HISTORY OF COMPTOX COrXTY. \ V. ■\ A\ "N. o u o l-I Q HISTORY OV COMPTON COUNTY AND SKK^rCHKS (11 TIIK Eastern To\vnsliips, District of St. Francis, and Shcrbrooke County. SUI'I'I.KMHNTl'D WITH THI' klCCORDS ()!• FOUR HUNDKICI) FAMII.Il-S. TWO UrNDUKI) II.M-STKATIONS OF IU-IU)INGS AND LKADINd CITIZHXS IX THF: COIXTV. Comitiloil hy h. S. CUASSEIL. TNCt.I'lPINC, BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE HON. JOHN HENRY POPE, li/ HON. C. II. MACKINTOSH, I.ii-ulciialll iHiviriiDr Noilli ■ Wisl Tttritiiric.- ITIILISHKR: U. Jr>. C n A N N K LI., COOKSHIRE, Qi'i:. 1896. Ktiirr, .1. aci-onlinj; tu .u't „( l',„ li.,iiii-iil of Ca.mil.i, in tin- m- ir cii^.m.-.-ii lniii.|i>.,l .iii.l iiinci v six 1,^ l.lilNAKI) S ClIWM.I.r., ill llir (iHici- 1)1' the Miiiislcr ad, ceneral wav, in whidi the li.adinf^ events stand ont in larf>;e '' "-Wr "^ perspective, while the minor details are omitted or only introduced in a cursory TO manner. Hut the value of the history of a country consists largely in the extent ^JafS and minuteness of the details furnished, atul to obtain and verify these involves a '■^p" vast amount of painstaking i ivestij^ation. In the present instance the difficulty of obtaining complete records is increased by the fact that no published book exists which might serve as a staiting point. The only works extai't of any use in describing the Kasteru Townships, are those of Joseph Houcliette, vSurveyor- (Jeneral of Lower Canada for thirty years, published in 1815 and iiS^i, :ind Mrs. Day's " History of the Kastern Townships," published in I1S69. I have availed myself of only a few extracts from these, principally in the Township histories. Nearly all the information has been gathered from old settlers, old newspapers, government reports, municipal records, and written accounts left by some of the pioneers. The aim has been not to write a romance, but simply to give the facts as they have been found, after months of research and study. Hvery item of interest that could be learned con- cerning the County of Compton has been traced out and, so far as verified, here recorded. The utmost ])aius have been taken to verify and accurately present all statements, biographical and historical. A cony of everj' biography has been submitted to each famih' for correction, before being printed, and I believe they are in everj* case correct as to dates and particulars. In the biographies the date of birth of the sons precede that of the daughters. It is not, however, merely as a register of famili' history or local events that the pre.seut work is undertaken, but in the hope that it may also have a possible future usefulness as a contribution to the sources from which the history of the Dominion must be drawn, whenever in the twentieth century an exhaustive history of Canada comes to be written b}- some future Parkman, the materials for it will come from sucli volumes as the present, preserving records of a fugitive character which would else have been lost. In searching for information I have met with courtesy and assistance on every side. Where all have been so kiiul, to make individual acknowledgment in this place would be impossible; but special mention is due Mr. J. A. Chicoyne, M.L.A., of Sherbrooke ; Mr. Wm. Sawyer, ex-M.L.A., of Sawyerville; Mr. E. S. Orr, of Cookshire, and the Secretary-Treasurers of the several municipalities. L. S CllANNELL. COOKSMIRK, April 30, 1S96. ■>».' HISTORY OF COMITON COUNTY. CMAPTl'R I. 'Pill', Iv\sti:k\ Tow NSiiii'S. Orifjiii of Name Tlic Townships Socnllcd Wlicii I'"irsl Sittk-il Tlii'ir AdvaiitriKcs. THAT portion of the Province of OucIkc with which we dcil in this cliai)ter, anil of which Conipton County forms a jjart, is called " The Ivistern Townships." Many reasons for this special desijjnation have been assi}j;ned by different writers, hnt when and how the name was first >fiven is clonded in obscurity. One writer says it had its orij^in in "the fact of its havinjj been laid ont in territorial subdivisions of townships, to the cj;niories, and are the only townshii>s in Lower Canada. The term " I^astern," therefore, on this theory, does Jiot seem specially appropriate as distiii.i;uishinjj them from seigniories lying around them in the same province. Another version, in which we are inclined to place more faith, is that these townships, being in Ivastern Canada, are so called by contrast with those in Western Canada or Ontario. At the close of the Revolutionary War, in 1782, many thousand United Kmpire Loyalists were offered lands in Catiada by the H'itish Government. The offer was eagerly accepted, and from twentj'-five to thirty thousand settled in the townships of Ontario. At the same time a few hundred families came to the townships of Eastern Canada. Their relatives and friends in Ontario and those who remained in the United States, acquired the habit of distinguishing the different .settlements by calling the.se the Eastern Townships. As to how the name was acquired may be a subject of discussion, but it has so attached itself to this district of (Juebec, that it is as well known throughout the world as though it was a separate province. All that portion of (Juebec which lies south of the River St. Lawrence, and was unconceded at the time of the Conquest, is classed as the Eastern Townships. During the French occupation and for at least ten years subsequent thereto, it was a vast wilderness covered with forest and untrodden by any but the wild man. The British Government, in maintaining the French laws, did not adopt the French system of settlement. They preferred their own Colonial system, and this unconceded part of the Province was laid ont in the same manner as the lands of Ontario (Upper Canada), in townships, after the model of the New F)ngland Colonies. The genius of the two nations, widely differing in so many respects, differed materially in their Colonial systems. The French idea was to transplant the old country into the new, to reproduce France, with all its gradations of society, its religion, its laws, and feudal tenure, and to centralize power in the hands of th^ Governor and of those delegated by the Sovereign to represent him in the New France of the New World. Part //IS/ON) 01- COM/'/OX lOl'A'/y (if till' strciij^tli, ami all the woaktiess of the I''rciicli )i\>/mr iti Catiada arost- I'roiu lliis systt-iu. The central power could always coniinaiul the services of the entire population, when needed for any enterprise of defence or attack, — luit the people, tied down to a ri^;id system of central rcsponsil)ilily, conld not expand as did the Ivn^jlish colonists. in the I'*re!ich case, the ijovernment was powerful, ihc people weak ; whereas the exact opposite was the result of the Mn^lish system, the jjovernment, or ^governments (for there were manyi, heinj.; weak, and the people stroujj;. The nature of the country formiu); the I'iaslerii Townships differs j'reatly from the l''reiieh country, Instead of ^reat plains, we find hills and fertile valleys, traversed l)y mountain ranjjes, and intersected by numberless rivers and water courses, takinyj their rise in picturescpit lakes. Thus, in addition to its fertile chaiacter, the h'astcrn Townships is a country famous for its scenery, a country retainiuj; its jrreeii hue until late in the autumn, a continuation northwards of that ^reen-monntain country to which the State of X'ermonl (»wes its name. In point of beauty it is not sur|)assed by any part of the .American Continent, if beauty consists in the combination of the pictures(iue with adaptability to the wants of life. Many districts may be more jfrand, but j.;randeur alone is merely one of the elements of perfect beauty. We find by re])orts of a special committee, iiublished iu iSsi, which had l)een appointed by the l'ro\iucial Parliament, to einpiire into causes relardiu).; the settlement of the Ivistern Townships, that they consider these townships as composed within the counties known at th.it lime as Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford, Missiscpioi, Drummond, and Me^Miitic, making .(,SS(),.i()o square acres, with a population, iu iSpS, that did not exceed 69,168. .At the present day, the Ivistern Townships arc yjenerally understood as comprisin^j the ten counties of Missis(|Uoi, Hioine, ShetTord, Drumn'ond, Richmond, ,Sherbrooke, vStanstead, Complon, Wolfe and Mej^jantic. Sonic authorities also include Arthabaska. Rev. Charles Stewart, I). I)., afterwards Lord Bishop of (jnebec, iu a pamphlet written in 1S15. and published in 1817, says: "The Ivisterii Townships is a jreueral name fre(|uently j,dven to all the townships extending; east from the River Richelieu, to the eastern boundary of the Province, which divides it from N'ew Hampshire and Massachusetts, and of the latter Maine forms part. All this country is a forest, c /■ co.u/'/'ox cof/x/y. Ill till- annals of llic Ivislorn Townships no iccortl is foniul of Indian villuj^cs, and nivtr were the fust settlers hanassed hy Indian tribes in seareh of scalps and plnnder. With tiie close of the war hetweeti I'innland and I'Vance, in 1759. the stoppin>r of all these Indian barbarities was aeconiplished, Prcvions to that time the whole eiur^'y of l)oth conntries was brouj/ht to bear to ednoate their Imlian allies to commit the most iiihnman practices on their enemies The ICisterii Townships were the huutiiiK' k''"""'!^ "' several tribjs b'.don>,MnK to the Alj^'oiKpiin nation. The Inxpiois, in New York State, (enemies of the Abena(|iiis who were enlisted on the I'Vetieh side) were too nr;ar to allow Indian villai^es to be cstablisiied with any de)4ree of seenrity, and the Ivii>;lish colonists had not pnshed theii settlements anywhere near this territory at that time. The Al)ena(|iiis Indians, jjrevions to the cominj.,' of tne iMcnch Jesnits umotij; theni. Ind their villages priiuipally in the eastern part of Maine. The Jesnit priests, as fast as they made converts to the Christian relljifion, endeavored to se])aratc them from their heathen Ijretliren, and at the same time brin^j them closer to (jnebec and Montreal, where they would be more nnder tin influence of the I''rench. The result was that mission villaj.^es were established at Caujilinawaj^a, near Montreal, on the Chaudiere Kiver, and one on the St iMauuis River, near its confluence with the St. Lawrence. These last were Abenaquis converts, and became known as the .St. Francis Indians. These mission Indians, as well as I)einj4- tanj.;hl the i)rincipli'S of Christianity, were always at the command" of the PVench (leneral, aiul committed some of the most horrible massacres known of in Indian warfare. l*\)i barbarity they exceeded their heathen brethren. The French cannot be blamed more than the Knjjlish, for the latter set on their Irotpiois allies to emulate the ontraj^es of their tpponents. The thoronjj^lifare between the mission village of the Abcna(iuis Indians was j;enerally up the St. Francis River, as far as the present city of Sherbrooke, across to Lake Memphremaj(og, and down the Connecticut to the Ivn}j;lish settlements. The Indians of the mission village on the Chaudiere River, also used the Connecticut River to reach the same settlements. Hcmchetle in his Typographical Dictionary, publislied in 1815, nienti(;ns that there is a sort of Indian pith through the township of Auckland, from the Connecticut in the direction of the River Chaudiere. In 1790 a proclamation was issued by (leorge the Tiiird, King of FIngland, establishing the first ])arliamcnt in Canada. Antc-edent to this time the whole of Upper and Lower Canaii.i was dominated the Province of (Quebec. Owing to difficulties in managing so large a territory, it was judged that it should b» di\ided, wliich plan was sanctioned by the British Parliament. The Province of Lower Canada was divided into the districts of Montreal, Three Rivers, Quebec, and (iaspe. The land now known as the F^astern Townships was located in the three first named districts. There can be no doubt that United F^nipirc Loyalists took up tluir residence in our Townships before 1792, but the official records of such are missing. The first settlers are heard of on Missiscjuoi Bay and Lake Meniphremagog. At the head of the Connecticut River in the township of Hereford, Colonel John Pope settled as early as 1792, and there is not much doubt but that settlers were there for several years previously. As early as 1752 town.^hips were surveyed and stockades erected by the British at Coos, distant from Hereford about 20 miles, on the Connecticut River. It is true this was relinquished shortly after, but at the close of the war in 1759 settlers rapidly pushed their way up the Connecticut. Authentic and official information confines us to the early part of 1792, as the time when the first settlers came into this territory. F'rom the Land Register, of Quebec, which is nothing else than a registrj' of the Proces Verbau.K of the awards and correspondence of the Committee whose dutj' it was to administer land, we learn that on the 26th FVbrnary, 1792, the Surveyor-General, Samuel Holland, proposed to the Land Committee to employ a certain number of surveyors, whose names he gives. Among ///sroR)- ()/■ (V).i//'/(W cofA'T): lliL'se are to be foiitid tliat of Pennoyer, who is rccomnjeiick'd by him for the District of St. Francis. I'roni this wc are led to believe that this territory was desijjtiated b}' this tiatiie years before tiie Inferior District of St. Francis \v:is created in 1S23. Further on we discover, "The 5th March, 1792, the Connnittce of Crown Lands commissioned Mr. Pennoyer to make the snrvey in the District of St. Francis, and gave orders for the immediate commencement of the work." We read on page 64 of the Land Register, under date iith April, 1792, "on the petition of Wm. Matthews, Isaac I'^riot, and twenty others: That a warrant of survej' issue for a townshi]) on the cast of Lake Memphrcmagog, and that a grant pass to the subscribing petitioners for two hundred acres each, and that the (juestioa as to any further quantity stand over till return of survey." In the year 1796 the first lands in Lower Canada were granted in free and common .soccage. About iSjo tile s\-stem of granting lands was through a township agent. He superi'itended the settlement of each township, and was obliged to reside in or near to .said township. Fvery settler was compelled to clear a road to the width of 20 feet, in front of his lot. The agent received five acres out of every mci granted, and was also allowed for postage, stationer}', etc., 2s. 6d. At no preceding period did these townships show so rapid growth as between 1S20 and 1828. In 1827 there were in Lower Canada about 25 township agents, and during that year the agencies were done away with, the govern nieut selling direct to purchasers. In iS^i there was a population in the Province of 561,051. Of these seven-eights were Catholics; one twenty-first, Kpiscopalians ; one twenty-first, Presbyterians; and one thirtj'- second, Dissenters. About 2o,o(x> of the Catholics were Irish enn'grants, whilst 470,917 were native Canadians. In 1S03 the courts of Montreal rendered a decision that no right of property in slaves could exist in Lower Canada, and the few slaves in this country were thus manumitted. The peo])le in the Townships were too poor to own slaves in those days, and two only are known to have been in what is now Compton Count}-. They belonged to Colonel John Pope, and remained with him until their death when the}' were sent back to the old plantation in Massachusetts for burial. In the works of Jos. Bouchette, for many years Survey-General of Lower Canada, may be found a complete table of the post towns, and rates of postage for a single letter, in Halifax currency, as given by Deputy Postmaster-General, F. A. Stayner. In the year 1S29, mails left Three Rivers every Tuesday at 10 p. m. To Sherbrooke from Halifax — 885 miles — 2s. id. ; from Quebec — 185 miles — 9d. ; from Three Rivers — 95 miles — 7d. ; from Richmond — 27 miles — 4'l.d. Extract of a despatch from Lord Aylmer, Governor-in-Chief of Lower Canada, to the Secretary of State, England, dated Quebec, 12th October, 1831 : "I have visited the Eastern Townships as far as the frontier of the State of Vermont, in the United States. It is extremely difficult to form an estimate of the numbers '.vliich the uncultivated parts of the Eastern Townships will bear; but I think I am within the mark in saying that 500,000 persons might be added to the existing population, with a certainty of raising sufficient agricultural produce for their own subsistence, and for the purposes of commerce necessary for their other wants. The country which goes under the name of Tiie Townships, appears to me the most eligible for settlement of any I have yet v'sited." Jcseph Bouchette, in 183 1, speaking of the Eastern Townships, says : " In dismissing the consideration of this part of the country, we would remark the broad and conspicuous distinction existing between two classes of the people of the same province, in a small comparative extent of territory, as betwixt the inhabitants of the seigniorial settlements and those of the townships, differing as they do in their language, their religion, their habits, their .systems of agriculture, the tenure of their lands, and partially in their laws. The prevalent language in the townships is English, the tenure of the lands free and common soccage, and the laws by which lands descend by inheritance are English. The French idiom is universal in the seigniories, the ///SrONV (>/■' CO.U/'TON COUNT}: II tenure of the lands, feudal, and the law of descent by which property is governed, is prescribed by the custom of Paris." An anonymous writer says : "The present population of these Townships is of very mixed character. Besides the original loyalist stock from over the border, the Mother Country has sent her children, Knglish, vScotch and Irish, to take root in the soil. The}^ and their children, are the Knglish-speaking Canadians of the Hastcrn Townships, l)Ut there has been also an immense influx of French Canadianfj from the overcrowded French parishes, who, next to the Indians, may laj' claim to be children of the soil. The PVencli Canadian people are employed in farming, and in the towns and villages often follow the professions, many of them becoming priests, notaries, lawyers and physicians. They are also largely engaged in trade, and they are invaluable as a labouring population from their handiness and docility. This mixed population lives harmoniously together, the French Canadians cooperating and harmonizing with their British-born brethren. Differences will be found in the habits of life and tone of thought of a people so diverse in race, in social habits, and in creed, but these differences do not lead to strife, they tend rather to soften the manners and it has been remarked by careful observers, not themselves Canadians, that the tone of society of these Townships shows traces of refinement due to a mixed population. The Eastern Townships members of Parliament have been generally not a little distinguished for their ability, their courtesy of manners and their power of adapting themselves to the varied circumstances of life, and this again has been ascribed as in some measure due to the mixed character of the society to be found in the Eastern Townships. Loyalty to their native country is a well-known characteristic of the people, and it is combined with loyalty to the Mother Country. This loyal feeling to Canada arises out of the circumstances of their settlement. The spirit ji attaclnnent to the paternal home is invariably found to be strongest amongst those who have known what it is to endure hardships. When this "hearth love" grows up in a country', which, by its beauty, its fertilit}', its advantages of every kind, gives scope for the attainment of material prosperity, the love of country amongst the descendants of the pioneers, becomes mingled with a wholesome pride that they are indebted for their prosperous condition, to the toils and dangers incurred by their fathers." \-'^7if CIIAl'Tlvk II. DiSTKK r ()!■ St. I-'k ancis. W'Irii Cn.'.i;i.//■ COMI'TON HtUNT): 13 Tlie Re},'istry Office for all this territory was also located at Three Rivers, not i)eiiijr moved to vSherhrooke utitil i.S_V) The first deed rej,Mstered was 011 July 6th of that year. In April, 1S56, the Rejrislry Office ;it Richiiioii 1 was estal)lislicd, and in I.S69 the Re^nstry Office for the County of Coni])lon was opened at Cookshire. The folK)win^ is a list of tliose who have acted in the capacity 01 judj^jes, prothotiotaries, sheriffs and criers, since 1S2S. Jndj^'cs — Hon's. J. Fletcher, R. H. Gardner, Iv Short, J. S. Sanborn, Marcns Dolierty, H. T. Brooks and Wni. White, P.olhonotaries— C. Kelton, \V. Hell, Hell iS: Howen, Hell cv: Short, Short vS: Morris, Short vS: Cabana, Cabana c\: Howen. Sheriffs— C. Whitcher, C.. T. Howen, \V. H. Webb, V,. R. Johnson, J. L. Terrill and John Mcintosh. Crier and Janitor — C. Hyndnian. Crier — S. A. Stevens. Janitor — ^Joseph GritTith. The judicial officers at the present time are: Superior Court jndge, Hon. Wm. White ; Sheriff, John Mclntosli ; Prothonotaries, Cabana & Howen; Deputy Protho- notaries, John Short and ('. H. Hackett ; V{'\^\\ Constable, Hiram Moe ; Crier, F. Camirand ; District Magistrate, G. K. RioUN. Owing to illness Judge Rioux has not been able to fulfill and in hopes of his recover}' an acting magistrate has Ijeeti appointed his duties for sometime, from time to time. I'or several months this position has been aid}' filled hy R. P. Vallee.of Ouebec. Tlie Di.striet is in great part watered by the vSt. P'raiicis River and numerous tributary streams. Some of the waters of the northern and eastern parts find tlieir way to the St. Lawrence by lower confluents, while a few small streams pass into United States territory. There are many lakes, those of larger size being Memphremagog, Megantic, and Massawip])i. The agricultural products are mostly confined to beef, .uutton, cheese and butter. Horses and beef have not been so profitable for the past eight years, with the result that cheese and butter factories have been numerously erected throughout the District. Comi)arative]y little grain is raised, and the cropping is principally for domestic consumi)tion. Maple sugar is made by nearly all farmers, largely for export, bringing a ])rice higher than granulated sugar can be jjurchascd for. Fruits do well, and the cultivation of a])ples has extended rajiidl}', during the past few 3-ears. A practicallj' unlimited amount of water power is a guarantee of the future prosperity of this district. The principal product, especially in Compton and Wolfe counties, is lumber. Saw mills are nuniei s on all rivers of any size. The whole District of St. Francis is well supplied with railway communication, no less than four different roads centering at Sherbrooke, including the two great systems, Ca -adian Pacific and Grand Trunk. The Ouebec Central and Hoston ^: Maine are the other two. The Maine Central, with terminus at Lime Ridge, connects with the (J. C. R. at Dudswell Junction, and with the C. P. R. at Cookshire, and traversing Compton County gives good connection with all U.S. cities. In mining there is no doubt a great future in store. Asbestos and slate cjuarries in Richmond, copper mines at Ca])elton, and lime works in Dudswell, are yet in the infancy of their development. A gold mine in Ditton was pn.fitably worked by the late Hon. John Henry Pope for many years, while in Dudswell gold is found in several places in paying quantities. The educational facilities throughout the District are good. Nearly all townships have academies or nu)del schools, generally run on the separate school system, the Roman Catholics having School Hoards and schools of their own. Lennoxville may be called the educational centre, for there is established Hishops College University, possessed of a Royal Charter for conferring degrees in arts, divinity, law, and medicine. The Arts, Divinity and Law Faculties of this university are carried on in the College buildings at Lennoxville, its Medical Faculty in Montreal. In connection with the College there is the College vSchool, which has turned out numy young men who have earned distinction in the various walks of Canadian life. The Institution, although under the government of the Church of FIngland, admits persons of all religious denominations to its educational course. It exacts no tests, only requiring from such of the pupils as are members of the Church of Ivngland, regular attendaiu;e on the services of the Church. 14 jusro/n- or cdu/'/vjV co/'x/i: In Slierbrooke excellent educational advantages arc offered the Protestants, tliroiijfh their hij^h schools, and youii);^ men and young ladies' academies. The colleges, convents, and high schools ot" the Roman Catholics for the District arc located here. They offer every advantage to this constantly increasing part of our population, to secure an education efpial to that supplied hy the Protestant colleges. At Stanstead Plain is located the Stanstead Wesleyan College, and in uSgs there was added thereto the Hugbce annex, which is used as a commercial college, offering all the advantages for a business education that may be found elsewhere. This college is affiliated with McGill, of Montreal, and although under the control of the Methodist Church, offers a high education to all, the rules being such that it is liberally patronized by every denomination. This college is open to both young ladies and young men, on ecjual terms. In i8c>j a debt of .some Si8,()(.k) was cleared off bj' contributions from friends throughout the country. At Stanstead Plain 510,000 of this was raised, the largest givers being those of other than the Methodist denomination. The prospects for this Institution are bright. At Richmond is located the St. Francis College, one of the oldest educational institutions in the District. Its work has been good, and at the present time it is under excellent management, and in a prosperous condition. The Comptou Ladies' College is a prosperous institution, and further particulars of the same will be found in this book in the history of the Township of Compton. CHAI'TIvk III. Kari.v HiSToKv — 1()(;^ i;*)!. Indian I-'iglil Ik-lwcfii tin- Inxiiiois and AliLiiaquis Indians K()>;crs Ailaik on liaSl. iMaiuis \'illam- Arnold's Kxpt'dition to nuchfc. IN the forcj^oiiig ch:ii)ters we have given a brief outline of the Ivastern Township'-:, and the District of St. Francis. We now narrow our subject down to tlie eountj' of Shcrbrooke, as it was known from 1829 to 1853, and which comprised tlie present counties of Comptcjn, Sherbrooke, Richmond, and VV'olfe. Previous to 1 791, when the first Parliament of Canada was elected, this territory was all deu.se woods, untrammelled by the foot of a while man. In that year the first steps for surveying the land were taken and the surveyors were closely followed by settlers. The River St. Francis was the great thoroughfare for the Indians for years immemorial, and the territory now occupied by farms in state of high cultivation was then their hunting grounds. The St. PVaneis River owes its name to the tribe of Abenacjuis Indians, known by the name of St. Francis, and whose descendants still live on the Indian reservation, near the conjunction of this river with the St. Lawrence, in Yaniaska County. The Jesuit priests who first came out from France in !(>;>-, were fired with a holj' desire to convert all of the Indians of America to the Christian faith. Whatever may have been .said against them, their zeal in their work was certainly commendable. These Jesait priests suffered the greatest hardships, torture and finallj* death, in their desire to convert the heathen Indians. The territory of which we write was the hunting ground of the .^benaquis Indians, who roamed through a greater part of Maine. The labor of the Jesuits was rewarded by converts, and as fast as they were made in the Indian tribes they were sent to villages near the French .soldiers and F^'rench garrisons. Thus were the Indian villages established at Caughnawaga, near Montreal, on the Chr.udiere River, near (Quebec, and on the St. P'rancis. These converted .Abenaquis were known as the St. Francis Abenaquis, in distinction from their heathen brethren. In the Indian Department at Ottawa may be found records of a story, handed down by the St. I'rancis tribe, dating as far back as 1692. The story goes as follows: In February of 1692, a company of Irocjuoir. Indians from New York State, started on the war path, intending to attack the village of the St. Francis Indians, who were then their enemies. The Iroquois Indians were encouraged on in their attacks by the Pjiglish and Dutch settlers, who had commenced to push out their settlements, located on the New Fngland coast. The P'rench Government protested against these encroachments, and labored to have the Abenaquis and other Indian tribes make war on and exterminate the Pinglish and Dutch .settlers. In this the PVench Jesuit priests were of great assistance to their government, at times showing as great zeal in trying to promote strife as in converting the Indians. For this reason there were incessant hostilities going on between the Iroquois and Abenaquis. This Iroquois war party made their way to Lake Memphremagog, through that lake and down the Magog River, camping on the present site of Sherbrooke. At that time it w.as known by the Indians as Skaswantegou, meaning " River where we smoke," and evidently was a place for all parties to camp just before or after "carrying" around the rapids on the Magog River at this place. About the same time a party of Abenaquis Indians from the |6 ///.S/(>A') ('/■ ((KU/'/iKV (/■■ CiKM/'iON COUNTY. rctriat of the invaders, l)iit were doiihtfiil as to tlicir cU'sij^iis till after tlie blow was struck. TIkio was no tiiUL- to lose. Tlu- raiij^x-rs niadf all liasti' southward, up the St, I'rancis, siihsistinj; on corn from the Indian I;... ii; till, near the eastern oorders of I.ake Meini)hrenia^'oj,>, the snpply failed, and they separated into small parties, the better to sustain life hy luiiilinj.j. The em-my followed elose, attacked Mnsi^n Avery's party, and ca])tnred five of them; tiien fell upon a hand of alxmt twenty, under I.ieutiiianls Dnnhar and Turner, and killeil or eajjtmed nearly all. The other hands eluded their pursuers, turned southeastward reach the Conneetieut, .some lure, some there, and, ^iddy with fati^te and hunj^cr, toih-d wearily dowti the wild and lonely stream to the iippointed ri'iide/vous at the mouth of the Amonoosue. "This was the i)laee to which Ro^:ers had reiiuested that provisions mi).;ht he sent; and the hope of fmdiujj; them there had been the breath of lile to the famished wayfarers. To their Imrror, the place was a solitude. There were fires still buruinjj;, but those who made tluni were j.joiie. .Amherst had sent Lieutenant Stephen up the river from Charlestown with an abundant supply of food ; but findiujj; nobody at the Amonoosue, he had waited there two days, and then returuetl, earryiiij; the provisions back with him; for which outrajieous conduct he Wc's expelled from the service. ' It is hardlv possible,' says Roj.jers, ' to describe our j.;rief aiul consternation.' Some j,'ave themselves uj) to despair. Few but their indomitable chief had stren,i;th to j^o farther. There was scarcely any fjame, and the barren wilderness yielded no sustenance but a lew lily bulbs and the tubers of the climbing plant, called in New Kuj^land the j^round nut. Leaving his p.irty to these miserable resources, and promising to send them relief nithin ten days, Rogers ni.ide a raft of dry pine logs, and drifted on it down the stream, with Captain Ogden, a ranger, and one of the captive Indian boys. They were stopped on the second day by rapids, and gained the shore with difficulty. At the foot of the rapids, while ( )gden and the ranger went in search of scpiirrels, Rogers set himself to making another raft ; and, having no strength to use the axe, he burned down the trees, which he then divided iuo logs by the same process. Five days after leaving his party he reached the first English settlement, Charlestown, or ' Number Four,' and immediately sent a canoe with provisions to the relief of the sufferers, following, him.self, with other canoes, two days later. Most of the men were saved, though some died miserably of famine and exhaustion. Of the few who had been captured, we are told b}' a French conteii:porary that they ' became victims of the fury of the Indian women,' from whose clutches the Canadians tried in vain to save them." The subjoined account is taken from Mrs. Day's history of "The Kastern Townships," published in 1S69. Francis Parkmau notes having seen the same, and says: "If such an incident really took place, it is scarcely' possible that Rogers would not have made some mention of it. On the other hand, it is equally incredible that the Indians would have invented the tale of their own defeat. -Mi tilings considered, it is, probabl}', groundless." Notwithstanding this the story has sufticient evidence of truth to warrant reprinting. "The late Jesse Pennoyer, Ks(| , of Compton, Government Land Surveyor, while on a professional tour of exploration and survey in the townships, was accom])anied by Captain St. Francis, late chief of that tribe of Indians, and one of the few survivors of the pursuing part}'. This eajjtain St. h'rancis gave Mr. Pennoyer the following relation of the affair, which was corroborated b\' a per.son named lioweii, son of one of Roger's men; and still further in its main features, bj' the descendants of a penson named Barnes, one of the recovered captives mentioned : "On the morning of the fifth of October, 1759, the assault took place; two hundred Indians of all ages and sexes were slain ; some few taken prisoners, and a number of ///S/VA')- (>/■ CO.U/'/tKV (lU'.y/)'. 19 ICiijllisIi t-iiptivcs retiikcii ; when Rogers, with his party, prisoners and rescued captives, niadi a hasty retreat up the ,St. iManeis River. Tin- ehief of the trihe 1 father of the Capt".iti St. l'"raneis, above named), with a niiiMl)er of his warriors, had come in dnrin^r the day, and immediately heUl a eonmil of war, at wiiich, it was decided that all present should start in pursuit the next morninj.;; and that as many more of their warriors as they could call in should start, with caunes, oil the second day. .Accordinj^iy, on the niomiii),' of the si\th, al)out tit"tv warriors, each armed with a ).fun, tt)niahawk ai.d scalpinj.; knife, started up on the north shore of the river; and on the seventh, ahout forty live more, armed like the others, set off in seven lar).;e canois. These overtook the i).irty thai had started the day before, at the ra])ids, in the Township of W'eiidover, where the first dit.ichineiit had awaited the arrival of the canoes; aiwl at daybreak, on the niorninji; of the eij;hth, they all set off together. Tiiey came up with Ro>,a'rs' men in Kinjj;sey, and in the skirmish that ensued, the Indians lost several men, while only three or four of the other party were slightly wounded. As soon as the Indians discovered anj' of their enemies, tlicy fired and often missed aim; in fact, their shots seldom took effect, and before they had time to reload they were shot down, or if the savaj^'c was separated from his fellows, his enemy (|uickly rushed up and dispatched him with the liayonel. The Indians sustained considerable loss, in this manner, throughout the day, tIiouj.,'li they succeeded in doin^f but little injury to their enemies. On the morning of the ninth, they held a council, at which it was pro])oscd and urged by (luite a number of their party to abandon the pursuit and ret irn. Well would it have been for them had they done so; but the majority of them were for pushing forvvard to the 'Little Forks' (now Lennoxville) where they intended to give their enemies another battle. On the tenth, Rogers crossed, with his men, to the opposite shore of the river, near Hnnnpton I''alls, and while the Indians were making the f^Di/di^e, pushed on towards the ' Hig Forks ' (now Sherbrooke) and gained an elevated point. His experienced eye, at once, saw the strategic importance of the ])osition thus gained, and he at once determined to avail himself of the advantage, to attempt the defeat of his enemies, and ])iu an effectual end to further annoyance from them. "The river, which here makes a short turn, on one side has a high bank, which was then thickly wooded ; while the op])()site ])oint was low, and then covered with a thin growth of stunted bushes. From this height Rogers had a fair view of the river for a distance of two miles down. I'or the pur])ose of deceiving and misleading the enem3's scouts, he sent a small party of his men on to the • Little P'orks,' with instructions to build tires, in a manner similar to what had been done in their former camping grounds, and then return to join the main bodj' at the heights beyond the month of the Magog. " In the meantime the Indian scouts passed up the north shore till they saw the fires at the ' Little Forks,' and thinking that Rogers' party were encamping there, returned to the falls with the intelligence. Those who had completed the poitagf immediately set out in the canoes, ler.ving the others to follow up the north shore, expecting to find their enemies in camp at the ' Little F'orks,' and hoping to surprise them and cut off their retreat. But their vigilrnt foe had not been idle. During this time he had posted his men in such a manner that, while they were out of sight themselves, they had full view of the approaching canoes a long way down the river, and, as they came near, could tell about the number of savages on board of each, by the number of paddles. He then arranged for the attack by appointing a certain number of men for each canoe, equal to the number of paddles in each ; and detailing a man to fire at each Indian separately from the first to the last, gave strict orders to aim well and not to fire till the signal was given by himself. FIverything was quiet until about one-half of the canoes had turned the point, when the signal was given, and the io ///.S7V »A' ) ■ (»/• (('IZ/'/VA' (('/A'/)'. iiii'Ji fiitvl with siu'li smi' pii'iisioii ami iUmiHv rtlVrt lliat almost i-vi-ry sav.i^jt- in tlir oaiiocs was citlicr killed or HHHtally wt»iiiiiktl. Tlu' Indians tm llu- noilli slinro Imd y;(>t a littk- in acKancf of tlio canoes hy crossing tlu- point, with tlu- intuit ol rotdin)^ the tivrr, htit on hearing the lirinjj; llii-y hastcm-d haik to tlu' point iJy this tinii- Roj^iis' niiii had iidoadtd, atul, \)v\u^ still in anihnsh, a^ain lind and kilKd si-vi-ial, while the others retrcati;ned his coniniand, advising; the men to divide themselves into small companies, each of which should lake a somewhat different route to reach the appointed reiide/vons on the Connecticut Kiver. This method he deemed hest, as affordiiij^' to small parties a ,i,Meater chance for i;aiiie, on which all h;id now to depend for food. The advice was followed, some of the men K"i"K "P ll'v St. l'*rancis to the mouth of tlie I'.aton River, others takin)^ the Massawippi or Coatieook." .XkNoi.n's IvM'i'.ni'nttN' To Oi'KiiiA' IN 1775. The third event worthy of notice took ])lace in the fall of 1775. and ha])pened in ])art of what is now Comptoii County. This was the march throiij^di the wilderness and expedition to (Juebee of Henedict Arnold. Whatever the verdict of peojjle may have been on his bctraval of his trust a few years later, certainly no man ever showed more enerj,ry and determination to oveicome difficulties than did .Xriwdd on liis trip to Ouel)cc. In this n.irrative we have made copious extracts from the " Life of Henedict Arnold," by Isaac N. Arnold. When Washinj^jton reached Canibridjje and assumed command, on the third of July, '775i he had already favorably considered the plan of attackiiij^ (Quebec, and obtaininjj; military possession of Canada. Schuyler had been selected to lead an army into Canada by way of the northern lakes. It was now proposed by Arnold that an expedition should march by way of the Kennebec River, throuji;h the wilderness over the mountains, in Maine, to Oue!)ec, to capture the cit}' by surprise and co o|)erate with Schuyler. The ]dan of reachinjf (Jiiebee by this route is said to have been suggested l)y Arnold. After several conferences Washington heartily adopted the project. Conscious of the difficulties to be encountered, Arnidd selected the best material in liis ami}' for the exi)edition. The field officers were Lieutenant-Colonels Christopher Green, of Rhode Island, and Roger Ivnos, of Connecticut; Majors Return J. Meigs, of Connecticut, and Timothy Bigelow, of Massachusetts. Among the cajjlains was the celebrated Daniel Morgan, the famous rifleman of \'irginia. The detachment consisted in all of iioo men, from the mountains of \'irginia and Pennsylvania; hunters and Indian fighters, familiar with woodcraft, the rifle, the hunting-knife, and the birch l)ark canoe; men who could endure hunger, exposure and fatigue; who knew how to find subsistence and shelter in the forests; fsroRV (>r ((n//'/,iA' (Ofx/yj q^ who could supply tliciusclvi.'S willi food from tin- (ki-r, tin- l)car,'nii(l otiitr wild ^afrir, and from fi.sli from the rivers. This littk- army startf;reat earrxinjj place between it and the Dead River; then tnrniii)^ west, surmount the carryinj; place; thence tm over tin- extreme summit wliich divides the waters of New Ivn^^laud from those of the St. I.awriuce. Crossing; this, th<.'y hoped and cNpected to strike the head-waters <>{ the Chaudiere, auvl from thence desccncl to the St. Lawrence and (Juebec. With his very limited knowledge of the country and the route, the comin.inder deemed it prudent to send forward a small ».x|)lorinK party in advance, who were expected to move with the utmost rapidity in bark canoes, to .iscertain the obstacles .ind daii).;ers, and explore and mark the liest route. This ])arty had instructions to )^o as far as Lake iMej^Miitic, or, as it was then called, Chaudiere pond. The man selected to lead this advance ])arty was Archibald Steele, a Ixdd, active, hardy, and resolute youii^' soldier. .\n outline of the trip of this pioneer i)arty may be of interest. Startinjj from I*'ort Western, on the twenty-third of Stptend)er, in birch-bark canoes, the party passed on rapidly to I-'orl Halifax, and thence to Skowhej^an I'alls, four miles east of the villa>»e of Norridj^jewaek. Here they met the first poi/ii^i^c, or earryinj; place, ;irouud the rapids and by hhr.iiiii the trees marked the route of those who were to follow. They ascended the river rapidly, h/aiiin; the trees at every carrying place. Leavinj? the last habitation of the white man at Norrid^jewack, the pariy passed on into the wilderness. Having"; passed many falls, rapids and carryinj^ places, on the twentyuinth of September they arrived at the j^reat carryin),^ place, distant about sixty miles from Skowhej^an. The distance across the pi»/tii;r to I)ead River was Uvelve miles, but there were three or four ponds which could be used to lessen the land carriaj^e. Steele's party, leaving the Kennebec, struck out towards Dead River, and at evening encamped on the margin of the first i)()nd, sleeping, as usual when on shoie, on branches of the fir, hemlock and other evergreens. The ground across this carrying ])lace was rough, rocky and rugged, interspersed with bogs, in which the men often sunk to their knees. It was now decided by Steele to divide his little party, leaving the weakest and half the provisions, while he j)ressed fi)rward with the strongest and most enduring of his men. Two days of ver\' hard work brought him to the banks of Dead River. Pressing on, each day meeting new difficulties, their provisions grew scant, and the party put themselves on short rations, and resolved to eat their pork raw, and to eat but twice each da}', morning and evening. October fourth brought the jiarty to the deserted wigwam of Natanis, an Indian chief, then supposed to be in the pay of the Hnglish as a spy, but who with a part of his warriors was afterwards induced by Arnold to join the expedition, and wlio with his men faithfully accompanied him to Quebec. The country grew more and more rough and difficult as the party advanced, and having now reached nearly to the high lands dividing the waters which flow to the Atlantic from those which empty " he St. Lawrence, the weather became bitterly cold, and snow and ice added to their difficulties. At length, on the seventh of October, the party of Steele, weary and worn, reached the •» ll/SION) (>/• (>»l//'/('.V tOI'NTV. cut' of their i'\|)!i>ratic>ns- tl\c lii;nl wator« «)!' llii- LMiattdii-ri'. (latluriiiv; atnimil llu- mois nf a piiii', wliicli rosf luily iVil wiilioiil a hiaiuli. Slccli- asked it any nt tlic p.uly could iliiiil) it. Kohcrt CimiiiiiKliii' I, an ithk-tio yttiiti^ soldier, twenty five years of a^e, instantly lH);an the aseent, n<''«>K "P ^^n'' '1'^' aetivity ahnojtt of a Himirrel. I'nnn llu- lop \w miild trace tar away towards the noith tlu' niianilerin).;s of the river, nntil it esp.mdeil iiitd I.ake Mey;aiilie, tilleen miles distant, Islated with their stueess, tlie party turned their I'aees hack Inwards their comrades, toiling far l)ehii!d in the depths of the fo^-ests. h'ar from their eoinpanioiii, and nearly tamishinj;, where were they to ohtain fond to snstain lite'' They made all possible haste, lookiii),' ennstantly for v!'"iii'> and finding none until the ninth, when they toitiinately shot a small dnek, called a diver. At nixht when thev gathered aronnd their eamptire, tliey ansionsly disenssed tlie ([tustion liow tliis dnek and their little pittance of remainin); loud could he most etTectually nseil to proloii),' life. They decided to lioil the duck in their camj) kettle, each man piiltiiiv; in his last hit of pi»rk, and tacli marking his own liy rnnninj.; thronnh it a small wnodcn skewer, marked with his own private mark. The hrolh so m.ide was to he all tlie supper the poor fellows had, rcserviii).!; the hoiled juirk tor lireakfast, and the dnek tn he divided and laid liy. Rising' early next niornitij,;, each man look his niotillitiil of pork, ami hreakfast was over. The duck was then separated into ten parts, the nnmher of tlie party, and divided in the hunter's usual way — that is, one of the party turned his hack, and tluii Steele asked of the man whose hack was turned to the fra^jments, "Whose shall this he?" The man answered, namin>.j the party. On the seventeenth this pioneer party and the advance of the lUiiin Ixuly met, and they were welcomed as brave men welcome comrades who have escaped a tearful danger. More than three weeks had passed since they had let't I'ort Western. The main l)ody had ("ollowed as soon, after these scouts, as possible, movitij.; in lour divisions, one day's march apart, to avoid confusion in passing rapids and /Kn/iix'rs. Arnold remaincil at Kort Western to see all embarked, and then in a fast birch-bark canoe, jjaddled by Indians, he pushed rapidly forward, and, passinj^ each party, overtook Morj.{;;n and the ritlemen at Norrid)>;ewack Falls, h'rom this place the inarch was to be through a wild and uninhabited wilderness, without paths, and often without even an Indian trail. Across dismal swamjis and deceptive t)ojj;s, up rocky preci])iccs and :ilmosl inaccessible iroinuains, alon>j streams full of rapids and falls, and alou^ and over all these obstacles, the rnd'- batteanx, the arms and ammunition with which to attack the stronjjest fortress in America, and all their provisions, supplies and clothing, to protect them from the rij^or of a Canadian winter, now too ra])idly approachinjf, were to be tr.'insported. As the soldiers pushed their boats up Dead River, jiassiii}^ around a bcud, a lii>.;li montitain, covered with snow, rose before tlietn. Kncampinjj near the foot of this mountain, Arnold raised his tlajj; ; and the incident has been commemorated by jfivinj.? the name of " I-Magslaff " to a villa^re near by, and the mountain has been named Mount Hijfelow, after Major Bigelow, who is said to have climbed to the top, in the hopes of seeing Quebec. On the twentj'-fourth of October, it was supposed that they were within thiitj' miles of Lake Megantic, and that their provisions might, with great care, hold out for twelve or fifteen days. Another council was called, and it was decided to send back to the hospital the sick and feeble, and that only the strong and hardy should go forward. Meanwhile Arnold himself was hurrying on with all possible despatch. The rain changed to snow, ice covered the water, and the men, wading and breaking through snow and sleet, at length reached the verj- summit ivlpch separated the waters of New England from those of Canada. Another poilairc of four rii'les brought them to a small stream, along which they passed to Lake Megantic, or Chaudiere pond. insToKV or rnwrnx ('(U'lVry tl Jdim Jiisi-pli Hfiiry, one of" the .siirvivtirs of AriioUl's ciiinp:ii>!:ii, has left a narrative of the trip. It scenis reniarkahle tliat those men should liave siitTiK-d for food in pissinjj through a cmintry whiih at the present day abounds vitli fish and deer. Henry nicntions the apprarame of luoosi-, witli at\tliMs of eiioi nmus size. Oni' pair, he thinks, stood ei^jhlcen feel lii);li, while a p.iir that ha.jcd scale. Many of the iuhahitants of the townships make their own bed, cords, and ropes for their use. I am j'oiir obedient, hnmhle servant, Cii.AS. v. H. r..H)i.iiri.;." The tirst elections for Sherhr.joke County were held in iSji), and Messrs, licu). Tremain and Samuel Hrooks were elected. \ full political liistor}' of the county, down to the jjrcsent (lay, will he found elsewhere, under a separate chapter. In iSv> the Rej^istry Office was opened at Slierhrooke, ])revionsl3' to that lime all work of this kind having to he done at Three Rivers. In 1S33 the District of St. iM-ancis was created, the name, Inferior, heinj.- drop])ed. Under date of June, iS;,;. Samuel Hrooks, Ivsc] , of I.ennoxvillc, i.ia\e the following; information, in answer to (.Miestious suhmittcd to him, and which was afterwards puhlished l)y the British American L.iud Company: "We generally have snow sufficient for sleij^hinj; from 2t>th Xovember to the 15th March. (looil farm horses are worth from /7 los. to ,/ 1 5 ; oxen, the pair, same jirice ; cows, from (, z ii>s. to ^, h 5 s ; ploughs, _/, J los. to _/ ;, los. ; o\ carts, _/ 7 10 s. to ,/, 10; w.iggons, ^,7 ids. to /. 15. There are al)out 3,1100 casks of ])ot and ])earl ashes manufactured annually in the Townships. The price of hutter is from ()d. to 9d. ; cheese, from .(d. to 6d. Salmon are plenty in the season, say July, August, and September. Plenty of hlack-hass, trout, i)ike, jiickerel. and maskinonge. .'\huiidance of moose- deer, hears, rabbits, partridges, water fowl, ^:c. From Stanstead, to and from Montreal, freight usually is _/ 5 per ton, each way; from Lenuowille or Slierhrooke to Three Rivers or .Sorel, will average al)()Ut /.'^ 15 s. per ton, each way. There are in the County of Slierhrooke about seventy primary or elemeiitaiy schools, and two high schools; one at Slierhrooke, the other at Shiptoii. The elementary schools are ])riucipally supported by legislative grants — ^,20 per annum to each, — and the high scho;)ls j)artly in the same manner,"' TiiH British .Amkkic.xn L.^xd C(>Ml•,\^•^■ ■• has done much to settle and iiii])n)ve this part of the Ivastern Townships, and for this reason we here give a syiiojjsis of its origin and histor}' to date. This Company has its liead office in vSherhrooke, and owes its origin to the successful establishment of the Canada Laud Company in Upper Canada. In the Company's office in Loudon, Kug., there is on record the report of a Provisional Committee, dated sixth Februar}', 1832, recommending the immediate estahlislinient of the British American Laud Company. In this report it stated that in or about the year 11825 two independent eouuuittees, neither having any knowledge of the intentions of the other (one in Montreal, the other in London, I'A')' (>/■■ CO.U/'yiKV CCfA'/): sg of llifiii in the foniialioii of a couipatiy. Mr. I-'eltoJi found on his arrival a coniniittcc alnady in cxiNttiicc for lliis very purpose, and a coalition took i)lace between the two bodies. 'Phis led to definite arran>,'einents bcinn made for the forn\ation of a company on the basis of the I'pper Canada Company. N'ej;otialioiis were at once entered into with His Majesty's iKinj; (leor>;e 1\'.| (lovernment, and proper arranj.;ements made. Indeed, the whole business was ])nicet.(linj; satisfactorily in every way when the disastrous financial events of 1825 put a slop, for a lime, to the carryinjj; out of the scheme. Meanwhile the success of ihe operations of the Canada Company produced a favorable effect, and offered j^reat induceme.its to the renewal of the scheme when the proper lime should arrive. At lenj.,'lh, in 1.S32, the matter w.is iij.;ain laken uj) and a prospectus issued. In this prospeclns we find: "The objects of this comi)any arc to purchase or obt;iin grants and jjussession of lands from Mis Majesty's Ciovernment, corporate liodies or individuals iu the Province of Lower Canada, for the jjurpose of openinjj; roads, buildinj; l)ridjfes, erectinj.; mills, etc., and prej)arinj( lands for occupation, and disposinjf of such lands by sale, lease, or otherwise, to emij^rauls and others. The joint slock of the Com|)auy shall consist of /, 5(Kj,uoo, to be raised in lo.ooo shares of /. ,^c> each. Xo individual to i)e allowed to subscribe for more than loo shares nor less than tive shares." This prospectus was sij.;ued bv d. R. Robinson, chairman, and John (iail, honorary secretary. It is necessary now to return to the proceedini;s in Cauaila. News had reached the Colony of the ste])s taken to form the Comjjany, and on the 15th October, iS,,-', a mectiu,n was held in I.eunoxville favorint;' the scheme. Messrs. Shubael Pierce, j. C. Ciillman, H. Bacon, John Lebourvcan .-ind Thomas (ionlon, were appointed a Committee to communicate with the Compaiiv and assure them of the co-operation and support of the inhabilanls of Sherbrooke Counlv. .\l the same lime jjelilions from the St. Francis District were presented to the Lejfislature in favor of the scheme. In the minutes of the Court of Directors of the Company, June i.^, i>>,^;v mention is nuide that Mr. .S;unuel Urooks (father of Mr. Justice Brooks), who had been sent from the Ivastcrn Townships of Lower Canada, appeared and i.;a\e (.general iufornuUion as to the state of these townships. On December ;>, i''^;vv negociations had proceeded that far that the British American Laud Company, in Ivngland, issued a pamphlet for the purpose of interesting emigrants. We take the following extracts from same : " His Majesty's riovcrnment having agreed to sell to the B. .\. L. Company the Crown Reserves and other Crown Lands in the southern counties of .Stanstead, Shefford and Sherbrooke, iu the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada, the Company is in progress of making arrangements for commencing the sale and settlement of the same in the ensuing spring. " 1st. — Crown Reserves and surveyed Crown lands. About 25I,(kh) acres, situated in the counties of vShefford, Stanstead and Sherb.ooke. These lauds are situated for the nu)st part in detached lots of farms of 21x1 acres Cioh, scattered throughout the settled parts of the country, ami from their contiguity to mills, shops, schools and churches, are exceedingly eligible for settlement. In many of the townships seveial of these lots lie together, so that settlers and emigrants may purchase larger farms from 4(H) and upwards of a thousand acres in extent. " 2nd. — The St. Francis Territory, containing about 596,000 acres, in the County of Sherbrooke. This large tract of land is comprised in the townships of (larthbv, Stratford, Whitton, W'eedon. Lingwick, Adstock, Bury, Hampden, Marston. Dilton. Chesham. Kmberton and Hereford, and is situated between the upper waters of the .St. Francis and Lake Megantic. " By the agreement between His Majesty's Government and the Companv, upwards of ^ 5o,tx)o of the purchase money to be paid by the latter are to be expended on public works ,v. ///s/(>A'}' ('/■' rfM//'/v'.v ((irw'-ry. ;uul iiiipro\L'iiUMils in thai j);ut of llii.' I'luviiu'i.' in wliicli ll.i' lands sold to tluin aiv sitnati'd. TIk" pnMic works and iniproveini-'nts aiv IukIi r<>ads, hridj^ts, canals, niaikit lionsis, stjiool 1ioum>. I'linit'lif^, anil paiMinajLji' lionsi's, and any otluT works nndntaki'n and falcnlatid lor tlu' (.omnion n^.- and ln'mtil of llis Majesty's suhjccts." In addition to tlic pnivliasi^ from tlu' (lovcrnnunt, the Company stihsicpu ntly aripiin'd a viTN' laruc (piantity of lands at ( lovi'rnnu'nt Aniiioii sales, and fmm prixate individnals as well as tin.- town propiity of Slierlifooke, hiinnin^' \\\i the total (piaiitity to i,(ig,|,J7_' acres, and inelndinjf with wild lamls, many impiovid firms ami town properties. The mana.i;emenl eon.islid of a Conrt of Directors in London, \'.\\\!,. who ap])ointed Commissioners in Cana>,;7->i also told atiainst the Company, so that at last they were compelled to enter into ne,i;(iciations with Lord Sydenham, and in iS_)i abandoned the whole ol the j^real block of the St. I'rancis Territory, eomprisiui;' the unsurveyed purchase. It was a severe blow- to the prosperity of the Comi)any, biu it couhl not be helped. .Xt'ter the cession of the St. h'rancis Territory, the Canadian Ciovernnient ,ua\e away tree tracts to settlers, drawinj;^ them tVom the Hriiish American Land Company's lands, after sales had been made, and in many cases honses built, lauds cleared, and provisions ji^iven to these men. Xot only was the loss ii^reat. but the Conij^any became unpopular, and were charijed with monopoly, and wrong doing, tor not following the Ciovernment example in giving away their property. The agreement with Lord vSydenham is dated July sth, 1S41, the Company's Commissioner at the time being John Frascr, who succ(.-eded Mr. Webster in 1S37. During Mr. I'raser's management the Company did not prosper. The years of rebellion were disadvantageous to immigration, and political strife raged throughout the conntrv. Mr. Kraser was succeeded in office hy Mr. (afterwards Sir) A. T. C.alt, one of the greatest statesmen which Canada has produced. His commission is dated .Xpril iM, I1S44, and tVoni the date of liis appointment signs of revival in the affairs of the Company were apparent. Mr. (lalt may be said to have been the main instrument in the building of the railway from Montreal to Portland, now the Grand Trunk. vSoon after the completion of the railway Mr. (ialt found that his time was so much taken np with pnblic affairs and large private business that he retired from the Coni])any in 1S55, when the present Commissioner, R. W. 1 leneker, was appointed, and has continued since to perform the duties of the office for the space of .| i years. Mr. Heneker is a man of wide ///sroA') (>/■- c(KW/'/(>x corxT): 31 fxiKiieiicc, exceptional executive ability, and lii^li education. He is sou^lit after tlirouK'liout llie Province for positions of honor and trust. It has l)een above stated that the Company's ])roperty comprised at one time i,ni.).\,ij2 acres. In i.S,|i they renounced 51 1,.).}; acres, leaviiij.j as a remainder s<'^2,S25 acres. The present holdin)j;, as per the Company's Halance Sheet, December 31st, iSc;s, is 119,499 acres, showing that they have so far disposed of .16,^3 2'i acres to .settlers and others. This brief narrative would not be complete without a reference to what has been done in developing' the town plot of vSherbrooke. When this property was first acquinxl there were one or two very small industries already established, and it was the policy of the Company to develop the j,rreat water j)ower of the River Maj^oj,', and render it available for a hij^li class of uianutactures. They furnished for all the early industries buildinjfs and jjower on terms of lease ft>r 15 years, but all their efforts to attract capitalists on an extensive scale were iinavailinj.; until the ])re.sent Counnissioner, in ]Sh(), secured a free j;ift of land and power on the ])art of the Company, when there was establislied the woolen mills of the I'alon Manufacturinj.,' Company. The promoters were Mr. (leo. Stephen, of Montreal (now Lord Mount .Stephen), the Hon. John Henry Pope, M.i'., of Cookshirc, and Lieutenant Colonel Henj. Pomroy, of Conipton. They were ably assisted by the Commissioner, Mr. Heneker. The services of the late Mr. Andrew Patou as manaj,a'r were secured, and the new mills went into operation in 1S67. Later, in 1S71, it was greatly enlarged. The mills were still further enlarged later by the erection of a worsted mill, and now employ over 700 hands. Besides the above, sales of land and water power have been made to some six or eight other companies, while shops and mills have l)een built and leased for other manufactnrinv i)nr])oses. The Com])any, having been in existence for over 60 years, is gradually winding up its l)usiuess, which, however, cannot be done suddenly. Ls early history was no doubt very unprotital)le, but of late years some return has been received on its capital ; the sanguine anticipations of its founders have, however, never been realized. During the Papineau troubles of 1S37-3S, the Count}' of Sherbrooke remained loyal to the Government and furnished volunteers. On August 9, 1842, the treaty between Her Majesty's Government and the United States, was signed at Washington. This settled the boundary between the two countries, which had been in dispute for years. The terms of the treaty as referring to that part of the Southern boundary of the present Count}' of Conipton, were as follows: "From the Metjarmette Portage, thence down along the said highlands which divide the waters that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the head of Hall's Stream ; thence down the middle of said stream, till the line thus run intersects the old line of boundary, surveyed and marked by Valentine and Collins, previously to the year 1774, as the 45th degree of north latitude." Hy this treaty Sherbrooke County lost the townships of Drayton and Croydon. In 1840, at the union of Upper and Lower Canada, the town of Sherbrooke was created an electoral district, with same boundaries as the present electoral county of Sherbrooke. In 1853 it was decided that the County of Sherbrooke should have better representation in Parliament, and out of it was created the counties of Conipton, Richmond and Wolfe. The town of Sherbrooke, including Ascot and Orford, was part of Conipton County for all purposes except electoral. The division stood thus until 1871 when the County of Sherbrooke was again established. For municipal purposes only the Township of Conipton was added to Sherbrooke. Their first county council meeting was held June 14, 1871, present : J. G. Robertson, mayor of Sherbrooke ; Robinson Onghtred, mayor of Ascot ; and Hiram Moe, mayor of Orford. ''^. ''^^— 3^^- CHAPTl'R VI. Cdm i"n> N Coin t v . iSs,^ - 1S96. COMPTON County derived its name from the township of Comptoii, Wlicn thi' Townships WLic first surveyt-d tliey wc c all named l)y British otlicials, then in this country, after men and places in I*)n)^land. By Act of Parliament, 16 Victoria, cap. 15-J, art. .\i, assented to I4tli June, 185^^, the county of Compton was created, having; previously formed part of Sherbrooke county. By tiiis Act we find : " The county of Compton shall he bounded on the east by the county of Beauce, on the southeast by the limits of the Province, on the northwest by the counties of Wolfe and vSherbrooke and the town of Sherbrooke, and on the southwest by the western atid southern limits of the township of Compton, and the western limits of the township of Hereford ; the said County .so bounded comprisiiij.; the townships of Compton, Westbury, Iviton, Clifton, Hereford, Bury, Newport, Auckland, Lin^fwick, Hampden, Ditton, Winslow, Whitton, Marston, Chesham, and part of the township of Clinton." In this county, until 1^71, was included the electoral division of the town of Sherbrooke, for municipal purposes. Cookshire is the ilu-Jlint. Compton county always offered exceptional advantaj^es for farming;, and has been built up by its agricultural products. Here may be found some of the finest farms in Canada, and as projjressive farmei as can be found on the American continent. Here also has been raised thoroughbred stock of such quality and breeding as to command the highest prices, for shipment to all parts of the world. The increase in population has been ra])id, still of a sate nature, showing gradual growth. In 1871 the population was 13,665; in 18S1, 19,581; and in 1891, 22,779. The early settlers of Compton county all came from the United States, and it was not until about 1835 that immigration from other places became noticeable. At the time of the organization of the British American Land Company, in 1833, no settlements in the County had been made east of P^aton, and in fact no bridge crossed the Katon River, giving access to the eastheru part of the County until one was built at Cookshire by this Company in 1836. In that year they commenced to bring in settlers from England and other parts. Their first venture was not a success. In 1836 the British American Land Company built up a village known as Victoria, situated about one and a half miles west from Scotstowu, on the Salmon River. Nearly one hundred families were brought over by the Company, and located, partly near this village, and others through the township of Bury. There were betw^een one hundred and two hundred inhabitants in the village, which consisted of over thirty houses, a saw mill, a large building used as a church, school house, and office of the Company's agent, Mr. Hardwood, also two or three stores. The houses were built of logs, sheathed with fine and good sawed boards for flooring, gable ends, partitions, and shingled. The Company paid the passage ovei of these settlers, and supplied them with provisions the first year. The flour was brought down by boat from Upper Canada to Port St. Francis, and carted from there to Victoria by teams 3 34 HIS TON) <>/■• lO.yrrON COUNTY. from the old I'Vciich scttU-im-nts. Besides j^ood wheat flour, thesi- first settlers had also pork, stj>,'ar, tea, riie ; iti fact, they "lived on the fat of the land." There was located at X'ictoria as well as siiii); by a local bard at the time, a " Dr. ilardoti, ^eiitlemati, to keep them all alive." The settlers were alst) provided by the Company with dothinj;, kitchen utensils, axes and k"""'' hoes, atul a man was sent to show them how to use the Krub hoes, build cabins, fell trees, and pile and burn them. Some of those early immigrants would not and did not work, but others fell in (juickly with their chan^^ed surroundinjjs and made ^ood fanners. Provisions were so plentiful that dou^h made tronj the flour Kiven them was used to plaster their houses, instead of clay. I'air crops were raised by some tlie first season about X'ictoria, but they soon saw that the soil was poor. At the chtse of the first year's work it was rumored that the Company iuteiuled to make all pay for the provisions advanced, as well as the passa^'e over, and a j^ood ])rice fi)r their farujs. On this becoming known there was a jjeneral exodus from the place; and the villa>;e of N'ictoria, that had .seemed so promisinjf and prosperous, was deserted by all but tive or six families, and in a short time no one was left but one Dutchman by the name of Christopher Rochart and his family. Al)out a year after Kochart atul his eldest son were drowned in the Salmon River, bein^ carried over the falls. The ^rave can still be seen on the bank, overjjrown with bushes and a sccojid j^rowth, while a cedar stake stands at the head. Some of the Scotch inu'ii^jrants later on were tempted to settle in X'ictoria, but when they saw the poor soil and heard the Company's terms, after a few weeks residence the ill fated villa^je was the second time deserted. The money here expeiuled was a total loss. Some years after the bricks in the high chimney of the old church were carried to (lould and used in buildinjj; the Presbyterian church and manse at that place. It is also said that when the Scotch settlers wanted nails they would go to \'ictoria, burn down one of the houses, and, after cooling off, pick the nails out of the ashes. The place where the once brisk village of X'ictoria stood is again a forest, and but few traces can be seen of its ever having been settled, or that there stood the first village erected in Compton county, east of Cookshire. The British American Land Company, profiting by experience, did not again attempt immigration on so large or e.xpensive a scale. The first Scotch immigrants were eight families who came from the Island of Lewis, in 1838, and settled in Lingwick. The next Scotch settlers came in 184 1, and for fifteen or twenty years after, these were increased by accessions from Scotland, until to-day there are upwards of four hundred and fifty families, distributed over the townships of Lingwick, VVinslow, Hampden, Marston, and Bnr^'. Mr. T. Boutillier, Inspector of Agencies, in his report to the Legislative As.sembly, in 1855, "peaking of Compton, said; "The settlements have made rapid progress in W'iuslow; more than fiftj' fiimilies have come to reside since last year. The progress of agriculture and commerce, however, was but slow until the British American Land Company was formed, about twenty years ago. With the cxcepticm of the places over which the operations of the Company had some influence, the Kastern Townships, with but few exceptions, remained in a stationary condition." On the twenty-fifth of August, 1869, the Registry Office for Compton county was established at Cooksuue. Hereford and West Clifton were detached October thirty-first, 1888, and added to the Coaticook Registry Office. Through the good report of the late Rev. Thomas \V. Constable, Methodist minister at Sawyerville, from 1858 to i86(>, the present Registrar of the County, Mr. E. S. Orr, was influenced to leave his native county, Argenteuil, and settle in Sawyerville. He came to Sawyerville in October, 1859, and spent several days visiting Cookshire, Eaton and East I US/ON y (>/■ i ('}//•/ 1 >/v cot/N/y. ^ Cliftoti. He was coiiviiK'fd that the hiiid wns of j,m)(k1 (|uality, and iintlecd, particularly, the laiKe tracts lit fur .stttUimiit, luit which were covered witii titiil)er, In May, iHho, lie rented the stori' in ,Sawyer\ ille, where tlie post otVicc is now kept, afterwards pnrehasc/ lo.w/iix iOi'iVry. familiar in tlii>. ctuinty, is imw lu-arly fnr^ottcu. Dtiriii^ the tvlirllioii Intwii-ii tlir Northern and .Sniithirii Statos, a coiisidcralile iiiinihi'r of pcopli' hoiii Maim- ami ullur Mastcrn States, lieiii^ Dciiiocrats, and not in sympathy with the Ke|iiil)liraM party, whiih was carryinj; on the war, removed to the Ivastcrn Tiiwnships. Coiuploii eoiinty, lyin^ on tlu' frontier, received a ^ood many of tluiii. 'I'iiey therehy escaped the compulsory draft. It was, no tlonht, with sad hearts, and at coiisiderahle sacrifice of comfort, that they took their 'vay to a strange country. ;\mou^' them were many respectahlc people, possessed of some moans. 'Phey hroiij^hl their "States money" with lluni and had to pirt with it, at the rate of ?,^ for *.', to prociiic the neces.saries of life. vSome were poor and h.id to ia>t aliniit fur tneans of support. Many of them had heen " shinvjle weavers," and took to >>hinj;le makin^r. Split shin^^les are now a very scarce article; then they were plenty enough, of varion* (|iialilies, j^ood, lta^one to the I'uilcd Statis to return and settle in their native country. Three of these societies obtained land in this county, and tVom that time the yjrowth of Frciicli- Canadians has been )fradnal. The i)rincipal townships benetittcd by this immij^'ration, were: Auckland, Ditton, Mmbertou, Chesham, Clinton, South Marstoii, and p.irt of Hereford. Lake Me^antic \'illa).;e. North Wiuslow, and North Whitton, have also been settled by this nationality. The population of the two latter municipalities is more of an overllow from the old I'rench parishes on the Chaudierc. The increase of I'rench-Canadians has been such that they now number nearly half the population. In Compton county there are still left many thousand acres of land available for settlement, and in many parts good land. The hundreds of acres that are beiu^ cleared annually by tlie lumber companies can be purchased at a very low i)ricc. Comi)t()n county does not, by any means, offer good farms to all, for at least one (piarter of its land is not adapted to agricultural pursuits. Notwithstanding this a large portion is cajjablc of being farmed at a profit etpial to any in the eastern part of the American continent. Luudjcring and farming are the principal occupations in the County. In i.Syi. tliere were fifty five saw niills. They had a fi.\ed capital in land of 52(),^,; working capital. 5381,1)76. These fifty-five mills employed (wk: hundred and thirtyiiiue hands, and paid out in wages during the year, 59-', 371. The total number of industrial establishments in Compton county is two hundred and thirty-two. Fixed capital in land, 53^0,570; in buildings, 5245, 3'>7; i» machinery and tools, 5338,753; working capital, 5889,123. These two liundred and thirty-two establishments employ nine hundred and thirty-six men, forty women, eighty-nine boys, and thirteen girls. Total amount paid in wages during the year 1890, 5254,965; total value of raw material, $568,108; total value of articles produced, $1,197,165. Until 1 89 1 Compton county was always supjjlied in the way of local newspapers from Sherbrooke. On December 31, 1875, a paper was started at Cookshire, known as the Canadian Independent, and Home Journal. A. N. Donahue was the editor and proprietor. For two or three weeks only was it issued, when the office was closed up owing to lack of funds. On February 25, 1891, the first issue of the Compton County Clnvniele was printed. Tlif i.IVk-0 was ojH-iuil in Mrs. Williinl's Idrnk, rortUT of Railroad and IMcasaiit slivcts. A tiistrliss pliiiil for iloiii,; ptiiititu; of all kinds was itistallrcl, and from the first tlif paper was a sui'i'i'S>. The promoter, editor ami puMislier, was Mr. I,. S. Cliannell. During' the snmnur and fall of iHg2, Mr. Cliannell ereeted an oftice and private dwelling' on Ma'n street, and, in Diiiinher r)f i.Si).», tlie ClinDiidr was issued from its new (jnarlers. On Jannary I) iH(>(>, Mr, Cliannell sold a half interest in tiie paper tt) Mr. I,. IC Cliarlxtiinel, advoeatc, of Slierhrooke, when a partnership was formed under the name of the Chroniile Printing' Company. 'I'lic paper is now issned hy this company, niider the manayjeinent of Mr. Chaihoniiil It has met with ^jeiieial ac\eptanee from (he piihlie, and may JU)w fairly he le^'arded as one of the permaiunt institutions of the Co.mty. An ineident in thr history of Compton county, that took place in iSSc;, is known as the iKiiiaM Nfoirisoii atTair. He was a yonn^' man, Scotch by birth, who had ^one West ami caiiu'd some money. He purchased a farm near I.ake Me).,'antic, and rcturninj.? afterwards attempted to cany it on. In this he was iinsiiccessfiil, and finally lost all of his pro|)erty. This made him reckless, to such an extent that he became insane over this special larm. A iMenchman shortly after occupied the place, and while his wife was windiii),' the clock, one ni).;ht, a ritle was fired near the window, the bullet passin^^ close to her head and smashinj; the face of the dock. The barns were afterwards burned, and soon iifter the house, the occupants barely escajjinj; with their lives. On this a warrant was issiu'd for the arnst of Morrison, but no one could be found to serve it. Finally a dissolute fellow, by the name of Warren, from the United States, made threats of what he would do. He took the warrant, and, learniti); that Morrison was in Lake Mejj;autic, after bracing himself with stronj; litpior, went out to meet him. This Warren was armed, as well as Morrison. As the latter paid no attention to him, Warreu started to draw his revolver, when Morrison shot him dead, afterwards walkinjj quietly out of the villajje. Larj.(e sums were offered for his capture, and heavy penalties proclaimed against all who should harbor him. Notwithstandinjj; this, months elapsed before he was arrested. The clannish Highlanders could not be frijjhteued into refnsinj.j him aid. The Government was, finally, obliged to send larj^e numbers of Provincial officers into this section, and for weeks they patrolled the roads of the vScotch settlements in vain. Donald knew the country perfectly well, and as more than half was woods, the officers could do nothiujj. They finally succeeded in wounding' him, one ni^dit, when he was c.scapinj:; from his father's house, and thus was he captured, after an expense of thousands of dollars. He stood his trial at Shcrbrooke, wa.s sentenced for a lonj; term of years, but did not live lonjf, dyinjif of consumption about five years after his committal. His body was bronjrhl back to his home for burial. Previous to the establishiiijjr of a branch of the People's Hank of Halifax, at I.ake Mej^antic, in Decembc-, 1.S93, all the bankinjj busiiiess of the county of Compton was done principally at Shcrbrooke. And when in March, 1895, another branch of the same bank was established at C\)okshire, it enabled them to do the banking business for more than half of Compton county. The general wish of the m.ijority of the people was that they might have a branch of the Eastern Townships Bank, which many of the old settlers had been largely instrumental in starting. This was, however, refused and gave a chance for an outside bank to get established and work up a lucrative business. The Peojjle's Batik of Halifax, i^ S., was incorporated in 1864, with a capital of 5200,cxxx In 1866 it was increased to 528c,, noo ; in 1867 to ;?34(),ooi) ; in 1868 to $.}no,ixit) ; in 1873 to $5i)o,(K)o; in 1S74 to $6i)0,0(X); and in 1892 to 5700,000, the present capital. The January report for 1896 gives the reserve as #175,000; total assets, $3,054,000; deposits, 5i,6oo,o(X); total liabilities, $2,140,000. Snrplns over all liabilities, $968,000. The officers are : Patrick 38 /ffSTORV (>/■ CO.Urr.W COfNT'i'. O'Mulliu, president; James Fraser, vice-president; John Kni^lit, casliier ; 1). R. Clarke, acconntant. Head office, Halifax, N. S. They have ajjencies at the following i)laces : Kdninndston, N. B.. Woodstock, N. B., Shediac, N. H., Fraserville, P. (J., Halifax (north-end), Canso, N. wS., Lnnenhurg, N. S., Wolfville, N. vS., Windsor, N. S.. North vSydney, C. H., Port Hood, C. B., Levis, P. (J., Lake Mej^antic, P. Q., Cookshire, P. (J., and (Juebec City. The agencies in Conijjton county are under the charge of Mr. W. H. (iossip, agent at Cookshire, with Mr. R. A. Iv Aitken acting agent at Lake Megantic. The Hastcrn Townships Bank received its charter fnnn the Parliament of Lower Canada, in 1855, with an anthorized capital of 54<'o,(ion. They commenced business at 8herl)ro()ke in Angust, 1X59, with a cai)ital i)aid np of 5136,000. To the late Col. Benj. Poniroy, who was the first president, is dne the credit for establishing this bank, al)ly assisted by tlie late Hon. Jolin Henry Pope and other men of jirominence in Com])ton connty. The bank at present has a paid np capital of 51,500,000, with a reserve fund ol $720,000, and dci)(>sits over 53,000,000. For many years the bank has paid semi annnallj' a dividend of three and a half per cent. The officers at present are: R. \\ . Heneker, president; Hon. W. H. Cochrane, vice-president ; Wm. F^arwell, general manager ; directors : T. J. Tuck, N. W. Thomas, Israel Wood, J. N. Galer, Thomas Hart, Gardner vStevens, and John (i. Foster. The bank now has branches at Stanstead, Waterloo, Coaticook, Cowansvillc, Richmond, Granby, Bedford, Hnntingdon, Magog, St. Hyacinlhe, and is about o[)ening one in Montreal. ^L S. Kdgell is local manager at Sherbrooke. The following statistics of Com])ton county are taken from the census returns of 1890-91: Comptou county contains 883,400 acres and 1,,^*^" square miles; total population, 22,779 ; families, 4,309 ; dwellings occupied, 4,095 ; average size of families, 5.2 ; male population, 12,039; females, 10,740; married — males, 3,940; females, 3,1)36; widowed — males, 290; females, 4S9 ; children and nnmarried — males, 7,809; females, 6,315; French Canadians, 10.335; other nationalities, 12,444. Religions: Roman Catholics, 11,150; Church of Hngland, 3,232; Presbyterians, 3.561; Methodists, 2,711; Bible Christians, 11; Brethren, 3; Lutherans, 85; Baptists, 410; I-'ree Will Baptists, 229 ; Congregationalists, 424 ; Adventists, 473; I'niversalists, 311; Protestants, 10; Salvation Army, 5; Jews, 14; other denominations, 13; not specified, 137. Places of birth: Quebec, 19,070; Ontario, 112; Nova Scotia, 28; New Brunswick, 19; Manitoba, 2; British Columliia, 2; Prince Edward Island, 2; Northwest Territories, 2; Ivugland and Wales, 761; Scotland, 1,077; Ireland, 339; United vStates, 1,124; vScandinavia, 97 ; France, 74. In the Connty there are 22 blind people, 7 males and 15 females; also 20 who are deaf and dumb, 11 males and 9 females; of nnsonnd mind, 34. For the year preceding that in which the censns was taken there were 306 deaths in the County. Of these 10 were Baptists, 177 Roman Catholics, 27 Church of I{ugland, 34 Methodists, 36 Presbyterians, and 22 not specified. Their occupations were: farmers, 171; commercial, 5; domestic, 6; industrial, 15; professional, 3; laborers, 60; not classed, 46. Educational status : can read and write — males, 7,254 ; females, 6,696 ; can only read — males, 653; females, 688; cannot read or write — males, 4,132; females, 3,356. Number of churches and boarding schools: total churches, 55 — Ba])tist, 1; Catholic, 14; Congregational, 2; Church of F)ngland, 14; Methodist, 15; Presbyterian, 7; other churches, 2 ; boarding schools for young ladies, 2 ; inmates, 22. Occupiers of lauds, and lands occupied: total occupiers, 3,899 — owners, 3,639; tenants, 254; employes, 6. Total acres occupied, 456,776; acres improved, 200,245; under crops, 120,092 acres; in pasture, 78,554 acres; woodland and forest, 257,531 acres; gardens and orchards, 1,599 acres. CHAI'TKR VII. Pom r ic a i, H isto r v. i792-inrail .\u.nustus (lu_t;y, lvs(|., elected in his placf for .Sherbrooke. Writs for j^eneral elections were issued 11 ( )ctober, iSvi, '""l returned 7 January, iS;,s. Messrs. B. C. .\. (lU.ny and Col. John ^^lore were returned for the county of .Slurbrooke. This election throuj^h the Province streiij^thened the hands of those who supported the oppo- sition to the Lieut-(iovernor, and which led up to the P;ipinean rebellion of iS;,7-3S. Throuj^h the Townshi])s the majoritv ai)pears to have been on the side of the (loveruor. On the mth l''el)ruarv, ■•'^.v'^, in the fust year of the reii^n of Oneen \'ictoria, at Nbmtre.al, the first meeting of the J^pecial Council of the Province of I.ower Canada was held. It w.is under the j)residency of l.ieut-Cieneral Sir John Colborne, (i.C. P., Administrator of the rioveinment. It was enacted at this meetiuiLr that from the jiroclamation of this act in Lower Canada until ist November, i>^.\o, the Le.i^islative Council or Legislative Assembly shall not be "called together without serious detri- ment to tiie interests of said Province." Hon. Ivdward Hale, of Sherbrooke, was ap])ointed a member of the Special Council in i''^;,o, and first took bis seat on i ith November of the same year. In iSji a union of Upper and Lower Canada was effected, and on a redistribution of seats the townships of Ascot and Orford, with the village of .Sherbrooke, were set off trom the balance of Sherbrooke county, under the electoral name of »Sherbrooke Town. Sherbrooke county comprised the present counties of Compton, Richmond and Wolfe. I'or the town of Slierbrooke Hon. Kdward Hale represented the constituency during the two Parliaments from 1S41 to 1S4S, when he was followed by C(d. P. C. A. CiUgy. This gentleman was succeeded at the general election of 1S31 by ICdward Short, who .served through one Parliament and was then elevated to the Bench. Mr. Mater Hon. .Sir) A. T. (ialt was then elected by acclamation, and was re-elected at each general election thenceforward to and including 1S67. He was uno])posed on each of these occasions except in 1.S61, when he came before his constituents as a Minister of the Crown, in the Cartier-Macdonald Cabinet. His opponent at that time was W. L. P'elton, advocate, of .Sherbrooke, who had formerly represented Richmond and Wolfe. Mr. (ialt retired from the rei)resentation of .Sherbrooke in 1S72, and Kdward T. Brooks, son of Mr. .Samuel Brooks, formerly member for Sherbrooke eontity, was elected without opposition, and in 1S7.} and 1S7.S he received repetitious of this compliment from the electors. Previous to 1871 the town of Sherbrooke had remained part of Compton county for all purposes, except electoral. In that year the county of .Sherbrooke was established, which included the townshijis of Ascot, Orford and the village of Lennoxville, and, for municipal and registration purposes only, the townsliij) of Compton and the village of Waterville. Mr. Brooks was elevated to the Bench in 1S82, and succeeded by Rob't N. Hall, a prominent lawyer of Sherbrooke. Mr. Hall was appointed a judge of the Court of Appeals in 1S91, and succeeded by the present member, Hon. \V^ B. Ives, (J. C, who was called to the Privy Council in 1S91 and was afterwards Minister of Trade and Commerce iu the Cabinet of Sir Mackenzie Bovvell. //isroh'v (>/■' C(\u/'70jV cofXT): 41 Tlie repnsi'iitation of Slicrbrookc in the Quebec Ie Sanborn was twice married; first, in 1847, to ICleanor Hall Hrooks, danj^hter of Samuel Hrooks, I^scp, of Sherbrooke — a lady of jjreat excellence of character, who died in 1S3;,, leavinji three children; and the second time, in 1S56, to N. Jiulson Hazclti'ie, of Bradford, Mass., a woman of many noble cjualities, who died in December, iSj.j, leavinj^ one child. Of the three children by the first wife two are liviii);. Mli/abeth Maria is the wife of Thomas J. Tuck, drngj^ist, of Sherbrooke; I^Ueii Hrooks is the wife of Henry I), Lawrence, advocate, Sherbrooke; Samuel Hrooks Sanborn, advocate, died in the fall of 18S.}. The child by the second wife, Marj- Abij^ail, is unmarried, and resides at Sherbrooke with her sister, Mrs. Lawrence. The S/irrhrot>kr Gazcltr well said of Jiidj^e Sanborn : " .As a i)rivate citizen, a lawyer, lcj.jislator, and judj^e, his example is worthy of imitation, and the world will be all the better, the more closel}' his example in private and public life is followed." In 1S53, by .Act of Parliament, several new counties were created. In the clianj;;e the county of Sherbrooke went out of existence, being sub-divided into the present counties of Compton, Richmond and Wolfe. At the general elections in 1854, Richmond and \V<^lfe were included in the electoral division of the town of Sherbrooke, not choosing a member of their own until the general elections of 1857-5."), when Win. H. Webl) was returned. The first general election for Compton county, held August 5, 1854, was one of the hardest contested ever held in the County. Judge Sanborn, the former representative of Sherbrooke county, again offered himself as the candidate, and was opposed by Mr. John Henry Pope, whom he defeated by only eight votes. At the general elections for the sixth Parliament, Mr. Pope for the third time offered him.self for election, and was returned by acclamation 24th December, 1857, and held the seat by acclamation until Confederation. He was returned by acclamation in 1867, 1871, and 1872. On one of these dates Mr. Henry Layfield, of (iould, was nominated in opposition to Mr. Po])e. He was not strong l)liysicalls', and while addressing the electors fainted. His friends intervened and Mr. Layfield resigned the same day. Mr. Pope entered the Cabinet of Sir John Macdonald, as Minister of Agriculture, 25th October, 187 1, and remained in the Cabinet up to the time of his death, with the exception of five years, from 1873 to 1878, when the Conservatives were on the opposition benches. On the 25th September, 18S5, the representative for Compton accepted the portfolio of Railways and Canals, which he held up to his death, April i, 1889. Rufus Henry Pope, the present nieniber, succeeded his father, being elected in the fall of 1 889, at a bj-e-election. He was again returned at the general elections of 1891, and accepted the nomination of his party for the general elections held during 1896, being again elected. The elections held in Compton County for a member of Parliament, since Confederation, have given the following results: — In 1867, 1871 and 1872, Hon. John Henry Pope, b}' acclamation ; first election, 1874 — candidates, Hon. John Henry Pope and Hugh R)gbert Cairns, of Clifton; Pope received over Sod majority; election of 1878 — candidates, Hon. J. H. Pope and Hugh Lecmard, of Winslow; Pope received about 800 majority; election o."" 1882 — candidates. Hon. J. H. Pope and H. H. Cairns, poll stood : Pope 1,612, Cairns 823, majority for Po])e, 789; election of 1887 — candidates, Hon. J. H. Pope and T. H. Monroe, of Bury, majorit}- for Pope about 800 ; bye-election of 1889 — candidates, R. H. Pope ///.V/V)A')' f'/' CO.U/'/OX COl'Xl)'. 