Laniuk, till manhood; then learned the trade of a blacksmith; 
 worked at it fom-teen years, in the county just mentioned, and then came westward into tho 
 countj' of Perth, and sold goods and kept a hotel in the town.sbip of Fullerton. 
 
 Ill 18(»1 Mr. Porteous settled in Paisley, and was a general merchant tmtil the spring of 
 187!), and was (|uite successful in this business, as well as in other branches in which he is still 
 engaged. In Keiiruaiy, 1877, he opened a private bank, which he owns, and in which ho 
 
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 employs three men, its business being on the rapid increase. During the last six or seven years 
 he has also been in the gi-ain trade — wheat, barley and peas — handling from 150,000 to 200,000 
 bushels per annum. He has owned a woollen factory for .several years, and since 1878 has run 
 it himself, manufacturing excellent cloths. 
 
 Besides the bank and other property in this village, Mr. Porteous owns a large amount of 
 real estate in the county of Perth, his success in his operations generally having been quite 
 marked. He is a .splendid dispatcher of business; has been in the council of the village from 
 its incorporation in January, 1874, and has a vigilant eye to the interests of the place. He was 
 a si-hool trustee a short time. 
 
 He is a member of St. Andrew's Presbyteiian church, and generous in the support of 
 preaching, and of benevolent causes generally. 
 
 In January, 1854, Christina, daughter of William Hay, a Presbyterian elder at Fullerton, 
 became the wife of Mr. Porteou.s, and is the mother of six children, two of them deceased. 
 
 ROBERT A. LYON, M.P.P., 
 
 MICHAELS HAY. 
 
 1)0 BERT ADAM LYON, who represents the Algoma District in the Ontario Legislature, is a 
 -*- ** native oftilasgow, Scotland, having been born October i\, 1820. His father, John Lyon, 
 was a gardener in the old country, and a farmer in this, coming to Upper Canada in 1832, set- 
 tling on busli land at Esquesing, county of Halton, and cultivating the soil until his death in 
 1877. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Catharine McFarlane, died in 
 185G. 
 
 Mr. Lyon attended a connnon school until seventeen years of age, and then went into the 
 general mercantile business at Milton, the county town, in company witii his cMer brother, 
 William Durie Lyon, who represented Halton in the third Parliament of the Ontario Legisla- 
 ture, they trailing there under the firm-name of W. D. and R. A. Lyon, for .seventeen years. 
 During nine of those years our subject represented one of tlie wards in the village council. 
 
 About ten yeai-s ago Mr. Lyon removed to Miniitoulin Island, where he has been engngcd 
 in lumbering and merchandising, having a general store, and doing a large business in both 
 branches. 
 
 In 1878, on the resignation of Simon J. Dawson, who represented the Algoma district in 
 the Local Parliament, Mr. Lyon was chosen by acclamation to take his place, and was re-electcil 
 by a large majority at the general election held in June, 1879. He represents one of the 
 largest ridings in the Province, the district being about ."»()0 miles wide and 1,000 long. Ho 
 has ucver undertaken to canvass the riding, but he is an active politician, a strong Reformer, 
 
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 nn earnest advocate of any cause which i»o believes to be riyht, and while a resident of Milton, 
 canvassed the riding of Halton four or five times. He has good mental faculties, and never 
 abuses them. 
 
 Mr. Lyon bus been a member of the Presbyterian church nearly thirty years, and is a man 
 of sterling, christian qualities. In all the relations he maintains a good stan<ling. 
 
 In IS.'SG lie married Miss Sarah Elizalieth Moore, of Ksquesing, and they have had seven 
 children, five of them yet living. 
 
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 JOHN J. IIOYT, M.D., 
 
 IXGKHSOLL. 
 
 TOHN J. HOYT, the oldest medical practitioner in Ingersoll, and a man of marked skill, 
 ^ dates his birth at Sidney, Delaware county, New York, April 3, 1824. His parents, Daniel 
 and Mary (Simpson) Hoyt, were both from Cgnnecticut. Tlic branch of the Hoyt family from 
 wliich our subject .sprung was from Wales. John Jay supplemented a district school education 
 with several terms at the Delaware Academy, Delhi, N. Y. ; taught .school two winters, study- 
 ing medicine at the .same time ; finished his professional studies with Dr. A. Fitch, of Delhi ; 
 attended lectures at I'ittsfield, Mass., and Jefiieison Medical College, Philadelphia, and received 
 his diplonm from the latter institution in 1840. 
 
 Dr. Hoyt commenced practice in the Newark valley, Tioga county, N. V. ; at the end of 
 one year, removed to Oswego, same county ; in 18.'>() went to Fond du Lac, Wi.sconsin.and in the 
 autumn of the same year .settled in Ingersoll. Here, for neit'Iy thirty yeare, he has been in 
 general practice, having usually an extensive ride, covering, especially at an early day, when 
 the settlements were thinner and doctors scarcer, a wide area of eountry. Latterly he has con- 
 sideiable consultation practice, his ripe years, long experience, and mature judgment, giving 
 great weight to his opinion on diflicult eases. 
 
 Dr. Hoyt has been county coroner for several years, and has been in the town council, and 
 on the .school lK)a;d, nevei', however, coveting ofiice, but willing to bear his .share of sudi 
 liurdens. The honor he lets others di.scover and enjoy. 
 
 The Doctor is an Odd Fellow, and has passed all the chairs in that order. He assisted 
 in re-establishing King Hiram and King Solomon Lodges of Free Masons, in Ingersoll, ami has 
 held every office in the blue lodge of the former. When the fii-st of these lodges was re-estab- 
 lished, there were only three or four masons in this vicinity — only himself in the village. 
 
 In January, bS-j-S, Clarissa C, daughter of Thomas Brown, a very early settler at Inger- 
 BoU, became the wife of Dr. Hoyt, and they have one son, Charles P. Hoyt, druggist, Ingersoll, 
 
 Dr. Hoyt is of the firm of Hoyt and Williams, his partner being Joseph Arthur Williams. 
 a native of (jueeuston, Ontario, born February 21, 1837. He v/as graduated at the medical 
 
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 department of Victoria College, Toronto, in 18G3 ; became a Licentiate of the Royal College of 
 Physicians, London, England, in November, 1876 ; a member of the Royal College of Surgeons 
 of England, in January, 1877, and a Licentiate in Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons, Eng- 
 land, next month. He occupied the position of demonstrator of anatomy in the medical depart- 
 ment of Victoria College for three years, and was regarded as an efficient teacher. Since residing 
 in Ingersoll, he has continued his interest in educational matters, and has been an active mem- 
 ber of the board of education nearly all the time. He has also taken a part in municipal matters 
 seveml times holding a seat in the council. He is one of the most .skilful men of the younger 
 class, in the medical profession in Western Ontario, and is president oi the Medical Association 
 for Oxford countv. 
 
 ADAM OLIVER, 
 
 lyOEliSOLL. 
 
 ADAM OLIVER, one of the leading manufacturers and business men of Ingei-soll, is a 
 native of Queonsbury county, New Brunswick, dating his birth December 11, 1823. 
 His father, John Oliver, whose business was that of a carrier, was born in Roxborough, Scot- 
 land, and his niotlier, whose maiden name was Jeannett Armstrong, was of the same country 
 Our subject was educated in a country school ; at fourteen years of age he came to Canada 
 West, and leained the trade of a carpenter and joiner at London ; there he worked at his trade 
 until 18.>0, ami then settleil in Ingersoll. Here, in adilition to his trade, and contracting and 
 building, he has run a planing mill for nearly thirty yeais, employing about thijty men. A 
 large per cent, of the buildings, brick as well as frame, put up in this town and vicinity, since 
 Mr. Oliver .settled here, are the work of his hands. His mill, which was rebuilt of brick in 
 187!), is <|uite large, and a great variety of work besides planing is done in it. Messrs. Oliver 
 and Co. also carried on the first lumber business on the North Shore of Lake Superior in 1872. 
 The firm of which Mr. Oliver was the head built large saw and jilauing mills at Fort Wiiiinui, 
 Thunder Bay, where he took part in uuuiicipal matters, was also president of the celebrated 
 Neeburg Hotel Company, and in the sunuiier of 1875 was chosen to turn the first ,sod of the 
 Canada Pacific Railroad. 
 
 While Mr. Oliver is industrious, energetic, and efficient, he is also public .spirited, being 
 identified with various local improvements, and holding, at sundry times, nearly every office in 
 the municipality of the town, as well as warden of the county. He went into the town 
 council in 18.55, serving several terms ; was the first mayor, being elected in 18G5, holding tlio 
 office two con.secutive terms ; was on the school lioard three yeais, and has been deputy-ri'eve 
 and (in 18fj2) warden, doing much to shape the town and county " rules and regulations." 
 
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 111 18G7 Mr. Oliver was elected to represent tlie South Riding of Oxford in tlie Legislative 
 Assembly of the newly named Province of Ontario, and, by re-election, served in that body for 
 eight years. He i.i the father of the Bill which became a law in 1868, aflbrding protection to 
 the manufacturers of butter and cheese, an Act still in force, and which gave the industries 
 mentioned their grand start in the Province, and continues to furnish tlie means for their pro- 
 pulsion. As at home about his own business, Mr. Oliver was a busy man in Parliament, and 
 looked well to the interests of his constituents. In politics we understand that he calls himself 
 a " Grit." His religious connection is with the Presbyterian church. 
 
 Mr. Oliver has long taken a deep interest in agricultural matters, and for two years was at 
 the lieail of the Ingei-soU ami North and West Agricultural Society. He was also at one time 
 a Director of the Port Dover and Lake Huron and the Canada Southern Railways. 
 
 Mr. Oliver was first married February .5, \SW), to Miss Elizabeth Grieve, of Westminstei', 
 county of Middlesex. She died in 180(3, leaving si.x children. His second marriage Wivs Juiio 
 13, 18G8, to Miss Ellen E. Rintoul, of Perth, Scotland; by her he has three children. 
 
 JOHN E. HARDING, 
 
 • ST. MARY'S. 
 
 TOHN ELLEY HARDING, senior member of the firm of Harding, Harding and White, 
 ^ barristers, dates his birth May 21i, 1840, in the township of Beverley, county of Wentworth, 
 Ontario. His father, John Harding, a farmer and mill-owner, was a native of the county of 
 Tipperary, Ireland, and his mother, whose maiden name was Jane Talbot, was from Queen's 
 County, in the same country. Our subject commenced his education in a country .school, and 
 subsequently sjient four years at Caradoc Academy, near London, and two years under the 
 private tuition of Rev. Henry B. Jessop, incumbent of the English church at Port Burwell : 
 studied law four years with Richanl Bayly, of London ; finished his legal studies with Henry 
 Eccles, Q.C., of Toronto ; was admitted as an attorney at Hilarj- term, ISG-j ; called to the Bar 
 just one year later, and since 18G-5 has been in practice at St. Mary's. He is the leailing 
 member of the leading firm in the town, his partners Vieiiig his younger brother, Edward W. 
 Harding, and Henry A. L. White, both having studied their profession with him, and having a 
 highly respectable standing at the Perth count}- Bar. Our subject is thoroughly wed<led to 
 his profession, studious, and a growing man. He is a clear, logical and strong advocate, and 
 powerfully impresses a juiy. His practice is very extensive. He is a solicitor for the Federal 
 Bank, and his brother for the Bank of Montreal. 
 
 Mr. Harding was mayor of the town in 18G!) and 1870, and a member of the council from 
 
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 the latter date until I>S7G, when he declined to serve longer, being chosen from year to year by 
 acclamation. His brotlicr took his place in the council. He has been a member of the board 
 of trustees of the Collegiate Iimtitute of St. Mary's for the last eight or nine yeara, and chairman 
 since 1870. 
 
 In politics Mr. Harding aAiliates with the Refonn party ; is President of the Reform 
 Association for the soutli riding of Perth, and is a prominent man in the party in this 
 immediate section of the Province. His christian member.ship he holds in the English church; 
 is a lay delegate to the Synod, and a man of high standing in the community. Evidently he 
 finds nothing in the j)riictice of the law to interfere with the keeping of the precepts of the 
 Gospel. 
 
 October 31, 1806, Miss Afary Stevenson, daughter of George Stevenson, deceased, formerly 
 mayor of the town of Sarnia, became the wife of Mr. Harding, and they have live children. 
 
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 JAMES E013INS0N, 
 
 MARKUAM. 
 
 "TAMES ROBINSON was born on the 13th of February, 1834 ; is a native of this town, 
 ^ and one of the leading manufacturers and business men of Markham. His father, John 
 Robinson, a native of Toronto, and a tanner by trade, is still living in Markham. His great- 
 grandfather was from the county of Tyrone, Ireland, settling in Pennsylvania, and his grand- 
 father, William Robin.son, a United Empire Loyalist, settled at Queenston, Ontario, a short time 
 after the Amcican Revolution, and was at Toronto during part of the war of 1812-'14', dying 
 in Markham in 1824. The wife of William Robinson was a Wilson, from New Jersej', dying 
 at Markham about 1840. The mother of our subject, before her marriage, was Hannah Arm- 
 strong, from the county of Cumberland, England, she died in 1844. 
 
 Mr. Robinson received an ordinaiy English education in the local schools ; learned his 
 father's trade, and has been a leather manufacturer since 185.5, doing, on an average, a business 
 of about .?20,0()0 a year. He has also a well improved farm adjoining the village, some of it in 
 the corporation. He grows different kinds of small grain, usually of a very fine quality. His 
 wheat crop in 1875 averaged forty-seven bushels to the acre. 
 
 Mr. Robin.son was deputy reeve in 18G0 ; reeve from 1808 to 1879, except one year; 
 was warden of the county of York in 1877, and a school trustee one term. He has been 
 secretary-treasurer of the east riding of York and Markham Agricultural Society, for the last 
 twenty years, in many ways making himself useful as a citizen. 
 
 In June, 1879, Mr. Robinson was a candidate for the Local Legislature, for East York, and 
 was defeated by the Reform contestant, Mr. George W. Badgerow Mr. Robinson is a Liberal- 
 
THE CANADIAN BWORAPBWAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 683 
 
 Conservative. He ih a strong advocate of the so-called " National Policy," believing it to bo 
 for the best interests of the Province, as well as Dominion. 
 
 On the 13th of April, 18G3, Miss Louisa Hackridgc, a native of Toronto, became the wife 
 of Mr. Robinson, and is the mother of six children, only four of them now living. 
 
 It may be well to here odd that the Robinsons settled at Markham about 180C, and are 
 one of the oldest families in this township. Other members of this branch of the Robinson 
 family may bo found at Lowiston, New York. The Wilsons, elsewhere referred to, settled at 
 Queenston, Ontario. 
 
 COL. JOHN WALKER, 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 OOL. JOHN WALKER, a native of Argyloshirc, Scotland, was born in 1832. He was 
 educated in Stirling, and began business first in Leith, but subsequently removed to 
 Glasgow where he continued until 18(i't when he came to Canada. Being a man of excellent 
 business qualifications he was selected by Scotcli cn})italist*i to come out here to take charge of 
 the Bothwell property which they had acquired from the Hon. Qeoige Brown, for the pui-poso 
 of farming the lands and developing the oil interests. During the oil excitement subsequent to 
 Col. Walker's arrival at Bothwell, the population being greatly augmented by a decidedly 
 rough element from the States, he was, in addition to bis other duties, specially appointed 
 magistrate. He seemed specially fitted for the position, antl by prompt and energetic action 
 speedily compelled the disturbing classes to have a wholesome respect for the laws. 
 
 In 18(j7 he remo\ed to London, his present home, and erected chemica'. works for the 
 manufacture of sulphuric acid ; subsequently went largely into the oil refinii g business, and in 
 both of these enterprises he is still successfully engaged. Since comin;; to London he has 
 become well known as a public spirited citizen who takes a decided interest in all matters 
 aflTecting the welfare of the city, and is very properly recognized as one of its representative 
 and influential men. For .several jeai-s, up to 1880, he wa.s president of the mechanics' insti- 
 tute. It was under his auspices that the fine structure which this association now occupies 
 was erected, and be still takes much interest in its work. At the present time he is president 
 of St. Andrew's society. At one time he was connected with the Canada Pacific railway, being 
 vice-president under Sir Hugli Allan. 
 
 In 18G0, at the time of the Fenian troubles. Col. Walker raised the Bothwell company of 
 volunteers, and in 1870 when the Fenians threatened another invasion he having become 
 Major in the 7tli battalion, was sent to Windsor in command of the militia forces there. In 
 1877 he was made Colonel of the 7th, and has been its commander since. He is a member 
 
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 of the council of the Dominion riiie association, and is one of the vice-presidents of the Ontario 
 rifle association. Although having an aversion to political office, Col. Walker has by force of 
 circumstances taken an active interest in politics in London and surrounding constituencies 
 since 1874, on the Liberal side. At the elections for the Commons in that year he contested 
 the city against the Hon. John Carling, and was elected by a majority of over seventy votes, 
 but subsequently was unseated. He again contested the seat in 1878 and was defeated by Mr. 
 Carling. 
 
 The wife of Col. Walker is Laura, daughter of Jacob Hespelor, of Hespeler, Ont., by 
 whom he has one child — a daughter. 
 
 JOHN F. DEWAE, M.D., 
 
 PORT UOPK 
 "FOHN FORREST DEWAR, physician and surgeon, was a son of John Dewar, advocate, 
 
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 Edinburgh, Scotland, and was there born. May 3, 1834. The maiden name of his mother 
 
 was Elizabeth Burnet. The Dewara are an old Mid-Lothian family. The paternal grandfather 
 of our subject was a surgeon in Edinburgh. 
 
 Dr. Dewar received his literary and medical education in his native city ; walked several 
 hospitals on the continent, with a special view of witnessing surgical operations ; practised n 
 short time at Turin, Italy, and in 1859 emigrated to Canada and settled in Port Hope, here 
 practising until his demise, August 8,1877. 
 
 Dr. Dewar stood very high in the medical profession in the Province, and was for onetenn 
 President of the Medical Council of Ontario. Surgery was his favorite branch of the healing 
 .art, though he was in general practice, and had an extensive business. He was physician to 
 Trinity College School from its foundation till he died, and took great interest in educational 
 matters, serving as trustee of the public schools of Port Hope for some time. He did a great 
 deal of business as consulting physician and surgeon, his judgment being superior as well as his 
 skill, and was frequently called to a considerable distance from home. 
 
 Dr. Dewar was the fii-st man at Port Hope to administer chloroform to patients, and for 
 some time the only physician in this vicinity that made a practice of its use. In this direction 
 as in every other, he was a success. He was a gi-eat reader, a thorough medical student all his 
 days, and had one of the best medical libraries in these parts. His tastes and studies were de- 
 cidedly scientific. A few years before his death, the Doctor met with a serious railroad accident, 
 from which he never fully recovered. 
 
 He was a member of St. John's Episcopal church, and died as he had lived, strong in the 
 christian faith. He Wiis a libera,! supporter of the Gospel, and of banevolent objects. 
 
THE CANADIAS BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 C85 
 
 Tho widow of Dr. Dowar wa« Miss Anno Hughos, daughtor of Cliarlos Hughes, Port Hope 
 married July 11, 1808. She has hod three children, two of them being with their father in the 
 spirit world. Florence Ruby, seven years old, is the only member of the family left to comfort 
 her. She was his second wife, he marrying before leaving the old country. His first wife lived 
 only one short year after thoir settlement in Port Hope. 
 
 JOHN w. :^^ARSTON, 
 
 LORIGXAL. 
 
 TOHN WURTELE MARSTON, treasurer of tho united countie,s of Prescott and Russell 
 *-' for the last quarter of a century, was born in L'Orignal, on tho 1st day of May, 1806, and 
 has always been a resident of the place. His father, Jacob Marston, a native of New Hamp- 
 shire, followed his grandfather into Canada, a little before the close of the last century, and 
 visited the spot where L'Orignal now stjinds, in 1790, coming here with Nathaniel H. Tread- 
 well, the proprietor of the township, and being, it is claimed, the first Anglo-Saxon to fell a 
 tree in this township ; and two or three years later made a permanent settlement here. The 
 mother of our subject, before her marriage, was Mary Cass, whose father was a United Empire 
 Loyalist. 
 
 Mr. Marston received an ordinary English education ; clerked for some years for Silas P. 
 Huntington, and, in 1828, commenced the mercantile business for himself, continuing it until 
 1851, with fair success. During part of this period beheld office in the old Ottawa Dis .ict. 
 He became clerk of the District Court, and registrar of the Surrogate Court in 1846 ; deputy- 
 clerk of the Crown in 18.5.3, these offices he still holds, and since 1855 has been treasurer of the 
 united counties of Prescott and Russell. He has proved a very faithful county officer, is a 
 model accountant, and a man of the highest integrity, and has the unlimited confidence and 
 greatest respect of the people. 
 
 Mr. Marston has had much concern for the educational and other interesis of his native 
 village, and served for some time as trustee of the high school. 
 
 He is an adherent of the Presbyterian church ; has beert a trustee of the Canada Presby- 
 terian church since it was organized in 1832, and is the only one of the five charter trustees 
 now living. He is most emphatically the oldest landmark of L'Orignal. Born and reared here 
 the fourth season of his life, already seemingly far spent, he has seen the Ottawa valley in this 
 vicinity, converted from a wilderness into a well-improved country, with all the marks of thrift 
 as well as civilization. He is a remarkably well-preserved man, and a stranger would hardly 
 place his age as high as seventy. His life has been remarkably exemplary, worthy of being 
 copied by young men. 
 
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 THE CANADIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 In 1836 Mr. Mareton married Miss Mary Ann Davis, of Milton, Vermont, and she died in 
 1844, leaving four children, one son and three daughters. The son, John J. Mai-ston, M.D., has 
 been bssistant-surgeon in the American nrmy since 18C4; Sarah, the eldest daughter, married 
 Eden P. Johnson, of L'Orignal and died in 1867 ; Mary Adelia, is the wife of John Miller, mer- 
 chant, L'Origual, and Caroline L., is the wife of Sturgis M. Johnson, of Almonte, Ontario. 
 
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 JOHN GILLIES, M.P., 
 
 PAISLEY. 
 
 "pOHN GILLIES, member of Parliament for the >Jorth Riding of Bruce, was the third son 
 ^ of Hugh Gillies, a native of the city of Glasgow, Scotland ; his forefathers belonging to 
 the District of Lome, in Argyleshirc, reputed to have been descendcnts of Somerled, Thane of 
 Argyle, and Lord of the Isles. 
 
 The Gillieses were found to have been much persecuted, througli jealousy, by that power- 
 ful Chief Donald "De Isla," or " Donald of the Isles," from wliom the McDonald's derived their 
 name, in the latter part of tiie thirteenth century. Mention is here freijuently made of the name 
 "Gillies" lieing connected in marriage with the same " McDonald of the Isles." Mr. Gi.'.lios, 
 whose motlier's maiden name was Mary Blue, was descended from the McDonald family, of 
 Sleat, in Skye, one of whom, in the sixteenth century, was called Donald of the " Blue Eyes " 
 (which distinction attached to the family name ever after), who was principal heir to the Lord- 
 ship of the Isles, being the eldest son of the Earl of Ross, " Dhonal Gorme Shleabhte," hence 
 the name Blue. 
 
 Our subject is a native of the Parish of Kilcalmonell, Scotland — received a paroohial school 
 education there, and lived with his father until 18.")2, at which date, when (lulte young, he came 
 to Canada with two of his brothers, his fiitlier and the rest of the family following three years 
 later. Mr. Gillies settled upon, and cleared a farm in the township of Elderslie, five miles 
 from Paisley, county of Bruce, he being one of the first .settlers in that part of the county, and 
 following fanning as his occupa4ion. He liolds three hundred acres largely under cultivation. 
 
 Mr. Gillies wius elected reeve of Elder.slie, at an early period of its settlement, holding that 
 office for nuiny years, being meantime warden of the county for five years. Few men in the 
 county of Bruce have had so much to do with the shaping of its laws and regulations as Mr. 
 Gillies. He was magistrate for the county of Bruce for many yeai-s, and holds the rank of 
 senior Major in the Militia of Canada. 
 
 Mr. Gillies was first elected to the House of ( 'ommons for the North Riding of the county 
 of Bruce in 1872; was re-elected in 1874 by acclamation, and again re-elected after a warm 
 
TitE CltfADiAH DiOaPiPBlCAL DtCTlOKAttY. 
 
 687 
 
 and she died in 
 ai-ston, M.D., has 
 aughter, married 
 ohn Miller, mer- 
 tc, Ontario. 
 
 was the third son 
 ihei-s belonging to 
 oraerled, Thane of 
 
 sy, by that power- 
 lald's derived their 
 r made of the name 
 slos." Mr. OillioH, 
 iDonuld family, of 
 f the " Blue Eyes " 
 ftl heir to the Lord- 
 j Shleabhtc," hence 
 
 I a parochial school 
 uito young, ho came 
 lUowing three years 
 Elderslie, five milos 
 : of the county, and 
 y under cultivation. 
 Icmcnt, holtling that 
 •s. Few moil in the 
 il regulations aa Mr. 
 1 holds the rank of 
 
 liding of thf county 
 lected after a warm 
 
 contest, with his former opponent. Colonel 8proat, in 1878 by a largely increased majority. 
 He is a Liberal and opposed t.> the so-called " National Policy " of the present Government 
 believing as he does, in a revenue tariff, with tlie principles of free trade applied as far 
 as the circumstances of the .tioiial iinnnces will admit. If we underetand his views, it 
 is not until a return to such a iiscal policy and principles of free trade as these will be niade> 
 can, or will, the people of Canada as a whole, be justly dealt with, or be prosperous. Class 
 legislation in any country, he regards as an evil, and he thinks it will jirove to be a bane to 
 Canada should it continue to be mainUiined for any length of time. Mr. Gillies is also opposed 
 to the policy adopted by the Government of the day in its dealings with the settlement of 
 the public lands in the North-West, also to the policy pui-sued by the party in power resiiecting 
 the construction of the Canada Pacific railway. 
 
 He favoi-s a judiciously matured scheme by which to secure more fully and effectually the 
 vote of the electorate of Canada, than has yet been attained, for he thinks that the habit of 
 coaxing and dragging men to the polls, to di.scliarge a sacred duty, which they owe to themselves 
 and their country, is debasing and humiliating, and unworthy of a free and intelligent people. 
 
 SAMUEL G. M^CAUGHEY, M.A., 
 
 SEAFOKTII. 
 
 SAMUEL GLYN McCAUGHEY, solicitor, son of Thomas and Jane (Glyii) McCaughey, 
 was bora in the county of Antrim, Ireland, in November, 1830. His father was a linen 
 draper and agriculturist, owning several farms, and belonging to a family of land proprietors. 
 Our subject wius educated at the Royal College, Belfast, and is Master of Arts ; came to Canada 
 in 18.)4, and read law witli his brother, James McCaughey, LIj.B.,of Ingeisoll ; was enrolled as 
 an attorney in 1802 ; practised at first in company with his brother, antl in 1865 settled at 
 Seaforth, being of the law firm of McCaughey and Holmsted, the former being prominent 
 among the bi-.st in the county. In liis branch of the law Mr. McCaughey is very painstaking, 
 and his high chnracter for integrity, and his dispatch of business places liini in gi-eat favor with 
 the public. He is otHeJHl assignee for the county of Huron. 
 
 Mr, McCaughey has been solicitor for the Con.solidated Bank of Canada for the last twelve 
 or thirteen years, and now holds the same relation to the Bank of Commerce. Ho has l>een 
 reeve of the town, ami chairman of the coiiimo.i school lioard of trustees, and is now chair- 
 man of the high school board. His education and his taste fit him for eminent usefulness in 
 connection with the schools of Seaforth and his services in this line are well appreciated by the 
 heads of families. 
 
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 Mr. McCaughey has been President, for years, of the International Salt Company of Goderich 
 and Seaforth. 
 
 He is an elder of the Presbyterian church, and a man of consistent and sterling christian 
 character. 
 
 In October, 18G8, he married Sarah, daughter of Rev. Robert Ferris, Presbyterian Minister of 
 the town of Fethard, county of Tipperary, Ireland, where he was Chaplain of the forces sta- 
 tioned there ; and they have had four children, losing one of them. 
 
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 ALFEED WATTS, 
 
 BRAKTFORD. 
 
 A LFRED Watts, senior member of the well-known mercantile firm of Messrs. A. Watts and 
 -*--^ Co., is a native of London, England, where he was bom in 1830. His parents were 
 Charles and Eliza (Riddiford) Watts, and in 1832 the family emigrated to Canada, settling first 
 at Niagara where they remained two or three yeara, and subsequently removing to Brantford. 
 Here the father of our subject engaged in retail merchandising in a modest way at first, but 
 gradually increasing his business and enlarging his facilities until he controlled a wholesale 
 grocery trade recognized as one of the best in the place. He also engaged largely in the manu- 
 facture of .soap and candles, and being a practical, clear-heiuled man, he woa very succes.sful, 
 and at the time of his deatli, in 18G8, had attained the position of one of the leading citizens of 
 Brantford. Alfred received his elementary education from prlvnte tutors, and subsequently 
 spent a year at the Upper Canada College, Toronto, after which he entered his father's store 
 where he obtained, in the school of experience, a good practical business education, such a.s well- 
 qualified him for his chosen pursuits. In 1848 bis father turned over to his management the 
 soap and candle manufactory, and lie conducted that business until 18.")1, when bis father again 
 to3k control of it, our subject going to England. After his return to Canada, in 1851, he 
 started a distillery in Brantford, and continued in that business until 18G3 when he sold 
 out. About the same time he bought out what was known as the Bunnell Flour Mills, 
 situated on the canal, and from that time to the present, Mr. Watts has been actively interested 
 in the milling business. In 18G7 he bought out the mercantile interests of his father, who had 
 decided to retire, and from that time until 1871 was sole proprietor. In the latter year Mr. 
 Robert Henry was taken into partnership, since which time the firm has been A. Watts and Co. 
 They are largely interested in the manufacture of soaj* and candles, being proprietors of the 
 Brantford Soap Works, one of the largest establishments of the kind in the Dominion, and 
 yearly increasing in importance as a leading industry. They manufacture a very superior 
 article, and supply a demand that is constantly increasing, having worked up and developed a 
 
ompany of Goderich 
 id sterling christian 
 
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 ibyterian Minister of 
 1 of the forces sta- 
 
 [essrs. A. Watts and 
 His parents were 
 7anada, settling first 
 lOving to Brantford. 
 
 St way at first, but Q ...-ig^' M ^^^" 
 
 itrolled a wholesale 
 argely in the nianu- 
 vaa very successful, 
 e leailing citizens of 
 I, and subsequently 
 J his father's store 
 cation, such as well- 
 lis management the 
 len his father again 
 Canada, in 1851, he 
 18G3 when he sold 
 mnell Flour Mills, 
 actively interested 
 his father, who had 
 he latter year Mr. 
 1 A. Watts and Co. 
 proprietors of tlio 
 the Dominion, and 
 re a very superior 
 ip and developed ii 
 
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 M; Met tiiglwy has been Pivsiilent, t'.)i- years, of tlie Intoinatioiml Salt Conipvny of GoJt>rich 
 and 8<'afoith. 
 
 He is an eider of the Prc-sl>ytoriau cliurcli, and n man of consistent and storlintj christian 
 r.]iAra(.-t<M\ 
 
 In Oitob^ f, J •'i/h, le la. ri:.'..i r>;iii>li, ilauj.'huT of ilev.H.>lioi't Ferris, l'i'i:sbytri inn Mini.stov of 
 the ^)wn d!" Kothtid, v-ounty of Tippornry, hvland, where he was (."imphiin of tlie foicis sta- 
 lidiic! tht".-.- mill they have had four childiiJU, losing one of them. 
 
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 CliiiM" aiK' KVr«; ei'viiii lu Watts, and in lliSS tli« fnmily err.'jrated t - Canada, settling fii>t 
 M Nrnxir* « Neru ihey remained twn .,r tUr- r yeais, and subsequently reuioviiijj to Brantford 
 tleix' the ffttlter of our subjt'ct engaged in retail ujeri-liandi.^iiig in a niodost way at tirst, bu^ 
 gradually inereasing his bu.sine>s and enlai^'inj; his facilities until hi- cxnli. '! ..1 u wludesuil' 
 grocery trade recogniAjd lis on<.' of the best in tin ])l,utt lie also engaged largely in the inaim 
 facture of soaj> and candles, and Ijcing a pnietical, cJear headed man, he waa v-.rv suecensfV*; 
 nnd at the time of his death, in 18(!8, hml attained the position of one of tli' leading eitizori* »*# 
 Brantfnrd Alfred received his olementary education fnmi private tntors, anil subsequtuiV;^ 
 spent a year at the Uppor Canada College, Ti>ronto, afrer which he enti^reil hi.s lather's sM-i' 
 where he nbtanicd, in the school of experienci', a g>K)d prjidifal business ciliicalioii. such a-s w -■ 
 (pialificd hiui f r his chostn pursuits. In 18(>8 Ida fiither turned «iver to his managemtnt 
 soap anil tm.'". '»;an!ifnetory. and he ciiducted that businf«s until ISil, when hi' father »^.. 
 to>k eontix>i . ubj et Jfi'ing to fCugland After his loiurn to Canada, in lt«.'H 
 
 •■Uirtid a disiilkn' in fmotfonl »nd continutd in that business until Ifi'JS wiien h- - 
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 situated on the canal, and troin vh»t time to t!io previit, Mr Watts has been actively mf .v 
 iu the milling business, (n ISti? ^»e boij^hl uut ihc nu-na^Uile interests of his father, wlc - •« 
 deeideil to r.tivi", an 1 from that time until 1H71 wa.s sole proprietor In the latter v *> ' 
 KoIh rt Henrv was takcit into pro tin rship, ^inel■ which ti la tin- tiriu has bcin A. \VuLt.> litut ■ " 
 'lliey Hfe larj'ely interested inih'' inannfacture of soap and candle*, being proprietoraOf liu 
 Piaiitft^rd Soap Works, one of the largest ei*tablishmenl« of the kind in the Dotuitiion. aft'^ 
 ypftrly inereaning in iinj-irtainc iva a leading imhwt.ry They ina.iulaeturo a very »tipri<rf 
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 ttado that extends from the Maritime Provinces to Manitolm and British Columbia. Their 
 transactions amount to nearly half a million dollars yearly, at present, with good prospects for 
 a healthy gi'owth in future. In addition to his operations in Brantford, Mr. Watts owns quite 
 a large hardware store in Paris, Ont., which is being managed Ity his eldest son, Charles Watts. 
 Although never seeking to be other than an active, practical business man, Mr. Watts has had 
 to bear his share of local ofiicial duties. He has at diH'erent times, been reeve, deputy reeve, 
 and councilor, holding office in all about twelve years. Since 187a, however, he has been 
 ineligible for municipal offices owing to the terms of his purchase of the canal or water power 
 situated in and previously owned by the city. Under its management there was iK'ing lost 
 yearly from 84,000 to §5,000, but since Mr. Watts has had control of it, it is a paying property 
 and has been greatly improved by him. 
 
 That Mr. Watts has been an eminently successful business man is fully attested by the 
 enviable reputation which he enjoys wherever he is known as well as by his excellent financial 
 standing. His political views are in favor of the Conservative party and he is a firm believer 
 in the beneficial results of their protection tariff policy. 
 
 In 1857 Mr. Watts was married in Brantford, to Miss Clara Brooke, daughter of T. 
 Richard Brooke, of Toronto, by whom he had four children, two or whom are now living. 
 After her death he married in 18G8, Mary A. Brooke, sister of deceased, by whom he has had 
 four children, three only now living. 
 
 tho:mas brown, 
 
 IKGERSOLL. 
 
 A MONG the early settlers and energetic, peraeveriiig business men of Ingei-soll. is Thomas 
 -*--*- Brown, who has here been a leather manufacturer for nearly fort^-seveii years. lie hails 
 fron\ the old Bay State which. New York perhaps excepted, has sent out more enterprising 
 mechanics, manufacturers, tradesmen and professional men, than any other commonwealth in 
 the great American Union. He was born in the town of Seekonk, Bristol county, December 
 11,1810, being the son of Oliver Brown, who was born in the same town, and who, enli;;ting 
 when a mere lad, served for five years in the war for independence. 
 
 Thomas received a district school education, farmed till seventeen, then went to Tioga 
 county, N.Y., and learned the trade of a tanner and currier ; in February, 1833, left the United 
 States for Canada, worked a few months at his trade in London, and in November of the same 
 year settled in Ingersoll. Here he purchased a tannery of William Sherman, and has managed 
 it steadily from that date. Since the .spring of 1872 his only son living, Oeorge K. Brown, has 
 
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 been liis partner, the firm name beiny Tliomas Brown and Son. They do a large business in the 
 leather and finding trade. 
 
 Since April, 1870, Sir. Brown has also been in the foundry business, and at ditl'erent times 
 he has had a hand in other branches of industry. He has an active mind and a strong body — 
 a powerful engine in sound frame-work, and seemingly, although in his seventieth year, pos- 
 se8.ses almost the elasticity of thirty-five. 
 
 Mr. Brown waa reeve of Ingersoll, and in the county council in 1853 and 185 1, and from 
 1872 to 187!), and warden in 1870 ; has been a member of the local Agricultural Society from 
 the date of its organization, and a director most of the time, and president three or four years. 
 He is a live, stirring man, inclined to push business, public as well as his own, and is a believer 
 in human progress. The stone and gravel roads leading into Ingersoll were among his early pet 
 measures for the building up of the town. For every church built in Ingersoll, he had a full 
 and open hand. He has helped many a young man to start in business, and has in some cases, 
 through kindness, lifted at the wheel for others, to the serious detriment of his own shoulders, 
 alwa3's being disposed to help those who were trying to help them.selves. 
 
 In October, 1833, Miss Pauline M. Kingsbury, of Owego, N. Y., became the wife of Mr. 
 Brown, and of nine children sjninging fiom this union, only two are living — Clarissa C, the 
 wife of Dr. Hoyt, sketched elsewhere in this volume, and the son already mentioned. 
 
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 EEXRY TrENER, M.D., 
 
 MlllJilWOK. 
 
 T pENIlV Tl'RXER, the oldest physician in practice at Millbrook, county of Durham, is 
 -' — *- a native of the county of Cork, Ireland, a son of Young Turner, merchant, and Alice, 
 nie Evans, ami was born March 1, 1820. Both parents came from old Cork families. 
 
 The subject of this brief sketch studied at Iliclimond Hospital School of Medicine; was 
 licensed first by the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, in October, 1852, then by Rotunda 
 Hospital the same year, and wasgrailuated at the Ui'.iversity of St. Andrews, in 1853. 
 
 Dr. Turner came directly to t^anada, .settled in Millbrook, then a village of perhai^s 500 
 inhabitants, and has l)een in constant practice here from that date. He has, we believe, the 
 fullest confidence of the jieople in his skill, and an extensive ride. He took the degue of M.D. 
 at the Univei-sity of Toronto, in 1859. Since 1871, he has had a drug store in connection with 
 his professional business. 
 
 The Doctor has kept out of politics ; held no civil offices, but made medicine his study ; hence 
 his good staniling in the profession. For more than a (piarter of a century he has practised 
 
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 here, and aeon the settlement of tiie country thicken up, ami the village expand into a solid 
 little brick town of two thousand inhabitants.* 
 
 He once attended a military school a short time, at Toronto ; takes much interest in the 
 active militia, and is surgeon of the third regiment of cavalry. 
 
 In February, 1854, Mi.ss Charlotte Hodgins, daughter of the late William Hodgins, Esq., of 
 Dublin, Ireland, became the wife of Dr. Turner, and they have five children living, and have 
 buried three. 
 
 * One of tho most prominent men for many years in tlio township of Cavan, which incluJos Millhrook, 
 was John Swain, wlio was born in Wexfonl, Ireland, in I'OO, came to Canada in 1824, and soon afterwards set- 
 tled in Cavan, where he died in 1878. He was in the town council nearly thirty years, was reevo nearly as long 
 a period, and was an enterprisin;; and perfectly reliable njaii. In tho Metiiodist church he was a steward and class 
 leader, and zealously devoted to the cause of his Master. He married, first, Susan Burke, of Ireland, by 
 whom he had nine children, seven of them living. He had a second wife, but no more children. His memory 
 " smells sweet, and blossoms in the dust." 
 
 ALFRED BOULTBEE, M.P., 
 
 20R0NT0. 
 
 A LFRED BOULTBEE, member of Parliament for the constituency of East York, is son of 
 -^-*- Felix and Mary (Samuel) Boultbee, of " Bittern Cottage," Hampshire, England, wheio 
 he was born on the 5th of March, 182!). His father was for many years in the service of the 
 East India Company. His maternal gran<lfatlier was the late Chief Justice Samuel, of Bengal, 
 India. 
 