43 and T. H. Moiirot-, iiiajority for Pojk* ovit Sun ; election of 1891 — candidates, R. II. Pojic and Setli I*. I.ect, of Montreal ; majority for Pope U)f)6, and Leet lost his deposit of :?2()c), not Iiavin^f received the niininiiiin proportion of votes recpiired by law. The elections for a nieniher of the Le^Mslativc Assenjbly at Oiiebee, since Confederation, liave rcsnhcd as follows: — 1.S67, candidates, James Ross, of (loiild, and Alden W. Kendrick, of C()m|)ton, majority for Ross, 191; 1871 — candidates, James Ross and \\ . M. Sawyer, of Sawyervilie, majority for Sawyer, 270 ; 1.S75 — Wni. Sawyer, by acclamation ; 187S — candidates, Wm. Sawyer and James Doak, of Comjjton, majority for Sawyer, 453; iSSi — candiilatcs, Wm. Sawyer and .Ivneas MacMaster, of vScotstown, majority for vSaw^-er, 507 ; iSSd— eandidates, John Mcintosh, of Compton, and Hnjj^h Leonard, of Winslow, majority for Mcintosh, 720; iSqo — candidates, John Mcintosh and Geo. Layfield, of (ioiild, majoritj- for Mcintosh, 770; 1892 — Mcintosh retnrncd by acclamation. In 1S92 Hon. John Mcintosh look a scat in the DeHoncherville Cabinet. In 189.1 1'^' resij.(ned to acce])t the ])()sition of Siieriff of St. iMiuicis District. At the l)yeelection of 1894 the candidates were Charles McCIary, of St. Hdwidj^e, anil J. H. M. St. Lanrent, of Compton; majority for McCIary, 6SS. Rnfus Henry Pojk-, M. P., wa.s born in Cookshire, (Jne., Septend)er 1;,, 1S57. His father was the late Hon. John Ilenrj' Pope, whose portrait and l)iography are to be found in this volume. His parents were descended from old and distin,i.juished families of V. H. Lo3'alist stock, and show the earliest records of any settlement in Compton county, havinjj located in Hereford previous to 1793. Our subject was educated at Cookshire Academy, Sherbrooke Hi).jh School, and under a private tutor. He also studied law at Mc(iill, but his tastes were in the line of aj^riculture, and he took posses- sion of the fine estate, comprising about 1,41)0 acres, known as " Kast \'iew Stock Kariu," previously owned and occupied b\- his father. He proved himself a born agriculturist, and api)lied his energies to the importation of thoroughbred stock, making a specialt}- of the Polled Angus or Aberdeen Cattle, and has the credit of introducing this breed into .America. Compton county is celebrated for high-class farming, and Mr. Pope has ranked foremost among those who have been instrumental in raising the standard of agricultural science. On the death of his father, April i, 18S9, Mr. Pope was chosen, as their candidate, by the Liberal Conservatives of Compton county. Much against his personal wishes and business interests he accepted the nomination for the unexpired term. He was returned with a handsome majority over Mr. T. B. Munro, of Bury. At the general elections, in March, 1 89 1, Mr. Pope was again the candidate. His opponent was Mr. Seth P. Leet, a lawyer from Montreal, who was defeated l)j- 1,066 majority, losing his deposit of 5200. The Liberal-Con- lui rs II I'uiM- M V servative party, in convention assembled, have r4, < M ^^^^ ^v^ ^^B^i ifc-'-''"' ^^^^^^^^^B ^BSHJeSk^^'.- H I ^^B ^H i^^^^^^l ^H 1 44 ///.V/i'A')' ('/' (('I//'/(W (('/'A'/): aj^aiii clinsc'U Mr. I'ojk' as tlu' caiuliilato for j^oncTal cUrtioiis of iSq6. Altlii>uj;li lie i-xpressi'd ail earnest wish to retire, the party would not hear of it. He is one of the most popular nieuiliers at Ottawa; his itulependent, j,'enial, outspoken manner, makes friends on all sides, and ).jives liiui unusual strenj.;th with the (lovernment. ()ulsi(le of fanuinjr, Mr. I*o|)e has done more for the employment of lahor than any other man in Compton eounty. His wealth has always i)een invested in loe.il enterprises, assistinj.; his fellow men and l)iiildiu,ij up the eountry. lie was one of the promotors of the Hereford Railway ; is the active i)artner of the Cookshire Mill Company, manaj^inij director of the Royal Paper Mills Company, and a director of the Paton Woolen Mills Company, Sherhrooke, I dominion I.ine Company, .Scotstown Liuuher Company, Canada Provident .\ssurance Company, and several other minor concerns. He has always heen ver}- liberal, assislinj; those iu trouble in an unostentatious manner. Anything that will help maukiuil, his town or county, he is always ready to assist with money and his own labor. He was married at I.eunoNville, One., Septend)cr iS, 1X77, to Lucy, daujj^hter ol Major C. Xoble, of Cookshire. Issue, six children: Lottie Adelle, b )rn .Auijust .), 1S79; Hcatrice Ivthel. born .April m, iSSi; Desmond Ives, born I-'ebrnarj' .1, i/■ CO.U/'VO/V l(>l'N7)\ 45 the n'sij,Miati()ii of Hon. Joliii Maclntosli as member of Legislative- Assembly for the County, after several hours' votiu),', Mr. MeClary was unanimously ehosen on Septeniijer 21 •, iSyi, by the Liberal-Conservative p.irty in convention, as their candidate. He was elected on October 19, 1.S94, over Mr. J. H. M. St. Luurcut, of Comi)ton, with a majority of 688. I'or representation in the Dominion vSenate, Compton county is in the district known as W'elliuKlon. Hon. Mathcw H. Cochrane, of Compton, was called to the Senate to represent Wellinj^'ton, on ()ctoI)er 17, 1872. In politics he is Conservative. .Senator Cochrane is a native of this county, havinj^^ been born at Compton, November 11, 182.). His father, James Cochrane, was from the north of Ireland, and for many years was merchant, farmer and cattle-breeder in this province. Matthew lived on the farm until eij^hteeii years old, when lie went to iioston, Mass., and en.t,Mjj;ed in the shoe business, returning to Canada in 1834, and enKaKi"K '» t'"^ same business in Montreal. At first he was in company v ith Samuel (i. Smith, the firm being Smith iS: Cochrane. Mr. Smith died in 1868. In 1873 Cliarles Cassils, a native of Dumbartonshire, Scotland, Ijecame a partner of Mr. Cochrane in the business The firm of Cochrane, Cassils iS: Co. employs about three hnudred men and women, and does business to the extent of from 545(),()0() to j^soOjOoo a year. In 1864 Mr. Cochrane purchased a large farm at Compton, adjoining the one on which he was brought up, and commenced farming and cattle-raising. His jjlace, known as " Hillhurst," now contains about one thousand acres, largely rolling land, and almost in one block, with brooks and siiriiiifs furnishing an abundance of good water. When Mr. Cochrane commenced his improvements at Compton, but little hud been done in the way of progress among the stock farmers of this province; and his enterprise in this direction marks an epoch in this part of Canada. As a pioneer in this line, Mr. Cochrane began with a determination to have the best specimens of Short Horns that mone}^ could purchase from the best cattle breeders of the Old World. His first notable purchase was in 1867, when he imported the famous cow Rosedale. At the same time he also imported a choice cargo of Cotswold, Southdown, Leicester and Lincoln sheep, Suffolk horses and Berkshire pigs. Rosedale's first calf, after coming into Mr. Cochraue's hands, a heifer, was sold, when a year old, to an Illinois stock-breeder for 53,5(10, and re-sold by the latter, three months later, to Col. King, of Minnesota, for 55.500. The next year Mr. Cochrane paid one thousand guineas for Duchess 97th, by the 3rd Duke of Wharfdale, of the noted Wetherbj' herd — the first heifer of lier family which had been brought from Kngland since the great American purchase of 1S53. The price which he paid for her is said to be the highest at that time ever paid for a female Short Horn. At the same time, among other cattle, Mr. Cochrane also bought, for two hundred and fifty guineas, a fine Booth animal of striking beaut}'. To outdo himself and every other cattle breeder in America, in 1870 Mr. Cochrane brought into Canada no less than forty heads of Short Horns, the aggregate cost of them, including a h.iuting mare, and a lot of Cotswold sheep and Berkshire jHgs, amounting to about 560,000. The extent of his investments, in 1S70, had a great influence on the Knglish Short Horn market. Mr. Cochrane has from year to year made valuable importations of live stock, having become known as one of the largest breeders in Canada, if not in America. Of late years he has devoted more time to horses, and has some valuable Hackue3-s. In addition to his extensive farm at Hillhurst, which is under the charge of his son, James A. Cochrane, he has a large ranch in the Canadian northwest. The representative in the Dominion Cabinet of the Protestant niinorit\' of Quebec Province is Hon. W. B. Ives, Q. C., of Sherbrooke, minister of Trade and Commerce. He N/sTojo o/- co.urroN (Oaw/) is also a native of this county, liavin); lurn horn in Coniptnn, November 17, iS|i. His paicnts, I'lli and Arti-niissa (l^uUockl Ivt-s, were of I'lnj^'lisli deseent, ami eame to tliis eonnlry from Conneeticut. l'. S.. with the l'. Iv. Loyalists. Mr. Ives he^an his I'diuation in a common school, near his hirthplace, and afterwards attended tlie Conipton Academy tor some four or tlve years. He suhseciuently continued his studies privately, and later on prosecuted the study of law, and was admitted to tlic l^ir in iSh;. Imoui iS()7 to 1S7S, he practiced in Sherhrooke, and was, during that time, created a O. C. He has had the honor to be mayor of Sherl)rooke and also member for Richmond and Wolfe, rcdecnun^; the County from the I,il)crals aj;aitist Henry Aylimr. In iSSj, he was re-elected by acclamation, .ind in iiSiS;, he had a successful contest with J. N. (Ireenshielils, of Montreal, and in iSqi was elected for J^herbrooke. In 187(1 Mr. Ives became interested in uiauu- t'acturin^;. Amonjr other enterprises he is interested in the Paton Mills of Sherbrooke, president of the Salmon River Pulp Company, at Scotstown, and ecjual partner with Mr. R. H. P()j)e, M. P., in the Scotstown Lumber Company, Cooksliire Mill Company, and Royal Paper Mills Company, of Hast Ati),nis, director Dominion Line Company, and interested in the Sherbrooke (laN and Water Company. Mr. Ives built the Hereford Railway, now o])erated by the Maine Central Railway. In business he has been sij^nally successful, and it is considered a guarantee of success to have his name connected with any business enterpri.se. He was married, N'ovember 17, i.S(u), to l'!lizabeth, dauj^hter of the late Hon. John Henry Po])e. Mr. Ives entered Sir John Thompson's Cabinet in December, iSi)j, as President of the Council. On reconstruction, after »Sir John Thompson's death, in iSi)^, by Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Mr. Ives took the portfolio of Trade and Commerce, and wa.s called to the same office by Sir Charles Tupper, when Premier Howell resijjned in Ajjril, 18196. CHAPTKR VIII. M r N ic 1 1- A I, H I S'l" i> K V. Ivarly Rtconls Coiiiuil I'rocft'iliiiKS Mfinht-rs Comity Couiuil. TO till.' towtisliip of Ncwijort, iti Comptoii county, is probably due the credit of dnin^ the fust municipal l)usinc.ss in the l^astern Townships, The first settlers were u law- abid ,^ people, and as thcie was no law for carryinjj; on town business, they met tojiether and orjjjauized under their own rules, on the same lines as the law provided in the I'liiled States. Their first meeting; was held vSepteniber 2.S, 1799, and continued c|uarterly until 1S14, when the orj^'ani/.ation became disbanded. A moderator or chairman, and a clerk were chosen each year by election. All the settlers would si^n the different .cts aj,'recd ui)on. iMUther jiarticulars of these proceedings are to be found in the history of the township of Newport. The first municipal laws in the Province of (Juebec went into effect in i.S.}i. The Province of Ontario, then known as rp])er Canada, had a municipal law for several years previous, which had materiallj' assisted in the development of that province. In Lower Canada, before the establishment of district councils in 184 1, all roads were laid out under the supervision of the vSurveyor (ieneral or Grand X'oyer. Of municipal business there was none. Under date of Kingston, U. C, August 6, 1S41, the Hon. Kdward Hale issued notices to all of the townships in the District of St. Francis, to elect one councillor to represent them in the District Council , to meet at Sherbrooke. Under date of 8th September, 184 1, the first meeting of the Council of the district of Sherbrooke, was held in Sherbrooke. The following are those who were returned as eligible to sit in the Council : G. D. Innes, Hrompton ; P/ ; ('I//VIW ( (»rA'/ >". si'parati- immiiipality, ntid tTcctiiij; tin* mniiii'i|)alitv I'f Slii'throoki' out of tlu' rmiiily •>r Slail)i('okf, wliicli then iiKhuIcd llie incsciit toiitilii's of Ciiiii|it(iii, Kii'liniiUKl, W'oltc and SlKr!)r<>t)ki'. Ill iS.t5 tin." law had lici-ii iliaiij^cd, cR'atiii^ loral imiiiiii|ial (.iiiiiKils, of sfvcti mcinhcrs lach, this lifiii)^ virtually the same as our pti'sitil hiw with regard to iiiuiiicipal ami idiiiity eodiicils. 'IMio first luoitiii^ of the immiiipality of Shi-rhrookc was held at the Court Mouse, in Slierhrooke, on Tuesday, ( )etol»er u, i.St;. Present, as incnihers of the Couiuil, from t»>wnsliips of Orford, Ilollis Smith and J(diii (Irillilh ; Aseoi, Win. I,. l*'eItoii and Charles Hrooks ; !{romi»toii, Samuel Pierce and William Welil); C unploii, Avery ( ). Kelluni and Win. I'Miiij; ; Shiptc.i, James Smith and James Ponlelle; Milhouriie, .\ilolphus Aylmer and David (1. Sloaiie ; Maton, Newport, Dittoii and Clinton, H. X. Hill and John Henry Pope; Diidswell, Windsor, Weednii and Stoke, Janus Mnnkittriek; Pury, Westhiiry and I.inj^wick. Hainmoiid MeClintoik and Jaims Ross; Hereford, Clifton and .Aueklaiid, Josc])li Weston. Mr. Hollis Smith was chosen mayor, and Mr. J. (1. Rohertsoii, secretary- treasurer. The necessary "standinjj; rules" were adopted. The mavors of the municipality of Slierhrooke were: iS,|7 to ."^eplcml)er, iSm, Ilollis Smith; iS>i to Septeiiiher, iSs-', A. (i. Woodward; iS^;, to cud of the council of Slierhrooke in iS^s, Charles Hrooks. Mr. J. (). Robertson (after Confederation treasurer of the Province for several years) held the otVice of secretary treasurer duriuj^ the existence of the Council. Again the law was changed, and in iS;^ there came into force tiic " Lower Canada Municip.il and Road .Act." p.issed that same year. With few ch.mges this law is still in force. In 1S5;, the county of Sherlirooke had l)eeii subdivided inli) the counties of Coiuiitoii, Richuioiid, Wolfe and Slierl)niokc. The new l.i.'- al)ove nuMitioiied had been created to facilitate tiie transaction of municipal business in the different counties throughout the Province, which had l>ccn legislated into existence. Previous to 1S5S the local municipal councils had very little puwer, and in many cases were not kept alive until after the ])assiug of this Act. This is evidenced by there being no t'xistiug records of many townships i)revious to iS^^. The county of Slierhrooke was included in the new county of ComiHon for innnicipal purposes. "Agreeably to the provisions of the Lower Canada Municipal and Road .Act of 1S55, a meeting of the mayors of the several local councils in the county of Compton, was held at the .Academy in Cookshire, in the township of Iviton, on Wednesday, September 5, 1S35. There were jjreseiit the following mayors: H. Pouiroy, Coini)toii ; Charles Hrooks, Ascot; .A. P. Hall, town of Slierhrooke ; (leo. Houallie, ( )rford ; C. .A. Hailey, Haton ; A. Learned, Xew])ort ; L. Po]r', jr., Hury ; James Ross, Lingwick ; Colin Noble, Winslow ; D. H. Pope, Clifton; Levi R. Dean, Heivford." Mr. Charles Hrooks was chosen as warden and Mr. »S. .A. Hurd as secretary-treasurer. The first by law passed was one fixing Cookshire as the place fo,2o5 ; Orford, 5104,937; Lingwick, 599,238; Hereford, 590,763; CliftC); Dittoii, 57,700; Clinton, 57,800; total ainouut, 52,357,410. In i860 the total assessment had increased to 52,934,134. In 1859 the county building, located in Cookshire, was purchased from the school coininissioners of Katon, having been used previous to that time as an academy. From 1855 up to about 1880, many records are found of petitions having been sent ///.S/CA') ('/ COU/'/OX LOUNTW to I'arliamiiit, praying for cliaiiK;i's in laws, or prolcslinn aKninst jtroposi-d nits. Tliose motions on tla- j)art of tlit- coiMuillors show lliat tlicy took a lively interest in the pnl)Iir atVairs of tlio lotintry. Tlio foilowiiiK' rt-sohilions, toncliiiiK tlic ri^lits of tlu' I'rotistanl minority at Confeik-ration, show that Compton connty, at U-ast, was alive to their interests. On June i,^, 1H66, it was "moved by Conneillor Cliaddoek, seconded by Councillor lA'l)onrvean, and resolved: " Tliat the warden and secretarytreasnrer petition Parliament at its present session, to the effect that previous to Confederation of the Ikitish North American provinces, the ri>{hts of the Protestant minority in Lower Canada, as respects municipal and school matters, he guarded nntl protected in such a manner that hereafter, shcmld Confederation take place, the majority may not have the power to interfere with the action of the Pn)testant minority on those points." At tlic forty-fifth (piarterly .session, September 12, iS()6, " Councillor L. Pope moved the tollowinj; resolutions, seconded by Councillor I.ebonrvean : 'That the warden and secretary-treasurer shall, on behalf of this louneil, petition the Imjterial Parliament to the effect that the rights of the I'liiKlish-speakiuf^ Protestant community in Lower Canada be protected by the introduction into the constitution of Lower Canada of clan.ses therein similar to those introduced into the last .session of the House of .As.sembly, l)Ut withdrawn, referrinjj; to educational matters. And that the Protestants in Lower Canada be allowed the manaj^c- ment of their own scho.i of tin- warden, secretary-treasurer and Ciiuncillor Robfrtson, jjrepare such iietilion." Carried unanimously. ( )u March i;,, iN');, " 'Phe warden read and presented a cojjn' of a despati'h fmni the Secretary of State for the Colonies, acknowledj.;iiijr the receipt i»f a petition tliroU}.;li the Hon. A. T. (ialt, addres.sed to Her Majesty the Oueen, and forwarded to liim by the (lovernor- (leneral's secretary, for the information of the council and municipal otVicers of the county of Compton." This petition stated that the .Secretary of State for the Colonies would see that the subject of education for the minority should be thorouj^hly discussed with the represen- tatives of Hritish North America. At a reji;ular nieetinjj; of the council held on Septeml)er q, 1S6S, steps were taken to have a rejj;istry office established at Cookshire, which was done in the summer of 1S69. Previous to this it was necessary to j^o to vSherbrooke for rej^istration ])urposes. In i,S-() the townships of Compton, ( )rford, .Ascot and town of Sherl)rooke were separated from Compton county, and formed into the municipality of the county of Slierbrooke, for municipal purposes. This was ])artly bronj;lit about by the intense feelinj; caused by passinj; l)y-law No. 37. On July 5, i-'^;;, .Sir John .\. .Macdonald visited linry. .\t that time he was leader of the op])osition, and had just enunciated his national policy, which was successful at the polls in 1.S7S, and which has carried the Lil)eral-Conservatives to victory at every election since that date. Hon. John Henry Pope was one of his stronjrest supporters. On the above dale a special nieetinjjf of the County Council was held, and an address, from which the followinjjf extracts are taken, ado])ted and presented to .Sir John A. Macdonald at Hury : " It affords us the highest j^ratificalion to have this opportunity of expressing our entire confidence in you as the acknowledj^ed chieftain of that j^reat political party. Throu}.ch your ability, with the assistance of that },neat statesman, the l.-ite lamented .Sir Cieorj^e H. Cartier, who.se hij>h-toned character calmed the conflictiuj^ elements of the various minds of a mixed population, has the great work of Confederation been accomplished. * We have e\ery confidence in you as the leader of the present oppositicm * ''' * * and sympathize with you in your efforts, particularly the interest you have taken to obtain protection for our 4 so ///S/(>A') Ol ((>!//'/( '.V { <>r.v/)", varioii> iiiilii- .Hid niiMimrii.il iiilrrpriM"', mill \m' iniisidci- iimtiHtinii n\ sn miii li mi|iipii,iiu >■ 111 \\\v \M-lt'iHr lit' ilii-. I >iiiir,iniiii til. It uiiKss it is nhtaiiuil tin usult luiist iiiiv il;il)l\ iii|i|»lr niii iiiiliistiii-., ii.nii|i mil I iuf.;;ii's, ,iiul luiii^; tiiKiiuiiil ruin ii|iiiii mil i uiiiiiun ial iiiltri'sls. 'rill' ivliiviiii'iil ill' \mif )4ii\i.'tiitiiciil I'liiiii iit'tiiv Iiiis lici'ii a ii.itimial lalatiiity, ami \vv Imtk fttrward III a spiitly icUiiii. C. .\. I!\ii.i\, Tiii'S. Hi'SM'ir, «.«. ■ n na^MOtfi I W Kot.l- f. M ^lr;irils V I- ll'.'lii" K Ik !.■..«. Ill A K.I--. .SV. 1- /k./i I.' .M.iilui l( l .iinpiMU J II M..iri-nii I' K.i-.i I-; K..liilKi' f N C;i-<, .MI-.MI!i:ii lS<,s. In 1.S7.S tJK- iikiiiIhts ol" the Ci>nnty Cmuuil, 1)\- a larm.' inajmily, wimv strmi!.^ Mippmtrrs (>{ tlif CmiMTv alivL- ]iarl\. 'Pluy Innk a li\(.'l\- iiUi'irsl in ixilitii'S, as ia ick-iui'd !)y tin.' t'lillnw iiiii ifMiliilimi. passed Maivli i ;,, 1S7S, witii miiy mic disscntin.n' : " MovimI hy CiiuiKillm- I'aiputli.'. si-cmuk'd hy Cmnuiilor MiDmiald, and R-s.)lvt'd : 'Thai \vf, tin.- wardcMi and ci)nnl\ rmiiKillDrs of tin.- (.onnly of Cnnipton. in I'muifil assi-niUlcd, n.'.v;ivl to src llu' unjtistifiahlc (.ourst- taken hy the- Lienlcnant-Ciovfrnor, in iriLjanl to tin.' late erisis in the (Jnel)ee lA'^n'slatuie, and do eondeinn his actions, l)elicvin}.i tlu'iii to he, if not iinemistitntimial, siihversive of tlie linhls of a free peo])le, sue); as we, Hritish eolonists, elaiin to he. That we ///.s/ii/n oi n)\f/'/(*N t i'l'X/)'. 5> iiiMiniiiniislv :inil luMiliU iikIcusc llif mm-M' laUiii li\ ipiii ri|)ir-.iiiiiiii\ i in ilic |,rv;isl,itnii iliniiiv; till' l:iU' ri'isis iiiul wish In i\li ml liial aliilit\. As till' |iarliaimiilar\ n|iriMiitali\is I'luiu Ciiiii|itip|i idiinly liasr al\\a\s luiii 111(11 will) tiioU liadiiii^ parts in tlir j^hm thhk iits u\ llic idiiiitiy, so tlu' wavdi'iis lia\f liicii nun aliiivc ilu' a\iraL;i' in al>ilil\. Ttir lullnw iiij^ is a I'niupUti' list, witli \iais tlu-y wvw in nttui' ; i''~>33-'',^, Cliarlrs I'rnuUs; i.S(i|-(i(), A. W, Kiiidriik ; |N(>7-7<|, Hi'iij. I'liiiirny ; l.S^I-;-.:, I,. l'n|K' ; iS^^-j-d, Moses I ,i'liolir\ call ; \^"-~*h 'rilos. IlrlllUtl ; |S,S(i-,S!, Mosi's l,rlionr\iaii ; |SS.! until hi-, >uath, (Ktolur i |, iSS^,, I,r\\is Mclwr, Tlu' Coiimil |iasse(l HUH W"**^ 1 ^^^ ^^^^Y^m K U M.l..., .1 Allnii Mil. I.., I II A i\IHN> J |. Wil„,ii A N I-, nil, wuiili, //•,!. ,/,'./ Iliiuli l.inii.inl J Hunt. •< l.iillKl «M1 I..I.IHU- J,,^, Aw.l^niii I'. I. N. IMi-visl. MMMllllKS CoMIToN lOrMV Cot N\l|, |,,r iSi),s. ri'soliitioiis of sympathy and attiiuKd the I'limial in a lioiK. I )i(.fni!)(.T (), iSS:i-S(i, Charles McClary; iSS;, A. Ross; iSSS, W. II. I am n led ; iS,S(,, C. II. I'arker; iStji., .\. Creiiier; iSi)i until his resignation in .Sepleinher, iSi)_', W. II. Learned; halanee ot" \ear iSi)2, jos. Ai^aj^nier; iSc,;, IIni.;h Leonard; iSi)|, \ap. Lcinieiix ; iSt)5, .\. S. l"'arnswortli. There have been only tliree seeretar\-treasiirers dnriii;.; all these forty vcars. Mr. S. .\. Ilurd was appointed at the first ineetin,n in 1S35. lie resigned March i), iS6_|, when Mr. C. .\. Hailev was appointed and held the office for Iwcnly-six years. His vesi,niiation heins;- stil)niitted, the present secretary-treasurer, Mr. .Alexander Ross, was ap])oinled Scpteniher 30, iSgo. 53 ///S/VA')' Of COM/'TON COUNTY. Diiriii}^ till.' vi'iU" iSc)5, tliu Ctnimil tor tin.' i-oiiiity of C(>iiii)ti>ii, was coiiiposccl of twcnty- oiR' iuciiiIkms. Oh jahiiarv i, iSi)(i, tin.' nuniicipalily of Clifton, familiarly known as West Clifton, was dixidfil, l)y act of tin.- Provincial Lcj^islatnrc, i)assctl in iSc)^, into ,St. Ivdwid.nc dc Clifton and Clifton, Martinvillc and tlic Ivnj^lisli-spcakinj; portion rctaininiL^ the name of Clifton. lvn|L;ravini;s of all tlio members of the County Conncil for iS()5 will he fonnd on iidjoininj;- pa^es, inchulin),^ the seeretary-treasnrer, A. Ross, Ksq. I'ollowinj; will Iv: fonnd a siiort sketch of each conncillor : Arlemns Stevens l*arnsworlli, warden of Cotnptoii connty and mayor of the townshi]) ot Newport, was !)orn in Iviton, l)ecend)er ;,, 1S35. He is one of the snecessfnl farmers of the Conntv, his farm heini; located between Clanders and Sawyerville. He has been conn- cillor for the past eij^ht years, and mayor for three years. Married in Newport, October 9, iS.S.|, to Lnvia .\. Howker. Issne, fonr children. N'olnev I-Venel; Hod.ne, mayor (»f the townshiji of Haton, was l)orn in Katon, Novend)er iS, 1S50. h'armer bv occnpation. He has held the office of conncillor for three years. Married at vSawvervillc, May 21, 1S7;, to Mary Ivdith Clon,nh. Issne, one daii.nhtcr. Hn,nh Leonard, mavor of .South W'inslow, was born in Hnry, November 29, 1S47. Has held the office of mavor for twenty-one years and warden in 189^ He is a justice of the peace, and a laruc mill owner and trader. Has never married. (icor}.a' McClellan Stearns, mayor of Lake Mej^antic, was born at Stanstead Plain, .\pril 16, 1S64. Came to Lake Me.nantic in iSSq, and at ])resent holds the ])osition of manai^er of i)uli) mills, belonj^ing to the Montaj^nie Pa])cr Company. Has held the office of mayor for two years. Married at Burlinj^ton, \'t., January 16, 1.S91), to Katharine Johnson. Issue, one dauiirhter. .\llan MacLeod, mayor of Marston, was born in North Kly, (Jne., September i, i>S4,v Came to Linijwick in 1S46, and moved onto his i)resent farm in 1834. Was .secretary- treasurer of Marston for thirteen years, and mayor the past ten years. Married at Lake Megantic, December 29, 1S69, to Anna MacDonald. Issue, six children. James Frederic Wilson, mayor of Westbury, was born in Comi)ton, March 14, 1S5S; moved to East Angus in 1S.S4. He is a member of the firm of Planche, Wilstm iS: Co., general merchants. Married at Haskell Hill, near Lenno.wille, February iS, 18S0, to Mary M. John.ston. Issue, four children. James Hunt, mayor of Bury, was born in Kngland, June 22, iSj^s. Came to Bury ill i8;,6. Is a ])r(>s])erous carriage-maker and trader. Has been a member of the Council, its mayor, and a justice of the ])eace for a nund)er of years. Married in Burv, December 20, 1S59, to Jane vStokes. Issue, three children. Pierre Louis Najjoleon Prevost, mayor of Ditton and Clinton, was born in Onebec citv. May II, 1S56. He came to Ditttni in 1876, where he has followed farming ])rincii)allv. Has been school commissioner several years, and a niunici])al councillor since 187S. For several years Mr. Prevost was one of the associate editors of Lf Pionuicr, of vSherbrooke. He married Celine Morel de la Durantaye, at La Patrie, September 4, 1877. Issue, nine children. Fl/.ear Roberge, mayor of Chesham, was born at St. Norbert d'Arthabaska, Jnne 25, 1864. Came to Chesham in 1875, where he has followed farming and kept a general store at Notre-Dame-de.s-Bois. He held the office of secretary-treasurer for .seven vears. Was married at Ciiesham, July 6, 18S6, to Marie A. I). Laplante. Issne, one son. Kenneth W. MacLeod, mayor of Whitton, was born in Winslow, May 4, 1857. He ha.s held the offices of .school commissioner seven years, c(mncillr)r six years, and mayor two years. Is one of the successful farmers of Whitton. First marriage April 10, 1885, to Catharine Maclver, who died in 1S91, leaving f(mr children. vSecond marriage August 30, 1893, to Mrs. Avnie MacLeay. Issue, one child. iiisroRV or co.urroN counts. 5i Carlos \'. Cass, iiwiyor nf Clift<»ii, was l)()ni in vStanstcad, January 20, iS.^8. Canic to Martin ville in 1S46, and is now a sncTcssfnl mill owner and Innibcr dt-ak-r. Has been I'duncillor of his town for a nnnihcr of years. Mr. Cass has been married twice. I'irst to Sarah Clark ; second marriaj^e to Iajrnier, mayor of Auckland, was born at Laprairie, c^ue., March 31, 1842. Came to vSt. Malo in 1868, and is now a lcadin}r farmer and mill owner. Has held the o'lfice of councillor since 1870 and of mayor since 1875. Married in Chateausruay county, September 9, 1S67, to Francoise r,a.t,niier. Issue, three children. Joseph Kdmond (irenier, mayor of vSo!ith Marston, was born in Montreal, in 185*1. He ])urchased a farm and nuned to Piopolis in 1872, where he was married in 1876. Issue, thirteen children. Randal Vounsj^ Cowan, mayor of Lingwick, was born in the same township, February 10, 1 84 2, where he has always lived. Has b-cen councillor and school commissioner for a number of years, and is a prominent member of the R. T. of T. Mr. Cowan was one of the first chi'ulren born in Linj^wick. He married Sarah Younj^, of Linj^wick, f Ci>iii])l<>ii county dak-s hack to ahont tlic time tin.' first sctlltTs caiiK' into the Ivaslcrn Tow nsliips. Nhmy of tliosc lianly ])ion(.'crs had taken part in tile Rexohitionarv war helween lui.iiihnul and her eohniies, now forniinj^' tlie I'nited States. Their s\in])athies, however, were in aeeonl witli I^n.^land's form of .s^overnment, and hisinj.; all, they were ()hlij.;ed to make homes elsewhere than in tliose stales which had I)een j.;ranted their independence. The many thonsands tints silnated wended their way, princi])ally to the townshi])s in ( )ntario, hut there were also several Imndred families who came to the Eastern Townshi])s. A military spirit cime with these men. and cpiile naturally thev and their descendants ha\e always heen fomid ready to defend tile country of their choice. The first records of any military force in the County date hack to the time of the second war between lui.iL^land and the I'nited States in iSij-15. At that time there was in Ivaton an organized company, under the command of Colonel John l'o])e. the i4real-j.jrand-father of R. H. I'ojx'. lvs(|.. M. P. This comjjany was ordeied to n'porl at .St. Jojins, Sv> called upon the couutv of Sherhrooke. which then included. Compton. Richmond and Wolfe, to form "one battalion of infantry and two troops of volunteer cavalry." The act under whieli tliese were formed, called for "every able-bodied male inhabitant tif the Province, above eighteen and under sixty years." as liable to serve as militiamen, unless exeni]He/■' (V>.i//'/vw cointv. Marhleton, orj^anized Novcniher 16, 1866, captain — H. J. Waylatid, lieutenant — W. W. Wayland, ensign — H. I^otlirop; No. s Company, Lake Mcjjantic, orj^janized Man-li 22, 1^67, captain — J. D. Raniagc, lieutenant — ^J. H. McDonald, cnsij^n — R. McLcod ; No. (> Company, Compton, orjjanized March 22, 1867, captain — C. I). Rice, lieutenant — VV. M. Ives, en.sijjfn — W. A. Snow; No. 7 Company, Coaticook, oijjauizcd June 8, i86(), captain — A. SliurtlifF, lieutenant — D. P. Raldwiu, cusij^u — I). T. Baldwin ; No. 8 Conipanj', Staustead, orjjanizcd June S, 1866, captain — Jas. K. (lilman, lieutenant — A. Drew, ensijj;n — ^^|. S. Terrill ; No. c) Company, Winslow, orjjanized May 29, i8h8, captain — 1). Mclver, lieutenant — M. Leonard, ensign — M. McAnley ; No. 10 Company, ICaton, orjjanized May 21), 1868, captain — H. Hailey, lieutenant— Allen T. Hodge, ensign — Alonzo Sanborn. The last two companies were organized atul added to the battalion after it had been formed. On November 3, 1877, the 5th Provisiouiil Regiment of Cavalry was organized by the consolidation of the following iude])endent troops of cavalry, which had been organized as follows : — Cookshire No. i Troop, organized February 7, 1857, captain — C. W. H. French, lientenaiU — Oliver A. Taylor, cornet — Henry Chaddock ; Sherbrooke No. 2 Troop, organized November 13, i860, captain — Lieutenant John Drummond, late Sherbrooke Cavalry, lieutenant — Wright Chamberlain, cornet — Simon Augustus Stevens; Staustead No. 3 Troop, organized February 23, 1872, captain — Israel Wood, lieutenant — David A. Maustir, cornel — ^^fohn W. Molton ; Compton No. 4 Troop, organized Fel)ruary 23, 1872, captain — I'rederick Smith Stimson, lieutenant — Walter George Murray', cornet — Hdward William Jennings. On November 14, 1879, the Sutton Troop of Cavalry, which was organized April 26, 1872, with the following officers, was attached to the 5th regiment, atul was known as No. 5 Troop : — captain — S. N. Boright, lieutenant — Jiiseph P. Billings ; cornet — ^James C. Glca.son. The major commanding the regiment was : nuijor and brevet — Lt. Col. John Henry Taylor, from the Cookshire Troop of Cavalry. The regiment wore the Hussar uniform. In the fall of 1888, during the building of the Hereford Railway, two of the contractors ab.scouded, one owing about one thousand Italians for their labor. These men, ignorant of the language and laws of the country, threatened to destroy the properly of the railway company, and do other damage. Thej' went so far that the warden of the County, W. H. Learned, Esq., and two justices of the peace, deemed it advisable to call out the militia to protect life and propert}'. The following report made bj' the commanding oflficer, Lt. Col. V. M. Pope, covers fully the work of the militia : "BURV, October 15, iSSS. " SiK, — I have the honor to report to you, for the informati(m of the Adjutant-General of Militia, that on the twenty-fifth day of September Inst, at 6 r. M., 1 received a requisition from the warden and two justices of the peace of the county of Compton, requesting me to call out the militia in aid of the civil power. The information I received was to the effect that eight hundred Italians who had been employed upon what is known as the Hereford Railway, had been defrauded of their pay by the absence of the contractors, which had so enraged the Italians that they had taken possession of the railway, and that the lives and property of the people in the vicinity were in danger. I therefore ordered out companies Nos. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10 of the 5Sth Battalion, which were concentrated at Cookshire on the following evening, being altogether about 200 men (the railway company having placed at my disposal an engine and some box cars). The ne.xt morning, upon the arrival of ammunition from Montreal, I despatched the cavalry to Sawyerville, a village about six miles from Cookshire, where trouble was anticipated, with orders to recounoiter and report j//sii>K)' ('/•" (■( ',)//'/( w Ciuwry. 57 lo iiK- at tlic railway about two miles this sidt- of tlu- said villaj^a-. I then procLcdcd with the iiifaiitry on hoard the train to Sawycrvillc, having taken all necessary precaution a>,'ainst accidents from rails heinj? taken np, etc. I'pon arrival, I found a hundred Italians who were in a very excited state, noiirishinjj; clnhs and revolvers. Work was at once resumed by the men who had been driven off by the Italians the day before. The day passed off without any collision takinjj place. " Not beinji able to billet more than one-half of the force at Sawycrville, I occupied it with the Troop of Cavalry and two companies of Infantry, returninjj; with the b.ilancc to Cookshire for the ni^ht with the exception of a ;,Miard composed of one company which I placed to guard a valuable trussel bridj^c which the railway company were afraid would be blown up as the Italians had dynamite in their jjossession. " During the evening alarming reports from Hereford reached me, aiul Mr. Ives, the managing-director of the company, requested that at least seventy Hve men should be sent there at once. I then ordered out the captains of No. 6, Halley, No. 7, Coaticook, and No. S, Stanstead, to call out the men and proceed across coujitry to the end of the road. The next morning, making an early start, brought up the men from Cookshire by train. The company having informed me that they feared that three store houses situated from eight to ten miles al)ove vSawyerville with about 550(1 worth of proi)erty would be destroyed, I dispatched eighty men and four officers, under the command of Col. Taylor, to occupy and protect the said storehouses. The troop of cavalry' I employed to patrol the roads leading to Sawyerville and to keep up communication between the different points guarded. Having been informed that the Italians were gathering in large numbers, up the line, with the intention of attacking the men who were laying iron, I proceeded with the balance of m\' force (consisting of about eighty men) to that point, where I found about three hundred Italians gatliered. They were all armed with clubs and other weapons, and were verj' excited, and swore they would sooner die than allow the work to proceed. I took possession of a knoll about fifty paces from them and formed ni}' men into a square, wliich gave me a very strong position. The magistrate then read the riot act, and as one of the Ital.m leaders could read Knglish I had him read and interpret, the same to them. I then explained to them their ]K)sition, threatening if they did not disperse within ten minutes I would fire upon them. They waited until the last minute, when they broke up and dispersed. I was subsequent!)' informed that it was their intention to mix up with the troops and, being five or .six to one, to grab the men's rifles, and as some of them had revolvers they thought, at close quarters, to get the better of the troops. But as they were made to keep at a distance, a collision was again averted. I had then sixteen miles of the Cookshire end of the road under militar}- protection. As the Deputj' Adjutant-Cieneral arrived during the night and was made actiuainted with the position of affairs, he decided to ])roceed to Hereford and take commatul of that end of the line, taking with him the cavalry, one ofiicer and fifteen men of the Infantry in wagons. Nothing of note took place at this end of the line until October 3 when I received notice in writing from the magistrate and wardens tliat the difficulties were arranged and that the militia were no hmger required. I would add that the troops under my command behaved in a most exemi)larj' wa}'. I did not have to punish a man for misbehavior, nor was there a complaint from the inhabitants where they were quartered during the whole time. I have the honor to be your obedient servant, F". M. Pori:, Lieutenant-Colonel, To the Deputy Adjutant-General, Commander ^Stli Hattalion. Commander M. D. No. 5, Montreal, P. Q. .ss ///.S-7V)A')' OF CO}f/'IOX i\->rxT): List of officers who wcrt- out (luriiiji; the IIiTcford Railway Riots, and took jiart in the supprt'ssion of same : Statil"— IJciitctiaiit-Coh)iK-l I'. M. Pope, in command; Lieutcnant-CidonLd j. 11. Tajdor, Major M. H. McAnlcy. Adjutant K. S. Hakcr, Snrj^con K.J. An.sten, M I)., Surgeon Kli Ives, M. D., Ouartcr Master R. Wright; No. i Troop, sth Regiment Cavalry — Captain j. I', Learned, Lieutenant (1. W. L. French; No. i Company, s-^th Hattalicm — Captain .\. L. Mclver, Lieutenant H. R. Hishop; N(\ 2 — Cajjtain A. Ross; No. 3 — Captain J. P. Mclver, Lieutenant (i. I,. McLeod ; No. ^ — Captain \V. \V. Weyland, Lieutenant C. Lothrop; No. 5 — Cai)tain Donald Beaton; Lieutenant J. H. McDonald; 2d Lieutenant iNL Mackenzie; No. 6 — Captain G. P. Hitchcock, Lieutenant (ieorge C. Pilliugton, n\ Lieutenant IL M. Percy; No. 7 — Captain R. 0. Trenliolm, Lieutenant C. \V. IvKvards ; N'o. S — Captain j(diu Clark; No. 9 — Captain James Kelly, Lieutenant H. Mc.Anley; N'o. in — Lieutenant C. \V. Reade, acting captain. The officers of the 5Sth Battalion of Lifantry, on Janu iry 1, 1S96, were as follows: Lieutenant Colonel — Malcolm H. Mc.Anley; Major — Ivlward vS. Haker ; Captains — No. i Couii)any, .Alexander Lewis NLIver; Xo. 2, P. J. (lillies; No. 3, J. T. Mclver; No. .j, R. \V. Weyland; No. 5. Donald Heaton ; No. 6, Cilhcrt P. 11 Hitchcock; No. 7, Rol)ert tleorge Trenholm ; No. S, Hugh T. Ivlder; No. 9, ; No. 10, Samuel H. Hotterill ; Lieutenants — No. i Company, ; No. j, John ^hlcdonald ; No. 3, ; No. .}, Henj. A. Ciill)erl; Nt). 5, ^L A. McLeod; No. 6, George C. Hitliugton ; No. 7, ; No. S, William P. Jinkins; No. 9, James Kelly; No. 10, ; jd Lieutenants — No. i Company, Osborne L. P'>pe ; No. 2, ; No. ;,, Duncan L NL-Leod and Henr}- W. .Alhro; No. 4, Levi Gilbert; No. 5, NL McKeu/ie; No. (>, Walter H. NLirr.iy ; No. 7, ; No. S, James Park Hreevoort ; No. q, Gilauders NL-Iver; No. m, Chas. X. Reade; Paymaster — Hdmund Locketl, honorary major ; (Juartermasler — Robert Wright; Surgeon — R. H. Philliuiore, M.D. ; Company hcad(iuarlers — No. i Company, Hur}- (Robinsons) ; No. 2, S^otstown ; No. 3, Marsborough ; No. .1, Marbleton ; No, 3, Milan ; No. 6, Nhissawippi ; No 7, Coaticook ; No. S, Heebe Plain ; No. 9, Winslow ; No. in, Cookshire. The ,!;th Provisional Regiment of Cavalry was uniformed and adopted the name of 5th Drago)ns in June. iSi)^ Tiie offi:ers on Jiuuirv i, iS-)6, wore as follows: Head(|uarters — Cookshire, P. (J. ; Lieutenant Colonel — ^^lohn Henry Taylor ; Major — ^John V. Learned; Captains — A Troop, Cookshire, H. vS. l''arnsworth ; H Troop, Sherbrooke, G. L. McNicoll ; C Troop, Stanstead, John Clark ; 1) Troop, Compton, Albert Lee Pomroy ; K Troop, vSuttou, Josiah S. Billings; Lieutenants — .A Troop, ; B Troop, Rupert \'. Morkill ; C Troop, George B. \\A\ ; D Troop, ; \\ Troop, Ivdwin B. Greely ; 2d Lieutenants — A Trooj), Alex. R. Penuoyer and George W. iMencli ; \\ Troop, I-'rank J. Barton; C Troop, Ben. B. Morrill; D Tr(M)p, V. W. Thompson; \\ Troop, Wni. C. Strong; Paymaster — Herbert A. Tajdor ; Ouartermaster — Horace H. Pope; Surgeon — .Alexander Dewar, ^L D. ; \'eterin;i.y Surgeon — Krastus P. Ball, \'. S. CHAPTI'R X. Railways i>i' Comptun Cointv. C'.iaiid Trwiik Canadian I'acifk- Maim.' Ct-iilral Onuhtc Central. Till') first railway hiiilt in Coinpton comity was a link of the old St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway, which afterwards became part of the (irand Trnnk Railway. This traverses thron^h the township of Conipton, from north to sonth, separatinj.^ it into nearly e(|iial proportions. The inception of this line was due to J. Pennoyer and Colonel John Moore, who first indoctrinated Sir .\. T. (ialt — who was at that time commissioner of the British American Land Company — with the importance to Canada of connecting the Atlantic sea-hoard with the vSt. Lawrence. The active and powerful mind of Mr. Gait jjave effect to the sugj^^eslion of his suljordinates, and after great difficulties the line was completed in 1S32. The (Juebec Central Railway-, giving a short line connection between Sherbrooke and Quebec, was built in 1S75. To the Hon. J. G. Robertson is due the honor of the building of this road, which is now one of the best paying railway investments in America. In 1895, when a great depression was felt all over the countr)-, the Quebec Central Railway was the only road in the United States or Canada that paid a dividend on its capital. This road passes through the township of Westbnry, with one station at Kast Angus. The two principal railways of the County are the Canadian Pacific and Maine Central. The former ])urcliased the old International and the latter leased the Hereford Railway. As l)oth of these roads were in their inception and completion due to the residents of Conipton count}-, their historj- in full is here given. Inthr.natio.nai, Railway. To the late Hon. John Henry Pope is due the credit for constructing the old Interna- tional Railway, and its use as a connecting link of the Canadian Pacific Railway short line to Halifax. N. S. For many years before the charter was secured, Mr. Pope's energies and influence were directed toward building this road. And after it was completed it was his own private funds which, at different times, \)iu<.\ the expenses of the road and kept it open for traffic. By Act 33, Victoria, assented to May 12, 187H, the following persons were incorporated as the St. Francis and Megantic International Railway Companj' : Benjamin Poniroy, Charles Brooks, Richard William Ileneker, William F'arwell, the younger ; Lemuel Pope, Cyrus A. Bailey, Colin Noble, Kdward Towle Brooks, William F^irwell and Stephen Kdgell, I'^squires. ."The said company and their agents and servants may lay out, construct and finish a double or single track, iron railwaj', from Sherbrooke to the Province line at a point near Lake Megantic, there to connect with a line of railway in the State of Maine, aboui^ to be constructed, and which will connect with the Fnropean and North American Railway, or a branch thereof, so as to form a continuous railway from the Grand Trunk 1(1 llu' city of St. jolni, N. H. Tlii' iMpital stock of tin- saiil ituupaiiv shall jiot fxiccd. in till' whole, the siiin of . 1, to hi- iliviili'd into thirty tlionsaiid shares, of 5,st) i-ach." Tlu- i)rovisioiial directors wire: John lliiiry Pope, M. IV, Moti, John Sewall Sanhorn, lion. vSir AUxandir Tilloili (lalt, James Ross, M. P. IV, Chaiks Hrooks. Riehanl \V. Heneker, 'Plionias S. Mony, Hiiijaiiiin Pommy, Cyrns .\. I^.iiKy, I.enuul I'ope, Ccdin Xoltle and Lewis Melvir, I'lscpiins. The annual ^iiieral meetinjjs weie held on tirst Monday in Septendier, of eaeh year. .\t that time no lioiiiises were ^'ranted by the y;o\iMiiments of the dav to aid in hnilditiff railways, h'or this reason those promoting; the enterprise were obliged to nse every effort possible to secure funds sutlieient to ^o ahea- The votes of the (|ualitied municipal electors in each local munici])ality were cast on the 21st and 22nd days of June, iS-;(i. On June v >, another special meetiiijf of the Council was held, when a '■e])ort of the result of the votes east for and aj^ainst by law No. 35, was laid before the Council. "The municipalities of Haton, Bur}', Newport, Linj^wick, South Winslow and Whitton, 6--Yea. Auckland, Clifton, Orford, Westbnry, North Winslow, Com])ton and Ascot, - — Nay. No returns received from Sherbrooke or Hereford." There beinjj; a nuijority of votes n.iijainst tlie by law, the Council took no further action. .•\t the sixtieth (piarterly .session of the County Council, held September i.}, 1871), petitions from the inhabitants of Sherbrooke and Westbury, and resolutions from the local councils of Hury and Newport, were j)resented, praying; the Council to pass a by-law similar to No. T,^, for the purpose of extendinji; aid to the "St. Krancis and Me^antie International Railway." These petitions were referred to a conimittce composed of Messrs. L. Poj)c, H. Moe and John Keenan. After due consideration Me.ssrs. Pope and Keenan brought in a report in favor of {j^ranting aid to the railway, Councillor Moe dissentinjj. On the rej)ort beinjj put to a vote with the warden, B. Pomroy, I\sq., in the chair, it was accepted on the following division: Councillors Brooks (Ascot), Sawyer (Iviton), Pope (Bury), McLeod (Whitton), Planche (Newport), Keenan (Lingwick), 6 — Yea. Councillors Robertson (Sher- ///S/OA') (>/■ , fit l)n)..kt'), Mot- (Orfonl), Claxloii (Wcsthuryl, Hil»l)aru county for municipal jjurposes, and formed a new municipality, known as the county of Sherbrooke. Work was commenced on the railway in the winter of iS7i-7j. On July 15, 1S75, the line was completed and opened for tratlic l)etween Sherbrooke and Mury. The following iuldress was presented by the County Council to the lion. John Henry Pope and I)irectors of the "St. Francis and Mcgantic International Railway," at the public openiui; of the railway on the above date ; "SiKS, — Wc have much jjleasure in offering to you and those gentlemen who have so zealously laboured with you as directors, our congratulations upon the completion of the first section of this railway. The part that you gentlemen have taken in the promotion of this great enterprise, demands from us a recognition of the important services which \ou have rendered to this county. And sir, the confidence which we liave reposed in you for many years, we feel has not been misplaced, and that in all your public career you have diligently and with the purest intention laboured for the interests of tlie country' generally atul this count)' in i)articular. Associated as you are with gentlemen who share with you a deep interest in the promotion of this great umlcrtaking, we have the fullest confidence that the work so far completed under your auspices, with many opposing elements, will be brought to a successful termination, and we beg to assure you that we shall ever remain your most sincere friends and supporters." Signed on behalf of 'he Conipton County Council. C. A. Baii.kv, M. Li;ii'irK\H.\t , Sit >r/arv- Viiiisimr.- /( ',iii/i 11. By Act 40, Victoria, assented to 28th Ajjril, 1877, the name of the St. Francis and Megantic International Railway, was altered to "The International Railway Company." The limitation of the issue of bonds was al.so changed to " 530,000 per mile, not to bear interest exceeding seven per cent." In March, 1879, the railw-ny was completed as far as Lake Megantic, at which date the following gentlemen were on the directorate: Hon. J. H. Pope, president; K. T. Brooks, vice-president; R. W. Heneker, T. S. Morey, M. H. Cochrane; C. C. Colby; L. Mclver, L. Pope, Chas, Brooks, and C. Noble; J. Davidson, secretary. 63 ///.S/V»A') (>/ (V>I//'/7 \>*-'y niiUv " 'riu' mad, alllioiij^li wniki'd witli rxlnini- ci-uiKiiiiy and slmwinj^ a profit on its workiiij;, has iu\».r Ixcn al)l».', «nil of net iiuoiiif, to p.iy llic full inlcn-sl on it^ hnndi'd (K'lil. ( )n Si'ptcinla'r S, iS.Sh, a coin mn nidation was road tVniii W. M Ives, ]•'.<•( \, anthori/i'd 1)V .*^ir ("n'orj^^i- Strplun, dtUriiij; to piuiliasi- tiic stock in the Inlfrnatioiial Kailw.iy, owiud l>y till' County, at fifty cents in the dollar, or .a sum total of >iiJ,5(iii. .\ftir strong,' appials made in favor of acceptinj.; the offer, liy representatives from the Comity Coiineil of .Sher- lirooke and city of Sherhrookc, a resolution was |)issed (lisposiiii.j of the shares for this amount. The money tVoiii the sale wis used in purchasing the Coimtv liouds, at a premium of sixteen ])er cent ( )n N'oveinlier 2, iS.So, the liiteriiation.il Railway Comjiauy. w.is ac(|uired hy the .\ll.intie and Northwest Railway Cor.ip.iny, which in turn was Ieisey the Atlantic and Northwest Railway Coiiip.iny, tlu' followiii).; >;eiitleiiien composed the director.ate : W. C. \'an Home, president; T. (1. Shau.vihnessy, vice-president ; Sir Donald .\ .Smith, K.C. M ('.; Sir C.co, Stephen, M.irt ; J. j. C Al)!)ott. R. U .Xu.v^us, !•; H ( )sler. Win Wliyte, .S.indlord I''leiiiiii]L;, and J. D.iviilsoii, secret. irv ; D. Iv Mcl'"ee, j.;eiieral m.iu.iv;er. This road now forms a link of the Canadian I'.icitic Railw.iy slmit line between Montreal and Halifax, with a I.iij^c passenger and freight traffic. Hl.Kll "KD R AII.W \v. l'"or .several years i)rior to work heiiiv; commence 1 hy the Hereford Railw.iv Coiiipaiiv. Mr. Win. Sawj-er, exM. L. A , and others, sp..'nt money and time in trying; to have a road hnilt from Cookshire through to the honndary line in Hereford. .\ few years hefori-, A. M. Shanley, civil eiijjiiieer, atteinpled to survey a route, passing tliron.i,'li I'aipietteville. He was not successful, and was oblii^ed to ^\\i.- it up At the time this was kept very i|uiet, in order that the i)rospccts for huililin^f the railwa}' mij.;lit not lie injured, for the promoters were men who were determined to succeed. If the road couUl not ^o one way they Were deteriniiied some feasible route sli )iild lu f m;id ; and the excrllent railway that connects Cookshire, Sawyerville, and other places in Comptoii county with all th leadinj.^ cities in the I'nited States, speaks louder than words as to the foresij^ht of tho.se men In 1S.S7, by Act 5i>,si, \'ictoria, chap. 9;,, tJie "Hereford Mraiich Railway" was incor jiorated. The ])etitioncrs and provisional directors were: John Mcintosh, of Comptoii, merchant; Win. Saw^'er, niercliant ; Cyrus A. Hailey, fanner; Riifns H. Pojjc, fanner; Aldeii Learned, inn-keeper, all of Haton ; I'. Patpiette, of Hereford, merchant, and (ieor^e \'an Dyke, of Mclndoe's Falls, N. H., lumberman. Mr. C. A. Hailey was ap])ointed secretary-treasurer of the Companj-. The line antli(jri/ed to be constructed is described in the /\ct as a railwaj- to connect the Atlantic and Northwest Railway, now Canadian Pacific Railway, with the Hostoii, Concord and Montreal Railway, or any extension thereof, or with any other railwa\' cxtendinj.^ from some point in the United States northwards, and toucliinj; the boundary line of Canada on the northerly boundary' of either the States of New Hampshire or \'ermoiit, at a point within five miles from Hall's Stream. The capital stock of the Company was fixed at ^Vo,'"") 'i'lii^ Alt was anifiidcd l»y si Xii'lniia, (.liap. Si, aiiy sul)si'(|iK'iit Act, 5.^ N'ii'toiia, cliap 72, tin- stoik was raisi'd to 5,S( i<>,i »h >), and liiindinj^ puwi-r was v^ivcn lor a sum not i-xcoidiii^ , iSSj. During that winter tVom one hundred to three hundred men were employed chopping out ;i right of wav, and piling \\\) the cord word, for ahout twenty-live miles, hetweeti Cookshire and the lioiuulary line in Hereford. I'larly in the spring the contract for huilding the whole line was let hy the Company to Messrs. Shirley, Corhett and Mrennan. During the summer the work was i)ushed rapidl}' ahead, from one thousand to twelve hundred men heitig employed. Of these, eight hundred or nine hundred were foreigners, largel}' composed of Italians. There were a lew vSwedes and (Ireeks. Mr. D'vid Williams was chief engineer and superintendent of construction. Mr. W. H. Learned, on whom fell all the responsihilitj' of the work, acted as purchasing agent and paymaster, and later was general agent for the road until it was leased hy the Maine Central Railway. Mr. W. H. Ives was treasurer of the Company and had the work generally under his supervision. On vSeptemher 20, 1888, the members of the firin who had the contract for construction, Messrs. vShirley, Corhett and Hrennan, absconded with 525.500, leaving more than this amount due the laborers, farmers and merchants along the line. It took about two daj's for the laboring men to realize that they had lost all their wages, and then a tumult arose. Those hot tempered men from sunny Italy, strangers in this country, who knew nothing of the laws, and could not understand the language of the people, worked themselves up into a terrible state of excitement. The}' finally went so far as to commence destroying ])roperty, throwing away (piantities of small tools and pulling up a piece of the track. Their actions and threats became .so alarming that the people called on the warden of the County, (who at that time was Mr. W. H. Learned) for protection. He, also fearing that the frenzy of the men might lead to their committing serious depredations, in conjunction with two Justices of the Peace, asked for military protection from the commanding officer of the District, Lieutenant-Colonel F. M. Pope, of Hnry. Colonel Pope immediately ordered out Companies No. i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10 of the 58th Battalion, in all about two hundred men, who were concentrated at Cookshire the following afternoon, together with the Cookshire «4 i/tSTi^KV f»/ ((n/r/itjv (.'i-r was tliotii^lit to Ik' passed, and tin- iiu-ii wi-rc ordiMcd to tlhir homes 'I'hc rt-poit of the coiiiiuaiidiiin olVieer, I.initciiaiit Coloiid \'. M. Pope, to the Adjutam (iiiieral, ^iviiiK '"H partiiulars of the \\o\\ of the iiicii under Iiis ehar^e, will he found in full in the military history of the County. There is no doiilit that liy the timely arrival of the V(dunteer militia, damaj.'e to property and perhaps loss of life, was avoided. This whole expense, amoitntiti^ to ahont 5.t,().;tilar trips. I'nlil leased to the M.iiiie Cenlr.il R:iilw.iy the Tpjier Coos Railway ran their trains over the road and transaeted the business for the Hereford Railway Company. On toini)letion of the road a larj^e sum was due in subsidies from the Ouebee I'rovineial Government. They, however, withheld the same and p.iid all claims presented aj^ainst the estate of the abseondinj.^ conlraetors, Messrs. Shirley, Corbett and Hrinnan. The lesull was that a sum of 5.15,()("> was deducted from the subsulies, as havii.g been ])aid to the creditors. The Company attempted to recover the amount from the Government, but the courts ruled against them. Notwithstaiidin),^ all these heavy losses the eonslruetion of the railway proved to be a tinancial success. The road was leased to the Maine Central Railway, by lease executed in Canada on the July 22, iHyo, and in Portland on Au>.;ust jS, in the same year. The general terms of the lease aie that it is made for nine hundred and ninety nine years. The lessee, the Maine Central Railway, guarantees the payment of four per cent, on the ;,tock of S8(X),(K)(), also upon the bonds, amounting to 5Si)m,()(X), In other words, they pay an annual rental of 564, scx), the JS'/' being allowed for expenses of keeping up the corporation. The otTicers of the Hereford Railway Comi)any, at the present time, are as follows ; President, Hon. l-'rauk Jones; secretary-treasurer, H. H. Hrown, O. C, Sherbrooke ; direetors, Hon. W. H. Ives, Hon. I. W. Drew, C. A. Sinclair and George \'an Dyke. CIIAPTl'R XI. To W \ S III I' II I' I*< A T'l N . IiuluiliiiK History Towii ol CoDkshire ami Villatje of Sawyerville. This tiinl III" Ifiml is hniituk-d iiortli l)y Wtstbiiry. cast hy Newport, soitlli Iiy Clifton, (111(1 west liy Ascot. It (.oiitains ^).|,^)H5 acres and } rods in superficies. Tlfj land is luiiform iiiid j^eiierally of j^ood (|iiality. It is watered hy the Ivitoii river and small trit)iitary slreaiiis. The Ivitoii river is formed l)y two streams which water the townships of l.Mtton, Newport and Auckland, and meet in Ivaton, just above Cooksliire; it then winds in a northerly course into W'esthury, where it falls into the St. Praiicis river. 'lliis trad was constituted a township named Ivaton, December ;, iSd-,), and was in part Kr.inted to Josiah .Sawyer and his associates, vi/. : Israel liailey, Orsemus Hailey, .\mos llawley, Ward Mailey (the younger), John Perry, John Cook, Royal Learned, vSamuel Huj.;li, John iMeiich, Levi I"'reiich, Luther Krencli, Timothy Hailey, Miner Os^oode, Walthar.i Baldwin, Henjatuin Bishop, Jesse Cooper, .\bner Towers, Samuel Beech, Jal)e/ Baldwin, John (iordon, Charles Cutler, Royal Cutler, James Lucas, IMiilip (iordoii, William McAllister, Aliel Bennet, (leor^e Kiinpel, Calvin Rice, Charles Lathrop, Aptliorp Caswell and Peter (ireen Sawyer. Captain Josiah Sawyer, from whom the >'illaj;e of .Sawyerville takes its name, was in all likelihood the tlrst settler in ICaton. We find in a book kept for ])ul)lic nicetinj,'s in the township of New|)ort from 1 7();, to i8i.|, that the said .Sawyer and Ivlmuud Heard, "in the year ijij;,, set out from Missiskoui Bay, on Lake Champlain, with i)rovisiotis, tools, etc., tlirouji;h the woods, ninety miles from anj' inhabitants to the westward, and after travelinf; and exploriujLT the woods thirty-(Uie days, arrived on a hill now called Pleasant Hill, in Newport, where he and .Sawyer beji;an to make inipro^-eiuents, distant twenty-five miles from any inhabitants to the south and seventy miles from the French settlements to the north." .Sawyer did not remain at Pleasant Mill for any lenj^th of time, but took stejis to secure the j^ranl of the township of Katoii, and moved to .Sawyerville. "In the year 17c).) Sav.-yer moved his famil)' in," the said Heard not bringing in his family until 1705. In 1797 Messrs. Samuel Hugli, Israel Bailey and Abner Powers moved into Katon. John P'rench and his son, and Rufus Laberee, also came to Katon the same year. Hugh settled west of Sawyerville, but after a few years went west Israel Hailey -emained in .Sawyerville the first winter, btit in 1798 settled at Cooksliire on the farm now owned by Col. J. H. Taylor. Abner Powers, after spending the first winter at Sawyerville, soon after settled on the farm in Cooksliire now owned by R. H. Pope, M.P. ; this farm he exchanged with Joim Pope for the H/ra Frizzle place at Sand Hill. John French also settled at Cooksliire on what is now known as the Hurd Place. Rufus Laberee settled between Birchton and Flaton Corner, on the farm now owned by Joseph Taylor. Tiiese men were soon followed by John Cook (after whom Cooksliire is named), Jesse Cooper, Levi French, Luther French, Ai,ner Osgoode, Orsemus Hailey, Ward Bailey and Ebenezer Learned. The.se early settlers met with and overcame all the hardships which we may now hear 5 66 If/SrORV OF CO.WPrON COI'NTV. the Scotch settlers of Liiij^wick tell about. Their first homes were lo;^ houses, with no conveniences, generally one room, one window, and in many cases no floor. Tlie hod or beds, tables, chairs, etc., were all of home manufacture. Coupled with this was a scanty larder. Distant from all mills, thej' were obliged to almost wholly depend on game and wild roots for a supply of food. In those days there were a few panthers; wolves were numerous; but the most destructive were the bears. Mrs. Daj' says : " Often large domestic animals, and sometimes colts in the jiasture, were killed by the bears ; and l)reaking into enclosures, they would carry off their living, struggling victims, clasped tightlj' in their arms as they walked away erect. Some years since, a monster of this species came out of his hiding place in the wilderness, near the township of Katon, and for a length of time evaded all efforts to kill or take him while he carried on his work of destruction. Traps were set for him and guns fired at him in vain, as he was cunning enough to avoid the one, and his skin seemed impervious to the other. His death, which was finally effected, was a matter of public rejoicing, as his depredations had not been confined to one locality. Several balls were lodged in him before he finally j'ielded, and on examination of the skin, the tanner found others imbedded in it, over which the wounds had healed, showing that they must have been nuide some time previously." The Government offered a large bounty on bears and wolves, which was the means in a few years' time of exterminating these destructive animals. Wolves are now never seen in these townships, but bears are occasionally found around the mountains where the lumberman has not yet been heard. The early settlers were nearly all good hunters, while some made hunting and trapping a business. Mr. Rufus Laberee was noted as being an expert at this. The first proos-:riiui/ of a road,'^' in Katon. was made by a surveyor named Whitclier, from Three Rivers, brother of the late Charles Whitclier, of Sherbrooke. This was in 1S12, being a continuation of the Craig Road (as it was then called), from the north line of Dudswell to Caisaan, \'t., passing through Cookshirc, Haton Corner, Sawyerville, Clifton and Hereford. He laid out a road to Luther French's mills, just above the junction of the North river with the Katon river, and commenced the Lennoxvillc road. He also laid out what was termed a bridle path, being liie present Mam street of Cookshire, from Learned's hotel to the river, with the right to use gates. The family of John Krench was the onl}' one living east of the river at that time. I'p to the time of the building of the Grand Trunk Railway all marketing was done either by boat or team to Three Rivers or Mcmtreal. The Katon and St. Francis rivers gave the settlers good transportation for those daj-s. The teaming was generally done by the way of vStanstead, Georgeville, across Lake Memphremagog, through Kolton, and on. The boats were sent down the St. Francis river to its junction with the St. Lawrence, and there produce was transferred to larger boats for Montreal, Quebec, Three Rivers and other places. The principal article exported in those days was pearl-ash, made from hardwood ashes. This sold for about ?i2 v.er one hundred pounds. P'lour and other necessaries were brought back in exchange. These journeys by boat were alwaj-s dangerous, and necessitated hard labor at places like Brompton Falls, where everything had to be carried around on land in both directions. . It was at this place that a most lamentable accident took place whereby two Katon men, named John French and John Hurd, were drowned. Up to the year 1816 new settlers were continual]}' arriving. In 1815 Bouchette says * Soiiif ol this iiifurnnuioii lias ln-eii ^ile.uu-*! tioin ;t ■ Hisiury of IvUoii," wrilltMi in i^-^i, l>y Mr C S I.cbui'.i ve.iu ///STD/iy (>/■' COMP'WN COUNTY. 67 there was a population of six hundred. The late Alden Learned, of Learned Plain, has left n written account of those early days, and he says: "The 6th of June, 1816, it coninienced to snow, with the wind from the north-west, and it snowed for three days, the weather as cold as winter. The leaves were all killed and nearly all the birds died. On account of the cold suninicr and hard frosts for two or three years in succession, provisions of all kinds were very high, flour selling from 515 to j;i8 per barrel. Many of the farms were left vacant, and half of the settlers left the country." It appears to have been very trying times in those days, for even those who remained were on the point of leaving when things changed for the l)etlcr. Mr. Learned, continuing, says: "The spring of 1820 was very early, wheat being sown in some places the loth of April, and planting all done by May i." He ihought it to be the warmest summer of his experience, and all croj)s grew wonderfully and ripened early. The soil of Katon was very ])roductive in the early days, and cropi gave large returns. Potatoes especially were prolific, yielding from three hundred to four hundred bushels to the acre. A very popular drink in those days was potato whiskey, which, was nearly as free as water and looked upon as a nourishing drink. Two stills are known to have existed in the town, one at Eaton Corner and the other at .Sand Hill. All kinds of fruits were plentiful, and not until about 1S30 did the native apple begin to die out. The farmers then raised their own flax and the wives and daughters made their own linen, which was used in place of cotton. In 1831 the township of Katon was divided into two parishes for church purposes, hy a lir.e through the sixth range. The northern half was called St. Peter's, the southern part St. Paul's. In the s:ime year Houchette gives the papulation as eight hundred and five. This shows a gain of onlj' two hundred and five in fifteen years. This was owing probably to the failure of crops between 1S16 and 1821), when there was such an exodus. In 1S31 there was one school with an average attendance of fifty ; also two or three private schools ; about nine thousand acres cleared; two Protestant churches, six saw mills, one tanner\-, one distillery, and two taverns. At the lime of the formation of the British American Land Coinpan3% in 1833, they acquired large tracts of land in liaton, whicl: they have since disposed of to a large extent. They erected the fust bridge at Cookshire in 1831. There had been a bridge jjrevious to this time at a point below Lake's mills, known as Krench's mill. The bridge and mills had been carried away about a year previously. This was caused by trying to divide the course of the river and to give to another mill a high fall of water, near French's mill. They built a canal, erected a mill, etc., and everything appeared to be working well. About this time there was a freshet, and the water gradually increased the width and depth of the canal, until it made that the main course of the river. It washed away the new mill, and made a cut of about fifty feet deep and over two hundred feet wide. The old mill and bridge were left high and dry, with no chance of turning the river into its old channel. The best water power in the township of Katon was thus ruined. The bed of the river, where it used to run, can now easily be traced. The abutments of the old bridge are still to be .seen. Schools in the township of Eaton date back as far as 1810; however, the first school records are dated April 23, 1842, and the school district then comprised the united townships of Katon, Newport, Ditton and Clinton. At this meeting there were present: Lockhart Hall, chairman; Kzra Taylor, Luke Hurd, Eros Lebourveau, and Benj. Lebourveau. On January 16, 1843, the following presented themselves for examination and were accepted as teachers: Luvina Sawyer, Emily R. French, Adeline Cummings, Maria Alger, and Ruth Alger. The following are the names of some of tho.se who have been chairmen 68 fflSlOh'Y or C(lU/'/OX COUNTY. of the School Hoard: Lockhait R. Hall, Jos. H. Smith, S. A. Hurd, Iliiaiii I'Vcnch, Luke Cliaddock, T. \V. Hurd, H. H. Hill, Jonathan Jordan, A. W. Pope, luos I.ebonrveau, John L. French, John McNicol, Joseph Laheree, R. H. Wilford, Calvin Jordan, Henry Al>i;er, A. J. Lindsay, L. A. Osgood, C. R. Lindsay, J. R. Cnnninghani, and Benj. I-'arnsworth. The seeretary-treasnrers have been: John Lebourvean, 1842-40; Moses Lcbourveau, 1847-56; Hiram French, 1856-711; K. A. Sawyer, 1870-71 ; K. S. Haker, 1871-93; H. H. Winslow, 1893-95. There are at present eighteen elementary schools in the township, with an academy at Cookshire, and a model school at Sawyerville. The town of Cookshire is still ])art of the town for school purposes, but steps have been taken for a separation for school as well as municipal purposes. Sawyerville is no longer a part of Ivaton school district, having been set off about 1S92. Further particulars, in regard to schools in Cookshire, are to found with the history of that town. The Hoard of School Commissioners for 1S95 was composed as follows: Henj. Farnsworth, chairman; Willis Jordan, Austin Williams, Wm. Harrie, and John Picard ; secretary-treasurer, W. S. Ward. The municipal history of Haton dates back to 1841, wlieu district councils were first formed. F'rom then dowu to 1855 very little interest was taken in municipal affairs, but on the coming into force of the new Municipal and Road Act of 1855, more particulars are obtainable. On September 3, 1855, the first meeting of the Council, under the new law, was held. At that meeting were present : C. A. Hailej-, William Sawyer, Wm. Hodge, William Learned, Tyler W. Hurd, and Calel) Jordon. At the next meeiing we find Jonathan Jordon as, also, one of the councillors. Rules for governing the Council were passed at the first meeting, also Mr. C. A. Hailej' chosen as mayor and Mr. John L. French as secretary- treasurer. The past mayors have been: C. A. Bailey, Wm. Learned, Moses Lebonrveau, Wm. Sawyer, W. H. Learned, and K/ra Frizzle. During the term of office of W. H. Learned, the town of Cookshire was incorporated as a separate municipality, wheu he and Councillor W. W. Bailey resigned their membership in the Ivaton Council. The valuation of taxable property in the township is 5499,045. The Council for 1895 was composed as follows : Mayor, V. I'. Hodge; and councillors, Kugene Smith, Thomas Johnston, \\. D. Alger, Silas Jenkins, H. S. Farnsworth, and R. Bridgette ; secretary-treasurer, W. S. Ward. In churches the township is well supplied. We give the history of each denomination as complete as possible. The Church of Kngland in I<)aton. In the year iSio or 1S12 the first mission was established in Katon, the minister appointed being the Rev. Jonathan Taylor. It has l)een gene- rallj^ understood that he was a Congregationalist, but by the following old records signed by himself, it will be noticed he signs hir jelf Presbyterian minister. "John Stratton was buried December 15, 1S15. Buried by me, minister of the first Presbyterian congregation of Katon." The first baptism on record is : "The 7th day of June, 1816. William Augustus, born 1807, October 7 ; Mary Sturtevant, born September 22, 1809, and Klizabeth Shows, born March 22, 1810, children of Daniel Loveland and his wife Snsana; baptized by me, Jonathan Taylor, minister of the first Presbyterian church, Eaton." He took up his residence in Cookshire, living in the first frame house in the township, situated where Learned's Hotel now stands. In 1816 Bishop Stewart visited the Eastern Townships, and through his influence Mr. Taylor was brought into the communion of the Cliurch of England. When Mr. Taylor first came to Eaton, he was minister and school teacher, his time being divided between the two. He had a salary of 5200, paid in meat, stock and grain. Rev. Mr. Taylor, when he joined the Church of England, received a .salary of ^100 ($500), paid by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. His congregation, composed of all denominations, followed him into the ///STOAT (>/■' OU/PTON COL/N/y. 69 Cliurcli of Ktislatid. In 1817 (some accounts say 1819), a wooden church was built in Cookshirc. This was the fourth church built in the Kastern Townships, and until the Iniildinjj: of St. Peter's church, vSherbrooke, in 1823, the nearest church building was forty miles distant. In 1S26 another church was built at Katon Corner, and Rev. Mr. Taylor was to divide his time between the two. Tlie latter, however, was burnt in 1828 and never rebuilt, his whole time being given to Cookshire. The first marriage on record reads: "In the year of Our Lord, 1828, on the 8th of September, Wadley Leavet, fariuer, and Mary Percival, of St. Paul's parish, liaton, spinster, were united in marriage by bans. Married by me, n:inister of the Episcopal church. Rev. Jonathan Taylor." Previous to this time the people generally went to New Hampshire, a few to Staustead, to get married, and it is probable this is the first marriage Mr. Taylor had authority to perform. Later on in the register, records are found dated back as far as 1816. These were those married in the States, who thus had their marriage made legal here, according to an act of the Legislature. In the memoirs of Bishop Mountain occasional mention is made of Katon. Bishop (then Archdeacon) Mountain visited the P.astern Townships in 1820, and attempted to reach Katon, but failed owing to lack of couve3'ance. His Lordshij), however, visited Katon in 1829. Mr. Slack, a half-pay ofiicer of the navy, residing in Katon, aided Mr. Taylor in doing good church work. In 18J5 Bishop Mountain passed through Katon to Bury, which was then newly settled by English immigrants from Norfolk. The Bishop directed Mr. Taylor to give one Sunday in the month to the settlers of Burj'. In 1S44 Rev. Jonathan Taylor's health declined so much that a curate was appointed. Rev. VVm. Jones came in the earlj' summer and stayed until the spring of 1845. One marriage at which he officiated was that of the late Hon. John Henry Pope to Persis Maria Bailej'. Mr. Taylor's health continued to decline so that it was frequently necessary to employ a lay reader to conduct the services. In 1849 the Rev. John Dalziel was permanently appointed to succeed him in the mission he had so long held. In May, 1852, Mr. Taylor died, aged sixty-nine years — a man beloved by old and young, whose life had been devoted to the cause of Christ, the Church in which he labored being alwaj-s held secondary to the good he could do. In 1850 the farm house belonging to Horace F'r "ich was purchased for a parsonage. In 1854 a piece of ground to make an addition to the eld cemetery was given by Mr. Heber Taylor, and consecrated some years later. In 1894, after the new cemetery had been opened, this strip was purchased by the town of Cookshire for $500, with the intention of turning the whole of the old cemetery into a park. Rev. John Dalziel remained in Katon until 1864, when he was succeeded on December 25 of that year by the Rev. Kdward Cullen Parkin. In 1867 the wooden church, being very old, was torn down and a new stone church begun, being opened for public worship on September 25, 1869. The opening sermon was preached by Bishop Williams, of Quebec. Owing to a debt on the building it was not consecrated until October 17, 1881. The first marriage in this church was that of Hon. W. B. Ives, to Elizabeth, only daughter of Hon. John Henry Pope. On October 18, 1881, the church at Sand Hill was opened for divine service. In the latter part of the year 188 1 Mr. Parkin resigned, being appointed to the mission of Nicolet. In February, 1882, the Rev. Dr. Roe, professor of Divinity of Bishops College, Lennox ville, took up the work until the appointment of Mr. Arthur H. Judge, in July. In September Mr. Judge was ordained deacon and appointed to the incumbency of Cookshire; being ordained to the priesthood in St. Peter's church, Cookshire, December 9, 1883. During the 70 ///s/oA')' (V (•(),)//•/> 'A' (orx/): iiK'Uinbcncy of Mr. Jii(lj;e, the parish made j;reat j^roi^ress. 'IMie old rectory was soUl, and a new one built close to the church. Mr. Judge carried on uiissioiiary work outside the l)( unds of his own parish. In addition to his rej^ular parish work he ministered to a colony of I'!nj;lish and .Swedes in Ditlon, and a small church was partly huilt tliere, hut the countr}- l)eiu}.; found unsuitahle for them, they all left for other parts and the work uecessarilv discontiuned. Mr. J ud^e started services in Raudi)oro and a handsome little church was huilt there, ami the foundation o{ a new mission, that of Newport, with two churches, at Randhoro and Islaiul Brook, was laid. Mr. Jndjje and Mr. Hernard held services at vScotstown ; a congregation was formed and a church was huilt. The Bishops College missions of Sand Hill and Johnville were attached to the parish of Katon ; and the rector, with his assistant, Mr. Thos. Lloyd, had the pastoral charge of the tcnvnships of Ivaton aiul Newport, with five churches. In vSeptemher, 1HS7, the Rev. .\le\. Hume Robertson, of Bishops College, replaced Mr. Lloyd as assistant to Mr. Judge. On January 1, iSSS. Mr. Judge left Cookshire for New York. The township of Newport was then detached from Ivitou and formed into a new mission with Mr. Robertson as incumbent. On June 19, 18SS, the Rev. \V. (1. I'alconer succeeded Mr. Judge as rector of Katou. Mr. I'alconer resigned on account of ill health May 25, iSyit. On October i, iSqo, the Rev. Ale.x. H. Robertson l)ecame rector of Ivaton. When the church at Iviton Corner was burnt, in 182S, services there were given uj). .After an interval of sixty-five 3-ears, Rev. Mr. Robertson, at the request of the church people in l\aton Corner, agreed to hold a service there (m Sunday afternoons. A congregation was organized. In December, 1891, a building was imrchased and fitted up as a mission chapel. It was dedicated on October 3, 1S95, In- the Right Rev. Bishop Dunn, under the name of St. Andrew's Chapel. Upon the death of Hon. J. H. Pope, a legacj- of S4,ocx) was left to the church, the interest of which is to augment the clergyman's stipend. Rev. .\lex. H. Robertson, the present incumbent, was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Came to Canada in i86.|, and lived in Montreal, studied at McGill and took his divinity cour.sc at Bishops College, Lenuoxville. He was ordained in 1887. The Iviton Baptist Church was organized, December 15, 1822, with a membership of thirteen, viz. : William Alger, Rodolphus Harvej-, (''M-don Percival, Joanna Alger, Sail}- Heard, Kdmuud .Mger, Simeon Alden, Nathaniel Curr.er, Hnlda Alger, Mary Alden, Martha Currier, Mar}' Mallory and Betsey Morse. Of the above one is still living, Gordon Percival, who now is a resident of Spokane I'alls, Wash., and is ninety-five years old. The right hand of fellowship was given by Ivlder John Ide, a missionary from the Massachusetts Missionary Societ}'. In June, 1823, tiio membership had increased to twenty-five. March 7, 1S32, Amos Dodge was ordained and installed as pastor, which position he held until October, 1833, when the Rev. Edward Mitchell was installed as pastor. In November, 1841, the Rev. A. Gillies became the pastor and continued as such until 1878, when, on account of failing health, he was obliged to resign. After the Rev. A. Gillies' resignation, the church had two pastors, viz. : Rev. A. Burwash and A. McNeil; also the help of the students, R. McKillop, W. J. McKay and Charles Gould. In March, 1890, the Rev. A. C. Baker became pastor, which position he still holds. During the seventy-three years since its organization, two hundred and sixty-four persons have been received into fellowship; of whom one hundred and eight are now living as residents, and n(.u-resident members. The first church edifice was built by the united efforts of the Baptists and P''ree Baptists of Katon and Newport, near the residence of the late Rev. A. Gillies, and was occupied by the Baptists and Free Buntists alternatelj'. During ///STONY (>/■' CO.U/'TON lOf^A'/i: 71 lliis tiiiif ilio Rev. A. (iillies preached al the following out stations: I'pper Newport, or what is now termed Maple Leaf; Martiiiville and Birchton. The Free Baptist church comprised Iviton and Newport, including what is now Bulwer. After a few j'cars the P'ree Baptists hecame weak and were not al)le to keep up reji!;ular preaching, when that part known as Hulwer hecanie identified in part with Moe's river. After this the Baptists occupied the church every Sahhath until the summer of 1S.S9, when they thought it would be advisable to have the church in a more central place. Accordingly it was decided to remove the old church to Sawyerville, but upon more mature consideration they resolved to build anew, which they did, and the jjrcsent Baptist church at Sawyerville is the outcome of that decision. In the year 1S91 or iSqa the Free Baptists invited the Rev. A. C. Baker to preach to them at Bulwer, wliicli he did every alternate Sabbath in the afternoon, after about one year of labor. Tiie then members of the Free Baptist church decided to fall into line with the regular Baptists, which they did, and were formally received; and the Rev. A. C. Baker became the pastor of this new church. The meetings were continued until the spring of 1895, when the church building was no more available for their use ; they accordinglj' decided to build a church of their own. The Haton (or, as it is now called, tlie Sawyerville) Baptist church offered to transfer their interest in the old church to the Bulwer church, who accepted the offer. The building was removed and is now completed; it was dedicated to the worship of God, December 1, 1895. The regular Baptists have two churches, where preaching is lieard every Sabbath: Sawyerville, in the morning; Bulwer, in tlie evening; the Rev. A. C. Baker officiating as ])astor for both churches. Methodism in Faton. The first preaching services of any kind held in Eaton were in 1805. The minister came in from X'ermont through Hereford, and was a Ccnigregationalist. In the cour.se of his visit he informed the settlers that a Methodist minister would likely visit them in a few days, and promised that if thej* would not allow the Methodist to preach, he would guarantee tliem a missionarj' for six months. In due course of time the Methodist minister arrived, weary and worn with a long ride throngh a dense wilderness, guided by spotted trees. He was kindly received and hospitably entertained by a very respectable farmer named Colonel Williams, in Sawyerville. The minister was the Rev. Asa Kent, of the New Fn ^laiid conference of the M. F. church. He was then a j'onng man, but liv, .1 to old age, and from him, personall}', Mr. VVni. Sawyer, ex-M. L. A., of Sawyerville, obtained the facts here narrated : Colonel Williams infor: 'ed Rev. Mr. Kent of the visit of the previous minister, and told him that the prosj)ect of a missionarj' to preach to them was so great a bof)n that they had promised not to have him preach to them. This was a sore disappointment after having travelled so far to dispense the gospel of Christ without fee or reward. The yonng minister, however, accepted the result with as good grace as possible. After supper he commended the colonel and his family to God, earnestly imploring upon them all the divine protection. On the following morning Colonel Williams met him with a smile, and said : " I have been reflecting on this matter much, through the night, and have come to the conclusion that we must not turn you away so coldly. Vou mitit preach to /ts." It was then arranged that he shoidd visit through the settlement and, on the following day, hold service in the house of Captain Sawyer, grandfather of Mr. Wni. Sawyer. These arrangements having been made the young minister started at once on a house to hou.se visitation. At F)aton Corner he met a good, pious man, a Baptist, by the name of Deacon Alger, who was said to be the only praying man in three town-hips. He had been absent when the promise was given not to allow the Methodist to preach, and was not bound 73 ///A / ( 'A' ) • ('/■ ((M/y/CyV (C/VV/)' Iiy it. Mr. Airier stn)iij.;ly insisted on service beinj; held in his house the ne\t niorninj.;, wiiieli was elieerfully promised. l'ursiiiii)r his course, Kev. Mr. Kent arrived abont snn-(h)\vn at a house where he had a letter to deliver, and hoped for an invitation to stay over nijjht. He met a very cold reception, and no invitation to stay. Continnin>>; on his way he followed a windinjr ])ath into the torest. and nijL^ht comiii).;; on he was in fear of heinjf ohlij^ed to remain out without friend or shelter. Hut after some time his horse emer,L;ed into a small clearin}^, and in the distance he saw a jjlimnierinjr li^l't' I'roceediti); he found it came from a human habitation. He knocked for admission, the door opened, and lie was bade welcome into a rude loj.; cabin, small in si/c, destitute of windows or th)or. It was occu])ied by a youn,i; cou])le who had immi.qrated from New York. I'or chairs, they had stools cut off from round lo^s. h'or a table, lo,i;s tlaltened and le^s inserted in holes made with an anj^er. 'riure was only one room. The bedstead was made i^f crotchet slakes driven into the j.;rouud, in which were laid round poles; and elm bark, slrun>.j across, supported the bed of straw, on top of which was a bed of feathers. The house was lij^hted bj' placinj.; some jfrease in a saucer in which a cotton raij; was inserted, the upper end beiiijj; lighted. This is not an exceptional case of what the earlj- settlers had to put up with. It is, in fact, a true recital of one of the hardships of hundreds of those who first came into the Eastern Townships. This kind couple lived to a j^ood old ix^t: and raised a l.arj^e famil}'. With a jjrateful heart the yonuj; man left them in the niorninjr and returned to fill his a])])oint!iient at Deacon Aljjer's. A lar^e number of settlers had as.sembled and were standing in groups, or seated on logs, around the cabin, seemini.'ly afraid to enter, though urged to do so. The more courageous ones ventured in when the singing commenced, and others during the opening prayer. By the close of the meeting there was a ver^^ good congregation. In the afterr.oou Rev. Mr. Kent preached at Captain vSawycr's, and left next morning for his own field of labor. He visited the settlements .several times after, and preached to the great satisfaction of the jjcojile. No more was heard of Methodism in l'!aton for the space of eighteen years. The missionary stationed at Stanstead made (me or two visits in 1S22 and 1S23. His name was Rev. Richard Pope. Years ])assed away, the settlements grew, and Baptists, Congrega- tionalists and I^piscopalians, all organized churches, but Methodism was not heard of, except in the distance, until 1836. In that year a minister of the X'ennont conference located in Sawj-erville. Active in the Master's service, he could not be idle, and he preached two years for the Baptists. Then he formed a society of Methodists. In 1837 "'' ''^3^ ^^'^ Rev. J. Botterell was stationed on the vSt. Francis district. This field covered what are now Hatley, Coaticook, Compton, Lennoxville, Slierbrooke, Windsor, Melbourne, Danville, Ulverton, Sawyerville, Eaton, Cookshire, Island Brook, Robinson and Marbleton circuits. The Rev. K. S. Ingalls was associated with him. He took up a fornightly appointment, week days, at Katon Corner and Sawyerville, filled alternately by liimself and Mr. Ingalls. In the summer of 1838 he held a quarterly meeting at Katon Corner and baptized several persons, some of them by immersion in P)aton river. In conjunction with Rev. J. A. Swetland, the minister from \'erniont, a society of about thirty persons was formed. It was hoped that an additional missionarj' would be appointed in the spring of 1839, but tlie missionary societj' had become embarrassed for want of funds, and instead of increasing their forces they dismissed tlieni. Mr. Ingalls was removed and Mr. Botterell lef"t alone with that vast field on his hands. The \'ermont minister also returned to the States. For seven jears no sound of the gospel was heard from a Methodist unless it might have been from a jjasser-by. In 1846 Rev. John Douglas was sent to Slierbrooke. He ///S/OA')' (>/■' (O.U/'/iKV (OfW/): 7.1 made :i iiioiitlily wei'k day appoiiitiueiit at vSawycrville. His liealtli failing,', lie too was nhli^ed to liMve this appoiiituu'iit freciiieiitly uiisiipplied. Rev. (liffard Darey siU'ceeded Mr. Doiij^las, and lie loo was in poor liealtli. Ill tlie sptiii,i,' of iS|S two men, one from Sawyciville and one iVoiii Dndsweli, attended tile May (|iiarleily nieeliii.i; at Sliei l)rooke. Tliey iirm'd that a siipplj' should he furnished for Ivuoii and Dndsweli. They were infonned they eonld have one if a guarantee was forth- eoiiiiii^ of ineideiital expenses, hoard, fuel, house keepiiijf, etc. The ehallenji[e was aceepted, and Messrs. W. vSawyer and .Mhert I'ariiswortli (guaranteed the full support of the promised minister. In Septemher, iS.pS, a yoiiiij^ man was sent to this ap])oiutment. l''or nine nionth.s Rev. j. .Armstrong,' labored on this field with ^mn] snceess. His snceessor was Rev. A. MeMiilleii, just from Ireland, who had lost his wife and seven ehildreii hy that terrible ship fever wliieli is eommeiiiorated hy a lar);e hoiilder erected near X'ietoria l)ridj>e. Point St. Charles, Montreal. In iS.jc) there was a ineiiihcr.ship of ahout one hundred and twenty on the Sawycrville circuit. The ehiirch at that ])lace was luiilt in 185(1, and dedicated in Deceinher of the same j'ear. In i.Ssi Rev. ]. .Arnistronij was returned to vSawyerville, and in eoiij unction with Rev. A. McMnlleii th" work iiinde rapid advancement. Classes were formed in Clifton, Newport, Hury, VVcsthury and other places. In 1853 Rev. Robert (iraham was sent to this circuit and remained for three years. His ineoine from the circuit averaj.;cd ahout S-'^i) a jear. In i8-;6 Rev. Richard Wilson received the appointment, ;iiid at the same time Dndsweli was set off as a separate mission. Rev. W. Constable .arrived in 1S5S, and the jiresent parsonage at vS.iwyerville was built in the fill of the sainj yc.ir. Mr. W. Sawyer donated five acres, on jiart of which it is built. \ yount; man, the late Rev. vSainuel Jackson, was associated with him in the work, and the following; year Rev. John Johnston. Rev. Samuel Tecson held the same position with Mr. Constable in i860. About t86i Mr. K. S. Orr (at present registrar for the County) moved to Sawycrville from .'