 In 183G Feli.K Boultbee emigrated with his family to Canada, and settled In the township 
 of Ancaster, county of Wentworth, where he engaged in farming. About the j'car 1840, 
 the subject of oiu' sketch had the misfortune to lose both his pai'ents, leaving him the eldest 
 of five children. The family were left in straitened circ\niistances, and Sir. Boultbee well 
 merits the distinction of being a self nia(U" man in all respects. He began life without tho 
 benefit of much schooling, but succeeded by hard study in the intervals of farm labor, to 
 educate and fit hini.self to become a student at law. In 1845 he entered the office of the late 
 William Notman, of Dundas, where lie remained five years ; was admitted as an attorney in 
 1850, and was called to the Bar, U. C, Trinity term, 1855 ; after being admitted as an attorney 
 and spending about si.x months in Toronto, .settled at Newmarket and began prar'tice, remaining 
 there until 1872, when he formed an advantageous partnership with the late J. M. Fairbuirn, 
 M.P.P., and removed to Peterboro'. 
 
 In 1874, Mr. Fairbaiin's failing health caused him to leave home for a trip in the South, where 
 he died. This was a seven' )»low to the interests of Mr. Boultbee, and in conseipience thereof 
 
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 he removed to Toronto and opened an office, remaining here over since. During the whole term 
 i)f Mr. Boiiltbee'.s career in Newmarket he wa.s an active, public-spirited citizen, and filled 
 many offices with much credit to iiimself, and advantage to the people. Ho was a prominent 
 member of the Agricultural Society for several years ; was also reeve, grammar school trustee, 
 t'nptain of a company of volunteers, and president of the Mechanics' Institute. In connection 
 with other gentlemen he also started the Xorth York Snitlncl, and edited the same for a num- 
 ber of jears. Being by far the most active, energetic man in the place, it seemed to naturally 
 devolve upon him to be the leader in local public affaii-s, and being of active temperament, he 
 never shirked his duty. 
 
 Ill 1.SG7 Mr. Boultbee contested Nortli York for the Provincial House, against the Hon. 
 John McMunich, and was defeated by 'S06 majority. At the general election four yeai-s later, 
 he contested North York again, against the lame opponent, and after a very spirited campaign 
 succeeded in reversing the previous result and gaining the seat by live majority, holding 
 the same for four j'ears, during which time he was a very active member of the Municipal Law 
 Ainendiiient Committee. In CDUsidenition of his practical business ability, he was also placed upon 
 the Kaihvay, Private Bills, an! Standing Orders Committees, which are the three most impor- 
 tant in the House, and Mr. Boultbee was the only private member |ilaeed upon all three. Ten 
 days prior to the election for the Commons in 1875, no candidate being available in North York, 
 Mr. Boultbee was prevailed upon to enter the lists, but was defeated by 3G6 votes. At the 
 general election in 187.S, aftei- a most thorough and able canvass of a certain portion of the 
 constituency, which he thought would change the result, he was returned to the Commons for 
 East York, defeating Mr. James Metcalfe bj- a majority of sixty -seven votes. This is the first 
 time that the constituency has been represented by a Conservative, and the success and credit 
 therefore is wholly due to the very able manner in which he conducted the campaign. 
 During the pdlitical campaign ]>revious tu tlic election in 1JS7S, he was the Political Secretary 
 of the U. E. dull, and probalily tlie most active and useful agent of the Conservative party in 
 Ciuuida, and the unexpected and brilliant success of the party, was very largely due to his inde- 
 fatigable eHorts. He was intimately associated with Sir Juhn JIacdonald and other political 
 leailei"s, and made himself thoroughly acipiainted with every constituency in Ontario, personally 
 advocating and speaking for the Conseivati\e cause in nearly every count}'. 
 
 In the Local House Mr. Boultbet! was in the minority, and took a deci<led stand in oj)po- 
 sitiou to the Government expenditure, and espeei.dly against the alleged wasteful timber policy, 
 arguing strongly in favor of economy and general retienehment. In the Commons his natural 
 aViility has had new scope, and he has taken an active part in the proceedings, speaking at much 
 length on the National Policy, and other prominent mea-sures. He also conducted the part 
 assigned him in the Letellier aH'air with much credit and ability. 
 
 Mr. Boultbee's political views were, in early life, in sympathy with the Reform party, being 
 
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 what was called a follower of Baldwin. But of late yeara, being unable to agree conscientiously 
 with the practice of that party, he has gradually become a zealous supporter of the Conserva- 
 tive party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was instrumental in organizing 
 Tuscan Lodge in Newmarket, became its first W. M,, and subsequently held an office in the 
 Grand Ledge. 
 
 On June 17, 1857, at Hamilton, Mr. Boultbee was iranied to Caroline Augusta, daughter 
 of the Hon. George Hamilton, one of the early pioneers in that place, and from whom the town 
 was named. 
 
 Mr. Boultbee's life has not been a very eventful one, yet he has been remarkably active 
 and energetic, almost since he was a boy. Beginning as he did with nothing, and having to 
 educate himself, the success which he has attained may sefve to encourage many a youth who 
 
 has been similarly situated in early life. 
 
 JAMES LIYIXGSTOK, 
 
 BAD EX. 
 
 "TAMES LIVINGSTON, member of the Ontario Legislature, and a prominent manufacturer, 
 ^ was born in Fast Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Novendjer 29, liS38. His father, Peter 
 Livingston, was a weaver by trade, dying in the old country ; and his mother was Barbara 
 Bright ; she died in Listowel, Ontai io. 
 
 James received a parish school education ; worked at weaving until seventeen years of age ; 
 came to the county of Perth, Ontario, in 185G ; worked one year at farming in the township of 
 Mornington ; then came to Oonestogo, county of Waterloo, and commenced work for Messre. M. 
 B. and J. S. Perine, flax growers, being in their employ for eight years, was foreman all but the 
 first year, and working in ditferent places. 
 
 In 188.5, in company with his oMer brother, John Livingston, oiu' subject commenced flax 
 growing at the village of Wellesley, and they are now operating in six difierent places. They 
 u.sually cultivate about 3,000 acres and do a business of from 8240,000 to 82.50,000 per annum. 
 
 During the last seven years they have also been manufacturing linseed oil at Baden, the 
 firm-name being J. and J. Iiivingst(^)n. Lately they have started a foimdry here, also a general 
 store, being the leading men at Baden, engrossing, in fact, neaily all its business. Their energy 
 and go-ahead-ativenes3 would be wonderful in any other age but this. 
 
 James Livingston has a farm of 200 acres, and he manages it as a recreation, hardly con- 
 sidering it a part of his business. 
 
 He was reeve of the township of Wilmot in 1878 and 1879, being elected both times by 
 
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 acclamation, and in June, 1879, was eloctetl to the local Parliainont for 'he south riding of 
 Waterloo. He is a Reformer, and has been vice president of the Wihiiot Reform Association. 
 
 Ho is a Blue Lodge Mason, and an nttondiuit at the Lutheran church. 
 
 In June, 18G1, Mr. Livingston niiirried Miss Louisa Liorsch, of Ba<len, and they have eight 
 children living and have buried two. 
 
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 ALEXANDEK FARLTXGKR, 
 
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 A LEXANDER FARLINGER, a prominent business man of Morrisburg, comes from a 
 -^-^ United Empire Loyitlist family, his grandfather, Nicholas Farlinger, leaving the Mohawk 
 valley. New York, about the time of the American revolution, and settling at Cornwall, 
 Ontario. His father, James Farlinger, a farmer, was living in Dundee, eotnity of Huntington, 
 Province of Quebec, when Alexander was born, June 1, 1824. He had three years' public 
 schooling, Avhich he supplemented with private study, and acquired a good English education, 
 farming until nineteen years of age. At tliat period he went to Montival, and solicited the 
 privilege of working in a warehouse for three months at .^8 per month. Ho repeated the same 
 offer at the same salary for the same i»arties tlie next year, and when paid off received 850 per 
 month instead of S8. The third .'reason he was paid !i<7() per month. Ho was then proir.oted 
 and paid !*1,000 for six months, the parties for whom he worked being McPherson, Crane and 
 Co., and Hooker and Walton, joint owners of a mail line of steamers running between Kingston 
 and Montreal. 
 
 In 1854f Mr. Farlinger started the forwarding and mercantile business at Prescott, investing 
 there at the same time in real estate, and operating there for three or four years. On the first 
 of June of that year he married Isabella F. Kyle, daughter of the late I'apt. W. Kyle, of 
 Morrisburg, and has since that date made this place his residence. He was i-ngaged for several 
 years in wharfage and farming, but still continuing the latter business, being also an extensive 
 produce dealer. His leading business, however, is that of a landlord. Long ago he established 
 a system of farm tenantry, granting lea->es running for a term of yeai's. He has more than a 
 hundred tenants, and so satisfactory to all parties has been the arrangement, that many of the 
 tenants have occupied the farms from twenty to twenty-five years, and others, through Mrs. 
 Farlinger, for more than thirty-five years. Besides his farms in Dundiw, he has 8,000 acres 
 in the counties of Russell and Prescott. The homestead farm of 280 acres, adjoining Morris- 
 burg, he has had surveyed and laid out in town lots, with streets seventy feet wide, so great is 
 his faith in the future expansion of the village. It is one of the hand.somest and most thriviiii;' 
 towns of the younger cliuss on the (liaml Trunk R.vilvv.iy. .Mi'. Farlinger has considerable 
 
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 property in tliHciviit towiiM iiiul villa^ios, lnit pridos hiinsi'lf on liis farm lamls. Farlington'n 
 block is a tine briciv structure erceted in liS70, ami aiUls to the boauty of tlie cast end of the 
 main business street. One half of his block is occupied by a branch of the Molson bank, 
 which came here through his iiiHuence. 
 
 When the "Trent ntfair" occurred in ISGl, Mr. Farlingor raised a company of volunteers, 
 and had command of it, but was not called into service. For uwliile, many yeai*s ago, he had 
 command of a steamboat, running on the St. Liwrcuce, and hence he has a double claim to the 
 title of Captain, by which name he is known in this vicinity. 
 
 Capt. Farlinger is a Conservative in politics, and firm in his principles, but is not an ofRce- 
 soeker, and has thus far in lite managed to keep in private, and " preserve the even tenor of 
 his way." He is a member of the Presbyterian chureli, and active and generous in the support 
 of religious e.Kercises. He is also very kind to the needy, they hiving no warmer, more liberal 
 friend in Morrisburg than the Captain and his estimable lady. Tiiey have nine children, and 
 have lost five. 
 
 IIOX. DAVID EEESOE, 
 
 YOliKVILLE. 
 
 rriHE subject of this biographical notice is of German dosent, his great-grandfather, Chris* 
 -*- tian Reesor, a Slennonite minister, going from Menlieim to Pennsylvania, as the leader 
 of a small colony, and settling in Lancaster county, where some of the family yet reside, the 
 original homestead, a splendid farm of three hundreil acres, being still in their hands. 
 
 In 1801, the grandfather of our subject, Christian Reesor, junior, his father, Abraham 
 Reesor, and three uncles, settled in Jlarkham, county of York, where David Reesor wa-s born 
 on the 18th of January, 1823. His mother was Anna Dettwiler, who was also from Lancaster 
 county, Pa. Roth parents died at Markham, his father in 1832, and his mother about 1857. 
 
 In addition to connnon school instruction. Senator Reesor had three yeare' private drill ; 
 worked on his father's farm in his youth ; Avas a merchant five years ; founded, about 18.')G, the 
 Markham Economht, a strong Reform paper, whicli he conducted with ability for several years, 
 selling out about fifteen or sixteen years ago. He has been a magistrate for thirty-five ycai-s; 
 a notary jtublic for more than twenty, and was secretary-treasui-er for a long time of the Mark- 
 ham Agricultural Society. He went into the county council in 1850, when York, Ontario and 
 Peel were united, and served sevei-al years in that capacity, being warden in 18(J0. He was a 
 school trustee for mony years, and on his motion was secured tl.'e establishment of the first 
 grammar school in Markham. He has long been connected with the volunteer militia, and 
 holds the rank of Lieut.-Colonel of reserve militia. 
 
 Senator Reesor represented " King's " Division in the Legislative Council of Canada, frcni 
 
 
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 mation in May, 18G7. In the Legislative Council, at the time of Confederation, he took quite 
 an active part in the pcrfectini,' of that nieasuve, and moved a resolution, making the office of 
 Senator elective by the people, but, on a division, that proposed amendment of the constitution 
 was lost. He is a Liberal. 
 
 Senator Reesor is an adherent of the NFethodist chui-ch ; wa.s for yeai-s president of the 
 Markham Bible Society, and has long been a prominent man in almost every good cause. 
 
 In B^ebruary, 1848, Senator Reesor married Emily, elilost daiighter of Daniel McDougall, 
 Ksq., of St. Mary's, Ontario, and sister of Hon. William McDougall, C.B., M.P., and they have 
 five children, four daughters and one son, two of the former being marrieil. Marion Augusta, 
 the eldest daughter, is the wife of Dr. Coburn, of Oshawn, and Jessie Adelaide is the wife of 
 John Holmes, of Toronto. 
 
 Since 1870, the residence of the Senator hiw been in " Rosedalo," Yorkvillo, where he is en- 
 joying the quiet of a retired life. Always having lived in the county of York, and having 
 held various official positions, he is well known, and has a great many friends, by whom he is 
 warmly esteemed. 
 
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 liRAXTFORD. 
 
 II OBKRT HKNRY, ex-mayor of the ci y of Brantford, and a leading business man lnue of 
 -*■■*> the younger class, was born in Pert Lshire, Scotland, Novendier 30, 18-i-lf. His father is 
 John Henry, a carpenter and contractor ; his mother, Jane Dow, both Scotch. He was educated 
 in the pari.sh .schools of Perthshire until nino yeni-s of age, came with the family to Canada West 
 in 18.53; finished his studies in the Brantford public schools; when in his twelfth year entered 
 the now stationery and news store of Andrew Hudson ; was with him three yeai^s, and then 
 became an apprentice to the grocery business with U. C. Alton. 
 
 Li 18G2 Mr. Henry entered the store of Charles Watts, leading wholesale grocer in Brantford, 
 and on the demise of Mr. Watts in 1808, when his sun Alfred bought out the establishment, 
 Mr. Hemy became manager, and hold that position until 1871, when he became a partner of Mr. 
 Watts. The firm of A. Watts and Co. are also proprietors of the Biantford Soap W^orks ; and, in 
 th'> wholesale mercantile business and mantifactory combined, are doing a business of about 
 8480,000 a year. They stand in the front rank of commercial men in this city, as well in tlu' 
 ciiaracter of the house as iti the amount in dollars ami cents of its transactions. 
 
 Mr. Henry has been a director of the Brantford Lailiis' College from its start; has been 
 President of St. Andrew's Society and of the Coimervative Association for South Brant ; was a 
 
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 less man licre of 
 k His father is 
 He was educated 
 ' to Canada West 
 Ifth year entered 
 years, and then 
 
 eer in Brantford, 
 le establishment , 
 I a partner of Mr. 
 t Works ; and, in 
 iisiness of about 
 y, as well in the 
 
 start ; has bet>ii 
 h Brant ; was a 
 
 . 
 
co^ 
 
 T/lk CAKADIAX ntOCUAPnU'M. Dk'TlOKAIlY. 
 
 \X(\y) u *il Conff.lonitiuii, sovm y.\iis later, iind was i';illr.i to ihu biiiato liy ll.nal Piocla- 
 inatioii ii«.y. 18(37. In the LegisUUive Oouneil, at the tiinu uf {'i>iifed<'ration, he took quite 
 »m active ,A»i-t ill ('lo portVotinj.' of that inoa-sure, ami moved :i resohitioii, miikiiij,'- tlie offieu of 
 SeiiHt-.r o» tiyc hy thi; people, but, on a ilivi-jiuii, that proposed anu)u<hiic-nt of llio constitution 
 '.vas iwt. i.s a Liheral. 
 
 8t!imto. lUHiNor [:•> an .-nilifreot of tlir .NfethiKlist (lii.in>h; was for years prosidont of tiio 
 Mnrkhani Jii e Society, ami has long Ijveii a proniinont man in almost every good cause. 
 
 In I'V'oru -y, 1S4H, Senator Keesor ninnicil Emily, cld.'Ht dauglitor of Daniel McDongall, 
 Esq., of St. Mt 7's. Outmio, and «istor of H-ni William McDougall, C.B., M.i'., and thoy have 
 fiv.> children, fo • daugli tot's and one son, two of tlie former being married. Marion A>.ig\i.st-fl, 
 the elde.s{ Jan^h r, ia thr wife of Dr. Coburn, Af Onh.-. •■. and Jos.si.. Adelaide is tlie wife oi 
 John Holmes, of "oronto. 
 
 ijinca lM7ti, tl vmuk-tw*- (yt theSwwtor hits ^>.^en in " Binedaie," york^•i!ll^ wher<' he is cn- 
 joying thoqujv' hf«. Al#«,y-s having live.' In the cnunty of York, and having 
 
 held variotc • y.iava*. in; is well knf>«ii. and >mu a jfjoat many trn-nd*, by whom lu^ is 
 
 W.Hi ml y esjiiL'oHpeil. ' 
 
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 JiKASTFOlU). 
 
 "T3'^^l»l''RT IIRNRY. ex uayor of thf city of Rrantford. and a haling l>UMne.s9 lo.in lure of 
 * ** thf younger elii,sv w ■, U-rn in Perthsldre, .St'S.tland, NoveinlxT 30, IStl. His father ; 
 John lienry. .i cAipenti-r am contractor : his mother, Jane Dow, both S.-otcli. He W!i«edueat« i 
 tu Uh' jiAiUli K.ltoi)U ..( I'ortli hiro until june years of age, came with the family to Canada \Vi-.. 
 in l><7,'\, liui.shud Ida t.j-h-v ^ tb- liritntfoid pnl>lic .•scliools; when in his twelfth yeur entere-' 
 the now ,fat.ijri-ry an<l mv. - ',)it- ./ .\ndr«w Hud.son; wa<i with him flnve years, and ihei 
 bewiiirt an ajipi.>*eie« t« C :-. yxy i.n.Mi.»,«« >i»lMi H. ( All. n. 
 
 In 1SC2 Mr Heinv en>: ; . •V"»toi»w)f ( 'bailv. Wtttts, leading wholesale gnjcer in Hrajitf r ■ 
 and on till' deniine of Mr. ^f\\\-i. \\ imf^ svh.?n bin s'-n .Utied bought out tlie ustabii.shi.i' .. 
 Mr. Heiiiy l>.«im>' nmnag<T, and l.-^KMhai |HAsitiiiii until ls7l, v hi n Ik- became a partmr of Mi 
 WaK.s I'hn lirm of V. Watt^and » .'. niv also proprietors uf the Hi.\nirv;nl .Sonji Works ; aiul, " 
 the wholcnali- meiciiiitil..' liiisines<4 n.»d tnaiiufaetfiry ci'mliinLd, are doing u budness of alxi- • 
 ?480,<)0<> a y».ar. They stand ia the fiout r;»nk of comm<^ri ial men in this city, as well in • 
 >buriicter of the hoasi' iw in the nniouj't in d >llars and e<'nts of its traiisiK iii/n«. 
 
 If. ,rt has ^»ren )> din rtor of 'he Hmiiitord LadiiV ('.Hege from it« starts lia-s '• . ^ 
 I Afidi'cws S<icit>tj' and of the (Joum.Tvalive A<}8ocitttion for South Brant; wm ' 
 
Rojal Piocla- 
 
 Ih' t'lok quite 
 
 tr tlio office of 
 
 lie constitution 
 
 
 i-csulont tif tUa 
 
 i.'l McDongall, 
 aiul 'li-n- liavi 
 iviou AugiLst-tt, 
 ; is tlio wife of 
 
 where he is en- 
 i-k, iin<l havinj^ 
 by whmn Im i» 
 
 iss lonn here of 
 His fathi.T i*- 
 Flo Wfis eUucut^-l 
 to Canada Wex 
 fill yi'ur cntfirw-i 
 joufJi, u.inl tb«'i 
 
 >er in UriUitfor«» 
 u nHtftblishiiK'O' 
 a [mrtmr of Ms 
 Works ; ami, " 
 i.iitiess of aVv > 
 y, jw w«ll in ' 
 
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 701 
 
 hiembor of the liigh school boftiil of trustoos at one pciioil ; was a mciiilu'i' of tlie city council 
 from the Nortli Ward in 1870, aiul mayor in 1878 and 187!). He is an indefatigable worker for 
 the interests of the city, while lie was chief magistrate, the Lorne Bridge, one of the best 
 iron structures of the kintl for roadways in the Province, and other important improvements 
 having been made, In public spirit he finds a strong body of coadjutors in this enterprising 
 young city. 
 
 Mr. Henry is a blue lodge Mason, a member of Zion Pn'sbyterian church, and a generous 
 man in support of any local in.stitution likely to benefit the public. 
 
 JAIVIES YOUNG, 
 
 GALT. 
 
 TAMES "YOUNG, member of the Dominion Parliament from 1867 to 1878, and noAv of the 
 ^ Ontario Legislature, is a .son of John and Jcanie (Bell) Young, and was born in (iaU, 
 May ^4, 183.'). Both parents were from Roxburgh.shire, Scotland, his father coming to Oalt 
 the year before the .son was born. 
 
 Our subject was educated in his native town, and chose tlie printing liusinessas a trade. 
 Before he was 18 years of age, he jauvha.sed the Dumfries Rcfoiinrr, Oalt, which he edited 
 from 18.J.S to 18(1.'], and is the author of two |irize essays: " The Agricultural lle.sources of 
 Canaila," and "The Reciprocity Treaty. " 
 
 Mr. Young was first returned to Parliament at the general election in 18(17, to represent 
 South Waterloo ; was re-elected by acclamation in 187-, and agiiin in 1871'; was defeated in 
 September, 1878 ; and in June, 187!), was elected to represent the north ridinu' of Brant in the 
 local Legislature. 
 
 While in the Dominion Parliament, Mr. Voung proposed and secured the abolition of 
 Queen's printei'shiii monopol}-, and the letting of all departnuntal printing by tender, thus 
 greatly reducing the animal expenses ; in 1871, he sc- urcd the pas.sage of an Act confirming the 
 naturalization of all aliens who had taken the oaths of allegiance and residence prior to the 
 Confederation; in 1873 he submitted a bill in favor of the indlot, an<l in the same year aii(l 
 in 187.J carried addresses to Her Majesty the Queen, praying that the Imperial (lovernment 
 would take steps to confer on Oernuins and other aliens naturalizcil in Canada, tlu^ same rights 
 in all parts of the worlil as Bi'itish born stibjects; and in 187+ he proposed a comnuttee and re- 
 port which resulted in the pidilication of the //</ /)■••■((/•(/, since containing tlii' House of Com- 
 mouH, debates for 187.")-187!) inclusive. These facts we gather nuiiidy from the I'diTniitiiufdry 
 Vtinijuininii. 
 
 Mr. Voung is a Liberal, and was an able supporter of the Mackenzie Administration. 
 
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 He is a director of tlio Confederation Life Assunmce Company, and the Canada Landed 
 Credit Company; is president of tlie Gore District Afiitual Fire Insurance Company ; has been 
 president of tlie Association of Mechanics' Institutes, Ontario, for the past eigiit years ; was for 
 several yeai-s on the board of school trustees and collegiate institute, and was six yeaw in the 
 town council and one year deputy reeve. 
 
 Mr. Young is a member of the Presbyterian church, and has been president of the Provin- 
 cial Sunday School Association of Ontario, and is vice-president of th3 same. He was for five 
 years chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Dominion Parliament, and occupied 
 other important jwsitions. 
 
 The wife of llr. Young was Margaret McNaught, second daughter of John McNaught, 
 Esq., of Brantford, their marriage taking place in February, 18.')8. 
 
 ALEXANDER SPEOAT, 
 
 WALKERTOX. 
 
 A LEXANDER SPROAT, banker, and formerly member of Parliament from the north 
 •*-^ riding of Rruce, was born at Es(juesing, near Milton, county of Halton, June '1\, 1835. 
 His fatlier, Adam Sproat, farmer, was from the county of Kirkcudbright, Scotland; his mother 
 before her marriage, was Kleanor Brown, daughter of Alexander Brown, a United Empire 
 Loj'alist. 
 
 Alexander was educated at Knox College, Toronto, and Queen's College, Kingston, receiv- 
 ing the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the latter institution in 18.52. After leaving college, 
 he was on the engineei's statt' at the construction of the (hand Trunk railway ; sultseipiently 
 studied surveying, and followed the business of provineial surveyor until 1801, when he a.ssuuied 
 the management of the Commercial Bank of Canada, at Southampton, county of Bruce, and 
 held that situation until the failure of that institution in 1807. In the spring of 1808, Mr, 
 Sproat was appointed manager of the Merehants' liank of Canada, at Walkerton, and is still 
 connected with that institution. He is a first-class business man. 
 
 Mr, Sproat was treasurer of the county of Hi'Uee for seventeen years; has Ir'M the oiilees 
 of mayor and reeve of Walkerton, and was a meiuber of the Hoiise of Conuuons, from 1807 to 
 1872, his polities being ( 'onsirv.it ive. He was defeated for re-election in 1872, by less than a 
 score of votes, the riding being Reform. 
 
 In 1801 Mr, Sproat was ajiiKiinted Captain oi the Southamjjton RiHes ; served three 
 months as acting Major during the Fenian raid of 1800, being stationed part of the time at 
 Goderich and part at Sarnia, and was promoted to the Colonelcy in the autunni of the same 
 year, and is still holding that rank. 
 
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 Canada Landed 
 
 iipany ; lias been 
 
 it years ; was for 
 
 six years in the 
 
 it of the Provin- 
 
 He was for five 
 
 mt, and occupied 
 
 John McNaught, 
 
 , from the north 
 
 on, June 24, 1835. 
 
 )tland ; his mother 
 
 a United Empire 
 
 vinj^ston, receiv- 
 leiiving college, 
 
 ay ; subsc(iuently 
 hen he assuinod 
 y of Bruce, and 
 
 ing of ISGS, Mr. 
 ton, and is still 
 
 He is a member of St. Paul's Presbyterian church, an elder of the same, and a liberal 
 supporter of religious and benevolent institutions. In 1879 he was a delegate to the General 
 Assembly of his denomination. 
 
 In January, 18G1, Colonel Sproat married Eliza Watkins McNabb, daughter of Alexander 
 McNabb, crown land agent, county of Bruce, residence Southampton ; they have three child- 
 ren living, and have lost two. 
 
 WILLIAM MILLER, 
 
 GALT. 
 
 WILLIAM MILLER, judge of the county of Waterloo, born in the township of Niagara, 
 October 30, 1810, is a son of William D. and Ann (Van Sickle) Milk-r, his father 
 being of Scotch descent; his mother a native of New Jersey. Ho was educated in tiio town of 
 Niagara ; studied law with Ib)n. Robert Dickson and Judge E. C. Campbell; was called to the 
 Bar in 1S3.^ ; practised eighteen years at Dundas, and in 18.")3 was appointeil judgi' of the county 
 of Waterloo, a position which he still holds. He is one of the judges longest in the county and 
 the Province, and much respected. He is very conscientious, carefully weiglis every case, and 
 rarely fails of accuracy in his decisions. 
 
 Judge Miller is a member and elder of Knox Presbyterian church. Gait, and held the same 
 office in the l^resbyterian church at Dundas. 
 
 In 1837 he married Miss Checsboro, daughter of N. Ci. Clu'L'.slioro, of Canandaigua, 
 N.Y., and has six children living, and has lost four. William Nieholas, the eldest son, has a 
 family, and is a barrister, of the firm of Beatty, Millei', Biggar, Chadwick and Co., Toronto ; 
 Henry, the next son, has a wife and is a druggist, Cialt ; Robert, the youngest son, is on the 
 mounted police, at Battleford, North- West Territory ; Elizabeth is the wife of Z, A Lash, deputy 
 minister of justice, Ottawa, and the other two daughters are unmarried. 
 
 s held the offices 
 us, from 1807 to 
 'i, by less than a 
 
 .'s ; served tlireo 
 of the time at 
 nn of the same 
 
 willia:n[ j. white, 
 
 ST. THOMAS. - 
 
 "TTTILLIAM JOSHUA WHITE, barrister and police magistrate, is a native of London, 
 ' " Eng., and was l)orn Felmiary :23, 182S. His father, Thomas White, was a silent 
 partner for years in a commercial house, London, England, and his cousin, James White, was a 
 memlKJr of the English House of Commons for Brighton. 
 
 William was edueatecl in the Stockwell high .scliool ; in bS44 emigrated to Upper Canada; 
 
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 and was a clerk for two years in a St. Thomas bank, and has been a resident of this town since 
 arriving in tlie Province ; was a general merchant from 1849 to 185tJ; was clerk and treasurer 
 of the municipality of the township of Yarmouth and Adelaide ; commenced studying law with 
 Edward Horton in 18G0 ; was called to the Bar at Michaelmas term in 1805, and has had a law 
 otHce from that date, practising in the County Court, and the Superior and Chancery Courts, 
 anil doing a good business, having in largo tnoisure the conKdenco of the people. . 
 
 Mr. AVhite was a member of tlie town council two years, and in 1873 was appointed police 
 niiigistrate, which office he yet holds, and the duties of which ho discharges with promptness 
 and general satisfiiction. In politics he early espoused the cause of the "Grits" or Reformers, 
 and was an enthusiastic worker in the ranks of that party, until his appointment to his present 
 office. He is a Chapter Mason, and has be 3u master of the blue lodge, and secretary of the 
 Chapter. He holds his christian membei-ship in Trinity Episcopal church, and bears a good 
 character. 
 
 April 22, 1847, Sarah Van Buskirk, daughter of Henry Van Buskirk, formerly of Nova 
 Scotia, became the wife of Mr. White, and they have ten children living, and have buried two. 
 
 JOIII^ p. CEYSLER, 
 
 MQERISDURG. 
 
 "TOHN PLINY CRYSLER, whose name is associated with the legislature and military his- 
 ^ tory of Canada, was born on the 2Gth of February, 1801, on the farm on which the battle 
 of " Crysler's Farm" was fought, in 1818. His father was Col. John Crysler, a U. E. Loyalist, 
 who came to Canada in 1784, being fifteen years of age, a drummer bo}', or, as he used to call 
 him.self, a " .sheep-skin fiddler ;" was a farmer, merchant, and magistrate ; had at an early day 
 a patent deed for 0,000 acres of land in his chest, and was " monarch " of nearly "all he sur- 
 veyed " Avas, in short, a man of much note and great influence, and for sixteen years represented 
 his county in parliament. 
 
 Our subject was a mere lad during the war of 1812-14, but well recollects the battle, the 
 whole of which he witnessed, he aiding his father while it was in progress, in secreting treasure. 
 He was Captain of a company which took part in the battle of the Windmill, in December, 
 18;{7 ; was a merchant during the early part of his life, and was also over forty years engageil 
 in the square timber business of Canada. 
 
 He was appointed deputy-registrar of the county of Dundas, in 1823, and held that office 
 until 183'J ; represented Dundas in Parliament frcm 1848 to 18,")2, and again from 1854 to 1857, 
 a staunch Conservative in p(jli tics, and since 1807 has been registrar of that county, with his 
 
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 this town since 
 c and treasurer 
 (lying law with 
 a has luiJ a law 
 liancery Courts, 
 
 3, • 
 
 ippointod police 
 nt\i j)roniptness 
 ' or Reformers, 
 it to his present 
 iccretary of the 
 id bears a good 
 
 rinerly of Nova 
 lavo buried two. 
 
 and military his- 
 
 which the battle 
 
 U. E. Loyalist, 
 
 IS he used to call 
 
 at an early day 
 
 irly " all lie sur- 
 
 cars represented 
 
 ts the battle, tln' 
 icreting treasure, 
 ill, in December, 
 ty years engaged 
 
 1 held that office 
 ■om 185-t to 18r)7, 
 county, with his 
 
 son, C. S. C-rysler, a very competent young man, as his ileputy, since 1809. He is a large pro- 
 perty-holder in the united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and is a prudent antl 
 successful business manager, The village of Crysler, Stormont county, where he has mills, took 
 its name from him. 
 
 His wife, Mary Westley Cryslor, die! in 18!ik He is a member of tho Church of Eng- 
 land, and is a man of storliiig worth. Ho has always resided one mile from the battle ground, 
 where l:e has a fine residence and handsome property. 
 
 CHA"RLES FRANCIS, 
 
 TRENTiiX. 
 
 CHARLES FRANCJIS, tho loading barrister at Trenton, and a member of tho county 
 council, is a native of this place, and was born January 22, 18:JS. His father, Rjbort 
 Francis, a native of Ireland, came to Canaila, with his wife and older children, about 18.'}.'). 
 Having a contract on the St. Lawrence canal, he moved his family for a short time to St. 
 Anne's, Province of Quebec. A little later the family removed to Huntington, county of Hast- 
 ings, Ontario, returning to Trenton in 1850. Robert Francis was a mendier of the town council 
 of Trenton until his death in December, 1871 ; was also coroner and reeve for .some time, and 
 very prominent in local matters, being the pi-inie mover in securing the incorjioration of the town 
 of Trenton. 
 
 The mother of our subject, before her marriage, was Doha Donalon,al.so a native of Ireland. 
 She died in March, 1872, onlv throe months after her husband. Our subject was educated in 
 the Grannuar ScIkjoI of Trenton; studied law with John Boll, of Bclloviilo, .solicitor for the 
 Grand Trunk Railway Company, and at tho Law School of Toronto ; became an attorney in 
 ISflO, and was calleil to the Bar the iu'.\t year, anil lias practised at Trontou steadily and suc- 
 cessfully .since ISGl. He is well read, prepares his oases with gioat care, and his camlor and 
 clear h)gic, sincerity and earnestness, make a good impression on a jury; hence, in a large 
 measure, his success at tho Bar. 
 
 On the demise of his father, he became a member of the town council, there holdinjr a .seat 
 for several years, and was a reeve in 1873, 1878 and 1879. For two years, prior to liecoming a 
 reeve a second time, ho was out of health ; spent one winter in Florida, and a short time in 
 Washington; became aoiuainted with President (!rant and other U. S. government officials ; 
 visited most of tho seaboard states, and completely recovered his health. 
 
 In politics he is a conservative ; is prosidi'ut of the local association of his party, being 
 its leading man in this part of tho county of Hastings, and is a member of the United Empire 
 
 
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 Club of Ontario, a conservative political organization. Ho is Past Master of Lodge No. 38 of 
 the Masonic Order, and his father before him was a prominent member of that fraternity. Mr. 
 Francis was one of the delegates to present the farewell address of the municipalities of Ontario 
 to Lord Dufferin at Quebec, September 5, 1 878. 
 
 His religious connection is with the Church of England ; for some years he was warden of 
 St. George's church, and is now a member of the Synod of Ontario. His moral standing, like 
 his legal, is high. 
 
 His wife was Mercia Clnrinda, youngest daugliter of Col. Sheldon Hawley, who was an 
 officer during the rebellion of 1837-38, and a prominent citizen of Trenton ; married July 10, 
 18C7. Mi-s Francis accompanied her husband to Florida, and has traveled extensively in tho 
 United States. 
 
 Born when Trenton was a very small village, Mr. Francis has seen it gradually expand 
 until it has between 3,000 and 4,000 inhabitants, with fine churches on either side of the Trent 
 river, large school houses and commorcial blocks, extensive manufactures, railroad connections 
 with the east and west, and soon to have them to the north and south. Within eight miles 
 from the mouth of the Trent, this stream, one of the largest in tlie Province, has a fall of 100 
 feet, with rapids all along the way, forming hydraulic privileges unsurpassed in these parts j 
 and sh juld Mr. Francis live a few more years, he will doubtless be called upon to aid in securing 
 •a city charter for his native town. 
 
 
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 SAMUEL EOBERTSOX, 
 
 lIAimiSTON. 
 
 SAMUEL ROBERTSON, banker, is n native of Glasgow, Scotland, dating his biith, March 
 31, 1831. His father, James Robertson, was a weaver in that city, and liis grandfather 
 had to flee from Scotland to Ireland at one time on account of politieal troubles. The mother 
 of Samuel was Marion Harvie, also Scotch. In May, 1841, the family came to Upper Canada, 
 and our subject went on the farm of Henry Widdetield, three miles from Newmai'ket, where ho 
 .spent between one and two years, doing chores, and attending school three months ; spent two 
 and a half years in tho village of Newmarket a.s an apprentice in a woollen factory ; then 
 entered the store of M. P. Empey (tlien warden of North York), in the same village, and was 
 witli him until 1848, when he removed to Toronto. After clerking in that city a few month.s, 
 Mr. Robertson wont to Schomberg, in the same county, clerked there three years, then became a 
 partner of Asa Mooie, of the same place, and one year later came to Hollen, town.sliip of Mary- 
 borough, in the county of Wellington, where he was in the mercantile trade for fifteen yeais. 
 The health of Mr. Robertson failing at the end of tliat period, lie deemed it best to have a 
 
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 change, and more out-door exercise, he therefore moved on a farm which he owned at Holien, 
 and remained on it six yeara, phmting an orchard, improving and making a very pleasant 
 home. 
 
 In 1873 Mr. Robertson removed to Hiirriston; dealt in grain two yeirs ; was ma cheese- 
 box factory the same period, and in May, 1877, opened the Harriston Bank, a private institu- 
 tion of which ho is the sole proprietor, and which is (luite prosperous. 
 
 Mr. Robertson is a stirring business man, making a success of any enterprise in which he 
 engages, and his pursuits, as is here seen, have been somewhat varied. He may be called 
 most emphatically a business dispatcher ; has a good share of public spirit and takes pleasure 
 in seeing the town progressing. 
 
 He was a counciloi- five or six years of the township of Maryborough, and has been a 
 magistrate for twenty-five years. When appointed to this office he was the youngest magistrate 
 in the county, and now he is one of the oldest. 
 
 When the " Trent affair " occurred in 1861, and there was a prospect of a war with the 
 United States, Mr. Robertson being a Captain of Militia, raised a company of volunteers, of 
 which he was appointed Lieutenant, and was engaged in drilling this company at times for two 
 years ; but they had no occa.jion to deal in "villainous saltpetre." 
 
 Mr. Robertson is a Reformer, an influential man in the party, and an earnest worker dur- 
 ing a political canvass. 
 
 He is a Royal Arch Mason, and lias held several offices in the order. He belongs to the 
 Methodist Church of Canada, and has been an official member for the last twenty years. 
 
 Mr. Robertson was fiist married in March, 1853, to Miss Margaret Henderson, of the 
 county of York, she dying in 187-, leaving eight children, one of them, the eldest daughter 
 since following her to the spirit world ; and the second time in 1873 to Miss Margaret Garbutt 
 of the county of Wellington, having one child by her. 
 
 JOHN D, S^^IITII, 
 
 FORT HOPE. 
 
 "pN I7f>7 Elias Smith and Jonathan Walton received a grant of land, of three lots, first con- 
 cession township of Hope, about 700 acres, lying along the shore of lake Ontario, on con- 
 dition that they would build a giist mill and saw mill, and encourage settlement. The latter 
 they would naturally be disposed to do, as mills would be of no use unless there were people to 
 patronize them. They induced manj' families to settle in the township of Hope, some arriving 
 with them ; and their mills, located at the mouth of Smith's creek, soon became paying invest- 
 ments. 
 

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 This Elias Smith, one of the founders of the town, was the father of John David Smith, tho 
 subject of this brief memoir, wlio was born in New York, in October, 1780. From 1797 to 
 March, 184!), when he died, Mr. Sn)ith was a resident of Port Hojje, and was prominent as a 
 business man, and in public life, for thirty or forty years. During most of this period ho was 
 a merchant and miller. He was a thorough-going, enter|)rising mai " ^ writer was acquainted 
 with him during his later years, and knows with what esteem he egarded by his neighbors 
 
 for his excellent character, and for what ho had done for tho town. 
 
 Mr. Smith was at one time president of the town board ; was a magistrate a long period, 
 and in 1828 was elected to the House of Assembly. He served one term, and parliamentary 
 labors being distasteful to him, he refused to be a candidate for re-election. 
 