\r}.fenteuil county. He was and still is a very efficient local preacher and assisted jjireatl}' in the work. At the conference in 1861 Rev. Robert Brown was sent here, and his assistant was Rev. CJeo. Hidwn. Durint>- his time the church in Cookshire was built and Bury set off as a separate mission. Rev. Robert Hrown died while on this circuit, and was succeeded by Rev. H. A. Spencer. Then came Rev. S. K. Maudsley. In 1865 Rev. Georj^e Washington was appointed to the circuit, and, during his incumbency, churches were built at Hast Clifton and Hnlwer. A third one, at Island Hrook, was in cour.se of erection when he left. During this time Rev. Henry Ma.xwell was the junior preacher. He married Miss Sawyer, of Sawycrville, but she died about three years aPcr. In 1868 Rev. K. I{. Sweet was sent here, and during his time Cookshire was set off as a mission by itself. Rev. R. H. Smith was sent to Saw3'erville in 1 87 1, followed in 1873 by Rev. James Pearen, and in 1876 by Rev. W. J. Crothers. Revs. J. W. Clipsham, Robinson and Meyers, each followed for three years each. In 1S8S Rev. W'ni. Adams received the appointment, followed by Rev. C. S. Deeprose. The present ])astor, at Sawycrville, is Rev. A. A. Radley, ajipointcd in kSq.j. The Katon circuit was set off by itself in 1894, and a parsonage built at Birchton the same year. Rev. J, H. McConncU was appointed as minister. Services are held at Birchton, Buhner and Katon Corner. The Methodist church, Cookshire, is forty-five by fifty-four feet, and a few years ago was finished throughout in hard wood. The audience room is the largest in the town, .seating three hundred persons. The building was erected by Albert Ha/eltine, in 1863, at contract jirice of 52,2cx>. The project of building the church was started in March, i86(i, by Rev. T. W. Constable. The first meeting to consider the matter was held in the house of H. H. F'rench. There were present : Rev. T. W^ Constable, C. A. Bailey, W. W. Weston, J. C. Cook, 74 H/S/ON) O/ ((>.I//7(>A' (('/-A'/)-. Jvlui Slaltoii, David Tiuikt, Htnacc Sawyer, John (iaiusl)y, I^iiL-iaii Mutcal*", Thomas Kostcr, (Icor^c Amlcisdii, William SawyiT and Ivlward Phiiiclu'. Hiiililinj^ coiumiltoo : C. A. Haik-y, n. II. iMfiich and Wilson Weston. TrnsU'r Ijoard, ai)i)ointid May u, iSh^: C. A. Haik-y, H. II, I'Viiuh, (1. M. Orr, Thos. I'ostcr, Albert I'arnsworth, josiah Sawyer and Wni. Sawyer. Tlu' dedieation was on Snnday, May lo, iS(>v Ministers officiatinj,' : Rev. John (Jemley, Ivlward Marrass. \\. J. Sherill and UoIk' t Mri)wn. The ministers residinj.,-^ here hel'ore the parsoiiajL^e was accjnircd were Revs. Wni. Hieks, John Stewart and Samuel Cairns. The parsoiiaj^i' was aeiiuirctl in iS(>i). Riv. Hiram I'owlcr was its first oceiipmt. It has sinee l)i.en oecnpicd by Revs. C. A. Jones, Xath. Smith, J is. IVaren, Jas. Henderson, W. T. Smith, Ivlward l-ason, W. W. Weesc. M. I'ratt, (".. H. H. D.ivis, C.I). Haldwin and Rev. C. W. I'ineh, who was appointed to the eirenit in 1S95. A Snnday sehool was eommeneed about the time the ehurch was ()i)eiied, t)Ut ceased to exist for a short time in 1S7V IC. ,S. Orr heeame superintendent in that year, and still holds the oiTiee. Ivist .Anj^ns is eonneeted with Cookshire, and serviees are held every Sunday afternoon at that ])lace. The Conjj;re>;ational ehureh, in Ivitoii was orijani/ed Novendu-r S, iS',5, with a memhershii) (if nineteen. The Re\. A. J. I'arkir eondueted the orj,'aiii/atii)n serviee. The first elerk and treasurer of the ehurch was Mr. P. Hubbard. The first deaeons were Mr. Joshua h'loss and Mr. William Cummin's- The Rev. \\. J. vSherrill was the first pastor, beiny ordained and installed June i,^ iS;,S, ])y a eouneil eonsistin.iL,^ of Reverends ,\. J. Parker, J. Robertson, ( ). Pearsons and R. I-. Hall. The present church buildinji; was dedicated Kcbruary .), 18.1 1, at which time the membership of the church had increased to one hun( health, he was laid aside from active labor, and resij.:;ned the pastorate. He had been, for thirty-seven years, a faithful ])astor, and under him the church was greatl}' prospered. His memory is " like ointment poured forth." Many of those who labored with him have, like himself, gone to their rest and reward. Many are in other fields of activitj- ; while a few faithful ones are j'et in Ivaton, in life's calm eveninjj;, waitinjj the Master's call. After Rev. Mr. Sherrill's removal, the pulpit was, for a time, supplied by students from the Conj.^re^alional colle^je, Montreal, amonjj; whom was Mr. W. H. Warriner, now Rev. Prof. W^irriner. B D., of Zion church, Montreal. In 187S Rev. W. W. Smith became pastor, continninjf until iSSi, when students a^jain filled the ])ulpit for a time, among wdiom was Mr. Curry, now of the Cisamba Mission, West Central Africa. In 18S4 Rev. (ieorj^e Skinner became jjastor, continuinjr until 1SS9. For a number of years the church was without a settled pastor, the pulpit beiu)^ occasional!}' tilled by neighborinj.j Congre}.(ational ministers. In 1894 the present pistor. Rev. R. Hay, late of Watford, Out., was installed. The Sabbath school has been reorganized, an active Christian Kiuleavor society has been formed, nnd a Ladies' society called "The Helping Hand vSociety '' is doing good work. A prayer meeting room has been added, and needed repairs are about to be made in the church building, for which funds are alreadj' in hand. The Roman Catholic church in Ivaton dates back to 1835. In 1823 John Brazel, with the first Ci.tliolic famil}-, came into the township. In 1S35 Catholic .services were held for the first time, in F)aton, at the house of Thos. McLary, situated about one mile from Birchton, by Father McMahon, later on by Father Harkin, both from Sherbrooke, and also by F'ather Daly, the first resident priest at Compton. In 1853 mass was said for the first time at Katon Corner, in the house of Ivlie Laroche. ///S/O/n' <>/■' (V'l//'/V'.V ((UrNTV. 75 'I'Ih- siiinc yt'.ir a pini' <>l' liiiid was j^ivi'U l)y Tlios. Mil.ar}', and a iiuw rliapd was fteitcd tliiii'dii at IvitiMi Cmiirr. 'V\w hiiildin^^ was aftcTwards iisi'd as a sclicxd house, and has now lufM tmiiid into a l)hu'ksniitirs shi>|). It is Imatcd two or ihici.' hiiihlinKS north of the- lintrl. I'\ilht.r Diifrisno, of Slifrhrookc, ccddnatcd the first mass in the now chapel. In iS'>S the Iviton Corner mission was moved to Cookshire, and the present ehnreh eiiettd. Il wiis liist heatid en tlie Ciaif.; road, to tlie sonlh of the town, faeinj,' the road leadin,i; to the ri\er. In tlie same year Rev. '1'. Iv. denthean was appointed the tirsl resident priest. In 1S7;, tlie following,' plaecs were under the ehar,i;e of Rev, Mr. (iendreau: Ivatou, liftv one families; W'estlxiry, eleven families; Miiry, thirtyone families; Newport, twenty-five f.imilies; l)itton, lifteiii families; .Aiukland, twenty families; Ivast Clifton, fourteen fanjilif.s ; Chesham, two families; I,inj.;wiek, three families; and ICml)eilon, oiie family. In 1S7.1 Rev. Mr. Hlanehard, who is now located at Malone, N. \.. stieeeeded Rev. Mr. (Iendreau, an5, 1.S90, and Rev. Donald Tail, of (Jnebec, preached tlie first sermon in the new building. vSince then the appointment has been filled principall}- l)y students, Messrs. I,ogie, I'oUy, Tanner and VVoodside. The membership is constantly increasing. The j)resent pastor is Rev. Mr. .Steele, who resides in Massawippi. In the township of Eaton are to be found eight post offices. Cookshire and Sawyerville, being now two .separate municipalities, are treated under their separate histories. The others are Katon Corner, Hirchton, Bulwer, Johnville, Sand Hill and Flanders. Katon Corner is located half way between Cookshire and Sawyerville, and is on the line of the Maine Central Railway. It is one of the oldest villages in the Count}', and, previous to the building of railways, was a centre for a large section of country. Twenty- five years ago this village showed prospects of growth, but the railwa}' came just near enough to kill it, and still not near enough to do any good. Cookshire, Hirchton and Sawyerville have taken the trade once done here. In 1857 the following are some of those who resided at Ivaton Corner: Joseph Anbre}', carriage maker; C. M. Draper, M. D. ; Joshua Foss, 76 ///S/VA'y (>/■ (OU/'/tKV ('()/'A'/)*. IiKsiiiiiistci ; S. A. Hiiitl, j. I', .iiiil si'iic-lary troasuiTr ; Ivros LclMniivi-aii, lariiicr ; Mdscs I,cl)iiiir\caii. (.Urk ; 'Plidiiias S Moti'v, j^i-inTal lucrcliant ; jaiiR-s Osgood, harness iiiaki-r ; David II. T'liK', liotclki-i'pcf ; A. II. Rcidf-eis. M. I).; Ciivi-ii Sawyer, ston-ki-opcr ; Rev. C. Sawyvi, Ma|)tist minister; Rev. K. ]. Sluirill, Conj^renatioiial iiiinistcr ; Cliarles Taylor, shoemaker ; David W'arhy, ehairmaker. Popiil.itioii in iSs7, ahotU two Iimidred. At the present time tlie population is not ost olVice is jjcneraily called l')aton, leaviii); oft" the word Corner. Hiri'htor. is three miles south of Cookshire, on the Canadian I'aeitie Railway. Here are a general store, lar).;e eheesc factory, steam saw mill, I'nion eluuvh, Itlacksmith, ete. IV)i>nlation, ahont one hnndred and fifty. Postal revenne, i.Sus, 5i.S.|.<>(^ The followinj,' statistics are given for the township of Maton, including Cookshire and Sawverville, by the census of 1.S91 : I'opulation, .^.'V-^: families, ()ih; hou.ses, b^^b; males, 1,604; fem.iles, 1,474; h'rench Canadians, 71.}; others, 2,,U)|. Religions — Roman Catholic, 77.S; Church of bingland, Si 7 ; Presbyterians, iiS; Methodists, 7().S ; Lutherans, J ; Baptists, 115; P'ree Will Baptists, 9S ; Congrcgationalists, 1S3; Adveiitists, 52; I'niversalists, 11 j; Jews, 4; other deiiominations, 5 ; not specified, 2b. The late Hiram French, farmer and insurance agent, whose portrait is inserted herewith, was l)orn May .?2, iSoS, on the farm situated on the east side of Iviton river, in Cookshire, at present owned I)}' I'red. Jackson. He died at Faton Corner, on his own farm, Septend)er 6, 1892. Jidin I'Vench, his grandfather, was born in luitield. Conn, I)ecend)er, 1739. In the spring of 1796, his two eldest sons, Luther and Levi, came as far as Haton Corner by a spotted line. They cleared a spot large enough to plant a peck of potatoes, on what is now known as the Alger sugar place. In the fall they dug the potatoes and buried them read}' for the next spring. This is thought by some to have been the first clearing or planting done in the township of Katon. In 179S, Mr. John French and his two sons again came from the »Statcs, and made their way through Fvaton Corner to where Cookshire now is. Xf) reason is known why they gave up the clearing at F^aton Corner. They settled on the east side of FA')' (•/•■ (i>.u/'/(K\' (i>/-xry. 77 same yviiv hv Itiiilt a Ikmisc oil llu- lanii, pifviniisly iiK-iUiomd as wlu-n- uiir sulijfi't was liiHii Issui', cij,'lil iliildrcn — live suns and tliiii' daii^^litiTS — of wlioiii nnly one survives, I.ntlier I'Veiiili ot" Island Urook. Mr. Hiram ImciicIi was mariiid at I'iatoii Corner, on the tann where he afterwards lived and died, to Sarah I'oiid Williams, \>n\\\ ( )etoher 8, iSii; (lietl March i, iHH^. Tliey at once moved into the toWMsliip of Newport, and lived there seven years, In iS^y they utMMied to tiie old iiome of Mrs. iMeiidi, on the meadow at Matoii Corner, where their son I.cvi now lives. Mr. h'teiich, in addition to Iiein)^ a prosperous farmer, was a>;ent for the Staiistead it Sher- hrooke Mutual I'ire Insurance Company for over thirty years ; deacon of the Ivitoii Coii- ^jrej^atioiial chinch thirty years, and nuniher of the same for over fifty years. He held prominent offices in the town, and was sccietar^'-treastirer of the school commissioners for twelve years. Mr. I''rench cist his first vote in iSjy, when the first election in the Ivistcni Town- ships was held. At that time he Iiad to ^u to vSherhrooke to vote, and lie voted at every election down to the time of his deatii. Hy the forej.;oiiiji; marriage Mr. ImciicIi had ten children, si.x of whom are ik>w liviiij.;: Ilirani Klt)ridj,;e, horn March 2, nS^,^, died July 27, 18S3 ; Levi William, horn Sepleinber (>, iS;,.}, marrieil Julia Ann (loodhiie, March 2(), 1S59, four ciiildrt-'ii, residence, home farm, IvUoii ; Cyrus Iviines, horn Aiijjust 7, 1S3S, married Lois Hody^e, Scptemher lo, US63, residence, San iMaiicisco, Cal. ; .Samuel Henry, honi Fehruary i, iS.pS, married IClliuor N. IvUis, July 3, 1S69, four children, residence, Ashta- huLi, Ohio; Joiia.s Ludiali, born January 27, 1850, married Ai)ijfail S. M. h'reiich, January 2, 1889, two children, residence, Cooksliire ; Mlleii M., horn October 7, 1835, died A\)v'\] i.}, i860; Mary Key, born July i, i>>^o, married Nathan W. Alger, November 9, 1.S60, seven children, residence, Albuqueifjue, New Mexico; Sarah Helle Caroline, born May iS, 185S, married Geo. S. Ramsay, December 27, 1883, two children, residence, Fresno, Cal. Mr. I'Veuch was a man of high moral character, with considerable force and energy. His advice was often asked for, and he was held in liigli esteem by all. Samuel Alonzo Hodge, farmer, was born on tlie farm and in the same house where he now lives, August 17, 1846. His grandfather, David Hodge, was born in Burney, N. H., and married Catherine Sunbury, of Massacliusetts. They moved into Katon in 1800. He settled on lots si.K and seven in the seventh range, where he cleared one of the finest farms in town, and which is now occupied by his grandsons, Alonzo and Alton. When first coming to Katon he worked for Orsainus Bailey, and felled the first tree on what is known as the Ward Bailey meadow, Cookshire. He was a good farmer, diligent, saving and successful, and considered 7« ins/oR) ('/• (i>}//'/(ix (<>rx/)' iiiu' ;litri nt' ("ni slmiii Rnlt'i', nt' |)iidsw(.'II. Iloii-with wo ^'\w an rni.;ra\ iiij,; slinwiiij; tin.' t'aiiii, Iinildin>,;s and iL'siik-.-u'c n|" Mi llndyjo, wliiidi is Ini'.iti-d aluml nin.' and niu-dialt' iiiilis t'tnin Cnnksjiiiv. on tin- InwiT in;i(| tn 1', itnii CniiKT. I U' may 111' sci'ii ,standin^{ (»n lAUM l;ni,|ilNi;.S S, Al.nSVii IKHM.i:, tlitj driveway inln llic larj^c ham, wiiilc his snii is linldinif a ynuii.n liorsu nil tlic i^rciunh Tilt,' lioiiSL' is ill llic distaiK'c.', just across the rnad. .\ very marked cdiaracterislic of this phicf. noticc.ibk- to all driviiiv; hy, arc two very lar^o willow trees, of jiecnliar slia])e, with larj,^' hranelies exlendinj;' over tlie road. Tluy may he seen at the rijflit of the pietiire, partially hid hy a shed. It is said they have >;rowii thn-; tVom two small walkinj,^ sticks tliat liad l)eeii stuck in the ground. Mr. liod^e has only one child living, William H., l)i)rn Jamiary i, 1S7S. James Alton Hodge, farmer, was horn .April 11, iS.|6, on the farm now owned and occupied hy him. This is jv-'rt of the farm cleared hy his grandfather, D.ivid Hodge, who came in from tile I'nited States in iSoo, of whom a more full acconnt may he tonml in the history of .Sanuiel ///.s/t>A') oi i(i\//'/(Ky (<>rx/)- 7'i \lnn/ii ilnil^rv, who iK'cupivs till* iidjoi tiitii( place til Mr. Alioti II<>ily>f, the two furiiis hiving' \)vvu nri){iiially in "lu- and di-arcil liy Mr. David llod^jiv Two mhjs, Samin.1 Hceih and Jaiiies II., tunk ihc hniiK- t'anii and dividi'il it ItL'twii-n thfin. jaini-s II. was the fatlu-r of otir snl>iiit, and was horn o'l thi-< larni, where he li\ed until his de.ith, SejiteinlHr s. i^n-i. He married .\Inieila Coll)y, of ICatiMi, '.vho is still livinj^ with her son. janie.s Alton IIod>.;i', our suhjcet, is a .snceessful r.irnier, like his father and );randfalher before him. He has a >{ood farm, yjood ')iiildin).rs, ami iliiiiKs v,n''"''""y "loimd the |)l.u'e look prosperous. .Aceompainin).; this is a reproduetiDii (jI .1 photf trust. loir fifteen years he has been valuator for the Township, was larj^elv instrumental in estal)lishiiij^ the St. iM-aneis Live vStoek .Assoeiation at Cookshire, and for iwo years has been president of the same He is also a deaenii df the Cou,ixreiiational ehureh at Maton Coriicr. Mr, llod.ne was married at Ivatoii Corner, Mareh 21, i.Si);, to Jeruslia .\. Williams, of Cookshire, dau.i^htcr of Ahira Williams, who died ill Boston, Mass., in 187^. Issue, three ehildreii : Archie A., born May 21 , 1S75; Nellie M., born March 5, 1S72 ; Hdith C, born September 4, 1S77. NOl.NI-Y PRENCH h(H)(i[:, farmer, was born on the farm where he now lives, November iS, 1S50. This place is Incited about half a mile north of Katon Corner, at the junction of the upper and lower roads fioiu Cookshire to Ivaton. Mr. Hodjjje is a JL^randson of David Hodije, whose histor\- is 8o /f/S/Oh')- ('/•■ <(M//'/('.V ((U-A'TV. special!}' mentioned in tliat of Saiuucl Alonzo Hodge. The father of our suhject was David Ivdward Hodj^e, who settled on the farm first adjoininj; that of his lirother James. He inherited the good bnsiness (|ualities of his father. He was horn on the old homestead owned by .Alonzo Hodge, and died where his son now lives, September 27, iSg.j, aged cightj'-fonr years. He married Ann Cianisby, of Katon, who died in iSS;,. \'olncy F. Hodge, onr snbject, has been a conncillor of Katon for three years and is serving his second year as mayor. His portrait will W- fonnd among the members of the Compton Connt}' Conncil. He was married at Sawj'erville, May 21, 1S73, to Mary Kdilh (born October 15, iS^'i), danghter of William Clongli. Issue, one danghter, Cora Ann, born December J2, 1S77. Miss Hodge shows exce])tional talent as a musician. RiisiDi'NCi'; (II' V()i.Ni:v 1-. iionc.i;. Accompanying this sketch is an engraving of the residence of Mr. Hodge, in front of which may be .seen Mr. and Mrs. Hodge and Miss Hodge in the team. The other farm buildings are on the opposite side of the road. (jEORQE ALKERT HODGE, farmer, was born in the township of Katon, where !ie has always lived, January \<), 1852. He is a son of Samuel Beech Hodge, who died .April 27, 1SS6. Mr. Hodge is president of Compton County .Agricultural Societj , No. i, al.so of the association P. of I. He was married at Cookshire, July iS, 1S76, to .Ada Maria, danghter of Jonathan I<>ench Taylor. Issue, seven children, five living: .Alexander A., born June 19, 1877; Klwiu B., born October 9, 1S79; Clarence Herbert, born December 27, 1894; Winnifred Victoria, born June 20. 1S87; Lucy Laura, born December 4, 18S8. ///S/ok')' (>/■' C(KW/'70X (Of^X/y 8i MOLLIS MAKHLH HOIMM;, faniKT, was honi in Cdoksliin', May Kj, iS\2. 1 If is a sou (if tln' lair CliaiKs A. IIikI^l'. i U'lvwitli wr j^i^' an ciij^ravin.i^of llu' lionu' of Mr. IIo(1,i^l', witli liinisilf anil family in front. His farm is loialfd al)onl half a mile west of the I'iivliton post iifliii', on llu' I,(.nnoN\ ilk' road, and is in a f^ood stair of ciilti\ ation, Mr. Ilod.^v hcinn a smcissfnl farnKT. < )nr snl)it'rt was nianiid at Ivalon Corner, J.anuarv 2<.), iSjn, to Maria C, (laiii;lili'r of tlir latr I'^jjliraim Itarlow. Issue, four eliildren : Marvin Harlow, horn Xovcmher S, 1,^711, married Sophia T. Hyde, rcsideuee, I'rovideuee, R. I.; Charles .\rlhur, horn May 21, iS,S|; I'redi'riek .Allen, horn Mareli 17, iSi^o; iCtfie Maria, horn May i], iN7,v CAPTAIN ALLEN T. HOIKil;, whose ])ortrail aeeom])auies this sketeh, was horn in ICalou, januarv '>, iSp. Ilis father, Har/illa 1!. lIodiLie, was Ixiru in vSlewartstowu, \. H., January 13, iS.Hi. ( )u lK'eend)er J5, iNj-,, at 1 )oreliester, X. II., he married Sarah C. Ivllioll. Issue, four ehildi-en : ]{li/al)eth .\un, Imrn ( )elolK'r |, 1S.37, mar- ried Asa Knap]), of IJromp toll, (jue , three ehildreii ; ,Sie])hen, horn Xo\i.inln.'r 2, i.S,V'. married Ma,L;,i;ii.' I,\(in>, one eliild, he li\ed ill Ivatou and worked at lii> trade (shoe - ni.akiui; 1 nearly up to ihi' lime of his death, I'Vlirnary .'7, iSo! ; I'!lliott I)., horn Xo \eiiiher I |, iN.v's, learned llu' pholo^ra])hiu,i; hiisi- iie>s and lixed at Waterloo, (jue., ses'eral years, then iiio\ed to IMymouth, X. 1 1., married Marie .\. I)ollolt, of I)orehester, X. II., no ehildreii. In a lew years he was ajjpoiuled fish and Lvalue eommissioiier for the State, and hv joint aeliou of Xew Hampshire and Massaehusetts was ap])oinled superintendent of the lisli hateheries, wliieh iiositioii he held U]) to the lime of death, Decemher 5, 1S93, lo ihe L^reat eredit of himself and the .State as well. The fourth ehild is our suhject, .Allen 'riuioihw Mr. Hod^e, after liviu,!.^- in Dorehester a few years, removed his family to Colehrook, X. II., aiul, ahoul iS;,(), from there to I'-atou. He first settled near Johnville, but afterwards mo\ed to a sm;ill farm, on the road leadin;..;- from Chaddoek's mill to Lennowille. 'riuav, in ,a lo<; liouse whieh he huill, his two youni^esl tdiildren were horn. He next leased a lari^e farm from his eonsin, Heeeli Ilodoe, for ilnve years, and at the eiul of that time moved to a new house he had huill at .South Cookshire. .A few years later he bouj^ht a meadow farm, formerly owned by Reuben (iieeii, where he lived until his death, Mareli 12, 1S72, his wife havinii died Mareli 4, 1S7J. Captain Hodj..;e reeeived his edueatioii at the Cookshire .\eademv. He learned the earpeiiters trade of Lueieu Metealf, worked in Canada several vears, and moved to I'iddeford, Me., in iS()j. Hefore leav in^iL;" Cookshire he served in the eavalry two \ears. On ( )etober 2i.), iSd;,, he enlisted in the I'irsl Hattaliou Heavy b k::siiii:.\c1'; ov h. m. iiodcI': 83 ///SJOKV or COM/' ION COUNjy. CAl'TAIN .\I.I.I:N T. Hi ilx'.i;. tliRL' tliildrc'ii : l'"rank R., Ixini July j;, iS()f), iiianiL-d Sarali Scolt, Iwo cliildivu, ivsiik-iKX', AUaiila, C.a. ; I'tirUni A.. l)nni January .|, iSoS. nuirrifd Izt-llic- L. I lardcn, one cliild, ivsidentc, LowL-ll, Mass.; h'rcd. Iv., born April i, 1877. LATE BENJAMIN RICE LABEREE. in his lilVtinie a larnicr, and whose portrait accompa- nies this sketch, was born January 25, iS;,.), at Jordan Hill, in Ivaton, where he li\ed until his death, I"el)ruary 11, iS()2. with the excep- tion of two years in California. Mr. Laberee was a th(irout;h and successful farmer, a man held in hi,i;h esteem bv all who knew liim, and filled many offices of trust. He took a ^reat interest in farming', and ke])t \alual)le horses and cattle. He was in demand thronj^h- ont the Masiern Townsliips and neii,rlil)orin,n places as a jud.n'e at a.^ricultural exliibitioiis, liis fair and just decisions beinj^ ;icce])ted by Artillery, Massachusetts X'olunleers, in compan\' "C", and was honorably dischuru'ed at tiie close of the war. Relurnini; to ICalon, he enj^aj^ed in his trade and in the manufacturing of washin.L;- machines. lie assisted in recruiliui; Xo. M company, l''ifly-eii;hlh battalion, and was appointed lieutenant of the same. He served two years in that ca])acity. actiiij; as captain, when called out duriujL; the I'Vnian raid. He received his military cerliticale Se])teniber -'7, iS7(), ;ind was commissioned ca])tain of No. m com])any, May |, 1S71. Haxiu).; decided to return to Massa- chnsells, he tendered his resi,L;nalion and was ]icrmilted to retire, retainiuiL; rank. He settli'd in Lowell, where he now resides, cn<^at;ed in tlie business (if real estate am' tire insurance. He is a iiromineiit member of the ("■. .\. K., and I\niiL.;hts of I lonor, and has ludd leading; ottices in the same. Itetore leturninii to ICaton, at'ter the close of the war, our suDJcct was married, at liiildetoril. Me., to Marv \\". liosloii. Issue, ///.v/v'A')' ()/■ C().u/'/v.\' (.oi'x/i: 83 all. Ill aiiytliiii,n' that would assist the fanners, Mr. I/ihfrtr was always ready to j^ivt' a lK'!])iiij4- Iiaiul. Till.' IvastL-rn Tow nsliips Ai^rifiiltural Association, lioldini^ its annual exliihitiou at SlK'rhrooki', 1k' took i i^nat inleresl in, and ahly assisted in startin.i; it. Ik- was one of the (lireilors from 'Is iineption up to the time of his death. He was married at Melbourne Kid^c, (jue., Sel)tend)er _>h, i.S()(i, to Mary ,Iaue, dau.^hter of lieiij. S. Waketield. Issue, three eliildren : ( )seai (ireen, hoi-n ,Inly if), iS(),|, married Rose Clarke, residence, iClleiishnrnh, Wash.; .\,erv Waketield, horn May U), 1S7S, resii'eiice, W'aterville ; ()li\ia lola, horn June 20, 1S61, married I'raiK'is (i. ("i.ale, residence, Waterxille. Mrs. Kaheree sur\i\es lu'r hushaiid and resides with lur daULjhter, Mrs. dale, at Water\ ille. \\\ turniui^ to the eni^raviu^i; of the residence of Mr. !•'. ('.. Cir.le, Water\ille, Mrs. Laheree may tlU're' 1)1' Sl'l'U. JOHN HOI.TON I.AIJRWi:!!. faniu r, whose portrait vvc ])reseut herewith, \\as horn at .Sand Hill, ,Iuly |, iS|.S. He has always li\ed there, with the e\ce])tiou of two \ears in Cookshire. He has heeii warden of ,Si. Luke's I{|)isco]);d church nine years. Has ne\er married. He is a i^real t^randson of Rufus Laheree, one of the first settlers in ICatou. Rufus Laheree was horn in Charleston, X. 11., Se])teml)er 2, 1 7CH), and came to h'aton with his wile, ()li\e l''arwell, and six children, in the fall of I7')S, when there were only four families in the town. They suiTered all the hardships, trials, and ])rivalions of pioneer life. I)\' his indomil- ahle will, perseverance, and in(hb;lr\-, he suc- ceeded in makiiij;' a i^dod home for himself and family, and tinally accumulal.l considerable ])ropcrty. Mr. LabiMve was a man of more than ordinary ability, jud^i^nient and foresi.^hl. He was calU'd to till manv res])ousil)le ])ublic ])ositions, and his slerliui^ (|ualilies were ap])re- ciated by his townsmen. He died I'V'bruary 1(1, iS42,av;ed 7S years, and his wife died .Ajiril u, iSi.j, a.!.;ed 45 years. 'Phe\- had ten children, who all .settled in iCaton with the exce])lion of Henjamin, who went to ( ).' ario. vSo|-,hia married Capt. ,h)hn Pope, bein,^ the mollier of the late Hon. ,Iohu Henry I'ope, and "grandmother of Rufus H. Po])e, M. P. Henry remained on the home place, near l)ircliton, wliere his dauijhter, Mrs. ,Ioseph Tayl r, now lives. Rufus settled on Jordan Hill. The eldest of the four sous, John, the liiandfather of our subject, married Xancy Po])e, sister of Ca])laiu John Pojie. Thev .settled at Sand Hill, when there was not a elearin_t^ between Hirchlon and Lennoxville. He was born June 5, 17S7, died in iS;^(). He lived to clear one of the best farms in h'aton, with fine location. He left Iw;,' sons and one daui;hler. .\lfred, the father of our subject, remained oil the home farm, wliere he still resides, and is the only one liviiii; of the three. He married Miry I'^arusworth, who died in middle life; later he married attain. Mr. Alfred Laheree took a prominent jjart in the militia, and was appointed captain by Govenior Sir Kdmund Head. JOHN 11. !..\ia:Ri;i-;. 84 /'/S/VA'l Ol (WMI'IOX (OCX/): l;l>l|il'.\i.r. ul Kfl-TS !•: I.AIll.KI-i-: RUri'S RRNHST I.ABKRl:!:, I'.iniKT and posl- tunsti'i', was licnii uti llir farm at Saiul Hill wlurr lir 111 u li\cs, 1 )i'i'c'11i1kt |, iSdo. A liisloiy nl" his mandfalluT and I'atJKT will \k- I'ihiihI with that r |)i)st-iiiastrr at Sand Hill. .\l I'!ast Anvils lir married AIlnTla Ivlvifa, iinly ilaii.!^hl(.T i>f l)ani(.d 1'.. Hall, ni" Ijnda. Nsiu', twii I'liildrm ; Slanlry ( )., l>i>ni Jmn.' '>. iSii.;; Miltnii I)., Imi^n Srptmd )(.■!• iii, iSi)|. .I()SI:PH I.. TAVI.OR. tatnuT, was l)i)in m Ciiiikshirr, \i)\rml'i.T j^, iSji). }h- is a son nf thr latr I'!/ra Taxlur and nc])lu-w (<\ thr lati.' Kr\. jnnathan 'Paxlnr. 'Phc laftn ho i)Ci.'tipii.-s is till.' i>ni.' iirii^inalK- si'ttk'd uu li\ llif latr Rnfns I^- 'Vhv hoiisi.' nf whirh wt' L;i\c a i)hiitii-rn,L;i-a\ ini; luTi-w itli, was iTootod h\- Mi. Laliorrr in iSij. I'is son Henry iKcnpii-'d till.' ])lai.'i.' up in tin- liiiir nf his lUatli in i Sdi >, wluai it w:is ai'i|nirril hy Mr. 'I'aylnr and is imw i"iirii.'il mi li\- hiinsi'lf and his smi, I'Mi^ar I'!. l'"nr scxoral \i'ars Mr. 'I*a\lni taiiL;ht srlinnl, afti-'rwards limiiiiin^ a I'ariiu'r. Hr li.is hold ])rnmiiR'nl piililic nfllce-s in Inwii, such as i-niiiuillnr and -^ilinnl i-niiimi--siniuM". I Ir i'^ Siindax -M'hnnl siiporintiiidi-nt at llin-'lUnii. < )n Si.'ptoiiil».'r ^, i'*^5,;, lu' iiiai"rii.'il Tlu-iKlntia, daii,L;lil(.'r n\' the lati' II(.':'r\' Lahcrcr. Issue, seven children: Mdwin .\ii,i^nstiis, linru ,jiil\' JJ, i'~^>|, married Ma,i;;^ie Xiillirnwii, live children, residi'iu'c, linlwer; < )rinii Sti.-warl, Imni jannaiy ;,i >, i''^,^;, inarried Katliariiie .\. \'cdder, ni New Ymk. Iwn children, residence, I'assadeiia, Cal. ; I''redi'rick .\rlliiir, linrii March j ;, iS^n, marriel I., (icrtriide McClarw \A Cmnptnii, three children, resideiici.-, llirclunii ; Heiirv Jnse])li, Imrii ( )ctnl)cr v i, i.Soii, iiiarrii.'d ]{\a I,. TikIiI, tw.i children, residence, I'.ireh- Inii ; ICdj^ar Ivrw in, Imrii jaiuiary 7, 1^7,;, married lUla I'. Tnild, line child, residence, I'lirclilnii ; i lar- riet 'riiendnlia, hnrn ( )c- tnlier ,v >, iS(ii), married Heiir\- .\. IManche, six children, residiMice, Cnnk- shirc; Clara IVrsis, bnrii l)ecenilier 31, iSfKj, mar- ried tirsl the lale .S. W. Irwin, seci'iu'l marriage to .\ltnii lira/zU', niie child, residence. Sand Hill. JAMES MAY, fanner, was horn in vStanslead, March (), 1S25. When a vniiiii; man he wnrked in iii:sii)i:.\L'i'; ov j. i. TAvi.oii. ///S/(iA')' (>/■ i <>.)//• /■()A' (orx/)- 85 I. IS; is liic 7;Sanili,I I Ik'R'witli \lt.'(l alxitu ulia, l>iini i-> ail cii; nUv lllik' ,1 wdolk'ii l"ai.'l(ir\- ill Stan, stead fur sc\(.mi vfars, and for tliivc years was in I'iiUIit's (Ini!^ stnix' at I »(il)y I.ini,', \t. Mr raiiK' til Itulwrr, liis present liDiiie, May I, iN>'i. I lis fatluT, He/ekiali .Ma\-, and iiiiither, Sarali Havs, Ixttli eanie from .Slratford. \'t., nio\ int; into Slanstead early in the present eeii- Inry. He was married in Matoii, 1 )eeendier I'), lS~,(}, to Amy, daiit^hter of Renel W'liiteoml). issue, tliree eliildren . .^amtiel ,).. liorii Se'ptemher v ', ■■'^57. niar ried Almi.a Coates, t"i\e eliildren, resideiiee, I'liil- wer ; ( leor^e J., horn A])ril A];ril I), iSoi, married I,. I,. Manniin^ resideiiee, Slanstead, (Jne. I're- ,;r;iviii,L; ol" the home ])laee, with Mr. May and his family in front. It north of Ilnlwer, on the road between thai jilaee and liirehtoii. Ki-siDiAer; 1 n' j xmI'.s .m.w. SAMl'F-l. J.AMHS MAY, fanner, was hnrn near ItnlwiM', his jjivseiil home, .Sepleml 1.S57. He has always li\ed here with the exeeptioii of four vears in ^hlssaellnsetts ; eiit^iiieer. He was married at Cookshire, May .|, iSSo, to Almiiia Coates. Issne, six elii live li\ iiii.;- : IClmer Prosper horn May ,'7, 1S81 ; James Waller, liorn Septeniher i), iSS I ; Mautl 1 aiima, horn 1 )eei.'nil)t'r Ji 1, iS.Sj; jterlha .\ddie, horn < )etoher (), iNSS ; knth W liiteoinh, liorn December b, i8gi. CDSON CHARLIES WAR. NIER, farmer, was horn at Sand Hill, Xoxeniher _> i , 1^511- I le has alwa\s li\ ed oil the same farm, wlu-re lie was horn. He is a son "f Charles Warner, wlio was horn in Coin])t()ii, July Id, iSjd, and died at Sand Hill, .\nt;nst i, 1SS6. ^h)ther's luune, Marv 15ar- KissiDivNci': ov i;i)S()N c. \v.\kni:r. IS an dren. 86 ///S/(>A')' ('/■• (VM//>/(>.V ((TA'/)' low, ni Wistbiirw Mr. T'Msnii C. WanuT was tiianird at Sand Hill, Auj^iisl i |, iSSi), ti) .S;irali iImhii ,laiiuar\ ii', iS;,si, (l;niv;liti.f n|" CIu>Ut W'anur, (Hir of tlu' t'nsl srltKis at Sand Hill. Hi' dird in XoMMnlni-, i>>Sj. I^^\K■. i>\\v snn ; l'!ail Criil Rniart, liurn May i 1, i^tin. Mr. W'arnrr li.is \k-v\\ a nirnilHT ni'ilu- jlnard uf Srln'ol Cninniis>ii)ni.'!> fur llir IdWiisliip ul Ivaton loi srvi'i'al wars. l\i'])rii(hu'(.(l liui-wilh is ,i iiliuiui^iapli ul' his ix'sidiauc, ,ind in I'lunl lir and his laniily may lif Miai. WALTHR MTT. a.yrnt, was horn in Hull, N'oikshirt'. l'!n,iilai'd, I )i'ii'nd)i-T .'S, iSix.. In 1S70 lif (.'iniiiiralid to Nrw \'ork iit\, wluri' hr li\rd nntil 1^70, wln^ai \\v lanif to Ishmd lirook, nio\in.L; from lluai.- to Matou Cornn- in i>>Sj. W'hiK' in New N'ork lily was (.drrk in whoK'sak' rnliliiT i;oods tiini, hut on idniin_L; to island lirook hr ln.'i.ami- a larnuT, and I'onlinnrd as surh until iSNii, wlnai hr wiail into Iraik' at l'!aton Cornrr. In Januar\. i^o'i, hr dis- ]ios(.'(l ot lii.s storr and ai'- i.'r])ti.(l a |)osition as ai;i.Mit. Mr. Xntl held tin.' oITki.' of stdiool eomniissiom.T in I'.alon fi'om I.SSS to iSiji. Hr is a past masti-r of I'lirudship I,odi;f, A. !•'. .\: .\. M. It was lar-rlv thiol. L;h his i-l'forts that St. Andri'wV. I'",pisropal i.ha|ii.-l was i-sLahlislu'd at I'!alon CoriKT, and hr is oiK' of tin- wai'dt-'iis. Hr was married at Cookshiri-, Now nilur _!_', iSSi , to ( )rra H.inii-l (horn Si.'])li'mhi.T K), iS(>;, I, dani;hti'r of M])liraim Ward, of l",itoii . Issue, tlirc'c c-liildivn : Waltrr Ward, horn SoplrmhcT .'.(\ 1SS5; ( )na Mli/ahrtli, horn Jul;- 5, iN^;; Hassall Riohard, liorn .\u,L;ust .!", iSin. .\Lvom])anyiu,ii this sketch is a |)liol(i-i.ai;.;ra\ iiii; of iIr- R-sidcnee of Mr. Xntl, in front of wliirli \w and Iiis fauiilv ma\- hr srcn. KI->11i|;N\'I. (il- WAl.Ti.K M Tl". S.XNFORD DINSMORE. farnuT, was horn at Cok'hrook, X. H., Xoxcmhrr 7, iSp;. Hr ramr lo Canada in iS()|, and si'ltlrd in Clifton. In Sri)trinhrr, iN7ii, Mr. I)insmorr mo\rd to Hulwrr, and srlllrd on llir farm w lirrr hv now li\rs. .\rroinpan\in!4 this skrtrh is rri)rodiu-rd a ])lioto,L;rai)li of tlir farm lumsr of .Mr. I)iusmorr, with hinisi'lf and wifr in front. 'Tlir youn^ lady, on liorsrhack. is Miss Dora Hinsniorr, thr only rhild of our siihjrrt. Hrlorr romini; to Canada, Mr. Dinsmoiv mlislrd in thr Xinll; Xrw Hani])shirr RrjMmrnt and srr\r(l in ihr war , to Ivli/.a L. (h(»rn .\ugiisl 7, iSpji, /f/ST()A-)' (>/■ <-iKU/'rox (vrA-/-)-. 87 ki;siiii;ni. !•: oi- s. hinsM'HU'. (l;iii,v;litti 111' ( Kin-Mi' 1 ). Sim- limy. Issiu', Dill' (laii,iL;li- liT : I )nr;i . \(l;iliin', Imumi Siiiti'inlai' _•;,, iS-(>. DAVII) Al.lil-RT I ARNS- NVOKI'H, faniUT, a irsidciU i>l' I''Iaii(krs, was Imuii in C<"iksliirr, .\u.v;iist j, iSji. IK' has luT-ii (itir (if till' liriiiiiitK'iil iiu'ii III' till' liiw iisliij), Iia\iii,iL; lillcil nmiRMiius iiffui's, and sii\ - (.(1 as srliiiiil i.'iiniinissi(MUT. I Ir has alv ays \\\vt\ in the tiiwnshi]) (if I'!al(in. At I.t'undw ilk-, Maiih S, iS|S, lir uiarri(.-(l X. S., (lani^hliT of (iardniT Str- V(.Mis, w lid di(.-(l in i,'' |_'. Issni', (.dcMMi (.diildrcn, niii" lixin,!:;: ArU'nius S., Ixirn I k'riMnkiT ;,, ^S^^, niarrifd I,n\ia A. r,()\\k(.T, ivsidciKX', I'alcin, n\w I'liild; Ik'njaniin. Imrn January 7, iS,vS, niari'ii'd Ivlla j. Im-imuIi, R'sidenci.', MandtTs, one child ; AIIrtI H., horn iK'ccndKT i, iSof); 'riionias ( )., horn June 22. iS()S ; l'i,(.ln.' 1>,, horn ( )(.'loh(.T j;,, iS^o, niarrii.'d Al\a Rankin, ivsiikiRi', I)nini|)lon, two cliiklivn ; Anna M., horn April 22, i.S.S-', nianii.'d jolin M. Li'aiMR'd, ivsidcniL-, learned IMain, i'wx- chiki;vn ; Catlu-rinc- H., horn \"o\cnd)(.T i;,, iS^i), niarrii'd Re\ . liarry I'it'ivu, ivsiik'ncc, ( )ntario, four (.'hik (iRu; ( )rnR'sin(la C, horn May ;v >. ■'^''i, niani(.'d H. K. I'.ow ker, ivsidL'mi.', Xcwiiort, (ir(ith\- M., l)oni April I'. iSh;,, married Lyman /'.V/)'. \\;i>' •-|uiii ill SIurKiiHikr, \Uirn lir w.i'. mtv >iu ;i Imti Ikir]Hr. In iSi,- lu' nliinud In I'],it(iii ,111(1 ]>ii!i'li.iM.'il a lanii mar A^ni (.'nrmi, vvluir lir imw li\is. Ilncwitli will In- I'niiiiil ar. I'liLirav iii.!^ <<( Mr. 1 >r>nii>--fau\ ami liis I'aiiiily, iinlmliii!^ an ailupii'd dair^litir. Ili-- I'atluT. 1a''"I1 I )r'.Miissrau\, was Imni Marrli id, iS.;ii, ami i-> imw livin;^ at SliriiiriHikr. His luiitlui's iiaiiif \\a> JiMuiiliK- Maitrl.df I.akr Si. l-'rami--. Mi. I K'snii>sran\, w a - iiianin! al Sin rliniiikv, Ma\ >, i*^7|, to M.iric l/uiisr ili nil Nn\tnili,T jS, i.S;,()i, daii'^litir ><{ jd^iph L'liaiiipnii \, nl' \t lliali.iska. U^nr l\\\w cliildrfii : ( liorim', lunii I'\liriiar\ '.">, i^; ■■; iU'iny, horn ( )i.liil)(.'r i>i, iS-- ; Willie, horn May ^, i^ijii. .\n ailo|ili 1 d.iii.Ljhli. r, l'!ii;;inii.' hnhr, (ii.i\ii-;k ih.sri i,ssi;.\r\ and iamii.v. horn I'V'hniary [, i .s,S( ,. IK. has always shown liiinself ivady to assist all piihlic ciitLTiirisc's. Al |)ivs(.-nt 111' is (.hiel' ran.L;rr of tin.' Catholic ( )r(kT of l'"oR-slrrs. ANTHONY f-Rf;l)fiRICK llOWIIN. fanm.'r, was horn in Ascot, June i.], 1S17. Mc moved on to his jjix'scnt fann near Learned Plain in iS7,S. His tatlier, Israel Howen, died at Island Hrook, Deceiiiher iS, 18S7. His mother, Meliilahle ICHintt, w,is huni in I.eniiow ille, Auj^nst V>, 1802, died at Island Hrook in Septeniher, 18S9. Herewith will he found an eiiiL^raviniL; of Mr. Howen, liis family and grandchildren. Onr snhject, hefore seltliiit; down to farininjL; was a school tcaclier, and for a few years a j)hot()j.^ra])her. He lias held various mnnicipal offices. Is \'. C. R. in the I (). F. ; S. C. in the R. T. of T. ; and held the office of secretary of the Patrons of Indnstry of Conipton county in 1895. He was married in Newport, Decemher 7,1, 1867, to Marion, daughter of .Silas Harvey, who died at Island Hrook, .August v ///.S7('A') ('/ ((M//7r'.V liU-A'/y. «9 \ I . I'.dW I'.N AMI I \.M1I,V. iSS^. Issue, fiM' iliililicti : Airliiliald !\ , hum Juik- 111, i''^; I ; I'",i'in.sl I. S., 1)1)111 ( )it()!)t.T -'1 1, iSSi ; IJcatricf M., horn N'ovtiii- l)cr 2.\, i.S(H^, iiKirticil II. C. Hailc}', JuiU' iS, iS()(i, rL'sidi'iK'c, Ivitmi, ihrci- fliiUlnii, two liviii)4 ; i !<(.■- ^iii;il(l C, horn Xovcm l)cr (), iSiii, Ivliiu M,, horn SoptcnihtT j, iSctsi ; X'iviaiic A , horn Mairli III, iS;! ; McliitahlL- Iv, horn jnl}- i i, 1S77. liHN.IAMIN I KANKI.IN IJk'OWN, I'aiiuer, was horn in I'latoii, iiuar I'Maiidcrs I'ost ( )t't'ui'. May _'j, iSj;. His fatlicr, Aiuhi'w Iiiowii, was horn in iM-ainiii.nIiain, Mass., JiuR- J2, i.Soi. In c-oin|)any with his father I";i)cnc/LT Hrowii, and aiioilKT hiotlit-T iiaincil HiMijiiniin, they stailcii for Cana(hi in iSiS. The fatlier died at CoiH'oid, \. 11 , in Mareli of lli.at year, while they were on their way. The two hoys conti- nued the jouriKy, and ]i\ed witli tlieir hrother-iii law, Luther iM-eiich, until they were of a^e. Andrew, the f.ither ol' our snhjeet, was married in Iviton, March iS, iSj], to .An.iLjeliiie Chaddoil.;. In iS;; he purchased and moved on to the farm now owned l)y his son lleiijainin, located ahout two miles east of Cookshire, on the Rury road. The engraving ])reseiitrd herewith shows that the old homestead li.is been kejit in good rcjiair. Mr. I!. !•'. Hrowii stands in the foreground, heiiig the only son out of six, who is now living. Those to the right are iiieii eni]>loye(l on the finii. Hv the ahove mar- riage there were ten chil- dren, five now living : Win. .Xndrew, horn Sep- temher i;,, iSjs, died in infancy; Benjamin Frank- lin, horn May 22, iSj;; Xancy K., horn I<\d)rnary _'j, 1S29, married, lirst, Thaddcus Chase, three children, second marriage ui:sii)i:nc'I'; or' ni';.\j.\MiN i', i'.kown. .)<•> ///S/dU)- ('/•• . I, , liniu Imu- .'I, iS;(), mar- riid Sarah I'd])!.', dii'd ill M iuiusota ; Maria I,(iiii>a, Ixiiii Si.'|itiiiil»i.'i' .!7, iSji, man it'll I'nry Chase, ivsidriK'i- in \'cr- llKilll ; Jns(.'l)Il \\'., hoMI |uly iS, iS-H, died in iSi'i. The t'allicr, Aiidiew Hmun, tlied l-'chruary --i, 1S7J. 'I'hc inotlicr died Xoveinher ;,, iSSi. Mr. !'.. l-'. Iliowii went to Minnesota in 1^5.^, where all of liis other lirotluTS liad eiiiij^iated. Alter twenty years, most of the lime in that state, our snhjeel returned to the old liomestead. While absent he was elei k of the sehool dislriet for five vcars, and eoiistahle two vears. He lias ne\er niariied. ki.sihi.Ner; ni- ai.i in/i > ii iph AI.ONZO TODD, farmer, was horn on the same Deeember 2, i.s.;2. He is a son of the late Mlislia settled on tliis farm, where he died in Decemher, 1S61. Mr. Todd has been a sue- ees.sful farmer. He was married at Derby Line, \'t., January 29, 1S62, to Su.san Minerva, danj^iUer of the late C.iles Liither, of Katon. Issue, five eliil- dren, four liviiij; : ICrnest, born September 4, iSOcj; Kva Lucinda, I)orn August S, iS62, married Henry J. Taylor, two children, resi- dence, Hirchton ; Minnie .\ral)ella, born January i^, iS6}, married Albert Hridj^ette, one cliild, resi- dence, Birchton ; Mary lane, born December 2, inn w odd, w lere he ho eanie now li from \es, at New H; liiniitoii, iiiili-,liire, ki;sii)i;nc1'; ui' mr. haki.dw ciiati:s. ///.s/('A') ('/ < , iSS.: ; ( ieor.i^ianna I-.liiior, horn Sepleniher S, 1.SS7. In the eiij^ravinj,^ may I)e .seen Josejih MeCiowaii, who was horn in County Down, Ireland, Mareh ;o, 1S71, and killed at I.ouell, Mass., .April iS, 1S96. Ki,siiii.M I. Ill I,, rif the residence of Mr. Vii/.Ac, which is kiuuvn as the old Ivms LeHonrve.iu farm. It is located aliout half a mile east of Sand Hill church, on the Hei.i;hl of Land, and is one of the hest larnis in Ivaton. In Iroiit of the house is Mr. lMi//le and his tamilv. He is one of the prominent men of the town, a smcessi'nl farmer, and hi}.;hly respected. He has held the ofhce of councillor for twelve years. He was married in Ivaton, Octoher i(), i.S7g, to .Ahhie J., danijhtcr of W'm. H. Hrown. issue, three children : .Arthur W'., horn Octoher III, i.SSa; Roy Iv, horn »Septeniher .1, iSSb; Laura .A., horn Decemher 22, iSSo. MRS. HLLEN M. WARNKR was horn in Jolin- \ille, where she has always resided. She is a dani- liter of the late A. M. Smith. Mrs. Warner takes a jjreat interest in the \V. C. T. U., .uul is superintendent of the local tlower inis- iton, ha\!iig been re-elected by acclamation in January, 1S96. At St. vSylvestre, Que., March 30, 1869, RHSIDICNCK Ol' R. llRUKWiTTM ///.v / ( )A' ) ■ ()/•■ I (>.}//•/, >x ((>(w/y. y.< IiL' luaiiii'il Siisaiiiiali, dauj^litiT of JaiiU'S Moraii. Issue, ei)flit cliildrt'ii, st-vi'ii liviuj^^; Anuipr Alien, horn X<)vi'inl>cT „', 1.S71 ; Ivliza jaiic, Ixini March 15, 1S71); Susan AdcLaide, horn lannary 2, iS7(); ICva I;.sii)i:nci-; oi' r. t. wii.i.aru. UODOI.I'M T. WILI.AKI), null nwiier, was horn in Dudswoll. One, Jnly 26, lS,|,}. He i.-, a son of llic liile jolui WillaiJ. He cainc to Matoii in 1S77, and settled on the phiee where he now resides. In 1S75 he married Lcniisa, chmj^jhter of Antoine Martelle. Issne, four chil- dren : Henry Dexter, horn May ,^i, I .'^Nii ; Maria K , hoin Ani^iisl 1 7, 1S77 ; Hannah S., horn April 2(), 1S79; Minnie L., horn Anijiist 6, 1SS2. A ])h()to- enj^jravinjj of tlie resi dence of Mr, Willard, whieh is loeated near Aseot Corner, is here ^iven. In front he and liis family ar< to he seen. MATTHRW HAMILTON, farmer, a resident of John- \ille, was horn in Arj^cn- tenil eonnty, Que., April 2S, iS.|v He eame to Ivist Clifton in 1S65. His fatlier, Janus Hamilton, is still livinjrat Randhoro, Que. Onr snhject was married at Compton, March 22, i,S69, to Irene I. Pierce, widow of K. R. Mayo, by wlioni she had one danghter, Kva M., horn I'ehrnary i, iS6.(, married FCgbert Iv. Cairns, residence, Massacluisetts, two children. Mr. Hamilton has seven children: Hn).^h H., born (October 20, 1S71; Frank S. J., born Sc])teniber 13, 1.^73; Jnstin \V., born Jnne 22, 1S77; Hattie M., born Febrnary 14, 1S70; Lelia R., born March i, 1S75 ; Kffie M., born May 7, iSSo; Bertha I., born Angnst iS, iSSS. Mr. Hamilton is trustee and steward of the Methodist chnrch, and snperiutendent of the Sabbath school. OLIVER DESRUISSEAUX, farmer, was horn in Iviton, Aiignsl 15, 1S52. When a yonng man he went to Connecticut, but returned and settled on his present farm in 1SS4. He has been councillor in the township of Katon for three years. Was married at Huntingville, July iS, 18SS, to Jennie, danghter of Samuel Paige, of E)aton. Issne, three children : Ray and Roy, twin boys, born October 23, 1S89 ; Leon K. B., born October 31, 1S95. Frede- rick Desruisseaux, brother of Oliver, was born in Eaton April 26, 1.S62, he also returned from Connecticut in 18S4, and, in connection with his brother, purchased their present farm. He married Amy Paige, January i, iSgfj, by whom he has one sou: Oscar A., born April 18, 1895. -^ photo of Mr. Desruisseaux's house is given herewith. KKSIUliNCli 01' OLIVKR DlvSRlISSKAUX. i//sn >/,')■ (>/■ (■<).}//• rojv cofrA'/)-. 95 MHWMAN HASSrr (lATHS. fanner and wool carder, n rtsidcnt of vSouth Cooksliire, in llii: idwn^liii) of l'",iilon. He was Ijorn in Mardnard, \'t., January 17, iS.)ii, coining;; to Haton, «liere lie lias always lived, in iS.tj. Mr. Cates is chief ranjj;er of Court Island Brook, I. O.K. At Cooksliire, on Auj^ust 29, 1S71, he married Lucy Ann, dau^,'liler of William Stevenson, (if Learned Plain. She was !.>orn iu Hereford, Aujiust 2S, 1.S51. Hy this marriaj^e there is niic son, William H., horn Scpleiiiher jS, 1.S76. THOMAS JOHNSTON, fanner, was horn at Honrjj Louis, Que., February iS, 1S46. He came to Hiilwer in March, 1S67, and has li\ed there since. Previous to his K'*'"K i"^" f.iriiiiiijL^ he w.is in the railroad l)usiness. He is a son of Matthew Johnston, who is now \\\\n^ at vSt. Raymond, Hue. Our subjcel has been a successful business man, and, for several yi'ais, one of till' members of the Coun- cil for the township of I'.atou, which office he slill holds. We present liriewith an en,i,na\ inj; of tlie residence of Mr. Johii- stdii, ;iml in front of the lidiise he may be seen with his family. At Man clkster, N, H., April _'(), I St I, he married .An. 'lie, (laui.;liler of Ruel Wliit- cdiiib, of Ivaton. Mrs. Johiiston's mother lives with them, and was niiiety- (Uic years of a^e in Maj-, iSy(); she remembers when there was but one house wlicic the city of Slier- i)ro()ke is now. Issue, three KlCSlDIiNCl'; OV Tllo.M.V.S JOHNSTON. children; Frank A., born .September 27, 1S75 ; H. Mary, born March 19, 1S73, married Herbert Hodgman, one child, residence, Hirchton ; Klbridge M., born November 6, iSSi, died May 30, 1SS4. AI.VAN ALEXANDER BAU.EY. youngest son of the late Cyrus A. Bailey, was born February 26, 1S55, at Cooksliire, and has farmed from j'outh up. He is a P. M., A. I*". & A. M., and elected I). D. G. M., in 1896. Was cjuartermaster of the Fifth Dragoons (Canadian) for seven years; afterwards first lieutenant of No. i (Cookshire) troop, same regiment, for six years. He icsij^ued his commission in 1890, retaining rank He holds a first-class cavalry certificate, tie was :uari cd in Sherbrooke, Que., December 2S, 1S82, to Cora J. B., daughter of Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas S. Barwis, now of Calgary, N.W.T., formerly of Arthabaskaville, Que. Lieut. - Col. Barwis once commanded the F'ift3'-fifth Megantic battalion ; was appointed prothonotary for the district of Arthabaska in 1871, which position he held until a few j'ears ago. Issue, ■''•;;lit children : Cyrus A., born March 30, 1892 ; T. S. Barwis, born April 15, 1894 ; Niva C. A., i rn December 9, 1883; Kathleen B. L, born September i, 1885 ; Rahea W. E., born September II, 1887; Creina M. G., born August 4, 1889; Thekla V. E., born March 30, 1892; Rizpah l\. ()., born December 24, 1895. Mr. Bailey moved on to his present farm, at Birchton, in 1893. 96 ///\7VA')' or cou/'rox cofwv): (tll.llliUr A. TKHNHOI.MIi, M. I).. C. M., was horn in DniiiiiiKniil i-otmty, March -'|, iSo^. Ik- is a son of Captain U. (i. TrtMiliolnic, woolK-ii man ii tact incr, Coaticook. Wc- i-icsent luTowitli tlif |)ortiaits of I)r. and Mrs, Trcnliolnic and tlicir tlucc (.'liildrcn. He was married at Compton in September, iSijo, to Myrtie Ikdle, daiij^hter of the late Joel V. 'I'liomas, farmer. Issue, three ehiklrcn : Marion, horn in Anj^ust, iScji ; (iertrude, horn in jannary, 1.S93 ; Koherl, horn in June, I'^^y.^. After finishing his studies at seiiool, Dr. 'rniiholme was for three years in the nudit otlk-e of the Canada Ivxpress Company, Montreal. Not heinj; sati.^fied with the h)t of an office ck-rk he decick'd to enter on tlie study of medicine. In Hcptemlier iSSq, he jKissed tile nialriculation rcijuired by tiie Hoard of Physicians ami Snr^a-ons. During the summers, in (n-ti'..'r to pay his hoard and fees at cidk'jje in llie winter, lu- l)on).{ht wool from the farmers throii}.{hout the counties of Stanstvad and Conii)ton, selliujf wherever he could secure a market. In this manner he worked his way throiijjh, C. A. TKKNllOI.MK, M.I)., CM., -AND I'AMH.V. j^radnatins from the universitj' of Bishops Medical College, at Montreal, in 1S93. He settled at Ivaton Corner in tlie fall of tlie same year, and soon had a large practice. In January, 1S96, he decided to move to Coaticook, the home of his youth, where lie is gradually securing his share of the practice. Dr. Trenholme is a nephew of N. W. Trenliolme, D.D.L , Doctor of Law (McGills B.C.L., Q.C., also of the late Kdward H. Trenholme, M.D., CM., Professor of GyniL'Cology, and one of the three who establislied Bishops Medical Faculty. HENRY EDWARD CHAMBERS, farmer, is a son of Charles K. Chambers, wdio died in Eaton in 1S66. His mother's name was Ahagail Tarbell, sle died in 1S6S. He was horn in Katon, August iS, 1S34, and his farm is near Bulwer. On June iS, 1S66, at Sawyerville, he married Matilda Rosanna, daughter of Charles Coates. He died in Eaton, June 20, 1S7S. Her mother's name was Mary Ann Bagley, and she died September 6, 1S56. Issue, one child: Herbert Henry, born December 25, i(S67, married in December, 1893, to Harriet Buhner. ///S70/0' (>/ lO.xrrroN cofw/i: .j; AMOS WRBSTHR WILLIAMS, aj^'ont and fariiu-r, was horn in Riilwer, Jnne ig, 1S41. He is I'. C. K. of iIh- '. I*'. W.is niunicd in Newput, Jiiiii; 2n, i,S6s. to Fannie (jalloj) Issue, four iliildtcM : Allan Iv, horn l'"eiiru;iry 17, 1S711, married Nettie J. Russel, residence, Cole- hrook, N. H.; Ivrniina M, horn I'ebrnarv 2b, 1M67, married Ivl^iir A. Kiujjsley, one child, lesidenee, .Sawjerville ; I^sther I< , horn Septemhcr 6, 1X72, died Januaty H), iHi>| '■ Mary Iv, horn May 2S, 1S74. Wf-LI.INdTON I.HONARI) riSH, hlaeksinitli, a resident of Jolinville, was horn in Hatley, !)(.'ienil)ur, iSso. He eanie to Jolinville in 1S73. In May, 1.S7.1, in Slierhrooke, he married Adelaide A. h'owler. Issue, two ehildren: Hattie A., horn in ScptendKr, iSS.}; Arthur Iv, lK)rn in May, 1N77. JOHN MOOkB LKAWNlil), fanner, was horn at Learned Plain, within one mile of his present hdine, July 2, I'^l.S. II<^' nioved onto lot three, ran^e nine, township of Katon, when twenty- two years of age. He liolds the office of valuator for the township of Katon, and is a proiuinent worker in temperance societies. His father, Alden lycarned, was one of the first settlers in Newport, of wIdui more extensive mention is made elsewhere. Our suhject was married in Katon, Decemhcr ;, i. 1S71, to Anna M., dan^^hter of I). A. Farnsworth, of Flanders. Issue, five childrin : Alden A, horn April 2, 1S76; (rardner Iv , horn July i, 18S1 ; Phehe H., inini Fchniary 19, 1^7^; Margaret Iv, horn March 22, 1SS5 ; Catharine N., born July iS, iSSS. WILLIAM SPAULDINd WARD, farmer, secretary treasurer for the Municipal Council, and school commissioners, was born in Nottinghamshire, F)ng., March 23, 1S3S. Came to Hirchton in 1S63, where he has since lived. He graduated from the Royal Military College, vSandhurst, luig., and served as lieutenant in H. M., first battalion, twenty-second Regiment. Was married at Sawyerville, June 3, 1869, to Julia A. Hodge. Issue, one daughter: Arabella vS , horn November 14, 1S77. WKLLINQION ADMOND WARNER, farmer, was born at Sand Hill, where he now resides, October 24, 1S56. His father, Chester Warner, was horn in Complon in 1810 and died in 18S2. His mother's name was Alnicda L. Hoyden, of Willoughby Lake, N. II. Our subject was married in Slierhrooke, June 8, iXSo, to Beatrice Iv, daughter of R. L. Todd, of Island Hrodk. Issue, one child: Hern''e Gertrude, born March 26, 1884. m-RBHRT IRVINE TODD, farmer, a resident near Bulwer, was born in Katon, where he has always lived, with the exception of live years in California. He holds the office of president of the V. of I. He was married at Hulwer, May 24, 18S4, to Alberta Coates. Issue, two children, one living: Stearns M., born 26 March, i88>;. LATE WILLIAM NASON, farmer, was born in Holland, \'t.. May 10, 1S39, and died in Katon, April 27, 1889. He came to this township in 1S7S. He v.as married in Holland, Vt., in iSbn, to Malone Ward. Issue, six children: Luther, borr, March 31, 1862, married Mary Decato, residence, Barnston, Que. ; Clark, born Septemlier 21, i366; William H., born August 24, 1S69, married Alma Moulton, two children, residence, Cliarleston, Vt. ; Charles, born October 14, 1871 ; Gertrude, born September 23, 1S78; Nellie, born July 17, 1881. QEORQE EDQAR SMITH, farmer, born in P^aton, December 13, 1853, always lived here with cxcepiion of seven years in Minnesota. Mr. Smith ib a steward and trustee of the Methodist 7 >,H IftSTOK) <>/■ (VM/Z'/V'/V (VtW/y. cliiirili, HiiKvor. Married at I.c-nrm-d IMuiti, April 6, iSMi, to Ivlsie M, Li-ariud Issue, tlirif iliihlreii : Harold I,, Ixnii January o, 1S85; Howard S, born Di-ciiuljcr 13, \HHj ; I.nurcticc I.., horn April iH, 1.S95. SAMliRI. I.AKK, iniUor, of Lake's Mill, was horn April 11, iSjo, in Warliaui, Norfolk. Ktij;. Caiue to I')alon in iS^;, and for over fifty jears lias run a ^y\s\ mill lieri' Married Mary Sophia Hall. Issue, seven children, four living;: (Iiorj^e M., horn Noveinher i,^, iSpj, died January 17, 1H7S, married ( )rpha Jordan, three ehildren, rc^ideuee, Ivaton ; Sanmel Iv, horu Noveinher iS, iSss, died l''ehruary 19, iS()6, married Auj^iista Heiinett, one ehild, residence, Martinville; Alviu I,., horn July 5, 1S51), married ICinina KeMouiveau, three children, residence, I'!aton ; I')li/ahcth M., horn January aS, i.S.(S, married Isaac Jordan, two children, residence. New Limerick, Me,; Mary S., horn January 20, 1852, died March i.(, iS<),', married William Roj,,'ers, two children; Amanda M., horn Septemher i(), iS()i, married R. Iv Willard, residence, Dndswell ; Lomcnda, born June 21, iS6.|, married John Willard, three ehildren, residence, Westbury. IRA *>*i. LAWSON DANPORTH, farmer, was horn at Stanstead, on January i, iS.vi. The same year his parents moved to Clifton and he remained there unti' i'^77, when he came to Mulwer. His father, Ha/en Dauforth, died in Hatley in 1SS7. The sut)iect of this sketch married Klvira, dan}.>;hter of the late Jose])h Hailey, of Coiiiptoii, in Holland, \'t., hVbrnary 2S, 1.S76 Mrs. Dauforth had one child by licr first husband, dece.ised : Myron Mack, horn April 6, 1S53, married to Carrie Seymour, two children, SIMON PETER CORK, farmer, was born in Staffordshire, Kn^., February 3, 1835. His father, James Cork, died in Staffordshire in 1S55. Mr. Cork came to Iv; ton and settled on his present farm, located at what is known as Wesley viUe, in 1.SS3. Since then he has prospered and has one of the best farms in that vicinity. Previous to his cominji to tin., country he was a brick-maker by trade. December 31, 1S53, at Staffordshire, he married Ann, daujjhter of Thomas Lawrence, of the same place. Issue, eleven children, ten living : Frederick, born April 2, 1855, married Maria Burgess, October 29, 1884, residence, Audley, Eng., si\ children; George, born June 4, 1859, married Mary A. Holland, June 14, 1886, residence, Wellington, B.C.. three children; William, born November 30, 1863; Thomas, born October 10, 1868; Kdnnind, horn June 11, 1869; James, born April 10, 1873; Oliver, horn January 25' i'^75 ; Martha, horn October 19, 1865, married C. H. Hibhard, July 13, 1891, residence, Lowell, Mass ; Ann K., born February 21, 1871 ; Catherine li , born March 21, 1878. OEORQE EDWARD KIRBY, farmer, living near Birchton, was horn in Coventry, Warwickshire, Eng., and came to Canada in 1SS3. Previous to this time he was an engineer. Mr. Kirby was married in Montreal, in 1894, to Miss Amy Coles, of Lamington, Eng. Issue, one son: Guy Hurlston, born March 31, 1895. insiDNY or C(>.if/'/(>jv (orxn: y.> WILLIAM LArAVirrri! TUBBS, fiirmer, resuU'iit lu-nr Jolinvillp. Mnrrlrd, in 1850, to Conu-Ha I'.llis. Issue, tlipc i-liil(lri'ii : Hciir)', horn in JiiiU-, iN')i; William, lii>rn in AiiKiist, 1871 ; Cahiii, born in N()vcnil)cr, iN;^. WILLIAM M. SMITH, fanner, of JoliiivilU-, was horn in Iviton .\ti)s'MHt h, iSsh. Marrif5, 1^711; John W., l>irn April 17, iSSi ; (luy C , born November 11, iSSS; Nellie H., born July 7, 1S77 ; Kola C, burn February 26, 1SS4 I'HILONAS K. MARTIN, farmer, livin>>; near Jidinville, was born June (1, 1831. Livc.1 in Clifton and Katon. Previous occupation, trader. His father, Allen Martin, died in H.^rnston, (Jiie., in October, 1893. Our subject was married, January 14, iSSo, to Kli/a J., daughter of James Wilson, of I.itij^wick. Issue, four children, three living: Albert J., b^rn November 11 iHi)\ ; Mildred J. M., born October 18, 1880; Annie W. M., born July 22, 18.S3. JAMES McVBTTY. farmer, livin)^ half a mile from Cookshire, on Learned Plain road, was linru in Megautic county, removing' here in 1884. First marriajje at St. Sylvestre, (^ue., to Mary Lowry. Scccmd marriajfe at St. Sylvestre, on Auj^ust 10, 1882, to Klizabeth Colvin. Mr. Mc\'etty has three children livinj; : James A., Ivli/.abeth, and Fmily. Hlizabeth, married .Alexander Miller, three childn n, residence, Island Hrook. I-DWAKI) NRWTON LINDSAY, firmer, born at Bulwer, July 4, 1841, where he has always lived Has held the otTice of councillor for nine years and valuator twelve years. Was married at Cookshire, October 21, 1862, to Kllen B. Garvin, decea.sed. Issue, five children, lour living; Newton Kdward, born November 5, 188: ; Nellie Sanford, born May 25, 1867, married Bertrand A. Alger, residence, Eaton Corner; Anna Gertrude, born October 21, 1869, married Ernest E Todd, residence, Birchton ; Mabel Lillian, born September 9, 1879. ISAAC COIT SMITH, farmer, born in Cookshire, January 12, 1820. He has always lived in the township of Eaton, with the exception of seven years in Minnesota. His father, Joseph B. Smith, was for a number of years deputy sheriff, and died in Johnville. Mr. Smith was married at Bulwer, January 12, 1848, to Julia Liud.say. Issue, four children, three living: George E., born December 13, 1853, married Elsie M. Learned, three children, residence, I'laton ; Jo.seph C, born April 17, 1S60, married Evelyn E. Learned, two children; Cecil Douglas, born June 16, 1S89; Helen Learned, born February 14, 1S93, residence, F)aton ; .Amanda E., born April 10, 1S55, married Austin Williams, eight children, residence, Bulwer. QEORQE OZRO BAILEY, farmer, was born at Moe's river, September 7, 1822. Mr. Bailey was married at N. Chelmsford, Mass., September 7, 1848, to Mary Ann, daughter of Isaac Wood. Issue, four children : George Harold, born October 17, 1.S55, married Adeline Butterfield, of Bristol, N. H., one child; Mary O., born July 26, 1852, married James Dawson, residence, W. Brattleboro, Vt., four children; Laura Etta, born December, 1853- Ada L, born Septembfr 7, , married Clark Harrington, residence. Knob View, Mo., six children. no uiswKy 01- Lo.unoN coiNtr. Ki:siiiiiMi; 1)1 ji .iiN SMITH .loriN SMim. t.iriiur, was luttii ill Ct«ik«.liiri', April ^, iS.'7, liis pauiits, ^iiniily alliT, iuii\iti)4 til Jiiliiivillc, wluTi* ill' lias siiUf ri'sidrd. Mi' lias liilil iiiaiiv III' till' piililii- iptrnTs ill tiiwii, aiiiiiii^ tlu'iii lii'iii^ tliat i^^ riiiiiK'illnr, valiia- tilt', tiiial iiispt.'1'tiir ami mad iiispci'tiir. Hi- was iiiaitiid at Ivast Hatlcy, IJiie, July I), iS^i 1, tit Cant- liiu', ilaiij^lilii' lit' I'iiTii' I.allaii', will) ilit'il at I.cn- iiowilK- ill iSsi IssiU', rmir cliililrcJl, tlirt-t- living' ; iuiK*.'iic PiiTii', 1)1)111 1 >f i.fiiilii'r 6, iSsi, man it'll ( )i.'li)l)cr III, iS.Sii; Ida Alberta Maria Manky, mic child ( Harlc C. H., Imni Di-rfiiihcr .'6, 1887*, ri'sidi'tice, Jnliiivillr ; Ivistacc I,, iiianicd, tirsl, Ada P. Colby, no cliildreii, secoiul, Nt'llic M. Mitclifll, two iliildicii iJaiiR-s R , bnni Ni)\ciii'".r 29, 1890, Mary M., born May i, 181)5) ; Rcjfinald Alexis, born May j^, nSfi;, married, Nnveiiibor b, 1S95, Klora I). Swan, of liirchton, residence, Jolinvillu. We present lierewilli two iiij,{ravin>;s. In the one of the old lu>me place, there may be seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their son Re^iiiiald. He is ),;eneral merchant and i)iistinaster at johnvillc ; the other is an en).;raviitK of the residence of Knj^ene P. Smith, and in front he and his fiinily miv In- stiii. h'nr ;i nninber of years Mr. Iv. P. vSinith was jjostmaster and j^eneral merchant at Jolin- ville, afterward sellinj^ out to his brother and devotinjj his time lo fanninjj;. He lias held the offices of .school commissioner, and is now one of the conn- cillors of Haton. WARREN C. SMITH. carriajre-makcr, was born in Johnville, Angnst 9, 1842, where he has always resided. He is a son of Abner M. Smith, who died March 21, 1894. He was married at Rnrlington, Vt., February 27, 1865. KKSii)i';.Ncr: oi' i';rr.i-:.\i-; v. .smith, IllSmS') i>/ r«»,l//7('.V >lit('r >>\ tlii' lutv KatiKoiiic I'IIIIm. Ishuc, otic hdii, liorii in iHhS, died III infaiuy. A photo I'lintaviiiM; ol I In- U'sidctjcc of Mr. Smith iui-oiiipanics (Ills nkctt-h. l!l)SON Alhl.MI MASIil.llNI!. laniiff, icsidfiil lu-ar Saiic'i Hill, was horn in the same place oii Miiy Jf), iSs(), III' his tiioMil amuiiil sonic, having lived in CookHhiro, VVcsthiiry, Scotstown, and Menantie, heiiiv; oittipied as sealer aii«l Inmlter eiillei. His parents, Alherl and Sarah ilMeiklil llaseltiiie, are tiiith dead. At ,Sluri)HioUe, Jiiiu- .'i, iSS.!, he married Clara Anna Hall, lH>rn in Maine, Novctnlier i(), iSs(). Issue, six ihildren : Hatold Iv, horn AiiKUSt i>p, i,S.S6; Alhert. horn Fehrnary 25, iHi).r. Knpert l-'., hoi 11 I'Vhruiiry .-s. 1895; Sarah M., horn jaiinary 1 |. "■^•'<|; Myitir P, horn Novcmhcr i |, 1S.S8; Kthel C... horn l-'ehruary \t>, tSi^t. .lOHN IIAIMiS rMilNCtl, laniur, was horn Noveiii- hi'i .', iS^s, in the township nl I-'.aton, where lie has always lived, with the ex- ii'ptioii of two years in X'jwpoit, IJiie. At Saw yerville, , 1861. Ki;siin;Nt.i'; nf w. c. s.Mirii. I.ATI: WILLIAM WII.I.AHI) \VHI:[:LKk. was horn in Cliarlcslown, N. H., NoveiMl)cr 7, 1807, diid ill Hulwer, April ,^, 1881. He tame to Comptoii eoiinty, with his father, Amos Wheeler, ill 181 1, and always lived in Ivatoii. where lie followed farming. He was a deacon in the I'liLwill Majjlist elmreli. He was married in Hulwer, March 25, 1861, to Caroline Jordan. Issue, Mvcn children; I'Hlsworth A., horn March 18, 1879; Adelia L., horn April 7, 1862, married Marshall Legget, residence, Auckland; Melvina L., horn Septcmhcr 30, 1863; Lilly J., horn Novemher 2(1, 1865; Nettie Iv, horn August 18, 1867; Mary M., horn Novemher 21, 1869; MMiiiie S., horn April 13, 1S72, married Wellington S. Brayel, residence, Allston, Mass. (il-OKOI: WASHINGTON SMITH, farmer, was horn in Cookshire, August 23, 1824. He always lived in IvUon ; at present in Jolmville. He has held offices of councillor and school commissioner. I'irst marriage, Dccemher 8, 1847, to Ahigail I.,indsay. Issue, Mary (1., horn June 22, 1849, married Rohert Cairns, seven children; residence, Sawyerville. Second marriage, August 26, 1854, to Olive Jane Coates. Issue, two children : HolHs S., liDrii July 16, 1856, married Jessie Manning, three children, residence, Johnville; Hibba'd j , horn September ii, 1862, married Minnie M. Suubury, two children, residence, Joinivilie. I. .J iftsroN^ oi lO.ut'roN toi'STV, JHAN-BAHTISTR DRI.IHI.R. furmcr, wiis li«)rn in nratifloii, Vt . April if). tS^s Tic caiur to Ciinadii ill iHs7, mul Id ICatoii in iS;;. Hi- inariiiil Rosa Ci'roliiu' CliiUfiit, of Ascoi, m I.iMinoxvillf, on May J, iHSi, Issui*. cijjlit cliildri-ii : Iosf|(Ii [., Ixmii Scpti-inlKT 2.j, rMH| ; l''rain,ois H,, liotii jaiinary ,m, iHS() ; Daniasf P., iK.rii April .»H, 1HS7 ; Artliiir H, Imrii Octolwr ,'7, iHyj ; Ai'Iiiu (Hivir, imrn l\'l)ritarv »7, iHi>s ; Maiif-I.imisi-, Itorn ( KIoIkt .V), iN>*j; Marie A. Anloiiifttc, Ijorn May s, iSSij; Marie V. AdoiiiMi, horn Aiimi'it n, i.Siji. JOHN (JkOVI! SliNHliUY. faniur, horn in Iviton. I'Vhriiary li, iSij. After marriage he lived in Clifton for iv years, then relumed to Hitvhlon. Was niarriid in Ivitoii, ( Ktohtr },\, iS4,s, to Mary Ann Pa.sinis. Issue, ten children, ei^ht liviiix: Alon/o H., horn Auxiisl iy, 1S56, married Christina Smith, «)ne child, residence, I'airhavcn, Minn,; O/ro W., honi Fehrnary u, 1861, married Mary Mott^er, two children, residence, S.ui jose, Cal. ; (ieor^e (J., horn July i). iS6^, married Mary ('.teen, residence. Kiml)all. Minn.; \\ illiert W, horn An^;ust ^8, i.S6(); I.ouisa M., horn August j,s, iHsi, married Daniel Foss, one child, residence. Mrixhton. Me.; Mary A., horn May i. iHsS, married Alphonso llod^^e, two children, residence, Fatoii Corner; Uattic K., l)orn March .'n, iSo.j ; Alma Ida, horn N«)veml)er \, 1871. (IHOUdH M. PAKKRH. farmer, resident near Johnville, was horn in .Ascot, ()ct< her i^ 185^). His father, Daniel T., moved to Coinpton in 1H58. Mr. Parker married Rue I,., dannhtcr of Menjamin C. Hailcy, of West Clilton. Issue, two children : Hessie A., hon March 2.), i8i>ii; Li/zic K., horn Mardi 11, i8i).j. WILLIAM J. WMITI;MAN, firmer and stone mason, living near Johnville, was horn in Katon, July 18, i8j.j. Married at Sherhrooke, Octoher !(>, iS().>, to Ivlvira ). Smith. Issue, seven children, five living: William (I., horn Octoher a, iS()^, married May M. Oxcndo// ; Hclle R., horn January 26, iSft^,, married Kd. Stevens; Alvin M., horn .August K), iSfu), married I'^ftie Cairns, two children; .\nstiii R. horn January 22. 1N71, married Ivmiiia Station, one child; residence, Sawycrville ; Ivva M.. married llerhtrt French, one cliild. residence, Warren, N. H. LATE HENRY LEBOllRVEAU, born in Hatcm, October .', 1X^7, died .same township March .'i, iMqi;. In his lifetime a farmer and postmaster. Was married in h)aton, I'ebruary 15, i^.iM, to Pliebe A. Currier. Issue, three children: Henjamin LeHourvean, born December n\ iShS, married Sarah H. Learned, December 18. i8()t;, residence, I''landers ; Fmma Persis, born March VJ, i8()2, married Alvin Lake, three children, residence, F^aton ; Mary FMlen, born F'ebruary iS. 1874, married Robert F'rench, one child, residence, Newport. EPHRAIM ABBOT WARD, farmer, was born in F^aton, December 26, 1822, and has always lived in Compton county. He was married at Co;)kshire, January 11, 1848,10 Irene French, born July 23, 1826. Issue, eight children: V'olney I'., born September 17, 1848, married Salome Washburn, residence, Hopkinsonville, Ky., five children ; C.eorge F^, born June 18, 1850, married Susan Station, residence, Whileficld, N. H., three children ; Horace A., born October 26, 1855; Sarah J., born January 16, 1852, married Ira Parker, residence, Montreal, four children; Cora A., born August 12, 1857, married Charles V. Weston, residence, Denver, Col, seven children; Fallen M., born June 11, i(S6i, married Robert Chaddock, residence, Eaton, three children ; Orra H , born September 19, 1863, married Walter Null, residence, Eaton, three children; Olive I, born January ly, 1869, married F^ W. Phelps, residence, Cookshire. ii/sroNV or lourroff cuiwry. i.,t III'.NJAMIN WII.I.IAM IHIZ/ll!. farmer, tt ri-Hidciit of Hiilw.r, was Ix.rii in Colmiihia. N. H., (iiiiiury J!,\, iH_\|, \h- v.uuv u> Ivitmi with IjIh parents, OrH.miiis and Driisilla (Hiilc-,) |''ii//lo, in |H|7. Ilin tatlur ili»(l jnly ,7, iHiy|, aj^i-tl civilly seven years, Ills nmilier luil ()ctol>cr 44, 1HH6, ancd siviiity three years. The Miihjcet of onr sketeli was inarrieii in Miton, I'Vlirniry .\, iSoj, t(i ICstlier, ilaii^'lit«T nf Sininel Sinitli, Issne, two eliildren ; William Ira, Iturn Ma\ i,\, 1S7J ; C«>ra A{ust J J, I St) J. WII.I.I'^M osCAk Col.liV, (.f jnlmville, was ixirn at Mnlwer, May J(, iHsv He has always lived in the township ot Ivuton, and tor several years was a rarmer, previons to lli^ aeeeplii'x a position as seeti<»nman on the Canadian I'acitic Railway. At Cookshire, Oclohcr 30, 1H71, he m u ried Melissa jane, d.in>.>hii'r of Tyler pupr, l'!s(|., who now lives in f.owell, \'t. Issne, seven eliildren ; (ieor),je W , horn Doeendn-r ,u. tSji); Re^^inahl J., horn MiU\h im, i.SS^; Aichie C, horn An^Mtst 31, iSSh; Philip I), born I)tccnd)cr i.Si iMSi , Myrtie ^,, hum October 13, i8'/s; (iraee I,, horn March i^, iSijo. WILLIAM rWilNCM, i'amier, a resident of I'landers, was horn in Cornwall, Miik. in 1^26. lie came to this comity in iH.),S, went to MaHsachnsetts in !S49, came hick to iCaton in iShi, and settled 011 the farm where he now tesides. Previous to his settlinjf here lie was n ciitiinetm iker hy trade. lie has been road inspector and valnator and conncillor for nine years. On Jannary 2, 1.S57, in Massachusetts, he married Ji'llizabeth McCiie Issue, ei>jht children : James VV., born April 20, 1862, married Hertha Scott, residence. Hlo.)mtield, N't. ; William, born Anj^nst 3, iS6|, marritd Ivsthcr Hums, residence, Newport; Robert l'\, born |)i.'cember .), iSdh, married Mary I.eHonrvean, residence, Newport, one cIiiM ; Henry, born November },, iHj\ ; Mar>>ery, born September y, 1H57, married W. Chamberlain, rcsidetue, Dixvillc two children; Mary, ')orii May 23, 1S60, married L. I). Chaniherlain, residence, Diwille; Mar>.;aiet I., born April 17, 1870, married Win. T. I^n^e, residence, Kansas City, Mo. ; I,iz/.ie W., born November 25. 1875. I;I)0AK NO«MA^ CHADDOCK. tanner, was born October 26, 1858, at the present homestead. It is loc;iled alumt half a mile from Cookshire, on the Sawyerville road, lie has always f<)llowcd farnnnj,', and made a snccess of the same, never haviiifj left the Iiom'> place. His father, Norman Ciiaddock, died here on December 27, i87(). At Cookshire, March 10, iSSd, he married Jennie, dan).;hter of the late John Clements (who died at Cookshire, Jannary 25, iSSS). Issue, three children; Gny, born August 21), 1.SS4; (iladys J. C K. K. C, born April 25, 1890, and a baby boy, born January 15, 181)5. WOliJ-KT HHNRV CHADDOCK, sr., farmer, Hvinj^' at Riverdale, Katon. He was born in E:U(»ii, July 24, 1S27, and has always lived iu the County. He has been a corporal and lieutenant ill the Cookshire Troop of Cavalry. His father was the late Luke Chaddock, of Katon. Mr. Ciiaddock was married at Katon Corner, May 12, 185 1, to Mary Ann, dauj,(liter of the late Luther Iv Hall, of Katon. Issue, eight children : Rolnrri Henry, born February 29, 1852, married Nellie Ward, residence, Katon, three children; James Craig, horn April 2;^, 1854, married Licena Hunt, residence, Milton, Mass.; Charles Kdward, born August 27, 1S62; Herbert Austin, born January g, 1865; Abbie A., born March 21, 1858; Klva M., born April 19, 1860; Pertie K., born April 23, 1S68, married Charles K. Hollett, residence, Miltoii, Mass. ; Kmina A., born July 2, 1872. io,( /f/S70K)' OF COU/'/ON iV'/W/>', KOHBRT HI-NRY CHADOOCK. farmer, livinj; two miles cast of Cookshire, on the Fliiry road, was l)orii at Jordan Hill, township of Iviton, l-'ehrnarj' 2(), 1S52. He has always lived in the Township and followeil farming'. Mr. Chaddnek is \'. C. R. Court Cariboo, No. 177, C. O. F. At Cookshire, h'thtiiary 2\, i88h, lie married I{llen M., horn June 11, iHdi, daiij^hter of Jvphraini A. Ward, I>(|. Issnc, tliree ehildreti : Luke W., horn Novemher 2i), iSSS; \Vill)cr A., born April 27, 1891 ; Horaee A , l)orn March 22, 1S95. ANDREW HHNWY IRWIN, farmer, came to Sand Hill in iSS.), i)urehasin>,' his present farm from estate late Chester WaiiK-r. He was born in Roddeti, (Jue., .Septeml)er ji, 1S51, His father, William Irwin, died at vSand Hill, November 28, I1S77. First marriaj^c at Sherbrooke, March i(\ 18S0, to Maria Waid, of Lcnuoxville, who died in 1.SS7. Issue, two children : Charles Henry, born March 16, iSSi ; Frederick Iv , born December 26. 1SS2. Second marriage at "^Cookshire, September 16, iSqi, to Celia Coates, of Hirchtou. WILLIAAi JOHN IRWIN, owner of the old Irwin farm at Sand Hill, was born at Rodden, ^ue., March 27, i.s6;v Came to Sand Hill with parents in 1S76. At present Mr. Irwin is traveler for K. N. Heney is: Co., Montreal ; he was for four years turnkey in the Sherbrooke gaol ; four years in charge of Sherbrooke library and re.idiug room, and several years traveler for H, C. Wilson & vSons, Sherbrooke. On August 25, 1S.S6, at Sherbrooke, he married F'lorence L., daughter of Captain John Woodward, building and bridge inspector for the Canadian Pacific Railway. vShe died April Si iNSS. EDWIN DIAH AI.OER, farmer, son of Horaee Alger (deceased 1.SS6) and Jane Ross, of Vermont, his wife. He was l)orn at Ivitou Corner, May 10, iS^i, in the house he now resides in. Mr. Alger went to California in 1S7S, where he remained tiine years, when he returned to his paternal home and took to farming. He is a mnnicipal councillor of his native township. His great-grandfather came from the state of Massachusetts in iSoi, and settled at Ivaton Corner, on a portion of which laud the subject of this sketch now resides. His grandfather, .Asa Alger, died within a few years, at Baton Corner, at a ripe old age. B. A. ALQER, farmer, a resident of Eaton Corner, was born at that place, May 16, 1S5S. He is a son of the late Henr}' Alger. On December i, iSc)2, at Bnlwer, Que., he married Nellie S., daughter of E. N. Lindsay, Esq. Mr. Alger has always followed farming on the old home place, which forms part of one of the first farms in Eaton. T(3\VX Ol'" COOK.SIIIRK. This place derived its name from Captain John Cook, one of the first .settlers, and was first called Cookshire by Colonel Taylor after Mr. Cook's death. Previous to June, 1S92, this formed part of the township of Eaton, but in that year it was incorporated as a town, with charter granted by the Provincial legislature. It is just two miles square, and has a population of one thousand. According to the best data we can obtain, we are inclined to select the year 1897 as the time when the first opening was made at Cookshire in the great wilderness then stretching from Quebec to Lake Champlain in an almost unbroken surface. We find that what records the descendants of the early settlers do possess, do not strictly agree in all points. For instance, one account says that a Mr. John French and his two sons came /ffsroh'v ()/• coMrroN county. ms Mill) Katon in 1797 aiul tuade ttic first settlement, while nnotlier informs us tliat in i7().S tlicre were only four families in Iviton, vi/ : — ^^losiah Sawyer at Sawycrvillc, a Mr. Powers at Cooi;htred had to pay (' i for it. His tirst term hej^an in iS2.|, and lie had 111 make reports to jfovernmeiit at certain intervals. He was obliged hy his a^Metmeiit to leach >,'ratis a certain nnmher of scholars whose parents were too ])oor to pay the rate, and at (me term he had as many as a half a dozen at least of these children. He also tiiok a certain proportion of his salary in prodnce. He tan^lit twelve years. In lookinj^; over copies of his school jonrnnl for the years 1S24, 1N26, 1S34, we find many familiar ii:imcs, sMch as Nancy I'arnsworth, Henry (Hon. John) Po])e, Cyrus Bailey, Rnfns Pope, Johnathan I'Veneh Taylor, John l-'rench, Moses Lebonrvean, Charles Lebonrvcan, Charles l'"arnsworth, I'Vanccs Cnnimin^js, Isaac Smith, Albert I-'arnsworth, John McXicol, Persis Hailcy (now Hon. Mrs. Pope), Richard W ilford, Albert Pope, Amanda Pailey, I.nther JMench, Joseph Taylor, An^j. Taylor, Snsan Onj^htred (now Mrs. John (looduin) John liailey, I.ncy Taylor, Jonas Osj^ood. Other teachers were Robinson Ouj^'htred, Miss Kmily Ijench, Ivmily Cnniininj,'s, Miss Susan On^'htred, Horace Metcalf, Miss Jane W'ilford, Miss Sarah Hnrd, Henry Hnntinj^, Rodolphns Harvey, Miss Ivlla Parsons, Miss Maria I''arnswortli, and W. H. Ives, (now Hon.), Miss Alice Taylor, Miss Ajjfj^ie Wilford, Miss Slacey and Miss Miller. Miss On^htred tanght for twenty-six years at various ])eriods 111 1.SS4 a move was made looking to the establishment of a model school. A committee consistinjj of W. H. Learned, W. \V. Bailey and H. H. Sawyer was chosen to solicit subscriptions for the erection of a suitable buildinjf. They found this not to be i)racticable, and after duly considerinjf the matter, they applied to the Board of School Commissioneis to levy a tax upon tile district. They consented, and twenty-five mills were laid, giviii>j 52.,V"> for that object. The committee were al.so empowered by the commissioners to select a site for the bnilding, l)i;v and proceed with its erection, which they did at a cost of #;,,5cx). At its completion many thought it too large for any school that would ever be taught in Cookshire, but in 1.S91 it had to be nearly doubled in size and is all occupied today. The school had the strong support of Hon. J. H. Pope, and at his death a legacy of 55,0(k) was left by iiini to be invested for its benefit. This has proved a very great help and insures its future success. The statif of teachers at present are Mr. Connolly, principal ; Miss Ayerst, and Miss Stevens. LATE CYRUS ALEXANDER BAILEY, farmer, was born in "The Old Home," of which we Kivc an engraving herewith, on Kebrnar}- 2, 1S21. Mr. Bailey- always lived in the same iiouse and died there Januar}' 3, 1SQ4. In the engraving Mrs. Bailej' may be seen standing in the doorway, while those in tVont are Mr. 1'. H. Osgood (who now owns the home j)lace), Mrs. Osgood and Misses M. A. and P. K. A. Bailey. Orsamns Bailej' and his wife, Margaret Whitman (siie came from Holland to America at the age of 16), came from Leamington, \'t., in 1797. They were among the first settlers that wintered in Eaton, traveling thirty miles into the woods with no other guide than a spotted line, and settling in Cookshire "u the farm now occupied by Charles Frasier. Issue, nine children, and the four sons all settled on parts of the original Bailey property. Daniel married Betsey Snnbnry, moving later to New Hampshire; Rnfns married Miry Cook, died in Cookshire; Jared married vSophia Strobridge, died in Cookshire; Betsey married Hazzard Terrill, died in vSherbrooke ; Mary married Amos Hall, of New Ireland, Que., died in Cookshire ; Nancy married Ira Hall, died in New Ireland, Que. ; Abigail married James Frasier and lived on the old I..S /'/v/v'A')' or C(iui'/\>i\ ;tnn, \'t , (.-nniin^ to I'iatou with his paronls when four j'ears ot" a^e. He nsed to tell of often k"'"VJ '" Siierhrooke when there were only lliree houses there. The nearest market for the settlers was Three Rivers. At that time the travel to market in .viiiter was priiieipally on the iee, and he often related nai row eseapes from K"''"K under tlie iei'. l''or many smnnurs Mr. Hailey carried |)earlasli and prodnee of ihe towusliijis in a hoat down tlie St. I-'raneis to Port St. I-'raneis, retnrninjj loaded with necessaries for tlie settlers. He settled on pirt of the fai in or land first taken up 1)\ his father in Cookshiri', and lived there until \\\> (KmiIi, Novemhei |, i.S()<). He married SaUy Ko>.;e's in iSi(), who die, I in the lollowiu^j yeai' I'or his second wife he married the \ idow I-'rciuh, Hi'r Amy Hall, in iSjo, whose hnslKiml was drowned at the Hrompton tails. She had llirtc children ; Al)i>;ail, married Tyler Hnrd ; Horace, now liviui.; in Scotstown, married Har- riet Ward ; John, m.irried tlrst Ksther Harlow, secoiul Msther Ward. Hy Ward Hailey's seeoiul m;n ria^;e he had four children : Cyrus, William, Persis and Ann. William died when filteeu years of a).;e. I ersis marrieil tlie ate Ki;siiii-:.Ncr: lu- tiii': i.ati-; c. a. ii\ii.i;v. Hon. Jidiu Henry i'ope ; Ann married .A. W. Pope, dieil in Cookshire ; Cyrus, the .vuliiect of this sketch, received his education in the hest scluiols of l*!at(m, and .afterward at the school of Mr. T. OuKlitred. He was married in Katon, by Rev. H.J. Slierrill, on July S, !,S.(,),to Pjiiily Ruhamah French, horn October V'. ■•'^-io. Her father's name was Luther Saj^e I'reiieh, born I'ebru.iry 2(>, 1775, in I'!ufield, Conn., died in Iv'ton in 1S59. Issue, ele\'.'U cliildreii : William W., born April 14, i'^57 ; Kmnia M., born Sejitember S, 1S5S, married Malcolm \\. Macaulay, four children, residence, vScotstown ; Persis Klvira Ann, born October 21, i.S6(i; Laura A., born March i, 1S62, married Frederick F. Osgood, residence, Cookshire. Mr. C. A. Bailey, during his lifetime, was alway.s active in business, foremost in public enterprises, and highly esteemed by his townsmen. He was mayor of F^aton for many years, and ///\/v >/,')■ ('/■■ ((yvrroN (Oi'X/y. I>H| Ni'iretiiry-triMMiMT u'i Cniii|)t(iii loiiiily tor twiMitysi-vi'ii yi'irs, fiiiiimissiniier lor Ciriiiit Cmirt Mum iS5() to llif time of his diMtli. Mr. I>.iilcy spent imiih time in soliciting; stock snlisiriptions 111 ilic Ivistt-i II Tounsliips I>;ink, aftt-rwanls cstahlislifd at Slu'rljrooki'. I'or many vcars lie was a ;er for the Cookshire Mill Company, eldest son of the late Cyrns A. Hailey, was horn in Cookshire, April i.}, 1S45. He attended school at the academy here, vShcrhrooke academy, Hij^li school, Royalton, \'t., and for two years Si. I''rancis collej^je, Richmond Mr. Hailey has spent his whole life in the business of liunl)erin}f and conlractinj.^. When a young man he went into lumbering at Island Hrook. While there he was councillor of Newport for eight years, and mayor part of the time. .'^liortly after leaving Island Brook, he acce])ted a responsible position with the Cookshire Mill Companj', and has since remained with them, at the present time having full charge <>l all their outside business. Mr. Hailey was a councillor in Katon for nianj' years, resigning when Cookshire was .set off as a town, and chosen here by acclamation. He was mayor of the town in 1S94 and 1S95. He is a Masou and Forester, and been a no //IS/ON) (V ((M//7(',V lOl^A'/i: jtjstiif lit' till.' piMii' lur twc'iity-fivc year.s. Mr, Hailcy has Ik-cii a loiimilliir lor ovrr twenty years, and ilnrin^ all tliat tiini- has never had a (.ojitest at ilif jiolls, At Islaini Urook, N'oveinltcr i, iS-|, ju- married Xaoini N. Weston, dan^Iiter of James W'lstoii. Issne nine iliildren, se\en living: Arllnir 11. W., Ixirn (Ktulter i |, iSyj; Knlns ( )., hum Deeemliir iw, i''^77. dii'd jannary n), 1S7S; Clara M. M, Ixtrn Septenil)er iS, iNj.s; (lecHAjianna K. (5, li )rn Jnne 19, 1S71); K. Iv Ivvelyn, l)iirn Oetnher .>S, iSSi; rnderiek 11. \V , l)<)rn N'nviinl)er i ;,, iSS;, ; I.ucy IC. M , l)nrn May .'S, iSSs, tlied I'Vhriiary i_', iSS(); I.eiia M. M., Imrn Manli j, iN.S;-; (Irctelien I,. I,., liorn Mareh 5. iNi)(). .Vceompanyinjs' this deseription will l)e lunnd a pielnre of the residence of Mr Mailey, loe.iteil at tlir eornei (if Kailmad and Pleasant streets, Cookshire, and in iVunt pari nf w'lieli the lamily aie j.;roii])e(l. Mk .\N1I MUS. IIOK.XCi; II. I!.\ii,i;y. HORACE HENRY IJAILEY was born in Cookshire, (Jne., December 7, iS.};. Received a common education at schools in Cookshire and Katon. He enlisted in the Cookshire cavalrj' at the ajj[e of fourteen, was the first young man from Conipton county to attend the Military scliool in Montreal, established by Militia General Order of February 10, 1S65. He received a .seccnid class certificate May 16, and first-class certificate June 12, same year. He raised and commanded the first company, consisting of fifty-eight officers and men, of volunteer militia in ICaton, in May and Jnne, 1S67. After he became of age he went to the Western States, remaining about three years, then returned to Cookshire and was engaged at construction work on the International railroad. On April S, 1S73, he received a request from the .secretary of the uavy at Washington, D.C., to proceed at once ///.s/r>A'> ('/• (in//'/vx (orx/y. m t.t Marc I^liiiiil, Ciil. Tliici- days later lit' was niarrii-d to Martha Mli/a, (laiivjlitrr nf Hfiirv l^tKviii I.abcu'i', of Ivitoii, and Ufl iiuiiii-dialtly fir tin.' I'atitic Cuast, iitmiiiiij^ jimc 5, iiiIIiiwiiiK- 'I'l'i' l'>lli>\vin^ ycai- la- Imilt and (UTiipifd tlic lionsu hi'twioii C. C. Haili-y's ami tlu' Cooksliin' Mill Compuiiy's store, Cooksliin-. He was tlcctvd a (.iiiiiuilliir of Ivitmi ill lamiary, 1^75, and served tlnvo years. In 1S7S he went to the Madoe distriet in (liiiario and iinlid luinin^ inai him ly. I''ailinv; in hi-^ iiudrrtakinK he uenl uesl n|' I.ake SnperiiM and did snii i nntraet wnrk i<\\ the railruad. At ihr eoinpletinn i>\ unrk In- uenl |.. Ral l'iirla;^e, luiill llii' first stailip mill in the I.ake i>\ [\\v Wdcids disiiiet, I/iler, in i.iiii|iiiiy uitli twi) iiliuis, proeitri'd timln r limits and Imilt a steam sau mill. !)iiiiiiL; the KIS.m|.;nc|.; Di- C1I.\1<1,KS C. li.Ml.l'A'. tnmhle , 1N71; I'.tluUii ('.r.ui, \»>\\\ ill l.^.<'k^llit•l•, \ii\iiii1ki „•(>, 1S75; Uiiliis < (is.iiiiii^, Imiii ill CiMikNliiii', I'llmiarv im, l.^7l); Maria AiiKHsla. Imiii in Cntiksliiif, Si]itiiiilK'f 1'), i.s.s j, ilii'd JiiK 1 I, i.s,S(); I.iu\ Lillian, Im.mi in ( )tta«.i, May a, IS.S.S; Jl'ssii- Mlll'll, ImHII in (dl.lW.I, I »iiillllnl ',1, I.Sljo. I'lluln- ».'iij;ia\ iiii;"' "I Ml', ami Mis. |!.iiK\ ai i iini|>.iii\ lliis skit* li. CM AkI.liS Ci.i;\ i'ii.ANI) liAII.IIY. watilitiiakn ami jiwiIiT. was limn in C<«iksliirv, May 12, iS.si. M" i.s a son ol tin.' lati' Cyiiis .\. Haili\', a pininiiu'iil citi/iii of C'lHiksIiiii-, ami wi'Il knnwn tliiniij^lKnii till' 'ri)\Mislii|is. ( )iir siiliji'it livi'il in C(»)ksliiii' until 1.S71), wlicn lie jniiud a lunipany of voliin IctTs and scrvi-tl one year in the IiinI \»liter ul Cr.ii}.^ Popf, I'Nd. Issue, three ehildreii, two liviii),': Mdw.ird .\ithiir, i)orn July 10, i.s.Sj ; hjliel (lerlrude, Imhii Auj,misI .|, i.s.S^; Carl AleN.iiider, horn l*'el)iuaiy ^, i.s.so, dieil when three years of n^v. .Aeeoinpanyiii),' this sketeli is an eir^'raviiii; of the rcsideiiee of Mr, M.iiley, located at the eorner of Railroad and M.iiii streets. ( )n the ),;roun(l th)or, faiinj^ Rail- *" ro.id street, is his jewelry shop and V. S.eonsnl oftiee. AKIHl'R H. W. liAil.HV, maiiaj^er of the Cooksliire Mill Company's dressinj,' mill at Heeeher I'alls, \'t , is a son of William W. Hailey, of Cooksliire, jjeneral maiKij.jer of the same eoiiipany. He was horn ()ctol)er i,|, iN7J, at Island Hrook. He was educated at the Cooksliire Academy and Commercial School, Accompanying; this sketch is the portrait of Mr. Bailey. .XMKKIC.V.S" llolSI-:. !■■. 1:. OSC.OOI). rRoi'KiiiioR. f/ts/i^N) or (O.w/'/ox ^^>l'^'ry. • i.» (.iMiKsiiiKi: iio.si:, A. i,i:.\RNi;i). I'Kni'uii'.mK, '5. aiK (I AI.DHN l.i:AKNi:l), pniprictor oi" llii' Cdoksliiiv Ilmisi-, \\;is Ikhii in Cimksliiiv, ( )i.'t()!ii'r 1842. Hi' is a son of William lA'aiiiid, and a ,v;niii(ls()ii nf IvIn'mviT lA'ana-d, (HU' of first si'ltliTs in Ivaloii, wlinsc liislorv may Ik' found uilli that of John I'". lA'arncd till.' liomi' ])lac(.'. Alik'n lA'anii'd, onr snhjt-'tl, in January, iSdS, wIumi l\\t.'nlyfiv(.- years f {\^v, |)nrcliasf.^raviu.i;' of the Cooksliire House, in front of which U'ay he seen Mr. and Mrs. Learned, Mrs. Moore and ,s lU His ION y Of- iUurroN lorNir. MIhm I,i'iiriU'tl, III it a piililir spiritiil itiati, wlm Iiiin roiU'i-i\ifl iiiiit nirriiil llirnii^'ii inntiy U'lU'fuiiil niiMMiUH. that liaxi- >{rfi tl> anniHtid C"«>k«|iin'. Ilin jml^Mmiit i«« imu li MHi>{lit aftiT, and liiH K'wv ri-mly ami prailital tu-lp in idirii inIiiuUiI Im iIuim' in luMililr. Ilv wan oiii' of till- pri>viHii>nal «liri'vttir<» of tlu* lUri-fonl Kailwav, and ntmu'i'ti-cl aH HttK'klntldrr iuul iiiIviMT vvitli nil lin.il pnlilii iiitirpriHi-H. Mr, l.i'armd wan marrit-il at CS, t>liiri,' in iS;;. h«.iu', two daiinliti i"' ; l.iui.i. lH)ni April 17. iSoS, niaiiifd April 17, |S(),|, to W, R. MiMiri'. iMMik-kirpir Coiimrtiiiil Kivtr l.imilKT Company, oni' iliild, ri'Hidi'iKi', W'lNt Sli'wartstown, \. II.; (IfttrKic II., Iwiii \o\rinlnr .'7, 1H77. WII.I.IAM MI'.NMY l.liAHNIil). mayor of Cooksliirc and manager C{oo»ain reelected in I'ehniary, iSi)(). He held the office of warden of the County in iSSc;. He labored hard in or^aniziiiK the Comptoii County Kiberal-Conservativc Association, and held the office of sccretary-treasnrer nntil 1S9S, when he resi^^ncd. lie has also been connected with all local enterprises, which he has assisted by money and labor. Mr. Learned was married at I.ennoxville, July 4, 1H76, to Miss A. Iv Fisher. Issue, two children: WiUiain I'idwin, born Aunnst 2, 1882 ; Helen Mabel, born Anf;nst 31, 1.S79. JOHN HRANCIS I.RARNI-I), farmer, was born in Cookshire, November 17, 1857. He owns and occnpies the farm ori>»inally cleared by the Learneds, one of whom was an associate in securing the grant for the township of Katon. His great-grandfather, Abijah Learned, moved from Union, Conn., to Columbia, Coos county, N. H., in May, 1772. He was elected a member of the first New Hampshire Legislature, and while returning home from one of the sessions, died suddenly at Lancaster. Konr sous of this Leanied (sometimes called Larned), Abel, James, Royal and Kbenezer, came to Canada. Abel, eldest of the four, was taken prisoner during the revolutionary war and carried to Quebec. On the march he saw among his captors ri;sii)i:nci. nr joii.n v. i,i;.\r.ni;ii. ail Iiiiliiin wliDiii IiIh iiutthcr hiul trvatrit witii kimliu'ts, iiikI the Iiiiliiin ritriiiitlu'd him with tiHid ami hi'I|K'i| hint, lit- uas iilxiiit iiiticU'fii yiirn of u^i' ttt the time nf i'a|itiuc, ami loiiliticil at niu'lici' two yccrs, stitTvriii^' miuh tnr want of food ami ilnthiii^, lit-iiiK vM'hati^cd iii (Ik- climv of the wur. Ill- i-aiiii* to Ivitmi alioiit tHi>.S, tiviiiy; lii-ri- ti-ii yi-ars, tcacllill^' mIuxiI |uirt i)f tilt' timi'. I If (lii'd at Kyi-K'ttc, \'t , in iS\ri, !iavin){ Hvvcral timt-H ri*|irrHi*nifi| liiM town in llir I.i'xislatiin-. laiiu-s I,»iiiiuil was nm- <>J' tin- fust >.i-ll!i-t«t nii I,ak«- Mi-iii|(Iiniii,i)^it^', iimviiij^ lluri! with his lamily. Hi- tlii.l Apiil j. i7<)i;, Icavinn a widow iTIuiKl.it.i Siiiiih, ol" Strallord, N. H.), and five iliiidn-n Koyal I.rariu-d was oni- oi tin- assoiiatcs to whom tliv TowiiHliip wuM Kraiitrd. Hi' loialt-d on (hi- wi-st rnd of thv pri-Hi-nt I.vanii-d farm, hi > hoiisi- hi-in^ hnilt U-Iiiv\ (Iir I'lsliiliitinii j^iiiiiikU. Ilt-n- hr diid in iSio, ic.iv iiiv; a Jar^i I'aiiiily, all n|' wIkmii lia\i- iiioM'd away. 