 EDWARD JACKSOK, 
 
 HAMILTON. 
 
 rriHIS gentleman, tho descendant of an old New England family, was born in Redding, 
 -■- Connecticut, on the 20th of April, 1799. His parents bein- hout wealth, his education 
 at school and as an apprentice was such as would enable -hi -am his livelihood. His 
 
 brilliant social qualities and engaging pei-son rendered him a most agreeable companion, and won 
 for him, while yet without fortune, the heart and hand of a young lady of more than ordinary 
 talent, beauty, and social position. Miss Lydia Ann Sanford, of his native town. They were 
 married in 1820 and at once turned westward to fiml a home in Niagara, Canada West. Here 
 the loan of a hundred dollars furnii^lied a stock for the con.mencement of his business, and by 
 the end of the first year of his married life, in the establishment of his commercial character, 
 and in the acquisition of a .small capital of his own, he laid the foundations of his future pros- 
 perity. As the western peninsula of Onta) io was now rapidly filling up with new settlements, 
 he sought a more central point from which to push his trade, first in Ancaster, and finally, in 
 1830, in the incipient city of Hamilton. Hero he gathered around him as apprentices in his 
 trade a number of young men, who, under his careful commercial training, and tho moral in- 
 fluences of his Christian home, grew up to be active partners in the extension of his business to 
 various central points in Canada, and even as far west as Chicago. Tho aggregate wealtli 
 accumulated by some five or .six of these early apprentices is probably now reckoned by millions, 
 and bears highest testimony to the value of the training they received from their young master. 
 In 1832 he became a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church, and was appointed to the 
 office of class-leader, which he honorably and efficiently discharged for forty years. In the 
 next twenty-five years, by a life of unostentatious christian integrity and commercial industry, 
 enterprise, and foresight, he won for him.self not only a handsome fortune, but also the unusual 
 
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 »u1;Kct oftMn brief nil. moir, who wivs born in N'uw Voriv, iu OetolxT, IT^ii, i'Vuni 1797 to 
 Miwh, 1,S4'), when he dicJ. Mr. Sinitt-. was a rrsitU-nt of Port IIoii.', nml wn« i'roniiut.nt as a 
 Imsnicsa iiuui, aii'l in imWic life, for thirty or forty yeiirs. liiiring m •-: ■! ilii> \m-iA ho wa.-. 
 ti iijcichint an.l luiUer. Ho -.mis a tliofjiighfroing, oi.i.crprisiii-^ uiaii. Ttio writer w i-t arquaiiiUMl 
 with him ijiuing liis latvr y»MU-s, anil know.s with what esteem hi; nn-* '■ .;,ui.lo(l b}- liis noigliboi-s 
 f. . iii-» <. vct'lleiit uhttni<jt<<r, and f jr whai ho hml loiw for thr town. 
 
 Ml- Miiith wa- 'tt, olio tjmo prcsiUeut of tho town lioard . wa.'* a magistrate a long period, 
 aii<l in 18-iS wa.s electml to tin- Hnuso of Assomhly. He served one term, and parliamentary 
 labors being lUstasifjful lo him. ho refused to ho a candidal* for re-election. 
 
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 rpHtJ^ {<< nil- ;.-trti. I.hrt .JtMUC^mtent of an old Now En^-Umd family, was bom in Reddinj,' 
 -»- Coonccln'ur on ihu20th of Ai-ril, 179!). Hi.s |jaiuiit.4bein,j.j\vitliout wealth, hi.->eiUicati.'i. 
 at seh >ol and as an apprt-ntio*' wa.i siu-h as wonju /nabh -hvu to '.arn his livelihood. Hi- 
 biiUiant .social (Ualities and onijJiK'ug pereoii remlered hiui a nioscagixea;ilocomi>anion, and wo' 
 forliim, while yet without fortune, tlie heart a-ud hand of a voUiig lady of more than oinliiuii 
 talent, beantv, and social position, Miss Lydia Ann S>a:iford,W his native town. They wer 
 niarrie-.l in 1- 'if; and at onee turned wefttviuid to tin<l a Jiom.- in Niuj^aia, Canada VV'e.st, H< 
 ■ th.! loan >f :< h":i l!e<l d' Har.-t furnithed a sto.rk for the conuneucem-nt <.'f bin bu.siness, ate 
 the end of th.. fin- - ear of hi'^ mnrrjod life, in the .■stabli.shment of hi-« cunnuivial cliaru- ' 
 and in th* aciii/ii-Jti'm <f a mi.mII eapibil <>f Ms own, he laid the foundations «(f hi,-* future jit 
 perity, As tfi<» weit-.ro /•••i.in.MiU of Ontaino wim now rapidly hlliuif uj) with Jiow wttlen: 
 he w)U){ht s \- • wntrnl p"'K from w!ii^.l; to pu.sli hix tra'le, lii-st in Anc^-'ter. and linjili, 
 1S30, in t)ie iaup.cut ei(.y .f UhhmUjui. it.»v ht :*n'h red uo und him as apiiruntioe."* ii* 
 tmde. a nnm}«jv of y ■ wb mdev hi-" rarvful et-muieicial training, and tho ?nw • 
 
 Hucnee.s 'f his ( liriNUau ;. m.: , i;^ v^ u\> t- he aetive paitners in U'-. ex(eu»ion of his bunii. 
 various e>itrra! points in Canada, »nd ••vmi **« far we.st as <hi<'i>;'V The a>riri'fKftti' 
 a'H!UUHilated l<y son.c liye or^lsof th<"*? carl v apprentices is probably now reckoned by 
 and l>eai"a liij^he-t lesiimiuy to i!; vftbi-' of the traininp; t.l»oy rccidveil fmni tlioir yomi. 
 
 hi 1h:{2 he ' •■'•anip a momlwr "f t!.> Wesleyan .Nb-thudist church, and wa« nppumf'' in 
 
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 respect of his fellow-citizens as testitiod by his election to the highest municipal honors in their 
 gift. 
 
 In 1858, the death of his only surviving child, the wife of W, E. Sanford, cast a deep 
 shadow over his temporal hopes, and directed all the energies of his nature into the single 
 chaimil of religion and philanthropy. Ho contributed lilteraily to the couimenccinent of 
 Methodist Missions on the British Pacific Coast. He was the largest contributor to the founda- 
 tion of the Wosioyan College, Hamilton, and during the rest of his life, president of its 
 directorate. At the same time Mrs. Jackson, as treasurer and directress, gave large aid in 
 building up "The Hamilton Ladies' Orphan A.sylum and Benevolent Society." In 18GG, by his 
 own contributions, unexampled at that time in their liberality, and by untiring pcreonal effort, 
 the foundations of the Centenary Methodist church were laid, and two years later it was 
 brought to completion. During these years also the varied societies laboring on behalf of the 
 freedmen of the Southern States received from him libcia! and hearty contributions. 
 
 In 1871 he became deejily interested in the establishment of a chair of theology in the 
 University of Victoria College. Cobourg. His plans for the comjiletion of this enterprise were 
 only partially carried into effect by his own generous be(;uest of !<10,000, when he was suddenly 
 called to his reward. Ho died while bowed with a few friends in family prayer, on Sabbath 
 evening, July 14,1872. Mr.s. Jackson survived him scarcely throe yeai-s. In this interval she 
 raised the endowment of the chair of theology founded by herhu.sband to ^30,000, left bequests 
 of more than thirty thousand more to the various works of religion and charity in the church 
 and the city with which she had so long been associated, and literally spent the last moments 
 of her life in busy labora of love. 
 
 
 JOHN ]3. WAKREN, 
 
 OSUA WA. 
 
 "TOIIN BORLASK WARREN, the pioneer mill-builder in Cshawn, and a native of Kin- 
 ^ sale, county of Cork, Ireland, wa,s born in 1708, his father being a captain of dragoons 
 in the British army. Members of the family held prominent positions in the country, John B. 
 being a cousin of Sir Augustus Warren, and Sir Borlase Warren. In 1821; lie and his brother 
 William, now collector of customs at Wliitliy, came to Canada, went to "Little York" (To- 
 ronto), and soon afterward purchased a Imiidred acr^s of land in the township of Whitby, and 
 tried their hands awhile at farming, but did not like it as a pioneer work, with its isolation 
 from society, and its very great hardsliips, ami they sold out and abandoned the business. 
 
 Our subject went to York, became a clerk in a .store, learned the mercantile business ; 
 traded a while on King street, and was soon afterwards appointed postnia.ster at Oshawa, the 
 
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 first officer of the kind in the towusliip. lu 1837 he built tlie Oshawa flouring mills, on Oshawa 
 creek, now the property of Giblis and Brother. He was an enterprising man ; at one time 
 had branch stores at Greenwood and Prince Albert, and at the same time was engaged largely 
 in the produce trade. When the Ontario Bank was opened in this place, he transferred his 
 former business to two sons, and assumed the management of its agency. 
 
 In 180") Mr. Warren resigned the management of that institution and retired from business. 
 He was a justice of the peace, and an officer in the militia, doing a little business at times on 
 the bench. He died on the 2;h-d of February, 187t». 
 
 The Ontario lic/ormrr, Oshawa, of February 28, 1870, spoke of Mr. Warren as follows : — 
 
 " He liad the manners of a gentleman of the old school, and yet withal was of that genial temperament that 
 made him approachable to all. His well-known form and erect bearing, long so familiar on our streets, will be 
 missed, and the old residents of the county who best know him will lament the death of an old friend, and will 
 sympathize with the large circle of relatives in their loss." 
 
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 AECIIIBALD LIVINGSTONE, 
 
 KINGSTON. 
 
 rriHE subject of this sketch dates his birth at Montreal, August 10, 1827, he l>eing a son of 
 -^ Duncan and Christina (McPhei-son) Livingstone. His father was from Argyleshire, Scot- 
 liuul, and for some yeai"s, after settling in (."anada, was connected with the Hudson Bay Com- 
 pany. The mother was fi-om Inverness. Archibald received a common school education ; at 
 fourteen years of age became a clerk in a store at Montreal; and in 184G removed to Kingston, 
 holding a similar position in the store of John Mowat, father of the present Attorney General 
 of Ontario; clerkeil also a short time for Joseph Bniee ; then bought out Mr. Mowat, and was a 
 merchant for a qtiarter of a century', at the old stand of Mr. Mowat, corner of Princess ami 
 Bagot streets. 
 
 Mr. Livingstone was alderman for a dozen years, and mayor 1871, an eventful year. The 
 enterprise of building the Kingston and Pembroke railway was started that year, and he signed 
 the city by-laws, granting !i<3(»0,0t>0 to that eumpany as a bonus. The Provincial Kxhibitioii 
 was held in Kingston that year, and it devolved upon biiu toi)rfsent addresses to the Governor 
 General of the Dominion and the Lieiit.-Governurs of two Provinces. The great Chicago tire 
 oecuri-ed in October, 1871, and he aided in raising !?l',H'.'i,and remitted it to the sufferers by the 
 uiii)recedented calamity. 
 
 Mr. Livingstone is a Reformer in politics, and a Presbyterian in religion. He was at one 
 time president of the St. Andrew's Society, and a little later (1872) of the Board of Trade. He 
 is an efficient business man, antl consideral)ly identified witii the recent progress of the city. 
 
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 711 
 
 Selina, daiightcr of Sidney Scobell, builder, of Kingston, and a native of England, became 
 the wife of Mr. Livingstone, May 16, 1854, and they have one son, Sidney Livingstone, teller 
 in the Bank of Commerce, Montreal. 
 
 
 en as follows : — 
 
 Jon:N' LTNcn, 
 
 IWAMI'TOK 
 
 /~\^E of the very few men now living in this part of the county of Peel, that were hero in 
 ^-^ 1820, is John Lynch, wlio is two years older than this century, being born in Uoreham, 
 Vermont, November !), 171)8. Ilis father, David Lynch, who was from Cork, Ireland, moved 
 from the State of New York into Canada in 1.S13, settling near Cornwall. John received but 
 little mental drill in school ; at twenty-one years of age eame into what is now the county of 
 Peel, took up land in the 2nd concession east, in the township of Cliinguacousy, about one 
 mile from where Brampton now stands, and with his own axe opened a farm. At that time 
 bears and wolves were much more numerous tlian iieople, particularly whites ; partridges and 
 other wild fowl were exceedingly plentiful, and the mos(piltoes no man, no thousand men, could 
 number. 
 
 Mr. Lynch farmed until about 1832, when lie moved to ToronUi, where he was in the 
 brewing business with other parties a few years, retuining to the county of Peel, and farJning 
 a few more .seasons, and starting a brewery in Briimpton aliout 1S3!). lie abandoned the 
 brewery business about twenty-tive years ago, and after being a real estate agent and con- 
 veyancer a few years, retired from mainial labor. 
 
 Mr. Lynch was appointed a justice of the peace nearly llfty years ago, and still holds that 
 office ; was reeve of the township of Cliinguacousy, and the first reeve of Brampton ; and was 
 for a long time connected with the militia, rising to tlie rank of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Gth 
 Peel battalion. 
 
 Ho has for many j'ears been a contiibtitor to the local and general press, and yeare ago 
 took a liberal share of the prizes for the best cssaj's on agricultural subjects, offered liy the 
 Provincial Agricultiu-al Association. Books and the pen are still to him .sources of i)rofitable 
 amusement. In iST't he compiled and published a Directory of the county of Peel, containing 
 tlie names of all persons on the assessment rolls of 187l<, and historical notes of the early settle- 
 ment of that jmrt of the Home District now inclmled in the coimfy of Peel. 
 
 In 18(i7 he delivered a lecture before the Hrampton .Mechanics' Institute, on "Canada, its 
 Progress and Prospects ;" the lecture was published in pamphlet form, with some additions, in 
 187(5. A copy is f)eforo us, and abomids in valuable statistics, showing how Caiuida has 
 advanced, keeping pace with other countries in this progressive age. His lecture shows by 
 
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 " facts and figures," what an American statesman predicted, that Canada is likely to become, 
 has in fact already become, " a great, prosperous, and powerful people." We make an extract 
 from the lecture : — 
 
 " Canada has indeed held a very high position at each of the exhibitions of all nations, the 
 articles she exhibited being superior in number and quality to those of many other countries 
 of far greater pretensions. Canada considerably excelled our neighbors of the United States 
 at every one of those exhibitions. This may be partly accounted for, as to the London exhibi- 
 tion, by the unhappy anti-British feeling which prevails among many of the people of those 
 States, and which at times atHicts them very severely. It confessedly prevented their sending 
 nearly so many articles to the exhibitions at London as they otherwise wo;ild have done. But 
 there could be nothing of that kind to interfere with their exhibiting at Paris in 1855 ; and it 
 is supposed that they would do their best on that occasion. At that exhibition we find that 
 seventy-five prizes were awarded to the United States, and ninety-six to Canada. I have in my 
 possession a very gratifying evidence of our success at those exhibitions, being a medal awarded 
 to the County of Peel Agricultural Society for wheat, barley and peas, exhibited at the 
 London Exhibition, 1SG2." 
 
 Mr. Lynch has had two wives, marrying the first — Miss Susan Monger — in 1832, and 
 losing her in childbed in one short year ; and the second, Miss Anna McCormick, in 18t5, .she 
 dying about 18.'>2, leaving one daughter, who married Arthur Wigley, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and 
 died in Januaiy, 1877. A granddaughter is all ho has left. 
 
 Mr. Lynch is a Roni.an Catholic, a man of excellent charactei', abstemious, and in every way 
 correct in his habits, a good neighbour, and greatly respected by all who know him. He is 
 often seen on the streets of Brampton, and no man living here receives more cordial greetings. 
 
 WILLIAM r. ]iROWN, 
 
 KINCARDINE. 
 
 WILLIAM PENN BROWN, lawyer, and mayor of Kincardine for three years, is a son of 
 James and Lydia Carpenter (Klpii) Brown, and was born in the county of Elgin, 
 Ontario, March 22, 1837. His father'.s sketch appears in preceding pages. 
 
 The maternal grandfather of William was a United Empire Loyali.st, and had a brother 
 who wa.s a Colonel in the British army, the family coming to this country from New York. 
 
 Our subject was eilucated in the grammar schools of St. Thomas and London ; studied law 
 with James Daniell, then of London, now judge of the united counties of Prescott and 
 Russell, and was admitted to practise, May 25, 1800. He commenced the law business at 
 
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 ill nations, the 
 
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 United States 
 
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 sburgh, Pa., and 
 
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 low him. He i.s 
 rdial greetings. 
 
 years, is a .son of 
 county of Elgin, 
 
 lid had a brother 
 
 in New York. 
 
 don ; studied law 
 
 of Preseott and 
 
 law business at 
 
 VVelland ; removed to Kincardine in May, 18G2, and has since been in practice from that date, 
 doing a thrifty business. 
 
 He is solicitor, nottuy public, commissioner for taking affidavits, conveyancer, solicitor 
 for the Meichants' Bank of Kincardine, etc. 
 
 Mr. Brown has done good service in different position.^ in tlie municipality of the town ; was 
 a Trustee of the grammar school several terms, councilman two or three years, and mayor in 
 1870, 1877, and 1878, being the immediate successor of bis father. 
 
 In politics he is a Conservative ; is a Freemason, and was Master of Northern Light 
 Lodge, two years. 
 
 January 28, 1870, he mariied Miss Estella J. Crablo, a native of the county of Elgin, 
 and they have two children living, and have lost three. The family attend the Engli.sh church. 
 
 jA:NtEs A. :macpiieeson, 
 
 KINCARDINE. 
 
 JAME.S ALBERT MACPHERSON, mayor of the town of Kincardine, and the leading .soli- 
 citor of the place, was born in the town of Perth, county of Lanark, October 10, 1813. 
 His father is Malcolm Macpherson, a native of Perthshire, Scotland, born June 1, 180G, coming to 
 Canada in the summer of 1815, with his parents. The family were on the ocean when the vic- 
 tory at Waterloo occurred, June 18th. The grandfather of our subject settled where Perth now 
 stands, and felled the first tree on its site. Malcolm Macpherson was reared theie ; learned the 
 carpenter and joiner's trade ; built half the town in its earlier years, and for eight years was 
 surveyor of the united counties of Lanark and Renfrew. The mother of James, before her mar- 
 riage, was Elizabeth Macpherson, but no relation to her liusband. Her father was a U. E.Xoyalist, 
 and .settled at Ernestown, on the Bay of Quintd. She was the mother of eleven children, only 
 si.K of them, five sons and one daughter, now living. 
 
 In February, 1854, Malcolm Macpherson moved his family to Penetangorc, in the town- 
 ship of Kincardine, coming with team.s, as there was no railroad to tliis point. In the covered 
 sleigh in which the family rode, was a small stove, used for warming, and the novelty of the rig 
 excited nmch attention along the way. At Arthur, in the county of Orey, where they stopped 
 over Sunday, the stable was destroyed by (ire, and they lost their deeds, papei.s, most of their 
 money, bedding, kc, everything but the elothes they wore. They had had no fire in their sleigh 
 for four or five days, To Mr. Macpherson it was like a shipwreck ; but he had his energy and 
 courage left. At Penetangorc he built a saw mill and grist mill, and ran them with his .second 
 son, John Macpherson, until a few years ago. He was a councilor eighteen years, and reeve 
 two or three terms. He is in his 7l:th year, and has fair health, His wife died in April, 1877. 
 
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 In July, 185*, five months after reaching Kincardine, the subject of this sketch returned to 
 Perth, and was there engaged in studying until June, 1857, when he came back to this town and 
 finished his literary education with Thomas Scott, M. A., since deceased, paying particular at- 
 tention to the classics. 
 
 In November, 1858, he entered the law office of Alexander Shaw, of Walkerton, now mem- 
 ber of the Dominion Parliament for the south riding of Bruce, Mr. Macpherson bein:j the first 
 law-student in the county. In June, 1862, he went to Whitby, and finished his legal studies 
 with Samuel H. Cochrane, county attorney; was called to practise in Michaelmas term, 1864; 
 practised in partnership with Mr. Cochrane at Prince Albert (Port Perry), until the close of 1865, 
 and in January following settled in Kincardine, still continuing the practice of his profession, 
 and doing an extensive business. 
 
 Mr. Macpherson v/as solicitor for the town of Kincardine from 186G to the close of 1878, 
 and is still solicitor for the townships of Kincardine and Huron. 
 
 He is serving his second term on the local school board, and is chairman of the same ; is the 
 third mayor of the town, and looks well to its interests, being public-spirited and energetic. 
 
 His politics are Liberal or Reform. He is the second chief of the Caledonian Society of 
 Kincardine, the first having been Angus Kerr, now residing near Stratford. 
 
 Mr. Macpherson is a Free Mason ; was worshipful master of Northern Light Lodge, No. 93, 
 for the years 1874 and 1875, and the present year, 1880, and is an honorary member of Bruce 
 Lodge, No. 341. He is nlso an Odd Fellow, a member of Lodge No. 172. 
 
 He is an adherent of the Established Church of Scotland, of which his father has been an 
 elder for more than forty yeai-s, being associated in that connection for a long time with Hon. 
 Alexander Morris, of Perth. 
 
 Mayor Macpherson holds the commission of Lieutenant in the militia of Canada, but we 
 cannot learn that he has ever been called into active service. 
 
 He is thoroughly wedded to the law, and has never married. 
 
 RODERICK M^DOjS-ALI), M.D., 
 
 CORK WALL. 
 
 rjlHE subject of this brief biography is of Scotch pedigree, both parents, John and Ann (Mc- 
 -^ Gillis) McDonald, being natives of Scotland. His father was a cattle-raiser and dealer in 
 the old country, coming to Canada a few yeai-s before the close of the last century, and settling 
 on a farm on the Raisin river, in the township of Cornwall, dying in 1825. 
 
 Roderick was educated at the Cornwall giammar school, and at a French college in Mon- 
 
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 3 the close of 1878, 
 
 treal, and was graduated in medicine at McGill college, that city, in 1834). Doctor McDonald 
 practised at Cornwall nearly forty years, retiring only five or six years ago. 
 
 He was elected treasurer of the united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry in 
 1846, and still holds that office. Since 18G2 he has also been deputy clerk of the crown and 
 pleas, doing his official wo'k very faithfullj'. 
 
 Dr. McDonald has held for many years a commission in the Canadian militia, his present 
 rank being that of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was surgeon of the local forces during the rebellion 
 in 1837-'38, and had command of the 1st battalion of Stormont militia during the " Trent 
 aftiiir," in 1861. 
 
 Dr. McDonald was twice returned to the Canadian Parliament, before the union of all the 
 Provinces, serving in all eight years. 
 
 Di". McDonald belongs to a long-lived family, his brothers, especially, reaching a great age. 
 ./Eneas, a teacher at the Montreal Catholic Seminary till about sixty, then a priest, died in his 
 80th year ; Donald, a farmer at Lancaster, Glengarry, died at the age of about ninety ; Lachlin, 
 who lives at Cornwall, and was in the war of 18I2-'14, is now about eighty-eight; and John, 
 vicar-general, is about ninety-eight. The last was a parish priest more than twenty years at 
 Perth, Ontario, and then a long time at St. Riiphael, Glengarry, now being superannuated. 
 
 i of Canada, but we 
 
 mch college in Moii- 
 
 PtOBERT E. LOSCOMBE, 
 
 liOWMANriLLE. 
 
 ROBERT RUSSELL LOSCOMBE, a leading barrister in the county of Durham, is a son of 
 Charles and Jane (Gamble) Loscombe, who emigi-ated from Andover, Hampshire, Eng- 
 land, and were living at Niagara, Upper Canada, when he was born, August 9, 1835. Charles 
 Loscombe was a school teacher part of his life, dying in 1874. 
 
 Robert was educated at Toronto, attending the Normal School, Upper Canada College, and 
 Knox College; studied law with the Hon. G. W. Gwynne, now of the Supreme Bench of the 
 Dominion, and W. Vynne Bacon, and Hon John Hiilyard Cameron, Toronto; was admitted as 
 an attorney and solicitor in 18.')7, and called to the Bar in 18C2. He lias always practised at 
 Bowmanville, and attended very closely to his business, constantly growing in favor at the Bar 
 with the public. He prepaies iiis cases with great care, and is a fair pleader and a first-class 
 court lawyer. His practice is tjuite remunerative. 
 
 Mr. Loscombe was a town councilor fourteen or fifteen years, and a trustee of public schools 
 nearly as long. He takes very little part in polities, giving the whole of his attention to his 
 profession. 
 
 He is an Oi'angeman, and was one time deputy-master of the county lodge. 
 
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 THE CANADIAK BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 Mr. Loscombe has a second wife, the first being Miss Eliza Ilimls, daughter of Alphonso 
 Hinds, of Bowmanvillo, married in 1850. Slie died in 1871, leaving six children. His present 
 wife was Miss Catherine Wihnot, daughter of Allan Wilniot, of the township of Clarke, county 
 of Durham, chosen in 1873. She has one child. 
 
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 EIGHT REV. J. THOMAS DUHAMEL, 
 
 OTTA WA. 
 
 TOSEPH THOMAS DUHAMEL, second Bishop of Ottawa, is a native of the Province of 
 ^ Quebec, dating his birth at Contrecceur, November 6, 1841. His parents were Fran^'ois 
 Duhamel, and Marie Joseph Audet-Iiapointe, both also natives of Quebec, and both dying in 
 Ontario. 
 
 Our subject was educated at the college of Ottawa, under the direction of the Oblate 
 Fathers, took the ecclesiastical dres3 September 1, 1857 ; received the tonsure June 27, 1858, 
 and the four minor orders as follows : Porter, June 23, 18 ji) ; Reader, Juno 17, 18(50 ; Exorcist, 
 June 23, 1861, and Acolyte, June 21, 1802. 
 
 He was ordained sub-deacon, June 21, 1803; deacon, November 20, of the same year, and 
 the 19th of the next month, he was ordained Priest. He received all these orders at the hand 
 of the late Right Reverend J. E. Guigucs, fii-st Bishoj) of Ottawa. 
 
 Father Duliamel was parish priest at St. Eugene, county of Prescott, Ontario, from Novem- 
 ber, ISOi, to October, 1871', and while there built a fine brick church, costing about $25,000. 
 
 On the 1st of September, 1871', he was appointed Bishop of Ottawa, and was consecrated 
 on the 28th of the next month, being only thirty-two years of age. We here add, in a con- 
 densed form, a brief sketch of his life up to the time of his consecration, as it was then pub- 
 lished in the Daily Free Press of Ottawa : 
 
 " At length after a considerable lapse of tiiuo, tho successor to the late lamented Bishop Giiigiies, finds 
 h'nigclf established in the Palace of this city, the cliief spiritual authority in the vast diocese of Ottawa. Bi8hi>[) 
 Duhamel is the distinguished person whom His Holiness Pope Pius IX. considered worthy of being elevated to 
 this high and responsible position. He is hardly thirty-three years of age, a circumstance which gave rise to 
 doubts, in some minds, as to the wisdom of the selection, but those who know His Lordship best must heartily ap- 
 prove of the appointment. .■Vn opinion is now prevailing, that for the world as it is, energy and physical, as well 
 as intellectual vigor are indispensable features in the composition of him who would rule successfully and satis- 
 factorily. In this way, Bishop Duhamel's youth is looked upon, rather as a (lualitication than a dis(pialificatioii. 
 Mgr. Laval was only thirty-tive years of a;,'e when he was called to occupy the E[)iscopal seat at Quebec. Mgr. 
 de Pontbriand was only thirty-two, and Mgr. Plejsis only thirty-seven, when consecrated, and Mgr. Tache was 
 scarcely twenty-seven when appointed to succeed Mgr. Provencher, who was himself only about thirty-three 
 when made Bishop. 
 
 " The father of Bishop Duhamel, an agriculturist, removed to Ottawa, and young Duhamel entered the 
 college of this city, receiving a thorough classical education, and was noted for talents of no ordinary kind. On 
 tbu completion of his studies, he immediately decided to consecrate his life entirely to God, and accordingly 
 
aughter of Alphonso 
 liiKlren. His present 
 hip of Clarke, county 
 
 /e of the Province of 
 larents were Francois 
 ic, and both dying in 
 
 rection of the Oblate 
 msure June 27, 1858, 
 le 17, 1800 ; Exorcist, 
 
 of the same year, and 
 jso orders at the hand 
 
 Ontario, from Novem- 
 ing about $25,000. 
 ,, and was consecrated 
 'o here add, in a con- 
 n, as it was then pub- 
 
 od Bishop Giiigaes, fiiuU 
 liocese of Ottawa. Bishiip 
 orthy of being elevated to 
 stance which gave rise to 
 ship best must heartily ap- 
 iiergy and physical, as well 
 rule successfully and satis- 
 ion than a disipinlitication. 
 [>al seat at Quebec. Mgr. 
 •ated, and Mgr. Tache was 
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 oung Duharael entered the 
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 lliii'ls »>f Ik'wnmnvillo, lUMrnotl jr. I8')0. Sin- A'wA in IM71, leaving six childivn. IHh |ii' 
 wif'- waM Misst.'iitlu'iino Wiimol, daughter uf Allna Wilmot, of the t<iwu.shtp uf Cltukc, t\u 
 ol' Diirhum, clicmt-ii in 1873. Shu b(w (.'no chilil. 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 JOSP:iMi THOMAS DUHAMKL, sccoikI Bish..p of Ottawa, i.-j a'nntivcnf tho Proving 
 Quebi-o, >iati«g liis iiirtti at 0<MUrfC!«Mii'. NuvmnlH-r ti, l«4l. Hi-i pimmts wcni Kran , 
 DuliiuiKl. nn.i Marie Jiwph An'MLajxiinto, l«.th also nfltiviM *.( Qii«bi<f, nmi l)i)th lyi!!" 
 Outiui". 
 
 Our sulijeot wiv^ ..•<lu<.iiu I at me rollcgo <»f (.Htn,»-.c, unv'.«i riitj dhvction of the OMutc 
 Fftt.ht!r-. < «ik if> . ,>t,-lvVtfMitKiil 'lni*» ^>;i«efl»»fHtr ) IH.??: f«!-«v»"1 the icnsuro June '-'7, ls>^ 
 Hint «.lw four i.uti r t.d»-rai M follow.-.; Porter, Jitiio 'l'), 1839 ; H'.a'ler. Inu;' 17. l^"'0 ; Ks I'.i.sr. 
 J.irifj 2:}, 18C1, iitul A.oljt'trt. Jiiri,. :il, l.S)32. 
 
 He waj) orilaiiRHl .•iub-tleacin, Juiii.' 21, \H^'\; doao-.n, Nnvmhcr '2'^. of thu -^iimi^ year, 
 the Tith of the next month, ho wan orJaiued Prie-it. 11'' receivod all those orders at llie li.i:. 
 of the late Ki^^lit Rowrend J. IC. tJuigue^, (irst Bishop of 0*'(-.\va. 
 
 Facli'''- Duhaniel was parish priest at St. KUgeiiP, eounty of Prtscot!. Ontario from Novci>» 
 bor. ISfit, to Oitolier, 1^7 !•, and while lliere huilt a fine bvicK' duireh, oufin-c about .5-:'>,00(). 
 
 On tlie Lst; of Sept/Muber, 1874, ho was appoinlt.'d Bisliop of (3(ta^•.•:■■ and wa.s oonscci -v^.' 
 on the 2Slli of tiie m xt un'iith, boinjf only thirty-two y<>ars of ago. U .: liere add, in a <^ 
 di-nsed form a lirii.f sketch of hi,:* life up to the time of lii.'j oonsecnitiDii, n.s it wa. then j-ti • 
 Ji^l>ed in (he Dailv />'-■ Pit-n of Ottawa : . ' • 
 
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 r' y if biiliA ili'v . 
 tmi'e v.lii(l> givTo ^ t.; 
 'Iiiji li<'*t mnathiw.-; •■■ >! 
 
 " At lo i/th aftitr a «<>oiiiJi-.>''»l>l.> 'Upso "f liiac, tK. iwcc.'i«.iv t • Mio I • \<><\ 
 hiiii'telf tKitiki>lia'.n.-<i in tln> Tiilaw of tbw city, tlw> chi(f virHiul ftui 
 Duhaiiifl in ihf tliilingiiijih'''! ii >iiu.n wh -lu IIU lt«liii'»j ' ' 
 
 this high aii'i itMn>inai1)it? i'<miti''i Mo in luniiy Ihii- 
 
 (toubl«, ill *inu> uiiivli'. naU) Ibo wi-<- 1 mnif tlieieltiti.. Hi 
 
 pruve I f tlieiipy'iiiitiui'tit. \u liiliii'i. ii« ii-nv |..ri>v.iil . t t'or t;> I ag ■• .-, fiKr;.'y i.tit physiciU, •• *i.i 
 
 iw intitllectiiiil v!i.'«T ;irt.'iii'.1i»pensal'le fi'.iMirts in iliu , iniicf ', wlij »->iiiU1 rtilc, 4ui.i...iHfiiily .ivi • /ati' 
 
 lacturily. In thia wuy, bishop Diihamol'* yi.uth i* In.kiul u;.. u. ru >• ii.t /i .(iiuhiiiAtiou tlmir o Jij-iin itiixiti.,!! 
 M','r. bnvivl wiis only lliirty-livu ypam <>f !i.4t> wlu'ii I)i< w,i.~ cilk'.i i > • i|.y llm Fj.i.wnpnl 8(<it Ht ' '!.■ t»»s', Mg' 
 do roiillTirtiid wiwonly t'.iiriy-two, and Mgr Pli'J.ois ■.lily thirty-Rev./, wliof oniigtuTnteJ, aii<l ' '"lii w.i' 
 
 8car..'.ly twisiity si'veu wlion uppi.iiiled ti> succc.'d MLjr. ri.,vfiin.!iei, wb.- wiis liiiiiself v-nly a' diily-llin' 
 
 when mailt' IIimIh p. 
 
 •'Tbo futlim- lif Wiihop l>'iliaiiH'i, lui »'.;riou!t,iirist, roiiU'Vcil to OUiiv.iv, ninl youiii^ !• nti>r<J thi 
 
 « .liege "f till" city, rcireiving u ihwr.nigh fbvi»icttl «iluo;it.i(in. aixi win tmteil fcr tjilenU uf nn ... .-y kin<l On 
 i.-i .?>mpleli-.i wt' hi« Jtuiie*. h's imnii«lial4!'y d.-ci'loil to coas«orato his lifo wUircly tn <»(•<), . .icconliiiit'i 
 
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 entorod the Ottawa Seminary, whore, in prosecuting liig theological studies, ho evinced wonderful powers of 
 mind. He was ordained priest in 1803, and was appointed to the vicarage of Biickingliani, county of Ottawa, in 
 which capacity he continued to manifest the possession of ICvangolical virtues as well as rare administrative 
 qualities. On the 10th of November, 1 804, ho wont to St. Eugene, in the township of East Hawkesbury, to 
 reside as parish priest. At that time the parish of St. Eugene was one of the poorest in the diocese, and hence 
 the young priest found hard work constantly neceasarj', especially as he had the ditticult task before him of 
 completing a church, which was left uniiiiiahed by his predecessor. Ho found many obstacles to surmount, but 
 by dint of persistent and energetic endeavors and the exercise of his great abilities, he succeeded and completed 
 what is, without doubt now, one of the finest churches in the diocese. Education, previously neglected in this 
 parish, found in him an iirdent friend and promoter, and at the present there are many institutions in St. 
 Eugene, which will long remain an honorable monument to his name. The parishioners, by all of whom 
 he was deeply beloved, will long remember him who was their priest and guide during ten years. Bishop 
 Duhamel accompanied His Lordship Bishop Guigues, to Rome, at the time of the Ecumenical Council, but re- 
 ceiving word of the serious illness of his mother, whom he loved tenderly, he was forced to leave and return a 
 couple of weeks after his arrival in Home. Unhappily he did not reach St. Eugene in time, as his mother had 
 expired a few days previous to his arrival. 
 
 " Bishop Guigues continued to honor the Reverend Father Duhamel, and in many ways gave him unmis- 
 takable marks of his contidenco in his virtues and intelligence. In the month of October, 1873, he accompanied 
 Bishop Gui;;ues, as theologian, to the reunion of Bishops at Quebec, where his remarkable talents and ac(juire- 
 ments were generally acknowledged. 
 
 " Bishop Duhamel is of a middle stature, slightly dark complexioned, with black penetrating eyes, and 
 animated features^ his lofty forehead denoting the thinker and philosopher. Ho is aft'able and generous, wiiun 
 necessary, circumgi)ect, full of tact and energy. Determination and perseverance are his characteristics, and 
 once ho undertakes anything, it must go through. He speaks with eaae and Huency, and while his sermons 
 denote deep thought, they are not wanting in gi-aceful form and style. His store of knowledge is of the purest 
 and most substantial kind. He speaks the French and English languages with groat facility, an important 
 qualification it will be admitted. It is admitted on all sides, that he is among the most distinguished clergy- 
 men of the diocese, and it is felt tliat his appointment will be a satisfactory and benedcial one." 
 
 Since his consecration, Bisliop Duhamel \vm taken a great interest in the cause of educa- 
 tion, giving every cncouragetnent to the Catholic educational establishments of the city of 
 Ottawa, and the diocese at large. lie has stiinidated on several occasions, in his pastoral let- 
 ters, the zeal of both the clergy and the parents for the secular and religious education of youth. 
 In i87-J he wrote ; " The future of the country and of religion, dop.uids entirely, it may be said, 
 on the good or bad education which youth shall receive. Parents are strictly bound to give 
 their children a truly Catholic education. This obligation is founded on the law of Ood. We 
 do not hesitate to add, very beloved brethren, that parents are obliged to fully comply with 
 this duty, to establish, encourage and support Catholic schools, and to have their children 
 attend them." (Tenth pastoral letter). In September, 187^*, he thus wrote to the clergy of the 
 diocese : "Another scholastical year has just commenced. Numerous pujiils are rapidly filling 
 the houses of higher education and cietnentary schools. Everywhere those who are devoted to 
 the instruction of youth rival one another in zeal ami ardor to insure the success of the great 
 work that occupies them. These eflbrts shouM, undoubtedly, be seconded by the [)astors of 
 souls, since it is their duty to continue the mission instituted by our Divine Master, rvhen he 
 said: Go, tnuh nil initio)!". You will then judge it riglit, lieloved co-opemtors, if I invite 
 you to give this year again, and always, your whole attention and most constant care to the 
 
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 cause of education, llemiud parents of the strict obligation for each one to instruct his chil- 
 dren, or have them instructed, according to his condition and the means Providence has given 
 him. « ♦ * Frequently visit the schools of your parish." Bishop Duhamel has 
 obtained the title, honors anil privileges of Doctor of Divinity, for the Rev. J. H. Tabaret, 
 superior of the college of Ottawa for upwards of a quarter of a century, as a just reward of his 
 great work iu the cause of education, and as an encouragement to the professors of that college. 
 To give further encouragement to education, Bishop Duhamel has presented to the college 
 of Ottawa, to the Literary Institute of the Grey Nun.s, and to the educational establishment 
 of the Sistera of the Congregation de Notre Dame, silver medals to be awarded to merit. 
 Considering the great impulse given to the cause of education in our days all over the world, 
 and the need in which the Catholic youth, especiall}', stands of a deep, solid, and extensive 
 knowledge in all branches, and, foreseeing that this will even be more the case in the futuie, 
 Bishop Duhamel spares no trouble nor expenditure in providing for them all possible means 
 of attaining this great and most desirable object. And, as philosophy is the fountain-head, 
 and the safe-guide of all arts and sciences, by his fostering care, the .system of teaching in this 
 important branch, has been considerably improved, as it nuiy be .seen by the present high 
 standing of the philo.sophy cla.ss in the Univei^ity of Ottawa, directed by the Oblate Fathers. 
 One of the first acts of Bishop Duhamel was to order that no ycung man should be lulmitted 
 to begin his ecclesiastical studies before he had followed a regular collegiate classical course, 
 inchuling two years of philesophy, and, then, that, before he could be ordained priest, he should 
 dv.ring 'our years — three years only were previously required — study dogmatical and mural 
 thiiology, holy .scriptures, canon law, and ecilesiastical history. 
 
 Shortly after his eouseciation. Bishop Duhamel, with the assistance of his clergy, had a 
 magnificent monument erected in the interior of the Cathedral, to the memory of the lamented 
 Right Reverend J. E. Guigues, his predecessor. 
 
 In the autunui of 1«7H, Bi^hoi) Duhamel went to Europe, visited Rome, and was kindly 
 received by the new Bope, ami among the favors bestowed by His Holiness, was that of raising 
 the cathedral of Ottawa to the dignity of Minor Basilica. 
 
 Bishop Duhamel takes a great interest in the material as well as the spiritual progress and 
 advancement of the parishes and mi.Hsiiins in his diocese. He takes the opi)ortunity of his 
 pastoral visit to stimulate the generosity of his Hock to liuihl churches, to replace the wood 
 chai)els built 3">ars ago. Since the year \ii~\, he has dedicated six nev substantial stone 
 churches, of which the smallest is one hundred feet long. During the same jieriod, one brick 
 church, two large and cnnnuodious wood churches, six chapiils have been built. Six missions 
 have become [)arishe.s, with residing pastors — which brings the number of regular parishes to 
 sixty-two. 
 
 During the Bit^hop Duliumel's yet short udministratiou thu cathedral of Ottawa has been 
 
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 (isrmaticiil nml innral 
 
 entirely renewed inside and presents a neat, rich and beautiful appoaranco, and may be num- 
 bered among the most magnificent cathedrals of Canadn. 
 
 Bishop Duhamel has always shown a special attention to the success of the charitable in- 
 stitutions of the diocese, which number he has increased by four, and which comprise now, four 
 hospitals, three asylums for the orphans and aged people, two for fallen women and one found- 
 ling hospital. To enable these institutions to perform their good work, the Bisliop lias re- 
 gulated, that each institution would bj patronized by a few parishes and missions, I.e., that the 
 nuns to whose care these institutions are entrusted, would be allowed to take up in these mis- 
 sions yearly collections from house to house. 
 