'IMu' VKiiii^ist mmi, |-)Ik lu/ti I.ianud, i-« said tn Iia\i' liriii (Ik- fiisi white iliijd lidtii ill C diimltia, N. II.. his dale nt" hirlli Imiiv; Jiim- -'|. 1771. Ili- was with his Idntlu-i Janus at I.aki' Ml iiipluvmav;u^, Imt laim- to Malmi in ilu spriiivj of 171M), and i'»iiiniriui-d a rli-arin^ nil land adjiiiiiiii^; that of his 'ihiiIut Unyal mi tlu' las'. Iliir he hiiilt .1 In^ liuii-^c whi-n- llii' pivsi'iil l.iaiiiid liiiiiir>«t' .id stands, and nii ( Ktnlni 1, I7i|'», iiianird llu' wiilnw of his lirothiT janii's. Me dud .jiiu ■ s, \>>\i\ •>\\<-' y Mlias ('■ates. At lli.it tiiiu' m\ father owned a pair of steers, two lo-vs and tlirie or four sheep." That was the l)e>^iiiiiinv; of many of the hest I'arins in the l-^astern 'Powiiships. Herewith ue present an eiiKravinj; of the home ])laee as it at ineseiit appe,irs, with Mr. ,|ohii I-', Learned and family in front. Just heyoiid the house is loealed the extensive >,n-oiinds of the .'^t. l-'raiuis Live Stoek Assoeiation. with a ^ood halt'-niile traik. ( )iir snhjeet is a son of William and .Mai>;aret (KeeiianI Li-ariied, ;ind has always lived on the home plaee. llis l"ather died here May 7, 1^71, a);ed sixty-two years, and his mother died March i, iSi).}, a)j;ed ,sevt-nty-twi He is one of tin- projrri-ssive fanners of this seetion, hri-ediii); hij,fh-elass horses and lattle. He has Keen eoinu-eted with the cavalry for the jiasl ril'teeii years aiul now holds the rank of major of the l-'ifth Dranoms. He is a director of the Ivistern Townships \),;riciiltiiral Associat'dii, was one of the first directors of the St. l-'rancis Live Stoik .\ssociation, iiid is connected with other aj^ricnltiital societies. Holds the othce of S. W. in l*"riendship Lod^'i-, \o. ()'), .\. l'". iS: \. M. Mr. Learned was married at Sherhrooke, June 15, i.S.Si, to Ivmma .\., dau).iliter of the late CK(il- WKI.I.IN(iT()^ COOK, farmer, was born on the farm where he now lives, March 1, 1X5^. His j^raiidfather, Capt. John Cook, was one of the first rs to come into Ivaton, havinji; married Hsther Abbot before leaving the I'liited .States. He settled on lots II and 12 in the c;th ran^e, and his house was on the opposite side of the road from IIA msn^A')' Of'' ciwrnhv totwrv, that i>i' uiir Hiilijivt ; •tlmrtlx .tiflir, lii'> l<>^ liinlitiii^>> uiir ItiiMitil, uh ti lu frt'ilnl ii fniitlr liiMiM* oil till- M > iif <«|)iii ill iiIn)iii iHMo. C>i|>t.iHi Joliii CiHtk ilit'il ill iMji), liii\iiiK t'K'iiml n|i .1 l.ir({i' fiirni ami lUiiiniiihili'it oMitiiltnililt' |»ti>|KTlN . Mi' wiit |H'rr III' tiiiii til. It CiiU- oi' till ttvir, utii-rc Iiih hiui jtiliii 11, hum li\i'i«; Jiiliii Cnii^, ulii) iiilicriii'il iimii> dI' tlic iidMc i|ii(iliticH nf liii fallu-r, tiN>k tlu' limii*' pliicv, iiii|>ri)\iiiK tlii' farm .nut K'i^<>iK lii** iiHtiiMtaiUT Id .ill piihlit iitirpriM'H. iMitiiiK lii-> Hfi** tiiiir lit- liltt'tl m.tiiv ptililii dIVik'h, ami M tlic tim«' nt lii>> iKatti, AiikiihI i(t, i.s.sj, lu' \uih I'oln.U'l III' lliv M-iU'iilaty militia. Hin m>ii, ('ii'DiKi' N\ • CiNik, tlu- ^iilijict nl' tlii^ Hkiti-li, Iuin RKSI|Pi;.N\ I'. Ill lil'dKl-i; U CuiiK. always livnl oii tlif Imnu- faiiii, Iiav iii.i; itu|)tn\i(l il ami Ik'Ihv; iniisidiMi'd mu' of ilu' ln'st faiiiUTs ill tills sciiinii. Hi' was iiiairiicl ,it Saw yiT\ ilir, jiiiif <), i.S-ti, U> luulma Isaln'I!.!, (laiij^liliT 111' Will, 'riioiiias, wliii (liril at Sauyriv illr in iSi)i. IssiU', li\r iliildivii : V,. Hnwanl, 1x1111 July \i>, i.S.S;, ; William C, Imrii .jiiiif ii. iSi)'>; McTtlia W., Imni I kwrnln'i ID, 1S.S5 ; Iv Hlamlu-, Imrn May y>, 1.SS7. 'i'lii.' picliin.- j,n\i.'ii Iumvw itii is of tin.' Iioim'sli'ad located jiist al)o\i' tlu' meadow, ,1 frw luimlrcd frrl soiilli of llu' Ivatoii rivir. Tliosi' in tlu' j^roiip aiT till' faiiiiiiis of Mr. (',10. W. Cook and Iiis cousin Mr. John H. C<")k, wlio arc tlic iiily rc])ii,scnl,iti\is left of tlu' Cnok name in llic Comity. CAPTAIN .lOHN HHNKV C(M>K. fariiuT, was Ixirn J.iiin.iry i.S,}5, on tlie farm now occupied liy liim in Cooksliiic, and where he has always lived. Mr. Cook has been a coiincilloi /tfsn^K)' lu (oxtrm.v roi'xry '•7 III tlti timiixliit) 1)1 K.itiMi. Kcliiiol iMiiMiii>«>»luiiir, wiinU'ii nf St. ISut'm vlnmh, jiiHtiu' of tlu |tt'iuv. Wii" till* ftrwt Nvi'ii'iiiry ImiHiinr •►f llu* St. I'miiiin \,\\v StiK-k .\>»*iKlatli»ii. IK- wax 1 imiiil»i <»»■ ilii' C'lMtk-'liiri' 'rtiH»|> of C«\i»lr>. frmti i.sjm to i.S;i», tlicii •|iiiiri»rmii-»ti'r of tin- I'lltyvinlit lui'talioii, l.iiii II Ijiu.iiii. mill xv\\r.'<\ in iHSS, with ntik of lapt liii. \\v >{ni'lii;itril in Mii>, 1M7J, from llu- Moiiitval inililary hiImni), nriivinv: liixi itaxn niiiruati'. .\«» a ruiulKt of till' I'livdlry. Ill- t)N>k |).ui III till' |'\'iiian taitt al StaiiHttiiil, in iHrx», and at IViliKlixtMirK ill i.*<7it, Mr, C'lHik was niariii. Iiniii III L'lMik-iiiiu, July a, iS,v\. lie- wiMii to 'IVniU':>x.\' in i.s,sS. riinniinK to Cookxiiirt ill i.S()i; aflcrwarilx In- livid ill 'roroiito aii'l In ["' li.itiipotis, tnd., ^'oiii); to c '.iliiotiiia in 1S7 |, wlutv Ik has luiii siii'irxHfiil. was mart III 1 .11 ( ) K iK iislairn. \. v., M.i\ 1 |. iM»|. inCliarlotti- Cnnli-lia ( iMiiId, w III' llu il l'\lii ii.u \ iS, i>^'^- Isslli.oltr daiiuli UY ; I-'loiviur ICslrlla.lMitii I inTiiiliii Id, |S()S, ni.n ijiil AliA.MiiKi I,. Mm i;i\ , ivsidiiiii', MiiK'kv illi', < Mil., luiuliililrni. Mr. Caswill's, ;;r:iliill';itlur, Aptlmrp Cas Mill, was iilU' 111 till' lllst si'itlcr.s mill niif III' till' assii vJMti's wild tii'''t liiiik lip laud in Matoii, Koiu April I J, 1 771 1, dii'd Indiniary 15, i->-,.s, his uilV, .\uiarilla Iliildcn, horn January i.s, 177.;, dinl Uci'i-uihcr 15, i.s^n. Issiu', nine cliildivii ; lua.slu.s II. Caswidl, tin." fallur of mir suhji'ct, was I)orn in Cool shite, Maivli i.s, 1S03, died .April -m, iSS;, iii.irriid Pi'isis N. I.i'nf the lit ///.s/OA')' ('/•• CdUP'nW liU'NrV. Masonic locly^f. Our siiltjcct was iiiairicd at Cookshiif, Jamiary .', iSSq, to Al)i>;ail S. M., (laiij;IitiT of John I.mliali Imviu'Ii, wlio was l)()tn in Cooksiiiii, Jamiary 2M, I'Sio, and died here January 17, 1.SH7. He was a ijroniincnt uK-niiaut of Cooksliiro lor many years, and for some time secretary-tn.'asurer of IvUon. Issm.', two children : James Levi, horn April 10, iMijo; Hsther Mary, horn Dcccmhcr jS, iSi)|. JOHN WILKINSON, siiiiof imnilni- t>f llu' lirm of Wilkinson Hros., pliolojirajjliers, was horn in !^colIand, March i), iSfu. His father, Hathnrst I-Mward Wilkinson, of I'otlcrlou, Yorkshire, Ivni;., late of the l-'ourlh I)ra,u(ion (Ina'-ds, scr\cd duriuj; tlu' Criniran war; and also held llu' office of Chief Coinit\ Ma.i^islrate of I.ecds. ICnj;., for some linie. John Wilkinson was educated at the ( )\fonl military colkiLii', and came to Canada in .juuc, iSS.|. ! K' settled at Ihrchton and went to California in 1SS5, \.\w\\ hack to the Old Country where he studied at the London Polytech- nic School of IMiotoj^ra])hy. Returning to Cookshire in iSqi, he, in company with his hrother Alfred, purchased the ]di()toj»raph husiness of H. H. VVecdeu, in the sprinjj; of iS()2, which has since heen successfully carried on. At Cookshire, Oetohcr i, 1S85, he mar- ried Millieent, dauj^hter of S. H. Botterill, win. came to Cookshire in 1.S.S4, and died there in 18S9. By this marriage there is one daughter: Hva Millieent, horn August 5, 1SS6. ()ri';uATiNi; roh.m, sh'ihd in wii.kinsijn ukos. ALFRED WILKINSON, the junior mend)cr of the firm of Wilkinson Bros., was horn at Antwerp, Belgium, Decendier k], 1S67, and was educated at Wellington college, Berkshire, Kng. He went to California in i8S,S, cf)ming to Cookshire in 1S91, afterwards returning to California, lie again settled here in i8g;,. He was married at San Francisco, Cal., April 4, 1S9;,, to hUhel Bigland. The firm of Wilkinson Bros, took the photographs for the engravings used in the " History of Compton County," and the work here shown speaks for itself. We give herewith an engraving, showing inside view of their operating ro(.m at the studio, Cookshire. ALEXANDER ROSS, collector of customs, was horn in Lingwick, August i, 1S50. When sixteen years old he was appointed secretary-treasurer of the School Commissioners and held that position nntil he was twenty-one years of age. He was then elected a meniher of the hoard, holding office for twelve years. For seventeen years Mr. Ross was a niemher of the Council of Lingwick, for fifteen years mayor, and in 1887 warden of the County. He was in trade in Gould and Scotstown ; first, with his father, the late James Ross, M.L.A., ///STORY (>/■' CO.U/'/O/^ COUNT)'. I II) ;i Iter wards alone, ami still later with liis brother, until i.S8(>, when tliey went out of business. Mr. Ross held tlic appointURiit of mail ckrk for five j-ears, and went with the first mail car ever run on the old International Railway. In Sepiember, iSqo, he received the appointment of secretarytieasurcr for Compton conniy, movinj,' to Cookshire at the same time. On January i, iSgi, he was appointed Collector of Customs for the port of Cookshire, at that time first opened. Our subject has beeJi married twice: first, January g, 1S7S, to Maria J. Ouy, who died at Lake Mefjantic, August 21, iHji^ ; .second marriage at Sherbrooke, July 13, iSiji, to Ada Planche, of Cookshire. Mr. Ross was an officer in the Kiftyeighth Compton Battalion of Infantry for about twentyeight years. Was appointed ensign of No. 2 company when it was first organized in 1S66; was later promoted to first lieutenant and then to captain of the company. Re- ceived brevet rank of major, July 3, 1SS4, and was promoted to senior major of the battalion July II, 1890; retiring in iSy4, retaining rank. ui:-.ii)i:.NcK iih >A.Mii;i. iduriiK SAMUEL COOPER, yard manager for the Royal Paper Mills Company, was born at St. Sylvestre, Que., December 26, 1S57. He came to Compton county in May, 1S71, living first at Katon Corner, later his father, John Cooper, who is still living, moved to Sawyerville. Our subject was a clerk in .several stores in Cookshire for a number of years. In 1894 he accepted a position with the Cookshire Mill Company, and when the new saw mill was completed at Hast Angus, by the Royal Paper Mills Company, Mr. Cooper was entrusted with the general oversight of the same. He is a P. M. of the A. F. & A. M., and secretar}' of the I. O. O. K. Was married at Sawyerville, June 28, 1887, to Margaret, daughter of Ivlward Montgomery, now of Boston, Mass., formerly major of the Fifty-fifth battalion. Issue, one son : Claude M., born May S, iSgi. The engraving herewith is of the house built and occupied by Mr. Cooper in Cookshire. Owing to the position he accepted in Fast Angus, he removed with his family to the latter place in January, 1896. THOMAS MACRAE, general merchant, was born at St. Sylvestre, Que., in 1852. He married Mary A., daughter of Hugh GKNER.M, STORE OK T. M.\CR.\E St CO. I Jl< /iisroh'v oi' C(K\frTox countv. Mackiiy, of Lower Korcst, Matoii, in i><75, at Colcl)ro()k, N. II. Issiu-, foiir oltildriMi, time living: Cyrus, .born Fchrnary i''^. 1X7(1; I.ottii-, horn !'\'l»riiary 17, iNISo; (arlie, I)oni November 5, iSS.j. Mr. Maerae's I'allier, the hite William Macrae, moved to \\\)i.\\ h'orcst, Kast Clifton, with his family in i8()g. I'pon reaehin^, manhood Mr. Thomas Macrae started for liimsclf, first as a farmer. He afterwards took up the butcheriu^; business, which he successfully followed for some years. Duriii^j this time he moved to Cookshire, and in company with his brother, the late Dr. Macrae, formed a parttuMship as T. Macrae it Co., j,;oin^ into trade as jjeneral merchants with stores both at Cookshire and Sawyerville. The store at Sawyerville was afterwards closed and the business carried on lure by Mr. Thomas Macrae, In iSg] ]>r. William Macrae retired from the tirm. Our subject is one of the promoters of the Cookshire Flour Mill Company, and has always been ready to assist all local enterprises. m.i y^p \ He is a trustee and mem- ber of the (Quarterly Hoard of the Methodist church, aiul is now chorister in same. For seven years he was W. M. of the Oranj^e lodj.;e at Sawyerville. He is a prominent member of the I. ().(). K., haviujj held all leadinji; otVices, ami is now Grand Chaplain of the Provincial (irand I.odue I.{). (). Iv He takes a jrreat interest in music and is an accomplished bass singer. We present herewith a reproduction of a photojjraph of the store of Mr. Macrae, located on Main street, just opposite the church of Kngla id. The Masonic lodge room ki;sii)i:ncic or coi.in .noiii.ic. This building he purchased from Mr. W'. H. Learned in 1894. is located on the second story. COLIN NOBLE, retired merchant, was born in Inverness, Scotland, July 20, 182S. Married at Sherbrooke, in September, 1S54, to Maria, daughter of the late (iaymer Hunt, of Bury. Issue, eight children, four now living: Lucj- M., born July 15, 1S55, married R. H. Pope, M.P., six children, residence. Cookshire; Jennie, born September 3, 1.S56, deceased; Frederick J., born May 6, 1.S5S, deceased; Florence M., born April 10, 1861, deceased; Frederick A, born June 9, 1864, married Mary Adams, one child, residence Marbleton ; F)dward C, born March i, 1S67, deceased; Clara M., birn December iS, i,S6S; M. Alljerta, born April 16, 1874. Mr. Noble came to Canada with his father, Alexander Noble, in 183S. They settled near Sherbrooke, carrying on the farm known as " Meadowbauk," then the property of Peter Patterson, of Quebec, now owned by Geo. F'. Terrill. Thej' remained there four years, removing to Gould in 1843. His father there carried on a farm and saw mill for nine years when he moved to Parkhill, Ont., where he died in 1875. When they moved to Clotild ill iS|3 there were no roads heyoiul Htiry, and they had Ik walk. Tlie carls were afterwards taken around l)y \'ii.toria, where there was a road wlieti tlie river could l)c forded. In 1S4S Mr. Noble and liis hrothcr John went to Massachusetts where they had a saw mill and furniture shop. In iS^j he returned and bought out the business of one Clintock, who had two years previously opened a store at .Stornoway. The building; was made of hewn lojrs. In those days there were no roads between IJn^jwick and Winslow, except in the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Noble in 1S56 wished to make a visit to LiiiKwick in June, and they were obli^^ed to carry the baby mow Mrs. I'opei, nine niiUs, in their arms. Mr. Noble remained there until March, 1S92, when he removed to Cookshire and purchased the brick residence which may be seen in the enjj;ravin).j presented herewith. In front are to be seen Mr. and Mrs. Noble and their two diui^hters. He was successful ill business and owns considerable property in the eastern part of the County. He was tile first mayor of Winslow and VVhitton, and in the Council for many years, also connected with the Hoard of School Commissioners, a commissioner of the Court for thirty years, justice of the peace over thirty live years, and postmaster at Stornoway for forty years; one of the two first majors of the Fifty-eighth battalion, from which he resigned, retaining rank, in 1S67. EDWARD STANDISH DAKER, major Fifty-eigth battalion, was born in Limerick, Ire., January 16, 183S. Me came to Compton county in 186;,, settling at Hircliton. Later he moved to Cookshire, wht.e he now resides. Mr. liaker was seven years in the Imperial army as a commissioned officer with the Seventy-seventh and Twenty-second regiments. He served on the following home and foreign stations : Manchester. Hug., Dublin, Ire., Isle of Wight, Malta, Australia, and India. When he first came to Hirchton he started in as a farmer, but gave that up on coining to Cookshire. He held the office of secretary-treasurer for the township of P^aton and school commissioners for seventeen years. At present he is secretary-treasurer for the town of Cookshire, clerk of the Circuit Court and insurance agent. He married Amanda Coates, of Birchton, in 1.S67, who died in April, 1S6S. Issue, one daughter: A).,Mies Amanda, born April iS, 1S68, married F. A. Hurd, residence, Cookshire. .Second mar- riage was at (Quebec, November i, 1869, to Annie Chiverton, of Newport, Isle of VV'ight, who died January 2, 1891. Issue, four children: Charles S., born March 6, 1S72 ; Florence K., born October 11, 1870; Leila E., born August iS, 1S76; Kathleen .\., born July 9, 1S87. RAYMUND HAWKESWOOD PHILI.IMORE. M. D., C. M , born at Siieuton, near Nottingham, Ivng., was educated together with his two brothers, Reginald P. Phillimore, HA., and W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., at Queen's college, 0.\ford. His father, W. P. Phillimore, M. B , University college, London, after a course of study on the Continent, became resident physician to the Nottingham Union, and afterwards for many years medical superintendent to the county asylum of that town. He made several valuable contributions to medical literature, and was much esteemed among his professional brethren as a widely-informed man of erudite tastes. At the time of his death he was president of the Bromley House Library. His mother, daughter of Benjamin Watts, Esq., alderman of Bridgenortli, was a woman of versatile talents and a most prolific writer. Dr. Phillimore has inherited his parents' tastes, and for many years contributed leading articles, poems and short stories to well-known Englisli journals. He is an excellent draughtsman and has had a good artistic training. He graduated at McGill University, in 1H92, and is a member of the Zeta Poi fraternity. He at once settled in Cookshire, and has a large practice. He was captain in the Nottinghamshire Robin Hood Rifles, secured the niarkman's badge, and carried off several cups as trophies of his I2i if/sioRV or ro.)frro\' rors'/v. skill, and wliilf at Oxfuril lie was ^a/cttcd first lieutenant in the Oxford I'niversitj' kilU-s, lie now liolils the otVice of snrj^cou to the l*'iftj- ei^lith I)atnllit)n in the Cnnndian militia. He was for a time i)resident of the St. Catherine's Dehatinj; Society at Oxford, hein^' succeeded in this post of honor by N'isconnt I.ymin^jton, present I hike of Portsmouth. He married, Septeinl>er II, iSi).], I'Vaiices ('ertrnde, eldest dau^jhter of .Xhraham Hopkins, M. 1) , H. .\., 'i'rinity coIlej»e, DuMin, wlio, after touring; abroad, finally settled in Cooksliire. Dr. IMiillimorc has one son: Re.^'nald Diidard Hopkins Philliniore, horn October J9, iSi>5, ki:sii)i:nc1'; m' r. 11. i'iiii.i.im(iki-;, m.d, cm. JOHN J. McLEOD, general merchant, was born on the island of Lewis, North Scotlaml, December .25, ih')' ('/ (iKU/'/dA/ (O/'A'/y. Hi McKiHilie. lie is an nctivi.- iuviiil)or of tlic C. (). 1'"., ami a P. C. R. nf llic saiiif. Siiuc I'oiiiinn Id C, hcinji,' amouj,' the first to come into Haton. Tlie dauj^hter, Al>i>;ail, wife of onr snhject, retained ihe home ])lace, and for that reason it is known at the jjresent day as the Hurd f.irm, heiuj,' now owned hy tlie son, Theodore A. Hurd. We ^\\v an enjjraviuj; tuxt pa^e of the old home, in front of which, in the carriage, may he seen Mr. :ind M.s. T. A. Ilurd. This is one of the oldest hnildinRS in Cookshire, having; heen hnilt in iS(i5. It was used as a hotel for many years, and in the uppir rooms were held rej^uhir commn- nicatious of the first Masonic lodj^e in Coinj)- ton county. The doors with peep holes are still to he seen. Wy the marriajje of Tyler W. and .\l)ijjail Hurd there were nine children, three livinj^: Theodore .Aujjnstns, horn May K), iS^o, married first .Vnzcrbella Alden, three children, one livinif. She died Septem!)er 11, iNS.S, Second marriajje to Ivli/a Coates, widow of Luke I'ope, residence, Cookshire ; Frederick Au}.fustine, horn May i, i^l.SJ, married fir.st Hattie l")va Travis, three children. She died in iSy2. vSecond marriayje to Aj^jues Amanda Ba'.er ; residence, Cookshire; occu- jiation, nianaj^er of farm helouj^ing to R. H. Pope, M.P. ; Sarah Malvina, born March 25, 1S36, married William Dcniald Frasier, residence, C\)okshire. Kl■:.^ll)l•;N■e'l•: .^np sroui'; 01 ,|. .1. Mti.i-.oit. I-IJAS SAMUHI. OKU, rei^istrar for the county of Compton, was horn of Irish parentage at I.achute, Que., July 11, iS^g. In 1860 Mr. Orr came to Sawyervillc, where he eugajjjed in country store-keeping. In 1S69 he received the appointment of registrar for the County, which office he still holds. Mr. Orr is a strong supporter of the Methodist Church, joining lliat denomination in iS^q. In 1S4S he was licensed as a local preacher, and has preached ofteuer at St. Andrews, »Sawyerville and Cookshire than any other Methodist preacher. Mr. Orr has heen interested in Sunday-school woik for nearly sixty years, and at the present I-M ///SrON) (>/■ (in//-/,>X (()/'A'/)' KI.MIH.NCr; ii|- I, ATI. TVI.i;U W III Kli. lillU" is stl|Klilll»ll(Irlil 111" tin- Mil linilisi Siiiiday- si'IkhiI ill Ctioksliiii'. Ik' is iilsi) a stroll^ advoi'iitc i>\' priiliiliiiimi, lidldiiiv; tlio (iIVki- oI I iiaplaiii ill tlic R. 'I', nl 'r. Wliilc at Sawyer- villi', Mr. Oir was a tiu'iii- her of till' Matoii iiiuiiii'i|)al I'tumiil loi tliri'i- years. ( )n Si'pti'iiiliir <), iSsO, at Moll- trial, 111' iiiarrii''^i V cnv Illy Cniii|i.iiiy, triisti-i- ami iik'HiIk-t of tlii' iiuailiTly lio.ird nf ilir Millicilist iliiin.li, in wliiili lit' took a xri-at interest, vice president lr iniii. l"or several years he taiij^ht sin>;in>; scliool, and was orjjj.inist for some lime in the Methodist church, lioth in Sawyervillc and Cookshire. I'or fifteen years previons to his diath he w.is choirleadcr in the Metlmdist church here. He was alily assisted in this hy his wife, who takes a j^reat intenst in music, and it is handed down to the daii^^hters, Miss M ilnl having,' heeii organist in the Methodist church for several years. Dr. Macrae was married at Sawyervillc, [.iniiary n >, i,S7.S, to Christiana, (laii,iL,'hter of John Cooper. Issue, three children: Malud ("i^Ttrndc, Donjjlas, horn An^jiist i<>, i.SSi, died Dccemher ->;,, -~v- |S,S.'; .Stella May, horn N'ovemhcr jo, iSS^. Ac- companyiii),' this is an enjjravin^ of the residence of Mrs. Macrae, located (111 Main street, in front of which she, her danjj[hters, iiud others iiiav he seen. Ill the upper corner is the plioto.L;ra|)li of Dr. Macrae. cookSMii^i; ri.oi K Mil. I. C()MI»,\NV. The idea of eiecliiij" a roller process flour r.iill at Cook- shire orij^inated \iilh the late Will. Macrae, L.D.S., and Thomas Macrae, and tlicy in coini)any with the present man;ij,'er, W. j. Ivlwards. carried out the plan. Tiie mill was hiiilt in 1.SS7, and machinery staiteil in the hiiilding in Deceinl)er of the same year. The machinery was huilt hy W. ^ J. (). (iieey, Toronto, Ont., and the mill fnlly ecpiipped with the roller process. .\t first it was carried on nnder the firm name of T. .Macrae iS: Co. In October, iSSS, Messrs. Dr. William Macrae, W. J. Ivdwards, Geo. I'^laws, and Thos. Macrae formed a partnership known as the Cookshire Klonr Mill Company. Owinjf to increase of business it was fonnd necessary in 1S91 to bnild an addition to the mill. This was done, and the new bnildinj.^ ).^ives them storinj:; capacity An- 13,(101) bnshels of j^rain. Owinjj to elevator arranj^ements they are able to nnload a ear of j^rain at a cost not exceedinjif .seventy-five cents. They handle a large ainonnt of grain from the snrrounding conntry, and in addition pnrchase between fifty and sixty carloads of grain in Manitoba and western points each year. The bnsiness is nnder liie management of Mr. \V. J. Kdwards, and has been snccessfnlly carried on from the first. They find a ready market locally and at stations on the Canadian Pacific and Maine Central railways. The brands of flonr mannfactnred by them are: Harvest yueen. Strong Hakers, and Mil. I. or coDKSiiiur; 1 i.uru .mii.i. ch.mi'xw. I jr. /ffsroKv or ii'>\trn^\' tiwyrv. Ki;siiti;Nci'; m ii. ii lonv I'luri-ka. Ill till" falliif iH»).s the Cmiipaiiv UaM'il tlic Ciidksliiii' liakt'iy liitm Mr. laiiU'H I'laiulio ami imw lany on tin* sanir, iiinlcr tin ili.um' lit Mr. (ic«>. l*'la\v>.. Ili-icwilli i>. ^ivi'ii ail i'ii^raviii>^ ot tlic mill, laiiiif^ IJK' railway traiks 111 tin Caiiatlian Pacifu" Railway ami Maiin'Ciiitral Uailway. Tin- hiiildiii^ is ,V> X -() ffct, two ami a half stiiriis liij^li, with tii);iiic iiiuiii iiitailuil, I 7 \ v> iVcl. TIr- prrsciil im.'iiilK'rs i^i till' Cnoksliirc I'loiir Mill Cciiiipaiiy ail' Mrs Win. Mairac, \V. j. ICdwanls, T. Macrae, and (1, I-'laws. llokACr. HI-NkV l»()IM:. liiittla-r, was Imrii in Conksliiro, Aii«iist i, t.S6,>. He is a son of AIIkmI W. and Ann (Maik'yl I'opf. At Cmiksliiii-, Aii).;nsl iS, iSSj, lie niairii'/- (D.wroy tor wry. "7 \l'\* fallicr Arti'iiiMH I) Kami, ilinl in 1H7S. Mr. VV. S. Riinl iiionkI tn Ci«»ksliire several years a^n, and lias lnllowed ilie Irade of general nieihanii', niakinjj a sptiialty of rcpairiuK firearms. He has one i»f tlie neatest residences in Cnoksliire. lueated at the liiw»r iiid i)f Pleasant street. Aiionip.myinjj this is a plintfi eii^;ravin>{ ol' tin- hmise and uronnds, and in front nuiy he seen Mr. Kand and family, lie was nuirrie, iS;^ ; ( )sear \V., Ixtrn July s. iHSd. Miss Rand is an aecoiu|>lisheil portrait artist, and owner of the Cookshire Portrait ami .Art .Studio Shr dn hy his sister. Oscar \V. Kand is one of the artists in llic portrait v;allery. l.lf-UT.-COI.. J(»IN M. TAYI.OH, farmer, was Ixirn ill the house where he now lives, ( )ctoI)er -•, iS (.|, and has always lived in limits of the town. I'roiii \Hj(-> to i(S7i) he was in trade in Cooksliire in company with W. 11. Learned, Ivs(|., and shortly after purchased the home farm, His father, Jonathan h'reiich Taylor, is a son of Priest Taylor, who came from New Hamp- shire with the first settlers, ami was the first stationed minister in this section. Mr. J. I'". Taylor was horn in the house, in Cooksliire, now owned by Colin Noble, K.s(j. He lives with his son Lieut-Col. Taylor. Our subject was the first president of the St. I'rancis Live Stock Association, for two years a director of the Hastern Townships .Xj^ricultural Association, and councillor for six years. He is now a director of the Stanstcad and Shcrbrooke Mutual Fire Insurance ComiKUiy, and a prominent member of St. Peter's Episcopal church. He was married at Cooksliire, March 29, 1871, to Mary H. Cook Issue, one .son: Herbert .\., born April iS, i,S7j, Ri:sii)i;.NCK w/i >x ( f >t 'X I ) • III < hititrio iiiiil (Jiu'l)vc tintil llu' Npriii); nl' i.Si)5. SilU'f tlu-ii liv Iuin lici'ii in privatv pnu-lii-v, priiu'ipiilly i'liiplitvfil Ity llii' Koyal |*,i|Hr Mitlr many vcarM Col. iH-ainii wum mayor nl I,iinl«*ay, \\v nnw liolils ilic oIVkt of |)«>lice tiiaKi'^tratf fnr \ii'loria loiiiity. < )ii prci'ciliii)^ p.iK'i' i'* '» pluHKi'iijjraviiiy nf* tin- dM Will'itnl liniiK'stiil in Cmiksliitr, nnw ni\iipii'il Ity Ml. I'". U WillKnl. lk\Nk I., l'ANI)i:i.i:m'. \W. IM XIsmnci;. Kciu-ral a>>iiil, ulio«.c pmlrait in prcsi-ntnl lunwitli. wan burn in Cnnksliiii', July jt>, iso; Hi- I', I,. I'ANDIil.l'.TTI', 1)1-; I'l.AlSANCi;. ^;rl•ll ^Maiulfatlicr, with Iwu lirotluTH, U-ft iMancv ill i7«>ii, and MtlUil in r luai ()iulin city, lliN fatlicr, l*"raniis \a\ifr Pandflrlli- tic I'laisani'i', waH horn in iSih, and canic rrmn I.iitliinii ii- iiiiinly tn Cuoksliirc July lo, iSso. lie lias Niiiii' usiiliil jii'ir, I'.irryiiiK "» ''<*' l>ti>iiU'ss nl' wlii'flw I ij^lit III' was iiiaitinl at Sawycrvillf. April -'»), i,S»n, to lU-lscy \Vri>;lit. She was liorii in Staiistca*!. April 17, iS^S. Ili-r parents werr iiiariii'il in Iicl.iiul in iS.;i», stalling for Anu-riii tliu saiiu' ilay. Tiuy Hettti-il first at ('icor^jevillo. One. H\ the niania^e of 1*. X. I'laisaiUf ami Mi>;lit there are five ihildteii: Waller Thmiias, Imiii May -'I- i''^^5; I'liink I. loiir siihjeit I ; Harry William, Imhii .Xpiii m, i.SMtj; deor^e I'M^-ar, 1)1 -n !)eiemlier .'J, i^^ji; I'ersis I.uvia, linrii July 1;,. 1S75. In the fall of iSo^, Mr iMMiik I'laisaiiee formed a partnership with Mr. J II. Burton, of Cookshire, under the firm name of J. 11. Miiitoii (S: Co, 'Pliiv are a>;eiits for all kinds of a>{riiiiltur.il iiii])lemeiits, etc , besides doin^ a general couiiiiission husiness. A. I.. Hl'SUANDS. A.M.. Canadian Society of Civil I'iuKiiieers, was liorn in \oHiii>,'liaiu, Iviiy;., March -'J, iShi. Was educated in pri- vate schools and obtained first class in South Keiisiu^;toii courses, afterwards heiu).; articled to eii),,'ineer and surveyor, haviiij,' extensive country i)ractice. .\t expiratiou of articles he went to Koudoii, Hn),;., for a couple of years In .April, iNS^, Mr. Ilushaiuls came tn Cookshire with the intention of purchasinj^ a farm here as civil Before doiiij,' so, however, lie ch;in>,'cd his mind and ni)eiied up an ntlici .... ^.,. eiij^iiievr. Mr. Husbands was on the survey of the Hiieford Railway from I.ime Ridjje to the boundary Hue, and later had full charge of the erection of the lar^'e paper mills at Kast An>;us. He designed and carried out the water-works at Knowlton and ikebe Plain, and engaged on work of a similar nature in other places both in the I'liited States and Canada. In the summer of iSgs Mi". IIusl)aiids accepted a position on the engineering staff of the Boston & Nlaine Railway, with headquarters at St. Johnsbu»-y, \'t., where he f//.s/f*Ky o/ (•»>.i//'/v>,v (ot'xry tj( tin- rcHJclctU'v oj' Mr. HitilmiiilM, ill CiHtkhliiic, with MrN. ilimliaiiiU aiut datij^lilvr in tr<>iil. C(M)KSMIMI' COCISCII.. MO. MH. u f. OH T,. wan nrjrani/vd N<»viniliir I . iMi\n, I'' S ; l.ioiul INtpc, lli-raltl ; MIkh N. FrnHJcr, Dipt Her. ; (J, I''Ia\VH,jr,, KI,Slli|'.M,l nl A I, IMMlAMiS Siiil. ; J. I'Va.sifr, (Iiiard ; and Mrs. l'*. M. I-'rasicr, Mrs. Aytou Cioniwill, Mi.ss L. I'opi-, .\. Drciiiiaii, H. I'lasicr, and J. N. MclA'od. Tlic CoiiiK'il was orj^ani/cd and im-t nntil vSi-ptcinhcr, i'S94, at tlie house of Mrs. 1'. M. I'rasicr, wlun they inovi-d ti) the I. ().(). l*'. hall, Main sticct. Mcftiii^^s are held every secDiid Wednesday eveninjj. Present oftioers : Cyrus Maerae, vS.C. ; j A. M. Rankin, P.C. ; Miss Lottie Planehe. V.C. ; W. J. Ivdwards, Chap,; Miss X. Frasier, R.S. ; Miss P. K. A. Hailey, F.S. ; Miss Mabel .Macrae, Treas, ; A. Dreiinan, Her.; Miss I.. .Macrae, Dept. Her. ; Miss O. Planehe, Guard ; W. Warhy, Sent. Total inemhership, thirty-five. 'Pile ro}.ti Uej»ree only is worked. AYTON CR()MVVI-:li., carpenter and contractor, was born at St. Sylvestre, One., September 17, i860. He attended the high school in Leeds, coniinjj to Hi);h Forest, Clifton, with 9 no msroK'V OF caifrrox cort^TV. IiIm jMMiitPi ill 1H77, Mr. Ctoinwi'tl wi-iil til CiMtk* Nliirc in iMMi, wlirrc \\v liiiH ttiiur ri'tiiU'il. Prrvl- ittiH to \\\'\s time iif wikH at work nil till' III line f'ariii. His f'dilii-t, 'riioiiiaM Ct< 'iiivM'll, ami liis iiinllii'i ( Mli/.iliclli J, Kimiriiii, lire Uttli Iiviii>(, having tiiovcd from their fariii to Sawv»'i\ ille. Our siiliinl wax ill cliaitji' i>| tlu' lai^e Huw mill livloii^iii^ to till' Cookxiiiii' Mill Company, at Sawyirvilli', for livi' yi-arH, Imt for tlu- past tivi' yeiir* lie Iwih Iti'cii pritici p illy eiii^c^'i'fl ill I'oiilriii't- \\\\i,. Ill January, iS()f>, lie was I'lci'ti'il loitiuillut for Cooksliiri', l»y aeclamalioii. Mr. Cromwi-ll was married at Ivitnii Corner, January s\, iSS.j, to Marj;aret M , daughter «if Ali'\uiiler Adams, who died in iNi»,\, a>;ed si-vriity ei^ht years. Issm-. three ihildnii: Howard K., Ixtrn Novemliev iS, iHSij; I'llU-n !•;., l)orn l^hruary ai, iS'S;; Miliili M., horn l-'cbruary 0, iSi>5. I.OlllS J(»SHI»M DAMASR flAl'THIRR, tinsmith and hardware dealer, was horn in St. I, in, HI. HI I II. NCI'; itl .VVro.S CKii.\UVI.I.t,. I.'Asstimption iduiity, (Jiu' Ma.s.s., hut alter two years there he returned to Sher- hrooke, r.nd in March, 1H75, came to Cookshitr. Since 1.S7J he has followed the husincss of tinsmith, and, since coiniii); to Cook- shire, with success. At the time of the incorporation of Cookshire, Mr.Ciauthier was chosen one of the coun- cillors hy acclamation, and in iSg.! reelected. He was instrumental in establish- ing the Cookshire Machine Works Company and held the oftice of president of the Company duriii).; its cNistencc, Ai present he is one of the directors of JMUuary u. ^'^^\- I" '•'^7'? he left St. Lin and went to I.owel RKSIDKNCI'; .\N1) STokl. ol' I,. J D. C.Mrilll^K. tfiSTDNY OF ro.tfprny corsrv. '|i tlic 8l. FniticU Live St«K'k Aii»ociiit(ou, cliniritnui of the Ciitltolic H«>.iril of ScIhk)) Coimiii«- Hioiicm, wnnirii of tlie Ctithotii' ilnirih, nittl t). H, C. K, of the Cuthnlii < )riler nf ForeNiera, Mr. Ciiiiiihie'' npri'M'ntfil the L\ O. I*', of C'HiktIiiri' at the (iriiinl I.(c, lu'l'! in Ch*cut((i in iMo.U *inil itUo ill titv Prnvitiiifil (•nunl I.od^'c, hel.If, of Iliilwi-t, 'IMity Imve one mlo|)ici| (lati^'hti-r, Mane Mathild-i, Iniri^ Jitly 6, iHSv The Mtorc ami hotue of Mr. (latithier, of whiih we ^ive a ri'|trinliution herewith, in hiiilt of liriik, ami otu- of the lii'Nt hiiNineHH liliK'kn in CiiokMhitc. Mr, iiimI MrM. (iiitithier may i)e Nceti Ntandinx in iVonl, M<»m!MI AI.I!.\ANI)I!M DAMKI'.M, iiisxr.titrc a^^ent. svhitsf |Mittniit adiniip.niii's thin >ki'ti'li, HitN lioiii ill Cliititilhi, I>iil)lin county, IriLiiid, Muy Ji, iShS. I lis tathif, Alfr»;i' of iln* Mount Tom lutiiher yard nt Nottliamptnii, MaHN. lie han hecn employed most of the time \^\ the Coukshiri- Mill Comp.iiiy. In I St) I Mr, h.ukiT statti'il ait iiismaiiie a^ji'iuy al Cookshin-, in which In- has hci-n very KiKcessliil. .\l present he represents the fol- liiwin^j (.■ompanies : North Ameriian Life; Travellers Accident ; Maiiiit'actnrers, lor \!,\\,\.r- niitee honds ; Travellers, fur employers' lia- liility ; in fire he has the I'ollowiii;^' .Viuia, Oiieen, Minchester, Lancashire, Urilisli .Amer- ica, Comiiieicial I'liioii, I.Hiidoii ^v: Lancashire, North Mrilisii Mi Mercantile. Mr. Darker takes a dee|) interest in the Masonic anil Odd Fellows lod);cs, holding' the olVices of (1, M., A, V. ik A, M , and R. S N. (',. of the I. ().(). !• A. K \ liAKKIvR, He was married nt Cookshire, 27, i>^<),^ to Affiles M , horn May is, iS'x), dan),,'liter of Richard H. Wilford, Hiook, .secretary-treasurer of the township of Newport. Decemher of Island C(M>KSMlkl! Mil. I. COMPANY, liiiiihcr mniinfactnrcrs. This firm at present comprises the Hull. \V. M. Ives, 0,C., M.I*., and Rufns H. Pope, M.P The latter mana^'es the hnsiness. Tile Cookshire Mill Ci)iii|)any was first or>»ani/ed in iS.Sj, and coiii|)rised VV. B. Ives, R. H. I'tipe, A. W. I'ope and II. H. Mrown. The interests of the two latter were .soon purcha.sed hy Messrs. Ives and Pope. The saw mill at Cookshire was hiii'' hy Henry Dawson in iS.Si, an Ivii),'lishman, who purchased a lar>j;e meadow farm ahont Mircc miles sonth of Cookshire. The residents of Cookshire, hy private siihscription, had agreed to pay 5,s tor a grist mill. The first 551K) was paid over, hnt Mr. Dawson got into financial difficnllies hefore the grist mill was added, and forced to sell his property. I.w ///s/vA')- or co.)trTON coia'tv. Tlic Cooksliirc Mill Company was tlieti foniu-d, luori' at request of the citizens who (Icsircd the mill shoiilil l)e kept in operation, than for any other reason. The new firm pnrehased the saw mill in 1SS.3, and at onee made extensive repairs, addinj; new maehinery. The business was carried oil at a ])roril, and a j^ood market secured for the lumher i'.i South America. The demand hav- ing exceeded the snpi)ly, the Company decided to erect a larj;er and more recent style mill at Sawyerville. This was huilt in iS.Si), havinj^ a capacity for sawing iot),0(X) feet every twelve hours. There was also in connection clapboard, lath, stave, and barrel machinery. The cost was 56o,()()o. On Se])tember 7, iS()^, this mill was burned, with insurance of 530,00(1, In its place was built a mill for sawin^j pulp-wood, for which the Company have a larjrc demand, having just completed a contract for 2,0(K) car loads. Since the burning of the large mill at Sawyerville, many improve- ments have been made to the saw mill at Cooksliirc, which now has a capacity of 6t),iKHi feet every twenty-four liours. This mill is kept running summer and winter; in the cold season logs being brought in by train. Lath and clapboards are also ma- nufactured here, while an extensive new industry is the manufacture of packing- boxes. The largest part of the lumber is shipped to the South American market, and during the winter of 1895-96 between fifteen and twenty sailing vessels were wholly loaded at Portland, Me., with lumber from this Company. The annual export is about 50,000,000 feet witli a gross value of $650,000. Ill addition to their own mill they also handle the cut of several others. Their lumber limits are extensive, warranting them a large supply of logs for years to come. They own 46,720 acres of wild land, all located within easy reach of the mill. In the saw mill there are employed eighty men ; during the winter they have about five hundred men STORIC ()!•■ COGKSHIKI': Mil. I, CO.Ml'.VNV. ///s/cu)' or co.u/'roN (Ofw/y. ■ ,v? at work, ami in the spring', oti llir drivf, there are four htiiKhed men emphned. Tlie hrad iillice and nem-ral iiiatiaKemctit of" the I)iisiues.s is at Cooksliire. There are also brancli offices at 7,s State street, Hostoii ; 364 Commercial street, Portland, and 1^7 Water street, New York. Mr. Win. W. Hailey has jfeiieral manaj^ement of the mills and makiiij^ sales, while Mr. W. H. Learned has charge of the hooks and tinancial matters. In iSSi, to handle the larj^ely increasing business of the firm more convenieutl}', a larji^e store was erected on Main street, Cooksliire, with >;[eiieral otTices in the .second story. Tliis is under the general supervision of Mr. \V. H. Learned, with Mr. H. H. Spear as head clerk and hnyer. They do the largest retail trade cast of .Slierhrooke, carrying a general line of goods, with iverage value of 5i7,imk) SAW Mil. I. lUI'.ONC.I.NC. TO eOOKSIlIKK Mil, I, CO.Ml'ANV. Annual sales are between $50,000 and $60,000. Accompanying this sketch are two large engravings, one is the saw mill and yard at Cookshire, the other is the store. In the second story of the latter are located the general offices of the Companj', while the third floor is occupied as a hall by the I. O. O. F. EQUITY LODGE No. iq, I. O. O. F. Bros. D. Williams, a member of Pioneer Lodge, Riehmoi'.d ; C. C. Bailey, of Unity Lodge, Sherbrooke, and W. J. Edwards, of St. John's Lodge, Whitefield, N.H., first conceived the idea of starting a lodge of Odd Fellows iu Cookshire. After due consideration the following brethren, who had attained the third degree, made application to the Grand Lodge of Quebec for a warrant or charter, to institute a lodge : D. Williams, C. C. Bailey, W. J. Edwards, H. S. Mackay, \V. Macrae, i.<4 /IIS It 'NY (V ((M//7VW ((»rA'/)', Thos. Macrae. P. .S. I'laws, J. Hoydell. T. J. I-dwards, J. A. Copper. Win. Smart, and Tlios. Cromwell. The charter heiiijj granted, ('.rand Ma.ster J. j. Reed, assisted by a larj^e delejjation from I'liily I/xlxe, Sherl)n)()ke, iiisliliited I'',(|iiity I.iid^^e No. ii), I. ( ). O. 1'"., on January i, iS.Si), That same cveiiinj.; the followiii).,' ol'lKers were elected and inst.ilK'(l : I). Williams, N.G. ; C. C. Hailey, N'.d. ; W. J. Ivdwards, Rec. and l-'in. vSee. ; M.S. Mackay, Trcas. The appointed oflicers were: Dr. Wm. Macrae, Chap ; J. .A. Coojjcr, RS.N.Cf. ; Thos. Macrae, L.S.N. C.. ; Wm. Smart, Cond. ; J. Uoydell, Warden; T. J. I-V -ards, l.C,.; Jas. A. Planche, O.C.. ; I'. S. Inlaws, R.S.X'.C..; Thos, Cromwell, K.S.\'.(;. ; W. J. Cairns, P.. S. S. ; L. R. Willard, L. S. S. At the time of instil ntiiiK the lodjrc the store of the Cookshire Mill Company, on Main street, had just heeii completed, and a hall finished off ill the third floor, which was leased by Ivtinity Lodj.;e for a term of years. Hen- they have always held their ineetinj^s. The followinj; is a list with date of those who have held the otVice of Noble (irand : I). Williams, January to June, iSSij; C. C. Bailey, July to December, i SSg ; P. S. Flaws, January to June, i.Si)m; W. J. Ivlwards, July, iSi)(), to June, iSi)i ; Thos. Macrae, July to I)eceml)er, i.Scji ; T. J. Ivlwards, January to June, iSi)j; Walter Lindsay, July to December, iSoj; Win. Macrae, January to June, iSg;, ; C. H. lulwards, July l'^ December, iSg;, ; S. Cooper, J.inn.iry to June, iNy); Thos. NLicrae, July to December, iSgi; C. C. IViiley, January to June, iSi)5; \\. H. Spcir, July to December, iSq^. Tiie followiiij; is a list of oft'icers elected and installed in January, iS9(): C. C. Hailey, N.C,.; J. J. McLeod. V.C.. ; W. J. lulwards. Sec; Jas. Cooper, Treas. Present membership is forty-three. vSince orjjani/atioii the lodije lias jjaid i'~^*i in relief to its members. It is now in a llourishiiij.; condition. Meetinj;s are lield on Tuesday evening', fortnightly. On Ajjril js, 1S95, W. H. McCutcheon, Past (Irand Master, accompanied bj* forty-three members of Princess I.,()d}.(e No. .}, l)aii).;liters of Rebekah, of Slierbrooke, came to Cookshire to institute a lodj;e of Daughters of Rebekah. Twenty-one candidates were initiated and instructed in the work of Rebekah Degree. Hro. McCulcheon was ably assisted by P. G. M. Walley and Past C.raiids Thoini)S()ii, Levinson and McCree, and " \'era " Lodge No. S, Daughters of Rvibe'cah, became a reality. The following officers were then elected and installed: Mrs. Wm. Macrae, N.G.; Miss P. Iv. A. Hailey, \'.(;.; Mrs. j. A. Cooper. R.S. ; Mrs. S. Rand, K.vS. ; Mrs. C. H. Kdwards, Treas. Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the niember;i of Princess Lodge No. .} for tlie able manner in which they conducted the initiaticm ceremonies. I'ourteen have been initiated since the institution of the lodge, making a total membership of thirty-five. COURT CARIBOO, No. 477, C.O.F. This court of the Canadian Order of Foresters was instituted by Thomas Hown, D.D.H.C.R., on Noveinbcr 6, \>>>.)y. The first offi'.-ers installed were: A. Ross, C.R. ; J. O. P. Wootten, V.C.R.; H. L. Scott, R.S. ; C. K. Weyhjul, F.S. ; J. L. French, Tre.-us. ; K. Jacksim, Chap.; H. S. Weston, S.W. ; A. Lennox, J.W. ; W. R. McClintock, S.B. ; F. A. Bates, J. B. ; A. Dewar, M.D.. Physician; C. C. Bailey, P.C.R. The foregoing with the following comprised the charter members: A. Gaiiisby, J. A. Cooper, J. Ross \Vm. Ross, Wm. McClintock. On the next page we give an engraving of most of the pre.sent members of the lodge, with very appropriate surroundings. The name Cariboo and Foresters carries the mind toward the game here represented. This lodge, although young in years, has been very successful from the first, being now in a good financial position. Tlie credit for its prosperit}' is due to Mr. A. Ross, who was C. R. for two years. The regular meetings are held in the L O. O. F. hall, on the second and fourth Monda3's in each month. Present membership in good standing is twenty eight. The following officers were elected December 23, 1895, for the ensuing six months: R. H. Chaddock, C.R. ; J.J. McLeod, V.C.R.; ///s/oA')- or fV>.i//'/v>A' (orx/y \V-' ]. (). 1'. Wiiotlfii, Cliiip. ; A. Koss. K.S. ; (it-'i). I-'laws, IvS. ; J. I.. 1mc-iu1i, Ticas. ; A. Iammion, "SAV.; Will. I'laws, JAV. ; \V. Mauley, S.M. ; Win. McClintock, j.H.; A. Dcwar, M.I)., I'hysiciaii ; C. C. Mailiy, I'.C R. rWII-NDsmi' I.OIKIi: No. M\, A. I-. & A. M. 'I'lii' lii>lnry n|' Mas<.iir\ in Ciiiiii)l(iii (.uuiily (lali's hack In tlir yiar i.Si;,, In llial kvav a ludi^r was fnniird in Cixiksliiiv, kiiMuii as l-'rii'iidslii]) I.oilj^i' \ci. iS. wliicli (iiliviird \\\i its (.IiarUr in iSni. 'V\\v iiKi'linj^s wciv liild in till' nld TyliT llnrd liniisi', siiiiatrd nii ilif side liiii i;isl nf ilu- Ivilnii ri\i.T. in C<»)ksliiiv, and at llic i)R'S(.'iil day tlic doors with loo]) holes in liu' u])])i.t rooms ot" llif lioiisf still reiiiaiu. Cuf"!' CAKIIido. No. 177, Co. 1'. SmiR' of tliL' old hooks arc now in tlit- hands of the jjivscnt lod,m', from whieli aiv taken the lollowitin names as niemliers of the old lod^e : .\l)ner Powers, W'm. Ihulson, John LeP>i>nrvean, I.ulher iMViieh, Levi I'reiieh, John I'\irnsworlh, .\nios llawley, James Lowd, John I'reneh, jr., Nathan (iraves, Josiah Hall, James Hiown, David Melealf, James Strohrid^e, Henjamin ( )s).;-ood. .Vsaph Williams, Moses Rolfe, Manly Powers, IC/ra v^peer, Jeremiah Kames, ;,rd ; Jose])h H. .Smith, Samnel I'arnsworth, Jonathan Taylor, Tillotsoii II. llall, I,on!.iley Willard, jr.; Pradford llamniond, Ilaniiiah Hall. .\ total of tweiily-.seveii nieiiihers. There is a ])hoto!4raph of a eertitkate of iiRMiihcrsliip on the walls of the jjre.sent lod.^e, the orij^inal of which is in the hands of vSai^inaw \'alley Lodj^e, Sa.^iiiaw, Mich., ha\ iiij.^- heen iinuited June 2, 1S14, to Pro. Roherl P. Hudson, and signed hy Ahner Powers, M. ; William Hudson, S.W. ; John LePonrvean, J.W. ; John P'arnsworth, Sec. On Xovemher 12, 1S79, Friendship Lodge Xo. 64 «.^6 /nsroKV f>/' lo^frnm cofwn: I in Jamiiirv, iSS|, I'liaiij^i'd lo No. W>l was t'slal)lislu'(l ami llii' dedicating; (.\imi' III" (JiK'l)ir, assisU'd hy I'. 1). (■. M. Dr. Ki'Vfs, Past I). 1). ('■. M. jaincs .\ddif, and oUkts. 'Pill.' fiillouini; (ilVuvrs uoiv installed : \'. \\'., W. II. I(ini>.;an, S.VV. ; .\. .\. HaiKv. J.W.; Jno. \V. Ko^irs, Trias.; (',. I-). Caivin. Sir.; M. Kninlils, Cliap. ; C. v. Os^nod, S.D. ; ,|n<). I,. Will'ord, J.D. ; Ci-n. \. Catnshy, !.(". ; Cio I'liiirli. Tyli-r. Tin- al»()\f offuTrs, I'M'i'plini; (Ii'd. ImviuIi, uilli llir fnlluw inj;, wrtv tlii- I'liiirliT ini-nihiTs : C. W. H. I'lvni'li, jolni Si'iiit, an;(i(i(l, 1.(1. pRsiiit iiHiiihcrsliii) is m-, hciu^; the- lliinl laiKvsl body of Masons ill till- pmv iiuT (if Oufhc'i'. Two iiiiMiihcTs of tin.' \\k\<^k.' liavi- iicld tlu- otVui.' of I ). I). (1. M., Jiio. I<. Wilford in iSN;-, and A. A. Kaik-y tiic prcscnl year of iSy*). THH UATR I.KMllRL l»()l»R. SR.. was l)t)rn in Hereford, (Jnc, in 171)3, and died July 6, 1859. He was the son of Cai)tain John and Fanny Pope, who came from Dorchester, Mass., and settled in Hereford some time previous to 1 79,v The '.'xact date is not known, as there was some trouble I)otween this son and his father's family, whereby he left home about 1780, and hi'l iiv) further commuuic.itioii with them. As Capt. John Pope was always very stronjj in his support of the British (lovernment, and had a strong tendency toward KiiRlish ways, it is jfeiieially supposed, and with j^ood reason, that his leaving; home was on this accoiiul, the Aiuerieau iVNoliUioiiary war \)v\\\'^ fou.nlit at that time. His s|)irit of lovaltv was strong- down to the last, and he iinbiied all of his family with the same spirit. His death took place at Cookshire, at the residence of his j^raudsou, the late lloii. John Heiirv I'opc, oil May 7, iS.s,^, aj^jed ninety years. His wife died I'Vbruary u, iS.}^, a^a-d eij^litv years. In 171)6, Capl. Joliii Pop.', wit'' his wife and ten children, moved into the township of Clifton, on the mad between Hereford and Sawyerville. Shortly after the father moved to Cookshire and resided with his son, John Po|)j, the ^grandfather of R. H. Po])e, M, P. keinuel Pope, our sul)jecl, remained in Clifton and there raised a larj^e family and cleared a j.jood farm. He, for many years, owiiij^ to there beiiij.; iKt lawyer in this section, did the lej^al work, haviiij; a natural ber.t in that direction. He was also ideiititk-d with all matters of importance. When a youn).,^ man he was thrown from a carriaj^e, and received injuries from which he never recovered. I'^or this reason he was not able to do heavy work, and for several years could not attend to business of any kind. From the efTects of the injury, he died July (>, iS^c). He was married twice. F'irst, to vSarah Huj,fhes, born .Auj^ust 6, 1S14. Issue, four sons and one daughter: Lemuel, born vSei)teuiber 24, 1815, died at Hury February i},, iSt/i ; Ivlijah, born June 26, 1.S17; .Samuel, born December 23, 1S21; John .\., born December 20, 1S2;, ; and Sarah, born .\\m\ 10, 1S32. His wife died in iS;,2. Ivlijah and Sarah luow Mrs. Lewis Mclver) are liviiij^' and reside at Robinson, Hury; and Samuel resides in Wincheiidoii, .Mass. Four years after the death of his first wife, Mr. Pope was ai;aiu married to Hannah Prouty, of Carman, \'t. \\\ this marriage lie also had four .sons and one dau}.;hter: (k'orj.;e H., bom Auj^ust 15, 1S37; Charles F., born February 5, 1S41 ; Luke C, born February 23, 1S45; Betsey H., born January 26, 1S43, died March 18, 1847; William W., born January 4, 1S49. (leorj^e H., when twenty-one years of aji^e, went to Ontario. He was married June 17, 1869, to Jane M. McMnllen, and moved to Helleville, where he has been identified with large lumbering, commercial, railway and municipal interests. He formed (jue of a syndicate to introduce the export of beef cattle to Europe, and three years ago was appointed Dominion inspector of live stock at Montreal. Issue, one son : Fydward L., residence, Belleville, Out. When the rebelli(m broke out between the States of the North and South, in 1 86 1. Charles F. enlisted in the F'ourteeuth Massachusetts Regiment and .served until the end of the wai He married Sarah Reynolds ; has one daughter, and resides in Fit/william, X. H. The wic ow, with the pluck and energy that characterized her whole life, continued to work the farm with the aid of the two boys, Luke and William, assisted by Elijah Pope (who never married). She succeeded in keeping the home and rearing the two small boys until thcj were able to look out for themselves. Luke remained on the home place and married l.V** ///sit^H)' (>/■ f'.v/y \'.\\/:\ CllilV. I.llkl' C. (lil'll (MnliiT -M, i.SS|. Mis w idnw al'liTwanls nianiid 'r. A. Iliinl, and is now ii\ \\\^ in Cii()l<;sliin'. 'I'lii' lUntluT, Mrs. I.iiUUll I'opi.', iir nimx' j.;i'niT.illy calli'd Annl Hannah, Ii\rd with Mrs, 1 Inn! nnlil hir drath, April _'s, ■''^>),i, a,m'(l si'- M'nly-ninr yt-'ars. 'IMir ynnn,m.'st son, William \V., slndii'd law and niovi'd to I'>ilk\illc, ( )nl,, where lu- loniniands a !i'adin,u posi- tion as assistant to John lull, solicitor of thf (irand Trnnk Railway Company. Ik' was marriid (Klohcr JO, 1S75, to Myra \\ hilc. They have one son : Win. Macaiiley, horn April i 1, iSSq. .Aecom])anyin); this sketch is a photo-eiij^rax iiij; of Lemuel I'ope's second wife and her four .sons, Cieoij^e, Charles, Luke and William. .Ml^ I'l.l'f i.Mki- c r..| i...ii«i- II r..|.. WlllMlll W, ri.pr. MKS. i,i:Mri;i. roi'i;. su . anh iii;u intu sons. CLYDH WOl.Sl.nv FKHNCH, manager .Sawyer's saw mill, vSawyerville, was horn in Ivaloii, March 4, iSfn. lie is a son of Luther I'lvuch, who is now li\ini.;al Island Hrook. Accoin- ])anyin,n this sketch is an en,nra\ini4- of the house owned hy Mr. ImvucIi, situated on Main street, Cookshire, where he li\ed for a iiuinher of years previous to his movinj^ to vSawyer\ille in iSgj. Our suhjecl was tlrst married to Han- nah Hood, now deceased. Second marriaj^e took ^'^^^V '-^^ place in Linj^wick, I'ehniary 10, 1S92, to Annie J., daui^hter of the late Donald McKarlaiie. Issue, one son : Donald Mexander, horn .Au,irustg, iSg;,. LEONARD STKWART CHANNELL. compiler of this " History of Comptoii County," and whose jxirtrait accom])auies this sketch, was horn at Stanstead Plain, (Jue., .\pr'\] S, iSbS His parents are Charles H. and Ivmily (HentonI Clianiiell. He is a de.sceudent of early settlers at Stanstead and (ieorjreville, who came to the Kastorn Town- .ships about 1600. At fourteen years of age he KKSIUKNCK OF C. W. I'KKNCIl. /f/s/ofir or COM no N coi'ntv. •39 uiiil In Now N'liik lily, ami lluri' Itaiiud llu' riuliniriils of priiitiii)^. At'tir a \car's aliMiKi- 111' ivliirmd to Staiistiad aii\\ N'ciik, iliiNlnii, StaiisU'ad, and Slu'ihroiiki' In Manli, iNNw, in oniipaiiN uilli W. I,. SliiiilU'lT, I')s(| , llu' CoaliiunU {)huivir was piiuliascd. In I >(.'(.(.nil>c'r of iju- sank' year lliis pailiUTsliip was di>si)lvid hy iiiiitiial i-niiseiit, Mr. ShurtUtT piiiTli.isin^f tlu' I'liliio plant. After I'diiiiiiiini eating with the eilizeiis of" Cooksiiire, Mr. Chatiiiell eaine here in January, iSi^o, when twenty une years of aj{e, and eoiiinieneed preparations for pnhlisliinK the i 'tunptoii CoKHly i'htituidr. ( )n I'Vhrnary J5, of tlie same year the first issue of that paper was printed. In the spriti^' of i.Si)2 the business had outgrown the offiee room, and land was pnrehased for a new biiildinj; eentrally loeated oil Main street, whieh was erected and occu- pied the same year. In the sprin^j of 1.S95 he conceived the plan of coiiipilinji; and publishing; a "History of Comptoii County," the result of which this book speaks for itself. In January, 1X96, -• half interest in the C/inniii/t' was sold to Mr. L. H. Char- bonnel, advocate, of vSherbrooke, who, on April ', iSt)6, assumed full manajjemcut of the paper, leavinjj Mr. Chaniiell free with his whole time for other work. He is secre- tary-treasurer of the Compton County Libe- ral-Conservative As.sociation ; for two j-ears president of the Compton Couuty Christian Kudeavor Union ; trustee and member Quar- terly Board of the Methodist church; and connected as secretary-treasurer with several local orjfaui/.atioiis. On September 2, 1.S91, he was married at iJaruston, Me., to Winnie I. M., only daughter of Charles S. Bncklaud, l')s(|. Issue, one daughter: Vera H., born September 3, 1894. STEPHEN JONAS OSOOOD, postmaster and farmer, was born in Cooksiiire, January 20, 1849. His father, Jonas K. ( )sj.;'ood, was also born in Cooksiiire, being a descendant of the first settlers who came in from the I'liited States. He died in Cooksiiire, February 15, 1895. Mr. Osgood was married January 19, 1S71, at Cooksiiire, to Mary Jane, daughter of Jonathan Kreiicli Taylor. Issue, five children, four living: Henry S., bom March 29, 1S73 ; Oren A, born August 2(), 1874; Ivmma M., born December 11, 1S72 ; Clara L., born I)ecenil)er 3, 18S6. I. S. CIIANM':!.!.. HERBERT CLARK, was born September 10, 1S67, in Peckham, Surrey, Kng. In 18S7 he came to Cooksiiire with the intention of learning how to farm. After a few years of farm life here and Brookbury, he clerked for T. B. Muuro, Esq., of Bury, for awhile, and later I40 /irsTony or ('(wrrox coi/jv/t. rclnriicd ti) Cnnkshiro, jmuliiisiiiij the stoik in a fruit store. At'icr a iVw iiioiitlis In- sold out .111(1 acc-i'pted ti position, in iS()j, with tlu- Cookshire Mill Company, and was ^radnally promoted until he held the responsihlc position of lie.ul clerk and btiyct in their .store, At (Jnehee, in the l'ln>;lisli cathedral, on Jnly i.\, iSiji, lie married Alice, only child of .\, iSi;.v In May, \S^^h, Mr. Clark left Cuukshirc tor HritiMli CoUitubiu witii the intention uf openintj a business tor himself, ALHXANDBK HOSS J'KNNOYER. medical stndcnt, was born in vSherbrooke, AnK'Ust .'.', iS-n. His parents moved to (Jonld in 1^-2. I'or a nnmbcr of years he acted as private secretary for R. H. Pope, M.P., at Cookshire, leaving that ])osition to commence his sindies at Mc(iill Medical CoUej^e, M tnlreal, where he is at present. Mr. Peniioyer is secretary-treasjirer of the St. I'Vancis Kiv" ['tock Association, Comptoii Connty Aj.jricultural Society No. i, and the Cookshire I'nion Cemetery Company. WII.I.IAM FUHDHKICK PI-NNOVIiW. farmer, was born in Waterville, May .y, iS^f). His father, Charles Pennoyer, was tor twenty seven years jjeiieral a^ent for the M. A. L. Co., and died at Cookshire in 1889. Onr subject was connected with the S. R. Pulp Co., at Scotstown for several years, moving to Cookshire in iH(;v He was married at Cookshire, April It), iS7(), to Harriet Persis I'rench. Issue, seven children: Charles I'., born October 2.(, 1879; Austin H, born July 2b, i.S.Si ; Arthur J., born May 2ti, iSS^; William I*. Iv , born May 8, 188(1; Oscar C, born November 11, 1888; Hthel M., born March 11, 1891; Cyrus A., born February 5. 1895. CHAKI.BS WILLIAM TAYLOR, lumber manufacturer and contractor; was born in Matoii, June 2, 1852. He has resided in Cookshire for the past sixteen years. He w.ns married, here, July i, iSSi, to Annie A. Cook. Issue, six children. ARCHIBALD LHFKBVRE, blacksmith, was born in St. (iiles, Lotbiniere county. Que, 1S47. Came to Hury in i8()9, moving to Cookshire in iSqi. Was married at Canterbury, {lily esteemed men in the notarial profession in the Townships, and has a deservedly larj^e and lucrative practice. He was married April 12, 1565, to Miss Clothilde Lantaj^nc, of Stukely, (Jue. JOHN WILLIAM KOHINSON. hotel clerk, was horn in Roddcu, (Jue., March 2S, 187^ came to Maple Hill, I*)aton, with his parents, who still live there, in 18S4. In 189J our subject moved to Cookshirc, and has since filled the position of clerk at the American House. NAPOLHON JOSEPH BIIIEAU, hiiuber contractor, was born at Methot's Mills, Que., July 2<>, 1566. He came to Cookshire with his father, I*. WILLIAM SAWYKR, l:X-M.L A., saw and >;risl mill owner and lumber manufacturer, was born in .S.iwyerville, November zt\ \X\^. He has always resided here with the exception of seven years, from 1820 to iSj;, when his parents lived in Stanstead. He is a )4raudson of Josiah Sawyer, after whom Sawyerville is named, and who was probably the first settler in Iviton. He first came in about 1792, and in 1796 brouj5ht in his family from the States. The father of our subject, John Sawyer, then a yoiuiK boy, came in with his ])arcnts and lived to a ripe old aj^e, when he died iu Cookshire, in i.Siu^. William Sawyer was married at Sawyerville, September 10, 1,^39, to Julia, daiij^hter of the late J. H. Smith. No children. Mr. Sawyer has been one of the most pro)j;ressive and enterprising^ citi/eiis of Coiupton county. In 1.S71 he received the nomination of the Conservative i)arty as their reiJieseiitative at (Juebec. and was opposed by Mr. James Ross, the former member atid an independent Conservative, whom he defeated by over three hundred majority. Mr. Sawyer continued to rejjresent the County down to 1S.S6, when he resijjued, and Mr. John Mcintosh, of Waterville, took his place. At Mr. .Sawyer's second election he was returned by acclamation ; third election, opjMhsed by James Doak, Compton ; fourth election, his opponent was .Ivneas Macmaster, of Scotstown. Hotli of these gentlemen were defeated by laiRe majorities. He was a member of the Municipal Council of Haton from 1S55 to icS;,), and for several years warden of the County. Mr. Sawyer has always been a stron)^ supporter of the Methodist Church. His generous gifts to this denomination have materially aided in its if/srony of courros cofNtr •41 prnstperftv throughnnt ttiU ->i'Ui<>ii, iiinl his lilim atut iiiniu-y linvi- U'lMi I'hccr- riillv ^\\v\\ III the iiiiiiiy Miilinilist rtiiiri'lu'H that liiivi' Iki'Ii iiiiti'il. I*'iir \tarM, fixhtiiiK i)p|N)Hitioii iiilMrHiiicH, aiiil iliHcoiir- a^i iiiciit, hv l.iltnti'd to si'i'iiif till* Itiiililiii^' lit' a railway frmu CiM»kshiii' ti> till- Ixinmlai V line, tliHMt^h I li-irfiitil, anil tlii^ hr han livi'il to si'v aci'iiiiiplishi'il ill thv prtscMit Maine Cen- tral Railway. He lias rarricd mi MUi'i-ssfiilly In^e liiiHiiii'HH intfri'^i'*, at Sawycrvilli- 'I'lu pii- srnt time, at an ailvaiui-il a>{i.- Ill' nearly eighty one years, lie has ^mhkI licaltli and superintends personally all of his hiisiness, liis faeiillieH apparently beiiin as keen as ever in the past. AceoinpanyinK' this hio^raphieal skeUli are two photo enj^ravin)j;s, oiir showing the yjiist and saw mills liilnn)^iii^; to Mr. Sawyer, the oilur that of his private residence, where in iroiil he and Mrs. Sawyer may he seen. KI'>II»I';NCI( III W.M sWWI.U i.x M I, A, THH I. ATI; Wl-V. ARCIIIItAI.I) (HI l.ll;S, wliose portrait is >,'iveii on next \YA^\i, was horn shire, Seot., July is, iSij. His t'.ither, DiiiKan (5illies, and family, emigrated to Canad settliii;; in Diuulee, Hiiiit- iii^doti, (Jiie. Mdneational advaiitaj,H's were few in those days, hut hy per- scveraiiee and self denial he attended the academy at I'ort Coviii)^ton, N. Y. While there he was con- verted, and .Seplemher ii, iS;, I, hapti/ed hy Ivlder SatTord. A few ye;irs later he entered the Haptist eolle^^e, Montreal. Dnrinx the summer vacation of 1 8.| I , he made a missionarj- tour tlirou)j;h the Town- ships, reacliiiijij Ivatoii Corner one l**riday even- inji; in July. In his notes "for the children," he says: CRIST AMI SAW Mll.l.S Ol' \VM. SAUVI;R, KXM.I.A. in .\rnyle- a ill i.Si.S, Mi Hisiitnv Oh aryfPTos lot's/y. "The iivxt (Uy I piiHlirtI mi In the southern (mmiii uf the f'nitt Clifinii Nittlriiitiil, Hcntterctt nil iilipiijiiiiiidit for a iiiri'titiK nrxt tiMrtiiiiK in Mr. Win. Sloiic't It.irtt Oil SaMuith iiinriiiiiK loiniil u l.kiK^' <>>iiiK't('l{ii- tiiiiiali<in|iton tnmity. Text. I'«. S|, II." After rctiiriiiiiK t«» cnlU-m- he aiiiptctl a lall to the Kiitnn Mnptint church, unci left Montreal, iK'ceitiber 39, iMji, crnxiteil the St Lawrence in a caimc, traveled hy ".taxe tn Shcrhr(M)kc, thence hy spciial conveyance to ICatoii the evening of the V'th ; Htoppinv; at Deacon I-Iiioh AluerV, where he found a comfort- aide huiiu- fur iie.iilv lour yearn, His life-work licKaii Sunday, the fl^.^t day of |H.|.'. 'I'lie text I Cor. 3 : 3, waM iiioMt literally lived out during that loll); jKiNtorate, dosing nominally January, 1SS.1, really. May th, iS.Si). when lie passed away. In l-'ehiuary. |S|,', he married Mi«H Hannah Stewart, of I-'ort Covington, a lady of most estimahle Christian character, who dicil Dcccinher .•.; of tin same year. I'Vliruary '7, iSf.', lie was ordained to the (iospel ministry. Itrietly referring; to his work, he sayn ; " The first year of my ]>astorato was one of much anxiety and arduous work, a mixture of atlliction. sor- row and mcrcicH. The years that followed have hceii much of the same character." Sep- temlicr (). iS(^, he was married hy MIder Milclicll, to Miss I.ucy Ives, of Ma>fn>r, ulio died March i, iSi)(i, (in her seventy first hirtliday, having heeii through the loii^ years a most devoted Christian wife and mother. Her father, Joel i{ Ives, emij,jrated from Merideii. Conn., in I7<)S. remaining' at Matou Corner till iS.pS, The Ciillics family removed lo drove Hill. Saw- ycr\il!e. The children were; I.ucy M., horn \S\h\ I'^slher Iv, horn 1.S4S; Sarnh J. horn 1S50; Mary I,., horn 185s. died January it, iSoi ; Archie L., ho'ii iSc,,S, married Miss Hattie M Hryaiit. of Slicrhrooke, Novemhcr, 1X90. They have two sons, and reside in Slicrhrooke. Sarah J., married to Rev. A. C. Baker, of Hrantford, Ont., died at Sarnia, Out., July 13, iKHK, leaviii)j; three .sons and one dauj'hter. Suhsetjuently Rev. A. C. Maker, who hecame pastor of the Hatoii Maptist church, married Lucy M. Hsther K. resides with them at Grove Hill. Duriii){ the early years of Mr. (iillies' pastorate many and Vm^ rides 011 horse-hack, over rouj^li roads, in all kinds of weather, were .some of his hardships. Money was very scarce, and often it was difficult to raise even the subscription for weekly papers. At his fortieth anniversary he remarked that it was easier to raise five thousand dollars than twelve dollars forty years before. As a pa.stor he was prayerful, spiritual and sympathetic ; an able expounder of the Word, with which he had rare acquaintance. His preaching was with great earnestness, plainness and simplicity. The church he served so long is still reaping the fruits of his pure, devoted life. Tliough his last years, which were spent in the house that had been his home more than forty I..Vri. UI.V. .\IK1IIII.\I,1) (.11. 1. IKS. tns/oN)' or yenrN of clii'crl'til, liuiwfii) wiiiliiiKi HtiidyiiiK atiil iiifilitiitiiiK u|m)I) the Script iin-M, M|)cnilinK tlu- rnrly iii(»rniii^ liourM ill prayer fur ititiii>{ piiNtor, in a loving tiil'titc tit liiM niiinuty, HiivN : " l''iitlit'r (iillicH was Ktr^n^ and noltlc in poHtcNKiiiK ami di'vctopinK liiiiiiilily, hcIT rurKi'tfiiliiftH, p:ttiiMU'r, ciidnrunt:!.', and u tii'vcrlailin^^ love and di-volitiii to liiM hretlircn ami ti> tlic cnuMc" Ic, (Jne., rewitli a I. All! Moltliur CAIMNS, in liis lili- linu- Kc'>i''al iiicrcliant, was Ixirn in Iltcrvil April I, iS||, and dieii at Sawjcrvilli-, Si'pti-nihvr ao, iH^j. \\'c rvpriKhui- liv photo^rapli ol' Mr, CainiH. Owin^ to ItM hvin^; a I'opy and fnlar^iincnt froiii a ^loiip it is not as oK-ar as Kiiild Ik- diNiritl. Hi- lainc to HuKviT ill 1S711, wIuTf llf llrld till' ortlCC of piiHtinastcr, and carried on a ({ciural store. In < )i.'tiil)fr, iS;*), Mr, Cairns nicivi-d to Sawyer- villc vvliere lie siiiiessriilly carried on a general utore, and for hixteen ycnrn previonn to his deatli held the otVice of poslmasli-r. He was a son (it William Cairns, of Montreal, was always piil)licsiiii iti'd, and tnolc a yjiiMl iiUeri'st in Sawyervilli , assislinjj; in every wny lie (.oiild to fiiitlier its proyjress. Mr. Cairns was iiianiid ill Sawyerville, iKceinher 1;,, 1S71, to IKiiiirtta (horn .April 7, iHs.jl, daii^^hUT of Widliii^iton Osmond, who diid in tliis villaj^i- in 1.S7H. Issue, tonr sons: llrrluit N, horn .Aunnst 10, 1875, married Miiiiiii- Ivvaiis, residence, Sawyerville, succeeding his father as j^eneral merchant; Ivdward S.. horn May Jt), 1N7S; Rohert \V,, horn July ;,, iSSj; William 11, horn January Uj, iSi;i. Mi;i^ltl;M'l' C/MMNS. general merchant was horn at Hnlwcr, .August 16, 1X7',. ( )ii the iic\t pa^c will he foind the residence of Mr. Cairns, who may he seen standing in front of tlu- honse with Mrs, Cuirns. He is a son of Mr. RohLit Cairns, for many j-ears a successful m-'iu'ial iiierchaut at Sawyerville. His portrait and hio^raphy will he found on another paj^e. Mr. Hcrhert Cairns is n jjradnate of the Stanstead Commercial college, and succeeded his father in i.Sy^ as a ),;eneral merchant and postmaster at Sawyerville. He is one of the most pushiii^f t)Usiness men in the County and has larj.;ely increased his husiness, occui)yin)>; at present two dilfcrenl stores, with interest in one other. On April 11, 1S9J, at Sawyerville, he married Minnie, daughter of Richard ICvans, a leadinj> farmer, and mcmher of the V'illa>>;e Council. I, ATI'; KdlllKl' CAIK.NS, CHAKI.i:S HUI.LIS HARVEY, contractor, was horn in Newport, Au>;ust 18, i8;,2, and has always livi-d in the County. Until a few years a>^o he successfully followed farmiiij,'. He is a son of (ialon Harvey, who was horn in Newport and always lived there until his 10 I4<( jiisroKY or c('.i//7('A' coc.w/y. (k'Utli ill iS ij. 1m ir iiiaii)' jears our siil)jcct held the ofticfs of Sfi'ictary- trcasurcr for the Miiiiiei- ])al Council and the School Coinniissioners of New- port, and was councillor tor tiftcen years. After nioviiijf into IvUou he held the otTice of conn- eillor for six years, and since the incorporation of Sawyerville as a vil- laj;e he has l)een one of the councillors. Mr. Harvey has heeii married twice. iMrst, in Ivitoii, in iS^S, to l^sther Julia Holmes, died in iSSv Issue, three children : Samuel Holmes, born Sep- tember 2), 1851), married Laura B. Ives, of Iluntinjiville, (Jiie., residence, I.owell, Mass.; Arthur Warren, i)orn August 27, 1S65, married Lucia Cromwell, two children, residence, Sawycrville ; Florence Lucretia, born March 4, 1.S72, married Robert .\. McCullough, one child, residence, Sawyerville. His second marriage took place at Sawyervillc, in iSS), to Klizabeth, daughter of William Cairns, of Montreal. She died in iSyv Accoinpanying this is an engraving of Mr. Harvey's residence at Sawyerville, with himself and others in front. Ki;sii>i';.Nci; oi' 11 c.mu.v.s. ARTHUR W. HARVEY. farmer and jobber, was born in Newport, August 27, 1865. His father is Charles H. Harvey, of Sawyerville, of whom a history will be found above. Our subject has lived in Sawyerville during the ])ast few years, and at the present time is sanitary inspector. He holds the office of junior beadle in the I. O. (). F. Mr. Harvey was married in Sawyerville, December 22, 1S.S7, to Lucia Y. (born March 19, 1870, in Here- ford), da I, g liter of James Cromwell. Issne, three '*« \i;f^ :.■■- -f^'r . — W m^^-' • ^■''■' mS^ui'^.-'-"' |fe|^'..^ 1 r 1 L 1 IB ~^'' 1 r : k ii w^m ] ' i ■■ ' ,ir.,',i.— ^ 1- ,1, '».--"'iirafeaiimBiMHH RESIDKNCK Ol' CHARLUS H. H.\RVKY. ff/s/ok')- or (jravinj{ of the resick-nce of Mr. Harvey, wliich is located on tlif I'laton road, jnst outside the viUage proper. In front may i)C seen Mr. atid Mrs. Harvey and tlieir eliildreii. JOSKPH I.AItRRf:!:. retired farmer, was Ijorn at Mirehton, December 2, 1S27, He has always lived in the County, niovinj.f to Sawyerville from Hireliton in September, 18S3. Durin^j his lifetime he has been a farmer, jfcneral merchant, and dealer in cattle, sheep and horses for export. He was .school com- missioner for a ninnber ot j'ears, il.so assistant postmaster at Sawyerville. His father was Henry Laberec. a sou of Rufns Lalieree, the fifth family to come into Iviton, whose history may be found with that of John H. Laberee, of Sand Hill. Henry I,aberee was born in Charleston, N. H., November J5, I7().3, and died Anji;ust 23, iSGo, He married Harriet Chambers, of ICaton, February 26, 1816. She was born Se|)tember 12, 1791. i" Quebec city, and died October 28, 1872. They settled in the woods near Birchton and cleared a good farm, where the daughter, Mrs. Joseph Taj lor, now lives. He was a successful farmer, having many of the sterling qualities of his father. He held several public positions and was one of the first councillors chosen in the township of Katon. They had five children : Hannah, born September 12, 182 1, married Charles C. Sawyer; Henr}' Kdwin, born Sep- t.niber 28, 1825, married Mary French, died in January 1S63 ; Joseph, our subject ; Aram- inta 1)., born August 7, 1S30, married first, William Cummings, second, D. Metcalf, died August 31, 1881 ; Theodosia, born September 5, 1833, married J. L. Taylor. Joseph Laberee was married at Sherbrooke, on March 1 1, 185S, to Miss K. F., daughter of Rufus Laberee, of Eaton. She was born August 2t,, 1832, and died April 15, 1895. I-ssue, two sons: J. Allison E., born April 7, 1859, married Carrie H. Root, of Olympia, Wash., their present residence, no children; Arthur A. G., born August 25, 1861, married Carrie V. Graham, residence, Sawj'erville There was an adopted daughter, Minnie F). .\. Luther, the child of Mrs. Laberee's sister, born March 15, 186S, married John Henry Osgood, no children, residence, Sawyerville. On next page is an engraving of the residence of Mr. Laberee at Sawyerville, in front of which he may be seen. Particulars in regard to the early settlement in Eaton of the Laberees are to be found in the biography of Mr. John H. Laberee. ROBERT CAIRNS, farmer, was born in County Down, Ireland, November 26, 1833. On ihe following pages will be found engravings of the old home, situated near Sawyerville, Ri';sii)i;.\Li'; ^n■ .\. \v. ii.\rvi;v. 148 ///s/oh')- (>/■■ (\rur/(>x (Cfw/): ki;siiii;n<.i-: t>i- iii> i,.\i;i-;ki.1';. ;iii(l of llif family in a j^ionji. Mr. Cairns canu- to Sawycrvillc diirit from Irclaiul, in Jiinr, iS;;,. I'rc- vions to liis settling down as a farmer, he was i-i a (.•anlinjf mill, and after- wards j^eneral merchant at Sawyerville. His father, Hugh Cairns, died in Ivast Clifton, DeciMiln'r i, iSS;,, a};ed ninety ye.irs. ()nr suhject has always taken a deep interest in all tem- 1 e!-;nH\' work, lia\ inj; lu'ld le.idin.iL; nffufs in tin.- ."^(His III' 'l\ni|n laiur ami R T. I if '!'. societies. Mr. Cairns has always \k\\\ a slnnn^ Niil)|)nrter of the Mellimlist churrli, has \k\\\ sn|a'rin- tendiiU iif thr Snnday-siliool, reeordini; steward and leader of the eimir ever siiiee the ehnreh at i^awyer\ille was l)uilt His son, Ilu.i;h Cieort^e, is a \er\- ])n!inisin!.; youiiv; man in tlu' .Methodist ministry. Mr. Cairns w.is married at Joluuille, h'elirnary in, iS-.i, to M.uy ( leori^iann.i. dan,L;hler of (k-ori^e W. ."^mith, of Joluuille. Mr. ."^mith has ludd the oIVk'i's of louueillor and school commissioner, in i'laton Issne, twi'Ki.' children, --ewn li\in,i.;: lin,v;li (ii-or.L;e, horn Xo\eml)er .s, 18711; W'ni. .\rlhnr, horn .\pril 7, 1S71; John .Xnders.m, Imrn ( )ctiilier j, koherl .Xrnoldi, horn ,Inly S, i.SS.|; Henry Jndson, horn Scplemher 15,. iSiji; .\l)ii.;ail Imrn .\ni;nst iS, iSj2 ; ICvelyn ("icori^ianna, liorn March U), iSq;. J. WILI.ARI) RO(iHRS. farmer and mayor of ,Saw- j-erville, was horn in Ivaton, January ;,, 18^4. He is a son of the late David Wells Rogers, who came into Maton when fifteen j-eprs of age, his father having come from the United States into Hereford some years previously. Our sub- ject always lived in Katon, moving to his present farm ill 1879, which is partlj' included within the limits of the village of Sawyer- i'"^: lane, 'mi & i -r.affl^x" \^^ 1 - "l^^^l ^.>. - , — ' ^ • » ■ v^ '-. ■ ■ RicsiDiCN'ci-; or roiu;ut c.mrns. ///s/oA')- (>/■ o).u/>r(>x owNrv. 14'» was a he lias CoiUK'il iiicnil)L' llL-Kl . He villc. He was iiiairic-(l at Iliiutin^'villr, IJiie., jaiitiaiy _'i, iS;!), to widow Msllicr M. Hihhanl ilmrii Maii'li 17, iS|Sl, (laiij^li- Icr of Ciforjjc I. Iiarl(5, aj^'cd cif^litycinht years. Issue, one daii^Miter: Ivlhel A., horn April id, iSS|. To he foiuiil on this ])aj,'e is an eiij^n-avin^' of the residence of Mr. Rogers, loeated ahont half wav between .Sawyerville and Maton Corner. He has hecn a snccessfnl farmer, and held several jjnhlic offices to the entire satis- faction of his "el low citi- zens. I*or nine years he r of the ICiton council, and since the creation of Siwyerville into a villaiije the office of mayor. His jiortrait will he found anionff those of the County is one of the directors of the Saw^-erville Creamery. kiii;i:kt cmkns a.nh iamii.v. BI.ON k. PRI-NCH, foreman Cookshire Mill Company, at Siwyerville mill, was born in Katon, .'September o, i^'w On the next l)aj4;e we reprodnce a photo,t;raph of Mr. I'Vench's residence in .S.iwyerville. He is a son of Mr. Lnther iMeiich, of Island Hrook. Mr. I'lcnch was married Xovember 2<), i.SS(), to Miss Kstella Lindsay. Xo children. H. KOWIN TAYLOR. auctioneer and veterinary surgeon, was born in Ivitoii June ;,('. i'"^ 1 I He is a son of the late Jas. 'i'aylor, of Ivatoii. Mr. H. V.. 'i'aylor is mie of the pin miiK'iil imii of Saw yei\ ille, and has held several pro- minent ofhees I'or several years he was chairman of tlie Hoard of .School Com missioiiers, and lias been one of the valnati>rs since the settiiii; oiT of .S;iwyer- ville as a villa,i;e. He is At 1 -x , ; ui;sii)i;nck oi- j. w. kociirs. 15" if/sroh'Y or idu/'/ox liuwrv. ;i r. C. K. '.f llu' I. (). !'. Ill- has ail r\Uiisi\i' prai ■ liif tliroii^lioiil llir Coimty as \oliriiiarv siirj^n'on As ail aiii'tioiu'ii- liis sir\ iii-s aiv ill (Kiiiaiid iVoiii all parts. Ill' was iiianii'd at \>\\v\ , January i ;,, iSiu), to Mar\ A , ilaiinliliT ni till' laU' RoluTt Knui'. Mr Rnwr was pdstiuastrr ai iifiHikliurx' li>r (imt thir- ty yrais, and dinl May ,;, lS()5. IssiK', iiiiit.' I'hildrcii, si'M'ii li\iii);: Chas. I'!d\\iii, liiirn Siptiiu 1k" ki:sii>i;\ci': m- ii.on k iki.ncii. -M, 1N77; IKiiry KiIsL'y, hi nil 1 )r- (.(.•iiihtT V ), iSSi ; Aliic Mary, horn Maivli i;,, iS^j, luanifd Chark's .SawyiT, twi) (.liildivn, rcsidfiKi', CiioksliiiT ; Jessie Ma\-, Imivii \n\i.'itil)i.T _•<>, iS^cj; Tansy, horn I'Vhrnary _';,, i.SS,| ; (Irai'i' DarliiiiL;. horn April 12, iSSd; (Uadys, horn I'V'l)riiary 1 _\ iSS(). At llu' I'ooi of this paj^e is a plioloH'iij^rav iii.t; of tlu' risidtiKc of Mr. Taylor. His chk'sl son is attcMiding tlic Toruiilu wti-'riiiary colk'.nt.'. WILLIS J. PHELPS, carpenter and undertaker, was horn in Newport, September g, 1S36, and lived in that township until lie moved to .Siwycrville. He has in the past coml)ined farminj^ with his trade as carpenter. Mr. Phelps has held the office of school commissioner for several years, and is now one of the valuators of .Sawyer- ville. He was married in Katou, January i), iS5,S,to Miriam B., dauijlUer of Horatio Currier. Issue, four children, three living : Elbert W., born November 15, 1864, married Olive J. Ward, residence Learned Plain ; Henry J., born January 21, 1870; Kva M., born December 25, 1874. On the next page is an engraving of the resi- dence of Mr. Phelps. KlvSIDl'.NCIv III" H. !•;. TAVI.OR. ///.v/f )/»■)■ (>/ cou/'/oA' itU'A'/y. I. SI will 1I1(>\1.<1 In TIh' 1)1 lit I lAM .lAMRS AI.I.RN RVANS. lniiiiiliasi'd llif fanii wlifiv lu' now lives, in ( K'tolier, 1S76. A plioto-eniL^rax in,u('t" the resi- detiee is shown oil the nest pa.yi', wlure Mr. ;ind Mrs. Thompson and their ehildivn ma\' he seen. lie was married at Shenin^toii, (Jiie., in June, kohert J , horn Manli in, iShS; Howard I'!.. I''i.l)ruary i |, iS;.'; Jo.se])h .\., horn .\iii;Usl ;,, iSd;, to .\niiie I)eaii. Issue, the ehildri'ii horn Ma\- 2|, iSjo; l-'ivderiek W., horn 1S7.1 ; IJlly (',., l)orii ( )etoher ;, 1 , iS;*). CHAKLRS <1K()R(1R liROlill.LETTI:, iiierehant tailor, was horn June .'.\ i.S()(,, in Slnkely, OiU'. ( )!i the next l)ai;e we present an excellent eiij.iravinj; of his store and residence, lo^nelher with Mr. Hrouilletle and family. In iS()i our snhject came to .Sawyer\ ille and estal)lislu'd a t.'iilor's shop, to which he has since added .Rent's furnishinj^s, He is one of the pushiiii; hiisiness men of Sawyerxille, and assisted l.irijely in formiiiiL; the coinpan\- and coiistructin.i; the line of the Canadian 'rclephoiie Company, of which he was app Milled maua.iier. 'Pile father of Mr. Hrouillette is still lixiiii^ in Stukely, holdin.n otViccs of councillor and school commissioner. Mr. Mroiiillette was married at Ma^oj;, >■ this marriage are lour children: Iloiiiere IIer\e, Ixirn March iS, iNi)2; Marie .\., Ixirn .\]>ril i, iSij;; Ivlla H., horn June i(i, i.Si)5. COIRT SAWYI-RVII.I.R, No. 590. I. O. F. This court was orj^anixed June 5, iSijd, h\ ,Iohn \V. Stocks and Henry Williams, of Sherhmoke, assisted liy James Montj^omery, John I'lanche and Charles Loveland, of Court Cookshire, \o. 17(1. h'ollow iui.^ are the names of the charter meinhcrs and the oiil"icers elected, vix. : C.D.H.C.R., Henry K.Taylor; \'.C R . Charles II Loveland ; R.S , Miron I. Larahce ; V.S . James Montj^ouiery ; Treas., Thomas J. Stevenson; S.W., John \V. Jones ; J.W., Thomas Johnston ; S.H., John Rohinsou ; J.H., John Reinhardt ; P.C.R , Richard Ivvans, and nienil)ers, Hertram vSawyer, Norton Lind.say, (iilhert HoniL;h, Ames Williams, Hd,i4ar .\. Kiuj^slev, \"ictor Loveland (decea.sed), Horace Stevenson, Kdward Hawsoti and F. A. Planche. J. .\ lAANS •5-' i/tsroN) or lo)//'Iox iiWA'/i: Kl.SllH Nk 1, Ml III m;\ i in iMlxiN I >ri illllit 1 I ~, lSi|>. tllr Inlliiu ill.U (irtil'lTS WlTl' iKi'liil, and iinu licilil ..Ifur I is.ioi : C.I) II C U , j.iiius Miiiitociiiury ; C U., Ilullis Cairii»; \ C U . I,t nii.inl IvNMiii ; !•'. S., I'!])Iiraiiii I'!\aiis ; U. S., !■', \. I'l.iiulic; T^l■a^.. L'liarli^ II. I,n\ ilaiid ; L liaplaiti, Cliai K s ImiiuIi, SW., Willi. im Ri.l.KIl; ,|.\\., \nliin lI.MM'y; S.I!., Alhv.l KrIUs ; j.l!, W illiaiu Craliaiii ; I'.C.R., 'riiiiiiias MiCiifdy. \l lllr ill->l ilUliiiU 111' lllr mini IKiirv I'.. Tavliir was a|p]M.iiiUil Cl).l I C R. I Ii' wa> s\iiiv<.'(U'd ill i.S().,' li\ r>ru. Chailis I,(i\rl.iiid, wliii lilK'd lliat nrfuf until i.'~!ii>, wluii \\v was siuiTidrd li\ Itio. laiiiis Mmiii^diiuTy, ulm holds till' iiirui at tlu' ])n.'S(.nt tinir In Jauuarv, |S(,.;, 'rinniia'^ MiCiirdy, M.I>., was idirti'd CR .and lu-ld tlu' nlVKr until |)rmiiliiT, i.'^ws. 'riu' t'cillnw in,:; iminlurs lia\i' luni (Kdi\i;ati's to till- dilTiTi'iit si'ssidiis 111' till.' IIiv;li Court of tlir l'ro\iiur ol' (JiirlKH\ \ i/ : 'I'liomas MrCnrdw JauKs Montv^iiiiu TV, Ri.'\. IIiiIrtI .\ |)ii'k.son. < )l' tlusr two Iia\i lu'ld Ili.uli Court ofjurs. .\t a srssiou of till' lliyli Court in Coalii'o ik, in iNiJ, Rrx, II. A. I )iikson was iliosrii Ili.^li Cliaplain for tlir i.-nsuin.:^ year, and in iSc)^, :\[ a session of ilir Ilii^li Court in (JucIm.t, I'.ro. jauu-s Mont,L;onuT\- was idirti'd Hi.i.;li Marsh, d for tlu' rroviiuc of (JiuIkc. ^ ^ Siuii' till' ori^ani/atioii of tlu- tdurt, it has i^oue stead- il\ on inin/asini;, until at till' ])n.'Si'nt tinif tluiv is a iiKinlirrslii|) of fort\-Li.v;ht 'riu' Kiurt nitrts tlu' third W'fdiU'sday of excry mouth, in the ( )ian,i;i' I lall. Saw MTV ilk' ' >n the iKxt |)a.!^i- is a ])lioto-en,L;ra\ iuij (if iIk' otTu'LTs and nicuil^cTs, taken dnrinj.; the sninnierof iN()5 I.ATi; l)A\ II) l:U\N AKI) MliTCALF. cari)L'nter, was boru in South Cooksliire, February 5, 1837. He f1 niariia).;»' was in Mafnu, I^'ehinaiy i, iSd;, tn Aiaininta I ). Kahi'ier, widnu nl' Win. .\. CniumiiiKs. Issne, ime danj^litcr : Myitie A., Ihhii i Uienilur .'7, iSdi). Sfimid nianiane, in Ivilnii, I'Vlirnary iS, iSSj, to Alma M. Ilod^'e. issue, one son, Claude !»., Ijoiu July IS. iSS.S, Mr. Metealf dietl ;it Sawycrville, I'elnnary ! j, iSi)(i. coiKT s.\\vvi;k\ ii.i.i-: n,.. ,v/i, i. o. v. WILLIAM BRYANT WILLIAMS, fanner, was born where lie now lives, November i<.\ 1S43. He has held the offiee of eonneillor, and is a trustee of the H.iptisl eliureh. Mr. Williams' .uraiidpaieiits, Asepli and Jernsha Williams, eaine from Coniiectieiit, aiuoii.n the tlrst settlers. His father, Russell Williams, who died April _m, iSf);, married .Miee Hiiikley, of Tlietford, \'t. vSlie died May 3, iSyo Nine of their ehildreu are still liviiiij. Our subject was first married May 30, 1S7S, to Marj' L. Munn. who died January i), 189;,. Issue, one son: Archie H., born October 3, iSSo. Second marriage, December 31, 1.S94, to Mary K. P. Sanborn, of Lowell, Mass. ROBEKT McCULLOHOH, blacksmith, was born November 16, i.Sdb, coming to Clifton in 18S5, and later moving to Saw\-erville. Married at Sawyerville, October 25, 1S93, to Florence, daugliter of Cliarles Harvey. Issue, one child: Gleasou Harvej', born September 9, 1895. 154 nisroNv or nyyfrrox lotwry. ROHRRT MAI.I.IDAY. farmer, a resident of S.iwyorvilK- s'wwv 1.S73, was horn in West CliftDn, (KtuliiT -•;•, iN|,v Ai j)resent lie holds the DlVioe of coimcilldr. In the past he has been comuillor, school ooniinissioner and valii.it> till' llDiinriil.li' ». . II M»>KiNri»M, l.iiiilfii.iiil ('.iis'Tinir i.f lln- Niirlli«r..i Trrriliirir*, * Till- iliroiiiili's (if till" iniiiity of Ci)iii|it()ii would he incoiiipli'tc iiuK-ed, without a contiso h'o^naiihy of oik- whose niastt-rful fiRTj^ifs Ufl their iiupress upon :i iiiaiotity of the public institutions of the Ivisteiii Townships. The Hon. John Henry I'ope was a distinctive personality, a lover of his native county, a benefactor of the coinmuuity. a coura^'coiis, self-denyiiij,', zealous toiler in the cause of progress; not only a pioneer in the work of (levelopiii).; the material resources of his immediate nciKhhorhood, hut other momentous enterprises appcrtainin)^ to the Dominion of C.inada. To intelli).jcntly estimate the >,'radual expansion of a commonwealth, he who investi>;ates must aim at being conversant with the character of those who made its laws, founded its institutions and fostered its industries. .As with nations, so with communities, the component parts of which contribute towards l)erfecling the entire fabric. Hence, so long as intrepid courage, unflagging zeal, and untiring devotion to interests beneficial to mankind are appreciated, the names of great men will be honored by generations to come. The dull, cold car of death may be insensible to prai.se or censure, flattery or candor, admiration or envy ; still, the example of a life well lived, of duty performed, remains, stimulating those who come after to be faithful to every trust, and unflinching in their eflforts for the betterment of the human race. Friend and opponent alike, recognized in John Henry Pope a man above personal amliition ; they saw in him no loiterer in the lap of luxury; no worshipj)er at the shrine of popular applause : on the contrary, a strong character, possessing the intellectual and physical fibre which is at all times the birthright of those whose individuality is stamped upon the history of their times. The Honorable John Henry Pope was born in the township of p^aton mow Cookshire), on December 19, iSig, inheriting from his forefathers that spirit of self-reliance characteristic of his after life. His fiither. Colonel John Pope was the son of a United Kmpire Loyalist, who, with others in the dark days, j)referred the flag of Great Britain to that of the neighboring republic. The family originally removed, in 1800, from the vicinity of Boston, Mass., and the farm occupied in the Townships is embraced in the magnificent property now owned by Mr. Rufiis Pope, M.P. At the time the Pope settlers came to Cookshire the district was known as the township of Katon, and sixteen miles distant, where now stands the flourishing citj' of Sherbrooke, only one log house denoted the march of civilization. Wherever these U. E. Loyalists settled, well-to-do communities sprung into existence. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick * NniK 'I'tie llDiinriihlr C II. Mackii)(i>.4ti was I'oi many years one ol the ihohI active jniirnatists and public .speaker., in Ihe I>ntnitiinu. In \\ t he accepted the edittirship of the Ottawa i'ltisrn, which he tnanaKed for nearly twenty years In i*.;.*. i'*'^-^. ntid t**.^!, he was elected tnavor of the l.'apital. and sal from is^.- until i*«(V with the exception of two yeais, as senior nieniher lor the city of Ottawa. In istn he was appointed lieiiteiiaiit jfovernnr of the N rthwcst Territories Mr. Mackintosh was a close personal and parliatnentary Iriend of Mr. Pope's, for many years, and frc(jiifntl> visitetl the Kastetn Townships, particularly on the occasions of the annual meetings of the Conservatives of Compton. Me Iheretore kindly consenteil to write a concise hioKraphy ot the late lloitorahle John Henry Pope, for nse in the "History of Compton Coimty." Kditor ly. IIISIONY 01 HWr/ihV lOt/A'/V I. nut at tliiit time Novii Scotia rnnncil .ui iiiti'v;ii(l pait of N'fw MiiiiiHwiiki, tliv Hay of IJiiiiiti' ilioliii't ill ()iitaii<>, ntnl what vvcir kimwii a«« llu- l*;ii^li>li or l•',.l^tl•rll 'rnwiiNliips, nil t)s\iL'(l iiiiu'li of tluir alter il«.'\clii|itiu lit ami I'aiiU' to tliv klitiit (Usii'iiilatitN iit° tluoi* iltivalniiiN null, will) (tcMtii'il tlii'ir ritrtuiUH aiul lia/anli'il tlu'ir livcH, ti> iiiaiiitaiii what tlu-y i-Diucivi'il tu III' till- rmulaiiKiital priiifipli-N of Hrilish suvcrri^jiily. < Mu' in 'vhal was tluii Innkttl iipnii ;i^ ;i iiiInIoi t iiiu', tluM' \i>>oii(ii>, of |lu' |nriiil sti'iii iiiiilril ill iiilai v;iii)^ aiul (.'oiisdliilatiiiK Imperial aiitluiritv aud Iiiipctial iiiti'ri->>t.s, in tlu' iniiiitrv tluy KariU'd to Insc Mi» foiully. 'riioMi- who today ciijoy fvcry ciliu'atiotial advaiita^i', wliostf chililri-ii arc MtirroiiiuKil by hplciulitUs i'i|nippi-tl si-liools niKi collf^cs, liiul ditVu-nlty in n-ali/in^' uhat a niarxclloiis ehati);c has taki'ii phut- within thv last half nl' the ptiseiil eiiitiiry. A einiiMiun st lion] ttainiiiv; was, in the early days, all the iiiajnrity nf ilmsr who iiluiw aids inaile their mark in piildie eouUI piissildy rccvivc. The nidiineiits nf idiuatinii at the eomnioii .seluiid of Cookshire, were all that t'ortutiv votiehsal'ed Mr. INipe. The world's sehool of hniiian nature, in wliieli he was an apt and devoteil stiuleiit, was open to him; there he learned the lessons and tiiatured the mental oiitlit that made him a leader of men and a ^iaiil amon}{^t his eoiitemporaricH. Never willinj;ly idle, np with the siin, and toiling' until it set, love for aurienltnre, stoekraisiii^ and ^,'rain mowiiij,;, instilled the Itelief that his whole time and attention would he eniKeiitr.ited in eiiltivatiii),^ the l)est f.inii, leediii); the l)est stoek, and impoiliiiK the ln'st cattle into the ICastern 'i'ownships. Not so: the imirkets of the world weie open to him; he knew that sailing; vessels and steamers plied the Atlantic; he had seen the cattle and tiinlier tr.ide at (Jiieliec ; and, uradnally, workiiij,' hv day .ind tlriviiij; hy ni^ht, soon l)eeaine a central ti>;iire, not alo'ie loeally, Imt in the Ancient Capital. Mr. I'opi' was married on March ,s, I'^^t.S, to Miss Hailey, dau);hler ol Mr. Ward Hailey, of Cookshire, hy whom he had three ehildreii : I,i//ie, the wife of the lion. W. M. Ives, M.l*. for Sherhrooke, and, until the recent defeat of the Conservative party, Minister of Trade and Commerce, one tif the foremost politicians in the I (ominion- and Kiifiis H. Pope, the present aide member for Comptoii in the House of Commons. The third ehild died when hilt ail iiilaiit. It may lie of interest in this eoiitieetion, to iiuiuioii that Jidiii Pope, ^randlather of the snltjeel of this memoir, died on May 7, iS,s,^, a^ed ninety years; and Col. John Pope, his father, died on Jniie .'S, iSsO, a^,'e(l seventy years. With many deservin).j enterpri.ses of importance in the M isterii Townships, John Henry Pope was intimately associated. He was one of the ori^^inal promoters of the Ivistern Townships Hank, securing' its first charter ; was a niemher of its Hoard of Directors from its first or).>aiii/atioii up to tile day of his death, and lived to .see the institntioii which he was mainly instrnnieiital in startinj,^ (commencing business in i.s^i) with the usual eapilal, S-p" i,.\frroN nu'.wry. "57 Till'; I. ait; iinMiUAm.i: JOHN iii;nuv rtn'i;. i5« /f/.swtty 01 lOAtrroN coiffrr. wan ritliitvtl by the riitc-|mycr». HniiiU were iNHiird ImioI upon tlir Hviiirity ^Ullrllllli'i■kt liy thin vulc. Mcttiuvliilr, tlic Miliiliiy of tlu* bylaw wait i'liittvNted ; tliiiH, for ttio time IwiiiK, m.dcriiiK tlic botuU umic>{iili;il»Uv Mr I'npo pU-ilm'il Iii opputtlioii was lU-iidcil aiKcisily to tluin, ami iIiimi carrivil to uppvitl, where defeat wum aKaiii NimtaiiU'd. A coiitrait whh next etttered {iiti> with MeHHt'M. Mrooks, Kynii iS: Co. tor tlu* coiiiplrtioii of tlu' biiitdinK of tin- road. |)tHiii>{ its rotistrmlioii, Mr. I'opf was rcpiMtt-dly obliged to coiiu- forward ami pledge his iiaiiic and that of his fntndN to obtain money to k** "" ^^itl> t''*^ work. Wluiv ntlii-r men uotitd h^.vc auccntulK'd, hiH itidoinitatde pluck and energy at.