 1 of Ottawa 1ms been 
 
 GODFREY V. iJAKEli, 
 
 OTTA WA. 
 
 r^ ODFllEY PHIPP.S IJAKER, postmaster of Ottawa, .lesccnded from the Ikkers of Sis- 
 ^^ singhurst, Cranbrooke, Knglaud, and is the second son of Oeorge William Baker, by Ann, 
 the eldest daughter of John Cole, once Mayor of Norwich. Was born at Shooter's Hill, Woolwich, 
 England, in August, liS22. His father was a captain in the Royal Artillery, and having sold 
 his commission, came in 1832 to Upper Canada, settling at Bytown, then a village in its 
 infancy, ami very unpromising at that. Two years later, Captain Biikcr was appointed post- 
 niaster, to fill a vacancy caused by the demise of Matthew Connell ; ai.l '"or some yeai's the elder 
 brother of our subject, Hugh Cossart Baker, had charge of the otiice, the present postmaster ren- 
 dering such assistance as he could, being a lad just entering upon his teens. 
 
 Forty and fifty years ago, the pivsent county of Carleton was in tlie Dalliousio District, and 
 in 18-t2 Mr. Baker, though being then under age, was chosen district clerk, a pnsitioii wliich ho 
 faithfully filled for four years, and at the same time that (jf slide-master of the old Buchanan 
 slide, which eventuall}' passed into the hands of the Bank of Upper Canada. In ISiG, his brother 
 reuioved to Toronto, and our subject took full charge of the Bytown post-otHce; and in Ix.')?, 
 on the resignation of his father, the son became his successor, and has held the ulliec for twenty- 
 three years. It is one of the best managed post-ofiioes in tlu> Dominion of Canada; and the 
 growth of its business can best be understooil by the statement uf the fact that twenty-eight 
 years ago Mr. Baker managed the otHce alone, and that now he has a staff of foi'ty-one clerks. 
 Ottawa, being the capital, a vast amount of " free matti'r" passes through tliis otfice, making a 
 great deal of work witliout any showing in dollars and cents; yet the post-ofiice returns show 
 only two ofiiees in the Dominion — those of Montreal and Toionto — that are ahead of Ottawa. 
 Mr. Baker lias been for a long time connected with the militia of Canada, and has held various 
 
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 positions, being at one tiiuo an otHcer of the 2nil Carleton militia, and later a member of tlio 
 Civil Service RiHes. 
 
 Mr. Baker married first in 1S.')2 Elizabeth Julia, tiiird daughter of Colonel Frederick W. 
 Clements, of tlie Royal Canadian Rifles, hy Alicia Biickenden, granddaughter of the sixth 
 Earl of Caven, and by her, who died in 1858, had four children, only two of them now living. 
 He married, secondly, in 1861, Marion Johanna, eldest daughter of Dr. John Macauley Hamil- 
 ton, who after retiring fromthe Royal Navy, brought his family from Orkney to Canada, and 
 settled at Hamilton, and by her has eight children. ■ • 
 
 Ho is a member of the Church of Englaiul, a man of irreproachable character, warm-hearted, 
 social and kindly in his disjiosition, and a friend of the unfortunate. Some writer says he has 
 "grown gray in the public service," which is correct; but he has not grown old, in feelings at 
 least. He belongs to that class who take good care of themselves; keep on the sunny side of 
 life's broad highway, and are always young. He stands a good chance to " tly in the face of 
 Scripture," as Joseph Chuzzlewit would say, who maintained that anybody who lived beyond 
 the Bible allotment of time — three score yeai"s and ten — could not have a conscience, and " a pro- 
 per sense of what was ropiired of him," not having any business to live beyond that number of 
 yeais. 
 
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 Id.' 
 
 DAVID DELL, 
 
 PEMnUOKE. 
 
 THE town of Peudiroke. the seat of justice of the county of Renfrew, owes its rise, growth 
 and present status to its Inmber interests; and among the enterprising men who have 
 aideil to make the town what it is — a place with about .'},0(K) inhabitants, tine churches, large 
 school-houses, c()nni\ereial blocks, and spacious and elegant hotels — is the subject of this short 
 sketch, who settled in IViiibroke when it had two buililings, ''all told.' 
 
 Mr. Bell is tin of William Bell, tainier, and .Miirgaret, ni'i- Wilson, residents of Dumfries- 
 shire, Scotland, wnore he first saw this world's light, on tiie .Sid of .fune, 1821. He laid (lie 
 foundation of his echication in the paiisU sehools of his native country ; in I8:i2 came with his 
 parents and other children to the comity of Kent, New Brunswick, where he gave three more 
 years to study, and then went info the woods ami eoimnenced hiiiibering, a business which he 
 has followed almost constant!}- for more than forty years. 
 
 In bs4n, Mr. Bell came from New Brunswick to this Province, and locate(l at IViabiuke, 
 then simply the site of a village. The eounfiy at this point of the Ottawa valley, was very 
 wild, and settlers were scarce, the denmling a.se of the muscular clioj)per having made but few, 
 iiiid these wen' small, openings in tb ■ pine and hardwood forests. At one period, Mr. Hell mms 
 
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 r a moinber of tho 
 
 in partnership with Andrew ami Potor Wliite, and tlioy did a very hoiivy business. For sonjo 
 yeai-s tho firm has boon Boll and Hiekey, and as there has been a depression in the hnnber trade 
 for the last six or seven years, thoy liavo done only a moderate business— from '200,000 to 2.")0,- 
 000 feet of scpiaro timber, and from 1'), 000 to 18,000 saw-logs. Their best market for square 
 timber they tind at Quebec. The winters of l.s77-'78-79, Mr. Bell spent in Florida, and .seems 
 inclined to "take the world easy." 
 
 Ho was chairman of the school board of Pembroke for a nmnber of years— the only ottico 
 wo believe, that he would accept ; he seems inclined to let the olliees go to those who like such 
 honors and responsibilities. 
 
 He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and was for a long period an elder, resigning 
 when ho went south. 
 
 Mr. Bell married Elizabeth, daughter of Peter White, a pioneer settler in Pembroke, in 
 18.50, and they have five children living, ami have lost two. 
 
 Mr. Bell has an oKler brother, John Bell, who was born in the same place, came to Canada 
 at the same time, and until recently has been in the lumber business here with fair success. Ho 
 has a wife and four children ; is a man of a .solid christian character, and, like his brother, a 
 very substantial citizen, lie has a farju two or three miles from town, on which he lives, and 
 which he is cultivating. 
 
 a business which he 
 
 JOHN liAKCLAY, 
 
 OAKVILLK. 
 
 AMONG the older mercluints, slill in business, In Oakville, is JoilN Haiii'1..\V, a .son of 
 Matthew anil Mary (Fleming) Barclay, born in I'ai.slcy, Scotland, August li), I82(>. 
 He is an older brother of Francis Barclay, of (ieorgetown, whoso sketch also ni>pears in this 
 volume ; received a graunuar school education in tlu' old country ; came to L'anada with tho 
 family in 18.S2 ; attended school at Markhiim six tiKintlis, iiiid there assisted his lather in tilling 
 the soil until 1847, when became to Oakville. Ib're he was a clerk in the [lost otlici>, and four 
 years in the dry -goods stole of William F. Ilomain ; iu May, 185.'3, connnenced business for him- 
 self, opening a general variety store, having continued steady in traile here for twenty -.seven years 
 For the larger [>ar' of this time bis business has averaged from §30,000 to !*;i.'),000 a year, be 
 beifigone of the bes*, known ir.rehants in the county of llalton. He is also dealing in grain, 
 and the character of no trafficker of any class in this vicinity stands fairer. 
 
 Mr. Barclay is a prudent and cautious miin, watching his business with an eagle eye, yet 
 mver overlooking his duties as a citizen, iiud willingly sharing in the burdens of munici[ial 
 i)llice. When the town was incorporated (I8">7) ho went into the council, .serving several 
 
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 terms ; was reeve between four and five years, mayor four terms in succession, and has been on 
 the school board for a long period and its chairman the last four years. He believes in 
 progress in everything that is worth having; and the existence of a high school ii\ Oakville — 
 the only one in the county — is owing to the untiring exertions of a few such public-spirited 
 men as Mr. Barclay. 
 
 He is a member of the Presbyterian church, has been a sessions clerk at least thirty-five 
 years, an elder nearly aa long, superintendent of the sunday school a quarter of a century, 
 and a delegate at sundry times to both the Synod and the General Assembly. It is this class of 
 men who aid largely in giving tone to society. 
 
 He I.olds a Captain's commission in ihe Sedentary Militia, and held that of a Lieutenant 
 in the Oakville Volunteer corps ; but we cannot learn that he has ever seen a battle-field. 
 
 In 1853, Mr. Barclay cliose for his life companion Miss Jane Arnott, a native of Dumfries- 
 shire, Scotland, and slie has luid six children, losing one of them. 
 
 JAMES GOLDIE, 
 
 GUELPII. 
 
 TAMP]S GOLDIE, one of the leading flour manufacturers and dealers in Ontario, and presi- 
 ^ dent of the Ontario Millers' Association, is a son of John and Margaret (Smith) Goldie, 
 and was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, November 6, IH'I-i. His father is a famous botanist, known 
 on both continents, and now living in Ayr, county of Waterloo, in this Provinr;e, being in his 
 hSth year. He visited Canada and several of the States, more than sixty years ago, studying 
 the flora in this westi'rn world ; was at one tinu- emiiloyed by the Czar of Russia to make botan- 
 ical explorations, ami to supply trees, plants and slirubs for tlie public gardens of St. Petersburg ; 
 wrote for thirty or forty years for botanical magazines, and had extensive correspondence with 
 -scientific men in Europe and Anu'viea. 
 
 The maternal grandfather of our subject was also a botanist of Ayi-shire, a student in his 
 earlier years of Sir Joseph Banks. 
 
 James had a plain English education, with a smattering of the classics ; was a nurseryman 
 gardener and florist, in his younger jears ; in 1842 camo to America, and was for several )'eai's 
 in various kinds of business in New York and New Jersey. For awhile he was a florist in New 
 York ; subsequently had the management of the estate and large manufactories of R. L. Colt, 
 deceased, of Patterson. N. J., anil a little later was engaged in the lumber and flour traffic in 
 Utica, N. Y. 
 
 In 18(10, Mr. Goldie settled in Guelph, built a mill and commenced the manufacture of 
 Hour; sold that mill a few years afterwards, and rebuilt on another site, on a larger scale, and 
 
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 is now manufacturing about 75,000 or 80,000 barrels per annum. He also handles as much 
 more, not of his own manufacture, finding a ready market mainly in the Maritime Provinces, 
 and Great Britain. No better brands of flour are sent from Ontario, than are manufactured at 
 his mills in Guelph. The Ilcruld of this city thus speaks of this mill: — 
 
 " Goldie's Mill is one of the important factors of Guelph's manufacturing and co.ngaeroial prosperity, con- 
 suming immense quantities of wheat and disbursing large sums annually to our farmers for their grain ; in the 
 mill itself, in the cooper-shops, and in the various departments of the business employing a large force of work 
 men, it tills a sphere of usefulness and wields a power that accomplishes good to all classes. 
 
 " Over and over again it has been characterized as the model flouring-mill of Canada, a verdict that facts 
 abundantly sanction. 
 
 " Of machinery now in place, the best that the millwright's art could produce, has been purchased. Six 
 run of stone are busily at work. Three double chests of bolts are performing their duties. Middlings purifiers, 
 coolers, grain-cleaning machinery, packing apparatus— all the component parts of a first-class mill — are to be 
 seen." 
 
 Mr. Goldie is president of the Ontario Millers' Association, and he is well known among 
 dour manufacturers in Great Britain and the United States, as well as throughout the Dominion 
 of Canada. 
 
 He was in the council in the days when Guelph was a town ; is one of the license com- 
 missioners for tliC south riding of Wellington, and a director of insinvance companies in Guelph 
 and Gait. 
 
 He is a Liberal Conservative, and in 187(3, and again in 1878, was the candidate of his 
 party to represent the south )'iding of Wellington in the House of Commons, but the district 
 is strongly Reform and he was defeated both times. 
 
 Mr. Goldie is a member and deacon of the Congregational chuich ; a liberal contributor to 
 church buililing funds of his own denomination and others, and to religious and charitable insti- 
 tutions generally. 
 
 In March, 1848^ he married in New York, Miss Frances Owen, a native of Montgomery- 
 shire, Wales, and of eight childien, the fruit of this union, five, all sons, are living. Thomas, 
 the eldest, has a family ; the others are single. The three oldest are witli their father in the 
 milling business. 
 
 isliiro, a student in his 
 
 IIOX. ROliERT READ, 
 
 BELLEVILLE. 
 
 Il OBERT READ, of the Dominion Senate, is the eldest son of Robert Read, senior, in his 
 -*- •' day an extensive farmer, in the county of Suffolk, England, and was born at Fressing- 
 field, in that county, December 11, 1814. He was educated at Laxfield, in his native county ; 
 came to Canada in 1830, settled at Belleville, and engaged in general business, tanning, distil- 
 ling, and agricultural pursuits, being an extensive farmer for twenty -five or thiity years ; he 
 
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 has been a director of the Grand Trunk railway, and is one of the most energetic business men 
 of that part of the Province of Ontario. His business now is agriculture. 
 
 Mr. Read .sat for " Quintd " division in the Legislative Council of Canada from October, 18G2, 
 until the union in 1807. He represento I East Hastings in the House of Commons, from the 
 union until calleil to tlie Senate, February 24', 1871, his politics being Conservative. In 187(5 
 he moved the Hrat resolution attirming the national policy, and in liS77 he introduced the Bill, 
 prohibiting the carrying concealed tire arms on the pci-son, a measure carried through by Mr. 
 Blake. 
 
 July 2, 1840, Mr. Read was married, at Montreal, to Miss Margaret Campion, and they liave 
 had six children, three of them now living. Adelaide Eliza is the wife of Albert Campion, of 
 Belleville, and Caroline and Robert J. are at home. 
 
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 CnARLES AND ORMOND JONES, 
 
 lUiOCKVn.lK. 
 
 A MONG the early and prominent families to settle in the county of Grenville, Upper Can- 
 -^-^ ada, now Ontario, were the Joneses, figuring largely in the history of Brockville. About 
 the time of the opening of the struggle of the American colonies for their Independence, Epliraim 
 Jones, Ignited Empire Loyalist, left the United States and his property there, came to Canada, 
 and was an officer in the King's .service, settling in Augusta, Grenville, eight miles east of where 
 Brockville now sUmds. There he died in isll. He was the father of eight chililren, one of 
 whom, Charles Jones, born in 17N1, was a leading man of this part of the Province. In Mareli, 
 I8()j,he pureha.sed 200 acres of land, comprising no inconsiderable part of the present site of 
 Brockville, and became the founder of the town. He and some other men, meeting Gen. Bruek 
 about that time, at their solicitation he gave \\\> consent to have the new town named for him 
 — Brockville. He afterwards fell in the battle of tjueenston Heights. 
 
 When Brockville Wivs started there was a court house at Johnstown, below Prescott,and by 
 the efforts of Mr. Jones, it was reinived to this place, and c )urts were therefore held here, thus 
 giving this town its first important start. He was an enterprising business man. a merchant 
 here for a long period, owning at the sam.' tim.' extensive milling interests in the townsliip nt' 
 Young, county of Leeds. 
 
 He was a member of the Legislative Council of UpperCanada for some time, dying in August, 
 1840, while hoMing that ofiice. He was well-known, particularly in thi.i part of the Pioviiuc, 
 and by the older people now living in this section, his name is held in tender remembrance. M^' 
 first married Mary Stuart, daughter of Rev. Dr. Stuart, of Kingston, by whom he had thre 
 
f. 
 
 Miergetic business men 
 
 ida from October, 18G2, 
 of Commons, from the 
 ^Conservative. In 187(5 
 le introduced the Bill, 
 carried through by Mr. 
 
 ampion, and they have 
 of Albert Camiuon, of 
 
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 children, all seas, only one now living. She died in 1812. He had four children by a second 
 wife. 
 
 Ormond Jones, the son of tlie fust wife, that is still living, vras born November 7, 1811. He 
 received his education in the Brockville grammar schools ; read law, and practised hero for 
 many years ; was in the city council a long time, and juilge of probate seven or eight years. 
 
 During the rebellion of 18:i7-'38, ho was connected with the commissariat department, with 
 rank of Captain. 
 
 From 1858 to 18G4 Mr. Jones was registrar of the comity of Lanark, and since 18G4 has 
 held the same office in the Cvumty of Leeds. In 1834' he married Eliza, daughter of Col. Jossup, 
 of Grenville, and .she had twelve children; her death occurring in 18()2. Ten of the children 
 survive her. Two of the daughters are married. Susan M. is the wife of Tiiomas W. Evans, 
 of Montreal, and Eliza E., is the widow of George Redmond, barrister, of Brockville. Tiie eldest 
 son, George Jones, is connected with the Post-oHice department, with residence at Montreal, and 
 the second son, William IL Jones, barrister, is mayor of this city, and a rising young man. 
 
 Grenville, Upper Can- 
 r of Brockville. About 
 independence, Ephraim 
 
 tliere, came to Canada, 
 gilt miles east of where 
 f eiglit children, one of 
 e Provinee. In Mareli, 
 t of the present site of 
 en, meeting Gen. Bmok 
 IV town named for liiiii 
 
 below Prescott.and by 
 lerefore held here, thus 
 siness man. a merchant 
 ests in the township of 
 
 } time, dying in August, 
 i.i part of the Pioviiiee, 
 nder remembrance. He 
 .>v whom he had throe 
 
 WILLIAM K RUTLEDGE, ? 
 
 COLD WATER. 
 
 WILLIAM NOBLE RUTLEDGE, commis-sioner of the Court of Queen's Bench for the 
 county of Simcoe, and custom house officer, was born in Streetsville, county of Peel, 
 in February, 1S27, and is the oldest native of that place now living. His parents, Henry and 
 Jane (Noble) Rutledge, were originally from Ireland, and came from Westchester county, N. Y. 
 to Canada. They belonged to the farmer conumniity. 
 
 William received a counnon school education ; farmed till past his majority ; clerked a while 
 for Benjamin Switzer, of Streetsville, ami then went to Port Perry, and was in the mercantile 
 business there for himself until 18o4, when he wa.s in company with Messrs. Cotton and Man- 
 ning, building the Esplanade at Toronto. 
 
 In 1858 Mr. Rutled>'e returned to Streetsville, and was enfratfed in merchandisinji and mill- 
 ing between one and two yeai-s, after which he purchased the estate of Capt. Thos. G. Anderson, 
 of Coldwater, where he has since resided, still, however, retaining his property in Streetsville. 
 
 Since taking up his residence in the county of Simcoe, Mr. Rutledge luvs been engaged in 
 farming, and has dealt, also, more or less, in lumber. He has been in the municipality of the 
 township of Medonte, and county of Simcoe, nearly all the time since settling there — was a 
 councilman and reeve for fourteen yeai"s, and warden of the county in 1877 ; was appointed a 
 coroner of the county at an early day, and still holds that office as well as that of commissioner 
 
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 in the Court of Queen's Bench, niul is acting as custom house officer for Port Penetangnishine 
 and otlier porta north ami east. He was at one period a director of the Northern Railway, and 
 was a returning officer for tlie county of Simcoe at the geneiiil election in 187-. 
 
 His politics are Conservative, and before becoming a Government officer, lie was quite active, 
 having a good deal of inHuchce in his part of the county. 
 
 He is a Master Ma^ou, a member of the Church of England, and a warden of St. Matthiaa' 
 church at Coldwater. 
 
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 nON. C. r. FRASER, Q.C., 
 
 BROCKVILLE. 
 
 -TTOX. CHRISTOPHER FINLAY ERASER, QC, member for Brockville, and Conunissioiier 
 -*—*- of Public Works in the Executive Council of Ontario, is a native of Brockville, this Pro- 
 vince, where he was born in October, 1839. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, his parents being John 
 S. Eraser, a Scotch Highlander, and Sarah nh Burke, of Irisli extraction. His father early 
 emigrated to Canaila and settled at Brockville, where he engaged in business, and where his 
 liome has since been. 
 
 Our subject studied law with Hon. A. N. Richards, Q.C., of Brockville, and was called to 
 the Bar, Upper Canada, Trinity term, in 1801; at once entered ni)on the practice of his jirofes- 
 sion in his native place, where lie has continued to practise to the present time. In 187G, in 
 recognition of his legal ability, Mr. Eraser was created a Queen's counsel. 
 
 Mr. Eraser early took an active interest in the political aft'iiirs of Canada, and at the first 
 general election after Confederation, contested Brockville for the Provincial Parliament, but was 
 unsuccessful. At the next general election, in 1871, was a candidate for South Grcnville, but 
 was again defeated. In March, 1872 — to till the vacancy caused by the death of the sitting 
 memljcr for the latter constituency, Mr. Eraser was elected. Subsecjuently, however, he was un- 
 seated on petition, but upon a new election taking place, in October of the same year, he was 
 again successful, and on his ai>pointment as member of the Executive Council, was returned by 
 acclamation. At the general election in 1875 he was again re-elected for South Grenville, anl 
 in the last general election (1879), was elected for Brockville. 
 
 November 2J, 1873, Mr. Eraser was ajipointed a member of the Executive Council, and held 
 the offices of Provincial-Secretary and Registrar, from that time until the Ith of April, 1874, 
 when he became Commissioner of Public Works. 
 
 He has always been an earnest Reformer in politics, and in the third parliament, he origin- 
 tited, advocated and had jiassed the Act giving to farmers' sons the right of suffrage. In sup- 
 poiling the Government Bills, and especially those placed under his immediate supervision, he 
 
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 it lVnetan{,itishino 
 lliern Railwiiy, and 
 
 he WHS quite active, 
 
 len of St. Matthias' 
 
 has shown ileciileil ability for parlianientiuy work, and lias boon one of tho pillars of Hon. Mr. 
 Mowat's administration, being a good debater, pos8ossin>,' tact and ready wit, and a thorougii 
 knowledge and understanding of the subjects under discussion. 
 
 Mr. Frascr was one of the originatoi-s and aided in the formation of the Ontario Catholic 
 League, and has been one of its most prominent and active members. 
 
 e, and Connnissio;ier 
 Brockville, tliis Pro- 
 s parents being John 
 His father early 
 ness, and where his 
 
 le, and was called to 
 ractice of his pi-ofes- 
 it time. In 1S7G, in 
 
 tiada, and at the first 
 1 Parliament, but was 
 South Grenville, but 
 death of the sitting 
 however, he was un- 
 ic same year, he was 
 icil, was retui'ned by 
 South Grenville, and 
 
 ive Council, and held 
 le 4th of April, 1S74, 
 
 )arliament, he origin- 
 of suffrage. In sup- 
 ;diate supervision, he 
 
 HON. HENRY RUTTAN, 
 
 COBOUIiG. 
 
 r I "iHE late Henry Ruttan was the son of a United Empire Loyalist, William Ruttan, wlio set- 
 -■- tied in Adolphustown, Upper Canada, about 1784, where Henry was born in 1792. Ho 
 descended from a Huguenot famil}' of Rochell'>, France, the founder of the family being the 
 Rev. Jean Baptiste Rotan, a prominent ecclesiastical writer and controversialist near the close 
 of the sixteenth century. 
 
 His grandfather emigrated to America in 17J'4, and settled witluitlicr Huguenot families at 
 New Rochelle, Manchester county. New Yoik. His fatlier and uncle Peter Ruttan, were in the 
 3rd Battalion Jersey Volunteers, on the Ruyalist .side ; eacli liad a giant of twelve hundred 
 acres of land in Adolphustown, Midland District, and there settled with other United Empire 
 Loyalist families, ami greatly suflered the first few years on account of the hardships and 
 destitution attendant on frontier life, eighty-five and ninety years ago. During one or two of 
 the severest winters starvation seemed at times to be staring them in the face. 
 
 At fotu'teen years of ago (180(i), our subject finished his education, and repairing to 
 Kingston, became a clerk in a store. When war with the United States broke out in 1812, he 
 joined the "Incorporated Militia," held a Lieutenant's commission, and received a serious wound 
 at Lundy's Lane, which laid him up for several months. When the war closed he went into 
 business at Haklimand, Northumberland county, and not long afterwards was promoted to tho 
 rank of Major. A few yeai-s later he became Colonel. 
 
 In 1820 Col. Ruttan was elected to the Hou.so of Assembly of Upper Canada, for Noithum- 
 berland ; in October,1827, was appointed sherifi'of the Newcastle District, embracing Northum- 
 berland, Dinham, and one or two other counties ; in 183(j he was again elected to the Assembly, 
 and in 1838 was the Speaker. His term cf legislative service expired in 1840, and the last 
 vote he cast was for the Union of Ujiper and Lower Canada, which was con,summated on the 
 10th of February, 1841, though the Act had received the a.ssent of Her Majesty the July 
 before, a suspending clause causing the delay. 
 
 In 1857, when Col. Ruttan resigned the ofiice of sheriff, he was, with one exception, the 
 
 
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 senior Sheriff and Colonel of Militia in the Province. For some time he l)ad command of the 
 9th Military District, into which Upper and Lower Canada were divided. At one time he was 
 President of the Provincial Agricultural Association, and took great interest in such matters 
 being a public-spirited, enterprising man. 
 
 In 1860 ho was thrown by accident from his buggy, and was seriously injured, recovering 
 slowly and only partially. 
 
 In a short time he resumed his cxperimontings and writings on the theory of ventilation, 
 on which he had been engaged several years, and continued them until 18CG, when ho was 
 seized with apoplexy, and continued to giadually decline, until ho expired, July 31, 1871. 
 The Cobourg Star of the same week (August 2nd), from which we glean many of those facts, 
 gays that : 
 
 " Mr. Riittan woi n good man, an humble christian, and left a name of which his children and relatives may 
 be justly proud. At the time of his death he was in his eightieth year." 
 
 His funeral was attended by a large body of Masons, he being a member of that Order. 
 
 The wife of Col. Ruttan was Mary Jones, an estimable lady who died February 21, 1873. 
 
 She was the mother of nine children, four of whom preceded her to the spirit world, and one 
 
 son, Henry Jones, has since followed her (February 4, 1879). He was editor and proprietor of 
 
 the Cobourg Star from 18-tG to 1855, and was interested for years with his father in what is now 
 
 widely known as Ruttan's system of ventilation, which is largely in use and growing in popularity, 
 
 as will be seen by Appleton's New Cyclopredia. Mar}', the only daughter living, is the widow 
 
 of Judge Robert M. Boucher, of Peterboiough. Cliarles is rector of a church ne.ir Toronto ; 
 
 Richard is a barrister and attorney-at-law, residing in Cobourg, and William E. is a .'ihort-hand 
 writer and reporter in New York city. 
 
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 JAMES GOODEKnAM, 
 
 TORONTO. 
 
 rXlHE .subject of this sketch was the second .son of William Gooderham, senior, whose sketch 
 -*- appears on another page, and was born in Norfolk, England, December 29, 1825. At the 
 ago of seven years he accompanied the othei- members of the family to Canada, and was educated 
 in Toronto. He was always an earnest, thoughtful, and conscientious youth, and his mind was 
 early imbued with serious thoughts of religion. It was when he was about sixteen years old 
 and during a short residence at the village of Thornhill, that he became converted, and the event 
 left its impress upon- his character through all the subsequent yeara of his life. In 1847 his ini- 
 ])ressi()ns concerning the ministry induced him to enter Victoria College with a view to prc- 
 pi're himself for the sacred calling of a Methoilist minister. In 1848 he was appointed 
 
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 Imd command of the 
 
 At one time ho was 
 
 tcreat in such matters 
 
 ly injured, recovering 
 
 theory of ventilation, 
 [ 18CC, when ho was 
 cpirod, July 31, 1871. 
 I many of those facts, 
 
 children and relatives may 
 
 mber of that Order, 
 d February 21, 1873. 
 spirit world, and one 
 litor and proprietor of 
 i father in what is now 
 growing in popularity, 
 sr living, is the widow 
 church near Toronto ; 
 iam E. is a short-hand 
 
 senior, whose sketch 
 ihcr 29, 1825. Attlio 
 ada, and was educated 
 ith, and his mind was 
 )out sixteen yeai-s oM 
 nverted, and the event 
 life. In 1847 his im- 
 with a view to pre- 
 he was appointed 
 
 junior pronchor on the Whitby Circuit, and ho earnest was he in preaching, so diligent in 
 the discharge of pastoral duty, so devoted in his self-sacrificing zeal, that during that year 
 between two and three hundred were added to the membership of the church on that circuit 
 by conversion. The following year he was apjioiiited to the Markham circuit, but tl.j .vrsting 
 labors of his previous charge had so utterly exhausted his physical powers that it .soon became 
 evident that it would bo impossible for him to continue in the regular work of the ministry. 
 But, though forced by circumstances beyond his control to abandon his chcrLshed calling, ho 
 never lost the spirit of a minister of Christ. He loved to preach the Gospel, and, amid tlio enres 
 and activities of every -day life, he found frequent opportunity to labor in various ways for tiio 
 salvation of sinners, and took a deep interest in missionary woik. He was often associutod 
 with leading ministers of his church at dedicatory services in various parts of the country, .lud 
 it was not an unconnnon thing to see the aiUKiuncement of Di'. Ryerson, or Dr. Who I, or Dr. 
 Rose, or some other distinguished divine to preach in the morning, and James (Jooderham, Esq., 
 in the afternoon. 
 
 July 23, I8.1O, Mr. Goodcrham was married at Osiiawa, to Miss Gibbs, sister of Hon. T. N, 
 Gibbs of that place, and .soon aftcrwanls enga,;,'0(l in business in Nerval, with one of his 
 brothers ; in 1859 removed to Meadowvale, ami in 1803 to Streetsville, engaged in merchandis- 
 ing and milling. At the latter place he also managed the linen mills of Messra. Oooderham 
 and Worts, until they were burned down. During his residence in Streetsville, which continued 
 until 1877, ho was a prominent and usefid citizen, taking a deep interest in the prosperity of 
 the town and holding the odice of reeve for eight years. In 1877 Mr. CJooderliam removed to 
 Toronto where his home henceforth remained, though he .still retained his large property and 
 business interests at Streetsville. He was a director of the London and Ontario Loan Society, 
 from its conception, and vice-president of the Dominion Telegraph Company, both of which 
 corporations at his death presented, to Mrs. Gooderimm, handsomely engrossed resolutions 
 testifying to the respect in which he was held, and lamenting his sudden loss. 
 
 Mr. Goodcrham was one of the first to advocate the i)roject of the Credit Valley railroad, 
 and actively supported the enterprise until it.s success was assured. "le was a man of remark- 
 able business talents, pushing and energetic, but, withal, as quiet and una.ssuming as one could 
 be. He induced the residents of Streetsville and other nninicipaliiies to grant bonu.ses to the 
 road. May 10, 1879, he accompanied a party of prominent citizens from Toronto, to in.spect 
 the road as far as completed. At Streetsville he made a .short address, justifying himself for 
 the course he had pursued in ccinnection with the road, and pointing with pride and pleasure, 
 to the rapid completion not only of that branch, but of the whole line ; and, as might have been 
 expected, he wa.s warmly congratulated upon the result of his expectations, even by those who 
 had strongly opposed him at the outset. 
 
 A few hours after this address of congratulation a collision occurred on the road which re- 
 
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 suited in Mr. OooJeiliam receiving fatal injuries. He survived long enough to bo brought 
 home, where, retaining consciousness to the last, ho died the death of a sincere and exemplary 
 christian. He was buried in the family vault in S' . James' cemetery, his funeral being from 
 the Metropolitan church, and one of the largest ever seen in the city. There is no more fitting 
 eulogy on the life of any man than is expressed in the words of Rev. Dr. Potts on this 
 occasion : — " If you extract all that was good in the character of Jaraes Gooderhani, there 
 is notliing left." " Wise in counsel, prudent in action, intuitively discerning and unflinching 
 in performing the right, there was in his character tlio true ideal of a man and a christian." 
 
 •lAMES DA^HELL, 
 
 LORJGX.IL. 
 
 TAME8 Di\NIELL. judge of the united counties of Prescott and Russell, and menilici' of the 
 ^ board of county judges, wa.-; born at Carriekmacross, in the county of Monaghan, Ireland, 
 
 on tlie 2.'h(l of November, 1>S22. His parents. Stanis and Eleanor (l)aj\-son) Daniell, emi- 
 grated to Upper Canada, during tlse spring of IS:^;!, and settled upon Dundas street, township 
 of Toronto, on the farm where Sydenham village now stands. Ho resided with his parents 
 most of his time until about sixteen years of age. Uv studied law with George Duggan, tiio 
 late recorder of the county of Vork ; was ailinitteil an attorney in IS4"), ami called to the Par 
 in 184C. In April, bSt.'i, ho traveled to London, Out., with the Hon. S. 15. Harrisoi., Hon. Henry 
 John Boulton, William Campbell t'tho well known clerk of assize), and John Duggan (iill of 
 whom, except the Judge are now dead>, in the old l\i-ll (inuUi steamer, from Toronto to Hamil- 
 ton, and from Hamilton to London in a stage. He reached fiondon the Sunday that the town 
 was almost, totally de.stioyed ly fir-. 
 
 The Judge opened an ' tlice in partnership with (!i'or;;e and .bihn Duggan, wliirh nartni'r- 
 ship expired at tli'' end of tinee y>'ars. Wliru alone. lie did a veiy largr liusimsN, and uiis one 
 of the lending lawyrvs in Western Canada, beiii;.;- si mt!;! finies .'mployed by the (iipveiinueiit on 
 very iiiipdrtant matters. 1 1 may be said as a fact, that tlin>ugii his inlbn'nce and means was 
 estal)lished the first Reform paper 'ii London, tlie i.iiinlitii /'c ,/»,•,. vs. y\\: William Sutherland, 
 to whom the Judge gave assistance, conduedd thi-; pa[ier iiiilil lh'> present manager .\-as brought 
 in, and who, with the Judge'.* assistance, waged war fur the LiJM'ral party of Canada, until 
 what was then the Lib-ral party of Cana<la eea.sed to exist. Knun that time he gave up poli- 
 tics altogether. AVhile a resid, nt of London, be was for many years a nu ndier of the tow n and 
 city council, and foi eight or ten y.'iirs tliuinuan of the board of school trustei's. lb' was 
 til" prime in<iver in liuilding and establisliipg the [iri'sent " L'nion Free' Sehool " in Loniltm, 
 
rilE CAKADIAN BlOGRAl'lllCAL DICTIOKARY. 
 
 733 
 
 1 ami a cliristiaii." 
 
 and laid the foundation stone of that building. This was one of. the first free schools in 
 Ontario. 
 
 In 18()l, Judge Daniell went to Hamilton, and did a very extensive and lucrative law 
 business. In 1S(>3 he accepted a seat upon the limieh as Judge of Prescott and Russell. He 
 is said to be an excellent lawyer, having keen and quick percei)tions, at once making up his 
 mind as to any (juestion of law or fact, remains firm in his rulings. He is never heard to speak 
 during the trial of a cause, except when called upon to decide some (picstion, or when address- 
 ing a jurj'. His words are few and to the point. 
 
 The Judge is intimate with, and ^■ery courteous to the Bar, and possesses its highest 
 respect. 
 
 His counties were grouped with the county of Carleton, and he now liolds the courts in 
 these counties with Judges Ross and Lyon of Ottawa. 
 
 We have already intimated that he is a member of the board of county judges, there being 
 five of them. The other four are Messrs. Ciowan, of Hariie ; Jones, of Ihaulford, Hughes, of 
 S t. Thomas, and McUonahl, of Oluelph, all mentioned elsewhere in this book. 
 
 Judge Daniell is well known throughout the Dominion of Canada. Few men are bettor 
 known. 
 
 In 18.')0, he married Mli/.abeth JIuir, daughter of tlie late Joiiu Muir, Em|., of Rothesay, 
 Scotland, Fi.ctor of the Maicpiis of IJute. Four children, the issue of this marriage, two sons and 
 two daughters. The latter only are living. 
 
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 JOUN M. CllA^llMOKS, 
 
 SVITirS FALLS. 
 
 MONd till* early settlers and prominent citizens of Smitli's Falls, nmy be numbered .bilin 
 Metiill Chambers, known far and wide as Captain Cluimbcrs. He comes of United 
 Empire Loyalist blood on botli sides, liis granclsiivs ri'iii<iving fmni the I'liiteil Stales to C:inada 
 about the time of the Amerieaii levnlutiuii. His p.ucnts were James and .Mary (Tliurber) 
 Chambers, botJi born in tlir Slab' of New Ndrk. The Chamiiers family was originallv from 
 Derry, ninth of inland, (tin' Mil;jrct's birtli is dati-i] at Fdu.irdsbur:,', eounty of Crcnville, 
 Onlarii), .\ugiist liO, ISK.'i, lb' reeeived a eohiiiinn l''.iiglish edueiitiim ; in bS32, becmir Ca]itiiin 
 ufabojit in ( 'anadian w.iti rs, and held that position on eaiials an 1 livris imtij IS.") }., Imving 
 made his home i\X Smith's Falli since bs^S, \vt>in the villapfc had little moic than "a local habi- 
 tation and a name." 
 
 CapUiin Chand>ers is one of the best known men in tiiis immediate .section of the I'riivinco 
 of Ontario, though of late years he liiw liwil somewliat »|uiet and retired, looking after his 
 
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 TTiE CANADiA^ BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 property and attending to the duties of a few otHceH. He has been a magistrate and notary for 
 more than twenty years, and was reeve of the townshij) of Montague, in which part of the 
 viUage of Smith's Falls stands, for eleven years. As a citizen, he has made himself quite useful ; 
 has been connected with the militia for a long time, and holds the rank of Captain. He is con- 
 nected with the C'lnn-ch of England ; politically is a Conservative, decided and unwavering ; and 
 sometimes he takes quite an active part. 
 
 Captain Chambers was first married in 1828 to Miss Elizabeth McKenzie, of Augusta, count}' 
 of Grenville. She died in 1819, leaving five children, only three of them, all daughters, now 
 surviving, One son, Edward Chanibers, lived to be fifty-three years of age, dying in December, 
 1879. Annabella is the wife of Trueman R. Ward, and Elizabeth, of Dr. McKenzie, both residing 
 at Smith's Falls, and Winifred is at home. He wiis married the second time on the 20th of 
 January, 18.')2, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Casey, Esq., of Adolphustown, Bay of 
 Quintd, and by her he has one son, James H. Chambers, who is with his ptireuts. Mrs. Chamber.s 
 has long had a taste for landscape painting, and still continues to gratify it to a moderate extent. 
 The walls of hei' parlor and other rooms are decorated with paintings, largely her own workmau- 
 fihip, and showing decided talent in that beautiful art. 
 
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 ROBERT SIMPSOX, 
 
 BARRIE. 
 
 ROBERT SIMPSON, the first mayor of the town of Barrie, and many years a prominent 
 man in the mnnici|ialities of the town mid county, is a native of Yorkshire, England, 
 being b((rn in Salton, March 16,1817. His father, John Sinqison, wiio was a yeoman, was from 
 Fife.shire ; his mother, Mary (Richardson) Sinqison, was English. 
 
 Robert recii\id a parisli school education ; farmed in tiie old country initil Ix;}.) ; then 
 emigrated to Tapper CiuiadM ; attriided schncil cue winter after learning the brewing business 
 at Newmarket ; cariicil on tiiat luisimss fur liimself at Keiiipinfeldt, thiee miles from Barrie, 
 about tw years, wlnii he was Imrnt nut, and removed aeiMss tiie Bii\- to Allan dale, where he 
 brewed about seven years ami was again liirnt out. In IS4H .Mr, Sinqison settled in Barrie. 
 A few years ago he siiU'ered a third loss — Sfld.OOO with, it niNurance — by fire, on a rented 
 lire- y at Newmarket ; yet, notwithstanding his repeated reverses, he has been, on the whole, 
 quite successful. Since locating in Barrie, with the exception of two w three visits made to ids 
 native land, he has remained very diligent at his post, looking after his business interests. 
 
 In 18')(! Mr. Simpson entered the town council, and was a mendier of that I'ody until 
 Barrie became an incorporated town, when he Ijccauie the mayor, and held that ofiice, at sundry 
 
irate aud notary for 
 I which part of the 
 imself quite useful ; 
 "aptiiin. He is con- 
 id unwavering ; and 
 
 , of Augusta, county 
 , nil daughters, now 
 dying in December, 
 cnzie, both residing 
 time on the 20th of 
 lolphustown, Bay of 
 its. Mrs. Chambers 
 ) a moderate extent, 
 her own workuiau- 
 
 y years a prominent 
 Yorkshire, England, 
 a yeoman, was from 
 
 y until Is;}.) ; then 
 111.' brewing business 
 (• miles from liarrie, 
 illanlale, where ho 
 n settled in Barrie. 
 y lire, on a rented 
 bfcii, on the whole, 
 je visits made to .is 
 siness interests, 
 of that body until 
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 f>ri.|>.«rty an.; atti-n.iiii.,' t.j U../ .hi tics of a lew oftins. If.. Ims lu'eu a liiagistuity ami noUiy for 
 fuaru thwi twenty yeai^, and was rcfive of the t.>wti.-lii|> ..f .Mon(ii;,'U..', in wJiicli.pnrt of tli.; 
 village of Smith's Falls stiuds, fonJeviin years. jVi n cit-izon, ho ho.-^ ni,..lp himself quite u.s.ful , 
 ha*^ \»:n coonected w'l I, th..' niilitia for a inni< titiie, atui hol.Is the niiik ..f ( 'aptain. IT.! i^ con- 
 nected with tho ' 'l.un'h ..f K.jglaiid : jxlitipallv is v., i V.iiscrvative, decide.! anil unwaverim' ; and 
 so!netIj<eB ho *Mk6>i ijuife an rtctvvo part. 
 
 CaptAJM Cha.'nUrrswnirtr.tnia'ri^d in 1P2S t» MiasKhzal.::th \rd<en:'.i.-,.jf A^gu.-,ta,conntv 
 of (5r.rnvi}i.v. She di-d in \)i\'A. i.-a^i!l^' five chihii-Mn only three of them, all .iau.rhters, new 
 siirvivin^^' Ont' ,«..n, Kdward (.'hamii-is, livcl t-. be iifty-three yeair .>f a.;e, dyiiiir in iK'Ceinb." 
 187!). Annabella is the wife ..fTmcnia-. R. Ward, .md KUzubtth.of Dr. .Midv.nzie, l.otL re.vidii!;.' 
 at .Smith's F.'diti, an<i Winifred is at hm-x. H. n.,' ,..;.rntd di.t see.Mid time un the 5!)th cf 
 January, l?>.-)2, Ui \inx\ Kiia.!.c>Ui d..ii-htet uf Tl, ,.>a-'i f-v\ . - -^ -i A*i. i].huot'iwr., i'.ay •'•' 
 
 Q-unt.' ai -i \'v her h. !••> -.oe-.in, Jauus H. i (lanWerH wJn. i., w»t;i h^ ,--> ••• Mrs. Chaii.!'>,r- 
 
 has l.uiif '-.fc.l N ifwt:: lU; KUj.!v>ii|ie jwJntinij. anil v ill continues to uTatJfy it ti) ii nuidurtite "^ fei.t 
 '!.. *;i .1 hi-i fnwl.r und ..f.l. '^ d«»,^.m;.i-' ur.i^-* iaiijel, h.- ('.vu v>jrl.iuai) 
 
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 br i al .int Nevtn ytfr- ' mi v*".>' i.-aiTi i urn> ..ut I, I^.J.s .\Ii- Siitii,.>()n s.>tl!i..l pi ' .. 
 A f' v.* year- a v"^) re ".itllied .i ll.ird I.,., s«It'.u(h. •, ;»n :" f.^nnin.'.- -I.v i r.- . a 
 bn »■ ut -N. wiUiuKei ,. yi!t, n..»'.'ith'.t;i.euti-.' 1..^ r. ;.-.m, i n\( r«- -• le ha< ' m. ..e '' •' 
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 timos. He ha-s also been tleputy-recve and reeve, and has hold the office of magistrate for tlie 
 last fifteen years or more. Mr. Simpson has given a good deal of time to local matters of a pub- 
 lic character, and the community in a measure appreciates his services. He is a Master ilason. 
 Mr. Simpson has a second wife. The fii-st was Miss Sarah Ann Soules, a native of Canada, 
 married June 20, 1843. She died in 1874, leaving two daughters and one son. Elizabeth, the 
 elder daughter, is the wife of ex-alderman Nathaniel Dickey, of Toronto ; Mary Jane is the 
 wife of John Neill, jr., of the same city, and Thomas W. is partner with his father in the brew- 
 ing l»usiness. Mr. Simpson was married the second time, on the 14th of August, 1877, to MIms 
 Margaret Purves, of Edinburgh, Scotland, by whom he has one .son. 
 
 II0:N'. GEORGE CRAWFORD, 
 
 BROCK riLLE. 
 
 rpHE LATE GEORGE CRAWFORD, who wa.s in the Parliament of Upper Canada, a 
 -*- member of the Legislative Council of Canada, and of the Senate of the Dominion, was 
 born about 17()-5 in the county of Leitriin, Ireland, his father being Patrick Crawford, a far- 
 mer. His mother was Miss Jane Munse, of the county of Sligo, same country. He received 
 only an ordinary Engli.sh education ; was in business for himself as a cloth merchant until 
 1820, when he left tlie " Emerald Isle," came to Canaila and halted at Trafalgar, county of 
 Halton, Ontario. After farming there a few seasons, he removed to the township of York, con- 
 tinuing the .same calling a ^liort time; then sold out and became a contractor on the Rideiiu 
 canal. He subsequently liad contracts on the Cornwall and BL'auharnois canals, being (juite 
 successful in these ventures and accumulating a competency. Ho settled in Brockville about 
 184"), and lived thereafter a comparatively easy life, aiding, however, as already intimated, in 
 legislation for tlie interests of bi-i adoi)ted country. He first represented Brockville riding in 
 the parliament of Upper Canada; after the union of the two Provinces in 1841, he was in the 
 Legislative Council ; and when the .several Provinces were formed into the Dominion in 18G7, he 
 was appointed Senator, a lifi' office. In the several legislative bodies of which he was a member, 
 he did but very little talking, licing knowti as a worker. He had solid sense, a })nietical turn 
 of mind, and made a valuable member. His [)olitics were Con.servative. He had conunand of 
 a company in the lebcllion (1837-'38), and was sub.sequently promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of 
 the incorporated militia. 
 
 Mr. Crawford lield his religious connection with the Church of England, and for many 
 years he was warden of St. Peter's church, Brockville. 
 
 Senator Crawford was twice married, titst to Margaret Brown, of Killishandra, county 
 of Cavan, Ireland, about 1810, she dying after being the mother of six chililren. His second 
 
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 THE CAKADtAX lilOGRAl'IllCAL DICTION All Y. 
 
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 wifo was ('aiolino SIiL-rwood, daii^rlittT of Adiul Slit-iwooil, who-ni ,skole]i appears ulscwlioro 
 in llii.s voliimi;. Slio lia<l fourteen fliildreii, fijflit of tlicni dying young, and only five 
 now living. Of livi' cliildrt-n liy liis first wifo that lived to grow up (two Hons and tliroo 
 dauglit(^rs), nil arc dead. Tin; two sons wei'e very prominent men, one of tliem, John Crawford, 
 heing not long ago Lieut.-Ciovernor of Ontario, and at an earliei' date a meniher of tin; Domi- 
 nion Parliament, and the other, Jame.s Crawford, wa.s also at oin; time a niendier of the same 
 legislative hody, and lik(!\vi.se a (!olonel of volunteei's. He liad command at Cornwall during one 
 of the Fenian raids, Tin- three daughters all died after being married. 
 
 Of the living sons hy the second wife, the most prominent is Kdward Patrick Crawford, 
 who was eilucateil at th(! I'niversity of Toronto, graduating in lH(i(>, and has been rector of 
 Trinity church, lirockviiji', foi' the last four or five years. 
 
 When Senator Craw ford came to this country, he was accompanied by a jounger brother, 
 John ('rawford, who had clcrkc(| f(ji- him in tiie cloth shoj), and who was liorn in IMOO. After 
 spending one year in Canada, he went to New Yitvk city; tiuded there in dry goods tw(;nty- 
 one years ; in IS43 retiniied to (^'auiela, and w;is conti'actor on thi' St. Lawrence canals three or 
 four years, in company with his nejihew, James (Crawford, mentioned above, and afterwards 
 Hetth.'d in Hrockvillc He was a member of the town council about a <lozen years; was after- 
 wards mayor, tliree times, and ha.s been postmaster since I8.">8, .serving the pe(jple in that capa- 
 city with great acceptance. He was fur some time warden of St, Peter's church, and is a num 
 of unbleniishcil life. 
 
 In May 1.S2.'), he was united in marriage with iMiphemia Kli/a McClean, of Iiehuxl, an<i 
 they have had eleven cliildr(;n, Old}' three of th(;m now living. One nf these, Frances Augusta, 
 i.s the wile of A. F. McLean, of Toronto. Tlic other two, Euiihemia Eliza and Charles Albeit 
 are siu'de, 
 
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 -lOlIX JIOSSIK, 
 
 sTiiA'rronh. 
 
 *ToHN IIOSSIK, slerilf ..f the county .,f IN^itli. is a naliv.' of the Province of Ontario, 
 ^ biiiig boiii III the towii-liip of Mdiire, county of Laiiibton, July .">, iS.'Wi. Jlis father, 
 Andrew llossjc, a t'aiiinr, was fioiii ScolJaiid, and his mother, whose maiden name was Janet 
 W ilson, was fioii] liie >aiiie country. 
 
 'N'diing llossie rcrii\-e(l a c'liniiion school education ; farmed till fcjurtoen years old, and then 
 became a ehik ill a store at PaylieM In bS")0 he entered the .slieritfs oflice at Stratford to tak' 
 a similar ]iositioii ; became luiiliti' a few years i.itir, then dejmty-.sherifr, and was appointed 
 slierill' in bsTii In <v.iy nllice which he has hehl Ic has proved faithful and eHicicnt in the 
 
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 (li.suliaryo of lii.s (liiti')s. llo is one of tliat cUi^js of mon wlio aro always fotiml at tlit'ir post, 
 ready to attend to hiisinoss. 
 
 Sheriff Hossio attends tlio Prosljyterian fliiirch, liiit is not, wi- tieli(.'vc, a coninmnicant. 
 
 Jlis wifo was Miss Kato Linten, of Stratford, daii^diter of John J. E. Linten, formerly clerk 
 of the peace for the county of Perth. Tliey wei'e married in Octohei', 1870. 
 
 Tlie predcuoHSor of Mr. IloHsiu i.i thu (ifliciMif slicritl', wim Ilolmrt Modurwull, the first shorifTof Purth, taking 
 tho iiffice wlion this cdiinty was sot nd' from the district. Ilu is yet liviiif; in Striitfi)rd. Ilu w.is for yuiirs vury 
 proiiiiiioiit in thu local Agriuiiltural Souiuty, and ntill takus a livuly iuturt'st in suuh orgauixiitions and inturusta. 
 
 I'oiiT II one. 
 
 /^^NK of tlie oldest journalists in the county of Durluiin, or tliis part of the Province of 
 ^-^ Ontario, is William Fnriiy, a native of Bridlinoton, Vorksliirc, lMi;,r|and, and a son of 
 John Furby, a. school teacher, who, dui'in;,' tlie winter sea.son, made! a s[)ecialt3' of instruetin;,' 
 sailors in navij,'ation. Our suhject was Imrn Septemlicr '>, \~'M), ;\U'\ at the time of preparing 
 this sketch is in his 80th year. Ife was educated hy his father ; learned tho printer's 
 and cahinetmaker's tradi; ; in IMIK crossed the; Atlantic oci'aii, and spent live or six years 
 with an older brothei-, llohert Furliy, at Waterfonl, Vei'inont, teaehing most of the time' ; then 
 Hpcnt a short time in Montreal, working at his tijule, and in 1820 settled in Port Hofie, here 
 being engaged in the furniture business for- many years. 
 
 In 18.*}1, Mr. Fuiby ]iurch:ised a young weekly p:ipi'r cmIIoiI 77,c Tehiji-iiph, in whieh he 
 could " .sec no money," and whieh he soon dis[)osiM| uf. ,\ little latei' he started anothei' pa[>er 
 called the I'i>rl Ifojn fiii:illr and hurhndi Aih'rrlisi'r. jiihI in I8.")(>, he establisheil tin? I'ort 
 
 Jliiltc (lii'iilc, iK.w tl Idest paper in the t(jwn, and published daily as well as weekly, by 
 
 (ieoige Wilson. Mf. Furby edited and pulilishcd the (ln'iilr in coiniection with tin,' furniture 
 business, until 18,")<), after whieh his son (le-orge managed it a while, selli.ig out in bS.IH. 
 
 Mr. Furby is just roumling up his four score ycjirs ; yet is in fair health, and has the use 
 of all his ment 1 fai'ulties lie has I lein a very industrious man, of excellent hidats in all res- 
 jiccts ; is a member of the Church of Fngland, and has \n-v\\ ail his days, ami is spending the 
 evening of his lite with his son (Irorge, in comfort, and in leading and ijuiet me(litation. A 
 correct, christian life usually guarantees a serene close. . 
 
 A few yeais i:go he published a serie^s of articles in the fluiilr entitled " Reminiscences of 
 Port Hope," which were full of local interest, and will be very valuaiile to the future histoiiaii. 
 We have had occasion to draw from them .some data in this work. 
 
 In bS.Sl, Miss Ann Manning, of Port Hojie, was joined in wedlock with .Mr. Furby, and 
 
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 THE CANADIAN IllOGRAl'llICAL DWTWNAliY, 
 
 Imd .six c'liildirii, tliiet; of tlieiii tlyinj,' in infancy. Mrs. Fiirliy diuil in I8t4, ami liu nover mar- 
 ried ai;ain. 'J'lif cliililri'n living Hio all married. Annio Sopliia is tlio wifoof Alex. Forsyth 
 Scott, jndi,'(; of till) county of I'cfl ; William Henry is a mecliiinic residin;,' in Hamilton, ami 
 (i(!oi';(e, tlio elder son, is .secretary ami treasni'ur of the I'ort lloiie Clas Comjiany, and clerk of 
 the Uivi.sion Court. In IMAO he marricid Jane j'eters, daii^ditcr of William I'l'ters, an early 
 settler in the to\vnshi|) of Hoih!, and they jiave thr(;e children. 
 
 The father of William hirhy was a iirinter, and descendants of the family aro still eii^aj^- 
 ed in tliat hnsine.ss in Ihidlington, kecjiing also an extensive hook and stationery store in con- 
 jiectioii with the printing otiice. 
 
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 HON. -TUSTICI': M. (;. CAMKRON, 
 
 TOIIONTO. 
 
 A /TATTIiEW CROOKS C.AMKKON, .son of .T<ihn McAlpin Cameron, was horn at Dnmlas, 
 J.-T_l. Ontario, on the I'nd day of Octohcr, \H22. His father was a de.sctindant of tho 
 Camerons of Kassifcrn, Scotland, and enii;,'rated from Inverness-.shire, to Upper Canada, in 1H19, 
 .scttlinf,' at Dnndas, where he en;faj,'ed in the mercantile husini!ss ; 8uhs<Mjuently dischnrf,'ed tlie 
 duties of deputy postmaster, nixler Thomas Allan Stayner, (hen the Imperial I'ostmaster- 
 Clencral foi'( 'anM(lM,at Hamilton, and also depiity-eleik of tin; Crown for tlu; then (Jort; district ; 
 later he was stmlent at law with Sir Allan .MiicNah, with whom he remained until lie was 
 appointed the first )iernianent clerk of comiiiittces in the i'arliament of IJjiper Canada, which 
 responsihle position he retaine 1 until lie (Altered the servic(! of the Canaihi (yompany, in who.se 
 of lice in Toronto, he hehl an important position for many yi'ars. ('omiii^r to this part of the 
 country as he did, when it was yet undeveloped, and hut sparsely settled, and eii^^'agiiif^ inactive 
 life, Mr. Camei<iii hecanie wi'll and widely known. Ih; died at Toi'onto, in Novemher, lM(i(i, 
 aj,'ed seventy-nine years. The nami.' of our suliject's mother was Nancy u^'r. I'oy, a niitivi; of 
 Northuniheiland^ lMi;,dan(l. 
 
 The ])riniary education of Matthew Crooks, was ohtained, first at a school in Hamilton, 
 under a .Mr. Randall, and afterwards the district .school in 'j'oroiito, wliidi he attendi;d for a 
 short time. In JS.'JfS he entered IJiiper Canada (.'olle;r(', wiieii! he studied imtil I84(), when, 
 in con.sefpieiice of an accident while out shooting,' hy which he lost a le^', he had to retire; two 
 years later he entered the oflice of Messrs. Oamlile and Houltoii, of Toronto, as student-at-law, 
 where he lemiiined until Hilary term, LSI-!*, when he was called to the Mar of the Province of 
 Ontario, (then I 'pper Canadii). He en;;a;.,'ed in 'I'l'ionlo in the jnactice of his pi'ofession, first, 
 with Mr. I'loiilton, his former iii.'ister ; (his firm continued iinfil the law partnership of 
 Messrs. Cayley aijcl Cameron was formed, (he .senior niemher being the Hon. William t'ayley, an 
 
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 Cuyley retired, and Dr. MoMicliacI entered, the liiiJi Mien liecoiiiiiij,' Messrs. Cameron and 
 MeMichael; later Mr. K. Fi(/gerald liecame a paidier iu the Kiisiiiess, and his name added to 
 the name and stylo of the (inn, remainin;; so foi- severMJ years. On llie retirement of Mr. Fitz- 
 gerald, Mr. iloskin Ix^eaine a luemlier of tJii' llrni, audit, leniaiued < 'ami^roii, Mc.Mieliael and 
 ]|oskin until the sctnior partner's elevation to llie I'xiieli iu Noveiul" r, I.s7h. His appointment 
 was the recognition of true mi'iit and higid ahility. Asa l.iwyer he was omineiit in every 
 department of his ju-ofessiou, lint particularly excelled he fore a jmy ; possessing an exc(dlont 
 power of analyzing and arranging facts, comliiiied with an impressive manner of speaking he de- 
 livered his arguments with a logical forc(^ ami clearness rarely surpasstd. The saiiKt (pialities 
 of miiiil may also lie said to render his rulings and decisions on the Iteiich eiiually clear and 
 explicit; was created a t^uocn's Counsel in liSt;;}, and ejected a l'eiichi;r uf tli(! Law Society of 
 Ontario, in 1S7I. 
 
 The first pulilie otliee held liy Judge Cameron was that of a coiumissioner with (!ol. CoHin, 
 appointed hy the (jovernmcnt, in liS,"):J, to eni|uire into the; <'auses of accidents which li;nl lieen 
 of freipjent oc(;urrenc(' on the (Jreat \Vcst(!rii railway. From I.S.'il), when he represented St. 
 James' wanl in th«! city council, Ik? (i;,'ured piominentiy iu piililic life ; in I.S(il,and again a few 
 years later, at the solicitation of many citizens, he contested tins mayoralty uiisiiccesf-fuily. In 
 iHdl he entered politics, and sat for .N'orlli Ontario iu the (Canada Assenilily, from the general 
 election of that year, until the general election in lS(i:{, when he was defciled. i'.ut iu July, 
 IStJ'l', he was re-elected for the same scat, wliieh lie enuliuued to hold until < 'oufederation, when 
 he was again uusiiccessfiil. At the general provincial election iu iMi", he was rt^turia^d to the 
 Ontario I'arliaiiKtiit from Fast Toronto, and re-elicted in IS7I ami I.s7"'. Ili' was a momher of 
 the Fxecntivt! Couiieil of Ontario iu the Saiidlield .Maeilonald Adiuinistiatiou from July 20, 
 1M(J7, until tho resignation of the ministry, Deceiulier III, i.S7l, and with the exception of the 
 last live months of this p(!rio<l, when ho was Commissioner of Crown fiands, he held tho ofliees 
 of Provincial Secretary and Registrar. He was also leader, and a \-eiy aMo one too, of the 
 Opposition, for the four years sulise(|Uent to llie ;,nMiei;il ehciion iu Decemher, I.S71. 
 
 While in politics .Judge ( 'ameroii was a t'onuidilile opponent of tiir Rct'onn |)arty, and 
 aided in forming the Liheral ( 'onser\ati\'e Assneiatioii of 'ioiouli); lu'eann: its first ]iresident, 
 and htdd that otliee until his elevation to tin! Iieueli ; Was also vice-president (jf tiie I..iljeral 
 Conservative Convention whieh assemltlcd iu Toronto, Sept(;mliei :i.'!, liS7t; wa.s one of tho 
 jiromoters and hecaine a director of the Doiuiiiioii Telegraph Company, and also of the Confed- 
 eration Lifi; and tin; IsolatcMl Risk Insurance Coiiipanii^s, all of which jiroved succes.sful oiiter- 
 jirises, and havelieconu! perinanent institutions. 
 
 In reli'i-ious views .Judge (!ameioii ailheres to the ( 'hurch of England, of which lie is a 
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 \Ved<l, Esq., an English gentleman, who immetliately, prior to his death, resided in Hamilton, 
 Ont. She died January 14, ISftS, leaving three sons and throe duighters who are all still living 
 in Toronto. The eldest son is Dr. Irving Hewanl Cameron, a practising physician of this city. 
 
 FKANCIS T. FEOST, 
 
 SMITH' Si FALLS. 
 
 Ti^RANCIS THEODORE FROST, reeve of the village of Smith's Falls, and warden of the 
 -*- county of Lanark, is a native of this place, and was born Decemlier 21, 1843. His 
 parents, Ebenezer and Caroline (Harwood) Frost, were natives of Vermont, and moved from 
 Canton, New York, to Smith's Falls, in ISJii), soon after the Rltlcau Canal was dug. Here they 
 lived and are buried. In addition to the knowledge obtained in the public and grammar 
 schools of Smith's Falls, Francis .spent one year at school in (.'oventry, Vermont, and one at 
 the St. Lawrence Academy, Potsdam, New York. His father was a founder, and the son "j 
 be said to have grown up in a foundry. Since 1803, when his father died, holms l>eon in bus'- 
 ne.ss for himself, now being of the firm of Frost and Wood, the other members of which are 
 his older brother, Charles Frost, and Alexantler Wood. Th<>y employ usually from 150 to 170 
 men, and average about !?1 50,000 a year in the manufacture of mowei-s and reapers, threshing 
 machines, horserakes, .steel i)low.s, and farming machinerj- generally. Their threshers and 
 reapers and other machines go from end to end of the Dominion. Their prairie plows are sent 
 by the thousand to Manitoba, to turn the virgin so<l of that young Province. All their agri- 
 cultural implements are among the most popular in the market, and they find prompt sale for 
 every thing they make. The Hnn is known from ocean to ocean, lioth for it.^ fair dealing and 
 the excellent (piality t f its workmanship. At the time of writing (March, 1S80}, they arc 
 laying down the brick for a new iiiciuldiMg shop, ■"(O by 100 feet, their growing business re- 
 quiring an expansion of their premises. 
 
 Mr. Frost is .serving his fifth tirm as reeve of tin- village, and his fii-st as warden of tin' 
 county, ix'ing an adcjit in inunieipiil as well as dtlier business, and watching carefully the 
 interests of his native county, as well as village?. 1' is the introduction of manufactures that 
 has built up the place, ami in this line of enterprise the Frost family occupies a foremost posi- 
 tion. 
 
 Mr. Frost is president of the Smith's Palls Curling Club, and of the Mi'chanics' Institute, 
 the latter organization being (jiiite thriving. Itseiiculnting lil)raiy has ;i,()00 volumes. 
 
 In politics Mr. Fiost is a Liberal, and in 1878 he was the candidate of his party in the 
 south riding of Livnark for the House of CtJiiimons, and was defeated. 
 
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 He is a Miwtor Mason, and a mcm)>ur ami elder of tlie Union Presbyterian churcli, being in 
 1879, a delegate to the Synod at Montreal. He is a nmn of solid worth. 
 
 On tlie 3rd of June 1808, Miss Marin Eliza Powell, of Madrid, N. Y., was joined in mar- 
 riage with Mr. Frost, and they have no children. Mi-s. Frost is a woman of literary and artistic 
 taste, and fine culture. 
 
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 JOHN 13ELL, Q.C., 
 
 liELLKVILLK. 
 
 TOHN BELL, solicitor for the Grand Tnuik railway company for nearly thirty years, and 
 ^ one of the oldest lawyers in Central Ontario, is a native of the county of Tyrone, Ireland, 
 and was Ixirn in Stral»an, June 10, 1823. His father, Robert Bell, was a linen manufacturer, of 
 Scotch-Irish descent, like the people generally in the north of Ireland ; and his mother, befoiv 
 her nuirriage, was Catherine Wallace, whose father was Scotch. Before our subject was a year 
 oM, the family e:nigrated to the Unitetl States, and spent nine years in the city of New York, 
 where the son laid the foundation of his education in the so-calkil Kidder's aea>lemy. 
 
 In 1833, there being a witle-spead and great depression of the cottun manufacturing busi- 
 ness, IloWrt Bell removed to Kemptviilo, then in tlie Johnstown district, now in the county of 
 Orenville, and there settled on land in the dense forest, one mile from any opening. Tliere our 
 subject had a tirst-dass opportunity for developing his nniscle by liard work, he aiding with 
 the axe, to clear nearly a hundred acres, with little opportunity, meantime, to strengthen liis 
 mental faculties by suitalile nimrishment — a gieat trial, no <loubt, for his subsequent history 
 shows that he must have yearned for knowledge. 
 
 At eighteen years of age he entered the grammar school at the village of Kemptville, and, 
 after pui-suing his studies there for some time, entereil Victoria College, at Cobourg, where he 
 studied between one and two years, then entered at Toronto trie law otfioe of Chief Justice 
 Hagarty and Hon. John Crawford, sinee deeea.sed. His articles expiroil in 1840; he imme- 
 diately commenced the practice of his [irofession at Belleville, in eoiiipaiiy with the Hon. John 
 Ross, then a member of the Legislative Council, and afterwards Attorney -General, kc, of the 
 Province of Canada. Tliry were in coinpaii}' until 1H.')2, when Mi. Ross, since decea.sed, became 
 president of the Grand Trunk railway company, and on the 2nil of October of the same year, 
 Mr. Bell was appointetl solicitor of that company, a position which he still holds. He has also 
 been for a long time solicitor for the county of Hastings, and for the Bank of Montreal for a 
 longer period ; and is likewise solicit<ir for the Merchants' Bunk, ami one or two other insti- 
 tutions. He was created a Queen's Counsel in ISOG. 
 
 Mr. Bell has never steoil for a civil or |)olitical olHce, but has made his profession his 
 
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 exclusive business, giving to it his closest studies and his best energies ; hence his high standing. 
 We have heard him called a " born lawyer." He is in love with his work, and pursuing it 
 energetically; has very clear perceptions, a sound judgment, and unquestioned integrity, and is 
 one of the safest counseloi-s in Ontario, On railway law we know no higher authority, and he 
 occupies a recognized place in the front rank of his profession. 
 
 He has been master of the Moira Lodge (Belleville) Freemasons, and is a royal arch ; is also 
 a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, and chairman of its board of trustees. 
 
 On the 1st of August, 1853, Mr. Bell became the husband of Helen Maria, daughter of 
 John Tumbull, one of the oldest settlers in Belleville, and she had eight children, six of them 
 still living. She died on the 28th of June, 1879. She wa.s a very aH'ectionate wife and mother, 
 a zealous christian worker, foremost in " labors of love," and her demise created a vacuum in 
 the benevolent circles of this city. An associate of hers in christian and charitable work, speaks 
 of her " aj con.stant in her friend.ships, unassuming in her manners, a model wife and mother, 
 and a good Samaritan." She was deeply attached to tiie church of her father (Presbyterian), of 
 which .she wtis long a consist^^nt member. 
 
 AVILLIAM II. R. ALLISON, 
 
 rirrox. 
 
 "TTTILLIAM HENRY RK'HEY ALLISON, a prominent banister in the co\inty of Prince 
 " ' Edward, and surrogate .ju<lge of the Maritime Court of Ontario, was born near 
 Brockville, on April 17, 18.30. His fatlier, Rev. Cyrus R. AUi.son, a noted W jsleyan minister, 
 was also a native of this Province, preached for many years in the vicinity of the Bay of 
 Quintd, and died at Picton, in 1809. The mother of our suliject was Eve Hoover, also a native 
 of Ontario, and the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist. Slie is still living. 
 
 Mr. Allison was educated at Victoria College, Cobourg; studied law with Philip Low, Q.C., 
 of Picton; was called to tlie Bar at Michaelmas term, 1804, and from that date has been in 
 constjint practice in this town. He does business in all tlu; courts, and his standing is secon<l to 
 that of no lawyer in the county. He is well read ; pre|)ares his case with great care; is painstaking 
 in all his legal work, and has great influence with a jury, being clear, argumentative, forcible and 
 persua.sive. His success at the Bar has l)een (juite note-worthy. 
 
 Mr, Allison wiis in the town comieil many years; was one of the first directors of the 
 Prince Edward railway, which was opened from Picton to Trenton in 1879 ; is one of the 
 trustees of the public schools, and was appointed a surrogate judge of the Maritime Court of 
 Ontario in 1879. 
 
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 His political proclivities are to the Reform side, and at times, during an animated canvass he 
 has done " yeoman's service" for his party on the " stump." 
 
 lie is an Odd Fellow, U'ing a member of the Grand Lodge of Ontario; and is also a 
 member of the Methodist church of Canada. 
 
 In September, 1801, Mr. Allison was iniiti d in marriage with Miss Anna M., daughter of 
 John P. Roblin, deceased, late registrar of Princo Edward coimty, and foi- many years a meniln-r 
 of Parlian>ent, and they have one son, Malcolm Roblin, who is puinuing his studies in the local 
 schools. 
 
 The father-in-law of our subject mentioned above, was one of those bold spirits who fought 
 the battle for " Responsible Government " in Parliament, and broke up the so-called " Family 
 Compact." His memory is cherished very sacredly in Picton and the county of Prince Eilward. 
 
 ■\VILLlA3it :MOSTY>f, M.D., 
 
 AUIONTK. 
 
 % ITILLIAM MOSTYN, late membci- of the Ontario parliament, and tiie oldest and loading 
 physician and surgeon in Almonte, is of Welsli descent, the family moving into the 
 comity of Ro.scommon, Ireland, a little more than two centuries ago, and liccoming large landol 
 proprietors. Our subject is a son of Thomas and Margaret (Murray) Mostyn, and was burn a' 
 KIphin, in the county of Ro.scommon, on the 'ith of June, l.S3(J. Before he was a year old, the 
 family emigrated to Canada, and .settled in Kingston, win if he was eilueatcd in the grammar 
 school and the univei-sity of (Jueen's Colicgf, receiving the degree of dottorof medicine in 1>S.'>.S. 
 He has held a fellowship iu that univei-sity. 
 
 Dr. Mostyn conunenced the practice of his profession at Almonte soon after receiving his 
 diploma, and has continued it up to date, having an e.xtensivr ride and doing a lucrative busi- 
 ness. His rejiutation in all branches of the healing art stands well. He is surgeon of the \i<\ 
 battalion of volunteer infantry; representeil Rideau and Hathurst division in the Ontario medi* 
 cal council from 18(iO to 1S72 ; was the first reeve of Almonte (IS71), resigning after holding 
 that office for three terms; has U'en a trustee of ilie local school boanl for si.\teen or .seventeen 
 years, and is now its chairman; represented the riiliny of Noith l^anark in the third Ontario 
 parliament, and is the author of the game law of liS78, and took a prominent part in all agri- 
 cultural matters brought before the House. He is a Conservative in jiolitics; in religion, a 
 churchman. 
 
 The Doctor has been president of the North Lanark agricultural society sli.ee 18U7; takes 
 a deep interest in matters pertaining to that society, and lias done, and is doing, much to eiicou- 
 
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 rngo the improvement of the soil an*', of farming stock. He is noted for his public spirit in 
 enterprises generally, and belongs to the progressive class. 
 
 Dr. Mostyn holds a high position in freemasonry, having been deputy district grand master 
 for the Ottawa district in the grand lodge of Canada. 
 
 A writer in the Canadian Illustrated News for January 4, 1379, states that Dr. Mostyn, 
 " like most old countrymen, is a great admirer of athletic and field sports ; that he is president 
 of the Mississippi curling club of Almonte, and has l)een the donor of several medals for conjpc- 
 tition." The same writer facetiously adds : " the ladies may be interested in learning that the 
 worthy doctor is one of two surviving members of tlie Anti -Connubial Club — the only blivck 
 mark against him." 
 
 The doctor is well posted on general as well as professional and ix)litical subjects, is a ready 
 and easy converser, and can carry his i)art well in the social circle. 
 
 WILT JAM M<GILL, M.D., 
 
 OSIIAH'A. 
 rriHE life history of William Mctiill, while in many respects very like that of many othei-s, 
 
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 is yet marked by a resolute determination, and will power that entitles it to a most careful 
 
 consideration. He is a native of Glasgow, Set)tland, and wa.s born December 20, 1814. His 
 father, George McGiil, was a jeweler and wateh-maker in the old country, emigrating to Upper 
 Canada when William was a youth, and settling on a farm in the township of Whitby, near 
 where Oshawa now stands. The iiiotlier of our subject, before her marriage, was Elizabeth Ditk, 
 
 Dr. MeGill was educated in English at the graiiiniar schoo' at Oshawa, and in the classics 
 privately b)- the Rev. Dr. Thornton, of tliis town ; stutlied mediiine partly in Canada and partly 
 in the United States, conimeneing with Dr. tJeorge II. Low in 183.'); attendetl two eoui-ses of 
 lectures at Wiliinghly medical college, Ohio, 18*J7-183!> ; received the degree of M.D. at McGill 
 medical college in 184S (after practising six or seven years), and subsetjuently attended Mott's 
 meilical school. New York city. Thirty yeai-s ago, very few physicians and surgeons in this pai t 
 of the Province received so thoniugh a jtrofe-ssional education as Dr. McGill ; and his aciiuire- 
 nients, experience and skill, placed hiui in the front rnnk of his profession. In surgery he 
 excels. He lias practised in Osluiwa since 1841. At one period he represented " King's and 
 Queen's " in the medical council of the college of physicians and surgeons of Ontario. 
 
 Dr. McCJill was a member of the first Ontario legislature — 18G7-1871 — and has held a few 
 local orticcs, such as wei-e forced upon him ; but has kept as much as possible out of everything 
 that would interfere with his medical pursuit and studies. Evidently his belief is that the way 
 to success in anything is to stick to it. Ho owes his high standing in his profession to his 
 
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 studious habits, and his disposition to plod and |)ersevere, he being a groat reader and thinker, 
 as well as experimonter. Ho is small in stature and large in mind— a very intelligent man on 
 general 8ubj»>ct8, making no display of his knowledge, yet an interesting converser. 
 
 The Doctor is a member of the Disciple church, an elder of the same, and is regardetl as a 
 man of marked purity of character. He has long been a Bible student, and not unfrocpiently 
 supplies the pulpit on Sunday. 
 
 In 1848, Miss Julia Ann Bates, daughter of Jan)(\s Bates, one of the early .settlers in Darlington, 
 was joineil in matrimony with Dr. McUill, and .she died Decoml)cr 22, 18(16; they had four 
 children, and three of them are still living. Louisa, the elder daughter, is the wife of Joseph 
 H. McClelland, of Liverpool, township of Pickering ; Solomon (J. is a law student, and Christina 
 Victoria is with her father. 
 
 THOMAS II. WRIGHT, 
 
 SANDWICH. 
 
 rpHOMAS HENRY WRIGHT, treasurer of Hwx county, was born .in Colchester, in the 
 -*- same county, and in the Province of Ontario, on the l!Hh of July, 181G. His father, 
 Henry Wright, was a native of Pennsylvania, was iKtrn in 178(t, and was the third son in a 
 family of eight children. He came with his father's family by land route to Detroit, in 1790, 
 and crossed thence into Canada. There being no roads or settlements foi- most of the distance 
 at that time, the goods and jiei-sons of the family were carried on the backs of pack horses. 
 The family is of ancient origin. His paternal grantlfathor was a nivtive of Kent county, Eng- 
 land ; and his paternal gi-andniother, though a native of Peim.sylvania, was of German descent, 
 from a family named Klingei-smith. 
 
 Thomas H. Wright was educated in Colchester, Ontario, and at the high school in Sand- 
 wich. His course of instruction included the Engli.sh branches, the mathematics, and those 
 studies wiiich were calculated to best tpialify him foi' the work of land surveyor and civil 
 engineer. One of his first duties on leaving .school was to accomi>any Colonel Johnson, in a pre- 
 liminary survey of the route for the Southern Railroad, from Fort Erie to Sandwich, which took 
 place in 1830. He had l>een accustomed to work on the fari.i in summers and to attend school 
 in winter ; and this life, as in other like ca.ses, had not cmly developed habits of industry, but 
 had served to develop the l>ent of his taste, which was stmngly mathematical and meehanical. 
 After his first trial with Colonel Johnson, ho was employed in the surveys under Captain Wil- 
 kinson, of Sandwich, and continued in the work until the rek'llion broke out in 1837. 
 
 Mr. Wright volunteered as third officer in a troop of cavalry, under Captain Wilkinson as 
 first oHicer, in the work of putting down the rebellion and repelling the invaders. He partici- 
 
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 pated in the struggle in wliich the schooner "Ann" wa;) taken at Ainhci-stburg, and in driving 
 the rebels from Bois Blanc Island. 
 
 Mr. Wright retmncd to the farm in Colchester in the fall of 1842, and until 184G ho con- 
 tinued the pui-suit^ of agriculture with the management of a country store. Ho then removed his 
 goods to Amherstburg, where ho erected a steam grist-mill, which he carried on until 1853, 
 when he sold out. B»\t his services as engineer and surveyor were still in requisition, and up 
 to the year 1859, they were commanded by the Groat Western Railway and its branches, or 
 the Southern Railway. Mr. Wright then set out on an expedition on the steamer " Plough 
 Boy," to open a new route on the north shore of Lake Huron and Superior, in connection with 
 the Northern Railway, carrying the first mails sent to the Red River country, now Manitoba. 
 
 With a capacity for civil service, and commanding the contidenco of all classes of citizens, 
 Mr. Wright has seldom been found out of official i^sition. In 1839 and 1841, ho discharged 
 the d\ities of the Commis.sariat. In 18(i2 he was appointed county treasurer for the Essex 
 county, and he has held the office continually fi-oin that time to the present. 
 
 iMr. Wright has held a membership in the Masonic Society since 1848. In politics, ho 
 Wlongs to the Tory, or Lil)eral-Coiiservative jmrty. In religion, he is warmly attached to tho 
 Protestant Episcopal Church, having been a member from infancy. 
 
 Mr. Wright was married in 18(53, to Miss Euphemia Sampson Bell, daughter of Thomas 
 Bell Esq., of the Military Engineer Department, Toronto. 
 
 Mr. Wright is tall in figure, and has a well developed, muscular frame. He is of a nuldand 
 benignant cast of countenance, which, added to a pleasing address and tine social «iualities, 
 gieatly contributes to hi:i popularity with all classes. No one ever questions his personal inte- 
 grity, or his fidelity in the discharge of the duties with which he is entrusted. He i-epre.sents 
 a class of citizens, all too few in number, and who are therefore the more deserving of honor- 
 able mention and enduring record — the class distinguished by honor unsullied, ami a true 
 manhood. 
 
 IIOX. ROBERT LYOX, 
 
 OTTAWA. 
 
 E(^BERT LYON, one of the judges for the county of Curleton, born July (5, 1820, is a son 
 of the late George Lyon, a native of Seotlaml, an officer in the British army, and one of 
 the founilers of the town of Richmond, which was named for the duke of Riclnnond, then 
 Governor-General of Upper Canada. It was made a military settlement, and Mr. Lyon cut the 
 first tree there when it was deeidetl to start a town. That was a few years lM>fore the birth of 
 our subject, who was educated in the common schools of the vilhvge of Richmond, and in the 
 
TBE CANADIAN BIOGRAPmCAL DICTlONAliY. 
 
 749 
 
 >urg, ami in driving 
 
 until 184G ho con- 
 Ho tlicn removed Ins 
 rried on until 1853, 
 
 equisition, and up 
 .nd its brandies, or 
 steamer "Plough 
 
 in connection with 
 }', now Manitoba. 
 
 classes of citizens, 
 841, he discharged 
 ircr for the Essex 
 
 tS. In politics, ho 
 ly aitached to tho 
 
 luightev of Thomas 
 
 He is of a niildand 
 lie soi'ial (pialities, 
 his personal inte- 
 d. He ivpivsents 
 "serving of honor- 
 dlied, and n true 
 
 <i, 1X2!), is a son 
 nriny, and one of 
 Richmond, then 
 Hr. Lyon cut the 
 fore the birth of 
 lond, and in the 
 
 classics, preparatory to legal studios, at Montreal. He read law four years with his brother, 
 Georgo Byron Lyon, at Ottawa, and one year at Toronto, with tho lato lieutenant-governor, 
 John Crawford, and John Hagiirty, now chief justice of tho Queen's Bench ; was atlmitted at 
 Toronto in 1851, a.s an attorney, and in 1S53 as a barrister. 
 