-hirve,Mic(l, and what is now a continuation of the Pasumpsic Railway became a reality within a few months. Mr. Pope wa.s intimately associated with the Patou Manufacturing Company of Sherbrooke, from its inception in iS6h, bein^ one of the orijjinal partners under the name of A. Patcai it Co. He had always been a lar^e stockholder, and taken a deep interest in its advancement, advocating; extension of the mills in 1H72, thus makinj.; them the largest in Canada at that time. In the depression of trade which marked the years iS;^ to 1.S7S, he never lost faith in the enterprise. In fact reverses seemed to develop his best (pialities, and he was always fonnd ready to back the management to the utnjost of his ability. When the Paton Company was supposed to be on the decline, it was proposed to or^janizc and incorporate a company of shareholders. Mr. Pope was applied to. He said: " (io and see our friend in Montreal" (the late Mr. A. Bnntin), "and then I will speak" The Montreal gentleman replied; "No, get Mr. pope, and I will take an ecpial amount to that subscribed by him." What was the consternation of the Montreal friend to learn that the member for Coinpton had sub.scribed 56(),;ain hard pressed dnriiiK' the crises of those years. Mr. Pope had faith ; he put up amttlier 5(5<>,'hx>, and others contributed. To-day it is considered one of the best ])avinjr properties in the Dominion. He v.as larj^ely interested with the late Cyrus ,S. Clarke, of Portland, Me., in the Hrompton Mills Lumber Company, and did a great deal towards the development of the lumber trade III tliat |*iirl of llu' oMiittry, I hiring niitiix MurH lie ilntvt* ilay iind nielli tH'twfvu tlu' |nmiiIh of liin u|H-nttiitiiM— Mt'niit|itMii ami tin- ftml piirt nf Ci)iii|>ti)ii imiiity; fttr t\w) vu'ckt li>- Iwtit lii'cii kiiiivMi to Nli-f|) ill liis >>l«'iKli lit \\\)ih\ r.itlii-r tliaii liaxi- his iiii>\iMiU'iit<« rrt.inUil • \wirkiii^ all ihis, without i-\i-ii o|)|Hirtiiiiity to iliiiiiKi' Iiih a|i|mri-l On oiiv tKiaHioii, diiriiiK till' Hpriii^', till' rouiN Itrokr up an ii'i' U'ritiiu* fra^^ili■ in thi* Fvlton river, Arr<\inx tlii'ii, III' t'oitinl ti-aiiiH anil ini'ii, but wiin tiitnriiii'il tli.it it would Ih' " iiiipos>ili!r lo iroHi," "Not imi'hh!" Ill' I'silaiiiii'il ; "«li\, lliat\ what I laiiU' to do and wv'w ^ot to inaki- tl iroHHiiiK." All ninlit lon^ lu' worked with \m coat ort', wii'ldiii^ an axi-, fi-lliiin tlu' Iri'i'i on I'lii'li Nidi* Till' rivi*r not Ikmii^ very widi*, thi-Hc nii't and lajipi'd midway, thiin piVHi-ntin^' iiisiiriiiiiiiiitalilc liarrii'rN to tin tloatin^ icv ; whiih, iHiomin^r ntationary, froze into a Nolid ImmK. All till' mill assistrd, lilll ihrir <«trrU^;lll ^wv out. Mr. I'ope inlltillUrd, llld at ^'i^{llt o'lloik I'll tilt iiioniiiij,' of till' ni'xt day, imia man and every tium had iio>M'd l-'iltoii river, greatly to ilu Mirjjrise of the iiei^hlMirhood. 'I'lie Seoteli settlerH, for yvunt ufterward.H, when remarks detrimental to Mr. I'ojte were niiule, would nay; "Mr, l'ni)e laii ilo anything; he laii firi'/e the river!" Siii li (|ualities .is these endeared him to the roltust mlleamie. who toiled ill the I'iasterii Townships. Tliiie were j^iaiits in the earth in those davs ; railv ays and nu»deriii/ed luxuries were read <>\, lnit iiui enjoyed to my extent, ill that distriet Life was a two-fisted striiKK'*^* •'"' ''i*^' """' ^^'"' ii'i»»-*l 'it aehieviiiK siieeess. Mr. I'ope was a direetor of the Slurliiooke Water I'owei Company, the Sherlirooke (las and Water Coiiipaiiv, and hoiior.iry |>ii'sidiiit and a lar^e sim khohU-r in the ICasterii Townships .\);rii iiiiuial Assoeiatioii. Tlu' iuppir miius at .\itoii were also opined up ami workid lliron),;h his a^eiiey, as well as the ^old mines of the township of hittoii. It i- related that, luariiiv; from an Indian that ^old had heeii found in llu' township of hittoii, then tweiitv miles from civ ili/ation, he. in iS6j, started with Mr William Hailey and two iieii^htMtrs, one named Westoii. determined, if possil'le, to discover the truth of the report. They underwent many fatigues, seanhiiiK during the day in vain. Mr. Hailev tished, and Mr Pope exploted, .\t last he returned with a eoinieal smile on his faee, remarkiiijs' : " I/M.k here, Hailey, you're liavinjj; all the fun ; I vjiiess I'll tisli," vvhieh he did, laudiii),^ some very t'liie trout. .\t dusk. Luther Weston reliinied, exelaiminjf: "My (ieoi^e, I've found it!" displaying; a small pieee of j.;i(ld, whii'li lu' li.i 1 eaiefuUy washed. They eaini)L'd that iii^lit, ami next day, instead of troul-lishitij;, );old-liuntiu>.; was the exeitt'ineut. The result was, Mr. l*o])e itoii.viht all the laud within a >,fiven area, and had the property mined for years. He -vore a massive j,'idd eliaiii. llie prmhul of the miiu'. and frecpieiitly remarked, with a sly twinkle in his eye: " I wniked a ^(»n\ many years to ^vi this chain — ami j^ot it at wholesale tl^iures, too." I'os.sessinj; all the attributes of pro).;rcssive manhood, John Henry I'ope became a leader of men, not only on the farm, in lumberinjj camps, in railway enterprise, iu financial operations, but in every avenue of life upon which he entered. .\ well-known gentleman, Sipiirc Labcrec, had .settled in the country years and years before. John Henry I'ope's father, Colonel Pope, married Miss Sophia Laberee, a woman of great force of character, and all her (pialities were inherited by the son. When dan^jer threatened Canada, Mr. Vo\)c organized the first cavalry company in Quebec province, becoiuiii).; captain, and afterwards retiring with the rank of m.njor. Naturally difBdent as to titles or dislinctivj appellations, he was particulaily averse to being addressed in accordance with military eti(pietle, and perhaps lie was wise; at all events, common sense, and not false modesty, inspired these sentiments. It was his irrepressible pluck, his indomitable will and manly spirit, which contributed towards making him a central figure in every great undertaking throughont various portions of the province of (Quebec ; but more particularly iu the Eastern Towusiiips. He amassed wealth, but was exceedingly ir-i. ///sroKv ()/•• co.uproN county. iL^eiienuis; every clinrcli, no nmtter of what deiiotiiiiiation, received coiitribtitiotis, and LirK"-" (UK'S too, tVoiii the man who was himself toilinji; to complete innnensc works. I'Veiich at: 1 Iviinlisli alike learned In admire and trust him, and this confidence was manifested hy the political support recorded hy all nationalities. To this day his name is revered hy many of the Scotch settlers of Winslow and their descendants, for a hard and snccessfnl hattle fon).;hl in their interests. It so hiippeiied thai lar>.je tracts of land were cancelled hy the Crown Lands I)ei)arlmenl at Oiichec, for the time heinj;' the centre for political hnsiness. Mr. l'o])c, just elected to ])arliament, protested, hnl nselessly. Then he attended the sale, challcn).;e(l anyhody to purchase land npon which settlers were to he found, and ultimately forced the authorities to compromise hy allowiu)^ every hona fide settler his lands. When he returned, the grateful Scotchmen turned out in force, and rcleasinj^ the horses, amid wild enthusiasm drew his carriai^c three miles. In fact, in every walk of life, in c\erythin^ to which he turned his attention, success was achieved hy indomilahle ])erse\erauce and unremittin.L; industry One nii>;ht he |)ar(lone(l for entertaininj; a misjrivinj>; that the man who drove day and nii;ht to and from lumherinj; camps and mills, who ex])lored a mineral district and huilt railwavs, who rejoiced in stock raising and had scarce a day of rest, must necessarily ha\c nej^leclcd some portion of his vast responsihilities. N'ot so, however, for what he accom])lished renuiius a monument of evidence to the contrary. While eni^a^a-d in all other enter])ri.ses, he never lost interest in farniinj^' operations, prosecntin^ them with his customery energy, and iniportiu,^ laii^e shi])nients of thorouj^hhred stock, with the creditahle desi,nn of im])rovin)4' hreeds of cattle in the Townshi])s. His stock farm, " Ivastview," at Cookshire, was, and is still, one of the finest model farms in Canada, and that this will continue is safe to i)redict, so lout^ as the son, Mr. Rnfns H l'()])e, M.P , directs ojierations upon the vast estate. He, too, possessin.n' education, e\])erience, couraj.(e and indomital)h' perseverance, is a lixini;' prototype of his father. Quick to jierceive any advantage, to api)ly any lahor-savinj.^ machinery, or adopt any device jirouiotivj of a.^riciiltural de\elo])Uicni, the successor of the lamented .John Henry l*o]n- c(Mnuiands res])ect and ins|)ires confidence in all his nndertakinj^s. We come now to another, and national idiase in the career of one who rendered so mnch \alnahle service to the Dominion -that appcilainiu}; to his ])olitical life. Stormy days, those succee(liii,!L;- the operations of William Lyon Macken/.ie, Cartier, Rohert Haldwin, Louis H. Latoiitaine. Wilfred Xelsou, Louis rapiuean, and their contem])oraries. Dark days also, those who saw kindled the flame of sectional and racial passion throughout the old provinces, when a j^oxernor-jfcnerars life was threatened, and nation's deliherative assemhly destroyed l)v fire, ])nl)lic lihraries levelled with the j^ronnd, constitutional j.^()vernment hrouj^lu into coiitem])t, scofi'ed at and ontras^ed. At this jjcriod, iS4g, the undemonstrative John Henry Pope appeared, a lion in the political arena; the old United Kmpire Loyalist hlood coursed hotly in his veins; the old Ignited Empire Loyalist enthusiasm was aroused. Not only in Canada, but in portions of Great Britain, Lord Elgin was denounced for assenting to the Rebellion Losses Bill. Who, to-daj', harbors even shadowy suspicion that that able statesman was inspired by ought save constitutional motives? Still, Mi. Gladstone denounced the bill as a " measure for rewarding rebels," and it should not be a matter for wonder that suggestions such as these added fuel to fire, and that the old "Family Compact" spoke disparagingly of Lord Elgin. Mr. Pope had, for some time, been a leading factor iu municipal matters, had a seat iu the Council (representing Eaton) at Sherbrookc, and strengthened himself by an organization of trusty friends and adherents prepared to follow him to the death. A marvellous organizer, he knew his men, and when selected, these proved he had not erred iu judgment. He spurned anuexation, based as it was upon ///sroA')' OF COMPTON COVNTV. ' i6i absolutely disloyal cU'sifiiis, and said so. The ru>j}i[ed orij^itiality of John Henry Pope could not be more significantly illustrated than by a recitation of his course in connection with this wild tnovement. A majority of th- monied men throujjhout the Townships, together with others who exercised considerable influence, were misled by the craze, probably in consequence of proximity to the American boundary. At that time, Mr. Pope thought more of improving his property than of engaging in windy controversies. It happened, however, that while shingling his house, just beyond the village of Cookshire, a gentleman called him down, presenting a paper for his signature. "What is it?" asked Mr. Pope. Upon reading, he discovered its i)urport, namely, annexation. "Here, take this back!" he exclaimed, "I'll not sign it, and you'll not get many signers around here!" and only one signature was secured in Cookshire. Sir Alexander Tilloch Gait resigned his seat for the county of Sherbrooke, Mr. Pope at once advocated the nomination of Mr. Cleveland, of Richmond (father of Mr. C. C. Cleveland, ex-M.P. for Richmond and Wolfe), as a candidate. The late Judge J. S. Sanborn, suspected of annexation proclivities, and ultimately declaring his preference therefor, was also in the field. A bitter, uncompromising struggle followed, Sanborn being returned by a substantial majorit}'. The Pope committee, however, in no way lost heart ; day by day, and night by uight, they toiled to perfect their system and to strengthen their ranks, and, on two occasions, the leader of this aggressive phalanx opposed Sanborn unsuccessfully, being only in a minority of eight on the second occasion. Ultimately Mr. Sanborn saw new light, and in 1857 renounced annexation, retiring in Mr. Pope's favor. That gentleman sat for Compton up to the day he passed away, on April i, 1.S89. It was during one of the early meetings of the Assembly, that the new member for Compton, being in Quebec, astonished a number of commercial and naval gentlemen by expressing an opinion that they were ignorant of the first principles of what he called the " application of leverage." The controversy arose out of the sea-faring men declaring that a sunken ves.sel near the harbor could not possibly be raised. " V^ery well," quietly remarked Mr. Pope, "you guarantee me so much money" (naming the amount), "and I'll guarantee to raise the boat." He made a contract, raised the vessel, got the money, and when telling this experience, usually added : " When a man feels that a thing can be done, he .should be determined to do it." That was his creed throughout life. On the same principle, years and years after, he fought the Bell Telephone Companj''s contention with reference to certain patents. It will be remembered that Parliament, prior to Confederation, met alternately at Quebec and Toronto. The member for Compton was known in Toronto as the " Log-roller," partially because of his being engaged in the lumber business, but, perhaps, candidly speaking, more because of his penchant for opposing legislation considered by him as jeopardizing Pvastern Townships interests. Thus, when the late Hon. T. Lee Terrill, of Stanstead, applied for the incorporation of a Provincial bank, despite all the influences brought to bear, Mr. Pope condemned the enterprise and ultimately defeated the measure. Few men have conferred more solid benefits upon their country, as legislators, than John Henry Pope. There was no ostentation, no display, no pride of office or assumption of intellectual brilliancy. Reticence was his strength. He seldom promised, but once promising, never failed to be true to an obligation. Entering the oid Canada Assembly in 1857-5S, one in an aggregate of one hundred and thirty members, Mr. Pope soon became an active spirit in the Conservative ranks. Kingston had sent Sir John A. Macdonald ; Argenteuil, Bellingham, and afterwards J. J. C. Abbott; Brockville, George Sherwood; Carleton, W. F. Powell ; Chateauguay, Henry Starnes ; Cornwall, John S. McDonald ; Dorchester, Hector L. Langevin ; Drummond, Christopher Dunkin ; East Durham, F. H. Burton; East Elgin, i63 //ISrORY (>/■ iiKU/'/VX nU'XTY. I.cotiidas Bnrwcll ; I'ronti'imc, Henry Smith ; (ilciiK.irry, D. A. McDonald ; Haldiiiiatul, William I^yoti Maikftizic ; Hamillon lity, Isaac Miiclianaii ; llastinj^'s North, (Icor^je Hciijaiiiiti ; Hastings South, Lewis \Vall)iiili{o ; Kent, Arcliihald McKellar ; Lain!)ton, Malcolm Cameron, and aftcrwanls Hope 1'. Mackenzie; I.ecds and (Irenville, Ofjle R. Gowan ; Lincoln, VV. 1'. Merritt, and afterwards J. C. Rykert ; London, .John Cirlinyj ; Northnmherland West, Sidney Smith; Ontario, ()liver Mowat ; Ottawa city, R. W. Scott; Ottawa county (afterwards so ahly represented by the late Alon/o Wright), I). K. Papineau ; Oxford North, William Mac(lonj,'.'ill (succeedinj; (ieor^jc Hrown) ; Perth, Thomas M. Daly; (Juehec city, Charles Alleyn ; Renfrew, J. L. MacdoUf^a'.l and afterwards W. Caley ; St. Hyacinthe, L. \'. vSicotte ; Shefford, T. Drummond ; Sh hrooke town, Alexander Tilloch (lalt ; Simcoe North, An^^us Morrison ; Toronto city, (ieorjje Hr )wn and J. Heverly Rohmsim ; N'erclures, (ieorjje Cartier ; Waterloo North, M. H. Koley ; Welland, (iilbert McMicken ; Wentworth North, William Notman — a galaxy of able men, from whose ranks Confederation — the union of all the provinces — virtually received its first inspiration. It was a jjreal Parliament, for there bcjjan the strujjji;le which resulted, years afterwards, in that union, declared to be a panacea for then existing and all possible future ills and bickerings, between I'pper and Lower Cinada. A born diplomat, John Henry Pope soon became the central figure of a group of notably bright and popular representatives. The times were exciting; the Hon. (ieorge Hrown was a powerful factor in the body politic. His advocacy of representation by population, denunciation of Roman Catliol c institutions, and agitation with reference to the rights of Upper Cinada, having strengthened his cause, while seriously affecting the situation for his op])nnents In iSh;, surrounded by such men ;'.s William Macdougall, ()liver Mowat, .Mexaiuler Mackeii/ie. and .scores of powerful debaters, his trenchant i)eu and elo(|uent tongue concentrated uiion the enemies' l)atteries, it became evident that an era of chronic discord, sectional ])assion and agitation, threatened to produce a long and disastrous feud, iuimical to Ciinada, and degrading to ci\ili/ed and civilizing institutions, (ioveninieiits did not last long ; majorities were small ; Saiidlield Macdoiiald's administration came in and went out; the Conservatives followed in iS()|, being defeated upon the Militia bill. Holli ])arties were disconcerted. Outside the walls of Parliament, public seiitiineiit was divided; an appeal to tin.' excited ])opulace seemed almost a niocker\- ; statesmanslii]) was at a discount, and the hour called for the nian .\t that time Parliament met at Ouebec, and the man the hour deiiruided was a guest at the St. Louis Hotel, Mr. John Henry Pope, who, consulting a few u lends, sought an interview with the Hon. (ieorge Hrown, discussed the subject of coalition, and ultimately a conference took jjlace between John .\ Macdonald and Mr. Hrown. An agreement follovved — a coalition government was formed, the programme being confederation of the Provinces of l'])per and Lower Canada, Xova Scotia and New Hrunswick, and it was hoped that this would be a tiiial adjustment of all those vexed and vexing issues threatening .severance of the ties hitherto existing between Upper and Lower Canada. On ( ;ctober 25, iSji, Mr. Pope was gazetted Minister of Agriculture, resigning office with his leader, the Right Honorable Sir John A. Macdonald, in Xovember, 1S73, returning to his department again in October, 1S7S, upon the defeat of the goveniment of the Hem. Alexander Mackenzie. In his department Mr. Pope soon ]iroved that earlv training and practical experience eminently fitted him for the ])osilioii of Minister of Agriculture. He was a worker, throwing his whole energies into .solving the diverse problems and complications daily arising, In the House of Commons he commauded the greatest possible respect and attention ; he had made his place, and was not the mere accident of part}' exigence or cabal influence. Tall, commanding in appearance, with high forehead and pale, intellectual countenance; incisive, full of nervous vigor, he was, />ar excellence, the type of a class which builds, and after building, never pulls down, except to improve. //tSroHV ()/■ CO.WP/VN COUNIV. 16.1 ToU'raiit towards his tjppoiiciits ; soimtimcs vcIiciirmU, lu-vt-r liasty ; possessing an extniordiiiary facnity for niastcrinj,' details ; never moved by K"^'y impulse, prudent, far-seeing, ealni, delcrniincd, lliose who attacked liini soon discovered an immense fund of reserve power, and tliose who enconraged and snstained liini realized that their confidence was never misplaced. One thing John Henry Pope had set his heart upon, namely', that the Dominion should have a Canadian Pacific railway, — a through route connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific. Years had elapsed since the snhject first became a noticeable issue in public affairs ; the preceding administration had made many efforts, but nnsuccessfully. One m;.n had confidence in it, — one man believed, one man was determined that the e.vperiment should be tried. He was aware that Sir Charles Tupper was even then (1870) negotiating in Ivngland, and he (Mr. Poi)e) was acting minister in the department controlling railway.s. The writer well remembers calling at his office in the Department of Agriculture at that period, finding Mr. pope contemplating a sheet of foolscap containing c(dnnins of figures, estimates and other data. " Come in ; sit down," said Mr. Pope, " \\\\ going to build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Here are the figures and it can be done." Finally he infijrmed him that he had decided upon resigning his portfolio, organizing a company, and constructing the railway. ' However," he added, "come and see me again tomorrow and I'll tell yon more about it." The writer kept the engagement. "Well, I'm not going )nt," (piietly remarked Mr. Pope, with a smile containing a volume of suggestions, '"but the railroad's going to be built. When I told Sir John of my intention, he asked me. 'Have yon that mnch faith in the enterprise?' 1 replied, ' Vts.' 'Then,' said he, 'if you have, I'm with yon. You, Tupper and I will have a talk and see what can be done either in Kngland or in Canada or both combined.'" vSo John Henry Pope remained in the administration, acting as Minister of Railways during Sir Charles Tupper's absence in Kngland, where tentative negotiations with various parties concerning the Pacific road were pending. The year iSSo opened full of bright promises and cheerful prosj)ccts, and when Sir John Macdonald, Sir Charles Tupper, and the Hon. J. H. Pop' engaged ipiarters at Batt'd Hotel in London, capitalists or their representatives were quite prepared to discuss the enterprise which had prompted this visit to Kngland. Mr. Pope always favored the construction of the Pacific Railway by a companj' who.se controlling interest should be in the hands of Canadians. He argued that these would more fulU' comprehend the position of affairs, command more local sympathy, and Lo more closely in touch with ihe great commercial houses of the Dominion. Mr. George Stephen, of Montreal, had already signified willingness to co-operate, and as he and Mr. R. B. Angus v.'ere both interested in the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, and had also been interested in the Pembina branch from ICnier.son to Winnipeg, the announcement that they were in Kngland prepared to negotiate, caused quite a flutter amongst rival negotiators. Meetings, conferences, exchange of correspondence, sorely tried the patience of the Canadian ministers, more particularly as week followed week without definite results. Finally, Mr. John Puleston, M.P. (afterwards Sir John Puleston), arranged an interview with Sir John Macdonald and Sir Charles Tupper. This gentleman, though not a large capitalist, was allied with many home as well as foreign bankers, and anticipated being able to bring together a very powerful and wealthy combination. Only preliminary features of the proposed contract were talked over, Mr. Pope being absent. On his return, the Premier informed him that Mr. Puleston was prepared to take up the work on the terms to be agreed upon. " Very well, Sir John," was that gentleman's response, " I guess you havn't anj' further use for me ; I'll get my grip and go back to Canada." Then the Premier and Sir Charles Tupper mollified their irate colleague, who at last said, "All right, I'll stay on one condition." "What is that?" asked Sir Charles Tupper. "Well, that Sir John sends for Mr. Puleston, M..J ///s/i>A')' (>/■■ (v>.i//'/v»/V ii>/'Ar/): and pivcs om- week at the end of whidt he is to produce the names of tlie proposed orjjani/ation, with tlirir timincial iredit vouched for, or failing tliat, -to (luit." Tliis was dune, Ijul Mr. I'ope used hnij;hiiij;ly to say, " Ivxcept Haron Reinadi, we never saw one «)f them again." Siil)sc(|iiently a contract was made with the Canadian capitalists. In i.SSs the Hon. Jolin Henry Pope hccanie Minister of Railways and Canals, sncccedinjj Sir Charles Tn|)per, althonj^li on several occasions lie desired to he free from the cares and an.xieties of office. The Premier several times siijjKcsted his acce])tance of Imperial honors, hut lie peremptorily refused t«) sanction it. He remained in the >joverninent, how- ever, usually with the explanation, " Well, Sir John wishes nie to stay, and his wislies are mine." Despite his admiration of, and personal re).;ard for the Premier, he would not brook any interference in his department. On one occasion, and one only, had he and his leader any disay>;reement or misunderstandinj.;, conscciuciit upon Sir John Macdonald suKKCstiiijj; that certain orders );iven hy the Minister of Railways should he coniitermanded. " All rijjht, Sir John," e.xclainicd his colIea)^ue, "then you have no use for me; jjet some one else, for I'll never consent to it!" Tiie jjreat Chieftain not being used to even a semblance of insubordination, was naturally astonished. In a minute, however, he recovered, extending his hand with the remark, " I have use for you, my old friend, and as you are so determined, you must be right." Mr. Po])e carried his point and remained at his j)ost. That Sir John Macdonald harbored no ill-feeling, consetjueiit upon this unpleasantness, was significantly proved some months after, when, discussing with tlie writer the subject of men in ])ublic life, the Prime Minister said: "John Henry Pope was the most prudent, clear- headed man in my government, and the shrewdest observer and manager of men I ever met on the American continent; had his education been perfected in early life, he would be Premier of the Dominion today." The writer ventured to suggest that tlie.se .scholarly attainments " might have sup])ressed the development of that very originality by wiiich he had achieved such success." " Perhaps so, perhaps so," cpiietly replied the Conservative chieftain, " never- theless, he rendered great services to Canada." This was snbseciuent to poor J(din Henry Pope's death ; less than two years after, loving hands, devoted followers, were placing memorial wreaths upon the bier of one whose chivalrous generalship had so often led them to victory. Then came the Riel troubles of 1S85-6, the member for Compton taking strong ground upon the advisability of maintaining law and order and respecting the constitution. In 1S.S6, it became apparent that the Opposition in (Quebec province was gaining s>.i"ength from the results of the Riel agitation, while the extreme feeling in Ontario was moderating. At that time, not only a racial ([uestioii with local coloring, disturbed the political atmosphere, but an imported question, " Home Rule for Ireland," had been forced to the surface. Di.scussing the prospect, Mr. Pope at once decic^»d that the sooner a general election took place the better for his Conservative friends. Mercier 'vas on the threshold of jxjwer, Mowat's government had just been sustained, and he logically reasoned that the Liberal party in Ontario had expended their strength, that Quebec Liberals would be powerful if Mr. Mercier came in, and that there was no other recourse except dissolution. Early in December he and Sir John Macdonald reviewed the situation, and in January, ifSSj, the House was dis.solved ; writs were issued, an election took place in February, and the Government of Sir John Macdonald was sustained. It is not to be imagined that even an iron constitution could remain intact after performing the work which not alone fell to the lot of Mr. Pope, but was absolutely covetted by him. His ceaseless energy was phenomenal ; holidays were unknown to him ; rest, in his estimation, was only another name for pampered luxury ; in short, everything seemed like a waste of time, unless he was at his desk or on his farm, or di.scussing public affairs with the few men in whom he placed implicit confidence. Usually reticent. ///sroA'y <>/■ roA/proN (diw/y. 163 his wlioK- liciirt was opc-ii wlicu- lie tnisti-d ;iii N. IiK'huliiiK HistDrv c>l iUv \illiini's of WaliTvilU^ ami l-'cuiipton. Tliis tnu't of liuul is lioimdcd on the north l)y Ascot, east l>y Clifton, soiitli by Harford and Harnston, and west by Hatlcy. It was ercctt'd into a township named Coinploii, and {^ranted, An)^nst ,^i, 1.S02, to Jesse IVnnoyer, Natlianiel Coft'in, Joseph Kilhoine and their associates, viz ; John MeCartliy, Ivpliraini Stone, Addie X'iiuenl, Stephen X'inceiit, Jolin I.ock- wood, Isaac I'arwell, Oliver Harker, David Jewett, vSannul W'ooihird, vSilas Woodard, Matthew Hall iti(e yoniij^erl, I'aj^e Hull, Alnier IvUlridjije, Sainnel ilall, Nathan I.ohdell, Ivliene/er Sinitli, Tyler SpatTord and Thomas Parker There are no nionntainons elevations in Compton. It is a rich ajjricnltnral townsliip, and has advanced ahead of other townshi|)s in the Comity in its material interests. The tra\eler is impressed with the air of thrift and comfort everywhere api)irent. The land, which is mostly imjjroved, lies rather liij^h, and thongh orijjinally to a jj^reat extent hard-tinil)ered, is comparatively free from stones. There are no extensive swamps, and very little waste land. Dairyinjir is the common industry, and cheese and !)ntter are extensively made. It is specially noted throuj^jhont America for its high class of blooded stock, in both cattle and liorses. Its chief streams are the Coaticook, .Salmon, and Moes rivers. The Coaticook has its source in two small ponds sonth of the ])ro\ince line, the outlets of which unite in Hrford, and by other tril)Utaries a considerable volume of water is accumulated. There are occasional rapids in its course lhroujL;li Harford and Coaticook, but as the river passes into Coinplon there is little descent, and it wends its way throuj^h the Townslii]) in a (|uiet manner. There are fine meadow.; alouj; its banks, which are easily cultivated and very produclixe, Init subject to sudden and destructi\e floods. ,S;dmon river has its rise in Clifton and crosses the northeast corner. .Moes river, which has its source in Hereford, runs from the southeast (piite thronj^h the central part of the Township. The associates and early settlers were from the rniled .States, as were all the tnsl pioneers in the Kastern Townshijjs. Throuj^h Katon, Weslbury, Newport, and Clifton the first settlers came in by the way of the Connecticut river and Hereford. In Compton thev came t!irouj;h by .Stauslead, or down Lake Meui])]irema.no^. The peojile of the two sections have never mingled toj^ether to any j;reat extent, and there ajjiiears to have gratlually j^rown up a difl'erence in hal)its and ways. Bonchette says that in 1S15 there was a population of jix) in Compton, and in iSv) this had grown to 1,202. At the latter date there was one church (Protestant), one school, two shop-keepers, two taverns, and seven saw mills. The first hotel (or tavern), as then called, erected, was at the corner of Main street, in Compton village, and the road leading to Johnville. The building is still standing and in good repair. From 1S20 to 1S3C), a number of persons came into the Eastern Townships and settled along the border. They left the United States for that country's good, but carried on quite ///S7'(>A') (>/■ l(>.U/'/t>A' COf/N/y. if.7 a trafTic here in comitcrfeit money. There wire a few only came to Conipton in comparison to some other phui-s, Imt enotiy;ii so that many talcs are now told hy the old settKrs of how it was done. Om- of thesi- is that a plare was fixed up with all the api)iirlenani,es near Little Ma>,'oj^ lake. The virlini would he taken there, shown some counterfeit money, lint always some excuse ^iven why it was not in opciation at the time. He would then he instructed in the motle of procedure for purchasing >.' for 5i. This was j; .lerally done hy his leaving the money at a certain place and coming hack for the counterfeit. ( )n his return he found either a bundle of blank pa])er or nolhiii),' at all. Tliere was no use in makin>.j a fuss. There are no authentic records as to the date of arrival of the fust settlers in this township, but from what can he ),'leaned the year 1796 was probably the earliest date, and Jesse I'ennoyer the first one. He settled just below the present villa^'c of Waterville. The municipal records of Comi)ton bear date Aujiust >\, iS|i, workinj; under the first mnuicip.il law of Lower Canada. .^ lueetinjj of ratejiayers was called on this dale by Alexander Rea, Ivscj , authorized by Hon. lulward Hale, who had been appointed warden of the District. Ivldcr John (iilsoii wis elected by acclamation to represent the Township in the district of Sherbrooke. He declined to (|ualify, when another meetinj,' of the inhabitant householders was called on Monday, Sei)tenil)er 6, iS.ji. Mcnjamin I'omroy was chosen b}' acclaujatiou. At the first meetinjj in An^just, the followinjj oflicers were also cho.sen : Clerk, John P. Hostwick ; surveyor of hij^hways, Joseph Sniiih , overseer of the poor, Dudley Spafford ; collector, Matthew Hostwick ; assessors, Lemuel Harvey, Benjamin Pomroy and Aldeii W. Ketulrick ; fciicc-viewers and inspectors of drains, William I*'. Parker, Lient. R. N., John Haddock, yeoman, Warren Hetts, Hiram Hitchcock and Alfred Parker; overseers of hij,'hways, I'M Ives, Andrew Pennoyer, Lnke W'adleijjh, Avery O. Kellam, Peter Bowen and Andrew Kerhy ; ])ound-keepers, Amos S. Merrill and .Salvin Richard.son. A change in the law was made, and on July i), 1S.15, a j^eiieral meeting of the landholders and householders was held for the purpose of electing .seven councillors for the township of Conipton. It was presided over by Benjamin Pomroy, justice of the peace. The records say: "The meeting having been called to order by the said justice, it was by him proposed to adjourn to the Methodist chapel for the .sake of convenience," and agreed accordingly. The councillors elected were: Arba Stimson, Nop. Gliddon, Benj. Pomroy, Luke W'adleigh, Peter Bowen, Joseph Smith and Orange Young. Owing to .some legal reason Benj. Pomroy could not act, and on July 19, A. O. Kellam was elected in his place. A. Stimson was chosen mayor, and John P. Bostwick, clerk. From iS.i.S to 1855 all records are missing. The law under which our municipalities now work, with a few changes, came into force in 1855. At that time there was a cleaning up and starting anew in all townships. The old law had not proved satisfactory, and in many places it had been dropped, in so far as its being of any service. The reorganization in Conipton township took place August 6, 1855. There were present : councillors Benj. Pomroy, Doak, Harvey, Henry, Hitchcock and Flanders. Selah J. Pomroy was chosen .secretary'. treasurer, and instructed to purchase necessary books for the town. .\t the same meeting a set of rules for the guidance of the Council was also adopted. The mayors for the Township from 1855 to 1895 have been as follows: 1855-57, Benj. Pomroy; 1858-63, Jacob Gilsoii ; 1864-67, Alden VV. Kendrick ; 1868 71, Benj. Pomroy; 1872-73, A. W. Kendrick; 1874, B. F. Harvey; 1875-76, J. D. Moore; 1877-78, B. F. Harvey; 1879-80, Q. Bliss; 1881-85, B. F. Harvey; 1886, S.J. Pomroy; 1887-89, C. H. Hackett ; 1890-91, Jas. A. Cochrane; 1892, Geo. W. Merrill; 1893, H. D. Smith; 1894-95, Jas. A. Cochrane. The secretary-treasurers have been: 1855-62, S.J. Pomroy; 1862-74, R. S. Mayo; 1874-75, G. A. Kennedy; 1875-93, C. L. Farusworth ; April 4, 1893, to date, T. O. Ives. Ill iS7() Watcrville was " stt t)fT" from tlu- 'PDWiiship and cnatod n Hcparatc iiiiiiiiiipality as a villam*. In iSii; ihc saiiio was tlum- willi tlu- villa^^c of Coiiiploii. I'rom 187^ to 189^ there were no li(|Uor licenses ^ranti-d in tin- Township. After the separation of CiMni)ton villnxe a hotel license was y^ranted, hnt in January, iSi)<), new coiiiuillors were elected and a prohibitory by-law has a^ain been passed. The Township now has a valuation of 53(1.', 180. In iSgs the nninbcr of provincial voters were 495. The Council in the same year was composed as follows: Jas, A. C«Khrane, mayor; councillors, (ico. W. Merrill, J,'encral store, Haptist and I'niversalist churches, etc It is a busy little villa>;e with poixttation of about two hundred. Daily mail. Postal revenue, iNg.s, fi.sh. Hillhurst, also known as Richby, is a station on the (1. T. R., .south of Compton. It is the centre of a farming; community. About one mile distant is the extensive farm of Senator Cochrane, known as Hillhurst, and from which the post olVice derived its name. Here are to be found a jurist mill. Union church, blacksmith shop, etc. Mail daily. Postal revenue, 1895, »2oS9(». Coinptou .Station is a small post office in the O. T. R. station, supplying a farming community to the West. Mail daily. Postal revenue, 1895, 596.50. In the Township there are three churches — two at Moes River and one at Hillhurst. Union church, Hillhurst. — The frame for this building? was erected in .April, iS.fs. The land on which it stands was given by Samuel Richardson, who with James Doak, John Klliott and James Carpenter, formed the building committee. The work progres.sed slowly and it was not until 1850 that the church was completed. Its cost was $2,5cx3, the amount having all been raised in the immediate vicinity. The .sale of pews at 525 each covered the final expense of finishing. It was dedicated in June, 1S50, the services on that occasion having been conducted by Rev. Malcolm Macdonald, Methodist minister, then stationed at Compton village. It is a " Union " church, free to all denominations, with a proviso that no one denomination was to claim its use on two consecntive Sundays. I'or thirty years the services were conducted by Haptist, Methodist, and Univer.salist ministers ; latterly by Prebljyterians, while the Church of luigland has been represented at intervals throughout the entire period. It is a plain, scjnare structure, with a seating capacity of 200. Free Baptist church, Moes River. — The early records of this church have been lost, and all facts in connection therewith previous to 1S67 have been gathered from memory. The Stanstead quarterly meeting was organized in 182S, and the following j'ear mention is made of delegates from this church. As to whether it was organized previously there is nothing to show, but as far as can be learned it was about this time the first services were held. The services were conducted for many years by ministers from other places, who /iisii^NY <»/■ co.yfrroN owntv. i»mj prciu'licd here ns dltoii as llii-y loiild. Rov. Ahii'I Moiiltini si-eius to Imvc Ik-cm father to thr i-aiisi', ill till- i-;irly (lays. Rt-v. Willard Hartli-tt, from Mi'll)oiiriU', followed hitii in the work, and he i» turn was siucecded hy Rev. Mr. VoiiiiK, from Halley. After tlie pastorate of till- hitter, for .some time there was no minister, hut .serviies were eotitiiuied hy the hiity, hiinj; oeeasionally visited hy Khier William Simons. The following have heen lho.se in eliarxe of this society down to 1S67 : Revs. Tyler, Norman Stevens, and Kendall. The latter was the first one to reside at Moes River. He was followed hy the Revs. Moses I'ol.soni, Charles Roherts, Proetor Moiilton, Smith, and Hireh. It wn.s d',iriiij.( the time of the latter that the present ehureli was huilt. The meetings at first were held in private houses, and afterwards in the school lioiise. Th»' dedication services took place Deceiiiher I, iH()7. In iS;^, Rev, W. II. I.yster took charj^e of the field, preaching; also at Hiilwer. In 1N71, the parsona).fe was erected. In 1HS3, Rev. A. I). Jones accepted a call to this field, and after three years was foUowid hy holder Staples. In iSiji, Rev. John Vance was settled here, followed in iSi>j hy Rev, James HilliiiKtoii, and he in tnrn succeeded iii iSo.j hy Rev. R. Smith, The church is now supplied hy Rev, \V. I'. Reekie. Ihiiversalist church, Moes River. — Universalist services commenced in this jjlace duriii),' 1S88, and were maintained till the organization of the church with thirty memhers, mi June 2},, 1S91. The previous pastors were Revs. J. W, Mcl.aii^hlin and W. I), Potter. At time of or^ani/atioii the officers chosen were as follows: Pastor, Rev, W. I). Potter; trustees, I), J. Ayer, Alfred J. W'aldron. ami A. S. Crosby; wardens, .Samuel Pierce and I,. Iv Doe; secretary, Mrs. A. M. Cowan ; treasurer, L. H. Doe. The lot for the erection of a church was purchased in iScji, and the huildinj^ erected and dedicated in Auvjust, iSij^. Up to this time services had heen held in the puldic hall. The church jiroperty, valued at S.^'io*', has been deeded to the Universalist Convention of N'ermont and (Juehec. At the time of dedication Rev. W. I). Potter was succeeded hy Rev. V. (1. Leonard, while he in turn was followed a year later hy the present pastor, Rev. J. V . Willis. ,\ Sunday school was organi/ed in i8i)i and has heen carried on successfully. A Y. P. C. U. was organized in iSc)^. and since then cojiducts the service every alternate .Sunday. The followinjj; statistics for the Township, includinjf Compton village, are taken from the Census of 1891 ; Population, 2,.}(>9; families, 4X0; houses. .|()n; males, 1,227; females, 1,182 ; I'reiich Canadians, ().}.} ; others, 1,765 ; religions — Roman Catholic, 743 ; Church of luigland. 550; Presbyterians, 81; Methodists. 4S4 ; Brethren.,^; Haptists, i7_v. I'lce Will Haptists. ;,i ; Congregationalists, 77; Adventists, iv>; Universalists, 79; Salvation .\rniy, ;,; not specified, 5. V I I,L Adlv OF COM I'TON. This village was .set off from the township of Compton, and erected into a separate municipality on June 12, 189 v It comprises 3.:?ii) square acres. In 1S94, the village had a population of 446, and a valnaticm of 5142,180. The first council meeting was held July 14, i8qv The election of councillors was held the .same day, resulting as follows: Daniel Sanltry, William Warren Paige, Beaniau F. Hitchcock, Alexander Rea, Myron Blossom, Albert L. Pomroy, and Napoleon Drolet. A. L. Pomroy was cliosen first mayor, and Mr. J. B. M. St. Laurent .secretary-treasurer. The Council for 1S95 was composed as follows: Jos. A. Dufort, mayor; and councillors: A. L. Pomroy, H. 1). vSmith, M. P. Aldrich, Alexander Rea, Daniel Saultry, and W. W. Paige; secretary treasurer, J. B. M. St. Laurent. The Council, in 1894, granted a hotel liquor license, the first one for twenty years. By i;.) /HS/OKV Ol- KWH'ION lOl'NTY, lilt I'lirlinu hi'ld ill Jamiiiry, iSnf), two now inmuillors were i-li'deil, ami a ptnliiliitory hy-lnw »iticc pa.HM'd. Tlic village of Coiii|)tou wuh crccU-d into a si'paratv Hclinnl itiiiuii'ipality, jinic jS, iS»)}. Sv'liitol coniinissioiivrs ck'itcd were; Kc^iiialit A D. Kin^, Ml),, ihaiiiiMti ; Daiiii-I Saiiltry, lU'imaii I*'. Miti'lK'oik, Myron I'. Alilriili, and Jns \, DnI'uri. Tin- siiii-taiy trt-a^uriT wan J. li. M. St I.anri'Ml, anlill Imlds tlir niVuf. 'V\w pirii-iil siIiodI ii>niini^sinniTs an-; A. I<. Potnroy, chairnia'.i ; it. V. I litiluoik, ( )sl)oriU' Hatilu'ldcr, M P. Aldiiili, ami Jos. A. Dnfort. Tluiv is mt dissi-ntinx; Iniard, tin- Citliulii- siliool \m\\^ allowed 5is<' out of tlir >{cni'ral fund. TIuti' arc two sclionN: Mudil and Calliolio. 'Plio ti-ailicrs in tlu" nioa!; and Miss Sttnninj;, assistant. Miss |). 'IVlu is ti-ailu-r of till- Catholic M'liool. 'IMii' furnur lia.s an avcra^'c attendance of Hixty-scven, ami the latter thirty-seven. Coini)ton villa^'e is the eentre of one of tin hest larniin>,' sections of Canada. No inanuf.u luriiivj is done here, hut there are to he fotind st;lican, Methodist, and Roman Catholic, The first .Anglican services in Comptoii were held hetween iSi^ and iSis, hy the Rev. Charles J, Stewart, afterwards Misliop of Oiiehec, when he was a missionary at Ilatley. His successors, the Revs, Messrs. Johnson and Jackson otViciated here at re},;i!lar intervals. The si^ht of land where the present church stands, was ),,Mven for this purpose, the deed hearing; date July iS, 1S15. I'mKr the siiperinteiideiice of Rev, Mr. Jackson, the first church was commenced, to complete which the S. P. (1 I". P. K'-'uted / i.'.s. It was finished in i.S.jo, The first resident clergyman was Rev, C, P. Rcid, who commenced his lahors at Comptoii in iS|(). Previously Compton vs'a.s connected with the Hatley parish. In 1S15 the old church was taken down and moved to the villa^a-, near the corner of Main street, on the Hatley road. The ohject of this was that nearly all the church niemliers lived near the new site, and found the old one too far away, hein)f disajjrceahle in the winter to >jo such a distance. The old church on its new site was used until the completion of the present edifice. Rev. C. P. Reid was followed in 1S54 by Rev. .'\aroii .\, .'Mien, who remained four years, and was succeeded hy Rev, Win, Ricliinond. In i.S().) Rev. John Kemp came to Coniplon, and remained six years, when he was succeeded hy Rev. Joseph I)in/ey. In 1S75 the present incuinhcnt, Rev. Geo. H. P.irker, became pastor of this church, ruder his charj^e it has made good progress. Rev. Mr, Parker si)on saw the necessity of a more commodious church building, and set about raising funds for the erection of one. The present fine structure is considered one of the best in the Oiiebec diocese. It is bnilt of wood, beautifully finished on the inside, and erected at a cost of $5.1 kh). It stands on the site of the first church, and on the land given in 1S15. The architect was Mr. Donald Black, of Boston, Mass. It was completed and dedicated free of debt September .2, 1N.S7, by Bishop Williams. The first parsonage was erected in 1861, being the bnilding now owned by the Misses Holbrook. In 1S75 this was sold and the present parsonage purchased. Under the personal supervision of Rev. G. H. Parker there is also carried on here the tllSIVNV Of- tOMPTON COIfNTV. 171 Ciiiiiptoti T.nilifH' Col!rK«', which is iuhUt the jmtmnnjji' of thr Ati>^'liriiii rhuroh. The liiiililiiiK in II stili>tatilial Htnutiirf nt' hrirk, havitiy> ti froiita^'v nf niic hiiuilriil itiid si\ty iVft 'I'hi' >;ri)iiii(l i-iiin|ii iscs Hi\ iutch, piirlly hiiil out in tlowcr livds, hut the xri-atcr p.iit iisi-il as phiy ){n>tiii(lM, iHritix nrraiiKi*! tor Inwti tctiiiiii, cnxinvt, etc, The college wuh niiiipli'tcil and tir«.i n|){ acconinKHJates forty-fivv hoatilers, and is ^'ciierally well filled. " 'I'he Corporation" is coiiiposi-il of nine leailitl^ gentlemen of tlie AnnlKaii chnrch in the (Jiiehec Diocese, who in turn select a niana^in^ hoard of five of their nnniher. The present nienihern of this hoard are Rev, Canon I'o.ster, M,A. ; Rev. Canon 'I'horneloe, M..\.; Rev. (1. II. Parker; Hon, M. H. Cochrane; and Juh. A. Cochrane, l';s(|. Rev. (J. II. Parker, as resident clergyman, has ^;eneral ovcr?.i^'ht of the college. The present teacher.s arc: Mrs. Urouse, I.ady Princiiial ; Miss Murphy; Miss Siinpsi.n ; Miss Maud Jcdin.son ; nutl Professor Dorey. I.atly Matron, MrM. Hliss. Methodist church, Coinptoii - Phc firHt records of this circuit are dated ,|iiiic J5, |S^8, and arc those of the old Slu rhrooke circuit, which at that time comprised llalley, Marnstoii, Coiiipioii, .Ascot, Iviton, I)iidswell. ( )rford, Hroinptoii and Clifton. The minister at that time wns the Rev, Iv Motterell. lie was followed in iSji hy Rev. J()hn Tompkins, who resided here. It was duriiij; the time of Rev. Mr. Tompkins that the present Methodist chnrch was deeded to that denomination. As to the exact date of its erection there is some dilTerence of opinion, some claiming.; that it was hiiilt the same time as deeded, while otheis claim the erection to have taken place several years previously. The deed is from Jesse Hutlock to Rev. John Tompkins and the following,' trustees : Hetijamin Pomroy, Rev. Jolin (llison, .\lden W. Kendrick, Coit Stevens, ICli Ives, and (Jladden l-'arwcll, jr. Deed reads in favor of " that certain denomination of Christians called Wcsleyan Methodists, of I<;nnland, that were cstahlished I'Vhruary Jo, 17S4, under hand and seal of Rev .John Wesley." "And whereas the chapel or meeting; house now heiiij.; on the herehy harjjaiued and sold premises, was erected and huililed hy the means of V(duntary contrihiitious and dt)nations, a further coiisideialiou is that the said chapel shall at all times he free to all persons on all funeral occasions and that without let or hindrance; and when not occupied hy the said Wesleyan Methodists shall he free for all denominations of Christians for the worship of Ood, suhject, nevertheless, in this instance last mentioned, to the control and consent of a standinjj committee of three, appointed hy the trustees." Rev. K. S. In^alls succeeded Mr. Tompkins in 1844; i8.j6, Henj. Short, and in 1S4S, Rev. Thomas Camphell. After this date records of hirths, deaths, and marriajjes are found for Compton, llatley and Harnston. The foUowinj.; are the names of the ministers to date : M. MacdonaUl, Win. .\udrews, John H. Sclley, Jos. Forsyth, S. ('.. Phillips, Henj. Cole, J. K. vSanderson, M. M. Johnson, J. K. Richard.sou, T. C. Hrown. During the ministry of Mr. Mrown, from 1873 to 1876, the church at Martinville was huilt, services havinjj; previously heen held in the school house. In 187(1, T. W. Constable was appointed to this circuit; 1S70, H. W. Kuowles ; 18S1, W. K. .Short ; 18S4, Geo. H. Porter ; 1SS7, Sidney C. Kendall; 1890, James Lawson ; 189,^, T. S. Harris; 1S95, Robert Smith. In 1883 the present fine parsonage was erected on a piece of land donated by the late Colonel Henjamin Pomroy. Previously there was a par.sonai;e nearly opposite the church, which was sold. The Compton circuit also includes Martinville and Ives Hill. Present church membership, eijjhty-seven. Roman Catholic church — Catholic .services have been held here for over fifty years, and Rev. Kather Daly was the first resident priest. This deuomiuation now has a fine church '7' tiisroNv ot mu/'/DA/ lo/fxry. and itamminKC in CiMiipiun villui^r. DiiritiK iMi)', ilic iiitrrior itf tlir itniri-li wok rcpairnl iiiiii dci-nratril iit a lu-uvy txiHrlluc, Tin* jirt-Miit |i.i>tnr is Rev. J. Iv Clii><|iulli', and lu- !•» very {N)|tiilar with all i'lkinMCH, IMI! I, All! COI.ONI!!. lUNJAMIN POMMdV. vvliimf 1 Mill. Ill I . lit u' ^iM'ii, wan li'H II III Slaii>»tratl, OiU' , I irk't'inlKT iH, iHiiii, and diid at Ciiiiiptuii, April J, 1H7S. 'I'll* I'niiiniy t'aiiiilii's arc nf \iii iiMii-l'iviu li iNttailiuii, iiiiiiiiiK ti» l''ii);laiid in the il.iv 111' William ihr Con- <|iu nil. 'I'liiii' limiluTs lainc to Massailiii«Mlts in thr 1 71I1 iiiitury. and fiirim-d part of tllc iilil |*1\ llliilltll I'ltluliy nf rmitaii iiii'iiiuiy Silali, tlic I'alluT til" niir siihjirt, was 11 j;ivat uraiidsdii nf I'ililad riiiiiiii\, mil' 111' till' tliiiv liinliuTs, and was Imni in Massailiiisi'tt.s, in 1775. In 171)-;, 111' iiianiid Hannah 'I'liaur, III' Massai liiisi'Us. Ml I'ciiiiniy iiiicl liis wife srttlrd nrij^iinally in i{riM)k- til 111, \'t. 'I'lioy ivinovi'd to Staii^liad in 1 7().S and si'ttli'd ill tlu' drnsi- fmvst, half a iiiilr rast nf Staiisliad plain. Crystal I.aki- (.Tini-tiTv forins part nf tlu- , 1.S27, married late A. I'. Hall. Stanstead, eleven ehildren, live liviii); ; I'^rastns L., Ixirii .|iiiie 3, 1S37, died .May 0, iS.ji In 1S5.}. Mr. Pnniroy experiei.eed a distressinjf hereaveineiit hy the aeeideiital death of his wife. She .vas thrown from a carriage and killed while d'-iviiij^ near Sherhrooke, the horse haviiij^ been frightened by a passing train. UATK CUI.. mi.NJ. ruMKUV. mstoN) ot- coffrnw (ot'/vry. 171 til iH,v> Ik* iiinvftl Im C))iii|iti>ti \illa^'i-, Mlu-n- lu- iifti-rwiinU lived, lUTiitiiiil.ttiti); ntiiHiiUriiMv |)ti>|icrtv and riwiiix in tliv iHtiiiiati'iu of lii<« t'tllnw iiti/('it>> until lii<« iK-atli. On titis |».tv;i' will Ih- iDtiiiil a Mo^raphiial tkctili nf liin hoii. Sdali, antiH «'n>;ra\in>( nf ilu- |'i»nitt.> ritiiUmr at C«, a* wiili-h kiiiiwii itH niiy niiiii in tlu- Kanti'm Tit\ui>tlii|i'< ; »i nil lu-tivi* ti-iM|H*rainfnt, and kihmI )tti>,ini'<«<« iil>ilitii*N, lie tiNik a l«'adin>; part in pnlitit niattri*«, imt iin|\ in hit dxmi tuun^hip, Imt tlitnii^liniti tin- iniiiitty. ill' WAS line lit' till' piiiniri>t in tlu- inii^liiutiun nl' tin St. I.auuiui' and Atlantic Uiilway, now |Ktrt nf tin* (iraiid 'rnink Kailuay, Hi' wan alHo mu' nf tin* ai'ti\i' piiiiimttrH • if till' Massasiippi N'.illi'y Kailrnad, liinii I.inunw illc In N'rwpnn, and luld tin utVui' nf \ n r pir> »aH a prnniinrllt innMT in till- I'lHtaMishnii'tit ni the I'l.istiTii 'Pnwnsliips Hank, .nnl \\a* idirti'tl it» tirnt pn-Hidinl, <\liiili |in>ilinn III- III Id until ,i slmri tiiiir liifnrr lii^ ilralli. Ilr tnnk an aiti\r intrii'>lniklinl(Ur L"nl. I'nnirny was, in fait, indrfatinalilr in Mippnrt nf all piaititaldi' im-aHiiri's for iinprov iiiK tlii' iniintry and di-vrlnpiii); its ri'sniini's. IN' was also a liU-ral cnntrilnilnr tn inuitntiniiH nf Kariiin^; and i linn lir>>, liis ^nnd dii'iU in this ri'spi'it imt luiii^; iiiiiliiud tn ar* nm- driiniiiinalinii nv \vlinll\ '"f a Inial iliatiUtiT I lis naiiu' is aiimn^; llii' titst in past liislnfy ui till' l')aslriii Tn\vnslli|is tn liv liniinti'd and ivspi-iti'd, ailil lu' li\fd a ]'\iv WnrtllV, UH nil (.■Xani|llr, tn III' Innkl'd lip tn alld mpii'd liy all lllrll TMI: I.ATIJ SHI.AM J. WMHOV. in liis lifi'tinir faniur, was Imrii in Slanstvad. OiU'., Jannary I, iS.'s. Hi'^ pairiits luiiij; Hiiij. and hiuy ll.iii Pniiimy. W'lirii ti\i' years nf ii);i- liv came to Cniiiptnn wliiiT III' ri'siiU'd until Ids diatli, Nnvi'inluT -m, i.S()I, As a lad ho was a ilerk in till' lati' A Stinismi's stnri-, alsn iKrk in the wlmli'sali' dr\' j^nmls stmi' nf the htc Walter Mai'farlaiii', Mniitival. N'nt liking the inereanlile Imsiiiess he returned Imnie lie al\va\s tnnk an aeti\e and prnniiiicnt part in the luisiiiess nf the inwii, first as .Secret! ry -Treasurer, then fnlln\iin>; his father as Cniiiicillnr and Maynr. In pnlitics he wiis a I.ilieral-Cnnservative. As a pinvjressive fanner he was aiimn^j the first in the Cniinty, linildiii); the first >ilii, llrst nindern liarii ; j,'rn\vin^' ^;nnd crnps, nsiiij,; iiindein inaehinery, keepitij; jfnnd cattle, lint was iiinie widely and j,'eiierally known as a liieeder nf ;;nnd Imrses, havin^^j several times intindnced hiyjli-class stalliniis fur the iiiipmvenient ni this kind of stock. He fnllnwed his f;\tlier as a directnr nf the Palnii W'nnlleii Mills. Mr. i'nnirny was a jfeiierniis and liheral snppnrter nf tile Wesleyan Methndist Church, ^'ivinjf freely nf his means Inwards the cniistriictinii nf its chna'hes, its ediicatiniial institiiliniis, and ntlier nlijccts cnniiected therewith, imt only at Imiiie lint in ntlier Incalities. lie was strniijj; in defence nf temperance, and his yjund example cniitrilmted lar^jcly in the developemeiit of the stninj.j temperance seiiliment in the cnmmnnily. ile evinced the keenest interest in liis town, and his iidmiration for Comptnii was alwiiys unhoiinded. He was eminently kind hearted and charitable, his K'fts lieiii^ nimsteiit.itioiisly liestowed. Mr. i'omroy was married .|tiiie y\ 1S57, In \'ictnria ,S., dan).,'hter nf the late .\. A. .\danis, nf Coaticook. Issue, seven children; I,i//ie \'., horn May 15, 1.S38, married ICiijicne Cowles, two children, one li>iiijf, residence, Compton ; Mary A., horn Xovemher 2, 1S60; Ik'iijamin A., born July 5, 1.S61, residence, St. Paul, Minn.; Albert L., born July 17, 1.S6.;, married Helen K. D.ivis, two childrcii, residence, Com])toii ; Aaron A., born July 13, iSh^, married Winnifred Robinson, one child, residence, Compton; I74 ifisroKv Of co.urroN counii: Councillor and Mayor. A pilot' i-ciij^raviiij; of tlu- I'oniroy lionn-'sti-ad is pivsiiitid lu'ivwitli. In tlu' njjpiT (.'orncrs may In- seen niiniatmrs of Mr. Sdali I'oniroy and Iiis tluvc sons. This phKc was sold to Mr. Rohcrtson in iIk' winter of i.S()5-()6. MH(IINAIJ) A. I). KrNd. M.I).. CM., M.C.P. & S.. was horn in Hiiry, OiU'., I U'lfiiihrr -'5, iS.(5. His father was tlie late Re\ . W'tMiani Kiii).^, rural dean, and at the time of his death was the oldest Chiireh of lvn.nland elerj^yiiiaii in the dioiese of Oiiehee. I'roiii iS.2,S to iS;,*) he held the position of superintendent of schools in Xewfoiindlaml. Our snhjeet. Dr. Kiiii.;, took his dej^rees at Mc(iill Medical I'liiversity in iS(v'<. Practiced his profession at St. (leoixe RKSIlJlvNCH OI- I.ATK S1U,.\1I J. I'O.MRUV. La Beancc for four years, removed to Compton in 1S72, wlierj he has since remained in actual practice as physician and surjjjeon, with the excc])tioii of one year. In i-SS^ he >\eiit to Florida and practiced medicine there under a si)ecial license for twelve months, makiu}; some investijiTations rej^^ardin^r climatic eflects upon certain chronic diseases. He obtained second-class certificate from school of military instruction at (Juebec, July, 1S65, and first-class from same school in .Septemlier, 1865; was drilled nnd did rejj^ular military duties in the Citadel at Quebec, under Lords Russell and Clinton, and attached to the P. C. (). Rifle Brijfade durinjr July, .Auj^ust and .September of 1S65. Served under Lord Wolesley, then Sir (iarnet Wolesley, at the cadet camp, affiliated with the Montreal re,i,nilars, held at Lapiairie, 1S65. Served during the Fenian raid of 1S66. Was principal medical officer to the brigade camp, military district, No. 7, at Levis, for a number of years. He .served /i/sroNv or aw/TON corNrv '75 ;uti\ily ill llic \<>liiiiti'iT foivc until 1.SX5, wlu'ii lit.' ivsi^^iifl on K"'"K ^" I'"l'>i'iir|iari' I'nr a tnur aroiiiid till' world Afur \isiliii,^ Italy, I'ij^ypl, India, I'lirniali, Cliiiia and ,Ia|ini, lie laiidi'd (111 till' Parilu' Cnasl of AtiKTiia, \isiliim all tin.' iiiipdrlaiU wt'sU'in riliis. 1 Ir ritiiriinl in Mniilna! in tlii' winhT oi iS.S.S lU' imw ri'snlvcd In tU'M)ti' his litV In siiriilitir I'aniiiii!^, nil wliiili siiliji'it 111' iiad j^atluTi'd idiiNidiialiK' inlnrmalinii ilniinj,; liis Iravils, r>]n.'iiall\ in .Siiitland In fannin,^ lu' has always hivii siKrially iiili'ivslfd, and pntsiud his slndii's in llial line in all parts nf ilu' wdild. In jiiiu-, iSSd, \\v liij^aii laniiiii^ njaTatiniis nil his la'.r I'allut's (.'Stall' ill Cniiipidii. It is kiiiiwn as " ln,nk'sid(.' " farm, and I'niisists iti niiu' linndrcd and tuiiilv ani s 'I'lu' alTairs nl" his farm are (.arrird nil after tlu' must scieiilitie methods. 'iMii' KI'SIDl'lNCI-; Ol' n. I). SMITH. /•'ill liter's Advoiiilc says of this farm: "On an elevation overlookin)^' a fertile valley and a larye traet of the surnnindin}.;' eonnlry is ereeled a palatial resideiU'e, and elose hy are the eninfnriahle eattle harns, and a }.;raudly finished larj.;e horse stable s])leiulidly fitted in the most eniiveiiienl and ap]M'o\ed style. For some years ])ast the hreedin_n' of Hereford cattle has l)een a special feature on this farm, and a herd of unusual excellence has been esta!)lislied, witluMit doubt the finest lu'rd of this breed in Canada at the present time. In the horse stables we saw a fine pair nf lui.nlish thornU).ihl)reds, and the hackney mare, I'airy. Imprn\ed Yorkshires and Tamworths are also included in the stock at Inj^deside. A visit at the farm is indeed a rich treat to all true lovers of fine stock." In 1S92 Mr. Smith was elected a member of the Muu;cii)al Council of Coni])ton, and in the 1 )llowinjr year was made mayor. Owiujj^ to a jxirtion of the municipality in which he resides beinj^- set off as a village corporation in the latter ])art of H/s/i^Rv <>/■ lo.wnw ((U'N/y. "77 iSi)',, lir ir>i)4iinl liis srat ill llir old iciiiiuil, sis nidiillis 1;iUt was rli'ilfd a iiuiiiIrt mI' \\\v \illa,ui' CiiiiiK'il and is now mayor. l*or the ],.ist llitci' yrars lu' lias luiii oin.' of llii' dirrtlois of till' Ivastrrn 'Po\vii.slii])s .\j,M'ii'tiltiiral Association. Was oik' of tlu' lirsl triistcfs of ilic Coiiipton Modi'l I'ann, iTpivsi'iitiiij; till.- \illaj4v iimniiipality. and is now oiu' of tlic Ciom rniiicnl trusliTs of tlu- sanu' iiistitnlioii ( )ii Di'irniluT 7, iSijj, Mr. Smith was ni.irriid in Monlnal to Miss Mary I/ikv, daiixhtn- of !).'!'. Irish, l'!s(|., of that lity. Issue, oin.' daiij^htir : lla/id \'an\'lii't, liorn 1 JcicmhiT j;, iNmv .\i.t.(im|)aiiyiiij; this l)ioj,M'a])hi(.al sketch aiv to lie found two photo-enj^ravinj^s of views taken of " !n,i;leside." ( )ne sli'>\\s the fine resideiue of Mr. Smith, the other the lianis, and homes of eiiiplovees on the farm, 'i'lie whole is liiLjhted throiiu;lioni hy eleetrieity, from a |)ri\ate ])l,int. I'.XKM lUII.DINCS Ol' II. I) S.MITII. (iEOROE W. MERRILL, farmer, was horn in Slanstead in 1S27, and came to Compton witli his parents in i^t^},. He at one time worked for Warren Paj^c, staj^e proprietor at Compton for years. When a yonng man Mr. Merrill went to the White Monntains and was there driving large stages for twenty y irs, liis time being divided between the Crawford and Profile hon.ses. He made his home at Betlilehem, N. H., dnriug tliat time. He then retnrned to Compton, and has since lived on the old farm. The place is located abont halfway between Compton Station and Waterville. Mr. Merrill has been a conncillor for nine years, and mayor of the town. He is a commissioner of the Conrt for trial of small cases. He has been snccessfnl in bnsiness, and is considered one of the "well-to-do" farmers of Compton. Has never married. In March, iSoo, his grandfather, David Merrill, with his wife and twelve 178 J/ISTONV or OKU/TOX COUNTY. diildrcn, left I'islicrsticld, now Newbury, N. H., to fiiul a lionic in Canada, Iiis wiTc on liorsebark, and lie and tlic children with nu ox-team. They were twentj'five or thirty days in ^a-ttinj.; throuj^h the woods to Dnncanshoro, now Newport, \'t. At Newport they put llu-uis Ives ami t' eir team on hoard the scow, and proceeded down I/ike Memphreiuajjoy;, to the ])laee where the Mountain House now stands, where they eueamped for the uij;ht. They eonlinued their course down the lake the next day, and disemhirked on tlij eastern shore, some three miles hclow (ieorvjeville. Here they jjitched their tent, made a small eleariutj, and huilt a lo); house. Thej' afterwards sold out in iSo^, located on Lot .21, Rau);t.' ;,, Stausteail. Tiiis was the fust settlement made between (^corffevilic and Fitch Hay. iJavi'l Merrill died in December, iS;, i. His son. .\mos S Merrill, the father of (i,;orj;e W., was born in New Hami)shire, in ijijS. Was married in 1S23, to Lydia ().. daujj:hter of De.acou Reynolds, by whom there were four children : Anuis .\., (leo. W., Lydia (1.. and Aldeu K. .Amos S , shortly after tlie death of his father, moved to Compton, in iS-,^, to ' make lor liim a Iiome. Dunti),' the Rebellion of iS;,7-;yS he enlisted in the cavalry and acted iis sergeant. For many years he carried ou a blacksmith shop, anw vacant, located near the three corners, in centre of the villaj^e. About i.S()5 he moved on to the farm now occupied by his son,(5eor).;e \V., where he died in 1S77. His wife died in iSgi. The eldest .son, Amos Adams Merrill, was born in Stanstead, May ig, 1X^5. He married May 2;,, iS.so, Desiah R. iCUis (born Septem- ber 15, i8,v^),a sister to Capt. ,). NL VAWs, who served with credit in the Northern army in 1S61-65, and is at present a contractor on the H. ^: M. R. R. By this marriajfe there are seven children: Georgianna ^L B., born F'ebruary 2S, 1S51, married Amos Pennoyer, in i.S6,S, four children: Mary, Andrew, George and Altha; Lydia A., born July ;, i, 1852, married B. VV. Ford, in 1S71, four children: ICmily, May, Albert, Willis; Florence J., born November 16, 1857, unmarried; George A., born June 6, 1S61, married Mary Lanigan, in 1893, one child, Mar.:>aret, residence, W^yoming Territory; Amos M., born November 25, 1864, married Mattie A. Hartwell, in 1888, three children: Grace, F)va, Maud; Mary E., born September 10, 1867, married D. M. McLean, in 1S88, two children: Kathleen, Clifford; Sarah A,, born July 7, 1S69, unmarried. Lydia G., only daughter of Amos S. Merrill, was i)orn in Stanstead, in 1S31, Married, iu 1851, to Charles H. Adams, and at present resides in Marbleton, Que. They have two children: Sarah M., born in 1S53. uiarried in 1874, to Pereival Rugg, two children : Hattie and Newtown, residence, Colorado; ^Llry L, born in 1S69, married in 1S93, to F. .\. Noble, one child, Lucy P., residence, Marbleton. Alden K. Merrill, the youngest .'^on, was born in Compton, in 1835, married in 1856, and died in 1858. He left oue son, Arthur K., who lives in Compton, married in 1.S86, to E. Little, three children: Arthur, Aldeu, Elizabeth. I'iirker I-' Ciiii .Moo.lii- > Ciiir. I■■^;^llt•i^ e'arr. tlillii It C. Carr. /t/S/\>h') ('/• C(>J//'/(>X HH'N/y. «7y iii)i;nci; oi i.i n l akk (lllV CAKR, Coiiiptdii Station, was l)orii on his present farm, August .'t, i.Soi, where he has always livid. Mr. Carr is an iiilerprisiii^r fanner, heinj; the proprietor of Maple Riilfje I'arin, which contains some fonr luindred acres, located in the Carr nei^jhhorhood, on the west side of the Coalicook valley, one and one (piarter tniUs south of Conipton Station. He is a hreeder of thovon.nhl)ied live stock, and has been awarded, in the rnited States and Canada, over one thonsand prizes, in the last ten years. Upwards of ei^ht hnndred of tlie.se were first prizes. Onr snbject was the pro- prietor of the first rejfistered herd of pnre Canadian cattle in Canada, and was also the breeder and shipper of the first and only herd of that breed, in the United States today, anionj^ whicli is "Tri.vie," No. 923, who stands champion of the .Sonthern States for bntter fat, testing' I).') butter fat, Hal)cock Test. Mr. Carr has held many prominent jxiblic otTices and at the present time is a Commissioner of the Court; Kishery officer for the county of Conipton, the waters of Massawippi Lake and its tributaries, being also vested by such office with the functions, e\-officio, of J. I*.; valuator township of Conipton; director of the Sheep Breeders' Asso- ciation of Ouebec, and of Conipton County A),'ricultural Society No. i ; vice-president C'>m|)lou Farmers' Club; secretary treasurer Union Farmers' Club; S W. and trustee I. (). 1'., Xo. i |7,V Mr. Cirr has never ii.arried. The jfra.idfather of the above, Parker Carr, was born in \'erniont, November K}, 177 , was married June 15, 1.S05, and moved into Conipton at the same time. i'rancis Carr was born March y\ iS'3, married March 14. 1X40, to Susan M. Haines. Issue, eight children: Gilbert C, born August i, 1S46, now manager McCormack Manufacturing Company., for Michigan and north part of Ohio, residence, Jackson, Mich.; Parker F., born March 22, 1855, re';ideiice. Point \'iew, Kan.; Moodie S, born .August 28, 1S57, died F''el)riiary 21, 1S76; Guj Carr, the subject of our sketch; Marilla S., born March 9, iS-ji, married H. C. Cal)ana, resicV-uce, Sherbrooke ; Amanda C, born April 15, 1S45, married Malcolm McNaughton, residence, Huntingdon; Amelia S., born December .79, 1849, died Jun^ i, 185;,; Amelia S. J., born December 21, 1S55, married C. J. Cushing, residence, Barnslou. F'rancis Carr died March 11, 1894, and his wife April 2S, 1894. Accompanying this sketch will be found an engraving of Francis Carr and his four sons, also of the old homestead, and the Htniily monument in cemetery at Conipton. CARK I-AMII.V MONl'MKNT. THE LATE FREDERICK POCOCK, in his lifetime, farmer, was born June 4, 1S31, at St. Sylvestre, yue., and died in Conipton, September 13, 18S5. He came here in 1S63. On January 4, 1S5.;, at St. Sylvestre, Que., he married Sarah (born February i, 1832), daughter of the late John McKee. Issue, eleven children : Frederick J., born November 19, 1853 ; William S., born January rt, 1S56, married, first, Louisa Church, three children: Ernest, Louisa and Sarah, second marriage to Isabella Church, two children: Gordon and F^ffie ; Samuel, bora October it, 1859, married Addie F). Snow, three children: Leon, Flleanor and Mary; George, born Jannar)- 23, 1S62, married F)tliel Corliss, two children: Ida and Harold; Abraham, born May 5) 1864; Stephen, born Dectinber 20, 1870; James H. H., born May 27, 1873; Charles I Hi) ///s/vA'y oi- n)yi'/\K\ (orx/\: ki;siiii;n\'i-; or mrs. sauaii imicdck. !•;. A., Iti'iii ( )ctt)l)i.r _',;, |S;5; Jeiiiiic, 'i(irn Di'- (.iiuIht 5, 1S57 ; 1 alu'lla, l)(Hii Oi'IiiIkt I), iSt>(); Aiiiiif Iv, lioiii Si'pti'iiihit 1^ iS(i>«. Ik'ri'witli is shown a pliolo t'ij,Ma\ iii)4 (if tlif liniiK- |ilai.«.', liitalMl lUMi I lillliiirst. i.iiuiki V i:at(>n ooh, t'aniKT, was horn in New- Inn y, \'l., Jaiinary ,S, iSJi '. I lis paiiiils hriii^ Jaiol) anil I.vilia ( I laiihnKt Doo. Ik" t'aniL' into Conipton on NoM'nihc'r u, i.S||, anil liviil at Water vi lie and kiehhy, IxTorc moving,' to his jjii'si-nt faini, whiiii is on the- main mail, aliont half way hctwcen jolinvilk' anil Cciiiptoil. The ent,'ravin,v( ijiven hejow is tioni a pholojj;raph showiiij,' Mr. ami Mrs Doe, in front of tlieir house. I'revions fo lieiomin),' a farmer Mr. Doe was a painter and furniture maker. lie has held the offiec of eonneillor, and also minor town offices. He has heen married twice, first to Het.scy l"'leiiiin^', second to .\lwilda, datij{htcr of Wni. Younj^, of Maj^oj;, |Jne. Mr. Doe has had no children. I..»IE I.YSANI)I:R W. HOI.IiMOOK. farmer, Ix.rn in Waterford, \'t., Dcccmhci- _'i), 1805, died in Comi)ton, July i, 1S79 He came to Cnuii>ton in iS^j. I'oi- several years held tli«; office of councillor. At Waterford, \'t., Januiry j.|, iS^;,, he married l)el)orali .Stevens, horn November 13, 1805, died January 25, i''^91. Issue, five children, three livini; : I.ois, horn December i_', 1.^33; Laura A,, born April u, 1S35, married John (). Hale, residence, St. Johnsbury, \'t., six children ; \'ictoria, born Au;^iist 27, 1S39. Mr. Holbrook was one of the first settlers locatinjj where Martinville road now is, but then a wilderness. WILLIAM 1). I'AILHY. farmer, son of Joseph Hailcy, of St. Johnsbury, \'t., was born in Slanstead, February 10, 1821, in which year his parents moved into Conipton CV>unty. He was married, in i^i-lS, to Ik'lsey, danj;hter of Kphraim Beede. Issue, seven children : Wellman J., born October 29, 184S; Henry W., born June 16, 1850; Liberty D., born February 18, 1S53, 11; .rricd Charlotte Putney, residence, Shelbourne Falls, Mass., one child ; Charles H., born ?vlay 2S, I.S55, married Kva Way, residence, Waterbury, Vt., two children ; Loren B , born August 2, 1857, married Hattie E. ki;mii)i;.nci; di- 1. 1:. mnv Parker; Walter S., honi Noveiiihfr aq, 1859; William M., lutrii NovciiihiT 2, i8().^, mnrrit'd Aiuiii" M. Rohiiisoii, iT->i(k'iK'i', Cuiiiptoii, twn rliildri-ii. MOkACI! \VI;Sn)N PAkMV, of Coiiiptoii iikkIcI farm, was Ijorii in Tonjiiay, I'ln^' . Dccemhcr 7, 1S7.'. Was tMliuatnl al Scafonl (.'dIK'j^i', Siissi-x, V.W)^ , later taking; a spi-fial course ill dairying at till' A)^riiiiltiiral Collect.' in 'ramwortli, I'iii^'. He i-anu" to Cooksliirc in iScjo, and was em- ployed on the farm of R. II. Pope, MP., nnlil April, i.Sijs, when lie accepted a position as Iiead hiiltei -maker at the model farm. He was very siiccessfnl in securing; first prizes on butter, fall 1S1J5, at exliiliilions in .Slierhrooke, Montreal and ( )tlawa ; also received first prize of thirty dollars iffiied hy the (Jiiehec Provincial ('lOveniiiHiit for liest essay on hulter-inakin^. TMADOniiS O. IVRS, farmer, secretary-treasnrer township of Compton, and ])ostniaster, was horn in Compton, Aw),Mist i(), i.S|i. His parents, I*
  • M(iH liHTTS, fanner, resident of Mocs River since i2, where he has resided up to date. Was married at Waterville, (Juc., January 2;,, iS()2, to Mary Iv (born July (>, 1S12), daujjhter of Willis I), l.amkin. Issue, three children: Wilberl Iv, born October , iSSS. MHTHH VOl'NQ, farmer, horn in I'.nnlaiiil, I'Vhniary >), iSiS. Caiiii' to Compton in 1S3;, where he has since resided. He has held the otVice i»r coiuuillor for several years. Mairied in Knjjland, May ,^. i'^)". to Ivmma I'atker. Issne, seven children: l-'rcd., horn l-'ihinary 22, |S.||, married ICinma LMu-sncy, residence, Cntnpton, live cliiMrcn ; .\illuir, hoin March 31, 1857, married Ahhie Wilson, residence, Compton, three children ; I'ricstly W., horn Jannary I, 1H63, married Ilattie Hill, residence, Ctimpton, one child; Adain'-'ni.i, horn January \i, iS.\(->, married Henry Hernard, residence, W aterville, six children; I'lmma, horn Anj^nst ;,i, 184S, married Henry Draper, residence, Compton, three children, .Annie, linrn .April iS, i.SOci, married Oshurn Hn^(hes, residence, Compli) three children; Jane, hoin March ^1, iS6|, married Walter Urown, residence, Compton, two children. ALFUBI) JOHN WAI.DKON, farmer, resident of Compton, was horn in Clifton, November 16, 1855. He is a prominent member of the I. ( >. I*. His jj;randfather came from Connecticut in 1 7i)S, nu'l his father, Thomas Waldron, was horn in iSi.S ;ind is living; in Compton. Our subject married I'Ui/ahetli M., dau^jhtcr of Samuel Pierce, of Cuiiiptoii, and widow of Daniel Alon/.o Waldron, who died I'ebruary i, iSjb, leaving two ehildnii : Homer I)., born Jannary 1, 1S76; Hcssie A., born Noveujber (>, 1^7;. Issue of .ihove marriage, one son: Hubert A , born June i, iSS.j. J. WALTER M. VRRNON, farmer and breeder of thorouf^hbred cattle, was born at Whitchurch, Shropshire, Hng., November 23, 1S59. He received his education in Shrewsbury, Salop, I'jijj. Came to Waterville in iS,S2, inoviu).; to Compton Centre in iH().(. He has held the office of Councillor, and is C. K. in the I. O. I*'. Was married, ()ctol)cr in, 1.S.S3, at Compton, to Ada A., dau>{hter of the late Anson Bliss. Issne, three children: Clara, born Octob-ry, 18S4; Doris H, born May 21, 1886; M. C. Noeliue, born July iS, i.S i. CHARI.BS L. FARNSVVORTH, a resident of Compton, was l)()rn in ICaton, Aujjust .v, i^i.S- Mr. Farnsworth has always lived in the county, moving to Compton from Iviton. At tlie present time he is a Commissioner of the .Superior Court, h'or a number of years he held the office of secretary-treasurer of the township of Compton, for the School Commissioners and Council. He married Adeline H. Haskell, at Lenno.wille, October 22, 1835, who died October 6, 18.(3. .Second marriage to Roxillania Ayer, June 9, iS.p), who died June 12, 1893. Issue, four children, none of whom are now living. WESLEY J. PARSONS, carpenter, resident of Moes Rivet, was born in Bury, July 29, 1865. On August 13, 18S.S, he married Melissa B. Crosby. Issne, two children: Kthel A., born June 29, 18S9; Gladys C, born May 25, 1894. Mr. Parsons is a deacon in the K. W. B. Church. EDGAR CHASE, farmer, was born in the State of Vermont, August iS, 1837. His jjarents were Daniel and Isabel (Dickey) Chase, who were married in X'ermont in April, 1830. The father died in Compton, April 5, 1874, aged seventy-two years, the mother died in X'ermont, May 29, 1838, aged thirty-two years. The subject of our sketch came to Compton in i8^v February 14, 1861, he married Kllenor C. Batchelder. Issue, si.\ children : Albert D., born July 25, 1865, died December 31, 1895, married Hattie F. Draper, three children; Walter F) , /nsTuNv (>/ coMr/ox cot's'/v. iij born June 3r, rS6q; Cliark-s M , horn Scplciiiher s;, rS;,) ; Iloiiry 0., horn AukuhI s, 1S75; Isiilicl M., Iiorii Jiiiif «), iS(i.>, niiiirifd AlluTt (J. Si)aff(ir, iS()^. JOSIilMI Dcl.ANCV MAkCOTTR. farmer, was born in Coinpton, November 15. i>»,S5, and has always resided in tlie township. Ilis fatlier, Louis Marcolte, died iu Compton, having lived in North Danville, \'t , before comin^j to Compton. OZRO HAXTBK McCI.AHY, farmer, was born in Compton, I'ebriuiry 15, 1S5.1. Hovcd to Ilatley in 1S75, went to California in iSSh, and returned to Compton in iS()(i. I-'irst marriage to I-'lnreuce Wells. Second marriaj^e to I.estina I,. Hills. Issue, two children: Syntliia II., born ()ctt)ber 12, 1S85; Mindia I.eona, born I'ebruary 2;,, 189.4. W. I.. CARR was born at Compton, October 2(), 1S55, on the orijj;inal Carr farm, still occupied by his father, Ira Carr, ICstp lulii.-ated at the Compton Hijjh School. Married Nettie J. Hartwell, of Compton. Issue, five children : Mary K., born Kebruary .}, |M8.| ; Fred. K., Iiorn May Ji, 1885; Jessie L., born June 10, 1889; Lucy M., born .'\nj,{ust 9, 1892; George I , born July 20, 1895. EDUAR I.ANd, station agent aiid ])ostinaster at Hillhurst, was born in Stewartstown, N. H., July -'I. '•'^tt' Came to Compton in 1854. Married at Coaticook, July 15, 1866, to Althea .'\. Pennoytr, born July 14, 18. |<). His fatlier, Charles Lang, is still living at Canaan, \'l. THE LATE 5TEPHEN HARTl.ETT. farmer, was born in Norwich, Vt., July i, 1787, came to ComptoJi in 1811, and settled on the farm now owned by the Quebec Government and carried oti as a Model I'arm. He was married in Compton, in 1.S12, to Lucy, daughter of Samuel Hliss. Issue, eleven children: Nelson, born February (), 1S14; George W., born July 2(), i8;,i; William I), born I'ebruarj' 12, 1837; Ivmma J., born October 7, 1815; Lncinda, born February 20, 1S20; Martha .A., born Februar}' 20, 1S22; Celica B., born March 14, 1825; Sarah A., born March 17, 1829, married Warren J. Page, February 20, 1851, one child. Mr. Bartlett was a man of strong character and highly respected by his fellow citizens. STEPHEN A HYATT, a resident of Compton, was born in Ascot, January 16, 1842. He moved to Compton in 1S37, where he has always lived. His occupation now is farming, but formerly lie was a miller. At present he is a councillor. August 9, 1865, he married Amelia C. vSanders, of Compton, wlio was born December 16, 1S44. Issue, seven cliildren : John W., born January 11, 1.S6S; Allan S., born January 16, 1873; Harry J., born September 21, 1878; Charlie G., born December 22, 1883; Ida M., born May 7, 1866; Minnie L., born August 13, 1869, married Richard D. Pallister, residence Mocs River; Maud A., born November 3, 1887. itit ///.s/t>A')- i>f lo.urnw lorx/y. l./\ri! .I/\MI!S MAWKNI!SS, fiiriiu-r ittui wlici'lwriKlit, Ixtrti Sipti'iiiluT ig, iNii, died in Coiiiptoti, April ii>, iMht), Miiitii'd at Slu'rltr(«»kf, < U-IhIk,'!' 7, i8s»», tnrii laiiu.irv m, iN')S; William |., Imhii (Ktnlii-r H, iSd^ ; Mar>;art't I') , Iumii July i<), iSix), 111. mini ivliiiiiiiii Slrviiison, ifsiiloiui' Miaiiilice, MuHM , lliri'c cliildrcii ; Sarah A., iHirti Allv•ll^^ 17, iSoi ; marrii-d 11. A. Cairns, rcsidfnci- Ivist Clifton, two rhildi'en. (Ktohor ji, iS()<), Mrs. flirknosM was married tlu' second time to SaniUfl Cairns, rcsidiiHT Mast Clifton ]\v divd I'lKrnary :\, iS()(i, a^rd stvi-ntysi-vi'ii years. Issnc, iMic s«>n ; Albert II. S, Worn I'clirnary ij, iSSu. VI I.I.AC. !•: Ill' \v.\Ti;u\ 1 i.i.i;. WatiTvillc is on tlu- rivi r Coaticixik, aliont tluTt- miU-s nhovf its jniution with the Massawippi, and is a station on tlu' drand 'rrnnk Railway. Tlu' nnmerous Hprin^s and rills of its undnlatin).! snrfaii-, ami llit- wati-r power of the Coatieook .ilioiit this spot ^avo rise, n(» donlit, to the appropriate name W'atervilK'. This place was previously called "Smith's Mills," from their owmr lion. Mollis Smith; before that " Hall's Mills," when owned by James Mall, and still earlier " Ilollister's Mills," or "The Hollow," hut Inst of all " IVniioyei's l-'alN" from thf spot a litlK- lower down the stream, on which Sipiire I'cnnoyer hiiill the first ^risl mill on the Ctialicook river ahotit i.Sij. Joel Tildon, alwiut iSv', came from tlic sonthea/it part of Complon and opened what was kiiiiwii as " Tildon's Tavern," at the corner of the old sta^e road het'veen Stanstead .ind Sherl)rooke, on the farm now owned hy Walter I, aw. Mefore i.'H',^ and lon^; afterwards, and on the south siiie of the river, Washington Moore carried on a eardinj.;, cloth dressinj; and fnllinj; business. On the north side Krooks ^: Smith had a larjje boarding' house for their workmen, which later on became a hotel, kept successively by Cn])t. .Allia Hrown, Samuel Powers, Crai^r h'landers, (), Webster, ani K(-v !■; A W KitiK lot thf In.-ni ..t tMiMiUMn|it Iroin \shii)i iinuh ,'mmUt or K>s iiiipotlami', nml was iliitftl n l-'fllow of tlio Royal Soiii-ty ill iSsd. Tlu' WaliTvillr post offur was islaMisluil on Sipti'itilirr 'i, iS;,j. Tlic persons in i-liar^t- as postmasters liavi- Keen, respectively : !•' Webster, appointed in 1H5J; (J. Wliiir, in lH>|; iKrarl Wood, ill is>s; H. A. Haskell, in iS^h; Charles MntokH, in i.s»)i ; ami I,. VV. Wyiiian, till' present postmaster, in iSm;. Walerville was separated from the township of Comptoii for miiniiipal pnrposes in tS-(i. The cleclitm for eoniKillor.s was held l'cl)rnary i.| of that year, rcsnlliiiK in the eleelioij of II I IVlMKiV, I I. M JiihiioMii, I ■- M. nil i-ii I,. W \V\ itiiiii. M.t>iir h.l.l.I Jn WiM WlU,(l'll I'IKST CDrNCII.I.liUS, Vll.l.ACI': 01 W \TI-,K\ ll.l.l' lM;(,, L. W. W^ynian, Win. Win^ctt, H. J. I'eiinoycr, Iv. H. Laiiy,'made, James Mcintosh, Daniel Jones and L. M. Johnson, and the first conncil meetiiifj was held on the twenty-first of the same month. At this latter meeting L. W. Wyman was chosen mayor, and C F. Wixgett, secretary-treasurer. We heie present an enjjraving of the first conucillors, followed by a short biograph\' of each. LEVI WILLIAM WYMAN, mayor, was born in Watcrvillc, September 5, 1.S32. His father before him was also born in Compton, his grandfather, Levi W. Wyman, beiiij,' one of the tirst settlers in the township of Compton, cominj; in from the States by the way of »Staiistead in iSo,v Mr. Wyman received his edncation in the local schools, Dnrinj; his j-oiinj^a-r years he was farming. In iSbi he went into trade in Waterville, continning the bnsiness isc. ///s/(^A')- f)/' (O.I//' /OX co('i\'/y. until iSiSS. l'\»r four years |)rcvious to iSdi lu- was a clerk iii sfort-s at Sherhrookc anil Stanstt-ad. Ho was cUttcd a uieiuhcr of tlit.' Hoard of .School Couiuiissiouers for the township of Couipton in iSbd, and held that position until iSS;,, wlicu Watcrvilk- was "set off" for school i)urposes ; Mr, Wynian was chosen chainuau of the new Hoard, which office he held until 1.S87. In 18(17 he was appointed postmaster, and still holds this oflice. Mr. Wynuiu has been public spirited and assisted j^reatly i- furtherinj; a spirit of enterprise ill the vilhij^a'. His labor and example has done much towards developiu)f the stroiijj teinpcrauce seiitinicnt of the place. He is I'ast (i. C. of the Royal 'Peinplars. He was warden of Slierbrooke county for one term, and has been a conimissiouer of the Supeiior Court for takinjr affidavits for ten years. .At present ho holds the office of secretary-treasurer of the Municipal Council and School Commissioners. Mr. WyiiKiti 'vas married at Hatley, One., June ;,, iSdo, to Hannah (born May 2,s. ••'^.U))) daughter of Al)rahaui Sails, of Stanstead. Issue, ei^ht children: Lois S., born August 18, iSoi ; Nelly Ciortrude, born Au>,Mist 9, 1S6;, ; Elizabeth Jane, born July 10, iS()5; Maud Maj', born October 10, 1868; William L., born November 17, 1S71; John \V., born May 2S, 1871; Clara I'Uhel, bom August 20, 1877; Edith M., born October ;,, 1871;. VVILI.I.AM WKKinrr, retired farmer, was born in Norfolk Ct)uiity, Kng., in October, 1S17. Came to Canada in June, 183(1, and to W'aterville in i8,|i. There he resided for forty-one years, following his trade as tailor and farming. He was School Commissioner and Councillor in the township of Compton for several years, and when the village of VVaterville was incorporated he was elected one of the first councillors. His sou C. F. Wiggett. was the first secretary treasurer. Mr. Wiggett has always been a liberal sup))orter of the Church of Knglaiul. He was married in Hatley, in April, 1842, to \uii C. Moore. She was born in Kngland in July, 1820. Issue, ten children, seven living: Kdward C, born 1844, married C. A. Webster, five children, residence, Slierbrooke; William Henry, born September, 1846, married M. A. I*"uller, three children, residence, Watervillc ; Charles Frederick, born November, 1851, married K. Hurbeck, three children, residence, Lennoxvill. ; Anthony John, born November, 1854, married H. F^ Cuzuer, four children, residence, Slierbrooke; Ellen Maria, born April, 1857, residence, Montreal; Emily A., born Maj', i860, nnrried 'I. J. McKcrley, two children, residence, Montreal ; Luvia L., born January, 1863, married J. Kitto, one child, residence, Montreal. Mr. Wigget is now living at Ayer's l-'lat, yue. THE LATE JAMES MclNTOSH, in his lifetime farmer, was born at Laprairie, Que., in 1843. He came to Watcrville with his parents in iSsq, where he resided up to the time of his death, December 28, 1S92. He was one of the first councillors of V aterville and remained in office tor thirteen years. He was a strong supporter of the Congregational church, and for several years deacon. He was married at Stamford, Ont., January 8, 1872, to Harriet, daughter of Francis E. England. He died at St. Catharines, Ont., in i8qi. Issue, one daughter: Annie F)., born June 6, 1877. HENRY JESSE PENNOYER, superannuated excise officer, was born four and one-half miles north of Compton village, Julj' 2, 1835. He is a ijiandson of Jesse Pennoyer, leader of the associates to whom the township of Compton was granted in 1802. His father, Jesse Pennoyer, jr., was born in Compton, in 1S03, and died at Waterville in iSSq Our subject has always made the township of Compton his home, moving to Waterville in 1855. He was a farmer previous to 1875, when he was appointed excise officer, which office he held until 1893, when he was superannuated. He was one of the first councillors of Waterville, and for two years was mayor. ///S/OA')- I)/- CO.U/'/OA' i()('N/Y. 187 Also one of the first school coiiimissioticrs. He is now a J. 1* , and cliainiian of the Sanitary Ci>iiiinittce. Mr. Pcnnoycr was married in I.ennoxvillc, June 17, iS6j, to Mary Hiiuna, danRJiter of the late Sctli Hiinlinf^ton, of Matley. Issue, five children : William I'Vcderick, horn I'ehruary 22, iS()4, diid January 17, iSSo; Mary Alice, horn May iS, i,S6S, married W. H. Armstr .nj,', one child, tesidcnce, W'atcrville ; Lucius vS. H., horn May 26, 1S76; Chavlts Henry, horn June S, 1.S7S; Geneva May, horn Fehrnary 1, iS,S2. Mrs. Pennoyer died hVhruary 3, iSi/), aj^jed fifty-three years. THE I.A'IR l)AMI-L JONJ-S was horn in .Shcrhrooke, May 12, 1M22. He went to Ascot when a hoy and followed farming until iS7,s, when he moved to W'atcrville. He was accidentally drowned .Aiij.-ust 11, iS7fi. while tryiu).; to yet his team out of the river, the horse having hacked in. He was chosen one of the fir.st councillors of W'atcrville. He w:is a son of the late William Jones, of luiton Corner, the family originally coming from Wales. Mr. Jones was married at Stanstead, ^ue., June 3, 1.S51, to Annette Murray, of Compton. She was horn May 16, 1.S29. No children. THE L.TH LARS AlAONUS JOHNSCN was horn in Dais Land, Sweden, h'ebruary 13, 1X52, died at W'aterville in nSS^. He came here in 1X70 and worked in a furniture shop for a while, afterwards becoming a farmer. He was chosen one of the first councillors of Waterville. .Mr. Jolnison was married at M(>fs River, Que., June 2), 1880, to Abhie M., daughter of the late William P. Drake, of Ashland, N.H. No children. THR LATR R. H. LANdMADE was one of the first seven councillors of W'aterville. We liavc not been al)lc to secure his portrait for use in the group, nor information for a short biography. Mr. L. W. Wymau held the office of maj-or during 1S76 and 1S77; he was followed in 1878, by Mr. H. J. Pennoyer for two years. In iSSo Mr. Wynian was again chosen mayor and held the office until he resigned in Sejitember, 18S9. to accept that of secretary-treasurer. Mr. I*". G. (»ale was elected mayor Octol)er 7, 18S9, and has since held the office with credit. The past secretary-treasurers have been C. F. Wiggett, appointed in 1876; James Osgood, in 1877; and tiie present one, Mr. L. W. Wyman, appointed in 1SS9 In 1876 the as.ses.scd valuation of W'aterville was 554, .|V' 'Ilie Mcintosh neighborhood w.'is added January i, 1884, and was as.sessed at 512,370. The valuati >n roll now represents Sihi,735. In other words, the ])roperty of the municipality has nearly trebled in less than twenty years. There is comjjrised in this municipality 4,200 square acres. The tax levied in 1S95 was eight and a half mills for municipal purposes, and five mills for school. Waterville was set off from Compton for school purposes in 1883. At the first electiou of scluxd commissioners, July i, 1883, the choice fell upon L. W. Wyman, H. J. Pennoyer, C. O. Swan.son, H. M. Bernard, and K). H. Langmade. These were organized with L. W. Wynian as chairman, and James Osgood as secretary-treasurer. In 1887 H. M. Bernard was chosen chairman; F. G. Gale in 1891 ; and the present chairman, L. Larson, in 1894. L. W. Wyman succeeded Mr. Osgood as secretary-treasurer in 1889. The pioneer school teacher of W'aterville was Seth Huntington. For many years an excellent elementary school was carried on here in the building now located n.xt to the Anglican church. Tiie efficiency of the teachers had gradually improved, until 1882, when the school was given the status of a model school. The growth of Waterville requiring a larger building, in 1885 the present model school 1 88 /nsroNv or cour/ox i(U'x/y was I'livtid, It stands in a irntra! pait ot' tlii' villa^i', oil oiii- ot" llu' lour I'oiiuis. Part of it is used as a piihlii- hall and rountil looni. It is an iniiM>sin>^, snhstantial luic-k hnildini^, and on*.' of tli'.