 Mr, Lyon was elected mayor of the city of Ottawa in 1«G7, being aldernuin at the same 
 time, and represented the county of Carleton in tho fii-st Parliament after tho Confederation 
 (1867), serving the four sessions. 
 
 Ho went on the Bench in 1873. Ho is a well-read lawyer, and on the Bench is impartial, 
 cool, dignitied and popular. 
 
 Judge Lyon is a member of the mnsonic fraternity, though rarely, we believe, attending 
 the meetings of tho order. At one time, several years ago, he held tho office of district 
 deputy grand master. 
 
 He is a member of the Giurch of England, and finds nothing in " law," so far as we can 
 learn, to conflict with the " prophets." 
 
 May 25, 18G5, Mary Ann, daughter of the lato Archibald Foster, of Ottawa, became tho 
 wife of Judge Lyon, and they have had five children, and lost one of them in infancy. Tho 
 other four are living'. 
 
 WILLIAM BAN^EEMAN, M.l»., 
 
 liESFRK)\'. 
 
 THE subject of this notice, tho member of Parliament for South Renfrew, is of full Scotch 
 blood on both sides of tho family, being a son of Thomas and Barbara (McCoy) Banner- 
 man, and born in the parish of Kildonan, Sutherlandsbire, Scotland, on the 5th of November, 
 1841. His father was a seafaring man, and after the son had received a fair diill in a i>arisli 
 school, he served an apprenticeship at tho same business. 
 
 Not caring to continue this precarious aquatic life any longer, in the autumn of 1857, our 
 subject came to Canada West, and for seven yeai-s was in a general store owned by his maternal 
 uncle, William McCoy, in the township of McNab, county of Renfrew, which part of tho country 
 has been his homo from that date. 
 
 Since 18(55 Mr. Bannerman has been in tho lumbering business for himself, with head- 
 quarters at Renfrew village, having an extensive trade most of the time until 187!), when, there 
 being a gi-eat depression in the lumber market, he temporarily suspended the manufacture of 
 this article. 
 
 Mr. Bannerman was reeve of tho township of McNab for three years ; in the autumn of 
 1878 was elected to tho House of Commons, and at tho time of writing this sketch is attending 
 
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 TUB CANADIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 tho second session of the Parliament, AvTiich was opened on tlie 13th of February, 1879. His 
 seat is on the rijrht, he being a Liberal Conservative, and he is rarely out of it during tho whole 
 session, Iwing very attentive to business. 
 
 Mr. Bitnnerman is a Royal Arch Mason and an Odd Follow ; an adherent of the Presby- 
 terian church, and a substantial citizen of his riding. 
 
 In 18C7 he married Miss Isabella Campbell of Egansville, county of Renfrew, and a native 
 of Breadalbaue, county of Glengarry, Ontario. They have one child living, and lost one wliile 
 (juite young. 
 
 PETER WniTE, M.P., 
 
 PEMBROKE. 
 
 "T)^TER WHITE, son of Peter White, senior, was born at Pembroke, county of Renfrew, on 
 -L the 30th of August, 183iS. His father was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, bom Decem- 
 ber 81, 179-t ; at fourteen years of age went to sea, and during the war with tho United States, 
 in 1812-'14, was on a Britisli vessel, fighting on the American lakes, remaining connected with 
 the service until the close of that contest, and then concluding to make his home in this country. 
 He commenced hunlKring on the Ottawa river, lielow where Pembroke now stands, and in 
 1828 moved to this place and became the founder of the town. He brought his family in a 
 canoe from Byt^jwn, now Ottawa city, a distance of 100 miles, tho trip occupying fourteen 
 days. It is now made in less than half as many hours. He was instrumental in getting the 
 fii-st minister and the first school teacher to Pembroke ; was for miiny years a member of the 
 town council, was hmg connected with the militia, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel 
 of the North Renfrew division. 
 
 He married Miss Cecilia Thomson, of Napcan, ami had ten children, four of whom are yet 
 living. He died on the (Jth of August, 1878, greatly lamented. He may bo called the father 
 of Pembroke, which was originally named Miramichi, and his memory is fondly cherished by 
 all who knew him. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, tho fourth son of Peter White, senior, received such mental 
 training as an ordinary country scho(jl could funiish, up to eleven years of age, he supplement* 
 ing it, in subsecjuent years, by acting as bis own teacher. 
 
 Born and reared in a lumber town, Mr. White early took to that business, and has always 
 followed it. He is of the firm of A. and P. White, his partner being his older brother, Andrew 
 T. White. They are both enterprising men, and during the la.st decade have averaged about 
 ?120,()(M> a year. They have also a farm of three hundred acres, which they own together, and 
 Andrew T. White gives considerable attention to the breeding of short horn cattle. 
 
ftlE CANADIAN lilOGRAPniCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 751 
 
 ibrunry, 1879. His 
 it during tlio whole 
 
 «nt of the J'resby- 
 
 ifrew, and a native 
 and lost one while 
 
 ity of Renfrew, on 
 
 and, lM)m Decem- 
 
 ;he United States, 
 
 ig connected with 
 
 le in this country, 
 
 stands, and in 
 
 his family in a 
 
 upying fourteen 
 
 al in getting the 
 
 member of the 
 
 utenant-Colonel 
 
 whom are yet 
 died tlio fatlier 
 y cherished by 
 
 d such mental 
 10 supplement- 
 
 .nd has always 
 
 )thcr, Andrew 
 
 veraged about 
 
 t(^gethor, and 
 
 
 Our subject was in tlio county council of Renfrew from l«7()to 1875 ; wa« an unsuccess- 
 ful candidate for a seat in Parliament, for the riding of North Renfrew, in 1872, and in 
 November 1873 ; sat for his present seat from the general election, in 187-1', until the 14th of 
 September that year, when he was unseated on petition ; was returned once more on the 2 1st 
 of January, 1870, on the sitting member being unseated, and again in September, 1878. 
 
 He is a Liberal Conservative, and a steady and firm supjiorter of the Macdonald Adminis- 
 tration. In religion he is an adherent of the Free Presbyterian church. 
 
 The wife of Mr. White was Miss Janet Thompson, of Ottawa, they lieing united in mairiage 
 in December, 1877, and have two children. 
 
 HON. raOxMAS MOSS, 
 
 TOliONrO. 
 
 HON. THOMAS MOSS, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of Ontario, is the eldest son 
 of the late John Moss, Esq., of Toronto, and was born in Coboiirg, this Province, Aug. '20, 
 183G. He was educated at the Toronto academy. Upper ('anada college, and at the Toronto 
 university ; at the latter institution he was goKl medalist in classics, mathematics and modem 
 languages, and graduated M.A. in 18.59. In 1800, on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of 
 Wales, he was presented to His Royal Highness as the most distinguished alumnus of the 
 university. Studied law with Hector Cameron, Q.C., and Hon. Adam Crooks (now Minister of 
 Education), and was called to the Bar in Michaelmas term, 18G1 ; elected a Bencher of the Law 
 Society in 1871, and was afterwards its examiner in e(iuity law ; created a Queen's Counsel in 
 1S72; for several yeai-s he practised in partnership with the late Hon. Chief Justice Harrison 
 the present Justice Osier, Mr. Chas. Moss and others, the tirm being known by the name of 
 Harrison, Osier and Moss. Perhaps the best compliment that can be paid to the legal ability 
 of the firm is to simply mention that the three principal members were all elevated to the 
 Bench ; was a member of the Law Reform commission, appointed by the Ontario government, 
 in January, 1872, to empiire into the expediency of amalgamating the courts of common law 
 and chancery. In 1872, Mr, Moss declined the vice-chancellorship of the Court of Chancery. 
 Sat for West Toronto in the House of Commons from December, 1873, up to October 8, 1875, 
 when ho accepted the appointment of Justice of the Court of Error and Appeal ; November, 
 1877, he was promoted to his present position to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the 
 late Hon. W. H. Draper, elsewhere mentioned in this volume. In 1874, Judge Moss was elected 
 vice-chancellor of the university of Toronto, of which institution he had been registrar for some 
 years previously. 
 
75t 
 
 THE CANADIAN mOGItAPUICAL DICTIONARV. 
 
 Morgan's Lecfal Directory (1M7S), to which we are iiulchted for thi- fact« here given, aUo 
 says that : 
 
 " Since his elevation to the Bench, Judge Moss lias tried many caMes of great public 
 intereHt ; notably the cnsc of Wni. Henry Smith for the murder of Ralph Siwnce Finlay, at 
 Lambton fall assi/A^s in 1875 ; of Michael McCunnell for the murder of Nelxon Mills at the 
 Wontworth spring assizcH in 1870 ; of Wni. Ward for the murder of his wife at the Brampton 
 spring assizes in 1870 ; and of Mrs. Fradette for the murder of her husband at the Belleville 
 fall assizes same year. All of these jMirties were convicted, with the exception of Mre. Fradette, 
 who was acquitted." 
 
 In July, 1803, Judge Moss was married to Amy, eldest daughter of the late Justice Sullivan, 
 of Toivnto. 
 
 HON. PETER GOW, 
 
 GVKIA'll. 
 
 ONE of the most prominent men in Ouelph, is Peter Gow, many years a memlwr of the 
 Ontario Parliament, at one time in the Provincial Ministry, and now sherifi of the 
 county of Wellington. He is a native of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, a son of John 
 Oow, l)Oot and shoe manufacturer, and wns born Novendier 20, 1818. The Oows are an old 
 Perthshire family. The niother of our subject was Agnes Ferguson, a native of Argyleshire. 
 He was educated at a private school, and afterwards o-ssisted in his father's business until his 
 departure for Canatla. 
 
 In 1842 Mr. Oow left the old country, hoping to find a less crowded field for enterprise in 
 Canada ; he halted between one and two years in Brockvillc, and in 1844 settled in Ouelph, 
 here building a tannery, keeping a leather store, and buying as well as manufacturing leather, 
 dealing largely in the article imtil 18G8, when he retired from business. 
 
 More than twenty yeare ago he built a woollen mill, and a few years later an oatmeal 
 mill, lioth on the Singed river, and run by the same power with the tauneiy. These manu- 
 factories he still owns and lea.ses. He has been eminently successful in his several busi- 
 ness enterprises, and while placing himself in comfortable circumstances, has done much to 
 augment the capital and growth of the newly made city of tJuelph, of which he may well bo 
 called one of the fosterers and fathers. In its humbler days, when it was known as a town, he 
 sat for a dozen yearn or more in its nmnieipal council, and that of the county, being Chief Magis 
 trate two of those years. At the end of his last year of service in that capacity, he was pre- 
 sented by his fellow-members with the following memorial : 
 
 At the expiration of your second term of office, the members of the town council cannot permit their 
 
 official connection with you to Cease, witliout an expression of their sentiments, and a memorial of their regard. 
 
 This we do with feelings of no ordinary nature, characterized, as tiiat connection with ourselves, as . mayor 
 
 uf the corporation for the last two years, has always been witFi mutual confidence and esteem, whilst at the 
 
here given, also 
 
 of groat public 
 K-nco Finlay, at 
 son Mills at tlio 
 t tlio Brampton 
 at the Belleville 
 of Mra. Fratlette, 
 
 Justice Sullivan, 
 
 a nieml)er of the 
 ow sheriff of the 
 1(1, a son of John 
 ) Gows are an old 
 ve of Argyleshire. 
 business until his 
 
 1 for enterprise in 
 settled in Guelph, 
 Litacturing leather. 
 
 h 
 
 
 i later an oatmeal 
 Diy. These manu- 
 1 his several busi- 
 has done much to 
 ich he may well be 
 nown as a town, he 
 , being Chief Magis 
 pacity, he was pre- 
 
 / y- 
 
 jil cannot permit their 
 smorial of their regard, 
 ith ounselves, as mayor 
 A esteem, whilst at the 
 
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 who wa.'* acUiiiite<i ' . , ▼ • i.- n- .„,, 
 
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 HON. T'KTKU OOW, 
 
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 r" 
 
ht're given, also 
 
 of great public 
 t-nee Fiula\', at 
 .in Mills at the 
 . tlio Biumpton 
 (it the BvUevillo 
 )f Mrs, KnuK'tte, 
 
 Tusilco Sullivan. 
 
 I. mouilMT (if thiT 
 w sht'iill t)f tho 
 1, a son of Ji'liii 
 • Jowsaro an oil 
 I of AnjiyK'f^hlri'. 
 nsir.i'S^ until his 
 
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THE CANADIAN niOGHArillCAL DICTIONAUY. 
 
 l'^r^ 
 
 aame time, your courtesy ami efticient dis'^hargo of tlio important duties of your offico have Iwon approved of by 
 the people of the municipality. 
 
 Although about to soparato with sentiPienta of the nature expressed, yet there also reniaiiis the agreeable 
 retlecti(m that the talents and <iunlitieR which h;ivo so conlialiy coinmondod thouisulvos to our consiileratiou 
 are about to be xercised in a sphere of mure enliirgud iinportanco in the Logislaturc nf the I'roviiioc. 
 
 And now \ it tendering to ynu a kindly and curdiiii leave-taking, we pray you to accept of the accnui- 
 panying Service of IMate, not iw a remuneration of your services, but merely as a slight acknowledgment of 
 their value and of our hearty good-will toward yourself. 
 
 Hbnrv Wm. Petkrson, Depuhj-Rene. 
 U(>i:krt Mki,vin, li,,tv.. 
 KiriiAKi) MlTciiKLi,, Di-i»ilijl{five. 
 Jn(». Hakvrv. 
 WiixivM Da v. 
 
 Coi'Nrii, Chamiibii, (ii'KLi'ii, .lanuary 20th, A. !>., KH('*. 
 
 Al.KXANHKH TllOMI'SON. TllOMA.S SWKHS. 
 
 I'. Mc'C'iNv. .Iamks Massik. 
 
 F. W. (lAI.IUUITII. FllKI). .). C'llAhWICK. 
 
 T. A. HK^'^•r.RNA^f. Tuomas Holi.idav. 
 
 (iKoiiciK S. IIkuoh. 
 
 Probal'ly iki city of the youiif^er i'lii>s in diitariis is moic inosjM'riuis tliim tliis, ami it o\V( s 
 its growth and thrift iari,'('iy to a few sui-h stirriiii,' iiion as Sliciitl'CJow, to wiiicli ollicc iio was 
 ap|ioiiit('(l in Novonilier INTO. 
 
 ffo rcprcsciiti'd 8011th WeiIin;,'ton in tlif tirst Ontario Pariianioiit, isOT-l^TI ; was iv- 
 ok'ctoil hy acclamation; hocaino Provincial SiiLictary in tin- IJlakc Adiiiiiiistratioii, in 1^71; 
 wa.s again olccti'd by acchimation ; rctiivd with Mr. Hlalvo from tliat Ministry at tlic ond of the 
 following year, hut remained in Parliament, and was ro-clcctcd a third time hy acclamation in 
 187") ; retiring the next year on accejiting th(^ slirievalty of the county. His politics are 
 Reform. 
 
 yheriff Oow is a member of Chalmers' Presbyterian churdi, and has been for .several 
 years chairman of the board of managers. 
 
 Ill' marrieil in 18.")7, Mary iMaxweli Smith, of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, by whom he 
 ha.s nine sons anil one daujfhter liviiiif. 
 
 uoN. gk()H{;k iuiown. 
 
 roh'oxTo. 
 
 /^ EOIIOK BIIOWN, Senator, managing iliivctor of the (ll,>iir Printing and Publishing (Jom- 
 ^-^ pany, and one of the most prominent and influential citizens of (.'miada, is a native of 
 Kdinburgli, Scotland, where he was born on the "-'i*th of November, ISbS. His father was Peter 
 Hrown, merchant, of Edii\burgh, but later connected with the newspaper publishing buKnuvss in 
 New York and Toronto, and liis mother was the oidy daughter of Oeorge Mackenzie, Ksip, of 
 Stornoway, Lsle of Lewis. He was educated at the Kdinbingh high scliool and afterwards spent 
 a few years in liondon. In iMStS he accompanied his father to New York, where tlnv 
 
 84 
 
756 
 
 THE CAXADIAS lUOGKAl'lllCAL DlCTlOXAlty. 
 
 engaged in tlic naiciintile liusimss. IVter Brown was a man of intelligence and nuieli general 
 iuformntion, and in 1842 lie eoninicnced tlie publication of a weekly paper called the i?(//(Wt 
 Chivu'ult'. This paper he edited for about eighteen months, at the end of which time ho 
 brought his family to Toronto, being induced to come hither to establish an organ to represent 
 the Free Church party. Soon after his arrival the Toronto /Aenfnc, an independent paper of 
 liberal Presbyterian views, was started, Mr. Brown, the elder, being editor, and the subject of tl is 
 sketch the proprietor. Before leaving New York the former published an able reply to Lester's 
 " Shame and Glory of England, " undi'i- the title of " Fame and Glory of Kngland Vindicated." 
 
 In ISH the Toronto Globe, then as now an organ of the Ref-irm party, was foumled, of 
 which Mr. George Brown at once became the political editor. It is almost inmeeessary to men- 
 tion the success of the (Jlohe newspajier under his management since. Its name is known an<I 
 influence felt throughout the Dominion, while abroad it is justly recognized as the representa- 
 tive of Canadian journalism. Through its widely ciicul.ited columns, Mr. Brown luis probably 
 exerted a greater iuHucnco on the growtli and development of his adopted country than any 
 other one man. In aildition to his journalistic and public iluties, ho has also interested himself 
 in agriculttirc and thoroughbred stock-raising at " Bow I'ark," his farm near Brantford, Ont. 
 In 1804 he founded the ('miinht Funncr, a wcikly journal devoted to the farming interests. 
 In 1849 he was appointed, with others, a cnmmissinner to investigate the alleged mismanage- 
 ment of the Provincial Penitentiary, and their report lnoiiglit about many changes for the 
 better in the conduct of that institutiim. He has always taken a warm interest in educational 
 affairs and has been a memljer of the Senate of Toronto I'niversity for several years. 
 
 The following brief epitome of Mr. Brown's active political career is an extract from a 
 recent number of the I'lirHiiiiiiiiliir;/ Ctrnpiiiiltni : 
 
 tt 
 
 " Wits fur many yuara lender n{ tlio Ut'fnrni party nf IpinT Caiwula, and as siicli called mi to fcinii a (iuvern- 
 nient for the late I'roviiice of Caiiaila, .\u<{n»t '.', |S,"(H, wliirli lie siu'wtvled in doiii^ in I'o-oiieratiun with the 
 Hon. A. A. (now Chief .lust iee) Uorion. ISffoie it w-.m possilile for the iiieiiilierM of liiM .AdiiiinistriUion to Im 
 re-elocted, the Houko of Asaeinhly passed a vote of wjuit of coiitideiue. lie coM»e(|iientIy deteniiined to dissolve 
 Parliaiuent, but the (Jovernor-Oeneral (Sir Kdiiniiid Head) refused toirraiit a difsoliitiipii, when Mr. Itrowii and 
 hiH colleagues resigned. He again entered the K.veeiitive i'oiireil, :'i()lh •lime, ISlit, ii£ a nieiiiher of the .\d- 
 niinistration formed to carry out the seheiiie of Confederation, lieing header of the Iteforiu section, then in ii 
 majority in the House, as Mr. Maedonald was leader of the Ontario Coimervatives, and Mr. Cartierof the 
 French Canndiiin Conservatives. >[r. Hiown had. in the session of IStU, olitained a select eniiimittee to iii<|uii'e 
 into and report upon such changes in the eoiistitntion :is inijilil satisfy the just expectations of Western Canada. 
 The committee reported in favor of a Federal system, .•<iich as was afterwards estalilished. He resigned lilst of 
 December, 181)5, after the Confederation scheme was arranged, thou';li the Imperial Act was not passed, owing 
 to his disapproval of the .>'Iicy of the (ioveriiiiient with reference to a Keciprocily Treaty with the I'liiled 
 States. Was a member of the Charlottetowii I iiioii Conference, IKIlt , of that at (.(iieliee in the same year, and 
 of the Confederate Council of the llritish North Anieriean ('oloiiies for the negotiation of commercial treaties, 
 that sat in the latter city, September, IHtM. Proceeded to Kngland as a ilelegate iii public business, in lK^i.^, 
 and to Washington, March, 1 874, on behalf of Canada, and the Kiiipire, as joint pleni|iotentiary, with Sir 
 Edward Thonitim to negotiate with the (ioverniiient of the I'niled States, a enmniercial treaty. He declined 
 tlio Lieut. -Uovernorship of Ontario, 1875. Sat for Kent in the Canadian .\sseiiibly, from the general election 
 
ttlE C.iS'.tOlAX litOGliAPtlUM, DlcnoSAUV. 
 
 7.'.7 
 
 1 nuich general 
 
 led the British 
 wh'wh time lio 
 
 n to represent 
 
 L'udent paper of 
 
 subject of tl is 
 
 eply to Lester's 
 
 I Viiulicateil." 
 was founded, of 
 icessary to nieii- 
 le is known and 
 
 the representa- 
 rt n hi»s probably 
 
 )untry tlinn any 
 iterested liiniself 
 
 Brantford, Out. 
 arniin},' interests, 
 ged niismanagc- 
 
 ehangos for tho 
 'st in eihicational 
 il years, 
 n e.xtraet from a 
 
 III tl) f I Hill II (ioverii- 
 ci-opcratidii with tlio 
 kilmiiiislnitiim to Im 
 jtiMiuiiieil til (liHacilvu 
 ilu'ii Mr. MrnwM nnil 
 i moiulKT of tlie Ail- 
 •111 gelation, tlit'ii ill a 
 1 Mr. C'artiiTof tliii 
 coiiiiiiitte<' to iiuiuire 
 1 I if Westorii Ciuiiiilii. 
 Mo rt'«i){iit'<l «l»t of 
 VIM not [iimst'il, owiiin 
 L'iily with tlio t'liiti'il 
 ill tho HHiiio your, ami 
 
 ooiiiiiioroiiii troatioH, 
 l)Uc liu«im'Hs,iii IKti.'i, 
 lilioteiitiHry, witli Sir 
 
 treaty, lie tleeliiiod 
 n til;' general oleotioii 
 
 Isfel to the general vleution, 1854 ; for Ijiiiiiliton from tho latter date to tho general election 1857, when ho waa 
 returned for North O.\ford and the city of Toronto (elected to wit for Toronto) ; for South Oxford, from 
 March, 18*>;t, until the rnioii. lie was an iiii.siicco.ssful candidate for Ilahliiuand, April, 1H51 ; for Toronto 
 East, at the general election in IHtit ; and for South Ontario, in the House of Commons at tho general ulectiuu 
 in 1807. lie wiw called to the Seiiatu December Hi, l87:i. 
 
 TiJOMAs 11. :m<kI':nzie, 
 
 JH .\J)AS. 
 
 A MOXCi tlie few men now livin;; in these jiarts wlio saw Hamilton and Dinulas fifty yeai-s 
 -^-*- iv^a, is Tliomas Howard MeKenzie, one ol' the best po.sted men on C'anadian liistory in tho 
 County of Wentworth. He may, witli propriety, be ealled a walking gazetteer of the comity; 
 Ills reeolleetion of dates as well as events being very I'li!! and aeeuiiite, and his nieiiiory seems to 
 be a thesaurus of almost everytliiiig whiih has oeeiiried in this part of the worltl for the last 
 half ceiitur}-. 
 
 Mr. MeKenzie is a nati\c of Foit (Jeurge, Iiivernes.-.-shiie, Scitland, a son of James ami 
 Margaret (IJarbour) M(d\enzic, and dates his birth August 12, Isl 1. His father was an ollieer in 
 the lloyal Aitilli'iy, and tho son was educated for the army. In \M0 he came to (Canada, and 
 settled at Hamilton, where he was employed as a eleik live years for the late Colin, Ferrie 
 and Co. \ little episiMle in his life (tecuned at this |ieiiod, he st.irting out with a 3'oimg num 
 and two Indian guides on an expedition to the I'aeilie coast. From .MaeUinac they proceeded' 
 north-westward, went up the livei Kamiiiislic|uia, and reaihing Rainy Lake, tliey fotuid the 
 Indians tighling and tlu' cholera laging, ami they lieat a retreat to .Mackinac and thenee back to 
 their starting |)oiiit. Manitoba was Just then no place fir pale faces to explore. 
 
 Two years before starting on this aiheiitiire (IMl^i, Mr. Midvenzie had been sent to J'reston 
 to establish business there for tlie tirm already nu'iitioued, where he purchased the propeity on 
 which the Uoon iiiiil was built umler his siipervision in lM;{."i. liecomiiig in the .sanu; year a 
 member of the tirm and remaining with these parties, stationed at I'leston, until IS+O. when 
 he settled in Dundas. 
 
 Here Mr. MeKenzie was in the mercantile business until iMti", dealing, meanwhile, lai'gely 
 in wool. He is said to be the first person who p.'iid cash for wool in U[i[)er Caiiadii, ami the 
 fii-st |ierson to ship conibing wool to the I'nited States, his lirst^nvoice being sent to tlie Sussex 
 Mills, .Nhiss., in 1.SI2. lie is still in tlie business, with hisotlice at llamiltoii since lM(i7, though 
 liis home remains in Dumlas. He usually ships to the I'nited States from :((K),(H)(,I to (>()(>,()()(> 
 pounds a year, but during the civil war he reached 1,-J()(M)()(), besides his Canadian trallic. For 
 two years he was also in the woollen manul'actining business at Hamburg, county of Waterloo. 
 
 In 1.S77 .Mr. .MeKenzie wi'iit to South .Africa, puichased about b">(),()()0 pounds of wool ; 
 
r58 
 
 TIIK CANADIAN RlOGltAVIllCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 went round the Cape and up the const of the Indian oeean, 1,100 miles, and during the trip 
 visited Madeira, Cape de Verd, St. Helena and other islands. 
 
 Lonr,' prior to this in 1851, he attended the tirst World's Exposition at London, and served, 
 among his other duties, on the Connnittee on Au.strian and Prussian hardware. At that exposi- 
 tion Dundas Idankets took the tirst prize, and they were afterwards pre.sented to the Queen. 
 
 The year after reaehing Canada Mr. J[eKenzie joined the Yohn»teei-s, and 183.5, there being 
 some trouMe between the Indians and 'he agent at an islimd in Lake Hinon, he went out with 
 a small military f(jree, but no blood was shed. He was in the rebellion from November, 1837, 
 t« June 1^38, liaving eoninuuid of a company, and was wounded in the arm ami leg at Pointo 
 a Pellde, and was in the battle at Gallow.s' Hill, back of Toronto After the rebellion he organ- 
 ized two or three battalions. He had a hand also in the "Trent aflair," 1S(!1, ami in the Fenian 
 Raid. He now holds the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Reserve Militia of VVentworth. 
 
 Mr. MeKenzie was in tlie town council of Dundas live years and mayor three, and he ha."? 
 been a magistrate since 18.S."). 
 
 The wife of Mr. McKcn/.ie ^tas Miss Sydney Siiiith, daughter of John Sydney Smith, of 
 liiighton, Kngland, a Surgeon of tlu' 10th Light Dragoons, who accompanied his regiment 
 throiiglKJWt the IVniiisula war. They were marri('(l January 3(1, 1840, and have five children 
 living, and have lost three. 
 
 When Mr. McKinzie came to Hamilton in 1830, the place had (!.')3 inhabitants, according 
 to the census taken that year. Jncluding the workmen on the Des Jardins Canal, Dundas was 
 a little larger then. He lias lived to see tiie cotmtiy till )ij). anil Hamilton expand into a city of 
 proiialily 3."),0()0 inhabitants, and enterprising men, like Mr. MeKenzie, have had a liberal share 
 in jiroducing this grand exhiltit of growth and jirosperity. 
 
 THOMAS C. KKKKEH, :Nr. Inst. C.K., C.M.CJ., 
 
 OTTA)yA 
 
 THOMAS CeH.TlUN KKKFKU. om; of the most siiccessful civil engineers, and public 
 writers in Canada, was born at Tlioroid, near the Falls of Niagara, on the 4th of November, 
 |N21. He is the grandson of a Inited Kmpire Loyalist, Cieorgc Kieffer, an Alsatian Huguenot, 
 who emigrated from Fiance, and settled in the Province of New Jersey, before tlie American 
 Resolution, where the father of the ('anadian family was Inrn a British subject, in 1773. The 
 r/(( /'///■(' lost his life and pioperty in the cause of the House of Hanover, and in 1700 George 
 Keefer, his son, came to Canada, wlicic he lived until 18.'i8. His .son Thomas was educated 
 at I'pper Canada college, 1833-1838, and in the latter year conmieneed the practice of his 
 profession on the Krie Canal. Returning to Cana<la he wa.s engaged uj)on tlie Welland 
 
1 during the trip 
 
 luloii, and served, 
 At that exposi- 
 to the Queen. 
 1835, there being 
 he went out with 
 November, 1837, 
 and leg at Pointe 
 L'bellion he organ- 
 and in the Fenian 
 »f Wetitworth. 
 three, and he has 
 
 Syihiey Smith, of 
 lied his regiment 
 lave five children 
 
 bitants, according 
 filial, Dundas was 
 )and into a city of 
 lad a liberal share 
 
 .0., 
 
 [ineers, and public 
 e 4th of November, 
 Usat'.an Hiiguenot, 
 fore the American 
 ject, in 1773. The 
 nd in 1700 George 
 mas was educated 
 the practice of ids 
 upon the Welland 
 
 TUf! CAS'ADrAX nlOGIiAPIltCAL DlCTtONAltY. 
 
 7.*f) 
 
 Canal, where he was the division engineer until 1845, when he was appointed chief engineer of 
 the Ottawa river works. After the successful completion of these works in 1848, the office was 
 alK)lished, and in 1849 he employed his forced leisure, first, in writing the " Philosophy of Rail- 
 roads," at the request of the president of the Montreal and Lachine railway company, and, 
 secondly, in winning Lord Elgin's prize for tiie best essay on "The InHueiice of the Canals of 
 Canada on her AgiicuHure." The "Philoso|)hy of Railways" was widely distributed and trans- 
 lated into French, and earned for its author the right to be considered the father of railways in 
 Canada, because its leading idea was, that, while the construction of railways couhl not be advo- 
 cated in Canada as a connnorcial speculation on account of the spai-sity of population, and com- 
 petition of water communication, yet they were indispensable in order to prevent a wholesale 
 emigration to the United States ; and they would be so indirectly profitable that it was the duty 
 of .the Government and the nninicipalities to aid to such an extent as would secure their con- 
 struction. 
 
 In 1850 Mr. Keefer re-entered the Govenunent service for a short time in connection with 
 the surveys for the navigation of the raj)ids of the St. Lawrence above Montreal, as well as of the 
 connection by rail or canal of tlie St. Lawrence and the St. John rivers, by the route of Lake 
 Temiscouata. The following winter he was .sent to lioston to a.s,sist the United States Consul, 
 Mr. Andrews, in his first report in relation to a Reciprocity Treaty with Canada. Two years 
 later he was called to New York by Mr. Andrews, who was then engaged with his .second 
 report. On the map prepared l>y Mr. Keefer for this rep.)rt, the air line, from St. Paul via Sault 
 Ste. Marie to Quebec, is laid down as .showing the value of ( "anadian routes to the north-western 
 States of the Union. Mr. Andrews' reiwrt bears acknowledgment, as well as evidence of Mr. 
 Keefer's laboi-s. The.se reports paved the way to the successful negotiation of the Reciprocity 
 Treaty in 1854. 
 
 In 1851 Mr. Keefer was appointed to make the preliminary surveys for the (Jrand Trunk 
 railway, and for the railway-bridge over the St. Lawrence at Montreal. As the winner of the 
 prize e.s.say, he was named by Lord Elgin, one of the Canadian conunissioners for the first Inter- 
 national Exhibition, at London, 1851, which he visited. In the .same year he gave evidence 
 before Parliament in favoi of the gauge of New York and New England as the proper one for 
 Canada, and his views in this respect have Iteen confirmed by the recent al)andonment of the 
 Canadian gauge. 
 
 In 1840 two eminent Ainericnn engineers liad repoiied up(jn the (piestion of bridging the 
 St. Lawrence at Montreal, where the winter displa\' of the power of ice is greatest, and lK)th 
 had .selected sites for draw-bridges in the wide water of the Laprairit; basin, above the city, 
 which would have required a veiy long superstructure, and have involved a considerable detoin- 
 to reach the Portland railway. They considered that any attempt Uy bridge at the narrower part 
 of the river near the city, would block the river so as to endanger both the bridge and the city. 
 
7fiO 
 
 TUE CAS'ADUy nlOGIi.'t'UlCAL VtcrtONADV. 
 
 In his report Mr. Keufer domoiistrateil that the ice jams were due to the unnecessnry lireiiilth of 
 the water- way, ami not only chose the narrower site at I'oint St. Charles, but proposed to shorten 
 the .superstructme by half a mile of solid embankment at each end, thus coiitining the current 
 to the dee|)er channel, and preventiny the j,m)undin}^ of the ice. >le also abolished the draw, by 
 raising the bridge over the navigable channel — approaching this with an a.scending grade 
 from either shore. The Victoria Bridge has been constructed upon the principles laid down in 
 Mr. Reefer's report, and, as twenty years' ex|)erience has proved, without risk to the city or to 
 the bridge. 
 
 In his prize essay on the canals of Canada, the author .showed that the interests of agri- 
 culture, commerce and manufactures were in.separable ; that our commercial interests, as carriers 
 by the St. Lawrence, wi>ulil make agricultural protection as unwise as it was unneces.sary, while 
 our long wintere and the necessity of providing diversified employment for those who would 
 not follow agriculture, reipiired the encouragement of such niaiuifactures as could thrive 
 amongst us. 
 
 Mr. Reefer was appointed engineer to the i[ontroal Harbor Coununiissioners in liSr>3, when 
 the connnissioners were engaged in deepi ning the cbaimel between Montreal and Quebec. He 
 reconunended an extension from It! feet, as proposed, to '10 feet dej)tli, as not only rciiuired, 
 but as relatively more economical ; the cost of plant and preparation being in many |ilaces 
 the chief item of expense. 
 
 Mr. Reefer has constructed water works for the cities of Montreal, Hamilton and Ottawa, 
 and has been consulted with respect to tho.se at Quebec, Toronto, Halifax, St. Catharines, Lon- 
 don, and Dartmouth (N. .S.) He has also tilled tht; ])ositiou of chief engineer to railways in 
 Upi)erand Lower Canad:i, and has been engaged in liiirbor and bridge engineering in several 
 provinces, ami largely as arliitrator, solely, or in e )Miuui'tioii with others, settling important 
 disputes on public works. 
 
 In 1801, he ailvocated the construction of an iuteiior line of railway from Lake Huron to 
 Quebec, chiefly for defensive purposes, and has, since the Fenian raids, urged the construction of 
 the Toronto and Ottawa railway for the same reason. He hasfre(iuently pointed out our help- 
 lessness (as manifested at the time of the Trent atl'air and Fenian raids) so long as we are de- 
 pendent on a single line of railway and that upon the frontier. In liS(J2, he was again ap- 
 pointed a commissioner to the International Kxhibilion at Luuilnn, and visited England in con- 
 nection with that duty. 
 
 Immediately after Canaila extinguisheil the claims of the Hudson Hay Company to the 
 great territory in the north-west, Mr. Reefer, in 180!*, commenced a series of letters in the pub- 
 lii; press, to prove that this step fairly connnitted us to a Canadian Pacific railway, — although 
 Coiifederation had not then extended to the PaciSe ocean. 
 
 In a series of nearly a dozen letters, he pointed out that the expenditure upon the Daw- 
 
siiry lnviulth of 
 )Osotl to slunti'ii 
 ling tlio cuiTont 
 m1 the draw, l>y 
 sconcing grade 
 PS laid down in 
 ;o tlie city or to 
 
 nterests of agri- 
 rests, aa cariiers 
 necessary, while 
 liose who would 
 IS could thrive 
 
 ■s in iMoS, when 
 
 lid Quebec. He 
 
 t only required, 
 
 ill iiiMiiy places 
 
 )ii iinil Ottawa, 
 itliariiu's, Lon- 
 t<) niiiways in 
 ring in several 
 
 tliiig important 
 
 Lake Huron to 
 construction of 
 d out our lielp- 
 g as we are dc- 
 o was again ap- 
 '^iigiand in con- 
 
 )nipany to the 
 ters in the pub- 
 way, — although 
 
 upon the Daw- 
 
 TUK CAXADIAX lilOailAVIllCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 701 
 
 son route couM never conijiete with the all rail itiute of the Northern I'acific railway froiu 
 Jhduth to the lied river — that a continuous railway from Supi'rior was indisjiensable for this 
 I)ur|)ose, but even this, he urged, would only be a sumiiuM' routi' and coulil not comiietc with the 
 all rail, all the year round route from the seaboard, vht Detroit and ('liicago. A continuous 
 railway, therefore, from the Ottawa to tlic Fertile IJolt would alone secure both trade and travel 
 to (Canada, and maintain our jurisdiction over the north-west. At Sault Ste. Marie and at the 
 Assiniboine, the ('ariadinn Pacific railway would connect with the American system, and so far 
 be international. 
 
 As the Dominion was not in a position to inidertake it as a jtublii- work, the enterprise 
 must depend upon the laiuls of the Fertile Belt. If these would not n^pay the cost, the road 
 was not worth building. The railway was the pro])er colonization road, and railway lands 
 would sell when and where free grant lands could not be given away without it, while the piir- 
 cha.sers of land were more desirable as settlers than a (innsi pauper emigration imported, at 
 the public expense, to colonize free grant lands. The piincifile of our assessment law is, tliat 
 the property bonetited shall pay the ta.\ ; llie lands, therefore, whether by the Governinent or a 
 company, .should be devoted to .secure the railway. There was a great juinciple involved in 
 our proposed march westward from Lake Superior; it was an assertion of Canadian nationality, 
 in the fai-e of the Monroe Doctrine. 
 
 Thei'e was also an Imperial element in the (piestiou, and the same reason, which had in- 
 duced the Empire to promote the Intei'colonial from Halifa.x to Quebec by a guarantee, applied 
 with greater force to a Pacific railway wliich would directly connect the naval stations of Hali- 
 fa.x and Ksijuimault through British territory. The Imperial (lovernment knew that a tier of 
 British provinces extending across the continent could not beheld together without a railway. 
 The railwaj' engineer should have preceded the land surveyor and the Provincial (.'abinet to 
 Bed livi'r to show that Canada had something more to offer the M<lix than a constitution ami 
 a tariff. 
 
 Whether ( 'onfederal ion was wi.si; or uiiw ise ; wliether a Pacific railway was financially prac- 
 ticable or not — westward extension of the lurmer without the latter he believed to lie impossible. 
 
 lie did not think it necessary to proviile for the Pacific section. If the roail to and 
 through the Fertile Belt was seemed, British Columbia ami thi' Pacific Ocean commerce should 
 make it a through line. 
 
 \\\ February, 1870, Mr. Keefer bmnglit almiil aeonveiition of municipalities in the OttJiwa 
 valley, including the city of Montreal, at whieh he said that " if ( /onfederation was to be ex- 
 tended across the continent, a continuous railway on ( 'anadian soil was indispensable," and that 
 he "sincerely belit-ved the enterprise they were met to consider, was tln( beginning of a Cana- 
 dian Pacific railsvay," and the following year Ih'itish Cobnnbia was annexe 1 to the Canailian 
 Confederation on the basis of such a railway. 
 
! 5 
 
 702 
 
 THE CANADIAN BIOGKAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 In 1877, Mr. Keefcr was appointud tlu> Executive Coinniissiom'r Jor tlio Paris Exhibition, 
 ami, while in tliat position, was named a member of tlie International Jury, for class G(i, arclii- 
 tecture and cnginoerinjf. He received the niOHt tiattcring acknowledgments from both English 
 and French for the successful manner in which ho discharged the arduous and important duties 
 conmiitted to him. France showed her appreciation by conferring upon him one of the higher 
 grades of the Legion of Honor. 
 
 Mr. Keefer is a nuMubcr of the "Institution of Civil Engineei's," Londt)n, and also the 
 "American Society of Civil Engineers," New York. 
 
 As is liere seen, the brief record of the life of Mr. Keefer is closely interwoven with the 
 liistory of the internal improvements of Canada. The impress of his mind and hand is 
 upon the grandest entei prises of the country, and his name will be remembered by future 
 generations, as long as canals and railways arc in u.se. 
 
 nOX. A. ^^I'JvELLAK, 
 
 IIAMlLrOS. 
 