- hcst school hnildinj^s i.i Coinplon I'onnty. Tiic liist ininrip.il in tlu' ni-w hnildin^; was Miss Mary Annita.ni.', with Miss I'!li/ihi-th W'ynian as assistant. In iSSO Miss I'ili/ahrth Ik'iiltnrn liccanK" iniiuipal, ami ivniaimd in tlu' otTu'c for si-vt-n yi'ars, dnrin^; wliifh time the assistaiit tiaidiiTs wfrt" : Miss Minnii- Mall, Nellie MayU'y, Nettie Bradley, Ivlilh Miller, Ma^j^ie Melntosh and Susan Richards. In iS()| Miss jane Reed, after Miss llepliiirn's resij^nation, was app;)inted principal, with Miss l'!li/;i Arnistron); and Mand I-'nller as assistants. Thi.i year Miss Reed is ai;ain in char).,^' with Miss I<*iiller and ICli/.iheth l!,dl as assistants. .M(ii)i:i, sciiiKii,, \v \ti;r\ ii.i.i;. The school commissioners for 1S95-96 are : Lars Larson, chairman ; I'\ Ci. Gale, C. f). Swanson, K. A. Bishop, P. V. Holj-an. We herewith present an excellent photo-enj,M-avinjr of the Watervillc model .school from a photograph taken in the fall of 1S95, slewing the te.ichers and scholars in front. The average attendance is one linndred and twenty. The Watervillc of to-day largely owes its prosperity to the firm of Geo. Gale & >Sons. Mr. George Gale and his two sons, I'rank and Adelbcrt, have always labored hard in the interests of the place, erected cosll}- and magnificent residences and other hnildings, and in many ways their presence has been felt. At the present time it is one of the neatest and ])leasantest villages in the Eastern Townships. The rianj' fine buildings which we ])resenl by photo-engravings herewith, bear ns out in this statement. ///S/OA-) <>/■ cai//7(W ((TA'/). 189 ( )f till- Itiu.iiicss ciiterprisL's tlu' foremost is tin- spriiij^ Iicd fiKtoiv ">f (it-o. (Ink' iS: Sons, (losi'iiht'tl nioif fully '.■Isculu-rc. \Vc then find the Dominion Snath Company, with a j^oihI si/eil new faetoiy ; furniture factory of Peter Swanson ; machine shop of R. (). Hojjkinson ; );rist mill owned hy C. j. (Irant; j^ood sized hames fact' .y, recently opened by a Mr. Adams; two earriaj^e shops; three blacksmith shops; two stores; a ).,'ood hotel hiiilt hy («eo. dale iv Sous in 1.SS5, it is at present earr'Vd on hy H. 'P. Siinhnry. No liipior license has hcen jjranted in \\'ater\ille for twentv-ei^ht years. Previous to that lime it had actpiired (piite a rei)iitation as a liijuor resort. There are three secret sdcieties in the villajfe. The Royal Templars of Temperance, J,,, .M. C (I >w;tn.-ini l- 1. I , il, M.iv..| I. \V IVUM... M 1), II M luin.inl. C(ir NC I I. l.i>K S, V I I. I. AC. IC t»l' WAT !•; KV I I. I. 1: , I' (i K iScjs. orj>;ani/.ed iu iSS;,, is in a tlourishiuj^ condition. This society succeeded the Good Templars, another temperance orjjani/ation, established here in iS6i. The Orange lodge, of which a complete history is to be found on another page, together with an engraving of their fine new hall. The Independent Order of Foresters organized a court here about 1S93, and now have in the vicinity of fift}' members. Watervilte has two churches, .Anglican and Cougregatioualist. The Methodist minister froui Hatlcy occasionally holds service in the school building. The cem.us of 1S91 gives the following statistics for Waterville : Population, 516; families, 101; houses, loi ; males, J54 ; females, 2b2 \ I'reuch-Cauadiaus, Sb ; others, 430; religions — I go ///S/<>A"- ('/•• (V»I//7('.V liTA'/y Kiiiiiaii Catlidlii', Iik>; Cliiir(.li itf |. (i.iU-, iii;i\(tr; and romu'illnis C ( >. Swa'.iMiii, Altniiso Cailivo, jaiiics NU' iomiii, il. M. Hi'iiiaid, jaiiu's I,n>;aii and Dr. (1 W, r.iurrs. Siclntat y-lrcasuii'r, I,. \V. W'vnian. W'c ^ivi' a plioto I'nj^rav ini^ on tlu- inciidiiiy; pa.^f nl' the (.'Duncil toni'tlu'r with a Iiioj.'iapliy dI carli nifniluT. ri:siii|';nci-: oi' i-. c. cam;. FRANCIS (lll.BKRT (iALE, nianufai.tnivr and niaynr, was Ixirn in .StansU'ad, nfar Sniiili's Mills, N t'ol'N/)' 191 Ml', (iiilr is iinlrd for liis hiisiiii'ss aliility and iiitrt|irisi\ lli- is alw.ixs air.iniis id iniilur till' iiitiirsls III' Wall r\ illr, ami tn tlir linii of Cio. CaK' X; Suns is i\\w iin.st uf ilu' p.-oj^rcH llial lias lifi-ii iiiaik' in llif village, iif was nianii'il in I'iatiMi, I HiiniKi r ;i, iSSs, In ( )livia Inla, ^ra\ inv; <>|' till.' \'\\w ivsidi'mv and x'"*""''' "' M'' ''>:ili' is in Ik si'tii on picri'din^ piiK^' CM.Akl.»;S <>. SWANSON, I)(iiniMioM iiiiniij^ratidti A>,HMit, was horn in riri'nsla(', Sweden, Jnni.' s. '■'^Il' lie lanii' to Caiiida in iNoi) and .scltUd at cnii' at WatirvilU'. At liist lie woikcd in the litinituie t.ut ay of I,. ICnitrsdU. Mc pnivhasid the hnsiiK.ss May i, L'^i'i. and carried it on until iSi)! when he sold lo his l>ro- liar, I'eter Svvanson. Mr. Swaiison was thr tust Swede to settle ill Water- ville, and it has hcon lai- j.'i'Iy throiinh his tdTorts that otheis have eoine. They now nnnil)er ahcnt one hniidred and tweiity- five. Mr. Swaiison is pnhlie spirited and has always taken a lively iiiteiest in the affairs of Waterville. He has lieeii one of the iminieipal conneillois for several years, and was one of the first nieinhers of the board of seliool eoiiiniis- sioners for the villav^e. Mr. Swan.son attends the Con >i relational eliureh and is one of the trustees. In i iN-j ami iSji^ In.- was rna-l uvitsi'it, and in iSSo Si appniiiuil siliniil maiianiT nt' liis distriil In iSS() Mr, Mrdnvrrn iimvrd into tlu' \illam' tn iiiin\ till' Ipiiiitils i<\ his hard tnil, lia\iiij4 liiiii MUiis>>l'nl llimii^li lite I'nr liw yrars Ik' lias Ik'i'Ii a iiKiiiln.r nf tlir Inial iniiiuil, alsn imiiU'iicd with tlu- Hoard nl' lUalth I.iUr luaiiv ntlur liii/iiiN nl' WaliTv ilK', hf is piiltIir-spiriU'(|, assistinj; in vwvy uay pnssiliK' liu' j^rnwlh nf ihr phut.'. IK' is a stmnji siippmUr ni prnliil.iiimi, and is a linn lulirwr in thi' piini'ipK'S nf till' National I'oliiy. IK- was inariicil at Niw I lawn, \'l., April 15, i'^7,S. I" Dora S., daiiulilir of Kyinan Cottnii, of that phur Mr. Cotton raiiK- to W'atrivilk' in iS^^'o, wlu'iv 1k' died in iSS(), Issm-, four i iiildivn : Lyman M., l)oni ( Klnhi-r J.s. iM7'>; AlliiTt J., I)nrii S(.'pl.Mnln.'r 1,^, 1S7S; WaltiT Iv , lunii Inlnuary (>, iSSo; Annie I). I*', hnni July ;,, iSSS. Ik'ivwitli is an 111- j^iaviiij,^ of tlu- pri'tty ivsi- di'iu\' of Mr. Mr( 'lOM'iii, with hiinsidf and family in finiil. (inokdl- WhHRI.OCK I'«\VI;KS. M.I).. CM . was l)nrii ill iManklin i.'niinty, \t., Jamiaty S, 1.S31. His fatliiT, Dallied \V. PowiTs, difd in Xrnnoiit in iS^fi, ■d^vd tifty-twit years. \h\ I'owiTs attiMidi'd tin.' Me- dical Cnlk'KV.CastK'toiiA't. In i.S^S he went to Snttmi, (Jiie , where he |)raetieed two years with Dr. Cntter. He then entered Medill Medieal Cnllej^e, Mnntre.d, u.,sii.i:nu-; (..• eu, nui.i.uk j.v.s. M.r.nvKK.v and Rradnated in iSrH.. He returned to Sutton for two years. In 1S62, at the ie(piest of loeal residents, he eanie to Ivatmi, One., and for one year ])raeticed in eoni])any with the late Dr Roj^ers, who at the end of that time ^a\u uj) ;)ractiee. Dr Powers remained in Ivitoii until 1.S.S3, liavinjj^ been suecessfnl. He went .south iu that year, returned to Lennoxville in 1.SS4, but shortly returned south owinjj; to the illness of his wife. He came back ajj^ain from the .south after his wife's death, where she was buried in her native land, and settled at VVaterville in I1SS7, where he has since resitled. He is a lueniber of the local council, and a trustee of the Conj,nejj;ational church. He has been married three times. First at Cookshire in October, 1S69, to Mrs. Martha A. Kinjf, danj^hter of Th'.iiias Ciould, of Hrockville, Out. She died I'ebrnary 8, 1S83. Issue, two children: Jessie M., born N'oveinber 2.S, 1S71, died December 2S, 189,^; (icrtie L., born in 1S73, died in 1877. .Second marriaj^a- at Atlanta, (ia., in October, 18.S3, to Mattie (ircen. .She died May 28, 18S7. Issue, one dauj^hter: Fanny May, born Xovcniber 9, 1S84. Third marriajre at vSherbrooke, yue., January 9, 1N95, to Hlizabeth A., dauj^hter of Captain F. Hennetts, HENRY MOUNTAOUE BERNARD, farmer, was born in Sonierset.shire, P^ng., August 19, 1848. He came to Canada iu 1S66 and .settled on a farm at Waterville iu 1S6.S. He attended the Mtij^lisli piihlii- schools, ami lor two years .stiuliid law in I-liij^Iaiitl. Since coining I'crc lie liiiH been sili.iol (.oiiiiiiiHsioner for nine jcars, and at pri^eiit is one of the village lonncillors. He is a pronniKiit niimrjer of the Oraiij^e I,o(1k'i'i lioldin^; the «»fficc of recording' secretary of r.ord I'lnie, I,.().l,. ; Scrihe U.S.C, and secretary of the Cnimty I,od>{e. Mr. Hernard was inanied at Coniitloii, (Jne , N'oveniher 9, iS;^, to Adaniena, ilaii>;hter of I'eter Votin);. Issue, six children: James, hirn January i}, 1S74; Alice, horn I''el)rui;ry 1'), i'^7.S. married James W. llickcy, residence, .Stark, N. H ; Ivlith, horn April |, 1S76; William, hum Decemher .'5, 1S71); Helen, horn March .'1 1, iSSw l to 1S34, Rev. Charles Peter Reid, stationed at Compton, lu-ld regular services here, and it was dnrinj; his ministry that the present church huilding, kiu)wn as " ,St. John the IvvauKclist," was erected. This was the first and only church in Waterville for thirty-five years. On the next pn^c will be found a photo engraving of the same. The first meeting for the erccti(m of this building was held in October, 1843. Present, Rev. C. P. Reid, Jas. Be*., Lieut. W. K. Parker, Salvin Richardson, S. S. Wells, W. D. Lambkin, John McMillan, (ieo. Moore, Frank Webster, W. Wiggett. and others. These started a subscription for the proposed building, and Lieut. Parker, W. Wiggett, and S. Richardson, were appointed the building committee. The site was given by the Hon. Hollis Smith, In the winter of 1844 stone for the foundation was drawn. In the winter of 1845 a large (jiiantity of logs was given by Robt. Hawse, and sawed at Waterville. In the spring of 1845 the church was erected and closed in. In the spring and suininer of 1S46 the interior was completed, and the first service was held in October. The first baptism was that of W^u. H. Wiggett, November 22, 184(1. The first marriage in the church was that of Lucius Sutton and Kli/a Ball. The first burial was that of Melissa Richardson, in 1849. In 1S51 Rev. C. P. Reid left Compton, and the Waterville mission was attached to Lennoxville. The following ministers are some of those connected with this church up to 1S62: Rev. Thos. Penuefather, Rev. John Butler, M..\., Rev. Principal Nicolls, Rev. Aaron \. Allen, M.A., Rev. Kdvvin Loucks, and Rev. Win. Richmond, M.A. In 1S62 Rev. H. G. Burrage was appointed to Hall -y and Waterville; Rev, A. J. Balfour, ^' \., in 1S72; Rev. Albert Stevens, M.A., in 1881 ; and Rev. Isaac Thompson in 1S89. The latter reverend 13 •'^4 /nsioNY 01 LiKU/'/ox loiwrr. KiMitlniiaii rciiiiiiiu-d in iliarnc milil Di-ixiiiIkt u. i'^«)-*. wlii'U Iif was siui'ri'(l«.';lilty Kiiij;, MA. Ailjuiiiiiin till' iliiirili, cm tlu- west side, is an i-Mfllrnl lot, on wliirli it is tin- iiitrtitioii lo iTiTt till- lutiiir patMiiia>{iv Since till- iii){ani/atiiiti tif this church, lor at least ("lUetii limes, Messrs. Malt. Henry and W'm. W'i^jnett have lieeii appninled church wardens. Diiriiivj till' first week nf ( Klolier, i.'>i)5, a series of services and nueliiiv's celeliriited the jubilee (if tliis diurcli, with luiuh enthusiasm, it hasiny; l)een hiiilt Inr tilly jears. 'I'he niunicipahly was represented hy the mayor and Kuincillnrs wliile Hislmp |)iitin and tirtetii of the clerfjy showed tlieir interest in llie proceedings hy heiii).j present. Tlie cemetery hehniyj to St jtdin's chiirdi, consecrated liy Hisliop Mountain, with an cnhiry^emeiit cotmecrated l)V Hivhnp Williams, ii still the tmly j^r.ive yaid available in this tnunicipality. I'nder the guidance of Rev. Mr. Kin^ the church here is making' ^ood pro^jress, .uid increasing in nuiiiltfrsliip CoiiKivnaliiiiial iliurcli, \\atri\ilK — ( >ii hcccmber 13, lN<)i, the Connivnalitiiial cliurch of Massawippi, (JiU' , which had iiceii orj^ani/cd some time piv\ iotisly, united in ixlcndinx a call tn llir Rev. Cyril I'earl, to become their pastor 'I'lu' reverend y,HMitKMiian was a native of .Maiiir, and had been iraiiird .iiid ordaitu'd to the umk of i1k' (losjicl ministry in that Stati'. Shortly after his arrival at Massawippi, there lieiiiyi need of (lospel services in W'aterv ille, he be).,Mii preach iiij;, niakiiivj it one of his stated ai)|)oiiitmeiits. The work p;-os])rred, an,', a C"oii),'re)^atiniiaI cliurcli was orj^fani/ed July i, iSOj, the Rev. Mr. Pearl beconiinj.j its first pastor, Mr .\m.isa T. Martin and Mr. All)a Mrown, the t'lrst deacons. .At the orj.!;aiii/aiioii of the church, ihe Rev. v.. J. Sherrill, of Malou, (Jiie., preached, Rev. L. \\ .\dams, 01" I'itcli ISav, (Jue., ofTered prayer, and Rev. .Archibald Duff, of Sherbmoke, addressed the ])ei'pK', Tin- follow iu).^ were received into fellowship at the time: Mr. and Mrs. .\. T. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. .\lba Hrovvii, Mi. and Mrs. Wm Johnston, T. I >. Harris, Miss Ridiardsoii, Miss Watt, Mrs. I'owler, and Mr. and Mrs John (ileii. Mr. Pearl, strony,dy sympathi/inj.; with the North in tlu' civil war then beinj,^ vva^a-d in his native land, ^rew uneasy. He resigned his p.-istorate and letunied home, servinj,' some time at the front as cha])lain. The united con)j;re>j;ations of Massawi])])i and Waterville then extended a call to the Rev. Jos. Forsyth to become their ])astor, he accepted and was ordained and installed on .\u)4iist 10, 1S64. Previously he had been a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist cliuiih, his last ])astorale in that denomination beinyr spent at Coini)ton. The Rev. .\icliibald !)iilT, of Sherbrooke, and the Rev. IC. J. Sherrill, of iCattni, formiuj.;- with the church the ordainiiijf council. Mr. Korsyth continued as pastor of his united ehar^jes until his death, in S.'ptembjr, 1SV1 The distance between the two churches beiiijj; too j^reat to work them toj.jether to advautaj.,^', at the close of Mr. Forsyth's paUorate, they .separated, Waterville alone extending a call to sr JnllN S ClliKCII (II INCI, A.Mi nrsTOKv or ri)\fnn^\ ronNry. ••),5 Ills siU'iTssor. Ill tlif iiiDiitli III' Maivli, l.S'»7. Ii\ iii\ ilalimi nt' llic (.liiiuli, iIiihukIi lln' Ui'V. Aiili iMilT, iif SIirrltriKikr, iliHirict sirn-tary nf tin- CoiiKri^jaliniial MiHsinn S tin- iliiiuli j^avi- a rail ti. Mr. I'lirkiss to Ikiuiiu' tlicir paslur, wlut was at that tiiiit' residing' at hiikiiiHiMi's Landing', Out. Mr, I'lirkiss, liaviii^,' arivptiil llu' rail, iiin\ii| tu Watitv illc mi .Imif j^, .iinl iiiiiiiiuMUril liis lalxns i»!i till- I'lillnwiiin S.ilili.itli, June V'. 'N'17, ami mi jiiiv i|,\\.ix nnLiiiic 1 ,im! iiistalKil as pastm- Tin- ki-vs. .\. J. I'arkii, ol' DaiuilU, V. j. SluTrill. of Katmi, !,. I'. Adams. ..f I'ilili Ita\, jnlni CamplK'H, nf Mi'llMiiirm-, jnlm kn).>irs, nf Staiistiad Plain, and Anliiliald I)iitT, nf Slu rlnnnki'. niiili'd in llu' I'vaininalinii and nrditiatimi nf tlu' lamtidati'. 'riic |iastnratr tliiis anspiiimisly Ih').;iiii (.niuintu'd willimil a hriMk until iNSi) — a pnind nf Iwi'iity Iwn yr.irs. hniiii),^ tlii'si' yiars nf laltnr 1 ^^ pfismis \Miv nciivrd iiitn iiuinluTsliip li\ \iv\. Mr. I'lirkis, l)«.'si(U's nflkiatipj^f at 255 lia|)tisnis, i.|^ burials, and iio ui'ildinj^s. I.ahmiiij.; nmlir many dilliriiltirs and with a small salary, ( "md nw mil and lilrssi'd his lidmi' t\i ln\i- I''nrtln.' tirst I'ij^htivn yrars nf its I'xisti'iKi', vi/ , iS().'-i,S,Si>, till' inny.n^;atinii wcir withmit a I'hnivh IiniiU', wnrsliippiiij; in tin- \ illaj^r silmnl. In iSSnan (.'flnrt was made tn eieit a ilimvli, whiih was irnwiu'd with siuitss, a iK-al ami sntVuiiiitly nuninndimis striuttiif l)i'inj.i eiveted at a cost nf Si,')i7.7.J. Tin.' hnildiiij.^ imn- mittir, (.nlllpn.scd nf Mi'ssrs. ,|nlui Mellilnsh, jr., «.'N-M.1..A.; (). M. Swansmi, L. M. jnhnsmi, C. < ). Swansmi, Smith MeKay, and I.. \\ . Wymaii, secretary, were so siuressfnl in their work that in haiidiiijf the elinreh nver tn the pen|)Ie they were able tn dn sn free nf di'ht. A phntnenj,aaviii)j; nf the ehnirh is here ).riveii. In 1SS8, the elinivh feelinj.,^ tlie need nf •A better parsnna;;e Imildiiij^r, appninted tlu' fnllnwinjr as a biiildiiij^ emnmiltee: Messrs. Jniiii Meliitnsh. jr., ex-M I..\.; I'. (1. dale, C. ( ). Swaiisnii, James MeCinvern, .\. A. Hlmuit, Win. Thwaites. and I.. I.arsmi, secretary. .\t a cnst of ?i,Si);, they had erected the tasty, twn-stnry brick parsonage shown in the eiij^raviiij;. The followinyf year, after faithful service for twenty two years, the Rev. Mr. I'nrkis resijfiied the jiastnrate nf the chnrch, and retired from the active wnrk nf the ministry, speiidin;,' his reniainiiijf years in the peace and (piiet of his dauj^hter's hmiie at Hnwmanville, Ontario, where in .April, 1.S94, painlessly and peacefully, !'e passed home to his Master and his reward. Duritijr his pastorale his coiijj;rejj;atioii, none of •vhnm were wealthy, had erected chnrch j)ro])erty to the value of 53,,sih), and the year he left it assimied self-sn])pnrt, a s.i.ill missionary grant having been received previously. COMlKllCATIiiN \l. cm KCII WA ri-U VI i.i.i;, I.jft ///s/vA')- 01 mw/ox cot^jv/y. Tlif Ui'\. Mr. riiiklM wiiH H4H»n Huau'tU-il t)y tin- Ri-v. ,]. \V. ('.••ti'm, nf I,..iic|nii, l'tiv;l;m'l. mIiu iiiii.iiiuil li<>\u\»r, Itiit \\\i> \»;ii«., t<. I»v siuiiitUil liv tlir Ki\ . W. A. hiiiiiutl, liiiipi t.iiuf cvaUKt-'li.xl. I'f lliiiiuhnii. ( )iii., wild, liiiiliiin liiiiixill' mitilUil tnr a }KTmaiiinl pasiniat*', ii«.iy;mil in nix lumiiliH, Tlu iiist |>a>.tiii, llu' ki-\. (iali-ii II. Ci.nk, II. A,, a iialixi- nf Fnmkliii. niiiitiiiKlor o.uiily, (MhIkv, aHHiiimtl tlio pastnraU- in May, iHi>i, and lia> n-iMaiiinl in vli.ii>;i' «.iiui'. Nr sMs. I.aisnn aiiii aif at priMiit tlii' niily (U'aicin-, l\vi> luniv In In- appuinlr«l at lIu' ni'Nt annual nuvtiiiK of [\h- ilumli ami ninKivnalinii. ( XTiriuK^ ivpniliil nuivi'd 1>\ the NiTri'laty-triMHiMvr, Mr. Larnon, u \\\v last animal nua-tin«. jH,i,\<), of wliiili 5Hoti were fnr ilimvli I \pitiMs, ilu' ivmaininn ii.vv) la-inK i>>v (Uiioininatitinal antl liiMuvoIiiit (il)jiits, of wliiili ?ii««*iniif<. To litis should lie added lllc 5l«," raisul at tlir appointnunl at I'lusiis, and applied on t!a' niinin- Ill's salary, making llu- total of iiiotii'v raised in till' ion>;ri'^atioti any, having full charge of selecting and buying all cattle refptired for the operations of the company. .'Xfter their dissolution, Mr. Mcintosh entered largely into the export of cattle for the Knglish market. He was a member of the Compton municipal cimncil for loNr.ui.c.ATin.s \i, I' \us(t.N.\c.i;, w.Mi'iK VII. !.:•:. n/sioh'y o/ OKurioN ownt): ^>i7 tk\x vi'iirN, and nf the WatvrvilU- iniiiiri) fi»r ten ynirH, uIho a iiifiiil)« i ot' tin huiinl i,( mIkhiI iiMiniiiHtiniuTs Ifi' is a |»n>iiiimMil niriiilKT uf llu' CiMi^'ri^jatiniial iliimli, In iSSf) lu' wan iUitiil as llu tipri'si'iiiatiM' nt Cniiiptnn loiiiilN at OiuIki, (KlVatiiij^' Iliimli Lnaianl l»y oviT six liiiiiiltiil iiiajiiiity. In iSq. > lu- wan ri'-i'lfilc«l, (IrtVatiiiK (Jmr);*.' I.axfiilil l»y a still larmi iiia|uiity .\l"tl tlir ini'iiilKts nt' lli • lion, Mr h^-Ititiulinv ilU's laliimt, and u-Mininl l>y a<.'i'laiiiatiiin at tlu* v(*''it*^'>'>il (.'Urtiuii lullnwiii^. In |S(); lu* \\as a|)piiiiit(.'u nf sliirilT fur lluilislriil nf St. I'ramis, \ai.iiit tlirniiKli llir (lialli nf Mr. Jus. !„ 'IVnill. This 111" aiiTpti'd in iS()|, nsi^ninn in run- si'c|tH'mi' his plair in llu- laltiiU't, ami as nuinltir fur Cnniiiluii lunnly, kx-'i'I'v ^" 'hi' r(.);ril ni ;ill. His now dnlii-s ri'.|nin.'d his iiui\in),{ In SlurhriMikr, wIuit Iu' has sinii- ri'sidi'd h'ni llir past luu yiars hr has ahly tilli'il llir pu'iiiuii uf prrsidiiil nf llu' ICasU'rn 'l'nwnslii|is AKtiinllnral Assmialiun Hi- was married at lluwick. ChaU-anj^nay ruiinty. Ont'., Jannary 2. 1S70, tu Ji-anilU-, danj^hlir nf llu' laU' William (Hvij;, uf Ilnwiik. Issnr, I'ij^Iil ihildri'ii, si\ living : Maj^n't.' 1' , Imrn May (>, 1S7J, married, residenir, Waters ille; Janet H. Imhii Junr 7, 1S71. dii'd Manli _'s. iSSs; lvli/al)rtli Aliie, hum April u, iS^h; Win- iiifred, Imrn July i), 1S7.S, dit'd Sipleinher i,;, • '"^^^.s; ,I"hn K, Imrn Jnne .'g, iNSo; James A , hnrn Mauli K), 1SS5. (il-OKdU (lAl.H & SONS, manufacturers of iron Ijcdsteads and sprinj,' beds, was orj^jani/cd in 1.S77, coinptisiii),; the late (ieorj>«' (iale and his two sons, V. (•. and A. H. dale. On Novemher _», iSi)3, a .separation of the busi- ness was agreed upon, Mr. V. i). (iale retain- ing Canada and the United vStates, while Mr. A. H. dale takes the Knglish and foreign business, with 1 ft'ue aiul fiietory .-it Hinninj;l.am, Kng. The inventor of the (»ale Spring Bed, and leninr nuniler of the tirm, Mr. George Gale, was born in W'lliamstown, \'t., February jS, 1X^4 He came to Stanstcad, (Jue., in 1H3U, with his parents. In 1843 he returned to W-rmont and there learnt d the trade of millwright. Returning to Stanstead, he one year later moved to Barnslon. During the gold craze of 1849 he went to Califoruia, remaining there two years. In that time he cleared ^^2.500. He returned again to Stanstead in 1854 where he remained until his removal to Waterville in 1880. During 1868-69 ho built several bridges on the Tomifobia river, also repaired the large bridge between Rock Island atul Derby Line at an e\pen.se of a few hundred dollars, which, civil engineers said, would cost nearly as n)any thousands. In the meantime he carried on a farm and saw mill in Stanstead, near Smith's Mills, and .slll.Ulll' JnllN .\KlMn>ll t \M I, \ .,s fffSTONV or co.^rrroN coi'Nrv. wliile oil a trip tii the ICasttni States selling luiubcr he j^ot his idea of the spring heil, Naturally of an inventive mind, he made improvements on his retnrn home, wliich were patented. The first bed was made in 1S73, and first patent issned in 1879. The beds were man u fait mod on a small scale in Stanstcad. In order to increase mannfactnring facilities the business was transferred to V.'aterville in 1S80. Here Messrs. (leo. dale iS: Sons have been very successful. The first year they occupied the old saw mill, situated on the opposite side of the river from their i)resent factory. The second year the old machine shop was added tor more joom. The business havinj' increased, in 1SS7, the large new factory was erected. This is a building 55 x iNo feet, four stories high, with an ell 2S x .jS feet. In the r.\CT()RV Ol-' C.IX). V.W.V, ¥i. SONS. fall of 1.S95 another addition was made to the building, to be used as a foundry for the manufacture of iron and brass bedsteads, which have heretofore been imported from England. Tliis is 30 X .S5 feet. There is al.so a railway from the station, half a mile long, extending through the main building, giving the very best of shipping facilities. Accompanying this sketch is a photoengraving of the factory, from a photograph, taken in the summer of 1895. This is from a \iew just above the factory, at the dam, on the opposite side of the river. The ell of the factory is on the opposite side. The foundry erected after this photograph was taken, is at the side of the building, in the centre of the picture, and nearly in front of the freight car. After coming to Waterville, Mr. George Gale was always on the outlook to make improvements, leaving the management of the business almost wholly to his sons. The organization of the Coaticook River Water Power Company, was his idea. It has a paid up /f/STOh'Y OF CO.\trTON COrNTV. 199 capital of 5i6,,'o()d health. His wife did not long survive, dying on April 10, 1S92, aged seveuty-si.\ years, Mr. V. (i. dale inherits his father's inventive faculties, and has made good use of them, greatly to the benefit of the firm. On July 3, 1S95, he was granted a patent on what is known as " New Dominion Wire Mattress." Applications are also in for patents on what is culled "Cuban Wire Mattress," and an "Oval Woven Mattress." The p.itents on the old "Gale Spring Bed," expired in 189.J, and these three new lines were first ofTered for sale in iSi)5. The busijiess of the firm is increasing, and the sale of the new styles above mentioned, show them to be the best thing of the kind on the market. Their combination !)cds, bedsteads, and hospital beds, are also in demand in all parts of the country. There is not another firnt in the Kastern Townships with so e.xtensive a market, as Messrs. dale iS: Sons make shipments in (|uantilics to all parts of the world. It is but fair to state that this firm, now so well and favorably known, have made Waterville and given it both a reputation and standing of which any new town might be proud. To accomplish all this, without a large fortune to begin with or fall back upon, ])articnlarly in the earlier years of the enterprise, speaks volumes for the ingenuity, the energy, and courage of these gentlemen. LORD ERNE LOYAL ORANGE LODUE, 1591. was organized May 2i, iSgi), through the efi'orts of Leonard \'a\\ Luveu, formerly of Hattersea, Out., but at that lime and at present residing in Waterville, united with whom were the following charter members: deo. dardiner, James Rooney, James Lytic, Thomas .Armstrong, James Camjibell, Charles House, deo. Manders, V. Lewis, John Johnson. The lodge was opened under the i)atronage of the Right Hon. Lord Erne, Imperial drand Master, who consented to become its patron and an honorary member. It was ])nl into working order by Right Worshipful Provincial drand Master Clark (iordon, of Sherbrooke. The following members elected officers for the first year: L. \'an Luven, W.M.; James Rooney, D.M. ; Rev. Isaac M. Thompson, Chap,; deo. dardiner, Rec. and I^'in. Sec; James Lytic, Treas.; 1). McLean, I), of C. ; vStanding Committee — Mark Ilodg.son, Geo. Inlanders, Thomas .Armstrong, James Campbell, F. Lewis. The meetings were held in the town hall until the month of I'Vbruary, 1S95, when the members moved into the large and handsome hall (a photo-engraving of the same is shewn on nt.xt pagel, which it was decided to build at a regular meeting held in September of the previous year. The membership having largely increased, and a warrant of incorporation obtained, and a considerable sum raised amongst the brethren and others, it was decided to at once begin building operations under the sui)ervision of the following committee : L. \'an Luven, F. Lewis and H. M. Hernard. The first stcnie of the foundation was laid October 22, 1S94, and the hall was ready for occupation on February II, 1S9S, on which day it was dedicated with the usual ceremonies l)v the Hon. N. C. Wallace, M P., Comptroller of Customs, Most Worshipful drand Master and Sovereign, assisted by Past Provincial Grand Masters, Wni. Galbraith, of Montreal, and Clark Gordon, of Sherbrooke, and other well known Orangemen from Montreal and the surrounding district. The Hon. N. C. Wallace was met at the station by the officers of L. O. L., 1591, and the mayor and councillors of the village of Waterville, and was presented with an address of welcome on behalf of the lodge, and with another by the mayor, on behalf of the village. On that day L. O. L., 1591, entertained the Hon. N. C. vV^allace, R. H. Pope, M.P., the mayor ///5/(>A')- ('/• (('.I//'/<'.V (.'/'A'/}, aiul corjxiratinii, the visitiii)^' l)rctlircn, tlu- Protestant clergy, ami lueiuhers of tlu- Kanied pidfessioiis, to a l)aiU|iiel ; and iti the evcniiijs' a siipjuT and enterlainnii'm was i^iven in tlie hall in aid of thi- hnildiniy; fund, wlu'ii it'^ seatiiij,' raiJaiitx-, vi/. : ahont _'>,i>, w.is taxid to tlu' lUninsl. A t1a>; staff (at that linii.' iht.' only oni.' in the villa);ei more than thirty fei't hivjh was erected on the hall, from which, on the proper occasions, lloats a lar^jc, hand- some Dominion ensij»n. Jnly I _' has been yearly celehraled by successful picui.'s and cntcrtainmems, and N'ovem- her 5 usually by an oyster supper. In the month of March, iSi|(>, the drand Lod).;e of IJuebec met in W'aterville for the first time in the histo'-y of the villaj^c. and the county lod^je has met here for the last three years. The officers of I.ord I-lrne L. < ). L., i^m. for i.Syh, are: Bro.W H W.ird. W.M.; Hro. I,. \'au Luven. P.M. ; Hro. James Orr, DM; Hro. James I. y tie, Chap ; Hio. H. M. Bernard, Rec. Sec ; Hro. L. \'au Luven, I"'in. .Sec ; Hro. \Vm. luljfecombe.Treas.; Hro. James Rooney, D. of C; Bro. Lee Buckland, Lecturer. Standinj.^ Committee: — Bro. .•\dams, Bro. K. Lewis, Hro. H. Riuder. Bro. I). John- ston, Bro. (ico. Flaudeis. Auditors: — Bro. F. Lewis, Bro. }L ^L Bernard. Sick Committee : — Bro. V. Lewis, Bro. I). Johnston, Bro. James Orr. Bro II. Kinder, Bro. \V. Kdgecondje, Bro. James Campbell. Trustees: — Bro. L. \'an Luven, Bro. V. Lewis, Bro. H. M. Bernard. Medical E.vamiuer:— Bro. R. A. D. KinJ,^ M.D. Pianist: — Bro. H. Rinder. Past Masters :—L. \'an Luveu, Geo. Gardiner, VV. H. Ward, and D. McLean. Membership at present sixty, twenty- seven of wliom have the Royal .\rch Purple degree. On October 14, 1893, the Royal Scarlet Ciiapter was opened The following were elected officers for ihgrj: — Sir Kt. Comp. W. H. Ward, Wor. Comp. in Command; vSir K.t. Comp. L. \'an Luven, Excel. Comp. in Command; II.M.I. Ill l.ORIi 1-.[<.M-. l.()\.U. (iRA.N(,l-. l.iiDC.i:, is>,i. ///.S/OA-y !>/■ (D.U/'/OX co/.v/)- aoi Sir Kt. Cniiip. J. I.ytli', Cliap. ; Sir Kl. Cniii]i. li. M. Hcriianl, S(.ril)e ; Sir Kt. Coiiip. jaiius Orr, Tti'as.; Sir Kt. C'Hiip. Ia'c Hmklaiid. Herald at Anus; Sir Kt. Cmiip. II. J. Mil.mij,' ; lusidf III raid ; Sir Kt. C<>iiip. Tlios. .\nii>tniii>;, ( )titsidc" Il^rald. Ai>l-:i.lti!kr HI-:nmv O.M.I: vvas iiorii in I'l.inistoii, OiU'., .April V'. I'*^,^^• He i.s a meiiiVjcr of tlu- lit 111 (pf (u'l). dalu (S: Suns, iii;iiuira(.'tiirc'r.s and (Kalers in spring; niattre.s.si'S, niatrcsses, pillnws, iron lii'ds, fit.., and lias l)i'fii one of tlu' priii ipal founders of the prisetit business, l)otli in Canada and (Ireat {{ritain, lia\iii^f taken an ac'tive y.wl in its estal)lisliment and Mueess. .\ii eii^ravinj; is here j^iveii of the residence iM.NCi: oi' .\. 11, f.Ai.r:. It is on risinjj; ground and coininands an extensive view of the Coaticook river, Waterville. and the siirronndinjj; maple }.frove eonntry. Mr. (ialc has been married twice. First at Waterville, (Jiie.. I'ehriiary 12, iSiS^, to Mary !•',. Ladd. She died .\pril 5, iSSd. Issue, one (hiuj.;hter : Mary I'!, horn March 25, i.S.Sd. Second marriai^e at Howmanville, Out., January ;,, 1S9C), to Katheriue M., daujj^hter of the late Heiir}' Dobson, of Toronto, Out. Issue, one sou: Warren I), horu October 15, iSqo ALEXANDER AAclNTOSH, live stock t.xporter, at present with headquarte-s iti Montreal, but until recently a resident of Waterville, was boru in Liprairie, Que , Deceinbjr 24, 1S55. Came to Coniptou with his father, John Milntosh, in 1S61, who died in May, 1S94. Previous to his moving to Montreal, in 1S94, he was a farmer and general mereliant, holding several iV2 IllS/O/'!) (>/■ (('!// 7 ('A' i<>r\/\\ puhhc otticos. W'iis married in Htiwick, (JiK- , October _'J, iSS.;, to Jiuirt M., daii^littT ol Rolicrt Ness, Ivs(| , lui'inhcr of the Proviiuial Cmiiu-il of Auriciiltiur. Issiir, live iliildiiii : Robert H. l)orti July 5, iSSS; William A., horn .September 15, iSimi; (5e()r);e N., born December y, iSyi ; Mab»'l Iv,, lH)rn November 7, 1.S83 ; Ivlsie M., born June i(), i^i-),\. LRONAKI) VAN l.l'VI-N. ajjent Clrand Trunk Railway, was born in Hattersea, Out., April :;, \S^-. He received his education in the pul)lic schools of ( )ntario. I-'or Mic past sixteen years he has been connected with the (Irand Trunk Railway. In January, iS();cnt for the coin|jany, aiul has held the position sime to the satisfaction of all. He is a ])romincnt member of several secret societies, especially the Oraujje ."id Masonic Lodj^cs. He has held many prominent otl'ices in the Orange society, anions them beiuj,' W. M., I,, () I,., i.siji. County Master, Depr y (1. C of Onebec, de!ej.iate frtim the Ouebec (Irand Lod^^e in iSiji to Triennial Council in Toronto, and delej^ate to (iraud I.odj^e Mritish North America on various occasions. Mr. \'an I.uven was married at liattersea, ()nt, Se])teniber 17, iS7S, to Jane Teachont. Issue, four children: iMedcrick C, born May i, iSS); Karl, born May ;,(>, 1SS6; Otto, born I'ebniary u), iSStj; \'ida, born June _'(), iSi)|. His fatl'.cr, Henry \'an I.uven, was born in Dutchess county, N. Y., in i7()| ibeiu).; the smi of a r. K. loyalist), and was a veteran of iSij-is, takinjj part in the battle <>f Kuudy's I.ane, and several other enjia.ijemcnts, havin>j removed to Canada with his parents when a child His nuither was born in Ipswick, ICnjj, in r^'(), and was the (lau,i;hter of the late John Kiu);, master of H. M. frij^ate " b'alcon," and who ser.ed under Lord Nelson, at the battle of the Nile. JOSEPH KICK liAI.I., manufacturer, was born at Athens, \'t , July 2.|, |S.((), IL- settled in Sherbrooke, One., in Novcnd)er, iSg;,. Held the office of snperiiiteiidcut of schools in X'erinont, is now superinteudent of Methodist Sunday school at .Sherbrooke, and member of the (piarterly board. Is now, and has been since coming to Canada, mcmlier and manager of the Dominion Snath Company. Was married at Athens, \'t., October iS, 1870, to .Au.tiiisia .S., dau^jhter of Caleb Howies, of Helhleliem, N. H., who died in iS7() Issue, tivo child-en: I. eon J., born April U), iS7r.; Annie M., born January ii>, 1S7J. Second m:irri:ij,'c to .\ddie L, daiij,;hter of S. W. .Stuart, of Bellows l*'alls, \'l., Auj^nist 4, 1S79. Issue, tv\o children: .Stuart, bom December .\, iSSS; M. Gussie, b;)rn April 17, iSSi. '^^^^^■■y CMAPTHR XIV. To W N S II I !• () I C I, I !■ To N . IticliiditiK History of Mttiiicipnlitit-s of l'.i\s[ Cliltoii, Martiiiville. ami Ste. MdwulKe. Tliis is a Inicl of land in tlic soutliwi'st end of the County, and was ert'cted into a townslii]). named Cliflon, July i,^, 1799; and in part j^ranted J"Iy 3, iSoj, to Charles Mlake, Daniel Cameron, Alexander Cameron, Duncan Cameron, Jolin Cross the elder, John Cross the younjjer, Ann Hall llie widow of Conrad Harnet, Mary Harnet the dau^jliter of Conrad Harnet, Isaac Lcminj^toii Hall, Mary Catherine Christy Hall, and Ann Hlake Hall. It apjjcars that few, if any, of these jjrantees settled upon the lands thus ji;ranted, but probably sold them to other parties. Two ponds, named respectively Lindsay's and Sucker jjonds, each of which covers some 251' acres, lie within its limits; the former beiii),^ in the southeast part, and the latter a little south of the centre of the Township. Around these ponds the land is wet and marshy, aside from which the swamj^s are of no j.Meat extent. Thouj^h hilly in some sections, it is I'lostly suitable for cultivation or pasturaj^e. There is a larj^e portion of the Township still a forest, from which the lumber is )j;radually being cleared each year, and used up in the different saw mills. The first i)erson known to have settled in the townslii]) of Clifton, was Isaac Thurber, ill 179N, on lot S, ran^jc 3. The only road then was a spotted or blazed line, also called bridle path, from Canaan, V't., to Sawyerville, a distance of thirty miles. It bore nearly the same course as the present road, pissiiij^ through Kast Clifton, leading from Sawyerville to We.it Stewartstown, N. H. Mr. Thurber only remained about two j'ears, and was succeeded by Isaac Lindsay, who may be said to have been the first permanent settler. For nearly seven years he worked his farm, isolated from neighbors. There was uo road and none of the conveniences or necessaries of life. The new land produced large crops, and thus he was encouraged to remain. Mr. Lindsay died in 1S47. John Waldron moved to the lot adjoining Mr. Lindsay, in 1.S07. Jonathan Stone commenced on lot 9, range 4, in 1808. Mr. Lindsay's eldest .son, Abrani, purchased W'aldron's improvements on lot 9, range 3, about 1 8 19, where he cleared a good farm. He died in 1873. His widow, who is still in good health, aged eighty-six years, carries on this farm. The only member of the first settler's family living, is William Lindsa}', of Haton Corner, John Waldron reared a large family, and three of the sons settled in Clifton — John, jr., James and Thomas. James was one of the first children born here, aiu is still living. Among the other early settlers were John Pope (grandfather of the late Hon. John Henry Pope), and Hosea Blair. The first settlers of this township suffered great hardships and privations, having no roads, mills or schools. It is told how Elder John Waldron, going without breao as long as he could, often carried a bag ot wheat on his back to Colebrook, N. H., to have it ground. A grist mill was established at Sawyerville shortly after, and thus the distance to mill greatly lessened. Road making was a very slow process, there being no organization provided bj^ law, .'1)4 ///.S/CAM ()/ <('I//'/<>A' tO/'X/y. ami all wmk was { lai-li pi-rsun owning or oiTtipyitin; "" 'H-rt-s four days work each year. It is said this work was chciMriillv and t'aitlirtilly iKrloriiii'd, and in many cases more than donhlcd. It was not until iSsi that the ri'(|nired popnlntioti of V'o souls was found in tin- municipality, entitling: il to organize as a municipality. Durinv; the first sittinj^s of the ShchiDoke council Clifton was divided anions; three municipalities, Ivaton, Conipton and Hereford. A few years later the whole of Clifton was united to Hereford for municipal and school purposes. When it was found in 1S51 that tliere was a population of V"' .souls, an effort was made for separate organization. The first to succeed was for scIdoI j)r iposes. In 1S3;, the fust Hoard of .School Commissioners was elected, as follows: David H. Pope, Thomas Waldron, Thomas Pierce, .\inasa T. Martin, and Menj. Donaldson; and H. K. Cairns appointed secretary -treasurer. I'or the first three years tiie meetings of the Board were held once in three months, at Ivaton Corner, as there was no ro.id between the east and west parts of the township. A. T. Martin was the first chairmaii, and Thomas Waldron is the only one of the tirst five now liviti),'. In July, iM.s.s, the township of Clifton was organized into a separate municipality, and the first election for councillors was held at Martinville, then called Martin's Mills, in the same month and same year. The following; were elected : — David H. Pope, William Metts, Joseph Taylor, James Waldron, John Haines, Thomas Pierce, and John Corcoran. At the first meelinj; of the Council Thomas Pierce was chosen mayor, and H. K. Cairns secretary- treasurer. James Waldron is the only one of these .seven now livinjj;. I'or a number of years there was no road, except a spotted line between Ivist Clifton and Maitinville, and the councillors were oblij^ed many times to walk to the council meetinj.;s. The mayors who held office up to iS;.; were: — I). H. Pope, Thos. Pierce, I). Ha/eltine, Jo.seph 'i'aylor, and Charles McClary. .About January 1, 1S73, the east |)art of the Township petitioned the county council, prayiujj fi)r a di\ision of the Township into two municipalities. This movement proved successful, and a new municipality was erected, known as Hast Clifton, taking effect February I. 1S7.1. The l)alance of the Township retained the name of Clifton. The census of 1.S91 j,Mves the foUowiujf statistics of this Townshi]), including Hast Clifton and the villages of Martinville and ,Ste. Ivlwidge : Population, i.S.in; families, vi9 ; houses, 3M ; males, c)ij6 ; females, .S.j.| ; Hreuch-Canadians, 1,1)19; others, S21 \ religions — Roman Catholic, l,oS2 ; Clmrch of ICugland, S,S ; Presbyterians, (>() ; Methodists, 455; Baptists, .\i)\ Freewill Ba])tists, sj ; Congregalionalisls, 2\ Adventists, 19; riiiversalists, J5; Protestants, .) ; other denominations, 1 ; not specified, 6. B( .ichette, writing in iS;, 1. gives the population of Clifton as eighty-three, with one school and one saw mill. Iv.X.ST C 1,1 F TUN. The first councillors fi)r this municipality were elected February 9, 1874, and the following chosen : Joseph Taylor, Joseph Mackay, Louis Ricord, Fabien Demers, John Cairns, Charles E. Gra}', and Richard Evans. At the first meeting John Cairns was appointed mayor, and H. E. Cairns, secretary-treasurer. It will be noticed that Mr. Cairns was secretary-treasurer from 1S55, and also held the same position in the two municipalities until 1883, when he resigned that of the western part, retaining the office for ICist Clifton to the present day. The muiiicipalitj- of F^ast Cliftou has an area of 10,000 square acres, and a valuation nisjoN) (»/■ i().w/'/i>.\' (Ofw/)-. fos of 5 1 0.1,(100, The past mayors liavi- Ikim John Cairns and Kii-hanl I'lvans Tlir cotincil for i.St)5 was loinposfd as follows; H. A. Cairns, nuiyor ; and lonni-illors ; Sainncl I'Mliott, CJco. S. ilnrlcy, R(.l)'l Taylor, Tlios. J. Waldron, William Mackay, and I'doi Crt-tc. Thi-rc are f(naily they were visited hy a minister, hut these were few and far hetwceii. The first preachiuff services were cotulucted hy a Baptist minister named Rev. Mr. Ide, about the year iS^s. A Rev. Mr. Sweatlaud, Methodist, preached a few times al)out iS;S, and in iS|o or iS|i Rev. Mr (lillics, Baptist, held rej.;ular services here once a month. In iSpS Rev. John .\rmstroujj, Methodist, commenced rej^'ular services. These meetings were all held at first at the homes of the residents, atul afterwards transferred to the school house. The Methodists increased in numhers and in i.S()6 the fir.it church, and still the only church, was ercitcd hy this denominatioti. It is under the Sawyerville circuit, and services held every Sunday afternoon The Kpiscopal and Presbyterian deuominatious have each established a fortnightly a|)pointment in Hast Clifton, their services being regularly held for some fiw or si.\ year.-, back, at the North school house. One of the most prosperous parts of Hast Cliftou is that known as High l''orest, and located !■ liort distance from Sawyerville. This ])lace was first settled in iH(n> or iS()t. The first settlers were Ivlward (iraham, John I.ee. and Thomas Jidiuson, all of Laehute, .Argeuteuil county, ;r majority. Mr. Cairns' pariMils am! rnrcfatliiTs lor many j^i'mTatiniis wimc I'rishyliiians, luit in r.S;; lie nniti-d willi till- Mi'tliiidisl cImmcIi. He iissisti-d lar^i-Iy in IniiMin^ llic pn-snit \!v tlmdisf ilinnli at l*!ast CliUon, was one of the ori^.'inal trustees appointed In lore tlie Imildin^; was eoniniemcil, in iShs, and secretary to the hoard IN- has lield liie position of elass-leadcr since iHs.|. Mr. and Mrs. II. Iv. Cairns have four children; Hollis A, born Jaiuiary ', i'**.S.U married Sarali Aj^iies Harkness, of Coinpton, two diildreii, Ualpii C, horn I'"cl>ruary 7. iS()(i, and Hlanchv Ci., horn .\u>{tist .'7, iSSN, He owns iincl resides on tlie old lic), iS.|^, where his father, Joseph Mackay, li\i'd ami died I)t'ctinl)er 2S, 1S74. In 1S6S he came to IIiiu;h I*"oresl, in Ivast Clifton, about lline miles from Sawyerville, where he locited in the woods. He has iKared a ^i»>-\ f.irni, erected neat and commodious l)uildin.ns, and is a i)rosperous faruur. Imoui uothiujL; liul woods, he has seen all this accomplished iu tweut\-eij.;ht years, and hv his own hard work. For a number of years he has been a member of the municipal council, to the entire satisfaction of his fellow townsmen He has been a member of the i)oard of school commissioners. He takes a i^rvni interest in ( )ran^fe hodj^e \o. i^oS, Saw\er\ ille, and at |)rcseul holds the office of W. M. .Mr. .Mackay w.is married .at .Si. .S\l\estre, One . January 2. 1S66, to Marjfaret Macrae. .She is a dauj,diter of the late W'm, Macrae, who died in Hi^^h I''orest in iSSv By this marriaj;e there were nine children, eij^jht now livinj^ : Jose])li .Alfred, born March i, 1X70; William Ivdmund, born January iS, 1S72; .\rthnr Theodore, born October 27, iSSi ; Chester Lawrence, Ixtru ( )ctober 22, iS.S^; Ivsther .\nn, born Novend)er i, 1.S66. married John Curnew, no children, residence Lawrence, Mass; Lucine, born May 29, 1.S6S, married I). Williams, no children, residence .St. Johnsbur\-, \'t. ; Marv Alice, born December 24, 18.S6; Hetty Lilly, born January 27, KS79. The reader will here II. 1;. CAIKNS .\NIi lAMll.V. /// V /■/ 'A' ) ■ ('/ i(>u/'/i>v (tu'xry »nj HISIIH.M i; I II W M M \t. K \v. A. M , .iinl K. iif I'. IK u.is III, mini ,il C:iii;i.iii, N't , Ajnil cpf Williiiiii \\'illi;iiiis, III' lvi-,1 L'lil'lnii. W. rliildrni. liinl ;mi niyrraviiii; <>( tlic ii>iiliiu'i' ul" Mr Miu'kiiy, ill tViiiit I'l' w liii li lie aiitl liis l';iiiiil\ iii.iv lir M'l'il. Tlu' tv. >l;i(lits ill tllf iippiT iiiiiurs ail' Mrs, Cmiuu iiul M^■^, Williams. CHAMI.HS I). TBkKII.I., I.iiim r, was Imhii in Sti'W- arlstiiw II, \. 1 1 , \ii,L;iist is, 1S17. Ill' i.aiin.' U> Mast Cliliiiii ill Manli, 1N70, \\ liiir lie has siiui' risidfd, All riiv;ra\ \\\^ is \\v\v \trv- sciitt'd (if tlu' usidiiu'i' iif Mr. 'I\'i lill, u lifiv ill front lie aii.;li I'orest. lie was one of the tirsl settler.s of lliat .section, and when Mr. (Iraliain came here there were 110 roads, and where tine t'ai ins may now lie seen, there was then iiothiii)^ lint woods. On the nest jii^e is an cn).;nivinj.( of the home j)lace with Mr. and Mrs. (Iraliam and three of their children in front. This is as pretty a farm house as can he wished for, .-iiir- roiinded \)y larj^e new hariis, sliowinj4 at a jjlaiice how snecessful he has been in a few ^-ears lime. Our sithjei-t has heen school commissioner, and held minor town offices of trust. He was married at I.achnte, (Jiic, July fi, i(S57, to H. McCurmick. RIvSIDlvNCr; Ol' C. I). TKRkll.I,. Mi f/fsroN) oi tOM/'ioN (i>rjv/y. Ihkuc, Nix cliililrvti ; jolin, Itorii Mny 5, iSsS, inurrii-il Clmrl>>iti' MiA'rtiv, of MIkIi l<*i)rr»t, May ,^o, \Hit\, tlirt'i- iliiltln-ii, n-Hitlviui', SuwyiTvillc ; William I), Imrn SfptfiiilKr .t;. 1H05; Riiliiml (i , liiMii Ati)^ii>.t <», i'*<^'», ilii'l Iiiiii- ..'7, iSin ; Mli/.ilnili, lioni Nosfiiiln-r J(>, iSfn, tuurricil KiuK!>ttiii hit\li, two iliildii-ii, ii^itU'iut*, Sawyi-rvilli* ; Siitati Ctrolnu N'ioUt, Itoiii June ,\o, |S6.;, iiiarrivil Artlitir A. I.al)vri'c, rcxiilviuc, Sawyi-rvillv ; Matth.i Ia-iiii, lH)rii AuKtiHt ij, iHh;. C I. I !■ T«> N . Tills iuiitiici|)ality. now more ^fiUMally kiiowii as MaitiiivilU*, wn* aKniii (li\ii!i-i| oii {.Hilary i, |S()(). Al'ti'r tlu- si-ltiiiv; otT of |'",ast Cliltoii in iS-|, ilu' west part ioiilimn(l an oiiv itiuiiicipality, k>''>^^'><>K >i> popiilaiioii all the lime. One .section, known as St. IMw iilKc, iH neatly all pioplcd hy ;• -li. JB '"'^'ii^'i Catiadians. while ajl^Q M.ntitnille is lotiipiised of |N^^D r'n^lish .speaking people. secliotiH having siitVieietit |inpiilatioii for two niiMii- eipalilies, steps were taken fur a separation. Koth had ^ut alimv; in a friendly iiianner, l)nt as tlie two (.lasses ot" pedple dit'leied sii iniieli in their modes of thon).:lit and action, it w.is thiini;lit lu'st tor Koth, that tl'.ey should manage their atTairs separately. This was granted l)y the Provineial Parliament in the tall of iSys, the Ku^;- lish portion retaininj,' the name of ClifiOti. while that of the I-'reiich Canadians adopted the name Ste. Ivlwidj^^e dc Clifton. The history of the latter municipality is t.ikeii up at the end of this chajiter. The municipal affairs of Clifton, previous to January, iS()(), wen- carried on amicably, with conncil nieetinjjs held at St. Hilwidj;e. Charles McCl try was chosen mayor, in i.S;^, previous to the settinij off of Ivast Clifton, and continued in this office until iSg;. Gilbert Marchesseanlt was mayor for two years, when he was followed in iHqs by C. N. Cass, the present mayor o( the new ninnicipality of Clifton. Mr. H. Iv Cairns continued as secretary- treasurer of Kast Clifton and Clifton until i.SS;,, when he resigned from the latter, and Mr. (1. Bonlay was appointed. The council of Clifton for t.Sg^ was composed as follows : C. N. Cass, mayor, and councillors (i. Marchesseanlt, John Johnston, Lyman Smith, .Adelard Plante, Antoine Raboin, and Henri Desoicy; (1. Hoiilay, secretary-treasurer. The present municipality of Clifton, or Martinville, comprises fifty-five lots. Has a valuation of 596,.\trroN nurNrv. ji»> till' viiliu- 1(1 tlu' wuliT powiT here. Tin- Salmon rivrr |i.iNttcH tlirmiKli llu* villuxc lU- hiiilt It (hill, mill tTfi-ti-il a Haw mill. Tlii' latter wax partly over the dam, ami had an
    f mill. His tirotlur, Aiiiasa Martin, took over the property and carried it on tliereafler. The necond pioneer was ThoiiiaH I'ierce, a jjreat In'.iiter, and Itrother of W'ililer Pierce, of Staiistead. lie came to Marlinville with his family in the winter of i><)3, and settled oil the Matoii road, ahout one mile from the village. lie, as well as the other settlers, came in the winter time, as this was the only wav to ^vi throiiKh, there l)ein>{ nothing hiit a hridlc path from Coiiiptoii. In 184^ John Haines arrived with hin family and settled oil the Ste. I')dwid>{e road, in what is now known as the ilaines neiKhliorho(Kl. ( )n jaiiuaiy K), i^.to, John T. Cass came to Martiiiville, also with his family. He, as well as the three families lufore mentioned, came from Staiistead. Mr. Cass settled nearer the preNeiit village, not far fn^iii Ilaines. Other settlers hooii ftdlowcd until this in now a thriving part of the County. They at first siifTered all the lianMiips of pioneern, living in Iok houses for several years. The lo.'u! through to Moes River was opened about 1S.15. In iSOy, Carlos N. Cass, a son of John T. Cass, in company with \\. M. Mean, |)iircliased the saw mill of .\masa Martin. In rSjo Cass hoii^^iit out Bean, and in May, 1S71, his hrother, Orville A., purchased an interest in same, and the husiness to this day is carried 011 hy Cass Hros. The present saw mill was built in iS;.). About iS^i Aiiiasa Martin erected the frame for a )!,t\s\. mill, which coiiiiiieiiced ruuniii^ about iN;"). In 1S76 tiie grist mill was also purchased by Cass Uros. These are the only power mills in the place. The post otVice here was opened ill 1S5H, and a small store at al)oiil the same time. l''rom Coiiiploii station, ei^lil miles distant, the mail is broUKhl ust iS, 1S5V His father is Thomas .Smith, still liviiijf in Iviton. On next paj^e is presented an eiij^raviiijr of the residence of Mr. .Smith, and in front he and family may be seen. He was iiiar'"'- •' "m Katon, November J9, 1S77, to Kmnia, dau)j;ht.er of James Mills. Mr. Mills died in Bnr\ m 185S. Issue, two 14 IIO fmrofty Oh to.MrioN (orNrr, Kl>llil St. I 1)1' I, A sMIlll iliililrcii llulliM Aiioiiii, iNttii A|inl i\, iMM; ; l.iilii I'liiiiiia, Iniiii ()iiitU-r \, lSs_s. Ml. Sill nil I'M M'\i'- ml vv'iirM wiiN oiu* nf till- I'liiiiu'illitrH, ami ii HitiiHil ii>iiiiiii>>\MI>lll|) ti'\\;lti| ill till' MrtlliMlist illilii It, .mil Siliiil;i\ -svliiHil ••iipi liiilriiili'iit CARLOS N. CASH, ){i-ist and >a\\ mill unmut ami hiitilur lUalrr, \uis Iniiii in Statistrad, jaiiii.iry Jo, |.*>.;.S llf laiiu' tn Maitiin illi' in \S\i\, .mil pii'viuiis \n uniiiK iiitn liis piVMiil lnixiiit'ss was a faniirr. Ili' lias lu'M llu' iitliii nl' iMiMuiIIi>i t'ln tliiitirii \iars, and in iStjs \vas iii.iyi>r ut' Clit'li'U. \\v also was I'livti'il niavur nl' tlif luu invMi i.t' Clil'tnii tii.itiil in Jaiinaty, lSi)(). Mr. Cass lias always takin a liadiii^ part in tin.' wmU ul' tin- Mrtlimlist ilinrili in his l^laii', and is now nni' nt' tlu- inislirs and a tlasx kadir His lallur, Jolm 'l'. Cass, diid in Mailiiuillr. ''"rliiiiary .}. \^"- Mi C.iss lias lutn niarrit'd tuiii'. tiist at C'lniplnii lu Saiali A Clark, Janii.iry ,;, !.Sj)h. dii'd lH't>niary 27, 180S; so- oiiid iiiarria>;i' at Conipt m. Malt li -'. 1.S71 >, ti> l.iira \. itinin JiiiK' 5, lS.p)i,daii>.;li- ti-r nl' Natlian I'ifiii', wlm died in Cniiiiitnn, July ,'_•, i.ss 1. Issui-, I'niir iliii.livn : 1 KlliiTt 1 lull, liuiii Matt li U), i.s.s ; ; Mi'in.i .\ , l)uni January 11, i.Sji ; llaltii' I'^liimr, liniii July .'.', \X~\ ; lUIla Ma\, liMin ( IiI.iIht 5, i.S.S;. Tlu' (.•n^ra\in>i ai'iiMiipanyiii).; tliis ski'tcli is lit' till' iL'sidi'iui' ut' Mr. Cass, lucatt'd jnst cast nl' liis mills TIr- j^roii]) in front is Mr. and Mrs. Cass and family. Ri:SII)K.NCIv OI' C. N. C.-\SS. ^1.^^ :. J • ^ — - ' '^^ •— knli ■B^^^^T" KfstoRv OF rom*rtW torsTV. >m «ii.iiH(ll: (iWtMiMI!, I.ititut ami iii.tioii, a rc*iiili'iit i»l' Mnrtiiivilli', wuh Ixint itt ICiikUuhI, N))\i'iiilwr s> ^^>i^ ll«' luiiu' in Ci)iii|itnti itiunty in iK^rt, mid iircvioiiH ti) tiioviiiK to Miirtinvillc, livcil ill liiiry tiiut Mittoii. ||i> marticd CfliNliit S. CimIi'm, wIui wiin tntrii in Ivititii Mm)' iK, \Si\. NoiH", li\»' iliildnii faiiifs I'! , Ihum Idiimiry i-i, |H|S, m.nrifd Siisuii CiihwvII, rr<«idiiu-r, Cliltoii, liiiit rliiMti'ii ; lli'ilu'tt v., IxiMi Mari'li ix, iNss, iiiarrird \ ilia Ki^i-, tcitidciU'r, l.iutittNtcr, N. 11, fiMir I'liildii'ti ; IVntis I,., lN>rii Nuvi'tiilH-r ii, is^j, tmirrivd I.iMchi-r (iriniii, ihrcf i-liildrcii ; Al/iilii H., rMtrn N'ovi'iiilict n, iNf);, tiiarrii-d Wilkcn I*ii|h-, two cliiUtrfti ; Alice J, In tii March ift, I.S6), man it'll I.yNaiidci Daviit, two i-|iildrrti 'Pin- three daiixhtcrH live in I'liftoii. Al.oN/o I. MI'IMWII.I.. rartticr, rcHidctit nf Martiiivillc, wun horn in Stock hot mc, N. V., Jniiiiary i.|, \^\s- Ciiiiu* to Clifton in i>>n lla^ hccn niIiooI conimi<««iiiinrr, and is imw valuator and rural int|K'itot. Wan matrifil in Maton, April -in, iN'tS, to luinicr I.aiy. U%\\v, ti\c iliildicn; Willie A, horn April .'S, iH^.s; Alicr M, horn Manh ,\, iMf)i»; Ccliu !•'., horn Octoher |, 1H78; Ma H,, horn May j6, 1S84; Annie C, l»orn March j;, iHt>ii, I»I:nj,\.MIN n. HAlNlis. farmrr, roHldctil of Martiiivillc, was horn in SiaiiHtt-ad, M iv |, iS^f. Mowd to Maitiiuilli- in iN|;. Has luld otVuc ot loiiiuillMr His fatlict, John llaiius, died 1H77, He wan nicinlur of first council of Clifton. In Coiiipton, Ih-icinhcr y\ |.S«)^, Mr. Haineii tnatried Sariih I*'., Iioin jnly i.^ iH jo, dniiKhter of Thomas Pierce, first mayor of Clifton 'I'licy liavi' oiu' adopted danxhter : Miiima I.oiiisa, horn Maich ii, 1H73. JAMliS I!. ; Chloc Mary, horn July i-', iH.So; (ieor);e Mason, horn Septemhei iS, i,S.Si); ICva Rose, l>orn April .'i, 1S9.', Our snhjcct holds the otVicc of chaplain in the R. T. of 'I'. liliNSMoKi; C, I'll'iMCi:. a nsidnit of Marlinville, was Iiomi in Coinplou, .\pril .2.^ 1S51. Married Mmina J. Rogers, of Ivitoii. issue, four children, tliiee living: Sternie !•", , l>orn June 7, iS8s; Delia M., Imrn January J5, 1S7S; Dora !•',., horn August j.', iS.Si. I-DNN'IN lUil'l.l-M, fanner, was horn at I.einiosville, Manh (;, iXt)^. In iSt); he moved into the township of hiatoii and afterwartls to the township of Clifton. Was married January i-», iSi>_', at I.enno.wille, to Anna M., daii^ht'.r of h'lederick D. Hiirton, of Ascot, and widow of I'red. Htoadhelt. Issue, two ehildren : CliftV.rd Stanley, horn h'eliniary j.), iSii^ ; Mahel I'lli/aiietli, horn ( Ktoher a, iSg.'. The step-son, Henry W ■ Mroadhell, was horn July H), i.s,S,S, John Ihitler (father) was married in I'!n).;land in 1.S5.;, .ind died in the township of Maton, i>*m|- OklHN A. ADAMS, millwright, son of William 1'. .\d.inis, who died in iSg5. was Ixirn Noveinher 15. iS.s.', in Newport, \'t.; came to Martinville in 1S8.S. Married Lucy J., daughter of Roderick Hunt. Issue, two children' iMank and Jane. NVII.I.IArt AlKlHSrus I'IRkCi:. fanner, was horn in Stanstead. Auj^nsl 31, 1.S3.}. moved to Martinville in \>>.\\. Married in Clifton. June 11, iSoi, to Maria Merrill, horn January j, 1S15. Issue, three children: Wilder W^, horn Anjjnst 21, 1H63. married I'linma Merrill, residence, Martinville, two children; Wilher A., horn h'ehruary 17, iS7_' ; I'rank H., horn Kehruary S, 1S81. 213 /r/sTOKv o'-' co.uproN coffMn. JOSIAH J. PARSONS. fariiKT and mason, n-siiletil of Martinvillo, was born in Hiiry, September J2. 1.H41. Married Mftie May Parker, of Kirby, \'t. Issue, six ehildren : Guy I)., born Aii^ust 26, 1S77 ; Merrictt I'., born January ;,, 1S85; Thir/a M., born Mareh .}, iS;^; Tina Iv, born May 1. 1, 18S2; Dessie H., born June J«i, iSS;; Isabelle H., born December m, i8c)2. PREDCKICK R. SMITH, jjeneral merchuut at Martinville, was born in Katon, Mareh -'7, 1S71. Married December 16, 1891, tt> Hattie Alice, daughter of Carh)s R. Bailey, of Clifton. JOSEPH LEHAY. farmer, was born in Halifax, N. S., and came to Clifton in 1867. Was married here in 186S to Rozalie Paire. Issue, fifteen children, seven living: John, Kraucis, Zoi'lle, Delina, Marianne, I'Morence, Clarida. LISCHER DEMMON URIFPIN. farmer and i)atent medicine manufacturer, is a resident near Leavitt's Mills, Clifton. He was born in Morgan, Vt., December 11, 1847; came to Canada in 1857 with his parents, Silas and Julia A. (Parker) Griffin, jr., who settled near Johnvillc, in Katon, in 1865. Silas Griflin died March 10, 1.S76. His wife died in Charleston, \'t.. August I, 1S95. Mr. Griffin moved to his present farm in 1875, and now holds the office of school commissioner. He was married at Moes River, July 15, 1869, to Persis L. Groonie. Issue, three children: George W ;.itley, born June 29, 1870, died December 20, 1883; Josie Ednah, born June 25, 1S78, died December 4, 1883; Lischer Raymond, born March 15, iSgtj. LATE FREDERICK PIERCE, born in Brompton, Que., December 3, 1829, died May 2, 1895. Came to Martinville in 1876. At time of his death he was postmaster and mail contractor, and general merchant at Martinville. He married .\my L., daughter of Otis Chillson, Ksq., of Massawippi, Que. One adopted daughter, Mary K., born Maj' 11, 1861, married Jo.seph Cox, two children. JAMES MACKEY, farmer, was born in St. Sylvestre, Que., January 11, 1844. Came to Clifton in 1S68. Married in Sherbrooke in 1877 to Jessie M. Alderich. Issue, one child: Alexander A., born March 12, 1878. JOSHUA HARTIN. farmer, was born May 20, 1832. Came to Compton in 1S53, and later moved to Clifton. Married September 2, 1856, to Mary J. Paul, of Compton. Issue, nine children : Joseph, boru July 28, i860, married Isabel Plunibley, two children ; James A., born November 12, 1862, married Idella Merrill, two children; John, born December 22, 1864, married Jennie M. McDonald, two children; Li:vi H., born May 9, 1867; Joshua, born May 7, 1869; Fred. C, born November 4, 1881 ; Ellen A., born October 30, 1870, married Clarence F. Cass, one child; Eliza J,, born July 2, 1873, married George Merrill, one child; Hattie J., born December 23, 1878. BENJAMIN COOK BAILEY, farmer, was born at Compton, March 2, 1832. Resided at different times in the townships of Eaton, Clifton and Compton. Formerly carried on the trade of shoemaker. Has held the office of road inspector. Married at Morgan, Vt., March 27, 1855, to Thirza Jane, daughter of the late W. C. Parker. Issue, four children : Clarence C, born December 27, 1855, married Hannah Butler, residence, Clifton, one child; Gladys O., born September 7, 1894; Lillian R., born February 16, 1866, married George H. Parker, residence, Compton. Two children (twins), died in infancy, Loren E. and Laura E, born January 8, i860. Joseph Bailey, father of the subject of this sketch, died in Compton in 1846. ff/sroRv or coAtproN corNTV. 2\s ABNKk W. I'AHSONS, farmer, resident of Martinvillc, w.is horn in Conipton, August 2, iS2,v His father, Joseph S. Parsons, was born in Gilniantown, N. H., in 1796, and moved into Compton with the earlj' settlers about 1820, where he died in 1859 Our subject w;ts married July 16, 1X50, to Thankful I). Hyatt, of Ascot. Issue, four children: Joseph, born Aujjust 11, 1S54; Willie, born June 2, 1.S57; Klla R., born July 29, 1.S52, married (iarvin Goudie, three children; Maraetta, born November 22, iS6(), married Henry Merrill, two children. LATE NELSON D. HITCHCOCK, in his lifetime of Martinville, died December 14, 1893. He married Miss R. C, daujjhtcr of John Haines, a councillor of Clifton for many years. She was born in Stanstead in 1840, Issue, three children; Guy, born September 9, 1S76; Nora, born March 5, 1871; Kffie, born June 25, 1S78. LATE DANPORTH HASELTINE, born in Cookshire, December 7, 1S26, died in West Clifton, July 13, iSi)4. In his life time he was a seliool teacher, later mill owner and lumber manufacturer. He always lived in the count}'. He held the offices of school commissioner an(^ councillor. For twenty-eight years he was trustee of the Methodist church at Bulwer. On November, 17, 1858, at Sherbrooke, he married Mary McClarj-. Issue, two children: Charles Franklin, born August 9, 1S72; Cleora Frances, born July 13, 1S66. WILLIAM JAMES MAYHEW, farmer, born in Hury, July 18, 1S66; moved to Clifton in 1S72. First marriage at Martinville to Cynthia M. Groomc. Issue, one child: Lillian Ktta, born November S, 1S83, died January cS, 1894. Second marriage January 2, 1S95, to Lydia J. Groome. Mr. Mayhew's father, James, was born in Bury, PV-bruary 28, 1S41, and his mother (PHizabeth Parsons) in England, December 23, 1835 They were married in Katun, August 6, 1861. SAINT KDWIDGK DE CLIFTON. This is a new municipality created out of Clifton, on January i, 1896, by Act of the Provincial Parliament passed in 1895, and comprises lots one to seventeen inclusive of the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh ranges of the old municipality of the township of Clifton. The first settler in this municipality was Charles McClary, the present member for Compton in the Quebec Legislature. When he moved here with his wife in 1855, there was no road nearer than eight miles. He commenced on his present Isolding when it was nothing but woods, and has made for himself a good farm. Jos. A. Courtemanche, who worked for Mr. McClary, a short time after took up land for a farm next to his, and thus the settlement of this place commenced. St. Edwidge de Clifton now contains about eight hundred souls, mostly of French descent, with one Catholic church, over which ably presides Rev. Wilfred Morache. There are also in the municipality eight elementary schools. The school commissioners are Pierre Gosselin, chairman, Angnste Gervais, Ferdinando Scalabrini, Antoine Raboin, and Celase Rivard ; G. Boulay, secretary-treasurer. vSt. Edwidge Post Office is a thriving little village, with saw and grist mills, good store, cheese factory, and other small shops. It is ten miles from Coaticook, and the same distance from Compton. Daily mail. G. Boulay, postmaster. Postal revenue, 1895, $203. CHAPTKR W. To U N S II I r 111' \ K W !•() R T . ruder till' hand and seal of Roht-rt Shore Millies, baronet, lieiitctiaiit->;ovcnior, etc., a '.varraut was issued for tlu- survey <»f a tract of laud, l>()uuded uortli liy Hiirv, cast l)y Dittou, south by Auckland, and west by Iviton. which, when sub-divided into V'^ lots, beside the allowance for hijihways, was erected into a township named Newport, July .}, iSoi. One-fourth of this Township was granted to Ivlniund Heard and his associates, viz.: .Samuel Ilurd, I.ounley Willard, Mdniund Heard, the youn^'er, Nathaniel Keanian, llie younj^a'r, Peter Trueman, John Scjuires, William Heard, William Hudson, IClislia Hutlson, and Caleb Sturtevant. l-'rom records in existence relative to the first settlement of this township, the followinjj has been jjlcancd : In 171)1 Alurcd Clark, then j^overnor of Lower Canada, issued a proclamation for jjrantinn the waste lands of the Crown into townships of ten miles s(|uare, to applicants, in free and common soceajje. In conse(|uence thereof, vStephcn Williams, of Danbury, \'t., l)etitioned for a townshi]) by the name of Newport, to be jjranted to himself and forty associates, the prayer for which was approved. But the s:ud Stephen Williams nejjiected to come forward, as was expected, but Ivdmund Heard, one of the associates, did, in 171)31 in company with Josiah Sawyer, set out tVom Missiskoui H.iy, on Lake Chami>lain, with provisions, tools, etc., through the woods, ninety miles from inhabitants, to the westward, and after traveliujj and ex])lorinj.j the woods thirty-one days, arrived on a hill, now called Pleasant Hill, in Newport. Here he and the said Sawyer c(nninenced to make improvements, distant twenty-five miles t'rom inhabitants to the south, and seventy miles from the I'rench settlements to the north. In the year 1 7()-| Sawyer moved in his family, and in 171)5 Heard moved in his family also. Findinj; that the said Williams did not come forward, Hdmund Heard, on June 2.(, 17^7, petitioned the jroxerment that the said township be granted to him and his associates. Accordingly, on March jj, iSoo, an order of council was j)assed in his favor. It was not until July 4, iSoi, that the letters patent for the land were issued. In this township was probably held the first public municipal meetings of anj' in the Hasteru Townships. Hy again referring to these old records, we find there was a meeting held of the associates and inhabitants of the township of Newport, by notification, at the house of Asa Waters, on September 28, 1799, at which Asa Waters was chosen moderator, and Kdn ind Heard, clerk. Messrs. .Samuel Hurd, Wm. Hudson, and John LeBourveau were appointed "as a committee to form some necessary regulations for the ir habitants of said township." These regulations were unanimously accepted at a public 'ueetiug held October 3, 1799. By as.sessing the inhabitants through these annual meetings, several roads were made in Newport. The minutes also show that they assisted in 1802 in building a road from the house of John Ward, in Ascot, to Nieolet or Three Rivers. The amount so contributed was twelve and a half daj's work each, of four men, amounting to S50. In iScj they raised 5107 to improve and alter the road to Connectient river, passing through Clifton. Payments were made sometimes iu money, but generall}' in wheat. One bushel of wheat equaled one dollar, and was generally the commodity of exchange, rather than money. The last of these records is signed by David Metcalf, elerk, under date September 12, 1S14. It ///sTi'A')- r>/- ro\fr'T did other settlers begin to arrive; shortly after the first school v as started. It was principally by the efforts of Mr. Learned, and under his guidance, that the roads to and through Learned Plain, in all directions, were first built. He met with and over came strenuous opposition. It was through him the road to Ditton, now known as the Island Brook road, was first built. On this road is a small stream called Christmas brook, so named by the surveyors having reached thus far on a Christmas Day. At Randboro and Island Brook are .Vnglican and Methodist churches, while the latter place also has a Roman Catholic cliapel. The history of the Methodist and Catholic denominations is to be found in the history of these churches in the township of Katon. That of the Anglican is here given. Christ's church, Island Brook — This church is a wooden structure, consisting of nave and chancel. It was built in 1875, the principal movers in the work of building being Messrs. S. Wood, W^m. Dawson, R. H. Wilford and James Weston. The Rev. K. C. Parkin was missionary of this district at the time. The cost of the building was upwards of 5 1,000. It has just been thoroughly renovated inside, and is now a very prettj' and thoroughly churchly structure. Messrs. Geo. W. L. F'rench and R. H. Wilford are the present wardens, and the Rev. A. H. Moore, B.A., is the incumbent. Past incumbents: Revs. H. C. Parkin, A. H. Judge, A. H. Robertson, T. Rudd, and H. A. Dickson, M. A. 316 ///S/VA'y OI- COMJ'JON un'Nfy, St. Matthew's cimrcli, R.iinllxini — Tliis tliiirch owes its oxistcm'o to tlio umI missionary ardor of Rw. A. H. jiid^', and to tlu- able support f^ivi-n to liis efforts l»y Aslur W. loiu-s, sr.. Will. I.ovflaiid, Aumistus Htinl, R. Dawson and Aslicr H Joins, jr. Tlie cliiin.li, wliiili is a pretty (lotliie one, was linilt of wood in iSS;. In iSt); the interior was eeiled in hard wood, and the ehureh is now an e\i.'cediiiji»ly pretty one. 'Pile pieseiit wardens are Messrs. H. n. Hunt and C. H. I.ove'and. Rev. A. H, Moore, M..\., resides at Randlioro, having l)oth tlie Island Hrooi< and Rat.dlxro ehnrehes under his eliar^'e. Tile statistics j;iveii l)y the ccii-.ns ot' iSgi, are as follows, for the township of Newport: Population, 1,1-' I ; families, _'J5; h.hiscs, ax ; males. 595; females, ^ih; I'rcnch Canadians t»c); others, i.ojj. Religions — Roman Catholic, .'>|; Church of Ivii^liud, ;();,; I'lesltyltrians, Sic Methodists, y.\- \ Hihle Christians, i; Lutherans, i; H,iptists, 51; iMeewill H.iptists, ji; Connre^ationalists, jS; Adveiitists, _•_•; I'niversalists, i\ not specifu'd, _• 111 this township are located tlve post otTices — Island Uronk, I.c.uiicd I'laiu, Randlioro, Maple Leaf, and New Mexico. Island Hrook is 'ncated ei,i;ht miles east of Cookshirc, the nearest railway st.itioii. Has a daily mail. Post. reveiiue, IS^)^, fi.S^.^d .^ctlkiiieiit was commenced hue almut iS^o, and for a while proj^res.sed rapidly. North river passis through the ]ilace, (Ui wliiili are several mills. Jnst helow the villaj^e it des:ends in a (|nick (//////• of sixty or seventy feet. Here is located the town hall ami otVice of the secret.iry treasurer, also a Royal Templars' hall. Learned Plain is four and a half miles east of Cookshirc, the nearest railway station. It IS the centre of j,'ood farminjj lauds. Mail daily. Postal revenue, iSos, 5.|i. Raiidhoro is two miles east of .Sawyerville, and ei^lit miles south of Cookshirc. Here are saw and yi,x'\si mills, store, cheese factory, etc. Daily mail. Postal revenue, iScj^, <>urvcaii. Hi' was tiiarricd in Matou, Si-ptt'inljor VI, 1S57, ti) lli'liii Is,ilti-IIa, (laiif^lilc-r of the late Aiidrfw Hrowii. Issiu'.fivciliildrt'ii : Hoiiicr H.. I)orii May .'7, 1.S5H, iii:irric(l l*)ii/alRtli iU'attii-, tour children, risiiiciKx- I, earned Plain ; IClsie Maria, hum N'oveniher ij, iS5(), iii.'irrieil ICdgar (1. Smith, three ehildren, resi- dence ICaton; lively n Mli/.a, 1)1 irn Octoher in. 1S62, married Joseph C. Smith, two children, residence Haton ; Hmma Mary, horn An^^ust I |, i^"'';, married ■'reiieh, one child, residence Island Mrook : .Sirah Helen, horn I)eceiiii)er (), 1S71, jamin I.ehonrveaii, residence i''.;iton. .Xddition.il history ahoiit early records of family niay he fimnd with that of |. 1". lA'arned, Cookshire. . 0^ ■Irr "tj.-'p^ .'^— ■ \ '• Ki'Sihi'Nci; 01 i:iii:m;/i;k i.i'XkMJi MOMHR H. I.I:ARNI:I>, farmer, was horn at Learned Tlain, on the farm which he carries on with his father, May J 7, iS^S. He is an only son of l-'hene/er Learned, and ^'randson of .\Ulen Learned, after whom the place received its name. He was chairman of the school commissioners for three years, and is a member of tlie council, also secretary of the I', of I. As- sociation. Was married in Brompton September 21, i8SM,toKlizabeth,danjjhter of Win. Heattie, of Hromj)- ton. Issne, fonr children : VVm. Gordon, born Decem- ber g, iSSv, Ronald Hrown, born Sejjtember 17, 1SS7; Frank Heattie, born NLay V), iS()o; Genie Helen, born December 14, 18S1. Herewith is an en^jravinjj of the residence of Mr. Learned, with himself and family in front. It is one of the most attractive homes iu the township. ki;sii>i;nci-; or 11. n. i.karnI':!). f^ 1^^^^ 'i.^'A^jj^B 4 £ls] ^ i IS v^v^B^S^^^^I B^. 1 e: 1 2iS ///s/oA') !>/ i.\' (ory/)- AkIliMXS Sil:\l;!\S T AMNSNVOMI n, 1.1111111. lll.i\nr ut' Nr\v|it>it, iiinl w.mKli nt' Cniiniloii loniilv tor i.S.)^, was liinii near l'"la«itliTs, Iviton, nccfiiilKT ;, in^,>. IU' lias always ri'siiltd in Ivitxii ami N».'W])(iit, his prcsi-iit t'anii Ikmiih IoimIimI m-ar I'lainKis, in tin- township of N'lwpoit Hi- is a son ut" D.iviii Allart I'"aiiiswiitth, nt' Ilalnii, \\v ha> la-i-ii imi" <>f tin- loiiiuillins t'of cijs'ht years, and nia\(>r tor thrci" yi-ats. Hi' is a>jcnt tnr tlu' H. A. I,. Co. Mr. l''ains\v()rth lakes a xreat interest in pnlilic atTairs, and his Irllou eiti/ens have confideuec in him. ! Ir was m.iiiiid in Newport, ( ktoher t). i.sS|, to I.nvia .\., ;nes Stevens, lutrii May t>, iSi),.; Henry Alton, Immii Noveinher i.}, i.Sijj. . and always resided here. Mis latlur, Arlinias I). Rand, eaine to Newport with his p.irents, when a sin. ill hoy, tVoiii Coiuuitiiiit, ami died here in 1S77, a^ed ei)ihty-three years. He .ser\ed in tin- w.ir of |S|.', on the Mrilish side. ( ►iir suhjeet held the ol'tlees ot" coiiiieillir and sehonl eoininissioiier tor several years. He married Celestia .■\nnetl. daughter of Russell Williams, of ICitoii. Mr. Williams died in i.Sh^, n^i.-d sixty-two years. Issue, seven ehildreii : h'lora .\., Imni June ;,, i>f>,s. m.irried .Austin S. Rami, residence, Kandlmrii : Corrilla !•'.. hnrn M;iv 15, iN,>7, married .\. (1. [ones, residence, Randhoro; Hollis (i., l)orii N'osemher _'.|, i.s;>*, married l-'lnreiice H. Mildram, of South Mraiiitree, Mass.; .'Mice Adella, horn .Aiij^'iist ;,", i*"'"!, m.irried Moses H. Cairns; 1, 1111. i M., Imrn Decemher 11, i.S()5, married Heiijamin S. Scale, residence, .Maple I, cat", one child; I.iici.i .\ , hoin May V', i''^'>7, married Mosis H. Cairns, resilience, Randhoro; Myrtii' M , liorn ( ktoher v >, 1S75. HI-k.MAN ALTON SI'HM-NSON, farmer, resident of I, earned Plain, was l)orn June l^, 1.S67, on the t.irui where he now lives. lU is sihool coinmissinner, or).;ani/er tor the I'atrons of Industry, and a prominent .j to Learned IMaiii in i,Sj7. He held the ot"tii'f of councillor for lourtceii years. .Marrieil January 1, 1.S51, near Randhoro, to Matilda R. liurd. Issue, seven children, six liviiij; : Ijoract' N., horn March in, iS^.S, married Rose ('iooden(Ui).;h, residence, I.e.inied Plain, three children; Mary !•".., horn Maich I, iS.)(), married Mlijah Le,u.i.;ctt, residence, Aiickl.iiul. two children; Lucy .\., horn .\nj.;ust jS, 1.S51. m.irried liermau V. dates, residence, Coohshiri', oiu' child; .Sarah J., horn July 6, i.S5.t, married Isaac (ioodenon.i;!!, residence, ,Si)Ulli 11am, t"our children; ICdilli M. M., horn .April J I, iSh;,, married Thomas P. .Studd, residence. Ware, Mass. COl KT ISLAND hKOOK, No. 605, I. (). »•.. was instituted on .Au).;ust 5, iSiio, hy John W. Stocks, U.S. Meetinj^'s have heeii regularly held at Island Hrook, usually with j^ood attendance, and the Court is in ;i llourishiiij.; condition. Thi' lirsl ot"llcers were: .A. I*. Howen, C.D.H.C.R. ; H. N. Stevenson, CR. ; C. W. L. iMench, \".C.R.; M. W. Howe'.i, R S. ; H. A. Stevensim, F.S. ; Win. Morrow, treasurer; h". Hums, chaplain; T. h'reiich, ,S.\\', ; R. Lavallit^r, J.W. ; Wm. J. Kerr, S.H. ; Iv. Phelps, J. P.; Iv K. Howen. P.C.R ; A. Iv ( )rr, M.I)., physician. The forej^oiuK ofTicers with the fidlowinj^, com])rised tln' charier menihers : .Arthur H. Dawson, .Alvin M. Lehourveau, Herman I'*, (iates, Heiij. Lel)ourveau, P'rederick (i. (ioodenoiij^'h, and .Austin A. vStevenson. The followinjr memhers have heen initiated since orj^ani/ation : Wm. Thompscm, W. P. Hodj^'kins, C. W. Stevenson, H. J. N'ourse, John .A. Ouinn, Wm. Nourse, John Xourse, Mark Holhrook, W. H. Gates, W. H. Rancy, Richard Seale, Joseph A. Seale, Arthur W. Alden, Arthur .A. Allison, A. W. Burns, Arthur Dawson, Isaac Westgate, James Simpson, Augustin ///s/c/n I'/ i ."!//'/ ».v ( (>fx/ y lit) Slu'iMiaii. 'I'lu- nriii'iTS at tlir |iU'>. C.U.: ('.. W. I,. I'irmli. N'.C.k : II j. Noium-. R.S. : W II. (".ali-N liiiamial siin-lary ; Mark lli'lliinok, tivaMiiiM ; ]•' (1. ( "lOiiiK'innij^li, iliajilaiii ; A. I". Uuwi'ii, S.W. : R. I.a\allii'r, f. \V. ; W. Muiii.w, SU.: I'!. ]'.. M'luiii, |.M. , lUiij. I,i'lti)iirv»aii, I'.C.R. HiTiwitli i^ fuiinil an cii^TaviiiK "I >'h' nt'liccrs aiiij iimst nf tlu- iiifiulifis ul' tliis rmiil. r:/i:Kli:i. i;i.l.loir ItowilN. lilaik^mitli ami lariiKT. was Imhii in Cniiiptoii, jmu' iii, iS|j. llf lias li\iil ill ,\>int aiiil M(ii.'s RiviT, aii«l is iidw a resident of Islaii'l HmnU I lis r.illicr, MrMi;i;us oi mi ur island i.kdok, n... i.s. i. n v. Israel Howell, (lied at Island Hrdok, Deeeinher iS. iSS-, aj;ed seventy-seven years. Mr. iJoweii was married at I InntiniL^ville, (Jite., Mareli j(). i.Sd^, ti> Susan, daughter of I.yndolpli Caswell, lvs(|., who died at johmille. May Jo. iS.S.S, ;iL;ed ei^litytoiir years. ()iir snlijecl has held the oftiee ot' scliocd eoininissioiier, and is a nuiiilier of the I. ( ). I*., holdiiijj; the otVice of rmaiieial secretary. By the above marriage there are three ehildreii : Manriee \\'., Imrn May |, 1S71, married Jennie I. Chandler, of Hartlett, X. il., January 1, iScjd, residence, Robinson ; Henry L., born Jnly 2, 1S7J, married Lizzie M. Tnicey, of i.artlett, \. II., May 22, iS()5, residence, Hartlett, N. M.; Inez K. H., born June 17, 1871). I;I)\VARI) TIMOTHY ANNABI.K. farmer, was born in Newport, November 16, iSi;,, where he still resides. I'revioiis to taking up farminj.^, he worked at his trade as shoemaker. He is a son of the late Charles Annai/ie. Married first at Compton, (Juc., .Iiine 22, iS()S, to Amelia, 3ii* ///s/i>A')- oi t(Un;i' at Ni-wpdit, (Jm- , (inmary I?. 1S7'), ti> Mary .'vimu-, iliUi^litiT III' Inliii ll.illiil.iy ; llm.l iiianiani' at Dtidswi'II, (Jiuv, Jmik- 11, |SS. i, to Carrii-. (lavi>{lit»r iif Ilriijiiiiili Siiiilli Isxiif, I'lU' >iiii : l'"iriU'iit k ( 'lillli.ili, liiii 11 ( )itMlKM 1 ;•, iSiiv MICM\kl> M\\M.i;\ WMI'iiMI), jii'iUTal nun li, lilt, w.is l>i>iii ,il Cnnkslmc, (>. id.ir ^, iSjo. Ill' Is a sciii 111 till' I. ill' kiilianl Will'mil, uli" ilitil in V,"iHikslinr ni NumhiIhi-, iSs,v I'""I iii.iiiN viMis Mi, \< II. Will'iinl nsiilnl in C"iiks|iiri\ Inii nii tlic iiiiriiiii).; up nf Islam! liiimk, ami iiisli 111' MllUis 111 till' tiiritiiiv tlu n alMiiils, M-aial \iais a.L^n, lif iiiuviil In thai |ilai'r ami upiMiiil a ^I'lU'- "^ lal stulV. IliTiwilli wc pnsiMil an iii^^raxinK "' till' slmv. In wlliill till' limisi' is attailiril, ami in I I'miit max lir mtii Mi. Will'mtl ami liis yninivirst siiii llamld. I*"nf a nniii- liiT <«{' viais III- lias lu'lil llir appiiintiiH'iit 111' piist- inasiiT, ami is alsn si'iU'- lai \ -tirasiiri T I'm- tlu' iiiii- niiipal iiniiuil ami tlu' SI llniil I iiinillissinlU'l'^. I Ir was piisiinaslrr at CmiU- sliiii' I'm SI M'liti'i'ii vrars jHi'v iciiis til j^uiiii; 111 IslamI Urniik. Mr. W'ill'inil is a man liiv^lily ivspcrlcd by all. IK' was niarrii'il at Ctioksliirr, .\i)ril ih, iSdj, III I'!li/a j., (laUj;liU'r nf tlu- latt.- Japlu'tli W. I k'NtiT, uf ()riinii, Mi'. Issue, tut.' rliililnii, tliiii.' lixiiij;: .\>.;ni's M.. limii I Kii'iiilirr I (, |S')J, ilii'd May ;,, iS');; I-'niliTiek R., Imrn .\pril .'7, i.Shh, inarrii'il Maml M. iK'ai'iiii. Ill l.imls.iy. ( )nt., risidriui' Cnnksliiri' ; .\jt;in.'s M., Imrn May 15, |N(H), inarrii'd RhIktI .\. |)arkrr, ii'siiliihi' Cmiksliiu' ; .Inlin W'.. Imrn \n\rinlnr j;,, 1^7;, dii-d Jannary ;,, iSijh; W. Ilainld, Imvn I »i.'i.i'iiilii'r ;, |S-,S. I'lisi' 1111H.1: .\Ni> >riii, 1S7.); Ivliia S. v., Ititrii Niivtiiil»i.'r ,\i', iH.Ss, .lonis rui'.NCII. furmiT, was Imni Mauli im, iN'| in Cntiiwall, V.w^i.. !!»■ laiiiv to Canada aiitl Mlllid III) liis |Hrsi'iit t'aiiii, liKatnl lu'.ii I'MainK is, tii tin- liiuiisli:|i i.l Ivitoii. in I'^IV Aii'niii|ialiviiiK •'•'"' skrtili is a u-ptndiiiliiiti nl a iiliMtti)^ia|)Ii nf ilu' 'iiniu' plan.' willi Mr. I''iiiu'li and Ills wliolc family in Imnt. In iIk' iip|iir Iili hand mrnir an.' tlii' poilrails (if JdImi W, Kl..sllil',N*.l', UV hHIN 1 UI-.NclI. and Cliarlfs 1). iM-rncli, sons of onr subject. Tlioy arc two L'titeiprisinjf yonn^ men wlio have taken a deep interest in tele])lione lines and eleetrie li^ht plants. Alimit iSm they l)nill an extensive line of telephone thnin.nli Iviton, eonncctinjj with points in Newport, Hnry, Scotstown, and elsewhere. This tiiey sold to the Hell Teleplione Company, in iSci;,. In tlie same year they pnt in an an eleetrie litjhl ])lant for Sawyerville, wiiieh they still run sneeessfnlly. In iSg^ they hnilt the telephone line from Sawyerville, thron);h I{ast Cliftcni, to Heeehcr I-'alls, \'t., by contract for the Canadian Telephone Company. Hy their jiast enterprise we may expect to hear favorablj- from them in the fntnre. Onr snbject, Mr. John I'Veneh, was married in Ivaton, October i.;, iS^S, to I'jnnii j., dau.s^liler of (ieorj.;e Parsons, deceased. Issne, i\ine children: l'"rederick \\'., born July 3 i , 1859, marrieil l\li/a Jane Hridjjette, residcMiee, Sawyerville, one child ; John W'., born June 27, nSbb; Charles 1), l)orn June 19, 1S71); iii ///s/oA')' or (ourrox nux/y. AM v., It'll II Mauli 7, iM7i»; Kill j., Imhii jaiMinry -'«). iHo,, niiirrini Hcnj, l*'arn»»\vortli, ii'-tiili'iui', I'MiiiwIcrH, oiii' iliild ; Alin* M,, iMtiii (Kinltrr iS, iS»ij, iiuirrit'il Mii^nic HciliUnn, ri"»iiU'iui', I)i\viIlo. nm- cliiM ; Aiuiii' M.. lM>rii \\\n. j>>, iS«t|; Mmtiia C, lM»rii Aii^iihi \, i.S;^ liltMl M) MXskll.l Ml Ml>. I'.iriiur. .1 iv>iiU'nt <<\ M.iplt I.c.il', u.ix Ih>iii Iuh' mi iS;^, h HI HI I if I'Miiiiiiiil lliiiil, wliKiiitiK- I'rniii M.ftHai'liiiM'ttH .iiiil ilii'il ill iS^j. \'"\r%\ tiiurria^i' in Anoit, SiiitiiiilK.'r j\, iM)\, to Mli/a MkCiiiilv, iKvimmiI Issiu', (iiiir » liilduu : I.aiiia \l>in.iil, Ihhh Ajiril JO, iS()5, iiiarrirti N'aKiiliiU' S\»ail, issii, t\Mi iliiMuii. ivsiiUiUf \iw|Miit; Mar\ Maria, Imhii NnwiiiUv ,, 1S71); Saiali I'ili/a, Ihuii \n\»iiil»tr ,•(>. l^7^, iiiaiiiiil I KhiiiIkt ,'7, iSt>^, AiiuiiHlU"' lliinl. jr ; ji-Hwif Miiu-rva, I'mii (Kt..lui |, i.s-s, .Mi ||m.r> ■mihihI iii.iitiav;i' wan t, W.ls liiilll III If I ll- iiiiilii r S. iS ;i>, anil al\sa\,«« n>>iiliil ill till' saiiu' plaii'. I If lirlil iil)iiis III' wanli'ii I'l luimtv , iiiayur, iiimuij- I'll', ami is iin« a siliiMil I ..ll||||l^sil.nl•I•, I lis fatlur, I, like I liml, (lii'd ill \iu- l»'il, ill \X',\. Ml Iliinl was iiianii'd Iwiiv ; liist tn Mar\ I, Saw \iT, in Malmi, iMii ; siiiiiid, ill 1S7/), ti> \i li-,,ili I |imI),;i' Issiiv, tWci i liildu II : \liiii/(i ( ', , liiiiii I'rliniary 1 J. iSN.'; jiilia I . Imhii ,|iiik' S, iSg,^. k\l l»M I INDSAY TODD, lariiiiT, was Imrn in ICatmi, l'\l)niary is, iS^'. H*.- lias nsidid in Ivilnn iml Ci>ui]il(>n, and iiicivfd in Island Mrunk, liis pivsfiit iiiiini', several years aj^o Mr Tixld lias always taken a ^w-M inliiist in ]iiililie alTaiis, and lueii a nietiilier >>( tlie eoniuil luitli in l\alnii and \ew|i(itt Tlint ntfu e lii' lias held I'nr thirteen \iars, liesidis ntluis, ti. tlu' eiidil nl Imtli Iiinisill' and tin- Inuiisliip. lie is ,1 smi nl' tlu' late ,|(p|iii Tiidd, wild diid at Ciiin]iiiPii, in iSm-. at tl"/ ivsidiiue m|' his si.n Mr U I, 'I'ddd was married in New- puii, Jaimary 1 ), iNss. to Rnsetta Ann, daughter nl' llu' late I'ilipliaKt l,\nii lssiu\ tin ehildreii, nine livihw;: Ilerhert I., Imrn N'nveiiiher S, 1.S55, iii.iri ied Alberta Cnates, twn eliildreii, lesidiiue, Iv.il ;;i ; lUniamin I'lankliii, horn Deeeinlier -'7, iSoi ; (lenr;;^ <)tis, Imrn May ;. iS(u); Nahiiiii hay, Imrn Nnveinlier i, 1S71; Aiiins lviiiL;eiie, Imrn June .' ;, iS7^; Arteinas \., Ixirn .jiiiie \i>, |S7,S, Mnieiue I'", , Imiii \n\eiiilier Ji, iS^o, married Ilnllis |!, Cnates, iin ehildieii, resideiiee, Hirehtnii ; Heatriee ]•.., hnrii Janiiarx i _', iN5(), married Wcllin^tnii Warner, niu' eliild, resi- deiiee, Ivitnii ; (lertrnde lUaiielie, hnrn .January ' iN')7, married lleiir\ II. Weston, tliri'e ehildreii, resideiui'. Cooksliire ; Amainla .\., horn .^epteinlter, iNov died Ik'ei'inher, iSi).; A ])lioto-en),;raviiiiL; of the resideiiee of Mr. Todd is hen- i^i\eii. The place is loeated ahoiit half a mile west of the Island Hrook post ofiiee III front of the house he and his faiiiilv may be seen. ui Sim Nei 01 K. I. ruDii. iiish*Ny or (OW/iKV torsrv. tn MOUACI! Mr.ICM.r, nanlriur. \\ii>. 'h'iii im Cntiittli, Vt., jiiiU' iH, iSt;. Ilf in it k''"'"'''"" of Sitiiiiii'l Mi'ttall', \Jii) WitH itiii' n|' tilt' iiiiuiiic-iiu'ti of MuHHiu'iiiisi'tt><, aixl mtmiI in tin- Ki'\'i|ii»i.iiiai\ war, His I'allur, I»a\iil, v\as Imhii S»t»tiiiiUf r >, i;')'*, in nakhain, Ma«t> , ,\. SIk- was Im.iii hi Untlaml juni- 15, 1777, "lit"! in l'!aii»n, .i\ ill Ml trail' uitli wilV, aun a farm nrar KanillNUti, wluti' lij^-lit iliildivn wvw lM>rn tn .luni nwiny tn tlu' nnivrisal slmrt imp nf iSih III' ati.indnnrd his I'arni and iriimviil tn Cn;inili, \t., in tin- spring n|' i,Si7. Hnraiv li-arni'd tlit- i'ai'|H'ntcr's tradi-, at uliiili lu wnrkvd HtitnniiTH and taiiKlit hcIhn)] wintiTM, atnl latrr liitMn-d npnn idiTlrii ity. Hi- lainr in CiNiksliitv in tSs.* and tanv(lit tlir \illav;i* siliiHil iinni I iiirtnlirr, iS^,>. till till' spring! ><\ i>*5|. Manii'tl, \n\iinlKT i},, iNs|, \\\\n\, dan^lilir n|' 'I'lmnias K. ( In^htivd, I'nr nian\ \iais >{n\irnnirnl siIumiI nai lu r in that plact*. Slir din! Sfpti'inUT (1, iSSi) Issnr. thivi- ihild rn ; Aliu' Amanda, tmrn Ma\ m, iS,/), marrii'.i May iw, iSSi, l)a\iil M, Mnr^an, rrsidiiui' I.iarnitl I'lain. niu- ihild, Maty Uailul (Imrn jimi' -'11, iSS^, at Mnfs Uivri. (Jiu , I ; Maty Mli/a. Imiiii May .'|. 1S51), maniiil, Matvh iN, iSijd, tn lliiinis I'). I awsnn, n|' I.ittlrtnii, \. ||.; Unfair I'Mwatd, Imril Mairli iX, |S. iHjn. I'"i(nii the ajje nl' niiiiteiii until hr was thirty yeais cdd he fnllnwed the sea fnr n livinv;; he then ri'tiiriii'd tn his native place, remaining' there tinii! iSm;,, when he ninved to Newport, where he lived niilil his death, April 5, iSijj, In Newport he held the ntVuc of eoitneillor, school ctmimissiimer and toad inspector. Married at Dixtield, Maine, July, 1S51, Sanili K., datinhter of Tlnmias Harlow. Issue, livf children: (leor),;e C, horn June i, iH^ij; Hyroii \\',, horn May ^V'i i'*<'',^ married Cora I. Siinlxuy, of M iple Leaf; Mmmi ,)., t)orn May 2\, iS^?. married John H. Ilnrd. residence, M iple Leaf, one child; h'lora A., horn An^jtist i.S, 1.S50, drowned Ap'il 2S, I'^'is; I'loieiiie M., horn Scpteiiiliet ^o, iMu), married ICdward Dawson, residence, Ni'u Mexico, One. l.liI'MHk rMliMCM, faiiiicr, tiiill o\\ in'i-, and Ininlni' inamif.Ktiiii'i, was horn in Cooksliiiv, July II, iS.'.S III' is a smi of I,i'\i ImiiicIi, oiir of the associates and first settlers in ICaton, who came from the I'nitcd Slates al)oiit i7i><). and died in Maloti in March, i.Ss.S. ()iir siilijecl has always lived in the Cotinly, with the exception of mu' year, and he iimxed from Ivatnii tn Island Mrnnk. his present hntiie, Jamtary 17, i.S7(). ( )n the next pa).;c is an en>;fa\iii^ nf the hntiie nf Mr. ImciicIi, in fmiit tA which arc tn he siin .Mr and .Mrs. ImciicIi, their snii, anil .Mr. a'ld Mrs I. J, l-'ietich, and childii'ti, ni Cnnkshitc The hmise is silnalcd clnse In the mill, opposite the post ntVicc. He was married at I.cartud I'lain, I'ei)riiary i,S, 183,2, tn Marj^aiet. daiij^hler of William .Stevenson. Mr. .Stevenson died at Learned Plain. I'Vhrnary j,S, \S-jz. Issue, eiv;hl children: ('icmj^c W. L, Imrn Xnveinhcr 17. 1S52, married first, Ida ,|ane VV'illard, deceased, second, .Mary Lathrop, one child, rcsidi'iue, Isl.md Miook ; I,c\i Iv , Imrn Deceinher \2, I'S^S; Clyde W . hnrii March .(, i.Shi. married tiisl, Hannah Ilnnd, secmid. .\nnie Mcl'"arlaiie. line child, residence, .Sawyerville ; Ivlmi R. l)nrii Sepleinher h. i.S();,, married Mstell.i I.iiidsav, residence, .Sawyerville; 'Plmnias I', hnin .Iiiiic _•_', i,S()(), married ICmma M. Learned, one child, residence. Island lirook ; Horace \\'., horn March ,J,^, i.S^.}. died Nnveinhcr .', iS5(); .\Iiee .M.. hnrn I'Vhrnary 11, i.Ssd, died Hecemher -'(>. 1875; Anna M.. horn Anj^nsl 11. i8(h>. died vSeplemher J 7, 1.S71. *»4 msroA')' or (V»w/«».v lorsrv Hi-.t>tl»'..NCI'. i>l I.I I III l< I Kl Si II iirirtiNxM (iioMoi U \Hlll\«iloN I . I Ul NCM. tiiill Duiit't .itiit IiiiiiImt Hill- iiiil.it Inu I lliiitt at C)N>k> Hitili', \t>\i iiiU t I 7, iSsJ, uKviiy^ lixcil ill tixiiity. MoM'il III IhIiiikI Hiiiiik, .I.illiiaiV 17, iS^N. Mt, ImiiuIi is a Mill ui' l.iitliir Imi'IuIi, iitiil ii ^lalll|slllt • >{' Mill dj' I III' lil'Hl Hi'tlK'I'H iiul asMnialis ssliii sittliil III Matiiii, koiiiin^ liiitii tlu- I iiitnl Stalls Siiiii' iini\- 111.; I" I-I.iiiil HiiHik 111' lias 111 Id si'M'ial ntVui's lit' trust, iikI lias U'lii iiiiiiuillur iiiil sih.Hil iMiiiiiiissiniu'r tn| tlU' |ii\\ tlsllip III' \v\\. piirt lor si'M'ral tiiiiis, at llu' pivsi'iit tiiiir Imliliiin till' nrtiii- III' opiuu'illnr, aiul thai nl' uiaiiiiiaii nl tin ■^^lllMll t uiiiiiiissium'ts III I'arrii'S nil a lar^i' and prntilalili- hiisim'ss as saw mill nuiur, at Island Ituinlv, Mi, l'"n lu h is l-'irst Mrulniatil n|' \ii. 1 'riiiii|(, Cniiksliiri- Cavaiiv. ImIiIi I )ia.L;i"iiis, and Imlds tin utVu'i' 111' instill' III' till' pfai'i' Ini ilif distiiii 1.1' St. Immiii is ; aUu \ , C K. '•! tlu' I. < >. !•' , and is a liK'inlii'r nl" A. I'" \ A, M, ( )nr -.nliint lias Imii inariiid luin', titsi at (iin\i' Hill, Ni'«|iiirl, ( litiiliir I'l, i.'^^i), t" Ida jaiU', danv;liti 1 "I ili« l.iti ('lardini Maisliall \\ illard, nl' I)llils\M.'ll. Mr'< JMriiili ilifil Jiilv J>, j.SSii Issiic, (,iu daiiv;litii ; Ma Jaiir, Ipniii jiil\ 1 ;,, iSNii. dird Si'ptitnlii'r M', l''"i)j. Sriniid iiiarriaj^r at l.aki' \ irw, I )iids\\(.ll, Anmist J. I. 1.S.S7. tn Mary I,n\is;! Alliirta, dan^;liti'r u|' ilir latr I.irnti'iiaiit I Iniaif I.ntlllnj), 1 1|' I »l|(Is- WL'll IsslU, iillr dalll^ll- tor: Aliii' Maud Ma\, linin ( )itnlii T jS, iSSS ("ii\in lifn-willi is an iii- );ia\ill).; nf till' llnllU' nf Mr (1 W, I. I'lvnili, wllilll is nlli' III' till' lllnst altractiw ivsidt-iu'c-s in Island Hrnnk In rmni nia\' !)(.• si'i'ii Mr ImtiuIi and laniily, his i'allu r and liinllur, and several rila- tivcs and friends. Ki';sn)i'.NCi'; or i.ii;rr. c. w. 1.. i'r1';nch. ///s7<»A') It/ (otf/'/nx ti>i'sry. ii% HSMI l!l. INI'.WI!!. mm*. J. I>. K>ii''>>>I mvriliitiit rikI |N)Miiia<«U'r, Kaitdlioro, \\.i> liuiii in Stiiiixli'.nl, l'\l»riiiity i\, 1H37. Clinic to Kuulltoro, wlieri- he liiu i»lway»i IIvkI, in iSiS \U- li.iH lnlitr twelve yearn, .\\\A ^iliunl I'liiiiiiii^^itiiuf fin Meverm lenii». He in a nuii oI' I.uke Ihiril, who iliiil in x^' s. On |iiiie ^s, i.s»x», ill New|H>rl, he niurrinl |Vr»»i* Dottelia, il.innliur of iJilliert I'. WilliaiiiM. Uhiic, one Hoii : IMiiiiian N. horn I'ehruary »>, \sux, «lieil Noviiiik-r 4, i.sH,v I.HWIH I.. ItoUKIiU. l.iiiiH'f, Will linin in llic Slate of Wiiin.nt, Oitulm -'M, iSji, came In Camilla ami Mt'kil in Conipton coniity, in iHu». IIIh father, I.ynian Howkei, ilicil at N'ewporl, One., iKcenilur I, 1H07, \Vii» inurrieil Oitoher u, i.S(s, to I. my Minerva, ilaiiijhter xi l'',iliiiiinil Until, I>Mi»', fonr ihiMtiii : I'lilnininl II,, nmn jiiiie j;, i.sii), niiirrinl Miturva l-'irKiiMMi of SpiinnfuM, N. V., oneeliild; I.yiiian J,, horn July ,s, iHs.^ married Clara lliivey, i?f Newjiott, IJiie,, Iwoehil- dr^'n : lUihert K., horn Ih'irinlur 1 , iS,;\ ni.iriiid ( liinrsiiiila l''iitMs\M>itli, of I'laton, line i liiM ; I.nvia A,,l)orii Scpteiiiher 4, 1S55, ni.it till! A. S, l'"arnswortli, of Newport, foiii iliililuii. TJHJM.NS l'\INII:M, "^ farmer, licit 11 in ('il'nut >»ler- Hhireeiinnly. I'iiiK • Aiiv:"^^ 1 I, iS^S' Came to jiittnn in iS7ii, and latei' iiiumiI inlci Nrwpiitt M.iirii-il in I.iiiiclnn, l'",n); , N'.'MMIiIk r 10, i.Sd;, to I'ili/.ihetli J.itic (iray. Issne, einht ihil- dren, six livin^i: A'tliiif A,, horn Sepleinher -•_', 1S71, married, iSijo, Mary Si/eland, re.sideme, Cook- shite ; Osi'ar 'P.. horn Jniie 12, iS7,S; Ivrnesl C, horn I'Miniary 1,;, iS,S[; Ai^iics, linrti ( K-tiiliir j(), iSti.S, niarrii'd Omr^r W'ooKy, one child, residniie, Conkshite ; Win. Hiiiry, horn .