 A RCHIBAIJ) MiKELLAIl was born in February, IM(), within about three miles of 
 -*--^ Inverarv, Argylcshire, Scotland, his parents being named respectively, IVtcr and Flora 
 (McNab) McKellar. In the spring of KS17, the family emigrated to Canada, landing at Quebec 
 after a nine weeks' voyage across the Atlantic ; it then taking as many weeks as it now does 
 days to make the trip. From the old capital tlu'v proceeded to western Canada, and finally 
 settled at Aldboro', in the coimty of Elgin, Ontario. They were amongst the early setth'rs of 
 that part of th*' country, and like many others were called on to endure the attending priva- 
 tions of pioneer life. But hardy Scotch families are not easily discouraged by a rugged life, 
 and they prospered in their new home. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent his youth at home, alternately working on his father's 
 farm and attending the connnon school at Alill)oro' until l.s;j+, when he went to (Jeneva, New 
 York, where he spent abtmt a year. In the fall of 1,S.S0, he returned and spent the following 
 year at thegiammar school in Niagara, taught by Dr. Whitlaw. This comprised the extent of 
 his school education, as he shortly afterwaids Uiarrieil and settled on a farm on the banks of 
 Thames River, in the township of Raleigh, Kent, where he continued for thirteen years, a suc- 
 cessful farmer, lie, however, was not allowed to confine his attention exclusively to hin farm, 
 for from 1842 till 1849, he was a member of the council board for the united counties of Essex, 
 Lambton and Kent, and also reeve of the township of Raleigh in 1840-7-0. From 184!), when 
 
*arls Exhibition, 
 class 0(i, archi- 
 jin both English 
 mportaiit duties 
 10 of till) higher 
 
 )n, and also the 
 
 woven with the 
 lul and hand is 
 bored by future 
 
 t three miles of 
 Pt'ter and Flora 
 anding at Quebec 
 ks as it now does 
 iina<la, and finally 
 e early settlers of 
 } attending priva- 
 
 I by a rugged life, 
 
 ing on Ills fatlier's 
 t to Cieneva, New 
 lent the following 
 ised the extent of 
 
 II on the banks of 
 itoen years, a sue- 
 sively to his farm, 
 counties of Essex, 
 
 From 184!), when 
 
 TlrE CASWtUAS' ntOGRAPllICAL DICtlONAIiY. 
 
 7fi3 
 
 Kent separated from the others, to 1857, he was a member of its county council, and reevu of 
 Chatham during the same period. 
 
 From the time of attaining his majority, Mr. MeKcllar was an interested observer of public 
 events, His first vote was cast in 1«H, in favor of a Tory can.lidate, but never one since. 
 Not giving it much serious thought, he had allowed his surroundings and associations to in- 
 fluence his action. While taking an active part in the canii)aign, working and speaking in 
 favor of his candidate, he was nuich inipres,sed by some oi the views held by the lieforniers, 
 and, as a consequence, alter do.sely studying and comparing the policies and aims of the two 
 parties, he became firmly convinced that the lleform paily was in the right, and it ever after- 
 wards received his firm support. In l.S.")7 Mr. McKellnr entered Parliament, and for eighteen 
 years was prominently before the public. During that time he pa.ssed successfully through 
 eight contests, his return being always bitterly opposed by the Conservatives, who made him a 
 special object of attack, oven going so far as to manufacture the most unfounded charges against 
 him, though he never suffered nnieh from their being tired at him. He was Wr.X elected to 
 represent Kent in the United Parliament of t)ntario and Quebec in 1837, where he remained 
 until Confederation (1807), of which measure he was a supporter. In 18(i7 the county of Kent 
 was divided into two ridings, and Mr. McKellar was elected to the Ontario Parliament from 
 Bothwell, tlie eastern Riding of Kent, which he continued to represent until 187'), when he le- 
 signeil to accept his present otfice. During this time he was one of the prominent figures in 
 political life, and a man of decided ability. In 1871 he was appointed a member of the Execu- 
 tive Council, and was returned by acclamation on ai-cepting >tliee. From this time till April, 
 1874, Mr. McKellar was Minister of Agriculture and Commissioner of Public Works. Retain- 
 ing the former otlice until he resigned, he also became Provincial Secretary when Mr. Eraser 
 took charge of the Public Woiks Department, and held the oltices of Minister of Agriculture, 
 and Provincial Secretary till he resigned in 187"). He originated and carried through the 
 Druiimge Bill, perfecting it by subseiiuent legislation, before leaving the C>overnment. 'i'liis 
 was a measure of great benefit and importance, especially to the farmers, and has been the 
 means of reclaiming more than half a million acres of otherwise almost useless lands, and Mr. 
 McKellar deservedly received much credit for it. 
 
 In 187-') he was appointed Sherifi" of Wentwortli county, and has satisfactorily discharged 
 the duties of that office since August 1st of that year. — 
 
 After his retirement from public life, the following address and presentation were tendered 
 him by friends in his old constituency, in recognition of his public services : 
 
 "To THK Ho\. AUCDIItALl) McKkLIAR, SUEKIKf FOR THE CoUNTY Of WeNIWORTH, AND I.ATE PhOV1S( lAt 
 
 Secretary of t)NTARio : 
 
 " Sir, — Tho ovciita of tho piiat ninetoou years, iluriiig which you have been the representative of the coiuity 
 of Kent in t)iu old Parliauiunt uf C.uiada, and since Confederation, of the county of Uuthwell and tlie East Kid- 
 
 85 
 
76* 
 
 THE CASMUAS lUOGHAVlIWAL Dti'TlOKARY. 
 
 I ; 
 
 f^ 
 
 iii« of Kent in the Lcgisliituro of Ontiirio, nro mnoni^ tlio most iinixirliint in tho hiiitory of tlio Province and 
 Uoniinion. 
 
 " Anioni; thoso ilwcrviiii; juirticiilur mention nio the coiniilito intiilillMlinK'nt of our free anil non-wctariim 
 Hftiool Hyxteni : The linn) settli'iiicnt of tlic Clergy HeKerveipieslion, mid the |iliu'iiiK of all religioun bodies npou 
 tho Siiine fnotinn in the eye of the law : 'I'lie lonj,'. ariliioiiH, ami Hiieeesafiil struggle against tho doniinntion of tho 
 whole eountry by cornipt statennuMi, li:u'lieil by powerful railway nnil nevtional interests, culminating in the Act 
 of I'oiifeileratiou and the control by each I'roviiioe of all it.s local allairs and its jus' share of public money, and 
 ill Ontario the (ioViriiiiieiil of the I'roviiice through one legislative body : The eiiarlnient of laws for tlio sup- 
 pression of corrupt practices at parliamentary and iiiuiiiei|'al elections : The exteiiHioii of the suH'rage, and vot- 
 ing by ballot : Laws for the encoiinigeiiieiit of iiiiiiiigratioii, and tlie settlciiiint, upon t)ie free grant and homo- 
 stead system, of our unoccupied wilil lands : The provincial aid towards the railwayti of Ontario : Tho distribu- 
 tion of tlie surplus revenue among the niiiniciiialities, and the just and ei|uitable settlement of tho i|Ui'stion of 
 ninnicipal iiuleblcdiiess : And the establishment of agricultural imstitutions, sucli as provincial, county, and 
 township fairs, and an agricultural college. 
 
 " Among tho blessings we have derived from the iiolitical events here enumorated are, a rigid economy in tho 
 public expenditure of provincial money, a widi- dilliisiou of an eilucated, intelligent, liberal and onterprising 
 spirit among all classes lif the community, — rcligioiiH, political, commercial and social. 
 
 " There has c<uiie, too, the rapid growtl of a truly national feeling among the people, and tho namo of 
 Canada is no longer looked upon abroad as tho title of a mere colony, or a term of reproach ; but tlio nnmo of 
 a iifw nation in which all feel a just and honorable pride. It i.s admitted (>n all hands that whilst united with 
 the Kiiipire we are not solely de|ieiid.'nt upon it. Our countrymen everywhere have tlie hopes, aspirations, and 
 aiitiuil>ationsof a free and unrestrained pt o|)le, with the eharacteristicH of n now nationality. 
 
 "With tho great events above enumerated your name has been intimately connected, both in their accomplish- 
 nieut and the realization of their beiietits. Your course, since first elected, has been uonsistont, ami you have 
 your reward in the nniversiil satisfaction shown by all parties ; and your constituents in lhise<uiiily feel an honor- 
 able pride in having sustaineil yon and the grent cause of liefonii against the most malevolent opposition. 
 
 " In presenting you with this small token, the gift of your constituents, they desire to express to you not only 
 their approval and appreciation of your pa.tt pcditical life, but the high esteem in which you aro personally held 
 by them as a consistent, coiistjiut, and earnest advocate of their political riglits, and as a personal friend. They 
 sincerely hope that ill yo«r retirement from the political arena both yourself and Mrs. JMcKellar may be long 
 spared to enjoy the rewards and pleasures of a more piivate life, but at the same time a life attended by great 
 res|ioiisibilities and cares, in whicli we lioi)e you will always merit the approbation and esteem of your country- 
 men, and that the blcs.siiigs of an all-wise rrovidcnce may always attend you." 
 
 The address was signed by L)r. .lacob .Smith. I.utlicr (.'arpcntir, .\icli. McDiarmid, Henry Westland, Jamos 
 McKinlay, Dr. James Samson, Isaac Swartuiit, .1. I*. iMcKiiilay, and damos (iraiit, the committee of manage- 
 ment. The present consisted of a massive gold watch and guard, valueil at ^ItOO. The cute of the watch was 
 beautifully cha.sed, and bore upon its interior the following ins<-rii)tioii :- "Presented to lion. A. RIcKellar by a 
 number of his friends, on his retiring from public life. iSept. S, l«7o.'' 
 
 The ik'inoii.»«ti'ation was lidd iit UiilgotDwn iiinlcr tlic aii.s|iicL'.s of tlio Rofoi'iii Association. 
 
 Ill coiuK'ftion witli tliis event, the i'ollowinj,' Icttei', iiddressed to the seeietaiy hy the Minister 
 
 uf Justiee, explains itself : 
 
 " Ottawa, Sejit. It. — />ii(/- Sir, — I rcj^ret that public Imsiness will prevent my presence at the demonstratiiui 
 at Ridgetown in honor of Air. McKellar. The oM and intimate personal and political associationa between your 
 honored guest and myself would have made it very grateful to my feelings to be with you (m such an occasion, 
 and to ex|)ress, however inade<|iiately, my strong sense of Mr. McKillar's great worth and many virtues, as well 
 as the warm fueling of att'ectioii with which he has inspired mo. Wishing every success to your gathering, and 
 all good fortune to your guest, I am faithfully yours, Kuwakk Ulake." 
 
 We have only space for an extract from a similar letter received from the Hon. A. Mac- 
 kenzie, Premier : ■ 
 
tho I'rovinco «i>cl 
 
 iiiul niiii-Bi'ctnrian 
 igioiiii biidius upon 
 
 (tixiiiimtion of the 
 iiiiiutiii^ in till! Act 
 imblicnioiioy, inul 
 if liivm for tlio iuj)- 
 
 sull'nigu, imil vi)t- 
 eo yrant and lioine- 
 luio : Tlio ilUtrilm- 
 t of tlio mii'stion of 
 inciul, county, iind 
 
 igid I'l'ononiy i" tho 
 nil nnil unti'iiiii»ini{ 
 
 le, and the nanio of 
 li ; but tlio unnio of 
 t whilst unitod with 
 jies, iigpiriitions, and 
 
 I inthfir accoinplish- 
 istont, and you have 
 covinty fct'l an honor- 
 out opiHisiliou. 
 pivss to you not only 
 u are piTsonally hold 
 jisonal friond. Tlioy 
 UKi'lliir may ho loua 
 ifo atlundod by great 
 loui of your country- 
 
 iry Westland, Jauics 
 louuuiltoo of uiaiiam- 
 C'xao of tho watch wan 
 Ion. A. McKfllar by a 
 
 .oform Association, 
 ly liy the Minister 
 
 at tho douionatmtioii 
 iciations iHitweon your 
 u on such un ocuaHion, 
 
 1 nmny virtues, as well 
 o your gathering, and 
 
 II the Hon. A. Mac- 
 
 i*^^« 
 
 77/ a; caxavias itifxih'M'iiKM. i>i< ri(>\Ain: 
 
 7(3'. 
 
 " Tliuro aro few men in (.'unada, who have rendered such /.oalous service to tho public as Mr. McKellar. I 
 have had the pleasure personally of co-operating with hiiu iu public ulFalrs for aipiarter of a century, anil I pro- 
 biibly know Mr. McKellar better than any other man in Canada, an intimacy which has led to the highest 
 appreciation of, and admiration for, hii unsellish ■/.^>i\\ on behalf of his country." 
 
 FiiitluT eonuni'iit than thi.s on his puhUc life woniil he siiperthioii.s. 
 
 Sheritr MeKcllar is eonneited with the Preshyterian eliiireh, ami has always hoen from 
 priiu'ij)le ahsteniious in his liaMts, never havini,' useil either tiih.uco or stinn;,' drink. 
 
 He was first married at Nia;,'ara. in ls:i(l, to jjuey MeNahh, wlm died in I.S."»7. In May, 
 1.S75, he married Mrs. Kate Mereer, danj,'liter of Jud^e I'owell, of Toronto. He has three sons 
 and three dan;.diteis living, the eldest sou iieing Registrar of Kent, and the other two funning 
 at the oM homestead. 
 
 MILKS (TUEILTA', (^).(\, 
 
 UAMILTOS. 
 
 r I "lllIS gentleman is of Irish e.\traeti<m, Imt was horn near Niagara Vi\\U. on the iNth of May, 
 -*- liSOti. He was ehietly educated at the Niagara (iraiinnar Sehnol, there lieing no i-olloges 
 or imiversities in the eonntry at that early day. He eoinineiu'ed the study of (he law with the 
 late John Jireakenridgo, in the old town ol" Niagara, then the eonimereial rivil of l/ittle York 
 (now Toronto), and at an early period tlu' capital of I'pper Canada, (hi the death of .Mr. 
 Ih'eak en ridge, in ISiS, Mr. O'lleilly went to Toronto, and completed his legal education in the 
 otiice of the late .Me.ssrs. Baldwin and Son ; ami was called to the Har in June, ' ■<\\(). He is con- 
 secpiently now the oldest practising harrister in Ontario. Hi! very soon acipiired a very exten- 
 sive jjractice, and liccame th(! leading counsel on the N'ingai'a and Loudon circuits. He was 
 always a staunch Loyalist; and as one of the " men of (lore" (as they were then called), hi* 
 took part in the battle of Vinegar Hill, near 'I'oronto, on the 7th of Deeemlier, l.s:i7 ; and at 
 the trial in tho following spring, of the lOil prisoners coulined iu tiie Hamilton gaol, charged 
 with high tri'ason, Mr. O'lleilly, unaided and almu', defended the whole of them. That, was a 
 very e.veiting peiiod in the history of Upper ( 'anadii. The prismieis were tried hefore that 
 e.Kcellent Judge, the lato Chief Justice Macaulay, sitting under a special eoiumission ; and the 
 late Chief Justice Draper, and Sir A. N. .MacNah prosecuted for the Crown. As public feelino 
 (so soon after the rebellion) was still very bitter, and the pi'oseeutions conducted with great 
 ability and zeal, it wa.s considered u very remarkable circumstance that not one of the prisoners 
 was convicted of tlie higher oHence : sonu- of them would undoubtedly have been promptly 
 executed if they had been convicted. The result of these trials, which occupii'd over two months 
 called forth at the close of the court a most elaborate comjiliment from the learned judge upon 
 Mr. O'llcilly's conduct and learning, and placed him in the fmnt rank of his brethren of that 
 
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 THE CAKADIAS lilOGRAPIllCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 (lay. Mr. O'Reilly doscribcs many tlirillinjj; ami interesting incidents connected with these 
 trials, the witnesses to which (or most of them) have now passed away. On the 7th of February, 
 1837, he was appointed jud<,'e of the distiict court of the district of Gore, which then embraced 
 the counties of Wcntworth, Halton and Brant, and portions of Waterloo, Wellington and Ilaldi- 
 maiul. That office, however, did not until l,S+l interfere with his practice in the higher courts, 
 which he continued to puistie in the meantime with great success. He resigned the judgeship, 
 liowever, near the dose of l.S.");{, ami returned to the Har, taking charge, for a time, of the legal 
 department of the (iroat Western Railway Company, whose affairs at that time were somewhat 
 cmbarrasseil, and which Mr. O'Reilly was largely instiumental in bringing back to their sul)sc- 
 (juent j)rosperous and satisfactory condition. 
 
 As a judge, Mr. O'Reilly was extremely pcipular; and it is still not uncommon to bear the 
 remark from the obler inhabitants that he had the happy faculty of convincing and satisfying 
 both the contending parties. lie was appointed Queen's ("ounsel in October, 18.5G, and one of 
 the ifasters in Ohancerj' in September, 1871 ; the business of thi.s latter otlice soon increased 
 tt) such an extent tlmt he ha.s been forced practically to withdraw from active practice at 
 the Har, 
 
 JOHN HENRY WILSOIS, ^[.D., 
 
 N7'. TJIO.VAS. 
 
 JOHN IlKNRY WILSON has been for n\any ycais one of the best known men in the county 
 of Kigin. He was liorn mar the city of Ottawa on the 1 1th of Feliruary, 18;{.S. His 
 father, the late .bTemiah Wilson, was a native of \'erm(int. His gramlfather was an Unitetl 
 Empire Loyalist, ami a veteran of llu' American Kevulutionary War. 
 
 In In;)") the family removeil to the towiisiiip of Westminster, county of Middlesex. Th(> 
 homestead is on the Loiulon and Roit Staiili'y Road, and in one of the richest farming ilistriets 
 of the I'lo inei'. Mere young Heiny attended the common school, and being an apt and bright 
 puiiil he mailr ra[)id pi-ogress in his studies. His fatluT hail I'esolved on giving a mi-dieal 
 education to two other sons — Jesse and Jeremiali, wli<iare now practising in Michigan — and he 
 clurished the wish that Ibiiry would enter the ministry. To that end he proposeil to give him 
 a tliovoUi,'h eoliegiati' education in Arts and Theology. Ihit the bo_\ was t'athei' of the man ; he 
 had a will as wril as an ambition of his own, and llie generous otli'f was declined, lb' taught 
 se!>ool for several years in KIgin ami .Middlesex with excellent sm-ee.ss, having, as soon as his 
 own means wotdd allow him, taken :i full coinse of drill at the Provincial Normal School, lie 
 resolved to study medicine, ami leaving the school-room he attended lectures in Toronto and 
 New York, graduating at the latter jilace in l!S.'t7, and at the former in 18j8. After teaching 
 
ccted with thcso 
 ■ 7th of February, 
 ;h then emhrncoil 
 iiisrton Hiul Hakli- 
 the higher courts, 
 lied the jvulgesliip, 
 time, of the k>^al 
 le were somewhat 
 .'k to their sulwe- 
 
 immon to hear the 
 ■iiij; ami satisfying 
 ;•, 1850, and one of 
 lice soon increased 
 active practice at 
 
 1 men in the county 
 l.ruary, ls;{.S. His 
 hfr was an United 
 
 i.f MidtUesex. The 
 •st farming districts 
 I an apt and hright 
 t/iving a medieid 
 1 Miciiigan— and lie 
 ro))osed to give him 
 ;her of the man ; lie 
 .■dined. He tatiglit 
 ring, as sodii as his 
 Sormal St-liooi. He 
 irt's in Toronto and 
 ij.s. After teaching 
 
 
 
 
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 / 
 
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766 
 
 TJit: r.i.\AJ)i.is liioGii'jrincAi. DicTioy.iRr. 
 
 dny. J' 'Mfilly dcsi-ribos nmny tlirilliii^ nml intorcbtin^' infideiits foiiiiocttxi with these 
 trials, t .tupssws to wlii«-li 'oi mo.-t ;if tlioni"; liavc nnw passi'd awH}'. *.in the 7th of Fi Inuan", 
 1837, h . a{)ix)itil,t;il jiiili;e '>f thu liistiict cuit <.l' tlu; ili.strift of Uorc, wliicli tl'.en eiubrncfl 
 
 the coi' >f!i's (if W.ntttiutI' ll.ilUKi .'iii.l I'.ntiit, ainl [)uiti>»n.-. of Wnt-'rlou, WcUingtitiv miJ KaKii- 
 mand. Tliat (ifTii-e, howtn.'i did uH until ISiMnu'ifcn! with his [>racticv in ihn hi<,di''r courts, 
 which ii' .iiitinu'O ?<• pmsiie in thu nitunitiiiio with grciil .success. Ho r<.«igTi<.d the judgeship, 
 howev : , ucar Ui^ ol'/s.- (jf !,m,'),S. ;ip.<1 n-tiinied to tlie fiai', talking cliarg"-, for a lirni', lA th'.' h-gul 
 depart: ii-iit >jf the Oivut Western RjiiUsay t VMiipany. whtwe atlairs at that tiiiu? were, soniewhat 
 einbari i.«» d ami vvlddi Mr. •.Vl<...iily was !ui'gely iiisimnptital in Uri-nging l'!)i:k to their Huhse- 
 (^ueiit roaji-Ti'dK aiui ^futi.ifa'.'lurv I'Oiviilion. 
 
 .A a jii.lg'', .Mr. i 'Rcilly was <;.\ln'iii'.ly jxipular , and ')* is <till nut uncoiiiiiioii to hi.'nr tbo 
 remar . from Ihf <il«i.-r iidiahiiant-i 'hat h" hiwl the hitppy fsuulu "f <»ij. !n>iiu,' and saH'ifying 
 both t i! coiitvndfiig partiis. He wa.'^ appoiritutl QntK.-n.s ('inui.^''i in (.)iiol». i, l^:'»V >nd oru. (.if 
 the M tfm in ( H,..-wy >i\ s»'pt-i(d>iT is?1 •' tlir )»wim«»i' V U" UsUnr 'iito v.i.jj incr- ased 
 to ,su( ail .'Xt*-';, "'*' iio !i;-> i'-iit f'n<.| J rmttcttily «., «(:« n.J^ >-.> ifuKj u'livc ) nuiKu at 
 the B 
 
 Mi * 
 
 .Tt)ri\ [lENIiy Wll..>ON, MD., 
 
 ,v7'. THOMAS, 
 
 JC \ MK.N'l'V \VI1.,S()N has bo-u f-»r many yea r.s omi nf iJie be^t known wn iii tli< f.'i>niit\ 
 ■<f K'l-in. Ij. wan lK<rn near the city of Ottawa oti the I4|V of Febrn.iry, l'*."':). Hi-, 
 fathi till la'' Jit. iniiil) \Vil.-"n. ■wa-- a native of Vi'riiiont. Ifi- jnindf.uh'r was aii Uiiil< i 
 Kni[ l.oydi-', and .1 wrijriiii ..'f fh< VneMUin !{• \ .luiioviarv \Vnr. 
 
 Ml l^■|^ 'III- r.'iiiiily niiiiA.-il u, tti" ^<)\v!l -1/111 ot \V'e«tvldti^N :• i i.unty f Aflddlesi-x, Th 
 hoir •ud .-."It ih<' Loiidiii and l''>rf .~>t.i!d \ Read •n.u in one oi' th • ii..'lii'.st fanning distil- 1 
 oft ;'iii\;>ire. l[i le voting JT'-iii y itti'U'led ill' eoi ';'Oi, M-lii.ii.l. imd leiii;.: .ui <ipt and bii^' 
 pni 'Iliad'- rapi'i pmg'es^ in ' i^ -tudie-^ U-n f'nih'i had re.M'lved un giviiu.- a iiiedi' 
 edi' in to fwo ithi.i .vin- — -Ti •'^<- and dt i-eiuiuli, wiioarc mow )>r»eli-iing in .VJi(-iiiL''in-~-»ii!'! 
 die 'lilie wi'li i!iH,t He^nrx would vni< r tin udiu.stry. To tlint '-nd li-- |iiop.p.vid to giv>' . 
 
 a t' Igh eoll.gi ite edlK'.'ltilill Ml Alt., air! 'l"l|i-oli,gy 1> If tie- 'M V Wa^ tiltlli I >f the IllH' 
 
 hai X ill n.s well ii-i mi litnhilion of Id-, own. aiid th- ;.'! iii ron- •ilh r wiu di'clin<d. II' t. 
 
 sel u 'ii'MTBl Vi'ttr-* ill Flgin and Middi.--"X wi'h eMelhllt -' i-1'..ts, having, llH SiK'i/i l^r 
 
 ow *o« Hi-uhl ajtiiw hini. taken a fidl cours«» of drill at ih- I'l ivindul Normu! Sohool. 
 
 i-o; I , «.^.n !v iiie(}icin< ftud leaving thu Krhool-rooni he atteti'led leL-tiin-< in Ti-ioit 
 
 Nt Janittlnj! at 'h. Htli- |ila<e in IH'n alid at th. fmne r in is.is. .\ftcr •• "ili 
 
I 
 
 mioct«<l wU.h these 
 the Tth of February, 
 !iicl» tlicn cml)racc'l 
 clliiigtoix and HaKli- 
 in ih.j higlvr courts, 
 ■ilmcd the juilj^fMhip, 
 f a time, of thf k-Ui^l 
 tiui'? Nvcrt' soiHOwliat 
 Luck to their subse- 
 
 ncoiiunon to hear tbe 
 h^tiiiit nnd satisfying 
 itvV, !'■''' '"'5 ''lU; yf 
 •jii <> '.fx.n incr' ased 
 ui.j (i'.uvc I'liKiiLU at 
 
 i\\ n m<--<i ill tin- county 
 
 Krhriwiry, T^.''^;. Hi^ 
 
 iU'.itli'i wfts ail l.'iiil''' 
 
 ,ty .f Mi<iU]^':4.>X. Th 
 i^'hwt fanninu; ihstii- i- 
 tiiij; all .ijit atvl biijr^ 
 I on ^aviiu; a utoili' 
 1^- iti Micuiu'iui— ail*' ' 
 
 ).• lHOJW'Mll t"> ^\Vi' i 
 
 , }':ith. r if the m^' 
 U .ifoliu.'l. 11 I- , 
 liiivini; n» w"'" •*' 
 lal Xuinml Sfhcrot 
 h'cturt"' in Tcioii - 
 
 n lh.j«. AftvT •• - ui 
 
1 i 
 
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THE CANADIA}^ BIOGRAPmCAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 769 
 
 the Anatomy class for two years in Toronto, Dr. Wilson, in 18G0, located at St. Thomas, where 
 his skill and abilities soon won for him not only a lucrative practice, but an abiding professional 
 reputation. 
 
 The Doctor possesses in a high degree several of the qualifications indispensable to success 
 in the healing art. Perception, judgment, coinage and self-possession, joined to an intimate 
 knowledge of the theory and practice of Medicine, fit him to do the right thing at the right 
 moment; and, without the slightest disposition to harshness, he never pauses to adopt heroic 
 treatment the moment that its necessity becomes apparent. With him the f.aving of life is the 
 first and ail-important consideration. In acute diseases especially he is very skilful, and it has 
 often been said of him that his patient is out of danger before many another good physician has 
 made his diagnosis. 
 
 But while engaged in the active pursuit of his profession Dr. Wilson has found time to 
 attend to other affairs. He has always taken a keen interest in politics, and has for eight years 
 —from 1871 to 1879— represented the East Riding of Elgin in the Ontario Legislatui-e. He is 
 a Liberal of advanced views, and during his two Parliamentary terms was one ot the most useful 
 members of the House. While a strong party man he is also a thoroughly independent one, and 
 he always enjoyed the fullest respect and confidence of the two Premiers of his time, Messrs. 
 Blake and Mowat. The Doctor also keeps a watchful eye on municipal and educational affams, 
 and in every matter connected with the growth and well-being of his town he may be relied 
 upon to exercise his best judgment in favor of economy and progress. In private life he is held 
 in the highest regard by those who know him best; he is a safe counsellor and a trusty friend; 
 a man of strong and positive opinions, and both able and ready to defend them whenever or 
 wherever the occasion calls for it. 
 
 On the Srd of May, 1809, Dr. Wilson married Amelia, daughter of the late George Ryei-son 
 Williams, of Toledo, Ohio. She is a lady of much intelligence and culture. 
 
 DAVID S. BOWL13Y, M.D., 
 
 BERLIN. 
 
 T~A AVID SOVEREIGN BOWLBV, tlie leading physician and surgeon in Berlin, is a son of 
 -*-^ Adam Bowlby, whose sketch appears i-i this v(jlumc, and Elizabeth, nee Sovereign, 
 and was born in Townscnd, county of Norfolk, September o, 1820. He received his literary 
 education in Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto ; studied his profession at 
 first in the Toronto School of Medicine, and then in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in 
 New York city, receiving the degree of M.I), at the former institution in 18.')2, and at the 
 
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 TFE CANADIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 latter in 1853. He is one of the most thoroughly educated men in the ujecUcal profession in 
 the county. 
 
 Dr. Bowlby practised a few months in Paris, county of Brant, and in October, 1853, settled 
 in Berlin, being the longest in the practice of any man now here, and having an excellent 
 reputation, both professional and personal. 
 
 Dr. Bowlby was in the town council for some years, and resigned to accept the office of 
 jail surgeon, which he still holds, and has held for many years. He has been a member of what 
 is now called the high school boanl nearly as long as ho has resided hero, and is chairman of 
 the same. He is president of the Berlin RiHe Association, and of the Reform Association of 
 the county of Waterloo, being decidedly radical in his political view.s. 
 
 His religious connection is with the Church of England. Ho has held the office of warden 
 of St. John's church, Berlin ; has been a lay delegate to the synod, and is a man of solid char- 
 acter. Tl.e wife of Dr. Bowlby was Martha Esther Murphy, of Montreal, married July 7, 1856. 
 They have five children. 
 
 U02s'. J. sa:n'dfieu:> macdo2s'alx), 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
 I DESCENDED from an old Highland family which had oarly settled in CJlengarry, Ontario, 
 -^-^ John .Sandtiold Macdonald was born at St. Raphael's, Docomber 12, 181:2. A sketch 
 of hi,s yoimger brother, Hon. 1). A. ilac<lonald, Lieut.-CJovornor, appeai-s on another page in 
 this volume. The younger ilays of the subject of this sketch were tinged with a spice of 
 romance. Early chafing under the restraints of paternal control, ho made several inetl'ectual 
 atteuipts to escape from home. Finally, after a brief experience in nierchamlising, he was in- 
 diicetl, by a lawyer who had become interested in him, to begin the study of law. Having lait 
 limited education, he was told that hy hard btudy he miglit be able to pi'opare himsolf in 
 throe years to pass the Law Society as studont-at-Iaw. In 1832, he eutorod the .soliool at Coin- 
 wail, Ont., taught by ])r. Unpihart, and so diligently ilid ho apply hiin.solf, that at the end of 
 two years he was ahead of all his school-fellows. Early in 183.'), only a little mure than two 
 years after he hail entered school, ho pa.s.sed the Law Society, and was articled to the Hon. 
 Archibald McLean, then a practising barrister at Cornwall, in whose office he remained about 
 two yeai-s and a half. He then entered the office of the late Chief Justice Drajier, with wliom 
 he finislied his legal studies in 184(); praotisod as an attnrnoy at Cornwall for a few months; 
 was called to the Bar in June, \HW, and spee<lily built up a largo and luorativo practice wliich ho 
 continuecl to retain and add to during his life. Although Mi'. Maeduiiald aeliieved a high jiosi- 
 tion as a lawyer of ^neat aliility, bis nmue is more intimately associated with his reputation as 
 
fun CANADIAN litOGRAPntCAL DICTIONASY. 
 
 in 
 
 mecUcal profession in 
 
 a Loyal Canadian statesman. During liis long and active public career, he rendered such 
 eminent service to his country as fairly entitles him to a high place in the record of her honored 
 dead. He was first elected to Parliament after the Union in March, 1841, and continued to 
 represent his native county in the House of Assembly until 1857, being many times elected 
 without opposition ; in 1857, he was returned for Cornwall, his younger brother, the present 
 I ieutenant-Govornor of Ontaiio, being returned for the county of Glengarry, and continued to 
 sit for Cornwall until his death in 1872. In 1S4!) he was appointed Solicitor-General in the 
 Baldwin-Lafontaine government, holding that oflice until that administration was dissolved in 
 1851. In 1852 was elected Speaker in Quebec, and held that position until the dissolution in 
 1854 ; and in 1858 he became Attorney-General in the Brown-Dorion government. In 
 March, 1862, upon the defeat of the Maedonald-Cartier government, he was called upon to form 
 a new administration, holding the position of Attorney-General until March, 18G4, when 
 with his colleagues he resigned oflice. In 1807 he was elected to the first legislature for 
 the Province of Ontario under Confederation, and was shortly thereafter entrusted by Genei'al 
 Sti^^ted, the first Governor of Ontario, witii the formation of the Government. Although he 
 had opposed the Confederation of the Provinces as an act of the Executive, without the people 
 being consulted, yet he determined, as soon as it had become un fait accompli, to do all in his 
 power to assist in the working and development of the scheme. Recognising the fact that 
 Confederation had been lirought about by the combined assent of the Conservatives and a large 
 majority of the Refo/ mers, he deciiled that the Conservatives should have a share in the first 
 Government, and acocrdingly he formed a Coalition Ministry, consisting of two Reformers besides 
 himself, and two Conservatives. \V ith this Cabinet lie framed all the laws and system for the 
 administration of the Province, and though he was ever reatly to make ample provision for the 
 unfortunates bereft of reason, and for the general <levelopment of the country, he was scrupu- 
 lou.sly careful to keep the expenditure far below the revenue. So well did he succeed in carry- 
 ing out his policy of econoni\- tiiat, when lie went out of oflice in December, 1871, he left a 
 surplus of !?a,000,000 in the treasury. His policy of economy was not the outgrowth of 
 parsimonious instincts, but was based ujion the conviction that the revenue of the Province 
 would not always l)e so largo, and it was therefore necessary to husband its resources and pro- 
 vide for the future. The wisdom of his policy is more appreciated now than it was whilst he 
 was in power. To recapitulate the legislative Acts and important measures for which Canada 
 is indebted to Mr. Macdoiuild, would occupy far more space than is available here. Indeed a 
 complete biography of his active life would fill a volume. Although he was devoted to the 
 Liberal cause, he was not an extreme Reformer, and, on that account, he never had the support 
 of the Globe newspaper. It was, therefore, with a view of inaugurating a moderate tone in 
 politics that he took a leading part in the organization of the Mail newspaper, which, shortly 
 after the death of Mr. Macdonald, deviated from the intentions of the promoters, and became 
 
772 
 
 THE CAKADIAK BIOGRAPHICAL DtCTIOKARY. 
 
 the uiouth-piece of the Conservative party. Mr. Macdonald was never very strong in body, 
 but his indomitable will and extraordinary vitality sustained hini until June 1, 1872, when, 
 after a lingering illness of nearly eighteen months, he died at " Ivy Hall," his residence at Corn- 
 wall. In private life Mr. Macdonald was exceedingly agreeable and entertaining, and lavishly 
 hospitable. • 
 
 In 18+0 he was married to a lady from Louisiana, tlvi daughter of the Hon. George Wag- 
 goman, United States Senator ; she, with six chililren, two sons and four daughters, survived 
 liim. His remains are interred at St. Andrew's, a small village in the centre of the Scotch por- 
 tion of the comniunit}-, whose allegiance to him was unswerving. A large granite monument, 
 erected by some of his friends and admirers, adorns his grave. Besides Lieutenant-Governor 
 Macdonald, another brother, Mr. A. F. Macdonald, represented Cornwall in the House of Com- 
 mons from 1873 to 1878, so that it may be truly said that no other family in Canada had pro- 
 duced so many prominent politicians. 
 
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 LIEUT.-COL. JOHN M. GIliSO:N, 
 
 HAMILTON. 
 
 TOHN MORISON GIBSON, Member of the Provincial Parliament of Ontario, representing 
 ^ the city of Hamilton, is son of the late William Gibson, of the town.ship of Toronto, farmer, 
 who came to this country in 1827, from Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland, and who married Mary 
 Sinclair, whose family belong to the township of Nelson, in. the county of Halton, and cousin 
 of the late David Gibson, of Yonge Street, near Toionto, who formerly represented North York 
 in the old Parliament of Canada, and who was prominently associated with ^V. Lyon ILackenzio 
 in the troubles of 18.37. 
 
 He was born on the 1st of January, 1842, in the townsliip of Toronto, county of York, 
 and was educated at the (.'entral Seliool in Hamilton, and University College, Toronto, taking 
 at the latter institution the degree of B.A. in 18G.'{, carrying oH' Prince's Priz3 of that 3ear, to- 
 gether with medals in Classics and Modern Languages, and the prize in Oriental Languages. 
 
 He commenced the study of Law, at Hamilton, in the office of Burton, Sadleir and Bruce, and 
 was called to the Bar in Michaelmas term, 18G7; entered the law course at the University of 
 Toronto, taking Seholar.-ihips in bis course, and the Gold Medal of the Faculty on receiving the 
 degree of LL.B. Since being called to the Bar, ho has been in successful practice, and has been 
 for twelve years past a mend)er of the extensive law firm of Mackelcan, Gibson and Bell, of 
 Hamilton. Mr. Gibson has been a member of the Board of Education of Hamilton for many 
 j'ears, during two of which he was cliairmiin, 
 
 When under the University Act of 1873, the Senate of that institution became, in i>art, an 
 
The CAnADIAK BJOOnAPniCAL DlCTlONAnt. 
 
 773 
 
 rciy stnm}]; in body, 
 June 1, 1872, when, 
 s lesiJoncu at Coi:i- 
 taining, and lavishly 
 
 e Hon. George Wag- 
 daughters, survived 
 re of the Scotch por- 
 e granite monument, 
 liieutenant-Governor 
 n the House of Com- 
 )' in Canada had pro- 
 
 Ontario, representing 
 liip of Toionto, farmer, 
 nd who married Mary 
 of Halton, and cousin 
 presented North York 
 h W. Lyon Mackenzie 
 
 jnto, county of York, 
 )lloge, Toronto, taking 
 Priz3 of that year, to- 
 Jrieutal Languages. 
 Sadk'ir and Hruce, and 
 le at the University of 
 cuity on receiving tlie 
 practice, and has been 
 in, Gibson and Bell, of 
 jf Hamilton for many 
 
 on liecame, in part, an 
 
 : 
 
 elective body, he was elected l)y his fellow gradiiates, and at the end of his term of five years, 
 in LS78, was re-elected. 
 
 Since 1800 he has 1)ecn an active member of the volunteer force, having joined at that 
 time the University RiHe Corp.s on its original organization. Afterwards he joined the 13th 
 Battalion of Handlton, to M'hich corps he still belong.s, having served in the various ranks of 
 Private, Corporal, Ensign, Lieutenant, Captain and Major, and attained the rank of Lieutenant- 
 Colonel. He has frequently performed frontier and camp service, and was with his regiment at 
 Ridgeway in 18GG. He holds a fii-st class military school certificate, and is thus well qualified 
 both by experience and education for his position in the militia force. Colonel Gibson enjoys a 
 very high reputation as a marksman, having for about ten years past selected rifle .slu)oting as 
 his summer relaxation. He has been at Wimbledon three times, in the Canadian teams of 
 1874, 1875, and 187!>, winning prizes on each occasion. In 1879 he achieved the highest 
 honor which has yet fallen to a Canadian Rifleman, liy winning the Pi'ince of Wales' Prize (a 
 badge and .ClOO), and taking a high place in the prize lists in sevei'al other matches. He also 
 liad the honor of standing at the he I of the Canadian team in the competition for tiie Rajah of 
 Kolopore's Cup ; was also a member in the team from Canada in the gieat Centennial small- 
 bore competition of 1876, at Creedmore, in which teams from Scotland, Ireland, Australia, the 
 United States and Canaila took part. 
 
 In politics Col. Gibson has always been an ardent Reformer, and, for many years, occupied 
 the onerous position of Secretfiry of the Reform Association of Hamilton, and displayed great 
 energy and zeal in tlie various political contests of 1867, 1872, 1873, 1874 and 1878. On the 
 appointment of James M. Williams. Esq. to the Registrarship of Wentworth, and his con.se- 
 qnent retiioinent from the Local House, Mr. Gibson was chosen by the Reform party to contest 
 Hamilton for the Legislative Assembly, and after a very keen and exciting contest, carried the 
 city by sixty-two majority over his opponent, Hugh Murray, Esq. The city of Hamilton was a 
 centre of interest during this election, being visited at different times by Hon. 0. Mowat, Hon. 
 A. S. Hardy, and Hon. E. Blake, on the Reform side ; and Sir Charles Tupper, Messrs Plumb, 
 Costigan, ami other lights of the (Jonservative party, on the other side. 
 
 Our subject was first married on the 20th of October, 1869, to Emily Annie, daughter of 
 the late Ralph Rirrell, merchant, of London, Ont., she <lying June 3rd, 1874 ; and, again on 
 the 26th September, 1876, to Caroline Hope, daughter of Hon. Adam Hope, of Hamilton, who 
 also died October 9th, 1877. 
 