\ii>;n>»l (), iSS.s; .Mice, liiiin .Xiij^ii.^l jv 1S7.1 ; Lncy IC, horn Deceniher js, 1SS5, ('icd March m, 1SS6. DI-JMMON Ml'NN, I'arnicr. w.is horn in llcrcfonl, hccciiilier „'i), US35. When twenty-one years of aj;e he tiiovcd into hi.itoii, and sis years later piiichasid his present fariii in Newport, located ahonl two and ntif half miles rroin Sawyerville. His father, James Miinn, died in Newport in March, 1S71, Ihiiin^; his lifetime he was a proininent man, holdin),^ several pulilic offices with credit to himself. I'tcsetitcd herewith is an eii^jraviiif^ of tin.' residence of Mr. Miinn, in Iroiit of which he and his family may he seen, lie has married twice, lirsl to Ahiffail, danjihter of I'.iiil IMieIi)s, at drove 11,11, Vewport, April 17, iSdi. Issne, three children: Ivlwin Iv , horn Octoiier 15, iSos, marrie ' ..lartlia Iv I)\\ iniiclls, residence, Mancluster, N. H. ; Alva M., horn Novcmher m, iSdj, died Auj.-nst -'5, i.sSi ; IvlVie Maria, horn h'ehrnary J3, iSOS, died Septemher 20, 18S1. Mrs. Mnnii died Seplemher 7, 18S1, aijed l.S RI'.SIDK.^ei'. Ill' li Ml .N.\, 2jb i//sio/i, and to Compton county in 1S71, .settlinyr at New Mexico. His jjrevious occupation was that of ship carpenter. He married Catherine, daujjhtcr of James Roj^ers, of (Quebec citj'. Issue, tive children, four livinj^: Rol)crt. born May ji), 1871; Mary, born .\pril 23, 1S55, married Iul),'ar Harvey, of Sawyerville, seven children ; Annie, married Willard Parker, residence, S.iwyerville, two children ; Betsey, married William r)ouj.;las, residence. West Concord, \'t., three children. HEiNRY MORROW, farmer, was l)()rn in the county of Deny, Ireland, in iSji. Came to Canada in 1S44, and settled in Ncwjioit in 1S71. He is a jjromincnt member of the L. (). L. Was married in .\rgenteuil county, in 1855, to Kllen Wilson. Issue, eij.;ht children: William W., born December 5, 1S56; married Hattie J. Cable, residence. Island lirook ; John A., born April 18, 1S61 ; Harrj', born June 16, 186;,; James, born I-'ebrnary 19, 18(13; David, born August 4, 187(1; Hdward, born March 18, 187;,; .\rchie I.., born May 25, i87(); I<;ilen, born March 11, 1868, married Chas. II. Nichols, one child, residence. West Milan, N. H. AUGUSTUS HEKBR ALDKN, farmer, sou of John .Mden, of Cookshirc, was l)i)ru at I'ort Hope, Out , May 27, i8.)(). Came to Cookshirc with his parents bclOre he was a year old, where he remained until he attained the aj;e of nineteen, renioviuj.; from there to IJury, and afterwards to Newport, where he now resides. Married, at I'nry, January is, 1872, to ICli/,;'l)elh Jane, dauj^hter of James Mills (deceasedl. Issue, four children: .\utliony Welliujrton, born ( )ctober 27, 1872; Cha'-lie Stanley, born May 8, 1878; b'red ( )li\er, born January 20, 1882; Lucy .Ann, born May 31-), iS8c). Mr. Aldeu has held, for many years, the position of road inspector, and is a past ])resi,leul of the Patrons of Industry. riANLIUS HOI. BROOK, fanner, c;ime to Island Brook in 1.S71. Was l)orn in Leaminj^ton, \'t., .April I, 1844. He held the office of corporal in Com])any IC, l'. vS. Shar])shooters. Has been school commissioner. Is now ])resideut local association Patrons of Industry. Was married in Leamin.uton, \'t., in 1S68, to Persis Alviua Wheeler. Issue, ei,tfht children, six livinjr ; Horace, l)orn J.muary i, 1869; Mark M., born .September 19, 1870; ICrnest W., born June 12, 1888; Florence May, born June 20, 1879; Olive Lncinda, born November 27, 1882; Alice Pearl, born December 19, 1889. ANDREW SAMPLE, farmer, a resident of Learned Plain, was l)orn May 19, 1861. Married Elizabeth Wilson. Issue, five children. His father, John Sample, was born in county Tyrone, Ire., December 25, 1812, came to Canada in 1832, and died in Cranhonrne, (Jne., June 11, 1885. He was married August 24, 1 8,0, to Rebecca Hamilton, of Cranbourne. Issue, twelve children, eight living: George, born September 5, 1853, married Margaret V. Reynolds, six children, residence, Levis; William I., born April 27, 1865; Matilda, born Sejjtember 13, 1843, married Wm. Wilson, residence, Cranbourne, eight children ; Rebecca, born August 23, 1849, married Alexander McClintock, residence, Bury, eight children; Mary J., born September 28, 1855, married ///s/oA')' (>/■ (ou/'/ox cofwn: aa? Cliarlcs I.ockc, rcsidi-nce, Kaloii, five diiUlrcii ; Marjjaret, born April 2, 1X57, married Wm Matsoii, residence, Hiirj', three children; Hannah H., born September 16, 1S66. JAMI-S (inokOH KAKTHOI.OMBW. farmer, was born in Huffalo, N. Y., May 15. 1S51. In AiijsMisl of the same year he lame to Canada with his father, James Richard Bartholomew, settliiif^ in Mnry, and afterwards movinj^ to Newport. Decem!)er 10, 187S, he married Jatie, danj^jhter of James Robinson, of this place. OI.IVHk PAOl'KT. fai'mr, was born in France, March 22, 1^32. Came to Canada in i8;,2, and moved to Newport in 1S62. He held the office of conncillor for fonrteen yeiirs. Married in W'alerford, \'l , to luinice (loodcll. Issue, seven children, fonr livinj^: John ( )., born ( )clobcr, 20, i.S()S; Ivnnice .\., born September 21, 1S62, married Charles \^ ard, three children, ri'sidcncc, Robinson; Sarah A., born ,|nne i.;, iS^t, married .\mos H. Bennett, residence, Brookbnry; ik'lscy Iv.. born Jnly 7, 1856. NEMAN nitl'iNKZiik Sl'NIU'RY, farmer and carpenter, was born in b'aton, I'ebrnary 4, 1836. and has alw.iys lived in Conipton county. He has held the office of conncillor for fourteen years. Was married at Ivaton Corner, .\nj.;ust 31, 1S5S, to Roxeiia Iv. (iamsby. Issue, three children, two livin,^-: l-'red. Waller, born March 20, 1.S64, married Mary A Hammond, residence, Island Brook; .\deline I'lavia, born December 3, 187,^ ROKERT wrLI.IAM LAVALI-IER, farmer, was born in Newport, January iS, 1S63, where he has always lived. Holds office of vS. W.,.in I. (). V. Married in Bury, July 15, 1S86, to Malviua Adeline iMsher. Issue, fonr children, three living: Levi Leroy, born August 30, 1SS7; iM-ederick Harold, born June 20, iSSg; John Batiste, born March 13, 1S92. JAMES SIMPSON, farmer and stone mason, was born in the county of Argentenil, Que., August 10, 1S61. Came to Newport in 1S75. Was married in Bury, January 14, 1.SS4, to Connet .Severscm. She was born August iS, 1S61. Issue, seven children, five living: Isabella Kditli, born August 15, 1SS4; James John, born May 13, iSSS; Lilla Maud, born March 29, iSgi ; Henry Charles, born February 3, 1S94; William S. M, born March 11, 1S96. CilAITI'R WI. '|\> W N S II 1 1' n I W \: S T l: T K N . This liiU't (if land is iHiuiuK'd iioilluast hy Hiiry and Diidswi'll, smitli liy l'*alnii, and noiliiwc'st I)v Stoke, and contains i (),;,»)() scinaic acn-s ot land. It was (.'ri'iti'd into a lownsliii) nanu'd Wcslhnry, and in part (granted Au>;nst i ;, iSii.|, to Hon. Henry CaKlwell, at that tinie reccivor-^cncral for L(.\ver Canachi, liis heirs and assij^ns. In 1S15 it was possessed hy his son, Jolin Caldwell, l')s(|. This is a small, triaujjnlar-shaped townshi]), the ranj^es and lots in which are of tuiKinal len).;th and irrej^nlar dimensions. With the exception of parts in the sonllicast, is considered ot' jjood (inality. The St. I'rancis river tlows directly thronj^ii the township, and the Iviton river enters the St. iM'ancis within its limits; heside which are small streams that have supplied power for several saw mills, Snch of '.lie land as was not settled was pnrchased hj- the Hvitish- American Land Company in iS;,5. Mrs. Dav, writinj; in \S(n), says: "Certain local canses liave operated to retard the prosperity of W'esthnry ; one amonjj; which is a want of harmony amon^; the people respecting; tin. location of a hridj^e over the St. Krancis, which would ,i;o far toward nnitinj; the interests of tlie two sections. .As there is no way of crossinj.; tliis river l>nt l)y ferry, at seasons ol the year it is both difficnlt and unsafe to make the attempt." Since then a l)rid^e has l)een huilt at Hast Anj.;us, hut the same dilticnlly is now met with, as there is the need of a bridge at what is known as the " Hasin." This township made slow progress until after the building of the Otiebec Central Railway. The establishing of saw and JJulp mills at Ivist Angus, in iSSj, by Win. Angus, 1'. I*. Buck and others, gave an imjietus to the i)lace. In 1S91 a large paper mill was erected, and that place is now one of the most progressive and enterprising villages in the Hastern Townships, with water power almost unlimited. In 1S57 there was one post office only in the township, known as W'estbury, with a triweekly mail to and from vSherbrooke Reuben Hall was postmaster. .\t that time there was a i)opulation of alxml ^(«), and among the residents we find tlie names of Jos. Biron, carpenter ; Prosi)er Cyr, tavern-keeper; Chas. Lathrop. saw mill owner; Chas. Lebourvean, millwright; Alon/o Rolf, saw- mill owner; Jas. Rythcr, saw mill owner; Geo. vStacey, saw and grist mill; Hiram Warner, butcher; John Willard, millwright; Daniel H. Winslow, assessor; John }{. Winslow, road inspector. The municipal records date back to 1S55. Since then the following have held the office of mayor: H. M. Harlow, John Claxton, Wm. Chester, F. F. Willard, Albert Hascltine, I). H. Hall, and F. P. Buck. The secretary-treasurers have been Charles Barlow, Simeon Mallory, Horace Williams, Jeremiah Doremns, and F. I'\ Willard. Present i'.;ayt)r, J. F. Wilson ; secretary-treasurer, J. P. Woodrow ; councillors, J. I*". Wilson, F. I'". Willard, W^m. Kmbury, Ivlie I)ni)lie, P. Xedean, Charles Laramie, and Jos. Chester. There are three churches .at Ivast Angus: H])isco])al, with resident ])astor. Rev. R. Adcock ; Methodist, snpi)lied by Rev. C. W. Finch, from Cookshire; Catholic, built in iSg5, Re\ . Iv. I'. Beadrean, resident priest. There are also Canadian and Catholic ( )r(ler of Foresters. Royal Templars, and Patrons of Industrv. //AS/CA')' ('/• lO.)//'/()/V iCfX/)-. }ji) 'I'luTi' ;iri' I'din lUnuut.ii \ I'mlisiMiiI mIihoIs, ;ui<1 \\\v nmiiic iiiiiulni lir mIkikIs. 'I'lu' lollnwiii]^ is till' Itoiird i.f Silidul C'liiiiiiissiniuTs : !•'. V. Willind, i Ii;iinii;iii ; I) M. Hall. ,1. T, Clu'sliT, JdIiii Iti-.ml, and K. C Cnw liiiij ; siTivlarv -inasun r, J. 1'. Woudmu . l'rn|Krly assi-ssnl in i.Si)^, >i>'i, Hii). 'I'as rati', si'Vtiitirn niilK (.'(•nsns nf i,Si)i ^Aw till.' I'ollipw inv; i)aitii. iilai's n|" iln' tn\\nslii|p. I'cipiilalicii, 1)7;,; fainilics, 17(1; lionsrs, i^j; mail's, 5J5; I'miali's, | |,S ; l-'ivmli Canadians, 55.S; nilins, |i^. Rt.di,ni(ins — Callioliis, 01 iS; Clinnli ul" I'Iniiland, H).; ; l'ri'sl)\ li'iians, ;,j; NK'tlmdisls, S*> ; l!a|)lists, ii; C<>n]L;riK''t'""''l'^t''- .'•''• \d\itMisls, i _• ; I 'ni\irsalists, iS; not spi'i iiiiMl, k >. 'riuTi' air li>nr ))ust nlfucs in llii' tnu iislii)) : Ivasl Aniens, a station nn tlir ()ui'l>fc Vli:\V 111 I I I.f AND S\W Mll.I.S UiiVAI. I'Al'I'K Mll.l.S I'd. Central Railway, six miles nditli-^' 'sl oi" Cdoksliiif, iliirU-cn miks t'loni SluThrooki', and 127 mill's I'lom Oni'hi'c. I'opnhilion, hid. Cival Norlh-Wi'sliTn Ti'li'^rapli. .Vmiriian Ivxpross. I'lisl oriiii' ri'vi'nni', iSi)^, 517<>,)S. Xi'aivsl bank, Cmikshiri'. Linda post ot'fii'i', t'lvi' mik's norlli-wi'st dt' Ciinkshiri', (im- mik' soulli ol" Ivast Aniens, and twi'lvi' miles tram Slierhrooke l*<)])nlaliiin, kid. Nearest l)ank, Cooksliire. l)ail\- mail. Post otTii'e revenne, 1S95, Sl-l 50. W'eslbury, fonr miles from Ivast Aniens, on Onehee Central Railwav. Mail dailv. I'opnlatiori, 150. Nearest hank, Cooksliire. vSlierhrooke distant eleven miles. Post otfiee rew'iiiie, iSq5, 519.1)0. Westhnry Basin, a station on the (Jnehee Central Railway, eis^lit miles north-east of Cooksliire, the nearest bank. Popnlution, si.\ty. Mail daily. Post offiee revenue, 1S93, 515. •'.V' ins/ ON y (>/• (()!//' /('A' liUxiY. MOVAI. l».\l»i:W MII.I.S COMPANY. Tlu' luNtory of \\\v mills of ijiis coiiilKiny is I'u' liislniy of Ivist \ii,v;iis \\ 111. .Xiiiiiis, (if Mdiiliviil. iitUT wlioiii till- phu't.' is iiiiiiK-d, piuoliascil llic site aiiil water |iourr of tlu* pii-si-nt villa^;*.', wliiii it was a (inisf loii'st, and in Mai ill. i.s.Sj, sent iiu'ii to iiiakf a iloaiiii),' atitl fii'i-t tlu- |iu'si'iit pulp mill Tlu' saiiu- mmt llu' rmii of Will. Allans kS: Ci>. was fonni'd, Mr. V . P. Hiuk, of Sluthrookc, lu'iii^ tlu- sili-iit pattiur. Mr. .\iiniis liad hat! i'c>ii>idoral)li' cxpcriiMu-c in tlu- p.iji.T Uiisiiu'ss, having lierii |)rfsi(k'nt tor si'Vi'tal veais of tin- Canada I'.ipor L'niiip.iny, of Windsor Mills. 'Plii' tlist year tluri- wcro cii'itrd the pulp mill, saw mill, dam, tuid^i', and railway sidinj;. 'riif late Alfred Ayerst, j^eneral superititendeiit, was in ili.iij^e from the time tlie first tree was eiit, nntil Iiis dealli. in Deoeniher, iSi)i, Tlu' first hookkeepir was Mr. T. MeCaw, and lie was followed in iSSS liy Mr I*. A. Mottoin, who lield tlu' position nntil the ehan).^i' of ownership. Diiriii); tliese years Mr. litick iiad tlie ).;ener.il nianaj;i'inent of the Inisiiiess In i.Sin \\ni. .\n,i;iis i\: Co sold out to the Royal I'nlp ami l'a|)er Company. 'The new coinp.iny was ofileeied l)y W. H. Ives, president; Win. An^ns. vice-president and secretary; !•". 1'. IJiuk, ticaMirer; and j. I). Finlay, inaiiai.;er. In iSm work was commeiiced in erectiiij.; a Iarj;e ])aper mill on the soiitli side of the river. The hiiildiii),; was completed and the machinery first slaitcil in Miy, i>>i)-'. Tile construction of the hnildiuj.; was hy contract. Messrs. I.ooinis v\: Sons done the Inick work ; W. W, Bailey, wood work ; and M. McCarthy, e\ea\.itioii and m.isoiiiy. I'laiis were drawn li\- Iv .\. ICllswoitli, architect, Ilolyoke, Mass. The wmk w.is uiidi'i tlu' ihai).;e of Mr. .A. L. Ilnshaiuls, civil etiijineer, of Codkshire. Ill Sciiteinlier, i.'xi-', Mr. I""inlay resij^ned as iiianaj.;rr, and .\Ir. I.. J.nr.itt siKctcd in his place. Mr. jarratt still jiolds the position. He is a practicil pa]Rr m.ikcr, ihnroiij^jily understands liis hiisiness, and j,'ives j^eiieral satlsfiction. In Januaiy, iSij;, the otfueis of the Royal I'lilp aiul Paper Conii)aiiy were !•'. 1'. Buck, piesiileiil ; Win. .\ngus, \ ice president ; and W. vS. Dresser, secretarytreasnrer. In the siJrinj" of i.Sci; ihc Company went into li(piidatioii. At the licpiidatoi 's sale the whole was i)iirchased hy Mr. R. W. I'ope, M I'., tor a new company known as the Royal Pajjcr Mills Company. The otVicers of this company are: I'lesideiit. V. W jiiick ; vice]iresidciit and j^eneral manager, R. H. I'ope, M.P. ; secretarytreasnrer. !•". W. Thompson. The directors are as follows; Hon. I'Vaiik Jones, Hon. Irviiii; Drew, Hon. W. 1! Ives, M.P., (leo. N'aiiDvke. R. H. Poi)e. M.P., C. C. Cleveland, ex-M.P.. I'. P. Buck, Charles .Sinclair, and Henry O. Kent. In Januaiy, i.'>i)(), an a])p]ication was made to the Provincial ( 'in\ i riinunt for increased capital stock from >,)iii),(hmi to <,S( » ..m « ) This eiiahled iluni to purchase the piojieitv of llie ,"^1 I'ramis Lumber Cai'il\ ol sawiiii.; -o.ddo fetl per day The refuse supplies the fuel ie(piii"ed for iiiiiiiiii).i hotli the Jjiilp and pai)er mills The pa])er mill is a l)nildiii).i' 6() .\ lO.S feet, threi' stories lii.ijh, with niai'liiiie aiul liuisliiiiv^ room 5() N _>< 1 1 teet, same liei}.^ht. There is an engine aii, liiiilt ill iSij;;, imd iidii ])iiKs lllill Inl .lIloUl \\\i> nulls Ici siillli' .s|irill);N, >,M\itlJ^ lllr iii|ll|i:lll\ all INil'lIlMll s\stfll) ol' \\;\UV wiitUs A luw r;iil\«.i\ sidiiii; wiis alsi\t' di'ilrii' plant for liylitiii^ all n\ tlnii luiildinys. 'I'lii' niiiipanv lia\i' in tlnii miplny omt v m i nun, ilividi'd as fidlnus: I'apiT mill, 7^; pn';( mill, 7^; saw mill and mi tin- rivirs, \ =yi> \\'a;^is inn from lit'tv iiMits tn >^ per daw 111 additinii t,, ilu' s.iw mill .a Mast .Aii.i^iis tliry also own and lia\i' in optTalioii the old Cl.iiU nnlK ,it llromplou I'alK. I'usidis tlu' laryi' store -lionscs ,ii \n.i,^ii-. llu\ lia\i' \i\\\ III i\n u AMI rii.r Mii.i.s ki'Sai, r\ri;u mii.i.s i, i 1 ont' on .Mi'Ciill stvn't, MoiUual, and auolluT on I'ront sli\(.l, 'Po'.onto 'I'lirsc arr also sales- rooms, and have two lra\i.lirs or av< nts in idinKi.tion tlunwitli A nadv' salf is found for till- ont-juit W'l' |iivsrnl luri'willi I'.mi iT.j;ra\ inL;s of the mills, lakin fmni dirfi.rt.iil sides A'r (»/ (•(M//'/(>,V ((TA'/)', name of I'l.iiulu'. WiUnii iS; C lu- lulil uiilil llic fall i>r iS'H, wliiii 111.' ill (.'tiiiiiMiiv wiili I.mu^ aiitl 1'".. J. I'l.iiuIu-, nt' Cunk^liiK', })\ircliasc 1 liii' stoik ami )l;<)(i,| will of said stnii', ami aii' iiSii, to Mai\' M, tlaiinliliT nl William ((ilmstnii, of Haski'U Hill. Issiir. four iliililivii : Cliffonl j., hniu |aiiiiarv lu, iNNi; William Iv, linii ().toln.'r 3, iSS.'; (ionloii, horn May .;, iSSo; Cn'orj^c .\ , lioiii April 7, iSS«). Siiuo coiiiiii); to Mast .Annus Mr. Wilsmi lias luld several |iu!ilii' oftlie-^. aiiioiiv; llieiii heiiij.; that of siliool iiiiiiiiiissioiii r and rniiii cillor. .At present lie is m.iyor of Wesilmi v. lie aUo holds the oIVkc of his, hep. II, C. R., C. < ». I". .lAMliS IM.,\NCMIi, liuieli.illt, lioiu in Leeds, (Jiie.. Ilil\- .!'>, iMii, nio\eil to Cooksliiie ill i.^S,, ouiiiiii.; hakeiy until lSi),s, when he iiio\id to h'.i-t .Xiiytis, foniiiii)^ p.iiliu isliip inider name of I'laiKlu', Wilson iS: Co, j.;eiieral iiu ivliants. Ilis f.ither, J. P. I'laiulie. died in Coi.kshiie in iS(i; Mr, IManelie was laaiiieil at Hnwinanv ille, ( )nt , June .:■ ', iS,)i>, to Mdilli I , dauj^hter of Rev. Ma^ee I'latt. Is>.ne, two ellildreil : I-'oiil II., hoiii Noveiiilier Jl, lSi)j; hihy, horn Jniif 2. iSijs. I. All; lll:Nk\ SI»<)(>m;« WONM;, was horn in Norfolk "^"■" ' "" "^ eoniity, ICn^., June jj, iS_>.|, c.inie to Coiiiptoii eoiiuly in iS_V), and died in Westhmy, Mareh 1^, iSo;,. In his lifetime a fanner, and was a conneillor for mall}' years. Married in Maihletoii, (jue,, June 5, 1*^57, to h'.li/i .Ann (iilhert. Issue, ten ehildreii, nine lixiiii;: heiini-. I,, hnrn M.ireli iS, 1S5S, married ICvelyii (). Hell, lesideiiee, Westhury, foiir ehildreii ; Charles J, horn Inhiuiry 11, iS()|; Henry I,., horn .j.uinary S, iN'io: lulward .A., horn \o\einl)er ;,, 1S7.S; Monta.i^ue S., horn July jS, iS.Sip; .^arali .A., horn Septemher i_', 1S51), ni.inied Clareiue C. Sti'eeter, residence, Newark, X. J., one eliild ; Betsey M., horn .August Jo. iSoi, nianied ( )si',ir Wo((liow, ri'sideiu-e, Westhmy, two ehildreii; Clarissa Iv, horn Septemher i ;, 1S7;, mariied Ileiiiy (iilhert, residt.'iue, Diidswell, one eliild; Maria L., horn July S, 1S73. JA.MI-:s liUVANT, hotel-keeper, was horn in .Ar,y;eiiteuil eonnty, (Jiie., Iseptemher ii, iSpi. He moved to Westhmy in iS()|, where he followed f.irmiii.i,' until iSS.}. In that year he opened a hoardinj,' house in Mast .Alibis, ;iiid in iS()i huilt that fine hotel kiiovMi as the .Anj^iis H(Uise. In I'ehruarv, iNijl), he sold the huildiuj.; and eoiiteiits to I.. K. Will.ird.of Jsawyerville, hut will still make his home in Ivist .Aii,i,^iis. His father, John Hryaiit. dii'd in Westhnry, in 1.^75. ( )ur suhjeet was married in .Arj;eiiteiiil, Mav N, iS')", to Marj^aret Dixon, horn in iS;,!. Issue, four children Marijaret .A,, horn June i |, iSoi, iiiarrie, hotel keepi r, w;is horn ill Marhletoli, .\pril i :!, 1S57. Mar ied in C(Jiksliire, .April 25, kSNi, to Ivllenor McHernioll. Issue, four children, three liviiij; : ///s/oA') (>/■ (().)//• /OX corx/y. »M I,ii\ia M, 1...111 Mairl .'|, iSSj; Maliil lv . Imiii May J^, 1SS7; Ciiiif A, Im.iii Aj.iil i}, iN,s,| III iSSi Mr. W'illaril |iinvliMst(l llu' Imu! at Saw viT\ illi' uluTf lie iiMiiaiiu l!i\aiil. S\>\li;i. MILLS. I'aniirr, Iiofii ill I"iaiiiiii;.^Iiaiii, I'!ii,^,, I'lluiiary iS, iSiS. IK' laiiii- ti> Unry ill \S\- ami liii years latiT iiinvnl in Wrsilnuy, Has IhM i.iVuis u| iMiiiuillnr ami siliiii.l t iiiiiiiii-,si,,iui-. Maniril in |>iir\, ( Irinlirr iN, [S\\, u, Mli/aluili Itiish Issiu', si\ I'liildivii : jsaai I',, liciiii \ti\riiil)rr ^, iSio, iiianiiil C" illn riiir \. I'jiilnn \ , iisiiKiur WisilnnN , tlirti' iliildivii ; Saiuml J., Imni May _\ 1N17. died May 11. iNS|, married Maria A. W'undrow, residence Wesllairy, mie eliild ; Sarah I'! , i»ini Jaiinar\- 1 |, iS 15, married Juliii I'raiit, residence Westlmry, line cliild ; Ida !•! , liorn May ;,i, iSs.;, married CiiarKs lv Martin, residence Ivnslis, One.; .\deliiie \' , liorn XoNeiiilier jt 1, |S();, married SyKanns I>. Warner, residence Ivasl An,i;ns; Mary .\., hurii April ji>, 1S5S, died I'V'nnary S, iSS(), married T. vSlaples. [)AML:L liROWN H.ALL, farmer, ami postmaster at IJiula, was horn in Ivatoii, jiiiic 2q, 1S31. He niiived to his present home and farni in \Shi. W'e present on the next page an enj^ravin,:; of the residence of Mr. Hall, with himself, his son IvKvin, and their wives. This is one of the neatest farm hon.scs in Westlmry, and is the result of nianj' j-cars of hard work, from clearing a new farm. He is a son of John Hall, wlio died here Novemher jo, iSS.|. ■»<» /r/sn^NV ('/■ r<) !//'/( ),v liwx/y Ml. Hall lias Iki-ij iinuicillor Un mcr iwiiily years, and niaydf tvvn terms. |''or tin* pi^t tliitty vi'ats \\v li.i> Iktii si limil inimiiissi«»ncr, iiiid for tlir last Iwi'iUy-tliri-f yi-ars lias ln'M till' iiiVki.' i^i pusiiiiastiT. lie \sa> iiiarrii'd at Maltiii Cortu-r, Dcii'iiilu'r J|, |S0.», lo Clarissii, ilaunliti'i lit' till.' I. lit' Sil.is Hirvi-y, nf W-wport. Issm\ four iliildifii. tliii'i* living;: l'",l\viii Muni.-., hiirii Svi>triiil»i i ni, i.Siw., maniid Ii'iiiiii- V,. il. Mukiii/ii-, ut" I.inls N'lllani-, Jmu' J I, iSi).», iiiii- iliild, I Rnud I!. M , licnii .\ii>.;iist i5, iSiLp. 'I'liis sun li\i's on ilic Ikmiic farm, carryiii); <>ii tin- saim in cunjiuution witli his fatlur. ( )r«.'n Austin, horn .Si-piiinln'r ;, i.S(u), risidfiivi'. Hoston, Mass.; AIlnTta l'!l\ini, lioin July !5. iS'n. iiianird Riit'iis Iv Lalu-ri'i', two iliildrvn, risidfiKc, Sand Hill. IMANKI.IN lOlMUOM. farniir and postinastfr, l)orn in I)nds\vill, Matvli -•(I, iS.'7, initvid to Wi'st- linry in i'"^!;. Hi' lias lirld oITki's ot" ctiuiKMllnr Mid sidinid I'unitnissiniur. Married lit si inCompton.to I'llronor W'iiislmv, siiniiil luarriiij;*.' in W'eslhiiry, to I.iuirii H. Woodrow. Mr. I.nllifop lias liad si'Vi'ii cliildiiii : WilhiT A., lioiii Mai ill 15, 1S37, inanied I'Mnia Wlii'i'liT, tvsidi'iiii', Calilnrnia, two iliililreii ; Al)l)a A., hnni Au>.;nst 5. I Si) I ; Mill' M., linrii ( K'to- liiT N, iSi)_> ; Scott Iv, lioni Jnlv II), iN;*); I.ncy I. , horn 1 'fill nary 2. 1S51, married Alhert Maiifill, rtsidenee, Kansa.s, six eliihhvn ; .\ntu'tte A., horn May i ;,, i^.s.V married Dwij^lil I,. Crafts, rcsidiiiee, Massailinsells, llini- eliildieii ; Mahel M., horn Septeinher 17, iSS;,. J.AMHS WOODRONV, tanner, and seerctary-trcasnrcr ot" tlic niuiiieipal eonneil and school commissioners, was horn in Colniiihi.i, X. H., May 2h, iS.ji. lie came to W'esthnry in iSs(), and has held the otTices of councillor and scluxd commissioner, atid wiis postmaster for fifteen years. Married in Diidswell, May 25, !S()S, to Mary, dan>,'liter of Saunders Shepherd. He died in iSH;,. Issue, four danj.jliters ; .\iinie I,., lioni ( )ctoher m, iShi), died Jannary 7, 1,^85; .Ada J., horn Xovcniher 11, iiS7i, m.'uried .Alhert (lilhert, residence, Dudswell, one child; Lois M., horn .April id, 1S74; HUa \\'., horn Septeinher 17, i«S77. iiiii.\ii'; itv ii 11 II \i.i. .5> ,,■ lij' :i< ^■^^ t II \i''ri:u N\ II T " W N ■> II I I' n I II I U I I i> U |». llri»rcir(I is Imatid in ilic sniiili aistt rii piirt nf C\Mis|ii|) iiiniud I Itrrt'urd, and in |>art vt'^mtid N'ovi'IIiIkt (1, iScKi, III |;is UaiiUin and lii> assni'lati-s, viz: Adam Kidilup, Sainntl l'aii,v;l''iiiiii«.', I'!|iliraiin W'iirijii. Uiiiliiii llniiisnn, llttif, Casj^nivi', Jaiiii's l,i,;.iiill\ , U'l iiu'd ' si|iiatti'rs," wlm lutatcd mi llif lands willmnt rij^ht ny title. 'I'lir tirsi srtllris laiiif iiitn I liMi'I'ord pfolialdv as rarly, il in't larliir, linn iiilu an\ nllur pari uf ihf MasliTii 'rnwiisliips. Wr Ii:i\i' hiiihIs uf siiiKiiunts Iia\ itiv; l> in malr at Cnus, altmil tvM'iity ti\i' tnilrs I'nrlliiT dnuii I'u' Cninurlinit riwr, as larly as 1 73S. Wr aUn kimu lliat a siiii III' Capl. ji'Iiii I'ii])r was In. in in I It. irlnfd in \~t)\, tin- t'aniil\ Iia\ iiij.; lomi' luTf snnif linu' liitwiTii 1 7>> .^ and I7<)v TIu' si'ttliTs tin 11 tniild iml lie talKd " stpialUTs," witli tlu' sanif nir.iniiij^ imw j^ivrti tn llir wmil ; tlif liist sillKrs laiiif in luic anl made nnlil almnt iSiki We are Ie iiil'er, I'mm liislmy nWlaiiialile, that tile iifi,i;inal .Hianlees eillui siilTiiid llieiv elaiins U< lapse, nr sold tlu 111 In llie neeitpants, or In ntluT parties. Iinnrlh tie, uiiliiii; ill 1S13, says: 'dreatei pari nl Ileivl'nrd may lie ealled I'airlv ^inn\ laiiil, appliealile In any kiiul nl' av;r'eiiltiiri'. In iSim the sttulheiii hall' was .v;taiite(l In James Rankin and ntlurs Well watered hy sexeral Inaiulies nf the Cniiiieeticnt fiver. Ilerelnrd inmiiilaiii is in the lil'lh and sixth raiij^es, and in the iinrtlnvest |)art ni ihe tnuiiship " IlmuhetU', writint; in iS',i, alimil I Iii'el'nnl, emisideied the waj^es Iii,nh, " rniiiiiii).i np In >i(i and >!_■ |ier iiimith, with Imard." In iSi^ ilie ])npnlalinn ilid imt exeeed J(K) smils, and in iS',i it was put dnw 11 ,is Kki smils. In the lallei year there were twn selinnls with twelve In lll'leeii selinlars eaeli Industries — twn saw mills. ()winjr to the isolated condition ot Hereford, several reasons have operated to retard its proj.;ress. .MI !)nsiness has heeu in the direetioii of the I'niied .States, and there the farmers have hail to look for a market. It was to he expected that the feeliti).js of the people should tend in the direction of i)referenee for the Tnited States jjoverniuent. Notwithstatulitijj this, the iuhahitaiils are as loyal snhjects of Oueeii X'ictoria as are to he fnuml anywhere. Since the hnildin^' of the Heret'ord Railway, in 1SS9, there has been more iutcrcouse between the centre of the county and that sectiou, to>j;ethcr with better business relations. The settleuKUt of the Township was slow until within the past twenty years. Hereford (iore has a considerable population of I-'rencli-Canadians, brou^^ht there through the efforts of Mr. I". Patpiette. lie formed colonies of repatriated French Canadians, and in this was successful; as his colonists have also been. Hereford Gore i.s situated to the northeast of the Township, it being what remained of •>/ n>wr/i>x nK'x/y. till* truct calU-it Draytmi, afti'i' the iHuiiiilaiy liiii> was run. Tin- i'uiiiiiii>;K''"K •" •iider t; ihem, uas the si>.;nal for the opposition and rehelliou of fieiy spirits ainony; till' other party ; till at len).;lh such a state of feeliiij,' ])rcvailed as hid defiance to all etVorts at control. prejudices >.;rew into hitter animosities; disputes led to violence aiiil Iilows ; hlood was spilt; and the (piarrel which liccame j.,a'iieral, was only suppressed hy the arrival of an armed force sent hy the Xew Hampshire authorities, ,*^^()u after this, the houndary <|uestion was tiually detenuiucd." There are seven post oftices in Hereford. Pacpiette, situated in the (iorc, is prohahly the lar^a'st settlenuiu. It was started in i.Soi, hy Mr. I''. I'.KjUette, who is now postmaster and has a general store. The place has made >^ood i)ro).jress, and heeii henefitted hy the huildiii^' of the Hereford Railway. The villa>,'e proper is one mile fr{ itimmiinilv. I'ti^lal nvciiitc, i.Si»,Si i^\^h Coiiiiu's MillH post tiiVu'v is IiKiitfil nil till' hntiiiilary liiu'. Ilcrv is it ciistoiiis lioiisr, and it is a pnit of viilry. Ki-ally foriiiH piirt of the village •>! lU-i-iiicr i-'alls, \'t. |'ii<.tat ii-\i*iliii', iHijs, "*<» Tlu- tii^t iiiiiiiii'i|i.il tvitinls ill llriilDiil lu'.ir il.itc jaiiiiaiy i'». iSd. i. Tlu- past iiiaynrs have Iktii ; Aarmi Wnrkiiiaii, W'm. ICIlis, !•'. Pa(|iii'ttf, C. O. Ilil)l»at(l, Cal\iii IVny. Ilfiiiaii Nichols, and IvKviii lU-aii. Past siTri'larytri-asiircrs, Israel \S. I.iithvr, Aarmi W'ltrkiiiaii, and Mduiii lUaii. Tho iniimil Tor iHiis was i.oiiipiis«(l as fullows: Mayor. AIIumI I,».('i'l)vrc ; secrflary triMMiii r, lMiilia«» I.apaliiic; I'liinuillois, ChaiKs ( liiidr m-i, Nap. I'at|in.tt«.', Ciias H. Oray, C»lviu IVrry, jnhii Mrith, ami Cli'iiuiil DiiIk-. The tax rate is twoiity-ciKlil and a half milts, TIii'ic an- two silidul lidatds in the 'r«i\viisliii) Unanl nf tfiistces ns fullows : Alex. Andrews, chairinaii ; l'"iaiik llaN lus and l'",d. II. Hiicli ; Janus Nisli, set.retary lieasnter. 'Pliey have Meveii elementary sihools, Hoard of eommissioiins : .\ll»ert Champian, eliairman ; I'liilias I.apaliiie, Narcisse Hehtiii, (Klave I.et'ehvre, and N'ap lUlniii ; I-'ied. Cliampeati, secretary- treasurer. The latter have under their enntnil a niodtl sihiml, ennvenl, ami si.< elementary .schools. Kev. Sisters of l/.\ssi)iiiplii>u are teachers in model si-lKto! and convent Thi'iv is an I'lpi^opal ehnnh at Hall's Stream, aUo South Henlord. with Ui\ V, K Wilson, iiu iiiiiIk nl ; .\d\i'nt 4hni1.l1 at I'iir\ lioio, suppliid li\ \>lian ilinnh, with I >. \V. Daxis as pastor. .\t Hall's Str«';'.m, \d\iiitist tiaihiiiv;*' were first introdiui'd iirarly forty years a);o, li\ .\. (",.ii(lnn, .iiid lia\i' liiiu .idvoi.itid at tiniis l>y others siuif lluii. Some till years a>;o lluir was a (.iinieh organized of srveii niemltiis, with C. ( ). Ilililiaid as elder, and I). Keysar mil H. Niihols as diaiims. Since then aceissioiis ha\i' liiiii made until thin.' are now o\i'r lhirty-ti\i' unndKis, In iSi).' a neat ami eoinmodious eliurih was rrected, It is now in a l'aiii\ piiisiKKPiis rouditiou, wit'i a\era]L;e attemlaiiei' of alioiit si\ iiil\-ti\e 111 till.- township of lUiel'ord aiv to Ik' found t'our i luisf f.irtorii.s, I'nnr saw mills, tlve Jurist mills, and two los; females, Ni uj ; p'rench Canadians, i,Jo|; others, 520 Kelij^ions — Kouiaii Catholiis, l,.;||; Church of Mnvihiiul, is',; Prishylfrians. t) ; Methodists, ,Si 1 ; Maptists i(); Cou)4re^ationalisls, iS; Ailveiilisl.s, ijS ; rniversalists. 37; not specilied, y). I.ATK i:i)\VIN l»i:,\N. On the next pajje will he found the jjortrait.s of the late ICdwin Bean and his two sons, Leslie and Henry. Mr. Bean was horn in North Hallcy, One., September _'S, iS^S, heiiiy; a son of Mark Bean of that place. When he reached manhood he moved into the township of Barford, which adjoins Compton county, and later to Coaticook. In November, 1S75, he with his family came to Hall's Stream, ])nrcliased a larj^e farm where he lived until his death, .Xuj^nst V), iSq.i. Mr. Bean for many years was a justice of the peace, councillor and ma^'or of his township. He also held the otVice of snh-collector of Customs for the port of Hereford. lie was married at 1 Iuntin}j;ville, (Jue., September ii), 1S60, to Josephine, danjjhler of vSinion Bean, of North Halley. Issue, eijjht children, four liviujj; : Leslie K., born March 1;,, iS;!); Henry, born PVbruary _'(i, 1N7.I; Jennie, born Auj.;ust 20, 1872; Josie Iv, born December iS, iSSo. Leslie luij^ene was born in Coaticook, One., goinj.j to Hall's Stream in 1.S7S with his parents. On reaching manhood he was appointed preventive ofticcr *.l« iftsh^h'V <•/ tour/o.y (itf'x/y of CiiHtiiiiiN, aiul January i, >^>it, )iri>itii)ici| to Htil>i'r ft r tin* pott nl llcri'luril He tiUo carrivN mi ii lar^c larin ll< w.ih iiiarricil at Coiiiptoii, (Ktitlti-r :\, iMi)^, to Clttrii I.. liaiiKlitt'r III' ImIiii Cartwr, |-',m«|. Wllll\>\ WliPIAVJ*. fiinm-r, was Imuii m tin voiiiiiv i'l LmilIhiiiK rt\. Inlatiil, Max i-i, iSji). Ill Jlll.N. I>>|>). lU' I Itllt' t*'. allil M'ttlnl ill till- towilslllp •>! llitrjiMil, wllrtv llr IIdvn ri'<«i*U-o. ItiH I'atlur, Itintuit \tiilti\\<>, ilicit in tliii tDwusliip in iM->. Has iirvtt nianicil, Hi* tu'|)lu'\\, kiilianl W . AihIhws. iHtrii in Ihiiistun in iX\>. tisiiKs with liini. Mi, AinlrfW"* ix itiU' mI' till' must ptoiniiunt nun nl" llu' iM\kn>liip ut' lit n I'mil, liaxin^ lulil tlir ulVuis i>l' tnWII vKniU'illMf, srlliM.l I iPinillissinlli I |||i| tii«|| \ ,| I IMti ir. I.e. Ik I llriM l.illr IvtMIII lllMII M' ( Hall's Stri'.-uii, and sun i>\ Jnsiph I'. Hi'iitli, was Ixpiii in tlu- ti'wnsliip i>i Ili'ivfunl, Aii,Ljnst jS, iS|i, and lias always li\i(l Inn-. Winn a yiainiL; tnaii Mr. Ihatli w.T of John 1, !n,L;aIls, of Canaan. Tluv' lia\i- iio ihildrtii. WM.t.tVM MI:I.R()SI-, dairy fariiiiT and ihcisc niannfactiir(.T at IVrryhoid, was horn in I.ci'ds, Mfj^antic toniity. ynt"., January 13, 1S61. He came to I'lrryhoio in iS().j, with his paiciifs. hi.s father hciiijj one of the fir.st settlers in this part of the town of Hereford. Mr. tnsh>h'y oi (,it/r/njv loi'str. «|9 Mi'lriwf liiiH tint rt'fciilrtl iniitiiMiDiiolv ill |Vrr>JM»ri», :iIiliMtiKli nUny* liiltiiiu n lU-vp intrrrM In liis Ik.vIhiihI liuiiu-, lie is Mty Imul ,,|' .I.iiivin^. uml dairy iiilllf, ami iiilrcHliufd Mtiitc line lli-iiiiii>{lilirvil iiliiinulN nl ihf tuiiMH-. HnUtutt l-'rvisiau hrciMl iiiio ilu' Immii. Ili>> hroilur. CliiiiU'H, liikcM iliatm- i»|' itif \\\r)i,v farm ami utmk, iim In- Ih nhlixiil t" Iw away a ^nai lU-al of ilu> tiiiif, having iiiUnwiH ami pro|>irly ill naiKoitl, Cniiii , t.i look aflir Pri'tinit'il lii-n-witli is an niKravinK ^^gj. nl Ml. Win. .MiliiiM', also mu- nl' liiM liuioc faitnrv. J.ali- in lIu* ^^^^ '"" '»• "^".S )•»• '•••hi tmrnt of his n-al rnlatc lure. Mr. \\ in. Milr«>»«r ^^^ I »•!»'• ni.im.il ill 1.^)1. to .Miss I'Moni CilUttc, ..f Harlfnrd, Cmiii., Wm^ ^ vxiiiTf III' ii'sicUs nt prisi-nl. Jl^^^ kNUmil S lilMCH. farimr, \v.i> liorn at \\yiil Aitillcry, wli') w.is pn-si-nt at llu- M.ittli- ■^^^H^^HJfM Waii-ilnn llu \va.'ti>t>fr, i.Sso, ^^HBi^^ ▼ i'> Miii.i. (Iaii;-litrr nf Cliiili". Mr-uIlMnl |,Hni', cinlit iliililn-n ; (li'.i>;i', liniii .Apiil \n, iSsi. inaiiifil Miss At lustr. ii).;, ri'sidi'iicc, St. jnliiisliiiiy, \'t . tliifc I'liildri'ii ; KMi).jsi.tn, li.nn ( )> Inlicr i.S, 1.S51. inarrii'il V.. Ciiali.iin, icsidciui', Sawycrvillc t«o cIiiMivn : CliarUs, linin Nuvi'iiiIkt .'s. iSiv>, in.uricd Miss |oiU's, ri-sidcmv, IVrrylxiro. til. Ill (K'tiilicr 5 lSfi>; iMrditick K.. llMlll .\tl^;Ust Is. lSh7. nianiid Miss jay. icsitji lui-. C'lmnnl, N. 11.. niu' i Iiild ; IvUv.iiil II, Ixini I'Vlirnary :b, 1S71; Caroliiii'. liiiin NnMinlur .;, i.Ssn, inarriid (i Arnisttnii^r, rcsidcnci', D.mvillt.'. jjiip , nix cliildri'ii ; M.itilda j,, liotn Iniif ,\. iMis. iiiaiiiid (1 'P.ir Inr, ii'sidnico. .Si joluislni v, \'t , two (.'liildnii. U II I I Wt Ml I Hii-I tun iliildrcii ; Willi. iin \' J/\A\i;s Nisrt. laniicr, w.is 1 mill l.inuarv ,V iS \c., ill 'ri'in'liniiiu', ( >[\v I'crrylioro in 1N59. lU- has ludd the ntVui's nt" (.•niiiu'illiir and sclnm! idmiiiissiniu i-, is assistant scrrrtary (if Ilcivrnid, ami si'i'ii'taiy-ttcasiiivr nf siIumi] tiiisln^. W Cniii|it(iii, .Sfjiii'iiihi r „>, l8().', tn JaiUt l'\llloii. Issue, four children : Wil- liam, Ixirn July 1 7, i.S'i,; ; James Iv, Ikhii .\piil ;,ii, iS(h) ; J.mc. linin January iS, i,S()5, married Win. \'. Hircli, resideiuc, I lercfnrd ; I'illeii.liiini March j(i, 1.S7 1. married Jnlni Rnliertsnii, residence, Coaticimk. A. M. CI.AMK, si'iiinr llKillluT dt' the liini of .\. M. Clark v\: Son. mill owners and liimlicr dealers, uas Iiorn in Wriiioiil, |)e- ceinlier v >, iS 1 1. He came ciiiii-i.sr; lACTiiKV AT ri;Kkviit>i<(i. and c niil at as matiied m lllUl' to IMCSfllt 240 ///.V/VA')' or (OU/'/iKV COfXT)- til CatKida ill iSSi, ami In IVti\ liom, his pix'si'iit Iinim.', in iS()i. Diiiiiin tliivsi' tin Wiws lu' tipiTati'il a saw luill nl" alimii tlu' saiur capacity, in Mari'md. W'i's nianii'd in W'rnnint to .\,uni> UatilK'lck'r Issnc. two iliildivn : Harry 11., Imrn Maivli j, \Sb>,\ Aniic A., Ihhh \'o\iiuli(.r _\ iSSi. Mr, Clark, with his son Harry H , I'orniid llu' onnpany al)o\i' nuntionrd, and hnilt tin.' mill shown in ihr pirtiuv liiMvwith, in iSi)i. At ])risi'nt ihcv ha\r a sawinj; capacity ol" |(i,imhi feet a day, employing twcUc hands. 'I'hcy also niannfactnri' sliinj^lc, and do cnstom j^rindin^i;. A.MOS NV. LAWTON. farmer, wa> liorn in Canaan, \'t , I'l'hrnary jj, iSjd, Came to Merc- ford in iS;;,. Married at ll.idlcy, N. \.. ( )ctolier i ■;, iS^;, to I'annie A. Cioodnow. Is.suc, seven children, six li\ inj.; : Cliarlis .\., 1i, 1^57, marrieil .\ddie A. Hnnhar, residence Monson, Mass , one child; I.ewis M , horn June K), iSd^; Ilarliert A., horn l''el)rnary 10, iS7(\ married Hertlia .\1. Kini^^sley, residence Hereford; .Adelia H., horn July iS, 1S35, married .\lon/o Ivdmnnds, residence Canaan, \'t., three children; Nora Iv., horn March ;,, i.S()i, married James A. (ira\-, rcsiik'ncc Hereford, ti\c children; Hannah M., horn ,|annar\' i, iS(>|, married Thomas Jolinson, residence Herel"ord, two children. HOHACH l:l)WARI) MODOB, farmer, a resident of Ivist Hereford, was horn in Ivaton, Novcmher II, iS;5, When twenty-unc years oh", he went to the I'nited States, and after a few yeais returned and settled in Hereford. He was mar- ried first, on January ^i, i.S6j, to Caroline Read, of Lea 111 i 11, t; ton, \'t. Issue, one dauj^hler : Mahel, horn May 15, iS6,^, died Decemher „>s. iSb(>. Mrs. Hodjije died Decemher 15, iSf)h. Second marriaj^e at Coinpton, June ih, i,S6S, to Susan A. HU)ssum. JArJES A. GRAY, farmer, a resident in ICast Hereford, was horn in Mast Clifton, .U/'/(W (VTA'/)' 241 Siplcmber 24, iS6,^ t(i Maillia J. Mcirill. Issiio, five children; Frank B., born K'ibrnary 12, 1865, married Ntttie Iv Smith, n.sidence, HaU's .Stream, three ehihlren ; Freddie M., born November '.), 18(17, deceased; (Icrlnide M., born September 5, i86y, married lulmnnd G. Peck, deceased; Hertha M., born I'el)rnary 5, 1H71, married TIerl)ert Lawton, residence, Hall's Stream ; ICtta I.., born June 17, 1.S77. 16 CHAITI'R Win. T (> w N s II 1 r I ' I IJ I K V . This tract of land was eroi-ti-d into a township named Hiirv, Maicli 15, 1S03, onc-foniih of wliioli was j;rank(l to CaKin May and his associates, \i/ : Jolin Al)i.'ll, Asa Ahcll, lU'njaniin Akin, Jolin lAMch, ."^.innu'l I.atlin, Xatlian I'l.ilt, jehii'l .Sniitli, Jainis 'I'onaiui', and v^amucl \\'liitconil>. 'Phtsf v^rantci's, Iiowi'viT, Iilld or surveyed, in this district. In this way they hecame sole owners of the Township, and throu^'h their eftorts it was first settled. In iS^s-.i^' the first attempt at settlement was made. .\t this time a roail was made to Rohinson villa.ne from Taylor's farm, ahout two and a half miles east of Cookshire ; also one tlnouj^h to \'ictoria. Nearly two thoUNand settlers came into this Township in iS;,(). The Hritish .\merican Land Coni])any huilt loj,' houses, ;uid ereettd them for the new-comers at the rate of one each day. It was at this time Rohinson village was started, the saw mill huilt, the store opened, and other shops established. Mr. Lemuel Pope was the leadini^ sjjiril throui^hont this section in those early days, and at one time owned nearly all the land where the village of Rohinson now stands. Those early Ivnj^lish iniii.jrants came out under the auspices of the Hritish .American Laud Com])any, hut on tiudiui;- things so dilTerent from what they had hei'U aicustonied to, and so eiilirely at variance with their ])recoucei\ed notions, they ijot disheartened, and left their locations in search of uiori' coni^enial (juarlirs. Hut others with more ])luck and forethon.nht remaiui'd, and uow the comfortahle circumstances of their childnn attest their wisdom. The liritish American Land Company did much towards o]K'ninj.; up the couulry and preparin,ij;^ the way for these settlers. encouras.;in)4 them hy huildiniL; churches, eslahlishiuj; schools, constructiu.i; roads, eti., for tlu'ir coUNcnience. Those who settlerl in that part known as IJrookhurx- have done very well, the land proving' to he of s^dod (piality. Thi' following are names of those who first settk'd h.ere : James Tite, Joliu Heiiuelt, Robert Hatley, I'* rank Martin, Michael \\';irren, Joiialhan Taylor, .Samuel Haird, I^lder .lolin Warren, William .Saunders, .Samson Co.ites, (ie(iri..;e Downes, .Samuel Hurt, .joliu Downes, Timothy Clark, Joseph Xeedham, Henry .joice, Charles I'rances, John Grey, Heiij. Butler, James Revel. William Rowe, Matthew Mc.Vdams, David Howe, Robert Ji-nkerson, and Patrick Kenny. With a few exceptions only, the fore,s.;()in,i^' sailed from Yarmouth Harbor, Knjjfland, in June, iS;,C), and after a \t)yaj.;e of t)ver ten weeks, arrived at (Jnebec in .Septeniljcr. ///s/DA'y ()/ co.u/'/ojv I'orxry. 343 'I'lu'V travc'li-d hy tlu' way nf 'Plnri' Uiviis as far as Slu'rhnxtki', tin.' nun walking wliiK' llir woiiU'U and I'liildrrii rodv in rails, 'riii- iiumi k-ft tlii'ir faniilirs in Slirrlimuki' and lanu' on intii what was tlu'n an nnljiokcn fnivsl, lu locate a farm and ImnK-, l)i'f(Mi.' Ijiinj^inj; in llu-ir fauiilit-'S. Tliciv wnv no roads from Rohinson xillaj^t.' to wlmt is now known as nrookl)nry, and tln'ir only xiii'l*^' "i'"^ •' ''i"-' <>f spotted tri'fs ; (.'onsupR'nlly all lluir lioiisi-liold flTccts and i)ro\isions had to \)v hroiij^ht in on tlu'ir hacks. A fi'W of tlusi' families hecanu' so dislK'artcni'd hy tin.' hardships tlay wore (.'ompilled to eiidnri', that they remo\e(l, sonu' to ( )ntario and others to various |)arts of this province. i'lie majorilv of those who were hrave t'non).jli to remain accpiired comfortahle homes for themselves, and now lluir descendanls are enjoying the fruits of their toil. Till; first niiiiiicipal records of this township hear date iSji. .\t that lime there were also included in this iniuiicipalily the townships of Westhnry and I,iiij;wick. .'\t the first meeiiiiji; Cajitain Thos. Hown was chosen as rci)resentalive to the disliicl of vSherhrooke eoiiiicil, and Nathaniel I"',i)hs was also chosen as town clerk. The first scliool commissioners were elected January m, iS.].;, as fidlows ; Rev. Win. King, I'ranci.s Martin, Aslier Jones, Charles Hawley, and An>,Mts McKay, jr. In iS.i) Captain Hown's time as district councillor havinj; exjiircd, the following were nominated as his successor: Lemuel I'ope, Hammond McClintock, ;ind John (iamshy. A j)oll heinj.^ demanded the vole at the close stood as follows: Pope, (jo; McClintock, ;,7; (iamshy, 8. Pope was tiicrefore declared duly elected. I'Vom this time the records cease until July, 1.S55, when on reorj.;aiiizatioii under the new municipal and road act, this municipality conii)rised the united townships of Hnry, Hampileii, and .Marston. The two latter towiishijjs were soon after detached from Hurj'. (^n July 2t,, i.'^s.S, the following councillors were elected: John Martin, Irvine Reed, Jesse Hunt, (ieorge Sherman, Lemuel Pope, William Saunders, and Ciaymer Hunt. At the first meeting of the council Lemuel Pope was ':Iiosen mayor, and Lewis Mclver, secretary-treasurer. The lollowing is a complete list of the mayors of Ihiry from 1S53 to date: Lemuel Pope, Cico. R. Hird, Jessie Hunt, Lewis Mclver (Mr. Mclver, while in otlice the second time, died Octoher t.(, 'S.S5, aged 72 years), Thos. Hentiett, John Martin, Win. Hown, and James Hunt, the present major, who was appointed in 1S92. The jiast secrelarytreasurers lia\c heen Lewis Mclvet, Nathaniel Ivhhs, A. H. Vaughan, W. II. Mannix, Rohert Cowling, Chas. Patton, Jno. Stuhhs, John W. Hennett, and C. H. Tamhs. The council for iSg6 is comnosed as follows: James Hunt, mayor, and councillors, James Hugh Leonard, W^m. Hown, Colin Morrison, Josiah Hoj'dell, John Lefehvre, and Charles Murray. C. H. Tamhs, secretary-treasurer. In the Township there are one model and ten elementary schools. The present commissioners are: Charles Warren, chairman; Win. Gayincr Hunt, (ieo. Stokes, Henry Old, and Wm. Hown, C. H. Tamhs, secretary-treasurer. The model .school is located at Rohinson, with following teachers: Miss Klizaheth Hephurn, principal, and Mrs. A. J. Cook as assistant. Although there are five post offices in the Township, Rohinson is the only village, the others simply heing the centre of farming communities. Rohinson, or Hnry as the railway station is called, is one of the prettiest villages in the count}'. It emhraces quite a large tract of land within its limits, hut the houses are much scattered. The largest part is on a level plain, with prett}' homes on each side of the street. The village has three carriage factories, with blacksmith shops connected therewith, two furniture shops, fou»- large stores, saw mill, grist mill, and other small shops. The town hall is here located, akso three churches, and Murray's hotel. There are three secret societies : C. O. R, R. T. ofT., and L O. O. F. The postal revenue for 1S95, was 5518.62. J44 HlS/Oh'Y ()/■■ (■0\//'riK\' (VTA'/)- C mtiilmry, wliiili is lUMf tlii' town liiu' i^'i Hiuy, Uiii^wiok ami Hiimiicloii, is li\i' miles wi'sl iif Si.'olst(i\vii. Daily mail. Postal rowiiiu', i.Si)5, 5^2. Miooklmry is six miles distant iVom Rohinson. l)aily mail. Postal ivvt-nm-, iSi)5, 53S. Crosslmry is tlitvi' miles west of Roliinson, and on tlie town line of Wi'sttmry. Daily mail. Post.il reveinie, iSiiv <|. Keitli is eij.;lit miles not ill nt kiil)iiison. Mail tlaily. Postal nvenne, iStji^, 5j.|, 'Pile Cliniili of Miiylaiul wa^ ilir lirsi iK'tiominatioii to hold nli^iions ser\ ii'es in tin- lowiisliii) of liiirv. In iS;,(i, wlun ilun' was siudi a tapid iinniii^ralion, tlir tninislrr ,it Cookstiiie eoinnieiueil m r\ iies at Rohinson. Hv iS;.S the woik had i;roun so lapidh th.il the titst lesidiiu iKiv^yinau, Rr\ . \^ 111 Arnold, was apiioiiiled lie was sueiii'dfd in iS^o li\ Rev. C. !'. Reid, at'terwards ivelof of ."^hethrooke. In iSp. wr find tlu' Rr\ V . ilioonie in eliarye. .i^ixiii.i; plaee in the lollowiiii; uar to Rr\. Win. Kiiii;, who stayed .dionl si\ years, and was followed 1)\ Rev.Chas I-'mrist In i,S|- Ri\ . John Keiii]) siieeei'did, and eanied oil a ministiy of seventeen years in I?iu\, and I,in,L;wiek adjoiniiiiL; at varyiiiv; intervals 'Pile Mission has siiue been held liy tlu- following elefiiv : Re\ ^ 'Plios Riehanlsoii, appoinii d in iS().|: R. Wainwrii^ht, i.'-ou; jaiiies Poydell. 1S71; C. 'I'lioipi', i.S;^; P. Ror, 1S77; .\. J. \Voolr\Ju'. 1S7S; !•'. r, Wel.ster. i.SS--; W. C. Meriiard, lSS|; II. S h'nller, i,s.S7; and Rev. C 11. Washei', who is now in eharj^e. I'"or a loiii; time the seiviees of this eliineli were held in a Imildiiij^ creeted dnriii>; the Rev. Will. Kiiij^'s iiK'umheuey, whieh was a sehool and ilwelliii^ house umler one roof. In iSno a eommoilions chnreli was hiiilt ; in 1S7;, the editiee heiiij; too small, a chaueel was added. In iSSi the jneseiit j)arsonaj;e was hiiilt. St. loliu's ehiiieh, 0.1 the Dndswell road, was ereeted dnriiij,' Rev. W. Kind's ministry, i84ik}(). .\ elinieh known as vSt. Thomas, was also eonstnuted near the Mown seluxd house, on the X'ietoria road, whieh, however, hecomiiij.' dilapidated, was taken down, and the serviees transferred to the sehool house. It is ])ro])!)sed to reluiild on the (dd site, In i^w,; extension of elmreh woik made it advisable to set off Canterlmry and I,iii^;wiek and attaeli them to the luw mission of vSeotstown. 'Pile eler).;yiiiaii at Rohinson now has the earo of the village ehiireh, and the stations of St. Jidiii and St. 'Pliomas, with two other stations served in week days. The .Methodist ehiireh, Hiiry, as a separate mission dates haek to the year i.So.S onlv. Previous to that time serviees were held hy ministers from Sawyerville. A perusal of the history of .Methodism in Ivaton will ^ive some information in rej,'ard to the Hnrv mission. The reeords show Rev. Win. .\dains as jjastor from iS()S to i>i7-', and diirinj; his ministry the elmreh at Rohinson, as well as one at Hrookhnry, were hnilt. The elerj.;ynien on this appointment siiiee 1S72 liave heeii Revs. Hiram h'owler, A. M. I)e I,on^, James O'Hara, J. II. I'owler, Isaac Wlieatley. H. Pierce, J. H. Hicks, J. H. MeConiiell, Henry Meyers, j. R. Hody^soii, and the present pastor, W. H. Raiiey. The average atteiulaiiee at all appointments is about ;,()(!. Nnmber of elmreh members, iio. Roman Catholic church, Hnr}', is a mission only, with no resident priest. They have a church built several years ago, and regular services are held by the priest from Scotstown, who has this mission under his charge. The Advetitisls hold regular services at Robinson and Hrookhnry, but have no elmreh at ])reseiit ; Ivlder W'm. Blount is their pastor. The following statistics are gathered from the census of 1S91 : Po])nlatioii, i,f).2i; families, ;,;, i; houses, vi,S; males, 856; females, 7()5 ; I'rench Canadians, U.\ \ others, 1.557. Religious — Roman Catholics, 155; Church of Kngland, 740; Presbyterians, 275; Methodists, 331; Lutherans, 2.\\ Baptists, 7 ; Freewill Baptists, 5 ; Congrcgationalists, 7; Adventists, 67 ; Uiiiversalists, m. N/s/oh')' ()/■' LOM/'/iW lorx/y. »45 laptain raid. 1 I.ai-Ki'ly 111 iS()(), 11 I. So 7 ' lliiouj^li IX-COI.. rUHDIiMICK M. I»>t nf those in aiithoritv he delayed finishiny; his studies and letnnied home, where he orj^aiii/ed several ioiiip;iiiies of infantry. That was just previous to the threatened raid of tlu' h'eiiians, whieli took jilaee in |S6(). He formed the first loiiipany of volunteers in Comptoii eoiinty, and it was tliroiiKli liis efforts that several additional eoinpaiiies were formed in a few months' tiiin'. 'I'liis was the hej,'inninK' of the l-'ifty eij^hlh Hattalioii. He was appointed and was on duty one month at Mnrv dnrinj^ the time of the h'eiiian le returned to the military seliool and received his first-class certificate. liis efforts was the I*'iftyeiKlith Mattalioii formed. He was ai>poiiited Ki'SiKiiNcr: oi' i.ii;rT. Cdi.. i-. m rofi:. adjiriant to the battalion in 18(17; and was on duty two weeks at Slierhrooke, at the .second Fenian nprisinj; in 187(1. He received the appointment of major in 187^; I)revet in 187(1, and lientenant-colonel of the Fifty-eij^hth Battalion in iSSi. Lt.-Col. Pope commanded the militia dnrinj^ iJie Hereford Railway riots in iSSS, and throngli liis coolness, jjood judgment, and tact, brought the affair to a siicccssfnl issue, without loss of life, for which he received ••4'^ ///\ /•<)/,')■ ('/•■ (('i//7<'.v ((ir.v/)' special iiieiitioii in tin- militia nimrt. He was apimiiilid tu tin- disiriit staff as l>ri);a(li- tiiajor fur tlio Mastiiii 'I'mviisliips in July, iSSi). Ui-iiiiil. n.tiiiiiii>; laiik, in Aiinusl. iSi/;, with >;i.itiiity; ro appiiintid l)iijia(lc major tu tln' l'!a->tiiu 'rowiisliips, April, i.Si)(». In livil matti-is I.t-Col. I'opo has tilKil many pnlilic dtrucs with satisliution tn his iVlIow (.itizi-ns. l'\ir six years lu- was a nii'inlur ot' the (.(Miiuil, .itul fur sis years ihaiinian nf the IinanI nl sihnul ei)mniissi(ine:s. Ai)pi'intetl a |. 1', May 3, iSS;. He has extensive interests in saw mills ami timher limits, ship]tin)4 Inmher to all i)arts of the voiinlry. At Hnry, heeemher i, iSfuj, he manieil I'!li/al)elli M., (lan),;hter of John (leorye I'llmoml I.oekett, ICscp, of Pemlierton Hall. Mannollaii, Wales, Issue, three children; Osborne L, M.iml V.. A., and Mtlul Alma. On the preceding pa>,'e we ^\w a miiii.itiiie jiietnre of \A Col. I'ope, and also a photo en);ravinK of his resideiue. The ]ioii>e and f^munds ,ne very prettilv loeati' 1 .it the west eiul of Hnry villa>;e, and is one of the most attiaetive iTaees in tlu' eoniltv. Till- I. ATI: i.i;mii;i. I'OIM:, .Ir.. was horn in I'last Clifton, (Jne., Sepleinher .'.i, iS:s, and died at Hnry, I'elirnary 2\, i,St)<). I!e was tirst eonsin of the late Hon. John Henry Pope, their grandfather havin)^ settled in Hereford sometime pre- vionsto I 71) ;,. I.emiul l*o|>e, the lather of onr suhject was horn in Hereford, |Jne., in I ~n,\. and died Jnne •;, i.S;,(). He martied S.irah Unfiles, iif ColeliKiok, X. H. She died in iS^ i. Mr. I.emnel i'ope, jr.. was one*)f the first settlers in Hnry, comin,i( here in iS;s. In i^M^ he aeeepteil a position with the Mritish .American hand Coni])any, hnl in 1N39 resij^ned, K'*'"K '"^" trade. Since then he comhincd farmin^^ with the hnsiness of y;eneral merchant. He had ^reat faith in the fntnre of this country and invested heavily in land; at the time of his death owninjf about five thousand acres. His public services to the town were appreciated, he having' been a meinlier of the council for thirty years, and warden of the county one term. For the past fifty years he was a iiiaj,Mstrale. He was a stronj^ supporter of the Church of luijj^land, but also assisted other denominations. He i^'ave the land on which the Metlnxlist and Catholic churches, in Hnry, are built. November 5, i.S;,i), at Hnry, he married Wealthy Adeline Hawley, who was born in iSiq, and died Jnne 15, 1.SS5. Issue, three children: l^'rederick M., born April 20, 1S.I7, married Ivlizabeth M. I.ockett, three children; Helen M., born September 20, 1S41, married lulmnnd Loekett, two children; Morence Iv , born September 19, 1832, married W. Allan Ramsay, deceased, two children. All residents of Hnry. MK .wp Mi^s Ki ir.i;K r ci. akk. ROBERT CLARK, farmer, was born at Halferne farm, parish of Crossmichal, near Castle Donjrlas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, January i, 1824. He came to Compton Centre in 1S62, but shortly after moved on to the farm in Canterbury where he now lives. Previous to ///svdA')' or cdu/'/i'v < this loiiiitrv, Mr. Clark was a liiirii ami woulKii drapiT. Ho is a man i<\' ^\v.\[ OUTj^'y, lias Ikiii vitv siuirssful as a laimiT, ami al)ly tilUil all |).isiti()tis to wliiiti In lias Ik'I'II appoiiiti'tl. I-'uf miii\ yt-ais Mr. Clark was Dominion iniiiii>.;ratio!i aj^riil, and niadi- M'vi'ial trips to ICnj^land in t|iU'st of iiniiiij^raiits, IIl- is a jiislici- of ila- pi-aci- for llir distiii-t of St. I'"iam'is, and his luld tlir o(1irf>, of pnstmastiT and srhoo! idininis«,ioni'r. IIi- was maiiif.l hiMiiilur h ., i.Sv', at Miil| 1, Dn i.ysliiu', JuiKlaiKl. to I'.li/.i Wood, lioni (Ktolu-r J, i.sji.and diiil July H, |S,S- I.isiii', four ihildivn : .Martha, lorn April ki, lS^j, married A. I,id\li\riv ii'sidi-m-f Cookshin-, si.s ihildnii ; Miiy, horn .Xn^nst .'.;, iSs;,, marrii'd C II I'arkiT, icsidcncc Sco'.stosMi, sfvcii cliildivn ; John, Iiorn jiim.' i(, iSs(), dii-d l-'cliriiarv w, i SN,-, ; I'lli/a, liorn ( )i.tol)(.'r 5, i.Sin, nianiid W. 0. Shannan, two ihildri'ii, died I'\liriiary 15, i.S()2. ( )ii thr i)ix'irdin.i', \>A^v is a pholo-ciij^raviiij; of .Mr. .ml Mi>, Claik. .H»SI\II IM)VI)i:i.l.. nc luial mrii.Iiaiit at Hniv Station, was liorn in 'I'o- idtilo, ( )nt., ill 1S5 |. His fatliiT, HiMiry IJoydtll.wliM was forimih' a Imiilur nii'ri-h.int in I.ivi'ipool, i'!ii^., died in Toronto in 1S50, and in i.so, , tlu- f.iiiiilv rituiin.'il to l'",ni; I.iiid In iS()i) (iin- snl)jfi't iflnnifd to Canada, I'oin- iii>.j to Cniuploii county in 1S71. I'"or several ycais he was l)0(d; I^lizaheth .\ij;nes, born May i(). iSSS; C.ertrude Ivva, born September 22, iSq: ; Ktlielwyn Trevor, born December 12, iSi),;. Accoiiii)anyiiij.; this is an enjj;raving of Mr. H()vdeirs home in Hiiry, with himsi'lf and family i^roiipcd in front. K1..-I1)|'..\CI'. Ill r.iiN Di-.i.i,, l.l-.WIS A. IJHNNI:TT. farmer, was born in Hnry, May 7, 1S5S. With llu' e.\ception of six years in X'ermont ; he has always resided in Hnry township. His parents, Joseph and Mary iHntler) Heiinett, are still liviiij.:;. Our subject was married in Hrowninjjton, \'t., January I.), 18S6, to Laura Jane, daughter of Kzra S. and Laura I*. Crandall, of the same place. Issue, one dan}.^liter ; b'.nid Sylvia, born April 3, 1S91. The engraving on top of next page shows Mr. Heniiett and family in front of his residence, which is situated about two mile.'-' north of the llrookbuiv l'>ist Office. J,H NtsroNV i*r , in H.iriiliani. N'oilolk C«>,, Ivii^., tlinl in It klmry, Drii'Milirr ii>, iNSi ; 111- laiiir to Cana; in iui^lainl and tint iiiniin)^ ti) Catnida nntil si vi'ial yi-ais aftiT. 'I'lii' nr" I's (if till' lliiii' wlm lainr \\\\\\ tluir pannts wiTo Maiy Ann, ji'lin, and loniinia. At tlir lioiiuni 111' tliis pa>^i' is an cnj^ravin^ of llu' n-siiU'iici.' iti Ml. William l-'rancis with Iiiinsrlt' and family at tlu- li It ; llir lady and i.Iiildn.'n to tlir rif^^lit ail- tiiiiids fmni MassailMisttts, will) wi'iL- \isitinjj Mis. l-'raniis al tlir linu' tlu' pliiit(>v;rapli was taken. <)iir snlijeet was mar- ried at Hro<)kl)nry, N'oveinher .•}, iSdl), lu Amelia Jane, daiijilitc-r of ('ieor).;e Dowiies. He died April I I, iS^i, iiyred tift\-si\ years. Issue, three ehildreii : Willis I)., Ikhii I )ei.eiiilier i, iS;(.; Ccorge W., l)!)rn Marelt .(, iSS^; Ivll.i J,, horn tktohcr S, iSog. _„. ^V ^k fc ^^^ ■^■^'\' p^j\ o It MI"ICi| Si I .IHSSI: okl.lN the township of Hiiry, and in i.S;^ settled where he at present lives. Mr. Cilhert and lis son own and carry on a • iw mill elose to their home in Miiry, and tluv also have a steam mill at Bishop's Crossinjj, in Dndswell, a few miles distant. .\ei.dinpanyin).j this sketeh is an enj.^ravin}.; of the home of Mr. Cilhert, in fiont of which he. his wife, and tluir iliildreii may l)e seen. Previons to iS^M, when he went ' ~ ■ 7^ into the saw mill Imsi- ness, Mr. (lilhert was a hirnier atid carpenter. He has held several promi- nent oiViccs, amonj; them that of conneillor, also Sah- hath-school sni)erintendent for several years. He was married in Mast Dnds- well, Xovemher 22. iS')i, to Lodema Mary, danj^hter of Oliver Hishop. Issue, fonr children : l-'rederiek William, horn Xovemher 19, 1S6S, married, Jannary 2^, I'S^s, Annie L. (1. Ward, residence, Dnds- well; Wilford Lewis, Ijorn i11!1.Nl1. (il (I. i,:i.i;i.ui. jii'v I .r. I'^r.S; ICiiimaJaiic, hitrii .\llK'l^l I |, 1S71 ; l'',Uii' Maria, li >rii July IS. i>»7,U ;., - has hicn ,1 cnuniillor, and held other niiuoi- niuiiiiii»il oflices. I'm- scviial yiai-. lie was clerk of tin- Advent ihunh society, aiul formerly president of tin- i'lU'y l'".irmers' Cluli. llr has heen a successful farmer, and has one of the ])leasanirsi homes in Urookhury. .\ photo-cn).,'r;ivin^j of liis residence is here j^dven. lie was married in llatlcv. i;n\.1'; oi- cmaui.iis \v.\i»li- tcr of till' late Wi'lliiij^ton ( )sj;ood. Issue, fivi' rliil- (Inn : Cliatlis Wellington, Imhii AiiKii'^i i>. i^^T'i. .\ii)^iist Id, iSSii; llcuiy ( )-.j,;iiiiil, liKiii jiily 1,5, !SS|; juIia Ciiaci', Imhii jiil\' 1 |, Anna l.ctitia, horn ScpteiiilKi 1, iss-; Maij^aivl I-lvelyii, Imhii .\|)IiI i ^, iSiio, A cn>,;i'.ivin,i; of tin- residence of |)i W'.iKs is ])nsiiitc(| lutiu itli. .\ iiiiiii.itiirc of himself he seen ill llii iippir corner. Kl SllPlNi. Ill r. N w \i I sM n k w t:WNi:sr riri:. farmer, was hiirn in Hrookhnry. January .|. iSho, where he has always lived. IK' is a son of D.ivid and Rosamond iMnrti Tite. They are Imlh living at Hronkhiiry. ,\ccompanyiii>i this sketch is an eii^ravin^' of the residence of Mr. Tite, very prettily loc.iled opposite the ])nst ofliee on tlie Hrookhiirv ridne. In fmn*. h- Mini fniiih' iiiav he seen. He was married at Co.itieook, One , jnly N, iS.S,. to Matild.i M., dau).;hter of .\hram W'aile, and widow of Clias. I'iihett, Montreal, hy whom there was one dau>;hter, ( lenevieve. Mr. W'aile died at W'hilhy, ()nt., in i.sSj. Issue, two I children: Nellie May, horn July i), iNSh ; Stanley ' Alexander, horn July -', iNSi). j^^^m^im^]^^'^*- Hw mm '■ .'•.:.' V *■ THOMAS HI-NNHir. Dominion r.overnmcnt land anil iiiimi>.;ratioii aj^eiit.was linrn N'ovemher I, I, iS_'s, in the comity Cavan, Ire. He came to Hurv in July, iS;7, with his parents, who were amon^ the tirst settlers. His father, John Hennett, died August iq, iS6(). Our suhject always followed farmiiij^ until iS.Sj, when he was a])i)ointed immi.i;ralion a).;ent, and moved to l!raudoii, M.iii. In iSS() he was Ir.iiisferred to take eliarj.;e at WimiipeiLj of immigration at that place, where he remained until 1N9I, when he was sent to South IvlmoMlon, N'. W. T. He was one of the proiiiinenl men of Comptoii .-'rr.-.v,.;. . . " ».' y* ^ ki:siiii:ncI'; oi' iiknust titi;. 3%t insroKy of cmfrrox rotwrv cotitily, hrlvill^' l)ccii coinuilliir for fniirlrni yearn, ttinyor hIx ycnrn, itiul \v:iril«Mi tlirrc yi-nm. iKviinliir .'<>, iS(i), at Main lifsli-t, N. II , lu' nmitiitl Jmio iMrliln, nl' Kniiily 'i'yiniii', In*., who (lii'd in iS()t>. Ihmiu', Irii iliildrrii, Nix living: Joliii W.. iHtrii I'Vltrtiary .|, 1N51 ; Jatiii'M H, horn ScpliMiiliiT jft, iSsj; (Jcnr^ji- T , Itorn Ortt'lur |H, iS^y; I'rctli rivk I'., lH»rn (K-IoIkt i'>, !>>'>;; CoriUlia, l)orii April v, i^S\, Miarri»iigniori', of Si't>tlaiid. Inkuc, tmv d.iuglilvr! Williclniiitd F, iMtrii NovcinliiT 11, lN9,v AMOS WAI.IliU .Ml'NUIIMS. farmrr, was Itorii Srptritdivr 1. tSj;. in Hrouklmrv, vvlu-ie lu* hiu always livi'il. IIi>« fatlu-r, Williain Saiiiidi'is, c.\uu- fiotu Miiftlaud and si'itK'il lu>rc in iSv' \\ i^' iiMMU'illor f«ir twenty yi-arH lU- died in Hiookltury, I'Vhrnary iS, iSi><). Mr. Sanndrr-. was niarrii'' in Hiiry. January if,, 1S77, to Conlilia. dall^.'llll•r of Mr. 'riioinas Mcnni'tt, n.iw of South Ivhuontoii, N, \V, T. hsno, nix i-hililrcn : I.U-wcllyn Waltir, liotn Marili 17, iS7g; janirs II. horn luiu- H, |SS\; Don^Ias J. S, liorii Jnly ;. 1SS5; Thomas W. I*'., Iiorn Si'ptcinhcr <>, i.ssij; ,\ldcn M , horn N«)vrnd)cr t j, iSiji ; Clarinda J. P.. horn An^nst iM, iSSn. I-DWAHI) I.I'ONAUI), fariiKT, was horn in l\'rni.tnaii>.;h, Ireland, in tSii. Canu' to llroiikliury and Mttli'd on his present farm in i^^is. I''or twenty-one years mnnieipal eotmeiUor. I''ir«t marriage at Shcrhrooke, in iS^.', lo Mary Ketiney, of Hnuikhnry. Issnc, seven ehihlren, fonr living: James II , Ixirn I'ehriiary ir. 1S55, married I'!Ii/aI)eth I)iitVield, resicU-mi-, Uronkhnry, one child; Williain !•!.. horn June 11, iSs*), married Mar^aiet Hoyle, residiiiee, Sawyerville; John ()., horn Jnly id. iSoi, married Mary I'ehleniaii, residence, Mrookluiry, six ehihlren; Snsanne, horn Manh 7, iSsH. marrieil Mdw.ird MeCafTerty, residence, l'"lande's, five eliildren, Mrs. Leonard died Jniie K), |S7() Second marriage at Cookshire. Jannary jS. iS.S.i, lo Ilmiora \'., (hmnliler of the late Charles McCafferty, of Learned IMain. WAI.I.ACI; V. H«M>KI:k, farmer, a resident of Hrook!)nry, w.is horn in hndswell, One., Septeiiiher j 1 , iS;,i). When twenty-one years of a^e he moved to Mrookhnry, and has always lived theie. lie is a prominent nuinher of the I*, of I, iMrst marriage at Mrookhnry, Xovemher I, i.S.Sii. to Kniily M. Rich, died Jannary m, iM()v Second marriavje at Miookhnry, to Mmily M. Clark, I'V'hrnary 2, iScjj. Issne, twin hoys: l.loyd and I'loyd, horn Jannary 2, 1S95. JOHN W. IM)WNl:S. farmer, was horn in Hrookl)nry, Jannary 2<), iS.\s,. lie lias always lived in Hrookhnry, except the fonr years he was in New Hampshire, n.s u weaver. ( )ctoher 26, 1S72, in Naslina, N. 11., he married I'hehe M. Hooker, who was horn Noveinher ij, iSpS. Issne. one chihl : Lena An^iista, horn Jnne .'7, i>^~H. I:UI:nI:ZI-R SHAKMAN. famur ami carpi'ntcr, was horn in SniTolk, \',\\^.. N'oM-mher ,v\ iS.v|. lie came to Cantcrhnry, his ])rcsen'. home, in |S;,'). He has lu'ld thr offurs of councillor and school connnissioncr. Was married Jannary i, 1.S511, in Hnry, to Carolini' Hciinctt. Issue, six children: James, horn Jnly 7. 1S5-,, married Maria Mayhcw, two chililrcu ; Walter ()., horn ( )ct()l)er yt, iS6;, married first ICli/a Clark, second, .■\n),H'liiic McCo\ , four children; Sarah, horn March i;,, 1^5,;; Mary A., horn .Xiiensl if), 1S5S, marrii'd Heiir\- (loodwin, residence, .Scolslown, one child; Lncy J , horn ,Iaiiuary 5, i.Sdi, man iid Charles l!o\\n, residence, \'ictoiy roail, Hiiry. DHNNIS TITE, fanner, was horn in narnliam, Xorf(dk comity, IviiK-. M:iy -Q, i'"^-;,v Came to Brookhnrv in iS^6, where he has since lived. Has held the office of coiincillor for sevenl yi'iirN VSxnK iiiiirriaKi' in hiuUwi'll in iM|M, in Mtiiily KiHliop iHMiir, Mix cliiMtfii, ft>iir living: Alfml, loMi ill I'Vlinmry, 185^, marrinl Small St«»ikH, rioiiUiuT llriH>kl»iii\, fmir iliililrvii; l.iliii. Imiii juiu- ri, |N|7, iimrrini Win M.mIwiII, h «»iilin«r NaHliuu. N, U ; Nillir, iNtrii in Junr, iX.vi, iiiairiiil (lin, MxiTi-tl, ri'»it|iiin' l.iiiir Ki«lK». llir»T »liililnii; titrtrinU', Ihimi iti NiivciiiIht, iHf>j. Siiiiiiil iiiarriiiKi' in SiptiiiiUr. 1N71, in I)ii(l I I Came to Itniy with his parents in iNp). Marriecl in lli>{h>;ale, \'t., Ocloher -'-', iSftr*. !'• I.elilia Hoyd. Issue, ten children: janics II, hnrn Dcceinlicr 37, i.Sfu); N'trnon J., Iiorn Annust o, iSS.S; Wintield .S., hum March t, iSi;«i; ICUeii J , hum ( )ctoher jh, 1S71, married (I. ,*s. Rich, deceased, rcsidi-ncc Hrookhury, two children; Sarah Iv, liDrn Septcirlier 17, 187^, inarrieil IIuIiImmI 'I'uruer, residence, Hiuokhury, uiie child; Maiid M, Imrn January 1 •,, 1X76; (iertrude, Itiirti Auj^iist ii), 1S79; Susan K,, horn Jniic 18, iS.So; I.etitia I')., hmii April |, iH.Sj; Hniina J,, horn May 1,^, 1SH4. SAMlnn. <)RI). miller and fanner, was hdrn in Hnry.Jinic «), iH.}7, and has always resided there. Married in Marhleton, Que., August 15, 1H77, to Adeline Hatley, of Mnry. Issue, six children: KiKy ICdson, horn June 9, 1S7.S; Minnie M, horn .August .>5, 1.S71); I.ottie A., horn June n», inSi ; Mahcl M., horn January u, iSS|; Iva M, horn SepteinlKr v>, i'St)<>; Mlhel \\'., h'irn I'chruary i, iSyj. JAMI'S Hl!(IH I.RONAHI), farmer, was horn in Mrookhury, I'chrnary it, 1S55. where he has always lived. .At present he holds the otVici- of councillor, vice president Comptoii county 1*. of I. .\ssociation, and secretary Hury I'arniers' Clnh. U'as married at Cooksliire, .\pril 15, i.S7(), to Ann Mli/ahelh DntVield. Issue, one .ion : l-Mward Philip, ho:u Dccemher .'i), i.SS.i. The father of Mrs. Leonard was from Hcll'ast, Ireland; and lur mother, Charlotte Mesaiii, from Hampshire, IviiK-. >^ ^'''I living; at Hrookhary, a^ed eighty years. MI;NWY ()HI», t'arnur. was horn in Mnry (Dudswell roadi, where he has always lived, Ileccmlier 11, iS|(), \\ present he holds the otlke of school commissioMcr. Was married at kol)i'ison, June i\, \Mi.\, to Mary .Ann Moss. Issue, nine children: John .\., horn May I), I1S63, marrii'd Ivmma Tockeletou, two children; Charles II., horn July i -' I'*^(h); Cieor^^e .\., horn Dec'jmher H, 18S2; .\nnie A., horn July 17, 1S67, married Olsen, four children; I'ersis Iv.. horn July 17, iSt^, married J:imes Colemin, three children; Krances .\., l)orn ( )ctoI)er '7, 187.^; Ivdith H., horn March i, 1877, married Rufus lAhourveau, one child; Jessie ,\., horn N'ovemher 22, 1879; Maggie A., horn .Seplend)er .S, i.S.So. JOHN I.KFHBVRR, carpenter, miller, and farmer; was horn in .St. (liles, I.othiniere county, June (), 1S3S. Came to Hury in 1.S71. .At ])resent holds the otTice of councillor. Was married in Hury, January i, iSSi, to Mary .Amelia Hown. Issue, three children, two living: Charles Joseph, horn January i.), 1S82; \\''lliam, horn June 22, 1S85. J54 //tsn^h'v ()/■■ ((KU/'/vx (()cx/): CAIMAIN AI.I:XANI)l-« l.l:WIS MclVliW, tiadiT and taiiiicr, was Ix.ni at Robinson, AukhsI II), 1S5S, anil has always liwil tliciv. ili- si'iMiii'il his education at Mishops Collt'>;e si-hool, lA'iinoxvilli'. Has been a (.(luni'ill.ir for yt-ats. Conmrtril with tlu' I'ifly lij^hth Hatlalioii, ami captain for tho past fifteen years. He is a son of I.iwis Melver, who eanie from Lewis Islaml, Scot., and died in Rol)inson, while Mayor of the township of Hniy, October i.], iSS], ajjed seventy-two years. Ilis mother, Sarah Pope, born in Ajtril. iS;3, still lives in Robinson. Our subject was married :it Toronto. June 4, iSS|, to Miss Nina K. Isiiupiier, of \\'o()(lstj;ht livinj;; Anders, born May 9, iiS^.S; Ole, born Ai)ril v, iShi; iMitjoff, born June _\s, i.Sdy; Helena Catheriiu.', born May 29, iSfi.i, married James Crawford, ofCoKille, Wash., four children; Anna Sophia, born June o, iHt)j, married Alfred Clark, residence, Ileleu.i, Mont.; Helinda Matilda, born March i.?, 1S71; Rebecca Jane Maria, born September 21, 1^7,,; Hardis Amelia, born October i,|, iSSo. WILLIAM \\ klGHT, farmer, was born in Stanstead, December i, 1S3:,. Came to Hnrj' in 1S57. Drove the staj.je from latter jjlace to Sherbrooke for six years, afterwards was hotel keeper at Bury for four years, and since then has been a farmer. He was a member of the Coukshire cavalry for over tweut}' j'cars, and was in active service in iShh, at Stanstead and at Frelijjhsburg, in iS/o. He is senior member of the commissioners court for trial of small causes; a stronj.^ supporter of the National Polic}' and Liberal-Conservative party. Married at Katon Corner, May _'j, :Sr)o, Sarah Iv Strobridj^c, of IvUon. Issue, three children : Herbert H., born June iS, 1S6;,, married Madj^e Henderson, of Brooklyn, N. Y, residence, Kyle, W. \'a.. one child; Henry C, born January i.|, i.S()5, residence Seattle, Wash.; Chancy W., born Decend^er iS, iSb(), residence, Kyle, \V. \'a. WILLIAAl BOWN, manufacturer, is a son of 'Pliomas Hown, who died January jS, 1S76, at the age of eighty-six years. Mr. Hown was born March 17, iSjS, in the township of Hnrj', where he has resided ever since. He is a manufacturer of and dealer in lumber, also a builder and contractor. He is at present municipal cimncillor and school commissioner, also church warden in vSt. Thomas' church. Married Deccnd)er v>, I'^Zl, t" Mary Charlotte, dangliter of William Herring, of Hur^-. Issue, four children: Walter Arthur, born November 29, 1875; Arnold William, born October 21, iSSo; Ivrnest Roy, born November 11, 1S93; Mar}' Kdith, born August 30, 1S77. Thomas Hown, above mcntioued, was a captain in the militia and held several municipal offices in the township of Hury. JOHN BENNETT, farmer, resident of Canterbury, was born at .Shcrbourn, vSt. Johns, Ham])shirc, iCng., June 15, iSiS. Came to Hury with his ])arents in i.S;,6, and always lived on the same farm. L'irst marriage .April iS, 1S42, to Matilda, daughter of the late Thomas Maidment Issue, six children, four living: .Albert J, born .April J5, 1S44, married Lucia M. Andrews, one child; Frederick .A., born January 6, iSss, married Rosette Crawford, three children; Caroline vS., bcirn March 14, 1S58, married Robert Ciraham, residence, Clifton, three children ; Charles, born November S, 1859, married Louisa Asker, residence, Bury, three ///S/OUi' (>/■ COM/TON COCNTV. 2.VS iliildrcii. Si't'oiid iiiarriaK't-' St-pti'tiihiT .v. if^'^'::, to Altliffi (ircnn, wirlow of John Aiulrews, ol" iCaloii Issue, oiK- son : Ri'IiIrmi. Ihhu XovfiiihiT z~, iSf)^, iiiaiii(.(l Alicf (loiild. Mr. lU'iiiKlt's first wilV (lird Maivli 25, iSOo. lie scncd as a volunteer in the Uehellion of iN^-. Is a prominent inendiei' of the Chnreh of Ivnj^^lanil, havinj; been warden several times. (inoUdU COATliS, farmer, was horn in Rockland, St. I'cters, Norfolk, Va\^.. June 21, 1835. Came to Hroiikhury in iS^), whe-re he has alway.s lived. His father, Sampson Coates, died here May .'(), 1876. Married in Hnry, January iS, 1865, to Delia, daughter of Robert Batley, who died in January, iScjo Issue, nine children, eight living; Wesley j., born Se])tember 30, 1S65, married Clara Mrown, residence, Hrookhury, one child; James S., l)orn July 21, 1S6.S, married I'!/ilda \'ieenl, residence, Rohin.son, two children; Charles G., born December 19, 1869; Willis R., born I-'ebruary 29, 1871 ; Samuel H. II., born October 20, 1874; Nehemiah Ci , born July ;,o, 1882; Walter W., born November 14, 18S4; Rufus A., born I'ebruary 22, 18S7; Luella M,, born December 2S, 1875, married John Thompson, residence, Hrookbnry. JOHN DOVVNHS. farmer. Came to Hrookbury in 18.V1. Was l)orn ii: .Xltleljoro, Norfolk, Ivn,!^ , A]»ril 4, iSi(). In Hury, .\|)ril 27, 184(1, he married Sarah, daughter of Wm. Ward, who (lied here I)eeenil)er =,, i8')7. Issue, eleven children, six living: James, born July 3, 1S47, married Xaomi Clark, residence, Hrooklxiry, four ehildien ; All)ert, born March 9, 1832, married Ilannali Hennett, residence, Hrookbury, three children; .Alfred Iv., born February 13, iS(i2; Henry, born January i, i8()8; Arthur .\., born September 24, 1871, married Myra A. Warby, residence, Hrookbury, one child; Sarah, born Septend)er 23, 1854, married Frank Hutlers, residence, 'riiomp.sou, Minn., two children. cii\r'n:R \i\. 'P I I U \ S II I I' III I, I \ (, W U K , 'rilis Irail is licmiKUd liy tlir tnw iinIu'i^ nf W'lrdnii, in WulU' (.(unilv, W'iiislow, IIiiin|Hkii ;iii(l I^iuy. It \\;i>< uclid iiilo a tn\, iislii]), and ill |iart ,v;iaiiU'(l Ma'i'li 7, 1S117, In William \'aiuli.l\(.ii(liiii, J(ist.'i)h Aiijl;*.'!", Aii.mistiii I.anu', I'imv iKlislc llu' y(iiiiiiL;rr, Aiitniiu' 'Pnuk-IK', Jnacliiiii iK'lisk' tin.' yminj^vr, Jean l^aplistc W'.siiir llii.' yw n\i.iit dali', nid llusi' ^rauls ri'Mitrd to tlu' Crown TIk' wliok' attiTwai'ds hiiaiiu- tlif ]iro|)(.'t\' ol tin.' i^itisli AiiUTiiaii I.aiid Coiiipanw Salmon livt-T (.iilt.'rs Liii,i;uii.k fiom Ham|i(k'n, and tlouinju; tliroii.uli the south and west ])arls ot" tlif ttiw iislii]), innis north into Wivdon. Tlurt.' ari' also two lakes of sotiu' si/c, naukd ivsjuitively M/■ tiKU/'/i>A' (V'/W/)'. 257 The cabins built bj' tbc settlers the first year were very siii.tII. Tlie season was so late when tliey cainc that the bark would not i^el, and so they loofed thcni with split cedar, and sonic with spruce and tir hD.i^hs. Tlicy were floored with little poles, hewed on one side, and had one door and one window, beinji^ only one storj* hi)^h. The cabins had no fire places or chimneys the first winter. I'lat stones were laid on the floor and aj^ainst the cud of the cabin fnrihest from the door. A hole was made in the roof to let all the smoke out that was inclined to escape. The roof was froncrally so badly constructed that whenever it rained outside it rained inside also. The kitchen utensils were a few dishes brouj^ht over from Scotland, and a p )t or two. The furniture consisted of -i table, a cupboard, or "dresser" ns it was called, some clumsy home-made tools, and a bed or two. riie settlers lived the first year principally on o.itmeal, advanced by the H. A. h. Company. They paid for this the following summer at the rate of 55 for one hundred pounds, by grubbinjj out a road from l^iry to (lOuKl. Tliesc Scotch families were all housed in four cabins the first winter. They were clioppin^j all the time, and kept a fire K<'i"R "ij^ht and day. L!ach family had l)een j^iven a sap kettle by the Compan\-, and after leaching the ashes the lye \,'as made into potash. In this way it helpeil to }^ct seed grain and jjotaloes in the spring. In iS.|i the second crew of Scotch settlers came to Lingwick, twenty-seven families in all. They were instructed by the first settlers, profiting by their experience. They all passed through the same hardships of pioneer life. .Scotchmen moved into Lingwick, several families at a time, for a number of years thereafter, being the principal proportion of the settlers. Among the pioneers of (iould was the late James Ross, the first representative of Compton county at (Juebec after Confede.ation. A biograph}- of his life is to be found on another page. In those early days large, gaunt, white wolves and bears were quite numerous. Further than killing a few sheep and calves tliej' did very little damage, although known to chase the settlers once in a while. The government offered a bounty for killing the wolves which was the means of soon exterminating them. The Cowans, previously- mentioned as among the first settlers, were a little better off, and in what then could be considered comfortable circumstances. They, with the Hanrights, seUled on the east side of the Salmon river. Henry Cowan was ferryman for the first fifteen years before a bridge was built. The Cowans and Hanrights were always willing to help the Scotch settlers whenever their Highland pride would permit them to ask for assistance. Instances were known where some of the settlers would go for weeks with nothing to eat but potatoes and salt. Met-srs. Henrj' Cowan and James Hanright are bo i\ living, having seen this township reach a prosperous state, and all those around them doing well. These two narratives give .some idea of the loneliness and .sorrows met with in tho.se early days. In the winter of iS.)! a little girl, daughter of Murdo Graham, Xorth Hill, started for (iould with about half a bushel of i)olatoes on her shoulder, and w;\s not expected to return until the next day. The following morning one of the inhabitants from (iould, on his way to Xorth Hill, saw the girl leaning against a tree with the bag of potatoes beside her in the snow. He called, but receiving no answer went to her, and found that she '.\as dead, frozen stiff. .X few years after Murdo McDonald and his wife, an old couple living at Xorth Hill, were found dead in the cellar. It appears the weather was very cold and they had gone into the cellar to sleep, taking the bed clothes and a pot full of coals down with them. Two days afterwards one of the neighbors heard the cattle lowing, and on investigation found that even the cat, which had also gone into the cellar, had been suffocated by the gas from the charcoal. The first municipal records of Lingwick date back to 1S55, when the first municipal councils were inaugurated. By referring to the minutes of council proceedings we find the 17 2ss /fts/<'>h'y ('/■- M'i//'/v',v (■(>f'x/): I'lillow iii)4 );i'iitk'iiuii li,i\i' liriii maytn nl tin.' uiiiiiiii]).ilil\ ; Janus Koss, Ji>liii Kniiaii, RhIkiI I'lviK'li, 1). HiKliaiian, 1) MiKa\, A. Ki>^>, ("no. I.aylirld, K. Xiilinlstni, A. NUKay, and \\. V. Ciiw.in. 'I'hr past si'inl '.ly-ltiasiiriTs lia\i' In'in : A. Wail, ,|as. Rnss, W'ni. Ihulianan, \lr\ MiKinntin, Jolin MiKinnon, and K I> C is iMnipusid as fiilldws: I> I). Ml 1 )iiiialil, inayDV, AU'\ MiKay, R. \'. Cowan, Am),;ms McKay, Nril Mil.iiUian, M. Mi'Imt, aiul M. II M(.Ia;m1 ; si i ritary-liiasnrir ("hk !•". Cnwau 111 I,in)i;\\ ilk tluii' is niu' nuiiKJ and rii^lit iKuunl.iry silinnis I'linriiml in nmiK! siIkpoI is Miss Annii' McI )iina]d. 'riic ImaKl nf siIumiI loniniissinnns is iiiin|Misi'd as Injldws: Wni. Wilson, ihairniau, IViii VuuniL;, Mnrdnik McDonald, John Minriscm, and Iv. C MiKay; si'ditary livasunr A]r\. McKay. There aic twi) ilinrclii's only in the 'rownsliii), hotli at (Idiild. Tlu- I'li'shyti-rian (Imi'i'I elinivli was tlrsl IniiU in iS|5. This was pulled dnwu, and a fine new liriek ehureli ereeted within the past three or four years. Just at present there is no settled I'reshyteriin niiiiistcr. ()\er oi,uht-tcntlis of the iuhahitants .if I;e, with hotel, ji;eiural stores, jurist and saw mills, etc. population, one hundred and twenty-five. Mail daily. Postal revenue, iSgs, >25. Xorth Hill is nine miles from Weedon station, and the centre of a farniinjj^ community. Mail daily. Postal revenue, iSt)5, Si 2. The census of i.Scm j^ivcs the followinir ])articulars about Liii.nwick : Population, i,ti22; families, iS.j; houses, 171; males, svj; females, .(Sv P'reueh-Cauadians, 7.,'; others, 950. Rclij^'ioiis — Roman Catholic, 76 ; Church of Ivn.^Iand, 77; Presbyterians, S14; Methodists, i;, ; not s]-ecified, 12. THli l..\ri: JAAM:S kOSS, cx-M. I.. A., was for many years a ])roniinent fi^^nre in the public life of Compton county. I'orn in I'earn, Rosshire, Scotland, in iSi.), he received his early education at the Inverj^ordon j.;;ramniar school, came to this country when 15 years old, and for a few years was engaged in a mercantile house in (Jnebee. Later on he followed the sea, being captain of a vessel trading between Quebec and the West Indies. In iS.\2, he came to Cooksliire, where for tliree years lie carried on business in the stand afterwards owned b}' Mr. Rufus Pope, now one of the oldest buildings in the town. In iN.j.s, he was attracted to the new township of Lingwick, where now stands the village of Gould — of which he was pioneer and founder, here he carried on business until his death in 1.S7.1. Concurrently with this he carried on a manufactoi"}' of pearlash, which in the absence of railways was transported to Montreal in wagons, the goods received in exchange being carried back in the same manner. Mr. Ross ///S/OA'}' or LOMi'lOX COUNTy. »59 (K\'U|)if;y »>• Iii'^ Icrtili' hr.im tnwanls tlu' iiplit'tiiin <•!" his fellow citi/oiis. Many an addic-ss on vital siil)iev.ls, piepaiiil amid tlic atixiclics and trials of life in a n"w country, was ^ivin^j to tin." yonlli of I.itijj^wick to inaki- up in some measure to thiin for the lack of other means of edmatioii. In iSvS Mr. Ross married Miss Marianna Hrowne, of (Jnehee. Issue, i| children, m livin^j: James and (Ieor>;e, the eldest and yonnnest sous, respectively, have spent most of their Ii\es in Montana; Alexander, now customs ollicer in Cookshire, for sometime carried on his father's business, and was mayor of the town until his removal to Cookshire necessitated his resij^natioii of the otVice. lie also served as warden of the county, in 1SS7SS. Charles, of the department of railways and canals, Ottawa; and Crawford, of the C. Ross Co., of Ottawa, Limited, are the other sons Of the daughters, June C. was tirst married to (leorjjc I'ennoyer, of Sherhrooke, second inarriaji[e to Alexander McKay, of (lould; Malvina, wife of Rev. J. Macleod, of \'ankleek Hill; Ivli/aheth, wife of H. A. Odell, of Sherhrooke; Belinda, wife of I). Macrae, of Toronto; Mar^,Mret, lady l)riuc'pal in the Boys' 111^11 School, Montreal. Mrs. Ross died suddenly in iSqo, well and deservedly loved by a lary»e circle of friends. She was a particularly amiable and benevolent lady, retaining; to the last, marked traces of her early beauty. Mr. Ross' memory is held in jjreat esteem by the older citizens of I,injj;wiek, anionji; whom his name is synonj nious with all that is geueious, reliable and upright. HENRY COWAN, farmer, a resident of Cionld, was born in County Meath, Ireland, August 20, iSi.j. Me came to Canada in iS;,i, and to Lijigwick in iS;,(). He was one of the t'lrst settlers in this township, and the house he lives in was the second frame house built in the township, while the barn was the first one erected cast of Hnry. lie held the office of councillor for several years. In Hury, in iN^), he married Catharine, daughter of Donald Mackay. Issue, eleven children: Richard, born in July, 1S40, married Mary Mackay, residence, Washington State, seven childien ; Angus, bon; February 15, 1S47, married Jeannette I'ife, of Lowell, Mass., residence, Gould ; Henry, married Alice Little, residence, Washington State; Gordon, born in October, 1853, married M. A. Mclvlwee, residence, I'\irest Hill, Cal., two children; John, born June 11, i8s7, married Ann J. Murray, residence, Gould, three children; Harriet, married W^ii. Buchanan, residence, Gould, three children; Marj' A., married Roderick Macaulay, residence, Gould, seven children; Catharine, married Rev. Charles McLean, residence, Ardock, Dakota, four children; Margaret, born in 1S51, married I'Mwin Phillips, residence. New York ; Jennie, not married ; Martha, married Robert Murraj*, residence, Lake Megantic, four children. Mr. and Mrs. Cowan are living, and are over eighty years of age. NORMAN MURRAY, farmer, was born on the island of Lewis, Scotland, March 10, 1S29. He came to Lingwick in 1.S42, with other settlers from Scotland, and is now a hale and hearty, prosperous farmer. He has held the office of school commissioner, ;ind was councillor eighteen years He married Jane ICli/.u Hanright, in Liugwick, in 1854. Mrs. Murray's father built the first fiaiiie house in Lingwick, and her mother, who died in iSSi, was 104 years of age. Issue, eight children: Robert, born I)eceml)er S, 1S64, married Martha Cowan, residence. Lake Megantic, four children; I'^-ederick W. ; Daniel C. ; David L. ; Ivstlier M., married Klgiii Weston, residence, Lake Megantic, two children ; .Ann Jane, married John Cowan, residence, Lingwick, three children ; Alice M., married lCl)by Mackay, residence, Scot.s- town, three children ; Malvina Murray. JAMES AUSTIN J>ENNOYER, merchant, was born in Sherbrooke, August 28, 1S6S, going to Gould in 1S70. April iS, 1894, he married IVrsis Lotliroj). Mr. Pennoyer is a grand.sou of lilSTONV <)/■ LiKUrrON COUNT)'. t6l llic lull' Cliiirli's iVmioyiT, ii^H-iit fni- ilir liiiiisli AiiU'iiiaii I. ami C'iiiii|)iiiiy. I lis sIimt is oil till' stand (»f till' liist storr hiiilt in I.in^wiik, and it lias always iTiiiaiiu-d in tlu' I'ainily, ])assinn fnun liis )^raii, i.S()S; Kenneth, horn January j(), 1X70; Donald X., horn Deeemhcr ij, 1S72; Charles M., horn ( )etol)er i ^, 1S7.S; (leotKe (1 , li irn March 19, i.SS_^; Mary, horn July 20, iSbO; M.irjjaret Iv, horn Aiij.;nst xU, 1.S74. KP.NNI-TH r). McRAH. fanner atier iS, tS7c); Samuel 1'*., horn ()ctiilier S, 1.S.S5; I),iniel I,., horn I)ecend)er 19, 1S93; Flora Ann, horn June 29, iSS.); I'ltliue, h.irn May .j, 1SS7; Doliiri M, horn .April S, i.SSc); Lilly ?.i., Ixirn August 25, 1S90; Katie M , horn May j, 1S92 ; .Annie, horn Septemher 4, 1S95. ANdliS (iOI^DON ricKAY, farmer, a resident of Red Mountain, was born in Hiiry, Juno 16, 1S5.?. lie has held the olTice of councillor for six years. Married in I.iujjwick. Decemher 27, iS7(), to .Annie McLeod, horn I'ehruary 20, 1S5V Issue, five children; Dmiald Kenneth, horn .April 7, iS9^; Miri^aret Jessie, horn January 31, 1S7S; Jane Catharine, horn .March 19, iS.So; .Alhiua Miry, horn Octoher 14, 1S.S2; Laura (Irace, horn March 20, 1MS7. Mr. McKay's father and ^grandfather came from .Scotland among the first settlers, DONALO MORRISON, farmer, horn in Lewis, Scot., June 14, nS^s. came to Red Mountain in 1S5.S, where he has since lived. Married at the same place in Octoher, 1S71, to Margaret .McRitcliic, horn June \(i, iS;,7. Issue, six children: John, horn May 2S, 1870; Norman, horn May 2_^, 1S7S; Murdo, horn March i.?, 1SS2 ; Donald, horn March 3, 1SS4; Mary A., born July 17, 1.S72; Maggie Hveline, born June 7, 1S74, died June 16, 1S92; Catharine, born April 9, iS.So. JOHN J. MACKAY, car])enter, iiiillwrij;lit and builder, was born at Red Mountain, Xovcmber 15, 1S59, where he now lives Married at (Icmld Xc-vemher 20, iS9(), to I-'lora McLeod Mr. Mackav was one of the crew of .Scotch hoys who worked on the .Atlantic ^ Pacific railway, travelini; ihrou.iLjh many of the western states, but finally returned to his old home. <1E0R(1E PRANKLIN COWAN, farmer, a resident of (iould, was horn in Lingwick, Decemher 15, 1S65. He has always lived here. .At (iould, October 25, 1S93, he married Heliuda Ross, daughter of James Hauright. Randal Cowan, the father of our subject, came to Lingwick in iS,^6. He married .Susan Heiinetl, of Cookshire. Issue, thirteen children. L'li \i''i'i:k \x. 'I'll w \ > II I I' 111 II \ M r !• i: N . Ill llllill.; Ilstorv 111' tile 'I'mvil nl S'litsliiwil, 'riii-> 'l'ii\Mi>liiii i-' 111" iinmi'.ir -.li.iii ■, iiil.iiiiiin^ milv .'ii,J7ii s(|ii;uv iuivs. Si.'llKnuiilN uiir liisl iii.uk' III llu iimlli, .iiid at alimil llic saiiU' tinu' as in Wiuslnw , Wliitliiii and Mai'-tnii, 1i\ Sinlili ciiiiiLiraiils, AlUT tin.' Imililiiii; <liii>s hi't'mv iiuiiliniud is idnitiial with tliat n|' | I,iiii|idtii. ( »ii Maivli ii'tli, \>^; \. llu' tii\Mislii|i nl' I Iaiii|idiii \\as first cri'iti'd into a soparatf iiimii- lipalitv, pivviniis tu that tiiiii' Iiaviiiu; lurii iiulndrd in the inniiiriiiality nl W'liiltnii, Maistmi am! Ilainpdrii. 'Tluis it miitininil until ..'|tli Jnnr, iSuj, wlnn Smtstuwii was iiunrpnratrd liy \.t i<\ llic I,(..ui''lalinr, and takrn niit nl' tlir tnwll^llip nl llainpcfii I'm niiiiiiiipal ]iiirpnsrs. 'IMir Saliiinii ri\rr llnws iliniiit^li tlii^ 'l'nwnsiii|) intn I,iiii;wiil;, lusiiks sinalK'r stivains tiiluilarv tn it, cliiil' aiimiii; wliiili aii' < Htrr Ilimik, iniuin;^ I'rniii tlu' w\'st nl' Marsloii, and Mniinlaiii Iliniik, lia\ iii'^ its sniirrr in tlir hilly si\tinn^ n|' tlir Mi.',i;antir inniiiitains. 'riu' '-illnnl niliniiilialit \ iiuindrs ihr tn • n n\ Smlslnwn. '\'\\v Imard nl sillnnl rnllllllis- siniuis I'lir i,Si),, was as IhHown; K. Smii, thainnaii, \\ , Mchniiald, Is. ."^ti'Miismi, II. Siudl, ami \. Mnrra\ ; siHi-i'tar\ -tivasiinr, I >. I!. NKI,innaii. '\'\\i\ \\:\\v iiiidir lluir ihari^x' mir inmUd and li\i' idi-niriitarv srluHils. 'I'lu' iiiniKl siiii.nl i> at Si.nistn\\ii, and tlu' tiailuas aif jnhii \KMnlKai, jr., iniiiciiial, and Miosis .\,l;ius and ,S, .Simt, assistants. 'i'lif jiasl Ma\nrs liavi' luiu J. .S,ijU, .]'iia> NKMasliT, Jnliii Smtt, C. II. I'arkiT, I). I ). Milinus, and Tims. Mnir. I'ast siTn tary-tnasiiriTs : j. r.nn.diii, j. Soitt, I). 11. MilAiiiian, R. I!. Srntl, ,|nliii Mnir, Jnhn lilaik, and A. 1). I'arkir. 'The CniiiU'il I'lir i.Si)^, was cninpost'd as Inllows: Ma\nr, jnhn I). Mnrrisnii, and innm-illnis, I). I ). .MrliiiU's, KiMiiirth .Smith, hmiald ,S. Mnrrisnii, M. j. NKI)niiald, (indlrcv Clmninard, and ,Inlin I'riii,i;li' ; si'Ht.iar\'-tr(.'asiiivr, I). I,. .Mckiti'liic-. 'riu'rc arc Iwn pnst nt'tiii-s, iinw ill tlu' 'I'nwiiship, Drll .and Mi-Lmd's Crnssin.i;'. Milan is jtist nil ilu' line lirtwrin Ilanipikai and Maistnii, and is (k'scail)i.d with tlu' histnry of tin- kitti'r Tnw iiship. Ikdl is a |)nst ntVice' I'lvctt'il within a iVw yi'ars, Inratrd ti\r iiiik'S and a half cast nl' Stntstnwii. It is the- I'tailrc nl" a lariniiiiL; fnininnnitw I'nstal rfwiim.', iSi),^, ^.|,v,=^"• Mt'Lcnd's Cinssiii!^ is also a mw post ot'tin' nii the- C. I'. R., likc'wi.se a fariiiiiijr oiiiiniiinity, and the- (.'fiitiv fnr shi])iiieiit n|" cdiisidfrahk- ]n\ p wnnd and liis, in tin.' winter. Postal rcvfiiiu', i,Sq5. S 71 1.511. Tlu' churchc'S in llir niiinii'ipalit\' aix- all incati-d at St-'nlstnwn. Till.' census of iSqi j^ivcs the- I'nllnwiiii; statistics for I lainpdiMi towiislii]), incIiidinL;- tlu' town of Scotstowii. I*o])iiIulion, i,ii()0; families, \^)(^^, houses, 1 s') ; maks, 5()() ; femak-s, 5111). ImvikIi Canadians, 3S0; olhers, ()77. Reliiiioiis — Roman Calhoik's, 1.22; Church of Ivnj^land, i^c 1 ; I'rcskylcrians, 407; Methodists, :;cj ; .\d\ enlists, S-| ; .Salvation .\rmy, i ; not s])ecit"ied, 3. /t/STi^NY f'/ (O.W/WOX (OfX/y. aft.1 T OWN < ) !• sen T S T t » W N . *rii«' iiiiiiiiii|i;ilil\ III' tlir town of StnistuxMi was in'iit» "it" I laiiiii\ Alt 111 till' (Jiiilui I,rKi''l''""'^'. '" l'"^'*-'. 'I'lii' risi'H J,7ii5»4 s(|ii;irf aiTi>, ainl in i.s«)5 liati a \alinitiiiii nl' :*ii « i,i k h ., \'i>\ siliiKil |im|in>,rs ilif tdwii niiiaiiis pail mI' tlic invuisliip. 'I'lu liisi and pivsi-iit iiiaynf is Mr. C. II. I'arUir, ami llii' mi ntai \ -Iriasiin r siini' iSt),', lias liiiit Mr. R. Smii, 'i'lu- rniiin illiiis Imi i.Si);, \m iv : W. V. Ilnwiiian, ]•',. .M. MiKay, C. A. Ia'k*^!'. M. H. .Mai.uiila\ , ,|"lin Ithuk, ami }><•>. I.aiiijliiiH. i,S()()._';v The first hotel was huill aliout the time of the eom])Ielion of the old International railway, hy the late Horaee II. l-'reiieh. It is now owned and carried on liy his .son, C. W. H. l''reneh. There is another hotel, erected a few years aj.;o, known as the Sherman I louse. This was not a success, and has been \acant for some lime. \o li(|Uor licenses have been i;ranted since iSijo. There are four churches at .Scolslown. Church of Ivngland, with Re\. II. A. Brooke as Jf.4 i/isn^NV (>/ (V',i//7(>A' lotfx/y. pantiir, I'lVHhytvri.iii Cliinili, im Htiitiniird iiunistrr at jin-M'tit. Unm.iii c'lilu'lu, Ur\. A, KoitHMMii, palish |)ri('st. Ailviiit Clit i>tiii, iCIiUr .Sainiul Clark, 'rill' AiKriil Cliri«>liaii ilnmli uas m^^aiii/itl ji Maali. iSS-, litit its imr|>linii il.itis l.aiU III Jiil\. iS.S'). It was ui^iiii/iil «itli .1 im iiiliit-'liip <>( ri^lil, ami uitli \!i. U, M, Sinll an filling I'lilrr. A iliapi'i !| \ .;,' iVi t \\.i> Iniilt in ilu tall nl iSS-, mi \llit it stnil, ami wan (U-«licati-tl I'i't'i' III' (Ulit. Tlu pMxiii nil iiitii itliiji is jS, I.I', col.. MM.COI.M II. M \C \l LAN . > oiiti.u Imi .iikI lir.ilii Ml liiiiiliir. w.i-^ Imin in Uussjiirr, Si'iitlaml, Sipliinliv 1 15. i>^\~. Caiin in Wnislow in ,|nl\, iNsi, si-ltliil .it \.a\^v Mi>.;.nitii' in 1S71), ami imiM'tl to SkHtstuwii his pusiiit liuim-, in iSii". < tii putitliiiv; pa^*' \vi' k'^^' •'" »MilKiit I'li^fav ill).; ni liis Iiiiiiif, pfi'ltily Imali'il in S"tstii\\n. ili- Iil'l Wiiisjnw in iS'n, ftilisli'il in till.' army nl tlic Nmili. was onL'tvil Sniiili, iml niiiaiiud lluii' until tlu' ilns nt" tlu' \\:\v. Ciiiii' liaik In Ildstmi, Mass,, in .Xiiyjiisi, iNm^. .\l'lrf living; tliiTi' two yi'ars lir ntiirmil to W'iiis- I>i\\ ill l'\!iriiary, iSdS, ami Ii.is li\iil in tin- rciiintx siiui' that (l.iii , 1 lis liiisi- lli'ss lias Imii iniiuipallv r.iilrnad miiii-.u linj^, ami lanniii;;. I Ii' liail si'\i ral rniitraits mi tlir nld Iiilir- n.itiiiii.il .tiul (j. C. i.iil \\.i\ s, I \i ,ils(i pill in till' Ciiiiksliiri.' uali r umks ami si\Miai;f s\ sttiii. W'liiK' ill lllr I 'llii.ll .irill\ lU' siTVfd iiiidi 1 ('mural 'I'limnas, and was ill tlu' liatiKs at \asliiia,'i\iiii., and Spriii.iK;- lirld, 'i\ nil. IK' llild tlir iitViiT III iii.iym III W'liittmi and als'i ul' i.aki' Mij^aii- tii', I'aili I'm- I'mir \(.-ars, and many nllur ]iiililii nltln s, I U' is a jiisliit.' nl' tlir jKarc I'm- tin.' St. I'ramis I )istfi(.'l. IIi' juiiu-d tin.- ^sili It.inalinii in iSiii), as I.iriitinaiit, lia\iii,i; ijradiiati'd I'rmii llu' Mmitnid iiiililar\ siIkim] that yiar. llr li.is siiiind j.;iadiial prmiiniimi until iinw 1k' Imlds thr limimahU' pnsitimi nl' liriitiiiaiil-rnlmu.d n|' tin.' Itattalinii. ilis I'atlui', .Malcnlni Maeanlw difd al Cnaticnnk in iN;^j. < )iir siihji'tt was iiianud at Cnnksliiri', Ik'ft-'iiihcr 25, 1S71), In I'.niina M., I'mirlli daiij.;htm- nl' llu' lati' C. .\. IJailuy. IssiU', li\i- cliildR'ii, I'mir liviii;^; RnptTl Mahnlm, hmii ( Ktnlur (>, iSS|; Cnliii .\KN.iiukT, limn ()rtnliir -7> '■'^M.i; ,1'""-' Maria, hmii Siiittiiiln. r _'S, iS.Sc,; hjnily Chiisiiiia, Kmn May .'5, iS.s.s. CAPTAIN CHAKI.l:5 WAKI) UAII.liN' l"KI:NCM. lintiUkcciK ; and I'aiiiur, was hmii in Cnnkshiiw Anunst ^, 1.S45. His fallur, iimaii' Ilall l-'rmuh, was hmn mi iIk' old lliiid lanii, Cnoksliiiv, Jiilv i^). 1S12, and died at Scot stow 11, May m. iS'i''. Hi' iiiarrird Harriet H. Ward, nf Ivilmi, wlio died March 26, iSSi^, a).;vd 7;, years. Mr. II. II. I'reiirh hiiilt the Imtel in Cnnkshiie, now owned hy .A. Learned, also the store now owned and oeeiipied hy S. J. ( ).s);()od, ami later SCtiTSTiiWN 111 nil., *,' W II I UINi II, ficnn i ioi< ntsn^h'y or to.wnw cofxrv 1*5 till IliiUl .it Sml-'linMl, lliiu iiUllul li\ 111-. Mill. Ill U.I-. Mill ip| tin illiif MI|»|Mi|U IN lit till' lati' llminralili' John llrtirv l'n|H', aixl al\vii\s iKcply iiitrriHii'tl in piihlit' ciitirpriscH. ( )iir Hilliji'il, C W it I'niuli, u.is I'lliualnl at llu- CiNiknliirf aiaiU-liiy. Il< ImiiIi tlu' AiiuTintil llniisc, CiHiksliiic, lull lilt the liiiililiiiv; III' lilt' liitritiiliitiial r.iilw.iN, ilumi^^li St <>t>tii\Mi, In- iiiiiMil til till-. |il.iii' ill 1N71. wlitif III' has siiiii' ri»iiliil. Ilf li.is lulil lIu' |Mi>iii.iii ui' Captain ill till' >Ntli ll.ittaliiiii. Iitit is iiiiw ri-tiri-il, tvlainiiix rinik. In iNi>|, mi thf rcNiy>natiiin ol' lliiiiDialiU- Jiihn Ml liitn-.li, Mi, iM'tiuh laiiU' within niu' vutf ni' ri'a'i\iii^ tin- iinininatinn nt' till' C'niisi iv.itiM' |i,irt\. .is tliiii i.iiiiliil.iti' I'lii till' !,t'^isl,iti\f \«,>,<'niliK . \t pnsint Mr. ImiikIi is wanUii III St. .\ll»aiis' I'lpismp.il i liiiii Ii. .Solstdwii, lii' lias l>vcii munutl twice, tiisl t<» ki;siiii:nci-; m f 11 iv\kki;u Maria A., I'ldfst daii^^liti'i- nf tin.' laii' C. .\. Hailuy, at Cdtiksliiiv, May ;, 1 , tSt)- ; slii' dii'ij 'l'\'liniary j, isSo, Issiii', tinvi' tliildivii : IIitIktI A., lidni January 7, i.S.S.i; iVrsis 11., lumi \()\i.'iiii»i.'r _'_', iS;,^ ; I'!IK'ii 15.. Ixnii May K). 1S7.S. St-'i'niid iiiairia,i.;r at St'ntsttiwn, l'VI)riiarv i.|, iS.S^, to Katt", ilaiiiihliT nl" I)(i;iald MiImt, ut" Miiim'sota, I'. S. Ismk', six i.-liildivii, \]\l- living: Cliarks D., Ixini Manli j(>, iS.S); Jnliii \\'., Ikhii ( K'tohcr 22, i.S.S.S; llnraii.' R., Ixini Mairli \'\ iS()(i; Martha M., hum Maivli 2, |S,S-; I.nttii.' M. M., hnni July 2},, i.St)i. ( )ii ])rt.'- t'l'diii); paj.;v will \)v I'dinid an i'n,t;fa\ iii.i; nl' tlif linti'l at Sc'nl.stnwii, with Mr. I'rciu-h, his latlur, and I'aniilv in front. CARLOS MHNRY I'AKKRU, inanajrer Saitstown Lniuhcr Co., wa.s Ixan in notlicl, Mc, Scptoinber 2(), iS^sii Ik' caiiii.' to Hiiry in 1S7J, and two yoar.s later moved to S-otstown, where he has jNt nisioNY ot iv.urroN couNrr. Hiiice rvniiU'il. I'lfviiiUM to iuvi|itiiiK liin prvHi'iit |MiHitiiMi In* wuh a iiiillwriKlit tiii>t tuiiilivr iiiaiiiifailimt lli- i^ a mdii nl" Otis I'.iikor, wlm clinl in \\\>>l StfwarlHiowii, N. II, in iSSj, Mr. C 11. I'.ukci w.iH iM;iyiit c»f tlu- lowiisliip nt ll.im|iili-i) lot si-voii ViMi"*. iind wardiu «»f L'oniptoti entitity mu' tcriii. SiiU'v the iiicoritonitiiMi nl' tlu' town ot' ScDtHtowii in lHi|j, lie liiiH liitil tlu' iitVu-i* ot' itiiiyor. Ilv Ih a [>riiitiiurnt nu-iulicr of tlu- K. T ol' T , mi'l lioMs tlic nlVui- of P. C. At CaiitiTliiiry, Si'|»t»iiil»iT •(», |S7,S, In- iii.iiiii'il M.uv, l^;l• of tiiis hook. Is>*iu', si-vni i, liiliinn, fivi- livin>{: John Otin, horn June it, iS8i; PitkIh Ann, horn April ,;, iSSj; Ari'liih.il«l Sylvo.<«tri*, liorii I'Vhni.iry i\, iHSo; Winnifri-il I'!h">.i, h »rn jann.iry .>, iS.s.S; Il.troltl Ia'hUc, h»rn M ircli i<). iii:siin;si. !■: m- ioiin iilmk, m^'pimiuvn 1X90 ( )ii piL'Cidinj; paj^e i.s a j)liot(i-cnj.jravi!i^ of the rcsidoiice of Mr. I'arkt-T, and in iVoiil h». and hi.s family niaj- he seen. JOHN IM.ACK, iiianaj^'or T.ninher Company's store, nt Scotstown, was horn in Rothesay, Island of Ihile, ,Scollaiui, July 20, iS.jy. .\u enijraviu),' of his home and family, from a ph')lojjraph taken in the fall of iSgs, is jj;iven herewith. Mr. Hlack lauded in Canada May i ^, 1S7J, and for a short time he was elerk for Messrs. Brooks, Haeou iS: Co., in the lar^e htiildin^r opposite the I'). T. Hank, Sherhrooke. In the same year, 1S72, he aeecpted a position with the (Uasjrow Canadian Land aiul Trust Company, with head ofllee in Seotstowii. Mr. Hlack was one of the first settlers in the villajfc, ami has seen the plaee grow from woods and stumps to a thriving town Our suhjeet is agent for the Ci. N. W. Telegraph Company, tmroRY or voMrios cocnty. ^ iittd ItiiH l)rvii a I'litiiu'illitr nf SiotNinwii Niiicc ilH iiici)r|N)riiti<>ii, |ircvi()UN to lltnt time lie wuit ii I'oittuilliir ill tile toM'iiHliip of lliiiii|irnary is. 1H71, to Aiinii, dau>{litft nf An^itH Nti-Alpiiif, who iH Htill living in Kothi'say, w^kA eighty tive yrnrH, llir iiintlur tlii'd July 6, |S«>5, oKed Hrvnilv iM^Iit vrarn, al'ltT a liijipy utddiil lifi* of fifly ••In yearn. They wcmc ImiiIi iiiciiilierH ot' the Wi'^t l''u'c ilitinli. Mr. McMpiiu* waw I'nr Iwinty yi'ars s.ipctiiitiiidnil ol poliiv in Knthi'say, and in now in ehar^tv of the Cnitrt ilnnHr, Isstiv, Ww chiUlreii : Mar^ant Itatlxmr, first wliite child ever horn within the liniitN of the present town of Seothlnwii. horn I'Vhrnary l«), 187.1, married Septenil»er j<>, iSt)i, to Anthony Malierti, one ehihl i.Anne ICUm, Imrii July III, iSi)sl. lesitieme, Sciitstowij ; John, bttrn AiiKU.st is, 1.S77 ; Aiikuh Clelaiul, !K)rn ()il«(lK'r I, iSKi ; Kli/aheth Annie, horn July .'i, iSH.s ; Co- iciia, lioiii Manh s. i^^*;. ^^^^^^^^H CIIAUI.I:S A. I l!(tliW, inerehaiit tailor and dealer in ^^riii's I'lmiishin^;, \wi«< horn at ( Utaw.i, ( Int.. Mas U, \>^i-ii. Ill' attended tile ( >tta\sa rniversity aiid^fra- diiatiil tluiit'niui. Ill l.SS.) Ill' I. mil' to Sioislown ami ha.s Ikim siieeessfnl in Iii-. hnsiness Tlii' eiiy;ra\in^ wliiili \\e j.jive hi riwitli is his shop, store ami |ii i\ aU' risideiiie, speiially liltrd n|i I'm the hiisiiiess hy Mr Iak*-''. "ho may he seen standing.; in front, lie takes a pinininent part in till- l.ilieral .X.ssoeiatioii ot' Coiiiptmi eouiity, ami for the jjast two year.s has heeii presiileiil oj' the saiiU'. When Seotstown was imcitporated as a town Mr. I.ij^er was one of the first sexeii loumMlIor; ilmsen, ami still holds till' position. Ilr was married at ( )tta\va May 5, iNS.', to Jane. daii^lUrr of tlu' lair !•'. X. (iiHTlin, I'or SI veral years one of the eoiineillois of that lity. liirjNIFZRk MAI.I.OY McKAY, hlaek.sniilll, was honi in Ihiry, N'oveiiiliei' i, i.Ssg. lie laiiie to Seet.stown in i.SS.|, previous to that time heiiij.; Ii\e years in western states. He is one of the eiptineillms of Seotslown, and is now an eliler in the I'leshyteriaii elinivh. Was married in (lould, January <>, 1SS3, to Alice Maud, daiij.;hler of N'ormaii Murray, of (Jould. Issue, three children; Donald Russell, horn Sepleiuher 10, iSyi; Margaret Jane, horn l)eeenil)er id, iSSS; Carrie .Sherhunie, July 15, 1S91. DONALD A. MACKE:NZIB, harness maker and dealer, was horn in Winslow, March 10, iS;.', niovinjf to Scotstown a few years aj^o. He is u nicinl)er of the R. T. of T., l)eiiij.f a past councillor, and at present fniancial .secretary. He is a sou of Allan Mackenzie, of Scotstown. sTiiui'; «»;■■ c, A. i.i;(.i;k, CIIAPTI'R NX I. To \V \ S H I r o !• W I N S I. (I \v . Including History of Mmiicipalilifs ol' North and Soiitli Wiiislow. This tract of land, wliicli forms the northeast corner of tlie connty of Conipton, contains ahont 73,ixii) s(|ttarc acres. It was erected into a township named VVinslow, April U), 1S51, and has been subseqnently divided into two distinct ninnicipalities, viz. : North and Sonth W'inslow. All of these townships, which were not surveyed or subdivided until after 1S50, had been named and were outlined on the maps by the first survej'ors, about iSon. Houchette, the survcyor-j^eneral, writing in iSis, speaks of them as being projected townships. Winslow is rather stony, but is. nivertheiess, a good grazing country. It is watered l)y Felton river and its branches; and iMcIver lake lies on the Lingwick border; Trout and Maskinonge lakes lie on the Wolfe county line ; while Lake St. I'rancis touches the count}' lin of Heauce. This township was first settled about tiie time lumbering operations were begun in this part of the country by the late C. S Clarke, for the supply of his mills at Broiiipton Falls. It was government land and opened by government roads. The settlers in the southern and larger part of the township are chiefly Scotch, those at the north, I'reucli Canadians, .SOITII WINSLOW Previous to iS^Q no one had settled in .South W'iiislnw. In 1S51 about twenty families, who had some time ])revi()usly emigrated from Scotland and at first settled in Lingwick, moved into this municipality, and commenced cliarir.g laud. This was brought about by the (loveriimeiil ollVriiig frei', fifty-acres of laud, while Lingwick was owned by the British .\meiicaii Land Company, ami the h.ud there had to be j aid for. The first year they managed to clear (-iily enough to hold their claim I'otaloes, barley and other grain were planted. This seed liad to bir carried 011 the back by a s])otted line from l.ingwiek, a distance of twenty miles In the same way all i)rovisions. tools, etc , had V- be brought in, there being no road Later on in 1.S51 thirty-four families came as far as Lingwick, with the iiileiilii)n of settling in W'inslow In 1S52 some of them look possession of land, but others returned to vork on the (irand Trunk Railway, which was then in course of construction between Richmond and Sherbrooke. .About this time the 'Government, learning of so many settlers coming in, refused to grant any more free land. About 1S60 the late Hon. John Henry I'ojie, then M. P. P., managed to get land for the recent settlers at half price, or thirty cents ])er acre. In 1S54 was commenced the building of a road through Winslo-v to Limbtoii; afterwards a road from Stratford through to Lake Megantic was built. Wl'erc the two roads crossed is the present village of S.ornoway, In 1S49 the fir.->t store was opened at vStornowa}' by a Mr. McClintock, of Bury. It was a log house, and about three ye.irs later was purchased by Mr. Colin Noble, now of Cookshire. ///SrOA')- (>/•■ CO.UPTON (iX/NTV. 26y 111 the yiMis 1.S51-52 ;i Prcshytcrian iiiiiiisttr, mined Rev. Mr. McLc.iii, came to WIii.sIdw, heiti).; paid by I/idy Matliewsoii, of Scotland, to iireach to tlicse people. lie continued the services in a lojj; shanty nnlil the cliiirch which now stands a mile out of Stornoway was erected. .Ahont i.S()| he was sncceeded hy Rev. Mr. McDonald, who remained nntil 1.S7S, \m\\^ followed hy Rev. Win. Mathewson ; Rev. .\iij,mis Mcl.eod was the next minister and remained until iSi).|, when the present ])istor, Rev. Mr. MeLeniiin, took the ap])'>itit!iieiit. I'l iSs7 the frame of the first saw mill was erected hy Donald McLeod, and afterwards sold to Messrs. Layfield 6c I'allister, who coiii])leted it. The mill is situated about one mile distant from Stornoway. Ik-fore this all sawiiifif was done by the old fashioned whip saw. Later on I'allister sold his share to I.ayfield. The latter shortly after built a ^rist mill, and the mills are now carried on by his son, Alex. I.ayfield. The first hotel was built in Stornoway in iSs.v by the late Thos. Leonard. It was burnt down, rebuilt, and a^jain desiroj-cd by fire. The third buildiii); erected was the present ht)tel. It is carried on by the son, James Leonard. No license for licpior has been j.jranted since 1S92. The first school records are dateil July .', 1S54. The following' were then elected coniini.s- sioners : Alex. McLeod, Anj{us McLeod, .'\ii).;ns .Smith, John Win. McDonald, Rev. K. McLean, chairman; Donald Campbell, secretarytre.isurer. The first school house was built in 1S55. Since then si.x more have been opened. Vhe present board of school commissioners is conipo.sed as follows: Malcolm McI^eod, jr., chairman, Murdo N. McLeod, John C. Mathe.son, Alex. McDonald, and Malcolm Campbell ; John .\. McDonald, secretary-treasurer. The first niuiiici|).il records of Winslow are dated Aujjust 6, 1855, and the municipality then included the townships of Winslow and Whitton. There were present at the first meeting councillors Mclver, Noble, McLeod, McDonald, and Helliveau. Councillor Colin Noble was chosen mayor. He held the office from 1S55 to 1S57, aj^ain from 1S64 to 1S66, and from 1S68 to 1S72. The other past mayors have been Donald Beaton, Angus Smith, Thos. Leonard, Henry Layfield, Daniel Mclver, and Malcolm Smith. The present mayor, Mr. Hugh Leonard, has held that office since February i, 1X75. The past secretary-treasurers have been as follows: Donald McLeod, Donald Campbell, Malcolm Campbell, William McAulay, Donald D. McLeod, John A. McDonald, and Peter Matheson. The council for 1S95 was composed as follows: Mayor, Hugh Leonard, and councillors, George McRae, Angus Campbell, Angus P. Mclver, Norman P. McLeod, and .Alcide Belliveau. Stornoway is the principal post office and only village in South Winslow. It derives its name from the capital of Lewis Lsland, Scot. It is nine miles from Spring Hill, the nearest railway station. Population, about two hundred and fifty. Daily mail. Postal revenue, 1S95, $234.50. Tolsta is the only other post office. It is four miles from Stornowaj'. Population about one hundred. Daily mail. Postal revenue, 1895, $19. NORTH \VIN.SL()\V. This is the northeastern section of the Township, and inhabited principallj' by French- Canadians. The first settlements were made here at about the same time as in South Winslow, only that the settlers came from the opposite direction, Beance county. The only post office and village in this nuinicipality is St. Romaine, six miles from Stornoway, on the road to Lanibton. Population, four hundred. Here are found several saw mills, grist and carding mill, general stores, etc. Daily mail. Postal revenue, 1895, $190. The mayor of North Winslow in 1895 was A. Campeau, and secretary-treasurer was A. Brun. The census of 1891 gives the following statistics for the wdiole township of Winslow: aio ///s/oA'v OF (O.u/'roAr (OfN/y. I'(>])tilali()ii, i.nti); fiiniilit-'s, ^(15; houses, 250; nialcs, 760; ffHiak'S, 7.V)- I'VcticIiCatiadiatis, 995; others, sol Religions — Roman Catholic, 1,02. | ; Church of Iviigland, 1 ; I'reshytcrians, .J71. HIKIH LRONARI), mill owner anil trailer, ami mayor of South Winslow, was horn in Hnry, \(ivcml)i'r Ji), 1S.17. When two years of .x^v his parents inovetl to Kin)^M\iek, anil three years later went to Stornoway, where tiie family has sime resiileil. His father, Thomas Leonard, ilieil here July 2, i''^7-'. He was a man of force of character, which has heen inherited liy his sons He was mayor of Sonth \\ inslow one term. Mr. Hnj^li I eonard is interested in several saw mills thron,i;hont the conutiy, and noted as hcing one of the hcst l)nsiness men of this section of the conntry. lie has recently developed a chrome iron mine on the Ouehec Central Railway, which is jjayinj.; well, with lariLjc orders for shipment to the I'nited States. In pnhlic alTairs Mr, 1. eonard is one of the most prominent nun in the country. He has heen mayor of South \\ inslow for the past twiMily-lwo years, and warden of the county of L'omi)tou one term lie is a justice of the peace for the district of St l-'rancis Twice he has unsuccessfully contested the c(iuuty in the interests of the Liberal party. I-'irst, in 1S7S, opposin.v; the late Hon. ,|ohn Henry l'o])e. Second, in iS,S(), at the first election of John Mcintosh, present sherilT of the district. Mr. Leonard always coinnuiudcd respect from his opponents, althouj^h they could not ai^ree politically. OONAI.I) B. iMcl.KNNAN, l)ookd \. Iiicliiitiiin History \'ill;i,i;c' ol I, ikc Mij;;iiilii', and Noitli ami S ailli Wliilton. Tills projected township was suhdividcd and erected March 4, iSf);,, and contains 7;v5<"> scjuare acres. It is of very irrcjjnhir sha])e. The IJttle Mcgantic mountains lie in tlie north part. The principal stream is the Chandicre, which separates it from Mcance county on the sonth-east. There are several small lakes within the township, the principal of which are the Three Mile, Moo.se, and Muskrat, the outlets of which discharj^e into the Cliuudiere. In the western part are the head waters of the Kelton river, which flows into Winslow, and thence into Lake St. Francis, In the early history of Winslow township, we have the same experience and same class of settlers as in Whitton, and for a number of years the settlers did not know v,-I;cther they were in Winslow or Whitton. The DrnmaA'ack district, which lies between Spring Hill and Lake Megantic, was first settled, in 1.S5C), l)y .Angus McRae, Mnrdo and Rory McLeod, and John Murray. Iti those early days one of the first enterprises was a company organized to catch fish in Lake Megantic and ship fresh to Hoston. The company had their head office at Bury, (Jue., and was under management of a Mr. DeCourtuey. It was a complete failure financially, still operations were continued for three years, and brought considerable monej' to the settlers. There are evidences yet to be .seeii of that undertaking in the shape of old crib-work and stakes, where net-pounds were made at great expense. The company also built a good house at Sandy Bay (now Kcho Vale), the lumber being sawed by a whip-saw. This ser\cd as a rcndez-vons for United States " skedaddlers," during the civil war in that country. In it the late John Host(.u McDonald commenced bi. Miess in 1S61-62. In 1S61 the combined townships of Whitton, Hampden, and Marston were erected into one municipality, and John Boston McDonald chosen mayor. He continued in office until 1S6S, being followed by Allan McLeod, the present mayor of Marston, until 1S70. Donald Smith was mayor up to 1S72, and Wm. McLeod until 1874, when the three townshij)s were divided into as many different municipalities. The first records for Whitton are dated 1S74. The past mayors of Whitton have been : Norman McDonald, Malcolm Matlieson, M. B. Macaulay, J. B. McDonald, Wm. D. Mc.Vulay, A. S. McDonald, and D. P. Matheson. Past secretary- treasurers: Mai. Mc.Vulay, Mai. Matheson, and John Buchanan. The present council is composed as follows : Kenneth W. McLeod, major, and councillors, Fiulay McLeod, Norman Beaton, Robert McLeod, John R. Macaulay, Rory Smith, and Mnrdo N. Murray. There are six elementary schools. Spring Hill is the largest of ihe three post offices in Whitton outside of Lake Megantic village, which lies in this Township, but is a separate mnnicipalit}', and has a history of its own, which may be found following that of this Township. Spring Hill is on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Has a population of about three hundred. Heie is to be found a large saw mill, and a centre for the .shipment of pulp-wood and lumber. Postal revenue, 1S95, $172. aya ///s/OA'V o/-' com/'TON hx'NT): Whitwick is three miles fioiii Milan, and located in the east end of the Township. It is the centre of a fanninjj coaimnnity. I'opnlation, seventytive. Daily mail. Postal revennc, iSgs, 531. I'A'ho \'aie, known also as S.indy Hay, is a tlaiij station on the Canadian I'aeifie Railway. Daily mail. Postal revenue, iHgs, ^So^i'. Whitlon has been diviiled into two mnnieipaliliis known as North and Sonth Wliitlon. 'I'he iiopnlalioti of North Whitlon is eoniposed nearly allo^ether of ImviuIi Canailians. In this ninnieii)ality there is only one \illa,v;e and jxist otViee It is known as Sle. Ceeil de Whitton. It is nine miles from Lake Mi'j;antii\ the nearest railway station. There is a population of sisty. (ieneral store, and saw .nd jurist mill. Daily mail. Postal revfiiiie, iSi)5, 5 !(»;,. The mayor for North Whitlon in iSi)^ was Pierre Rosa. The seerelary-lreasnrer is A. Hrnn, with post ottiee at !^t Romain, in Noi'ih Winslow. The eensns statistics of iSqi ).;ive the followini; parlicnlars for the whole township of Whitton. not inclndin); Me).iantic villaj^e. I'opnlation, ()Sv, families, 171; lumses, id;,; males, 504; females, 471) I'rench C'amalians, (ho; others, ^j;, Reliy;ions — Catholic, 4S(); Chnrch of Knjiland, ;, i ; '*resl)yterians, 451; Methodists, 11. I, .AKI' Mi:c. .WTIC V 1 1, 1, .\ r, Iv Lake Mej^antic and .\,i;nes \illaj.;es are \irlnally one, althonj.;h heiirin.i; two names The Chandiere river divides them, also the Ixmndary line hetv.een Complon and Peaiice connlies. Aj.;nes was first settled, and one of the pioneers was Ca])t. J. S. Wilson, now postmaster at that place. He j;ives the followinj,^ description of the settlement of the two \illaj.;es. " In May, iS7(), I first came to Lake Nkyantic in connection with the Canadian Land Reclaimin,i; and Coloni/iniLi' Comjiany. .\t that time John Hoston's house was the reiidc/.-voiis of any one cominj.;; to the lake, and at that honsc all were made welcome, whether slran>,a'rs or not, for John was a most lilveral and hospitable individual. I-'rom thence proceeded to Sandy Hay, where stood an old barn, and as there was no road for vehicles to the Chandiere, all jroods were left iii that barn until communication was had with those livinjr at the Chaudiere. This was done by hrinj^r two shots, on hearin).f which a boat was .sent to Sandy Bay to convey any ^oods or iiassenj.rers who mi,s.,dit be in waitiiij,^. " .Xt that time ' The Chandiere,' as it was then called, was a pleasant ])lace at which to live. Where the saw mill now stands at the outlet of the lake was a little bay, well sheltered and l)()rdered with shrul)s, which extended round as far as the bridj^e, and in summer was one mass of blossoms; a small lojj; camp stood in what is now the mill yard, and as no elearinji; had then been attempted, the forest trees still stood in their primeval beauty. Certainly there were no roads on either side of the river, but at that time we could, and did dispense with them, and j^ot alonj^ wonderfully well. The fish were at that time plentiful ; luut^e, bass and trout conld be cau<.^iit above the brid}.,^' with the {.greatest ease. Trout of three and four pounds beinj,^ no rarity. " In 1S77, I received money from the Government to cut a road tlirou),jh the bush to Ness Hill, and so give us communication with the outer world ; this was done and that road is nuw the main street in the village of Megantic. In the Spring of 1877 the roads from Sandy Bay were not passable for a fortnight, conseqnentl}', no flour or other stores were to be had, and all hands at the Chandiere had to live on potatoes of which we had a sufficiency. When we conld use the roads, such as they were, I drove to Stornawaj', eighteen nnles distant, and got a barrel of flour for which I paid eleven dollars cash, which was one dollar less than the tf/SrONV <)/■' CO.W/;e mi the Heauce side of the Chaudiere still retains. " This post othce was orijjinally served by the old ' Lake Mej,fantic ' post office, J. H. McDonald, postmaster, and which was afterwards removed to Robert McLeod's." Malcolm Malheson was the first one to .settle in the present village of Lake Megantic. He came hero May 23, iS;^, from Leniioxvillc, and erected a house. In Anj,nist of the same year he was followed by Telesphore Lejj^endre, of Lejj;endre Bros., Stornaway, who erected a saw mill, sixty by forty feet, now owned b}' the Montajjue Paper Company, and situated at the outlet of the Lake. In the fall of 1.S7S Messrs. Alexander Ross and Jerry Ham cante to Mej,'aiitic, and erected the present hotel known as the '' Prince of Wales." Telesphore Lemay and .Antoine Roi were the fourth batch of settlers. In 1S7S the old International Railway, now the C. P. R. short line, was completed thron}j;h to Lake Mej.(antic, and commenced running pa.«.senger trains the followinjj spring. In iSSi the bridge over the Chaudiere was built. After the railway commenced running the growth of the ])lace was rapid, and in 1S85 they applied to be set off" as a separate municipality from the township of VVhitton, to be known as Lake Megantic village, taking the name of the Lake on the borc'ers of which the place is located. The first mayor was Lt.-Col. M. B. Macaulay, followed b • J. A. Chicoync, ])resent M. L. A. for Wolfe county, K. Chartier, J. \. Millette, J. A. Fournier, D. (iraham, A. H. (ieudreau, A. Hecigncul, and Nap. Lcmieux. Mr. J. N. Thibodeau was chosen secretary-treasurer, and has held the office to the present time. The council for 1S95 was composed as follows: Geo. M. Stearns, mayor, and councillors, Nap. Lemieux, Teles. Lemay, Jos. Dion, Jos. Laroche, Archibald Reune, and Charles L'Heureux. There is only one church in Lake Megantic village, and that is of the Presbyt'-rian denomination. It was built in 1SS9. In Agnes, however, is located Roman Catholic, Methodist, and .\nglicau churches, being attended by people from Megantic. Megantic village is largely composed of French Canadians, while the reverse is the case in Agnes. The village has a large convent erected in 1S95, and a Catholic model school. There is also one Protestant elementar\' school, at which the average attendance is about twenty-eight. The industries of Lake Megantic village are a large pulp mill, and a mill used exclusively for preparing wood to be ground into pulp. These are owned by the Montague Paper Company, of Massachusetts, who in the lall of 1S95 also purchased the extensive saw mills of P\ Dudley. There are other saw mills, stores without number, sash and door factory, four hotels, and a branch of the People's Bank of Halifax. This is a junction point between the Canadian Pacific and Quebec Central railways, the latter having been opened for traffic in 1S95. There are two stenmboats on the lake, one making regular trips each day, during navigation. Recently there has been a good system of water-works put in by Mr. A. B. Gendreau, which supplies the village with excellent spring water. It is also a sub-port of entry of Canadian Customs, under Cookshire ; and here is to be found a V. S. consular agencj'. The village is well supplied with societies, among which are to be found the I. O. F,, C. O. F., Catholic O. F., St. Joseph Society, and a lodge of the R. T. of T. IS '74 /list (>/<)- or ((M//7('.V Ci'tXTV. l'r«>iii till' (.(.iisiis of iS()i wi- si'iiiti.' till' Icillciwiii); statislic's : I'opiiliilioii, 1,17.;; riiiiiilirs, 2i\\ litmscs, jj ; ; niiili-s, n 1 1 ; iViiiali-s, s-'o. Imi-iuIi Canadians, i)~ii\ utiles, ig; ; Ki-lij^ions — Koinan Catlmlii's, i ,1 » >. > ; Cliuii'li of ICnKlaml, J^ ; l'ivsl)ylcrians, 7s: Mi-t'vidists, .'_• ; CnnKrc- ^itioiialisls, -\ rniviTsalists, 7; I'micslanls, i; Jews, 7 ; not spocilii'd, . s. KI-NNIM'M W. Mel. MOD. taniUT, and mayor ot* Wliittoii, was horn in W'inslow, May I, JJ^.S?. IlisfatlK-r, Allans W. Mil.iod, I'ainc iVoni tin- Island ot' I.cwis, Si'otland, witli llio iiist sotllcrs, and passed tlironj^li all tin.- trials and liardsliii)s, so nsnal with tlinsi' i-arly pioiui-rs. lit- lias, liowi'vci', laisrd a laiAjc I'aiiiily, and is now living in W'liilloii riijoyiiin tlir I'luits ol his latioi. Mr. Kiiimth Mi'Lvd, llioii).jli a coinparalivt-'ly yoiiii); iiiaii, is one of the priiuipal jjiihlii.' iiici. of the township, and takis a j^reat interest in pnl)lie affiirs. I-'or seven years he has heeii a seliool eoinniissio'.ei , eoiineillor sixty six years, and mayor two years. lie has heeii married twice. I'irst, .Apiil 10, iSSn, to Catherine M.ulver; she ilied N'oviinlier _•(), iS()i. Issiu', four ehildreii ; John .Xii^^ns, horn .April 10, iSSi; Mary .\iiii, ixiiii ( )etoher 5, iSS;, ; l'"lora, horn .\n).;iist g, iSS,; .Annie, horn Niuemher jS, 1S.S7, .Sfcoiid, to widow .Annie MaeUeay ; she liad two ehildreii: Catlieiiiie, horn M.ireli j, iS.S;; Dollie ."^ , Imhii Septeinher .'S, iiS,S4. Ily this second marii.ij^e tlnie is one son: I.yster J., horn Jniu- id, iSi)|. MALCOLM MACK.AY. farmer, horn in Lewis, Scotland, in Ai>ril, iSi ;, came to IJii)4wick in !■*>.} 1, and funrlceii years later, went to I.aUe Mci^antic, hein>; the first settler at N'ictoria Hay. Was married .it Cookshirc, March j( >, iS|i, to .\niia Mcher. Issue six children. John, married Cora Moyes, residence, Wartcn, N. II., one child; Miirdo J.; Rory, married Mary Mackay, residence, Marstoii, three children ; Catherine, married James Colhy, lesuleiice, Warren, N. H., three children ; Isahelhi; ICnphemia, married h'red. h". Stone, residence, Warren, N'. II., two children. NORMAN IlLATON, farmer, was horn 011 ihe Isle of I.rwis, ,*^tdll;Mid, Noxi'inher j, iS;5 He cair to Canada and siltlcd in Whiltoii in iS^i. His faihcr, John Heatoii, was the pioiici'i' of Whilloii, :iii(l diiil only ;i \'^-\\ yi'ai's a]L;t> oil the farm lu- fir>t si'tllcd ou, a^ii^i'd ninetyfolir years. i'lic siihjecl of this sketch has t'llKd the ol'liccs of councillor, school commissioner, and elder in the I'rcshylcri:iii church. lie was marrit-d in iSoj, in Whittoii, to .jaiie (deceasedl, dan,i;ht(.r tif Malcolm Miuanlay, I')s(|. Issiu, >c\(.n children: Malcolm, horn May 12, iSh; ; I loiKild K , l.orn ,Iiil\' i,s, i''^75: John /.. I.miii iKccmlicr 5, i'^77; .An^^iis, horn Jnl>' S, iSSo; Margaret, horn Ikccinhcr jj, i.Shi; Jane, horn ,Iiine 1 >, i''^7,v His second marriaL;e was to Fhtra Mclver. .All of Mr. Ileaton's hoys :ire woikinii^ in the I'liitcd .States, Hoiiald K. holdiiij; a position as stone cutler, at Uarrc, \'t. CAPTAIN .IAMR5 Mil.LRR, master mariner, horn in Hniidee, Scot., Octoher _', i.S^; He is well known in the steamship service helwi'cii (ileal Hritain and .\ineiica, and has made oxer soo crossings. He is considered an exlivniely (.an-'fiil ;inil first class n;i\i,L;ator. His father was .Alexander Millei', of Diindei.', ,Seoi., a law yi.'r of iioti'. His j^raiidfatlu'i' was a nii'ichant in Hawick, Seot., and was ])ro\dsl for some time. In iSSj he erected the line residence here reproduced Ca])l. Miller moved his family from I,i\ir])ool, Ivii.i;., to I.akt.' Mei.janlic, where they have -nice resided. He has here a farm of 275 acres, with iL^dotl lacalioii, sitnati'd ahoiit iwo miles from Lake Mei^anlic xilla.ije, and known hy the name of " Raveiishv." In front of the house, and at the lop of ihe eiivM'aviniL;', may t.e seen Cajit Miller and his family. He was maiM'ied in Liverpool, Ivni;-., to Miss Margaret Wiiite. Issue, ei^hl children: Alexander, James, Mary ]vlizahelli, William, Marj^arel, Isahella, Waller, John. ///.S/CA') r»/ (dU/'/OX (Of'X/)-. '75 .IAMi;S KHI.I.Y. iiliad l!iili->li ->iililifr, was Imni 111 l,i>l)iirii iiiiiiiiv , Antrim, lie , All^^tlSt _•->, iS.' |, C'aiiir Id ( aiiada in jiiiu', iN; |, aiiil 1.1 W'iiisli.u ill Ma.iili, iN~(i, III CI V i II >; slimlly al'trf to I.akt.' Mi-- f^aiitii', wliiTi- lie has sinri- lisidid, lie lias lirill c'liainiiaii i>i' tlu' Imanl n|' St liiMil loiiiiiiissioiKTs, and is fust liiMitrnant \m, i) I'liiii |ia 11 \ , I''it'l y fiijlilli I'attali. II. Atinin]iaii\ inj4 lliis is ail I'liLjiav iu^ >>[ \]\v n^idiiur (if Mr. KtlU, at I.aki' Mi'j.;anlii.'. Tlu' two Mniiii^ ladiis in tin.' iiiiinr ki.siiii.ncj: (ii iaitaln i\.mi:s .mh.i.i.u cdiin. ts ,iru Iiis tun daiii^Iit- CTS. Ml. Killy lias liiiii I'onnrilt'd willi till' liritivh army siiiri' iSjj I",,r llftrcn \tars in llir I'lasl Indiiv. I'lvsriit at till' sir,>;r uf Mdiiltan, I >riTiiilRT j;, i.S]; 1,1 Januaix- _•_•, iSp), llir liiial siinviidiT nf the hut, imdiT (li'iural Wisii A,i;ain, at llic liatllr nf (liijtTat, nii'KT I.md (".(Ui^li, and tlu- surniidiT 111 tlu' .Siixiys at Rauul I'iiidi iiiidrr ( 'kiu ral ( 'lilluTt ; tlu- nirnpatiiui t>\ .\ttcnk and I'csliaunr, and tlu- (.•xpnisidii nf tlu- AiiKir Dust Moliamnifd Kliaii luydiid iIr- Klular j'ass i" 'f^l') At tliu hattlr iif lindlit' Kisnia, tlir takiii.i; of tin.' Ilfij^Iits of DiUii, iS:;;, tin.' siil)si(|iuiil sfii^f o|)(.Tatioiis lirfori.' hillii, ihc stonniii}; of tin.- city on Scplcnilicr i |, and the (ii'ciipation of till' I'alai'c on Sc|)tLinl)t.'r _" i, 1S57. S<.iVL'd in tlic iam|)ai^'ii of Ondt-and Rohilcnnd, 1S5S and 1S31). Mr. Kelly was nKi'iic'd in iSh.i, at Tliat- chi'in, connty Berks, Iui.il;., to Sarali A. Loder. Issue, ;, ehildreii : Klizalieth J., l)orn Jniie S, 1S63 ; Wni. James, horn Scptenil)er _v), 1S67 ; Kathcrine. Ixnii No- veinher ;.], iS(h). Un()R7ft tffsmN) or (O^ff'TON mfx/): II, KI.UU. t.l'.M.K \1. >riiUI, 111 two cliildivu : rmrddii R. C. Ixmu St-iiliiiilicr ii, iSS(); lulul \'. M., Ixnii S(.'])ti'iiil)i'i- H), iScji •Jiiiliii I ily- 1 It.' i.iiia- III I,;iki' Mi'i^amic in iS<);, am! ill i.si)5 k-asid tln' lar^f sloii.' nil Main stini, (III' 11 pied fnr iiiaiiv viars l.y Mr. M. J. Siiiitii. ' Mr, Ktir I'ariirs niic of tlic l.nm'St stocks lor a miK-- lal stiiif of any iiuTi'liaiit in Mi'),;anlii", ami dms a j^iiiid lill-llU'S's. 'I'lu' ell- ,i;ia\in)^ y^ivtii liinwitli slidws Mr. Kin statidiiij; at tlir sidi' nl till' \\ay;iili. Ill adiiitidU III thai nl' ^I'liiral tmtvliaiil lit- i.s aiu'liinu'cf and dois a l.irj^c litlsilll'SS tllloilj^llnlll tliis sritinii. Ill' was iiianird ill I.i'i'ds, (Jui.'., ill i.S.sS, lo Ma^if^ic Caiminii. Issm.-, NAI'OI.HON l.liMIIU'X, jL^cmTal iiKToliant, was Ixnn at Slo. .Xiiiie I, a I'lR'aliiii.', (jiu'., Du'ciiihcr I, iS|l. Ik' caiiu- to I.aki' Mi.'>,;aiitic in 1S77, and has ]irnspLT(.'il as a ^^i-iiLTal iiii.'ri.'Iiaiit. 'Plio fine briik hlmk wliii'h lu' huilt and occnpit's, is tlu' liiu'st slmv in thr ]ihu'i,'. An I'lij^iav iii)^ (if tilt.' siiiK' accniiipaiiiis this ski'tt'li. Mr. Lcuiifiix has Ihtii I'lii'Miilhtr lor si.'\i.'ial vi'.irs, iiiaynr of the \ illaj^f, and wariUii of Cmpptdii iDiinty oiif tci 111 lie i^ vcty i)npnlar wluivvfr kiinwii. A priiiniiiiiit Cnnscrvati\i.', and president of Coinploii Ci)iinty Liheral^'onservativc As.soeialimi one year. He received stron,i; support in iSi)5 for the nomi- nation of the Conservative ])arty for the Lexishuive Asseiiil)Iy. He was married in lSm;, at 8te. Poye, ;aii iV Co, In May, 1S77, he started a )^eneral store at Leiiiioxville, hilt the lolhiwiii^' year leiiinvfil to Lake Me),Mntie, where he has siiiee resided. Ileu' he lias heeii liimheriiiy; and in liade, oil an extensive seale. ( )ii ( )i.'toher .!, iS7_', at Sheiliroohe, he married Margaret r>iu'liaiiaii. Issue, tell ehildreii, live living: John II , liorn May Ji, 1S7.1 ; 1 leetor N, horn Ailf^iist Jl, iS,S.>; ()!ivir C, horn N'ovtml)er 29, iSSh; Christie Ann, l)orii Aii>,;nst im, 1N77; Cathe- rine I) A., horn Apiil i), iSS(). Mr. Matluxm, in lompaiiy with tlie late eek'hrated 1 )onald Morrison, eiil the tirst tree for improveineiit, in I/ike Mej^iiit'e villaj^e, on May _'(>, iS7,S. That siiinnier he Imill the Inst hitildiiifi; — it hein^; 25 x 33, two and a halt' stories hi,i;li. The hoards were railed nine miles tVom Moose H.iy, shiiiiLjles and ilry piiU' weie liroii^ht Iroin Stoiiiow^iy, distaiue eij^hteeii miles, while the doors, windows and nails were hauled hy team lifty three miles from Rohinsoii, I'liry. There was then no road within one and a half mile of the villaj^e, and he had to i)iiil(l a small hoat to earry the provisions from Sandy Hay, dislaiit two and a half miles. Ik- has heeii sneeessful in hiisiness and ae(|uired eonsiderahle pro- perly throiiiL^hoiit the vounty. He has held many piihlie oliiees with ^iiat salisfaetion to his fellow townsmen, hut his hiisi- ness has ol)Ii).;ed him to refuse re election in many eases. Ik- was seeretarytreasiirer of W'hitton in 1.S71), and mayor in iSSo. In iSSi he resij^nod as councillor. For nine years he acted as school trustee, hut in this he also refused reelection. Ik- was lar);el\' inslruniental in huildiu.^ the I'reshyterian church, and acted as trustee and manajLier of the property for .sevenil years, lie holds the ofhce of C. R. in the I. C). I*\, and a like ])ositiou in the C ( ). Iv, haviu)^ l)een a charter mcuiher of hoth Iodides. He is a Mason, Oranj^eman hut first, last and always a Ilighlaiul Scotchman. MAI.CUI,M M.\'l sTDki-; III' II. c. .m\cki;n/ii; J7H ftisn^Nv or cosfpWN cof'Nrr. DONAI.I) l>. MAI'MI:S()N. t'arnuM, liiitilu-i and iUmUt ill a^riciiltiit.il itiipliiiiciit.s, was Imhii ill Liii^svuk III' has Itccii iiiay«'« "I Wliittou lor four yi'iUM, coiiiicillnr six yi-arit, (iitd in now Hccrclary-trrasurcr. lie was iiiarrii-d in Slu'rhriMikf, I'Vltruary j«», iNSi, to Isalii'lU- Murray. Issiu', four I'liililiiMi Wiildii IVlrr, horn N'ovi'iiiltir .'n, 1SS7; John N, hum Iiiiic 1, iS.(.>; Annie 1'., horn l\l)iu.iiy 1 |, |SS<; Mary I., horn Annusi lo, iSSs. I.ol IS I'MII.I'.AS Vll.l.liNi;rVK. was horn at (Jiul)cc, Si-ptciiila-r I |. iS|.S In I'Vhruary, iSijs, lie i'anii' to I.aki' Mf>'aiilie, ami iMinhisitl tlu- (Irand Central l!i>U'I. IIi' \v,i>> inairinl at (JiU'hfe, I'Vhrnary -'. l>>7i. ti) ICiiuiliiic I'llUlicr. Issue, seven eliildieii : Nelson, Alherl, Arilinr, Osilda, iiclla, M.iria, and ICniedine. WAI.ri;W HANI), hotel ])ro|»rielor, was horn in Staff •tdshire, !')n^ , May lu iRfiS. Came to Cuiad.i in iSSj, and for several years resided at Waterville and Slierhrooke. In |S<)| he moved to l.nke Me^-aiitie, lie was married at Lake Me^j.inlie, in iSij;, to Miss Mli/aheth N. Mall. i:i.niN Htri << WI-STON, inilUvriKhl, was h(.ni in MarhUtoll, One, Maieli h>, i,S(«> He is C K. of the 1. ( >. I'". W'.is married at (loiild, heeemher m, iSS-, to Maria, daughter of N'oriiiaii Murray, of that place. Issue, two ehildreii : l')llswortii, liorii Deeemher jj, iSSS; Sylvia (J,, horn June -7, iSi)i. DONALD MACKAV, stationary eiii^iiieer and miner, w.is hoi 11 in I.inj^wiik, ( )etnl)er ^, 1S54. Never married. In iSp, he h'ft Canada, and did not return until iSi);,, when la- settled in Lake Me)fantie. During' this time he traveled thron);li all the western states. His father, Donald Maekay, was one of t'.ie pioneers from Seotlaml, and ilied in 1 Sqi , hMvinj^ si\ childieii, all living in Compton eounty, and only one a farmer. WILLIAM 1). MACKLNZIR, resident of Lake Me^antie, son of j(din Maekeii/ie, was horn ill the township of N^-wport, Mareh 17, iS7_v He holds the ofiiee of S. C. in iJie R, T. nf T. JAMKS SCOKIH WILSON, retirid se.t captain, was horn in Kincardine, Perth county, Scotland. He came to Me>;antic in 1S76, heiu),' one of the first .settlers. I'or a nnmher of years he followed the sea ;md eoinmanded a shij) in Mast India and China trade, liein).^ ;it that time senior captain in emj)loy of the British and Ivistern Shipping,' Company. Cajjlain Wilson was appointed postmaster at .\),'nes in 1.S77, and still holds the same position. Was married in London, Iviij^land, in July, 1S5S, to Ivlizaheth C. .Mlthaiu. IsMie, ten children : Henry J.; James H. ; (ieorj.;e .A.; William C.raenie Ditehfield; Ivniest ,S. ; Lydia Iv ; Ivli/aheth C. A. M. ; I'loreiice (1.; .\lartli.i L. ; Annie I!., married Nicholas Swan, residence, Montreal, two children. Of the ahove children, William ('■. D. was llie lirsl child horn in Ditehfield, of Iviij,'lisli speakinj.^ parents. HHNRY WILLIAM ALURO, l'. S. consular aj^eiit, was horn ( )cloher 27, iSp, at I'eterhoro, Ontario. In 1S50, his father, Saimiel W., died, and he shortly after went to Nova Scotia. In 1876, he moved to I.,ake .Mej.i;intic. For five years and a half, he held the jjosition of freij^ht ajjjent for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr. Alhro holds now, iiiid has for a nuiiiher of years, the jjosition of I'nited States consular a)j;cnt at Mej^antic. During his residence here, he has held the position of secretary-treasurer for the protestant hoard of school trustees, for the townshii)s of Ditehfield and .Spauldiiig. In 1S65, at Liverpool, N. S., Mr. All)ro married Mary Ccdlins, daughter of Francis W . Collins, now deceased. Issue four children : Henry Samuel ; Kate de Wolfe ; Agnes ; Alice Maud. cii\i'Ti:u win. 'I'k U S S II I I' Ml M \ M S I' n \ . IihIikIiiih lliiliit) 1)1 Soiilli .Mar?( laml is situated nij tlit- west side i>f I{h somewhat niiij^li, is eoiiiparatively level, with the exeeptimi of the s,;aiiti».' hills esleinl. 'I'lie priiui|)al stream of watir is the Mr),;aiitii' river, which has its soiiiee niiiniijr those hills, and receiving' many small trihiitaries hy the way, llows north east into N'ietoria Hiy, on the west side ot" Lake Me^jaiitii'. There are otiier small streams, some falling directly into the lake, while others in the west and imrth-west of Marstoii, vvliieh are the oiith-ts of small lakes in that re^jioii, f.nd their way to Saliimn river, in llampiliii. The largest of these is Otter lirook, whieh issues tioin ( )tter lake, in Marston. The followinj,' narrative hy one of the four pioneers lure mentioned, Mr. William MeI,eo,'antic re).;inn. and carried three hushels of potatoes. They chopped and cleared an acre ami planted the pot.itoes. The distance from I,in),'wick to l.ake Mejj;antic is thirty miles. It took from two to three days to make the journey by a hla/ed line. The winter of 1.S5; these four men took a month's provision with llii'iii on their hacks and c.inie to the lake Marston was then surveyed, when they took lands which they have since owned. They made a cleariiij; on their respective lots, in the sprinjj of iSs.). Ivich l)rouj.;ht, in addition to the neces.sary provisions to keej) hody and soul toj>ether, a hnsliel of barley, which was sown, to^jether with what potatoes they y^ol from the acre ]>lanted the previous year. " It was not, however, until May jn. iS5(), that they hroiij^ht in their families. In the I'all commenced the work of makinyj hand-mills. John McIver was an e.\pcrt, and when the stones were cut and leveled off Mr. McIver set the mill up. William McLeod was a Hudson Hay man, also tisherman, and he laid in a jjood stock of lunj^e for the winter. Roiy McIver wintered three cows on one ton of barley straw and brush, and often i)artie.'-' would ^o oucj a month to WMnslow, .sixteen miles, on snow-shoes, to get tea, tobacco, and such articles as could be carried. "The spriuj; of 1S57 bronj^ht one addition to the number. Malcolm Mackay came and located at \'ictoria Hay, a most uninviting spot then. aSo ///STORY O/- (O.Ur/OJV COVi\'T): " The following year, the rond was opened to within two miles of the hike shore, and nine settlers oanie to the lake, all of whom took up lands in VVhitton. Kish was easily >;ot in those days, and so was jjamc. William McI. Milan is also known by the name of Mar.sden. It is located on the Canadian Pacific Railnnul, and the boundary line between Marston and Hampden It has a population of about 250. Here are several stoves, saw mill, hotel, etc, Postal revenue, i8g^, 5134. Marslioro is seven miles from Lake Megantic village. It is the centre of a farming community. Daily mail. Postal revenue, 1895, #23. The census of 1891 gives the following particulars for the wdole township of Marston : Population, 1,117; families, 1.S9; houses, 175; males, 587; females. s,V^; French-Canadians, 529; others, 5SS. Religions — Roman Catholic, 53S ; Church of Ivngland, 4; Presl)yterians, 559; Methodists, 15; Baptist, i. SOUTH MAR.STON. This municipality was erected September 6, 1879. The first councillors were: V. B. de (irosbois, Joseph H. Morin, Thomas Cameron, Israel IC. Myers, Jean (lUay, Roniaine Consineau, and Barthelenii Bergeron. It contains 19,980 quare acres. Has a valuation of $67,501. Between 1862 and 1872 portions of the township of Marston were granted to three colonization societies, known under the name of Conipton, Montreal, and the Glasgow Land Company. In 1894 the Montague Paper Company pur. ha.sed all of the interests of the latter company in the township. The only one which accomplished anything in the way of colon- ization was that of Montreal. In the winter of 1870-71 they erected a log hou.se 20x22 feet, and called the place Piopolis, (citv* of Pius IX ). On April 21, 1871, the firs^ F^'rench Canadian settlers in Mar.ston, and the pioneers in South Marston, reat-hed Piopolis. They were .seven in number, all young men, with very little, if any, experience in farming, having come from iffsroNY or co.urnw corNTV. 381 MoiilR'al. Ivij^^lit (lays aftor tlu-v wcro followed l)v aiiotlicT lot, and additions wvw >j;radiially made to tlu'ir iiiiiuIkt. 'riu- liardsliips of those early settlers were ^^reat, and so diseonnij^ed them that ont of tiie first twelve, all hiil two left the place. ( )ne of them, Alfred (laiiniotit, died iti iS7(), the other, Odiloii Martel, resides at I'iopolis villaj^a-, he ])rospered and owns several farms. In 1879 the .settlers of Sonth Marston had largely increased, and as they were all French- Canadians, located in one .section, while the other part was settled by the Scotch, it was nuitnally agreed that the interests of both sections wonld be improved by a separation for municipal purposes. This was not brought about by anj' ill-feeling liaving arisen between the two nationalities, for they were all on friendly terms. According to reports in the hands of the parish of Piojiolis, in 1S76, there was a population in South Marston of 29,^ souls, with 72 families, and 197 adults. The first mass at Piopolis was celebrated April 30, 187 1, by Rev. Mr. Seguin. A few days after the arrival of the first settlers, they commenced the erection of a house, to be used as a chapel and residence for the priest. Re\. Mr. Seguin was followed in the fall by Rev. P'erre Champagne, who in turn gave way to Rev. Jos. Aubin, in 1S72. The first baptism took place June 16, 1872, the child, a son of Jvlouard Beaule, was born the day previous, and probably the first l)irth in the new col(>nj'. On June 18, 1872, the first burial took place. The first marriage was on April 20, 1S74. Rev. J. Aubin was succeeded late in 1S74, by Rev. J. H. .\. Cousineau, .vlio is now the resident priest at Ague-; and Lake Mcgantic. The latter had energy, perseverance, a pleasant disposition, and tact. He was well liked, as he is to-uay, by all creeds and nationalities. Through his labors the Catholic church made good progress, not only in Piopolis, but throughout a large surrounding territory. Through his efforts the Catholic missions of St. Leon, of .\Lirston, St. Augustin, of Woburn, St. Paul, of Scotstown, and others were established. Rev. Mr. Cousineau did not confine his efforts wholly to the church, but in municipal matters, securing government help for new roads, and looking after the proper expenditure of such money, he materially assisted the early settlers. In October, 1.SS6, he was transferred to the Megantic and Agnes mission, where he has since remained. He was succeeded at Piopolis by the Rev. A. A. Gagnou, who was also followed, September 30, 1S90, by the present parish priest. Rev. J. E. Simard. The latter is greatly interested in his work, and to him are we indebted for these particulars, which required considerable research and work on his part. The first school was established at Piopolis in 1873. There are now, in South Marston, three elementary .schools. The commissioners for 1895 were R. Cousineau, D. Cousineau, P. Goupil, Douat Trudeau, and PMmond Grenier, chairman ; .secretarj'-treasurer, Elzear Fournier. The past mayors of the municipality have been Israel FI. Myers, F. B. de Grosbois, FUlmond Grenier, J. H. Morin, Arthur Grenier, F)dmond Grenier, and Jea'i-Baptiste Brault. There was only one secretary-treasurer previous to the present occupant, he was Arthur Grenier. The council for 1S95 was composed as follows: mayor, Fidmoud Grenier, and councillors R. Cousineau, Pierre Goupil, D. Cousineau, Jos. Lessard, Nap. Beaudry, and Alfred Desrochers. Liquor licenses have never been granted. In South Marston are two post offices. The oldest and largest is Piopolis. This was established about 1873. In tlie Catholic parish of Piopolis there are now three hundred and twenty-four people, divided among fifty-two families. There is a daily mail. Population about one hundred and fifty. Postal revenue, 1S95, $78.50. Valraciue is eight miles from Milan, the nearest railwaj' station. It is the centre of a farming communitj' with small population. Here is located a Roman Catholic church, under the charge of Rev. J. D. Beruier. Daily mail. Postal revenue, 1895, $70.00. 9S» ff/STOKY OF C(U/r/(hV COUNT)' ALLAN McLEOD, fanner, mayor of Marstoii, nnd warden of Coinptoti county for iSqf), was born in North Kly, Slicfford county, (Jue., Sei)tcni1)er i, iS.jv His fatlicr, W'ni. Mcl.cod, was one of the first pioneers to settle in the Lake Mej^antic district, and Mrs. Win. McLeod the first white woman to jjo into tlie territory. He now resides with his son, John. He was councillor for eleven years, and the last mayor of the united townships of VVhitlou, Hampden and Marston. Mr. Allan Mcl.eod, our stihject, was secretary-treasurer of Marston for thirteen years, and mayor for the last eleven years. He sat in the county council for one or two terms, twenty-tlve years ago, when the famous By-Law ',7 was passed. lie is one of the ii:\\ left who were then present. He was married at Lake Mcgantic, December .'9, i(S()9, to Anna, daughter of Murdo MacDonald, of Hampden. Issue, six children; Murdo C, born July 17, 1S70; William A., born July 13, 1S72; Donald J., born July Si i«'^74; Katie J., born June 2S, 1S76; Colin A., born Se))tember 12, 1S7.S; Mary A., born May ,v), iSSb. Mr. McLeod is a man of good judgment, a successful farmer, and well read on general topics of the day. He is a justice of the jK-aco for the district of St. Francis. His son, Wm. A., is local editor of the Lake A/txiiii/// CInouiilc. LIEUTENANT DUNCAN L. McLEOI), nuMvliaut and lumlu'r dealer, was born in Liiigwick in iS.|S At present he is school commissioner and councillor, also lieutenant in the I'ifly- eiglith Hattalion. Was married in Winslow, May U), 1S74, to Anna ^k•I)onal(l Issue, seven children: .Annie Maggie, born May S, 1S75, died June 17, 1S7C); Murdo .Alexander, born March 3, 1S77; Xorman Malcolm, born June 10, 1SS2; Mary Ann, Ixirn July 15, \>^~'-)\ Ida Bella, born May 29, iSS.| ; Margaret .\gnes, l)orn January 27, 18S9; Catharine Lauiont, l)oru June 25, iSqi. Mr. McLeod was the arst setlb'r in Milan. He has been mayor of Marston for several terms. CAPTAIN JOHN F. MclVER, farmer, was born in Lewis, vScot , January ,vi, 1S35. Came to Compton county in 1S41, and has resided in Lingwick, Winslow and Marslon He has been councillor, mayor ifor ten years, and is now secretary-treasurer of the townshij) of Marston. First marriage, in March, 1.S53, to Anna McLeod, died 1871. Lssue, two children: Klla, married Ellsworth Crossman, residence Portland, Me , two children : Anna, married iM-ank Cardo/o, residence South Barbara, Cal., two children. Second marriage at Winslow, March 17, 1S74, to Isabella McLeod. Issue, ten children: Christina, l)orn March S, 1.S75; Murdo, born December 24, 1876; William, l)orn July 17, iSSi ; Rachel, born December ;^i, ;S78; Isabella, born October 19, 1SS3; Margaret, born April 8, 1.SS6; Catherine M., born July 28, iSSS; Mysie, born November 10, 1890; Ida, born June i, 1S93; Ruth, born August ,V), 1S94. DONALD STEWART, retired farmer, was born in Lewis, Scotland, in 1S12. He came to Compton county in 1850, and was the first settler in Middle district. The first potatoes he planted he carried on his back eighteen miles from North Hill. He was married in 1S49, to Anna Mclver. Issue, nine children: George; Donald; Alexander; Angus; Mary; Isabella; Anna, married William Dvvyer, residence, Sheffield, Vt., ten children ; Catherine ; Johanna. DONALD K. MORRISON, farmer, born in Lewis, Scotland, in 1836, came to Marsboro, in 1871. Married in Lewis in 1S60, to Katie Stewart, who died in May, 1875. Issue, twelve children, seven living: Murdo, born April 14, 1S66; Annie, born October i, 1869, married Norman McDonald, residence, Springfield, Mass., two children ; Christy, born March 17,1871; Mary Ann, born May 7, 1873; Jessie, born May 6, 1875; Katie K., born June 20, 1877; Sophia L., born August 6, 1881. CIIAITI'R XXIV. Tov.Asinrs or I)irTi)\, Ciii:sii\m, Ivmiu.ki'dn, Aickland wn Ci.in'i'un. TOWNSIIIl' Ol- I) ITT ON. It is tlioiij^lit by some Dittoii dcrivcil its tiainc from a \viit(.r of note who died at Lordes ill 17 15. No particiilar reason, however, is jjiveti for this surmise. This tract of land is hounded on the north l)y Haui])dcn, east by Cheshani, west by Newport, and south by ICmbcrton. It contains three hundred and ei^^hty lots of the usual dimensions. It was constituted a township named Dittou, in May, 1X03, and in part granted to Minard Harris, yeoman, and his associates, viz : Stephen Higelow, Anson Bradley, David Bradley, Christoplier Babity, Alexander Brimmer, William Chamberlain, — Kastman, Andrew Henry, Obadiali Jones, Edmund Lamb, Joscpli lytiret, Charles Lewis, David Morrow, Reuben Ross, Thomas Shadruck, and Ziba Tuttle. Notwithstanding;; these grants no settlements were made at the time indicated. Though the land is of an excellent quality it was not until 1862 that any attemjjt at settlement was made. In 1861 Mr. O'Dwyer, P. L. S., was sent b}' the government to lay out a road, which was to run from the present town of Scotstown, through Hampden, Ditton, Chesham and Woburn, to the river Arnold. .\bout 1862 Luther H. Weston, of Cookshire, moved to Ditton and took pos.session of several lots. He had to carry all his provisions by the Victoria road to Scotstown, and thence by a canoe up the Salmon river to Ditton. He there built a small house, the first one in the township. In 1S64 Richard Daw.son moved to Ditton. His wife was the first woman to go there, and on May 26, 1.S65, there was born to them the first child in Ditton. He was named John Henry Ditton Dawson. In 1864 it was discovered that Ditton was not only rich in soil, but also in more or less rich deposits of gold. The late Hon. John Henry Pope acquired considerable property on the streams where the gold was found, and for over twentj' years successfully carried on gold mining. For the past five years the mining has come to a stand still, gold not being now found in paying quantities. In October, 1864, L. H. Weston built a saw mill. Up to 1S67 Weston and Dawson were the only inhabitants of Ditton, but in that j-ear several families arrived. In 186S tho post office was opened under the name of West Ditton. Gardner Boynton was the firs' postmaster. He also opened a small store. On August 25, 1S68, sixteen families of Norwegians arrived. Shortly after thej' got discouraged, and left one by one for the western states. In 1869 prospectors were quite numerous, looking for gold. One piece found was valued at $135 00. In 1S69 the Compton County Association was formed, having for president Hon. J. H. Pope; and secretary, J. I. Mackie, Notary. Their object was to promote immigration, and with that object in view, in 1870 thej- erected thirteen houses in different parts of the township, 384 ///sr<>/:y oj- C(>.u/'/(>x corA'/): for iIk' iisi' (if new st-ttlcrs, In iS-i Kv\ . Mf. l*;irklii, A 11^,^1 ii'an iiiiiiisU'i- at Cmiksliiiv, (.•oiiiiiK'iU'ftl till' i.MViti()ti III a ilui'ili, hill iiK'rliiii; witli ])ii(ir siui'i-ss K'I't it mitiiiislinl. Aliiiiit iSjo Kfv. Mr. (li'iidivau, prii'st at ConkslMii', lii'i'anir ititiTi'sliiI in si'ttliiiv; tliis part ttf till.' Cnimty. lie at (HUi' iiitnvsti'd liis iVUdu I'li'iuli Canadians tlirmij^lKuit llu' pnix iiui', and from tliat tiim- (in tlu- j^jrowth of tlu' 'Pdwnsliip was rapid. l''ivnili Catiiidian si-ttk'is, wIki had j^diR- to till' I'niti'd Slates, were iiithuneed to ritiirn and settle here, while many finm the old iM'eiieli jiirishes also moved to Dillon. In Septeii'her, 1S7;,, tlie ereetion of the lirst Roman C;rtholie ehajiel \\.(S eoinnieiued, .iiid hy ( )etol)er S had advaiieed .so i"ar towards completion that Re\. I'ather (lendiean luld services therein. That sann.- day the fniieral of the lirst wdiiian I" die in Dillon took |)hK'e. .■\lioiil liS;^ R<-'V. Mr. (lendre.in was replaeed at Cookshire hy Rev Ivdoiiard IMaiuiiard liiou of Malone, \. V.), who held services at Dittoii once a month. Deccmher 3, 1^75, Kcv. \'ictor Charticr was placed over the parish of Ditton, with ihnrch at La I'alrie. On l''ehriiary 11, 1S76, the first municipal records for Ditton are dated. That pait of the townshi]) of C'liiilon, which is in Com])lon county, also forms part of the municipality of Ditton. \'aliiation is 5i5/■ HKM/'/ON OX'NI), ^85 tSS^ lliat it was sub diviilrd, hy W. ()'I)\vyt'r, I*r()\ iiniul Latid Surveyor. In iShc), it was I'tcittil into a towiisliii* l)y I,t.'tt<'ts Patent. Tlif year following; tin- survey, uc.irly all the lots eoiitaiiiin>( a rivulet or stream of water, were puviliased I>y dilTerent jjarlies liavinj; the " j^old fever," The western part of this townshi]) is drained l»y the Salmon river, while the i)rooks that rise in the east find their w.iy into tlie .Arnold. 'Phose in seireh of ^'old soon lost eouraj.je .ind one hy one left the eonntry. Saddle monntain is in the v.ntith east part. The fust si'ed |)l.inted in Chesham was hy Mr. IV V. Vaillant, in the spring; of 1N7.I. Soon after this the l''reueli Cmadian repatriation selieine was pnt into effect hy the government ; four hundred and fifty aeres were cleared and fiftj' houses hnilt, for use of settlers. In 1S7.S, there was a pnpnlation of only iihont seven persons, hnt under the repatriation law, there was rapid iniini).;iation, and hy l»eeeml)er i;,, iS-h, there was a population of five hundred and eiyjhty seven smils. The tirst child horn in Chesham w.is ;i danj(hter to the wife of I'rain;ois I,ne, o(i I'ehniary fi. iS; |. The fust iiiniiieipal records he.ir date I'Vhniarj' 12, 1.S7-. Previous to that Chesham was included in the inuuieii)ality of Ditton and Clinton. Chesham h.is an area of 5',,V)() s(pi;ire acres. Property asscsjed iti i''^i).s, 572,.|S(). Ta.\ rate, y) mills. Present council is composed of the following ^jeiitlemeii : Ivlz'-ar Rol)er).,a', mayor, Israel (ioudreau, Chas. Land)ert, Leaudre Marin, Pieiie huhtic, Meril I.apierre, (leremi Danjou ; secretary-treasurer, A. R. Dumouliu. The past mayors have been: I^'rs. Poulin, Jac(|ues Larochellc, Ant. Helanj^er, Jos. Roherj;e, Cypricii Perrier, V. X. nufresne, and Jean Gonlet. Past secretary-treasurers; Theophile Lachance. I'rs. Poulin, K. X. nufresne, atul I'/■■ r<'i//7(»A' (<>rx/y. a st)iirco of jHTiiiam-iil si-ltlfiiu'iit 'I'lu- first work on land was (l<»m' in October, 1^70, l)y tlio St. Hyaiinlln.' Culoiii/atioii Soiii-ty. In tin.' spriii)^ ot" 1S71 tlu-ii' arrived the tirst settler, Alfred Cardinal, a yminn man full -if conraj^e and energy. He remained the solitary iniiahitant of l*)nd)erton until iS;;, when he >jol tired of waiting f**!" settlers and moved to Ditton. .\hont this tinu' he wa- iiiarriid, and a few weeks after was lost in the woods while hniilinj', and fro/iM to death. His hndy was fonnd after a two days' search, within a lew hours after his deatli. lie was not over two miles from his home. In .Xnj-ust, 1S7;. a lUlj,nan imini),'rant named llonore Dion, took tlte place of Alfml Cardinal, who liad then moved to Ditton. Dion hroii^jht his fant'ly with him, and on October 2-1, i*>7|. v*MS horn the first child in Mmhertou. Tiiis man and his family to the numher of eight, were the only iiihal'ilaiits of Ivniherton, until the ctTects of the law.s of repatrimeiit began tn Iif felt. Dittmi aiul Chesham receiveil the first settlers under this law, and it was ni>t until September _H), 1S75, that this township receiveil the tirst patriot in the persiui of riric Chaille, who came from North Adams, Mass. Since then immigration has been gradual. The fir.st municipal records are dated I'ebrnary 11, 1S7S. The south part of Ditton is included in Ivmbertoii for municipal purposes, being known as " blnibertoii and Ditton South." The valnatioi for 1.S9S was <7t),;,9S, on which a tax was levied of ten mills. The past niayi)rs have been : A. \'oyer, A. H. Oeiidreau, Leon Heliveau, A. Daigneau, Charles Martin, Silva Chaillcr, T. Heaulieii, and C. Hellero.se. Names of past secretary-treasurers; A. Daigneau, D I.eliel, A. Rolin. S. Roliii, .^. Chailler, and lul. (iagnon. The present council is composed as follows: mayor, Clias. Martin, ;ind councillors, U. Mercier, R. (lagne, Josej)!! Heck, A. I, abbe, M. Labile, and !•'. X. Hcaiuletle ; secret;' rytreasuier, \'A. Landry. In the niunicip;ility there ;ue four elementary schools. Names of school commissioners; Rev, A. Trcniblay, chainiian, H. Corbeil, H. Mercier, James Latizon and IClisec Heaudoin. There is one church only in the municipality. That is at Chartierville, and is known as St. Jean Hajitiste, with Rev. A. Treniblay as cure. The township is jinrely agricultural, with good land, well watered. Thee is one cheese factory at Chartierville; a hotel, Imt license has never licen granted in the mr.nicip;ility. There is but one village and post office in lunberton. It is near th'j boundary line of that township a-,id Ditton, and known as Chartierville. It is nine miles from La I'atrie, and eighteen miles from Scotstown, the nearest railway station. The place has a population of about two liundred, with a daily mail. Postal revenue for iSg5, 5Si). Here are to be found a saw and grist mill, three general stores, l)lacksiiiifli shop, etc. The census of iSi^i gives the follov.ing statistics for the township of I'lmberton ; Popnhition, .\22\ families, S5 ; houses, 74; males, 214; females, 17S; I*'renehCanadians, .} 1 2 ; others, 10. Religions — Roman Catholic, .\22. TOWNSHIP or A IC K I, A NI). This is a tnict of laud bniiiidecl on the iiortli by Newport, east by Ivmberlou and the iJi-oviiKc line, ,-,outli by Hereford, .ind west by Clifton, containing (>i,7i7 acres of land. It w;is erected into a towiislii]) luinied Auckland, ;ui(l in p:ii"t granted, April 3, iSi)6, to I'Meiiry I)ecli;uiil)ault, (iilette Dechamb;iult, Jose]>li Moiitarville, Louis Dechambault, Charlotte Dechambault, Elizabeth, widow of Dr. John (lould, (ieorge King ;ind l^li/abeth King, cliildreii of Ciodfrey King, deceased, Nicludas Andrews, Samuel Andrews, jmuI twenty five >)tliers. N'/iwitbstiUiding this grant no .settlement was made until a more recent date. Houclietle, writing in KS15 and again in iS;, i, says no part was settled at that time. He further adds, "a .sort of foot-path runs through it, by which the Indiiins frequently make their way to river Chaudiere" from the river Connecticut. ftisn^NY (>/■■ (O.wrnw Kxw/y. ih-j Till' lii':i(I(|iiaitrrs of tlu' Katnti and Cliftuii rivi-rs flow from ttir tiortli atul wrst parts of till' touiisliip, tlir otluT irriks tlnwiii^^ into Ilall's stnani, from llii' luad of wliiili {\w l)oiiii.;iiier. The st ntarytreasnrers have l)een Moise Roy and I.iid^'cr I.a/iirc. The present iiuniheis of the eoimeil are Joseph Ajja^nier, mayor, and eoiincillors, C. Ilehert, 1''. I >. (la^iion, ICiiKeiie Inkel, A. Heandoin, 1). I'avreaii, and (). V.. Diirochcr. Seeretary- treasnier, (Kor)4e Meloiii. There are seven elementary schools in the township iincU" the charjje of the following school commissioners, luij^eiie Inkel, chairman, 1). Hreanlt, CI. I'urtin, 1'. X. I.apierre, and A. (laj.!;n<)n; secretary treasurer, (leorne Heloin. This township is compo.sed almost wholly of I'lench Canadians, tlie few Ivny,dish families residinjj in the northern part. There are four sawmills in the township. For the year iSi)5-y(), there was a valuation of 5ii()ooo. Tliere ar^- two post oflices in the township located at the south end, St, Malo and Malvina. Tlie former is the larj^er of the two, and contains saw and j;''''*^ mills, stores, etc. Here is located the only church in the township, helon^jinjj; to the Roman Catholic denomination. Rev. I,. Iv. (Jendroii is the pastor. This jiost office has a daily mail. Postal revenue, uSys, 5i'i5. Malvina is three miles south of ,St. Malo, a station on the M. C. Railway. There is a is a saw mill, j.;eneral store, etc., 1 )cated here. D.dly mail. Postal revenue, iSg^, 57950. The census of iSqi jjives the following statistics for the township of Auckland. Population, 677, families, iii; houses, 93 ; males, 364 ; females, _y3; l-'rench Canadians, 6^6 ; others 41. Relij^ions — Roman Catholics, 647; church of Kngland, 4; Methodists, Ui\ Baptists, 3; Adveiitists I ; Protestants, 2 ; not specified, 4. TOWNSIIIl' OF CLINTON. .\lioul half of this T wnsliii) only, lies within the county of Coiii])lon, it hciiijr nearly (.■i|iially di\ided with Meauce county. It is liouiided on the north by Maisloii, east by Ik-auce i(iuiil\', west liy Clu'shaiu, and south by W'obnni. This is a small, inv).ji"larly slia])ed tract of laud, coiitainiii,i; l)nt I'our ranj^cs of nnecpial letij^th. It was erected into a township named Clinton, May 21, iNo;,, and in part granted to I'lederick Holland and his associates, vix : Louis I)ej.;tiise, .Anntistin Robilaille, Joseph Larue, Louis Joseph RoUN the youn.ner, Josi-ph Martin the elder, Joseph Tapin, Charles Tajjin, Joseph \'e/ina, and Pierre Delisle the youu.ner. These associates never settled in the Township, and their land all reverted to the Crown. There are now very few inhabitants, althongh the section i.i well timbered and .sidd to be ^nod land. .Arnold river, cominj;' from Wobtirn on the south, which enters Lake Mej^antic, in Clinton, is the princi])al stream of water; others from, the .south-west beinjj very inconsiderable. The former derives its name fnmi the V. S. General Armdd, who, in 1775, pas.sed his troops down it on their way to (Jnebec. There is no village or post office in the Township, and for all mnnicipu; purposes it is •M insrosy o/- lOMrroN loiw/y. luhlxl to iMttnti 'I'lir |it>|)iilatii)ii is sii small that in tlir iciisiis nf iSin, all statislii-s in ifM:ar(l tn this HTriti>rv wi-ri* itulmlitl with thnsi- nl" tln' tttwiiship of l)iitol.i;oN I'MIAOSr. I'liiiiU'i, iiisiii.MU\' .it4('iit, .nil! tii:i\ni <>|' tilt' luvMiship nf hittciii, \\;i> Imni ill jjiulti'i' iit\, NFav ii, iS^h, IU' laiiir tn hittnii in iS-o, Id' m'l'ivi'd a ioiiipU'li' ilassiial i-tliuatiiiii at tlu* Oiu'lnr Sfiiiiiiary, and passi-d with ^nal siu'.vss his lirst iNaniiiiatinu in thr I'aiiilty i>f Aits, at I.aval rnivirsity, (Jiirlni'. His latlur, I'iviri' NKihrrt I'riMist, has Ikim a rliik in tlu' I Kpartiiuiit n|" Ivliuatiuu, at (Jiirhtr, fur tlif past twiiitv -rinlil wars, ( )in- siiltji'i't has taki-n a uti'at intiTi'st in piililii' atlairs, lie has lui'n a iiuiiiIkt nf tlu' Ctnituil siiuo 1S7S, and mayor I'nr ten years, sialtiMvd nvir this pfrind nl" linn.'; miiiiiy ;atc tluve tirnis. otu' nf the srlnml idtiimissinnirs of I)iltitn, and ehnivh \\ardin. I'or several years Mr. I'revnsl was one of tlir writers fur /./• /'/niiii/ii and /./' /'i/i/>/i\ ni Slieil)rooke, and iniiii iliiili'd several artieles mi tlie laily history of ilie eiMiiitiis ^i Coiii|)ton, Slu'rlirooke and Wolfe, lie was married .it I,.i I'.iti ie, ,Sipteml>er .|, |N77, to Celine Moiil de la |)iirantaye. Issne, nine ehildreii : Marie J. .\. C., Itorn July .',', iSjci, died iSSi); Pierre I,. |., horn ,|nl> U). iSSi ; ,|ii-,e]ili C N., Iioiu Allans' jj, iSSS; I.niiis J. !»., horn .\pril S, i.Soo; Marie Jseraphine, liiiin April :i>, iS.Si ; Aiuie Cleiueiitiiu\ Imhii May }, iSS|; Maiie Adtlank' U,, horn Mareh 1;,, iS,S(); Marie .Josephine, hinn July _•, iSmj ; Marie C. CeliiU', Imrii ,|iil\ o, i,Si)|, l-:i./l:AU MOIiliUOl:, );eiural niireliant, farmer, and mayor of Cheshani, was hnrii at St, N'urliert d'.\i ihahaska, jjne., ,)nne .'5, i •>().}. lie was married in Cheshain, ,Iiil\ <>, iS.Sh, to Marie .\nna I)enierise I.alMante. Issne, one son: llarvay, horn Mareh ;, iS.Si). Mr. Uol)ei>;e eame to Chesham \o\eniher l(^, 1S75, when eleven years of a);e. with his parents. He worked on his father's farm until iS.S^, when he started a general slme at Notre Haine des Hi>is, wlure he has seenred the eonlideiue of the ]ieipple and is mie uf the pio^^ressive hnsiness men of the eoiintw l'"or seven years he \va;; .seerelaiy-tieasnri'r lor the township, hnt iiuri'ase of hnsiness foreed him to resi^ni. when he was ehosen hy atelamatioii a nieinher of the Coiineil in iSi)5, and the same year appointe;jj;ett, father died in iSSt), mother in iS5(). ( )ur suhjeet now holds the olliee of school commissioner. In the townshi]) of .Anckland on I'ehruary id, 1X70, he married Mary Ivli;aheth IManehe. Issne, two children: Willis l-'rank, horn .August 17, 1SS5; ICffie .Matilda, horn ( )etoher 17, 1878. LEWI5 CABI.K, farmer, was horn December 24, i.S_^s. in Ivngland. He came to Hury with his parents in i>S^7, and has always lised in the county, although he moved to Ivaton, and later to his present home in Anckland. On Decemher 24, 1S61, he was married in Maton to Mary Ann Jordon. Issue, nine children, .seven living: Celia S., horn January 2, 1S62, insn^NV o/ Ao iiiurrifil, Ira I.. ImsIht, rrtiiK'mv. Nniili \\ luxIstiKk, N. II.; Anliir Cuotur, Inihi ( KtolKT i<), i>i(>|, (Ijfd July III. i**N<); 1 1 mil. ill S, iMtrii I'Vhniary j |, iShH, niarriiil A^lu- Jiuh's, n-HuK-tU'i', N'l'wpMfl ; John S., Iwiii .\iiKii'>t i''. iS(h); llallir j,, Itutii July \' >, iS;!, marrii-d William Mmriiw, !«Ni(lciiii', \rvv|tnrt; l''aiiii\ M., Imuu ,\|iiil i (, 1N7I, tliitl Ikirip'x. r i^, lSi)< ; Aliic C, Imhii .\ii>^ii«N/\I.I> lir.AION. ratiiUT. was hutii mi tin- IsU- of I.iwis, Scot., Match i.', iSyi,. His fallui, joliii lliatoii, who diid at the aihaiKrd a^jo of iiiiii-ty-scvi'ii years, canu' to Coiiiptoii I'ottiity with n wife- and tiiiu- i'lii!dtt.'ii diiriiiyr thr Niniiinrr of iSst, Hu was the first man to ftdl a trt'i- ill W'hittiMi. Our siilijcit li-ccl in Whitton imii! 1S7S, wIkmi he moved to Marstoii, liiH pri'si-nt hoiiir. Hf has held the otliee of loniuillnr twenty years, mayor four years, also sehool eoiiiiiiissioiier. At Stornoway, iSOi, he married Mary, daughter of John W Maedoiiald. Issue, ei>.;lil ehildrt'ii : An^ns M., horn March,;, 1S73; William, Ixtrn May .v. i-**;'}'. Mary, horn in j.niiiaiy, iM()',, married I„ Mackiniion, rcsidenee, Chica^jo, 111., tliiei' children ; Mar^.irel, horn April I, iS()(); Muphiinia, horn April 2, iHhS \ Catherine, horn May \, iSjo; Christina, horn Jnnc 15, iSjt ; Jeanette. horn Septemhcr I5, 187,;. HI.StnAM I'ol'MNlHk. vjeiieral merchant, resides in I'io])olis. He was horn in Trois Pist(des, Temiscoiiala county, |Jne , July J.', iS^v Came to Piopolis in iSSi, previous to that lime havin).j heen a sailor and railroad contractor. Mr. I'onrnier has hcen president of the Lib- eral Conservative .Association of Comptoii comity, and is now secretarj'-treasnrer of S 't'Ui Marston, which office he has held for the past ei>,'lit years, also postmaster for the past two years. Noveinher j,|, |S()2, in Trois Pistoles, he married Mathilde Kioii.x. Issue, four cliil.lren : Charles, horn .A'l^'iist u), iSos, married Philomene Rioiix, residence, I'arnham, One,; John, horn Oct(;r/\: Pajjc 2. J, lincH \Tt, niul 35. read Moc fur .I/«/. ra>;c ii). liiii' .}5, read Ditlim (or /)///,')/. Pajs't' .}!, liiii" 111, rrad iS,;i for /A'/.V, atid i.S|,S for /.'.■//. i'a){o .\},, line (>, read Win. lor //'. .1/. Page 44 and otlicrs, rend I.inie for /,///»•. Page 50, read R. Y. Cowan for R. /i,-. Cowan. Pn^e 5.', line i<>, read I-'Ianders for ('/,i)/i/,i\ P"K'' 5.^' '•»<-' .VI. ri'id Milan for Milhoi. Page 54, line 35, read liotel har for li»l,llin\ Page 55, line 29, read Cliaddock for I'liiildoik. Page 5,s, line 42, read .\. (). Kelluni fi>r X. ( ). Ktllnni. Page 50, line 27, omit the word i>ui\ sec-ond in line. Page loj, lim- 3S. read 17.97 for iS>)j. Page I 16, line .', read iSm for iSSn. Page iv*. lint-' ,V>, read |Jtie. for .lA'. (.i:ni:ual indkx. InTHkI"! iTIIIN , 5 CiiAi'iiH I Till' I'. i>.t«rii 'r'>vvnslii|i> nriniii of iiiiittt Till- rii\vii*ilil|)t 'Ml imIIi'iI U licii liml Mttli-il Tlii'lr iKlvittitiiKi'M 7 CiiAi 11 H II liisirjit of St. I'ra.Altt. Whvii crc- ati'il llDUinliirv It.itcH III ciHiiii'li't, luiirtH, ill' Niinu"* III |i.iHt .iikI iirt'M-iit Cuiirt iitrK'iiil>« ItN cilid'atioiiil iilviiiita^rH \j ClIAI'I'I'M III I', ItU IllstotS I I'x^J I7wll IllMlllll fiKlit iK'twicii iIk' lr>ii|uiii*< all I AI»iiai|inN In- iliaiiH Kn^cr s attai k on tlu- St. I''raiii'ii« vil liiHi' Ariiiiiil'* i'xi>i'ilitiiiii to Oiiel>i'C 15 Cii.vi Ti M IV lliu'kiiiKliaiii <'i)iiiity ( I7i>r- iHji>) j\ Cm Ai'Ti'.K \' Sill iliiiink'' (.'tiiiiily ( i,Sj.) iSs\i a; Cii.M'ri'K \'l. i.'t)ni|it/i) . , . \,\ Cll.Vl'TKW VII I'lilitiia! liidtory ( i7i>i iHyft) . , . y) ClIAi'Ti'H \'lll Miiiiii i|),il lii>.tiity I'larly monlH Ciiiinril |itin irilinv;s Mi'iiilnr . 1 oiiiily naiiuil. .j; Ciiai'TI';k IN. Tlic iinlilia.. I'.iilv lil^ioiy < >r- KMiii/alliiti l''irst triiii|irv town (li diiiksliirc uiid villanc of Sawyer- villc (l^ Pistt* Clui'tKH XII. Till' liiU* Mull. John llriiry t'o|Hv A lilt' )'<( iiiitili' (or tilt' \ili, liriu Ktivi iiiiir Nittiliwi'it 'I'l tiitoriiH US C'liAiTi 14 Sill riiwn^liip of Coiiiiiloii. liK-ltiil' Inn lii- C'llAI'TKH Xl\', TilWIlnllip i>f Clilloll. lllcltlilillK hltloty of niiiiili ipalitii'H of I'.aitt CliHoii, Mar tiii\ ilii', and Sif l''.iUviilKf it>\ I'li.Mi i.K X\'. Towii>liip of Ni'Wpott ..,,.. Jt\ CiiAiTi'.K X\l Towiisliip of Witllniry . .... 3jH CiiAi'THH XN'II. Towiihliip of llcni'onl 3^t, V."iiAi'TiK XVIII. Towiisliip of Itiiry 243 CiiAi'ii'.K \IX Tovvii^liiiMil I.mnwii'k J5ft Ci>aI'II':m X\ Towii^iiip of llanipdt'ii. Iiu'IiiiIIiik hihtory town ol S''ot^tiiwn jfti Cm ti'Ti K XXI 'rowiiHliij) of UJnxliiv. Iiuliul- iiiK lii-35 Court Island Mrook, I. (). I'*., Ki'O'iP 219 Hryaiit, Jas., An^us House j,V^ Court Sawyerville, I. (). 1'., t;roup 153 Cowan, k. Y., portrait 50 Cairns, II., residence 146 Cairns, II. A., portrait 51 Cairns, H. Iv. , k^^P 206 Cairns, late Roliert, portrait 145 Cairns, Robert, residence 148 Cairn.s, Robert, n^up 149 Campeau, R., portrait 50 Cromwell, A., rt.sideiice 130 Darker, R. A., portrait 131 ."tul 136 Desrnisseaiix, Olivier, group 88 Desini.sseanx, ()., residence 94 Dinsiuore, S., residence 87 Doe, L, IC, residence 180 /A7>/-..\' /■:>ii;>iiriiit;s. I'lvniis, J. A., iHirtLul 151 l'"arns\v()rtli, A. S., pnriinil S' l-'iiiiiswortli, It'nj.. nsidi'iicc H; Fr.iiicis, Win., ri'siiU'iHT .'(S I'Vtin-li, C. W., ri'siilfiic'i' i.^s l-'rciuh, C. \V. II.. Scot.slDWii Hotel 2i>\ V'\'\//\l\ Iv, ri'siilfiui.' 1)1 Imi'IK-Ii, Iv. U., rciidiiu-c iso l-'iviii-li, (i. \V. I,., n.si(k'in.'f .'.'( Imiik'Ii. Iliiain. portniit 77 I'Vini'li, Jiiliii, rc> «() 24 29 Johnson, h. M., portrait 1S5 Johnston, Thomas, residence ijS Jones, l>aniel, jjortrait i,S5 Kelly, Jas.. residence. Kerr, (i. H., store . King. U. A. I)., M. I) C. M., residence 27^. '7,S I'linr Macrae, Mis. Win., residence 124 M.iniiinn, ('.. .\., residence 92 Map oi Coiniiton connty a M mill, *.'.. piiitrail no Matliesoi), Malcolm, portrait 277 .M.iv, Jas. , resilience 85 McClary, Charles, M. I,, .\,, portrait ('( Ml Cioveni. Jas., portrait iH(( Ml ("in\ern, Jas., ri'sideiice iij.> Mcintosh, Jas., ])ortrait 185 Miliitosh, John, e.\M. I,. .\., portrait 107 Mil. end, .\llaii, portrait 51 .Mcl.eod, J. J., store 12T, MiI,eod, K. \\'., jmrlrait si Melrose, Will., portr.iit 27,1) .Miller, Capt. Jas.. residence 275 Morrison, J. I)., portrait 51) Muiin. I) , residence 22.S Nohle, C. resilience Niitt, W'., residence. Nntt, W., portrait . I 20 ,Sfi 1 .V> I.aheree, lieiij. K., portrait I.aheree, J. li., portrait I.aheree, Jos. , residence i Laheree, K. I'"., residence Learned, .\., Cookshire Honse i Learned. Ivhene/er, residence 2 Learned, H. 15., residence 2 Learned, J. I"'., residence i Learned, \\'. IL, ])ortrait 1 Lefehvre, W'ni., portrait I.eger. C. A., store Lemieux, Nap., store Leonard, IIujjli, portrait Lord ICrne, L. O. I,., hall 2 4« ,S4 >:■• '7 <7 '4 .^6 .SI f>7 7'' 51 00 Macanlay. Lient.col , M. H.. residence 2fi3 Mackay, Wmi., residei!ce 207 Mackenzie. I>. ()., store 277 Macrae, T., cS: Co., store iiy O.sgodd. 1'", Iv, .American Honse 112 I'arker, C. IL. residence 265 I'eiinoyer, II. J., i)ortrait iSf, I'eiryhoro Cheese I'actory 231; I'hiliiinore, R. II., M. I)., residence 122 I'hilps, W. J., residence 151 I'laisar.ce. 1'. L. de 1'.. portrait 12M I'ocock, Mrs. Sarah, residence i.Sn I'omroy, Col. Heiij., portrait 172 I'oniroy, .Selah J., residence 174 Pope, i.ii'.U.-col. I'". M.. portrait 245 I'ope, Lieut. -col. I'". M., residence 245 I'ope, II. IL. residence 126 I'ope, Hon. J. IL, portrait 157 I'ope. Mrs. L., sr., family group ^^^ I'ope, L. C, portrait 1,^6 I'ope. K. IL, M. I'., portrait 4.^ Pope, K. IL. M. P., residence 106 Powers, (L W., M. I)., portrait i.Si; Prevost, P. L. N., portrait 51 Rand, \V. .S.. residence 126 Rolierge, Iv, portrait 50 Rogers, J. \V., portrait 50 Rogers, J. W., residence 149 Rosa, P., jjortrait 50 Ross, .\., portrait 50 Ross. Jas., ex-M. L. .\.. portrait 259 Royal Paper Mills Co., mills 229 and 231 Sawyer, Win., ex-M. L. A., residence 143 Sawyer. Win., ex-M. L. A., mills 143 Smith, Iv P., residence 100 Smith, 11. I)., residence 176 Smith, H. 1)., farm hnildings 177 Smith, John residence • 100 .Smith, L. A., residence 210 Smith, W. C. residence loi vStearns, ("., M., portrait 50 Stokes, Thos. , i\: Sons, factory 250 Swaiison, C. O. , portrait 189 Swan.son, C. O., residence 191 A\7V;\' /'jixiii; /Hi; • Taylor, 1 1. Is., resilience , . TaylDr, J. I,., ii'sideiiii' , . . 'IVirill, C. I)., ii'siiliiKV. . , 'IMioiiipsoii, lli'iiry, rc-sidfiU'c Till', I'.iiiist, rfsjdiin-f , , . 'i"i)il(l, Aloii/o, roidi'iii'e , . 'I'lxld, K. I,., ri.'sidiiur . . . Tri'iilioliut.', (i. A., M. I)., Kroiip Wales, li. N,, M, I)., RsideiKv Warner, I',. C. residence . . . Warner, Mrs. Iv M., resilience. Warren, Clias., residence . . . Waterville, first councillors . . I'liur I'nue \S'> Water\ilie, councillors fur rSijs tHy .S.) Waterville, clmrcli ol I'iiinl.ind ji^i J117 Waterville, C'onnrenational clinndi lo.S 15-' Waterville, Connre>;alional parsonage uj') JSi Waterville, model school i.S.S ij') WinKi-'l'. ^Vni.. portrait 185 2-'-' Willord, I'". U., residence i-'7 >)<> Willord, J. I,., portinit r^ Willord, k, 11., store .' ;c) j>i Wdford, W. C, portrait i,^6 85 Wilkinson Dros., studio iiH cji Willard, K. '1'., residvnce 94 J p; Wilson, J. 1'"., portrait 51 and 2,^.' I Ms Wynian, I„ W., portrait 185 BKK:iKAiMini:s. Adams, Oriiii .\ 2ir AKHKiii''''. Joseph .ti.A aud .'88 Alhro, Henry William 278 .Mden, Aunustus Ileher 2.'^ Aluer, I!. A km Al^^er, Ivdwin Diah ii > Anderson, vSteen 254 Andrews, William 2,vS Annahle, Mdward Timothy -'19 Au.stin, Ilezekiah I, 2.',^ liailey, A. A i^S Hailey, Arthur H. W 112 Hailey, Charles Cleveland 112 liailey, lienj. Conk 212 Hailey, Cyrus Alexantler 107 Hailey, Cieor^e ( )/ro <)<■) Hailey, Horace Henry 110 Hailev, Mrs. Horace Henrv 112 Hailey, William 1). . . '. 180 H.iiley, William Ward 109 r.aker, Ivhvard Standi.sh 121 Hall, Jo.sepli Rice 202 Hartholomew, Jas. Cleorge 227 Hartlett, .Stephen 183 Hean, lulwiii 2,^7 Heaton, Capt. Donald 289 Heaton, N'orman 274 Henuett, John 254 Hennett, Lewis A 247 Ik'unett, Thomas 251 Hernard, Henry Mountat^ue 192 Hetts, (leorge iSi Hibean, N;ip. Joseph 141 Hirch, Knightly 239 ISIack, John 266 Hlossoni, Joseph 181 Hower., A. K S8 Howen, Ivzekiel Ivlliolt 219 Howker, Lewis 1 225 Hown, William 254 Hoydell, Josiah 247 Hridgette, Robert 92 Hrouillette, Charles (ieorge 151 Brown, H. F 89 Hrown, Isaac 240 Bryant, James 232 iMichauau, Robert 226 linller. Ivlwin Ji 1 Cable. Lewis 28S Cairns, Herbert 145 Cairns, H. A 53 Cairns, Hnnh IC 205 Cairns, late Robert 145 Cairns, Robert 147 Campean, Remi 5,^ Carbee, .Mphonso 193 Carr, tluN 179 Carr, W. I iHt, Cass, Carlos X 53 and 210 Caswell, I'lrastus 117 Cliaddock, Ivl^ar X 10,^ Chaddock. Roi)ert Henry, sr 103 Cliaddock, Robert Henry 104 Chambers, H. K 96 Channell, L. S 138 Chase, Ivdgar 182 Church, A. H 9-? Clark, A. M 2,vj Clark, Herbert 1,^9 Clark, Robert 24ft Coates, Barlow 91 Coates, George 255 Cochrane, Hon. NL H 4s Colby, William O.scar 10,^ Cook, George W 115 Cook. Capt. John H 116 Cookshire council, R.T. ofT 129 Cookshire I'lour Mill Co 125 Cookshire Mill Co 131 Cooper, James A 140 Cooper, .Samuel 119 Cork, .Sinion Peter 98 Court Cariboo, C. O. F 134 Court Island Brook, I. O. F 2I8 Court .Sawyerville, I. O. F 151 Cowan, (ieo. Franklin 261 Cowan, Henry 260 Cowan. R. Y 53 Cromwell, Ayton 129 Danforth, Lawsou 98 Darker, Robert A 131 /jvn/:.\' niof>tiif>hi,s, Hetislc. Jt'iiii ItiiiUisle inj IicsroiliiTS, Muses T. O i|i |)i.-sniissf;iiix, OlivtT 1)4 Ik'snii-iscaux, OliviiT «7 Uiiisiiioro, Saiil'dnl S(i I)i>i', LiltcrtN' I'laton i8i> howms, Joim J.S.S l).)Wiiis, John W 3.S.' l';i|uity I,(m1v;i'. I. ().(». !•' I,V^ Ivvatis, W. J. Alk'ii 151 l''iUiis\viirlli, Artuimis Stevens S-'ainl-'iS Isinisworlli, Cliiirlcs I iSi l'"ariis\vortli, I). A 87 I'isli. W.I 97 Flaws, tit'or>;e 140 l'"i)iiriiit'r. I'.l/.car j8i) i'"raiicis, William ^48 I'riiidi, Cai>t. C. W. H .^(.4 l'"rtncli, Civile Wnlscley 1 38 I'rt'iK'li, l'',i()ii R 141J l-'reiicli, Hiram 76 l"reiicli, John 22\ I'reiicli, John Dean c,;, l''reiK'li, Ji,liii Haines im l'"rcncli, Jonas l.niliah 117 I'Veneh, l.ieiit, V>. W. I, J24 I'Veiich, I.nther 221, iMencli, William lo,^ l'"rien(lsliij) I,o(l>;e, A. 1'". iV A. M r,^5 l'"ri/zle. Henj. William lo,-^ Frizzle, V./ra i;i {'.ale, Adelhert H 201 dale, I'Vancis (iilhert 190 Cale, Ceor^e, vS: Sons 197 (lallnp, Ira 98 Gates, H. !•■ 95 Gauthier, L. J. D i,V) Gi/bert, Jesse Orlin 248 Gillies, Rev. Arcliibalil 14,^ Graham, Ivlwaril 207 Gray, James A 240 tlrenier, J. IC 5.^ Griffin. I.ischer I) 212 Groome, tleorge 211 Groonie, James Iv 211 Haines, Henj. X 211 Hall, Daniel H 2.^,^ Halliday, Robert 154 Hamilton, Matthew 94 Hand, Walter 278 Harkness, James 1H4 Harvey, Arthur W 146 Harvey, Charles H 145 Haseltine, Danforth 213 Haseltine, Ivdson A 101 Heath, John • . . .1,^8 Hitchcock, Xel.son I) 213 Hodge, Capt. A. T s'l Hodge, George A 80 Hodge, Horace Ivdward 240 Hodge, H. M Hi Hodge, J. Alton 78 Hodge, S. Alonzo 77 Ho Hollirook, I.ysanderW 180 Iloliiioiik, Manlius jjfi Hooker, Wallme \\ 2' ^ Hnrd, 1'', Imiind Haskell 333 lllinl, (iioine (iiheon 333 I liint. James 53 Ilurd, .S.iiniiel Newel 235 Hnrd.Tvki W 12'^ Hnshands, .\. 1 128 Hyatt. Stephen .\ 183 Irwin, .\ndrew Henry 104 Irwin, William John 104 Ives, Hon. W. II 45 Ives, Tliaddeiis () 181 Johnson, l.ars M 187 Johnston. Tlionias 95 Jones. D.iniel 187 Kelly, James 275 Kerr. Giorne H 275 King, Reginald A. D., M. D 174 Kingsley, l-idgar Austin 1^4 Kingsley, John W 240 Kirhy, George I') 98 I.aheree, Henj. R 83 l.alieree. IIenr\' James 154 I.alieree, John H 83 I.aheree, Ji).si'i)h 147 I.aheree, Rufns V, 84 Lake, Samuel 98 I.ang, ICdgar 18.^ l.angmade, Iv H 187 l.avallier, Robert W 227 I/:X /iiojiraphiiX. Nfncki'v, Jnmi's Miu'kie, Josipli 1 Miicrai', 'riioinas MiK'nif, Williiiin, I,, I). S, . MimiiiiiK, (1. A Marcottr, J(),si'i)li dc l,:iiicy . Martin, Cliarlis Martin, Joshua Martin, I'liilorias K Matlioson, Donald I', . , . Matlicson, Mali-olni , . . . Mav, Janus May, S. J Maylii'w, Win. Jainu.s . . , McClary, Cliarlfs, M. I,. A. MiClarv, ( )/ro Haxter , . , MiCnllouuli, Kohurt . . . . MiCioviTn, Jainis Mclntosli, Alixaixler . . . Mcintosh, James Mcintosh, Joiin, ux M. I,. A, .Mclvtr, Capt. Ak-x. Lewis . Mclvcr, Capt. Jolin 1''. . . . McKay, An^ns ( lordoii . . McKay, Ivlicntvir Malioy , . Mcl.c'unan, Iionald li. . Mcl.cod, AUan Mcl.tod, John J Mcl.ood, Kenneth W. . . . Mcl.eod, I.ient. Duncan I,, . McRae, Ken. 1) Mc\'etty, Janie.s Mehose, William "ier.ill, .\lon/,() T Merrill, deor^je W Metcair, Daviil I'dward . . Metcalf, Horace Miller, Capt, James . . , , Mills, Samuel Morrison, Donald Morrison, Donald K Morrison, J. D Morrow, Henry Mumi, Demmon Murray, Norman 52 and 5.' and 141 3 1.' 277 «.S 44 '«.^ "01 186 196 2.S4 282 2(11 267 270 28 2 122 IVinioyer Henry J, IVniioyer, James Austin I'eiinoyer. William I'". . I'hillimore, K. H., M. D. I'heli)s, Willis J Pierce, Densmore C , . , Pierce, I'Vederi 'k , , , Pierce, Win. Aii>;ustiis . Plaisance, I'rank I,. P. de Plaiiche, James Planche, John HaroM , Planche, John Wm. . . , i'ocock, l-'rederick , . , . Poniroy, Col. Henj. . . , Poinvoy, Selah J Pope, I,t. Col. I'. M. . . . Pojie, Horace Henry . , . Poiie, Hon. J. H Pope, I.eniuel, sr Pope, I,emiiel, jr Pope, Kufus H., M. P. . . Powers, v., W., M.D. . , Prevost, P. I,. N 52 and Na.son, William 274 283 2f>I 99 21 I 177 22,', 274 2,V^ 2fil 282 226 225 26( ) Rand, (1. S. D Rand, Xewell C. . . . Rand, Wdlard S. , . . Rand, Willard S \ ', \ Roher^e, Ivbear 52 and Roiiert.son, Robert Robinson. John W Rogers, J. W .'..'!'...' 5,^ and Rosa, Pierre Ross, Alexander :;^ and Ross, James, ex-M.I,.A Rowe, Hen.y Spooner Royal Paper Mills Co I'ui.- 260 140 121 21 I 312 21 I 128 2.U' \.\n 3 20 '7') >7-' '7.^ 245 136 •37 346 43 192 288 218 220 126 220 388 '83 141 148 .S3 118 2,^2 230 97 Nish, James 2 N,)l)le. Colin ,'20 Nutt, Walter 8(1 Orr, I'Hias , Samuel . Ord, Henry .... Ord, Samuel . . . (Xsgood, I'"rederick Iv Osgood, Stephen J. 1^3 2.S,^ ^.S3 "3 '39 Painter, Thomas 22s I'acpiet, Oliver 2*7 I'arker, Carlos H .'!.'.'! 26s Parker, George H ] ,02 Parry, Horace Weston '.'.....'. 181 Parsons, Ahner W . . . . 2n Parsons, Jo.siah J ! . ! • ! 212 Parsons, vStepheu \ ,8, Parsons, Wesley J 182 Peniioyer, Alexander R 140 .Sample. Andrew 226 Said)orn, Hon. John vSewell 41 Saultery, Daniel . . ' i,si Saunders, Amos Walter 2^2 Sawyer, Wm.. ex-M.L.A '. . . 142 Sharman, Ivhene/er 252 Simpson, James 227 Suiith, Charles 261 Smith, Donald 270 Smith, Frederick Iv 212 Smith, (leorge ICdgar g- Smith, George W loi Smith, Herbert Dudley 1-5 Smith, Isaac Coit 99 Smith, John 100 Smith, I.ynian A 209 Smith, Warren C laj Smith, William H . 99 Stearns, George M ^2 Steven.son, Herman A 218 Steven.son, Walter R 2^8 Stewart, Donald 282 vStokes, Thomas 249 Stone, Samuel H 99 Sunhury, Hemaii 1\ 227 Sunbury, John G 102 Swanson, Charles 191 Taylor, Chtirles W 140 tNlU:\. /)/,<>; I, i/r, l.t. (.'ill J. II i.'7 Wiiiiui, Wi'lliiintiiii A, Trtxlor, Josi|.li I. M4 W'arii'ii, Charles . , 'IVrrill, Cli.iili> 1> .'"7 W'lir, Jami'S , . . , Tln>itiiiM>ii, Hiiiry , , , .... 151 \\'i>t<)ii, I'l^iii R. . , Till', Piiinis .\S.' Wliiilir. \\ liliam W. Titr, l'',rmst . . 2.SI WliitiiiMii. WiUiaiii J. Tddil. Aliin/ci cjii Wi^niti, William . . Toil.!, llcrt)crt 1 n; Will'oi.l, I'UMliiick K. To.l.l. Kalpli I.. . .'.•-■ Willonl, Kiiliml 1 1. . Tnitlicliiii-, ('. .\ M l» <»" Willvinsiiii. Aliinl . . 'I'lilil's, Win. I, u'l WilkiiiMin lulm , . Will.inl, I,.Kkliart U. \'.iii I.iivin. l.iimard Jo.' \\ill;ii(l, K. T. . . . \ iriioii, J. WalUT M 18.' W'IIkiihs. .\iiios W. . Nilkiiiiivi', l.iiiiis 1' .'7,S \\ , Hi, mis, William 11. Wilson. JaiiK's !•'. . . Walihon. Allied . I i.S.' Wilson, jas. S. . Wak's, lii'iij. N.. Ml' .'S<> Wodilidw, jamt's . . Ward, Charles II .\S,^ Wiiv;lit, William . . Ward. I'.pliraiin A in.' \\ >iiiai', Levi W. . , Ward, William S '17 Warner. Iv C .S5 Voiiiin, IVter . , . . ' lj an I'llgp ')! «J7 27« llll 111.' iSli '-'7 I I.S I I.S <'♦ ''7 d -•,•,1 ..7,s l«,S I.S.' T^i-'^^