 86 
 
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 1 1 
 
I 
 
 I 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Abbott, Aluxander 8 
 
 AikiiiH, Hon. Juiiiufl 
 
 Alliin, Almiiloni S 
 
 Alliiii, Iiit'iit.-C\>l. Win 
 
 Allen, KfV. Tlioiiiiis W 
 
 Allison, Win. H. K 
 
 Anbinb. William I) 
 
 Aiiniiur, Uiil)i'rt 
 
 Austin, Janiua A 
 
 liiul^iurow, Geo. W. , M.IM' 
 
 liikiril, Aiiilruw II 
 
 liiiiril, Kobert 
 
 Kiikor, AdiimJ., iM.l'.F 
 
 lUker, (i. 1' 
 
 Hall, (Joo., I'. M.. 
 
 I<an);8, Chaiincy \\' 
 
 J()inni>rniiin, Wni., M.l' 
 
 llailiLT Family 
 
 Itai'clay, Francis 
 
 Harclny, .bihn 
 
 Jlatcs, Ezra A 
 
 liaxtor, liii'Ut.-Col. A. H 
 
 Baxter, Jacob, M. U, M. IM' 
 
 IJuaty, James, Jr., t^C, D.C^.L.. 
 
 lioaly, Robert 
 
 Hell, David 
 
 Hell, Uev. (ieorgo, LL.D 
 
 Hell, John, (,»C 
 
 liell, Hrof. Janius T 
 
 Hull, llobert 
 
 Henann, ThoiniiB 
 
 Hergin, Ool. 1)., M.l>., it. P 
 
 Hethune, lit. Kov. A. N 
 
 Hetbuno, Kov. C. J. S 
 
 Hcllinne, .lamos, LL.D 
 
 Hirrell, John 
 
 lllain, David, LL.D 
 
 Jtlaiii, Hichard 
 
 Hhike, Hon. Kdward, »,»,C 
 
 Hleasdell, Uev. Wm., U.t!.L 
 
 Hog, Lieiit.-Ool. 'I'luis., J.I' 
 
 Hogert, Rev. James T., Al. A . . . . 
 
 Jioltoii, Landiert K 
 
 lloulield, James, M.IM* 
 
 Hoomer, Very Rev. M 
 
 Houltbee, Alfred, M.l* 
 
 Howell, lion. Licut.-Ool. M 
 
 Howlliy, .\dani 
 
 Hovvll.y, David S.jM.D 
 
 Hreilhauiit, Lonis 
 
 Hristol, Amos S., M.U 
 
 Hritton, Hyr^n M, i).(' 
 
 Hninson, Henry K 
 
 Iboiise, Hon. Wm. II., M.A., M.D. 
 
 Hrown, Homer 1' 
 
 Hrown, Hon. (Jeo 
 
 Hrown, James 
 
 Hrown, Nicholas W., M.IM" 
 
 Hrown, Thomas 
 
 Hrown, William I' 
 
 Jiuckj William 
 
 London.,, . 
 (tttawa.... 
 t;litlorJ . . . 
 
 Adon 
 
 Millbrook . 
 I'icton . . . . 
 Harrio .. . . 
 
 I'lowmanville. . 
 
 lirampton 
 
 Toronto 
 
 "aris 
 
 Kincardine. . . 
 
 Mutealfu 
 
 ( >ttawa 
 
 St. Catharines. 
 
 < Xtawa 
 
 Renfrew 
 
 (Jeorgetown.. . 
 (ieorgotown. .. 
 
 Oakville 
 
 Arnprior 
 
 Chatham 
 
 Cayuga 
 
 Toronto 
 
 Toronto 
 
 Pendiroko ... 
 Walkorton . . . , 
 
 Helleville 
 
 Itellevillo 
 
 Carle ton I'laie. 
 Port Ilo]ie . . . , 
 
 Cornwall 
 
 Toronto 
 
 Port Hope 
 
 Toronto 
 
 London 
 
 Toronto 
 
 (ialt 
 
 HH 
 4:il 
 
 r>77 
 05.") 
 
 I4(> 
 741 
 
 r.i);t 
 4'.':! 
 
 :!(!■"• 
 :u:t 
 
 »i4H 
 Tit 1 1 
 721 
 
 r.47 
 
 74',> 
 Iil4 
 
 :toii 
 7'-';i 
 
 117 
 
 4'lt 
 
 ;Mt) 
 
 'I'oronto 
 
 Trenton 
 
 Pieton 
 
 Na|ianeo 
 
 Holton 
 
 K'giiiiville . , . 
 
 London 
 
 Toronto 
 
 Helleville 
 
 Herlin 
 
 Herlin ...... 
 
 Herlin 
 
 Na[ianee 
 
 Kingston 
 
 (»ttawa 
 
 PrcHcolt 
 
 Woiidstoek . . . 
 
 Toronto 
 
 Kincardine. . . 
 
 Whitby 
 
 Iiigersoll 
 
 Kincardine. . . 
 Hruutford 
 
 7i;( 
 I 'Jit 
 
 107 
 
 I8t> 
 78 
 
 :tr.() 
 
 •J7<l 
 
 <»r> 
 :;(M 
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 4H;t 
 f.4l 
 21 U 
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 :i27 
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 471 
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 IIK 
 27f. 
 
 4;»2 
 
 21 >7 
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 70,') 
 ;!7o 
 
 :ui 
 
 712 
 234 
 
 Bucko, Richard ^f., M.U Londo" 
 
 Buckingham, William Stratf' d 
 
 Burden, Samuel Bownianvillo... 
 
 Hurntiehl, Kov. (ieo., M.A Brockvillo 
 
 Hnridiam Family 
 
 Iturnhani, (ieo., ,\\.\) IVterborongb . 
 
 Burnhani, .lolin, M. I' Ashburnhaui. . 
 
 Burnham, Rev. Mark Ashburnhaui... 
 
 Burnhani, Zaehcus Whitby 
 
 Burritt, Horatio C., M.I) IVterboroiiyli.. 
 
 Burton, Hon. (Jeo. W Toronto 
 
 Hurwash, Prof, N., A, M., S.T, I), . Cobonrg , 
 
 Buttertield, John L'Urigiial 
 
 Caldwell, Henry C, M,P.P Lanark 
 
 (.'aiiieron, Charles Collingwood . ., 
 
 Cameriin, Hector, Q.C. , M.P Toronto , 
 
 Cameron, Hon. Malcolm Sarnia 
 
 Cameron, Hon. M. C Toronto 
 
 Cameron, M. C., M. P (iodericli 
 
 Cami>bell, Rev. Alexander Morrisbiirg .. 
 
 Caiiipbell, D'lncan Simcoe 
 
 ("amidiell, Malcolm Liicknow 
 
 Campbell, William S Brantford 
 
 ('line, William Newmarket ... . 
 
 Cantield, David Iiigersoll 
 
 Carliiii,', Hon. John, M.P L<iii(loii 
 
 ( 'arlisle, Henry St. Catharines.. 
 
 Cartwright, Sir Richard J Ottawa 
 
 ('atterinole, .lames, M.l) London 
 
 Cawthni, .loseph Newmarket. . . 
 
 Chadwick, Charles E Iiigersoll 
 
 Chambers, .loliii M Smith's Falls. . 
 
 •'harlton, Adam Lynedock 
 
 Charlton, John, M.P Lynedock 
 
 (Jharteri.s, C. (} ('lialham 
 
 Chisliolm, Daniel B Hamilton 
 
 Cliisholm Family Oakville 
 
 Chisholin, Kenneth, M. P. P Bramjiton 
 
 ('lioate, Nathan Port Hopo . . . . 
 
 Christie, Hon, David Paris 
 
 Christie, Hon. W. ,1 lirockvillo . . . , 
 
 Clark, Daniel, .M.l) Toronto 
 
 (Mark, Rev. John S Oshawa 
 
 Clement, (!cor;,'o A Niagara 
 
 Clement, Lewis St Catharines. . 
 
 Clench Fiiiiiily Niagara 
 
 Cobiirn, William, M. I) Oshawa 
 
 (Cochrane, Rev. William, D.I).... Brantford 
 
 Cockbiirn, A. P., ALP (iravoiihiirst . , 
 
 (Jockburn, (!, R. R. , AI. .\ Toronto 
 
 (.'olemaii, Timothy, T., AI.D Seaforth 
 
 Collier, Heiiiy li St <.!atliarine.%. . 
 
 Cook, Ejiliraiiii, M.D Norwich ..... 
 
 ('00k, Herman H Toronto 
 
 Cook, John Newmarket . . . 
 
 Cooper, .lames Toronto 
 
 Cranston, .lames (»., AI.I) Arnprior . 
 
 Crawford, Hon, (ieorgo Brockvillo . . . . 
 
 Crawford, Hon, J<diii Toronto 
 
 Creohor, John Owen Sound .. 
 
 Cruoka, Uun. Adum Toronto 
 
 500 
 ri'.t 
 
 .'i;i5 
 5,^7 
 
 r>5i» 
 
 51l!t 
 .■(.■>H 
 27(» 
 14!) 
 418 
 21(1 
 1)44 
 MM 
 III 2 
 IM 
 522 
 740 
 123 
 
 5i;i 
 
 H7 
 
 :wi 
 :i;u 
 ;i25 
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 278 
 2.".4 
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 222 
 
 20."> 
 
 2118 
 
 7;t:( 
 
 2(17 
 2ti8 
 
 2:12 
 :tti:t 
 
 408 
 
 :!24 
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 ii:il 
 
 2()8 
 
 :»;i2 
 247 
 574 
 57(» 
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 148 
 272 
 121 
 
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 241) 
 
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 57!) 
 
 t):t4 
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 23 
 
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776 
 
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 Crntly, Henry fngcrsoll f>78 
 
 Chryslur, John P Morrisliiirg. . . . T<>4 
 
 Ciiiiiiiiiijhiiiii, Henry Kin|{Ht<>ii :t:lO 
 
 ])nniuil, JiiinoH LOri^nal "'M 
 
 DHvidsdii, (iiMirge Uerlin .VJtl 
 
 Davison, Uov. .lolin Toronto .")(I4 
 
 Day, Henry \V.. M.D Tronton 4:tO 
 
 . Dean. William \V Lni(l»ay 4H'-> 
 
 Deniill, Kev. Alfred U Osliawa (><I4 
 
 Dennis, Lient.-l'ol. .1. S Ottawa ITiH 
 
 , Dennistoini, Uohert, <^.C IVterlHirDUgli . . 112 
 
 Dumehe, HaiiiiMel M Napanee oO'J 
 
 D'Evirardii, Dexter Welland Mtt 
 
 Dowar, .lolin Milton Mi> 
 
 Dewar, .lolin V., M.D I'ort Hope ti«4 
 
 |)ickson, .lames (ioderich 40<) 
 
 Dickson, .lohn K., M.D Kingston :i4H 
 
 Diik»(in, Hon. Walter H Niagara I(>2 
 
 Doran, John Pembroke Ki7 
 
 Douglass, Kohert, M.D I'ort Klgiii Hi> 
 
 Draper, Hon. Wiu. H Toronto "itl 
 
 Drillill, Thomas LSrndford It.">t) 
 
 Diitlerin, Karl of, K.P., K.C.H 10 
 
 Duhaniel. Right Rev. J. T Ottawa "Id 
 
 Duval, <ieo Ottawa 541) 
 
 Kdgar, James D Toronto .")71 
 
 Edmondson, Robert, M.D Rroekvillu o'JO 
 
 Klliot, William Inxpiois 4.'l.'< 
 
 Elliott, Andrew Alincmte 470 
 
 Elliott, (ieorge (iuelph :\'M< 
 
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 Elliott. Itev. James, D.D linnkville 
 
 Elwood, Rev. E. L., A.M (lodcriili . 
 
 Earlingar, .Alexander Morrislung 
 
 Farrell, A;;ne\v F Cayuga . . . 
 
 Feathernton, John P Ottawa .... 
 
 Ferrier, Alexander D Fergus . . ,. 
 
 Field, John Cobourg . . 
 
 Finlayson, Hugh Paris 4;!'-' 
 
 Flani.g.in, Michael Kingston (iot 
 
 Fleming, James Ilrainpton 'Ji'ili 
 
 Fleming, Sandford, O.E., C.M.O . . ( Utawa '-'2 
 
 Flesher, John (»iangoville 'JCi'J 
 
 Fleiiry, .Joseph .Aurora 4'2'2 
 
 Flint, Hon. Billa Hellovillo t>'M) 
 
 Fournior, Hon. Telesphore ( Xtawa U'fXJ 
 
 P'rancia, ("harh's Trenton 7<'.') 
 
 Eraser, Hon. C. F Mrookvillo 7-'rt 
 
 Eraser, .1 ames Ottawa ."> i4 
 
 Frost, Francis T Smitirs Falls. . 74'2 
 
 Furby, William Port Hope TMi 
 
 Gale, (ieorge ,1 ( >weii Sound. . . 'J'27 
 
 Gait, Hon. Tlioiuas Toronto ;i'J.S 
 
 Gibbons, Kobert Goderich 457 
 
 Gibbs, T. N. and W. H Oshawa L".»r> 
 
 Gibson, Lieut. -Col. John M Hamilton 77- 
 
 (iilchrist, John, M.D Port Hop., .".tiU 
 
 Gildersleevo, Charles F Kingston UVA 
 
 (iilles[)ie, James Pictou 024 
 
 (iillespie, John Toronto 614 
 
 Gillies, J<din, M.P Paisley (iHlj 
 
 . :57t; 
 
 . ;t(i8 
 . 724 
 
 Gravoley, William Cobourcf 
 
 Green, Rev. Anson, D.D. ToronI 
 
 tJniy, William Woodstock . . . 
 
 (irillln, William J I Ottawa 
 
 Gnnn, Kobert J., M.D Whitby 
 
 (iiinn, William Walkerton 
 
 Guthrie, Doiiahl, Q.C, M.P Guelph 
 
 (i Wynne, Hon. .lolm \V Ottawa 
 
 Haauel, Prof. E. E. ¥. R, Ph. D. Cobouig 
 
 Hall, .lames, C.E I'lterboroiigh . . 
 
 Hamlin, Heiiben S Oshawa 
 
 Harding, .lohn E M. .Mary's .... 
 
 Hardy. Hon. A. .S., t,».t: liiaiitford 
 
 Hariix.iii, David H., M.D St. Mary\ 
 
 Harrisun, Hon. 1!. A Toronto 
 
 Hart, Heiirv Paris 
 
 Hav, DavidD. M.P.P Listi>wol 
 
 Hhv, Kobert, M.P Toronto 
 
 Hcllmiiih, Right Rev. Isaac London 
 
 Henry, Robert lira.itford 
 
 Hfiirv, Hon. William .\ Ottawa 
 
 Her.id, George S., Ml* Guelph 
 
 Hen-iiujiii, E. .A., M.D Lindsiiy 
 
 Hilker, Henry 
 
 Hill, Hamuett, M.R.C.S 
 
 Hilliard, George. M.P 
 
 Hodgins, John (i.. LL. I) 
 
 Hodgins, Thomas, M.A., QC 
 
 Holmes, T. K., M.D Chatham. . . 
 
 HorHiuan. .lohn Giuilph . ... 
 
 Hossie, John Stratford. . . 
 
 llouyh, .lames Guelph .... 
 
 Howlaiid. Sir W. P Toronto . . . 
 
 Hoyt, JohnJ. M.D Ingersoll . . . 
 
 Hudspeth, Adam Lindsay . . . 
 
 Hughes. David .1 St. Tliomiis 
 
 Hutchinson, Charles London ... 
 
 Huttoii, William V St. Mary's 
 
 Hyuiaii, VMa W Li'iidon . . . 
 
 Ingersoll, .lames Woodstock 
 
 limes. Rev. Geo. M ., M.;\ Lomloii ... 
 
 Irving, Andrew IVmbriko 
 
 Glass, David, Q.C Lomlon.. . 
 
 (ilass, William London.. . 
 
 Gohlie, .lames Guel|)h. . . 
 
 GoiKlerham, Wni Toronto 
 
 (Jould. Joseph Cxbridgo . 
 
 tiow Hon. Peter (iuelph. . . 
 
 Oowan, .lames R Rarrie . . . . 
 
 Graham, George Hrampton.. 
 
 Grant, .Jaines .\., M.D Ottawa . . . 
 
 Port Elgin . . 
 
 Ottawa 
 
 Peterbonmgh. 
 
 . Toronto 
 
 ■ Toronto 
 
 Jackson, Edward . 
 Jeir.rs, Welliiigtoi 
 
 Jellftt, R .belt P 
 
 .lolnisoii, Eden .A 
 
 .lohuaoii, .lames 
 
 .lohiiHtoM, T. W, , M.D 
 
 D.D. 
 
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 » tttawa 
 
 Sariiia 
 
 .loiies, Charles and Ormond P.iockville. . . . 
 
 .lones, .Ste|iheii .1 Hiantford. . . . 
 
 .loiivent, Vioar-Geiieial Lauieiit . Ottawa 
 
 .lull, Thomas ( (lungeville.. . 
 
 Keefer, <!ei Thorold 
 
 Keefer, Thos. ('.. C. E Ottawa 
 
 Keith, William M Smith's Falls . 
 
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 20 
 
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 Kirkpatiiek, Tlios., (.).C. . . . 
 
 Kirkwood, David 
 
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 l.aing, Rev. .lohn, AL.A 
 
 Lambert, Walter, M.D Amhersiburg. 
 
 Larki,, .lohn S Oshawa 
 
 Loseoiiibe, Robert R lloHiiianville . 
 
 Lau.ler, A. W , M. P. P Tor.jido 
 
 Lauder, Venerable A rchdeaeon .. Ottawa 
 
 Lawrasoii, Lawrence London 
 
 Luwder, Ji.'hu M St. Cathivrines. 
 
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 75 
 
 . 758 
 . 48!» 
 
 . ;iH;i 
 
 . 414 
 . 441 
 
 . t;2:{ 
 . (;22 
 . 217 
 
 . 525 
 . 475 
 
 . :«»:{ 
 
 . 250 
 . 715 
 . 88 
 . 4111 
 . 510 
 ,. 550 
 
ColKniri; M)6 
 
 Tuii.iii i;U 
 
 WooilHtdck. .. 1!H) 
 
 Ottawii IWl 
 
 Whitby ;I2!» 
 
 WalkiTtoii 4tl'J 
 
 (Jllflpll (IS 
 
 • »tuiHtt r.(H» 
 
 l>. I'dbiiuig (>f>r) 
 
 . l'iterluiiiiiif,'li . . !t7l 
 
 . . Osliiiwa r.'li 
 
 . . t^t. Alary 'h .... (Wl 
 
 . . liianlfoiil 17H 
 
 • . St. Mary's .... (MiV 
 . Tonuito TiO 
 
 ■ I'aria '248 
 
 • . Listowol 'it'll 
 
 . . Ton.iitd l!fj 
 
 ■ ■ Liiiuldii \'Mi 
 
 ■ ■ l'.riv.itfi>ril (1!IH 
 
 . . Otiawa :i8 
 
 • • (iiielph 4ri5 
 
 . . LiiidHiiy ;WJ 
 
 . . I'c.rt Klijiii ... ri(Mi 
 
 • . (Ittawa '.'.■)() 
 
 .. I'DtiThiiroui-li. . ri7"> ■ 
 
 . . Turimto 4.'pi; 
 
 • . Tiir(iiiti) ;iH(i 
 
 . Oliathaiii Ill I 
 
 . . (iimliih 5<15 
 
 . . Stratf.ira ~'M 
 
 ■ ■ (iiielplx 4Hl 
 
 . . 'J'tironto 'Mi 
 
 ■ • • • Injfi'rsiill (i77 
 
 ■ l.iml»ay ('>7'2 
 
 • St. 'I'hoiiiiia. . . 11)5 
 
 ■ lioiuliiii 410 
 
 • St. Mary's 44(i 
 
 • l.i'iiilciii ()7:t 
 
 . \V()(Mi«tcick ;i():i 
 
 . Lciiuidii 4K7 
 
 . IViiihri'ki) 4H8 
 
 . llaiiiiltdii 7(W 
 
 . Lindsay :Ml!l 
 
 . I'let.iii :>1() 
 
 . l/( hiyiial (i:t!» 
 
 . Ottawa 171 
 
 , Sariiia I<t8 
 
 . Unifkvillo 7l'(i 
 
 . Itiaiilfunl •2i)t< 
 
 . (Htawa 55 
 
 . Hriuiyevillf .. . . :tl7 
 
 . TliiiKilil 75 
 
 . ( »ttttwa 758 
 
 . Suiilh's Falls . . 48!) 
 
 . LiiiilHay 'M'i 
 
 . Tiiroiito 414 
 
 . Walkcrtiii 441 
 
 . Kiiij;»tiiii U'>:i 
 
 ■ Kiiifistoii ()2'J 
 
 . Uratiiptoii 217 
 
 . T'x'rliii 525 
 
 . l.)\imlas 475 
 
 .. .Xiiiliorsitjiuj,' . . .'t'.Ml 
 
 . < >sliaHa 2o() 
 
 . ItdWiiiaiivillo . . 715 
 
 . T()r(.>iito 88 
 
 . Ottawa 4!ll 
 
 . liomloii 5I!( 
 
 . St. CatlmriiiuB.. iiM 
 
 Lfckic, .Iiiliii BriiMiulB 
 
 Iah's, William, M.RP Kallbro.ik 
 
 I,oi>iianl, Hon. Klijali London 
 
 1,1'wis, tloliu It ... Ottawa 
 
 Lewis, lU. Huv. .Iiihii T Ottawa 
 
 Li'VH, (ii'or;;o Sarnia 
 
 LiHii'r, .laintfH, M.l) liidlovillu 
 
 Livinn»ton, Jamea I laden 
 
 I.iviiij,'.stono, Archibald Kin(,'«ton 
 
 Li/.irn, l>aniel II Stratforil 
 
 L<inf,', Tlioinas, M. IMV Collinjjwuod . . 
 
 Lome, Mari|\iiH of Ottawji 
 
 Loueks, .loliii \V .Morrisbiirg. . . . 
 
 Lynuh. ,lolin Itraniptoii .... 
 
 Lvon, Hull. IJobort Ottawa 
 
 Lyon, Kobert .\., M. I'.P Miohaid'ii Hay.. 
 
 Lyon Kcdiin.son Arnprior 
 
 MacLt^od, John Andiorstbuin... 
 
 Mcl'idhun, Kinlay Mdton 
 
 MeCarthy, 1)., ().V., M.l* liarriB 
 
 M( X'artliy, MaitlaTul Oran<;uvillo. . . . 
 
 MeOaiiKhoy, .Sanniul (1., M. A . . . . Seaforth 
 
 Mot'riMiev, William Oakville. 
 
 MeltonaLih, .lolin Thondd 
 
 Mollonald, Uaniel (ioderit'h 
 
 McDonald, Oeo Clillord 
 
 Millonald, Herberts Hrockville 
 
 McDonald, Roderick, il.U Cornwall 
 
 M(,l)on),'all, .lohn L Ottawa 
 
 MeDngalil, I'oler A Oakvillo 
 
 Mot lill. Wm., M. U » ishawa 
 
 Motiillivr.iv. Kdwnrd Ottawa 
 
 Melntyre, l). K., M.D Oomwall 
 
 MeKeehine, Itobert l)uiidfts 
 
 MeKellar, Hon. A Hamilton 
 
 Mi:Ki'nzi(?, Anilrow M.D London 
 
 MiKenzio, 'I'honias II Uiindas 
 
 MeKilibin, .lames Lindsay 
 
 MeKindsey, (Jeo. (' .Milton 
 
 Mi'l.arly, l)nnean, AI.D St. 'I'honias. . . . 
 
 McLav, .lohn Walkerton 
 
 MoMahon, .lames, M.D., M.IM'.. Dundas 
 
 MeMahoii, 'I'lioiiias I! Sinicoo 
 
 MeMaster, Hon. Willi uii Toronto 
 
 McUae, .lohn I'ort Oolborno. . 
 
 Macdonaltl, Archibald (Jiiell>ll 
 
 Macdonald, Hon. D. .\ (ileiinnny 
 
 Macdoiiald, Hon. .1. S C'ornwiill 
 
 Macdonald, Sir .lohn A Ottawa 
 
 Macdonell, Samuel S \\ indsor 
 
 Mack, 'rhcopliibis, M.D St. I'atlianiies.. 
 
 Mackenzie, Hon. Alexander Toronto 
 
 Mackenzie, Daniel Sarnia 
 
 Mackonzio, Kennetb, Q.C Toront 
 
 Mackenzie, Waller Tictoii 
 
 Maclean, Hev. M. W., M.A Hclluville 
 
 Macnab, Kev. Alexander 
 
 Macoiin, >lohii 
 
 Maoplierson, Henry 
 
 Macpliereoii, James A 
 
 Mai ston, John W L'Orignal 
 
 Martin, J. din H I'liyuga 
 
 Martin, Hicliard, Q.O ilumilton 
 
 Mereditli, W. H., ^.(J London 
 
 Meiuhen, Arthur Perth 
 
 Meiklejohn, Alexander Harristoii 
 
 Mercer, .lohn Chatham 
 
 Menier, Freileriok New Hainbiiig. 
 
 Merner, Samuel, M.l' Now Ilaiiibnrg. 
 
 Merrill, Horace Ottawa 
 
 l!('Wmaiiville. .. 
 
 Belleville 
 
 Owen Sound 
 
 . Kincardine . . . . 
 
 indka: 
 
 4<ll» ■ Merritt,'Hnn. William il 
 
 U8H Metcalfe, Jamex 
 
 f>!l4 Michie, Henry 
 
 4115 Miller Thoini^s 
 
 til Miller, William 
 
 4();i Mitchell, .lame» 
 
 t>:i8 Mittloberuer, Henry 
 
 m:< Moberly, (ioo 
 
 71tl Mollat,"Licut.-(.!oL James 
 
 f»7 Moltat, William 
 
 :W.t Morris, .laineH 
 
 5 Morrison, Anmis, (,t.C 
 
 (it!'-' Morton, K. I)., M.D 
 
 711 Morton, lieo. I)., M.D 
 
 748 Moi"s, lion. Tliomas 
 
 ti7tl Moslyn, William, M.D 
 
 iVil) Mowat. Hon. Oliver, t,>.C., LL. D. 
 
 244 Mnlhollaiid, IJev. A. H. I! 
 
 -"-•1 Mnnro, I'olin 
 
 fdil Murray, Tlioinns, M.IM' 
 
 •-"-'tl Nairn, T. M., M.I'. I' 
 
 t'.87 Nellcs, ,S. s., D.D. LL.D .. 
 
 r>4L' Nichol, .l(hn, M.D 
 
 1811 Norris, .lames 
 
 4!t(» Noxon Itr.ithers 
 
 5lt7 O'Comiiir, Daniel 
 
 •Jlill O'Connor, Hon. John, (,) C. . 
 
 714 ( CDonohoo, .lidiu 
 
 Mo O'Oara, Martin 
 
 411! O'Heillv, Miles, Q.C 
 
 74ti Oates, Kiohard II 
 
 L'Olt O^den, Izziel, .M.D 
 
 Iii'5 0(»ilvieB and Hutchison 
 
 1147 Oliver, Adam 
 
 7l)2 Oliver, Thom.iM, M.l' 
 
 t>o;t Orchard. J. dm A.. 
 
 7o7 Oiton, (Jeo. T., M.D., M.l' 
 
 47.'t l'a,!-e, John 
 
 ■-'15 Panel, Hon. Chas. E 
 
 5(1'.' Pardee, Hon. Timothy 1! 
 
 4.".!» Parker, Thomas H 
 
 ^57 I'arkhill, Wm. J., M.l'.l' 
 
 5l.'8 Pater-son, William, M. P 
 
 IliO Patrick, Wm 
 
 :W4 Patterson, Ueiiben S 
 
 5t)l Patteson, Thcuiias C 
 
 14 Patton, Hon. James, (J.C 
 
 770 Patton, Major 
 
 It! Patton, Venerable ArchdeacMJii... . 
 
 ;!IH Patlullo. Alexander, M.l) 
 
 -'IH Perry, Peter .. 
 
 5(1(1 Philp. John, AI.D 
 
 ;i(iO Pitcher, Seneca 
 
 444 Pollard, LieutCol. Wm. D 
 
 .5:m Porte.ius, liobert .*. . . . 
 
 44'J Potts, Itev. .lohn, I».D 
 
 !li» Poussette, Arthur C, M.D 
 
 81 Powell, Col. W.dker 
 
 JIO Powell, John 
 
 7l!t Prain, .Icdin 
 
 t'>H5 Price, ("ornclniii V 
 
 !)!' PriiiKle, Jacob F 
 
 5H0 Proudfoot, Hon. Win 
 
 174 Uacey, Thomas 
 
 atL' Kae.'FiaiK^is, AI.D 
 
 411 Handall, Peter R 
 
 1185 Raymond, (.diaries 
 
 ;W4 I Raymond, Lorenzo L) 
 
 145 Read, Hon. liobert 
 
 77 , Uoesur, llou. David 
 
 »t. Catharinoi. . ttSS 
 
 Toronto .'i;W 
 
 FerKiii 4117 
 
 Milton 237 
 
 (iait 7(ia 
 
 CiiyuKa '241 
 
 St. Uatharinri.. 573 
 
 ColIinKWood. . .. 054 
 
 London 71 
 
 I'ombroko (108 
 
 Pembroke 54tt 
 
 Toronto 419 
 
 llarrie 444 
 
 lliiidford 2*28 
 
 Toronto 751 
 
 Almonte 745 
 
 ToriPiito '2!*7 
 
 Owen Sound. . . 55 
 
 St. Thomas ()tl8 
 
 Pembroke 447 
 
 Aylmur 43 
 
 Cidiourg 85 
 
 Listowel 4(i(> 
 
 "^t. (Jatharines.. 84 
 
 iiigersull 2(i4 
 
 ' Hinwa '201 
 
 'tnwa '2(iti 
 
 Toronto 354 
 
 Ottawa 508 
 
 Hamilton 7t>5 
 
 Toronto 058 
 
 Toronto 003 
 
 (Joderieh 373 
 
 lnj,'ersoll 1178 
 
 Woodstock .... ti33 
 
 Drumiiioiidville '2'2'J 
 
 Fergus 1.52 
 
 Ottawa 380 
 
 Ottawa 205 
 
 .Sainia 555 
 
 Woodstock 384 
 
 Alulmur 408 
 
 Hraiitford 1!>7 
 
 Diockville ;!07 
 
 lielleville 47'2 
 
 Toronto 34'2 
 
 Toronto 143 
 
 Toronto 138 
 
 lielleville 140 
 
 Hraniptoii 548 
 
 Whitby 172 
 
 Listowel 407 
 
 Norwich 057 
 
 Aleaford 243 
 
 Paisley 076 
 
 Toronto 544 
 
 Sarnia 49!) 
 
 < (ttawa 41) 
 
 St. Oatharineu.. 100 
 
 Alinto 3!M) 
 
 Kingstcn 113 
 
 Cornwall 167 
 
 Toronto 357 
 
 Alilton tl5l 
 
 Oshawa '200 
 
 Port Hope '285 
 
 (inelph 318 
 
 Wellaiid 213 
 
 llellevillo 725 
 
 Yorkville 097 
 
 \ 
 
778 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 \ 
 
 Reynold*, Nel»on G Whitby 046 
 
 Reynolds, William Guelph 466 
 
 Richards, Hon. Sir VV. B OtUwa 9 
 
 Richardson, Samuel, M. D Gait 408 
 
 Ritchie, Hon. William J Ottawa 155 
 
 Robertson, Alexander, M.P. P.. . . Belleville 170 
 
 Robertson, David, M.D, M.P.P. . Milton 277 
 
 Robertson, Samuel Harriston 706 
 
 Robinson, James Markham 682 
 
 Robinson, Williiini Kingston 214 
 
 Rogers, Robert N .- Chatham 1 24 
 
 Rose, George M Toronto 286 
 
 Ross, George W., M.P Strathroy 346 
 
 Ross, John S. , M.P Iroquois 486 
 
 R<i88, Lieut. -Col. A. M., M.P. P.. (Jodorich 568 
 
 Ruby, William H Port Elgin 584 
 
 Russell, Alexander J., C. E Ottawa 1.34 
 
 Russell, Thomas Alton 521 
 
 Russell, William Dundas 204 
 
 Rutledge, William N Ooldwatcr 727 
 
 Ruttan, Hon. Henry Cobourg 720 
 
 Ryckman, Rev. E. B., D.D Brantford 301 
 
 Rykert, John C, M.P St. Catliarines. 70 
 
 Sanderson, Rev. J. E., M.A Whitby 345 
 
 Sanford, W. E Hamilton 434 
 
 Sangster, John H., M.D Port Perry 466 
 
 Saunders, Holland V Port Hope 261 
 
 Saunders, James Paisley 302 
 
 Schofleld, Frederick Brockville 231 
 
 Scott, Alexnnder Brampton .... 233 
 
 Scott, Hon. R. W Ottawa 585 
 
 Scott, Robert Gait 655 
 
 Scott, Stanley Newmarket . . . 477 
 
 Scott, William, M.D Woodstock 2:W 
 
 Shaver, Peter R., M.D Stratford 454 
 
 Shenston, Thomas S Brantford 530 
 
 Sherwood, Col. Ailiel Brockville .... 315 
 
 Sherwood, Hon. (Jeo., Q.C Br' .evillo 235 
 
 Simpson, Hon. John Be tinanvillo . . 485 
 
 Simpson, Robert B.rrie 7;i4 
 
 Skead, Hon. James Ottawa 47 
 
 Smart, James Brockville .... 420 
 
 Sniellie, Rev. Geo Feri<u8 440 
 
 Smith, Geo. B Torimto 581 
 
 Smith, Goldwin, M..\ ToroDto 7 
 
 Smith, John Brimtfurd 242 
 
 Smith, John D Port Hojio .... 707 
 
 Smith, John E St. Thoinus. . . . 554 
 
 Smith, L. W., D.C.L Toronto 448 
 
 Smyth, Lieut, (ieneral Sir E. S. . Ottawa 18 
 
 Somervillu, James Liicknow 366 
 
 Speight, James Markliaiii 652 
 
 Springer, Moses, M. P.P Waterloo 110 
 
 Sproat, Alexander Wulkorton .... 702 
 
 Stafford, Rev. Michael Lindsay 225 
 
 Stephen, Alexander K. , M. L). . . . Collingwood . . . 147 
 
 Stephens, (Jeorge Cobourg 224 
 
 Stephenson, James, M.D lrix(iioi8 283 
 
 Stejihciison, Hufus, M. P Chatham 188 
 
 Stevenson, John Napaiiee 211 
 
 Stevenson, John G Cityuga 252 
 
 Stewart, Fnlkner ( ►rangeville. 623 
 
 Stewart, .Fauies W., M.D. ...".... Port Dover. . . . (ill 
 
 Stirt<m, David Guelph 106 
 
 St. Jean, Pierre, M.D Ottawa 166 
 
 I Strange, O. S., M.D Kingston 
 
 Stratton, James Peterborough. 
 
 ; Strong, Hon. Samuel H Ottawa 
 
 I Sullivan, Michael, M.D Kingston 
 
 Sweetland, John, M.D Ottawa 
 
 Sweetnam, Matthew Toronto 
 
 Tabaret, Very Rev. J. H Ottawa 
 
 ' Tachd, Joseph Ottaw* 
 
 Taschereau, Hon. Henry E Ottawa 
 
 ! Tasch^, Joseph, M. P Ottawa 
 
 Tassie, William, LL.D Gait 
 
 Thompson, Rev. John Sarnia 
 
 Thompson, Robert Guelpii 
 
 Thorburn, James, M.D Toront' 
 
 Tillson, Edwin D Tils(ml.urg 
 
 Tissiman, John Chatham 
 
 Trow, James, M. P Stratford 
 
 Tucker, Baruch Allanburt>li . . . . 
 
 Tnpper, Sir Charles Ottawa 
 
 ; Turner, Henry, M.D Millbrook 
 
 Turquand, John, M.D Woodstock . . . . 
 
 Tyrrell, Friink Morrisbtirg. . . . 
 
 Ure, Rev. Robert Goderich 
 
 Vidal, Hon, Alexander Sarnia 
 
 V'anEgmond, C. E Egmondville . . 
 
 VanNorman, Goo. R, y.C Brantfonl 
 
 VanJJorman, Joseph Tilsonbiirg . . . . 
 
 Walker, Col, John London 
 
 Wallace, James M,, M,D Hauiiltim 
 
 Wallbridge, Hon. Lewis, (J.C, , , . Belleville 
 
 Waller, Wm. H Ottawa 
 
 Walsh, Francis L Simcoe 
 
 Ward, Thomas Port Hope , . 
 
 Warren, John B Oshawa 
 
 Waterman, Isaac London 
 
 Watson, Dixie Winghaiii 
 
 Wats<m George Coliingwond , . . 
 
 Watts, Alfred Drantfoid 
 
 Wdls, Hon. K. M Toronlo 
 
 NVhelihan, Patrick St. Mary's 
 
 White, John Milton 
 
 White, Peter, M.P Pembroke 
 
 White, William J Si. Thomas 
 
 Whitlaw, Charles Paris 
 
 Wicksteed, G. W., Q.C Ottawa 
 
 Williams, Liiut-Col. A. T. H, , . , Port Hope 
 
 W'illiams, Rev. John M Goderich 
 
 Williams, Rev, William Guelph 
 
 Williams, Thomas St. ThoMias. , , , 
 
 Willoughby W, A,, M.U Colborm- 
 
 Wilson, John H,, ALD St, Thomas 
 
 Wilson, Thomas Dundas 
 
 Winer, John Hamilton 
 
 Wiser, John P., M,P Prescott 
 
 Wood, Hon. S. <•' Lindsay 
 
 Woodruff, Joseph C Drummondville 
 
 Workman, Alexander Ottawa 
 
 Worts, J. (>.,.." Toronto 
 
 Wright, Thos, H Sandwich 
 
 Wyliy, Lieut.-Col, David Brpckville 
 
 Yarwood, William T ." picton 
 
 Yates, Horatio, M, D Kingstcm 
 
 Young, Januts Gait 
 
 Young, Levi Ottawa. 
 
 629 
 
 , 223 
 164 
 661 
 122 
 314 
 628 
 175 
 114 
 601 
 478 
 040 
 674 
 344 
 180 
 656 
 103 
 001 
 618 
 602 
 010 
 410 
 72 
 301 
 76 
 :M9 
 182 
 083 
 030 
 185 
 46 
 101 
 
 600 
 TOO 
 
 527 
 
 664 
 
 187 
 
 688 
 
 111 
 
 372 
 
 322 
 
 750 
 
 703 
 
 474 
 00 
 
 021 
 73 
 
 407 
 
 024 
 
 311 
 
 706 
 
 520 
 
 583 
 
 532 
 
 508 •• 
 
 101 
 
 600 
 02 
 
 i4i 
 
 150 
 
 518 
 
 071 
 
 701 
 
 127 
 
Kingston 629 
 
 Peterborough.. 223 
 
 Ottawa 164 
 
 Kingston 66! 
 
 Ottawa 122 
 
 Toronto 314 
 
 Ottawa 628 
 
 Ottawi 176 
 
 C Ottawa 114 
 
 Ottawa 591 
 
 Oalt 478 
 
 Sarnia 640 
 
 Giielpii 674 
 
 Toront. 344 
 
 Tilsonlmrg 180 
 
 Chatham 05<> 
 
 Stratford 103 
 
 Allanbursih.... tWl 
 
 Ottawa 618 
 
 Millbrook 692 
 
 Woodstock.... 610 
 
 Morrisburg. . . . 410 
 
 Goderich 72 
 
 Sarnia 361 
 
 Egmondville . . T6 
 
 Brantfonl 340 
 
 Tilsonbiirg .... 182 
 
 London 683 
 
 Hamilton 630 
 
 IV.... Belleville 185 
 
 Ottawa 45 
 
 Simcoe IQl 
 
 Port Hope . . 666 
 
 Oshawa 700 
 
 London 527 
 
 Wingham 664 
 
 Uoliingwood . . . 187 
 
 Hi'antfoid 688 
 
 Toronto Ill 
 
 St. Mary's 372 
 
 Milton 322 
 
 Pembroke 750 
 
 St. Thomas. . . . 703 
 
 Paris 474 
 
 Ottawa 96 
 
 H.... Port Hope 621 
 
 Goderioh 73 
 
 Gnelph 497 
 
 St. Thomas 624 
 
 Colborne 311 
 
 St. Th<imiis. . . . 766 
 
 Dundfts 520 
 
 Hamilton 583 
 
 Prescott 532 
 
 Lindsay 598 
 
 Drunuiiondville 161 
 
 Ottawa 5flO 
 
 Toronto 62 
 
 Sandwich 747 
 
 Urpckvillo 150 
 
 : Picton 618 
 
 Kingston 671 
 
 Gait 701 
 
 Ottawa 127